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Elel1P'i gmemakers! is "nutrition"
Ilse a 'vague idea In your mind!?
T} a e's your chance to be '-`in the
' I1Ow"—•+to learn the meaning of
termsbeing used nowadays and oth-
er things you will want to know about
nutrition. For everyone should un-
derstatnd why nourishment must be
taken' in the proper proportions to
give us energy, to build and repair
body tissues, to protect us trod in-
fection. and .to regulate all body pro-
cesses. Just •think! What your eat
for breakfast, lunch and dinner is
. changed into flesh and bones and
blood.
Strength and health can only come
to us from. the food we eat—for food
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1 eup sil;t�rolledd oflour
to teaspoon baking
Salt
% cup milk
3/4 cop chapped'- ,ai4lnti.
Cream shorteni> g, blend in sugar
and syrup. Add rolled. oats. , Mix and
sift flour, •baking powder- and ealt and
add alternately with the milk. Stir;
in the raisins. Bake in oven. at 350
degrees for 45 minutes.. Cool and cut
in bars.
Apple. Graham Fluff (requested ..by
Mrs. N. B.):
1 cup Graham cracker crumbs
2 tablespoons melted butter
1/3 cup brown sugar (sifted)
1 egg white (stiffly beaten) 4'
3 cups slightly 'sweetened apple-
esauce
Se teaspoon cinnamon,
Mix crumbs, Bartter' and brown sug-
ar. Pile on a pie plate and bake in
a slow oven at 275 degrees for about
10 minutes. Cool. Fold beaten egg
white into the sweetened applesauce.
'Put a spoonful of the graham cracker
crumbs on the bottom of serving dish-
es, fill up with the applesauce mix-
ture, sprinkle with cinnamon and top
with more crumbs. Chill in refrigera-
tor.
is the body's only nourishment. Yes,
Homemakers! This health Magic
comes straight from thekitchen. So
it's important to. choose the right
kinds and right amounts of food for
s the family. We have all. found . out
that when our health is not good our
work suffers, we make more mistakes
and cannot accomplish as mush in a
day—which would certainly • please
Hitler only too well.
First of all, then, Homemakers,
let's understand nutrition and then
work ou.t our own nutrition program.
You ,,.plight cut this column out and
keep it handy for reference.
Nutrition: The term . "nutrition"
comprises' all the processes concern-
ed in the growth, maintenance and
repair of living or ,Arsismis.
Dietetics; Is the application of the
principles of nutrition to., the feeding
of different ages, under different con-
ditions, in health and in disease.
Composition Foods: Is the six
groups of constituents called nutri-
ents—carbohydrates, fats, proteins,
minerals, water and vitamins.
Classification of Nutrients: (1) ac-
cording to their function in the bol
(mechanical energy, building and r
au
pairing tissues, regulating body pro-
cesses); and (2) according to their
chemical composition. "`
Essentials of an Adequate Diet: To
maintain the normal body in a state
of health a diet must contain:
Sufficient carbohydrates, fats and
protein to yield energy for mus-
cular activity;
Sufficient ,protein for growth and
maintenance of all body cells;
Adequate amounts Of minerals for
bones and teeth and body 'regula-
tors;
(#,An adequate supply, of water for
regulation of body processes;
(5) An adequate supply of each • of , is practically " impossible, and even
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Care of Farm
Machinery,
Wintertime provides many farmers
with the opportunity . of repairing
their equipment and placing it in
working order. A great deal of the
equipment owned by farmers in the.
past has been destroyed through neg.
lect. The preservation of all farm
machinery is most important these
days as the replacement of machines
the known vitamins for regula-
tion of body processes.
Protein Foods (Body Building and
Repair) : Lean meat, fish, eggs, milk,
cheese, whole grain cereals,- vege-
tables—peas and beans (fresh and
dried).
Carbohydrate Foods, (Supply Heat
and' Energy): Starches — Cereals,
flour, spaghettic, potatoes, bread,
dried peas and beans; Sugars—Sugar,
molasses, honey, dried fruits.
-Fats (Supply Heat and EnergY):—
Meat fat, butter, cream, vegetable
oil.
Foods Containing Minerals (Regu-
lating) : Milk, fresh vegetables, whole,
cereals, eggs, meats, fish.
Foods Containing Vitamins (Pro-
tective) : Fresh 'vegetables, fresh
fruits, outer coverings, of grain, milk,
eggs, liver; flutter, fish.
Water: We Should take 5 to 8
glasses of water daily in addition to
that contained in foods.
the securing of proper parts is some-
times difficult.
The motors of farm machinery
should be checked carefully and
greased. The outside of the engines
should be wiped off with a light
lubrilating oil,
""All farm equipment which is stor-
ed, whether motor, or. hand driven,
should be put in perfects.. working or-
der during the winter months so that
it may be taken out and operated
next spring without any further at-
tention.
-TFIE ARMY AND NUTRITION
"Caine to then cook house door; boys," has new significance in this
war, for the cook house serves the best of eveythirig, and the men's
rations are scientifically planned in accordance ,with the principles
laid down in Canada's Nutrition Campaign. The regular life and out-
door exercise produces healthy appetites, and combined with a sci-
entifically planned diet work wonders for these lads. The Nutrition
Program is designed to make the essentials of a good diet so widely
known that every Canadian, whether in civilian life or in the army
will obtain the food he or she needs.
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010241$" Qges fig,•.:. silt village
with school and churob playa 4114-
i,iigetinid• and with ChristlhaS ' trees.
I+ ash souse Inas a tree; though. it is
never' lighted:by candlitia' or +bY, Malec-
It lefty, There alre ve{;g feY.yrhaus(4s
aviti} eleetric':light in the viylege, on-
ly Org, 'P% three, +a i4 n'l twp have
a' islepho>,es. ;'j1 a Cldldren, .have''nev-
er seen a (lighted OhrIstlnag tree, un_
141 last year, when "they• bad it _go-
ing
oin round" that "Santy 'Claw" would
appear on Christmas 1ilve at - one' of
the houses. A fir tree outside the
front door was trimmed with lights.
Children came from as far as seven
miles away, on foot, to tree the tree.
it was a • bitter cold night, but _they
arrived an hour before the visit and
stood silently, looking u$ at the tree
beneath the -stare. The Sea below the
cliff tossed and roared, an angry
black and white background to the
colored lights. The "Claw" arrived'
and dropped appropriate gifts of can-
dy into outstretched hands. It was a
Christmas sight to be remembered by
all who saw. Children of all sizes,
babies crying with fright at the white
bearded figure handing them pop-
corn, boys crouching to make •them-
selves smaller so that Santa would
nlestake them far a „"little fella" and
give them another round. Mothers
t:nd fathers smiling at the excited red
checked faces. Someone started a
carol which the children were too aw-
ed to sing. Communal outdoor Christ-
mas trees are common sights -else-
where, but this was the first in our
village. We'll remember it.
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car will venture oft the road, a 'little
self-consciously'..
"Bye and bye," we Call to eaob oth-
er, "it will be time for the tourists."
And we smile indullgently. What do
they know of our village who 'haven't
wintered there?
Winter and Our
\Tillage (By Evelyn Eaton in, Montreal
Standard)
Winter never catches our village un many cords of wood."
prepared 'however quickly it may I "Lend me your ox and 'tackle
sneak up on us. Long before the un- against a cord of wood."
initiated, basking in September sun, + "I'll help haul out the wood
give any thought to the discomforts much of the load."
of winter, the old men of the village - It's a co-operative business, involy-
point to the tops of spruce and firs: ing everyone. With luck,'hard work
"See all them cones?" They shake. and good will we'll all keep warm this
their heads. "Cones clustering plenti- year. • •
Next the problems of clothing occu-
py our minds. "Stubs," those clumsy
looking rubber moccasins for men and
boys, come out again. We send for
new ones "from the catalogue." This
year the rubber shortage makes it
hard. Rubber is oinni-present, `ever -
necessary, in a fishing village,"fpr so
Many things. The women bring, out
their hoard of knitted socks, sweat-
ers, mitts; -These mitts are unusual
and distinctive: They .have to be
white for the fishermen. Any other
color brings bad luck. This is ho*
they make therfi weather-proof. ,The
men dip their hands in' the mitts into
the icy water of the Fundy. Then
they hold them up to the piercing
wind, When ice has formed over the
mitt, to the shape of the hand, then,
they say; it's' weather-proof and
warm!'
Fishing, of course, goes on through
the • winter months; unless the storms
are dangerous, the boats go out; day
and night the same. The men :lie out
in their open boats all night, with
only an extra sweater to keep them
warm. When . they come in chilled,
whatever the time, there's a good hot.
meal on the back of the stove for
them' and the lamps are lit.
The women don't wear heavy
clothes because they're round the
stoves so much. Thin dresses are
comfortable in the kitchen. They
turn their backs to vtindows on the
sea, preferring to look at the road
and the passers-by.. But someone al-
ways keeps a sharp watch on .the sea
when the boats are out. The., life-sav-
ing station is opposite. . It's a'. com-
mon sight to catch' a glimpse of the
life-boatthrough the spray, plunging
out to drag a email boat in. Engine
trouble is frequent, batteries die,
sudden squalls blow up.•
Dreaded II!nese
Then there are illnesses. We dread
them in the winter, •though they come
each year. ' It's (hard to get a doctor
when the roadis blocked,+and we are
16 miles from the nearest medical
aid. When it's an emergency the
men. are "warned on" -the road, and
they all turn out'to shovel, and plough
with an ox and a home-made plough.
The real plough gets ,to our road in
a blue moon, Somehow they make a
way for the doctor to pass. The news
goes round the village:,•
"Doctor's througgh" Eeryone
breathes a sigh of release.
Funera.ls'are difficult for the -same
reason, graves hard to dig in the
frozen ground. Death, disruptive at
any time, hits .hardest in the winter,
and hits oftenest.
But the ox plough goes out on light-
er 'occasions than to out a way for
the doctor or .the. undertaker. Some
times you Can see a respectable house
wife, skirts . tucked 'primly. round her
ankles, one hand on her ghat, sitting
awkwardly on the shaft, "blown all
ways to onot," borne dlewly • through
the village behind a plodding ex. She
h'a's been on a shopping. expeditor
rCr•oSS the Gut, in a fishing boat, Now
cher high -heeled shoes and ;best hat
and Coat 'look quite tth urd beiiiind,tt'he..
ox. ; i311t she IS ,piearxed Sdith..ii'er pili'.''
Cels, with her trip to +tewili 'with the
urge, ,.1b0 ttleS,,,111t, lx..$10,1 itBelk,
gfigtire she Mak or td notice the bnifl"j.
for so
Ignorance
Many people go in constant fear of
"making fools of themselves" through
a display of ignorance. But the peo-
ple who get laughed- at are not those
whe admit that they don't know, but
those whose ignorance' peers through
a vain pretence of knowledge.
• In the obtaining of the marriage license ... the
rush of preparation ... the celebration of the marriage
- - . do not forget that you are required by law to .
notify the National Registration authoritiesabout the
happy event
The bride changes her name ... often both the bride
and the groom change their address.
Also, when any registered person moves at any time
from one address to another, he or she is required by
'law to notify the. stational Registration autho.ities
about the new address. -
Every person in Canada, 16 years of age and over,
unless exempted in writing, must be registered. It is
a patriotic duty to comply with the National Regia-
tration regulations. You will avoid substantial
penalties by doing so.
Every person, so registered, who afterwards marries
or changes lits or her address must report within 14
days to the Chief Registrar for Canada=
Alt registered persons are required by-law to have
their registration certificates in their immediate eels -
session al di limes. You may be required to produce
your registration certificate, by the proper authorities,
at any time.
- Every duty registered person whose registration cer-
tificate has been lost, destroyed, worn out or defaced,
should obtain a duplicate certificate. (Necessary forms
-attd instructions for this -purpose may be obtained
from any Postmaster in Canada.) •
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ful like that mean a hard winter, lots
of snow."
Or:—"See them cones? Ain't many
of them this year. We'll have a mild-
er winter."
And it's true. Cones, "the glass,"
other signs and- tokens, warn us to
prepare, before the summer visitors
have left the district for their com-
fortable central -heated homes. When
the few tourists go our village shrinks
again to its 250 people, 75 of whom
are over 50, and the small fishing set-
tlement on the Bay of Fundy, reach-
ed only by _seat, or over a dirt road
leading nowhere beyond, and often
impassable in the bad weather, starts
its winter campaign.
First ourhouses are banked on, the
weather side .with boughs of spruce,
mud mixed with straw, and Pieces of
old sacking. Our doors, if we have
any to the nor'west, are boarded up
and sealed for the duration. Back
doors and side -doors' come into useon
the southern side, which is less ex-
posed. Then we kill our pigs. The
pork -barrel, dripping, with brine, is in
the cellar, with barrels of apples, pot-
atoes and turnips, the little heap of
squash that is to feed us through the
weeks 'ahead, preserves and cereal.
We don't buy things in small quanti-
ties, at grocery stores. I remember
the indignation with which one of our
older inhabitants, returning from a
visit to his daughter in Saint John,
New Brunswick, described ,her house-
keeping:
"I"no sooner set „down to breakfast
than out she ran and came back with
a• box, one box , mind- you, -of cord
flakes arid 'a Tittle pat of butter a
quarter of a• pound. That ain't no
way to live. Why, •in my cellar - . .
and he went on to . describe the
mounds of food he had stored away
against the winter. No box of this,
no quarter of a pound of that, but
bins nd barrels,full and solid shelves
of jas. Well, it's practical, with the-
blocked
heblocked •'by snowdrifts',' often
shoulder -high, and the sea too rough
for the boats to cross the Gut to the
nearest marketplace.
We .have strung up our apples, in
curly-cews on strings across the kit-
chen to dry. We shall use them lat-
er In pies. We have smoked enough
herring and shaddock to see us
through; but there are other problems
beside food. .Chief of these is heat.
The winter supply of wood must be
brought down from the mountain by
ox -sledge. The logging roads ' are
rough and boggys narrow and full of
ruts., Unless there is a plentiful fall
of.. snow the , wood chopped in the
early fall stays vhere it ,,is. If the
road is bare there's no Way of haul-
ing it out, for wheels can't travel
the logging' roads. Therefore we're
anxious about the fall of snow. ,Will
we or won't we be able to get the
Wood out? All of 'it? Some • of it?
How soon? And then again, if we
Welt for the drifts to grow too high
the chef . can't get,through. 'We -know
del ahotut ' 'he p'syehological mordent"
iri eiir village. It's the tithe to get
the. wood.'
Co operation •••
SitiCp rsnl`91 a sdal'I proportion of us
own our•ntabdied td ts•e West of us IhaVe
'to tsar Weed 1 'i #le . '
''>''il• plott'ik yottr lower field; for so'
Snow nakee
Perhaps you think snow -snakes be-
long to lumber -jack legends. The. are real. If you want to see on4.,"
visit the Royal Ontario • Museum, but
don't search for it in the collection of
reptiles; look. among the .Indian art-
icles.
A snow -snake is .a long, thin,
smoothedstick, oval in cross-section,
with a sharp point, sometimes tipped
nth metal. The. length is about ten
feet, the width two inches, and the
thickness one-half inch. It is Used in
a favourite, game of the Iroquois who
throw it across the snow. In loose
snow it leaves a+ snake -trail depres-
sion. Contestants see who can throw
it farthest. A skilful thrower can
slake a "snake" go slithering a long
way, particularly if the snow is crust -
is more important than
Cutting Ice '
About the middle sof winter, after
Christmas, ice becomes our pzreoccu-
pation. Wells freeze, which is trou-
blesome, but also the ice in the ice -
pond, carefiiily flooded, between'banks
is ready for cutting and hauling.
This is quite a business.. Sharp watch The service of the day is over, and
has to be kept for small boys with the hour comes to rest. We. resign.
skates, the ox must be manoeuvred into Thy hands our sleeping bodies,
carefully from pond to barn, where I our cold hearths and open doors. Give
the precious glistening blocks are I us to awake with smiles, give us to -
sunk in the sawdust o1 the ,ice -house.
Ice in the Gut itself is another.
matter It is dangerous to fish wheen
ed. Distance
d'`rection.•• This game calls for dex-
terity
esterity and keenness of eye, as well:as
a good deal of physical strength.
Throwing snow -snakes is one of the
oldest Canadian winter games.
Prayer
labor smiling. As the sun returns in
the east so,.• let our patience be re-
newed with dawn as' the sun lightens
the ice is breaking up, swirled down the world, so let our living kindness
our current—we have one of the make bright this house of our habi-
sharpest, most spectacular rise and tations--Robert Louis, Stevenson.
fall tides in the world, with a 40 -foot _—
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drop at one point—the ice can col-
lect around a fishing boat and hold
it helpless, at the 'mercy of the tide.
Wheu the ice is through the Gut,
however, winter is nearly over,, spring
is here. The oxen will soon be tak-
eu out of their stalls and turned out
on the mountain, the men will plant
tneir victory gardens on days when
they ` can't fish. Women will air the
quilts, many -colored and. patterned,
which they set up in the fall and
quilted together companionably over
wooden frames. The village dogs
will leave the corner by the kitchen
stove and take to the muddy woods
for rabbit and porcupine. The village
cats will . stretch in the sun dreaming
of returning birds. Here and there a I a
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TRICKS OF THE TRADE
Carry a Small camera with you, and you'll never have to pada up°charm=
Ing pictorial subjects like this. .
EVERY good news photographer
knows many practical short
cuts in the business of picture
making, arid many amateur Photog-
raphers could adopt a few with
beneficial results.
For instance, most topnotch news-
men make it a habit of carrying a
- camera at all times. They know one
never can tell when a picture is
going to "show up," and, whenever
that inay be, they want to be ready
for it: Think of how many•good pic-
tures it might mean to you if you
make it a practice to carry a small
camera whenever convenient.
You'll also find that new camera-
men are invariably looking ahead.
They try to anticipate pictures, and
that's a good trait to cultivate—
especially when you're , picturing
Sports or 'action of any kind. "Watch
the ' next news.' photographer ydu
meet, and you'll dee what I meat.
His movements may be casual, lint
his eye is alert He hays •sizedp
the probabil ties, tlt8 tike* sp' a
for, .good. pieturesf „'11d technical y
he's set font' those conditions. Then
whexk. the 'picture opportunity ar=
rives, he can get his shot before
you can say "f/8."
'Another point you'll notice about
the- successful news cameraman,
who usually must shoot' in a hurry,
is that he doesn't worry too much
about composition andiarrafgement
when he's making pictures. He's
more interested in snapping the
subject than in producing a strik-
ing composition. Of course,. that's
not the best way to , get appealing
pictures, but it's sometimes the
necessary procedure. You can, of
course, crop and trim a picture to
improve tate-composition once you've
got the linage on your film.
Generally, speaking, you'll dis-
cover that technically the news
cameraman :. doesn't have any ter-
rific advantage otter the average-
amateur. He uses standard develop-
ers and printing papers. He has to
follow the sane basic laws of pho-
tography. Blit 11e cls a •,have the ad-
ritage of ieonitt$i'lt iletnt'e making
and is thori511gb.1y,fa'iniliar with his
camera. And fathilia city with equip-
ment Is itnlinrtaltt to all good
photographers.
41.1 3'ohn van Guilder
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