The Clinton News Record, 1932-10-27, Page 7THURS., OCT. 27, 1932
Health, Cooking
Care of .Children'
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
PAGE OF INTEREST TS
Edited By Lebam Hakeber Krale
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A Column Prepared Especially for Women—
But Not Forbidden to Men
Hallowe'en, or All Hallow's Eve:
is the name given to Oebober 31 as
the vigil of Hallow -mess or All
Saints' Day. Although. now known
lie little else but the eve of the
Christian festival, Hallowe'en and
'its formerly 'attendant 'ceremonies
long antedate the Christian era. The
two characteristics of the ancient
Halloween were the lighting of the
`Bonfires and the belief that of ail
• nights in the year this is the one
'during which ghosts and witches: arty
likely
.to wander about and frighten
people. That is -the origin of the
-witches' costumes which will abound
in the ;streets on Monday night
next, as children in black flowing
noises and with masks on their faces
Team about astraddle broom -handles.
In ancient times on or about the
'first of November the Druids held
"their great autunn'festival and light-
ed fires in honor of the 'sun god in
thanksgiving for the harvest that
had just been reaped. and which
-would keep them supplied.. with food
for the long winter months.
Further, it was a Druidic belief
that on the eve of this festival Sa-
ntan, Lord of Death, called together
'the wicked souls that within the past
12 months had been condemned to
inhabit the bodies of animals. Thus
it is clear that the main celebrations
of Halloween were purely Druidical,
• and this is further proved by the
fact that in parts of Ireland October
' 31 was, and still is, known as Oidhche
Shamhna, or the "Vigil of Santana'
' On the Druidic ceremonies were
grafted some of the characteristics
of the Roman festival in ]honor of
Pomor'a, held about the first of No-
vember, in which nuts and apples,
'representing the winter store of
fruits, played an important part.
This was the origin of the modern
roasting of nuts and the sport known
•ns "apple clucking"—attempting to
seize with the teeth an apple float-
ing in a tub of water, an exceeding-
ly difficult feat. This pastime wag
'known to the young folk sof mediaev-
al England. The custom of lighting
Halloween fires survived until re-
cent years in the highlands of Scot-
land and Wales. In the dying embers
of the fires it was usual to place as
many small stones as there were
persons around, and the next morn-
ing a search was made. I:f any of
the atone; were displaced, it was re-
garded as certain that the person
^represented would die within 12
• months.
Today Halloween is strictly a chit-
"dren's celebration. It is just a night
of fun, sometimes harmless, some -
' A.D,, being a remnant of pagan be-
lief.
Similar festivals, of Osiris were
observed, and in all -countries
the stain points are the same var-
ied in detail. Some drink cold mi117
to cool the parched throat of a friend
in purgatory. Another puts out e.
lump of butter for the ghost to put
tout his burns. For some souls it is
-- r
the iasst few years there has been a
tendency away from a destruteive
celebration of the event. In former
tinges the majority of farmers need-
ed, to arm themselves with shotguns
and other weapons to guard their
property against the depredation of
hoodlums who turned over outhouses,
hung gates on telephone poles,
smashed windows, tossed heavy rock's
,on verandas, stole anything movable
in sight and generally disturbed the
peace.
But nowadays there is little de-
•
struetion of property and not so
much- annoyance of individuals. It is
just a night for having a bit of fun
which the young folk seize with
alaeity.
Some Ancient Rites and Customs
The Eels -it -nos provide food, drink and
clothes for the returning ghosts in
the village clubhouse. Every one
who wishes to honor a dead friend
sets up a lamp, which is kept burn-
ing night and day till the festival
is over, to light the spirit on its
journey. At a given moment the
souls are supposed to enter the bod-
ies of their namesakes to whom the
offerings are made. They believe
the spiritual essence enters the souls
after which people present eat the
remainder.
A tribe in Mexico meets the ghosts
with torches and escorts them to
the feast. Kneeling around the table,
110 mac dares lift his eyes, for fear
the spirits would take offense at be-
ing seen eating.
The Dyak souls arrive in a boat,
following their living custom of tray
cling by water,
Russians not only provide a feast,
but also a fire "to dry their clothes,
which must be damp from earth."
In T•onquin, beds and mats are
added for them to rest on. No one
dares to close a door at that time,
for fear of excluding some poor spir-
it, and for three days after no
houses are wept, for it might upset
a ghost who had lingered.
In Southern Bavaria, graves are
cleaned and trimmed, cakes are car-
ried and placed on them for the hun-
gry souls.
In Bohemia, church •bells are sup-
posed to summon and also dismiss
the dead after receiving vicarious
benefit by seeing their friends east
the food:
Iu England the custom of baking
"soul cakes" has hardly died out, be-
ing given to children in the same
fashion that children here get apples:
nuts, etc., from door to door.
The feast was reluctantly admitted
times not quite so harmless, but in to Christian practise as early as 335
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HEALTHY OLD AGE
Our true age cannot be determined
by Counting the number of birthdays
we have celebrated. The condition of
the body reveals its real age. Some
are old at forty, others are young at
•: sixty. It all depends en how the body
machinery has stood up under use
'and resisted the abuses to which so
many of us subject it,
Certain factors contribute to 'at-
'tailring to a ripe old age. Heredity
plays a part. In general those who
live to advanced years have a line of
ancestors whh lived far beyond the
average age.
As a rule, those who pass the four
• score mark are thin people: Thinness
which is the result, not of starvation
but of moderation in food and drink,
is the most important factor in ail -
ding to the number of years and in
securing a healthy old age.
The tendency is to eat more food
'than is required. Young people are
more active, and: they use up the food
'they eat. Older people become less
active, and as they cannel use 'what
they eat, they put on extra weight,
•and so handicap themselves.
We begin life on the simplest .of
diets. Osler advised that, after the
age of sixty, we should .simplify the.
diet by degrees until the come, in the
"rater years of .life back to the simple
'die41 of a child.
The older person is well.ailvisec7
to avoid creeplicated and highly
seasoned dishes, to eat only simple
.foods. Milk is a valuable food
throughout life and should be used
regularly and freely by older per-
sons, Without becoming "fussy" the
elder person should recognize ally
fnods which cause discomfort and
avoid then. The actual amount of
food required varies with the indi-
vidual.
Nn nue should eat when tired. A
hr't rest before meals is a good
habit. as it brine's one to the table
free from. fatigue. However, some
fr"rl Rech as a 1'-t drink at bedtime
helps many older people to Sleep, A
glees rt mill: by the bedside, which
can be sinned if they waken in the
ea'ly morning, will often send theta
oft to sleep again,
The average number of years we
Iive. has been considerably increased,
due to the application of 'our lcnow-
ledge concerning the prevention of
disease and to better methods for
ia•"atine the sick. The health which
elder people enioy depenrle almost
'entirely upon their own habits rof
)rims. As for es we know thn most
important habit for health in old a'rc
is moderation in eating after the
age of forty.
Questions concerning Health, ati•
dressed to the Canadian M'edicnl As
sociatiin. 184 College Street, Torun
to. will be answered personally b}
letter, . •
a festival of their release and fare-
well party before going. to Heaven.
ISo our' witches, and cakes and can-
dles still have their day, though very
few, perhaps, remember the origin.
•I hope all my readers will have a
jolly time Monday night in the cele-
bration of vane of these quaint, an-
cient rites, even though all meaning
has now gone out of them. But be
careful not to frighten or annoy
anyone, especially.• the old or..infiten,.
or Tittle children.
Would rayon-. like a recipe for
sauerkraut? Here's one which hes
been tried and said t'r he a good one:
Barrels having held vinegar art
generally usedin which to prepare
sauerkraut. Slice white, firm cab-
bage into fine shreds. At the bottonl
of the barrel place a layer of coarse
salt (just a sprinkled layer) and
add alternately layers of cabbage and
salt, having salt as last layer. As
each layer is added it must be pound)
ed with a, heavy pestle until the juice
flows through.
When the barrel is full it must
be put in a dry cellar and covered
with a cloth, tinder a plank, on
which heavy weights are laid. At
the end of a few days it will begin
to ferment. During this period the
pickle must bo drawn off and replac-
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Economics
ed with fresh each clay until it be-
comes clear. Finally, remove the
cover, renew the eloth, replace with
weights and let stand a month. Tt
will the be ready to use. Care must
be taken to let as little air as pos-
sible into the kraut. Close carefully)
each time the barrel has to be open-
ed
This recipe although somewhat of
a 'bother, is superior to most.
Chocolate Fudge
With Hallowe'en in the offing,
homemade candy will be in order.
Here's a nice recipe for fudge. iTse
half or two thirds quantity if desired:
sired:
Three cups granulated sugar, one
and a quarter: cups milk, three
squares bitter chocolate, two table-
spoons white corn syrup, one table-
spoon butter, few drops vanilla. Put
sugar, corn syrup and milk into a
smooth .. round bottomed saucepan.
Put oyes. a low fire and dbring to the.
boiling point without stirring. ' In-
crease heat slightly and add chocol-
ate cut in small pieces, Stir cau-
1 stantly until chocolate is melted,
keeping the syrup bubbling. Cook
and stir until a few drops tried in
cold water form a soft ball. A can-
dy thermemetre should register 238
jj degrees F. Add butter a few min-
utes before removing from fire.
Cool syrup quickly in pan in which it
was cooked. When thoroughly cooled
add vanilla and stir with a wooden
' spoon until thick and dull looking.
Turn into a buttered pan and cut in
Isquares. The secret of creamy, melt-
, ing fudge lies in letting the syrup
cool undisturbed before beating.
R1,BEKAII.
What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Nineties
DO YOU REMEMBER WILAT HAP PENED DURING THE LAST DE-
CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY?
NEW ERA, August 19th, 1802.
Advertisers on that elate included:
Est. J. Hodgens, Jackson Brothers,
Beesley and Co., Plumsteel and Gib-
bings, Robins Bros., Harland Bros.,
George Swallow, the Iiub Grocery, N.
Robson, R. Adams, C. F. Oakes, W.
Taylor and Sons, John B. Rumball,
Coats' City Restaurant, Foster, Pho-
tographer, A. T. Cooper, C.P.R. ag-
ent. Gilroy and Wiseman, W. L.
Oubliette, Lendesbcro, W. Cooper
and Co,
Universal sympathy will be ex-
tended the Rev, J. E. Howell, chair-
man of the Goderich, Methodist
District, in the terrible affliction he
suffered this week by the drowning
of two of his sons.
There may be some truth in the
statement that Queen Victoria has
no Love for Mr. Gladstone, or it may
simply be a yarn. At any rate she
has had to call upon him to help her
in governing the country, and he can
give her pointers in this direction
that might surprise her,
Mrs. Weatherley, Detroit and CIrs.
Wall of Washington will sing at the
Catholic church on Sunday.,
Rev. W. Craig was away at Pet -
voila on Sunday and his pulpit was ac-
ceptably filled by Rev. Mr. Diehl,
The farmers of Id'uron County buy
the latest improved machinery, they
introduce nil the appliances that
will keep then in the foreground;
they buy new buggies for comfort,
but they retain the antsdehivian me-
thods of keeping' the roads in renn!r
known as "stature labor." when
are they spine to make a change in
this respect also?
What shout aur park p'rounde;• is
the council going to have them level -
ted and seeded this fall? Are they
&cine to lay a track ;suitable for
bi�••nt� speeding?
T -lulled; One dee- last week Me
Leser Tendab cut thirteen acres of
roes in ten hems. This is consider -
ad eeette gond work.
.5 afovth: A very rleasent aoc'iat
event t.os plane on Vlttdeesihiv et
the Ter>ilnnre of aR,. RCM. Gevenlocic
Sea•fcrth. Thio was the mar -
«5', of Rev. T. Weetev Cnsens nr
ROilvn,'d, to 1.liaa Mery E...aecnnd
denn'hter of Mi'. Gov"nlock. The im-
nm'teet ceremony WAS pe,'fm'ined by
the Rev. A. D. Mpeenneld, rl.[l., as
-
'stated by Rev. Mr. Livingston of
stowel .
Rinnen: Mies 'Grotto. Melba was
married on Wedeeedav mo''ning to
11 nv. 'tri)'. (7,oeid. FLA, of +116 1e"ntos.n
ritissioe. They leave for Formosa ar
Sept. 5th.
emcee? THE NEWS-REC(1•17.1l:
Th. t,pinire says: A warrant ha:t.
bear issued .in (,nd?rich for the sr-
regi, n4W, F• McLean. 'M P., of the
Toronto World charging hint with
criminal libel on M. C. Cameron, ex-
M.P.
If some of the blatherskite Cana-
dian annexation traitors were hanged
by the thumbs for half an hour, as
the American militia man was the
other day, and drummed out of the
country the others would quickly hie
them across the line ere they ventured
to indulge in their traitorous talk.
TOMA'T'O ONLY ORNAMENT
ONCE
Back In 1781 People Were Scared
To Eat Them
(Department el' Agriculture Bulletin)
Tomatoes are se widely used today
and enjoy finch universal popularity
that fete people realize that their use
for food is of comparatively recent
origin, observes the market special-
ist of the department of agriculture,
Ottawa. Although tomatoes are
n+ rationed in North America records
as early as 1781 it was not until well
on in the 10th century that this, one
of the most nurtitiious of all fruits.
cane into popular favor on this con-
tinent.
Like the tobacco plant, the tomato
is a native of the Western Hemis-
phere. Peru is thought to have been
its original habitat and the natives
of Mexico are known to have grown
tomatoes since very early times, They
milled them Xitomates or Zitotmatesl
from which the present words, to-
mato, has probably been derived.
It was riot until nearly 100 years
after the discovery 'rf America that
Europeans became acquainted with
the teinata and even after' they hail
known the plant for many years it
was used mainly for ornamental pur-
poses, the food value of the fruit be-
ing little suspected. Eventually to-
matoes were cultivated by the Ital-
lane for food purposes and a number
nO plantation were developed on
the shore; of the Mediterranean. But
even then many people were loath to
eat the fruit because of the plant's
relationship to the deadly nights
she de.
Today the tomato has been shown
by science to he a rood source of
mirer•ala and those mysterious health
giving food factors, vitamins.
LIKE OLD MAN RIVER. THE
IIEN KEEPS ROLLIN' ALONG
The Canadian hen recognizes no bad
times. She goes on laying and her
average 'outputof eggs for this year
will be 112 per hen. Multiplying
this by the nurniber of hens in the
reentry. the rather startling total of
286,882.447 dozen. eggs is reached. If
these were laid end to endand then
smashed they would make a lot of
omelets.
THIS MODES' CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful
and Ins piecing.
•
.THE DOG
A little bit of faithfulness, a little
bit lof trust;
A little bit of loyalty, with love to
share a trust;
A gleam of courage in their' eyes to
meet life unafraid:
These were the things the `Lord God'
used, when dog's like mine were
made.
LIFE
Life surely is a see -saw thing;
We never know just what 'twill bring
Sometimes it lifts us high in air,
Where skies are blue, and all is fair.
Sometimes it bumps us down to earth
Mid gloomy days of little worth;
But never mind how dart: the clouds,
Nor blue the thoughts that come in
crowds;
We know somewhere the sun ie shin-
ing,
And eve'r'y cloud hath silver lining.
So lift your head, throw out your
chest,
Put on a smile and do your best,
Stand firm in will—there's nought
can shake it—
For, after all, Life's what we stake
t.
OCTOBER IN CANADA
A burning bush, aflame, but not
consumed,
Drew Moses to its side; Oh, mystic
fire;
"Take off thy shoes," This place is
holy ground
Spoke God that day, unto that noble
sire.
The wood is now aglow with mystic
fire.
"Take off thy shoes, for this is holy
ground."
Ignoble would we be, could we not
hear
That same celestial voice in all a-
round.
The maples, chilled by season's frost
stand forth
A bouquet, dashed with crimson over
gold.
The oak and others, tr for second
y
place;
And all express their Maker's hand
unfold.
The vine beddecks anew with sheets
of red.
The burning -bush lights up the gar-
den plot;
All nature seems rejoicing; lo; the
sheen;
Should man not bots in reverence at
the thought?
Shall we whose lives are cleansed by
fire divine,
Not learn a lesson from this; nat-
ur'e's grace,
And seek anew, by power of grace
divine,
Reflect the beauty of His matchless
face?
—J. B. Lobb, Clinton.
o=1t
CHANGE OF MOVEMENT
Orange and yellow marigolds
In a Rockwood bowl,
Sustained singing notes—
A grey stone wall
That hunts the soft green tones
Of rock plants dripping sprays,
The blue jay's chard
With emphosis repeated—
So ends the Summer's sweet An-
dante.
Tonight
A silver ren of frost across the grass
And grave notes,
Tho first gay leaves of red and gold,
That sweep at length
With brisk chromatics
In Autumn's bright Allegro
—Helen Danforth Pruden, in The
Gypsy.
SUMACIRS
I never dreamed the country had
So many sumach trees,
Although they had their torches lit
By all the lanes and leas;
But whet) October's chilly hand
Bedirnnred their torches' flare.
And dressed them in their crimson
robes,
I saw them everywhere.
They massed upon the sides of hills,
They fringed the valley's rim,
They stole up by the farmer's lawn
And made a hedge for him.
Down by Prince Edward's "Banks of
Sand"
And by "Waseca's Dunes,"
Along the great St. Lawrencs shote
And where the small creek croons,,.
By Barrie and by Bowmanville,
And all the roads between,
And on the hills of Caledon
There was a glorious scene.
Their canvas is Ontario's map,
And maybe further still;
Oh, what a mighty sweep of brush!
And oh, what Artist's skill!
I never dreamed the country had
So many sumach trees,
Although they had their torches lit
By all the Ianes and leas;
Rut when O'ctober's chilly hand
Beditnnied their torches' flare,
And dressed them in their crimson
Tabes,
I saw them everywhere.
—Merrill H. Cools.
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TO ONE MISTAKING LITTLE
CHRIST
0 no. This is not little Christ, whom
you
Are bringing, smug and studied, by
the hand,
This pygmy prodigy, prim lips up -
pursed
With epigram they will not under-
stand!
For little Christ is shy and may not
be
Paraded. He will come in candle-
flame
For Michael: song for Rosamond, for
John
The mystic: simple splendor of His
' name.
0 cleanly temple of a baby's heartl
0 faith full-blown from innocence!
Delight
Willblossom to His footsteps here.
and wings
Of soft -fledged wonder startle at Ili:
flight.
And little Christ is happy, and will
brook
No sober terror in their thought of
He raced the foxes 'cross the hills of
heaven
Thi er lawn n shook theowing-
Por
wi --
sv yc ,ad�h s ng
ing limb
For scarlet fruit; threw back His
dead and laughed
Because the brown evil glowered, and
the hare
Dropped to her haunches, doubting
Him, the. young
And shining Hunter, weaponleas and
fair.
And little Christ is innocent, and
wears
No armor. Your stupendous 'sophis-
tries
Would hang.grotesbuely on the Child
who loves
The iris ,breaking dew against His
knees,
'ilV`•ho rests the laces upon i finger-
tips
And wears the moaning for His pears
ly clown.
Ile is the Master Warrior, Whose
shaft
Is g'gilelessnese. To Him dark hosts
go down.
He is the Star of Bethlehem in.Whose
Frail glory mighty planets faint and
die,
The young, sweet wayside spring for
jaded mouths
Fr'om bitter chalices, to charm them
by.
And little Christ is tender, with a
great
Grave tenderness. He broods on
beauty dead.
And when, in swift sad sequence,
thirty years
Have spent their folly on His blame
less head,
He dies for beauty. ThinkITe dies
for truth
And love and beauty
I conjure you, keep
Washed with humility the hands that
go
To waken little Christ from that long
sleep.—Annie Sutherland.
(This poem won first prize in the
competition sponsored by The Cana-
dian Authors' Association, Toronto
Branch, recently).
A smile cannot be bought, begged,
borrowed or stolen, for it is some-
thing that is of no value to anyone
until it is given away. Some people
are too tired to give you a smile.
Give them. one of yours, as none
needs a smile so much as he who has
no more to give.
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