The Clinton News Record, 1933-11-30, Page 7;1'1IURS., .Nov. 30, 1933
T•HE CLINTON: NEWS -RECORD
Health, Cooking, PAG Of INTEREST . 10. OMEN
Care of Children
Edited. By Lebam Hakeber Kralc
Ruinatieu of Rc6r�ah
A Column Prepared Especially for Women—
But Not Forbidden to Men
'TILE CA1E
":t'squite high time now, experts tell
us, to make,
-And lay by to ripen, the nice Christ-
mas cake,
It will not be quite so delicious, they
say
Unless baked a long time before
Christmas Day;
'But each day more luscious and
pleasing will grow,
If stored where no person but Mother
will know, •
^Concocting the pudding, the tooth-
some mince, too,
'The making of cookies, may now be
put through.
'Then poor Mother won't be so rushed
at the last,'
*Nor wish with her whole heart+that
Christmas were past.
•-4sabel Reid Melfibbin, in
'"Christ- Crackers,"
btu
All housekeepers agree that
the Christmas cake should have some
weeks to "ripen," two or three
weeks at least is given as the very
shortest time a cake can become of
the proper consistency for use. So
it should be made very shortly if it
• is to be at its best at Christmas thne.
Most families have a recipe for
Christmas cake which has been
handed down from mother to daugh+
ter for two or three generation, per,
haps, being added to or modified
.from trine to thne. But in ease some
young housekeeper has not such a
recipe at hand I an; giving the fol-
lowing, which is a tried and tested,
one:
2 cups butter
2 cups sugar
6 eggs
4 cups seeded raisins
4 cups currants
4 cups flour
1 cup shelled almonds
2 tablespoons - orange; same ]em
on peel •
4 tablespoons citron
1 cup grape juice
2 teaspoons cinnamon .
1-2' teaspoons grated nutmeg
1-2 teaspoons ground mace
1-4 teaspoons allspice
• 1-4 teaspoons 'ground cloves
1.2 teaspoons salt
4 teaspoons baking powder.
Cream butter and sugar togethl
er, acld beaten egg yolks, add raisins
and currants, over which cup and a
half of• the flour has been sifted,
(this is important, • else the fruit
goes to the bottom) blanch almonds
and put through food chopper with
the peel and add, stir in grape juice
and half of stiffly beaten eggs
whites, sift together spices, salt,
baking powder and flour and add,
beating well, fold in remaining egg
whites. Put into pan which has been
lined with two or three thicknesses
of brown paper, the last one buttered
and place inmoderate owen. Better
use two pans if the whole recipe is
used. Be sure your hatter will have
plenty of room to rise. After bak-
ing an hour or so put a couple of
thicknesses of paper on top and bake
two hours longer, or until a straw
comes up clean, If your oven is
pretty hot on the bottom better place
a thin asbestos mat under your pans.
Keep your oven at an even heat and
do not disturb cake for an hour at
least, not at all until you begin to
wonder if it is done, if you can hely
it.
For a small cake yr cakes use only
half the recipe and bake accordingly.
If you have not the grape juice use
sour milk and a bit of soda as well
as the baking powder, But the grape
juice ,gives the cake a good color
and a nice flavor.
—REBEKAH
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and Life Insurance Companies in Canada.
Edited by
GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate Secretary
When it is realized that distress,
disease and even death may follow
upon the use of food, it becomes ob,
vious that as we are all frequent and
• regular consumers of food, we should
be infromed on this subject.
We night begin by correcting a
.common misunderstanding. There is
no such thing as ptomaine poisoning,
as the term is comomnly used. There
ARE ptomaines, and they ARE pois-
onous, but they are not present in
food which can be eaten. Ptomaines
are produced in the late stages of
putrefaction, when food is in such a
condition that no one would eat it.
It is well known that, at certain
seasons, some fishes and animals are
unwholesome. We know too that
there are some poisonous vegetable
• foods, such as in the group of mush-
• rooms and other fungi.
The real danger to us, however,
• comes from foods which, in themsei-
• yes, are perfectly harmless, but which
may and do become dangerous if
'they are contaminated by•certein bac-
' toria or germs. • Some changes in
'foods, which result from the action
of germs, are desirable, such as the
souring of milk, the making of cheese
and salter kraut. The effects of a
few germs are harmful and danger-
cus.
Botulism is a form of food poison-
ing which, fortunately, is rare, be -
.cause it is deadly. It is caused by
the poison that is given off by a
germ. In this country, most cases
have resulted from the use of home
canned vegetables, where, in the
canning process, sufficient heat has
not been used to sterilize the food
or destroy the germs. This poison
is readily destroyed by heat, and if;
these canted foods are boiled before
being used, they are rendered safe.
The common for; of food poison-
ing, which begins with nausea, ab-
dominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea,
and whidh is popularly but erroneous-
ly, known at ptomaine poisoning, is
seldom fatal. It is caused by the
action of any one of several germs
which are related to the germ of ty-
phoid fever. As a rule, it is due to
the careless handling of food or to
improper cooking.
There is no danger in fresh fruits
or vegetables. Cooked food should
be kept cold or hot; they should not
be allowed to stand for any length of
time at a• lune-wartn temperature, as
that offers germs an excellent chance
to grow. Foods that do not look
right, or 'which have a peculiar or
unusual taste, or odour should be a-
voided. Canned foods should be boil-
ed before being used.
Questions concerning Health, ad.
dressed to the Canadian Medical As.
sedation, 184 College Street, Toron-
to, will be answered personally by
letter.
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V pure, wholesome,
and economical table
Syrup. Children love
its delicious flavor.
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SOME MEAT RECIPES
Stufifng Steak
The following is an excellent re,
cipe for stuffed flank steak: Pound
a large flank steak, matte a stuffing
of a half a pound of
sausage meat and a half cup of
breadcrumbs, seasoning with one
minced onion and thyme. Roll up,
tie into shape, brown in hot fat, cov-
er half with stock and let simmer for
one hour. Skim and strain the gra-
vy, thicken with flour browned •in
butter, •or in a little of the fat, sea-
son with mushroom catsup, and pour
over the meat, or serve separately.
To Cook Tongue'
For the lovers •of beef tongue this
recipe is recommended: Cut a cold
boiled tongue into strips. Chop fine
three •onions. Fry in butter, dredge
with flour, add two tablespoonful of
lemon juice and a cup of mush-
rooms. Pour into a baking dish, cov-
er with crumbs. Dot it with butter
and brown it in the oven. Serve
with crisp toast.
If you do not have the mushrooms,
do not worry, its good without them.
PREPARING PERENNIAL BOB-
' DERS FOR WINTER
A very good :thing to remember
when mulching- plants for winter is
that the ideal protection keeps the
plants cold, which means that the
mulch should be applied when the
ground is frozen hard for' the first
time that season.
Corn fodder•or strawy manure, be,
sides being easily obtainable, are•to
be preferred to leaves as the latter
forms an almost air -tight mat and
very often results in trouble by
causing premature growth of the
plants.
NEEDLEWORK GALORE
In Puerto Rico, where Canadian
National Steamers land Canadian -
made goods for sale, needlework is a
great industry. In one city alone,
Mayaguez, some 70 needlework fac-
tories exist. The Puerto itican pays
roll for needlework totals $6,000,000
annually, producing 98,000,000 worth
of materials and giving work to 50,-
000 women and girls,
ORIGIN 'OF WEDDING CAKE'
The origin of wedding cake goes
back hundreds of years. In ancient
Rome marriagewas effected by the
simple process of the bride and bride-
groom breaking a cake of bread and
eating it together. This, in tune, de-
veloped into the bride cake. The
bride cut it because it was the duty
of the woman to prepare food for the
man. Everybody knows the supersti-
tion about sleeping on wedding cake.
Girls, even in this age of cynieism,
look forward to the weddings of their
friends, .so that they may get a piece
of wedding cake, which, if placed
under the pillow, has the power to
produce in dreams the vision of a
prospective husband.
Speech and Song Mark
Heron County
Reunion
The following is from The Regina
Reader, It seems as if the ;western
town has a fine organization of for-
mer Huronites:
"Early days in County Huron were
recalled when the Old Boys' and Old
Girls' association held its annual
meeting and social Thursday evening
at the King's hotel. Former Huron
residents, not only froin Regina, but
from many of the towns in the sur-
rounding district, Lumsden, Pense,
Milestone and Abernethy, to name
only a few of them, were welcomed
by the president, S. J. Latta, and
Mrs. Latta, Mrs. J. B. Shaw, Miss
Lillian Hodgert and A. E. IIodgert,
who received the guests.
A pleasing incident on the program
was the presentation of a gift made
'by Mr. Hodgert, the retiring secre-
tary, to the oldest resident who was
at the party. Those under 70 were
eliminated; then those under '75, and
there remained only Mrs, M. E. Gar-
diner, who carries her, '77 years
proudly.
Mr. L,atta occupied . the chair dur-
ing the first part of the evening. A
talented native son' of Hensall, Sam
Swayze, led commonly singing. Songs
were sung by the old boys and girls
'of Goderich, Seaforth. 'Kippen,
ham and and neighboring spots. The
secretary reported 143 members for
the. year 1982-33. At the re -union
about 110 presented themselves,
Wire From Toronto
"Felicitations and congratulations
from Toronto's Huron association in
session tonight," So read a telegram
received by Mr. Latta on this occa-
sion. In his presidential report Mri•.
Latta traced the history of 'Huron
from the earliest days; the appear-
ance of the first white man, Chain-,
plain, in the year, 1615..
He told of the organization of the
Canada ,company in 1842, end said
that. nearly all the names on this
tract are traceable to members of -the
directorate • of this company. Mr.
Latta's speech was interspersed with
many an interesting anecdote and
was well received. ,
Three minute speeches were given
by C. C. Cook, Mrs. H. G. Hicks, E,
C. Munroe and. Norman 1VIacMurclty,
and as ambassadors of good will,
Peter Ward and 'W. G. Yule spoke on
behalf of their counties of Wellington
and Bruce, A piano solo by Miss Ida
Botham added to the evening's en-
tertainment.
Officers Elected
At the conclusion of the business
meeting the nominations committee
brought in its recommendation for
next year's officers. ,These were un-
animously approved as follows: Hon.
orary president, M. E. Gardiner;
past president, S. J. Latta; president,
E. 0. Walker; secretary -treasurer,
John G. Gardiner; first vice-presi-
dent, J. C. Scott.
Supper was served, after which
the sons and daughters of Huron
danced to music made by an old time
fiddlers' band or discussed by -gone
days in their old home towns.
Guests Present
Those in attendance were: Mr.
and Mrs. S. J. Latta, Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Shaw, Mr. W. Clark and Julia
Clark, Pense; Mrs. Hammond, Grand
Coulee; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sherritt,
Pense; Miss Margaret L Duff, Miss
Bessie Gemmell, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Mooney, Joseph MacMath, Ethel Mac -
Math, Mr. and Mrs. James McCon-
nell, Mrs. E. 0. Thompson, Rowatt;
Mr. and Mrs. J, A. Glen, M. M, Glen,
Mr, and Mrs. Grant Waddell.
Mr, and Mrs. G. McCutcheon, Gray;
Mrs, D. McCutcheon, Miss Elsie Mc-
Cutcheon, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Robin-
son, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Calder,
Mr. and Mrs. E. 0, Munro, Mr. and
Mrs. M. C. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. T. A.
Davidson, Milestone; T. E. Love,
Milestone; Mr. and Mrs. T. I•I. Hood,
Pense; Mrs, D. J. Howe, Pense; Mrs.
Hugh MacLean, i11r. and Mrs. H. G.
Hicks, J. W. Hayman, B. E. Daynutn,
Norman MacMurchy, G. W. Hoffman.
C .0, Cook, Mr. and Mrs. A, El-
liott, Lumsden; Wilf. L. Elliott,
Lumsden; Miss A. Brown, Lumsden,
Mrs. S. E. Hodgson, Mrs. Nellie Cald-
well, Detweiler, Agnes Harvey, Della
Harvey, N. Edna Ring, Retta McLeod,
C. 111. 'Latham, 0, S. Howard, James
Duncan, J. R. Dinnin, Abernethy;
Mrs. R. M. Lindsay, Mr. and Mrs.
William Etty.
John. Kennedy, A. E. Hodgert, Mr.
and Mrs. W. G. Johnston, Milestone;
Mrs, W. J. Cooke, James Eagleson,
Milestone; Mr. and Mrs. John G.
Gardiner, Sam Swayze, Mrs. C. J.
Blair, Miss Lily M. MacArthur, Mr.
and Mrs. John Balfour, E. 0. Walk-
er, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Musser, Mr.
and Mrs. P. Cooper, Mr, and Mrs, A.
Pounder, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. SchnelL
Mrs. M. Carmichael.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Allison, Dr. and
Mrs Peter Strang, MTs. C. V, Glad,
well, Mr, A. W. Hotha'n, Strasbourg;
the Misses Ida and Etelka Hotham,
Strasbourg; Mrs. Don Fraser, Stras-
bourg; Mr. M. Marmichael, Mrs. G.
Hobkiik, E. G. Hedgers, Winnipeg;
W. Davidson, 14ir. and Mrs. J. C.
Scott, Mr, and Mrs. W. F. Monnay,
Grant Coulee; Mr. and Mrs. E. P.
Paulin, Mr. and Mrs, W. A. Sclater
and L. 13. Ring."
LEAVES ESTATE OF $29,437
An estate valued at $29,437.85 was
left by Alice Mary Lewis, formerly
of Goderich, painter of mniniatures,
who died October 20th. Legatees are
Sophia Lewis, sister, Buffalo, who is
left $1500; Florence C. Thompson, no
`relation, "1'orbnto, $1,000 and unpaid
interest of $212 in arrears' of most,
gages held by deceased. Residue of
estate is to be divided between three
nieces, Julia D., Catherine B. and
Julia L. Lewis. Assets are teal es-
tate, $7.760; mortgages, $11,071.20;
cash, 5916.25; bonds, $5,357.91;
stocks, $1,031.50; household goods,
$171.30, and other property, valued
at $3,129.69.
ALTOGETHER T00 FANCY
Two old settlers, confirmed bache-
lors, sat. in the backwoods. The en -
venation drifted from politics to
cooking.
"I got one o' them theta cookery
baoks once, but I never could do nath
in' with it," said ane.
"Too much fancy work in it?"
asked the other.
"You've hit it.. Every one of therm
recipes began in the same way: "Take
a clean dish-=' and that settled me."
—.Railroad Trainman:
PAGE 7
Household
Economics
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful
and Ins pir ing;
CANADA'S CALL
From Atlantic's surging waters
To Pacific's gentler roll,
From the line of demarkation
To the regions near the pole;
From the rivers and the great lakes,
From the mines and forest's glen
Comes the call from every quarter
Give us noble Christian men.
Wealth we have in great abundance.
Nature lavishes her gold, t
Needed most are men of conscience,
Men of purpose, inen of soul.
Men whose feet ere firmly planted
On the Roclq that cannot fail.
Men who'll help a shipwrecked broth.
er
Fearing neither storm nor gale.
Men of faith and moral courage
Men who hate the tyrant's rod.
Men who'll give the weak full justice.
Men who fear and worship God.
Clinton, Ont. —J. B. LOBB.
WHAT IS GOOD?
"What is the real good?"
I asked in musing mood:
"Order," said the law court;
"Knowledge," said the school;
"Truth," said the wise man;
"Pleasure," said the fool;
"Love," said the maiden;
"Beauty," said the page;
"Freedom," said the dreamer;
"Home," said the sage;
"Fame," said the soldier;
"Equity," the seer.
Spake my heart full sadly, I
Softly this I heard:
"Each heart holds the secret—
'Kindness' is the worth."
—John Boyle O'Reilly.
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SERVICE
All service ranks the sante with God:
If now, as formerly He trod
enc . fills
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Parachse, IIs p
Our earth, each only as God wills
Can work—Cod's puppets best and
worst
Are we; there is no last nor first.
Say not "a small event"! Why
"small"?
Costs it more pain that this ye call
A "great event," should come to pass,
Than that? Untwine me from the
mass
Of deeds which snake up life, one deed
Power shall fall short in or exceed!
—aRooert Browning.
eyca�--n
AUTUMN FOREST
(Midnight)
Hushed midnight, and the trees a not
of black;
A moon of jade against a mackerel
sky.
The reeling depths ... The glinting
star -lit track.
How infinitely pitiful to diel
(Morning)
Sun -given gold, the thrift of yellow
wealth,
The last largesse the trembling
maple give.
The glorious copper hills . . . The
glow of health. .
How perfectly exultant, just to live!
---Leonora Owsley Herman.
ems.
FLANNAN ISLE
"Though three men dwell on Herman
Isle
To keep the lamp alight,
As we steer'd under the lee, we
caught
No glimmer through the night!"
A passing ship at dawn had brought
The mews; and quickly we set sail,
To find out what strange thing might
ail
Tho keepers of the deep-sea light.
The winter day broke blue and bright,
With glancing ' san and glancing
spray,
As o'er the swell our boat made way,
As gallant as a gull in flight.
But, as we near'd the lonely Isle;
And look'd up at the'naked height;
And saw the lighthouse towering
white,
'With blinded lantern, that all night
Had never shot a spark
Of,coinfort through the dark,
So ghostly in the cold sunlight
It seem'd, that we were struck the
while
With wonder all to dread for words,
And, as into the tiny creek,
We stole beneath the hanging crag
We saw .three queer, black, ugly
birds—
Too big, by far, in my belief,
For guillemot or shag—
Like seamen sitting bolt'upright
Upon a half-tide reef:
But, as we near'd, they plunged from
sight, e
'Without 'a sound, or .spurt of white.
And still too mazed to speak,
We landed; and made fast• the boat;
And climb'd the track in single file,
Each wishing he Ives safe afloat,
On any sea, however far,
So it be far from Flannan Isle:
And still we seem'd to climb, and
climb, i►
As though we'd lost all count of
• time,
And so must climb for evermore.
Yet, all too soon, we reached the door
The black, sun -blistered lighthouse -
door, '
That gaped for us ajar.
smell
As, on the threshold, for a spell,
We paused, we seem'd to breathe the
Of lhnewash and of tar,
Familier as our daily breath, •
As though 'twere some strange scent
of death:
And so, yet wondering, side by side.
We steed a moment still tongue-tied:
And each with black foreboding eyed
The door, ere we should fling it wide,
To leave the sunlight for the gloom:
Till, plucking courage, up, at last,
Hard on each other's heels we pass'd
Into the living -room.
Yet, as we crowded through the door.
We only saw a table, spread
For dinner, neat and cheese and
bread;
But all untouch'd; and no one there:
As though, when they sat down to
eat,
Ere they could even taste,
Alarm had come; and they in haste
Had risen and left the bread and
meat:
For at the table -head a chair
Lay tumbled on the floor.
We listen'd; but we only heard
The feeble cheeping of a bird
That starved upon its perch:
And, listening' still, without a word,
We set about our hopeless search,
We hunted high, we hunted low,
Andsoon ransacic'd the empty }souse;.
Then o'er the Island, to and fro,
We ranged to listen and to look
In every Branny, cleft or nook
That might have hid a, bird or mouse
But, though we search'd from shore
( to shore,
We found no sign in any place:
And soon again stood face to face
Before the gaping door:
And . stole into the {room once more
As frighten'd children ,steal.
4h'e: though we hunted high and
low,
And hunted everywhere,
Of the three men's fate we found no
trace
Of any kind in any place,
But a door ajar, and an untouch'd.
'neat,
And an overtoppled chair.
And, as we listen'd in the gloom
Of that forsaken living -room --
A chill clutch on our breath—
We thought how ill -chance came to all
Who kept the Flannan Light:
And how the rock had been the death
Of many a likely lad:
How six had come to a sudden end,
And three had gone stark mad:
And one whom we'd all known as
Friend 1; ;'°
Ilad leapt from the lantern one still
night,
And fallen dead by the lighthouse
wall:
And long we thought -
On the three we sought,
And of what night yet befall.
Like curs a glance has brought to
heel,
We listen'd, flinching there:
And look'd, and look'd, on the un-
tcuch'd meal
And the overtoppled chair.
We seem'd to stand for an endless
while,
Though still no word was said,
Three men alive on Flannan Isle,
Who thought on three men dead.
—Wilfred Wilson Gibson,
Children's
C ughs and C ids
Go Overnight'
Mother, don't worry when one of the little ones
has n bad cough or cold --just get a bottle of
BUCKLEY'S MIXTURE and ruin with equal
parts of honey. It arts Ilkc n flash." Otte
littleleasant dose will ire unmistakable n g bol 10 61c re•
Hof. Two doses often and a bpd Cold.
And don't forget — BUCKLEY'S MIX-
TURE ,ill rid you or daddy of a cough, cold,
Mu or bronchitis just as quickly. Its lightning.
quirk action ,rill astound. you. Play safe. Re-
fuse substitutes. Buckley's is sold everywhere.
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SEAFORT l
Library Hall, Tues., Dec. 5th
under auspices of Junior Wo-
men's Institute.
Entries received 10 a.nn, to 1
p.m. Afternoon Program opens
at 3 p.m,
Mrs. TO P. ROSS
win ,fudge in
EXET9u1Z
Town Hall, Wed., Dec. Gtli
nutter auspices of Exeter Wo,
men's Institute.
Entries received 10 a.ni. to 1
p.m, Afternoon Program opens
at8p,m,
Any woman living in the county may enter either, or both, bread
or cake in the Five Roses County Baking Championship contest.
Use p'ive Roses Flour to make a loaf of white bread, or a plain
layer cake with whatever filling and frosting you please. Bring
your entry to the address above. Bring with it a sales slip from
your grocer showing that you have bought Five Roses Flour front
him. This is required as a guarantee that your entry has been
made with this flour.
In addition to judging entries to the
FIVE S ES w S1 T
SAKI CSA' PS NIP
Mrs. Ross will lecture on home baking.
Attend this program and enjoy an afternoon of unusual interest
and a chance to win valuable prizes.
EIGHT LOCAL PRIZES
Bonbon dishes — Bread Knives —
Ribbons
TWO COUNTY PRIZES
A silver Cake or Sandwich Plate wilt
he awarded to the best bread -maker
and to the best cake -maker in this
County, as soon as judging: within
its limns is completed.
ELATE THE L
Every Local Prize -Winner will be
eligible.; to try at the end of Feb-
ruary for the valuable
CHAMPIONSiIIP PRIZES
Sterling Silver Tea Set and 950, for
each of the two Grand Champions
of the whole contest area; Sterling
Silver Bowl and 925, for the cake -
maker and bread -maker in second
place in the finals.
C:h L C WIEST!
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