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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-08-30, Page 8THURS., AUG. 30, 1934 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD` PAGE ? Health Cooking TEA "Fresh From. the Gardens" 256 The Canadian National Institute for the Blind Exhibit Canadian National Exhibition The talking bbok, one of the latest sensations in the world of the blind is now being demonstrated at the Th hibit of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind in the Medd- cal and Engineering Building at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toron- to. This year, for the first time, all the activities in which blind persons are engaged are being carried out on the premises, and every phase of the Institute's Canada -wide programme is included. The National Library of the Inati- • tute which contains over 17,500 vol- umes is conducting a booth where Braillie books are on view, and a Braille typewriter operated. The current issue of the monthly Braille magazine "The Courier" sent out by the National Library to all parts of Canada, is being produced, showing the process of. Braille printing, fol* lowed by the stitching of leaves to- gether. Thirty-one blind persons are pre- sent, some demonstrating home handi- crafts, another turning out attractive dresses and aprons on one of the pow- er driven machines used in the gar- ment factories of the Institute lo- cated in Toronto and Winnipeg. Rubber door mats made from. old automobile tires are being manufac- tured in the booth representing the Western Division of the Institute (British Columbia and Alberta) and netting is one of the occupations found in the booth of the Newfound- land Division. In between these two extremities comes the Central Wes- tern Division (Saskatchewan and Manitoba) where a blind man is can- ing chairs, standard typewriter tak- ing her dictation from the dictaphone, and a blind man in the Maritime Di- vision booth (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) demonstrating the . manufacture of willow signal cones used by the Do- minion Meteorological Department for weather signalling on the sea coast. The Industrial Placement Depart- ment arranged for a blind man em- ployed in industry by a well-known sporting goods company to carry on with his regular job of stringing tennis racquets, another to fit spokes in joy cycle wheels,while a blind employee in one of the' Motor Car Companies is demonstrating his job of stuffing cushions for automobiles and assembling control handles for. car windows. Games used by the blind such as Braille playing cards, checkers, etc., are •on display ' as well as Braillie watches, thermometers and other appliances. In this booth informa- tion can be obtained regarding - the special privileges fpr blind people, such as radio services, street car passes, theatre passes, etc. Institute factory work including the process of manufacturing Blind- craftbrooms is fully demonstrated with one blind Iran sorting broom corn, another winding brooms and a third sewing and . clipping them. Wicker furniture is being made and serviceable baskets take shape while they are being watched. One of the special. features of the Exhibitis the engaging group of dolls in the Prevention of Blindness booth portraying, with the assistance of artistically designed verses above them, the particular care that must be taken of the eyes at various stag- es of life. Literature published by ,the Instit- ute is available in a number of the booths, also cards for testing vision that may as well be used for tele- phone number memorandmn, and Braille alphabet cards. The complete structure, containing all the demonstration booths of the Institute, which is finished in red, black and cream, is constructed so that a general view of all the various activities can be seen from the main entrance, there being no high Parti. tions between the different booths. Members' of the Toronto Women's Auxiliary to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind are conducting a special branch of their Blind Crafts Shop and have also an Information Booth most attractively furnished with wicker chairs, desk, ferns in fern pothold:ers and flower baskets, all cleverly fashioned by the hands of blind workers. The furnishings of. this booth are carried out in the teatith Service OF Tilt O (attwbiatt J' ebirat , , inriatirnt and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by GRANT FLEMING. M.D., Associate Secretary FEARS'. Unless you have a good memory of , your early life, you will have forgot- ten the fears which beset you as 'a' • child, making your life miserable and unhappy at times. According to cer- tain authorities, the child • is born with but two fears—that of loud nois- es and that of the loss of 'physical • support, it would appear. that most fears are acquired or developed. A feeling of insecurity is the un- derlying cause of many fears, while, on the other hand, feelings of Secur- ity banish fears. If the adult ex- presses or shows concern over .some- thing, the child will, sense danger in the happening which caused the con- cern. So it is that the child builds up his fears from parental attitudes and front the influences of the be- haviour of e-haviour''of other adults. We are concerned over 'a child's fear of the dark; or of animals; or over his shyness and timidity, be- cause these fears and attitudes are symptoms or, signs of an unhealthy mental development which\ unless it is corrected, will bring the child in- to adult life as a comparatively un-, happy person, who is restless, sensi- tive, ineffective, and what is common- ly galled "nervous." ' Because of their, fears, children have bad dreams or night terrors. It is easy to say that these are due to indiscretions in diet, to excitement or over -fatigue. Such physical states do interfere with the child's' normal rest and may cause dreams, but the real night terrors experienced by the child. arise out of fears. When such cases are looked into, it will be found often that the child has had some frighten- ing experience, but, more commonly, that an adult has threatened him in some way. Parents and others often resort to threats as a means for stopping bad habits. For example, a father may. say . "Do that again and I'll cut your hands off." The child goes to sleep, and in his sleep, the fear aroused by such threats from an adult who to hint is all-powerful' and able to carry out his threats becomes a reality, and his night terror is'a dream that the threat is bein gapplied to him. We should strive to help children by developing their ability to face new situations through an under- standing, and this means that'par- ents must take the time to give an honest explanation of each new situ- ation to the child. Give .your child security .by becoming for him a de- pendable source ofinformation and assuring him of a sympathetic con- sideration onsideration of his problems. Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As - sedation, 184 College Street, Toron- to, will be answered. personally by letter.. w - Championship Form Care of Children Household Economics Real form is being exhibited here by Miss N. B. Brown during the Surrey hard court championships at Roehampton, England, recently. Miss Brown is seen just after the completion of a back -hand drive. cream, black and red of the entire Exhibit. If you are visiting the Exhibition this year you shouldn't miss this in- tensely interesting and enlightening display. Remember the location, El- ectrical and Engineering Building, near the Prince's Gate. One Bed, One Bath? Addressing the American Society of Sanitary Engineers, a speaker is quoted as saying that the day will come when every bedroom will have its bathroom. No doubt the state- ment was in some way qualified, for the convenience of having four bath- rooms in the ordinary four -bedroom- ed house 'would be greatly offset by the added labor they would entail for those in charge of the household. It is true, nevertheless, that the num- ber of bathrooms per better -class home has been steadily increasing, and this tendency will no doubt con- tinue. But what is needed more than an. increase in bathrooms where bath- rooms already exist is the installation of at least one bathroom in resi, denees which have at present none at all. And this is true especially of farm -houses. The telephone, the radio, and the. motor ear have done much to make farm life more livable, especiallyfor the women of the farm, whose heavy and monotonous tasks are thus illum- ined with a gleam or two •of 'bright- ness. There are, of course, farms where all of these things,especially since the depression began, would be classed as luxuries. But farm bath- rooms are not a luxury; they are a necessity—•a sanitary necessity whose presence in the farm homes of Can- ada would mean an actual decrease in mortality and a lengthening of the inmates' expectation of life —Toronto Daily Star. PITHY SAYINGS Sonie foods are long on taste but short on nourishment. Some clothes. are long on looks but short on quality. Some people are long on promises but .short on performance, Some towns are long on good in- tentions bot short on actions. Some organizations are long on plans but short on results. Many towns are long on good start- ers .but short on good finishers. USELESS ANYWAY Marshall—The hell on your house has been out of order for weeks: I should think you would' have it re- paired. ' ' Peter 'What's the use? Nobody ever rings it these days. Our friends just . sit out in their cars and honk their motor -horns until we come to the door. , * * * * * * * * * * « ► * * OUR RECIPE FOR. TODAY * ► * LADY GOLDENGLOW CAKE 1/2 cup shortening 11/2 cups sugar Grated rind of Ye. orange 1 egg and 1 yolk 2/ cups flour JA teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons Royal Baking powder 1 cup milk 11/2 ounces unsweetened cho- colate melted Cream shortening, add sugar and orange rind. Add beaten egg yolks. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and add alternately with the milk; lastly fold in one beaten egg white. Divide batter into two parts, To one part add the chocolate. Put by tablespoon- fuls alternating dark and light batter, into three greased lay- er cake pans. Bake in moder- ate oven 20 minutes. THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and a inspiring SHORT PRECARIOUS HOUR A bird of red consented to retnain A slim guest artist, in my maple tree 'Where, glowing as a lantern in the rain, it balanced on a gay twig perilously. Ower the piebald sod beneath the branch The thick fog lifted from the thinning snow. I marveled that a creature had so staunch An optimism, facing such a foe , As. life. This bird, alone devoid of power, Persisting through survival of the strong, This wing riding the short precarious hour That brings disaster or tomorrow's song, Had kept its bright appointment with the tree, It's gay itinerary etched in flame. It was as though a spirit spoke to me It was as though the silence breathed a Name. --Florence Dickinson Stearns in "Spirit." A MAGICIAN TELLS ABOUT HIS TRICKS IVs mindreader or medium has ev- er performed any feat which cannot be duplicated by trickery. Thus does Prince Allah, former mindreader and crystal gazer, dense his views of the superantural. The Prince should know. Seven- teen of his 35 years were spent as medium and as a magician,. He has performed in virtually every state. (Now an /owe business man, the former seer is 'a more than willing to expose the tricks offake mediums. He declines to expose the tricks or illusions of reputable magicians, Recently Allah drove a motor car through the Des Moines business dis- trict while blindfolded. - The blind- fold drive was one of his favorite methods of ballyhoo for his stage performance. After hearing Allah's explanation of the, blindfold drive,: it seems im- possible thousands of people actually believed he was driving with the use of "second sight." Two blindfolds were used—one of them real and the other a fake. The fake eye covering has a space half an inch wide extending its ` en- tire length of thin cloth. The fake blindfold is constructed so it can be folded two ways. The side opposite and directly in front of the thin. cloth (gauze) is loosely stitched so that an upward movement of the eyebrows pulls the stitches apart, leaving only the thin part over the eyes. When folded the opposite way the loose stitches are at • And the warm, golden sands— Arid its queer little love -hallowed things That are as sacred as archangel's wings Or the stars that are, seven! Do.you think God will make us forget When we wake up, in Heaven? —Louise Morey Bowman. EARTH -BORN Do you think God will make us forget, When we wake up in Heaven— All the queer little earth -fashioned things That are sacred as archangel's wings Or the stars that are seven? Our books, our green china with pos- ies, My white wedding -gown with its ros- es, The candles we light In our wee house at night, Your father's old clock with its wise, friendly face, And my mother's old lace- . Do you think Love can ever forget? Yes, count me a lover of Earth With its tears or its mirth; Its wine that is bitter or bread that is sweet— With the pink apple trees and the brown honey bees. With its far purple lands, When the partridge haunts the brake. ,When"the silvery calls of the water- . ` falls Malfe music for •ray dreams, When I hitchmy car to a distant star With a full moon's glimmering beams, For it's only then, when away from men, That My heart finds the food, it craves, That my thoughts, arise to the open skies— Unchained from their prison caves. —Beatrice E. Godby. a! SHE JUST KEEPS ROUSE FOR ME She is so winsome and so wise She sways us at her will, And oft the question will arise: ' What mission does she fill And so I say with pride untold And love beyond degree, This woman with the heart of gold, She just keeps house for me. A full content dwells in her face, She's quite in love with life, And for a title wears with grace The sweet, old-fashioned "wife"; And so I say with pride untold, And love beyond degree, This woman with the heart of gold, She just keeps house for me. SIDE ROADS Broad and white and endless The King's Highway goes by, On either side its smooth cement The little cross-roads lie; The wandering and wistful roads That whirling wheels despise, The roving roads to nowhere Save woods and fields and skies. The great roads always hurry, They seldom twist or wind, The little roads they amble, Their course is undefined; The little roads hold holy ways, To seek with feet unshod. The great reads lead to commerce, The little roads to God. —Molly Bevan in Blue Bell. SUNSET Sunset is as golden as the sunrise; And more; the artful setting of the skies Smiles on golden harvests gathered home; Sunrise can only hope for what's to come. The last is best; it holds the golden glow; No ivith'ring blight tem evil now be- stow. If we've been but a -march the live- long way The sunset holds the glory of the day. Youth )holds some charm for every soul's delight; But youth may lose his course before the night. Old age has paced the shore from sea to sea, And found a calm retreat within the lea. The look -ahead may keep the heart serene; The old man knows what life has been. The youth would be a man; the man a sage; Thus human grandeur mounts from age to age. A crown of glory is the whited brow; To gain that crown, let youth in ' meekness bow. The sunrise calls the warriors to the fray; The sunset crowns the victors of the day. —John Clark Williams. —.From 'Gillingham. FAITH She said: "There is no God, ,, I have no faith, No creed. This thing, Called life again, A rebirth from the sod, Indeed! It is a myth, A fairy tale, a wraith." Then came the Spring, On lady-slippered feet. And she Who had no faith, And scorned a creed, Went forth into her garden And scattered flower -seed. :—"Echoes." the bottom, directly on the crease, and are not noticeable. "I would hold the blindfold over the eyes of some people standing in front of the theatre where the drive started. They were asked whether they could see through it, and, of course, they could not," Allah said. In his pocket reposed the good blindfold. Then as the drive ended in front of the theatre, the perform- er jerked the fake off his head and substituted the good one, with use of sleight-of-hand. Of course, the good blindfold, tossed to the audience, could be examined at length with no fault being found. Allah mystified thousands in theatres and at banquets by reading through "second sight"' paragraphs from a magazine, in the hands of some of the audience. Copies of some current magazines would be handed out. Some one was asked to turn to any page he chose and tell him when to start reading. Standing before the audience blindfolded, his hands at his sides, Allah "read" the maga- zine word for word. After several paragraphs had been read from different magazines in the hands of persons known to others in the gathering, the audience believed Allah "had the power." This is mere- ly a variation of other mind-reading feats, still being usedbyafake med- iums today, Allah said. Hidden by his turban was a small earphone, with wires running to, his heels, hidden by his clothing. Metal plates on his heels rested on tin plates beneath the rug — to complete the contact. When a member of the au- dience told the Prince what page to read from,a confederate in another room, or beneath the stage in theatres turned to the same page of a_dupli- cate magazine. The confederate would read slowly to Allah who re- peated the passages as he heard them over the earphone. His success with the outfit was so great he actually sold battery sets to others. What though I toil from morn till night, .I What though I weary grow, A spring of love and dear delight Doth ever softly flow; And so I say with pride untold, And love beyond degree, This woman with the heart of gold, She just keeps house for me. Our children climb upon her knee ' And lie upon her breast, And, ah! her mission seems to me The highest and the best; And so I say with pride untold, And love beyond degree, This woman with the heart of gold, ' She just keeps house for me. —Jean Blewett. NIAGARA With a sound of might and wonder. With a swift and teeming current, Are the waters of Niagara, Falling, falling, mist enshrouded. Now I stand, a tiny mortal, Stand and tremble here before it, Feel its power shake the earth and Set the hills to rhythmed answer. Never ceasing, never slowing, Onward, onward, ever onward, Through the days, the nights — its flowing Mocks at every stilled emotion. Spurns a feeble heart, a moving Half -unfelt and half-determinel'— From its deep and mighty flowing Time cries out, in voice of thunder, Now I stand, a tiny mortal. Stand and cry: "I will not heed Thee, I will stay beside the meadows. In their peace and rest I'll hide me. No, I will not heed Thy warning. I'll be soothed to soft forgetting." —Rena Chandler. WHEN I HAVE GONE One summer's morning I heard a lark Singing to heaven, a sweet -throated bird; One winter's night I was glad in the dark Because of the wondrous song I had heard. The joy of life, I have heard you say, Is my love, my laughter, my smiles and tears; When I have gone on the long -strange way Let these stay with you through all the years— These be the lark's song, What is life worth That cannot crowd, in the time that's given To two like us on this grey old earth, Such bliss as will last till we reach heaven? Dear one, think ' of the full glad years, And thinking of them, forget to weep. Wlhisper: "Remembrance holds no tears!" And kiss my mouth when I fall on sleep. By Jean Blewett. THE SOWERS ..1 know there are, That fear the. Lord. A host of folk Of one accord. Who, mid the dark. Dwell in the light, Because their hearts And minds are right: By faith they live. The truth to know; And joy, thank God, Is what they sow. Edmonton. —F. J. Earl. KEEPS HIIS; WORD . 4+ .* CAMP SOLITUDE Tenant-l:'m sorry I can't pay my rent this week. Give me days when the camp -fires Landlord—But you said that last blaze week and the week .before. • Gil the shore of a limpid lake, Teuant—Yes, and didn't hkeep'•my When the kildeer crises to the placid Word?I , skies, SOURED ON THE WORLD?—THAT'S LUVEk Wake up your Liver Bile —No Calomel necessary Many people who. feel sour, sluggish and generally wretched make the mistake of taking salts,, oil, mineral water, laxative candy or ohcwinp, gum, or roughage which only move the bowels and ignore the liver, liver What you need is to wake up your bile. Start your liver pouring the daily two pounds of liquid bile into your bowels. Get your stomach and intestines working xe they. ebould, once more, . 1 Carter's Little Liver Pills will soon Si yet np. Purely vegetable. sefo. hurt Quack. Mk for them by name. Refuses ab zso. at all drugysta. J i;F