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by JOHN C, KIRKWOOD
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'The world gives its work to those whom he is well regarded. He has
able to do it. This means that those been trued out in several departments
having superior knowledge and abil- and always he has made good in
ity in a particular realm of human these trials. But he has been doing
. activity will be given the kind of e. rather low grade of work, and he
work which they can do well; and, has not : been perceptive of oppose
conversely it means that those who tunities for his larger 'employment --
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do not have knowledge and ability opportunities to do a higher grade of
will not be given work to do. work for whose doing •more would
be paid. It was these larger oppor-
tunities which I was able to help him
see, and; he left me very grateful, and
with his eyes fixed on the opportun-
ity which has been staring him in
the face for several years.
This truth was mute tersely stat-
ed by a youth who was• all too con-
: seious of his lack of knowledge. He
• said, "If you do not know anything,
you are not given anything to do."
He was lamenting his illiteracy and
general inability to do good work.
He was envying one above him on
whose desk was a pile of work re.
•quiring to be done. Looking on this
• Fele of work, he was conscious that
he lacked ability to do the kind of
• work able to be done by the young
limn who worked ata desk. The
'youth had only muscular strength to
sell. He had intelligence, but he had
no school' training • of any account,
and he had not been trained as an
artisan. IIe saw that he was of the
laborer type—and' that, therefore, the
.kind of work given to him to do was
work calling for • physical strength
rather than for skill and knowledge.
One hopes that this youth will re-
solve to acquire knowledge in order
that the world will give hint a kind
and an amount of work which his ac-
quired knowledge will qualify him to
do.
To me came a youth, aged 21, to
talk over with me his employment.
He has been seven years with his
present employers, but he, had be-
. come discouraged, feeling that there
was no good chance for promotion
with the firm which he is now serv-
ing. But it took only a few ques-
tions from me'to get him to say that
there was much work to be done in
and for his present employers by any
man able to do the higher grade of
-work waiting to be done.
This young maxi has :been a very
faithful servant of his company, by
This young man's job has to do
with printing and •advertising, but
he admitted that he had not read any
of the score and more of 'books in
his convenient public library each
dealing with some phase or other of
the related (businesses. of printing,
publishing, writing and advertising.
He had seen these books on the shel-
ves, yet had never taken any of
them home with him! Now, books
can enlarge one's horizons and one's
perceptions, and can feed one's as-
pirations. This young man was con-
tent to see his world only through his
own eyes,'though all about.him were
bodes written by others able to show
him his own world and theirs .through
their eyes. In other words, this young
man has been starving his life for
years' and years. The air which he
breathed was vitiated by his own
breathing. He could have purified
the atmosphere about him by letting
in fresh air --.the air of others doing
a kind of work very similar to bis
own.
All of us know what is signified by
Inbreeding. We know that inbreed-
ing tends to accentuate weaknesses
and to diminish strengths; and in
both humans and animals and in
plants, inbreeding is very, very bad.
What is required is cross-breeding--
the
rossbreeding—the union of alien strains. Selective
cross -breeding produces marvels of
efficiency in relation to purpose, and
veal
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and Life Insurance Companies in Canada.
Edited by
GRANT FUMING. M.D., Associate Secretary
SUMMER. lI DIARRHOEA Because diarrhoea is always ser
ious, medical care should'{ be secured
A sudden increase in the number . promptly. Too often a life is lost
"of •steals, especially if they are loose "because the mother thought the
and watery, is a sign of illness. Diarr. I diarrhoea was the result of teething,
hoea in children may occur at any or else that e dose of castor oil
season of the year. but it is much :would clear the condition up,
more common in warm weather. Comparatively few breast-fed bab-
An attack.of diarrhoea often marks ies are troubled with summer diary -
the onset of same acute disease, such hoea. The baby oh artificial feedings
as a cold pneumonia or whooping and all young children are partici-'
,cough. It May be the result .of a di- laxly :sensitive to the ill effects of
gestive upset, due to improper feed- impure milk. Pasteurized milk should
•ings, or to an infection of the bowels be used ;and if it cannot be obtained,
from contaminated milk: then the milk .should be boiled.
Diarrhoea • in y isalways set•!!
a baby a y I Na matter how .pmre the milk may
ions. Whenever the stools become be when brought into the 'house, it
watery, or when either mucus .or will not remain so unless it is cow.
blood appear in the steals, atop all toed to keep out flies, insects and
feedings end send for the doctor. dust, and if it not put on the lee
While awaiting his 'arrival, the chile
should .be given cool, boiled, :,unsweet-
ened water.
The rapid loss of body fluids which,
°accompanies a severe diarrhoea, par,
titularly if' the condition is associat-
ed with vomiting, may cause an ac-
idosis. It es, therefore. important to
maintain the body fluids,. and that
is one, reason why the child is given
water, in reasonable amounts, every
The summer is no longer' the men.
ace it used to be for the mine chile.
'However, when it is realized that
oath year over three thousand young
',Canadian lives are brought to an end
As a result of diarrhoea, it will be
estereeinteel how serious the situa-
leen still is.
to preventbacteria and disease
germs fromgrowing in ie Milk is :a
feed, and; when it is warm. it era
vides a. very satisfactory . feeding-
place for soihe germis: •
The occurrence of diarh;oea means:
at least, that the feedings need' `to
be changed' or regulaed, or that the
child is developing same other in-
fection, such as bronchitis or, meas-
les, which upsets the '(stomach, ', or
that the bowel it itself infected ` by
germs,usually from: contaminated
milk. In all eases, diarrhoea is to
be regarded as a serious condition.
questions concerning Hearth, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 1S4 College Stmt. Tnrnn-
to, will be answered personally by
letter:
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Edited By Mabel R. Clark
Fruits and Vegetables For, Health
The human .body needs minerals
and vitamins, the great natural ele-
anenta' for health and growth which
are supplied by fruits and vegetab-
les.
lifinerals such as iron, calcium,
phosphorus, iodine and sulphur have
been tailed the balance wheels of the
human machine as •they neutralize
the acid condition of th eblood. They
are found in proper combinations and
in varying amounts at nature pro-
vides them in vegetables and fruits:
Spinach, celery and cauliflower are
richer in calcium. Strawberries, to-
matoes, potatoes, spinach, cabbage
and eamots are good sources of iron.
Lettuce and onions provide appre-
ciable amounts of phosphorus.
Vitamins, essential to health, are
necessary for growth and protection
from disease. Different vitamins
are found in various foods. Beans,
eereolts, apples, tomatoes, spinach,
are valuable sources of vitamin A.
Cabbage, lettuce, green peas, spinach
contributes strengths and powers be-
yond all belief,
This process of crossbreeding can
take place in the realm of the mind.
We need to cross the minds of others
with our own—marry the minds of
others with our own mind* When
we do this we acquire mental growth,
The mind in ns becomes' repeatedly
re -born, and always the newly -born
mind should be better than its par-
ents. But to have this new and
stranger mind, we have to cross our
own mind with a selected mind. There
is such a thing as eugenics for the
mind.
There is a great mystery about the
birth of new minds. What we take
into our mind for its fertilization
joins our mind and the union develops
marvelously through the months and
the years. Wihat we have to be care•
ful about is that we do actually fer-
tilize our minds with others minds --
through the agency of our reading or
of personal contacts with selected
persons. There are books, of course,
which do not impregnate our minds;
and there may be a failure of our
own mind—which prevents impregna-
tion. Thus, I can read Wild West or
detective stories and ether classes of
stories and get nothing from thea;
and similarly, I can read books of
the very best description which are
beyond my ability to comprehend.
The fertilization of one's mind is a
consequence of life-giving power and
receptivity.
Those of us who are quite young
are apt to read books which can
give us nothing beyond entertain-
ment. What we ought to do, no mat-
ter what our age may be, is to reaa
books which feed our hunger. It is
only when we are hungry or desirous
that we can get the best out of books,
Just reading books without appetite
or sense of need --is rather profitless
employment, no matter what the
quality of the books may be. And we
acquire hunger or zest for books,—
for
ooks—for what is contained in books --only
be exhausting ourselves through self -
effort in the particular kind of work
or ',play in which we are seeking to
advance ourselves, That is to say,
we must do a lot of independent
thinking and trying, with a real pur-
pose to make progress, in order to
reach a point where we shall feel the
need for more knowledge or assist-
ance. It is then, and only then,
that we become absorbent of what
books "en teach us.
In :writing this contribution to The
News -Record, I am remembering that
many young people left school or col-
lege or university for good in May
and June of this year. From now
on they will be seeking their way
forward and upward through the
medium of : employment. What I
want them to keep in mind is this:;
they .must keep on acquiring know-
ledge and ability in order to be given
better grades of work. Let them re-
member that the world gives its
work to those able to do it, Those
Attie to do only lou grade work will be
given low grade work. Those able to
'lo high grade work will be given
high grade' work. Therefore one
ehruld he resolutely and continuously
fitting oneself for high-grade jobs.
And certainly one should be en-
larging one's own mind and pereep-
tions and horizons by cross -breeding'
one's own mind and perceptions and
opportunities with those of others.
Which means that one should -read
selectively and have eersonal con-
tacts with>those of larger minds and
understanding than ones own: ,
Oe.r life is what we individuatiy
make it, As I see it, it is just a de
claration of personal weakness and
ineptitude when one declares teat
life presentsno opportunities for self
advancement.
and tomatoes give vitamns B and G.
Apples, cabbage, peas) strawberries
and tomatoes provide vitamin 0
iStareh and sugar are found in po-
tatoes, parsnips, beets, carrots,' corn,
peas and beans, and supply fuel for
body heat and energy. Legumes
(ripe peas, beans and lentils) contain
nitrogen :and are used for tissue
building.
The efficient homemaker knows
the proper food to serve her family.
She also nooks and serves that food
so that it will be eaten, enjoyed and
probably more wanted. Fruits pre-
sent little difficulty in their •prepara-
tion. (Most of them are delicious
when served raw and the cooking is
simple. Cook 'with a small amount of
water for as short a time as will.
make the fruit tender. Add sugar
after the 'fruit is cooked. This .pre-
serves natural colours and flavours,
and less sugar is required for sweet-
ening. Serve: vegetables in their raw
state when passible and thus pro-
vide the needed nutrients as nature
supplies them.
(Most vegetables are best cooked to
the smallest amount of water which
can be used without burning ` the
vegetables or they may be steamed.
Have the water boiling when the
vegetable is put in the pot. Keep it
boiling, not simmering and keep
closely covered. Salt added during
cooking preserves colour. Baking
without the addition of water is a
good method in some eases but is not
practical for many vegetables. Ta
prevent strong flavours as im those
of the cabbage family or onions, use
a large amount of water in an un-
covered vessel and hail for the short-
est possible time for tenderness.
Variety in serving from day to
day aids in appealing to the appetite.
In Canada most of these products in
their fresh state are obtainable only
during part of the year, se means of
storing them, which will assure an
abundant supply throughout all sea-
sons, must be considered.
Home canning often answers this
emblem. The open kettle method is
common but is quite• ^'t nsatisfaetory.
To preserve colour, flavour and min-
eral content and lessen the destruc-
tion of vitamins, all fruits and vege-
tables are best cooked or sterilized in
the jaw in which they are to be stor-
ed. This method of home -canning is
comparatively simple. Good results
depend on using approved methods
and following directions explicitly.
Vegetables and fruits are provided
for every meal in the year and they
are the best tonics.
SCALLOP MUSCLE BIOLOGICAL
CUILIOSITY
The centre of the scallop fisheries
on the Canadian Atlantic coast is
Digby, N.S. These fisheries are but
10 years old but have yielded since
their development an average value
of nearly $100,000. The scallop does
not give up the ghost all at once.
The muscles, which is the portion of
the scallop used for food, can be kept
alive for over five days after other
parts have :been removed from the
shell. This muscle meat has a consid-
erable medicinal as well as food val-
se, causing the digestive juices to
flow in greater qua.htities than prat.
tically any other food. The Maritime
Provinces are noted for their sea
foods, which are much in favor with
visitors, according to the Tourist
Btileeu of the Canadian National
Railways.
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PAGE 7
Care of Children
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OUR RECIPES ; FOR TODAY
Tomato Juice
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Tomatoes are rich in both
mineral salts and vegetable ac-
ids. They, therefore, have the *
merits' of 'bath green vegetab- *
les and fruits. They also con- *
twin three vitamins necessary *
for human growth and devel- "
cement and so rank high a- *
miong protective foods. Jtihich *
of the nutritive material is *
found in the juice. The tomato *
is one of the few foods that *
retains its vitamins almost un-
changed when cooked. ''
Tomato juice has the same
beneficial properties as orange *
juice and, therefore, is equally *'
good for babies, especially if *
they are being fed pasteurized *
milk. Tomatoes are one of the '•
easiest foods to preserve by •
canning. on account of their ac-
id content. They ,may be easily *
canned at home. Tomato juice •
canned ready for use is some- *
times a convenience. - Now is •
the time to ,provide this win- *
ter's supply. *
The following recipes were *
prepared dry the Fruit Branch,
Dominion Department of Agri- *
culture and can ire relied on. •
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Canned Tomato Juice •
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24 ripe tomatoes •
3 tablespoons salt •
1-4 tsp. pepper (optional) *
Wash and cut tomatoes, but *
do not peel. Cook very slowly •
for 1-2 hour. Press through a *
coarse sieve, extracting all •
pulp. Then through a fine sieve *
to remove seeds. Boil 5 min- *
Utes, Seal in sterilized jars *
and process 5 minutes in a 'eat- *
er bath or oven. *
If to be used for babies, omit *
seasonings.
Tomato Cocktail
* 18 ripe tomatoes
• 1 cup chopped celery
* 1-2 cup chopped onions
* 1 ssveet red pepper
* 2 tablespoonfuls salt
* 2 tablespoonfuls vinegar "
* 1-4 cup sugar *
* Wash and cut tomatoes, but ' *
* do not peel. Chop the peppers "
* finely. Mix tomatoes, celery, *
* onions, peppers and salt to- *
• gether. Boil for 1-2 hour. *
* Strain through a coarse sieve, 4'
* Add the vinegar and sugar, *
* 'Boil 3 minutes. Seal in ster- *
* ilised jars. *
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HAY WAGON
Here, where the read goes -winding
on its way
And the gold haze of afternoon
hangs warm,
A crackling wagon loaded high with
hay
Makes the old pilgrimage from field
to farm
The agile vehicles, more swiftly
paced,
Come up behind and angered pasters -
by
With churning engines, blow their
thorns of haste,
Filling the country road with hue
and cry.
,Lazing, the driver scarcely seems
to heed
As from this seat he pulls a languid
rein
And lets them pass—like one averse
to speed
Who lives within a steadier domalh.
For here the scented air is drowsy-
sweet.
The feathered wisps brush gently
on' the ,ground
Or eling to (branches. Let us pause
to meet
The year's abundant harvest, home-
ward bound.
—Helen Frith Stiekney, in New Yoak
reales..
HISTORIC LOCOMOTIVE RAN
780,Q00 MILES
One of Britain's nistorie locomo-
tives has
ocomotives.has just been retired from ser-
vice after reining 780,000 smiles, ac-
'iording to an iter. in the August is-
sue 0± the Ganaditn National Ride
ways .Magazine. It is the last of the
"single wheelers" in public-•peesen-
gerservice in Great Britain and was
built in 1888. ' iThe most distinctive
feature is the single pair of driving
wheels '7 feet in diameter. In re-
ceijt years this. historiclocomotive
has Ibecn engaged in passenger ser
rice between Perth and Dundee and
in piloting heavy summer trains on
the steep, gradients' between Perth
'And Stirling.
Household Economics
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful
and Ins piri'nt.
SIMPLE THINGS
The simple things of earth are love-
liest; .
A fire on the hearth, the lamplight
glow;
The hour when the heart finds peace
and rest,
A mother's leetaby,crooned soft
and low;
The wayside iblossom, the woodland
stream
That sings a happy lilting rounde-
lay;
Saft, billowy clouds that drift as, in
a dream,
The hush of dawn, the sun's last
flaming ray;
The friendly trees that give of fruit
and shade.
The tendrils eft the :grape-'ike•
clinging halide;
O there are scenes more gorgeously
arrayed,
But these the heart has known and
understands.
Mankind has reached the pinnacle of
power,
Has conquered land and sky and
ocean's Brest,
And yet when comes the heart's deep
prayerful hour
He knows the simplest things are
best.
—03y Margaret E. Bruner.
GRATITUDE
I thank Thee—
For delicate sweets of friendship;
silent signs',
Touches, half whispers creeping from
the heart,
Sensitive coanpr'ehending that divines
The things that lips and leeks could
ne'er impart.
For my dumb, tremulous longings af-
ter Thee,
And Thy dear, Intl:nate ways of
reaching me.
Doris Canham.
MY AMARYLLIS
Each day its grace and beauty seem
unheeded.
As it lifts tall, slender fronds of
green
To sunlight sifted through the parlor
window
A. narrow casement making just a
screen
To God's great out of doers.
There honeysuckle branches come
a -tapping,
And rambling roses stretch across
its view,
Each bringing as it were an invite-
' tion
To fly away in search of something
new,
Leaving such cramped surroundings.
Summer has passed to autumn, cold
and dreary;
The rose and. honeysuckle beauty
gone,
But Amaryllis carries on in happy
•silence,
W;oalting and growing till its task is
done;
• Another year triumphant. '
Who serves with heart impatient or
with leaden feet,
Fretting life's bonds to cast aside,
May hear the joyous secret Amaryllis
tells
Of quiet waiting, then the pride
When effort blooms at last.
—Margaret Duncan.
CREDO
Somewhere, I think, there is a peace-
ful Haven
For those to whom this life has
brought much pain;
Where days of suffering will be for
gotten,
And tranquil, deep content will ev-
er reign.
Somewhere, I hope, there is a quiet
Cob'ner'
Wlhere folks we count as Failures
here below
Will prove that faith, and high, ire
seen endeavor,
Earn rare rewards' !Success can
never know.
Somewhere, I pray, there is a special
Heaven.
Reserved for all who, in this brief
sojourn,
Have missed those gifts that are
Life's sweetest leaven,
But there, through dearer joys, Thy
Purpose learn. '
Dorothy 5. flinch.
SUNRISE
As on my bed at dawn I mused and
prayed,
I saw my lettuce•prankt upon the
wall,
The flaunting leaves and flitting
birds withal—
A sunny phantom 'interlaced wills
shades:
"Thanks .be to Heaven," in happy
mood I said,
"What sweeter aid my .matins
could befall,
Than this fair glory from the east
has made
What holy sleights hath God, the
Lord of all,
To lbid 115 feel and see! We are not
free
To say we see not, for the glory
comes
Nightly and daily, like the flowing
sea;
His lustre pierces through the raids
night glooms,
And at prime hours, behold! Ile
follows me
With golden shadows to my secret
TOMS."
—Chas]es Tennyson Turner,
THREE TREES
The souls of three trees went soaring
loft,
To seek lone shelter, from storm and
strife;
The first found hold in a field, at
night,
Among green growing things, and
soft;
And tall it grew, and dark—and stilt,
A sepulchral emblem—,on a tear -
drenched hill.
Down the misting lanes of a melting
moon
The March wind 'blew on softening.
wing,
And morning brake, and a living
thing
Lay weak, and quivering, and about
to swoon;
And while it grew, and slim, and fine,
In the cradled arms of a sun -drench-
ed pine.
Then the spirit of night in a silver'd
gown,
Of shimmering dreams, and silent
prayer,
Wdth a little lost seed swept low, and
where
A mountain rose o'er a starkened
town,
It grew, love -drenched, an angel's
throne,
Where God keeps watch — above His
own.
--Jane Lear, St. Catharines.
SOLITUDE
If ever I should grow afraid
Because of threats that men have
.made,
If ever I should hold my breath
In terror at the thought of death
Help me, 0 God, to turn, any feet
Into some, forest, •cool and sweet:
A temple where the shadows pray
With folded hands the livelong day.
If ever I should cringe and cower
Because of :night, and pride, and
power,
If ever I should fail to see
The spark Divinethatlives in ilei
Grant me, 0 God, to spend a night,
With moon and stars my only light;
And in the blue of heaven read
The helpful message that I need.
If ever I should. miss the way—
There are so, many feet that stray:
If ever things unworthy lure-
Not one of us is wholly sure;
Take me, 0 God, away from men
Until My soul is healed again.
I shall know sin is vile and oracle
When I have walked with solitude.
-03.y L. Mitchell Thornton, in The
NewOutlook.
NO ADVANCE
A Dutchman had a clerk who asked
hint for a rise of wages. Said the
Dutchman, "Han's 1 links I (buys you
pretty dear already."
"Oh, well," .said the clerk, "of
course'I get a good salary, but you
know I do everything and run every..,
thing and understand everything. In
fact you couldn't get . along without
rne."'
"Hans," said the Dutchman, "vat 1
do if yes: die?"
"Oh, well, of course, if I died you
Would haveto get along without me."
The Dutchman smoked in silence :a
while; then: "Voll, • Hans, I dines we
gansider you daid,"