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The Clinton News Record, 1938-06-23, Page 13"rHUits.; JUNE ,30,' 1938e THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS I-IEALTH Poison Ivy Menace And Treatment Poison Ivy Menace tofarther. In other cases, the blisters eventually burst, to become irritat Children, Adults) Ing oozing sores from which con ainnocent looking weed tagion may spread to other parts. There is an g The sores finally dry up, forming : ,rustling hapily in the July breeze in scabs. A. really severe attack may anticipation of the thousands of ,upset the health completely for a children and adults'it is going to in- time, ` feet this summer— unless some per-; If the poison ivy oil is suspected son makes it his or her business to of having ieaehed the skin, immed- • deal it a death -dealing blow --pre- late scrubbing with laundry soap ferably,by`the chemical route: strong in lye, in tepid water changed Poison Ivy is the bane of summer after each lathering, or running ' resorts and woodland stretches and warm water to carry away the pois- now is the time for a real clean up, on is a sensible precaution. If done It, is found along fence lines, waste places, in fact almost any place no other treatment is usually neces- where there is no cultivation. sant'. Washing with alcohol, kero- • sene or gasolene also helps to keep A. menace to health, it has been the the poison from spreading. cause of a great deal of suffering, hospital and doctors' bills and has • ruined many a vacation. Visitors who have suffered from Poison Ivy at a Treatments without number have summer resort are not likely to re been proposed and used, often indls- turn the following year. criminately without regard to their How will you recognize Poison exact purpose: The treatment for Ivy? Well, it is a' low bushy per - affected er nial. The leaves are smooth andmendeparts • most widely recon- firm to leathery, coarse -toothed edges permed _ in recent years, potassium '•• and ALWAYS IN GROUPS OF permanganate, has for its ^purpose '' THREE. Leaves of the Virginia the destructive by oxidation of the Creeper, for which the plant is some - bed itself. The gents. are swab- tinres mistaken, are bed with a three per cent solution means of five, made somewhat weaker if the skin Chemical weed killers are ' easily ss particularly sensitive. A brown • applied and destroy all foliages and stain left by the permanganate niay root patches have been killed out be removed gradually by soap and root patches have ben killed out- water. The commonly used iodine right with a single application of stains even more. Once blisters sodium chlorate, one pound to a gal- have been formed, rubbing should be carefully avoided. If cooling sub- stances ,(baking soda, boracic acid solution and such like) are used, no application should be made while the ' Branch, Ont. Department of Agri- Cores are oozing, or they may seal -onto, e, Parliament Buildings, Tor - ate with a crust and thus a rav- onto for valuablepamphlet 011 Pois- gg - pate conditions, on Ivy, which describes bow to use 8odiunt chlorate. This weed is labelled "noxious'' under -the Weed Control Act, and before the oil penetrates the skin, Recommended Treatment • ion of water. Care must be used, however, as there is a fire hazard 'with sodium chlorate. Write the Orolrs, Seeds and Weeds Easily Transmitted Individuals vary greatly in• sin: - must be destroyed. If you know ceptibility to ivy poisoning and many where •a patch of Poison Ivy exists, have never suffered any ill effects notify your municipal authorities at but this cannot be taken as full as - once. surance of immunity. Sooner or lat- er, when perspiring freely , perhaps, or having cuts on the skin, one may become a victim and henceforth ob- 'liged to exercise, more caution. Per- sons who are certain they have not been in contact with poison ivy and declare that the infection must be air -borne or 'that it is "in their system" during the popularly 'sup- posed seven years after an attack. forget that the, resinous oil may be sticking to clothing, especially to boots, tools, picnic baskets, and dogs rt is easily transmitted to the hands and thence to the face, and by hand- clasp to others who may not have been exposed at all. The smoke from burning the ;dant has been reported to carry particles to cause severe poisoning. A circular'r giving full information as to recognition of the plant, treat- ment of poisoning, and eradication of the pest may be. obtained free on application to the Publicity and Ex- tension. Division, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture, Ottawa. Effective Treatment for Poison Ivy Infection Of all skin -irritant plants, poison ivy and the related butless fre- quently met poison sumach and the far westernpoison oak are the most virulent. The active principle of poison ivy is an oil which is present throughout root, stem, leaf, flower, and fruit and even to the easily de- tached hairs. Tearing or bruising. of any part of the plant liberates the oil to come in contact with the ex- posed parts of the person touching it. The first sign of infection ie us- ually a light itching followed by a faint blush of the skin.' The itching sensation increases, and in from a few hour's to some days, numerous minute blisters, or there may be only one blister, appear, In a mild in: fection, there may beno move than shiny dots upon the skin and so no (LARGEST, FASTEST SHIPS via St. Lawrence Seaway lir / II Find your sea -legs before you reach the 'sea on one of Canadian Pacific's staunch ships . . ' the largest, faitest liners sailing the "39% Less Ocean" route—to Europe: A great fleet to choose from —speedy Empresses, stately Duchetses and even lower-cost Moat ships. Frequent sailings from Montreal and Quebec to British and Coetinental ports. Cabin, Tourist and Third 'Class. Low cost, all -expense lours, if you wish. Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, May -October. Fall information frotn your own travel agent or E. p. THOMPSO.N, 'Steamship General Agent, Canadian Pacific Badding, Toronto '"Always carry Cauadren •Iracllc Trowel lets' Cher/,es .'Gied'tbc'W,,1d Over" Making Canada I A Better Place in Which . to Live l I think it is important for the rural newspapers of this country to be sure of facts before casting as- persions upon people in business.' I think there is a tendency to fol- low any city newspaper opinion on matters affecting economic welfare and business interests. There is too; a tendency to take at face value .the allegations of politicans. One suggestion I have to make is that in the interests of good citizen- ship, good administration and good business that the rural weekly news- papers, before passing• judgment up- on people who may be publicly at- tacked, or alleged to be guilty of lin- properties, should ascertain the facts more completely than seems to have been often done in the past. . I believe there is, tdo, general disposition to discredit people of af- fairs, and, to assume that business of size andpeople of taxpaying cap- acity and those responsible for the employment of considerable staffs should be made the object of un- reasonable legislation, restrictions and impositions. Perhaps I may illustrate this by giving you 'some figures pf our own experience in taxation and imposts. In 1931, when we sold more goods than in any year since, our total taxation and imposts were, $2,254,000. In 1937 this total had risen to $3,- 830,000. The extra $1,660,000 was, of course, paid largely by the con- sumer one way and another. These extra imposts can be traced in some measure to the political agitator. It is most unlikely that property owners, persons of large affairs in business, large taxpayers, or large employers can hold any sort of cred- itable reputation in the face of this disposition. Matters are different in the Old Country. The attitude there towards business is to foster it, to allow it to prosecute its legitimate aims and service, and at the least expense and with a minimum of legislative re- striction. The consequence of this is that Great Britain to -day le prob- ably showing 'the world, unless it be a little country such as Belgium whose institutions and trade are even now freer than Great Britain, I think the rural weekly newspap- ers in Canada have it in their hands, more than any other agency, to off- set the agitator and the radical movements resulting in legislative re- strictions and higher ilnnosts or tax- ation, These unreasonable exactions are of doubtful effectiveness and destroy the confidence necessary to prosecute further development and wider einNoyntent. _ C. L. BURTON, President, The Robert Simpson Company Limited. HOW'S BUSINESS? Business is made largely by senti- ment, and yet we think sentiment is made by business. A man doesn't feel the way business looks; business looks the way `a fellow feels. We have known men wlio felt so sure of an order that they got it because they felt sure of it; and we have known fellows who lost an order be - mese they were afraid they would. "As 'a man thinketh, so is he," and as he thinketh so sometimes, to some extent, is his business, This is no time to earn your bread and butter ry looking at it butter side down. —Anon. The Ideal/ Homo' Towyn Hugh Templin, in the Fergus News -Record, notes that, if there's anything wrong with the towns' and villages of Ontario no one would ever guess -it by reading the weekly pap ers published in those places. It ap- pears that the 'editors of weekly pap - all regard .their towns as almost ideal places in which to live. Conunenting on this, A. W. Wright the octogenarian editor of the IVlotint Forest Confederate, has this to say: "The editors of the Local papers show the ps•oper'spirit. They 'are loyal to their towns and communities. They are glad . to -praise' that which is ,praise -worthy. They. are slow to blame and, when they do it, it is with a view to improvement,for in. the best of towns as in the best of people there is always room for im- provement, We have passed through many towns and villages in Ontario and we think we could live content- edly in most of them, probably all, if Providence led us 'thither" COOKING CARE OF CHILDREN A HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA TEETHING During the years when the baby teeth are coining through the gums and the child is said to be teething, it is a common belief thhat any one of the numerous ills from which the young child may suffer can be fairly put down as being due to teething. If a rash 'develops, it is called a teething rash. The young mother is told that the cold in the head, the crying, the restlessness, the upset stomach are all due to teething, and that there is no reason for her think- ing anything, else. In some cases, this simple explanation has led to serious results. We'try.to prevent diarrhoeas in children by, proper feeding, but, if the condition does occur, it is known by those who have the re- sponsibility of caring for such cases, that prompt treatment, right at the start, is needed, and that delay in securing proper treatment early ex- poses the child's life to danger. The delay which occurs in seeking treat- ment is very often explained by the mother` on the grounds that she thought, as she had been told by friends, that attacks of diarrhoea were to be expected as a result of teething, and that the condition would clear up, of itself, when the tooth was cut. Tething is a` normal event, and most babies go through the period in an easy manner and with so little evidence of what is happening that the parent is surprised on seeing the white point which is baby's first tooth, Some children do suffer ev- ident pain, and such children' are apt to be fretful and to suffer from broke en sleep, with the result that they are not up to their normal standard of fitness. The point which we wish to make is simply this—it is not safe to as- sume that teething.. is responsible for whatever happens to a child during the teething period. Conditions that arise during the teething period are to be dealt with properly, and are not to be considered as being of 110 particular importance. A realization of this will save many infants from neglect through misunderstanding of the actual facts. THY WILL. Nei IINE The follow ng two stories are told —a young girl, the only support of her widowed mother, lay dying in the hospital. All that human skill could do had been done for her. Her one thought was for her mother, and she prayed earnestly that if it was God's will, she would be spared to care for her. The angel of death crept steadily on, and before long she had crossed the valley which lies between this life and the glorious future. To those who witnessed the scene, the thought was that God was work- ing out His own way, but the wonder crept in why He was taking that young girl who prayed so earnestly to live. The second story is that of a child who . was very seriously ill. His parents were frantic as they prayed God to spare him. Days went on and they could see that he was sink- ing. They became rebellious in their prayers. God answered them and spared their son. Ile grew to young manhood, 'and many a time. as they worried over hint in his wild career they wished to the very bottom of their'hearts that God had taken hits in his young and innocent years. Examining these stories • we ask ourselves the question, is it wise :Nor us to place our Will before the will of our Father? Many times we ask God for some- thing .for which we have a special desire Om prayer is answered, but not to our liking, but it is a comfort to ns to know that when we offered our prayer it was to be answered in accordance with God's will. The parents in the story felt that they could not do without their 'son. In their prayers, in just .so many words,' they asked God to grant their -Agues:. without' regard as to what His will was. in the matter, Let us snake it a rule in our pray- ors to always submit ourselves to. His will. "God's way is the best way, Though I may •n:ot see Why sorrows and trials Oft gather round me! He even is seeking ..M.5.5. Tested 4. Recipes t4.04,44 04.644.44,-,44444,444.:44.4 CAKES FOR ALL OCCASIONS - Whether it be a picnic or garden party, a tasty cake always seemsto be in demand. It quite often hap- pens that the cook would like to try something different, and . for that reason the following recipes for tasty inexpensive cakes will find a place in the scrap book for reference on some future occasion.. DATE CAKE 1 cup evaporated milk i tbsan. vinegar 1W cup flour 1 tspn. soda 1 tspn. cinnamon 3/4 tspn. cloves %/s_ tspn. salt % cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 lb. dates 1 cup nuts Add vinegar to evapprated milk Sift flour, then measure. Resift with Coda, spices and salt. Cream butter. Add sugar and cream until sugar granules are al- most dissolved. Add beaten egg then add dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Add sliced dates and chopped nuts with last few stirs. Pour into a loaf cake pan that has been: lined with waxed or brawl paper. Bake in a moderate over (350 deg'r'ees F.) for one hour. CHOCOLATE CAKE with ORANGE - FILLING. and CHOCOLATE FROSTING Cream 34. cup butter. Add 1 cup sifted granulated sugar and 1 cup sifted brown sugar (packed in a cup) and beat until creamy. Add 2 wel beaten egg yolks and 3 or.4 squares chocolate, melted over hot water Beat well. Mix and sift 31/4 cups sifted flour, a few grains salt,1 tea spoon baking powder, 1/t teaspoon cinnamon and 14 'teaspoon allspice (I prefer to omit the spices). Dis solve 1 teaspoon soda in 1 cup soul milk and add alternately with siftec `dry ingredients to the first mixture Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and fold in 2 well beaten egg whites. Turin into buttered' and floured layer cake pans Put together with orange filling and cover with chocolate frosting. MOLASSES COCONUT CAKE 1 cup, brown sugar 2 therms. shortening 1 egg 1 cup molasses 21/4 cups flour 1 tspn. baking powder t�• tspn. soda 1 can Coconut 7/ min milk Crean edger and shortening; add' beaten egg and liquid. Add the dry ingredients anti mix well. Add chap- ped coconut. Bake 30 to 40 minutes in a moderate oven, Serve with orange frosting LEMON CAKE Cream '1 cup shortening, add 2 cups sugar gradually and blend well. Add 4 well beaten egg yolks and 1 teaspoonlemon extract. Mix and sift 4 cups flow, 5 teaspoons baking powder and t/a teaspoon salt and add alternately with VA cups milk to' the first mixture. Fold in 3 stiffly beat- en egg whites. Vern into 3 layer calve pans Lined with waxed paper and bake a moderate oven, or at about 365 degrees, 35 or 40 minutes. Tustin out on wire cake coolers. When cold put together with lemon filling and cover with Seven Minute or Miracle icing. To make the lemon filling mix 5 teaspoons cornstarch, 11/4 cups sugar, % teaspoon salt,' 2 cups hot Water, .x cup lemon juice' and 2 tea- spoons butter. Cook about 15 minutes stirring constantly until smooth and creamy. Then stir frequently. Add 2 beaten eggs and the grated zest of r/ lemon, Cook about 2 minutes, stirring constantly. , C.N.R. Magazines. My gold to refine, So humbly I'll trust Hint, My Saviour divine. God's way is the best way, God's way is the right way,. I'll trust in Him always He knoweth the best. I ,I =PEG. Ti'1IS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes. Gay, Sometimes Sad—But A1waya Helpful and Inspiring. . LET'S GO ,FISHIN' I don't want a million dollars, don't want to own atrust; I don't want to take a plunge and see the other fellow bust; I don't want too corner foodstuffs till the world grows weak and gaunt— But 1 would like to go a-fishin' and have all the time I want. Fairest of maiden nations, this Doe I don't want a" nomination, I don't minion want to own 'a State: Whose gown is broidered with blue I don't Want to be a boss, I have no seas and streams, platforms to dictate; Whose jewels are fair cities new, I don't want to run a party, nor to majestic have real power to flaunt— Surpassing even her most hopeful But I would like to go a-fishin' and , dreams. have all the time I want. Her arms are open and she fain would welcome For there's nothingelse in life be- Those of her kin who -come with sides the greed'to get it all, truth and love— And ambition's just a siren who will God grant they will not spurn her lead you to a fall; gentle offerings For I know a lake of crystal which But ever seek for wisdom from the speckled beauties haunter above. And I would like to go a-fishin' and have all the time I want. —Anon, So few her birthdays yet so great DOMINION DAY So few her birthdays,' yet so great her promise In woodland, hill, and: glimmering silver lake; So great is her achievement that We give her All honor, for her own sweet sake. PERHAPS PERHAPS NOT Married in January's chilling time, Widowed you'll be before your prime, Married in Febi'y's sleety weather, Life you'll tread in tune together; Married when March winds shrill and roar, Your home will lie on a foreign shore; Married Heath April's changeful skies, A checkered path before you lies; Married when bees o'er May -bloom flit, Strangers around your board will sit; Married in queen -rose month of June, Life will be one long honeymoon; Married as July's flower -banks blaze, Bitter-sweet mem'ries in after days; Married in August's heat and drowse Lover and friend in your chosen spouse: Married in goldir September's glow, Smooth and serene your life will flow; Married when leaves in October thin, Toil and hardship for you begin; Married in veils of November mist, Fortune your wedding ring has kissed, Married 'in days of December clear, Love's star shines brighter from year to year. DOMINION DAY Father of Nations! help of the feeble hand! Strength of the strong! To whom the nations kneel, Stay and destroyer, at whose just command Earth's kingdoms tremble and her empires reel. Who dost the bow uplift, the small make great, And dost abase the ignorantly proud— Of our spelt people mould a mighty state, To the strong, stem, to Thee in meekness bowed. Father of unity! Make this people one! Weld, inteirfuse .them ' in the patriot's. flame In blood late shed to purge the common shame; That so our hearts, the fever of fac- tion done, Banish old feud in our young nation's name. —Charles G. D. Roberts. A DAY DREAM I saw a. wedding gown today 1n,a shop, window,' on display, I stopped to gaze, What frigid pride Its• beauty gave the dummy bride! I heard 'birds in their leafy perch As 'I walked down the aisle in church And, standing by the altar rail, I saw my John, tante grave and pale. Then kneeling down close. by his side I heard him say: "My lovely bride!" Perhaps the throngs who hurried by Thought me some simple soul, as I Stood there and wove my foolish dream Around a bit of lace and cream. Yet cared not- I what people thought, her promise That we who claim her as a Mother, stand, O'erwhelmed with love and trustful adoration Before our own, our own Canadian Land. —Exchange. THE FARMER AND THE 8 -HOUR DAY A farmer talked with pie today On working just eight hours a day; The notion struck hiss fine.. The only' thing 'that bothered him Was getting through on time. He knew the hour when he'd begin, I'm up at five or six, he said No longer can I stay in bed, I'm just a farming man; And though that's early in the day, The stock all starts to look my way Ansi wonder where I am. At noon I like to rest a bit, And after dinner snooze or sit, To keep from turning sour; A little rest like that will pay, I take it every working day For just a half an hour. But when it gets on after two My day should then be almost through, And I should quit right there; I should go driving into town, Or get a book and sit me clown, And find my easy chair. But I have got to drive a teats, I've got a pile of seed to clean-- ' My work's not nearly done; I've got to mend a whiffletree, And clean some pests from out a tree— I haven't well begun. When I get through the chores At night, I know if I have reckoned right, And figured it two Ways, I've got it firmly in my head That since I got from out my bed I've worked two eight-hour days. THINGS THAT DON'T IMPROVE There is no bread like the home- made bread, No pies like the horse -made pies, Thegee is no bed like the old -tine bed Where the feathers fall and rise. There are no games like the old-time games Of shinny, of golf, and of glove, There are •.no names like the dear, old names No love like the first sweet love. There are no breeches like the first new breeches We wore when we were .a kid; There is no sugar like the first lump. sugar We sneaked from under the lid, There are no riches like the first bright riches, Six pennies we got from dad, There are no switches like the old thne' switches And"that is a fact, be gad! —Exchange. CANADIAN HONEY Of the 45 countries supplying honey to the British market in 1937, Canada again holds first place, with slightly more than 22 per cent of the Such pleasure had . my dreaming total imports which amounted to brought! 89,722 ewts. Of this amount Can TJrsula MacMillan. ala supplied 19,984 cwts. ;, '