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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-09-26, Page 7"71117RIS., SEPT. `26, 1935 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Health :terve est Tea Cooking Ruillatious A Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men BEING A GIRL Being a girl is a great adventure; Being a girl is a wonderful thing, - Something like being a great explor- er, Something like being a king. Being a girl is going a journey Into a country strangs and new, And I am proud to be chosen to go there. Oh, aren't you? Being a girl is ruling a kingdom, The kingdom of self, with a firm, sure hand. I ani glad I'm a king, and a daring traveller Into an unknown land. Being a girl is a great adventure; Being a gird is a wonderful thing, ':Something like being a great explor- er,. Something like being a king. —Mary, Carolyn Davies. I ani afraid that the girls of the last generation were a little bit prone to envy their brothers and to think they were somewhat handicapped in life. Indeed, I always felt that way myelf. Boys seemed to be able to do so many more things than girls were • even allowed to try their hands at. A girl's life seemed to be so circum- • scribed. But that is all, or at least, very much, .changed. A girl can secure the same sort of an education now as her brother; she can enter anY Pre fession or any business she likes; she can carry on business in her own right; she can drive a car and drive a bargain as -well as her brother, and in some cases very much better. cannot help envying a little the mod- ern odern girl's independence. Girls were • not formerly encouraged to develop their independence. When at hom..• their thinking was done for them by their parents and when they mar- ried Friend Hubby took en the pleas- ant task of directing their thinking, Really, considering the way girls were "kept down" by conventions Ter so many centuries, it is a marvel how they managed to develope the a mount of initiative and character they did. It rather amuses me sometimes to hear people and sometimes newspa- pers enlarge upon the fact that th'e mild has not been made over since women were given' the franchise. Evidently the idea was that when women got the vote they would start right out and reform the world and deep disappointment and a bit of re- sentment is felt that they have not done it. Such critics do not stop to think that men haveahad•bhe franchise for a good many years longer with- out bringing about as many reforms as they might have done. Nor do they step to consider that men so far have' held on tenatiously to all the strings of power and women have had little chance to do anything but vote for the candidates which men choose and„ present to them. However, what I started out to say was that girls have a mach better• chance to develope their whole na- tive today than they hacl a genera. tion age. And I believe they are doing it. They are not so timid or. their mothers and grandmothers; they are more ready to express their own opinions and to make plans and car- ry them out. They have much more, initiative and do not wait to be tole what to do. They are so full of plans they cannot get time to carry then all out. Will they make some mistakes in this new liberty? Of course they will. It will hardly be denied that men es- cassi:cmally make mistakes, and they have been going their ain gait for e good many years, so it need surprise no one if the new woman occasional- ly stumbles. But she will get up and go on, learning something from ev- ery mistake. But how will this affect the fam- ily life. •ef the future? someone is sure to ask. Well; a woman is a wo= man still and in my opinion the more independent, resourceful, ambitious and well-trained a mother is the mare chance for worthwhile chil- dren. An independent, ambitious girl May not be just as willing to marry 1vic OF Trn aauabittn i' c: edtral Ado nrtattnn .. and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by GRANT FLEMING. I.D., Associate Secretary MEDICINE CABINET , One of the most neglected corners in the home is the "medicine cabi net." It is often a resting place for partially used medicines, -useless drugs and sashples sent by post, to say nothing of toilet articles and •'various odds' and ends. This collection of bottles and boxes may have grown .out of someone's sense of thrift,the idea being that the various items might be useful :• some day. It may seem to'be a waste! to destroy all unused medicines at: • the end of an illness, but that is just what should be done. I Drugs, if•they are to be of any , real value, ' must be -prescribed ' `by someone' who knows the nature of 'the complaint, for which treatment is required and the effects of drugs ups • on the human body. The idea of giv- ing: some left -:over medicine to some- one ,because the medicine' seemed, to bo good for somebody else is 'ob- vteusly all wrong, ?1?.ost medicines deteriorate and lose their potency when allowed 'to. stand. No one who .knows anything. about drugs would rely upon some ' mixture of pills ' !which ' had been standing arnund fpr months or years. Many medicine cabinets are a real danger because in them will be found any reason for keeping these, but if they are kept, they should be in a looked box or cupboard -with the 'tea well out of the reach of children. Al- so, everything in the cupboard' should be so labelled as to avoid any mis- take regarding their contents. Do. not keep poisons in • the medicine. cabinet. Only a few drugs and other sup- plies should be kept on hand. Ask your family doctor the next time he is in your home, to tell you what yon should have. At the same time, ge. hen to write out for you simple in- structions in the useof whatever is to be kept in the medicine cabinet. A great deal more harm -is' done by woll-meaning but medically ignorant people who feel that something must bedone than results from doing nath ing. The properly -trained first-aid worker, stares many lives because ho knows what to clo and what not to do. If you are not trained, it is bet ter, on the whole, not to do anything, but obviously,' you should learn what to do for burns or when someone faints, and soon. Learn Iroiv to help in the right way; any other way is not 'help, Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College Street, Toma- to, will be answered personally by ;powerful poisons. -Seldom is '.there letter. Edited By Mabel R. Clark just anybody who asks her as some women in the past have proved them- selves to be, but that is all to the good, The young menwill ha,1e to measure up andit will net hurt them. to have some incentive to make the • Care of Children Household Economics PAGE l 1 best of themselves. The time is post When just any sort of no -account man can marry any intelligent wo- man he fancies. He will have to !!!! ,make himself worthy of her, —SE'BEBATI YOUR WORLD AND. MINE by JOHN C. KIRIZW00D (Copyright) •� dYaa'1i'•'°•''LY•°L°•'L°A'dYAVV•'•'•S•°•'•'•°•'•'WWe•••MoleAYWYnWW4 Many times the idea returns tome him and the amount against the farm that in every township there should . would be ascertained. be a demonstration farm owned and operated by the farmers of the town- ship. This farm should have an econ- omic size, which is likely to be more than 100 acres. To begin with, it 'should not be a fully -equipped farm. Its' equipment, stocking and opera- tions should be pnogressive. Indeed, What is in my mind is this: This community farm should be operated a business enterprise and in accord- ance with the views and decisionss of its board of directors --.which views and decisions would represent the if this demonstration farm were, to consensus of opinion of selected per begin with, pretty thoroughly lest!- sons—persons whose judgment and tuts of buildings and fences, it would experience were to be trusted be that much nearer the right fun- A budget should be drawn up each damentai state; for then both the year, a budget comprehensive of all right buildings and fencing could be 1 costs, including a fair return- ay 6 planned, including the right laying , per cent—to those holding shares in out of the farm. the company. This budget would provide for all outlays under such master heads as these: 1. Occupancy ' Charges (rent etc.); 2. Wages; 3. The idea would be to form a con - Miscellaneous operating costs; 4 pany, probably a limited liability Marketing expenses; 5. Miscellaneous company, with all the shares held by management expenses; 6. Lesser the farmers ekf the township—in such (due to 'weather, misadventure, etc., amounts as each wished to invest. etc.) ; 7. Financial burdens—income Thus the essential capital for the tax; dividends to those providing the purchase, the equipment and opera- capital being employed; reserves of tions of the farm wocld be provided. various descriptions, etc., etc. The affairs of the faun would bol I should like to expand these mas- directed by a dammittee elected by ter headings, but to do so would take the associated owners. This board of up too much space. directors would formulate a Iong termprogramme of development, as well as a programme of annual op» orations and plans. It would seek the assistance of one or more agri- cultural colleges in regard to the laying out o2 fields; drainage; sail examination to disoover what crops should be grown and what kinds of fertilizers should be used; what or- chard and garden fruits and vege- tables should be planted; what va- rieties of shade trees should be plant- ed and their kcations; the kinds or types of fencing to employ; the Io cation, character and variety of buildings to erect, together with their planning in relation to purpose, lc:cating and planning the farm man- ager's house; and so on and so on. In the course of the years the farm would become matured, and it ought to became a money -making farm. From the first there ought to be reporting service --say, a monthl bulletin fully informaitve 'en every phase of operations, and reporting fully the deliberations and decisions of directors and committees, These periodic bulletins would go to all shareholders, and would provide a complete picture of progress, in- cluding a full statement of receipts and disbursements: These bulletins, bound, would be made into a book at the end of each year. The farm would, of Course, requiro a resident anager who should be most carefully chosen, This man would be paid an adequate salary. In regard to the house and garden i area about it used by him he would pay a proper rent, and he would pay proper prices for such produce as he obtained from the farm, milk, eggs, fruit, vegetables; fowl, etc:—fromthe farm as distinct from his own Pri- vate garden. If he wished to keep a cow,lcr pig, or fowl, and to grow, fruits anti. vegetables az the property assigned to hum for personal use,. then he Would pay nothing for what he obtained from his garden; but he would pay the farm pasturage char- ges for his cow. He would' charge the farm with the, value of services performed for it by members of his family. Hired help would pay the farmer icor their board-rosidence and washing, and would therefore be paid a wage which would include an amount adequate to pay the farmer for board, residence and washing. The farm manager would be re- quired tokeep records covering his relations with the farm --debiting the .farm with labour supplied by members of his family, and crediting the farm with produceetc,obtained from it.aIso other records pertaining to his management and occupancy of his house and garden. Probably the company 'ming the farm iwouId provide the ; manager with, a motor car to be used by the manager and his family far their pri- vate affaires,' and to be used also in the service of the farm. The mana- ger would have to keep a record of car operating costs. .so that the a- mount of them to be debited against In addition to this budget there should be kept a trading account, which would record the disburse- ments made for mod, fodder, stock and poultry food serveics fees, eta; and also the receipts foam the sale of grain,' fodder, fruits and vege- tables, milk anti eggs, dairy produce, live or dead stock, etc. In regard to all live stock, except horses used for the performance of farm labour, I would suggest that it be regarded as stock in trade—af- ter the manner of retailing enter- prise. Itovvever, this is a matter for accountants to settle, Tho difference between outgo and income, as contained in this trading account, should be matched against the budget, and the aim should be to have the difference between outgo and income equal — this at least— the amount of the budget. .An annual inventory would be im- perative, and there should be pre- pared a financial statement showing all assets, properly valued, and all liabilities. In the case of the farm, its value would fluctuate front year to year. Thus, as its trees and or chards mature, and as its soil was improved through cultivation and fer- tilization, there would be added val- ues. But the value of buildings and inplements would always be a wast- ing value, Then, too, land values would vary from. year to year—asome, times rising, sometimes failing. The kind of farming to be done on and by this demonstration farm would require the management—the board of directors—to study acutely the income, producing powers and probabilitiesevery of acre, and of all o live stock, in a purpose to secure e y' maximum income from every unit of production. It is just this sort of study andendeavour which becomes instructive and inspirational. The community farm would be- come, as it were, a sort of pacemak- er for allfarmers in the township. I; should represent the acme of sane farming, This community farm. should be made a social centre for all its sup- pertors, Accordingly, there should be erected an adequate club building, and a programme of social, cultural and educational activities should be drawn up each year. This central house should be the home of the' -town- ship branch of the Wiomen's, Insti- tute, Here could be installed a township lending library, • I am not trying to present the idea of: this community fawn in any full way. Rather I am just outlining, the. project—!to sot minds thinking. The idea is pct an impractical one. Of course, if such a farm as I pro- pose should be started, itwould have to go through an infancy period. Many errors of judgment' and of ae- tion would :be i)nevatable. There would be !much suspicion rto-dissipate. It would require an enormousamount i:f grace in all shareholders. But difficulties and fears should never prevent the inception of good pro- jects. Time and grace and experi- ence usually smooth pathways to- ward worthy goals. • • • • • • • •. • • • •. • • • " OUR RECIPES 11O1R TODAY • • * * k • • * * • It is plumtime and no fruit seems to be more liked during the -winter than plums, canned or made into jam • or jelly. Many of the green or yellow, kinds are lovely in flavor but '" it is the red, blue or purple kinds which look the best when: done up. Really, a dish of red * plums as a dessert on a wintry * evening seems to put new life * and heat into :one. And a deep plum, pie, made with one crust, and served either hot or cold, makes a dessert fit for a king. Here are a couple of plum re - pipes which may be welcomed, especially by young housekeep- ers: * Plum Jam Four cups (2 lbs.) crushed fruit, 1-2 cup water, 71-2 cups (31-4 lbs.). sugar; 1-2 cup bottled fruit pectin. To prepare fruit pit about * two and a half pounds full ripe * fruit. Do not peel. Cut in * small pieces and crush thor- roughly. Measure fruit, solidly * packed, andwater into large • kettle. Stir until , mixture * boils, cover, and simmer fifteen minutes. Add sugar, mix well * and bring to a full rolling boil - over hottest fire. Stir con- * stantly before and while boil- a ing. Boil hard ane minute. * Remove'. from fire' and stir in g pectin. Makes eleven six -ounce * .r, * • * jars. • Plum Jelly • Four cups (2 lbs.) juice, 71i * cups ,3 1-4 4lbs.) sugar, 1-2 cup * bottled fruit pectin. To prepare juice, crush thor- oughly four pounds fully ripe * fruit, Do not peel or pit. Add * 'one cup Water and bring to a * boil, cover and simmer ten nein- * Utes. Place in jelly cloth or * bag; squeeze out juice. Meas- * ure sugar and juice in large „ saucepan and mix, Bring to a * boil over hottest fire and at once add pectin, stirring con- stantly. Then bring to a full * rolling boil and boil hard one- * half minute. !Remove from * fire, skim, pour quickly. Para- * ffin at once. Makes eleven six- * conte jars. And of course plums are only one sot of fruit. Here's a re- * pipe for Marrow Jam * • Peel the marrow and cut in * half inch cubes. Weigh and '• place in "a: crock or pan and * cover with an equal weight of * sugar. Let stand over -night. * To each pound of marrow add * the juice of one lemon and a a a few pieces of thinly cut rind * and a small piece of ginger * root. 'Boil gently until thick, * or to 220 degrees F. Remo4ce * ginger, cool sightly, bottle and * seal. * i fast boiling hn Avoid g as it causes tlae marrow to shrivel, Marrow jam should be a bright golden colour, Then there are the endless * relishes which must be put a- * way for winter. Here are a * •coupleo�f recipes which have *p been tested: * • * • 4, * Chili Sauce 6 peaches 6`pears. 30 tomatoes 2 heads of celery, 2 tablespoons salt * 1 quart of vinegar 3 tablespoons whole spices 6 medium sized onions,. Chop peaches, pears, tonna- * toes, celery and onions. Add salt and vinegar, and spices in * a cheesecloth bag. Boil gently . T for one hour, bottle and seal, a Pickled Onio ne * 6 pounds onions * 3! quarts vinegar 1 tablespoon pepper corns . 10. whole ;cloves 1 piece root ginger Salt onions in layers over- night. Wash in warm water the following meaning. Pack in jars and cover with the spie ed vinegar after it has become' 4 cold, '. 4. 0 • '0 • • • • • • •- • - Edwmds4ue N BRAND :ORN SYRUP . 1.<4.,- NOUR�ODD HAT HAS MORE CANADIAN CHILDREN THAN ANY OTHER CORN SYRUP A product of. The CANADA STARCH CO.. Limited THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here' They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes. Sad— But. tllways Helpful and Ins piring- LAST THOUGHT I shall not look behind, But go with head held high and nev- er see The deep shoreline which I have loved so long; Those current eddies, truculent and strong, That big grey rock which was a world to ane These shall not fill nay mind! But, ch, do yea suppose the sun has set 'Upon the high die of my island yet? • 1—Oilcan Douglas. I AM NOT ONE WIIO HOLDS I ani not one who holds in life's de- spite, That it were better not to have been born, Through all the long, interminable night I wait the first sweet bird -song, bringing morn, And it is worth it, if but for the blush Of transient loveliness that take: - the sky; While tree and hill -tops quiver in a . hush Of silent trumpets, as the Dawo goes by. —Harry hemp. TO A CALM. ONE Although tempestuous my veins Leaps to the wilderness of a gypsy tune, Someday I'll be content with quiet rain, And even silence frozen by the moon. Autumn in Often the ship that plays the fiercest wave • Sinks longingly and tired, to deep..,. So I when life has spent nay restless blood, Shalt cane to you for silence and for sleep. --Selma TOsterman, an, in "The The Io r um" the GLADIOLI I haven't sunken gardens, but I have a goodly store Of flame and gold and saffron bloom- ing by my cottage door; I haven't hot -house orchids, but my gladioli; tall, Makes a riot of rich color in my lit- tle garden lot, I haven't costly paintings, but my gladioli, tall, Like a thousand lamps of beauty, lift up my garden wall; I haven't one rare canvas, but upon my garden sod Are innumerable pictures painted by the hand of Gad. I haven't teaming orchards, but the fairy gens of clew On each awakening blossom make my wonder burst anew; I haven't gold or treasure, but I have a sweet repose And joy beyond all measure in my gladioli rows, ' —Estelle Jean Wbr'folk. STARTING SCHOOL God bless a little boy who goes to school, His shining Primer hugged . against his breast; With cheeks scrubbed clean and hi his rounded eyes A baby wonder of the strange, new quest; September., take him gently, He is small, the blow Of morning. Make the red-golu leaves A carpet where such little:feet may. go In safety. Sun, shine tenderly upon The forehead where his mother laid the kiss; It was a consecration; see that books May never rob her little son of this: Birds, sing him softly; he has only . known A lullaby; and, little brooks run clear When he is hatching; never let him know A stagnant secret; he is young and dear, Pray that he finds within the strange four walls An understanding heart, a mind grown wise In Iove of simple things,, a hand that shields, And laughter, laughter in the waiting eyes; He was a baby yesterday. He lived By just rely simple rate and easy nolo There, he is gone around the cures of the road— Oh, God, bless' little boys who go to school. —Annie Sutherland. Care Must Be Exer- cised in Marking Your :Ballots Fountain Pens Are "Out" For This Purpose — Thousands Of Ballots Rejected At Each Election With the general election less than a month away it is not out of place to have a few -words to say about the way to, •cr not to nark one's. ballot. We should like especially to warn women voters against spoiling their ballots. A spoiled ballot is a vote lost for the candidate you favor anti it is silly to take the trouble to go to the polls, only to spoil a ballet. Placingbeside an es a candi- date's name is a simple task but at the approaching Dominion general election it i likely2 oet n s5 000 or more , electors will muff the job. In the 1930 contest 24,119 lust their votes through improperly mark- ed ballots and there are more parties anti candidates this time to confuse the voter. Parliament places the ballots in the hands of voters and supplies pencils to mark them. That is as much as it can do. Markings in addition to the cross, use of a penor colored pencil instead of the black pencil provided, and signing la the ballot by the voter are the most frequent causes of spoil- ed ballots. Through habit many men use thetr fountain pens and deputy returning officers throw out their ballots. On recounts, however, judges frequent- ly have ruled such ballots valid. The election Aiet says the cross must be made with a black pencil. Many persons start to mark thetr X opposite the wrong name, score It out and then mark it opposite the candidate they wish to support. This spoils the ballot. They should ask the deputy returning officer for a new one. Voters sometimes ask why all thts' fuss about marking when the voters choice is plainly indicated? The answer is that precautions are ne- cessary to discourage bribery. ' They are the culmination of years of ex- perience with elections, the frailties Of human nature and the cunnings s Whose sturdy form must battle withsome politicians,