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The Clinton News Record, 1932-02-11, Page 7', TH URS,, FEB. 11, 1932 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 Health, Cooking Leave of Children PA6E OF IN.TEAEST TI Edited By Lebanl Hakaber. Krale RuMina1ton of Rebelali A 'Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men ;Thetfollowing, from -"Homely Talks ..ef a. Homely Wornafi" 'by Fay Inch- ':fewn, is such a gold talk ;to mothers that' len "'going to -substitute it for -personal. nRuniinations" • this .week. I'nr sure my residers, especially the yourig,'mothers, will appreciate its "Rebekah should have had her talk on the front page this week," a read- er, said to me on Friday last. "It eshoiild' have been where everyone could have read it, so many are heedless :about , contracting_ and careless tt- - bout paying small debts when con- neeted with •an organization." ' "Don't try to wash and iron and ,clean house and then have company 'to dinner in the evening—all on the sane day," says a wise housekeeper. "You may accomplish snore on that day, but what have you gained if "you feel pepless for days to come?" —.One of our exchanges says "A 'capital New Year resolution for those living on the party telephone lines should be that they cut out -listening to the conversation ofoth- ers which is none of their business, :arid which is strictly against the law." .T have often heard that people do ' listen -in on the telephone though I' 'never saw anyone do it. It is hard efor me to believe that anyone could be so silly. I'm always glad when • my telephone' doesn't ring and I ' don't have to listen to it. I cannot :imagine anyone doing it for the fun of it. But you do hear complaints ."that such is the case. An international congress of club women of the world will be held for a week during the world's fair, to be ' held in Chicago, in 1933. Five mil- lion organized women of the United 'States have already begun prepare- ' tions to act as hostessess to their sis, tens of other nations. Besides this ' Congress, organized women plan to s• how a mammoth exhibit, utilizing "2,400t feet of floor space in ' the Social Science building, to demon - 'strata What groups of organized WO- ' men have done in the past century ' to further cultural, educational and social developement. They will al- •sa prepare a great book, to be writ- ' ten by sone prominent woman auth- or, which will record the part or- • ganized women have played in the leaking of history. BABY MINE "And, if you are wise, you will 'be - ''gin to train Baby from the first." 'This is what one's married friends ,. always say. Nurse repeats it; the Doctor insists upon it; and, of course, all the Baby books say it, Personally, 1 quite agreed with theta, for I was really anxious to have a baby who should be consider- ed a "proper Child." I made up my mind, that, whatever •others did, or did not do; I, at least, would be a shining example of a wise mother; • and my offspring should be the very model of a well-trained child. Then, Baby arrived. And, alas! she upset every rule that was ever formulated in any book. She took the hdusehoid gear between ' her small te:athless gums and drove it, this way and that, She smashed • to atoms every theory I ever had a- bout the forming of helbits. And I found myself a mother, certainly; hut there were'days when I felt that I was merely a poor waif of theern'- verse, driven, M. and fro by a small relentless wind, which knew no pity and no mercy! And now, dear friend, whoever you may be, I want to ask you to forgive me, if I write largely out 'of 'my own experience. You see I do not know anyone else's feelings quite so well as I know my own; and certainly the ehild I know more intimately than all others is ... Baby Mine. So pardon me if the capital "I" seems to loom large in this small talk and remember that the woman who is writing is just an ordinary woe man, with the usual number of hands. And—woe is mel with the very us- ual bundle of things called "nerves". And now that we understand each other, I want to talk about some of the things that I believe motherhood was meant to do for us. Looking at the natter just on the surface, we are inclined to think of the, trying and painful circumstances as part of the curse which has des- cended from. pats' ]Mother Eve to us, her daughters. Wb sometimes ex- claim against those circumstances. We speak of thorn as "cruel" as "unfair", and as a "shame." But to the woman who looks up to her Maker as to a wise and loving Father, there is always a reason why; and she always tries to clear her dim eyes, so that she may be able to see it a Let me speak very softly just here. When your pain came, did you begin to,realize what it "cost" God to make this poor race His children? It costs ouly money to adopt a waif; but it costs more than coin of the realm to get children! I believe that there was ttemen- Nous, and very real, travail in the Spirit -World before the High and Holy One could bring us into FIis Fancily. It meant giving His very Own Self. Then I want you to think back to that moment when the dear little one was placed in your arms. The tiny head lay warm against you, and you looked for a very long time at the funny, funny little thing! Do you -remember the small hands, which waved aimlessly about? And did you make a special study of fin- ger -nails and eyelashes? 1 did! Baby Mine! Really here, at last! Really and truly here, dressed in the garments which loving hands had made. Lying in the dainty cradle which such kind fingers bad made cosy with pillews and lovely with ribbons. Oh, precious 'Baby Mine! And, now, the training. Of course, one cannot begin this very definitely oneself until the Lady of the Spotless Cap has taken her departure. Alter that the mother gets her chance. It is then that she tries to put into practice the long - thought -out plans as to feeding - times, sleeping -times, and going -out - times.. Speaking for myself, my carefully devised time -table went sadly awry. I strove so hard to train Baby, that it took me some little time to realize how positions were reversed. That little strap of humanity was training me! She trained my ears. Often, in the old days, had been inattentive. People spoke to me, but I was day- dreaming and did not hear. Now, Baby Mine did something to niy auditory nerve. For, wherever I was, whatever I was doing or thinking, I always knew when she wanted mei . And during that period .cif anxiety and inexperience how precious and real was the thought that God's ear Fo,. ° Less than Cw rpt • Dish Cooks 2 minutes after he Water boils 208 ere is was open to my cry. He\was neva - to be naughty when they repeat a grossed by something else to hear my continual "cries." cri ." Baby also trained my eyes. 'She was not just "a baby"; she was Baby Mine, And so I became very skilful in interpreting the language written in the dear little face. T knew the symptoms which meant "a tooth conn- ing." 'I learned to differentiate be- tween the "hungry" cry and the wail which ,meant "had too much." I al- most knew her Ouellette afar off! • And how she trained my heart! Love of ease and comfort went to the winds: It was such joy to serve this exacting Princess. To fill up her life I would gladly have starved my own out. Sleep, herself, seemed to knew that she must only draw her curtains very, very lightly across my brain; that she must be ready at any moment to wreneh them back, and let me have all five senses again -=- Sharp, and bright and alert—to use thein in Her Royal Highness's ser- vice, too remote; never t6o 'deeply en WOMEN Household Econoinics :1 Welty and Jackie do not always mean Without force, or coercion of any kind, Self just took a back seat; and Love stepped to the font row. And, further, Baby Mine opened a great big Door, and showed me the vision of the Other Mothers, and of the Other Children. One would not have missed euch "training" for worlds! And now, to conte really to the training of Baby. Training', What a gentle, lovable word it is! "Whom the Lord loveth, He child, trainee." What, then, does "training" really mean! How is one to set about it? Well, how does a wise gardener set about training a tree? Niot by slashing at it; nor by using force to it; but by bending it into the right direction. And just so, child -training does not mean a smart slap nor a hasty re- proof. "I'tn sure I've done my part," said a mother to me, "I've always hit my boy hard when he wouldn't say his prayers" .Another mother said: ' "Oh, yes, I teach my little girl out of the 'Bible. I've told her that God won't love her if she's naughty, and that He puts down all the bad things she 'does in a big book. It won't be niy fault if she goes wrong." And this was culled "training!" But how far up can you .train a spreading tree? Just as high as you can reach your- self. Not an inch farther ... tin- tless you have a ladder. Atid this is just the very point I am conning to. %Vie -need a Ladder, and the moment we realize our need, it is within our reach. That dream of Jacob's was not just a pleasant fancy. It was not meant to be merely spectacular. It em- bodied a very real truth: There is a means of communication between God and risen. He is always "coming down" to us! Always is trying to get us to harries 'aur weakness to His Omni- potence. Come now, you poor tired Mother, weary with your attempts at train- ing. Is your little growing child beginning to show temper, or diso- bedience? Are ,you finding it increas- ingly difficult to "manage" Baby Mine? Does the training of the little Tree seem to be beyond your powers? If so, let me recommend the Lad- der and by that, I mean just telling Gel about it, just going through the whole worrying business, and leav- ing it in His Hands; sitnply telling the matter in detail. If you cannot get away by your- self—and there are times when you cannot --tell Him just where you are. Think your thoughts towards Him. He will hear just as well as if you were in a church, Tell Him about Baby's expected tooth; mention,the muddy fall, which necessitated changing every stitch of her clothes; don't forget the awk- ward attitude of Jane; nem the awful fit of screaming which Baby sudden - v indulged in when deprived of the flue-frush. All this has jarred your nerves to uiecet' and made you hot and irritable. But the Ls :der hat, a wonderfully seething effect upon wore out nerves. The "little talk with Jesus" will make it right, all right. And being "right" yotteself will help to sot Baby tight. The very tench of your . (yielded) hands will tomnninicate something to that little bundle of contrariness. It is true! If Brother's brow is quiet and unruffled, something of her amenity filters through to Baby. But if she is fretful and upset, even a baby in arms, or, a small creeping hild, can feel the atmosphere :and will not fail tel be affected by'it: Also, by using the Ladder, Mather gets a balanced view of things. I mean that she 'will not attach too euch importance to small failings, word orsayinga you have forbidden n them to use. A child forgets so eas; ily that it is sometimes wise to pass over little mistakes. ' For (as one of our'greateer euth- orities 'on child -training ha°s said) :' "Tt is better to woo a virtue than to • worry a fault." And then, dear Mother, ext your- self to understand your child. She may not be at all the sort of child that you remember being. Possibly you were gentle and yielding; but your off -spring may be tomboyish and argumentative. Still, you must seek to establish a comradeship between you, 1Vfake it your business • to enter into your darling's pursuits; try to get a little ahead of her if you can; learn the proper technical terns for her newel fashioned games'.; call her playmates by their right names. And oh, do play with them sometimes, if ,you get the chance. It is such a worthy thing to "train up" a child! Dear Jane Carlyle sat up all night to bake a loaf of bread for her isas- cible Themes, and emerged from her vigil radiant because she had pro- duced something he could eat, which would in its turn be reproduced in his writings, and so would influence and alter the lives of innumerable per- sons. Shall we not then take a leaf out of that noble wenan's book, and real- ize that in its way it is just as wor- thy an achievement ' to wash and clothe and cuddle a child as it is to create a melody for the world to, hum or a poem for the world to repeat? Incidentally, you may be doing both. For who knows, the little dirty hands you ate washing to -day niay prove to be a musician's hands to- morrow. The sensitive brain of your nervous child—the child you have shielded and cared for—pray turn out to be the brain of a poet after all. But whether that is so or not, ev- ery child is a human creature, and that means he is capable of being a little instrument for God to .play up - o11: It is for each of us mothers to see to it that THIe gets Isis chance with Baby Mine! IREBEKAHT. One of Longest Produce Trains between Hali- fax and Montreal Distribution of the largest single consignment of West Indian fruit and produce which has ever reached Canada was made from Montreal to the principal cities and towns of Ontario and Quebee and to points as far west as Winnipeg. 66 carloads of bananas, cocoanuts, oranges and tomatoes were rushed to Montreal in Canadian National Rail- ways refrigerator cars from the dicks at Halifax where they were leaded from the Canadian National steamer "Lady Rodney" Forty nine can, containing the bananas and tomatoes, came through as a single unit, one of the longest pr odtiee trains ever moved by the the railway between the two Cities. The remaining cars, containing the Granges and cocoanuts were handled by regular freight trains. According to dealers the tomatoes were among the finest ever to reach the city .of Montreal from the Ba- hamas and the fruit reached market in prime condition. A large part of the shipment was absorbed in Mon- treal; the remainder was distributed' to Toronto, Ottawa, . Quebee, Wind- sor, Sherbrooke, Hamilton, Winnipeg and other cities, .Several additional carloads remained' in the Maritimes to meet local needs. A Heavy Toll on Highway During December 49 people were killed and 786 persons were injured on Ontario highways. The property loss was $108,000. The report shows that violations of the traffic laws, leading to accidents, was; (1) Speed too fast for road and traffic condi- tions. (2) Motorists. alt wrote side of the road; (3) Motorists not having right of way; (4) Motorists driving off the roadway. The above' facts suggest that the black` picture might be greatly improved if ordinary traf- fic laws were more rigidly observed, In other words, it lies in the power of the motorists to make 'traffic conditions safe. None of the vic- tims of the accidents expected what was coming. It may be your turn next,- -St. Marys Journal -Argus, Canada Offers Une- qualled ne- qualled Attrac ions for Tourists Cboicfi liolday Locations 'de Canada Being Sought By Canadians And Americans Alike in Preference To More Expensive Travel Abroad Under the present exchange sit- uation Canada offers every attrac- tion in the way of inexpensive holi- days, said .A.1an N. Longstaff, Press Representative of the Canadian Na- tional Railways; in the' course of an ilhistrated address to the members of Lachine Curling Club at their weekly dinner. There is' a distinct tendency. on the part of Canadians who in other years have spent their vaea- tions outside of the Dominion, to re - anent at hone this year and to "reap one hundred cents' benefit from ev- ery wery dollar they spend: At the same time people in countries which enjoy appreciated currency, are realizing that they can holiday in Canada mare cheaply than at home, and hundreds of inquiries are being received by the Canadian National Railways and other transport agencies as to the choice holiday locations in Canada. :Application of low week -.end fares by Canadian railways have encour- aged the spending of holidays out of doors, Mr. Longstaff said, and as a result more Canadians are beginning to realize what their Dominion has to offer for the lover of sport. New hunting and fishing areas are being constantly opened up to the sports- man, and through the medium of pioenering trips made by representa- tives of the railways and other or- ganizations, the way is being made easy for the man or woman who de- sires adventure over unfrequented trials in the north. To illustrate his address Mr. Long - staff screened films from the Cana- dian National Railways libraries, showing the manner in which the sportsman's Wrap of Canada is being continually rolled back to the north with the establishment of guides and outfitters at hitherto inaccessible sports. "Canadians have a valuable heri- tage in their wilderness areas" the speaker stated. "These north woods have already produced crops of furs and thither and in same cases also of minerals. Now they are producing a new and valuable orop—the tourist dollar—and the tendency of the Can- adian tourist is to keep that dollar at hone under present conditions." Census Shows Increase in Animal Population • Wild Life Thrives Under Protected Conditions in Jasper Park Protected from the hunter and liv- ing their lives as nature intended, the animal population of Jasper National Park, Alberta, has shown a remark- able increase during the past few years. A. recent census shows that in this 4,200 square miles of game sanctuary there are today no less than 3,000 elk, 20,000 mountain sheep 10,000 reeky mountain goat, 5,000 as- soited 'beat's, 10,000 moose, 25,000 deer and 9,000 caribou. Prior to the setting aside of Jas- per as a game sanctuary there were very few moose in this area, but since that time there has been a steady influx of these animals from other areae until today they have reached almost staggering numbers. The present elk herd has developed from a small band imported into the park by rail some years ago. The beaver colony also has shown excel- lent growth and many creeks and lakes, which for a number of years have been abandoned, are again be - ink occupied by these industrious animals. One resell: of the increase ire the animal population of the panic has been the emigration of large num- bers of game animals to districts which lie contiguous to it, and here excellent hunting of all kinds ,emay be enjoyed ie season. HOW IT IS DONE A father and his little. boy .were having a discussion on legal matters. "What is a retaining fee?" asked the little boy. His father replied: "A re- taining fee is a fee paid to a lawyer before lie will undertake to do any work for a dicta." Oh, replied the little bey, "like putting a shilling in a meter before you get any gas." NEED TO BE REMINDED The publisher of a small-town newspaper a t in evs x to e tgen- eral Y h b get e store owner to advertise: l\fercit•ant---'I've been in this town thirty years, and every man, woman and child knows where I am and what I sell. I don't need to adver- tise. Publisher Is that so? Tell• me how. long thelMethod'ist church has been here? ,Merchant ---Fifty years, I believe. way ? Publisher—Well, don't they still ring ,tbe bell every Sund€sy morning? SWINE SANITATION ' An increase in gross receipts equal to $45 per sow through the 'adoption of a swine sanitation} plan has been reported to the U.S. Bureaeu'of Ani- mal Industry by an Indiana 'farmer, In 1930, under his old pig -raising practice, ;his 20 sows raised a fraction fewer than five pigs each, and the pigs required` eight months of feed- ing to fatten them to a market weight of 200 pounds. This year the same sows managed under' the sys- tem of swine sanitation raised an average of nearly' 8 pigs per sow. At the age of five months and 12 days 82 of the year's pigs were mar- keted and averaged 201 pounds. This was not only a greater production per sow, but there was a saving of more than two months' feed in fin- ishing the pigs for market, The sys- tem of swine sanitation advocated by the Bureau consists in putting clean sows in clean farrowing pens; moving the sows and pigs to clean pasture not later than two weeks af- ter farrowing; and keeping them there until the pigs are 4 months old mr older. About 26 different varieties of food fish are taken commercially in 'Canada's inland, or freshwater fish- eries. ORIENTAL TROUBLES HURT HERRING MEN British Columbia producers of dry- s l t e d herring put' u abigger pact in the October -December portion of the current season than they had processedinthe like period of 1930, but they were faced by a very diffi- cult'market situation as a result of trouble in the Orient, where virtually all of the output is ordinarily sold. The export of drysalted herring is to 'China, but much of the business is in Japanese hands. Oneof the results of the vecent •Chinese -Japan- ese clashes has been a Chinese un- willingness, to purchase, and,the Bri- tish Columbia industry has suffered seriously in consequence. Prospects for the immediate future are still confused. The .pack at the end of last Decem- ber amounted to about 34,000 tons. Thiit was a substantial increase over the output at the end"of December, 1030, but less than the production at the end of 1929. The drysalting sea- son begins each year in October and continues until early in the follow- ing ollowing February. COURTESY "Life is not so short,"' said Emer- son "but there is always time enough for courtesy." JUST HUMAN NATURE Six-year-old Edwin wanted to continue playing, but his mother told •him he must go to bed. Looking up he said: "Munmie, don't say 'must' to me. It makes me feel 'won't' all over.'" POPULAR TOPIC First Maid (talking about a par- ty given the day before by her els. tress)—And they all came in limouse ines and had on the grandest clothes, and wore the biggest diamonds. Neighbor's Maid—And what did they talk about? First Maid -17s. ticatit Seitvice OF TRE Gambian " rbirnt tui niriatian rdifaa•by GRANT FLEESIIr- NG, M.0. . ASSOCIATE SECRETARY AFTER-CARE idea of building up the patient's It is quite obvious to everyone health by stuffing hint with food, is that the person who is actually 111 harmful, not helpful. requires can. It is not so generally Measles is a serious and frequent. understood, however, that care dur- ly fatal disease because of the ton- ing the period of recovery is of plications which occur, such as pneu- almost equal importance. Failure to monia and diseases of the ear. The give aftercare may cause much un- care given the child after. he is ap- necessary suffering and may lead to parently over the disease is iampor• serious; if not fatal results. tant in the prevention of such eon - 'This statement is particularly ap- plications. It is because measles is plicable to those who are recovering regarded as being of such minor in, from a communieaable disease. Such portance that it is neglected and. so diseases are the result of poisoning is often followed by disaster. by the toxins or poisons given off by "Following measles and whooping - the germs. The tissues and organs cough, the child should be protected of the body are not restored to a nor- from exposure or chilling at the mal condition of health when the! sante time having plenty of fresh air, acute period of the illness is past. The scarlet fever patient requires It takes a considerable period of the care indicated, during convales.' time for theist to recover front the cence, and the diphtheria eonvales. poisoning. cent needs a great deal of rest be. There are certain general rules cause the diphtheria poison is pare which may be laid down to serve as ocularly severe in its effect upon a guide in the after-care of patients. the heart muscles, Beat comes first as a nceans of se- How long the after-care needs to curing a return to health, A rest be continued, and how soon the pat - period of an hour or more during the ient may safely resume his normal morning and afternoon, together life depend upon the actual condition with an early bed -time, is desirable. of each ease. What we wish to Activity should be resumed grad- stress is the need for after-care, base wally, and should always stop be- ed upon an understanding that the fore there is any sense of fatigue. 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