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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-06-20, Page 7'THURS.,;.JUNE 20,1935 THE CLINTON ' NEWS -RECORD Health Cooking Edited 13y Mabel R. Clark HOW TO MAKE ICED TEA Infuse six heaping teaspoons of Salads Black Tea in a pint of fresh boiling` water. After six minutes strain liquid into two -quart container, While hot, add lee cups of granulated sugar and the juice of 2 lemons. Stir well untilsugar is dissolved; fill container with cold water. Do not allow tea; to cool before adding the cold water; otherwise liquid will become cloudy. Serve with chipped ice. Ruiuluat!aus of BeBetaV A Column Prepared Especially for Women-- But Not Forbidden to Men If: Next week is "Salad 'Meek," one of the many'"weeks" which is set a- part by this body or that to promote this interest or that, and this time it is in the interests of the growers of enearly vegetables, and, incidentally, - that of the health of the general pub. , lie in encouraging the consumption • of nwre vegetables. Personally, I never ran see why • anyone should need to be urged to eat vegetables To me they are ' the ' "staples" almost. I eat them day at - t -'ter day just as regularly as meal -time comes, and that day is a mis- take when no vegetables are to hand. Some people talk of "learning'' to•eat vegetables' and that is some- thing I cannot understand at all. But surely the on -coming generation • will have learned this art as in so many cases babies are given mashed vegetables as soon as they can be fed solids of any sort. 1 think it is wise far mothers of little children to serve vegetables regularly, varying the kinds and the mode of serving, so as not to tire their family of any one kind. One very nice way to serve vege- r tables is to add them to a milk soup for a supper or. lunch dish. Almost any kind of vegetable can be used. We have always been used to beans, potatoes, etc., served in this way. But green vegetables can also be used, such as spinach, asparagus, green beans, green peas, anything of this sorb makes a very tasty dish. Be sure to serve it hot and with crisped bread or toast or crisp crackers, Salads are becoming more and more a part of our .daily food and when the weather is hot what could be more appetising than a nice, crisp eared? If you wish to add a more wbstantial touch, making a salad serve as a first course, add to tile, lettuce, tomatoes, etc., a bit of cold meat or fish chopped fine and nicely seasoned, or some cooked macaroni, • or a ball of potato salad with meat, For a supper dish a fruit salad can be prepared, any fruit liked and at hand being included. This served with brown bread or fresh tea bis- cuits 'makes •a nice first course when a heavy meal is not required. The "Adopt-albaby" week was sup- posed to be a real success and ,a great many homeless little ones found homes during that week, it is said. But while many of us could not see our way to adopting a baby, ev. en to be in fashion with the crowd, few of us but can manage ee eat a salad or so extra and be all the bet- ter for it, so, here's to "Salad Week!" REBEKAH How to Treat Poison Ivy Summer is here and the danger of coming in contact with poison ivy confronts anyone who spends any time in the open, in woody places. A acrid it if possible, but if that is im- possible, take immediate measures to prevent trouble. Various treatments for ivy poison- ing are given in the free pamphlet on poison ivy issued by the Dominion De- partment of Agriculture, The treat- ment most widely_ recommended at the present time is to daub the affect- ed parts with a three per centesolu tion of potassium permangaanate. The stain left by this solution soon disappears or may be removed slow- ly by soap and water. Iodine tinc- turewill also be found useful. Once the blisters have appeared all rub- bing should be avoided, and care taken to prevent infection spread- ing by painting iodine around the edges of the sores, and ,by using compresses soaked in a two per cent. solution of aluminium acetate, tk--4 110 a33 OF THE (anabiatt1t edtral. gaiarta#tiatt and Life Insurance Companies: in Canada, Edited by GRANT FLEMING. M.D., Associate Secretary CONSTIPATION Constipation means delay , in the -passage of the contents of the in- testines. A regular evacuation ,once a day is apparently a desirable health habit for most people. Fail - are to secure regular bowel action leads to. various disturbances of the body In same cases; these are -marked and rather severe; in others, they are but, slight. The most common 'symptoms of constipation ere headache, foul breath, loss of appetite and a sense of weakness or depression. Combine ued constipation. is apt to lead to an irritationof the bowel and to the ` occurrence of haemorrhoids. Constipation may itself ,be a symip- • tom of come diseased or abnormal condition ' of the body. It occurs most eoinanonly when any of the abdominal; organs; such as the stem- ach, appendix or ,gallbladder are diseased: • 1 Constipation, as it usually occurs -in a chronic form, is the result of neglect. , It is failure to heed the -impulse to evacuate the bowel, or, gas it is often expressed, to "answer the • calls of nature," which leads, to a . • dulling of the :sensation, - It follows that the most important }point in overcoming constipation. is the establishment of a regular toilet "habit, The bowel . can be trained. 'The %wallowing of food is the begin - ming of waves of contraction which letter. pass along the intestinal tract. The natural time for evacuation is a half-hour after eating, and -.a time which is convenient and unhurried should be -selected. At "' that , time every day, without fail, the toilet should be visited until the habit is eetabii,sh.ed. lltost eases will be helped by :pr.o per diet. Fruits, vegetables, salads and whole -grain 'cereals provide bulk and roughage. The use of such foods should not be carried to excess as harm . may result from overloading the ,bowel with a large mass of in- digestible ,roughage. < Those whose constipation has been associated with colic . and distress when the bowel is evacuated should not add bulk and roughage to their diet. Exercise which is taken daily, such'' as an hour's walk every day, brings the abdominal muscles into use and is helpful, as is also drink- ing a gears or two of water upon rising and between meals. The case of consitpation which cannot be cor- rected by persistent attention to reg- ularity of toilet- habit, exercise and diet requires medical treatment which must be prescribed for each individual, depending upon - the ac- tual needs of the case. Questions concerning Health, ' ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College Street, Toron- to, will be answered personally by alcoholic solution of sugar of lead (50 to 60 per cent rubbing alcohol) or any other • cooling substance (baking Soda„ borasie acid solution eines In peasistent cases the treat- ment may be varied by the use of ointments which may be removed ae gain by sponging with e hot soapy' water. Avoid dusting dry baking powder or .beracio acid powder on oozing soars, as the • latter will be sealed over by a hard crust, thus aggravating conditions ivhille fre- quent exposure to air relieves them. In slight cases where the oil of the ivy has not as yet ,petetrated the skin, scrubbing with laundry soap in sunning water will remove the dan- ger. Many Sailings. Await Tourists to Alaska The Canadian National Steamships announce eleven sailings to Alaska this summer on the twin-screw sister shilps,, the "Prince George" and "Prince Rupert."• The "Rupert" was first out in the tourist run to Skag- way, on June 17, arriving at its northern terminus .Tune 21. Other sailing dates are: June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, August 5, 12, 19 and 26. The "Rupert" will also make the last run to Alaska arriving at Skagway August 30 and returning to Van - cover September 4. As during 1934, this .summer's Alaska trips will be nine days in duration for the round trip, with two whole days in ports at -Skagway for side trips to the stor- ied interior country. This, summer's schedule'is in addition to the four special cruises of the luxurious 7,- 000-ton ;000-ton "Mince Rupert", which will make 11 -day cruises to Alaska on: June 28, July 12, and 20, and Aug- ust 9. Tho cruising "Rupert" will add Sitka, Historic Mackenzie Rock and a day -long sail through Gardner Cans. al and Douglas Chalmette the regu- lar ports of call. For the first time in,a number of years the commodore of the C.N.S. fleet, 'Captain H. 15. Neddon, will not be in command on the "Prince George". He will trans- fer to the "Robert" for the summer. Captain Neil MacLean will be in command of the "Prince George" and. Captain Edward Mabbs in command of the "Prince Rupert." SUMMER COTTAGE PRECAUTION In re -opening 'summer cottages, it will be found a good plan before oc- cupation to spray the floors with a, good pyrethrum -kerosene mixture which can be chosen from among the several effective brands on the mar-, ket. This is all the more commend- able where pet dogs and cats have been kept. However well these pets have been looked after they are of Dieted one time or another with fleas, , and in temporarily vacant houses undisturbed by cleaning Acti- vities, fleas multiply rapidly, so that 'when the occupants of the houses re turn they may meet with a lively re- ception. Most complaints from, this naturally occur in the late sumnier on return from the summer vacation, but a precautionary spray on reop- ening the summer cottage is often very necessary particularly where a liable be i a e cottages are l 1 beto nv d d by bird mites, clover mites, ,centipedes and other like pests. The clover mite 15 a pest of clover and certain other plants and occasionally invades dwel- lings in the spring and in the aut- umn, Sometimes the invasion is so great that numbers may be round crawling on the walls, furniture, pic- tures and other abjeets of the home. Ns a rule„ with reference to .bird mites, only houses - and churches, which serve as the resting and nest- ing places of pigeons and other birds, have been found to be infested. in thes event on a pet bird, such as a canary, becoming infested with mites the cages and all its parts should be thoroughly scalded :first of all; A teat spoonful of pyrethrum powder .should be 'placed in a paper bag, and the Menai dropped into the :bag which should be closed at the los for half a minute. The canary will be fright- ened but cured of mites. Care of Children Household Economics on by different' types of rnicroor- gassisms. The first stage is the alco- holic fermentation of the isweet' juice,. whereby the sugar is converted into alcohol through the action of yeasts. The second step consists in the con- version of the alcohol into acetic ae id. This, the acetic or vinegar far,' mentation proper, is caused by vine- gar bacteria. The two stages in the, tion. . , FARM -MADE VINEGAR Home-made vinegar of good qual- ity can bo prepared from a variety of raw products, provided they con- tain fermentable sugar in sufficient quantity. According to the, bulletin on . vinegar malting on the farm just. issued by the Dominion. Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, the juice of apples, grapes, berries or other' fruit, or honey may be used es the raw ma- terial with sucoess. Whatever the source may be, however it is of the utmost impartanco to blear in mind that there are two diatinot stages in vinegar making, representing two. fermentative processes eaohl.icarried. PAGE '7 process are quite distinct, and for their best action require different conditions, as intimated in the con- text, of the bulletin. A realization of the twofold nature of the process will do much towards ensuring suc- cess in preparing home-made vine- gar. •`If interested write for the bul- letin whiieh will be (sent on appiica- YOUR WORLD AND MINE by JOHN 0. KIRKWOOD } (copyright) floii!a'"'a'""aYr°r!a'.' . "e'a'"'Lti"ANIN iW1'.'e'.'e'e'a"i . a'a".W"'a`a"a' ion This � c o ntributt to The News - Record should please local doctors and preachers --and some others who may feel themselves rather hid- den from the world's sight. It has been prompted by the remark of a professional man --a -doctor-- who was visiting me in my home. He was telling me of meeting a young man clad in clergyman's attire — a man obviously well satisfied with him- self—a man whose carriage and dig- nity were indexes-ta his content- ment of mind. This young man greeted the older man -the doctor--, cordially. The doctor did not . im. mediatellir recognize his accoster, for he had not seen him for a year,• and previous meetings were brief and few. tice, it was in a very small town in. Eastern Ontario, where his patients were very poor. He had to be a gen. era] practitioner. There was no oth- er doctor near to consult with. His calls were often urgent. He had to make quick decisions—had to do min- or surgical operations, without •a nurse's assistance end with a mini- mum of instruments. "Had I started up in a eine' Said this doctor, "I would, have been afraid to make de- cisions and to perform operations. I would have said to nay patients, `I think you should dee a specialist,' or 'I should like to consult with Dr. So. and-So'—all because of fear. 'When I was at R 1 had no time to be afraid" A:bout a year ago this young man The strong men of the world are was a theological student in Toronto, strong because of self-reliance, and and went about, humbly enough. In self-reilance is developed when there the interval he bad been made min- are none to lean on—where one has ister of a church in an Ontario town, to make his own decisions. Living His new status in a small community and working in a big city tends to, had raised .hint in his own estima--t tion. He took an poise and posa. His shoulders got a new sets. Isis countenance had 'become rather grave—an effort to make himself look older. His clerical attire was impressive. Ht telling me of this meeting with d former student, my visitor said. "If he had remained in Toronto, he would probably have been regarded as a subordinate- — a junior among oldee men in the ministry, and would have been humble before them" Iris point was: In establishing oneself in a small community, one acquires stature, importance, recogni- tion and respect. One can become full-statured instantly. One's atti- tude toward men and things changes when one sets up in a small commun- 4by. One's enol viylualiity ' and per- sonality get better chances for at- set•tion and acceptance. Conversation became focussed on an eminent and elloquent Toronto preacher -lecturer. 1 asked my vis- itor if his son had attended a lecture given by this preacher.- "No," said my visitor. "Hugh likes to do his own thinking and reading," and then he made an observation which had freshness of view --to me. "It is not good for church when its minister is a brilliant preacher. Those who go to hear him listen to hint Taptly, Ailed with admiration. They exalt their minister, • and he gets great inspiration from their greedy listen- ing. iste -ing. The people in the pew get the Mee, thatheir minister is - tas supers u P man, they , a nd that t hemselves do not have to do very much to keep the °hutch and its affairs going. The minister and the large congregations do it all,. And then, when this. min- ister leaves •then, they find thein- selves leaderless and helpless, and then things sib apt to go quickly to pieces. "Now, in a church where the min- ister .is rather ordinary, the members feel that it is up to them to supply what he lacks, and 52, they individu- ally and together carry the burdens. of the congregation. They become very loyal to their minister, and if and when he leaves, they are able to. carry on without him until a new pastor is selected. The going of the ordinary minister .may have •been,re- vetted, but it did not hurt the con- gregation, On the contrary, it made it resolute to -carryon even more diligently and faithfully, and when a new paster arrives, he finds' a fine congregation, all workers." When my visitor said this, I inane- diately thought 01 a congregation t had known, It had tor four years one of the strongest young men in his denomination -a man fresh from the unievrsity and theological col- lege—a man of wonderful eloquence, and force as preacher and pastor. But when he leftealiuddenely being called to a city pulpit --.the church • where he had been minister' collapsed like a pricked lyalaon. IM'y visitor—a physician -4°1d of hiniself. ' When he started to prac- make one very dependent en others. In business organizations are a ple- thora of "canfetences" and. consulta- tians. This applies to industrial anis retail firms, to banks and financial houses, to advertising agencies,to city councils, to educational institu- tions, to hospitals. Men lean on ono anothert They become alarmed by the thought of criticism. They ac- quire the habit of indecision. Several years ago I was crossing the Atlantic. One of the passengers was on his way to Canada to become a professor in McGiIl University. Re had just returned from Africa, where along' with another man of like qual- ity, Ile had been occupied for two years in devising a system of educa- tion for Rhodesia. He told me that in devising Rhodesia's educational System, they had to talce into ac- count the dependent habits acquired by white children. in Rhodesia. Every White child, ho said, had from birth a dozen or more black servants to do things for it, The result was that white children were utterless help- less in many situations, This helpe lessness was having very bad effect, not only on the character but also on the occupational outlook of these children. It was felt that something hacl to be done to teach the white children to become independent of, black servants and to be able to look after themselves isn all eiremstan- ccs, In England I knew a family of Anglo -Indians. The father and mo- ther and the children had been barn and raised in India. It was not until the father was 60 or near its -when he was pensioned -khat he and his family went to England to live. The father --rhe had been a .soldier—could cook and do housework; the wife and daughters could not do anything in the way of housework—could not fry bacon, or •cook vegetables, or dust, or mend or make clothes, or do gar- dening, Ail this ineptitude was due to the fact that in India servants had done everything. In their new eir- cunis'tanoes—living itt a new country, on a reduced income, where servants wereneither easy to get nor cheap— this family found itself sadly ember, gassed 15y its inability to do the tom- monest and simplest household tasks. To bo brought up on a farm or its e town—to be taught in childhood to be self-reliant—ito be under necessity to depend on oneself to.have'to do things foto oneself .because there is not money available to :employ oth- ers to do what needs done: these are advantages rather than '.things to lament over. I am not saying that character development is aided mare by being in a town or an a farm than by being .in a city; butl can say, con- fidently, that residence in a town or on a farm provides one with enviable opportunities for character -shaping paid ehaaacter-bulleing, Ate when all is ,said and done, it is one's char- acter,'not one's poeeessions or attain- ments or achievements,' which' mat- ters mast. I wish that alj young people would learn this' great truth. THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs --Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But 'Always Helpful and Ins Airing' MAKING A GARDEN Man ploughs and plants and digs and weeds, Ile„works with hoe and spade; God sends the sun and rain and, air, And thus a garden's made. He must be :proud who tills the soil And turns the heavy sod; How wonderful a thing tobe b ' In partnership with God. , A GOLD CROWN In an old London hospital, little white cribs . Are arranged for the children who've broken their ribs Sliding down banisters, tumbling off trees, Or who've •caught a bad cold ina draft or a breeze. There are fairy-tale books about caliphs and kings, "Arabian Nights" full of marvelous things, And blocks with the alphabet A, B and C, And in vases some flowers as sweet as can be. And sometimes on visitors' day comes a queen, Her Majesty, Mary of England, ' I mean, in the prettiest hat made to go with iter gown— But the t,hildren hope next time she'll ivear a gold crown, --Margaret 'Clarke Russell. GARDENER'S REPORT Roses opened easy; poppies, full- blown, Maintained throughout the day a quiettom. Foxgloves, snapdragons, delphinium and phlox Regained their early Iosees, leading stocks, Geraniums, nasturtiums, hollyhocks. Madonna lilies held their upward trend; Verbenas' gain teas trivial; Garden's - end Was firmer, morning-glories, mens maid Were weak from no demand and too much shade. White lilacs reached a new high; jasmine flowers Rallied bravely in the closing hours. Four-o'clocks were active, • selling light; The undertone is steady, outlook bright. —Daniel Whitehead Hickey in New York Times. sum - THE LAND OF RICHES 18 not the world beautiful, With the lovely trees and flowers, The golden sun—the sunset And all the refreshing •efreshin showers? Oh!' this is a land of beauty, That nature to us has given, The blossoms—the dew -drops, And the beautiful sky of Heaven. And then the birds they are so dear, They sing sr,-sweet—and their notes so clam And I could mention many more, That faithful Nature has in store, —Pearl Elliott, Clinton, June, 1935. THE BREEZE'S LULLABY The cooling breeze, the wooing breeze, Away doyen neat the maple' trees, The hammock that swings to and fro, Rocking my baby high and low,. Sleep, sleep, my precious one sleep, Where the cooling breeze plays hide 'recto The and cooling b.reeze, Oh! that summer breeze— Not that one beside the seas. Oltl that breeze Beneath the trees, Playing hide and seek, At its ease. lily precious one is. sleeping, The cooling breeze is t peeping, Around the corner, Bythe trees, Cotner that faint song of the breeze. My precious babe le waking, The leaves and boughs are shaking, Blow! blow, you cooling breeze, Blow to the flowers and Mow to the trees. The little rose bud shook her head, And then to the others she smiled and said: "The cooling' breeze sent my petals astray" Then the poor thing blew away, Then the cooling breeze blew like a flash; And from east to west, it went with a dash, Down the valleys it went with its might, Throwing a kiss, and saying good. night. —Pearl Elliott, Clinton, June, 1935 I -WOULD RATHER I would rather have -one -little rose From the garden of a friend, Than to have the choicest flowers Wren my stay on earth shall end. I would rather.have the kindest words And a smile that I can see, Than flattery when my heart is still, And this life has ceased to be, I would rather have a loving smile i From friends I know are true, Than tears shed round my casket When this world I bid adieu. Bring me all the flowers today, Whether pink or white or red, Pd rather have one blossom now Than a truck load when I'm dead. IDOLATOR ; You are not wise, you Who So long have tended The altar where a beim]. wee once enshrined; You will not look to see the dream is ended With only the lights, the incense left behind, In distant lands mad priests to sun- ward staring Into that all consuming, ultimate light, Have suffered the insufferable, bear- ing Fierce torment till the blaze has quenched their eight. Life gave them darkness; so your dream for you - Has blotted out all ether lovely things. And when the dream itself has sunk from view You see no stars, you glimpse n0 soaring wings, Too long you worshipped; drearntibe- dazzled eyes Grow blind, Idolater, you are not wise! HEARTS COURAGEOUS There's a little old lady who lives down the way Who'has never a word of her sine rows to say. ' She has buried her husband her chil- dren and friends, bravely bzaveiy 'her gay little garden she tends, And bravely she smiles as if never a caro Or the anguish of sorrows had silver- ed Tier hair. One morning as downcast I wandered along, Because some 1•iittio plan of my own had gone wrong, She noticed my frown as I came to her gate And asked me my burden of trouble to state. "Oh I know how you feel," she said with a smile, "But don't bear a grudge, for it isn't worth while!" I thought of her sorrows and stood there ashamed To think' that my own petty troubles Id named, She passed me a rosebudto pin .on my coat, And T.cottldn't say thanks for the lump in' my, throat, She patted my arm and shesaidto me there: "Remember ' we all have same burdens to blear." • Dear, brave little lady, thought 1, as I left; Of all Who had loved you !so swiftly bereft. Yet smiling and cheerful aid' hiding your woe 'heath, a manner so gentle that no one may know, Should' I be the 'last of my circle ter stay, Gad grant me such faith as I've seen, you display.—Anon.