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THURS. JUNE ,2, 1932
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
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Health, Cooking
Care of Children
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PACE
INTEREST
Edited By Lebarii Hakaber Kralc.
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Column Prepared Especially 'for Women—
But Not Forbidden to Men
Tho :following seems to me to be
• such a good article, on such a time-
::iy 'subject that I'tn going to substi-
tute it for something. that I might
• :say thyself and feel sura it will be
•.,.appreciated:
"You Can't . Beat Civility"
(By John C. Kirkwood)
Do you know any irritable' person
or persons? And do you know that
irritability is a quality that can be
cultivated? Like •other qualities and
"'habits,' irritability develops through
indulgence; ,and, like other qualities
and' habits, irritability can be starv-
ed to death by resolute refusal to al-
- meta
l -..low it expression. T •ant led to speak
of this unattractive quality because
1 have^been having contact with a
young man who allows himself to lie
greatly •annoyed by triyial things.
Thus' he became quite enraged by the
mention of Eugenie hats! Possibly
-some of my .men readers may say'
'that the Eugenie hat was a. sufficient
cause for an explosion.
•
I am hoping that most of us be-
lieve that a calm nature is to be pre/
ferred to an excitable nature, and
that person is most likeable who has
a calm disposition—who has an equa,
ble temperament. Calmness, like
irritability, is a quality which can he
cultivated, and which should be cul-
tivated. The world lilies calm per-
sons better than exciteable persons.
Then, too, those of calm disposition
are more likely to live long than are
the persons who give way to irrita-
bility or to emotional disturbances of
ether sorts. Here I recall "an old
achool teacher—a Scotsman. Ire liv-
ed to a ripe old age, but he died of
senile decay. Speaking of this man,
a friend said to me, "Have you ever
noticed that men who do hot control
their temper icse their reason in old
eget?" I had to answer that I had
not noticed this development, and
my feeling is that my friend's obser-
vation was quite too sweeping. I
put the question to my aider readers:
What has your observation been in.
regard to old men who never re-
strained their temper?
Irr'iability is a Sign cf character+
weakness; it indicates a failure in
self-enntrbl, and it produces unhap-
piness and hot tempers in others. A
vast amount of domestic unhappiness
and strained relationships is directly
attributable to irritability. One won
ders if there is any other human fail-
ing as ecnrmon as irritability —that
uncrntrelled, unsuppressed tendency
to show and express annoyance when
things go the wrong way, when the
conduct or manners or speeches nr
failures of ethers disgust or anger us,
-`I am willing to concede that it is
difficult to keep the lid on -the pot
of our boiling temper, and to conceal
that our nerves haps been set
:jang-
ling; yet, despite the strength of the
provncaion,it is advantageous in ev-
ery way to conquer our inclination tri
let our irritation find expression in
act or speech, We are bound to be
wounded a thousand tines by the
• irriability of others, but in respect
of ourselves, our own peace of mind
and the welfare of others are promot-
ed by cultivating a ealm disposition.
In this connection, I recall the
saying of a very ordinary man. He
was commenting on the fact that the
management of many betels and res-
taurants in England was passing
from Englishmen to foreigners —
Swiss, Italian and French. He said:
'"An Englishman can't bow and
scrape like a foreigner." And then
lie said, in an inspired moment, "You
can't beat civility!" This saying
bas enabled me countless times to
cheek my inclination to say hot or
rude words to those whose speech
or actions or errors attend or b.-
ritate ire. It :is. a saying. which I
keep recalling, and it springs into
remembrance whene-,er the • tempta,
tion to be uncivil is acute, so prov-
ing that one can acquire,. by prac,
tice, a defence in time of heed.
Value of• 'Aspirat'ions
In a book dealing with the French
Revolution is this paragraph: "The
producing class, • upon wheel the life
of society was based, were increas-
ing their power eveey day, though
work, according to the code, remain-
ed as a ,stigma, A man's nobility
was in proportion to his uselessness.
Birth and leisure brought with them
privileges which were growing lftore
and more intolerable to those who
created the wealth and held it in their
hands." Think of it—a man's no-
bility—being in proportion tohis
uselessness, and work being a stigma!
It there any curse worse than that
which forbids or prevents a man
from doing useful work? The man—
or woman --most to be pitied is the
one without a task or job. Yet many
of us look with envy upon those
persons who "don't have to work."
Fortunately, most of us find it nec•
essary ,to work in order to keep our-
selves fed, housed and clothed; but
to work just to keep body and soul
together would be ignoble. If our
aims in life were not higher than
the preservation of life .we would not
be much better than birds and beasts
and fishes. Man is disinguished from
the lower creations by his aspira-
tions, and those men and women
whom we admire most are they who
are ever striving'far something high-
er and finer than they now possess;
and, contrariwise, the men and wo-
men who are most to be pitied—I
shall not say despised --are they
lacking all desire to improve their
lot.
ran, however, be easily and safely >
prod'uoed front •spawn and , '•huge
crops in 'comparison to the uncer-
tain supply available ander natural
conditions,' are secured, Moreover.
they will grow- practically.. all the
• year .round in some dark cellar, free
from frost,' orthey.can also be grown
outside in boxes or special bedsdur-
ing the summer and early fall. When
ordering spawnfrom your seed' mer-
chant, 'ask for the special -cultural
directions. This ,delicacy, never cheap,
is quite easily 'prodticed.` Beds are.
Made with fresh • stable . •manure,
which, after heating, • are covered
with the mushroom 'spawn broken in.
pieces about three- inches square
When the spawn starts to run
through the manure below, a layer of
soil,is added and on top of this' the
bed is covered with about eight , or
ten inches of straw -or litter whirb
should be sprinkled with water dur-
ing hot weather: It is important to
have manure and soil trampled down
firmly` and not allow the litter on
top to settle or mat. Soma people get
fair results from putting the spawn
among potatoes, •but' much larger
crops will be produced when more
care is taken, A bed will produce
mushrooms for about two months.
ate+
Keep On Dreaming
Here is what one great preacher
and teacher says about the value of
aspirations: "A life that is without
dreams is likely to be an aimless and
an ill -furnished life. To dream is to
let fancy and imagination rani un-`
checked anticipation have sway of
the mind or to give shape and a"lor
to the thoughts. Dreaming is the
mental picturing of what may be --
of what might be. Day -dreams are
the fancy -melodies which represent
and which allure the innermost per-
sonality of the dreamer. Anti so it
is that day -dreams are a potent fac-
tor in the best and truest human
lives. In the daily life of the humble
toiler, as in the imaginings of the
child and in the out-roachings of the
man of genius, it is the dreaming of
unattained possibilities which make
drudgery endurable, or which gives
hone as a harrier to despair. Many
whose lot is a life of privation and
of disappointment would despair if it
Were not for their continual dream,
ing a:f better things to come. Dream
after dream ensues: and still they
dream that they shall still succeed,
and ,still are disappointed." /
And yet they dream again. With -
cut the help of day -dreams, rarely
would a human life be joyous or be
potent for good.
—REBEKAH.
Safe Mushrooms
Mushrooms grow wild in many
parts of Canada but they are dan-
gerous if picked indiscriminately. One
is well advised to secure a good bul-
letin on the subject before trusting
anything gathered at random. They
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CANADIAN NATIONAL
allINWIEAMIIIIIIINISIMEEESEINESERIVERFEBEIMME
These Flowers ask
Little Care
To those who want flowers but
have not a great deal 'of time to spend
on them, the zinnia is recommended,
It comes in three types, dwarf, iced,
ium and giant size. It will thrive on
the most ordinary attention and will
do particularly well in the new gar-
den, and for filling in the perennial
bed before the regular flowers have
fully developed. Colors range all the
way from cream. mauve and pink to
deep yellow, dark brawn, bronze and
scarlet. It will bloom continuously
from early summer until the time of
killing frosts. For very early bloom,
either start seed indoors or buy the
plants. It will, hawevor, come along
quickly from seed planted outdoors
after danger of frost is about over.
Other flowers which are also included
in the group requiring a minimum of
experience or care are calliepsis mar-
igolds, annual Iarkspur, scabiesa and
cosmos, among the medium and tall-
er sorts ale alyssum, pertulaca and
nasturtiums of either dwarf or climb-
ing types.
ENGLISH AS A WORLD
LANGUAGE
In the year 1801 the number of
people who spoke English was only
twenty -.five trillion; by 1880 it was
grown to one hundred and eleven
millions, today it is used by over
twolhundred millions and is rapidly
Increasing. Mute than ten per cent
0 tNon1EN
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Economies
curs, English will .be used bytwice,
as many people as any other lan
;•page, and by .the year 2000 it will
be the means,�of communication ca on be-,
tween one-quarter 'of the inhabitant/
of the globe.
More. than "that, since English is
Rrein'gr taught in the schools of al-
most' every civilized country, it
seems eer"taan by that time more than
half the world's population will be
able to read English.. There ,salt be
hardly any doubt but that, in course,
of time, English is bound,,to .become
the lvarkl 1•anguage.1 The English•
speaking people oontrol all the Aus-
tralian Continent, • nearly all the
North A.merican, and much of the
African and Asian. Their prospects
far growth in numbers • and wealth
are smapproacited by. any'•othgr lair
gunge gzoup, for Canada, Australia,
and ,South Africa are clearly des-
tined: to become . populous. powers.
Taken collectively, the different
nations and ' commonwealths have
practical command -of nearly half the
world's surface and more than half
its resources now available. Their
sense of duty should equal their pride
of power, and if they rise to 'their
resp!ensibiliities their influence will
indeed be potent.
And what a language it is! Strong-
er than the Roman, more flexible
than the ,Greek, more eloquent than
the French, and sonorous as the
Spanish, it is the language for the
thinker, the philosopher, the states-
man, the merchant, the artisan. With
nearly five hundred thousand words,
it has the power of indefinite ex-
pansion, for it is as rapacious of
words, as the race is of territory.
The language of Milton and of
Shakespeare, it has enshrined the
mightiest and best literature the
world has ever seen. Yet it is at
the same time the simplest, most di-
rect and most practical of languages
—the language of business and com-
merce, of love and sentiment, of
homely joys and lofty aspiration —.-
the
the mnost pliable, expressive and
:flexible of all vehicles of expression
that have ever existed, and the most
suitable to become the universal
speech. The progress of this lan-
guage means the progress of corn,
tierce, industry, art, science, civilizes
tion and christianity around the
globe, thus becoming one of the
mightiest forces in ushering in that
'new era, so ardently wished for yet
so long delayed, "when strife shall
cease and perfect peace shall cover
all the earth."
GODERICH: George "Pack"
Steep, well known about town, was
painfully 'injured Friday afternoon
when lie was struck by the limb of
a tree which he was felling on a
farm in Gcderich township. The dead
limb fell out of the tree as it crash-
ed to the ground, striking Steep on
the back and the shoulders. He was
rushed to the office of Dr. Callow,
of the world's population use English where it was found that no bones
as their only language. had been broken. The man is resting
By 1060, if nothing unforseen oc- at his home.
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GRANT FLEMING,
LS'ervice
OF THE •
riirat ,uuoariati.axt
Tditad•L7
M.O. .- ASSOCIATE SECRETARY
UNDULANT FEVER
Undulant Fever is a comparatively
new disease. It is new only in the,
sense that it is now recognized for.
what it is. The inhabitants of the
island of Malta suffered for years
from a disease known as Malta
fever; this disease was thought to
be limited to that' island. It was
discovered some years ago that this
disease was spread by their regular
milk supply which came from goats,
Contagious abortion is unfortunate,
ly, far from being uncommon in the
herds of Canada, The disease germ
which causes contagious abortion is.
the same germ which, when it gains
entrance into the human body,
causes undulant fever, There are
several varieties orf this germ, close
relations as it 'were, one variety pre-
fers to live in the cow, another in
goats, and still another in hogs. So
it is that the germ responsible for a
particular disease on the Island of
Malta and which: is spread, by the
milk fromgoats is mucb the same
as the germ .causing contagious a-
bortion, in animals in our country
and responsbile, for undulant fever
in awn, 4
Undulant fever is contracted by
man either• through tike- use of raw
milk from infected animals er by
contact with infected anitnals..:By
infected. - we mean animals which
have the getup an their bodies.
Since 'the disease was recognized
THIS MODEST CORDER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You
' Gay, Sometimes Sad
and Ins
HIS,MAJESTY THE KING
Hark, o'er the wide dominions
That own King George's sway,
There rings a voice' that says "Re-
joice.
Be glad of heart ao-day!".
All .India's countless millions, .I
All kindred over sea,
To George, our King, their tribute
bring
In love and loyalty!
"His Majesty! His Majesty!" ,
Rings out the heart -felt strain;
His people sing, "Long live the
King,"
And pray •God 'bless his reign(
in this country, a number of eases
have been reported. The disease
vares in its severity. There is fev-
er, headache, loss of appetite, weak-
ness and either constipation or diarr-
hoea. It resembles typhoid fever.
There are certain laboratory tests
which :nay be trade; these tests are
of great assistance to the doctor in
making his diagnosis.
In this, as in the oonsideration of
other diseases, when we know the
cause and how the disease is spread,
we naturally ask how it may be pre,
vented. The answer to the question
can bo definite.
The germ is in the milk. Pasteur-
izaticn destroys the germ. Milli
Which is pasteurized is safe - only
milk which is pasteurized is safe
and if all milk used were pasteurized
it would prevent all the undulant
fever which is now spread by milk.
Those who work with animals of
handle meat should know that the
disease may be contracted by con-
tact - with infected animals..' The
wearing' of eaves, the prompt and
proper attention given to breaks in
the skin, the thorough washing of
hands are the measures of self -pro,
tection which such workers should
Use regularly in their own interests.
Questions concerning Health, atl-
dressed to the Canadian Metlieol As-
sociation, 184 College .Street, Toron-
to, will be answered personally by
letter. '
May - God in goodness crown it
With plenty and with peace;
Bid faction die and hate go by,
And war's wild voices cease!
And knit in time all nations
,In one great "brotherhood,
So to the end his reign shall tend
For Freedom, Right, and Good!
"His Majesty! Isis Majesty!"
Rings -out the heart -felt strain.
His people sing, "Long live the
King,
And' pray God bless his reign!
The love of all his people
'Surround him day by day,
And Justice, Right. and Truth unite
To render wise his sway
Loved son of honoured father,
Whose praises yet we sing,
All lands acclaim his ancient name,
And hail him George. our King!
"His Majesty! His Majesty!"
Rings out the heart -felt strain.
IIis peolpe sing, "Long live the
King,"
And pray God bless his reign!
—Clifton Bingham.
tt==!Cs.
TO -DAY
With every rising of the sun
Think of your life as just begun.
The Past has cancelled and .buried
deep
All yesterdays. There let them sleep.
Concern yourself with but To -day.
Grasp it, and teach it to obey
Your will and plan. Since time be-
gan
To -day has been the friend of man.
You and To -day! A soul sublime
And the great heritage of time.
With God himself to bind the twain,
Go forth, brave heart! Attain! At-
tain!
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Their Songs -Sometimes
But Always Helpful
pilling•,
THE FIRST S'T'EP
Last night site hurried out to say:
"The baby took a step to -day!"
A step alone! Those little feet
Walked out two waiting hands to
greet.
Walked boldly out. and left the chair
Wiltieh little hands had clung to there,
A very glorious -hint to make
Of many steps she aeon will take.
Dear Lord, now hear me (le I pray,
Our baby took a step to -day!
Grant that her little feet shall find
No cruel pathways tar unkind.
Be Thou her guide through life, that
she
May walk in safe security.
Let love and beauty light her way --
Our baby took a step to-dayl
Its joy and laughter, its most bitter
pain,
It's love and'. hatred, and its loss
and . gain;
Believing he wha serves his fellow-
man,
Through all bis :days in every way
ho can,
Shall profit in the end an hundred
fold
Though not in worldly wealth of
hoarded gold. ' •
Recall the lessons of an early day,
"Do unto ethers as you would that
they
Should do to'you';"—and let- that
creed
Thy guidance be in every thought
and deed.
—Molly Bevan.
ROCK GARDENS
Big stone steps, tiny little,' little
nooks,
Rock -loving plants, how beautiful it
looks.
Pigmy mountains, mirrored lily
pools,
Lilliputian valleys, which the rain-
drop cools.
Fragrant alyssum, carpet of pure
snow,
Bright, little moss rose, gayly as a
show,
Azure forgets ne-nuts, blossoms
smell so sweet.
Graceful columbine, nature is com-
plete.
—Bertha Olson.
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TII•E SPIRIT OF SERVICE
Be thou, in all things, honourable
and true,
Having some noble aim to strive
unto,
All self -forgetting in the daily task;
Giving to others w•hatsoe'er they
wilt •
Of help, or sympathy, upon the road
of life •
With all its trails, all its ceaseless
strife, •
RETURN
I do not think that I tan stay with
God,
Although His heaven is bright, and
angels sing; •
When frail, sweet grasses, creeping
from the(sod
Have told 'the waiting world that it
is spring!
I do not think that all the loveliness
Of that far land can hold me in its
thrall
When lilacs bloom, and waking or-
chards bless
The ways of earth, and fragrant
breezes call!
Ah, then my feet will carry the, a
spirit,
Along the little paths that we have
known;
My laughter will creep out, and you
will hear it,
And wonder at the wind's bright,
calling tote.
And you will join its mirth and nev+
er guess
That I ani in its sudden, brief caress!
—ll"iargaret G. Sangster.
THE ETERNAL LAW
I think the wind -flowers are in bloom
Down in a deep ravine,
And violets shyly hide their heads
Beneath their clustered green,
While in the over -hanging trees,
Bird -lovers woo and sing.
The place is filled and thrilled with
life,
Awakened by the spring. '
It does not seem so long ago
That in that same ravine
There were no flowers or singing
birds,
But just the golden sheen
Of sunlight, through an autumn haze,
And drifting autumn leaves—
The mystic sadness of the spell
That dy.ng summer weaves.
A summer that I knew and loved
Has passed, and, in its stead,
My 'heart is touched by autumn's
chill
And filled with winter's dread;
Yet, since I know that deep ravine
Is keeping tryst with spring,
I'm sure that God's eternal law
Works out in everything,
--Eugene Carne.
I'VE NEVER BERN TO ENGLAND
I've never been to England,
I've' never crossed the sea,
I've never been to England,
Yet it has come to me;
The geld of thought it brought me,
With words of silver bright
It has intrigued and caught me
A captive in delight,
I've never seen its cities,
It's meads with fragrant flowers,
I've never viewed its castles
With battlements' and towers;
But bards have drawn and sent me
In picture words these things,
In visions they have lent me
Troop yeomen, lords and Icings.
I've never been to Cambridge
Where Chaucer penned his lays,
I've never been in Avon
Where Shakespeare wrote his plays,
In faultless rhyme and metro '
Old England comes to me,
And I, I leap to greet her
In thought aenoss the sea.
—Charles L. Wagner, in Boston
Transcript.
ing hue of violets,
Beneath leaf -;jewelled •hawthorns
with etching paths between.
Insistent as young wonder coursing
through old tree branches,
Fall first the words of marvel from
sail and blade and leaf,.
From bird crescendo. of dawn to the
brooding motes of twilight,
"0' Earth, Earth, Earth," in an
emphasis •past 'belief.
But beyond, April knowledge, when
the crest of spring has spoken
In full perfection of petal and the.
way a bird soared.
Urgency flows to climax in , the
Year's vast plea of beauty—
"0 Earth, Earth, Earth, hear the
Word, the Word of the Lord!"
—+Amy. Campbell, in the New Out,
look..
"0 EARTH"
In the time of budebrealcing and the
slim uplift of grasses, ,
When -dark earth incense rises- as
a holy mist unseen,
Begins a gentle prelude in the flow-
tieee.
EARTH'S GREATEST CHARMS
God made the streams that gurgle
down the purple mountain side:
He made the gorgeous coloring with
which the' sunset's dyed.
Ile made the hills and eovered'them
with glory; and He made
The sparkle on the dewdrops and the
flecks of light and shade.
Then, knowing all with needed was
a climax for her charms,
He made a little woman with a baby
in her arms.
He made the arching rainbow that is
thrown across the sky;
He made the blessed flowers that
nod and smile as we go by.
He made the gladsome beauty as she
bows with queenly grace;
But, sweetest of then all, He made
the lovelight in the face
That bends above a baby, warding
off the world's alarms—
That blessed little woman, with the
baby in her arms.
A soft pink wrap, embellished with a
vino in silken thread:
A filmy snow-white cap upon a
downy little head;
A dress, 'twould make the winter
drift look dusty by its side;
Two cheeks, -with pure rose -petal
tint, two blue eyes wonder -wide;
And, bending o'er, that mother face
embued with heaven's own charms
God bless the little woman with her
baby in her arms!
—Anonymous.
BRITISH WOMEN TOUR CANADA
FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
British women, taking practical in-
terest in the Empire, are to visit
Canada tt, see and learn for them-
selves sonnething of life and business
in the Dominion.
Sailing :cn July 30th, a party of
university and professional women
and girl students will leave on a un-
ique educational tour arranged by the
Canadian National Railways in co-
operation with the Cotard Steamship
Company, which will enable then at
specially low cost to combine a trans-
lantie holiday with a study of the
educational, agricultural, industrial
and commercial aspects of Canada,
Advantage is being taken of the
recently announced reductions in
steamship fares, the all-inclusive fare
covering transportation by sea and
land, hotels, meals and sightseeing
trips for one month's tour..
The party, in addition to visiting
the leading cities in eastern Canada
and the Niagara Falls, will spend two
days in the Highlands and Lakelarids
of Ontario, and members will be giv-
en opportunity of seeing something
of Canada's social and home life.
The interest that has been arous-
ed in Canada by the Imperial Con-
ference taking place this year in Ot-
tawa, has led to the offer of a wider
range of long and short tours in the
Dominion, and the rates are lower
than have been possible for,several
years.
APPRECIATED ENGLAND
Here is what the late Senator IIoar
of Massachusetts, not many years
ago, said about "Old England": "I
have visited Europe six times. On
each occasion I devoted the largest
part of my time to Great Britain,
The desire to see England again
has increased with every visit. Cer-
tainly there is nothing like England,
and there never has been anything
lileo England in the world. Her won-
derful history, her wonderful liters
attire, the beauty ,of her architec-
ture, the historic and poetio associa-
tions which cluster about every street
and river, mountain and valley, het
vigorous life, the sweetness and
beauty of her women, the superb
manhood of hear men, her navy, her
;siliceous hospitaraty, her courage
and her lofty pride; make up a com-
bination never equalled in the
world."
Read the advertisements. They
are addressed to yon -personally.
Adertise..Bi1g Buyng;
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