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The Clinton News Record, 1933-06-08, Page 7• ..do. It is healthful to have a hobby. For the indoor worker, it is prefer. able that his nobby take him out of .doors. The man or woman who sits sap, day 'should hare a hobby that calls for muscular activity. In these .desirable ways, fresh air, sunshine THURS., JUNE 8, 1933 Health, Cooking Care of Children 1 PAGE TIME CLINTON ,NEWS -RECORD OF INTEREST Edited By Lebam Hakeber Kralc Yaw illati011 flali A Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men Could we oursels' behold As i.thers do, perchance, We wud 'na gi' oursels. A second glance. "Use the same courtesy on the road that you do at home,' someone aemarked recently in advising mot- orists, and a cynic adds: "More than that is needed." Perhaps he 'was right, too. Cour- tesy does not always prevail in the 'homes and amongst those of the sante family circle. Bride Broder, that gently -wise, many-sided editor of the women's department of The Mail add Empire recently said: "Of Iate years even in some 'of our expensive private schools the teaching of good manners bas been neglected—the excuse given is that good manners should be taught at home. With this we heartilyagree, but when good manners are not taught at hone then the deficiency must be supplied by the school. For good manners are an absolute essential in every walk of life. The well-mannered person will never be guilty of certain things, certain breeches of the law of kindness, for instance.' The child who is taught to be oblivious of all defects will neveir stare at a cripple, will never, apparently, be conscious of any little awk- wardness. will never look on, cur- iously at any form of misery, or even of discomfiture, They used to be careful about these things with children in the Iong ago. We were taught that we must never look over the shoulder of anyone writing a letter. If we were given a note to post we must not examine the address. These may seem counsels of per- fection, but they mean that in later life the child so taught will have a delicacy of feeling that is no whit less necessary than 1 honest religion and decent •mor- ais." And who can gainsay it? Anoth- er woman writer, Dorothy Dix, had the following to say in answer to a correspondent who was rather afraid to marry because so many marriages turned out badly. I do not always agree with Dorothy, but this looks so reasonable that it would seem bard to disagree with it: "Love would never die if hus- bands and wives took hall' the pains and trouble to keep it Alive that they bestow upon the rub- ber plant in the dining room. Tho dove of peace would take up its perpetual abode in every hone if only it was coaxed into staying and made a household pet instead 'of being shooed out of the window. The arts and wiles by which a woman catches a plan will hold him to his gold- en wedding day. The jollying that a woman fell for before mar- riage still gets in its great and perfect work until she is 90. A little self-control, a little di- plomacy, a little good sports- manship, a .little fair play will make any marriage a success and take 'marriage out of the gamb- ling class and put it in the list of gilt-edged investments. So don't be afraid to try it." Truly a little less love of self and a little more consideration for oth- ers; a little less desire to be always in the right and put everyone else in the wrong; a little more practice of the Golden Rule in every walk and every circumstance 'of life would make this old world a very much better place in which to live. And, as we have pointed out 'en more than one occasion, good man- ners are a very great business asset. A young man or young woman who is pleasant -mannered Is much more likely to succeed than an ill -man - I can't Seivice OF THE 6attabiatt fliatirat Artgarittion and Life Insurance Companies in Canada. ' Edited by GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate Secretary WHY HOBBIES? Most of us wish to do one or more ' things outside ,of the work which is our daily task. These are the things of which we should snake a hobby, • because of the pleasure we derive in • doing what we want to do, releasing us from the routine to which we are more or less committed for various reasons. A hobby gives pleasure and satis- faction without any consideration of financial gain. It should be widely different from our regular occupa- tion, and it should not be costly. A- bove all. it should entail no compel= 'cion, as it should be a perfectly free expression of a personal desire. • People vary much in their personal desires and .in their ,capacity for do- ing 'things se 'there is the greatest possible range 'of activities included in the hdbblee which are selected. One Aman collects stamps, another .goes iri for photography, while still -another finds his hobby at the car- penter's bench or in raising flowers. Whatever the hobby is, it is play; it means doing what we really want to and exercise are secured in an enjoy- able manner, and, as a result, health is improved. The bobby provides a release from the worries of the daily grind, and furnishes a real and active interest. Hobbies help us to overcome the dif- fuculties of life, and make life more worth while. Hobbies are education- al because of the 'opportunity they present for constructive efforts, They provide a means of gaining personal satisfaction through accom- plishment, and, in every way, pros mote mental health. You cannot: snake yourself culti- vate a hobby, but you should give yourself a chance to ride a hobby. Your hobby will be your own, and if it provides an interest, if it gives you pleasure and satisfaction, and if It allows you to escape from business and other worries, then it is a good hobby' for you. All we have said amounts to this— we should have some play through- out life, and one desirable form :of play' is to be found in hobibes. Phy- iieal and mental health benefit, life is made mare pleasant, and all in all, hobbies axe recommended for every- one. Questions conoerhing Health, ad. dressed to the Canadian' Medical As. sociation, 184 College Street„ Toren. nered one, in the business worlr, as well as in the social world. O2a]ie Some Seasonable Recipes and Household hints A delicious luncheon dish is made of grilled tomatoes on toast slices, covered with a thick cream sauce flavored richly with cheese. Fresh asparagus makes a delicious salad when served with lightened mayonnaise. Add two tablespoons of whipped cream to the mayonnaise, which should be tart. With waistlines clearly defined it is a good idea when mating a one- piece dress with fitted hipline to use washable belting on the inside, stitching the frock to it where the waist joins the skint. The whole thing sets better and -holds its shape much longer. Sick folks need beauty in their food. Paper doilies, colored trays, inexpensive but new china and a sin- gle flower vase are all helpful. Gela- tine salads, desserts decorated with a little fresh fruit and soups gar- nished with parsley all help. A thin half slice of grape fruit, topped with a thin half slice of or- ange, which in turn is topped by one of lime, makes a pretty garnish served at both ends and sides of the fowl dish. 'Canned apricots filled with shredded grape fruit are pretty too. Enough of the latter should be used to serve one apiece. When serving eggs for a meal, in- stead of having to scour each piece of silver separately try putting some soap and water In an aluminum pot of hot water and standing all silver in it while you wash the dish- es. All stains will remove easily af- terwards. Artificial flowers, delicate party handkerchiefs and other accessories can be cleaned perfectly by putting into a fruit jar, covering with non- inflammable cleaning fluid, putting the top on and shaking well this way and that. Rinse the same way in clean fluid. Practically all fresh vegetables can be reheated perfectly if care- fully cooked in the first place. Cook the minimum length of time to soft- en, then drain and let stand to dry. To reheat, put a little water in a pan, when boiling put vegetables in and let steam until heated through. Season and one would think they were just newly cooked. One can prepare a Sunday dinner this way and save work on Sunday. Cooking authorities agree that for salad making new potatoes are far the best. In addition to their sweet delicate flavour which make them so appetizing, new potatoes are firm and not too mealy, and for this rea- son they can be cut into cubes with- out danger of breaking down when combined with other ingredients of the salad. Potato salads are easy to prepare, nutritious, economical and a rich source of energy. It is good at any time, —.RE'BEKAE. INTLMACY One of the charms of an intimacy between two persons of different sexes is that the man loves the wo- man for qualities he does not envy, and the woman appreciates the man kr qualities she dces not pretend to possess. Ii;EEPING THE FAIR LIGHT (By Josephine 'Huddleston) Keeping blond hair light is a con- stant fight against nature. Usually blond hair, having survived the per- iod of childhood, doesn't begin to darken until the early twenties. If the turning is checked at this bine, it won't be necessary to ever resort to really bleaching out the hair, ex- cept in unusual cases. However, once the hair turns darker, the lem- on shampoo will not avail much ex. cept after long and continued use. To make this shampoo add one bar of finely shaved lemon soap and a pinch' of borax to a pint of cold wet. er. Set this over a slow fire and all low it to simmer until the soap has entirely dissolved. It is then ready to remove. Strain and set aside to coot and jell. When the liguid jells it is ready for use. To the amount" of lemon shampoo used for one shampoo, which is usu- ally half the amount made by the a- bove proportions, add the white of one egg that lies been beaten until it is stiff and will stand alone. Mix the egg lightly 'through the lemon jell and apply as you would any hair soap. When the hair has been thoroughly cleansed, rinse it through seveval clear water and finish off with the MEN PAGE 7' Household Economics the hair and allow it to dry on. When this is dry the hair will be soft and fluffy and filled with gold- en lights that will be the envy off your friends. Used once a week it should keep the hail' the pure blond color so desirable. If the hair Sas already started to darken the sham. Poe won't show very decided results until after the fifth or sixth sham. pole. DONEGAL PIONEERS AT REST (W. 1l'. Johnston) I visited the old churchyard, At Donegal so dear, To see the graves of those:I loved, And shed a silent tear. 'Tis nearly sixty years ago Since first I saw the place, But cherished memories are mine, Which time cannot efface. Yes, golden memories of men, Deserving greatest praise; They hewed their way to fortune through The woods of early days. For then the land was covered with 'Great forests, dark and deep, Of gaint trees to clear away Ere harvest they could reap. Their work was hard beyond the ken Of those who live to -day, With chopping, logging, splitting rails, From morn till close of day. But they had cheer, those sturdy men In shanties dear but plain, For there the women whom they loved Contentedly did reign. For hope supreme filled all their breasts For future days to bring The fruitage of their labors great While happily they sing. In homemade cradles slept thein babes As well as those of kings, To mothers sweet they were the best They tugged at their heartstrings. They labored from morn till night With ne'er a thought of rest To help their husbands, brave and true, To make a home so blest. With wives Iike these, those stalwart men Worked on and never failed, With iron wills and hopeful hearts The hardest tasks assailed. One thing was lacking in their lives, No house of 'God was here No gathering 'on Sunday morn, No minister, to cheer. Their hearts were longing for the church To lead their lives aright And teach them on the Sabbath Day The words of heavenly light. But lo, there came along the trails A godly man tvho preached, With trembling hearts they listened well, Their inmost souls were reached. The longing hearts of these brave men Respended to the tail, And they were filled with happiness As on their knees they fall, Anti soon the house of God was built God's acre set apart, For well these early settlers knew They had from friends to part. Some little children dearly loved, Found here a resting place, While one by one the older folk Learned they had death to face, 1-Iow neighbors loved in early days The present ne'er will know, The truest sympathy and love For weeping ones didst flow. For well they. knew the lonely hours The mourning ones wgold spend, On humble homesteads in the bush, Without their dearest friend. Thus as I sit with swimming eyes, And contemplate each mound Beneath which sleeps a loving friend Their names are all around, My heart is filled with gratitude, That e'er such friends I knew, The best oe men and women. they Whose hearts were brave and true Same day I hope to see again In lands Elysian fair Who made such an impress on my youth, When I was free from care. I .charge you men of Donegal Around this sacred spot, That you will guard with jealous care The graves of those' who're not, 'Till when the trump of God will call From out this sunny slope, The souls of those whose active lives Were filled with heavenly hope. lemon. rinee. This is made by adding There's something' in the adver- to, will be answered personally by the, strained juice of two lemons to tisements today to interest you. Read letter. half pint of cold water. Pour it over them. thcrflsh THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins Airing• TO TUNE'S FIRST ROSE Were I an artist I could surely paint In deathless colour all your win- someness,_ Or, if a sculptor, make cool clay suffice Your frail elusive beauty to ex- pre55. But like a wanderer in sone tropic glade Striving to capture swift iant birds, Through adjectival jungles The fleeting shapes of you -worthy words. --Molly Bevan. O�1 eo SPRING SONG Let's start all over again Now that it is spring Just like New Year's when Good resolve's the thing. Now withered trees put out Foliage fresh and fair Downtrodden lawns now sprout Brisk growth, and everywhere There is a still and reaching Up for betterment. A' kind of Nature -preaching, Persuasive argument. Cone, try some fine big thing! Let's wake up this Spring! --,Ethel King. HAPPINESS The thread of happiness is spun From three things woven into one. The first winds ever through and through In homely strength --Something too Do. and rad - I pursue strange The second gleams like stars above A radiant thread—Something to Love. The third entwines them both in power—. Something to Hope For, hour by hour. Thus happiness, in each sure part, Lies within reach of every heart, —Priscilla Leonard. O�u=y 'THORNS AND ROSES A thorn had I that pierced my side— A thorn whose hurt ran deep, whose pain Brought suffering to flesh and pride, And made my days seem dark and vain. Yet when its hurt ran deepest, then Amid the pressure of its woes, Down in the hearts of fellow -men I sought and truly found—the rose! The rose of human sympathy, The .rose of loving heed and care, And now whatever thorns there be, I know the roses, too, are there. —John Kendrick Bangs. , A DEPRESSION CURE A little less gloom, a little mere cheer, A Little more hope, a little less fear. A little more work, a little less play, True kindness to others the whole of each day. A little less can't, a little more can. A little more God, a little less man; view of til A little snore a future ahead. , the past, which And less of lies buried and dead. --F. L. B., St. Marys. Cee=11=C. A WINDY HILL IN DONEGAL A hill there is in Donegal, A hill steep and bare; • A hill there is in Donegal, And wee. cabins there. And dreaming now of it, ochonb,, I do be everywhere! A steep bleak hill of moaning winds, Where gulls wheel and cry To thin dead grass and grievous rock From 'out a wild wet sky; And little joy my dreaming brings, So changed, so changed am I. For I have long left Donegal And learnt me new ways, And I would be forgetting all Tltl pld bitter days— All but the kind and patient hearts Around the, peat fires' blaze, But I know well it cannon bel • A Peace will pass me by If 1 do not be hearing soon The' grey gulls ern And walls again that windy hill • Beneath a wild wet sky; And walk again that windy hill • With ghosts as wan as I. Ernest II. A. Home. ALL NATURE AT WORK All nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair— The' bees are stirring—bird are on the wing— And winter slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of spring! And I the while, the sole unbusy thing, • Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing. Yet well I ken the banks where ama- ranths blow, Have traced the fount whence streams of nectar flow. Bloom, 0 ye amaranths! bloom for whom ye may, For me ye bloom not! Glide, rich streams away! With lips unbrightened, wreathiess brow, I stroll: And would you learn the spells that • drowse my soul? Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve, And hope without an object cannot live. —Samuel Taylor Coleridge "Poems." atm SONNET ON THE SEA It keeps eternal whisperings around Desolate shores, and with its mighty swell Gluts twice ten thousand caverns, till the spell Of Ifecate leaves them their old shadowy sound. Often 'tis in such gentle temper found, That scarcely will the very smallest shell Be mov'd for days whence it some- tiine fell, When last the wilds of heaven were unbound, Oh ,yel who have your eyeballs vex'd and tir'd, Feast them upon the wideness of the sea: Oh yet whose ears are dinn'd with uproar rude, Or fed too much with cloying melody Sit ye near some old eavern's mouth, and brood Until ye start, as if the sea-nympths guir'cl! —John Keats, "Poems." eta POINT OF VIEW The little villages Along the way Are beads strung on a rustic rosary We shrive our city souls in telling them, We tourists of the satin -ribbon roads So swift' our eager wheels, we scarce- ly know Where one begins and where the oth- er ends. The shall and prim, white -painted houses stare In curiosity at us who pass So quickly by --and we look at them, Beneath their elms behind their hollyhocks, And set about with red geraniums— These reared, one knows, in odd and homely pots, In windows that yearned southward to the sun Through long and white and lonely winter months. Where the little children gay With their brooms of happy laughteg Sweep the petty caves away, Oh, that pathway holds more glad. ness Than this heart of mine can sing, As my happy thoughts soar onward And any captive soul takes wing, Winging quickly on before me To that little place I know Where the rarest gems of heaven Shed their brightness .here below. And though I may think my efforts Through theday have been in vain And I've made a moss of living, There my faith comes back again. There dark gloom is chased with laughter Morbid thoughts are chased with glee And I feel, well, mighty thankful That my life belongs to me. (Harold S. Wood. SALUTING THE DAY The morning is gray yet, but birds, are awake, The loons are all Iaughing out over the lake, And the gulls, slow wheeling, are making shrill cries, While killdeers sweep low beneath the quiet skies. Just listen! Oh hark to the trill of that bird! There he rocks on that twig looking just too absurd, And comical too—why a song spar- row eh? Singing hymns in the dawn—his own roundelay. There's flicker—1 love him --she's saucy and gay, What is he saying to greet this new day? Oh his voice is far sweeter in this morning mist. He is crooning softly, "keep tryst] keep tryst!" From the top of the oak , comes a whistling chorus, The blackbirds are holding choir practice before us, But, oh say—the flicker bas forgets ten 'tis dawn, So he's changed iris sweet voice and put his yell on. Right up in the vines there are twit- tering sounds, The English sparrows are singing in rounds, And they're a little out of tune, it • seems. But perhaps they're not yet awaken- ed from dreams. Our good friend the robin is up and about, He tugs on a worm and then sings out: "Wake up folks, wake up!" in the challenging way, So let's up, and hear the birds sale uting the day! --Poeohontas. COUNTY NEWS SEAFORTR: J. G. Mullen, mane, ger of the Seaforth branch of the Batik of Commerce, since,1916, retir- ed at the end of May after 42 years of service, having entered in 1891 and before coming to Senforth as manager was 'here as teller for a number of years. Mr. Mullen had al- so been stationed in Greenwood, B.C., and Vancouver, B, C., and was in San Francisco at the time of the big earthquake in 1005. Since coming to Seaforth, Mr. Mullen has been active in church, sport and Masonic circles. Ile is an elder and a mem. her of the Managing Board of First Presbyterian church and for many , years was a member of the choir e that church. He is also president of the Seaforth Golf and 'Country club • and treasurer of MaIlock Chapter, Mr. Mullen's successor here is Mr. J. G. 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