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Health
Cooking
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD.
Edited By Mabel` R. Clark
Care of Children
Household Economics
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1110 Salada Orange Pekoe
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A Column Prepared Especially for 'W omen --
But Not Forbidden to Men
The Girl-of-thpen Spaces, her.
mother e-Oand myself had a lovely little
picnic and, outing one day last week
and I,'m going to tell you about it.
We. were spending a week in an old -
:fashioned house on a lovely little
lake in Haliburton, where lovely
little lakes abound. We slept in a
screened porch with three sides op-
en to the weather and a moon flood-
ing our sleeping place until it seem
red a shame to go to sleep amid such
beauty and being awakened by the
rising sun, when it was not hidden by
murky clouds, which . proved to- be
' the ease too often. It was a lovely
spot and we enjoyed hearing the
-'water lapping against the sides of
the boat at the foot •of the steps,
where wild ducks frequently swam
in in search of food.
But the Girl-of-thercpen-spaces
said she knew a drive with .some
beautiful scenery and she rooted us
-dot one day and' took us off to Miew
et.
We packed, or rather the Girl did,
eas'she is an adept at this sort of
thing, the makings o!', a picnic lunch,
•climbed into the trusty old car and
started ort. These who know their
Halibur•ton know that the district is
filled with romantic scenery; Target '
and smaller lakes, no end of rivers
and larger and smaller hills. The
car climbed the hills like a veteran
and carried us gaily on. At ane place
where a pretty lake was surrounded
with -wooded heights and fronted
with more, the road winding through,
skirting first a lake on one side and
• again one on the other, we came a-
cross a neat little gas station in e.i
clearing with a neat little dwelling
'beside it, and a woman, such an up -1
to -date, intelligent looking woman, I
• came out when we stopped for gas. I
She chatted in a friendly manner to'
us as she filled the car's greedy maw
and, incidentally, as we had not see
a Paper for days, informed us that
Huey , Long had been assinated, was
being .buried that day. We went on
to Dorset, that little town set in a,
snong the mountains, bought some
•,supplies for the home base, then
went on a few miles, ran in a little
front the highway until we carne to
an ideal place to camp beside a river
whieh had been dammxed back and
now comes roaring over oraggy rocks
in a mast interesting manner. Here
we made a fire and cooked a dinner
fit for a• king. It is wonderfel how
hungry one becomes • and how good a
meal tastes 'when eaten in the open
air. After dinner we doused .. our
fire, the Girl-of-the-open-el/aces is
very particular about putting out
fires as all true out -door people are,
and rambled down the rocky glen fol
a bit then on this same Bette road to
Hollow Lake, a Iittle lake set down
amid the mountains, which is much
used during the summer but was now
almost ,deserted. Then back to the
highway and en to see more lakes,
hills and rocky glens, to Lake of
Bays. There we were hospitably re-
ceive by a friend of the Girl -of -the -
open -spaces, who makes them quick-
ly and holds them indefinitely, and
after a little visit started en our
homeward . journey. We went back a
slightly different way, seeing mare
lakes and more rocks and more wood-
ed steeps. The Girl and I counted on
that trip nineteen lakes, besides
three or four rivers. But the roads
were good, a few of them a bit rough,
but the highway has rust been finish-
ed and is wide and well built. Such
a trip via Dorset to the Lake of
Bays, is one well worth anyone's
travelling who enjoys wild scenery
and getting away from the beaten
track. Of course, now that the high-
way is finished, it will be "the beaten
track,' and deserves to be, for it ip
a country well worth a visit from
anyone who enjoys seeing nature le
the rough, which is at its best.
--REBESAA
WHAT --No PRIMER?
The policeman on point duty held
up his hand, but the very small cav
did not pull up at once, coring to a
standstill some distance further on,
however.
Notebook in hand, the policeman
hurried along to it.
"I say," he demanded of the driv-
er, "didn't Santa . Claus give you a
a book of instruction with this car
when he put it in your stocking?"
Savice
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'(!anabtant J'+i tbiratikosutiotion
and Life insurance Companies in Canada.
Edited by
GRANT FLEMI'NG. M.D., Associate Secretary
BALANCED DIET Wide variety of foods because variety
To 'make • use of a modern Ameri- ensures a sufficiency of all food es
manism, We would say that many sentials: It is desirable to eat all
kinds of food, but there is no reason
why you should°feel that you, must
eat any one , particular food. The
average person will eat enough at
meat, potatoes and cereals; indeed,
the danger is that they may eat notte
ing else, That is why we insist up-
an the milk, vegetables end fruits,
knowing that the other foods will be
taken care of accordingte the indit.
vidual's tastes.
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You irsay check the balance of the
diet as to quantity by .weighing
yourself occasionally; Good nutrition'
is much 'mom 'than a balanced diet:
sufficient test pleasant surroundings
at meals, freedom from worry tnesc
all have a, very definite egeet, upon
tiutrition.
Be diet -conscious If you like; but
let your •c;nsoience have a large
share cif liberty, knowning that eat-
ing should be ono of the pleasures
of Bee and not a contest 'between de-
sires and rigid rules,
Questions, concerning Health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College Street, Toron-
to, will he answered personally by
letter.
people are 'diet "conscious." Unfor-
tunately, many of them-endeed It
seems to be the majority -are diet-
eonscions in. the sense • that they
want to take all the joy mit of eating.
There is no doubt but that a'bal-
anced diet ils desirable, By "baianc
s•ad" is meant a diet which is not de-
ficient in any essential and which
contains a . sufficiency of 'all those
elements whoeh the body needs to
:derive from, the food that is eaten.
In order 'that you may eat a bal-
ended • diet and so enjoy `the: benefits.
which come from ,sucha diet, it is
not necessary far yon to halve a de-
tailed knowledge of soods so as ` to
enable you to list them aria then•
proceed`to balance them one against
'the other-.
It is really:a simple matter for,
the average person to eat a !balances,
diet. It comes to this that'if'you use
•a pint of milk a day, eat one cooked:
green leafy vegetable and one salad,:
together with ne serving or fruit,.
:fresh or dried, each day, you can eat,
whatever else you like provided it, is
-fit to eat.
The basis of a'balanc'id diet is a
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Telling lies to oneself is quite evade the disasters which are the
Common practice, and therefore
many of us are liars. '
We may be careful never to lie de-
liberately or consciously . to •others,.
but when it comes to ourselves, why,
we lie smoothly and often,
There is that good old' fable of the.
hare and the tortoise. The hare lied
to himself, he said, "I. can go to sleep
andy et win the race. Thousands
of motorists sayto themselves T
can cut in and get away with it"--•
and all the time they know that some
day they wont get away with it;
and on that day there may be a
smash which may be fatal to more
than one person, and which may be
a cause of terrible injuries and life-
long grief to others,
So many of us say to ourselves:
"We can keep on thinking dirty and
evil thoughts without penalties."
That's lying to oneself. Others of
us say, "W'e can attain success by
luck -without haieing to perform all
the herd work, which others say is
essential if success is to be attain-
ed". Students say, "I can pass
examinations withoue possessing the
knowledge and understanding de-
manded by my teachers." That's Iy.
ing to themselves.
Thefarmer says, "I can postpone
without penaeties the amending of
holes and breaches and defects".
Then, when he loses an animal er
has a smash or meets with a costiy
loss, he knows that he was lying to
himself,
So Many of us say, "We dont have.
to begin today to iia the tiling which
Duty and Conviction are pushing as
to do; we can defer performance un-
til later". That's lying to oneself.
Thousands of young men are say-
ing to themselves, in reference to
whiskey, "I can take it or leave it
alone, just as I choose", and all the
time they know that daily their pow.
er of resistance to the temptation ot
whiskey is being enervated.
Thousands of us are saying to our-
selves, "we de not have to save mon-
ey this year; we'll begin saving next.
year". This is just a soothing lie.
I wonder if there is any more pre-
valent bad practice in the world than
telling lies to oneself.' It is the pram
tice of kings and emperors, of 'states-
men and politicians, of industrialists
and financiers, of the rich and the
poor. How rare a thing it is to
meet with a man or woman or youth
or maid whose inner honesty is a
shining quality
Inside of us all is a satellite of
Satan—a perpetual whisperer of a
single phrase—f'It doesn't matter".
How agreeable to our ears, are these
words; They are a narcotic—they
put conscience to sleet, They per-
mit us to do pleasant sins. They rob
fear of its terrors.
Naw, the only way to lick Satan
and his servant% is to face them
squarely and defliantly, with Truth as
one's weapon. When the whisperer
'tiptoes toward us, with the lying
words, "It doesn't matter", wesheltie
net lend our ears to. him in eagerness,
Rather should we face him with the
spear of Truth and with the shield.
on whieh the motto shines, "It DOES
matter."
The Bible is the supreme book of
all time in which is portrayed the
perpetual war between Truth and
the Devil. if you are so minded, be-
gin at Genesis and go through the
various books and Chapters of both
the Old and New Testaments 'search-
ing for cases where the Whisperer
is at work. You may be made ill by.
perceiving both the number and the
magnitude of his successes and by
Contemplating the catastrophes, sur-
reringe,-tragedies and sins following
on the trinmphs of the Whisperer ev-
er saying, "It doesn't natter". It is
this lie of his which men and women,
inclsding kings and emperars, 'pro-
phets:, priests and saints, captains
and common people; told to themsel-
ves.
What all of us .need, immediately
and perpetually, is to be made lu-
stantly perceptiveof the presence o'
the Whisperer, and of his spacious
arords. The Wihieporer may come to
us in a thousand masks, and hie voice
may be silken, but the great detector
of him is C:,insc,ence. Altar, we need
to Ste taught that the Whisperer must
always be put to flight •-- that the
moment bis soft words . are heard,
there mast be no,parleving, not for
the fraction of a second. Only by
insdto,nt, ftctrceful and una 'promos-
ing resistance and defiance can one
Devil's • food and drink and joy.
In my boyhood—and several times'
since—I read a book -•-1a sort of at-
legory, called "The Gold Thread" by
Norman MacLeod, a Scottish minis-
ter. It told of a lad, a King's son,
who was 'sent all by himself on a
journey of discipline. His instruction
was to hold fast to a gold thread
which descended
from tho
sky and at
whose upper end was fastened a
gold cross. This floting gold thread
and cross became the young prince's.
guide. Where it pulled, in that di-
rection the lad was to go, even when
the way seemed to be fraught with
deadly peril. The lad met with many
temptations—some of them being
superficially innocent; . but always
yielding meant Jetting go his grasp
of the gold thread and aways grief,
disillusionment and danger followed
the .lost hold on the thread. Only
through repentance and prayer was
the gold thread restored to his hand
I need not tell in detail all the
incidents of the tale, nor of the hon-
orable return of the young prince to
hisfather's palace. Most heartily,
however, I recommend this book to
all parents of young children. they
wiIl be delighted with the story of
the boy,'s adventures, his perils and
his smears. The memory of this im-
aginative story will long remain; its
influence and effects will be most
wholesome.
I have allowed myself to become
rather religious in this contribution
to The News -Record, but religion or
not, what I am trying to say about
lying has its value to everyone of
my readers in regard to the everyday
affairs of life.
There are great possibilities in
every realm of human endeavour —
possibilities attainable by every in
-
(Evident. These attainable levels are
reached by the employment of
strength and purpose, by the exer-
cise of sincerity and honesty. We
cannot lie ourselves to this attain•
rent, And yet so many of us seem to
think that we can.
I have indicated the manner of
the -lies which we tell to ourselves in
the opening paragraphs of this
little sermon. It may be useful to
re -read them.
HOME DRIED FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES
The three methods of home -drying•
fruits and vegetables, namely, by
sun, by artificial heat, and by air
blast, are dealt with in a bulletin on
the subject issued by the Dominion
Department of Agriculture. The sun
drying method is the least expensive
but requires bright, hot days and a
breeze. If climatic conditions are
satisfactory, sun drying is the most
successful method. The fruit or
vegetables must be washed and cut
into pieces about one-quarter of an
inch thick. If cut too thin the pieces
are difficult to handle and if too thick
they do not dry quickly.
A wire screen over which cheese
cloth has been spread makes a good
drying tray, but the cheese Cloth
must not be allowed to touch the
products about to be dried. One lay -
ler of the product should be spread
and turned over once or twice during
the day. The trays should be remov-
ed indoors before sunset or during
the day if the atmosphere is damp.
For drying by artificial heat, the
warming even or the ordinary oven,
may be used, or a reek may be made
to suspend over the top of the range.
In using this method care must be
taken that the temperature is not too
high at first, otherwise the surface of
the fruit or, vegetables will be bard
while the interior will still be juicy.
The temperature should begin at a-
bout 110 degrees, and may be increas-
ed to 150 degrees.
Air bleat drying is the quickest
method but it is difficult to regulate
the process as the product may be•
Came dry outside to quickly. In air
blast drying a current; of air is creat-
ed by an electric fan, with cat without.
artificial heat. In the oven method,
the fan may used to complete the
nrocess, more quickly, by using it dur-
ing the Iast half -lister of drying.
ALL EXPLAINED
Robert returned from school with
his 'report card for bis mother's in-
hpectio'n, "But, dear," she said,
"What's the troubledWhy have you
such .poor grades this month?"
"There's no trouble, mom.," was
the quick reply. "You know yourself
things are always marked down after
the holidays."
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• Golden` Salad
* 1 level tablespoon gelatine
* 1-4 cup cold water
1 1-2 cups cooked pineapple
* Cut in small pieces '
* 1 medium sized carrot
" (grated on coarse grater)
* 1-4 cup meld vinegar
* 1 cup pineapple juice
1-2 cup orange juice.
* 1-4 cup of sugar
* Few grains of salt
* Grated rind of two oranges.
• Soak gelatine in n cold water
* for about five minutes. Die-
* solve in hot pineapple juice.
* Add sugar, salt, orange juice,
* and vinegar. When the jelly
begins to stiffen, add other in-
* gredients. Turn into wet mold
* and chill. If individual molds.
* are used, place •one teaspoon of
* dear jelly in bottom of scold.
* When the jelly is nearly firm,
* place on it ane tablespoonful
* of , thick mayonnaise. When
* this is firm, fill the mold with
* salad mixture. The above a-
* mount will serve six persons.
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Green Pepper Salad
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Stone and chop one cupful of
* dates and chop one cupful of
* walnuts or peoans. Mix the
* dates and nuts with one-half
* pound of cream' or cottage
• e geese, adding a little salad
* dressing if necessary. Wash
* three green peppers, remove a
* slice from the stem end, and
* all seeds and ribs. Then pack
* the cheese mixture down well
* rota the green peppers, pres-
• sing solidly so that there will
* be he open -spaces. Leave in a
* cold place until thoroughly
* chilled. With a very sharp
knife, cut these packed peppers
* crosswise and arrange the
* slices attractively on lettuce,
* watercress or endive. Serge
* very card and garnish with pi-
* mento. The above amount will
* serve six persons.
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* 1 package lemon jelly
* 1 pint boiling water
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
* 1-2 tablespoon salt
* Dash of cayenne
^' 3-4 cup raw carrots finely
• chopped
* 1 cup raw cabbage finely
* shredded
• 4 tablespoons green pepper
* finely chopped.
* Dissolve jelly in boiling wet-
* er. Add vinegar, salt and cay-
* enne. Chill. When slightly
* thickened, fold in vegetables.
* Turn into individual molds.
* Chill until firm, Unmold on
* crisp lettuce. Mayonnaise.
To serve six persons,
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Jellied Raw Vegetable Salad
PERPETUAL SALAD DAYS
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"My salad days! when I was green
in judgment, cold in blood". When
Shakespeare wrote these words in his
play "Antony and Cleopatra," he not
only drew a rich metaphor from the
anal and enticing hot -weather item on
the menu, but make a sly dig at the
probability of youth receiving his
"Salad" at the saile, or birching :block,
established in all the reputable schools
of the day. "Avoir de la salade", as
the French had it. However that
may be, the salad of the twentieth
century is an indispensable factor in
dietary science. With theadvanceof
knowledge, it has outgrown its utility
as a hot -weather makeshift and has
been, and is, the subject of rivalry
between eminent exponents of ,the
culinary art. It has been named for
famous ehefs, •hotels, and elven coun-
tries. Today the salad is supreme,
and the most flattering, compliment
that can be made to a hostess, be she
in log -hut or palace, lies in the sim-
ple words "She makes an _ excellent
salad". 'So, along' comes the Domin-
ion Department of Agriculture with
its all -embracing aid' to the welfare
cf the nation, There has just been
issued from its Publicity and Exten-
sion Branch a booklet with the self-
explanatory title of "Salads that are
different". And they are, There are,
over 40 recipes for different salads,
and all that is wanted is the ingred-
ients which are within the reach ot
all.
Great Britain is the world's larg-
est 'single importer of fresh fruit,
with a yearly average of 1,370,000
tons, as agai;5st 1,400,000 tons Per -
chased by -Germany, _ France, Sweden,
Denmark:aee Norway combined.
TIM MODEST CORNER iS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here.They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad- But Always Helpful
and Ins piling.
Wind and robin's note today
Have heard of autumn and betray
The green long reign of summer,
The rust is falling in the leaves,
September 'stands beside the sheaves,
The new,the a comer.
happy o m er.
Net •sad my season of the red
And russet orohards gaily spread
From Ohalesbury to.Cooming.;
Nor sad when twilit valley trees
And ships-becahned on misty seas,
And :beetles go abooming,
Now 'seen shall come the rooming
crowds
Of starlings, soon' the colored clouds
Pram oak and ash and willow,
And soon the themes and briar shall
be
In scarlet and in yellow.
Spring Iaughed and thrilled a mil-
lion 'veins,
And summer shone above her rains
To fill September's faring;
September talks as kings who know
The World's way and superbly go
In roles scsf wisdom's wearing.
—John Drinkwater.
OUR OWN
If I had known in the morning
How wearily all the day
The words unkind
Would trouble my mind,
I said when you went away,
I had been more careful, darling,
Nor given 'you needless pain;
But we vex "our own"
With look and tone
We might never take back again.
For though in the quiet evening
You may give me the kiss of peace,
Yet well it might be
That never for me
The pain of the heart night cease;
How many go forth in the morning
Who never come home at night?
And hearts have hroken
For harsh words spoken
Tliat sorrow can neer set right.
We have careful thought for the
stranger,
And smiles for the sometime guest,
73ut oft for "our own"
The bitter tone,
Though we love our own the best.
Ahl lip with the curve impatient,
Ah! brow with that took of scorn,
T'were a Cruel fate
Were the night too late
To undo tete work of morn.
—Margaret Sangster.
HARVEST TIME
Pillcwed and hushed• on the silent
plain,
Wrapped in her mantle of golden
grain,
Wearied 0f pleasuring weel s away,
Summer is lying asleep toway,
Where winds come sweet from
the
wild -rose briers
And the smoke of the far-off prairie
fires
Yellow her hair as the golden rod,
And brawn her cheeks as the prairie
sod;
Purple her eyes as the mists that
dream
At the edge of .some laggard sun -
drowned stream.
But over their depths the lashes
sweep,
For summer is lying today asleep.
The north wind kisses her rosy
mouth,
His rival frowns in, the far-off south.
And comes caressing her. sunburnt
Cheek.
And slimmer awakes far ,one short
'Week,
Awakes and gathers her wealth of
grain,
Then sleeps and dreams for year
again.
—E. Pauline Johnson,
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A PRAYER
Make me too bray to lie or be un-
kind,
Make me too understanding, too, to
mind
The little hurts companions give,
and friends
The careless hurts that no one quite
intends,
Make me too thoughtful to hurt
others so.
Make me to know the inmost hearts
of those for wnom. I care,
I'fay T fiorget
What ought to be forgotten; and
recall,•
Unfailin,e, all
That ought to be recalled; each
kindly thing,
Forgetting what might sting.
, —Mary Carolyn Davies.
EVENSONG
For songs divine, half heard and half
withhalden,
That dropped Ion silver pinion's
down the sky;
Tor visions fair, half hid and half be-
holden.
Compelling hopes that knew not
how to die,
For all the wine, untested and im.•
mortal,
.Before mine eyes upon the white
dust spilled;
For all dear dreams that shone albove
life's portal,
And fell beside .its pathway un•
fulfilled;
For all ungathered roses, red as fire,
That Tit my way with lavish, frag-
rant flame;
For all the old sweet pain of great
desire,
That led me hither captive as I
came.
For all, on bended knees, I make
thanksgiving;
The unachieved that spurred my
steps along;
The unattained that made life worth
the living;
The unfulfilled that kept my spirit
strong.
-ell. H. Bashford.
THE DESOLATE HILL
In beggar's garb the lonely hill
Is dressed in shabby browns,
But long ago, a sight to thrill,
She wore such wondrous gowns.
Sometimes she chose a soft, new
green
.(Her trees were budding then),
A gracious lady, tall, serene,
She peered far down the glen.
In silver -silk of moon's pale light
With flowers at her side,
She came to stand by Summer Night,
A chaste and lovely bride.
Rich robes in Autumn she put on
Of purple, red and gold,
That rivalled sunset and the dawn
In every graceful field.
Above her winter gown of pine
She draped a wrap of down
And playful lights would flash adn
shine
About her jeweled crown.
Irow could they rend her splendid
trees?
Her flowers tramp and tear? ,
Now eenly sky and nomad breeze
Recall her beauty rare,
Though humbled, robbed of loveliness
.Ah, yet she lifts her head,
A beggar left in loneliness
Whoseyoyandpridedead.
is
—,Mentie Du Val.
PRESERVING TIME
I cannot help but Chuckle when I
come upon them there,
Drawn up in file formation with
their noses in the air,
Their pompous little figures, taut
with glory of themselves --
The Crown Imperial Regiment upon
my cellar shelves.
Their armor is of shiny glass, their
helmets are of tin,
And past their shields of sealing wax
I challenge you break int
There's Contain 'Arry Apricot of
plump and rosy mien,
And Private Pickles, long and thin,
and comically green,
And Major Morris Marmalade, as
complex as his name,
Ansi all the rugged veterans of cur-
rant ibattle fame;
The General is Chili and the 'Gher-
kins very sour, •
The Worcester men inclined to sauce,
and Matter every hour.
The grapes leak rather seedy; and
it's well and widely known
That the gallant Plum commander
has a heart of very stone,
But they make a cheery showing, and
I know that I can flirt
With them all the hungry winter, ev-
en Will them to dessert!
They're my trusty own retainers,
and 1 look en them with pride,
They are made of splendid stuff.
(And here's g morsel of inside
Information. Though their fate, is
(sealed, no soldier ever swerves
From duty in the unit .of the Autlt
lea's Own (P) Reserves!.
--,Anne; Sutherland.,
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