The Clinton News Record, 1932-05-05, Page 7'THURS.,-MAY '5, 1932
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Health, Cooking
Care oI Children;.
A
6E Of
Rrimi�aliuus
A Column
of Rehall
Pi epared Especially. for Women--
-• But Not Forbidden to Men
TRE WORLD'S BLAIN!
' Not in seclusion:• is true 'beauty
seen, not in a feagrant, silent coin-
”te* lane, nor in the daisy field, all
• white and green, nor in the joldorr
meadows washed with rain. But
'Sri ,sl smoky, noisy, (busy street,
- whose. only colours through shop
^wiiidows show; where there is eon-
stant march of human feet that
bravely journey daily to and fru;
where cripples play a gay and lar-
• ing air; and blind folk stand and
dreamthat it is light; where pas
••aersby, who haven't much to spare
• yet: ,stop to give ungrudgingly their
mite. And where small houses
--nestle close together, beneath whose
"goofs hard-working people live. who
• help each other in the stormy wee-
' who have so little yet can al-
ways give. 0 beauty oaf the world,
you are seen best where the soul's
'-banner floats courageouslyabove the
termbil of the day's high fevered
guest -=in ugly places beautified by
love,—.R� .Stiteh.
OPPORTUNITY
`What ample time the plowman :has
•for thought,
''To ponder many things!
-This life; the days that constitute
his span
'The seasons sliding round.
'And yet, I wonder if he's wiser than
• The worker hi a town,
Or if' he merely plows, and thinks
df naught.
=>r. D. 0„ in the Landolt Saturday
'Review.
Wje need to stop every little
• ighile to consider whether we are
.'growing narrow, self-centred, smug.
I ]have sometimes !resented 'the
implication, sib often made, that
people living in a small community
are apt to grow narrow. I always
contend that when one is freed item
the, turmoil of the great centres of
population, •with just a few friends,
perhaps, and a narrow round of chit-
' les, that there are greater facilities
to grow great -minded; that one's
soul has room and freedom to ex -
/Andy And I believe it is a true Con,
Mention, bat only if one is minded to
allow the soul to expancl:. There is
nothing whist should tend to broad-
en and develop the character as time
to meditate, and especially when.
near to nature.:' But one needs to
have something to think •about,
something to meditate upon, or the
mind stagnates.
When living amidst a crowd of
people one is sure to rub up against
some bright minds, some brilliant
peeple, and from them one gleans
from time to time gems cif thought
to feed upon. It is possible for a
bright person, without taking the
trouble bo study deeply er to eulti-
yate •one's own intellect very muoh
to gather= from others enough of
general information to make a fair
stewing of intelligence and know-
ledge, to pass in a crowd for a
rather Clever person. It is different
in the smaller community. One does=
n't meet so many clever people,
whose brains can be pieced, as it
Were; one hoe to depend upon one-
solf, and .so it is easy to follow the
crowd into the little grooves; to
gossip about trivial things; to al-
low nine's mind to dwindle and to
conte to the place where the trivial
is all that counts; where the larger
things of life are overlooked and ig-
nored.
We should be on theratlert to'avoid
this attitude. No oris `need be nar-
row, living on small gossip, 'feeding
one's wind on such. Today, with
books and newspapers, radios, etc„
the world is brought to our doors
daily. It is not necessary for any-
one to grow narrow and self-centred.
We should cultivate a knowledge of
world affairs and this would help us
to sympathize with the viewpoint
of our neighbors, whether on the
other side of the garden fence or
the other side of the world in China.
There is no excuse for littleanind-
edness, for idle or malicious gossip-
ing the world is so full of won-
derful things to read about, think
about and to see, if that is our
privilege, that if we become small:
mean and poor -spirited it is our own
fault.
Storing the Woollens and Furs
It is always wise to conserve our
resources, but as the times becoute
-tore difficult it iv doubly necessary,
that housewives look well to pre-
serving their precious woolens and
furs, which are almost a permanent
•asset if kept from the ravages of
moths.
About the last of April or first
=af May comes a little mother moth
who seeks admission to my lady's
closets, trunks, and boxes. If she
.finds a chance she slips deep clown
Min the silky hair of a .piece .of fur.
• And whets the little larvae hatch out
they find their food right at hand,
—the precious woolens or furs or
• velvets. And all the moth balls in
creation, all the tarbage on the
'face of the earth; tall tire cedar
chests ever made, menet prevent the
hatching out of those baby grubs or
-their feeding on their natural food.
So it is always best to lay away the
woolens and furs before the moth
•s
appears in the Spring, and if this i.
done one may feel reasonably sure
'that they will be free from the havoc
te be played by her ever -destructive -
'1y hungry babies.
A dry, sunny day should be chosen
on which to airthe garments, be-
Cause everything must be perfectly
=dry and as thoroughly sunned as
• possible before being consigned to
the dank recesses of a box or closet,
else you may have imildew as well as
maths to•fight. Besides. you know,
• sunshine is one of the £arrest disin-
'fectants known. Put all the gar;
rents on - the line in the strong
'spring sunshine as early in the day
•as possible and be sure to bring
them in before the air gets, 'damp in
the r
afte moon.
Brush and beat out every paetiele
.of sd'itst, examining, carefully for eggs.
Furs should bo brushed the wrong
way, and the hair pushed aside in
one spot after another so the hide
may the scrutinized for the' little
foretell d es tii
fi t.
cells that fo d 1 tx c o
-specks
Devote the next morns
Deva h g , t o the
cleaning process, olid out of doers
• '.is the best place, to 3o time work,
too. With a oaseso -nickel conk
go over every bit of the •hide of furs
combing gently and thoroughly, and;
•ef (coursey'shaking 'from time to time
to romove any lur1ding larvae. 'These
`should come out entirely, along with
all the dirt and dust, in the beating
which is the next process. Place on
the ground a pillow covered with a
white case, put the fur on the pill
low and beat thoroughly with a
rattan furniture beater. Bo sure
net to handle furs roughly- when
beating or shaking.
Have Toady a fine, soft clothes.
brush and, a basin of clean, cold
water. Dip the brush in the water
and stroke the fur as it runs, even-
ly and smoothly, until the entire
surface is wet, then hang it up until
it is perfectly dry. Beat it softly
again to fluff the fur.
White or light-colored furs may
need an extra cleaning before this.
treatment, and there is no better
way than to rub into the skin with
bout hands, against the way of the
fur fine white cornmeal or dry
flour. Put the meal in a shallow
pan in the oven until it is heated.
then sub it into the skin, shaking .it
out when soiled and renewing it un-
til the meal finally shaken out is
clean
rare preserve a /better appear-
ance if they are not peeked in boxes
or trunks. Each piece .should be
suspended in a separate moth -proof
bag of its ,own. These may be pur,
chased for a small sum or they may
be made
at home, of the sizes need --
ed, from wide tough hardware ,paper
Make flat bags of amule size with
the seams on the outside;. turn the
cut edges back against the eti.tching
and stitch again on the inatchine
After the fur piece is slipped in at
the top opening, close it, folding a
double hem and sewing it by hand
with a coarse linen thread.
A' receptacle for° each 'garment is
quite desirable because if it should
happen that eggs 'were overlooked
in one .and they hatched •out; only
one garment instead of a -number
Could bp affected,
Dast, and grease attract moths
therefore
every particle ofdt ,
should be removed from clothing be-
fore it is laid away, Nothing show
,ing a vestige 'of grease should: go
into summer quarters, for the' grecs•
spot i$ the moth's fitstpoisit of rt
tack. 'When' a reliable greaso-re,
-rover will not remove a spot on
cloth you 'play depend upon it that
it is not grease and that It needs
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Household
Economics
merely stiff suds made from pure
white soap. Rub this thoroughly in-
togot leave
minutes,
the spot, 1 av it a few
P
then m i
op t clean an with a wet rag,
Remember always that the only pro
-
,per cloth with which to rub a fabric
is a scrap'o£ the same material,
Spotson black velveteen will of-
ten yield to this treatment, but that
does not mean thatyou can wash a
velveteen dress and have it come out
of ,the process looking, like new. It
is always wise to try a course of
5eatment on 'a scrap of material.
The only method for the cleansing.
of velvet or velveteen is the steam.,
ing of the spot front -the wrong side,
This may be accomplished with small
spots by Iaying a wet 'cloth against
a hot iron and then placing the
material, . wrong side against the,
elotb• and brudhing the right side
lightly with a soft brush.
For freshening velvets and plush
there is no better of simpler method
than sprinkling thein with dry salt
and brushing back and forth until all
dirt, lint and idust are removed.
• french chalk er cube magnesia are
especially good for light-colored
silks and woolen materials, as well
as for white furs. Rub the chalk
on the allots or •soiled places, leave
for awhile, then shake and brush it
away and the dirt will come with it.
Garments of light material may
be packed in long underwear or suit
boxes, then the packages wrapped
securely in newspapers and glued or
tied as one prefers. Maths seem to
have an especial aversion to print-
er's ink.
Packing away in boxes, trunks or
cedar chests demands careful fold-
ing and padding if the garments are
to look their best when they are
needed again. A flat smooth surface
must be achieved with every fold,
First take the skit. Fasten the
waistband and the placket, then lay
the skirt front side down, on a table
or. bed and turn the sides of the
skirt over the back, Into the fold;
so made lay loose calls of tissue pa-
per lengthwise. (Any soft paper
will do). Now measure the length
of the space into which the skirt
must fit and ]ay enet'her roll of the
paper on the skirt, where it must in
folded over the back in order to fit
the packing box, This last fold
should come as near the top of the
skirt as possible. Wake as few folds
as you can and when packing try to
distribute titre weight- of the gar-
rents to save space and prevent
creasing; put a waist in one end of
the chest, the next waist at the
other end Instead of on top of -the
first, and:the next garment in such a
manner that the heaviest part will
come between the two waists, Be -
generous with tissue or other soft
paper in plain sheets and in folds
between the garments to prevent
crushing.
To fold a coat or waist, lay it with
its back to the flat side of a table
and bring .the front edges evenly
together, unless it is double-breasted,
in which case one side must overlap
the ether. Stuff the sleeves with
tissue paper, pad the bust its the
sante way, and lay creased folds of
the paper on Cie -inside of the gar-
ment, down each side, Fold the,
sleeves over the front, bending them
if neeessary, 'between the elbow and
cuff, and laying rolls of tissue in
the •folds. If the coat is too long
to fit the box, fold the back over the
frcnt near the waist -line, padding
generously under the crease:
and bird:
Another thing that will make them
r
g
think kindly of your garden is ' a
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bird bath, It does not need to be an
expensive affair. In fact the Birds
will often be found to prefer the very
co_mmcnlpace old tin -on. the ground
to the ornate Nigh bath: A granite
pudding dish, about three inches deep
anil ten or twelve inches wide will
be .a Todestar for many birds once
:, is discovered. The water should be
changed frequently, par^ticulaily on
a hot day, and an .occasional treat of
i bread -crumbs sprinkled around it will
be appreciated. When cutworms are
(found in the garden they soon dis-
appear if put in a dish near the bird
bath, or in the bath itself, if it is
shallow, and an appetite for these
pests is created in the feathered vis-
itors.
But there is one thing that should
be urged on the bird -lover. Do not
coax the birds to you if you have a
-,pet cat- which you d'o not wish te
keep closed up in the mornings. It is
not only that the eat destroys many
of the young birds and only too of:
ten the parent birds as well, but it
keeps them in .a constant state of
terror, their shrill cries of fright•be-
ing quite different to the music which
they should Ibe making for your gar-
den. It is no. use helieviug that your
cat is different or that, because it is
well fed, it won't touch the birds.
.'Every cat is a 'bird hunter, made so
by nature, and itcannot be cured.
Meet of the damage is done in the
early morning hours before you are
aroundto observe it.
Make your choice between the cat
and the birds but don't try to have
both unless your cat is kept indoors,
at Ieast in the early morning.
It is no use spending money on the
bird bath if pussy is to be allowed to
go her unmolested way.
IP YOU WAIT TO
ATTRACT THE BIRDS
TO YOUR GARDEN
(From Better Homes tend Gardens)
No garden is complete without
birds singing in it, and the surest
way to have them there is to en-
courage them to nest lit it. New
is the time when nest building is in
progress, with no depression in their
little world to discourage the build-
ers.
It is not always necessary to have
bird 'houses in order to attract the
birds. • They often pick on most un-
likely spots if everything clse••in the
garden is to their liking, One thing
that encourages then is a ready sup-
ply of building material. The one
who wants to .attract them should
gather some 'of the long 'dry grass
that can -be found just now in many
neglected -e. corners or around ,old
fence posts, • Mixwith it a. few fine
twigs, and some pieces, ieces of twine' and
strips ;Of cotton a ;bout half an inch
wide. A piece of old rope which can.
be frayed out, if fastened to a bough;
also is'a joy to the builders.
One thing to be guarded against
is having the pieces of twine or cot-
ton or the rope, too long, as -it blows
out behind the bird that flies away
with .it, and, its a. wind, s•oinetintes
becomes entangled in the bird's feet
or wings with disastrous ,results.
More than onto MI: little victim has
been founddangling frown the piece
of twine that was to have been the .
beginning of a halide, and which had
beeoene tautened abo'at' both tough
Women Require Less
Food than Adult
Males
London, --'Konen need less food
than men. The question is no long-
er in doubt.
That eight women need the sante
amount and quality of food as rather
mare than five and a half men is
one of the tdiseoveries made by the
Advisory Committee on Nutrition to
the Ministry 02 Health, England.
They arrive at this conclusion as
a handy method of determining man,
value for rationing purposes. At
least one member of the committee
is a woman.
'The report in which this discovery
is announced --a discovery which will
have repercussions at every break-
fast table in the land -=is a memor-
andum for the use of medical offi-
cers who are asked to criticise and
suggest improvements in dieting.
Its findings involve calculations of
the relative values Of various foods'
in terns .of proteins, calories, min-
eral and vitamin content. •
In the matter of calories it is com-
puted that a woman requires .83 of
an adult male's requirement.
A FLOURISHING ORGANIZATION
Throughout Canada there ave no
more active women's organizations
than the Women's Institutes, writes
an official of the National Women's
Institutes: They floprish from
coast to eoast to the approximate
number of 2636 branches with a
membership .of_ 69,300, this drawn
largely from the rural population of
Canada. 'Their motto is "For Home
and Country" and their activities
take the fonts of practical .connnunity
work, the study of Child Welfare,
Education, Horne Enormities and oth-
er subjects sueh as Immigration,
Canadaianiaabion, Canadian Indus..
tries. League of Nations, etc. Some
of their current activities in the var-
ious provinces are:
Prince Edward Island Wtomen% In-
stitutes' among other numerous ef-
forts . have ••been supporting the na-
tional :emergency fund; giving raw
and canned fruit and vegetables,
books, linen, bed jackets, ete., to the
1•(rovlinciatt sanaitoriuni; helping the
health' department; finance the den-
tal elinios; and interesting members
in a three weeks' course in Home Ec-
onomics at iOharlobtetown,, this put
an by the Wc Women's ,' branch
met
bf the' Department of . Agrieuihure.
At present 'th.ey are working for a
rest room for ..country women in
Oltarlottetown.
Nova Scotia Institutes are spmi-
soring 'corresptindence -courses in
cookery and nutrition.
New Brunswick Women's Ipstitute
report --doing relief work, many of
the mills and: other business enter-
prises offering special' prices on
marteraals which are inside into gar -
menti, by Woollen's •Institute mem-
ed,
Ontario Wlonien's Institute report
a steady ,growth ' in .branches .and
membership. • The members havo
looked well to local heeds and many
branches have sentclothin ed -
g, it
din an _ cea s donations g and -cash d atrons to other.
communities, -especially northern On-
tario and Western Canada. The
institute branoh is now busy plan-
ning programs for the summer ser-
ies of, meetings, when capable lee -
tarsi's will visit gatherings sof dele-
gates . from their branches 'There
will be the ueual demonstration lec-
ture'of courses Tram three days to
two weeks' duration.
months ago by Frank Lindell, a
Barren Lands trapper, after he had
shot the mother Uea• and :td wereoon,
r
signed t, a• n ac
srg o H ge U hand 'Company,
animal trainers at Nasltun, . N.B. A
special diet comprising chiefly fish
dishes, had to be provided for these
special 'travellers during their jour-
ney and the animals were reported
in apparently splendid shape when•
they were transferred from the Con-
Sonie of the practical work of the
129 Manitoba Women's Institutes
during the past year has been main-
taining five community halI's, 'as,
sisting fifteen others; helping ewen-
tytwo local. hospitals; putting on -
handicraft exhibits, music and dram-
atics festival
Saskatchewan Women's Institutes
have been very :helpful to the Sas-
katchewan Relief Commission in
the distribution of relief throughout
the drought -stricken area,•Mrs. W.
F. Cameron, president of the Fed-
erated W'ornen's Institutes of Can-
ada, who lives at Regina, has de-
voted, a great deal of time to this.
Alberta Womlen's Htjsibiitutes i ere
making extensive plans to sponsor
travelling heal,t1i clinics, • thris sum-
mer. The provinicial department of
health staffs these and the Women's
Institutes do all the local organiz-
ing such as 'obtaining places, where
minor operations may be performed,
providing assistants and serving re-
freshments,
During the past year 12 new
branches of the Wnnien's Institutes
have been organized in British Col-
umbia, To elate this stakes 164
branches with an approximate mem-
bership rof 4,542.
EXPRESSMAN PLAYS HOST TO
PAIR WHITE POLAR BEARS
Black bears as express shipments
are commonplace, grizzly bears are
out of the ordinary, but when an ex-
press messenger is called upon to
play host to a pair of white polar ,
bears he has almost attained the 1
"once-in-a-lifetime" class. tlowev'er, ;
a pair of polar bear cubs from Chur-
chill, Manitoba, were among the tra-
vellers .who reached Montreal in the
express car of the Canadian National
Railways Continental Limited, recent-
ly.1
They were captured some 70
utiles northwest of Churchill a few
tinental Limited to the Central Vel -
'mord train which :bore them on to
Nashua. -
Nurso Tells }Iow.To
Sleep Sound,' Stop Gas
Nurse, V. Fletcher says: "Stomach
gas bloated me so bad' I could- not '
sleep. One spoonful Adlerika brought
out all the gas;and now 1 sleep' well
and feel fine,' J. E. Hovey, Druggist.
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Pbitrztt Altonriatiott
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GRANT•FLEMING,. M.D. ASSOCIATE SECRETARY
Preventing Btindaess '
The loss',af si'gnt s a tragedy. We
do .admire the courage oit'the blind
and marvel at the cheerful way most
of them accept their handicap. -Yet,
it is for each one'af them a loss be-
yond measure. It is bad enough to
be blind but it seems' infinitely worse
if the loss of sight might have been
prevented• When we realize that
as a result of ignorance or careles-
sness many children are doomed to
pass their lives in darkness, we would
do well to take the necessary pre-
cautions so that such eases may not
be repeated.
At the time of birth, the child's
eyes inay be exposed to infection.
Certain gleans may gain entrance
and set up a destructive inflammat-
ion that may lead to blindness. Because
such a danger does exist, it 'is the
practice -to treat the eyes of the
neweborn with a solution which will
destroy these germs ,before they
have a chance to do any harm. In
many places such treatment is re-
quired by law. This simple and
painless but efficient procedure would
if carried out regularly and without
fail, in all cases, eliminate quite ,a
large percentage of blindness in in-
fants..
The next important prevention
measure is the securing of treat-
ment without delay for the baby
whose eyelids become swollen or red
or if there is any /discharge. When
we say without delay, we mean ac-
tually without an hour's delay, be-
cause prompt treatment may offer
the only hope sof saving :the baby's
sight.
Injury to the eye is always serious
and unfortunately it may cause the
loss of eyesight. The proper sel-
ection of playthings will first of all
help the child in his play and will
also lessen, if not entiiely avoid, the
chance of injury to himself. Toys
which are thrown into the air such
as a bow and arrow should not be
given to the child who is too young
to understand its proper use. The
rifle with small shot is particularly
dangerous. Blunt -pointed scissors
should be provided for the child to
use for cutting out.
The possible dangers of fireworks
is generally recognized and it is well
to remember that carelessness as re-
gards firecracker and other explos-
ives may mean a serious injury.
It is because sight is such a pre -
eine possession and the loss of
sight such a serious handicap that it
is necessary for parents to keep in
mind those things which are danger-
ous to the eyes of their children.
Reasonable care will bring about a
decrease in the • number of children
who would otherwise belong to the
world of the blind,
Questions concerning Health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College. Street, Toron-
to, will be answered persenaliy by
letter,
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