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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-04-11, Page 7-THURS., APRIL II, 1936 THE ; CLINTON NEWS -RECORD! PAGE 7, Health Cooking Edited By Mabel R. Clark Care of Children Household Economics BROWN. LABEL - 33( 1/2 lb. ORANGE PEKOE - 40C 1/2 Ib. fliMinatiou Rekali A Column Prepared Especially for Womens--. But Not Forbidden to Men WHEN DORCAS WORKS When 'Dorcas worked to clothe the poor, A neighbor or a friend 'Sometimes came tapping at the door, A little help to lend; Then Dorcas said, "Come in, my dear; . All willing hands are welcome here." . 'A friendly light was in her eyes And pity on her tongue Her words were mild as well as wise; And 'round her room there hung Nice things to make the children glad - Andwarm ones for the old and sad. I have sometimes been brought to ' wonder at the amount of work which kindly women do from time to time for needy ones. Here and there, all over the country, are little bands of women, sewing, knitting, working, Trot for their own, but for other peo- ple, in many cases for people of dif- ferent races, absolute strangers. ' There are the church groups, work- ing ander the direction' of their head offices, Working to make up "bales" to be shipped periodically to points where needed throughout the coun- try; there are also the groups made up; front the several women's organ- izations., who have oertain places to which they send supplies front time to time, and there are other groups who make up individual bales to ship to certain' points of which they are. aware, besides all the individual as- sistance given to local needy ones in every community. If it could be gathered together and the value com- iiutecl I feel sure the annual total from any one community would as- tonish almost anyone. Occasionally we hear the criticism that people are far too ready to as- sist those at a distance while many near at hand are jug as needy but receive little or no assistance. There may be something in this .Criticism,' Every church organization of wo- men, every organization of women,, who make a practice of ^ doing work for needy ones, should have a com- mittee who would study the needs 11111 GRANT FLE'MING, M.D., Associate Secretary teatlit (iattabtatt and Life �t 1i Stavice OF THE w tbirai.Poserintion Insurance Companies in, Canada. Edited by FILTRATION . Almost . complete and efficient fil- tration system is at work in every • normal hunian body, The . kidneys ! contain several thousand filtration units through which the blood flows in order that waste .materials may be filtered out and any excess of one or ..other chemical " removed so as to maintain the proper chemical bal- ance of the body. These filtration : units may be dis- organized by changes which oecur'in theist. This distui!bance of the kid- iieY function tis called nephritis or Bright's disease. Richard Bright' was an English physician who -first de • scribed this condition; this le why his name is associated with the disease. There are Several forms' of neph- xltis but they may all go into either of two groups, acute and chronic. The acute form, seen' in children and young' adults,' is due to an infection; (germs causing an inflammation).. It is commonly, seen; following.. an at- tack Of torsilitis or scarlet fever. 'Acute nephritis is recognized by ' the pallors of the patient with puffl- mess •of the face and ankles. An examination of the urine shows that the 'kidneys' are not able to do their work, and so waste material and an excess of fluid collect in the body.. Acute cases usually recover under proper treatment. The most 'impor- tant item in treatment is rest in bed until the infection has cleared up err • :'aire]y. Some cases pass into a- Chron- ic nephritis Chronic' nephr3,tis • in 'early atilt life is usually the, result of an acute nephritis. After that age, it is a. part of a general change which 'in eludes the hardening of the smaller arteries of the body. For thisrea- son, chronic nephritis is commonly associated with high :blood pressure and arteriosclerosis •or hardening of the arteries. Chronic nephritis is not curable but, corder proper treatment, the -pro- gress of the disease is checked and the patient may live for many years. The earlier the disease is detected, Chronic conditions eteal up on the victim and 'their rpresence is likely not suspected. A periodic health exam- ination xamination is desirable because itre- veale the ,presence of unsuspected chronic disease, including nephritis. An accurate diagnosis of the par- ticular form of the disease present must be made in order to institute proper. treatment. Self-medication •ts,: to say the least, highly dangerous. Plain simple foods; the avoidance of any excess in food or drink; the: use of plenty of water; :a quiet life with freedom from worry are essential in treatment. From the point of View of preven- tionit is known that, after forty, most people eat too much, put on Weight and •overwork their kidneys in the effort" to get rid of waste mze- terials. Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the. Canadian Medical As- soosation, 184 College •Street, Toron- to, will be answered personally by, le'bter. of the community in which they. live' to see if there are needy Tam, ilies, children who are not sufficient- ly clothed, expectant Mothers ` who need assistancw in preparing for an addition to their family, aged ones who have not the coinfoete to which age is' entitled, and: these cases should receive first attention. But far be it from me to advisee that women should restrict their activi- ties." It is a beautiful thing -to- have. our Canadian women working, put- ting in loving stitches, ,'or the com- fortable clothing of, say new little Canadians up north, or little Indian children in the west. They are thus helping in (building up our country, in the making of good Canadian. Those who have assisted in the distributing of assistance in the stricken areas in the west will tell you that the receipt of the gifts of vegetables, clothing, etc„ has 'served to cement the friendship between East and Wiest which no amount of preaching of a winder outlook would have done. There is nothing like such a shoal of sympathy in times or adversity to seal friendships. Cana- dian women cannot afford to be pro- vincial, they must allow their sym- pathies to extend throughout all this broad land, and beyond. Look after local cases of need by all means, but do not allow one's vision to be restricted to the home community. The world is a good Woman's care, If she had her way every son and daughter of Adam, regardless of race, creed or dolor, would have a fair share of this world's good things. 4 * * There seems tg he something of a controversary going on in the Uni- ted Church of Canada just now re- garding the ordination of women to the ministry. Some are strongly in favor, others are as strongly oppos- ed. In the ,current issue of The New Outlook; the Church organ, appears a short letter from a correspondent saying that he (or she) has read the •arti`clie recently appearing against the ordination and a couple of let- ters from women in favor and con- cluded his letter thusly: "After care- fully analysing and comparing these three articles, the question seriously arises in my mind: Should then be ordained?" This letter was signed by initials, so that we cannot tell whether it was written by a man or woman, but I' imagine, so logical was the deduc- tion, that it was a woman. It is highly entertaining at times to sit back: and read and ponder the argu- ments put forward against the ad- mission dmission of women to the courts' of the churches, by men, They bear a marked resemblance to those put forward years ago against the ad-' mission of women to the franchise. As far as we can judge from the, teachings of the Saviour of !nen, (m - eluding women) He made' no differ- ence but preached His gospel to both men and women. -Women ministered to Him .up to the end and were last at His, 'cross and first at the sepul- chre. It was a woman who first brought the news of his rising to the deseiples and no word of His can be construed to mean that He did not consider men and women as equal. Personally, I have no desire to become a member ofarliament p , nor yet to become a preacher in any de- nomination, 'but I would like to see women treated as responsible' human !beings; given a share in the manage- ment of ,the affairs of life and allow- ed to assume their full share in solving the many perplexing prob- lems Which :confront us at this time, Of one thing I am certain, that were the ideas of good .women taken in the management of human affairs the individual Comfort and happiness of the race would receive greater attenton. Just as women are willing to work and 'struggle and plan " to make their famines happy and com- fortable, so would they plan and straggle that all peoples, white, brown, yellow and black, might have comfort and happiness on this _ old earth, which was created for the good of all, not for the enrichment of tbt few. —REBEICAIi Rhapsody in Rhubarb KK Canadian forced rhubarb which is 'k now availaple on the market may be .used in various ways in the house- hold. For the purpose of cooking and canning the fresh , . young stalks,. particularly the fiiirst cutting, have better flavour and colour, and are more tender and juicy than the older Iones. Ars the rhubarb grows older, the stens become more acid and may be used principally for juice. Each stalk should be washed easefully and the ends' trimmed but the skin should not be removed. It gives the beauti- ful colour to the cooked rhubarb and helps to hold the shape of each piece. IThe easiest way to prepare rhub- arb is in sauce. Some food experts think that the best way to make the sauce is to make a thick syrup of su- gar first and then drop the rhubarb pieces, each aiiont half -an -inch long, into: it and cook' until tender. This takes only a few minutes, and is hi !place of the usual method of mixing two parts of the fruit and one part sugar together and cooking them un- til the liquor oozes out and forms a syrup. Some people declare that one of the finest combinations ever tasted by man is rhubarb and strawberries cooked together, while all admit that the juice from the old rhubarb stalks makes a delicious, cooling drink in the summer time, Also, the tart juice combined with sugar and the stiffly -beaten white of an egg makes an enticing creamy sauce. Rhubarb as is well known gives the distinctive touch to tapioca puddings, tarts, sherbets, gelatine and shorteakest Baked rhubarb' can be made when the oven is cooking some other food. The rhubarb looks especially attrac- tive if a glass baking dish is used. The method of procedure is:—butter a covered baking dish; spread a lay- er of rhubarb over the bottom; sprin- kle a layer of sugar; then add anoth- er layer of rhubarb, and so on until the dish is 'filled. Sprinlde sugar ov- er the top; then add small pieces of butter and the grated rind of a lemon, Some people prefer cinnamon or nut- meg flavour to the lemon. Cover the dish and bake slowly until the fruit is tender. Long, slow baking gives rhubarb a rich, red colour. For var- iety, rhubarb and bananas* can be bak- ed together, "EAT MORE EGGS" CAMPAIGN Notwithstanding the fact that Canadians, with an annual per capita .consumption of eggs of 288, the highest of any people among the countries of the world, the Winnipeg Board of Trade is evidently not .sat isfied that the people of the metro- polis of the prairies are fully con- scious of the value of eggs as food. An egg campaign was launched in that city on April 1 and will continue until April 20th. Certainly those housewives who are over -hooking the importance of eggs in the feeding of their families at this time are remiss in their duty. It would be hoed to find as much food value as is con- tained in a dozen fresh eggs for the ame outlay of money. Aside from the commercial isnpor- tanee of eggs, which is very signifi- cant in the Dominion, no article of d is e foo more nutritious r o moteu ni- versally used. Ninety-seven per cent of the edible portion of an egg .is digestible; a claim that few, if any, of the other foods can make. It has vitamins A, 13, D and G. It also- has mineral elements including sulphur, phosphorus, iron, calcium., 'and mag- nesium in easily digestible form. In 1934, Canadians ate' more than. 3,600,000,000 eggs, if placed end to end,- would extend to a distance equal. to four times the circumference of the earth. The market value of the eggs produced in Canada in 1934 was about $30,000,000. The Dominion was. the; first country in the world to lis: traduce, egg grading in any form. This was done in 1918 for export pur- poses only at that time.. In 1923 egg grading regulations were, enacted toG apply to domestic' consumption . and since then has -proven ,to be a deck:- ed advantage to both producer and OUR, RECIPES FOR TODAY • Butter For Pastry" " The majority of women who pride themselves in their cook- ing tape particular pride in * their pastry, for it is ,generally * felt that the ability to make de r Belem, tender pastry is a real * accomplishment in mastering * the culinary art. It le not a difficult matter to a� snake good pastry, provided the. proper ingredients are used and * care is taken in combining * them. Shortening is an tm- "• (portant factor because it has * much to do with the texture of * .the pastry as well as the flav- our.,A combination of equal * partof butter and a soft short- ening, such as lard, is ideal for the purpose, since the but- ter provides both flavour and * ,coloar while the other shorten- ing assures tenderness. Pastry No. 1 114 cups pastry flour. teaspoon salt . cup butter. 3/% cup lard. Cold water (about 3-8 cup, ' • * Sift flour and salt, cut in ' * shortening with two knives or * pastry blender, 'Moisten with '" cold 'water, adding just enough water to combine ingredients. " Pat into shape.' Chill thor- oughly before rolling. Bake in * a hot oven. * ' Pastry No. 2 • lr/s cups pastry flour 1 teaspoon salt 14 cup butter. iii, cup lard Cold water (about 3-8 cup) Sift flour and salt, cut in lard with knives or pastry blender. 'Moisten with cold water. Toss tri slightly flour- ed hoard. Roll in rectangular sheet 1-8" thick. Dot butter Ion half of -sheet, fold, press down edges, roll lightly. Fold and roll again. Chill thorough- ly. Bake in hot oven. NOTE --For those not ex- pert in* pastry staking, the first of the above methods may be more satisfactory, although the second method gives a more (flaky pastry. • * * • • * • A * m * • FOR TBE MOON Old as the earth are a lover's words, Old as its hills are his melodies; And still the youngest of April's birds Whistle them over the budding trees, Scatter thein, into the dawning breeze, Years- cannot crumble their ancient art, Years Cannot lessen their wild per fume; Still does the heart to its well -loved heart Offer the vow of the bride, the groomr- Seemingly new as the lilacs', bloom. Old they be as the seas and trails, But still my hands and heart and eyes Come on the place where your beauty pales And ,find in wonder and mute sur- prise urprise An unknown magic 'beneath', the skies! -Bert Cooksley; in the New York Times. REASON FOR FEAR Bossy I'nn to be initiated into a secret order tonight and I'm seared stiff. 1 Clerk: Wlsy so? Boss: Only a month ago I sold the supreme exalted potentate of the or - consenter. der my ,second-hand' flivver, h Mot? a n o { , n Cook Book 1, Te ',-P„e t l housewife. Said, 10 conte for roue,aPy '•Otiosnmene 265 ta,ert AveWellman va, Toronto. Would you like to make your home-made bread in four - and -a -half hours'? Delicious, wholesome bread can now be baked without the long, tedious over -night method. No wonder the PURITY FLOUR 4M -HOUR BREAD recipe is being warmly welcomed by busy housewives! Bysetting your dough at 10 o'clock in the morning, and keeping it warm at all stages, the baked loaves will be ready to remove from the oven at 2.30'p.m.. We would like you to have this recipe—send for it! 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Canton, * i4* HOME -COMERS The dusk is falling with the falling +snow, Heads boed and watchful, home -bent workwers go. .One enters that house, mounts an- other there, Now hands are opening house -doors everywhere., Then one by one, like stars of early night, The once -dark lines of windows glow with light, Mute witnesses that blindly though they grope Home -turning hearts still tend their lamps of hope. —Elizabeth C. Adams. * 114 * ' THE PRINTER'S ERROR The typographical error is a slippery thing and sly, You can hunt till you are dizzy, but it somehow will get by, Till the forms are off the presses, it is strange how still it keeps, It shrinks down into a corner, and it never stirs or peeps. That typographical error, too small for human eyes, Till the ink is on the paper, when it grows to mountain size. The boss, he stares with 'horror, then he grabs his hair and groans; d dropshisheadupon copy reader his hancls and moans, The remainder of the issue may be clean as clean can be, Rut that typographical error is the only thing you see. • * sI► BEFORE DAWN (On being awakened by the sing- ing of a robin, in the deeper davit - nese that just precedes the dawn. on a morning in 'early spring.) Brave -hearted robin, singing in the dark, Earth acleift in shadows Sinister and stark- Strong -hearted robin, Breast against the gloom, .Shaming me to courage {In my shuttered room! Glad -hearted robin Preluding the sun, Sure that day is corning, Sure that night is done! Bold -hearted robin, Summoning the skies: "Open up your windows! Beauty never dies!" Song -hearted robin, ' Tutor me to sing, , Dauntlessly believing Dawn collies up a-wingl —Kathryn Munro. TIIE ROCK OF BON ECHO Once in the twilight aisles of Ameins I thought I knew what shadows, were, Creeping in golden dust and greying dust, And trooping down dim, flights of ' measured - air, Liquid in spacing, that those arches span. But just last night, before the moon was up. Our little boat stoke close :against these crags That •outreay arches and reject the dark. And gradually the purple of the rocks Melted !before it; and gii4 they came Creeping in golden dust, and greying dust, And crowding -down those giant flights of stair • That open slowly as eternity, • To hold the feet of shadows, lost in night, —(Katherine hale, in the Island, THE NEW MOON Shrouded by greying clouds the Young 1\loon hides Her face upon the bosom of the Night— Night, who is mother to the starry sky— And so `bedinis awhile Her elfin light. Like a frail sickle does She hang at eve Between that world of neculae and this, As fragile as a song upon the wind, As timid as a lover's virgin kiss. So tiny is She, yet the ocean tides, The rivers and the seasons' homage pay And nothing do without Her severe eign will --1 'Until She sleeps there is not even Day. Shrouded by greying clouds the Young, Nloon hides Her face upon the bosom of -the Night— Too shy, as yet, to loose Her cloudy veil And show Her beauty to visa's earthly sight! —Vesper Le Gallienne, in The New York Times'. BULBS Safe in the earth they lie, serenely waiting; They never speak to north winds or the snow, Perfume and color in the dark ere, ating, Fit for the sunlight world that they will know. I held them in my hands, small bulbs of wonder, Purple and ivory and brown. I broke the soft dark earth to fold • ahem under, • And pressed the yielding soil to • hold then down. I know that in their hearts the rain- bow lingers, Waiting until it hears a song it knows, Oh, strange, to hold a rainbow in my • fingers! It lies;there waiting for the melting sniEste And just .before I hear the bluebird singing Truth will be sti rbig in my garden beds, And oh, it will] be early that I'll find their Small green hooded heads!, 'The little, brown song sparrow that comes daring To pone` his heart out on an empty. bough - Will linger: in my garden to be slier- •ing Seven colors that are sleeping now. --Louise Driscoll. WHAT A HOPE. e.". • She: "Noone understands' t n He: "No wonder; your mother was a telephone operator' and your father. was a train announcer'." —The 1111outhpiecgi.,: