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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-09-20, Page 7THURS., SEPT. 20, 1934 THIE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE '7 Health Cooking Thrifty Housewives Buy Quality "Fresh From the Gardens" Ruiitiout d Rc6�b A Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men - JEAN BLEWETT: OBIT AUGUST, 1934. The friendly and familiar 'things of earth, Ah! who shall sing to us of them today, Since she who loved them well and sang their worth Has written "Finis" now and gone away? "Who shall sing to us in the way she sang Of memories cherished in the hearts of all? So goldenly and true her music rang, And sweet as ever linnet's lyric. gall. ' Of love and hope and joy .and homing wings, And all the labors of the daily • round, • She sang, because she prized the simple things More truly than she prized the things profound. For her warm heart was e'er unspoilt and meek, And her brave soul a star, a bea- con light, And such the Heavenly Father sends to speak To those who dwell upon a lesser height. Him Whom she followed with a faith made strong, Andwoman heart made wise by motherhood; Him Whom she served with her rare gift of song, As beautiful as her whole life was good. • —Ernest, 11. A. Home in the Globe. Her shall we miss when falls the Spring's caress, Her shall we mourn when all the trees are bare; There will be one sweet singer then. the less, And, ghostlike, by our hearths, an empty chair. But in the happy land where she has gone The baby angels and the cherubin " Come, flocking to her side and gaze upon Her face, as earth's wee bairns once gazed on Him-. Care of Children' Queen Victoria's Clothes London Museum Tells the History of The Good Queen's Life By an Exhibition of Her press !A woman's clothes tell the story of her life -{tell it, too, in a. curiously intimate and pathetic way when those clothes survive long after she is dead. Most women leave behind them nothing more revealing than, per- haps, a wedding dress;; sometimes a ball gown or a christening robe. But of Queen Victoria, who died only a little more than 30 years ago, there is almost a complete history res. of in dress. told lass cases the Ranged throughg. the London Museum, St. James's, S. W., the things she wore, still holding her shape as if they were warm from the touch of her • flesh, record her his- tory as a woman more intimately than a book. What is it makes people beloved by others? Is it beauty, or clever- ness, or generosity of just the facul- ty of being lovable, the simple fac- ulty of being one who understands others and in understanding is ready to give out sympathy and love? I think it is -this latter gift or grace or whatever it is. And in Jean Blewett, who so recently joined that great silent majority, 'although her spirit in her kindly verses, will go on speaking for .many, many years, we bad personification of that kindli- ness and human understanding. No doubt Jean Blewett was clever, far and<away cleverer than the great mass of us, but she did not parade this cleverness. When you niet her it was the womanly woman you met, the `woman who understood the prab- lems of womanhood and who had done her share in meeting and solv- ing them. She was interested in her home, so was also interested in yours; she was interested in her own little children, so found yours a de- light to study. On the last occasion' on which I ,net her she was much in- terested in helping, her daughter in the care of a tiny babe on a long train journey they were taking to- gether. All her public achievements were forgotten as she looked after the neege of this wee mite of human- ity; she was just the ordinary, dot- ing grandmother, although she may have exhibited real intelligence In the part she played in this, work, and I do not doubt that she did, as she had a great fund of hard common- sense. One of the things which made her day she first wore it -• perhaps oil one of those stately tours of the coun- try she went with her mother. The velvet has lost nothing of its stiff- ness, the tartan none of its Victorian brilliance. Now she is 19, and these are her coronation robes. So stiff, the cloth of gold! So, slim and tiny; the cere- monial robes! The slippers she wore to be crowned Queen are embroider- ed on their velvet toes with the roy- al arms', her initials, and a design of the wild rose. Inside the slipper, where her little foot in its white silk stocking (un- comfortably crusted with gold em- b'roid'ery)- rested, there is spray bf e uds. res b ere embroil d The velvet and ermine robes she wore away from the ceremony look cumbrous and heavy for the girl who was a Queen. Victoria was a bride at 20, very much in love with her handsome cou- son, Albert of •Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The wedding gown she wore, demure white satin and face, 2s here with her little wreath of artificial orange blos- som, and the white satin scuttle bon- net she wore, with orange blossom inside the brim. The dress has puff sleeves and a tiny waist. Victoria Was very slender in those days. Her First Shoes This shabby pair of baby shoes — the two of them are covered by the palm of your hand—were the first shoes she ever wore. Made of rusty black silk, they are setapart from the tiny blue quilted slippers and brown kid shoes in which the Duchess of Kent's baby firstlearned'to• toddle on the lawns of Kensington Palace. These dolls—•idozens of theml— were dressed by her in those early years, with her governess, the Bar- oness Lehzen. The stitches are large and careful, the little dolls were looked after,' scarcely •shabby. ' The Princess Victoria was a careful child. 'When she was an old girl, now very mindful of her manners and de- partment, she had a tartan velvet dress, cut down low over the sloping shoulders that became necessary to the fashionable figure when she was Queen. Here it is, new as on the tot OUF ea- dran ' attabtatt JL OF THE' ebtraf Agi itriati.att and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by GRANT FLEMING. M.D, Associate Secretary HALF=DEAD Our sympathy goesout to that Urge group of people, mostly women, who drag out a miserable and uncom- fortable existence 'year` after year. They are not sick In the ordinary Sense of the word; if they were, they would be receiving some attention, which they ' deny themselves. because they have no obvious disease of the heart, lungs, kidneys, or other vital • organs. These' are thepeople who are half- dead, or more dead- than alive. They ane not like some who "enjoy' poor,• health" because their suppoesd poor health: is, used by them as an excuse to get out of doing work, and to se- cure for them attentionand service, either from someone who is fond of "them, or becausethey have money to pay for it. • Women suffer more than men from poor nutrition. In the first place, the mother willdepriveherself of food, if. necessary, to feed her children and her. husband. In the second place, ' the mother is more often tired, and after having prepared the meal, she is, so worn out physically that she •cannot digest her food properly. The woman who feels "half-dead" is, very • often an. :undernourished, fatigued mother. It has been found that among wo- men, particularly those in the lower- ' income group, who have borne a num- Ober of children, many are dragging • Thewn Into Widowhood The gowns broaden from then on, and become more fancy, rich and gay. The Queen was happy and busy, with a growing family, an'adored husband, and a country growing solidly more prosperous. She wore an aquamarine blue taf- feta for the Great Eichibition of 1851, smothered in ruching; , a flowered moire taffeta for her state entry into Paris, all smiles and gracious waves of the hand, in 1855. She had Only six more years of hap- piness, for the year 1861 plunges her into desolation and widowhood, ,and the only dress of the period in the glass eases is a mountainous confec- tion of black crepe. Poor Victoria! She never went out of mourning' after her "dear angel" died, This dress, so stout and wide with a 20 -inch crepe hem and even a crepe pocket for her handkerchief, .was the last dress she wore, before she died. so beloved was the fact that she lov ed the simple things, and sang of them -when she exercised her lovely gift of song. It is said that her first song was written over the cradle of her first babe. And she continued to sing about the things that interest us in our ordinary, everyday life. And it was because of this, of her understanding of the common tasks of common folk, : of which she thought and sang, that she won the love of as great a mass of common folk, especially of women. And it is a wonderful thing for a woman to gain the love of women; it argues some fine traits of character, for women can understand women as men cannot and as they cannot un- derstand mien. But Jean Blewett had legions of friends of, both sexes for she was a very human, understand- ing sort of person who deserved and who gained the confidence of both men and women. The world is the better for such a woman living it, may her influence long continue and blossom in the life of many yet to be. REBEKAH. themselves about, more dead than a- live. These women do not, as a rule, complain; they have come to accept this condition as their normal, and they go on, year after year, only half alive. Needless to say, these women cannot be good • housekeepers as they have not sufficient energyto do their housework. In many cases, these wo.• men are anaemic; there is .a lack of haemoglobin in their blood. These women, however, can be cuerd by pro- per treatment. Wye might -go on to enumerate a number of other conditions which sap the health without , causing serious disease. The person who feels "half- dead" requires medical care just as much as does, the person with typhoid fever or any other evident disease. The need is not as urgent, but it is just as . imperative. health means happiness, and the person who feels "half-dead" is missing the happiness in life to which he or she is entitled.' This problem will not be solved by: dosing, with so-called "tonics." It is necessary, in each case; to get at the cause of the condition and to remove the cause; otherwise; there will' not be any improvement. Do not' live half a life; secure health and happiness through proper treatment. Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College Street, Toron- to; will be answered personally by letter. * * * * 5 * * 5 « 4 * 4 * * * 4 * OUR RECIPE FOR TODAY ROUND STEAK CUTLETS As the cooler weather comes thehousekeeper's attention will turn more and more to hot dishes, so we propose to give some good recipes for cooking meats. The following is an excellent one for round steak. Wipe a piece of -neat weigh- ing 2 to 3 pounds, cut from the round with the marrow bone in it. Separate in pieces for serv- ing. Lay pieces on meat board, dredge heavily -with flour and with theedge of a saucer pound the flour into steak, turning 'meat at all angles while pounding. Tram pieces a: aver and repeat process until 11 cup of flour has been used. '4 In this way the long fibre, of u: this cut of meat is completely * broken up and the flour has absorbed the juices, so that nothing has • been lost by. pounding the steak. Sprinkle both sides' with salt and pep- per. ';Melt the marrow from bone and some of the fat trim- mings in a hissing hot iron frying pan, arrange, cutlets of " ''` meat in pan, turning often. '4 • * Household Economics THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins 'piring- YES, I KNOW The world isfull of trouble, Yes, I know. The world is but a bubble, Yes, ]" know. But in spring Soft breezes. blow And green things grew. Then in summer One can lie Beneath the sky, In the grass, Beside a tree,. Or swim in sea. Leaves in autumn As they turn i From green and burn Are worth watching, And in winter When weather's bitter Bare branches make Lace designs With twig outlines, And sheets of ice ' With drifting snow Make the heart glow Though the world is full of trouble, As we know. —Frances R. Angus. TO A LATE ItOSE DIET AND THE USE OF. THE TEETH From The Health Almanac It is well known truth in biology that an organ that is not used tends to disappear. An organ develops by use, and lack of use prevents proper growth. Modern diet prevents 'suffi- cient:rise of the teeth and exercise of the jaws, and makes them more liable to disease. Most of the food in the average modern diet is so soft that mastica- tion is unnecessary. The jaws require. hard work until the third molars, sometimes called "wisdom" teeth, have erupted. In other words, during the whole growth period, there is an especial need of vigorous exercise for jaws and teeth so that the mastica- ting machine may develop adequately in all its parts. The lack of vigorous use of the teeth is believed to be a main cause in poor jaw development. Growing ani- mals with teeth extracted on one side •1to prevent ,use of that side not only • I hold in my hand my battered Claude Lorrain,— Bruised, and blabbed with scraps of molassic vernish; Unrecognized, like a Venus rolled in the mud . Who seems to have lost the signs of eternal beauty. I turn a strong light on the canvas, The landscapebrightens, Not hoping. g p g A brilliance stands out in the corner; Above the clouds, above the stark and resolute Peak,— A marvellous blue, so tender, living, celestial, So tremulous with the pearly imita tions of sunrise, That assuredly, Claude, -you were "he who set the sun in the sky"; And you, Claude, saw that bit of the eternal beauty, And left it that I too might find it And ache, like you, to find it again in Eternity. —W. D. Lighthall. FROM A TRAIN Sunquiek and gloom The engine's windy wake, Hiilsweep unfreckled as a 'frosty peach, Reek -torrid plowland, river's lace, Rich grass pollened with buttercup, Elm -terraces Broidering purl on purl, A station jagged and flown Like a leaf torn from a book, The stretch of plain, on, on- So many things pace by— All yAll a landscape spinning on a wheel Below a tranquil sky. --O. W. Stonier. You are, I' think, • the loveliest 01 all the blooms 1' know so well; Your beauty is a joy confessed, An ecstacy that seems to tell A promise of a life serene, ' A hope for clays that intervene. So still the fragile garden lies, So dead! yet you undaunted stand; Some gypsy .blood in you defies The cold touch of the North Wind's hand. In the deep silence of the night You dream of dawns, and June's de- light. And as I see you standing there, You are a blessing, and a prayer. --Aileen Ward. THIS IS THE AUTUMN a, '4 When well seared on both sides * ' reduce heat,cover,. and. cook *. ' ''15 minutes.. Remove to hot . • N`• serving 'platter, spread with '8 soft butter. Strain fat in pan * 4' and use with brown' stock. for. "` '1' making .gravy to pour around. :x` massage teethandjaws. ' cutlets. This should be served 8`Vegetables help build perfect teeth. '< with mashed or plain boiled po- '' Fruit helps build perfect teeth. 1`� tatoes. A tooth brush is, better than a a' *toothache. * * . * , ' 0 tooth lost is a friend lost. have jaws unequally developed on the two sides, but even the bones of the skull are affected, the bones being smaller on the unused side. Plenty of time should be taken for chewing; food should be served that requires chewing, and the habit of thorough mastication should•be gain- ed early in infancy. The habit of bolting the food is undoubtedly re- sponsible for much ' of the constipa- tion and attendant ills, including dental disease. A. good diet should include hard baked rusks, crusts, zwieback, rye 'crisp and other foods that require, chewing. In addition to promoting. proper exercise of the teeth and jaws, raw green vegetables, fruits and whole grain• breads aid in the cleans- ing of the teeth and massaging' of the gums. However, though correct food and thorough mastication go far toward producing health of the mouth, careful` cleansing, and care are necessary. "Dirt is . matter in the wrong place"; brush the dirt, of ,decaying food away from your teeth, Salt and water is a good tooth wash -lit is cheap, effective, and does not harm the teeth or gums. Coarse foods (celery, raw fruits, whole grain breads) help the teeth to bo self -cleansing. The toddler needs some hard foods to teach proper mastication and to * • * * • * * «• * * • •- * • This is the autumn . fall, Bright leaves, and. defiant tunes, No russet maple with glory, No scarlet sumac, dunes. This is the atuumn ... this the gypsy fall, Spilt wine across a carnival of days, And misty ducks that deepen into evening, And nights that wither, wrapt in mellow haze. This is the autumn ... tattered leaves that blow, Caparisoned for death ... aflame to go! .. this the gypsy winds that sing goes unsplashed burning on the BREEZE SEAREEZE Sunrise o'er the ocean, With its .path of light; Gold to silver turning. As the day grows bright; Freshness of the morning, With its bracing air,. And a heart of worship, In a world so fair. Sunset o'er the river, . With a scarlet sky, Clouds of deepest purple, Like chariots rolling by. Golden tinted waters, Deepening sunset light,. Speechless there with wonder, As it fades to night. -F. Lincoln Davis, in "Rifted Clouds." A Representative of TENENBAUM & CLAYMAN MFG. CO. FUR DEALERS will be at PLUM STEEL BROS. THURS., FRIDAY and SATURDAY Sept20, 21 22 We Invite the Ladies of Clinton and Vicinity. Eliminate the middleman and re- duce your buying expenses on your ave you. s Fur Garment. W!can e Y from 25 to 35% by buying direct from us. We are the manufacturers and can give you price far below the retailer. Purchase your coat during the sale and we give you Free .Storage, Free Insurance for Fire or Theft on Garments. and A SLASHING DIS- COUNT. Our previous sales throughout One tario have convinced many customers of the outstanding values offered, and the same interest that dominated all Previous Special Sales. There is a generous and general acclaim by purchasers on the beauty and variety of the styles, the magni- tude of 1935 samples • and the out- standing values and surprisingly low prices, a liberal allowance in ex- change on your present coat, remod- elling and repairing at very low prices at ek A LEAF' "Like the last leaf of the 'oak's fading crown, So I blow down, Glad for a happy while to hover in Mid-air and spin, Detached from that green prison where I grew; Till, passing, you, Where I danced madly by wind gusts fanned, Caught me and closed your hand. Now, when you loose. me, where shall I repair? To the cold, upper air? Or lie, a blurred and undistinguished stain, On gravel, soaked in rain?" --Margaret Sackville in The Glasgow Herald. HARVEST APPLES A shining apple for me! little man, A big, round, rosy red -astrachan? I dike it so much and I'll tell you where, When I was a child, there grew plenty to spare. There was a time, a long time ago— When bears still hunted the woods, you know--/ Your dear,"great-grandfather cleared some land And planted an orchard he thought was grand:. Each tree bore the name of an apple rare, That would pack and sell for winter's fare, Years passed and the limbs grew strong and high But grandfather breathed a heavy sigh; For what do you think grew on those trees? Every kind of an .apple known to please: . Some yellow transparents and . pip- pins, a treat; • And harvest -sweets, with a blush from the heat. MY KITTEN How frolicsome are all your ways; How sweet, -how blithe, how coy; 'Wee, sonsy,cat! Your gaieties Bring me unbroken, joy. Yon feign to pounce upon your prey— A docile catnip mouse; You move in whirls, a pigmy storm That scampers through the house. you make Anon, y my desk your field; You vex me at my task. And yet, had I no bonny pet, What good were work, I ask? At length, with paws and tail grown tired On sports you most adore', Yon choose a sunshine -patch for rest Upon ray parlor floor. —N. H. Donning. THE OLD MASTER Sitting among my pictures - ;,• Plumsteel Bros CLINTON REMEMBER THE DATES We watched them grow—it seemed so slow—. To deep, rich reds and a yellow glow; We climbed the trees to hunt the best To hide away in a haymow nest. Sometimes we'd hunt and steal for fun, Or catch the fugitive on the run: Oh, the juicy bits and the joyous play, The summer months were a long holi- day. A. gift to the neighbors—or any who asked—, They filled their baskets as they pas., sed; A wealth of duchess for apple pie, And nonsuch jelly, they all must try. Bees humming around on the fro, grant breeze Carried honey away from the sweet - harvest trees; It seemed that every one gathered joy, But none so much as a barefoot boy. 'Great-grandfather learned that his loss was gain. He never grew rich, but his joy was plain, For he loved to watch the children at play, Down the years when I saw him—old and grey. --Leila Bishop Martin, TEETHING FEVER Relieved/ Mrs. Edward James' baby had two teeth when less than throe months old. She writes: "He has 18 now and I can truthfully say that giving him Baby's Own Tab- lets while cutting his teeth kept him fit and well' Teething is a restless feverish time for babies but the little one can always be soothed and the fever reduced by giving sweet, safe Baby's Own easto take, no after effects. ePrice 25c everywhere. Dr•Williams' • l2G, READ PALM OF YOUR HEALTH IN THE 'WEIR HAND Stretch: the hand out flat and look at the colouring which lies' just beneaththe outer skin. If you are ingood health the flesh will be a mottled rosy pink. Should the pink tones appear pale, the probability is that your blood Iacks haemoglobin (red colouring, and red corpuscles. Here is the reason why many people are not exactly well; some are really. ill. The blood carries life force and nutriment to every part of the body. If the blood is low in haemoglobin and reel corpuscles, the person is more er less anaemic or "run-down' ... easily tired ... !aching in vitality... perhaps elose'to serious sickness. Fortunately the vitality of the blood can be increased in the majority of cases, as Was proved in a special clinic of 40 persons whose haemoglobin and real corpuscles were low. Under a phys- ician's direction these patients took o 30 -day treatment of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills..• Blood tests taken befre and after treatment demonstrated conalnsrvoly in the physician's microscope how this excellent remedy' had built up the vitality of the blood and restored health and vigour: If your paha or your feelings tell you your blood is not up to normal, try a 30 -day treatment with Dr, Williams' Pink Pills. You, too, will probably experience the same pick-up in general health and the same gain in strength and vitality that the physician observed in the persons forming the clinic. Health is precious. Let Dr. Williams' Pink Pills help you keep it. This tested remedy has amply proved its restorative qualities, Full size box for 60e.