The Clinton News Record, 1931-10-29, Page 7Flavour
Food Value
Economy
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Cooks In 91, nvlezetes after the water bolls 1022
8u�0anoos of Reketali
A; Column Prepared Especially for Women ---
But Not Forbidden to Men
IN DARKNESS
The dark comes like a friend when
day is done
And draw's its curtains -close for
tired eyes:
It screens the golden javelins of the
sun
And hides the jade and turquoise
of the sldei.
Veil after vell is swung along the
land,
Now fades the river,. new the hill,
crest fades;
.Across the busy world with kindly
'hand
Night slips intangible and fragrant
shades.
It is a great injustice to a child
to allow it to become afraid of the
-dark, as many children are. In fact
I have known grown men and women
to be afraid tc go into a dark room.
This is an acquired fear, as those
who have made a study of such
matters tell us that there
are but two instinettve fears, that of
the loss •of support, the fear of fal-
ling, and the fear of a loud noise.
• All other fears are acquired and a-
mengst these perhaps almost the first
one to appear is the fear of dark-
ness.
Some children are always allowed
a Iight to go to sleep by and if they
are to be punished for some misde-
meanor as they grow cider they are
threatened with being sent to bed in
the dark. Others are accustomed to
being put to bed, having the light
extinguished, and going quietly to
sleep in the darkness. This, for
healthy children is, I am sure, the
best way. They go nlueh quieke'
when the light is extinguished and
they cannot see the objects of the
4
resin and if accustomed to it always
do not feel any fear. To allow
children to, grow up without acquired
fears is to send them out into -the
world well equipped to meet it brav-
ely. -Certain precautions, must of
course, be taught, such .as' care of
health, to avoid accidents, etc. But
a fearless person, who ,is not ob-
cessepd' with any needless fears, is a
much more healthy person both men,
tally and physically than one who is
so obsessed,
But a fear of darkness is a par-
ticularly unnecessary •one, because
darkness in itself is really a very
soothing, restful and beautiful thing.
Who would wish to live in perpetual
sunshine? •Can you imagine how
tiresome it would be to have to Iive
and move, go to bed and get up al-
ways in the sunlight? I love the
long days of summer and wish they
might stay -K th us a bit longer. buil
only so •bhat.wd might spend more of
our time out .of doors. But when
they go and night begins to come
earlier each day, there is something
very soft and sweet and soothing a-
bout that early, Autumn dusk, as if
a curtain were being' drawn across
the window and the world shut out,
so one can rest and meditate and
occupy oneself as one pleases. 1
love to slip outside into the soft
Autumn twilight, to go about the
garden a bit and watch the first
stars peep through. Thera is noth-
ing fearsome about it at all and I am
always glad that I yam not afraid of
the dark. Do not instil ,fear of any
sort into the mind of ,a child for
"fear hath torment" Let thein grew
up fearless, brave of heart, so will
they be the better able to meet the
trials and bear the burdens of life.
'REBEKAH
Doctor Sent By Government
Gives Banks Fishermen
Expert Treatment
Nearly 300 Cases, with 29 Operations
Treated at Sea Last Seacon by
Physicians Sent to Grand Banks
with Mee Sea Fishing Fleet by
Fisheries Department.
borne -made remedies and the ie.,
expert "doctoring" of the layman us -
to be the sole reliance of men on
Canada's Grand Banks fishing fleet
who chanced to fall sick at sea, but
nowadays a doctor's ready at their
call.
As one of its services in the inter -
este of the fishing industry, the
Dominion Department of Fisheries
has sent a •physieian to the Grand
Banks with the fishing fleet each
,year since 1924, and last summer,
for instance, two hundred and eigh-
ty-five cases were treated during the
season. Twentyanine necessary
operations were performed ab sea,
though none of them were seriatrs
gasses, !yand three ifish)erinen who
needed treatment which could not be
given them without special facilities
were hurried to hospital on C.G.S.
Arras, the steamer which the depart-
ment sends to the Banks with the
,fleet.
Dr. D. R. Webster, the physician
who was sent with the Arras, last
year, . not only treated the cases of
sickness which occurred of the fish-
ing vessels "during their stay •of
weeks at sea, but he also carried on
some investigation as to the causes
of hand infections among the fisher.-
men.- Other data bearing on the
same subject had also been collected
by Dr. Webster on previous trips to
the Banks. So far, fishermen were
much more fortunate in 1930 than
they had been in some other years.
"Whereas in sortie former seasons 1
.have treated as many as sixty of
such cases," Dr. Webster r`epotteil to
the department, "this summer' there
were only two, and these of a mild
character'. It was a remarkable ob-
servation," he. added, "that, coincid
eat with the scarcity ,of bait 'and
fish, hand infections practically dis-
appeared. Squid were practically
absent from the fishing grounds and.
parts. But the work (of investiga-
tion) Ishould be continued as it is a
most fertile field fn.• investigations
and keen interest was manifested by
alt concerned."
An interesting point brought out
by ,Dr. Webster in his report is that
"the judicious, use of brass chains on
the wrist appears to be: a large fac
•
tor in the reductions of infections
suiting from chafing by the edge of
the oilskin." Infection of this kind
can very easily happen, especially
in rainy or foggy weather when the
fish gurry and such things will be
washed down the sleeve on to Vie
broken skin of the chafed wrist, but
of fourteen men who had to be
treated fee this ailment last year
all but three had been working with-
out wrist chains.
Respiratory infections have been
quite numerous among men of the
fleet in some seasons and Dr. Web-
ster has also noted that "dietary
troubles are common," Change in
atinespheric conditions which the
fisherinen meet when their vessels
reael; the Banks in the spring is ap-
parently the predisposing. cause of
the respiratory infections, while the
gastric upsets are due, in many eas-
es, to neglected teeth.
CANADIAN WOMEN
GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS
Winnipeg, October 26: "Canadian
women are the finest housekeepers 1
have ever encountered," declared
Miss Agnes Baden-Powell, of Lon-
don,, England, vice-president of the
International Girl Guides Movement,
who left Winnipeg over Canadian
National Railways for Calgary. Miss
Baden-Powell is paying her first
✓ isit to Canada on a torr of inspec-
tion of girl guide organizations and
she has been greatly Impressed with
the beautiful furnishings of • Cana-
dian hrnnis, She declares that the
women of this country are most for-
tunate in possessing such tine furni-
ture and such quantities of silver-
ware but she says they "deserve it
for they take such wonderful. care
of all their possessions."
Miss Batten-Powell's experience
will agree, with that of a Canadian
girl who has returnedafter a stay
of some years in England:- She could
not but exclaim over the splendid
housekeeping and espeolally the cook-
ing in Ontario. It was the best she
had 'en'countered in her travels, she
•said.
The First Guide' attended three
large ?meetings in ,Calgarry on Wed-
nesday and certificates were resent+
ed to girl guides who displayed hero-
ism in life-saving during the sum -
mei'. 'She will be in Edincn4ton for a
large rally on Friday and will visit
Fort Saskatchewan on November
first. -She will . probably visit - the
Pacific Coast during November and
will then return to the east and home
to England.
DO'n=o3==:cocto===o
HOW MY WORLD
o WAGS
By Thatc'
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k1 rant Mariner
Dean D. Hurindy. .
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"Raw, gold to the value of $3 foul
in a turkey by s! Vancouver famil
That noble bird believed in "pay
you go."
Thomas Edison's boyhead •cls
were near t '
ar S . Thomas, P 0'
frr
Wlhieh 'la's the doubting Thomas tho
caused the future inventorrs servo
therefrom?.
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On t.
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setups
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as
China purch
heed 50 head. aP A*
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shire cows from the British 'Co1ue
baa Breeders Assoetaticn. We r
frain from the obvious (bull -in -a
China shop joke, and merely remar
that we admiringly kow-tow to sue
happy international cow -operation.
The Man with the Mop, who write
for the Mercury, of Estevan, Sask
advocates peppier ter' partiest
cromb
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the depression.
1 The Man with the Map,
Now he's got the right dope,
For it's better to mop,
By' a darn sight, than mope.
• 'Complaining sadly of the tariff on
magazines, the Eastern. 'Chronicle of
New, Glasgow, MS., says "our weekly
]corse papers, that fer long gave the
menfolk .of our household delight,
have to go." Yea, brother, but there
still reinainebh fly papers, and one
-night perchance snare a horse -fly
thereon, gadzooks.
Excelsior
(A free advertisement)
"The shades of night were falling
fast," •
The price of stock was falling too,
"As through an Alpine village pas-
sed"
With yodel sweet and clear and
true, '
"A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and
ice," -
Through sun and rain, through wet
and dry,
"A banner with the strange device":
To stuff a bed tick, better try
"'Excelsior;."
Dear Old Hallowe'en
We welcome• thoe again, old friend.
When the mistletoe hangs in the dim,
ly lighted hallway—no, by heel:,
that's 'Christmas. Never mind, old
pal, we welcome thee anyway.
How, in the long ago, we used to
practice holding our breath under
water for five -minutes—months at a
stretch—so that we could kiss the
girls when they were ducking for
apples!
And, alas, how we never got up
the courage to' do so! Once we near-
ly did; but we" happened just therm
to swallow a couple of. Northern
Spies, h.olusebolas, with' their skins
e,n. And for the rest of the evening
we were practically useless as a kis-
ser.
Clubs Are Troup
A toot-a•itoottoot and rub-a•.dub
dub.
For the Lions, Wiwanis, or Rotary
Club.
'l'hat meets once a week just to sing
and eat grub,
And assist the poor guys that sn'ne
other guys snub.
•
. • Books Worth Chewing
Wiasn't it Bacon who said that
some books are to be chewed and
others to be ewallcwed whole? May-
be not just like. that, but, roughly,
that was the idea of the old philos-
opher whose name has made fried
eggs famous.
A number of my readers from
W;irtnipeg and M•entreal (all two of
them) have requested me to give a
list of the best hundred books. Now
that is really difficult,, as I've
written only seven. ,
So all I can do is name the best
seven that I know of, Later this
fall my publishers are bringing out
a couple mere,' which, would bring
the total up to eleven (wouldn't it?).
Books for the Very 'young (by
Dean D. Ifurmdy).
1, With -Sir Wilfred A. MacDonald
in the Peace River Country, or the
Color Scheme of Quadratic Equa-
tions.
2. The Mother of the Gracchi, and
Other Famous Queens of England.
Books for the "Teen Age (by
Dean D. Hiirindy),
8. A Bran Mash for the Winged
Horse of the Zodiac, being Diet Hints
for Red Daisies,
4. Multiply Oniims. (No. 19 in
"Marvels of -Simple Arithmetic"
Series).
Books for Adults (by Hurmdy).
5. How to Make a Little Wood Mat
in Rainbow Land. -
6. The Care and Management of
Volcanoes.
7. Be Your Own Magician, or tier•
Arab's Farewell to his or
Pony. -
Haug On ...
Hang on, fellows! Going's' tough,
Skies are dark and roads are rough,
Never say:. "We've had enough!" ,
"Sun will soon shine brighter.
Don't get weary, don't get glum;
Don't feel squashed 'or overcome;
Things will surely start to bum;
Loads will soon, be lighter.
Whack away, through thick and thin;
Play the game, and try to win.
If you bump your head, just grin
At the Imp it raises.
Hang on if the music :stops;
Flagg on if the ,airship drops;
Hang on if the whole world flops.
. Wang on like blue blazes.
—Dean D. Hurredy.
THE CLINTON-NEWS ,RLECOREi
ALL WERE WRONG.
BRITAIN, PROSPERED
Loof et Z
a
tt d.a, O � 0 Thyy were all
wrong!" 1s the heading over a hand-
brll reveiwing tglocmy phophecies of
other days, being distributed in Lon-
don.
lIthey
ere are
William Pitt said: "There is
coarsely anything around us but
ruin and despair," •
Wilberforce in the 'early 1800's
said: "I dare not marry; the future
is so dark and unsettled."
Lord •GreY, 10 1812, said he be-
lieved "Everything is tending to
a convulsion." -
The Duke of Weiliugton en the
eve of his death, in 1851 thanked
Go
d he would b
a spared from see-
ings
the consummation of ruin that
is gathering about us."
Disraeli (1849): "In industry,
commerce and )rgriculture' there is
no hope,"
Queen Adelaide said she "had
only ane desire, to play the part of
Mary Antoinette withbravery in the.
revolution that was corning on Eng -
d Lor(1848):
Shapes u
br
Y 8
48
1
( „Noth-
ing can•save the British Empire from
shipwreck." '
But, concludes the circular, "we
carne through all right, .and shall
do so again."
COUNTING THE INDIES
A COLOSSAL
CONTRACT,
Like Stars Above and Hairs in the
Head West Indies Islands Call for
Scientific Circulation. Total
About 2.000
Wide search fails to reveal any-
one who has ever gone to the trouble
of counting the number' of Mande
contained in the West Indies, or ev-
en, to narrow the field, the number
of islands contained in the British
West Indies. Y'et like the hairs in
the human head and the stars in the
night sky, these islands are not so
numerous as tq be beyond counting.
Ib would probably take a year to
voyage around and take a complete
census of the island members of the
West ,Indies, Including Bermuda,
thirteen of the British Islands col-
onies are visited regularly by liners
of the Canadian National's fleet -ply-
ing tc and from Montreal, Halifax,
Saint John, N'.S., and Boston.
BELONGS TO rTHE
FARMER
The small 'town irelongs'to the far-
mer. It exists mainly, if not entir-
ely te
ntir-ely;tc servo him ' It iv the place he
gees fora loaf. of (bread ora than
at thec.
aa 1. i
b Its- is theme, usually; that
he attends a lodge meeting 011, a
,chicken pie supper. II the farrier
never wanted a loaf of bread or a pie.
supper, there woutd, not be any town
There might . be a filling -station and
a hot dog station for the- conven-
ience
of travellers, a eller
s but '
rt
-would not
t
be a town. Time. was, in the days of
mud roads and plow horse travel
that we were more o' less bound to
the small vi
11
a
ge near
by.-
Now we
can t
eke it ar leave i
v t. If we choose
we can truelc -out grain and stock to
a city, and we can go t o the city for
a'ir clothes, food and entertainment
We hold the plower of Tile and
death over the little local town, If
we neglect it, it ,must surely' starve
to death, for it has no means .of
self-support. A . few small towns
have' so died, but that mast of, them
rs
main show
we still want them.
W;e may 'pretend to think lightly of
that town but still we want 'a loca-
tion for oar church, lodges and high
schools, -'Wle still want a place close
at hand where we can find a dector,
druggist, a veterinarian, a ball 'of
twine or ,a plowshare. The sort of
merchants we find in our town are
the sort we support with our patron,
age. If we nTake a policy bf dealing
only with -the man who carries a
goodly assortment of dependable ar-
ticles he will stay in business and
prosper, and as he prospers he will
naturally offer better assotments
and better service. So with the kind
cif 'lawyers, of doctors and dentists.
In a city farmers may not have
much influence on the character of
business and professional men, but
in the little town patronage is the
confronting influence. The little
town is more than a convenience fos
buying everyday ,supplies. It is
more than a first-aid station in case
of a broken leg or broken binder.
It is the community centre where
social life of the farm people finds
its most natural and most potent
expression, The casual contacts of
people mingling with one ,another
as they gq about their errands are
what bind a community evidlt a
character all its own. Quite apart
from any formal organisation, the
coannunity spirit that centers in the
farmers' town is the fundamental
unit in agricultural life of our
country, Our little town represents
us as do our red barns and tall
The thirteen visited 'by the Cana- 8
dian National's "Lady" liners are bu
the leading British island colonies
and among theta the most interest-
ing of all the Caribbean countries. a
Yet they are;, but a small portion
numerically. ►
Iles. It is our reap6nsibility and
r opportunity. We can select its
usiness and professional people al -
est as we cull our flocks and herds;
staining those we want and elimin,
ting these who do not measure cu
up to r standards. We can.influ-
ence its citizenship by choosing the
doorways we enter and the counters
over whielt we buy our goods. The
little town is ours and it will be
what we make it.—A. fanner in The
Trines, Monticello, Minn.
Bermude, which is not strictly
speaking a part of the West Indies,
comprises 809 islands. The Bahamas
number 700. The Leeward and
Windward Islands of any impor-
tance, number well Over a score. To
add to this orb Porto Rico, Haiti and
San Domingo combined, Jamaica and
Cuba. Probably the total of the
Wiest Indies islands, counting even
the smallest is well over two thous-
and.
Willie: "ilia, if the baby was to
swallow a tadpole, would it give
him a voice like a frog?" "Heavens,
no!" It would kill him, most likely."
Oh eo, it wouldn't. It didn't,—•Farm
Journal.
COUNTY NEWS
,GODERICH: Three local men
were surprised one night last week
in their attempt to burglarize the
Artcraft furniture factory. The trio,
however, managed to make their es-
cape, 'but Chief of Police Pestle
waite stated that he recognized the
men.' The chief, concealed in the
factory yard, surprised the ,men as
they were about to drive theitruck,
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, '193:0
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••• ASSOCIATE sscntrARRY
DOES YOUR CHILI? SEE?
When itblind a ch d i sin both eyes,
the condition is, et' course, recogniz-
ed. There aro many children, how-
ever, who have defective sight, •which
fact
is unknown
to
their
parents.
agents.
That this is sis evidenced v'idenc
edby the
number of children entering school,
who are found by school physicians
to have defective eyesight,
The good work done by the,sehdol
health services does not provide for
the pre-school child,' or for the child
who attends a school where there is
no school physieian or nurse. .
A child .sho,ild be able to recog-
nize a pieture or objectest one-half n
a
inch_ square at twenty feet. ' Each
eye is tested seperately, one eye be-
ing covered with a card during the
test of the other. For near vision, a
picture book may be used. If there
is any appreciable defect in either
eye, whether for near or distant vi-
sion, the family physician should be
consulted.
Cross-eye is a condition which is
frequently neglected because of the
parents' ignorance as to its signifi-
cance.
ignificance. ' Children with this condition
should be .placed under medical care
without delay. A cross-eyed child sees
double'. This causes confusion and
so the mind trains itself to pay at-
tention only to the image that com-
es to it through the straight eye.
This results in one eye's -being de-
velo
e through h h Cts
n e and t
g hotie
a er's
ubecomingsed. useless because it is not
Unless the condition is properly -
treated 'early; the child loses the use
of t one _eye and is ac a
to lly blind in
that eye. It the child is treated be-
tween two and three years of age,
the most or all of his vision can be
saved; the longer treatment is de-
layed,'the /more vision is lost. Cross-
eye is a condition which does not
correct ,itself. Children do not grow
out of its
if the child is placed sitting, fac-
ing ng Cho purest, an arm's length a-
way, with one eye covered by the
Patent's " hand, and is made to look
at the parent's nose with the uncov-
ered eye, the parent will find that
on uncovering the other eye, it is ei-
ther looking at the nose, which m•sans
that no cross-eye is present, or that it
moved in or out, or remained crossed
iv or cut, which is ,an evidence that
cross-eye is present
Your children will appreciate, in
later years, the care you give naw
to this special organ.
Questions concerning Health ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College Street, Toron-
to, will be answered personally by
tetter.
alleged to have been leaded with
factory stock, off the premises. Chief
Postlewaite sprang from his con-
ceahnent and locekd the yard gate.
The then immediately abandoned the
truck and made their escape over the
fence, but two have singe been ar-
rested, e
GODERICH: Work on the harbor
piers was started last week by the
contractors, William Birmingham
and Son of Kdngstan.' The contrac-
tors are employing town men with
families and are co-operating with
the civic relief committee in hiring
the men. A force of 21 men is em-
ployed on the excavation of tho
south pier.
THE PEDESTRIAN'S
RIGHTS
An Ottawa reader has directed the
attention of The Mercury to the fact
that in London, Eng., recently, a
magistrate ruled thus: "A motorist
had no right to hoot and expect a
pedestrian to act as a contortionist,
more particularly when the pedestrian
is a young woman with a child in a
pushcart." A physician was the of-
fender in this case, He paid a fine
of ten dollars, plus 15 dollars costs.
A few judgments and comments of
the kind in every county .of Canada
would serve a useful purpose. There
are too many men and women who,
when seated at the wheel of a car,
think they are monarchs -of all they
survey ion streets and highways and
that in a special way pedestrians
are subject to their whims.—Renfrew
Mercury.
Jellicoe's Daughter is Horne
After Her Illness
Liverpool, Eng., Oct 24—Lady
Gwendoline Jellicoe, daughter of Ad-
miral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe, ar,
rived here today aboard the steam-
ship Duchess of York from Canada,
fully recovered from the illness -
which kept her in the Dominion after
the departure of her father and
mother.
Lady Gwendoline proceeded im-i
mediately, to Ventnor, Isle of Wight,
where Admiral Jeliiooe Is recovering
front an attack of bronchitis that
set In on his return frem Canada
some weeks ago.
How 'Are Your Brakes?
When travelling the highway,
And traffic is light,
You let her go fifty
Or more, just a mite.
There's one little matter,
011, just very slight:
How are your brakes?
When Life's road is ended,
And folks aren'•t polite,
But seen full of meanness,
Self-seeking and spite,
Perhaps you are tempted
Same sinner to smite,
How are your brakes?
When Life is the highway
And on comes the night,
Just count up your blessings,
Your days of delight.
No doubt then, you'll answer
This question aright:
How are your BREAKS?
Making Mone
In Retailin
In this town are niahyY retailer's who could
and should have larger businesses,
The right way to get on in lousiness is to set
sales mark for the year ---X5,000, $10,000, $20,-
000, x'80,000—;whatever is reasonable And within
one's financial ability. '
Then the year's abjeetive should be reduced
to weekly and monthly amounts, in accordance
with the seasonal character of one's' business,
Then the next thing to db is to calculate the
numberof sales transactions needed each week
'to produce ,the weekly sales objective. Thus,
if one's average sales 'transaction is 50 cents,
and if cue's weekly sales 'objective is #100;
then, clearly, the retailer must have 200 sales
trausacbions every week, This may mean 200
caste/nen. -
-So the retailer's job is to get into his store
200 customers each week—an average of 84 a
day.
These customers to be secured at tate rate of
200 a week require to be (1) invited, publicly
and regularly, by advertisements in this news,
paper; (2) inforgned about the seller's mer-
chandise, prices and service—again -by adver-
tisements in this newspaper, and (8) so well
served by the retailer that they will become
"repeaters." —
The main thing is eustomer attraction in re-
quired and pre -determined numbers, and this Is
achieved by interesting and warm: -!blooded ad-
vertisements in this newspaper.
Our Advertising Department Stands Ready to help
Retailers Prepare Customer -Attracting Advertisements
--Exchange,