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The Clinton News Record, 1932-11-24, Page 7THURS., NOV. 24, 1932 Health, Cooking Care of Children; 11 P.ACE THE CLINTON' NEWS -RECORD INTEREST Edited By Lebam Hakeber Krale ll ivation of Hebali A Column Prepared Especially for 'Women— But Not Forbidden to Men A READING MOTHER 1 them to form the habit of correct `:S had a mother who read; to me -Sagas of pirates who scouredthe sea, ' Cutlasses clutched in their yellow teeth,' °'Blackbirds" stowed in the holdbe- neath. I had a mother who read me lays 'Of ancient and gallant and golden days; '.Stories of Marmion and Ivanhoe, Which every boy has a right to knew,' I' had a mother who read me tales --Of Gelert, that hound of the hills of Wales, ''True to his trust to his tragic death, `Faithfulness bient with his final eters you will find them enriched breath. with many quotations from or refer -1 had a mother who read me things ences to the scriptures. Such quota- ' That wholesome life to•the boy heart tions and such references served to !brings— dignify a speech or a story, while "'Stories that stir with an upward touch some of the trashy slang and vulgar "Olt, that each mother of boys were profanity of the modern speech or such; story mark both as cheap and trashy and fleeting. You cannot imagine a You may have tangible wealth untold; story full of modern slang and pro - 'Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold fanity as living through the centur- Richer than I you can never be— les and bringing enjoyment and edi- I had a mother who read to me. fication to oncoming generations, now -Strickland Gillilan. can you? speech." A few days ago .Sir Robert Fal- coner, late president of the Univer- sity of Tarouto, inspeaking to a company of women on the bible, ad- vised theta to read it daily and to to read it aloud, for the beauty of its literature as well as for its spiry tival help. To read the bible expect, ing to be pleased and entertained and not simply as a religious duty. I do not know whether people now, adays read the bibleor study it as. much as those of a former generation but if you will read the standard authors or the speeches of world or Sometimes we hear mothers com- plain that they have so little to give 'their children, and always when such complaints are made the idea in mind is that they have so little of material 'things, fine clothes, automobiles, privileges of travel, etc. But these same mother; may be quite overlook- ing the riches they might be giving 'to their ehildren by taking an in- terest in their play and in their spir- itual and mental developeutent, by introducing them to the world of 'good literature, by reading to them, first the dainty fairy tales, which all children love, going on to the ' more grown-up stories and the 'stories of adventure, which are the delight of boys, especially, but which most girls enjoy too. A mother whose children were noted for their use of good English was asked bow it was that they had learned to speak so properly. She replied that ever since they could listen to a story she had read to theta "and," said site, "I have alwayb made it a rule to read at least one or two passages of really good liter- ature each day. It is often beyond their comprehension but they become -accustomed to the flow of beautiful "language and I am sure it has helped ""A A mother who reads to her child- ren is much more likely to keep in touch with them through their grow- ing years. than a mother who takes no such interest in the development of the minds of her children, and the chances of their going wrong later are that much less. for the girl or the boy who has mother for a chum is very likely to grow up to be a useful and worthwhile citizen. bandage. I-Iowever slight, use the, iodine. 'Scratches from wire, nails, thorns, and so on should be well bathed, then treated with iodine This will prevent many a swollen or pois- oned place. If a child "festers"eas- ily, in spite of precautions, a doctor; should be 'consulted, since this indi- cates health much .below par. NURSERY FIRST-AID All the children's cutis and otheu damages where the skin is broken says a recent writer, must be thor- oughly cleansed, and the grazes and minor scratches that are often over- looked are really the most impor- tant,. A. cut that bleeds freely cleans itself pretty well, but a graze that doesn't bleed well often keeps in dangerous grit and dirt. It should be thoroughly washed with warm water and clean lint, and if you sus- pect that there is still any dirt lurk- ing that you can't get at, tie over the place a thickish pad of lint soaked in hot water. Leave this on for two or three hours, renewing it if there is any sign of inflammation. If the graze seems clean after the Verse washing, paint it with iodine, and if necessary cover with a clean rag ealth S'ervice OF THE %attabtuu °c ebitat , 1.t utiatinfl and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. Edited by GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate Secretary HEART DISEASE When we speak of heart disease, we Fdo not refer to one Mee disease, as is the case when we mention tub- erculosis. The term "heart disease" •embraces a number of abnormal eon- .•ditions of the heart which may be temporaty or permenent, mild or severe. There are many different causes for and many different kinds of heart, disease. Heart disease may be div- ided into two groups, the one func- tional, the other organic. When the •heart does not do it work properly. even though there is no change in the walls or valves of the organ, the ec,n dition is known as functicnal ;heart disease. This functional disturbance gives rise to a wide variety of symptoms. We may, for example, be- . come conscious .of the beating of the "heart, we have palpitations. The cause may ,lie in the abnormal con- -dition of other organs, such as the stomach or the kidneys. All organs work in conjunction and are connected with each other by nerves, so the dis- turbance .of one organ affebtt the • others. Fatigue and emotional . upsets are also causes of abnormal heart con- • ditions. The heart may be pushed out of place by a distended stomach and iso be unable to work properly. 'The uncomfortable symptoms are blamed on the heart, when in reality, the •dis- • Mention of the stomach is responsible. • Organic heart disease includes all •2orms of heart 'disease which are ')broughtabout by changes. in the •structure of the heart itself. Some fir: TEACH THEM KINDLINESS Cruelty, in its many forms, is the one detestable vice against which all the powers of good are in rebellion, says Sir Oliver Lodge, and cruelty is one of the vices which the moth- ers of the ' land could do much to correct. 1" is not enough to cor- rect a child when it is consciously 00 unconsciously cruel. As 'soon as it is big enough to notice the birds and animals ' it should 'bo taught to think of them in a kindly way. A. child who is taught` to feed the birds and speak kindly to the stray cat and dog has made a start on'the path of kind- liness. The boy wee is taught to watch the buds and squirrels and laugh over their little tricks will be slow to throw the stone that will end it all; And just a little study of the people round about one proves that those who are kind to God's dumb creatures, are those who are first to speak and act when their fellow -men are in need of sympathy and kindness. Prettier Ramsay MacDonald has Sid that to have world pease the people must learn to think in terms of peace. That may be hard for some of those of the old- er generations, but the children are learning to think, as they are taught, about the people of other nations; and it lies with the mothers to guide their thinl•ing, to teach then kindline"s, first to the dumb animals round about them, then to those with whom they will associate as they grow a little older and school days claint then. So, gradually the way will be paved to the development of the kindly outlook that can em, fusee the whole world. Then, per- haps, world peace and the true broth- erhood of man will be an accomplish- ed reality, Men may make the laws. but mothers direct the thoughts ani attitudes of the child. REBEKAH. of these are congenital; one child may be born with a heart that is imperfer- ly formed, just as another child may have a harelip. Most organic heart disease is the result of infection, By infections wo from mean the condition which results q f the action of germs living inside the body. This includes the general dis- eases due to gems, such as pnenttton•1 la, typhoid fever, measles, diphtheria and scarlet fever. Two infections which have a particular tendency to cause injury to the heart are syphilis and rheumatic fever. Disease of other organs may throw such an added strain upon the heart as to cause changes in the heart.' 'So it is that not infrequently patients are found to be suffering from com- bination of diseases of the kidneys, the heart and the arteries. Failure to take reasonable care of the body, and excessive physical ex- ertion on the part of persons un- trained for sueh efforts lead to damaged hearts. Old age is acme - Denied by changes in the Structure of the heart. The prevention of heart disease begins with living a hygienic life, the prevention or, at least, the proper treatment of infectious conditions• particularly syphilis and t'heumatisen. the removal of infections, such es dis- eased teeth and tonsils and avoidance of undue physical effort. Questions concerning Health, ad dressed to the Canadian Medical As, sociation, 184 College Street, Torn, to, will be answered personally by letter. ' p N0I'MEN PAGE 7 Household Economics withex-Reeve klugh Hill, of Col, borne Township, and Mrs Hill, to attend the Royal Winter Fair, when• the car, driven by Mr. Hill, skidded on the icy pavement on the Dundas highway, 20 miles out o1 Toronto, and turned over. No others were, hurt. Word was received Monday that Mrs: Thompson bad suffered injuries to her back and lacerations to her head. Her daughter, 'Mrs, McManus, left, immediately 'for Te- rmite. • EXETER: Exeter lost • an aged resident in the person of Miss Edith Elliott, who died in ter 79th year. The deceased; who was a daughter of the late B. V. Elliott, of Exeter, had been in poor health for some time. She is survived by four bro- thers, Ernest and John, of Exeter; Herbert of Yorkton, Sask., and Fred, of Haileybury, and one sister, Miss Annie, of Exeter. At the funeral Monday afternoon the pallbearer: were Samuel Sweet, Saxton Fitton W. J. Carling, L. R. Carling, William Deering and William Winer. Rev. E. L. Vivien, L.Th., was officiating clergyman, and interment was made in the Exeter Cemettry. GODERIC'H : Overcome at, his desk in his classroom at Central Public ,School Monday after he had fallen on his head on the ice out- side, Frank Hawthorne, eight year's old, had to be removed to his home, GOOD NEWS FOR HOUSEKEEPERS Will This New Chemical Enter Canada Duty Free? Housewives in Chicago were in- formed the other day that their sweeping and dustieg days are doome ed to oblivion, and they applauded vigorously. This statement was made before the Woman's City Club by James Keeley, vice-president of the Pull- man Company, and it was backed up by R. J. Thompson, Wilmington, Del. in some practical demonstrations of a new chemical. Interiors treated by this new method become dustless automatically, Keeley said. The chemically saturated air pas- ses through a ventilator equipped with an oily, dust -catching device, and what dust there is in it is stop- ped right there. NEWS OF HAPPENINGS IN THE COUNTY AND (DISTRICT et SEAFO'RTII: Her little body ter- ribly burned as the result of a pe- culiar accident in a Hibbert town- ship home, five-yeal.-old Frances Barrie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Michael Barrie, succumbed in the Scott Memorial Hospital, . Seaforth about five o'clock Monday after - none. • In a valient attempt to save her little daughter, Mrs. Barrie re•• reived nasty burns to he hands, when trying to extinguish the flames which had enveloped the girl when first discovered in the kitchen of the farmhouse early Monday after. nnon. Mrs. Barrie said she Left Prances alone in the kitchen and had been in another section of the house .only a few minutes when she returned to find the child's clothing had caught fire and the flames had already enveloped her little body. 'M'rs. Barrie tried in vain to get the flames out and by the time she diel had revved severe burns to her hands. Mrs, Barrie is unable to ex - Plain bow the accident' .'tight have occurred, unless the child had some miner which might have caught on fire. There were no matches within reach of her, acecrding to the moth- er, GODERICH: Mrs. Alice Thotnp- son, of this town, is in. Toronto Gen- eral Hospital as a result of serious iniurie3 received in an automobile ac- cident near Toronto at the week- end. Mrs. Thompson had left here WROXI TER: At a meeting of directors of the Howick Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Howard Wylie, of Turnberry, was chosen from a large number of applicants to be see- t'etarv-treasurer of the company, whose headquarters are at Wroxet- er. W. S. McKercher, who held the position for 39 years, succeeding his father, the late William McKercher, was obliged to relinquish his duties owing to serious illness. Mr. Wylie who is at present engaged in farm- ing, is a son of Jantes Wylie, of Turnberry. THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS 1 Here They Will Sing You Their .Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins fairing. A SONG OF ' t15 SNOW By Molly Bevan Snow—such an airy thing, Lightsome, white, fairy thing; Clothing in beauty the naked brown . earth; , Falling each tiny star, Softy as petals are Blown from a bough in the Spring- , time's new birth. Blue -shadowed virgin -white, :Gem -strewn by evening light, Drifted and earven by hands of the wind; Making earth's winter shroud Light as a wisp of cloud Fashioned in patterns no artist can find. Cy BE READY! Though business right now may be just a bit slack, The days of good business are sure to came back! But whining and growling at things that are wrong, And spreading dark rumours, won't help things along. It's no time for quitters whose cour- age is slight, But action is needed and fighters who'll fight. And those who are twiddling their thumbs while they wait. For times to get yetter-•-,will lose sure as Fate! HEAR! HEAR!! The Attorney -General of British Columbia seems to be something of a Solomon. Two boys broke the liquor latus of the Province. The Magistrate inflicted fines of $300 each, or three months in jail. The parents were unable to raise any such sums.: A jail terns would have meant poverty to the widowed moth- er of one youth. The Attorney - General intervened and substituted old-fashioned spanking, under police supervision. How many hundreds •of lives would have been changed if such sensible punishment had been substituted for the jail or prison terms so often pas- sed on erring boys? Recently a another testified that her boy had started his penitentiary career at the age of thirteen. What chance had that boy ever again to become a decent citizen? The very air ho breathed was conducive to restnnp. tion of a war against society. Crimes against society must be punished in order to discourage would-be criminals. But a boy in an atmosphere of temptation is likely to be deterred from evil -doing if he knows he will undergo the Miran-Me tion of a spanking. The boy who has served a term in any kind of penal institution is all too likely to pose and to be regarded as a hero by his gang. But the victim of a strap- ping—he is anything but a hero. It might not be beyond human in- genuity to greatly reduce the size of prison population if there was more less 9 hidebound' common sense and 1 h d '. tradition in inflicting puntshmencs. To fine a youth dependent on a poor parent 5300 is not justice, but absur- dity—iospecially when the crime was patronizing a beer parlor conducted by the Government itself.—Globe. ALL IN THE TELLING An English guest, at The Chateau Laurier, after checking out, bad e few minutes to spare, and was chat- ting with the clerk. Guest—"Oh, I say, .do you know any good stories?" Clerk—"I can't think of any, but I'll give you a t•iddlo. My mother gave birth to a child; it'wa.9 neither my 'brother nor my sister. Who was it (Guest (after deep -reflection) — "1 jolly well give up. Who was it." Clerk—"It was me." Guest -"Haw, haw, that's a good one. I must remember that." And he did, . Hear him telling it. "Olt, I say, old man, I heard a dashed good conundrum the other. day. My mother gave birth to a child; it was neither my brother nor my sister. Who was the blighter?" ".I don't know. Who was it?" "Flaw, haw; you don't but I do. Haw, haw --it was the clerk in The Chateau Leerier Hotel' SKIES AFTER HARVEST Autumnal skies are loveliest at eve) Swept by orchestral colors, there will be A frieze of faintest gold that asks no leave But moves the heart to its tran- quility; Or dawning silver may be lifted there In pools se strangely quiet and ser- ene That peace herself seems ambient with the air Trailing an azure scarf across the scene, And once I saw as if beneath the rain A breasting autumn sky in dulcet gray Summon the hosts of heaven along a lane To where the wildest storm is lost in day, And felt again the after -harvest ease Of brooding fields and fruit -unbur- dened trees. I..efa 'Morse Eddy, in Christian Science Monitor. 'TWEEN DUSK AND SLEEP To the merchant, life is trade. Life is but one long vacation lie the'1110n who loves to work; Life's an everlasting effort To shun duty or to shirk; Even health is now determined By knowledge, food and what we de; Life is mostly what we make it-•• Friend, what is your life to you? How leisurely the night comes down; how still The dusk upon the face of nature. broods, It seems as if the brow of every hill Were bowed in meditation, and the woods. Veiled in the mantle of their dream- ing shades A. deepor wisdom than our silence lcnows; And in the green hushed hollows of the glades, Strange shapes begin to stir at daylight's close. Between the borderlands of dusk and sleep The high hilltops of clearest vision lie, Wrapt in a peace no sound of striv- ing jars. Silence and splendor fill the night's vast deep. A. foain of cloud is streaming down the sky; The moon is circled with a field of stars. —J. C. M. Duncan, in The Montreal Star. . oft AS YOU MAKE IT To the preacher, life's a sermon; To the joker it's a jest; To the miser, life is money; To the loafer, life is rest; To the lawyer, life's a trial; To the poet, life's a song; To the doctor, life's a patient Who needs treatment right along. To the soldier, life's a battle; To the teacher, life's a school; Life's a good thing to the grafter, We 'a failure to the fool; To the man upon the engine. Life's a long and heavy grade; It's a gamble to the gambler; C=31 TU11 OLD SAILOR and take me as I am; I was wanting so to open a new pot of currant jam." ' Why, then we take, our hats off, and we has a jolly tea, And I'd like real well to stay with Bob'' and 1VIrs. Lee. —.Fay Inchfawn. Gazing seawards he is found When lour days are bright and fair. Looking out across the sound At the great ships riding there; Ships from. foreign ports afar, Helsingfors to Zanzibar. Time was when he sailed the seas As a master mariner, Sheets a -singing in the breeze, And on deck a merry stir. Oh, the sights of Old Cathay! --1 The bazaar of Mandalay! But all this was long ago; (lis adventurings are o'er, Gone the ships he used to know, And their like shall be no more— Stately ships that served their day, And as quietly passed away. Gazing seawards now he stands When our noons. are warm and bright. Shading eyes with trembling hands, Eyes that glisten at the sight Of the ships that seek the sound, Fore he, too, is "homeward bound." --Ernest H. A. Home. GOING OUT TO TEA Up tit Mrs. Tridley's we bad yellow creamy buns, And two big cakes, and thousands of little ones. But Mrs. Tridiey's eyeglass looked dreadful hard at me; And then she said to Mother: "Does sir—. WINTER COMES TO THE SOUTHWEST Shorter grows the days, While the peach trees flame, And persimmons burn behind their thinning leaps, Grapevines smolder darkly, copper and maroon, The air is fruity, with a tnellow haze; Pomegranates open scarlet hearts In a kind of golden light, Flowing slowly, thickly, near the ground, The hills and valleys float Within an amber glaze And a sweet and pungent odor i$ around; And then a restless tension takes the air, The dry soil quickens, and late in the night The first rain falls, And in the morning there is wind— Leaves seek the earth, and every- where Tire trees stand bare, Etched clear against a sky of sting., ing blue; Yet up and down each hillside, through The sidewalk, on the garden path, Everywhere the gallant breeze can pass, New grass Is bursting in deep emerald veins Young violets break in purple with the dawn, And freesis lift pale faces to the sun; Huge fields are white with eotton, green With barley, alfalfa scents the air foe miles And miles, and there are eager heads Of crispy lettuce growing in betweey The budded walnut trees— And each and every one of these Seems to declare: Winter comes—in this, the far South west, And beauty hams and loveliness is blest, your Little girl take tea?" And growth is everywhere! She had a silver teapot, and her —Peter A. Lea,—.In "The Christian candles all were lit— Science Monitor." But I don't line Mrs. Tridley—not a bit. Over at the Brownlows' — they'd smashed their plates, perhaps— For we sat up very proper and had tea upon our laps; And Susan handed round the things —oh, my, she was dressed up! And Mrs. Brownlow's lips went titin when she upset a cup. I hid my fishy sandwich in a crack just by the door. I don't want to go to "Brownlows" any more. But down at Mrs. Lee's we dances in so bright and gay, And Mother talks directly in her or- dinary way, And Mrs. Lee, she always keeps her kettle on the hob, And on her rug there always sits a clever cat named Bob. When Mrs., Lee says: "Do 'ee stay, DO IT AGAIN It was on a dark night. A train-, man on top of a car was giving sig- nals to the engin'eman, when he dropped and broke his lantern. 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