HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-07-11, Page 7'THURS., .JULY 11, 1935
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD,':
Health
Cooking
Edited By Mabel R. Clark
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aaIiuu Rdietali
A Column Prepared Especially for. Women
But Not Forbidden to Men
AT EVENTIDE.
Sum up at night what thou hast done
Iby dayi,
. And in the morning what thou hast
to do,
Dress and undress thy soul; mark the
decay
And growth of it; if with thy watch,
that too
Be down, then wind up both, since
we shallbe
.. Most surely judged, make thy ac-
counts agree,
0 Lord, whose servants we account
ourselves
To Thee we do commend our watch-
ful souls
Ere we let fall the windows of our
eyes;
Sleeping and waking, 0 defend us
still.
Shakespeare.
It doesn't matter so much what we
do or what we have in this world, al-
though some people seem to have so
anuch and some seem to do so much
more worthwhile things than others,
but it does natter a great deal what
eve are.
Sometimes' it happens that a man
or woman may do a great many fine
things, may be a very useful mem-
ber of the community, but somehow
their achievements do not get due
acknowledgementkowing to the ilact
that the doer•is the sort of person in
whom the Goth nunity has no great
confidence or may be of an ugly and
spiteful disposition which repells
'people, and you often find that the
really worthwhile accotnplishments
of much persons, are discounted and
belittled instead of being acclaimed
and praised.
I do not mean that people should
cultivate a manner, whether genuine
or not, •which everyone will admire,
just to please the mob. I mean rath-
er that we should endeavor to be
lionest-to-goodness and really gen-
uine ourselves, so that in spite of
everything, even in epite of the fact,
that we may sometimes feel obligee
to do some things of ...which our
friends do not approve, we .shall still
have their respect.
If we are that sort of genuine Per-
sons and in addition. have kindly and
sympathetic dispositions; which can
overlook the faults of .others, know-
ing our proneness to err ourselves,
we shall seldom lack the genuine es-
teem of many.
Have you ever noticed who is most
missed in a community when they
leave it for another or when they
pass on to the next sphere? It is
not always the cleverest man or wo-
man, nor the most successful in.
worldly achivements. It is the man
or woman who has been the most
helpful, who was the most sincere
and kindly.
It is not the father who has gath-
ered the •most worldly goods about
hiss whois always the most sincere-
ly
incerely mourned by his family when he
dies. .Indeed, the death of such an
one is not always a sorrow• to his
family at all, it may be a sort of re-
lief. He may have been no sort of
a companion in the true sense of the
word to his wife and he may have
made his children fear bion by hies
sternness. His passing removes re-
strictions to which his family have
always had to submit and now they
are gone and they begin to expand in
a freer atmosphere,
But when the man who has been
no great success in a worldly sense,
but has always been a true com-
panion to his wife and a fond and
understanding father is called to his
long home there is genuine sorrow
and his' memory is kept sacred by.
his loved onest
Material possessions are very useful,
they may make life easier in many
ways and may save us from anxiety
over our future, But material things
do not and cannot in themselves
bring happiness. And nothing we can
accomplish can make up for our neg-
lect in cultivating a worthwhile char-
acter.
It is What we are rather than
what we have or have done or leave
undone which matters In the long
run.
,REBEKAH
jtei1th
ei ice
a OF TIIE'
6attabiatt ebirat Aoonritttiun
J' I'
and Life Insurance Companies in Canada.
Edited by
GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate Secretary
KEEP CLEAN Disease germs do us no harm as
An outstanding achievement " of long as they are outside of our bed -
tine age is the fairly high standard id. It is when they gain entrance
of personal cleanliness _ which has i. to the interior of the body that they
been attained. It is somewhat of a get their chance to cause trouble
shock to learn that, in the seven- The mosquito which spreads malaria
teenth. century, a princess had to be or yellow fever butes its victim, thus
taught that lice and other vermin breaking the skin and placing the
were not to•:be caught and killed in germs of the ,disease inside -the body.
-company, and that scratching of If the surface of the body ie kept
one's person was -to be limited to clean, there is less chance that those
what necessity demanded, germs which cause pimplesand boils
There are' many good reasons why will . •get through the minute crack
people should be .clean. First of all, and breaks in the skin which are
eleanliness increases personal tom- bound to occur.
fort. Powdered wigs may have Cleanliness of the hands is' hillier -
been very 'attractive, but wigs came tant for all of us. Shands touch so
into use chiefly because of the im- many things that they become.soilee
possibility "of keeping heads free and very after pick up disease germs.
from vermin. These germs may be carried on the
Cleanliness is also .nmportant be=fingers to the mouth or nose if the
cause body odours are offensive to person; has the bad habit of putting
other people. The judicious use of the hand to the face. Soiled hands
perfume may please many people, pass what has soiled them to the
but it can never serve to replace the food they touch which, when eaten,
fresh clean' smell that comes ! from will, unless it has been cooked, carry
the use of plenty of soap and water the germs into the mouth,
on the body and underclothing. A very praeticai safeguard is to
Certain kinds of cleanliness play a wash the hands before eating, and to
part in the preevntion of disease. To.. keep unwashed hands away from the
understand this. it is necessary to face.
realize that there are different kinds' Questions concerning Health, ad,
of dirt:' It is the dirt which is, .con- dressed to the Canadian Medical As
taminated by human or 'animal secres sociatien 184'Calle ,e .Street Toren -
'Lions ' which'}
minst always ways''be viewed to, wilt bo answered personally by
as dangerous.
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Care of Children
Household Economics
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A man's -mind resembles. his body that one .should seek out and linger.
in. this respect, namely, it requires to with.
be fed if it is to be kept healthy and Let me, tell of eoe ething which I
strong. , Like the body's food, the am doing just at the present time.
mind's food should have variety. If I am reading about shops the ro
the mind is fed daily on the Same mantic story of ships. Far years and
fare, with no variation, it becomes years ships have interested me --not
Weak. A strong and healthy mind is in regard to their architecture, but
the result of the right sort of food, In regard to the geography' and his -
well digested, joined to plenty• of mess tory linked to them. I came across• a
tal exercise. fine book en ships a few days ago,
and so I began reading it -•copying
from it many things which S may
use sometime. Then I gob another
book covering the same subject, and
it gives ole information which I did
rawly, think scarcely at all, and rare- not find in the other. Then I have
a third book with the exhilarating
ly move out of their set pathway. title, "Gold of Ophir." It is about
They receive and communicate ' no ships and much else. I am going to
stimulation. This is true of personal
living in the big cities,, in small cities,
in towns and en farms.
If one is to grow mentally and In
power to do things, one should have
daily companionship with persons who
will make him think, and who will
give him information of a kind not
to be obtained from others. If one
can meet such persons in the flesh,
so much the better; but such persons
can always be made one's compan-
ions through the books which they
have written. This is why every am-
bitious person should ownmany
good books and read thein, in ad-
dtion to owning them. Books can al-
so be obtained from the public and
lending libraries; but always one
should be building a library of one's
own, where will be found one's fav-
orite books, One does not have to
buy new books, Chioce books can be
bought at low prices second hand—
in good condition. 'I buy many de.
sired books at 10 and 16 cents. When
I have to pay 25 cents, it seems a
lot.
YOUR WORLD AND MINE
by JOHN C. KIRKW00D
(Copyright)
Alas there are very many persons
in every community whose mental
fare is unvaried day after day. These
persons see the same persons daily,
talk the same subjects daily read nar-
This morning I bought a book for
10 cents—a book which I had already
on my shelves—a book which I have
prized for years. Ito tlitie is "Get-
ting On In the Wlorld" and the au-
thor is Dr. William Matthews, who
'70 years or so ago was professor of
rhetoric and English literature in
the University of Chicago. The copy
of the book bought this morning
was published in 1872—which is 03
years' ago. I owned this book when
I was a youth. It has stirring chap-
ters such as Concentration, on One-
ness of Aim; !Self-reliance; Origin-
ality in Aims and Methods; Practical
Talent; Business Habits; Economy
of Time; Overwork and Under -rest;
True and False Success. Undoubted-
ly this book has influenced my life.
It contained some verses which I
remembered through the past 40
years: I give them to my readers:
"Thee shall I do lest life in silence
pass?"
And if 11 do,
And never prompt the bray of noisy
brass,
What needst thou rue?
Remember aye the ocean depths are
4, mute;
The shallows roar,'
Worth is the ocean—Fame is' the
bruit
Along the shore.
"What shall I do to be • forever
known?"
Thy duty ever!
"This dict full many who yet sleej.
unknown."
Oh! Never, Never!
Think'st thou perchance that they re-
main unknown
Whom thou knowist not?
13y angel trumps in heaven their
praise is blown--,
Divine their lot.
"What shall I do to gain eternal life?
"Discharge aright
"The simple dues with which each
day is rife?"
Yea, with thy might.
Ere perfect scheme of action thou
devise
Wiill life be fled;
While he who ever acts as conscience
cries, I
;Shall live, though dead.
Those fine verses are surely worth
ten cents! But the book's whole con-
tents are enriching and stineulating.
(fere is a class of book which .one,
should own, not borrow.
I say again, one should have com-
panionship daily wilth those bigger
than oneself ---4 with those of good
manners and good minds, ' and who
put yeast into one's mind — some-
thing which will set up a fermenta-
tion—which will swell the mind —
aerate it. When I say this, I do not
mean story • tellers. They have their
time and place; but it is the teachers
school again when I read books which
tell me, in my mature years, about
the wide, wide world and of the
forces and factors which have made
the world what it today and :what
it .will be tomorrow. Reading beaks
of the sort named by me makes me
wish, vainly,. that I had used all 'the
40 years that lie behind me -40 years
of adult age—to enrich my mind. I
am made to see that I have wasted
time sadly, and my desire is that
young persons whom I am able to
reach through my contributions to
The News -Record shall use their time
better than I did mine, Aly recom-
mendation to you is: Choose some
subject of genuine interest, and then
read widely and long in relation to
this subject. You will find the great-
est possible enjoyment in such prac-
tice, and you will have far more than
Mere enjoyment; you will become a
master of knowledge in relation to
the subject of your interest. How
would you like to put after your
name the letters, "M.K."—Master of
Knowledge?
I close with this thought: Those
who live in towns and on farms,
where they have not the distractions
—hi number and in degree — that
those have who live in big cities, are
advantageously placed to pursue
studies of the kind I am recommend-
ing.
FAMOUS CANADIAN TRAIN CEL-
EBRATES ITS -BIRTHDAY •
Railways, '•like pings, commoners
and quintuplets, have their birthdays
and state occasions, and thus July
1st noted the thirty-fifth anniversary
of the first running of "The Interna-
tional Limited" train of the Canadian
National Railways, which has been
in continuous daily operation between
Montreal and Chicago since July,
1900, and is still going strong! Dur-
ing the 85 years "The International
Limited" has travelled 21,715,760
miles, carrying approximately 2,-
5013;000
,-
503 000 passengers on its 25,566 trips.
Over part of the route there are se-
vere winter conditions of frost and
snow which render steaming diffi-
cult and yet, despite. this annual
handicap, the train has a record of
82.3 per cent "On -Time performance
during the entire period.
An 'International Limited" starts
every afternoon from -Montreal, its
opposite number leaving Chicago the
sante evening, each train to traverse
854 miles between terminals. From
Montreal the train serves large cen-
tres such as Toronto and'London, and
important communities in Michigan
and Indiana. At Sarnia it leave
the Canadian border to enter the St.
Clair Tunnel and emerge at Port Hu-
ron on the Grand Trunk Wlestern
Lines of the Canadian National Rail-
ways to continue its run to Chicago.
Allowing for "dead time" caused by
necessary station halts, the train
maintains an average speed of 52
miles' per hour. To attain that aver-
age and to take un time spent at
stations for the movement ofpassen-
gers, the transfer of Mails .and ex-
press, the train must operate at a
Innen higher actual speed with sprints
of over 80 miles per hour, and there
is a record of 87 miles per hour clock-
ed off on certain portions of the line.
GODERIOII: The collegiate board
has+ filled three vacancies on its staff,
A. R. Scott, pianaipal of the Aro-
prior Collegiate Institute, ,will suc-
ceed en. P. Hume, resigned; as prin.
cipal. Mr, Scott , will teach mathe-
matics.. The other positions occas=
ioned by the resignatitms ,of A. el.
Robertson and D. I. Hill were filled,
the successful applicants being S. F.
Il eDoweli, of Timmins, who will
teach science, and MT' Twomley, of
Listowel, who will have charge ..ol
boys' physical tramtng'and will teach
agrPeirltu're There•'mere 75 ;appli-
cants for the poeltiono.
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* OUR RECIPES FOR TODAY
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* Nothing is better fox health
* during the warm weather than
*. baking containing bran, and to
* many nothing is more pleasant
to the•palate. Here are a cob-
* pie of nice bran recipes!
*
Bran Rolls
* 1 .cup shortening
* 1 eup bailing water
* cup sugar
* 1 -cup clean .bran
11/, tsps. salt 1
4, 2 eggs (well beaten)
4' 2 compressed. yeast takes.
* 1 cup lukewarm water
* 6 cups flour or more (sifted
* before measuring.
* . Mix shortening, boiling wat-
* er, sugar ;bran and salt, stirring
* until mixture is lukewarm.
* Add eggs and yeast cakes dis•-
* .solved in lukewarm water.
* Add flour. Beat thoroughly.
* Cover bawl and place to refrig-
* ' erator over night or until ready
* to use. Form balls. ce the
* dough to fill muffin tins about
* lhalf full. Let rise two hours.
* Bake in a hot oven (450 de-
grees F.) about 20. minutes.
* Yield: 34 dozen small rolls.
* Note: Dough can be made in-
* to Parker house or cloverleaf
* rolls if desired and less flour
* and more bran used.
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Best Bran Bread
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* One-third cup brown sugar
(or molasses.)
* 1 yeast cake
* 5 cups bread flour
* 214 cups lukewarm water.
* 2 tspst salt
* 3 cups bran
* 2 tbsps. shortening. I
* Crumble yeast into a (bowl,
* add the salt, sugar and water.
* Mix until smooth. Add 3 cups
* .of flour. 'Beat well. Add the
* shortening which has been
* softened. Beat well. Add
* bran and the remaining 2 cups
* of flaume ilbix thoroughly,
* keeping sides of bowl clean.
* Sprinkle kneading board lightly
* with flour turn dough on board
and kneed until dough is
* smooth and elastic. Put into
* greased bowl and'turn it over
* several times until outside is
* covered with thin coating of
" shortening. Allow to rise un-
o til dough is doubled in bulk
* or untie blisters or gas sacs
* begin to appear on top of the
* dough, Punch dough down in
* centre and fold over from four
* sides to centre and punch.
e Turn the dough over. Let rise
* 45 minutest, Punch again and
* turn dough over. Let rise 15
* :minims. Shape 'into loaves and
* let rise until light (about one
* 'hour) and bake in a moderate
* oven (40 degrees to 425 de-
* grees I+.) for 16 minutes then
* reduce heat to 380 degrees F.
* for remainder of baking period
* 50 to 60 minutes.)
* Less yeast (as little as 4
* cake) may be used if a longer
* time is given the bread to rise.
* Yield: 1. two 'pouna loaf.
* Double quantity if more re-
* quired.
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CANADIANS' STAPLE MEAT I
PORK 0R BEEF
Wlien times are bad and purses are
flat, Canadians turn to pork for
their neat diet, :but when times are
better they return to beef, according
to the Dominion bureau of statistics.
During the worst of the depression
years the per capita consumption of
pos`k ran from 88 .pounds in 1931 to
74 in 1933 and ;beef from 57 to 56.
But in 1934, when things were better,
the consumption of pork fell to 66
pounds andbeef rose to 68. It was
the first year since the depression set
in that the Canadian people ate more
beef than pork. It was evident that,
While pork might have been dearer
in .the worst years, they could snake
it go farther. ,Canadians eat com-
paratively little mutton and: lamb.
The per capita consumption is only
six or :seven lbs. Andyet lamb ' ane
mutton, next. to f'owl, is nue best
meat to eat.
Apple juice is probably, the most
readily available raw material for
vinegar making in 'most parts of
Canada and cider' vih.`egar Is, titere-
for,e, mote widely made in the home
than 'other kinds.
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•
YOUR PLACE ..
Is your piece a small place?,
Tend it with care; -1
He set you there,
Is your place a large place?
'Guard it with care!
He set you there.
Whate'er your place, it is
Not yours alone, but His
WIia set you there.
--John Obtenham.
CANDLE FLAME
Hast singed thy pretty wings, poor
moth?
Fret not; some moths there be
That wander all the weary night
Longing in vain to see
The light.
Hast touched the scorching flame,
poor heart?
Grieve not; some hearts exist
That know not, grow not to be
(strong,
And weep not, having missed
The song.
Ilielen A. Saxon.
THE GIFT
It came to me unheralded at dawn,
Enwrapped in tissues soft of pearly
mist,
And tied with sunbeams. One by one
The folds, touched by an unseen
Band,
Drifting apart, revealed the hidden
treasure;
Then I heard the Gong of birds,
Alumni's of myriad prayers, thanks-
giving, praise.
It was a good and perfect gift.
One more new day.
--William Boyd Allen,
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HAD HAD HIS SHARE
The editor stood at the pearly gate,
His face was worn and old;
Ile meekly asked of the man of fate
Admission to the fold.
"What have you done," S7;. Peter
asked
"To seek admission here?"
"Oh! I ran a country printing plant
On earth for many a year."
The gate swung open sharply,
As Peter touched the bell.
"Cone in," said he, "and take a
harp
You've had enough of — er
trouble." — From an Irish. Ex-
change.
MY QUEST
Be frank and fearless. Where thy
foot hath been
Be not afraid of aught but self and
sin.
Leave footprints firm and sleep to
lead the way
For other's feet along time's treach-
erous day.
Turn on thyself the searchlight ere
thou sleep
That no scant -featured unbidden
creep
Within thy soul's arena and abide
For one short night. Whatever may
betide
Keep clean , and white the pages of,
thy inner life,
However keen the sword -blades and
the strife
Of days when sin lies wounded and
apart--
Go
part-Go on to victory, wavering human
heart!
The goal is worthy of the race to
run-
There is a goal beyond time's
changing sun—
To conqer andd to win, be this thy
y
quest•,
Pear not but self and sin within thy
breast.
• --George Klingle.
HAVE A HEART'
(Open thy mouth for the dumb.
Prov. 31:8.)
When going on your holidays
To have a real •good time,
Don't leave your cat behind you,
For that would be a crime.
Remember that poor pussy
Needs food and drink as well,
And so the way' she'd suffer
Is more than tongue can tell'
So don't neglect your poesy,
Don't let her' starve to death;
Rem embers the, 'GAM G'reatot'
Pias given' to all .things breath.
For how can you be happy
Knowing pussy has no home
And can't get even garbage
Or even a butcher to give a bone?
Net even a drink of water
Unless God sends some rain;
Chased and abused and hungry
And her body reeked with pain'. -
How often poor pussy suffers
By folks who have no heart;
Now don't be one of the cruel kind,
But please just do your part.
And don't forget your pussy;
You'll find it sure does pay
To be kind to all 'God's creatures
That came across your way.
—Bella Gray.
A WORD OF PRAISE
I wonder why we are so prone to
censure and to blame?
Can't we forget the faults, and seek
for virtue and acclaim?
I wonder why we always see the
flaws and faults alone?
Are there no virtues there? And are
the faults worse than our own?
0' let us give a word of praise to
those who daily plod;
That word may be the ray of hope
that lights a soul to God.—Anon,
I WILL
I will start anew this morning,
With a higher, fairer creed;
I will cease to sit repining '
O'er my ruthless neighbor's' greed.
I will cease to sit repining
When my duty's call is clear;
I will waste no moment whining,
And my heart shall know no fear.
I will look sometimes about me
For the things that merit praise;
I will 'search for hidden beauties
That elude the grumbler's gaze;
I will try to find contentment
In the paths that I must tread;
I will cease to have resentment
When another moves ahead,
I will not be swayed by envy
When me' rival's strength is shown;
I will not deny his merit,
But P11 strive to prove my own.
I will try to see the beauty
Spsead before me, rain or shine;
I will cease' to preach YOUR duty,
And !be more concerned with
MINE.
Author Unknown.
HANDICAPPED
A very short man entered the big
gymnasium and nervously approach•
ed the instructor.
"I want you to make my aims
longer," he whispered. "Do you think
you can do it?"
The instructor looked puzzled.
"But they ate in proportion!" he
exclaimed. "Why ever do you want
then altered ?le
"I knew they're in proportion,"
said the short mem, "But they're too
short for my plumose. I can't hold
ny own at the Anglers' Club."
HELP PREVENT FOREST FIRES
THUS SAVE YOUR OWN
PROPERTY
Last year the carelessness of
campers caused more than a thousand
forest fires. These fires burned aver
millions of acres of beautiful forest
land that can never be replaced.
This year let's be more careful.
Just three simple precautions suggest-
ed by the Canadian Forest Service
will kill the chance of your camp
fires spreading into a esdistrous holo-
caust:
1. Select a location for your camp
fire with the smallest quantity oe
dead wood, low-hangieg . 'branches,
brush, dry leaves or resinous trees.
2. Clear the space selected for your
fire by removing all such combustible
material from the soil for a radius
of four or five feet
3. Exercise every precaution to
seethat the fire does not spread and
stake sure that the fire is out before
you leave it Doose water on the
ashes and be certain that every spark
is extinguished.
As an example of contrasts. ;of cite
mate in Canada, the spring on .the
Vancouver coast has not . only been
late and cold but also very dry, 47
days prior to June 11. (when.•the' e,
posti'Was issued) having ,been without
rain. -