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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
PAGE 7
Cooking
Care of Children
Household Economics
RnalimnE of 6e6�a6
'A Column Prepared Especially for Women --
But Not Forbidden to Men
GOING BACK TO SCHOOL
They're going .back to school today,
the street
Throbs to the sound of sturdy pas-
sing feet,
'Small feet that all the summer free
and bare
Found sweet wet grass and fields
with daisies there ,
-And now this morning thrust in new
stiff shoes
They march to school in sober
ones and twos.
Boys with slick parted hair and clean
blue shirts
Walk down the road with playful
halts and spurts,
- CalIing to others whistling loud and
shrill
Across the peek (that lies so green
and
Robbed of its youth it has a stricken
air
As if the ghosts of children waited
there. '
▪ The dogs sit en the sidewalks all the
day,
With little whimpetings that seem
to say
:So much, although their faithful lips
are dumb, •
Watching the road for little feet
to 'come,
Wondering with sadness, why they
stay away,
The dear small comrades of their
tiny day.
Oh little folk be glad and full of fun,
G]ad for the warm sweet earth, for
wind and sun,
For school andbooks and little play-
mates gay
Life will came by and steal your
youth away.
' Se fill lite precious hours with joy
and mirth,
Making small bits of heaven, here'
on earth.
-Edna Jaques.
* *
Schools opened this week and the
little ones, and big ones, too, we have
no doubt, wended their way rather
sadly back to the accustomed tasks.
' The long summer vacation brought
such freedom from routine that
made it most enjoyable, evenif it did
in some cases mean harder work.
But to the average pupil and tea-
cher the regret is but temporary.
Very soon the routine is resumed
with satisfaction; it is nice to, know
just what one has to do, and to be
able to settle down to it; in many
cases there has been promotion, new
companionship, new authorities, a
• complete change of environment, and
•youth ever looks forward to 'change.
Adjustments must be made and this
takes up the time until all get ac-
customed to "things as they are.'
:School life ought to" be enjoyable
and enjoyed. If it isnot something
ie wrong; either the ehild is physi-
cally or mentally deficient, is wrong-
ly .placed in school or has the wrong
sorb of teacher if it does not find at
least some enjoyment in school. Not
every child, of course, really enjoys
study and for the ones who do not
some arrangements should be made
that will overcome this deficiency to
some extent. A certain amount of
"schooling" is absolutely necessary
for every ehild in this age, in this
country but it is not at all neces-
sary that every child should learn the
same things. Teachers and parents
should combine to see that each child
is getting as much eut of its school
life as it is possible to get. ' And
perhaps some day our school system
will be so much changed that it will
be much easier for children to have
their needs served according to their
ability and natural bent,
Everyone should try and plan a
holiday that will combine a rest from
their everyday occupation and suf-
ficient to occupy hand and brain so
that the' time floes . not hang heavy
on one's hands. This year I was able
to enjoy an ideal holiday, three weeks
beside a quiet little bay, so situated
that one was separated by 'a boat
trip, even though a short one, from
neighbors, with •congenial compan-
ions enough to keep one from getting
lonely and not too numerous to make
one feel overwhelmed with numbers.
Long clays of activity in the open
-air, rowing, bathing, tramping over
rugged rocks. I should add fishing,
I suppose, as I did fish a bit, but, to
quote the young Scottish lad, "any
worm wns'na even tryin' ". Then at
night one was so delightfully weary
one was glad to crawl into bed and
mine was situated on a verandah
looping out over this little bay, fac-
ing the south, and the sky seemed so
near .and the old scorpion sang, I sup-
pose I should say, hissed) ins to
sleep every night. We had a gramo-
phone in the house but it was seldom
tuned up, we relied instead on the
laugh of the loon, the cry of the
whip -poor -will and the caucus
screech of the gull for our music. The
gulls used to wake me up early in the
morning and I could lie on my couch
and watch residents of surrounding
islands come down for their morn-
ing dip. One morning the man on
the opposite island stayed under so
long that I was wondering if. I ought
to raise an alarm, but his head em-
erged'and I got up and was able to
go ht to dress and assist in peeper,
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SCHOOL DAYS
1 et children to whom he might spread
disease if he is coming down with one
of the communicable diseases.
The school can only do its own part
and if the communicable diseases are
to be kept out of school them parents
must see to it :that when their child
is coughing or sneezing, when he does
not eat, oz when he has a sore throat
or a rash, he is not'seht to school.
Bed is the place for, thechild whois
unwell. If he is going to be ill, he
is much lest likely to suffer as sev-
erely front' his illness, if it develops
when he is at rest in bed.
Most schools provide for the medi-
cal examination of their children at
regular intervals. It is the respon-
sibility of the parents to give prompt
attention to the correction of any.
defects which may be found. Poor
eyesight, diseased tonsils, enlarged
adenoids, poor hearing, and decayed
teeth are conditions which definitely
handicap the child in his school work
The school does many things for
- the .child. More and more is the
school expected to take on new re-
sponsibilities, and many parents ap-
pear to be only too ready to unload
-on the school the entire responsibil-
ity for the care and training of their
, children. ,
It is impossible for the •school•to•
take the place of the home. The best
results are secured when parents and
teacher work together, each doing
their part and trying to help the oth-
ers through an understanding of the
difficulties of, each. •Biekerings and
criticisms get nowhere, and the child
' is apt to take advantage df 'them to
'escape from his duties both at home
and in schools
lilvexy school owes its children pro-
tection against disease while they
• are in school. Parents 'should take
their part in this effort to keep their
children well. They • can -begin by
having their children vaccinated a-
gainst .smallpox and immunized a-
•- aginst diphtheria before they send
them to school.
Any -child who appears to, be un-
well or who shows symptoms which
carouse suspicion of a 'communicable
disease is sent home from school.
This is not only inthe interests of
the child •who should be in bed but
his also for the protection o£ the'oth-
ing breakfast with a clear conscience:
I do not boast of any great prow-
ess either in or on the water, I have
neve'] learned to swim but I love
"going in" and splashing about a bit,
while I envied the Athletic Giri who
could jump off a raft into the deep-
est places and'swim about with the
greatest ease, and also with her dex-
terity with a canoe, into which I
would only venture in the calmest
water. But for all that I enjoyed go-
ing eut , in row boats, .which I could
manage myself in a pinch, and the
little Brown Girl and I had no end
of fun with a motor boat.
'It must be confessed that the com-
bined total of what we didn't knew
about motor boats would fill a reas-
onably large voluten, but what she
didn't know .about them was balanc-
ed by what she was bound to Pearn
and—well I was on a holiday, I enjoy-
ed doing things with the Brown Girl
and was ready for any adventure. So
we learned what we could about but-
tons, valves, etc., from a small boy on
the next island, who .has spent his
summers since he eould walk in man-
aging boats, eta, and we went out.
The boat was wide and heavy and we
were not afraid of upsetting, (al-
though I had some notion that the
engine might possibly blow up). But
our difficulty was in getting it start-
ed.' I pulled a button and let out
something else and the Brown Girl
twisted the wheel. After a while it
went and we gaily flew around the
little bay, (no doubt much to the a-
musement of the residents on the
other islands) but something always
happened and when it stopped it was
hard to start again. Apd once or
twice it would back up instead of go-
ing forward. One day while we
were sitting out in the middle of the
bay, (which measures sixty .feet in
depth in some places), I with a pad-
dle endeavoring to keep our boat's
nose facing the swells of a big supply
boat, a kind lady in a motor boat
which she could manage, offered us a
tow. But with a pair of oars and a
paddle we were quite well able to get
home, when our trial for the day was
over. The persistance of the Brown
Girl was great and she worked away
at that boat until, one day, we (rath-
er, she), got it going,' beautifully.
WIC got more oil and gas and the next
day started out, four women in a
boat, to the big dock. The big boat
eame in every afternoon and almost
everyone went over to the big dock
for mail, supplies, etc., or only to
meet friends and for en outing.
We got along fine and the Browtt
Girl and I, as pioneers, were duly
patting ourselves and each other an
the back owing to the achievement
of mastering the intricacies of t•un-
ning a motor launch. We pulled into
the dock and tied up our boat, but, al-
as and alack, pride goeth before a
fall. Our business finished, we un-
tied and pushed out our craft and the
Brown Giri took the wheel. The en-
gine started all right, but something
was clearly wrong, for it rattled om-
inously. The Brown Girl described
the sound as resembling a lot of large
nails being shaken in a tin
can, We couldn't occupy the
centre of the narrow channel in
front of the dock, with so many
craft about, so we paddled the boat
around, to the end of the clock and
called the manager of the camp, an
expert, to examine it. He being deaf
tosayanything
't a difficult for tis
t was Y g
i plenty to him, but be said p y to us. A
bearing was burned out. We had
f with as andoil
kept the en ins fed vt h
1 g
g
'but had paid little attention to greas-
ing. the beatings.
Well, the funniest part is yet to
tell. After looking at the engine our
man untied the boat from its moor-
ings, paddled it around to his own
launch, turned it about and, without
so much as a word as to his intention,
towed us ignominiously home, untied
his craft and steamed off, still with-
out a word and no listening to any'
word from us. ,,He knew we were
connected with the man who owned
the boat; we were clearly unfitted to
manage it, we were a couple of miles
from, home and hone was where we
ought to 'be,, so without.argement of
any kind, bonne he took us. It was a
funny experience and caused us many
a good laugh. • We were kidnapped in
broad day. Such is the carefree life of
irresponsible females who are loaned
a cottage by e generous relative and
who make the most -of the occasion.
Meanwhile, the owner of the boat
will have a bill'•foe repairs, also,, no.
doubt, a bill for towing us home.
It was rather galling to our pride,
too, to learn later that the only yea -
OUR RECIPE ,FOR TODAY "
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4
CELERY RELISH
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* 3 beads of celery.
* 1 cup white sugar. *
* 1 tablespoon Curry powder. •
4' 1 tablespoon Cornstarch.
* 1 tablespoon Mustard.
* 1 tablespoon Salt.
1 large Onion.
* 1 pint Vinegar.
* Chop celery and onion fine, *
* mix sugar, cornstarch, mustard *
* salt, and Curry powder with a *.
e` little cold vinegar. Let the rest n'
* of the vinegar come to a boil *
4' and stir into it the other *
* things making paste as you ,do *
* for mustard pickles, then pour
4' over chopped celeryand onion.
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QUEEN VICTORIA WORE COTTON
STOCKINGS
No "Near" Silk in Those Days
World's record for continuous em-
ployment in modern industry appears
to be held by Robert Harrison, of
Cullverton, 'Nottinghamshire;, who,
for 76 years, has been in the employ
of L and R. Meeley, British ;,textile
manufacturers. Mr. Harrison is in
his 00th year, having started. with
Morley's at 13. He is one of the
few hand-frameknitters extant, a
survivor of the early machine im-
provements of the industrial revolu-
tion, as is the firm for which he
works. His work is done in his own
cottage, with the assistance of a son
aged 60, and a grandson aged 24. Al]
his 10 children have worked for Mor-
ley's at some time, and five genera-
tions of his family have been em-
ployed by their firm.
Mr. Harrison, to achieve his record,
had to surpass that of Ann Birkin,
who was in Morley's employ for 72
years as a chevener, or stocking em-
broiderer. She, too, was a cottage
worker, and was Queen Victoria's
ehevener. She embroidered the
Queen's stockings far the ascent to
the Throne in 1887, for the Jubilee in
1887 and the Diamond Jubilee in
1897.
Queen Victoria, incidentally, wore
very fine black cotton stockings, sup-
plied by I. and R. Morley and knit-
ted for many years by an expert em-
ploye. John Derrick, who, although
he made the stockings for the ascent
to the Throne and the Jubilee, did
not live to perform the same task for
the Diamond Jubilee.
Until about 1888 there was no such
thing as a "fast" black dye, And
although the black dye tended to
come off on the skin of the wearer,
the Queen made black stockings po-
pular. Her Majesty, however, a-
voided the stains by wearing a pair
of white stockings beneath the black
pair. She used to order in large
quantities and had the stockings
marked, one right, one left; two right
two, left; and so on. There was no
chance of getting the stockings on
the wrong foot, and even the pairs
of black and white could be matched
by this device.
SEVEN RULES FOR CHILD
R NI
T AI NG
Dr. Cronibine, General Executive,
United States. Child Health Assoeia-
tion, givas the following rules fot
child training:
1. Study your child. Children are
so different. Find' out why.
2, Give only a few well -thought-
out commands; but sec that these are
obeyed. Do not be rude or overbear-
ing in giving these commands, but
make the ' command ,positive.
3. Always take time to explain the
reason for a resuest.
4. Gain the child'sinterest; be in-
' terested in his accomplishment. Say
do instead of don't. Praise him.
! 5- Keep faith with the child, if you
make a promise, keep it.
I 6. Be consistent. Do not allow at.
one time what you, forbid at another.
( 7. Expect the best from the chil-
dren, and they will live up to it.
1
GODERICIi: Oswald Ginn, clivia
sin +court ,bailiff, has peen dismissed.
Mr. ,Ginn has held the smitten for
more than five years. No reason was
given for his dismissal, The vacancy
has been filled by the appointment of
Agar Summersall, retired gentleman,
prominent in Liberal circles.
predispose him to serious a mplicas sonthe boat was hard to start was!
thins if he 'becomes ill and often because
DASI1WOO'D: A ,number of friends
of Mrs. Norman Evans, formerly
Miss M•yrta Hoffman, met in honor of
herrecent marriage at the home of
her parents, Mae and Mr's. Henry
W
e didn't know exa'etly just
cause heart disease or other similar how to twist the wheel.
conditions in later life.' •Give your R L'TCAH
children a chance for good health by
working with the school in its effort
to improve the health of the children.
Questions. concerning Health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As
-
sedation, 184 College Street, ',Peron -
to, will be answered personally by
letter.
s GOLFER IN THE ROUGH'
"Murphy got
he?"
"Ire got rich so
swing a golf club
his hands,;"
rich quick, didn't
quick that he can't
without'Spitting an
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs–Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful
and Ins pining'
A PRAYER
Another day has come and gone,
The light- of evening dies;
Be with me Lord, when I lie down,
And bless me when I rise.
If I am wakeful on my bed,
My thoughts lift up to Thee;
Oh! may Thy Word which I have read
Refresh and strengthen me.
And may Thy Holy Word I love
My thoughts and actions raise,
And may Thy Holy Spirit, Lord,
Direct and rule my ways.
And when my soul must take its
flight
Be with me all the way;
Right through the night, until the
light
Breaks clear, and it is day.
a * 0
THE BEAUTIFUL GIFT
What can a mother give her children
Greater today than this one great
thing--,
Faith in an old; sweet, beautiful story
A star—a stable -ea new -barn King?
Shining faith in the young lad, Jesus;
Lover of high white things was he;
Jesus—straight as a Lebanon cedar;
Jesus•= -clean as the winds from the
sea.
Faith in the young lad come to man-
hood;
Jesus, compassionate, tender and
time—
Oh, niy children --what more glorious
Gift in the world can I give to you?
Carry it high like a lamp in the dark-
ness,
Hold it for warmth when the day is.
cold---
Keep it for joy when youth goes sing-
ing,
Clasp it for peace when you are old.
What can a mother give her children
More than a faith that will not dim?
Take it, my dear ones ]told it for-
ever;
A lamp for a lifetime—faith in Him.
Grace Noll Crowell,
GOOD -NIGHT
Good -night` I have to say good-
night
To such a host of peerless things!
Good -night unto the slender hand
All queenly with its weight of
rings;
Good -night to fond, uplifted eyes.
Good -night to chestnut braids of
hair,
Good -night unto the perfect mouth,
And all the sweetness nestled
there—
The snowy hand detains me, then
I'll have to say Good -night again!
But there will come a time, my love,
When, if I read our stars aright,
I shall not linger by the porch
With my farewells. Till then,
Good -night.
You wish the time were now? And
I.
You do not blush to wish it so?
You would have blushed yourself
to
death
To ownso smith a year ago-
What, both these snowy hands! ah,
then
I'll have to say Good -night again!
—T. G. Aldrid.
* * .;is
TWJICE A WEEK
Twice a week fromnine till three
A homneIy woman comes to me;
She scours my rooms and clears my
mind
Of dust and muddles left behind.
Through slushy . streets shecomes
with cheer,
To make the 'muddles disappear.
O'er one small house I fuss and moan
She cleans quite three besides - her
own.
The: days she conies T waken blest,
She won't feel "put on" if I rest,
Or"inied the things the children do,
Because, ` you see, she's had some,
too:
Olt, -restful days, when I'm' "left
straight!"
Oh, woman worth your golden weight
Some people see you as a char—'
I know you for the 'friend you are.
And when you stay long after three
Because some ladies come to tea,
I'm sure a finer one than most
Ie in the kitchen making toast.
—Margaret Campbell Purves in The
' Woman's Magazine.
BEFORE
Before you say a word that stings,
Or rankles in some heart,
Before you toy with quarrellings,
And from some old friend part,
Remember that a kindly word
Will all the trouble end,
And that it's foolish and absurd
To banish a good friend,
Before you cloud the sky of love
With some unworthy deed,
Before you slay trust's peaceful dove
Or make a fond heart bleed,
Remember that you'll need some day
The love you lightly spurn,
And that, tho now you may be gay,
You'll suffer in your turn
Before you chide a simple child,
Or cause a simple tear,
Before you're tempted or beguiled
At innocence to sneer,
Think how much sunshine would be
gone
But for the childlike mind,
And thank your starsfoeevery one
To whom you can be kind.
--Anon.
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BY THE WAYSIDE
Upon the soft, green mosses,
In fliek'ring light and shade, '
We rested at the noonday,
Within a flow'ry glade.
Above, the branches wavered,
By gentle breezes swayed;
While at our feet a brooklet
In dreamy ripples played
And naught else broke the stillness
Save bird songs in the trees,
Or rustlings in the grasses,
Or humming of wild bees,
A chattering chipmunk, climbing,
Or woodpecker's "tap, tap"
High hi an old dead pine tree,
His hard bill went "rap, rap."
Sometimes a partridge, drumming.
Far off in the dim woods,
Was answered from the thicket
Wpiere fallen branches stood,
A hawk sailed high in heaven
With wings outspread, to fall;
A. bluejay in the beech tree
Gave watchful, warning call.
Not far away—the Highway,
Where met go racing by,
On varied, toilsome missions,
01, work or pleasure, hie.
Yet here was loved seclusion:
Cool, green, sequestered calm,
Where wearied souls might gather
A wealth of spirit balm
-Ethel May Hall,
1 TO WIIOM IT MAY CONCERN
Toe
Today I take my pen in hand
(Not knowing how to use my toes),
' Brush up the words at my command
(1 long have ceased to brush
my
clo'es),
Aud send these stanzas to the press
In praise of --well, you'd never guess.
You'd never guess, because your kind
More used to kicks than ha'pense
are,
Till, figuratively, behind
You've come to call the "seat of
war";
And furthermore, since modesty
Is an essential part of ye.
Poor editors! Wliate'erbefall,
'Tis yours to nightly wade and
squint
Through reams of most unholy scrawl
And make it fit for decent print
Whilst we who set the horrid chore
On Lethe's waters drift and snore,
I honor you-ach hoary head--
Arid
ead-And if at times you've roused my
fee,
No doubt I'vehad you "seeing red" ,
And wishing mewithin the fire
With "Constant" reader" (whom al!
know)
And old "Pro Bono Publico"
And so I take my pen in hand
And tender this my tardy' praise,
And promise, since i understands
Henceforth to amend my ways;
To first of all sit down and think
Before I splash around in ink,:
;Ernest. H. A. Horne.
Hoffman to Dashwood. The evening *. ,
was spent in games and the 'bride
was the recipient of matey beautiful
gifts; . After supper the guests were
shown the bride's household' linens.
itr.l and M'ra; Evans will reside h2,
,Kitchener.
ALMOST ON PINS AND NEEDLES
'"They, tell me the sword swallow-
er, is ena diet."
"You said' it-Ihe hasn't eaten any-
thing but poeketknives'lair a month."
FOR HE WAS SCOTCIH, AND S0
WAS SHE
(In view of the recent passing of
[that dear lady of the ready' pen, the
following is included as a tribute to ,
her memory.—Ed.)
They were a couple well content
Wath what they earned and what they
spent,
Cared not a whit for style's decree --
For he was Scotch and so was she.
And oh, they loved to talk of Burns--,
Dear, blithesome, tender Bobby Burns
They never wearied of his song,
He never sang a note too strong,
One little fault could neither see-
For he was Scotch and so was she,
They Ioved to read of men who steed
And gave, for country life and blood,
Who held their faith so grand a thing
They scorned to: yield it to a king.
Ah, proud of such they well might
be—
For he was Scotch and so was she.
From neighbors' broils they kept
away; •
No liking for such things had they,
Andoh, each had a canny mind,.
And could be deaf, and dumb and
blind.
With words or pence was neither
free— •
For he was Scotch and so was she.
1 would not have you think this pair
Went on in weather always fair,
For well you know in married life,
Will come, sometimes, the jar and
strife;
They couldn't always just agree—
For he was Scotch and so was she,
But near of heart they ever kept,
Until at close of life they slept;
Just this to say when all was past
They loved each other to the last.
They're loving yet, in Heaven, may.
be—
For he was Scotch and so was she.
--Jean Blewett,
THE LADIES' AID
The old church bell has long been
cracked,
Its call is but a groan,
It seems to sound a funeral knell
With every broken tone.
We need a bell, lire brethren said,
But taxes must be paid,
We have no money we Can spare,
Just ask the Ladies' Aid,
The shingles on the roof were old,
The rain trine down in rills,
The brethren slowly shook thein
heads
And spoke of monthly bills. ,
The chairman of the board arose
And said, "I'nt afraid
That we shall have to lay the case '
Before the Ladies' Aid.
The carpet had been patched and
patched,
Till quite beyond repair,
And through. the aisles and on the
steps
The boards showed hard and bare.
"It is too bad," the brethren said,
An effort should be made
To raise an interest on the part
Of the members of the Aid.
The preacher's stipend was behind
The poor man, blushed to meet
The grocers and the butchers as
They passed him on the street,
But nobly spoke the brethren, "The
Pastor than be paid,"
Wie'il call upon the treasurer
Of our good Ladies' Aid.
"Ah," Said hd the men, "t
he way t
d
heaven
Is 'long and hard and steep,
with
slopes of ease on either side
The path ie hard to keep.
We cannot climb' the heights alone,
'Our hearts are sore dismayed,
We ne'er shall go to heaven at 'all
Without the Ladies' Aid.
—Amon.
"If my three baby boys were rest-
less with colic or peevish from their
teeth I gave them'a Baby's Own
Tablet and they were soon asleep," {{
says Mrs. T. Tweedy, 475 Mill-
wood
ill- 1
woodRd., Toronto. These sweet 1
little tablets remove the, cause of ;
fretfulness and the child becomes
happy and well again. Ailthe com-
mon ailments of little folie are
promptly and safely corrected with
Dr, Williams' lioby's Own Tablets.
Price 35o at your druggist's. ,so
YOUR LIVER'S MAKINGN
YOU FEEL OUT OF SORTS
Wake up your Liver Bile
'-No Calomel needed
When you feel blue, depressed, sour on the
world, that's your liver which isn't pouring its
daily two pounds of liquid bile into your bowel/.
Digestion . and elimination are being "lowed
up, food is accumulating and decaying Mold's
Yen and making you feel wretched.
lucre bowel -movers like salts, oil, mineral
Water, laxative candy or ohewfng gdm, or
roughage, don't go far enough.
You need a liver stimulant. Carter's ilius
Liver Pills is the beet one, Safe. ,Purely ♦sge-
table, Sure, Ask for them by name. Retest
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