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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-11-21, Page 7TrHURS., NOV 21, 1935 TIW4 health Cooking THE "CLINTON NEWS.RECORD, Edited By Mabel R. Clark You'll like the rich, full Flavour of Salada Orange Pekoe Blend. Try a package. SALAIJA T Ruiaatiaus Rebeafl A Column Prepared • Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men A PRAYER FOR THE KITCHEN WALL My labor made me glad, May I have eyes to see 1 Beauty in this plain room Where I am''called to be: The scent of clean, blue smoke, The old pane polished bright, The kettles' chuckling joke, The red flame's lovely light. May I have wit to take The joy that 'round me lies, Whether I brew or' bake, y labor makes me wise. ' .1ify labor leaves me sweet! When twilight folds the earth, May I have grace to smile And count the day's good worth. An old song in my soul, And quiet in nay breast, To welcome tranquility The night's old gift of rest, A'nd gather strength to face Tomorrow's busy strife. Here in this humble place My labor bless my life! _ Nancy Byrd Turner. An occasional woman may make a big stir in the world and get the front page of the metropolitan news- papers, like Mrs, Mollinson and later Jean Batten and quiet, stay-at-home women may be inclined to feel that they are not having a fair deal, just staying in their homes or et their simple jobs and not being noticed at all. But, after all, the woman in the quiet place may be the happiest. It is a very difficult and•wearing thing, L"m sure, keeping up with a reputa- tion for doing great things. It is much harder than it is keeping up a reputation for making good bread, or the kind of pie and cake that hubby .and the family like to eat. And while no great /crowd acclaims the women who keeps house, and her family ' may utteriy neglect even to tell her that they appreciate the way she looks after them, still there is not the worry of thinking up a new stunt every so often to keep oneself in the limelight. The Mollinsons' record is already broken; they are now only "has-beens," And bright little Jean Batten will soon have to do some- thing else to hold her place as some other woman will be flying the At- lantic and making it in shorter time. The mother who mended Johnny's baseball and cooked him the kind of a dinner he liked yesterday is just the best mother in the world in Johnny's opinion, and he'll still think so when he's bald and stooped and has lost all his am- bition mbition to be or to do himself. That it the sort of a reputation the stay- at-home is making, that is unless she is absolutely wasting her time and the talents whieh are her's. Grenville Kleiser gives some good advice for conversationalists. He says: "Talking should not be a .verbal nor vocal contest, but a mutual ex- change of ideas." And here's some. extceIIent advice: "Do not make a reputation for be- ing a 'funny' man." Few of us but have had some ex- perience with a funny man, or it may be a funny woman. They are often. extremely tiresome. If you have a sense of humor and can see the a- musing side of things, even tragic things, thank G•ocl and take courage. But let your wit be spontaneous. Mr. Kieiser also has a list of twen- ty don'ts for talkers. They . are: 1, Don't argue; 2, don't digress; 3, don't interrupt; 4, don't vociferate; 5„ don't ridicule; 6, don't exaggerate; 71 don't bore; 8, don't mumble; 9, don't antagonize; 10, don't gestieu. late; 11, don't gossip; 12, don't re- sent; 13, don't banter; 14, don't de- claim; 15, don't irritate; 16, don't joke; 17, don't calumniate; 18, don't embarrass; 19, don't intrude; 20, don't expatiate. If we could keep even a few of these in mind and act upon them we might be very much more interesting and agreeable conversationalists. ---REBEKAH •r- ri n teal& Service OF, THE (6attabtatt r eitrai Ari, nriatinn and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by CIU -NT FLEMING. M.D., Associate Secretary WHEN? does not, in itself, heal physical dis- There is a time for everything, and abilities, • there are times when medical care Childbirth is a normal process, offers most in the 'prenvetion of lis- but nevertheless, it does call forth abilities which are a handicap, tak- an unusual effort, with the result ing much of the joy out of living, that some damage may result. The This statement is prompted' by the more complete the care given before `findings of a recent study whicn and at confinmsnt, the Less will be shows how very few women return the damage. The only way to be :to their doctor, three or four months sure, in each particular case, that after the birth of a baby, for a final recovery has been complete, is to examination. have the mother pass through the This examination is one which regular routine examinations, should never be neglected. It assures A -great deal is said, and quite •,the future health of the mother be- rightly, about maternal mortality. 'cause it allows for the discovery of All will agree that pregnancy should the minor abnormal conditions which be made safe. But pregnancy 'Should May be present as .a result of child- be made more than safe;. it should birth at a time when prompt treat- also be made as comfortable as pos- anent will correct then. sible for, the mother. Furthermore, It seems •difficult for most people our goal should not only be "Healthy "'to grasp the idea that medical care Babies",, but (equally so iiHealbhy may' be required although they feel Mothers." The •post -natal examine- , quite well. Not so long ago, people tion is an essential part of the see - went to their dentist only when they vice which aims to keep .the mother had a tooth -ache. Now we consider healthy and to .ensure that her health that the person who waits until his is not destroyed or minimized as a teeth ache before visiting his dentist result of her pregnancy. is a rather stupid individual. lOne time to secure medical ex- The mother, busy with her new amination is after the birth of a baby, does not realize that she may baby, to make sure that the mnother need medical advice. Even if she has returned to a normal condition. . does not feel just right, she will like- Questions concerning Health, ad- ly persuade ` herself that there is dressed to the Canadian Medical As. nothing wrong and that everything sedation 184 College Street, Toros- will come all right in time. Time is to, will be answered personally by peat healer of sorrow, but time PAGE 1 PACE Care of Children Household Economics }�w.■.�.u�rw.v.•.r1'.r.�. - rvtiti■r�+.v.■.v.■�'rr� YOUR WORLD AND MINE, ■• by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD T (Copyright) All of us, % suppose, arrive, in our is allowed to go blank, to the fullest journey through life, at the station possible extent And this same sort Which is called Despair and Hope-, of cure is required when ones spirit lessness. This station is a recurrent one: we arrive at it at various trines. We arrive at it after a good long run of intense and, faithful (ondavour. We reach this staiton when we fail to see proper rewards 1!qr all out fidelity and hard work, Teachers and preachers and par- ents arrive at this 'station whose name is Despair quite often. Those whom they seek to help and to _guide disappoint their hopes and their ilaiths. It is the hope contained in the story of the Prodigal Son which makes this story so enormously pop- ular, and se cherished by teachers, preachers• and parents. The Prodigal Son broke his father's heart, cheated all his love and devotion, and then, in the end, he returned, penitent. All teachers, preachers and parents who see those in whom they have invested love, effort, hope and dreams going astray --cutting the ties of affection and duty, and wandering into a life of hurtful indulgence -find soma suc- cor for their hope in this story of the Prodigal Son. , But it is not only in the realm of morals and conduct that Hope and Faith arrive at the station Despair, One arrives at the breaking point of one's hope and faith in the affairs of one's business. F. W. Wool- worth, founder of the Woolworth stores, which now earn millions of dollars a year, went smash when he opeiied his first Five -and -Ten store. It possible that for a period his me was a •black one, and that his spirit was broken. In any case, he started all over again, and he won out against his early defeat. Simi- lar experience has been encountered by hundreds and thousands of men in business—men pursuing an ides. The story of the lives of many re- tailers, industrialists, farmers, chem- ists, engineers, inventors, is pane-, tuated with early failures and black patches of despair; but the hope, the ,courage, the purpose which spring eternal in the human breast carried them 'beyond the gloom inn depressing station called Despair, and gave them back their power of continuance along the road of their vision and endeavour. Those who cannot reproach them- selves with slackness and with hero- ing a--ing been a renegade to purpose and fidelity, Stave to assure and sustain them,. when etheyarrive at the Sta. tion Despair, this: the power which they accumulated in the faithful dis- chaigo of daily duty and pursuit of purpose will surely carry them past Despair and will propel them after• wards along the road • leading to their goal. It is those who have wasted their lives and strength and opportunities who, when they arrive at Despair have awareness of their weakness and great danger. Yet they can rescue themselves from their peril—by grasping firmly those two great saviours --Resolution, and a Pledge witnessed by Heaven, They can resolve to abandon their bad ways, and if they are properly pledg- ed to maintain their resolve, they will have power to redeem their past. ' One man who had become a drunk.. ard and dissolute arrived one clay at Despair, At this station he sat down, and pondered all his past. .1 -Ie saw that his old Ways led to Destruotion. There and then he made right 're- solves and pledges, ` Abruptly he entered on a better way of life. Since then he has won success in a material sense; but better still, Ilk has inspired thousands •of ethers to live right lives and to cling to that which is good, - He has become an author of several best-seller booke, and his 'r Bice is being heard by many thousands all over the land. He has become the trusted counsellor of thousands of men and women to whom Despair was a'statien not far off. I fed that there are many,': many readers of this contribution to The News -Record who are reading what I have written with full understand- ing. They havd arrived at Despair many times; yet always they suc- ceeded in ucceeded'in .passing this dreaded sta- tion, going on again with revived hope, confidence and Power. What is neede,d when Despair is reached, is a temporary suspension of thought and will ;power ---a period of mental blankness and inaction. When one becomes utterly exhausted physically, one just rests. One let's Time .restore the wasted strength of muscles. Strains are, overcome by complete relaxation. 'Even the mind becomes absolutely negative, Thought and reflection .should be shunnen. Black moods should not be indulged. The :big and best thing to do is to be stupid for a period. No decisions one way or the other should be made. Time can be' relied on to restore _one's sanity, courage, hope, purpose, resolves, faiths. Time mer- cifully puts a ..mist over the bad past, and it shows the way ahead with sunshine on it. When one is in a deep valley, filled with shadows, one should not go rushing about in ,the htpe that one will find a way out, The better procedure is to wait, unto the sha- dows and fogs lift. I plead with all who are near the station Despair, or who have already arrived there and are fearful, that they put their trust in Time. Time will save them and will restore their strength and sour - age, and will put Hope and Faith back into their lives. One's sins and errors can be blot- ted out. Is not the purpose of our lengthened lives' to give us oppor- tunity to change our ways? Despair need not conquer us. The Management of House, Plants In the management of plants in the home there are many points that call for attention. Sometimes a plant does hit grow well because of lack of food. In that case, so long as the roots have not become bound there is no need to re -pot the plant. Indeed, re -potting would cause a needless check to its growth, and the best thing to do is to serape away the surface soil down to the roots and replace by a rich soil containing 25 Per cent of ground bone. Correct watering is also an impor- tant procedure. Provided the,•plents have proper drainage, water should be applied until it runs through the bottom of the pat. Toe frequent watering is often a cause of non- success because the water wets the soil so much that the air cannot pass through the mould or earth. To pro- vide proper drainage, the hole at the bottom of the pot must not be clog- ged up. Small pots need not have the hole shielded at all, but larger pots, say, all pots over four -inches wide at the top, require pieces of broken pots or pebbles placed in the bottom and covered with spaghnu or rough sod to prevent the soil from washing down and choking the ventilation by filling up the spaces between the broken pieces. - Air in the average home is usually dry, a condition particularly invit- ing to the red spider. Dryness may be decreased by evaporating water in the room and by syrinking the foliage of the plants on bright days. Thick -leaved plants may be spoaged with water .containing whale oil soap. On . pleasant days, the plants should get as much air as possible. At night plants do •best in a temperature ten to fifteen degrees lower than they need during the day. Most species need as house plants require no more than fifty or fifty-five' degrees Fah- henheit during the night and they Will not .suffer injury if the thermod- eter falls to forty, although such a temperature maintained over a long period of time wouldcheck growth. Twins Born on Train Recall Pioneer Days Modern railroading was given the test' of pioneer days when twine were horn on the Continental Limit- ed, the transcontinental train of the Canadian National Railways, recent- ly. The mother, Mrs. Nazarene Ric- ci, of Capreol. was bound for Toron- to when the premature birth took place. The train had passed through Washago Junction when Mrs. Ricci was taken ill and the sleeping ear conductor, assisted by some passen- gers, administered to her. A tete. gram was speeded to the nearest town summoning' a doctor, but the twins were born before medical '' aid could be obtained. An ambulance suet the train at Toronto'. and the mother and babies were taken to, the house of a friend. Latest reports stated thete_both__Ynother arid little baby daughters were doing well. During the early days of railways, when the country was sparsely sets tled, records show that children were not infrequently born upon trains be- fore medical aid could be obtained.' • • •••••. • •• • • • • OUR RECIPES FOR TODAY •. • • • Canadian apples are unsur- • • passed as a useful fruit for * fall and winter use and one of * the advantages is in the variety ° * • of ways in which they can be * used. Here area few nice re- * • eipes: • A • • Apples In Cranberry Juice *' Peel and quarter apples * which will break down in cook- * king (snow apples are ' excel- * tent), pack in jars. To each * * pint jar allow 1 cup cranber- ries and•skins and cores of ap= pies, cook slowly ten minutes, • drain, Tadd sugar and bring to, a boil, pour over apples. Ster * * ilize 10 minutes in a hot water '* * bath, or fifteen minutes in the * oven at 275 degrees P. * If apples are to be used of- * ten we should have variety in • their preparation, epme chauge *- * from apple sauce and apple pie * * however toothsome these may * be. • • • Apple Sauce • A • * A method for making apple * * sauce quickly and satisfactor- * ily is as follows: * * Whack the apples; cut in * ;eighths, add sufficient ivatbr to * * prevent burning. Cook until * " tender in covered saucepan, * " press through a strainer, * " sweeten to taste. This method * * retains full food value and * " gives minimum waste. • • • Baked Apples and Peaches * • • * Peel, core and slice six ap- * pies. Peel and slice six peaches. * * Arrange in alternate layers in * a baking dish. Sprinkle each * * layer with sugar and bake 30 * minutes •at 400 degrees F. * * ;Serve cold. For a winter des- " sert use canned peaches re- * * serving the juice fox a gela•- * * tine dessert or pudding sauce. * * Serves 6. . , • * ' Apple 'Custard Pie • • * 1 pint milk * 3 eggs * * 3 tablespoons sugar * 1 grated apple * * Beat eggs, add sugar, then * * milk. Strain. Add grated ap- ple and bake in one crust. " • • * App'le Souffle • • * 4 1-2 tablespoons minute tap- * * iota * * 1-8 teaspoon salt * 1 cup miilk scalded * * 113 .cup sugar • * 1-2 tablespoon lemon juice * '" 3 egg yolks beaten until * * thick and lemon colored * * 3 egg whites stiffly beaten * * 1 cup grated raw apple, or * strained cooked apple pulp. * * Add minute tapioca and salt * to milk, and cook in double * * boiler 15 minutes, or until tap- * iota is clear, stirring frequent- * • ly, Add sugar. Cool. Add • ▪ egg yolks;.lemon juice, .and a•P- * * pies, Fold in egg whites, * `" Bake in greased baking dish, * ;place in pan of hot water, in * " moderate oven (325 degrees F') '" 1 hour. Serve hot with sweet- * " ened whipped cream. Serves * 8. If desired, the whipped cream may be forced through * * a pastry tube into rosettes on * * waxed paper, and frozen in * the freezing tray of an auto- * oleic refrigerator. • • • * Here's s Tasty Sandwich * * Reci,pe' • • * Good sandwiches are made . * of one cup .chopped stuffed * olives, six chopped hard-boiled * * eggs, salt and mayonnaise. * * Place shredded lettuce on whale. `" * wheat bread and spread the * paste. * * If you've grown tired of the * sweetish flavor of ni.ayon- * naise wet . with thick sweet * * cream into which ,has been * * beaten a pinch each, of coy- * enne and dry mustard, or use a " * french dressing of oiland cay-* * enne, You'll find your own * * friends asking for the recipe of * * these sandwiches; and your * children's high school friends * * asking fes "More." • •. • • • • .0 • • • • • • • e • • • s The advertisements are printed for your convenience. They inform and rave purr time, energy and money. READ ALL THE ADS. IN TIES N 'W, S R;ECQA•D Edwardsburg 1111,11 BRAND (x.c=f_eadi;n4.,.. CDRN SYRUP 'THE FAMOUS ENrOOD"ERGY F A product of The CANADA STARCH CO., Limited THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS I ?' Here They Will Sing You Their Song --Sometimes Gay, .Sometimes Sad— But 'Always Helpful i and Ins pining• . '4 I WONDER I wonder what He charged for chairs at Nazareth, And did men try to beat }Tim down 'And boast about it in the town, — I bought it •diieap—for half a crown, Foam that mad Carpenter. And did they promise and not pay, But put off to another day, Oh, did they break his heart that way, My Lord, the Carpenter? I wonder did He have bad debts, ;And did He know my fears and frets, The Gospel writer here forgets, T0 tell about the Carpenter. But that's just what I want to konw, Ah Christ in Glory-iHere below (len cheat and 1ie to one another so It's hard to be a carpenter. ROMAN BATHS There were some Roman baths where we spent hours; Immense and lonely courts of rocklike brick, All overgrown with verdure strong and thick, And girding sweet, wild lawns all full of flowers. One day, beneath the turf, green with the showers Of all the centuries since Genseric, They found rich pavements hidden by Time's trick, Adorned with tritons, dolphins, doves like ours. So underneath the surface of Today Lies yesterday, and what we car: the Past, The cnly thing which never can de - ray. Things bygone are the only things that last: The Present is mere grass, quick- ' mown away: • The Past is stone, and stands for- ever fast —Eugene Lee -Hamilton. GIVING AND RECEIVING I launched a smile; far out it sailed ,On life's wide troubled sea. And many more thein I could count Came sailing back to me. I clasped a band while whispering "Thee clouds will melt away." I felt my life was very blessed A11 .tihrough the hours that day. I sent a thought of happiness Where it was needed sore, And very soon thereafter, found , Joy adding to my store. I wisely shared my slender hoard, Toil -earned coins of gold. But presently it flowed right back, Increased a hundredfold, I helped another climb a hill, A little thing to de; And yet it brought a rich reward, A friendship warm and true. think each morning when I rise, Of how I may achieve, know by sowing ?I advance, By giving I receive. MESSAGE I knew not how nor whence, but you were here And allat once great comfort filled my soul, For still my heart doth hold you deeply dear, Though drifting paths before our feet unroll. No,, no, you came not in the flesh to stand Beside me as in unforgotten days, Nor took between Year own • my trembling hand, . Nor held me spellbound with year steady gaze. 1 • _:.i Instead, you came by silent ways, unheard, Unseen, unfelt by anyone but me, Bent low and whispered tenderly the word "Couragel" and so passed onward quietly, None knew the priceless moment that I stole From this long hitter clay that was so drear, And when this sudden comfort filled my soul, None knew, as 1, that you were surely here. —Angela K. Dawes, in The Montreal Star. AUTUMN Season of langrous gold and hart (Mouth, 91 nature's beauty ripened to the core, When o'er fens far -calling bird, wing south, Filling the air with, loathsome dreams of yore, And memories that haunt but come no more; Maiden of veiled eyes and sunny mouth, Dreaming between hushed heat and frosted lands; With fire -mists in thine eyes, and rea leaves in thy hands. How often in the still, rich, frosted days, Down the slow hours of home traneo ed afternoon Have my feet wandered in a mad, sweet maze, Hunting the wind, that like some haunting tune, Peopled with memories all the great gold swoon Of rustling woodlands, streams and' leafy ways, Ever eluding, fluting sweet, before Fading to rest at last in gold -green leafy core. Far out beside some great, hill -crad- led stream. Winding about in sinuous blue for miles, By tented elms, in fields that sleep and dream, Low marshlands where the warm; sun slopes and smiles, Wlhere'through the haze the harsh grasshopper files His rasping note, the pallid asters gleam, And golden -rod flames in the smoky light, Wihile far, blue fading hills in mists: elude my sight. Oir out in nnapde woods where com- panies Of sombre trunks lift the soft light between, And little sunbeams steal with ruddy eyes, Sifting adown the canopies of green; Spirit of sadness, here you move un- seen Down tented avenues, where the long light lien From morn till even, through the silent hours,, Where over all the day frets through nn sunny shavers.' On frosty mornings in the crimson- ing woods; Oe where the 1 ong, low grassy Melt* dows shine, Wimpling "and steaming out through hazy" woods Of dewy glories to the far sky -line; And pearly brooks a company divine. Go softly chattering, under smoky- hoods; I love to walk abroad and eon withi you Dream thoughts that are most ,sail and beautiful and •true, r —Wilfred Campbell ;