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HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
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THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful
and Inspiring,
MY TREASURE CHEST
• I have a wealth of melodies
Recorded on any mind,
Many songs in different keys
That prove to me so kind.
When I amill or full of came
I choose from memories store
• A song of faith, just like a prayer
My heart is sad no more.
My inward heaven of melodies
Makes happy anany an hour
I hear the famous symphonies
In all their "charm and power;
T1he songs that plucked the heart -
string sores ---
That seems so odd to youth
• 1 cherish them forever more '
They surely told the truth.
Pre grateful for this treasure chest
Of music and of song
It helps me win in .every test;
For music makes me strong.
• No matter what the fate may bring
This hobby is the best
Let your unseen singer—sing
And God will do the rest.
—Serafine Koehn.
THE PRICE OF SUCCESS
if you haven't the patience to work
and wait,
To build with precision and lay your
brick straight;
H you haven't the courage to grin
now and then
When the structure falls down, and.
to start in again.,
Just remain where you are and be
satisfied, toe,
Far the hazards out there will be
too mutt for you.
If you can't stand also in the thick
of the fight,
.And persist in your course when you
know you are right;
If you can't keep your faith when it's
greeted with sneers,
Don't leave the broad highway to
care out anew,
For the hardships out there will be
too much for you,
Mut if you will take all the fates
have to give,
Stand hardships and set -backs, stili
glad that you live.
If you cling to your faith and keep
plodding along
When disaster best you and ,every-
thing's wrong;
If you're willing to battle and never
give in,
Go after your dream for in time you
, will win. =Anon.
BY THE LAKE
The lake is dull today.
Little waves churn 'mournfully,
Yet birds are chattering.
On a bench beside me sat a little lad.
"Were you ever across the lake?"
said he.
"Yes," I replied.
"What's it like? Are the people
nice?"
Thus he plied me.
"Well," said I, trying to be wise-
As old chaps do with youth—
"They are something like us,
Though not exactly. '
Some have naines so foreign to us,"
Said I with Anglo-Saxon: pride.
"Their politicians ,seema cruder lot,
Without that subtle touch our leaders
•show.
Their ways are different—
Yet those people over in Michigan
like us.
They think we are next best to them.
Now, naturally, we hold them second
to us.
They sometimes say ''Canuck' behind
our' back
While we say 'Yankee.'
It doesn't signify, among good
friends.
No battleships patrol this inland sea,
No bristling forts frown upon our
edge,
As in unhappy Europe.
Why, the Danube, once a highway
free,
Has five tariff gates
Where fierce then look you 'over
hatefully,
,The blue -rimmed isle of freedom -
loving Britain,
Whose cliffs of chalk from Calais'
wall are seen,
Is now embattled, an armed camp,
Set at bay by the Hun.
Here, upon this blue bosom of Huron
No border forays frighten us.
Some day, any tad, soldier boys from
over this lake
May march together with our boys
To defend this North America,
So that men inay talk aloud,
May criticize their rulers, enjoy free-
dom,
Some day those khaki boys I see in
the Square,
Smoking, joshing, mimicking rank,
May stand. the dread impact of war
With Michigan lads by their side."
The boy pressed my arm.
The lake is blue now. The sun is out;
The south wind ripples the grass.
—Contributed.
THE SET OF THE WINGS
"It's the set of the wings that mat-
ters,"
The wings of the human soul,
That can pierce the heights like the
eagle,
Or fail of the ultimate goal.
It's the set of the wings that makes
us
Base cowards, or conquerers bold,
That fills us with fear of the future,
Or courage when dark days unfold.
It's the set of the soul that "tatters,
Faith -filled it can ride on the storm
'Mid the noise and the carnage of
battle
While hell's legions gather and forni.
It's tate set of the wings that matters,
God, give us the power to rise
From the clods and clouds of the
valley
To the pease of the upper skies.
—H. Isabel Graham,
3 out of 4 Prizewinning Experts
Use CERTO Regularly
Mra. Ira S. Simpson of Oxford, N.S. —Prize-
winner at Oxford Exhibition, writes: "1 (lave used
Certo for several year, and find
it a greed aid 1nmaking jellies.
and jams. 1 /avetakers several
prizes at recent exkibitfans,and
cannot praise Cerra too highly."
QUICKER—EASIER—With Certo you
need boil only aminute to two minutes
for lam —a half -minute to a Minute
for jelly.
MORE JAM or JELLY—Because so
little juice can boil away in this
short time, you get up to half
again more jam or jelly.
BETTER TASTE and COLOUR --In this
i shorter' boil the ftesh natural taste
des and colour remain unspoiled and
unchanged.
SURE RESULTS -If you follow the
tested Certo recipes exactly you
never need fear results.
CERTO is concentrated FRUIT PECTIN....
the natural jellifying substance extracted
from fruit. - 5170
cEgTO NECIPE 800 45
Free Book of 73
Recipes for jams and.
jellies with every
bottle of CERTO
By
Talk seems to be fairly general at
the present time about money. One
cannot go here and take any money
with him or cannot go there without
money. It is a good. thing that on
account of ,the financial standing of
a. good many of us that we have no
worry along that Inc.i
Sometimes we look about arid pick
out this one and that one who has
an abundance of money and we come
to the conclusion that their state of
happiness is very little higher than
those who have seant monitary back-
ing.
Time has proven many timesthat
parents are lacking in wisdom when
they 'store money by to leave in.
large amounts to their sons or daugh
tees, or ter be given to them at the
age of maturity. Usually in such
cases the child has been allowed a
liberal allowance during their early
years and when they grow older they
have no idea at alt of how to budget
expenses.
A story comes to mind of a young
girl whose father held a very influen-
tial position, one which warranted
that the daughter had no need to go
out to business and if she did choose
to a very good appointment would
have' been hers. She decided to take
a business course. When she grad-
uated from that, unknown to her
parents she applied for a position
and secured it. Needless to say her
parents were quite proud of her in-
dependence. Would that many more
of our young people, so to speak,
stand on their own feet.
At the best money is a poor heri-
tage. Much better for the parents
to hand down to their children
healthy bodies, Clear outlook on life,
anti a firm foundation for a good
character.
We have spoken of the spendthrift.
Now what about the person who be-
longs to the 'miser class, that one
who wants everything they touch to
turn to gold. To save to a certain
extent is a very fine thing. It is
good policy to lay by for the future.
We say "I do not snake very much
so how can I do that"? Just simply
by budgeting your incod o, At this
time, when every cent counts put
down your list of absolute necessities.
Leave out pleasures to a large ex-
tent. The people in the Mother Land
are having anything but pleasure.
The men and women are standing
ready to defend their island home and
the Dominions beyond the seas
against the invader. Give all we are
able to help on war work and then
even if there is only a small amount
left lay it by. Of course in all this
we must remember to take out God's
portion, else how can we expect to
prosper at all. That amount does not
belong to us.
The greater partof the wealth`of
the world today is in the hands of
some man or woman who started
their fortune by putting by as low
as e5c a month.
After all wealth cannot give us
the happiness for which we are look-
ing. We do not need to have a great
deal to bring joy into our lives. Many
parents will not allow their children
to have an over abundance of toys.
One would be surprised at the simple
toys with which some children of the
rich play.
We can get a great deal of joy
where money is not required at all.
Many of the museums and places of
education such as that are open to
the public to enter without charge.
The parks are free, the country roads
and lanes are free and where could
we find more beauty than there is
in nature.
It is no disgrace to be poor, many
of our noted men, David Livingstone,
Abraham Lincoln, Alexander. White
as well as men of cur own time were
born in lowly circumstances. Day by
day they worked their way up to
something higher until they became
men who are well worth a place in
!history. One may earn little but at i
the same tine may be building up
character. After all that is much
better than 'money. With Christ as:
our standard: we will certainly not I
snake money our God. •
An inscription hanging in a prom-
inent place in view of prisoners says,
"The wont day in the life of a young
man is the day he gets• the idea that
he can make a dollar without doing
a dollar's, worth of work for it,"
During a conversation between two
men one made the remark that some
man had died leaving 830,000 The
other man replied: "What a pity he
left it beilind when he might have
sent it an ahead, Heis not likely
now to ever see any of it again."
At timee we think of . the home
which we will have up above. Henry
VanDyke has written a beautiful
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short story called "The Mansion,"'In
it he tells, of a man who spent his
money in such a way that he received
Earthly praise for it. He counted
on having a beautiful mansion in the
hereafter. One night he dreamed
that he, had passed on and when he
got to Heaven he found that his man:
than was a mere shoe, After some
argument with theguide he was told
that the Lord had done the very best
He could 'with the material which
had been sent up: Our Saviour was
a carpenter by trade and will make
the very best use of what we give
Him to work with, but do not expect
Him to build a mansion out of ma-
terial for which we have no use. , It
is not necessary for us to have money
for this purpose. A cup: of cold water
given in `itis name will bring its re
ward. In our own experience we can
look back to some act of kindness or
Word of encouragement which has
helped las on our way, much more
than money would have done.
Where can we secure our Christian
wealth? In Christ there are re-
sources beyond -anything we will ever
need; resources which have been dis-
covered. These are offered to us
without cost. Our wealth along that
line is unlimited and we are free to
drain on it until the, call comes. for
us to enter our Eternal Home.
"When we have exhausted our store
of endurance,
When faith seems to fail ere the
clay is half done;
When we mime, to the end of our
hoarded resources,
Our Father's full giving is only
begun."
We can take nothing with us but
our unfor'given sins: Regarding an
acquaintance who had died a man
asked "How much did he leave"?
The reply was "every cent"
The Israelites worshipped the gold-
en calf thinking it was the means of
bringing them out of the land of
Egypt. It proved a hinderance rather
than a blessing to them. Let us not
put our Utast im wealth, but let us
take God us our Guide. He will never
leave us nor forsake us.
In these trying times there is no
one can help us but our Saviour. He
will be our constant Companion if
we will allow Hint to, It may be
there are some who are hesitating,
Ere it is too late accept Him and
thus receive all the joy and comfort
which He alone is able to give us.
"Almost persuaded" harvest is past!
"Almost persuaded" doom comes at
last!
"Almost" cannot avail,
"Almost" is but to fail.
Sad, sad, that bitter wail—
"Almost—but lost!"
ENGLAND FAMILY REUNION
On Wednesday, the 3rd instant,
the twelfth annual reunion of the
England family was held at Grand
Bend and was a most enjoyable af-
fair, The day was very pleasant,
with a bright, warm sun though the
temperature was cool and invigorat-
ing. Though it was a good hay day
the attendance was a little above
average as farmers and others gath-
ered from points 40 to 60 miles away
to have the pleasure of their annual
visit once more. At 1 o'clock all sat
down to a delicious picnic dinner and
ample justice was done to the good
things provided by the ladies, The
dinner, the social hour and the busi-
ness meeting following were presid-
ed over by the president, Wm. E.
Woods, of Watford. A number of
addresses were made, a nominating
committee appointed and plans made
for the free distribution of the 'print.'
ed Family History. As the family
is widely scattered from Ontario to
British Columbia, besides several in
the United States, the task of gath-
ering information has been quite ex-
acting, though a very pleasant one.
The afternoon sports for both old
and young were thoroughly enjoyed.
Visiting and the beach filled in the
remaining hours and all too soon 7
o'clock and supper came around. The
report of the nominating committee
was received and the following were
among the officers elected: Hon.
President, W. H. Johnston, Exeter;
Past Pres., Wni. E. Woods, Watford;
Pres., Mrs. Ward Zavitz, Watford;
1st Vice -Pres,, ,Dr, . W. J. Johnston,
Lueknow; Sec'y-Treas., Miss Jessie
Woods, Watford. Members of the
luncheon, sports and Courtesy com-
mittees were also elected. Those pres-
ent were from Appin, Mount Brydges,
Strathroy, Watford, ,C'amlachie, For-
est, Exeter, Auburn and Lucknow.
The singing of the National Anthem
brought a most, happy and successful'
reunion to a close.
Tested
Recipes
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JAM MAKING SPECIALS
The following recipes.' have been
prepared by the Home Economist of
the Consumer Service, (Markietvng
Service, Dominion Department of
Agriculture, with the view of helping
the women who are snaking jam for'
overseas as, part of 'their Red Gross
activities.
•
Raspberry Jam
5 lb.: cleaned raspberries
6% lb. sugar '
Use firm, ripe raspberries and
wash if necessary.. Weigh the fruit
and sugar, Mix well and boil to
221 degrees F. or to 191b.
Raspberry and Red Current Jam
9 ib. fruit
13 lb. sugar
Use equal amounts of raspberries
and stemmed red currants. Mix the
fruit, water and sugar and boil to
221 degrees F. or to 20 lb.
Plum Jam
41/ lb. plums
6t/ ib. sugar
Use Burbank, Lombard, Green
Gage or Damson plums. Remove
stems and wash well. Mash with
potato masher to •extrect juice. Sim-
mer the fruit in covered pan ten
minutes. Add the sugar and boil to
221 degrees F. or to 9 lb. At the
end of the boil some or all of the
pits may be removed by skimming.
Gooseberry Jam
4% lb. snibbed gooseberries.
6k ib. sugar
1 Ib. water (2 cups)
Wash and snib (top and tail) the
gooseberries. Simmer ten minutes.
Add the sugar and boil to 221 de-
grees F. or to 10 lb.
Black Currant Jam
9 ib. stemmed currants
13 ib. sugar
1 quart water (4 cups)
Stent and wash the fruit thorough-
ly. Simmer with the water 15 min-
utes. Add the sugar and boil to 221
degrees F. or to 21 lb.
Peach Jam
9 lb. pitted peaches
13 Ib sugar
Pit and peel the peaches, holding
the halves under brine to prevent
browning (brine prepared by dis-
solving two tablespoons of salt in
one gallon of water). Drain peaches
and mix with sugar, crushing to
dissolve the sugar. Boil to 225 de-
grees F. or 19 lb,
Grape Jam
10 Ib. stemmed grapes
12 ib. sugar
E trash the grapes (Concord variety)
thoroughly and remove from the
stems, Slip skins. Cook pulp ten
minutes. Work through a fine sieve
to remove, seeds. Mix pulp, skins
and sugar and boil gently to 221
degrees P. or to 20 ib.
CAULIFLOWER AND CABBAGE
WORM CONTROL
The insect known as the imported
cabbage worm is a velvety green
caterpillar cdromonly found feeding
on cabbages and cauliflowers. It eats
large circular holes in the leaves and
frequently bores into the centre of
cabbage heads. Control measures
should be applied as soon as injury
to the plants becomes evident.
Dusting with arsenate of lead and
hydrated lime is the most tividely
recommended remedy, says Alan G.
Dustan, Division of Entomology,
Science Service, Dominion Depart-
ment of Agriculture. One part of the
poison should be mixed with .eight
party of hydrated lime and dusted an
the plants in the early morning or
late in the evening when the leaves
are wet with dew. Particular care
should be paid to the central portion
of the' cabbages and cauliflowers be-
cause feeding is usually most pre-
valent there. Two or three applica-
tions should be made as required,
care being taken to apply the 'dust
immediately feeding becomes evident,
Owing' to the waxy condition of the
leaves, spraying has not given sat=
isfactory results.
ACCEPT 40 HURON HOMES
FOR BRITISH CHILDREN
More than 40 homes in Huron
County have already been approved
far the reception of guest children
from Great Britain, H. T. Edwards,
Children's 'Aid Inspector states. A.
Hauch greater number of applications
are under consideration. The first.
quota of children will not arrive for
two 'weeks. They aro 20 in number,
the inspector said, and came under
the category of "guest" not "refu-
gee _ citilth ea,"
PROVINCE -WIDE ENROLLMENT OF GRADUATE AND PRACTICAL:
NURSES LAUNCHED' BY THE ONTARIO
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Recognizing', the importance : of
preparedness for any possible emer-
gency at home' during war -time and
the need in this ,connection for hav-
ing information readily available as
to all persons able' and qualified to
provide any nursingservice in or
about their own community at any
time, the Ontario Department of
Health is launching immediately a
province- wide nurse enrolment
scheme. The full co-operation of
hospitals, nursing organizations and
other interested groups will 'ensure
the success of this' war -tithe prepar-
edness effort,
The Objective
This enrolment is designed to as -
cation, experience, availability and
certain the number, location, qualili-
prefer•ence for service of every one
willing and able to give nursing as-
sistance should this at any time be-
come necessary throughout the prov-
ince. As complete as enrolment as
possible is the objective.
Persons To Be Enrolled
The enrolment will attempt to cov-
er completely the whole field of nurs-
ing as women, and "tarried as well
as single women, are included.
1. All registered active graduate
nurses regardless of their present
occupation and inclusive of nursing
personnel in hospitals.
2. All graduate nurses who are
registered but who are inactive, re-
tired or otherwise occupied.
3. All graduate nurses who are not
registered, whether actively in prac-
tice or not.
4. All sisters of the religious or-
ders employed in hospitals or else-
where.
5. All practical or partially train-
ed nurses whether actively engaged
in practice or not.
Enrolment Centres -Procedure
All public and convalescent hospit-
als, Montes for incurables, Red Cross
Outpost hospitals, sanatoriams and
mental hospitals have expressed a
desire to co-operate. These, together
with certain private hospitals, will
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act as local, enrolment' centres. Copies
of the enrolment form are being sups.
plied to each of these centres, to
serve the needs of the nursing per-
sonnel of the centre itself and also
act as a source of supply of forms
for interested persons in the_com-
munity.
Time Allowed For Enrolment
It is desired that the enrolment
should be completed as rapidly as.
possible so that tabulation of the
data may be undertaken promptly.
Persons distant from an. enrolment
centre may secure a copy of the form
by writing direct to the Division of
Nurse Registration, Ontario Departs
ment of Health, Toronto.
The enrolment will be closed on
August 7th, at which time all com-
pleted forms should be returned. This
extension of time should serve to
provide ample opportunity for all
persons with which the enrolment is
concerned,
FRONT PARLOR
There is a room that I remember
where
It always was mysterious and dim,
Keeping ail week a sort of Sunday
air,
Too elegant for comfort and too prim
For any child to think it ever could
Have been a place where people real-
ly stayed,
A. smelt of rose leaves and of cedar
wood
Clung to those things that never
seemed to fade.
Now, looking down the arches of the
years,
That room is not so empty, not so
stern,
For all its plush and crystal chan-
deliers.
Strange how it takes so long a time
to learn
What heartbeat .lingers — to a child
no more
That dusty silence back of a closed
steer.
—Leslie Nelson Jennings,
—In Christian Science Monitor.
cikeSNAPSNOT GUILD
WATCH THOSE SUMMER SHADOWS
See that the shadows are properly illuminated in your summer snapshots
of people. Here, a bright, sunlit sidewalk reflects light up under the hat
brim, and helps give shadow detail.
A S SUMMER approaches, outdoor
.CA Iighting on sunny days becomes
more and more contrasty. The sun-
shine is brighter, the blue sky does
not reflect as much light as a gray
winter sky— and in consequence,
shadows tend to appear- stronger
and blacker in yotu• pictures.
Of course, in some pictures you
want strong black shadows, to cre-
ate a desired pictorial effect. But
in most pictures—and especially
snapshots of people—you want de-
tail in all the features. Certainly
you do not desire deep shadows
around the eyes, nose, and lower
lip—for these make a person al-
most unrecognizable.
To avoid such shadows, or get
detail in them, there are several
methods, The simplest is to place,
your subject in open shade—not
under trees—facing the clear sky.,
Then give about double the average
"sunshine" exposure—say 1/25 see.-
end
ee•qnd at f/S'lens opening, on average
speed film on a bright sunny day.
A second method is to use reflec-
tors, or place your subject where
there ate natural reflecting objects•
For example, in the picture above,
a lightcolored concrete sidewalk,
reflects quite a bit of light up under
the subject's hat brim.
Excellent reflectors can be made
readily. A white card, or one cov-
ered with crumpled tinfoil, serves
nicely for small areas. A white
sheet also will do.
Backlighting is another device—
really a variation of the "open
shade" method. The subiect is
placed with his bath to the sun, so
that.his face is in shadow, acid ex-
posure
xposure is about the same as for an
"open shade" shot. In the picture
above, if the subject Laced to the
left, you would have backlighting.
The dark background would then
be even more important—for in the
print the 'subject's face should ap-
pear lighter them the background.
In taking backlighted pictures, do
not let sunshine 'strike the lens.
Use a lens hood, or have someone
shade the lens without obstructing
its view.
Watch the shadows when you are
tatting pictures this summer. Sea
that they are properly illuminated
—make sure the contrast isn't too.
great—and you'll get a better ef-
fect in
ffectin your prints.
284 . John van Guilder