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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-10-18, Page 7THURS., ,OCT 18, 1934 THE,CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Health PAGE 7 Cooking Care of Children Household Economics I DIWAU®SIi1JIIG The famous energy-produc'ng sweet— an easily digested' food invaluable for infants, grow ng children, and enjoyed by the whole family. fl product of The Canada Starch Co., Limited' Ruiiiatiou 6ebe��V A Column Prepared Especially for Women --- But Not Forbidden to Men WHEN I HAVE TIME When I have time so many things I'll do, To make life happier and more fair, For those whose lives are crowded now with care, I'll help to lift ,them from their low despair. When I have time. When I have time, the friend I love so well Shall know no more the weary toiling days, I'll lead his feet in pleasant paths al- ways, And cheer bis heart with words of the sweetest praise. When I have time. When yeti 'have time the friend you hold so dear, May be beyond the reach of all your sweet intent, May never know that you so kindly meant, To fill his life with sweet content, When you had time. Now is the time, Ah, friends, no long- er wait, To scatter loving smiles and words of cheer To those around whose lives are now so dear, They may not meet you in the coin- ing year! Now is the time. —+Anon. So apt we are to put off doing the kind, pleasant thing which suggests itself to us as we go along life's path- way. Nearly all of us have generous, kindly impulses; we think we should do this for someone or go to visit that one or write a letter to another. Then we put it off; we begin to think, perhaps, that it is not just the right time to do it, or to wonder if he or she or they would understand our OF TILE tyke atoebta'n ebirat Ari, nrauthott and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. 1- a i:1 "fie Edited by GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate Secretary MALADJUSTED According to Herbert Spencer "Life is a continuous adjustment of inter- nal relations to external conditions." It is obvious, then, that if we are to succeed in life, we must be adaptable, or, in other words, .we must acquire a capacity to fit into Life's situations whether at home, at school, or at .wont. The new-born baby is dependent upon others for all his needs. He'is • endowed with the equipment which makes it possible for him to make ad- justments, but he must learn how to use his natural capacities. Education is a growth -process which finally brings into being an adult who has become independent and who is cap- able of making a satisfactory adjust- ment to the world in which he has to live. Just as we vary in degrees of phy- sical strength and as our physical bodies differ one from the ether, so do we differ in our intellectual capa- city. What becomes of us depends not so much upon our intelligence, but rather upon how successful we are in the best use of our intelligence. We all: possess certain instincts. `The instincts may be considered un- der three headings, the stimulus or situation which gives rise to certain feelings or . emotions which, in term, are 'expressed in outward action. All "have experienced the emotion of fear -called forth by some object or sudden "noise, which emotion finds expression in a quickening of the heart, pallor and, perhaps, flight. It is not desir- able to suppress the instincts because they are the driving forces to human aetivities. What we should seek is as to how we may direct the expres- sion of our emotions in a socially de- sirable manner. For example, we must learn to endure a temporary dis- comfort if by so doing we may gain a permanent satisfaction In the future. The child entering school has a dif- ficult time unless during his pre- school years he has learned to be one of a group, and to secure satisfaction in comradeship and in doing things well. The immature child who is still emotionally a baby will want to re- tain, in school, the centre of the stage which he holds at home. He will want his mother because he has not become independent of her emo- tionally, He may be "smart," or may misbehave to gain attention if be is starved of affection at home. The worst type, beoause his condition is potentially the most serious, is the quiet, so-called "good" child, who is a solitary individual living within him- self. Parents can help their children to a healthy mental maturity by giving them understanding and leadership towards independence. Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- seei'ati.on, 184 College Street, Toren. - to, will be answered personally by letter. INT VI Vr 11V'111IVV V:NwVV.t0VYN.V• 1 `JAM/. 1 1larl'7� nvicnrvar. vim! HEALTH SELDOM COMES 'BY CHANCE TO 'PERSONS OVER THIRTY. ''Good health cannot be taken for granted any mole than a good- Income can. Sofor persons over thirty it is just as'vna rt and busi- ness -Ulm to plan to enjoy good health as it is to plan to enjoy a good income. And it's just 'us much a matter of plain common sense to check up on yourself. ' In health, your shortcomings are, at first, likely to be those annoying, not -exactly -well feelings. At such times, if your blood, were tested, it would most likely he 'found "low in count". This means. a shortage of red corpuscles and the corpuscles themselves short of haemoglobin. Make up this doable shortage, and you'll come up to normal 'health again. Negleft it and serious results may follow. Observing, in. his 'practice, the importance of keeping tike vitality of the blood up to normal, a Canadian autliori-iy originated n. blood - building preparation which has been helping run-down people back to health for neaily.half a century. This preparation, now known the world over as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, definitely increases the blood "count' in the majority of cases, thereby restoring vitality, steadying nerves, iinpartiug strength and toning up the whole•sys- tem.' So the: p01000 ever thhmty who finis good health slipping, is well advised` to take at 'least a 30 -day treatment of this excellent remedy. The element' of chance has been practically eliminated in such a' treatment, because tests recently m adeby an athority in a clinic of 40 people,proved 'conclusivelyby individual blood "connt" that Dr. Vilifms' Pink rills certainly improve the health by enriching the,blodd. Drill size box 50c. 838 .,e n nnnri renn✓.i.mnrinn gra n n rvl nun motive; they might think it odd in us to do this, and so the impulse wears off and we end in doing nothing, writ- ing no letter, paying no !call. One of the kindest women I have ever known and ohe of the women who has always had hosts of friends and is counted upon by all for sym- pathy and help and good counsel, has always been in the habit of obeying the generous impulses of her heart.'. If she likes you. and wants to do you a good turn she just does it. When her friends are in trouble she goes to them or writes to them or in some way conveys to them her thoughtful sympathy. In the same way she re- joices with her friends in their happi- ness. She doesn't stop to wonder if it is just the right time to offer' ei- ther condolences or congratulations!; whether she is doing herself justice in this or making a good impression. She is not thinkingof herself at all, she is concentrating on the party of, the other part, so her generous, kind- ly impulses are never allowed to coal off and dwindle away, they are acted upon while warm and alive. If we always acted ,upon our first impulse of kindness we should no doubt, make a mistake occasionally, we are but weak human creatures af- ter all, but we should shed around us a very great deal more happiness than we do putting it off. When we stop to 'consider what we should do; what is just the right attitude to take; just exactly how far we should go in being kine! and generous, the kindly impulse soon becomes a cold, dead thing, as unlike what it was first as night is from day. Love is a !nighty poor thing if it is dependent upon a weigh scale or a measuring string. asy air' ale A little booklet was recently gotten out by Ellen McDonald entitled, "Mother Says." It is a little book of rules for children and should be. helpful to mothers of little children. Ina foreword Mrs. McDonald says: "Sometimes in teaching my children the things that I hope they will re- member always and perhaps pass on to theirown ehilch'en, I have felt that these things would be more firmly fixed in their minds it they could see them in print. So I have made out some simple rules ... and have set them down as they have come into my mind. Thera is, to my way of think- ing, often a close connection between good manners and good morals and I ant a 'believer in the idea that if you teach a child accuracy of thought and nicety of behaviour in his earliest years it is more than likely that he will turn out to be the type of citizen his country most needs." It is really refreshing to hear a mother of young children talking that way nowadays. Wia have heard so much of the new doctrine of "allow- ing children to develope naturally," etc. If that is carried to the extreme they usually develope into young savages, unfit for the -company of de- cent, well-mannered people. Such a plan of rearing children is most unfair to the child, also, as be goes out into the world utterly un- fitted to take his place and work with others. He is obliged to Learn in the hard school of experience the self- control and restraint whieh he should have learned as a child in his. own home. That is, if he ever does learn these things, Many do not and so are handicapped for life. It has been my observation that the children who are reared in an orderly home, where certain rules are made and insisted upon, where authority is obeyed and liberty of the individual is never degraded, to license, are invariably hap- pier in disposition and infinitely bet- ter fitted to take their places in the world than are those who have been allowed to grow up without restraint and to follow. their own sweet will. In a word, to "develope 'naturally." REBEKAH, FALL PLANTING OF PERENNIALS Numerous gardening operations which are often put off until spring may be done in fall with every hope of success, No sweeping statement can be made about gardening in a country with such a diversified climate as ours; but, in Southwestern Ontario where we usually have a long mild fail, perennials. of 'many varieties can be planted at this time very sat- isfactorily. The soil is usually in excellent working condition in ant umn-a condition which is often ab- sent in spring—land if planting is done in early fall' enough • warmth will have been retained in the soil to en- courage root growth, thus allowing' the, plants to 'become thoroughly re- established before freezing weather sets in. An established plant is bet- ter able to withstand slimmer drought, than y planted; i newI !anted this is an- one other point in favour of fall planting. 1 . Late -flowering and tender varieties early spring, batt the early -flowering sorts give Pater results if planted in fall. Tile accepted time fbr plant- ing iris seep s to be July and August,. although- onk this Station excellent re- sults have ben obtained by planting in October. '' 'his is not recommended as a general' practice and we only follow it in the case of large plants transplanted without being divided. If the soil{ is at all dry at planting. time, a .thorough watering is advis- able; although this is not often ne- cessary, as in a normal fall there is a fair supply, of moisture. In the case of deciduous trees and 'shrubs it would be advisable to wait until the plants are dormant before transplanting; otherwise, the wood will not be properly ripened, which will entail the loss of a certain a- mount ofvitalitY Two very good reasons for planting trees and shrubs in the fall are that there is .less dan- ger of nurseries being sold out of the material required, and time is less fully occupied than in spring. Ever- greens may be successfully trans- planted during September, but not lat- er unless the loeation is exceptionally favourable. . The Dominion Experimental Sta- tion, at Barrow, Ontario, will be glad to supply lists of plants which ' may be transplanted in fall and also plant- ing instructions for these plants. WEEDS WON'T GROW NEAR NUTMEG TREES Nutmegs, which are particularly identified with Grenada, in the Bri- tish West Indies, are grown on trees which begin to flower or "declare" as it is termed locally, in about four to sit years. The trees ane either male or female, the !Hale declaring first. When the females declare they are planted out at distances varying from fifteen to thirty feet apart, the When full iszed, the trees yield no between them. In about fifteen years the trees are well established and require little attention since weeds do not grow under nutmeg shade. finale trees being distributed evenly fewer than 5,000 nuts per annum. -The nutmegs when gathered are cov- ered with a scarlet Iacelike substance, which, when dried in the sun, becomes the "mace" of comuuerce. The nuts themselves are dried in a cur'r'ent oi' air and afterwards the sun and find their way to the Canadian market in ships of the Canadian National Steamships fleet. The hard shell is then broken with a wooden mallet and the kernels are sorted according to size and packed in barrels for shipment. MAPLE LEAF PRIZES OFFERED BY RAILWAYS Maple leaves are noted for their beauty of •coloring and their charm of formation. This year the Cana- dian National and Canadian Pacific Railways are offering prizes for the most beautiful leaf and the largest leaf. Last year more than 10,000 leaves were submitted in the nation- wide contest and the winning leaves were selected by judges elected by the Royal Canadian Academy, In view of the fact that it is the inten- tion of the railways to arrange a coast-to-coast exhibition of the most beautiful specimens selected, all leaves submitted mast become the property of the railway companies. The rules of the competition are sim- ple. Leaves entered must be gather- ed within two miles of a station of either railway. The contest is not open to employees of the two rail ways, although in view of the fact that children are taking such a keen interest in the competition, members of their families may compete. The railways are offering 8160, in prizes, divided into five sections, with the first prize for the most beautiful leaf of $50, All entries must be addres- sed to P. O. Box 1500, ,Montreal, Que. COUNTY NEWS SE'AFORTH: Mr. and Mrs.'Gor- don Miles, Tpronto, announce the en. gagement of their daughter, Beryl Edith, to Mr. Robert Oliver Willis, son of Mr. and Mrs• Walter G. Willis, Seaforth, The marriage will take place at Hart House 'Chapel early in November. HENS ALL: "The Eighteen Carat Boob," a delightful play by the Jun- ior Farmers . and Junior Institute, was given in the Town Hall Friday week .before a large and apprecia tive audience. It was given under the auspices of the Sunday school of the United church and was introduc- ed' by the pastor, Rev. A. Sinclair, Much credit is due Dr. I. S. Smillie, who was the conductor.' 'Following are the characters: Daisy Bell, who sponsors Bud -Mildred Smillie; Alice Bisnette, hostess ofthe party, Pearl Elder - COM, colored housekeeper, Edith Dick; Charles, the cha fieur, of perennials should be planted in Clare Melick; Billy Kearns, student, Claude Gelinas; Kitty Darling, Al- ice's friend, Grace Gelinas; Bella Sparks, another friend, Hazel Cor- bett; Harry Carter, (Bud), the coun- try cousin, Delbert Geiger; Lynne Bisnette, Alice's father, Winfred Ducharme; Raymond Barkville, the mysterious suitor, Jack Corbett; An- na, the mysiierious maid, Irene Mous- eau; Jack Merry, Alice's choice, Har- old Elder. Immediately following the play the cast repaired to the council chamber where a dainty lunch was served. EXETER.:' One of Exeter's best known citizens died at his residence on William street Saturday night in the person of Charles Thomas,Brooks at the age of 85 years. For many years, Mr. Brooks handled the mail and express and continued with the number of years,ait onlyfor a m re- tiring about ten years ago. He is sur- vived by his widow. The private fun- eral was held from his residence with service at 2.30 o'clock. The services were taken 'by Rev. J. H. Stainton of James Street United Church and in- terment was made in the Exeter Cemetery. ' GODERIGH: A wedding was quie- tly solemnized in St. George's church on Saturday week at 10 o'clock, when Lillian May Leggett, daughter of Mr. Herbert Leggett and the late Mrs. Leggett of Goderich, was united in marriage to Alvin Edgar Lether- land, son of Mrs. E. Letherland and the late Mr. Letherland, of West Wa. wanosh. The ceremony was perform- ed by Rev. J. N. H. Mills in the pre. * * * * * * * * * * * OUR RECIPE FOR TODAY * * GRAPES * * Now that the first frost has * touched the grapes, they are at * their best, and should be used * raw as often as possible. Var.- * iety also may he got from the * colours—deep luscious pur- * pies—dull reds—clear greens. * All are a healthful tonic. We * give below some recipes for * using grapes. * * Special Grape Juice t' Make grape juice for winter * use, either with purple or 4' green varieties, as follows:— * 1 quart of grapes and 1 cup " sugar. Thoroughly sterilize a * quart sealer; fill with grapes * without pressing down; add * sugar shaking it through the * grapes. Then fill the jar with • boiling water; seal at once and * store in a cool, dark place * three months before using, * * Grape ram * Grape jams make.a delicious * breakfast sweet and no better * recipe may be had than this:—' * Press the pulp from the * skins. Heat the pulp until it * softens and changes colour a * little; then press through a * sieve. Adel skins and cook 10 * minutes. Measure, allowing 1 * eup sugar to 2 cups grapes. * Cook 5 minutes. Seal while * hot. * * Grape Pie . * * 4 cups blue grapes, 1 egg * 1 cup sugar. 1 tablespoon * quick tapioca. A little grated * orange rind. * Slip grape pulp from skins and cook until seeds are loos- ened. Press through a coarse * sieve; addsugar, tapioca, and * egg yolk, slightly beaten. * 'Beat all together well; then * add grape skins. Pour into a * pie plate Iined with plain * pastry. Bake at 460 degrees * for 10 minutes. Lower heat to 350 degrees and bake 20 min- utes longer. Sprinkle with 4' grated orange rind; then cov- er with meringue made with egg white, to which 1 table- * spoon of sugar is added. Brown * in a slow oven. -. * .* * * *. * ' * * * THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs -Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sid- But Always Helpful and Ins piring PUPPY LOVE A very small and lonely lad Sat weeping on a log, His little heart was broken, for He'd lost a .friend --his dog, There was a sound, his face felt wet He turned with tear -dimmed eye And saw a pup—a spotted pup— About eight, inches high. ".. 'way!" Go the tittle laddie.. said, "You're not a bit like `Bill." Brown pleading eyes looked into his— Then everything was still. For chubby little arms held tight, A warm and wriggly pup, A little laddie smiled again, A heart had been patched up. ale al* THE CELESTIAL SURGEON If I have faltered more or less, In my great task of happiness; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not; if morning skies, Books and my food, and summer rain Knocked on my sullen heart in vain: Lord, Thy most pointed pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake; Or, Lord, if too obdurate I, Choose Thou, before that spirit die, A. piercing pain, a killing sin, And to my dead heart run them int —Robert Louis Stevenson. * * AT EVENING This is the time of day all things come home— Through wood and field, down every lane and street They come: the beasts, the birds, the bees, the men, On wing's, and wheels and feet. The furred things have their dens, the birds their nests, The bees their hives, the cattle seek their stalls; The little bleating sheep have folds toward which They turn when the night falls. How strange that out of all the many homes, The shelters that the world has ev- er known, Ai; 'evening every hurrying eager heart Goes straight to find its own. And you, my dearest dear, thread tangled streets, Pass countless doors, unerringly and true, To find this little house of our delight On tip -toe, waiting you. --Grace Noll Crowell. ale ale * A MOTHER SPEAKS I must move softly, I must keep A watch upon my words and ways: My children are so small; but these Are the dear memory -making days. The days when their young minds will take A clear-cut picture of may face; Some little word I say will make An imprint time will not erase. * My hands, swift -moving through the fk hours; * My feet that tread their daily * round; * My thoughts (God help me), in their * hearts * Through after years will still be * found. * * * * * * Wiho .sees October in her Autumn grown; And stops not to admire her robe 'of, brown, Has missed the glory of her beauteous crown. Has missed het splendor glow, on tree +and vine, Mingling their colors as their arms entwine Like creeping ivy, o'er the oak doth climb. The stately maples bend to count their gold, When frostyfingers of the Autumn cold .teal' through the branches of the' S g Monarch old. The flame -hued salvia glows in radi- ance bright t i 1 must walk softly, I must keep A watch on all I do and say Perhaps, thus guarded, I shall make Some lovely memory today. -Grace Noll Crowell. * OCTOBER Often in hot weather and occasion- ally at other times, little stomaobs turn sour and acid. "When I notice anysignof sink stomach," says !. ' Mrs. J. Alphonous Brown, Bayside, P,E.I., "1 alwayd give a Baby's' Own Tablet." They quickly set things right, are very easy to take and quite age. All common ail- ments of childhood including teeth- ing are promptly relieved with Baby's Own Tablets. 25e a pack- age drug a at stores. ,as Or. Williams' BABY'S OWN TABLETS The marigold borrows from the sun its Iight, And claims its gold, but as its law* ful right, The 'yellow . pumpkin on the sun - browned hill, Tells of the harvest, which the garn- 1, Anders yieldsfilits gold an offering to Man's will. Sun -kissed, the fields of waving grain have given Their tribute, as a gift sent dowi} from heaven And gathered are their sheaves thus freely given. A11 Nature answers to October's call, From russet Leaves that softly earth - To To goldenfallharvest when they hear hes call. Glorious October! who sees thee not, is blind To all the beauties of the rarest kind, Nor could the artist richer glories find. —Josephine N. Carr, In Stratford Beacon -Herald, a e * dh. PRIVILEGED PERSONS (Hank's Corner in St. Thomas' Times -Journal) We found this on our desk yester- day. It was unsigned but after seem- ing. the third spasm we have a strong suspicion about the authorship. It is dedicated to "such guys as Hank," I see a man strut through the jam in a hall, Take a seat 'mid the speakers and chat with them all, "Is this Mitch?" I enquire. "That the crowd he defies?" "Oh, no; that's just one of those newspaper guys!" I see a man pushing his way through the lines Of the cops, where a fire brightly blazes and shines. "Chief Miterlla?" I ask, but a fire- man replied: "Naw, he's just one of them news- paper guys!" I see a man walk through the doors of a show. Where great crowds are blocked by a sign, S. 11. 0. ' "Is this Purves, himself, that no ticket he buys ?" "Well, hardly; he's one of those newspaper guys!" ' And some day I'll walk by the great streets of gold And see a man enter, unquestioned and bold. "A saint?" I'll enquire — and old Peter'11 reply, "Well, I should say not, he's a news- paper Wb can reconcile everything that our "admirer" has reduced to rhyme except the first line of the fourth verse: "And some day I'll walk by the great streets of gold." That's what we call poetic license. Unless the gentleman whom we strongly suspect of being the author changes his mode of living greatly, he hasn't much more chance than the proverbial snowball. in Hades of getting into even 'long distance communication with Saint Peter. Outside of that one line, it's a very goad poem—as poems go. As an old wise -cracker has remarked: "Poets are born, not made." And several million people continue to wonder why. FIRST AID The doctor was summoned to the telephone. "Come at once!" came an agonized; voice at the other end. "M'y little boy has swallowed my peneill" "All right," said the doctor, "I'll conte Immediately. Whatare you doing in the meantime?" •"Using my fountain -pen." -a IT'S LIVER THAT MAKES YOU FEEL SR WRETCHED Wake up year Liver Bile -•;No Calomel necessary For you to feel healthy : and happpy, your livor must pour two. pounds of liquid bile oto your bowels, every day.Without that b1e, trouble starts. Poor digestion. Slow oliminntioa, Poisons in the body. General wretchedness. 1'tow can you expoet, to clear up. a situation like this completely.with more bowel -moving chw, l mineral wter, l anati ve candy y or chewing gu, or roughage? They don't i uYuneevCarter'sLittle Liver Pins, vegetable. Bate. Quick sad cure results. tot them by nam*. $duce. uubotituteo. all dtuagiSto