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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-06-28, Page 7"THURS., JUNE 28, 1934. Tim, cLINTON NEWEARCOSIII fGE ? Health Cooking i Ruivaflo � ReV�ah A Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men CANADA `I fled the shadows of an older world, Along the track of setting sun and • star, 'Until I came where gracious Canada For such as I had left her gates ajar. ` With touch as tender as a mother's own,`• She laid her healing hands upon my heart, And wrought with magic with her loveliness As banished all remembrance of my smart. When setting sun and star have lur- ed me on Along a trail that Ieads to worlds apart, "Scatter my dust in woods of Canada, For her's the holiest love of all my heart. —.Constance Davies Woodrow. I sometimes wonder if we Cana- dian women sufficiently realize our , good fortune in being Canadians. "This is a splendid young country into which we have had the good fortune to be born, or in some cases, to have • come to from other lands, and it is something to have even a small share in building it up, in laying the foundations upon which the wonder- ful structure it is bound to become will rest. I have the most wonderful, visions of what Canada will be in ' the corning years; of its influence a- mong the nations of the earth. We have hardly found our place as yet; we still feel young and inexperienced, but we are growing up and each year Canada is realizing more than ever her mighty destiny. The News-aRe- • cord in 1927, in its Jubilee edition, ', finished an editorial with the follow- `ing paragraph: "Canada has had during all her career of sixty years the disad- vantage •of living in close prox- ? imity to a large and wealthy country. Our relations with the United States are •of the pleas- antest; her people aro good neighbors and we Iike to neigh- bor with them. But living beside them has the same disadvantage that a modest family of modest • means experiences in living be- side a very wealthy family. Our young people like to ape their • neighbors; they, the neighbors, ' are apt to look down a little on us and we, perhaps, have been in- clined to think too little of our own advantages and too much of the advantages of our neigh- bors. But we are growing out of this habit. We are beginning to realize the greatness of our heri- tage. We are getting past the growing -pain stage, the awk- ward, adolescent age, into young manhood, when the realization of our powers come to us. We shall do well from this on. This year of Jubilee will do something for us, in bearing- In upon the minds of the dullest of us the fact that we are citizens of no mean country. Canada will one day, if she does not already do so, justify the faith and vision of her founders," We have passed through four years of world-wide depression since that; a time of stress and trial to all and of bitter tragedy' to many. But even that has not left Canadians down- hearted; it has but confirmed us in our belief in our country and we look forward to a future which will ever grow brighter and .better. We have in Canada everything ma- terial with which to build a great na- tion and we have a people second to none; all we need is to develope in our people a sense of the need of spiritual as well as material success. I use the term spiritual here to de- note all that is necessary for the de- velopment of a great people aside from the material. We must endea- vor to foster the spirit of justice be- tween man and man, a care for oth- ers, and things seem to be tending that way. Public opinion is being aroused as to the inequality of the returns meted out to labor and I look for an improvement along these lines. After all, when the public conscience is aroused we can confidently expect an improvement. But we as women must be ever on the alert to assist in every way possible along these lines, Let us show our loyalty and our love to and for Canada, by being the very best sort •of citizens we know how to be and by encouraging all with whom we have any influence to be the same. ---REBEKAH. How to Recognize Poison Ivy and How to Destroy It Vacationists should learn to dis- tinguish this plant, Poison ivy is a plant usually of low bushy growth, but sometimes trailing in the leaf j1eEtlth ScMoe OF THE (ttuabitta J' �, ebirttt Aosariatiatt and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by • GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate Secretary DIABETES By means of insulin, life has been • made over for the diabetic patient. Diabetes cannot be cured, but, -through the proper use of diet and insulin, itis usually possible for the diabetic to enjoy a normal active and useful life. The pancreas (sweetbread) is one of the organs found in the abdomen. 'Insulin is produced by the pancreas, and it is insulin which changes car- ibohydrate foods, starches and sugars into glycogen, or animal starch,' in • which form. it can be used at once, • or stored up, until required, as an. energy food. For soma unknown reason, changes do occur in the islands of Langer- hans, the part of the pancreas which produces insulin. When the pan: creas fails to produce sufficient'in- sulin, diabetes results. Carbohydrate foods cannot be used by the body, ..sugar accumulates in the blood and; later, is present in the urine, The amount of sugar, passed in the urine varies, from a mere trace to as much as a pound or two a 'day. Diabetes• occurs at • all ages. A number of young children develop ' thedisease, but the majority of -'cases occur after forty. Diabetes is •' found chiefly among those who; after reaching middle life, overeat and, se a result, become overweight. Dia- betes is the penalty these individuals pay for their over -indulgence in • cod, Diet was the only treatment avaiI- able before the discovery of insulin. Diet is just as important as it ever was but it many cases, diet alone is not a satisfactory treatment. In such cases, insulin allows the dia- betic to eat and use sufficient starches and sugars to maintain health and strength. It is most important that the dia. betic give careful attention to his general health, He should be scrup- ulously clean about his body. Any abnormal condition, such as infect- ed teeth or other focal infection, should receive proper treatment without delay. Etcereise is essential as exercise helps to use up the sug- ars and starches. Success in treatment rests with the patient. He requires regular medical supervision to instruct ane' guide him along the way, but . his fate lies in his own hands. The dia betic who uses insulin and diet pro- perly may hope for Tears of health and happiness. To avoid diabetes, those of -middle age or later years should keep their weight' at or a little below the aver- age. This is another way of saying that diabetes does not usually occur among those who maintain a normal weight by combining moderation in eating with reasonable exercise. Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College Street, Toron- to, will be answered personally by letter, mould and occasionally climbing up fences and on trees. Among the most constant charac- teristics by which it may be recogniz- ed are its leaved, which are arranged, in threes. This helps to distinguish it from the Virginia Creeper with its five -petal leaves. Early in the sum- mer inconspicuous clusters •of small white flowers arise from the evils of the leaves and are' followed on some plants by round whitish fruits a- bout the size of a pea. As a protection when going among ivy it is well to wash all exposed skin surface with a five per cent solution of ferric chloride in water, allowing it to remain on. This is merely a preventative measure, intended to neutralize the oil. If oil is suspect- ed of having reached the unprotected skin, scrubbing with laundry soap under running water is recommended to remove it before it penetrates. Treatment of Infection, Since the irritant principle is not noticeable, the first sign of infection may be a slight itching of the af- fected parts, followed by a faint blush of the skin. The itching sensation in- creases and in from 24 to 28 hours minute single or more numerous wat- ery blisters appear, which eventually burst, to become most irritating ooz- ing sores. The sores finally dry up, forming thick scabs. Apparently contagion can be carried from oozing sores to other parts, so care is need- ed to guard against this. If so infected, see your doctor. How to Kill Plant Hoeing is best. Wear long rubber, boots and mitts, washing them after- wards very thoroughly with strong Care of Children Household' Economics brown soap or caustic solution under running water. Salt and kerosene and other cheap fuel oils are powerful soil sterilizers, which must be used only where shrubs and trees of value will not be harmed. Recent tests with chlorates have shown them to have some dis- tinct advantages •over most other chemicals. They are cheap enough for use on a moderately wide scale, practically non-poisonous, easily ap- plied and promptly destroy the fol. iage and shallow -rooting, patches have •been killed out -right with a single application of one pound sod- ium, chlorate in a gallon of water syrayed on a square rod. There is some fire hazard in the use of this substance, therefore calcium chloride is considered to be safer and equally effective, but is only on the market in prepared forms costing somewhat. more. WOULD BE POOR SHOT Clay Mudd, editor of The Brush. vide Bugle, received from a lady who lives in Pea Ridge, a little poem en- titled: "I Wonder if You'll Miss.Me?" After reading it, Mr. Mudd returned the poem to the lady, with the fol- lowing note: "Pear Madam: If he does, he ought never to be trusted with firearms again." Teacher --('Johnny, what is a can- nibal?" Johnny -1"I don't know." Teacher—"Well, if you ate your father and mother what would you be?" Johnny—,"I'd be an orphan." —L. & N. "THE LIFE OF OUR LORD" �\,a n� \h\� „ ;:::e,A ;: ;' Charles Dickens {°` " \ u CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH Part One That you may know what the People meant when they said Cru- cify Him!" I must tell you that in those times, which were very cruel times indeed (let ,us thank God and Jesus Christ that they are past!) it was the custom to kill people who were sentenced to Death, by nailing them alive on a great wooden cross, planted upright in the ground, and leaving them there, exposed to the sun and wind and day and night, until they died of pain and thirst. It was the custom too, to make them walk to the place of execution, car- rying the cross piece of wood to which their hands were to be after- wards nailed; that their shame and suffering might be greater. Bearing his cross upon his shoule der, like the commonest and most wicked criminal, our blessed Saviour. Jesus Christ, surrounded by the per- secuting crowd, went out of Jerus- alem to a place called in the Hebrew language, Golgotha; that is, the place of a scull. And being come to a hill called Mount Calvary, they hammered cruel nails through his hands and feet and nailed him on the Cross, between two other crosses, on each of which, a common thief was nailed in agony. Over His head, they fastened this writing "Jesus of Naze areth, the King of the Jews" in three languages; in Hebrew, in Greek and in Latin. Meantime, a guard of four soldiers, sitting on the ground, divided. His clothes (which they had taken off) in- to four parcels for themselves, and cast lots for His coat, and sat there, gambling and talking, while Ho suffered. They offered him vinegar to drink, mixed with gall; and wine, mixed with myrrh; hut he took none And the wicked people who passed that way, mocked him, and said, "If Thou be the Son -of God, come down from the Cross,' The Chief Priests also mocked Him, and said "He carne to save Sinners. Let him save himJ self!" One of the thieves, too, rail- ed at him in his torture, and said, "If Thou be Christ, save thyself and us," But the other Thief, who was penitent, said "Lord! Remember me • When Thou comest into Thy King. dom!" And Jesus answered, "Today, thou shalt be with me in Paradise." None were there, to take pity on Itim, but one disciple and four wo- men. God blessed those women for their true and tender hearts! They were, the mother of Jesus, his moth- er'e sister, Mary, the wife of Cleo+ phas, and :Mary Magdalene who had twice dried his feet upon her hair The disciple was he whom Jesus loved —John, who had leaned upon his breast and asked him which was the Betrayer. When Jesus saw them standing at the foot of the Cross, He, said to his mother `that John would be her son, to comfort her when He was dead; and from that hour John was as a son to her, and loved her. At about the sixth hour, a deep and terrible darkness came over all the land, and lasted until the ninth hour, when Jesus cried out, with a loud voice, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me!" The sol- diers, hearing hint dipped a sponge in some vinegar, that was standing there, and fastening it to a long reed, put it to His Mouth. When he had received it, He said, "It is finished!" And crying, "Father! Into thy hands, I commend my Spirit!"—idied. Then there was a dreadful earth- quake; and the great wall of the Temple cracked; and the rocks were rent asunder. The guard, terrified at these sights, said to each other, "Surely this was the Son of God!"— And the People who had been watch- ing the cross from a distance (among whom were many women) smote up- on their breasts, and went, fearfully and sadly, home. The next day, being the Sabbath, the Jews were anxious that the Bod- ies should be taken down at once, and made that request to Pilate, There- fore some soldiers came, and broke the legs of the twocriminals to kill them; but coming to Jesus, and finding Him already dead, they only pierced his side with a spear. From the wound, there came out, blood and water. There was a good man named Jos- eph of Arimathea, a Jewish city — who believed in Christ, and going to Pilate privately (for fear of the Jews) begged that he might have the body. Pilate consenting, he and one Nicodemus, rolled it in linen and spices—it was the custom of the Jews to .prepare bodies for burial in that way—and' buried it in a new tomb or sepulchre, which had been cutout of a rock ina garden near to the place of Crucifixion, and where my one had ever yet been buried. They then rolled a great stone to the mouth of the sepulchre, and left Mar; Magdalene, and the other ,Pilary, sit- ting there,, watching it. The. Chief Priests and, Pharisees remembering that Jesus Christ had said to .his disciples that He would' rise from the grave en the third day after His death, went to Pilate and. prayed that, the Sepulchre might be well taken care of until' that day, lest the disciples s hould steal the Body, and afterwards say to the people that Christ was risen from the dead. Pil- ate agreeing to this, a guard of sol- diers was set over it constantly, and the stone was sealed up besides. And so it remained, watched, and sealed. until the third day, which was the first day of the week. (Copyright for North and South America, 1934, by United Farmers I Syndicate, Inc., all :rights reserved, - THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS }fere They Will Sing Yon Their Songs -Sometimes Gay, Sometimes. Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins pining, LINCOLN'S FAVORITE POEM "OH WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD?" The late President Lincoln very much admired this poem, and Mr. F. B. Carpenter, the well known, paint- er of "The Emancipation Proclama. tion before the cabinet," tells the following anecdote regarding it. The anecdote, with the poem, appeared in the Caledonian Mercury of May 13th, 1865, and I am indebted to a friend for the extract, M4'. Carpen- ter says: "I was with the President alone one evening, in his room, dur- ing the time I was painting my large picture at the White House, last year. He presently threw aside his pen and papers and began to talk to me of Shakespeare. Ile sent little 'Tad,' his own son, to the library to bring a copy of the plays, and then read to me several of his favorite passages, showing genuine apprecia- tion of the great poet. Relapsing into a sadder strain, he laid the book aside and leaning back in his chair, said: 'There is a poem which hae been a great favorite with me for years, which was first shown to me when a young man, by a friend, and which I afterwards saw and out from a newspaper and learned by heart. I would,' he continued, 'give a great deal to know who wrote it; but I have never been able to ascertain.' Then, half closing his eyes, he re- peated to me the following lines (giv- en below.) The true author of the poem has never been rightly ascer- tained, though it is generally attri- buted to a young Scotsman named William Knox. — M, llIi tthewson, Glasgow, Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift -fleeting meteor, a fast flying cloud, Like a '.flash of the lightning, a sweep of the wave, Man passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the wil- low shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid; And the young and the old, and the low and the high Shall moulder to dust and together shall lie. The maid on whose face, in whose smiles, in whose eye, Shone beauty and pleasure, her triumphs are by; And the memory of those who loved her and praised, Are alike from the minds of the living erased. Our youthful companions, whom we tenderly Loved, Are. from our affections forever re- moved; Death numbers them now with the things that are past— They've fled like the snowflake that whirled in the blast. The child that a mother delighted to rear, The mother that nourished that in- fant with care The husband that infant and mother had blest, Each --all are away to their dwell ling of rest. The hand of the king, that the sce- ptre had borne, The brow of the priest, that the mitre had worn, The eye of the sage, and the heart of the brave, Are hidden and lost in the womb of the grave. The warrior who waded through blood for a name, The sailor who dared every dan- ger for fame, The statesman who wielded a coun- try's doom, Have all passed away and are hid in the tomb. The peasant whose trade was to sow. and to reap, The herdsman that climbeed with his goats to the steep, The beggar that wandered' in search of his bread, They have faded away like the grass that we tread. The saint that enjoyed the commun. ion of heaven, The sinner who dared to remain unforgiven, The wise and the foolish, the guilty and just, Have quietly mingled their boner in the dust. So the multitude goes, like the flow• er and the weed That withers away, to let others succeed; So the multitude comes, even those we behold, To repeat every tale that hath often been told. For we are the same that our fath- ers have been, We see the same stream, and we feel the same sun, And we run the same course that our fathers have run. The thoughts we are thinking our fathers would think, From the death we are shrinking they, too, would shrink; To the life we are clinging they, too would cling, But it speeds from the earth like a bird on the wing. They loved—but their history we cannot unfold; They scorned—but the heart of the haughty is cold; They greived—but no wail from their slumbers may come; They joyed—but the voice of their triumph is dumb. They died—aye, they died, and we who are now, Who walk on the grass that grows over their brow, Who make in their dwellings a tran- sient abode, Meet the changes they met on their pilgrimage road. For hope and despondency, pleasure and pain Are mingled together like sunshine and rain; A.nd the smile and the tear, and the song and the dirge, They follow each other like surge upon surge. 'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud, Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? EARTH -BORN No lapidary's heaven, no brazier's hell for me, For I am made of dust and dew and stream and plant and tree; I'm close akin to ;boulders, I am cousin to the mud, And all the winds of all the skies make music in my blood. I want a darook and pine trees, I want a storm to blow Loud -lunged across the looming hills with rains and sleet and snow; Don't put me off with daidems and thrones of chrysoprase,— I want the•winds •of northern night! and wild March days. My blood runs red with sunset, my body is white with rain, And on nay heart auroral skies have set their scarlet stain, My thoughts are green with spring time, among the meadow rue I think any very soul is growing green and gold and blue. What will be left, I wonder, when Death has washed me clean Of dust and dew and sundown and April's virgin green? If there's enough to make a ghost I'll bring it back again To the little lovely earth that bore me, body, soul, and brain. ' —,Oriel Shepherd. *3i THE BEST ROAD OF ALL I like a road that leads away to prospects white and fair, A road that is an ordered road, like a nun's evening prayer; But best of all S love a road that leads to God knows where. You come upon it suddenly --you can- not reel: it out; It's like a secret still unheard and never noised about; But when you see, it, gone at once is every lurking doubt. It winds beside some rushing stream where aspens lightly quiver; It follows many a broken 'field by anany a shining river; It seems to lead you on and on, for- ever and forever! You tramp along its dusty way be. neath the shadowy trees, And hear beside you chattering birds or happy booming bees, And all around you golden sounds, the green' leaves' litanies. Ami here's a hedge and there's a cot; and then, strange, sudden turns -- A dip, a rise, a little glimpse where the red sunset burns; A bit of sky at evening time, the scent of hidden ferns. A winding road, a loitering road, the finger mark of God, Traced when the Maker of the world leaned over ways untrod. Seel Here He smiled His glowing smile, and lo, the golden -rod! I like a road that wanders straight; the King's highway is fair, And lovely are the sheltered lanes that take you here and there; But best of all I love a road that leads to God knowa where. —Charles Hanson Towne, OUR RECIPE FOR TODAY Vegetable Salad 1 cup finely cut red cabbage 1 cup cold boiled red beets 1 cup cold boiled carrots 1 cup cold boiled potatoes 1 eup finely cut celery i4, cup pimentoes 1 head lettuce 1 cup French dressing Soak cabbage in cold water 1 hour; drain and add beets, earrots, potatoes and celery. Mix well together, season with salt and pepper and serve on lettuce leaves. On top put strips of pimento and servo with French dressing, to which may be added one teaspoon onion juice. * r "IS THERE ANY PLACE IN THE COUNTRY FOR ME THIS co SUMMER?" w11, - • "Please, ma'am, can I go away this summer?" This is the question which comes from all sides and what can we answer? It is a tremendous task which we face—that of ,finding holiday homes for 1,000 children. We want you to realize that our only hope of making these children happy and healthy is through the kindness and generosity of you, who live out side our City. An invitation for one or two children to visit in your home for two weeks this summer is some- thing which only you can give. What it would mean to the children who receive it is more than words can ex- press. Will you help? The children are medically examin. ed before leaving Toronto and their transportation is paid. We must, however, ask the hostesses to do their part free. A letter to F. N. Stapleford, 22 Wellesley Street, Toronto, along with a letter of recommendation from your minister, will bring a speedy and grateful response from us.--1(The Neighborhood Workers, Toronto.) ed Batebab writes ot0 aTa 1 t colic, w Baby's , Verse ! sve than erful 1 sn t ori cause ooreeonat constipation. with the estlees with sig stivo troublenable;tl u hence and Bye erra•a the ce. 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