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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-09-27, Page 7"THURS., SEPT. 27, 1934 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 Health Cooking ORANGE PE K . BLEND 'Fresh From the Gardens" Romivaiious � ReVe�aV A Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men BLESSED IS NIGHT 1' Blessed is night, for then poor weary mortals, Whether of countryside or teeming towns- Poets and pickle -makers, cooks and chemists, Bankers and broncho -busters, kings and -clowns; :Medical -men and urbane undertakers, Poverty stricken scribes and mil.. lionaires; ' Traffic policemen, beery bums and bakers, Bald-headed barbers, sellers of plums and. pears; Shepherds and statesmen, wise and unwise professors, Editors, lawyers, honest men and thieves, ' Trombone players and tiresome tax :assessors, Gartered bishops and smiths with rolled -up sleeves— ',Seek their rooms in mansions, cots and villas, .Go td bed like good little boys again = Sleep and, sleeping, dream of the golden sutmners They knew ere the years had made them foolish men. -Ernest H. A. Home. Most of us love the long, bright summer days and feel sort of ag- grieved when the late summer and autumn brings the shortening days; we are then obliged to make different plans; we cannot spend the evening in. outdoor activities, as has been our wont, we have to get these over dur- ing the .daylight hours, and as we have been spending all the time pos- sible in the open air, we miss this and regret the long days. But I doubt very much. if we'd be any happier if we had the long days. all the year around. We enjoy them so thoroughly because they only stay with us for a few brief weeks. We should take them as commonplaces if we had them all the time. And the long evenings of the aut- couraged, tired, ready to - surrender and give up the whole battle, then night cones, we retire to rest and sleep blots out all the day's disap- pointments and weariness and when morning comes and the sun shines again, hope returns and rested and in- vigorated we take up the task with determination to win. Truly, sleep is one, of humanity's greatest bles- sings, I sometimes wonder why so many elect to curtail the hours umn and winter can be .so enjoyably spent, if we go about it the right way. There are always, of course, books to fill in the. time. We do not as a rule read much during the summer months and if we do it is usually' pretty light reading — summer fic- tion—is a term used by book dealers to designate the sort of reading pop- ular inthe simmer. But we should plan to do some more serious. reading in the winter. The magazines have very often, in addition to the lighter brand of reading, informative articles. on various subjects. Why not take up the studyof some subject and read all that can be got on that subject? Then there are numberless books of history and biography which are as interesting as fiction and ten times. more instructive. I have no quarrel with fiction. I like an interesting story as well as anyone, and if there is something of mystery about it, so much the better, but it seems to be a great mistake to spend all one's leisure reading fiction when there are so many other sorts of books to read. Try a few of these this fail and winter and see if you do not enjoy them and feel repaid for the little extra effort needed to di- gest them. Then one can do a little visiting with one's friends during the long evenings, and when doing this it is not amiss to take along one's knit- ting (knitting here is meant to cover any work which can be. done as one sits and chats) and so kill two birds with one stone, as it were. There are heaps of things one can do in winter evenings. I always find that the spring comes' before'I have half fin- ished what I'd planned to do, even though I do not believe anyone really enjoys the long, lovely summer days any more than I do. But the short- er days hort-er:days and: the longer nights have their compensations, too, and one of these compensations is that one can get a bit mere sleep. And what a blessing is sleep! The day may be weary, one may be dis- teal tit S OF Tilt. i vice (httttbiatt J"l eltirat losaciation and Life Insurance Companies in Canada: Edited by GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate Secretary. SHORT OF BREATH Under certain circumstances, it is r quite natural and normal to be short of breath. Wlhen you have spent your money, you. are short of cash until you can earn more; having spent your breath in some unusual physical activity, you are short of breath until you: have had time to take in more air. Normally;' we breathe at a rate of • about eighteen to twenty times a minute. Ordinarily, we are not conscious of breathing, as we con- tinue to inspireand exhale in an automatic 'way. It is only when we think about ' it or when we become breathless,' that we are aware of the -rising and falling of the chest as the air is taken in :or passed out. Carbon dioxide, a wast product of all activities of the body, is got rid of through the lungs. Any increase of .•carbon dioxide in the blood, such 'as would' result from physical activ- ' ity, augments the rate and depth of breathing in the effort to eliminate it. It follows that when we are •asleep, with body activities al their 'lowest, then it is that breathing ismost • quiet. We may say'that thele are two types of shortness of breath. One physiological or normal, which fol- lows upon some active work or play; " the other pathelegidal 'sr abnormal, n which follows upon some mild.exer- tion which ordinarily would not cause dyspnoea or shortness of breath. The important, question to be .ans- wered in each case is. Why has this condition developed? Wlhat is the cause? Now, we know that disease of the heart may be responsible; we also know that overweight, kidney disease or disease of the arteries may be mentioned as some of the possible causes. It is not to be thought that every person who finds himself or herself: breathless has something ' definitely wrong. On the other hand, if it is foundthat ordinary walking causes soine increase in the rate of breath- ing, or that walking up a flight of stairs means st gasp or two, that is certainly not normal. If you are, bchance, short of Y breath, do not try and diagnose your own case and give needless worry to yourself and your friends.- 'Perhaps there is nothing wrong except that you are overweight, and: the fat in and around your heart is interfering with its work. The one sensible thing to do is to find out if there is anything wrong, and if there is, to set about correcting it through pro- per care and treatment. Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College Street,, Toron- to will be answered personally by Care of Children Household Economics which might thus be spent in blissful slumber,spending them in foolish re, vehy, from which no benefit comes of any sort. Health of body and mind demand that we get sufficient natural sleep. Those in charge of children and young people can render them no greater service 'than to see that they get sufficient sleep, so that their young bodies are made strong for the battle of life. REBEKAH. The Physical` Well -Being of the School Age Child Our present educational pro- gramme makes it obligatory on the municipality to supply educational opportunity for all children between certain ages who are considered edu- cable. The parent is compelled to see that the child attends school up to a certain age, more or less arbitrarily fixed. The school year is approxi- mately two hundred and twenty days of each year. If in the opinion of the parent the child is physically handi- capped to the extent that he is unable to attend, he must establish this fact through a physician. If ` the health of the child should by any chance be handicapped by compulsory atten- dance in a school building unsuited to the health needs of children, or ifthe programme in vogue in the munici- pality is not conducive to the health of the child, neither the child nor the parent has much in the way of re- course. This statement should not be taken as a criticismof the exist- ing programme, but it is made in or- der that those responsible for the conduct of the school programme as locally applied,.. and those charged with ensuring satisfactory accommo- dation, should realize their responsi- bilities. There are roughly 700,000 children of school age in the Province of On- tario; the percentage of these who might be described as unable to pro- fit by the present curricular program on the score of below -mental intelli- gence is not readily computed. But we have more data available as re. gards those who through physical shortcomings fall short of what the educational system expects. It is es- timated that there are between 7,000 and 10,000 children unable to attend the public schools on account of such conditions as crippling, serious heart conditions, loss (Martial or total) of vision or -hearing. There is a further group, twice this size, who are un- able to attend regularly owing to the same conditions present in a lesser degree. There are between 60,000 and 75,000 children annually seeking ad- mission to school between five and six years of age. The number of these who on inspection show measurable vision defect is about 2,500; by the time they have reached the_end of their school days, 7,500 have become affected with this complaint.. The number who, as beginners, have hear- ing loss sufficient to need supervision or treatment, is between 2,000 and 3,000; in the main, the presence of this condition is unappreciated. Ab- normalities of the nose and throat, defective speech, malnutrition and nervous disorders are found in over 40 per cent of the school age group, while decayed permanent teeth are even more common. The presence of any one or more or these conditions limits the ability of the child to profit by the school programme. It is imperative, there- fore, that first, there should be prompt recognition of existing de. feats; second, that the school envir- onment should neither aggravate ex- isting conditions nor contribute to- wards the existence of others; and, lastly, that the school curriculum should make provision for adequate instruction of the right type in health habits, personal -'and -community hy- giene. Such a programme is not too visionary to be within the reach of any municipality, either urban or rural, if the people of the community will urge its adoption. --Ontario Health Almanae. * * * • * a * . • . • OUR !RECIPE FOR TODAY ROUND STEAK EN CASSEROLE * Trim off fat, remove bone from round steak cut 1 inch thick. Cut in uniform pieces for serving. Pound each piece on both sides with the edge of a saucer. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and dredge with flour. Brown richly on both sides in a hissing hot, well -greased fry- ing pan. Remove to hot cas- serole, add brown stock to coy - * ow* er. To the fat in pan add 2 tablespoons£ul butter; in this * saute 2 cups sliced onions, pre- ' viously parboiled 2 minutes. 't Cover steak in casserole with 'k 'prepared onions,add..1 cup of * sliced new carrots, season with * salt and pepper, cover and cook * slowly in oven until vegetables * are tender. Serve from ca^ser- * ole with baked potatoes. * * *. • * • • • • • •.*.• • • • • 4' * • • * * * * * s PRESERVING TIME By Innes McInnes When pots and pans are rattling and you hear, quickened stops across the floor, when odors are conflicting and sizzling sounds came'. from the kitchen door; when your "grocer has. a smile: for you, whet, you conte to pay your 'count and you wonder what's been added to almost double the amount; when you see some emp- ty baskets and the eleetric bill is high, when you sit down to noon day luncheon ;and ryou search in vain for pie, but instead a dozen kinds of fruit stare you in the face, then its preserving time, 'preserving time a, round ohr place. When you're in a hurry to return to the work you've left undone and you're notified quite mildly there's an errand for you to rim; so you grab the list and beat it while the cook just hums' and sings and you're informed on your return you forgot the rubber rings; when you conte to dinner after a hard and strenuous day and you're advised "they" are awaiting, all in the cellar way; you take a peep to ascertain„ what terrible thing you've done and there's , forty sealers sitting there, yes, forty if there's one. No explan- ation needed, you need not fuss or letter.: "^^ ir's \reserving time, preserv- ing thne around our hone. But after it all is ended and the house is quiet again, you feel the home is not so bad a place for tired and weary men. You're glad the seasons are so long, that part of life will suit, you're glad a year must come and go before there grows:more fruit. But when fresh fruit is hard to get on the cold and chilly days, you begin to wonder if it's right that this preserving pays and when you've just decided its the proper thing to clo, yeu hear the pots aboiling like good old fashioned stew. You grab yourself a chair within your spacious den, preserving time is here, preserving tithe again. CONDITIONS IN PARTS OF WEST GROW; WORSE INSTEAD ' OF BETTER The following letter has been re- ceived from the pastor of a United Church in the West, and tells its own story: "The Manse, Kincaid, Sask., Sep- tember 15, 1934. Dear Reader: -For, the sixth successive year this dis- trict has experienced drought and consequently crop failure. Our Min- ister of Agriculture, Hon. J. G. Tag- gart, says this is the worst year since the drought commenced. -Can you visualize what this means to people, who have passed through these six years to meet each year with worn out farm machinery; with inadequate clothing and bedding, and with many things in the home in need of re- placement? It has been a. heart breaking experience this past sum- mer after such a promising startto see the crops wither' and burn up un- der the scorching July sun. The outlook for the future seems dark, and unless rains come this fall what hope is there for a crop in 1935? ,Sloughs are drying up, wells are 'giving out and - many farmers are hauling water for miles to keep their stock alive. But we are people who live in HOPE and we hope to be able to carry on until better times come, for surely the drought cannot last much longer. For the past five years I have been engaged in relief 'work, and .during these years have received help from many parts of Canada which I dis- tributed to the needy people of this district. ' Last year much clothing, food' and Christmas gifts to children were distributed; and were greatly appreciated by those who received them. We are again planning to carry on 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. PEACE Strife at last is ended, Stilled the din 'of war; Wearied men are resting, Pledged to fight no more. I May this vow of friendship Keep us. all from ill; Peace on earth forever, And to men, good -will. --Amen. SEPTEMBER Suddenly it was autumn. Silver mist Came on a wet east wind. There was a look Of storm, a darkening, and cold rain hissed Along the grass where yellow beeches shook Their kerneled sweetness down. A wedge of geese Flew southward, crying past the rus- set hills, Lonely and desolate. Then came a peace Woven of smoky dusk, of quiet that fills The aisles in sunny woods, and of our work and I am again appealing to you for help to carry on this most necessary work. We shall not soon forget all that the kind people of Canada have done for us during the past five years and it is this generous help which we have received in the past that makes me confident to make this further appeal. It is impossible for me to describe the condition of many people in the drought area but the least that can be said is that the condition is a most desperate one and it is through no fault of their own that the people are faced with such hard times. Will you kindly remember our Nock in your prayers, and if it to possible for you to assist us with. money, used clothing and Christmas gifts for children, will you kindly do so? Thanking you in anticipation of your sympathy and help, I remain, gratefully yours, REV. J. T. GAWTHROP, Minister, United Church." THE REES' FOOD SUPPLY FOR WINTER (Experimental Farms Note) Once again the honey gathering season is over and during that sea- son the bees worked incessantly stor- ing a': good supply of food to carry them through the non -gathering per- iod of winter. The bees' instinct, however, does not allow them to cease work the moment a sufficient amount for winter is gathered, for if the field supply is plentiful they will store far in excess of their requirements. To this surplus the keeper of the bees has a legitimate claim, but he has no right to that portion required by the bees for their own use unless he is prepared to replace it with another kind of food, that is equally as good far thein. Unfortunately, there is a tendency to rob the bees too closely of their supplies, thus leaving them to face death through starvation. Bees require food during the winter months in order to maintain life, while in' the eariy spring they re- quire it for brood rearing also. When ready for the winter, every eolony should,have at least forty pounds of food stored in order that the bees may have -sufficient- to carry. them through until new; nectar is available the following spring, always remem. boring; that more is required.: towards spring when brood rearing .commenc es than during the actual winter months when no brood is being pro- duced. In addition to an adequate supply, the food left or given must, be wholesome. Although : honey is the natural food for the bees, all honey is not suitable for• them during their winter confinement in the hives. On- ly the best of clover or buckwheat honey should be left, failing this any deficiency can be made up by feeding the bees the required amount of pure cane sugar made into syrup at the rate o ;f two parts of sugar to one part of water. Wlhen making -the sy- rup'see that all crystals of eugar are. dissolved before giving the syrup to the bees. All feeding should be done before the weather becomes cold e- nough to cause thebees to cluster' tightly on their combs, otherwise they will not take down sufficient for their needs. At Ottawa it hasbeen found best to have alt feeding done bythe end of the first week in Octo- ber. I' the swift Tumult, the final flame of scarlet leaves Sliding to earth before such winds as lift Slow wings in fall. Swallows forsook our eaves, Curving them south, etching a brief good -by Across the somber color of the sky. —Leona Ames Hill, in Christian Science Monitor. LIFE Life we've been long together, Through pleasant. and through cloudy weather. 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear; Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear; Then steal away, give little warning. Choose thine own time. Say not \Good night," but in some brighter clime Bid me "Good morning." eF** PRAYER OF A TEACHER Father, between Thy strong hands Thou hast bent The clay but roughly into shape, and lent To me the task of smoothing where I may And fashioning to a gentler form Thy clay. To see some hidden beauty Thou hadst planned, Slowly revealed beneath my labour- ing hand; Sometime to help a twisted thing to grow More straight; this is full recompense, and so I give Thee but the praise that Thou wouldst ask. Firm hand and high heart for the further task. --Dorothy Littlewort. l* UNTO TIIH AUTUMN HILLS Rare flowers bloom in gardens In man's immediate care: The glory of the Autumn Grows freely everywhere No loveliness, no vision More wonderful could be Than this rich, changing colour Breathed out from every tree. Once, in a perfect garden, God walked at eve, they say. Behold, His steps are passing Upon these hills today! —MinnieHallowellHallowell Bowen. WORDS Words withthe freesia's wounded scent, And those that suck the slow irreso- lute gold. Out of the daffodil's heart. Cool words that hold The crushed grey light of rain, or liquidly blow The wild bee droning home across the glow 02 rippled wind-silver—or, uncontrol- led, Toss the bruised aroma of pine. And words as cold As water torturing through frozen snort+. And there are words that strain like April hedges Upward. Lonely words with ears on them. And syllables whose haunting crim- son edges. Bleed, "Jerusalem, Jerualenr—" And that long star -drift of bright agony- "Eloi, ;Eloi, Lama Sabachtlianif" —.Contributed by Rustic, who does not know their authorship. COMPENSATION Could I create one thing of loveliness; One genu' of wordless beauty, pre- cious, rare, Before`I journey down the thor- oughfare Of death, I know 1 would indeed pos SeSs A joy transcending previous distress. If fire should rain on ine, °I would not care, Having conceived at last one per- feet prayer And left earth richerfor. my Ione caress. ; ' a Could I create, in art of any form, One thing •af beauty,—cry one deathless cry 0( mortal anguish graven upon my soul Because of love, insurgent as a storm, I know my spirit then would gladly die And I could freely let death take its ,toll. —Elsie F. Filippi, in "Poetry World," TIDES This moon, that can miraculously chain Earth's waters to her phases and set free, Our land -locked ships until they ride again Safely on favoring currents out to sea, Moves in our bodies with a white unrest, And we remember wine -dark surf, and foam Girdling enchanted islands of the blest, Where once Ulysses wandered far from home. We, too, have tides that fret a shore. unseen, Wreathed in eternal mist, and round it lie The bones of old armadas long wash- ed clean; And round its rocks the stormy pet- rels cry— Coast of a country lost, where still the sails Of Argos loose their purple to the gales Leslie Nelson Jennings in The New York Times. sac * A WINDY DAY IN THE WOODS Autumn day—and a high wind blow- ing A dazzle of boughs on the clear, bright blue, The scarlet tips of the thinned leaves showing The drip of blood where the sun shines through; And this aching, blinding, yellow\ light That dazzles and robs the eyes of sight. A sweep, a swirl—and a flame of madness, The old woods loud with an ancient call; The spirit of fire and smoke and gladness Runs wild with the wind above it all -4 With the wind in the maddest, glad- dest race Through the maze of this gold and scarlet place. Colour and sound and the voice, of laughter, The shout of the trees and the grasses' song; A cahnoring day that forever after Will beat at the heart like a quick - struck gong An exaltation—a flame—a call--, A canvas to hang upon a sunlit wall, —Grace Noll Crowell. * * * 9, BOB WHITE When golden days are on the wane, And crisp leaves strew the winding Iane; I hear your cheerful call again, Bob White! It's such a friendly, buoyant note That issues from your feathered. throat: Now seeming near —' and now re- mote:— Bob White! Though skies he gray and winter near; Amid the gloom one stili may hear From hidden ways your note of cheer:— Bob' White! Fields may be brown and woodlanda bare, With hint of snow in frosty air, But little do you seem to care— Bob White! When fled are robin, thrush and wren, And chill flakes fall on marsh and fen; • Still sounds your fall from sheltered glen: Bob White! I lilte your philosophic view! Serene, though skies be bleak, or blue!< So, from ,your note .I'll take my cue--, !lob Wh 'fly Clite!arence Mansfield Lindsay,' OFF COLOUR? HOW IS YOUR LIVER? , Wake up your Liver Bile —Without Calomel Your Boor'\ a. very small organ, butit err• tainly can put your digestive and eliminative organs out of kilter, by refusing to pour out its daily two pounds oi.liguid bile into your bowel. You won't completely correct such a condition by taking asks, cal. mineral water, laxative candy or chewing gum, or roughage. when they've moved yotir bowels they're through—and you need a liver stimulant, Carter's Little Liver Pills will soon bring back the sunshine into your life,. They're pug veto. table. Safe: Satre: Ask for them by name Rdtak substitutes., 26e at all druggists. 68