The Clinton News Record, 1933-06-15, Page 7THURS., JUNE 15, 1933
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7
Health, Cooking
Care of Children
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INTEREST
Edited By Lebam Hakeber Kralc
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A Column Prepared Especially for Women--
' But Not Forbidden to Men
The world, that used to seen so big
Our thoughts could hardly bound
it,
Has dwindled to a little ball,
Since we can fly around it.- 41'he
Cheerful Cherub in The Mail and
Empire.
When one stops to think of it,
isn't this a wonderful age we live in?
And we all go about our accustomed
tasks in the most common -place
manner, scarcely noting the wonders
which are being accomplished. If
the men and women who first came
to this new land and cleared farms
and built homes for themselves and
families could only come back how.
their eyes would bulge at a number
of things. If they could have known
that it was possible to Bross the At-
lantic in a palatial ship, "enjoying
all the comforts of home" white en
route, in the space of a few days,
that would have been wonderful e-
nough, but to be able to fly across
that vast waste of water in a few
hours! And then to continue tura
journey, across land and water until
the airship returns to the point at
which it started! This feat of fly-
ing around the world is no doubt a
fool -hardy one, having no really use-
ful purpose, but nevertheless it is
one which intrigues the imagination.
'I cannot help wishing that some of
•our adventurous forebearers, the
sturdy men who first peopled this
land, might know about it. I be-
lieve they would appreciate it, more
perhaps, than we do in this age when
wonderful achievements are only
• commonplaces,
MAKING A POT POURRI JAR
Bride Broder of the Iltaii and Em-
pire gives -the -following directions for
the above, which I am taking the
liberty of copying without the lady's
express permission, but I do not be-
lieve she'll mind, and this is rose time
and this does sound so simple and so
altogether satisfactory.
"Gather the roses when they
are dry, after the dew is off, and
arrange the petals in layers, in a
rose jar you can get such pret-
ty and inexpensive jars with lids
now -•sprinkling each layer with
a thin layer of salt. Add more
petals each day, repeating the
salting, and keep on till the jar
is filled. You may add a handful
of rosemary leaves or lavender
flowers if you like. Let the full
jar stand about ten days, then
mix together a quarter of an
ounce each, of ground cinnamon,
mace and eloves, two ounces of
powdered ,orris root, a little
ground nutmeg and three or four
ounces pf pulverized bay salt.
Then at the last sprinkle on a
few drops of some of the essen-
tial oils rose, geranium, orange
flower, almond, etc., and you may
pour over the mixture a little
cologne or any good toilet wat-
er. You may omit any of the sug-
gested spices if you do not Care
for them, but variety makes for
sweetness and strength. ICeep
the jar closely covered except
when you want to waft a little
perfume into the room, We should
like to suggest that with the
month of roses coming soon,
many who are looking forward
to Christmas time with some
misgiving might prepare rose jar
gifts at little cost and win the
gratitude of the recipients."
—RDBDICAB.
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Edited by
GRANT FLEMING, M.D,, Associate Secretary
BORN WITH TEETH food, and, in this way, help to devel-
op his jaws and nourish his body. He
Every must eat plenty of tooth -building
,Occasionally, at birth one or more foods if the permanent teeth aro to
,:can be seen, but usually they are be well built, and his jaws must be
still hidden from sight and in the developed in order to allow room for
gums where- they have been form- the second teeth.
Mg for several moritlis before birth,
The kind of teeth which the baby
will have depends chiefly upon the
foods eaten by his mother during
her pregnancy and, after the baby is
born, while she is nursing him. To
'build strong healthy teeth, mineral
salts, especially salts rof calcium
(lime), are required. Vitamins are
•.also needed to ensure proper dental
-development. That is one reason
why expectant and nursing mothers
•should use milk and mills products,
eggs, vegetables, especially the leafy
ones, and fruits.
The teeth with which the •child is
'born gradually appear, and, by the
.end of the first year, the baby has
cut six or eight teeth, and twice that
number by the end of the second
year. Teething may be painful and
may cause the baby to be cross and
restless, but 'teething does not cause
illness. A common mistake that is
made is to blame every baby illness
on teething, with the result that not
infrequently there is serious delay
in securing proper care for the sick
child.
To ensure healthy, even and strong
second or permanent teeth, it is ne
.cessary to take good care of the
first teeth, even though they are but
'> temporary ones. The first teeth are
The first teeth also serve as guides
for the second set, keeping proper
spaces for them. Neglect which
leads to decay and premature Loss
of the first teeth frequently prevents
the second teeth from coming through
into 'their proper position.
Before his teeth come, the baby's
mouth does not require cleansingt
The teeth should be cleansed with a
soft bsntsh after each meal. After
the, second year, signs of decay
should be looked for, and after his
third birthday the child should be-
gin his regular visits to the dentist
to receive any preventive treatment
that may be required.
Baby teeth may become abscessed,
and the abscess may form what is
known as a gum -boil. Gum -boils
should never be neglected as some-
times abscessed teeth give rise to
serious trouble.
Parents who care for their baby's
teeth and who provide their growing
child with pleni:y of tooth-builciing
foods are ensuring for their child the
great advantage of strong, healthy
'teeth.
Questions concerning Health, ad,
dressed to the Canadian Medical As.
sociation, 184 College Street, Toron-
to, will be answered personally by
needed to allow the child to chew liis fetter.
To Save Lives
The action of. the • public school
teachers of Detroit in starting a cam
paigo to reduce child fatalities is a
commendable one.. Too many child-
ren's lives are lost during the sum-
mer months, and these teachers are
anxious to lessen the toll by giving
instruction to the children ee that
they will be more careful. Thereare
many seemingly harmless actions
that are potentially dangerous, and
the teachers have lined up eleven of
the most dangerous, whieh are:
Sitting en the curb.
Running after or jumping on the
back of an ice wagon,
Eating pills that have been left at
the door..
Picking up, handling • or eating
strange articles of food, wild berries
or other things found in the woods
or unusual places.
Drinking water from wells that
have not been tested.
Playing near pools of water or on
docks.
Playing in or near houses under
construction or being razed.
Playing with strange dogs or cats,
• PIaying ball and chasing it into
the street.
Playing marbles in or nearthe
street or alley.
"If we are to equal last year's
commendable record in the reduction
of child falatities," the parents were
warned, "considerable intensive work
must be done in the field ,of safety
education."
Annual Flowers
(Experimental Farms Note)
Time and money do not permit all
to enjoy large grounds, but it is pos-
sible for all to have a small lawn
around the home ,with perhaps a few
trees or shrubs and the odd flower -
bed. No matter how shall the home
er limited the area may be, one or
two trees or the odd flowering shrub
and a few flowers properly planted
will impress upon the traveller or
tourist that someone really lives
there who cares.
Trees and lawns and flowers give
enjoyment not only to those who
live among them, but they fill with
pride the hearts of each citizen of
the town, district, county, or pro-
vince in which they may be found.
They give a welcome to visitors and
a lasting impression that is worth
while.
The cost of a few packages of
well chosen seeds is small compared
with the returns obtained from their
effect on one's life, l'sfany home
grounds are left hereon just because
someone has failed to take the lead,
Just break the ice, so to speak, then
watch for results. They are sure to
follow.
As a guide for those who wish to
make a start, the following list of
annuals, tested at the Dominion
Experimental Farm, Nappan, may
be found helpful. Sweet peas,
planted early, will supply abundance
of cut flowers for the house.
Asters have not, as a general rule,
proven satisfactory at this Farm,
but they may be in your case. Other
annuals that have done well are
Calendula, Clarkia, Castor Oil Bean,
Cobaea, Scandens, Cockscomb, Cos -
mea, Coreopsis, Chysanthenrunt,
Candytuft, Carnation, Dirnorphotheea
Dianthus, rGaillardia, Godetia, Golden
Feather, Hibiscus, Jacobea, Kochia,
Larkspur, Lobelia, Mignonette,
Morning Glory, Neinophila, Nastur-
tium, Pansy, Petunia, Portulaca,
Phlox, Salvia, Scabious, •Stocks, Ver-
bena and Zinnia. It is too late to
plant seeds but a few' hardy plants
make quite a showing later on. Then
in the fall you might get a few roots
of hardy perennials, which if care-
fully planted will be all ready for
blooming next year.
Vitamin Soup
(Save this recipe tenth the winter
fires are on).
Dining car chefs and sea -faring
chefs of the Canadian National or-
ganization recommend it: Take all
the kitchen "trimmings" such as po-
tato peelings, carrot tops, beet tops,
the outer leaves of lettuce and the
trimmings from eelery, the stems of
spinach--ieverything,, in fact, 'from
green or root vegetables' which would
commonly go into the garbage. Cov-
er these with cold water and boil
gently until they seem done, then
strain. Now boil some lentils or
dried peas which have been soaking
over -night with an onion and a car-
rot. When nearly done add the vege,
table broth., Now boil 1-1.-2 lbe. of
liver and when done put it through
the mincer, Return to the broth in
which it was cooked, simmer until
there is ,only about 'half a cup of lige
uid and mix it with the vogutahie
soup. Serve with force -meat balls
or sliced brown bread and butter.
What Other Newspapers are Saying
HOW IT wogs
In 1932 Great Britain' was Can-
ada's best customer, the ` United
States coming; second, but Canada
bought most of her imports from
the United States, Britain earning
second. This has been the case for
many years particularly so with ag-
ricultural products, which are Bei
tain's chief, interest. 'Yet there are
some who say that Great Britaih
should make further concessions •to
this Dominion. The figures show
that the shoe is on the other foot,
an assertion whch we make at the
risk of being rated ultra-Imperial-
istie,-1Simeoe Reformer.
GOODWILL'S THE STUFF
Three tinies during the past week
have we listened- to addresses on
"Goodwill," the last occasion being
Monday night when we heard three
Rotarians all speak on that subject.
Let the good worts go on! The eco-
nomists will never be able to straigh-
ten things up in this world unless or
until there is an underlying basis of
good -will and a will to co-operate.
St, Marys Journal -Argus.
WHAT AN AD. DOES
The value of advertising has been
exemplified in Kincardine during the
past week, When business is dull
the greatest tonie that can bo given
it is advertising. Advertising can
only do one thing' and that is bring
people into a store, it is then the
merchant's responsibility to have
goods at attractive prices for his
prospective purchasers.
Kincardine Review -Reporter,
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PAGING EGERTON RYERSON
Premier Henry recently forecast
the establishment of intermediate
schools in Ontario in which experts
would undertake the direction of pu-
pils, giving thein advice on the work
likely to suit then best in after -life.
About the same time we notice that
the Orlllia Board of Education spon-
sored a resolution advocating that
agriculture be taught in continuation
and smaller rural high schools and
industrial subjects in the larger and
more urban high schools. This re-
solution contends that the present
high school curriculum is too clsasical
and does not allow for any flexibil-
ity; that the present course ie de-
signed only to fit students for 'Uni-
versity and Normal 'School entrance;
that less than four per cent of the
pupils attending high schools can be
obsorbed into university and consid-
erably less into the various profes,
sions; that agriculture and industry
receive the largest percentage of
pupils leaving !nigh school.
There can be little contradiction
of the assertions made in the above
resolution, particularly the last
clause regarding the number of pu-
pils going into agrieuture and in-
dustry. We would point out, how-
ever, that whereas the cities and
Iarger towns are dotted with voca-
tional schools and vocational depart-
ments in high schools', agricultural
teaching is still notable for its ab-
sence in the vast majority of rural
communities or even in the big
towns. Agricultural schools at
Ridgetown and at Kemptville consti-
tute about the only progress made
in truly agricultural education. True,
the government's financial condition
has prevented the enlargement of
such a group of schools, but a pro-
gram of oxpanson in this 'direction
should be the first consideration of
the authorities at Queen's Parte
when times improve. Rural youth
is not receiving a fair shake in be-
ing schooled in the classics and high-
er mathematics whereas the real need
is a grounding in the .fundamentals
of the science of agriculture. It is
apparent that we need another Eg-
erton Ryerson to revamp 0ntarie's
educational system to meet the needs
of today.—Simcoe Reformer.
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HUT WHY SINGLE OUT GEORGE
SPOTTON AND AGNES
MACPHAIL?
Considerable has been written in
the press of late concerning the use
(or missuse) made of the franking
privilege by members of parliament.
Particularly has the storm broken
over the head of Mr. George Sgotton
member for North Huron, who was
accused of abusing this privilege a
year or two ago, and is now again
charged with sending out letters in
connection with his business college,
seeking positions for graduates and
getting in touch with high school
students who might' enroll at his
school. Miss Agnes Macphail, ntern-
ber for. Southeast Grey, was also ac-
cused of using her franking privi-
lege in order to save postage on
letters solicitingsubscriptions for a
farm paper, which she admits doing,
but her offense is not as great as
Mr, Spotter's, since she tools' advan-
tage only of the free postage, where-
as the latter apparently used House
•
of Como -inns stationery, stersograph-
ers and mimeographers, as well es
the, postal frank.
This franking privilege, we are
told by an Ottawa despatch to the
Toronto Star, costs the country a-
bout a mitten dollars a year in pos-
tal revenue, It has, been in force
since before Confederation, but, with
the adoption of pareel post, the post
office department 'successfully com-
batted the privilege with respect to
parcels. Indeed, at one time, mem-
bers used to send their laundry home
under this privilege, which is now
confined to bona fide mail matter.
The clerk of the house defends
the use of the franking privilege, if
not
abused,
saying: "We take the
view that a member cannot attend to
his bsuiness and be here at the same
time," and he therefore feels the
privilege is justifiable. But, corning
down to the Spotton case, he adds: "I
never imagined he intended to send
out thousands of circulars."
With these facts in mind, it would
appear as if some members were
sadly abusing their privileges. Were
they keeping in touch with their con-
stituents ` (and Miss Macphail has
done so in a commendable spirit)
nothing could be said. It would also
be entirely justified if members used
the franking privilege for the letters
which they find it necessary to send
out during sessions, but to use the
Privilege as Mr. Spottrn has done is
something that was never intended
When the system was established.
At the same time, we would hesi-
tate to condemn either Mr. Spotton
or Mies Maephail and allow others
to escape criticism who might be
equally guilty, if not more go. If
figures were available to show how
much mail matter is franked by each
individual member, they might prove
Illuminating. But to single out one
or two 'members as "arch -culprits"
when they may actually be less guil-
ty otherswouldbe
ty a not fair. It
seems to us that it is the system
that is at fault, and, while there may
be a disposition in some quarters to
"get something on" Mr: iSpotton,
personally, yet, in its broader sphere,
something should be done to put a
check on the amount or nature of
mail matter on which nrentbet s of
parliament escape paying postage.
--Hanover Post.
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful
and Ins pining.
REWARD
What if the leaden hours drag,
And the little frets
Gnaw like cutworms at the roots
Of the violets.
What if the inching hours are bleak
And barren as
Punishing miles of sand that know
No soothe of grass.
I pass above thein, through them; I
Feel them as friend,
Remembering without ceasing you
At the road's end.
---Clement Wood.
C•~1t�
A HOPELESS PASSION
My great grand -dad, went courting
on his feet in Lover's Lane;
My grand -dad had a buggy and a
team for his campaign;
My dad scared up a flivver when his
tale of love he told ---
No wonder lots of fellows praise the
happy day of old.
The girl I love insists upon a nice
two-seater plane!
If I suggested walking out she'd
think me quite insane!
She'd shrivel up a buggy with her
look of mere disdain!
A ride in my old roadster would in-
flict a fatal pain!
And so fear the girl I Iove I'll have
tc, love in vain!
Isa Grindley Jackson.
HOT DAY
The blistered paint that bubbles on
the gate,
Twenty of thirty cows that stand and
wait
Heavy for milking; with their amber
'horns
Topping the hedgerow like gigantic
thorns:
A heady smell of straw and farmyard
things
A. foolish, common bird that sings and
sings,
A. heat that swells and falls, that
curves and flows
About the lusty cabbages in rows,
About the runner beans and cauli-
flowers:
Hero could I stand in joy for hours
and hours
Hearing the young apples stir and
fall,
Steeping in that rich country festi-
val,
Watching the drones go drunken to
their hive,
Thinking how good, how good to be
alive!
--,Katherine McIntosh.
CeenMete
YOU HAVE YOURSELF TO BLAME
If you squander golden hours,
And life to yen seems tame,
Don't say the age is nut of joint --
You have yourself to blame.
If opportunity is. near
And you fail to stake your claim,
And lose the chance within your
grasp—
You have yourself to blame.
If you persist in doing wrong
And suffer sense of shame,
As conscience points accusingly—
You have yourself to •blame.
If after many years you fail
deel
To make an honored name;
The world will merely shrug and
think
You have yourself to blame.
--(Grenville Kiieser
PRAYER FOR THE LITTLE
BEASTS
Oh, guard, dear Pan, so great and
wise,
All little beasts with frightened eyes,
That sniff and scrabble in the night,
Then scurry off alive with fright.
Hide them in burrow, nest or den,
Far from the gins and traps of men.
They ask so little, only these:
Grains from the farmer, moldy cheese,
A wormy apple in the grass
And nuts for winter store. Alas,
How they are hunted out of hand
All up and down their noisy land.
Oh, guard, dear Pan, so great and
wise,
All little beasts with frightened eyes.
—Beulah May in Dallas ICaleidgraph
I HAVE FOUND SUCH JOY
I have found snob. a joy is simple
things;
A plain clean room, a nut -brown
loaf of •bread,
A cup of milk, a kettle as it sings,
The shelter of a roof above my
head;
And in a leaf -faced square upon a
floor
Where yellow sunlight glimmers
through a door.
I have found 50011 joy in things that
fill
My quiet days: a curtain's blowing
grace,
A glowing plant upon a window sill,
A rose, fresh -cut and placed within
a vase;
A table cleared, a lamp beside a chair,
And books I long have loved, beside
mo there. .
Oh, I have found suck joys I wish I
might
Tell every women who goes seeking
far
For seine elusive, feverish delight,
That very close to home the great
joys are:
These fundamental things—old as the
race,
Yet never, through the ages, common-
place.
--Grace Noll Crowell.
eieseeites.
JEALOUSY!
As a red rose that blossoms all alone,
Holding its sweetness from the
passersby,
Until its' days of fragrance all ars
flown,
And there is naught to do but droop
and die,
So is love that shuts itself apart
And hoards the thing beloved to its
heart.
As a• rare song that trembles all un -
head,
Because the doors and windows fast
are barred
In the sout's mansion, where the
Golden Bird
llthitters in vain against the jealous
guard,
And will not share its sweetness,
come what may.
So is a life that hides itself away,
O Jealousy! Sad counterfiet of Love!
When will you learn the poison of
your sting?
Cold-hearted hunter of Heaven's Holy,
Dove,
Not peaee, but sorrow, trails upon
your wing,
And the fair things which with your.,
self you cloy.
You guard not, bless not, love not-.
but destroy!
.Yvonne St. Claire
EVENING PRAYER
If I Wen wounded any soul today,
If I havecaused one foot to go as'
tray,
If I have walked in my own wilful
way,
Good Lord, forgive!
If I' have uttered idle words or vain,
Ii I have turned aside from want or
pain
Lest I myself should suffer through
the strain
Good Lord, forgive!
If I have craved for joys that are not
mine,
If I have let my wayward heart re-
pine,
Dwelling on things of earth nofi
things divine,
Good Lord, forgive!
If I have been perverse, or hard, err+
cold,
If I have longed Tor shelter in Thy,
fold,
When Thou hast given•me some part
to hold --r
Good Lord, forgive!
Fnrgice the sins I have confessed tq
Thee,
Forgive the secret sins I do net see.
'that which I know not, Father,
teach Thou me ---
Good Lori. forgive!
—Anon,
GONE TO GRASS
At week -ends I the suburbs scan
And weep to see my fellow -man '
Still toiling on a senseless plan,
Which humbles, irks and lowers; `
He was (so Rousseau says) born free{
Yet everywhere; it seems to me,
With shoulders bowed in toil, I see
Him pushing little mowers.
No rest the gracious week -end brings
Throughout the patient suburb rings
The rattle of these tiresome things
Still louder later, longer.
Is this a holiday for men—
To cut the grass around their pen?
And why? It only grows again
Still greener and still stronger.
I sympathize with cow and ass,
Which wage a holy war nn grass,
For they are in a different class--.
They have the sense to eat it;
But man does not eat grass, the muff
And when he thinks he's cut enough
Ile only goes and dumps the stuff
In corners to secrete it.
And there it simply rots away;
It does not even turn to hay,
But grows more mouldy day by day,
More soggy, damp and wettish;
Aye, there, against the garden wall,
It serves no useftxl end at all --
And all this cutting it I call
A wholly futile fetish,
But, lot the code still specifies
This sacrifice --and man complies;
Be plows the sands, untaught, un+
wise,
Past all reprieve or pardon;
And, even as he shaves his chin
(Another fight which none can win)i
He labors on, week out, week in,
To shave the beastly garden.
Why should these sorry rites collect
Suburban sanction and respect?
Why should man labor to correct
What nature means to bungle?
Why not forswear this futile fight,
Hide shears and razors out of sight,
And lot his beard and sward unite
In one congenial jungle?
—Lucie in The Manchester Guardian,
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