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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-12-13, Page 7TIIURS•, DEC. 13, 1931 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 notiou ui 1161111 for llVarnen— rA Column Prepared Especially Forbidden 11Wien NotFo � ButI they will. We sensible folk, who do believe in fairies, (No, I've never seen one, of course, but my grand-. mother who came from Ireland, and the other one who came from totthe )know that in order to g most out of life you have to take your enjoyment as you go, and Hea- the pudding ren forbid that the eday should ever 1i come when the gr old non d 1' of life should come to me through a •aerate one. CHRISTMAS RITES '''The: ritual of Christmas is beautiful and gay, The kindling of candles . to light the Christ -child's way, ' 'The wrapping -up of presents, the carol -singing time, The stirring of to some sense r yme, " The"hanging of the stoekings an piling Yuie logs high, that lit hestar-guide ft t0 6 es h r3' T an Eastern sky; And then with tinsel trifles, to shouts of youthful glee, That crowning ceremonial - the trimming of the tree, "The blessed rites of Christmas, so old so ever -new! • They shed a rainbow radiance on drear December's `hue; "'They waken happy memories, they reunite old friends, They dull that reuse of sadness that comes as each year ends. 0 Ghosts of Christ, Present, Gone by and Yet -to -be, On this, your day of greeting, we make one eager plearelighl; the Grant' us the gold of frankinsense of fir, But spare our hearts their com- rade—the bittersweet of myrrh. —Molly Bevan. 1 * f ir! Some folk seem to think all the nonsense and frivolity connected with the Christmas season should be "cut -out," done away with. It is all right, • say they, to have a Christmas feast, to have the family home and have good things to eat, etc., but all these silly customs are not fit for sensible people. These are the folk who have grown up too quickly and too - thoroughly, leaving behind with their teens every vestige of the child heart. These Care of Children the crew and surrounded thatdeephard-boiled within wouldof our supply a crew engine crew reachingd I can assure you there was not much et homeour train and got bg our resits in no uncertain within of the crew of yuletide iia thee. e I men after we ofer our crew that inristEve. The water. "We returned for our train and as that ittle t at ustiian woman waited storm was beginning toi sooty its teeth, Snout whirled into our eyes Were soon back at the siding where. upon us " es, .that is the word tired and the lady—yes, let ad Y to 1 Y its T we frozen particles made we stopped and .the sharp, hungry section men. Watching for—�(cnowing as she;did that our faces smart. It was anything met her on the did that hadane but a .hat lay introduction efetot the a signal to proceed, upwItha the eltsection we would,. if reef her at all, dorem coming woman who proveda at all work that before tis,. Into the -leen to me have referred to hern Ghristmas usualbeunlry for a cup of coffeewee readyd the foreman thea- a who had'sp housewife—gave a us this unk handout, and we were when we were taking on water, The dinner. It remained ro for teach me for the roah• foreman --her husband — said his woman of foreign "When f had some of the true worth and real orthe conductor brought up Seen us for several hours h spirit of worth the orders there was a "twenty- 1 slowly fighting our way westward. er 1 three" wire from the despatch wishing us a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. In a life- time experience with despatchers there never was a time when I loved them less. That wire seemed:the last straw. We soon had other troubles to command our attention, though. For the remainder of that stormy night and all the next long day, we the ix o'clock etc ds n rifts a he drifts, fought t. fo g in following morning found us stuck t a drift two miles from a siding. In this snow cut we discovered the lo- cal. section. crew --a foreman tri y h d men. All Christmas Day this drift done their best to open up near their home siding. "At this siding was a water tank that had been our objective for_many hours. Our water supply was run- ning low and it was decided to cut off the engine from our outftt—a car of` coal, caboose and water tank—and take one final run at the bank hop- ing to buck through and reach the tank that stood within a mile of us. Luckily we !trade it and saved killing our engine. "While the fireman was taking water `I dropped down to see if all the running gear had arrived with us. Standing beside the engine, with a shawl around her head and shoulders was a woman. From her broken English I learned she was asking for the section crew. Her dinner was waiting and she wanted to know when they would return home. I told her we were returning for the good •meal, much as I app` 'So I am always delighted to enter 't and assist at any of the myriad into r at la •e 6 u r p which a P 's ' itis try fesadvice to all Christmas time. My those who have anything to do with children or young people, is to make the Christmas time just the very hap- piest time in the whole year to them. Fill them with joyous memories which will follow them through the years, lightening their burdens and making bright spot on which the mind ca wt e so Knowing we would be hungry'she had prepared Christmas dinner not only for her own crew of three men but also for the train crew. a r ears• rest as it turns back over the Y Someone has said, and it is so true, that who makes anyone happy not only creates happiness for the time, but for all. time, as the memory trav- els back over that happiness. There are people who object to frivolity in connection with hclthe Christmas season because they that it overshadows the sacredness of the season, which should be stressed. But it is easy, surely, to impress chil- dren ivith the real Christmas storY; easy to teach children to love the Christ Child, to teach them what it is to be unselfish and to be willing to give, lovingly . and in His naive, to others. Oh, the Christmas season is surely the best time of all to impress the great teachings of the gospel. But in order to do that it is not ne- cessary to make the season a dull or unhaPPY time, indeed, if it is going to be impressed *on them at .all it will to be made a happy one. need 0 Make the children happy at Christ- mas time, it is their right. "In halting English he urged: Please come, meester. My wife, my house is full of—what you call it?— the spirit of Christmas. --so came.. to please my wife, It make her hap- py.' We went and what a surprise A. ' le home! that little 'n awaited u s i table withlaces arrang- was set up P with tinsel and colored paper and on care every hand were signs of loving that made the place homelike and comfortable. How truly the foreman liad spoken! The house was filled with the spirit of Christmas. It radiated from every nook and corner you it was that of that home, Froin. the smiling hos- t long. I never isa v such a fish! face and rpadkting eyes of o tees it spread. to the hungry train Friend—I believe you. sot Christmas. value of the spi ' "By her kindly and thoughtfulaac ac - Hone that day long ago, she implant- ed in my mind a beautiful memory that returns each Christmas.er warm gain feel something of own Christ- mas spirit surrounding festivities• It has ea lloweed me down through the , y meet Should this story of her kindness m t I wish her and hers every her good people' miss a lot in life. Why, they eyes very Merry Christmas 'h r a f 0 wish 6. for 03 1 and a 'Happy New Year "Since that Christmas 8 ofave nev- Christ- mas seen her, but her spirit me„ will always be C ithN.R. 1Vtagazine• Household Economics 1 f , THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS 'rnes on s --S 0 rnet I Their g You The Sing Will S g They • re y Here fol H l Oay Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful ' and Ins pining• M1 FROST 0 still, gearoy tide, Gleaming so ;cool and white, and She sweetly sleeps. Her tired, busy whispering! life hushed to a rest. Her Or little muted bells all across the Has morning work, grass quivering; furrowing time, is Frozen to silver, far -shed sweet The harrowing, breath of evening; now sheet intheclear sun The heat of noon which overwhelmed Gem -threaded her strength, - . driftritn shimmering; Is not remembered, as with fast dos - Dream on a rapt sea sleeping; Dream cloth of elfin weave to the ed She yieldseye to Nature's sweet rester- green field clinging; Laciness new and frail, viewed in the Thoseing st bright hours of sunset awn nue d the o b , low joy g I Hangs ready for her earliest waking calla do not even believe in fairies. e - Rp EgAli. let them live on their low plane if A Heart -Warming Christmas Story Bach in the days when snow was snow in huge wet chunks that defied both men and machines, Tom Young, mow Locomotive Foreman at Jasper, had a moving tellsexperience storyC n tst- his mas Day. H own words: "December. was a cold, stormy month and exceptional snowfalls. combined with very high winds to -give the railway considerable trouble in keeping lines open. Many snow- fighting outfits were in action and to one of them I. had been assigned. "Christmas Eve found our crew tied up one division from the home terminal. We had arrived tired and J hungry but all of this was forgotten in the pleasing news that in the Morning we were to be run home for Christmas dinner with our families in Winnipeg. I retired early for what promised to be the first night's rest in several days. Imagine my vocabulary and dismay when, less than two hours after going to bed, I was called to proceed westward as soon as possible to clear the line. Winnipeg lay to the east and all hope 1 of getting home for Christmas din- ner was shattered. "There was the call, and having failed to book rest, due to the advice that we were to be sent home next morning, there was nothing to do but report for duty as soot as possible. YOUR WORLD AND MINE by JOHN C. KIRKW.00D (Copyright) ' m By Myriadt birdslight -winging; together Of retrospective thought, with gar - far faint pipes all nered fruits 0 sweet and wild and wide! singing— Laid safely by; the chill of evening "Our educational system is all retail business in a country town, and wrong"—So said a friend of mine to' during these seven years I had very close contact with farmers. I be - nn as we sat at tohs luncheon table. lieve that these seven years were the Ann he went on say that little iis most wholesome years of any measur- b offing done try to oAm !n then ands able period of my lite. But I had an .countryor country make ytouth, and itch to write. I wanted to get into atmuch attractive ton youth, and business. So I gave the publishing that ise to go done gto induce upthe retail business, and for 35 young people to a in for higher edu- cation meaning education at a ani- years I have had association with the versity, despite the fact that our un- twin worlds of publishing and adver- iversities are -turtling out; in the tiring. My interest in retailing' continues strong, and has had large aggregate, thousands a young men much for Incl ees tivhom fn- expression.. I have written n and women with seer retailers and I have addressed scores canary and b. These occupation of meetings of retailers. Also, my cannot absorb. Taves Young people interest in farmers and farming con- f They that they have e been cheated• times to be keen. My uncles were d toclate that epee, were y—enctur- that farriers, and my cousins are farmers, teed to attend the university—that and what few holidays I have are the inducement was agreeable em- spent on a farm. ployment and a good salary. 3 c k This same view was, expressed by The which I am trying to another man. only thedaybefore. He make is: pointee does not need to have jI was criticizing university extension a university education in order to get work --.the sending out of professors others into the country to ad- out of life the honey that is in it. The and same books are open to me as are dress gatherings of. farmers and open to the university man, and books lecture k. He thentended that these are great teachers. Books can and thlectures have emit of stented do take us into l bvorde. We China, ore who hear them discontented see Africa through with their lot and kind of labour. and Russia, and the western and eas- j c ]c tern and the southern and northern Now, speaking for myself, I am not regions of our own country. •B!ogra very much !n accord with the views phies can make us acquainted with of either of these men. I believe in a the forceful and remarkable men and university education and in university women of the world. We can know extension lectures. But I am not in what i$ going on in the worlds of accord with the view that the posses science, art, education, adventure, po iron of a university degree should itics, civic economics, religion and make a man or woman dissatisfied agriculture through the medium pic- tures with town or farm life. One should books and Periodicals, Moving not attend a university in order t° can make us see—and hear— culget a particular kind of job, but for the people of - every country. Radio cultural gains for the enrichment of can give us the voices of the world's one's '-incl and life. It is true and supreme singers and the music of the can propel'—that there are some kinds of finest symphony orchestras. One occupations which make a university liould have the `wild's richest in •ore's town degree necessary. But whys or on ono's farm. The dwellers in big not e blacksmith have a university cities have little that others who live a1t.ua almost equally. •emo of1 q v store - elsewhere have a degree? or a farmer? ora elsewhere cannot keeper? or an undertaker? j e k j c k It is no hardship to have to do. fathers • fa Our things. man g ut Y 'rho. x without In Great Britain, until recent years men went to the university—Oxford before hst a hungeredforby tient many or Cambridge for choice --,to get a h' kind ' of education and experience which would make all life afterwards began men Then The em• richer for the going to universities as an aid to get - hen T jobs. • o r -colla J rte h is w ting choice and to universities began to multiply , provide courses which prepared then definite occupations. This may for ie other- wise.all >:ight. I shall not argue wise. Yet I do say that any man who' can afford to go to. a university and who is that way inclined is going to do a good thing for himself by at- tending a university'this if on graduation , he has willingness to •do the kind of hard work which he waits ts ttodoorwi Charles Ballard in Westward• winds Are memories now, and each respir- ,* * * ing pulse THE TWO SINGERS Brings nourishment and strength for duties new. A singer sang a song of tears, And the great world heard and She dreams—not of the past days pains and joys, bliss wsat,cooling rains, For he sang of the sorrows of fleet- The tering drought the heating, ,ing years art Not of the good accomplished, nor And the hopes which the dead p the times kept; produce the expected And souls in anguish their burdens Of failure to p bore, hopeful can for waking And the world was sadder than But with a hop £ P ever before. hourShe now beholds before her dream* A sang a song of cheer, land eyes • t ss * * • • * s a * * • • Y ODA• * OUR RECIPE FORT • Here is a nice cheese supper • dish, which is quite nice enough "f for a main dish for a company * supper. * • • * Asparagus and Cream Sauce * * One No. 2 can of asparagus *' heated in the can; drain, re- + *' serving the liquid, and arrange on buttered toast. Pour over * it the following sauce: * 2 :tablespoons butter zty cup asparagus liquor * y cup grated cheese * 2 tablespoons flour * � cup milk. * 1 teaspoon salt. tki% • Gni iNealth Service (ttnabian OFH T edtr�tX Association tttnxt in Canada. 'es om am C p and Life Insurance Edited by GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate Secretary BILIOUSNESS ich holds h • w rid w is a mess ' our Bili to language its place in every -day describe a state of mental'depression and physical discomfort, which is marked by headache, dizziness, a badly, a feeling * And the great world listened anct A vision soul, For he sang of the love of a Father "Tomorrow I shall wake, shall know, dear:, the j°y And the trust of a little child; Of April's copious showers, adorn my - And souls that before had forgotten self ua In morning . dress, and stand with top',, Looked up and went singing along eager step their way. Waiting the duties of the new sweet day. I'll feed the hungry, watiti the cold, THE SNOWING• OF THE PINES and sing Softer than silence, stiller than still My grateful song of praise to nat. ere s God, air 115 ose snowflake fairies lulled my Float down from high pine -brag � hveary eyes the slender leaves. p beneath their coverlet of Tho forest floor its anneal boon re- To white." ceives Sadie Louise Miller, That comes like snowfall, tireless, tranquil, fair, Gently they glide, gently they clothe WHERE'S MOTHER the bare Old rocks with grace. Their fall a When Jean conies home from ichor mantle weaves or play, Of paler yellow than autumnal At any hour of the day, sheaves It's ten to one we hear her say: "Where's Mother?" Or those strange blossoms the hvftch- "Say Dad, where is our Mother gone? hazels -wear, Is she gone far? Will she be long?" Athwart long aisles the sunbeams pierce their way; And day by day we bear the song: High up, the crows are gathering for Where's Mother?" the night; But George and Ade were to same, The delicate needles fill the air; the For they were here before Jean came, Jay golden mist his For year's we've heard,th old refrain: Takes through their "Where's Mother radiant flight; If Mother happened to be out, Then George would yell and give a They fall and fall, till at November's close as lightly — shout, The snow flakes s. Attd this was all it was about, snows on snows. inion in "Where's Mother " Thomas Wentworth Higg And Jean will pout and say, "0 Gee!' Poems. * * * When Mother's out it scorns. to me Iioine's never what it ought to be; THE INSTANT VOICE "Where's JVIother?" e t th "Say! Shall I call her of phone Say. The totle cricket from beneath a And tell her that her Jean is home, stone Each day in Summer utters its And Dad is waiting sitlVIotlhe here cheep- 'nt glad, la f l so of feel g o- me ,on ices m a And more insistent grows its It kind of m tone When otherwise I should be sad, As gradual dusk proclaims the hour To hear her calling, oat, "0 Dad, Where's Mother?" wh e sleep. sl use of P It seems our home is just a house, And all is quiet as a mouse, rouae, Until the children "Wheresother ? to grouse, smiled, grand; and says within her * O To make this sauce melt the * O butter; add flour and blend un- M til smooth, gradually add the * liquid and stir until thickened; * cook gently for a few minutes, * then add cheese and salt. Af- a * ter the sauce is poured over, ' sprinkle with paprika. Serve * at once. Christmas Plum Pudding ** ��' Here is a real old-fashioned '* one ' es 0 ettm * plum Pudding. Som i, * hears a man say that the cook- * * ing is not what it was when * * he was a boy, that there are * ' hes with ata nc "fa n y a many too Y * * nothing to them. This is exact- * ly the kind of pudding "moth- * not * , Wh * er used to make. Y n " this if O make one for "Himself" serve * • Christmas. But don't *' it after a. first course of fowl, *' * rather.serve it with boiled * • sauee after a light first course. * It will keep for weeks in a cool * and keep i` O place. Freeze it * * ccii until needed. froze • The relationship of mental efficien- cy to bodily health is seen in the sad look and. gloomy spirits of the vic- tims The way upsets. u se P o digestive 'ms f ti a man's heart may, be through his stomach; certainly, the way to his good or ill humour is by way of his —mouth which tastes a Y, digestive tract. "liver of nausea„ weakness and depression, I The treatment is not, by but through e together with ,constipation, pills or purgatives,finly through thethis The popular idea is that this un- I correction of happy state is due to what is called means simple food, outdoor exercise, "sluggish liver." This idea appar plenty of sleep, and a freer use of e water between meals. Regular clim- ently-costes from the fact that when habit,diet the 'so-called. bilious Person vomits—, ination can be secured by he generally does -the contract-: and exercise• ruble those and not ti ins walls of the stomach draw up a 'Biliousness does .sn le life, who rt - mount small amount of bile. This small 'a- who lead a fairly p bile .is sufficient by its vele void excesses of one kind.and anoti mount of reasonable attention to low colour and bitter taste to con- ere who pay atient that all Inc trouble the requirements of their bodies, and arose the P who pay •..arose from his liver which produces 'attention !eli- d. taking und ' the bile. their elimination instead liver is a very reliable organ medicines. that theyare; The Some people think and it does its best, but sometimes cop in doingso they are the excess of food and drink, or fail- born bilious, but wastes from the only blaming their ancestors for axe to eliminate condition give rise to a what is really their own carelessnessand with may their ` eating body,to regard d anda e re cowith t g n o Pw h ' er can with whieh the byother habits: • wit rebels. . Its, isnot the liver alones01 Questions concerning Health, ad- which protests, but.. other parQ -the digestive tract will join With it, dressed to the Canadian Medical As- producing that form of disorder ' ti 334 College Street, Toron- -which the public, if not the doctors, or,rarnsness." k pound and a half of rais- ins;half a pound of currants; * * half a pound of mixed peel; * " three-fourths of a pound bread crumbs; three-fourths of 'b a pound.of suet; eight . eggs... O Stone and cit the raisins. in * them; * * halves, but do not chop to cur- 0 • wash, pick and dry * rants, and mince the suet fine- * ay; •cut the candied p the * * thin slices; and grate clown crumbs. When * - fine into •a n bread d 'e .tit ' its • all. these dry ingredients • prepared, mix them well to • gether; then moisten the mix- * tare with the eggs, which * should be well beaten; stir well,. *' that everything may be very * thoroughly blended, and press `r *: pudding into 'a buttered * the with * mould; tie it down tightly:by * *' a flour -cloth;' and boil for fiv 0" or six hours, , It may be boiled • in a cloth without a mould, and * * will require the same time for * ,cooking. things m i' It soothes the weary till the piAoWed could not go abroad. They could not i .ear sound, and sit - go to see the Grand Canyon or Is shut_ to earthly sou , Rocky Mountains, or travel to the once reigns from tray- down t ver t never float t fo South Seas.hMost thanf then 100 miles Save only when 0sphere, 6 tohigh erme farther thsome en- see dream -borne, c. s o of b could nream , d They void, T Vthe the v , from. their home.Across groat cathedrals and castles are ostial -strains. Rhine. And those rofl us whoheard So, too, that instant voice, helpibly d do the world's workthat we vel hour d all the travelling e y possibly n and see all the 01 every day, shall make the heart would like to do, y rejoice; sig sights would like to see. Dail we fig and '•ate the better for these iii power • sires, a our ways ,that s socia ln, ersonall by. 1 to, will be answered P Y • • ••• • • • • letter'. 1 t that we rows ht losing battle with our d It speaks from the beginning, g till, defeats. And orders 11 It would be the very worst thing, voice, h!ld ora youth or an adult if Through the green -branching Sum - small medium of youth Till Winter's whiteness witnesses its truth. —F. L. Montgomery, N.Y. Times, mos which the world m a without much reference to. its he or she eoulds and did idrindulge everY rp e wLife ion ca ire. n es he d is wWhat It a WI nt. ,so. ' nee itU ushould e > hou •' c ns i equipment. n attle- hon and sc mares round, A m t0 g blew discontent education adds •• t and' when it makes. him would a tree be litre not a piggish. or hold ten of. work in disdain against it? Lifece hay - mistake. certain !rinds e g an existen reveals itself to !lave been a gluttonous rhino rose than the £eed- that it ing no, other purpose ntistalce: ing of appetites. Life is for shaping c kour perceptions of what J to p. I n owu case I have not had a according us nobly.... y will ni an a u ni- university education. I beg family versity career, but illness and ex emains for every individual ' dew through the win hi looks t g Dad D And pane, , plain; 1 is , P sMother—that Ho'sse m t He mutters o'er, and o'er again: "Where's Mother?" He watches up and down the street And listens for her little feet, • And then this cry our ears will gree "Here's Mother!" —.Rev. R. J. Reith, Fort Erie, N,' WINTER i fast' asleep. Her coverlet Old Earth s Of white is tucked about her silent form. l and The gorgeous ted -gold robe which, she It r sir- S s e for every race to- .cultivate th in us last. wore riving nal Her m toes raise suppress the amt Is folded out of, sight. H and raise oiirsolves spiritually, :nor- thank Goa, we gown way, h culturally. ` And, Of green, with flowers of lavender can shape our' lives as they ought to end pink, ; �•^° be irrespective of time or 'place. rsi. , ve circumstances interrupted my . urn- versity course. Yet ;my friends f many o them haver been and arouniversity .graduates; and my love of books and learning has never •'• diminished, For seven years I had a • Relieved./ Young children easily o otf cod. So Mrs. Russel Ward, ilton Beach, Ont., wisely earn 'If I notice that there iss awn sign of a cold I give BBaby e. and find aThousandsts ofmothers do the help."ae nho not only for colds baconst constipation, fretful - need, :indigestion, upset stomael troand sol on. Baby's Own Tablets Tab chilcommon ailments, iev- childhood's ingYiee 25a: Dr.wm13Giams' BABY'S OWN TABLETS.