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The Clinton News Record, 1942-08-20, Page 7THURS., AUG, 20,1.942 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS Outstandingly Good' CARE OF CHILDREN COOKING HEALTH PAGE 7 41.00,0,04,041.4.0 r ---- THIS MODEST CORNER ffi DEDICATED TO THE POETS • 'Here They. Will Sing You Their Songs --Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring. FORGE FOR WEATHER One gray cloud is shaped like' an anvil .Lew in the west, Straight at the top, and long, Its base on the sea. Here shall the wind's' be forged And the gales be beaten To plough -shares • Thin, but. whistling and wide For'eurling white furrows of foam On melting mountains of water Sometimes- a light is struck (A swift green shaft to the sky) And the sparks break out into stars From the ashes of sunset. -LL-Martha Banning Thomas. • PLEA FOR A VACATION •Shote me shadows of cedars blotted on oat -grass, Black against yellow. Show me field -hay heaped upon sun- light, Lett ice lie warm, wordless, .Soothed with wing -music and leaf - song, Watching blue utiles of midday shor- ten to afternoon, Let me hear five-o'clock curfew Conic, with bird -singing lessening to silence, Show me the first still star, .Moon rim changing shadows on road- side, color ori hill. Then, let me sleep where day bas been heartsome, Knowing that, though my night grow chill ... .Summer is with me,' gold against darkness ,Scything the deeper shades. --Kate Rennie Archer . THE SUEZ CANAL "Where the lazy tethered camel turned his contemplative gaze.' -On that feat of engineering, man's moat famed of waterways, With its slowly moving traffic bear- ing earing risen to work or play- From layFrom the distant cliffs of Albion, sun- baked Hind or far Cathay,— theits shrieksst Now silence tee no lou gge through the eerie desert night, And the sluggish darkened waters wake no more to greet the light Of the searchlight's' eager • finger pointing out the home -word xray To the distant cliffs of Albion, sun- baked unbaked Hind or far Cathay. Now -the whirring wings above him wake the cancel from his dream As the nearing roar of cannon shakes the s'horinge of the stream ,Now with apprehensive horror he be- holde the corning fray .For the distant cliffs of Albion, sun- baked Hind or far Cathay. ':There are evil wings approaching that unlobse death -dealing blows—. And the blossom of the desert is more red than any rose!— Where the khaki -clad defenders for their Homeland stand at bay, ,Por the distant cliffs of Albion, sun- baked Hind or far Cathay. .Not with lazy contemplation- nor with apprehension, we .Prom our vantage -point of distande watch this fight of Liberty! But with calmness and with courage —an increasing labour :pray For the distant cliffs of Albion., sun- baked Hind or far Cathay. •Montreal' -<-Grace Pollard!. IN. THIS WIDE OFFICE WHERE I WORK In this wide office where I work, I pass the 'people on the stair, Young girls and older men with books, And boys with eager hurrying feet. None ask for kindness here. No human heart but lacks some joy, Or being joy -filled thirsts for more; E'en while you, dreaming, sit - and wait— There is a step across the hall, A hand upon you door! —Marion Susan Campbell. MIRACLE (By Audrey Alexander Brown) Sweeter than happiness Yet sharp as atom, The keen, keen stab that thrills , Through heart and brain, When, startled,• as we stare 10n suddenly -silver air, Leaps up a swift rainbow through the rain.. Nothing else in- life— Life, that is worth Such tears of joy encs grief— Is like that birth:. !Plower -hued, fire -bright Live arch of light- Springing bridge, the span of heaven and earth. A moment, hardly more; But while there stand The curved colours In one blazing band— With what sweet change our. eyes Are clear and wise!., God is net far, and Heaven is no strange land. IN THIS BRAVE HOUlt There are such depths of meaning hidden where . The awakened heart aloneecanunder- s stand;. ;There are such countless throbbings through the land. I Of overcoming, and the standing there Serene, aurid the orrews of the race,— Standing—with courage and a help- ing hand, Standing — amid the battle, — noble, grand, Nor failing any righteous task to face, • Nor bending- 'neath th' unkindest mortal blow. Throughout our earth, spreads its wideninrg band .0f inspiration, waking hearts to know. Olt! there is ineaning deep in this "high morn," In thiA ir,',tve !:Dour a woi'ii is being . born!'. —M. McG. NOCTURNE FOIL AUGUST Summer will always be these fire- flies, in can And the hot, sound of cicadas' in the early night; Iced Antares burning low in the south- ern sky And, high above, gold Aquila in mid- flight. Summer is the far heat . lightning's Muffled c flare ' 'Shur, .: ys b.low the horizon of this plain; Fresh river smell borne on a warm night wind That promises' and yet withholds the rain. —Frederick Ebright. WEEDING .+.w ..� .. r«vaN.nin• , I3Y ",PEG" ..rn.n v..v► «r... r.r.. Z. In a reednt broadcast the radio. an- :a perfect garden. We cannot visual- nouncer commenting on sports in ize the beauty of the garden of-"E'den England and Scotland pointed out that where God placed the first man and many of the playing fields in the old the first woman intending that hap - land had been{ turned into' vegetable piness' should be their la in life. Then gardens. Their produce was"'to help provide fond for the multitude of soldiers' of . the allied armies, who have • been stationed there to help bring victory to the cause for which we aro fighting.' Speaking of gardens there is one thing of which we can always be very sure—where ever there is a garden of any kind there are bound to be weeds. Gardening itself is a wonderful oc- cupation -or pastime, the sad part of it is that if the weeds are not kept .down they will certainly take ' first place and the purpose of the garden will be frustrated. Many an amateur gardener, un- knowingly has pulled out the vege- tables or flowers and have left the weeds to grow. A plot of ground which has bows carefully and systematically planted and weeded is indeed a lovely sight. This, of course, cannot be accomplish- ed without hard back breaking work. As we drive through the country, occasionally we will see an ill kept farnn. In a field ed grain we notice mustard and wild, thistle. -Should this be left unchecked the farmer will eventually be compelled to clis'contin•- ue growing grain in that field until such time as the weeds are done away with as they will. undoubtedly take the place of the grain. Do we ever take time to consider that.God intended our lives should be IHEIGHT OF SUD'IMBit • The height of summer, and the day so fair, The mingled Delors on the morning air So sweet. The mild and friendly little breeze Which stirred the grass, and whisper- ed to the trees, And waved the goldenrod upon' the hill, Sinks to a breath and leaves and ferns are still. Here in the woods small shafts of light shine through, And in each broader space, the sky's sleep blue. And there beneath the sun's bright rays, one sees The fretted bark and lichens on the trees. And on the earth's great roots and rich dark mould, And the dull matted leaves seem cloth of gold, —Julia A. Whe4ler, IN 1.'Ii1S UP -GATHERING TIME You have walked dry -shod The beaten sands of the bay deep water has trod. You have stood in the rubble and traced The stark of retreating tides, the de- solate waste. But you dud not praise thefinnl vic- torious sand. Yot!' did net say the water was con- quered by lend. Our young men sail to the east; our young sten stride Like a slowly gathering tide The shores of lands' to the west; their numbers grow On misted crags to the north; south- ward' they go. Like waters swaging in strength. They seek the desolate coasts to the - world's length. In this time of silence, now in. this -trying time In the ooze of hopes, in the desolation and slime Listen! Listen! Nothing yet has been lost. Somewhere there at the rint light will be 'crossed With sound ,and earth will shake, and sky will burn: And tides will turn And fill the heavens with ons ushing thunder Where all the slime and waste will be swept underl —Charles Malan! sin entered and the lovely garden which God gave .over into their keep- ing became the abode of the first sin. —weeds took the place of flowers. Our lives are God's property. When we think what a price He paid for us —His' very life—how careful we should be to keep that garden free from weeds. The same thought is roonveyed in 1 Corenthians, 0:19: "What? Know ye not that your body. is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you?" We are slaves to the weeds which. we should be trying dailyto clear out of our lives. These may be divided into three classes: 1. What we think. 2. What we say 3. What we do. . When an undesirable thought comes into our minds it is according to our own will whether we allow it to grow or pull it up and there plant the seed of a beautiful flower. There are kindly thoughts which - will take the place of those which are evil or harsh and if we just practise it we will soon learn that with God's help we can become masters of our thoughts. Just make the experiment of 'changing the thought in your mind and you will readily see how easily this may be accomplished. Then when trying thoughts push .themselves in apply the sante principle. This will eventually become a well worth while game in which we will be the winner. If we allowthese thoughts to gain an entry and harbor theme once it will be that much harder to get rid of them the second. time. We truly can con- trol our thoughts. No onewho has become master of any situation has done it without hard work so we can- not expect to weed out thoughts which we do not want without effort. We can be -so much happier with noble, uplifting thoughts than we are with questionable one, but it is for us to choose whether.we will grow flow- ers or weeds. When we think thatfrom the time our infant lips lisp their first baby word till the good-bye of our last farewell is spoken not one word can be recalled how careful ands guarded eve should be that ourtongues do not frame words Or our lips speak those things which will hurt or sting ar perhaps mar the lives of those spoken to or about, We, at times, get into the habit of speaking unkindly until we do not realize that we are doing it. What a tragic thing it is to hear some one going about continually finding fault: --Let us guard against that sort of thing ere' the tinse comes when folks would rather not .see us coming near them at all. It does not cost any more to speak a kind word than to say something which is nut- ting and harsh. God has been merci- ful to us when He has not allowed the action of our words to be like that. of a bomerang which will come back to tis with the same force with which they struck some one else. To a cer- tain extent they are like that for very often we reap the benefit of words which we have said unkindly .to. others. When a dear one has gone on, how often we would recall them if only to 'tell them how remorse' has filled our 'hearts over things which We have said to them. On the other hand a great deal of reheer has come into, our lives with an encouraging or kindly ward spoken to us. There are :many men and -women holding high positions today who are doing so just because they were help- ed on with a word' of encouragement. Will we not strive to give thatword to some one :who needs it. Then there are many things we do which need •to be weeded. out aswe are masters of our thoughts so we can control our deeds before they become too deep: rooted and we are slaves to them for without the help of God: we would not be able to free ourselves. In the days before the civil war in the United States, slaves were beaten and . abused. So we are tormented and illtreat ct by slavish habits,. We ourselves know what these weeds aro. We can examine ourselves and pick out the ones which have the master over us. Faith kis' our Lord Jesus Christ will help us to weed out _these faults, Every act whether good or evil had its origin in a thought. Tho good deeds; spring from flower seeds and the evil' ones from weeds.Will we not get our hoe today and go a. weed- ing? As we think of gardens our minas will loak back and dwell on the story bf Christ as He prayer in the Garden of Geth'semene just prior to the time of His crucifiction—where,: He gave His life for us. There we have that greatest ,sacrificial prayerof all times, "Father, if thou bee.willing, re- move this cup from me; never -the -less not •my will, but thine be done." Luke 22:42. Are we willing, with God's help, to uproot- the weeds of sin from our lives. What a joy it will be to re to do so, and how much happier we will be in our service for the Master. And shall there be no cross for me In all this life of mine? Shall mine be all a flowery path And all the thorns be thine? v "PNG" THE MIXING, BOWL By ANNE ALLAN • Hydro Home Economist MAIING THE MOST OF YOUR TEA AND COFFEE QUOTA a Hello Homemakers! The rule of thumb has bean abandoned ,with the rationing of tea and coffee. 'Every tea leaf and every ground of coffee must now be made to count. The new regulations of the Wartime Prices. and Trade Board allow one ounce of tea OR four ounces of coffee (not both) per person, per week, for those over 12 years of age. The tea quota allows enough for 12 cups and the coffee quota for 30 cups during the week. In the case of cof- fee concentrates or substitutes your ration :coupon will allow the purchase of a quantity sufficient to make 12. cups. There are several factors that may snake a great difference in stretching out your allowance — the blend, ,the grind or grade ,the pot, the measure- ments ,the temperature of water, the steeping and storage method, GENERAL DIRECTIONS 1. Buy freshly ground coffee. Ask your grocer to grind it medium course for hoiled coffee, fine - for the percolater and extra fine for the ship or vacuum. (Glass vaeumn coffee -makers require e very finely ground 'coffee so that all the flavour is drawn out. 2. Store in an absolutely clean con- tainer with a . tight -fitting lid, per£erably a glass jar. Exposure to air causes- loss of flavour. - 3, Keep coffee in the lower part al the electric refrigerator; ground coffee will keep its flavour longer in, a cold atmosphere. Keep tea in a dry place. 4. Measure water . and tea (or cof- fee) accurately — with a measur- ing spoon and an eight ounce measuring. cup. - Bring the water to a full boil, as actively boiling water releases the, best coffee. flatcar. 5. Make only as much tea or coffee as you wish to serve:. If at any time you do have some tea or coffee left over, store it in a cov- ered jar and place in the electric refrigerator to serve as an iced drink or flavouring for a milk shake, or punch er dessert, 6. ' Steep tea or coffee at least 5 mins. instead of the usual 2 mins. Using a glass coffee maker, steeping is done by allowing the coffee and water to remain ih, the upper bowl for 5 mins. by lea,; ing on the warm element. This • extra steeping' •viIl give you good results from less coffee. 7- Never' fail to wash the inside of the coffee maker or teapot soup;- ulously clean. with baking soda and water --using a brush for the spouts, Any .used filter bag must be thoroughly washed; e „coffee bag with the remains of former coffee makings will ruin the fresh coffee flavour. Boiled Coffee Measure coffee into a fine cheese- cloth bag- (doubled thickness). Use the steam makes longer. 1. 2. he coffee steep: TAKE .A.. TIP If you use both tea, and coffee and have 2 railed carrds in your home, use one card for tea and one for coffee. Black tea is made Froin ferment- ing the tender tea leaves; .green tea is unfermented tea; "orange pekoe" refers to the size of the leaf, not a partidnlar flavour or grade. one level tablespoon for each sten- THE QUESTION BOX ward eup of water, Place bag in kettle or coffeepot containing the re- quired amount of boiling water. Cover and simmer 8 or 10 mins. Serve at once. Coffee Milk While +doffee is being prepared,. scald an equal amount of milk. Pour the coffee and hot milk together into the cups in equal amounts, one pot. In each hand. Percolated Coffee Measure water into a clean scalded percolator. Piave basket in pot and measure coffee into it. Cover and• attach electric cord. Allow water to pereulate over coffee for 10 mins, (timing should begin when a slight colour appears in water seen in glass ton). Drip ofFee Scald the coffee pot. Measure coffee into the upper part. Pour fresh, briskly boiling water over -cof- fee. Cover and let stand on the small electric element turned to Low or Simmer so coffee does not boil but Mrs. A. E., asks: "If corn syrups can be used in tomato sandwich fill- ing and in what proportion?" Answers: Tomato Sandwich Filling 12 ripe tomatoes 3 onions 'id cup salt % cup corn syrup 4 red sweet peppers 1 green ,sweet pepper 6 tsp. mustard 1 2-3 cups flour 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup vinegar Cook tomatoes and onions until soft. Put through a sieve. Add salt, sugar, syrup, and vinegar and chop= ped peppers. Heat this mixture and add mustard. Then add the flour that has been mixed with vinegar to make a paste. Cools on electric element Mimed Low. Stir frequently, Pan in sterilized jars and cover with par Itffin. Yields 3 pints, Anne Allan invites you to write to her % Clinton News -Record. Send in your questions on homemaking pro- blems and watch this column for re- plies. CikesNaPsuoi GUWD LANDSCAPE PICTURES Good landscape pictures are easy to make if you remetnhet' to include some foreground objects. Note how the rocks and figures in this shot .. give a general idea of the size and scopeof the scene,: and also create an Illusion of depth. I'M sure seine of you have had the A experience of standing on a hill- top and looking out over a beauti- ful valley stretching .off into the distance. Yon snapped the picture because the scene was too -good to miss. But In the print, the valley seemed to flatten out. Details your eye observed off in the distance lead become so infinitely small as to become virtually invisible, and the picture gave little -hint 01 the valley's size or magn1Rceece. But, if you had known that your vision is somewhat deceptive, an excellent picture of that valley could have been very easily taken. The only thing necessary was to, step back mitis the picture included a small portion of the hilltop with a tree, person, or some other object in the foreground. Oftentimes you can naturally "frame" the distant portions of a scene between nearby trees, or include a tree trunk and an overhanging branch at one side of the picture. And by including a person in the foreground, you provide sort of -a -measuring stick to give a general idea of the size and scope of the landscape, and also add an important element of depth, or third dimension., With smaller btts of scenery -a harvest scene, an attractive rural view, perhaps a farmhouse with a winding road leading to it, trees silhouetted against a. sunset—the effort should be made - to arrange the component parts of the picture through the viewfinder to make a pleasing composition.,. The view- point should be carefully chosen remembering that much that is ex- traneous can be eliminated or at least made unobtrusive by moving the camera to the right or left, up or down, or nearer or- farther away. Lighting is as important as com- position. Very few good .landscape pictures are taken when the sun is directly overhead. The, best, as a rule, are taken in the late after- noon when long shadows help give interest and pictorial quality to outdoor scenes, -Early morning— Particularly when it is misty or foggy -is also an ideal time for landscape shooting. And, don't overlook late summer and autumn pictures. They are ex- cellent seasons for landscape pic- tures. You'll find, if you shoot thoughtfully and wisely, thatgood landscapes are comparatively sim- ple to make, and provide worth While' additions • to your snapshot collection. 350 John van Guilder