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Health
YOUR
WORLD AND MINE
by JOHN C. KIRKW.00D
(Copyright)
When I was a very small boy I had state or possessions no 'abiding com-
a book which told of a lad who was fort or peace. He always wished
given twelve magic eggs. To have himself back to his original comfi-
er be anything which he wished, all tion.
that he had to do was to smashone
of those eggs, and, presto, his desire
-was given him. Thus, when he saw
a. huge pig in its wallow asleep , and
contented, this lad immedfately.desir-
ed to be a big pig, with nothing to.
do but to eat and sleep and otherwise
enjoy himself. Then he would not
'have to run errands, or hoe potatoes,,
or carry in wood, or go to school, or
to carry cold water to workmen in
'the harvest field. He' could be lazy
-from morning until night, and he
• would be fed al•1that he could swal-
low. He would not have to wash
' himself or go to •Sunday School, or.
"learn verses from the Bible. Life
would be endless bliss. So bang went
an egg, and 10! the boy was changed
in a twinkling into an immense hog,
"lying in a delectable pool of mud,
While thus finding perfect enjoy-
ment, the farmer :came to look at
him, and the lad in the form of a
pig heard the farmer say, "Well, it will not break up until after mid -
"is time that this fat pig should be night. And this will be the daily pro-
- made into pork," and away the farm-
. er went fora butcher -knife. The coI-
ored picture in the book showed the
farmer running away, frightened half
to death, with the boy-pigrehalf boy,
• half pig—running after hire to give
bine back the knife which he had drop-
ped; for the boy, when he saw the
farmer with his knife bending over
' him to cut his throat, promptly wish-
ed to be turned back into his proper
It is this wish of the lad to be rich
that I am thinking of chiefly .as I
write this contribution to' The News
Record. T suppose that most of us
would like to be very rich—be as rich.
as Rockefeller or Ford. But, 1 ask
are riches to be preferred to good
solid comfort with .a good deal of
liberty to do what one wants to do?
In the city where I reside are many
mansions great spreading houses
which require many servants, to per-
form the labour inseparable from big
houses and the spacious grounds sur-
rounding them. When the chief
bread winner returns to his mansion
at 6 o'clock or so, the chances are
that he has to dress for dinner; that
the dinner -table will be surrounded
by invited quests; that the after hours
will be 'socially gay; that the "party"
gramme. Always time and vitality
are being consumed by the company
of men and women and young people
found in mansions after 6 or 7 o'clock
in the evening. Nobody has much
time alone—for reading and reflec-
tion,' or for enjoyment of simple and
refreshing pleasures. "Make your-
self honey and the flies will eat you,"
is the saying of a hermit friend of
mine—and very rich people make
• state, and so the farmer saw a ter- themselves to be honey.
rifying transformation, ' * t<'p *
* * When I behold these great num-
Another wish of this boy was to sions I' have no envy in my heart. On
have riches. So he brolce an egg, and the contrary, I am thankful that I
found himself an immensely rich ani living in a very humble home,
man, living in a house as big and as where I can find rest and refreshing'
fine as a palace, with servants with- which I need, and do the things which
-out, number; with precious things of give me greatest pleasure. I feel that
gold and silver - and china and glass my day's work is exhausting enough
all about him; -with horses and car towarrant my desiring rest in the
riage sand footmen and coachmen to evening 'hours. My evening meal -is'
no end; with monntaius of gold coins over by 7 o'clock. Thereafter, until
' in a strong -room:; with pantries and bedtime—say at 11 o'clock -I may,
cellars bursting with rich foods and most evenings, live with those choice
wines. But with all these treasures colupanigns•--any books. These books
and fine things there went fear! This can carry me into remote ages. By
-.rich man' had no peace of mind. them I can go fishing, and hunting,
Thieves and burglars, kidnappers and exploring. I can go into the high -
and assassins. ---these he , imagined lands of Scotland, to the prairies of
were, ever near him. He could not our own West, to India and Japan. I
sleep because of his fears. He went can tramp Europe in the Middle Ages.
about with a bodyguard. He had his I can accompany the early discover.
house surrounded by watchmen. His ers of America and of the ocean
strong -room was doubly barred, and routes to the Orient. I can live with
bolted. His food and wine had to. Thomas Carlyle, with Abraham Lie-
be tested because of fear of poison. coln, with Tennyson and Cecil Rhodes,
Life for this rich man became utter with the men of the Renaissance,
ly miserable. and iutolerabe. So, , *,.
after a good taste of riches, this lad
in the form of a rich' man wished I recall a man whom I met by
himself back to his bey state. chance m a London restaurant. We
And so on, with all his realized were the only two at the table; and
wishes: This boy found in his new we talked. This man was home in
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HALITOSIS teeth as there is also to the tartar
The
purpose of advertising is to which.collects around the teeth. Wihen
p p the teeth have been made healthy,
make the public aware or conscious of they should be kept clean by regular.
'something, In the advertising of brushing after each meal.'
Odours . do not arise from the
stomach finless air is brought up from
the stomach. When belching occurs,'
there should not be any disagreeable
odour if the stomach is healthy. Some
foods contain volatile oils; the are
absorbed after digestion and, when
carried by the blood stream . to the
Lungs,' they are smelt on the ,breath,
This is what happens when yon,eat
onions or drink alcohol,
Thereare parts in and around the
mouth and nose which may become
diseased and so taint the breath'.' Ton-
sils with their crypts may contain of-
fensive materia, and head . sinuses
become disagreeable- on account of
infections. When elimination is 'de-
layed, it usually means putrefaction
in the lower bowel, with absorption
of material, which gives vise to un un-
pleasant breath.
It appears that most cases of of-
fensive breath would be presented by
keeping the mouth- and adjaeentparts
clean and healthy, and by securing
satisfactory elimination.
Questions concerning Health, ad -
chimed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College ,Street, Toron-
to, wilt be answered personally by
letter. I
remedies, attention is given to creat-
ing a consciousness of need for the
particular remedy to overcome an ill-
ness or some undesirable condition.
"That such advertising is .effective is
shown in -the number of people who
have become what the advertisers
would , call "breath -conscious."
A bad breath, or halitosis, is un-
-
pleasant whether or not your best
friend mentions it. According to the
• advertisements, friends and family
are much more reticent about refer-
ring • to personal failings than exper-
ience would seem to prove. However,
a bad breath is very often an offence,
and because itdoes not come from the
normal healthy -body, attention should
be brbught to its .correction for the
comfort of others and the benefit of
the owner.
The most common cause is a dirty
mouth. There are always germs in
• the mouth which are ready to seize
upon the smallest particle of food left
between theteeth, and the result is
fermentation and putrefaction, a lit-
tle bit of which goes a long way in
fouling the breath. -Despite all that
is said, there is no mouth wash which
• sterilizes the mouth. The practical
way is to have the teeth healthy, be-
wcause there is an odour to decaying
Cooking
Care of Children
Household Economics
England after being six years ori a
vast cattle ranch in South America
—near the Andes. He said that he
was one of three white men in that
region that it was no place for a
woman to be, for the loneliness
would drive her crazy. They had to
drive cattle 400 miles to put them on
a railway train when sending them
to market. I asked him about his
recreational occupations. He said
that books give him his enjoyments
benefit from a thorough syringing
with water every few days.
Plants should Ire given plenty of
fresh air but should not be subjected
to draughts nor to too low tempera-
tures. House plants like an abun-
dance of light and the majority do
well in a bright situation. Whenpos-
sible, place the plants in a sunny win-
dow for part of every day. Turn
them to the light at a different angle
occasionally to prevent them boom-
-hut not novels, "I want something ing lop -sided.
which will last," he said; and he then Insect pests are the worst enemy of
told me of a book which he had read
three times, without mastering it. He
wrote on his visiting card its title—
"Draper's Intellectual Development
of Europe." Thereafter I watched
for this 'book at a second-hand book-
store which lured me almost daily to
its shelves. Eventually I found it—
in two volumes. Its title made me feel
that it would be a dry -as -dust book.
I found it to be as zestful, as roman-
tic. fiction. It tells vividly and
sparldingly, the story of the nations,
as far back as historians have been
able to trace it and forward into mod-
ern times. I am a great debtor to
this man from the wilderness regions
of South America; and you, my read-
er, will be debtor to me, if you learn
from him, for the first time, of this
book, and if you become its possessor
and eejoyer.
The millionaire has only perishable
possessions beyond what I possess
and beyond what you possess. Prob-
ably he has less time than you and I
have for the enjoyments of books.
Probably, deep down in his heart, he
wishes for the simpler life which the
man on salary, has the man who is
not under the daily pressure and ob-
ligations of an exalted social position.
And if any very rich man reads this
contribution of mine to The News-
Record, he may sigh, and he may have
a sympathetic understanding of the
fears which the lad with the tragic.
eggs had when he broke one of them
in order to become a very rich man.
CARE OP HOUSE PLANTS
By John Cameron, Gardener, Monc-
ton, N.B., in The Canadian Railways
Magazine.
"What is the matter with my house
plants?" This is a question asked
regularly of gardeners. During the
summer months the average house
plant thrives, but in the fall and win-
ter months they take on a sickly ap=
pearance. The foliage turns yellow
and begins to drop. Many owners be -
Hem their plants are about to die.
They ask; Should they, be re -potted or
fed with some fertilizer?
Proper watering is perhaps one of
the greatest maxims of successful
house plant culture. This will help
even though the soil in the pot is not
of the best nor the potting done in
the most satisfactory manner: By
judicious' watering good results are
often attained. Watering should
not be haphazard. A plant should.
be kept . neither too wet nor too dry.
When watering, give the pot a sharp
tap with the knuckle of the forefin-
ger, If there is a metallic sound to
its ring, the plant usually . requires
water. Or, press the finger on the
soil just inside the rim of the pot.
It is easy to tell if the soil is damp
or dry.
The dry atmosphere of the average
house is one of the chief enemies of
plant culture. Not only is dryness
bad for the plants' themselves but it
also helps insect infestation. To com-
bat this dry .atmospheric condition,
stand open pans of water here .and
there in the different rooms. If you
heat with a hot air furnace be sure
that the vapor pan is kept full of wa-
ter.
All plants grown in the house will
house plants. These include aphids,
red spider, white fly and mealy bug.
Often these niay be kept under con-
trol by syringing. When this fails
however, the use of 'Black Leaf 40 or
Pyset or other commercial insecticide
will give good results. If your plant
is not in blossom dip it into some
open vessel—a pail ----.by turning the
plant upside down, with the steal
betel firmly between the fingers to
prevent the soil from dropping out of
the pot, and immersing it for a few
seconds. Scale is another pest which
attacks certain plants. This can
sometimes be controlled by sponging
the leaves with one or another of the
insecticides.
Plants with hard or leathery fol-
iage, such as Aspidistras, should
have both sides of their Ieeves spong-
ed with soapy water at frequent in-
tervals. This not only adds to the
appearance of the plant but is n de.
aided benefit to its health.
GRADE A MEDIUM EGGS
Canadian housewives, particularly
in the larger centres, are passing up
a good bargain in not buying more
Grade A Medium eggs, stated W. A.
Brown, Chief of the Poultry Service
of the Dominion Department of Ag-
riculture, in commenting on the pre-
sent egg market situation from the
consumer's viewpoint.
Reports coming to Mr. Brown from
the various egg inspection offices un-
der his jurisdiction state that the
public is buying Grade A Large and
Grade A Pullet eggs freely, but for
some reason are neglecting the Grade
A Medium.
Mir. Brown points out that ell
Grade A eggs are fresh and of good
quality, the only difference between
Large, Medium and Pullets being in
size. The minimum Weights per dos
en are 24, 22 and 18 ounces respec-
tively, The retail price on Grade A
Large in 1Vfontreal today is 45 to 49
cents. On that basis Grade A Med-
ium eggs are worth at least 41 cents,
but they are actually selling at 33 to
36 cents.
WOMAN IS APPOINTHD AS
REGISTRAR FOR HURON
Miss Lillian Macpherson has been
appointed county registrar at 'God-
erich in Rulon County in place of
A. Ii. Neeb, Hon. A. W. Roebuck,
Ontario attorney -general,. announced
last week. Miss Macpherson has been
deputy -registrar under Mr. Niecb-
and was also deputy under the late
registrar, Mr. Coats.
The announcement of the appoint-
ment by Icon. A. W! 'Roebuck,, Attor-
ney -General of Ontario, States that
Miss Macpherson received a salary of
$1,500 a year as seputy registrar,
and that her salary as registrar will
be $2,000. There will be no addition
to the office staff. It is estimated
that the change means a saving to
the county of Huron of $2,800 a year.
DESERVED A CRACK
Mother— Willie, why did you hit
your little sister? Willie -e Well, ma-
ma, we were playing Adam and Eve,
and instead of tempting me with the
apple, she ate it all herself.
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OUR RECIPE FOR TODAY
* POT ROASTS AND STEWS *
ARE FINE WINTER DINNERS
*
Savory stews and pot roast *
* are most acceptable for win-
* ter. dinners. 'Cheap cuts of *
*. heat can be used to advan- -*
tage and the finished dish is *
both appetizing and nourishing. *
The success of such meat 0
'N dishes depends on the careful *
seasoning and cooking of the 0
the meat. Greater skill and *
cleverness are required to pre- *
pare a delicious stew than to *
* broil an expensive steak. The 4'
* steak might be dubbed "fool- *
* proof," for only the most vil-
* lainous cooking would ruin it, *
* while stewing meat and pot *
* roasts must be treated with. *
* care and thought to make them *
* popular.
* In th e case of stews the *
* vegetables are cooked with the *
* meat and there is no waste of *
* valuable mineral salts. The liq- *
* uid in which both the meat and *
*, vegetables are cooked is serv-
* with the "stew." Beef, veal or *
* lamb make delicious stews, *
• suitable for all members of the
* family. The liquid with sifted *
* ed vegetables can be given to *
* even the youngest person at *
* the table. The stew. proper, *
* in all the glory of its meat and *
vegetables, will satisfy the *
* hungry hunter or hockey play- *
* er.
* The following pot roast gains *
* piquancy from the tomatoes *
* and their acid helps to break
* the fiber of the meat, making *
* it more tender,
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Pot Roast of Beef *
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4,
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Three or four pound piece of
lean beef cut from forequarter,
three teaspoons salt, one large
onion, one bay leaf, and half
teaspoon pepper, one quart can
tomatoes, one-half cup of boil-
ing water.
Trim fat from meat and fry
out in kettle. Pour off all sur-
plus fat. Heat until very hot.
Wipe meat with cloth wrung
out of cold water, Put meat in-
to kettle and sear quickly on
all sides. Add remaining in-
gredients .and simmer over a
low fire until meat is' tender.
It will take at least three
hours. Arrange meat on a hot
platter and rub liquor in the
pan through a strainer. Pour
rover meat and garnish with
parsley.
There are innumerable ways
to vary the roast. Potatoes and
carrots can be cooked with the
meat if the tomatoes are omit-
ted. A brown gravy can be
made with the liquid in the
]settle.
The whole secret of a suc-
cessful roast lies in the thor-
ough seasoning of the entire
surface of the heat before any
liquid is added. This insures a
rich brown gravy and roast.
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BEEF ON THE CHRISTMAS
. SIDEBOARD
While turkey may 3m regarded as
'the piece de resistance of Christmas
and New Year's dinners in Canadian
homes, it is not necessarily the only
Meat which can be provided: For ex-
ample there is beef—graded beef.
Probably no other food is more at-
tractive to the appetite of man than
a good piece of beef with its enticing
aroma, its delicious flavour and its
highly appetizing appearance.' As
roast or steak, or in some of the
many varied forrlis in which it can
be served, beef will provide a welcome
variety during the Christmas festi-
vities, and find a handy place on the
sideboard: or in reserve in the pantry
or refrigerator.
.But the popularity of beef has a
much deeper foundation than simply
its appeal to the palate. Recent ex.
periments and research have shown
that man's natural fondnessformeat
is based upon sound scientific grounds
as a body builder and as are aid eto
digestion when eaten with comets and
vegetables, In no other country can
better 'beef be found' than in Canada.
Beef graded cinder the supervision of
the Dominion Department of Agri-
culture is guaranteed as to quality
and wholesomeness, the "Choice;' or
red brand, representing the finest
quality, and the "Good," a fine, grade
that carries the moderate amount of
fat necessary to protect the beef in
handling and cooking,.and render it
tender, juicy, and of good flavour.
First ;Negro—"What fo' dat doetah
coming outa youah house?"
t e ro—"A dunno, but' Ah
Second N g h
think Ah's got an inkling."
-Central of Georgia,
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
THE TURN OF THE YEAR
The pines shake and the winds wake,
And the dark waves crowd the sky-
line!
The birds wheel out on a troubled
sky;
The 'widening road runs white and
long,
And the page is turned,
And the world is tired!
So I want no more of twilight sloth,
And I want no more of resting,
And of all the earth I ask no more
Than the green sea, the great sea,
The long road, and white road,
And a change of life for me!
—Arthur. Stringer.
YOUTH AND AGE
Love of bright youth, timidly spark-
ling,
Like the stream in the mountain corn•
mencing its course,
It cuts deeper and deeper through
every obstruction,
An expectant, mysterious, impetu-
ous force.
Love of the years, flowing calm and
clear,
Like it moves with resistless momen-
tum;
The brooklet for you dear, the river
for me.
—M. E. W., in Montreal Gazette.
sR ?is fiN
ALL THERE
Look not, 0 friend, with unavailing
tears
Into the Past—,look to the brave,
young years!
Look to the Future; all is there in
wait.
All that you fought for by the brok-
en gate—
The faith that faltered and the hope
that fell.
The song that died into a lonely
knell.
It is nil there the love that went
astray
With bitter cries on that rentelnbered
day;
The joys that were so needed by the
heart,
And all the tender dreams you saw
depart,
Nothing is lost forever that the sou/
Cried out for; all is waiting at the
goal. —Edwin Markham.
A CARQL AFTER, CHRISTMAS
Cast on the fire the wreath of with
eyed holly,
And so
The mistletoe;
Up the great chimney, where Saint
Nick descended,
Now let the smol{e-drift go.
Strip from the tree the trinkets and
the tapers;
And now
.4i
For life is still toe short, dear,
And sorrow is all to great,
To suffer our slow compassion,
That tarries until too late.
And it's not the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you leave undone,
Which gives you the bit of heartache
At the setting of the sun.
—Margaret E. Sangster,
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IF SO—WHY NOT?
Where can he buy a cap for his knees,
Or a key to the lock of his hair?
Can his eyes be cailed an academy,
Because there are pupils there?
On the crown of his head what gems
are found?
Who travels on the bridge of his
nose?
Can he use, when shingling the roof
of his mouth,
The nails on the end of his toes?
Can the crook of his elbow be sent to
!jail?
If so, what did he do?
How does he sharpen his shoulder
blades?
I'll be darned if S know; do you?
Can he sit in the shade of the palm
of his hand,
Or beat on the drum of his ear?
Does the calf of his leg eat the corn
of his toe?
If so, why not grow corn on the ear?
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WINTER TWILIGHT
A little while ago and you might see
The ebon trees against the saffron
sky
That shifts through flame to rose;
but now a calm
Of solemn blue, above a stilly time,
With pines that peer and listen, while
the snow
Gleams ghostly and the brittle sound
St ice
Tinkles along the dumbness, strange-
ly loud,
Since all the air is trained. Hoased-
in, the folk
Close -gather at the Ingle, and the
hour
Of fireside cheer and homely talk of
1{in
Is welcomed, as the big, vague world
beyond
Moves nightward, merges into mys-
tery.
--Richard Burton, in "Collected
Poems."
I HAVE A RENDEZVOUS WITII
DEATH
I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade.
When Spring comes round, with rust-
ling shade
And apple blossoms 1111 the air.
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days
and fair.
It may be he shall take my hand
And lend me into his dark land
Each barren bough And close my eyes and quench my
dive to the blaze that, -leaping, shall breath;
It may be I shall pass hien still.
I have a rendezvous with Death
On some scarred slope of battered
hill,
When Spring conies round again this
year
And the first meadow flowers appear.
God knows 'twere better to be deep
Pillowed in silk and scented down,
Where love throbs, out in blissful,
sleep,.
Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to
breath,
Where hushed awakenings are dear.
But I've a rendezvous with. Death
At midnight in some flaming town,
When Spring trips North again this
year,
Promises rest in His mansions above.
0', bliss in store! 0, joy mine own!
There' nevermore to weep alone.
—Alan Seiger.
consume' it,
And no least twig allow.
Christmas is gonel Ye little, laughing
children,
Who see
The burning tree
Think, for a moment solemn in the
firelight,
How great your blessings bel
Send up, like smoke from bough and
wreath and berry,'
Your thanks to God, who made your
Christmas merry!
—Louise Taylor Davis.
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THE SIN OF OMISSION
It isn't the thing you do, my dear,
Ws the thing you Ieave undone,
Which gives you a bit of heartache
At the setting of the sun.
The tender word unspoken,
The Metter you did not write,
The flower you might have sent, dear,
Are your haunting ghosts tonight.
The stone you might have lifted
Out of a brother's ` way,
The bit of heartsolne counsel
You were hurried too much to say;
Tlie,loving touch of the hand, dear,
The gentle and winsome tone,
That you had no time nor.thought for,
With troubles enough of your own.
The little acts of kindness,
So easily out of mind;
These chancesto be angels
Which every mortal finds—
They come in night and silence,
Each chill reproachful wraith,
When hope is faint and flagging,
And a blight has dropped on faith.
Novel School Maintained for
Queen Mary Hospital Patients
Ono of tho most unique schools in
Canada .is that maintained for the
inmates of .the Queen Mary IlosY,ltal
ror Consumptive. Children,. These
youngsters come from all parts of the
province. Many creeds and races aro
represented.
Most of these school-childrencare so
bright and playful that one wonders how
it can be -possible that ill -health lurks.
behind their lolly, inquisltivo-mottos. In.
this school, the hours are from 0 to. 1.2 is
tho morning and from 3 to 4 in the
afternoon, for thepupils hi this novel
school are nob as strong as the average
child of like ago. '*110 workcovers that
period lying bobwoon kindergarten and
high school entrance. Domestic science'
and vocational training is also taught the
old or pupils. - some of the girls make little:
dresses for- themselves and the boys have
made •several shirty.‘
Bach poor many thousands of dollars
must bo spent to bring such children back
to liealth. WOl you,pplease boli) the Queen,
-Mary Hospital in As work of mercy Iii'
Treasurer, Gal Institute,,gTor A.
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