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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-09-12, Page 7' THURS., SEPT. 12, 1935 Health Cooking THE CLINT.ON NEWS -RECORD Edited By Mabel R. Clark ''t !) est Tea TEA Ru!uat1etg � Re6etah A Column Prepared Especially for Women -- But Not Forbidden to Men FIVE LITTLE WORDS . chers fail to teach a child good mai ners and good English is because the lessons taught there differ se much fromthe conduct and the language heard and witnessed In the home. The child is not impressed, he feels that such conduet may be practiced some places, ,but not in his home; such languageis pleasant iio hear and may be used in other circles, but not in the circle in which he moves. Sri he makes no real effort to learn. It is in the home that the greatest les.. sons are taught and if the .lessons taught there are not towards correct behdci:cnr and reasonably correct speaking they are not likely to be taught at all. The parents who send their chil- dren out into the world without training them in the little nicieties of behaviour; who do not teach them to live and work with others, are sending them out with a handicap which they will find very hard, if nos, impossible to overcome. 'There are five little words that I'd have you know.•. ' `They are, `pardon me," "thank you" and "please". 'Oh, use them quite often wherever you go, , 'There are few words more useful than these. 'These five little words are filled wtih a power `That money or fame cannot give; 'S0 commit them to memory ,this very hour— And use them as long as you live. Exchange. This is something of which I have spoken before, but it will not do any harm to mention it again. That is 'the need for parents to teagh their • children to be polite. There aro, I know, some people who disdain politeness, taking the • ground that it is but a veneer and that they would rather have gruff, -plain-spoken folk, who are sincere, than polite people whose sincerity is not so assumed, But I can never understand why truth should always wear an ugly dress, why pot dress her up and make her .attractive? The fact is that politeness is usu- tally the habit of people who are hind and thoughtful of others. The very practice of good manners is a train- ing in gentleness, thoughtfulness for the comfort and convenience cf oth -ers. And if children in the home are taught to regard the feelings of others, to be polite in word and •eed, they will grow up kindly and companionable and wiII be.much more -lovable than if allowed just to grow up. Nothing snakes a person so repul- :sive to others as a rude, boorish manner and it handicaps a girl or boy when they go out into the world, It is a comparatively simple mat- ter to teach a child to be mannerly, that is, if the child is treated in a 'courteous manned by parents and older members of the family. It is -next thing to impesaible to teach a child good manners if they are not 'daily practiced at the. home. One of the reasons why school tea- 1 The Disposal of Garden Waste —REBEKA.11 SHOEMAKER DOESN'T ALWAYS STICK TO HIS LAST A barber invented the old-time spinning wheel. A. farmer experimented and work- ed during the long winter nights,. and finally brought forth the inven- tion cf printing calico in its many pretty colors. A gardener spent his evenings st'idying architecture and fbetame famous while working in his employ- er's garden. A, blacksmith earned his living working at his trade, and, in spare time, learned eighteen languages, and twenty-two dialects, which brought him money and fame. A baker became one of the world's distinguished astronomers. A common. printer discovered el- ectricity with two sticks and a silk handkerehltef, probably having bor- rowed the latter. A. shoe cobbler became a great naturalist while working at his bench. 11-1€ illth Srr47Loe 1 Gattabiatt ?1i OF THE Edi ttl , .u,urintinn and Life Insurance Companies in Canada.' Edited by GRANT FL1! MING. M.D., A.ssoeiate Secretary MCI( OR THIN 'body, as evidenced by the blood, ha, a remarkable ability to keep on run- ning smoothly because efits capac- ity to adjust to charging conditions. But just because of this, there is no excuse to abuse the body by calling upon it to meet unusual and severe strains, through carelessness or ignorance. There is; a point be. yond which lies danger: Repeated strains may cause a premature wear- ing -out; it is better to keep the de- mands Within reason. Thin blood, poor health and otherr complaints are most common in the spring because during the winter, so many people fail to live in such a way as to give theirbodies a fair chance. Por one thing, they deprive thespseeres of fresh air. Fresh air is just as desirable in winter as rn slimmer, and it can be had'ehe year round without Cast. It is outside your doors and windows, waiting for you, and it will come in if you will duly give it a chance. Leave your bird -room window open a little each night, and soallow yourself to sleep in fresh air. Questions concerning health, ad- dressed to the Canadian. Medical As sociation, 1S4 College Street, Toron- to, will be answeted . personally. by To many people, thin blood means the same as poor health. They speak •ef "good rich blood" as if this were the trade mask of robust health, Tho blood is an important part of the body. There are various diseases and certain disorders of the blooui but the most remarkable thing ab (Alt .the blood is'how little it changes in 'certain respects despite a variety of changing conditions. There' are salts and minerals in the blood: of which sodium chloride .or table salt is the largest. constit- uent, Cinder ordinary conditions the. ..concentration of these salts in the ' bloods is kept at the same level, They are lost from the body in the urine end sweat,'liut a reserve is stored in the skin whence itie called forth as required. The concentration in the Blood is controlled by the kidneys. The blood is slightly alkaline. 'Those who speak of their blood'e be- ing too acid are evidently ignorant of the fact that if their blood were to become even barely acid they Would die, and if it were to swing a fraction more to the alkaline side, eeonvulsions would occur, , These things aro mentioned to re- naind Our readers 'thdt `'the 'human letter. (Experimental Farms Note) In all gardens there is a relatively large amount of waste material •such as grass and the leaves and stalks of flowers + and vegetables, which is generally burnt or remieved as gar- bage and is lost to the garden. Most of this waste is organic, that is, largely composed of carconaceous matter, and is derived from the car- bon dioxide. in 'the air, fresn the wat- er in the soil and the plant food con- stituents dissolved in this water. W'hen rotted, this material is often called humus, which is a •mass of or - err w has largely game mat al which h lost Its fibrous structure, This material is valuable to the soil, both for the nitrogen and other plant food which it contains and also for the beneficial' action of the organic matter on the texture : of the soil. The rotting of garden waste 18 -a simple matter and can be carried out by making a compact pile of the waste and occasionally wetting it in order to hasten the rotting. It will be found that in a few months the material is in a fit condition to be spread on the soil and ploughed os. dug in. At this time the coarser materials such as eabbage staiks and weedy materials can be separated and burnt, the ashes being distributed over the garden, A better plan, if manure is avail- able, is to form a compost of the manure in alternate layers, and malt- is alais done by placing the waste and manure in alternate layers, and mag, ing the heap compact by tramping and watering. Composting hastens the rotting of the garden waste. Handkerchief History Handkerchiefs were not always square as they are now. In olden days they were round or oval or od- dly shaped. How It Happened Here is how the square handker- chief,, as used to -day, originated, Af- ter a trying hour or so with the de- corators, who were fixing up the Trianon palace billiard room, Marie Antoinette went for a stroll in the magnificent gardens of Versailles; The queen was in a terrible mood. Louis XVI. thought a walk would do her good. Usually the beauty of the gardens, the goldfish and the antics of the goats charmed or amused her, But on this particular September day in 1784 Marie remained unmoved. To add to her discomfort she had the misfortune to scratch a finger on the thorn of a rose bush, The king gallantly offered his oblong handker- chief as a . dainty dressing. Somehow It did not suit. This vexed the queen. and she stamped her pretty foot. The king tried acne of Marie's own oval handkerchiefs, and she consid- ered this more impracticable, more eccentric than the others. "Why are handkerchiefs so foolish- ly shaped?' the queen demanded. There was no one to answer her. It was then and there that Marie Antoinette decided that in future a1 the handkerchiefs of her subjects ehtould be square, and a royal edict to this effect went forth within the next few days, to all the people of leer land. The original parehment is still preserved in the archives of Nationales in Paris,Ere The Gladiolus Thrips (Since the first outbreak of the gladiolus thrips in Canada in 1030, this injurious insect pest has been lander the close observation of the Entomological Branch of the Do- minion Department of Agriculture, and as a result of some fine co-opera- tive work between the Branch aid the Canadian.growern of gladioli con- siderable onsiderable knowledge has accrued• re• garding: both the effectiveness and short -comings of the remedies orig- inally worked ent. Bringing all the latest information up to date, togeth- er with certain, changes and modifi- cations in control recommendations, a revised edition of the pamphlet. "Gladiolus Thrips," rias just issued by the Dominion Department of Ag- riculture. It may bo obtained from the Publicity and Extension Branch, Ottawa. The thrips is ,known to pass the winter on the corms in storage, but, as yet, has not been found hiber. rating successfully 'out of doors. All stages of the insect may be killed by treatingthe corms prior to planting, as Alan G. Duston, the author, points oct in the pamphlet. Fumigating the 'terms with naphthalene lflakes or immersing .them in a solution of corrosive aublieate or hot water ha:, given the best resale. .Fhespraying of growing plants with a Paris -green brown -sugar solution is also very effective. Care of Children Household Economics 'About Apples A member of merchants in Strat- ford have been showing B. C. apples in their stores. They come in boxea, each apple is Wrapped. There are no wormy ones, no scabs --each apple is a real apple. It was rather noticeable to see the. way some of the Ontario apples, were offered for sale in the same store. They were in a bushel basket, not very healthy in appearance, not clean, They had all the appearance of hav- ing been picked up. The B. C. apples leave appearance and quite a fair amount of quality, but not so rough of the latter as some might imagine. A good way to find out is to buy .a few and eat them. The merchant Tee - commended the Jonathan. It's an at- tractive looking apple, just that touch of bright red that would eaten the eye for the counter sale, but it's got a tough, thick hide, andhasn't the quality of some of our late fall apples. Now we love our old Ontario, but we love it so much that, we'd like to see' it take this apple business ser- iously. Trouble with apples around here Is that they're grown in miost cases be- cause some person else planted the, trees. Here's the remark that one hears more than anything else: "It .does- n't pay us to bother with apples. You've got to go right into the 'busi- ness." There may be quite a lot of truth in that, but the real point is— Whon a person .sees these B. C. apples offered for sale it creates the desire to eat an apple, but when one looks at the Ontario apples that were displayed in the bushel basket along- side it roused up no such idea at all. It has been demonstrated that pea. ple can be made or induced to eat almost anything firom raisins • to yeast cake if the idea is sold. A man is malting a fortune selling salted peanuts in bags because he advertised them. Oranges—whole crops have been sold that looked as though they would glut the market—because the public mind had 'been prepared in advance. British Columbia has demonstrated that people will buy apples when they are carefully grown, attractive- ly packed and quality guaranteed. There must be profit in it, other- wise the B. C. growers wouldn't can. Mime the business year after year. They have to ship them a long way to get them into this market, yet they do it, and they are picking off the cream of the business. No doubt it's true that putting apples on the market in that way is a business by itself — a specialized industry. There's nothing strange c:"out that, because nearly every business that is forging to the top now is specializing in several things (1) in quality, and (2) in the best methods of distribution. Ontario can grow Baldwins, Kings, Spies, Greenings, Wealthy, McIntosh Reds, Snows and 'others. When these are produced in sprayed and cultivat- ed orchards they are of a quality that cannot be surpassed. Put this quality fruit in wrappings, packed in attractive boxes, and it will sell at a• price to produce a pro- fit. The market Ontario has at its door is away and beyond that enjoy- ed by British Columbia. The B. C. growers have demon- strated that it can 'be done, and the first step is to produce the quality apples.—Exchange. Princess Met "Real General" When General Evangeline Booth had lengthy conversation with the Duke and Duchess of York, during the recent Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, Princess Eliza- beth studied every detail of her fare and uniform. The General was in- troduced by the Duchess of York to daughter, as "a REAAL, General, the Leader of The ,Salvation Army all over the world." General Booth will be in Toronto from October. 4th to 10th, conducting the Fifty-third An- nual 'Fall Congress of The Salvation Army in Canada. When General Evangeline Booth visits Canada, in October, she will be. accompa,liiod by The Army's neivest Commissioner -{Richard Griffith; who became a Salvation Army Officer from London, ,Ontario, in .1804. For thirty-eight years he has been Pei - vide Secretary to Miss Booth, having faithfully served her in the U.S.A. for thirty years, and for nearly eight years, in Canada, during the time "Miss Eva," as she was called in • •,-• • • • • • • • • • • • r • 0 • • • 0118 EXCIPM1 FOR TODAY" • • • "Cream Desserts" * * Cream desserts, with their * attractive appearance, delic- * * ious flavour and smooth tex- • ture, are undoubtedly : among * the most popular: to .serve as * the final course for luneh * dinner. When entertaining, * * the thoughtful hostess inear- *' * isibly serves either a chilled or '* * frozen cream dessert, for she * knows that it will, be, enjoyed * * : by even the Most fastidious * * guest, and no one will dispute * * the fact, thatcream desserts •of' * all kinds are looked upon as *. real treats no matter how of- ten they are served at the fam- * * ily table, * The following recipes have * been selected as being suitable * * for either family or company * * meals. 0 * Bavarian•'Cream • * 1 tabl'esplaon 6*rainulaited * gelatine * 1.4 cup cold cater * 1-3 cup sugar * 1 cup hot milk * 2 egg whites • 1 cup whipping cream * 1 teaspoon vanilla * Pinch of salt • Soak gelatine in cold water. * Beat egg yolks and combine * with sugar and salt. Gradual- * ly add the hot milk and cook in * top of double boiler, stirring '" constantly until mixture thick- ens. Add gelatine. Cool, and • when mixture is partially set, * fold in stiffly beaten- egg * whites, whipped cream, and * vanilla. Pour into a mould or " pile in sherbet glasses. Gar- vanilla. nish with fresh fruit in season, • * Meulded Fruit Cream * 1 tablespoon granulated gel- * atine * 1-4 cup cold water * 1 cup Fruit juice * 1-2 cup sugar • 1 cup canned fruit, diced 1 tablespoon lemon juice * 1 cup whipping cream * Soak gelatine in cold water. * Dissolve gelatine and sugar ,in * hot fruit juice. Cool, When * •mixture is partially set, add * lemon juice and diced fruit. * Fold in whipped cream, mould * and chill. * Note:— Canned pineapple, * peaches, cherries, strawebrries * er a combination of fruits may * be used, * * Pompadour Rice * * 11.2 cups cooked rice • 3 tablespoons fruit Sugar * 1 teaspoon vanilla * 1 cup whipping cream * Pinch of salt. * Combine rice, sugar, salt and * vanilla. Whip cream and fold * into rice. Serve with maple * syrup cooked l thick, * Sprinkle with choppeuntid nuts, w , * Peach Mousse * * 1 teaspoon gelatine * 2 tablespoons cold water * 1 cup milk • 1.2 cup fruit sugar " Pinch of salt * 1 tablespoon lemon juice • 1 oup whipping cream * 1 cup peach pulp * Soak gelatine in dold water, * Heat milk and dissolve gela- * * tine in it. Add sugar and salt. * Cool. Add lemon juice, and * * when mixture is partially set, * fold in cream, stiffly whipped, * and peach pulp. Place in * freezing trays of mechanical * refrigerator and freeze, or put * in a mould, cover with buttered • paper and tight -fitting cover * and pack ip ice and salt (six " parts ice to one part salt). * Let stand 4 to 6 hours. * • • • w • • those days, was in charge of Army work in the Dominion, Few women, with such a strenuous career behind them, could command such a bill le health as that, in which General Evangeline Booth rejoices nowadays'. It wassaid of her that when cr•aeeing to 'ngaed Ito take part in the eleetian which gave her supreme command of The Army, she swam five miles a day in the swim ming tank of the 'Berengaria. The aquatic master, who 'humorously re- marked that the General pretty near- ly swam the Atlantic, complimented her upon` possessing "a hefty kick, TmS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here, They Will Sing You Their. Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins pirin'g• COULD WEl (These beautiful lines were written by a 'dementedman on the wall of his room- in a hospital.) Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment made Abid every stalk on earth :a quill And every man a Scribe by trade To write the love of God above Would drain the ecean dry, F . Nor could: the scroll ocmtain the whole, Though stretched from sky to sky. OH, LITTLE HOUSE Oh, little house, if thou a home would'st be Teach me thy lore, be all in all to me, Show me the wayy to find a charm That lies in every humble rite and and daily task within thy walls. Then not alone for thee, but for the universe itself. Shall I have lived and glorified my home. --Bath Morton. REMEMBRANCE I had forgotten how the tall wheat surged Wave upon wave against an August wind; I had forgotten how the black earth looked After the harvest, after felds were thinned. But I remembered when the black- bird's note Caught at my heart and brushed the years away— t shall see wheat fields march acrost the hills, Wlhon I walk down the old home lane today. -.Pearl Logan Woodbridge, in Christian Science Monitor. SEPTEMBER Na pennings apt could capture all the charm Bern of this sweet -sad month, the poet's choice, Or tell the tender pathos in the voice Of warbling vireo; !by swamp and farm What brush could paint the asters thriving there In dense profusion/ And when eve unbars The night -long glory or September stars, What human shows stir thoughts so mystic, rare? Tarry, thrice blessed time; Apollo lends A richer light, Urania's opulence Is unapproachable, graced Flora sends Ever new store to overload the Sense With heavy odors, colors manifold, Nor fears with clodded brow the coming cold. —Anon. SILENCE In silence mighty things are wrought, Silently building thought on thought, Truth's triumph greets the sky. And, like a citadel with towers, The soul, with her subservient pow- ers, Is strengthened silently, Soundless as chariots on the snow, The saplings in the forest grow To trees of •mighty girth. Each nightly star in silence burns. And every day in silence turns The axle of the earth. The silent frost with uighty hand Petters the Avers and the land With universal chain; And, smitten be the silent sun, The chain is loosed, the rivers run, And lands are free again. DAWN Al'oiig the eastern sky a glory spreads, A flush of rose, brightening to golden hue Which reaching upward, braids with radiant threads Slow floating'daWn clouds of deep midnight blue. The wan eters, pale from out the morning mist, As day its gleaming banners up- wards fling— There, ' shafts of. crimson ' Iblazo through amethyst; Molten, untarnished, glows the horizon's line. The muted twittering of a wakened bird, From leafy thicket, swells in jubi- lant song. A thousand fairy webs.' by zephyrs stirred Show myriad diamonds, . all the fields along; Dew -drenched, a flaming cup the tulips lift; O'er dawn washed hills sweet spicy perfumes drift. ' ,Elizabeth A. Vining. TREES In the Garden of Eden, planted by God, There were goodly trees in the springing sod— Trees of beauty and heightand grace,. To stand in splendor before His face. Apple and hickory, ash and pear, Oak and beech and the tulip rare, The trembling aspen, the noble pine, The sweeping elm by the river line; Trees for the birds to build and sing,. And the lilac tree for a joy in the spring; Trees to turn at the frosty call And carpet the ground for their Lord's footfall; Trees for fruitage and fire and shade, Trees for the cunning builder's trade; Wood for the bow, the spear and the flail, The keel and the mast of the daring sail. He made them of every grain and girth For the use of man in the Garden of Earth, Then lest the soul should not lift her eyes From the gifts to the Giver of Para- dise, On the crown of a hill for all to see, God planted a scarlet maple tree. —Bliss Carman. AN APPLE ORCHARD Rave you seen an apple orchard in the Spring, In the Spring? An English apple• orchard in the Spring? Wlhen the spreading trees are hoary With the wealth of promised glory, And the mavis pipes his story, In the Spring? Have you picked the apple blossoms in the Spring? In the Spring? And caught their subtle odors in the Spring? Pink buds bursting at the light, Crumpled petals, baby white, Just to touch them a delight, To the Spring? Have you walked beneath the bion. some in the Spring? In the Spring? Beneath the apple bioesoms in the Spring? When the pink cascades are falling,. And the silver brooklet brawling, And the cuckoo bird is calling, In the Spring? If you have not ,then you know noir, in the Spring, In theSpring? Half the dolor, beauty, wonder of the Spring. No sight can I remember, half as precious, Half so tender As the apple blossoms in the Spring. �VGdlliam Martin. WHAT'S WRONG worm' UST The trouble with women, Dr. Iiar- en Harney, New 'York phychiatrist, told delegates to the national con - women's clubs, is that they have; 1. "An over -valuation of love and emotional relations. 2. "A complying attitude to men's ideas and ideals tof femininity. 3: "An age phobia with a subse- quent waste of human values. 4. "An inferiority feeling as :a wo- e. "Lack of solidarity among them- selvee." "We halve to free ourselves from. the paralysing uneasiness that we are fighting against men," she con- cluded. A ' useful export outlet far 'Cana- dian dressed poultry has been opened up, in the British West Indies, , 101) boxes -having gene forward during the first week of August.