The Clinton News Record, 1935-12-05, Page 7TIIE
CLINTON, NEWS -RECORD,
Edited By Mabel , R. Clark
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Ru1uai1alls Rebeah
'A Column Prepared Especially for Women—
But Not Forbidden to Men
THE GOLD'OF SPEECH:
• Guard well thy words— .... ......
How else can thou be master of thy -
W11 -poised and courteous speech
can make thee king
. Among thy fellow men.,
Keep watch upon thyself
- And govern well thy lips. as doors
upon a treasure 'house,
'That nothing may be stolen from
thee unawares
By sudden moods.
—Mabel P. Haskell.
We have all been warned from
•• our childhood about watching our
tongue, that we •should not say too
much, and so show ourselves lacking
in judgmlent ,in control or other-
wise weak and erring. This charg-
ing of young talk to set a watch
upon the lips is an old responsibility
of parents and teachers, and in spite
• of all their care and diligence in dis-
charging the responsibility most of
us have at one time or another, and
very often, too, erred on the side of
e talking too much.
There are so many things we say
-'which we ought not to say, . things
which sting and hurt others • ,fnten-
t onaily or uni etentionaily; things
we repeat which ought not to be
repeated which are harmful to the
reputations of others. They' may be
true or they may not be true. If
untrue it is a dastardly sin to say
" them, and even if true it. is often
• not at all necessary to say them.
In so many ways this tongue of
• ours can be a very deadly weapon,
from which the strongest may well
"'.flinch. And weshould watch our
words, for "How else cans't thou be
nester of thyself ?"
.But while we -need to be on con-
stant guard against saying the un-
kind or foolish thing, we need also to
'-be ready to say the kind, loving and
self that More often than not my
Mn of the tongue is the sin of omnis.
Sion rather than the sin of com-
mission.. Wle may, perhaps, be care-
ful not to, say the unkind thing, but
do we as often as we should say
the kind thing?
Lots '•of people are hungry for a
word of encouragement which we
could speak, There are' people al-
most ready to give up the struggle
when a slap' on the back and a word
of praise for honest work done
would put new life in them and
courage for further and renewed ef-
fort.
It seem's to be the nature of some
people to criticize adversely or not
at all. If they can pick a /law in
'one's effort no matter how many
fine qualities it has, they do so. • If
they cannot find a flaw (and unfor-
tunately few efforts are perfect) it
hover seems to occur to them to
say heartily: "That was a fine ef-
fort of yours; you did well." When
there is nothing to find, fault with
they are silent. It is often the peo-
ple who want a ]ot of praise them-
selves who are very chary of giving
anyone else a bit. •
Most people are aware when they
have made a miserable failure of
an undertaking, They really do not
need to have it rubbed in; they can
do that for themselves, and most of
us do. But what we all need occas-
ionally is a little word of encourage-
ment. Even though we are not do-
ing perfect work, very few can claim
to have reached that state of perfec-
tion, there are times at least when
it is of sufficient merit to call for a
word of commendation,
X do not mean that we should go
gushing around flattering 'people
right and Ieft and making ourselves
nuisances, nothing could be more
disgusting. But when our friends
do something worthwhile do not let
-needful thing. us be so niggardly that we won't give
Sometimes 1 have thought of .my- them a word of praise. Theylll go'
ticatith Service
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GutuibtFtrt dtrttf ,1unutitt#tirt
and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. '
Edited by
GRANT FLE+MING, M.D,, Associate Secretary
FOR WOMEN
' Towards middle life, women look
i for a cessation of ttlleir menstrual
•_periods and they expect to experi-
-onee certain sensations which are
.•commonly associated with the meno
pause or "change of life."
Many women suffer needlessly be-
-cause no matter what they suffer
-from, they blame it upon the meno-
• pause when, in reality, the condition
• may have nothing to do with the
eesation of menstruation. At this
period of Iife, women should not
presume that they know the cause
i, of their complaints; they should seek:
the medical 'care they require just
as they would at any other time of
-life. . ,
Irregularity of menstruation, the
appearance of spotting between per-
• cods, and particularly the re -appear-
ance •of any discharge after the ces-
• eaten of the periods call for prompt
attention. ,Cancel✓• of the oeivix
(lower part of uterus) will show it -
'elf .in sonde •irregular bleeding,
usually of very small amounts and
•:seldom with any pain or real discom-
fort.
IS women would pay •attention to
''these danger signals, many more
' cases of cancer would the diagnosed
in the early' stage when the chance
of cure are best, Delay 'is always
• dangerous. Delay in securing 'treatt-
: merit means a late cancer for which
'-there is but little hope df cure.
Fear of cancer is justified only if
sit is limited to 'late cancer.. Be afraid
of neglecting the early signs, but do
n&t be afraid of finding cancer ear-
ly; if it is found early, you are for-
tunate because early cancer is cur-
able.
Those who are wise put into prac-
tice what they know. A woman is
not to blame if she has not been told
that there are contain things regard-
ing cancer which are of particular
interest to women. A woman is to
blame if knowing these things, she
fails to make use of them!.
A lump in the breast, indeed, any
change in the size or feel of the
breast, should be investigated at
once,' "At once" does ant mean ,a
Week or a month after the lump is
first noticed: Most women find it
hard to believe that a painless small
lump may be the first sign of cancer,
but nevertheless, that is what it may
be and there is only one way to find
out—go to your doctor.
Other parts of the body may be
affected by cancer, but the two
forms, cancer of the breast and can-
cer n£ the cervix, can be fought with
a good measure of success just as
soon as women, who recognize the
earliest suggestion of abnormal
conditions which may be due to can-
cer, secure medical advice without
delay. In no other way, with our
present' knowledge, can we hope to
fight cancer successfully.
Questions concerning Health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College Street,. Toros=
To-
to, will be answered personally by
Iletter.
along and dobetter work for a, bit
of encouragement.
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TESTED' RECIPES 1
APPLE CHICKEN SALAD
Take six ripe Canadian-
grownapples, scoop out the
centres. Fill them with finely -
minced cold cooked chicken,
and season with minced green
peppers and salt. Add enough
cream to moisten. Place ap-
pies in a steamer and cook un-
til alinost tender. Place
them on ice and serve with
mayonnaise and lettuce.
BOILED DRESSING FOR
SALADS
1-2 teaspoon salt
Cayenne
1 tablespoon flour
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon mustard
1 tablespoon sugar
1 egg -
1 cup boiling water
1-4 cup vinegar.
Mix dry ingredients thor-
oughly. Add butter and egg
slightly beaten; then gradually
add boiling water. When thor-
oughly blended add the vine-
gar slowly. Cook over boiling
water, stirring constantly, un-
til the mixture thickens.
Strain and cool. If desired, the
dressing may be thinned with
cream.
APPLE AND DATE SALAD
Cut Canadian -grown apples
into diced parte, Cut dates
into similar pieces, using a
quarter as much date as ap-
ple, To each pint of material
add 2 tablespoons olive oil and
mix well.. Let stand in cool
rpiace closely covered for half
an hour. Turn into bowl lined
with lettuce leaves, add 1 tab-
lespoon lemon juice. Serve
with, bread and butter et
luncheon or supper,
APPLE AND CHEESE SALAD
Mix chapped pecans with
ttwice their bulk of cream
cheese, adding a little thick
eream to blend the mixture.
.Season with pepper and salt
and make into tiny 'balls. Pare
mellow tart 'Oanadian-grown
apples, core and slice across
the centre into rings about 1-2
inch thick. Arrange on lettuce
leaves and • place several
'cheese e balls in the centre.
Serve with cream or salad
dressing.
IRISH KISSES
Christmas is doming and the
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young folk and the housewife
will be looking for new candy
recipes. Here's one which
may please:
To ene-half cupful peanut •
buliter add one-Ihatf cupful
of dates, three-fourths of a
cupful of powdered sugar and
two unbeaten whites of eggs.
Mix and beat until they are •
thoroughly blended. Drop by
teaspoonfdls on buttered bait-
ing sheet and bake 15 minutes, •
This makes la kisses.
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A Fat for Which There
is no Substitute
!Butter is one of the foods which
has been widely used for many cen-
turies, but whose true nutritional
mt.'rit has only recently been brought
to light, Recognizing the importance
of adequate amounts of fats in diet
and the valuable contributions made
to health by butter, modern scien-
tists uphold the goneraus use of this
superior fat.
Palatability and high food value
are the two qualities which ears for
PAGE?
PACE
Care of Children
Household Economics
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YOUR WORLD AND MINE
by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD
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'1•Ya'sateseaaWeste "•'a'a`•'•i'• We' iefeWa°e••'•'i ea ••iYd'a'r'• WeareVeaead •e
A good old story is that of the `,ging I mean the investment of
man who, when about to die, told his thought and effort in some. worth -
'sone that a. treasure was buried in while endeavour. One begins some
one of his fields. After his death the enterprise involving -the expenditures
sons dug each field deeply and thor- of thought or action, and as one.
ouglily,'.but they found no treasure i goes on --digging as it were one
of gold or jewels. So they plantedsuddenly and delightedly finds some
the field with seed, and le! the field thing new and valuable --something
gave them a mammoth crop. It was in the way of a surprise discovery --
then that the sons perceived the something which was unsought.
father's wisdom; • it required some Chemists and inventors axe con-
extraerdniary incentive to get the, tinually being rewarded in surprls-
sons to produce treasure. ing ways as a consequence of their
intense thinking and effort; trying, to
do something they become the discov
•erer• of something else --often some-
thing Vito wonderful. The fact is
that it is when the brain is heated
up, as it were --stimulated extraor-
dinarily—that
xtraor-dinarily that it has the fullest liber-
ty, So if one wants to acconsplith
something unusual and fine,. let him
start in cold in order to get the mind
heated up. When one's brain is en-
ergized by intense effort, it produce
thoughts and perceptions denied it
when it is in a state of placid nor-
malcy,
A story akin to this one was told by
Dr. R. D. Conwell, famous, lecturer
and university president, now no
longer living, He had. a lecture which
some of my older readers may have
heard 30 or more years ago—'Acres
of Diamonds"—a lecture which Dr.
Conwell gave to 10,000 aediencesl
Dr. Conwell told of a number of
instances 'where men eager for for-
tune hoped to find it afar, while all
the time, right bt their very feet,
was treasure or fortune. Thus, one
man failed to see that the pebbles on
his own land were diamonds! Ilehad
acres of diamonds all about him. An-
other man, in Pennsylvania, failed
to see that the irdescen8 scum on the
creek on his farm signified the pres-
ence cf petroleum, and he Iet poten-
tial millions of money pass from him
to others of truer perception. • '
Digging is an immensely profitable
occupation and enterprise. By dig -
butter the distinction of being "the
fat for which there isho substitute."
Fats recommended for their taste-
less properties hold little or no in-
terest for the woman who prides
herself on her cooking. She knows
it is butter that makes cream sauces
look and taste so rich; it is the but-
ter used in cakes and cookies that
evokes praise from friends; and,
similarly, it is butter that insures
excellent flavour and colour in many
dishes prepared for the family
table.
As for food value, butter is a con-
centrated energy producer, yielding
21-4 times as much heat in the body
as the sugar and starch foods. This
is a strong argument in favour of
using plenty of butter particularly
during cold weather when the body
requires extra heat. Butter is eas-
ily digested and readily and com-
pletely assimilated by the body; it
contains small quantities of lime and
phosphorus, and in addition has a
high vitamin content which distin-
guishes it from other fats. It is an
exceptionally good source of Vitamin
A, which builds up resistance to dis-
ease and promotes • normal health
and growth. Butter is also one of the
few foods which provide Vitamin D
—the sunshine vitamin — so neces-
sary for the development of bones
and teeth. Butter is an excellent food
for children and growing young
folk,
Women in Agriculiure
There are 212 women farmers'
clubs in the province of Quebec, with
a membership of 8,877. Mlembership
in poultry clubs accounts for 5,603
women who have 236,534 birds. Near.
ly a million and a half dozen eggs
were prodused by these birds ot
which more than 81,008 dozen were
sold. Almost 7,000 of the members
are also engaged in horticulture;
over 5,300 are spinners and nearly
5,000 are weavers. These multifar-
ious duties do not nearly exhaust the
activities of the women farmers, for
3,255 of the club members kept 27,-
717 sheep with an annual output or
137,843 pounds of wool. Women
farmers growing flax numbered
100, producing ever 78,000 pounds of
flax seed and 31,538 pounds of flax.
Five thousand, nine hunsres am for-
ty-seven ofthe women, are also' en-
gaged in canning, 111 of their num-
ber specializing as can sealers, The
total value of the canned products
they made during the year ended
June 30, 1934, was $185,589, Four
hundred and fifty-three of ;the wo-
men are beekeepers, attending to
2,888 hives, The value of the linen
work made by these women farmer
within ,a year was $104,993. In, ad-
dition to their ordinary work 2,740
of the women farmers kept accounts,
and it would appear,that these busy
women spend their spare time read-
ing the 4,222 volumes and the 6,762
pamphlets contained in the 105 lib-
raries of the various clubs.
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TILE NEWS -RECORD
Poets and artists and writers knave
from much experiencethat their fire
est work is performed after fancy
has been inflamed by earlier intense
effort. So ore need not be upset 11,
as from the outset, one is not doing
his finest work. Ohe cannot de ev-
erything which one tries to do in a
twinkling. •
Achievement is often cumulative:
yesterday's work and accomplishment
become both the foundation and the
inspiration of the next day's work.
Indeed, advance may be quite impos-
sible without intervalsof reflection
and digestion. An excited mind can
be likened to a glass of water into
which an effervescent powder has
been placed: clarity becomes clouded;
not until the commotion has ceased
will there be that condition of mind
which - is needed for the next step.
Quite often wew t to see the end
from the beginning, In much human
experience the end cannot be fore-
cast. What matters always is that
one shall be a purposeful beginner,
facing in the direction of his dreams
and desires, or ambition; and then
that one shall proceed ,taking one
step at a time.
One step up, and one step down—
That's the way to London town!
The comforting and the delightful
fact is that the way of advancement
opens surely and easily to all who
just go forward a step at a time, un-
daunted by prospects and fears and
misgivings.
I am addressing myself in parti-
cular to young people. My hope is
that my young readers are minded to
go somewhere —, somewhere worth
while. Thus, some of them may have
political ambitions; some visions of.
power and great achievement in the
realm of business enterprise, or of
art, or of •science, .or of engineering,
or of law, or of some phase of agri-
culture. Some of my readers may feel
that the way to their ultimate goal is
blocked at its very beginning by
lack of money or of opportunity or
of favorable circumstance or of some
disability. But nothing outside one-
self can or need balk one in his or
her ambitious desires and purposes. It
is true, of course, that one's progress
may be retarded by circumstances
outside one's control; but one should
find comfort in the fable of the tor-
toise and the hare: the tortoise did
arrive at the goal, and he arrived a-
head of tfre swift hare. The race is
not always won by the swift -footed.
Those who are sure of arrival at
goals of destination are those with
the quality of persistency. Brilliance
of intellect and easy circumstances
can be and have been fatal assets:
they corrupt character. It is the
plodders who retain their strength.
It is the northern climes, not the
tropics, which produce oak trees. It
is the persistent diggers who turn up
the gold., Nature conceals her treas-
ures, and so too do art and the law
and medicine' and business enter.
prise. What is finest and hest In
life denies itself to all those who
will not dig for it.
Very earnestly do I urge all men,
and women, .of any and every age in
whom the fires of ambition have not
burned out, to go forwlard confident-
ly and bravely and unhurriedly in
the direction of their goal or dream
or desire. All their invested effort
will be a contribution to forces which
assure the attainment of success.
If one is not now digging into
some soil 'purposefully, patiently and
faithfully, then one should, be very
uncomfortable. Treasusie and .re-
t wards go to those who seen —t who
dig.
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
• TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Somethnss
Gay, Sometimes . Sad— But Always Helpful.
and Ina piring '
PROBLEM GEOMETRIC
Deft and serene the formai sun
Enormously proceeds through
space,
And through infinity is spun.
A pattern of consummate grace.
Planet and star devise for us
Angle, curve, and parallel line.
We find all things prodigious.
Adhere precisely to design.
A narrow abject is the heart,
Inconsequential and absurd:
The product of a:dubious art,
Of pattern inexact and blurred.
Wherefore the heart may boldly dare
A route no compass has extefided,
Abstractly carve an arc in air
Uncharted and uneomprehended.
-Lionel Wiggam in the. American
Mercury.
"MX HEARTS IN THE HIGH-
LANDS" _
lily heart's in the Highlands, my
heart is not here; •
i81y heart's in the Highlands a -chas-
ing the deer; •
A -chasing the wild deer, and follow-
ing the roe—
My heart's in the Highlands where -
ever I go.
Farewell to the Highlands, farewell
• to the North,
The birthplace of valor, the country
of worth;
Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands forever
I love.
Farewell to the mountains high cote
ered, with snow;
Farewell to the straths and green
valleys below;
Farewell to the forests and wild -
banging woods,
Farewell to the torrents and loud -
pouring floods,
My heart's in the highlands, my
heart is not here;
My heart's in the Highlands a-chsa-
ing the. deer;
A -chasing the wild deer, and follow-
ing the roe --
My heart's in the Highlands where -
ever I go.
—Robert Burns.
BUILDING?
"I watched them tearing a building
down,
A gang .cf men in a busy town.
With a, ho -heave-ho and lusty yell
They swung a beam and a sidewall
fell,
I asked the foreman: "Are these
men skilled,
And the men you'd hire if you had to
build?"
He gave a laugh and said: "No in-
deed!
Just, common labour is alt I need.
I can easily wreck in a day or ,two
What builders have taken a year to
do."
And I thought to myself as I went
my way,
Which of these roles have I tried to
play?
Am I a builder who works with rare,
Measuring life by the rule and
equar•e?
Asn I shaping my deeds to a well
made plan,
Patiently doing the best I can?
Or am I a wrecker, who walks the
•town
Content with the labour of tearing
down?"
"NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE"
If you get up feeling weary,
And the day seems dark and dreary,
With no one to call you dearie,
Don't sit down in deep despair.
There are .others who have troubles,
Who, like you, are feeling blue;
So never trouble trouble,
Until trouble troubles you.
Look at the little birdie,
In his shining gilded cage;
He longs to soar to tree tops,
Nor would he be afraid.
But his little throat is swollen
In a burst of joyous song
He has no time for sighing
He sings the whole day long,
So never trouble trouble,
Until trouble troubles you;
There are joys, as well as sorrows,
The whole world through.
Listen to the birdie,
Just listen to him sing;
Ire has no time to ,trouble,
Though trouble troubles him:
---Sue': M. Griffith.
GROWING OLD
A. little more tired at close of day;
A, little. less anxious to have our way;
A. little less ready to scold and
blame;
A little more care for a brother's
name—,
And so we are nearing the journey's
• end.
Where tine and eternity meet and
blend.
A little less care for bonds and gold;
A little more zest in the days of old,
A broader view ands Saner mind,
And a little more love for Lill ratan-'
kind;
A little more careful of what we
saj—t
And so we azo faring, a -doss the
way.
A little more love for the friends of
youth;
A little 'less zeal for established
truth;
A little more charity in our views,
A, little less thirst for the daily news
And so we are folding our tents,
,away • ,
And passing in silence at close o%
day.
A little more laughter, s, litt]• more
tears,
And we •shall have told our increas-
ing years;
The book is closed and the prayers
are said,
And we are a part of the countless
dead.
Thrice happy, then, if some son] can
say,
"I live because he has passed my
way."
-From Shy Brown Quail.
THE DOLLAR YOU SPEND
The dollar you spend is helping a
friend
The same time 'tis working for
you.
Puts shoes on the feet of the man an
the street
By giving ham something to do.
The dollar you spend is helping to
mend
Hearts that are burdened with
Care.
Pays for food kiddies eat — milk,
bread and meat—
And the clothes they are needing
to wear.
The dollar you spend is helping to
fend
- Off the spectre of worry and woe,
At the end of his rope brings a small
ray of hope
To the man who will reap what
you sow.
The dollar you spend will pay in the
end
In ineerest that comes from within,
When you're helping another a
friend or a brother—
Te fare forth with courage to win.
—Pathfinder,
SNOW-CAP
Oh speak to me, tall mountain, tell
my why
In such cold height you haughtily
repose.
Methinks the gentle humoured sum-
mer sky
Must smile to see your proudly tilt-
ed nose.
With what superior and snowy
sneer
You raise your rocky face outlined
in light,
Showing a profile keen and sharply
clear—
Against your throat a lakelet daz-
sling bright.
The sun may send his Warmest
glances down,
Yet coldly you rebuke him' when
you're kissed;
Blackly and ruggedly you seem: to
frown,
Or wrap yourself within some chilly
mist.
I often- think such adamant disdain
Must have its source in some long-
cherished grief,
Some tortuous internal fiery pain
To which volcanic sobs brought no
relief.
MORE ON A LEVEL
Tommie had always been much a*
fraid of dogs.
One day, after` a struggle to get
him to pass a large dog which stood
on the corner, his mother scalded
him for his unnecessary fear.
"Well," was the reply, "you'd be
afraid of doge . if you was as lofts'
dawn as L am." ' , j