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The Clinton News Record, 1938-12-08, Page 7THURS.. DEC. 8, 1988 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS Nf1/1.11fik11,110,114N1114 PAGE 1 HEALTH r•••••••,•••••••••••••••••••••••••••,•••••••••••••••••••••• THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED ' TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometiines Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring. • A PRAYER FOR DOGS Good Master, bless each dog that no one owns, That has no flower bed to bury • bones, No loving hand to scratch his ears and ruff, No gate to guard, and never quite enough To eat. Ye saints, guard well each clinging pup, That slinks with tail turned down instead of up. Good Master pity pampered city dog That sleep indoors all days like snaring logs That never feel the suit nor Watch the ram— Except behind a curtained -window pane `Thitt grow to wheeze and cough from too much at, And never in their lives have chased a cat. All other dogs, beloved and gay and free Are blessedenough—they need not trouble Thee. Post. PAST, Of calves and lambs, and seed in good brown earth, And gloried in the labor of the hand. Together, through. the Week, they toiled and. planned, Together, raised their Sabbath praise on high. But, one by one, they left to other hands, Their farms and homes; 'and iu fair heavenly lands, I like to think the old-time neigh- bors meet Once more with welcoming smiles, the dear ones greet. God calls his dear aged ones. Shed no sad tears, Then join old neighbours waiting through the years. —Mary a Raby. PRO PATRIA Oh! Lord, Who in Thy Wisdom Rath made the fowl and beast, And with unvarying vigilance Marks well both Great and Least. Smith, in Saturday Evening' Thou, Lord, Who in Thy ldndness To each assigns his place, I thank Thee, God, for British birth, Though, prodigal, I roam apace. PRESENT AND FUTURE Not by the will a willing flesh, Past • Not by the breath of Spirit's call, But alien of a square -starred fate, Ohl Thou, Who notes the sparrows' fall. Has axiomed this While British blood flows through the veins, The love of native land Remains. Grant, Ruler of th.e unborn worlds, Who guides Arcturus on his way That at Life's drooping twilight close A Briton may come home to stay! —Florence Ralston Weruin. Klippity-klopp, klippity-klcam, Old horse and buggy with fancy top; Grandma and grandpa are starting away; Hope to make twenty-five miles in the day. Present S -swish, s -swish, s -swish, s-swish,— Swishing of cars on the crowded highway, Blind man, poor man, rich man, thief, Doctor, lawyer, merchant and chief; All of the world on. wheel today, "A world full of madness," the old folk say. Future Whirr, whirr, whirr, whirr,— The aeroplane now is making a stir. To yesterday's youth anxiety bring wings. 'The youth of yesterday, grandpa to. TREES IN DECEMBER Countless dead, Standing straight and tall and grim, Like sentinels frozen at their post, Upright and awful. What an host Of martyrdom! They stand • In even files, for thus they lived, Gravely shakes his head, as they fly Outlined against the low, drab sky. Their arms outstretched just as they died And lived. In grandeur, away. Young folk go winging about in the sky, They scorn the old car of oldfash- toned days. While grandma looks on in indignant Richly vestured, honored, proud, to amaze: A bless Swears at the reckless young fools They came, to serve and die, They soaring high did; A.nd hopes they will get more sense Nor murmured, but rejoiced, and, by and by.—Exeter Advocate, while they lived, Fulfilled their quest. Now they stand Stripped of their garments, bare and lean, Whilst through their frames the cold NEIGHBORS They were plain people, farmers and their wives— blasts blow, ' Sincere and homely folk, who'd spent Befalling some And some, dismem- their lives bered, flow Between horizons bounded by the With. . icy stream, eye. They gave They talked of ram and harvest, and Their strength, their all, for those the birth less strong. Now, their corpses make a region dead, Where naught but spirit words are said. And requiem song. The chant Of death is that of sobbing winds and bleak, Howling through the lonely throng. Mourning, wailing loud and long, But no eyes weep. ONLY HE BEST riS GIMENINGril This outstanding triumph is proof of quality. Twelve first prizes in twelve clasaes'in this year's Baby Shows at the Toronto and Ottawa gxhibitions, were won by babies fed on 'Crown Brand' Corn Syrup. What better evidence can there be of the confidence which -Canadian mothers and their physicians have in the purity ,and quality of 'Crown Brand.' A delicious table syrup 'Crown Brand' is a treat for the whole family. Tell the boys that pictures of famous hockey stars can still be obtained for 'Crown Brand' Corn Syrup labels. 11111WN B CORN SYRUP MOWN BRAND QRIIVORIP VIE FAMOUS ENERGY FOOD The CANADA STARCH COMPANY Limited But God With life requites the .souls of kindly men. ' When wintry winds their sorrow cease, With life anew, the army of trees Will live again. , --Roma L. Terry, in Moody Monthly Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the firs was made. Our times are in His hand Who saith, "A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God; see all, nor be afraid! —Browning. "Have a heart 'that never hardens, a temper that never tires, and a -touch that never hurts." Close, Close T Thee CHILDREN LISTEN! In a recent magazine article the following story was told—a little girl was to be operated on for some ser- ious trouble.' The Doctor told her they were just going to Put her to sleep. The little one said "Well be- fore I go to sleep I always say my payers". They lifted her off the table and she knelt down beside a chair and repeated the aft taught children's prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord tay soul to' keep, If I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take." She finished up with the petitions for her family. Tears came to the eyes of Doctors and nurses. The head surgeon walked away from the table saying "that is the first time I have prayed in twelve years." Then and there he gave his heart to God. "A little child shall lead "them.," Children sometimes say "I am just little, there is nothing I can do to lead anyone to Jesus," There are many, many things each one of us either little or grown up; can do. God has given the children sweet little voices to use for Him. It was a captive maid in the home of Naaman, the leper, who by speaking for the representative of God was the means of the salvation, of that mighty man, When we become child- ren of the King we should make it a practise to pray daily to God be- fore leaving our room in the morn- ing. We should never neglect to ask Hint to give us some opportunity to speak a word for Him during the day. He will answer that prayer, sometimes in. the most marvellous way. With His guidance anyone, no matter how small, may lead someone to Christ. We may be .criticised, but let us make as part of our lives that old saying "Hew to the line and let the sparks fly where they will". If truthfulness is a fundament- al part of our being, people will al - way have reason to believe in us. God has given us sight. In ,the beginning it was not intended that our eye's should see anything but beauty, but sin brought ugliness into the world with it. It is our own fault if we see the unlovely. Then let each one of us ask God to help us to make things beautiful. God has also given as ears. They were intended to hear just what was good. He has given us the power to put things out of our minds which are not for our Christian advance- ment. Let each one of us make it a rule to tell everyone that we do not want to hear a story which is not nice and if we should find our - Valves in tcompany where things which are not pure are being said, and if we cannot turn the conversa- tion in the right direction, let us at once get up and leave, thereby tell- ing those connected with it that we do not want to- listen to things which Jesus would not want to hear, and of course we will not say anything which we would not say th Jesus. People will respect us all the more for tak- ing a stand for the right. God has given us our feet to run messages for Him. When we do things for those who are not able to help then-iselves, we are doing them for Jesus. Our hands are given us to help others in the same way. A story is told of a minister in Scot- land, who somewhat wearied was slowly climbing, a ',s\teep hill. He, all at once, heard a boy practising a march on a kettle drum, and almost unconsciously the tired traveller quickened his step to the beat of the drum. The boy knew nothing about his influence so unknown ta him was helping sorne one else. Girls and boys, God wants each one of us to be a fellow vrker with Him in bringing about the sal- vation of the world, but first of all we must give ourselves to Him. He wants us, as children to join the vast throng who will sing Hosannas in His Kingdom. If as children we give our- selves to Him and try to follow the motto "What would Jesus do? " We may have long years to work for Him? Won't you today just say tb Jesus 'I want to become a child of Thine, so that I may spend Eternity With Thee and may I be the means of bringing others to Thee" • Jesus Needs Me ,(Tune—Jesus wants me for a sun- beam) Jesus needs me for a witness To speak for Him each day. At home to be bright and happy, At school just a golden ray. Chorus A witness, a witness, Jesus needs me for a witness, A witness, a witness, latatatet..4.444.4-44-.4.-444aaiateteari.eara."•• Tested 'so iRecipe,s g`triaVitrratarairibtaa-eatelt4,44:444.4iftitaa". • CANADIAN WINTER SPECIAL Canadian Fish and Vegetables • Make Grand Supper Dish The first snow flurries have come, and the cellar is stocked for the winter months. Of course, in these days of quick and efficient transpor- tation, it isn't necessary to hoard a whole winter's supply at once, but the wise household keeps a reserve of good things for days when the snow blankets the ground with white, and the family come rushing kitchen - ward with keen appetites. word with keen appetites. A simple, nourishingmeal-in-in- dish dinner, that is decidedly differ- ent is this CANADIAN WINTER SPECIAL 1% cups city beans 1 can kernel corn 2 cups milk 2 tablespoons butter 1 small onion 1 cup dried cod, or 1 can pink salmon, chicken haddie Soda crackers Pick over the beans, wash thor- oughly and soak until they have swelled. Drain and cover with water and parboil with the sliced onion, When almost soft add the corn and fish. Cook untilthe fish is done. Flake the fish through the vegetables, add the milk and butter. Season if necessary, depending on fish used. (Do not boil after the milk has been addegl) Crush some soda biscuits with the rolling pi; and put some in. each soup plate or bowl, then pour the soup on top and serve immediat- ely Sweet mixed pickles and a salad of shredded cabbage ,and finely chop- ped mild turnips, tossed in mayon- naise, make a niee accompaniment for this meal -in -one -dinner. The tur- nip, surprisingly enough add a nutty flavor to the salad. Slivers of raw carrot may be added for color and the vitamin value. In many Canadian households a hearty fish chowder — canned or homemade—is a standby for Sunday evenings because so little preparation is necessary. For instance, the beans for this Canadian Winter Special can be put to soak the night before and the whole thing combined .and cooked in a short time. Try it this Sunday night, and see if you don't agree. CHRISTMAS CAKE % lb. butter 1 lb. sugar (2 cups) 7 eggs 1 cupoour milk 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon, salt 1 grated nutmeg 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon .1/4, lb. orange peel lb. citron peel 14 lblemon peel 11/2 cupblanched and clwpped almonds 4 cups flour (1 lb.) 1% lb. seeded and ehopp4 raisins 1% lb. currants Thoroughly cream the butter, add the sugar, gradually creaming to- gether. Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating until light and foamy. Add the milk and salt, Springle the fruit with a small amount of the sift- ed flour and sift soda into the flour. Add spices to the moist mixture, then the fruits and nuts and !nix thor- Just a bright witness today. Jesus needs me for a soldier, So brave and true and good, Ready to face all the battles, And do just what we should. Chorus A soldier, a soldier. Jesus needs me for a soldier, soldier, a soldier. Just a brave soldier today. Jesus needs me for a pilot To fly without delay. And carry the message of Jesus To those far, far away. Chorus A pilot, a pilot, Jesus needs me for a pilot, A pilot, a pilot, Just a wise pilot today. COOKING 4,44,./•••••••••••••04.0 almeaviesio CARE OF CHILDREN .1.0.1114.04.0,111 Health THEFT OF RADIUM NEEDLES A doctor in New York has lost 5 radium needles presumably by theft. These fleeing) contained altogether 50 milligrammes of radium worth, at present prices, about a couple of thousand dollars. • Radinm, 'apart from its value In commercial enterprise of various kinds, is of value chiefly in the treat- ment of cancer. For this purpose Canada, in its various clinics for the treatment of malignant disease, pos- sesses , about 20 grams, worth, at a conservative .estimate, about $700,000 though it cost the clinice or those who supplied the element almost twice that figure. In the use of radium for the treat- ment of cancer the element is plac- ed in tiny needles of platinum -iridium each containing so many milligram- mes. These are inserted into the growth or placed close to the growth to be treated. The constant rays given forth front the radium kill the cancer cells. In institutions where the supply is sufficient, containers with 4, 8, 10 or more grants of rad- ium are used. The effect of these is similar to the rays from a million - volt x-ray equipment. ' RadMm in the treatment of cancer is used in another form, This is radon or the rays from radium pro- duced by an apparatus, called an emanation plant. There are several of these plants in Canada. The plant, an ingenious device of hollow- glass tubes and steel, collects and filters the radium rays emanating from a solution of radium bromide. These rays are finally assembled in tiny gold seeds about one-eighth of an inch in length. These, called radon seeds, are planted M the growth to be treated and may be lett there. They are exhausted in about 30 days. The effect of radium, in seeds, bomb or needle is the same. As already mentioned radium rays kill the can- cer cells and this is done without great damage to the normal cells round -about for the reason that can- cer cells .are generally less resistant to radium than normal cells. The discovery and production of radium in Northwest Canada within late years has effected marked reduc- tions in the price of this valuable element. One re/timbers when radium cost one hundred and twenty-five thousand a grant. Seven year ago the supply for one of our large hospitals was secured Or about $55,000 a gram. Now the price is $35,000 a gram. The enterprise of the La Bines and their associates in the discovery and production of radium at Great Rear Lake and the establishing a a refining plant at Port Hope, On- tario, deserves the commendation of every Canadian citizen. Radium is, according to present 'knowledge, es- sential in the treatment of cancer. Canada is able to supply the demand. oughly. Bake in a moderate oven for two to three hours, depending on the size of the cake. The recipe makes quite a large cake, three med- ium or four smaller cakes, Almond Icing This is also a tried and proven recipe. 1 lb. almonds 4 egg yolks or 2 whole eggs 1 tablespoon rasewater 1 lb, confectioner's sugar Blanch almonds and put them through the finest knife of the meat mincer. Mix the almonds with the rosewater to prevent their hardening then 111iX with sugar in a saucepan. Add the well beaten eggs or yolks and cook until the mixture thickens alightly. Spread on cake with a wet knife. After the almond icing is set, an ordinary boiled or uncooked icing may be placed over it. FREE RECIPE BOOK The Department of Fisheries, Ot- tawa, has just released a most help- ful booklet "100 Tempting Fish Recipes." The recipes are planned apecifically for Canadian fish, and are tested by well known home econ- omists. Interesting chapters on the food value, vitamin content, and the way to buy fish are also included. Most popular recipes in this book for everyday use will be Canadian fish balls and Creamed Canadian Finnan Haddie. The recipe with the most come -hither in the title is Hugger - M -Buff. You may learn to make it by writing. the Department of Fish- eries, Ottawa, for your free copy of this booklet. MAKING CANADA A Better Place in Which to Live and Work A Series of Letters from Distinguished Canadians on Vital Problems Affecting the Future Welfare of Canada Specially Written for Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association LETTER NO. 29 • Whitby, Ont. Dear Mr. Editor: An ability to write stories does not necessarily presume a shrewd understanding of national affairs, nor does a certain amount of professional skill in the use of words qualify one to tell the editors of weekly news- papers how to improve 'their journals. I appreciate very much, however, the compliment of your invitation to contribute a letter to this series. Any newspaper reader wand appreciate M, because any newspaper reader has a secret conviction that he could do much better than the editor; we would have amazing ,journalistic achieve- ments. M this country if the editors would all retire and permit the read- ers to take over and put their arm- chair notions into effect until the sheriff arrived. I As a social organism, the city is merely an enlargement of the town, the province an enlargement of the city, the nation an enlargement of the province. If the affairs of the towns and villages are managed in- differently, if the people are Con- tent to relegate local government to' the incompetents and the stuffed shirts it follows that weakness and inefficiency will dharacterize provin- cial and national government. I think the weekly newspapers of Canada can exercise a great deal of influence col- lectively in Dominion affairs by the force of their local influen:ce in stres- sing the fact that government is not something remote and apart, some- thing to be handed over to the mercies of professional politicians, but simply an extension of ourselves. If the more intelligent citizens of a community are apathetic to mun- icipal affairs and prefer to criticize rather than to serve they have only themselves to blame if their local UMW Mih, "WaNNIMip government is weak; nor should they delude themselves in the belief that the effect is merely local. The poison of indifference at the source pollutes the whole political stream. The week- ly newspapers, which reflect the standards of their communities but at the same time influence those stan- dards very powerfully, can raise the standard of govertunent throughout all Canada by fighting apathy and indifference in the smaller centres. Many a you, a course, have been doing this, but it needs more doing. Don't leave it to the big dailies to express the editorial viewpoint of Canada; let your editorial page speak for your immunity. Encourage more letters from your readers—not from the cranks, but from the people who should have something to say. Try to wean your readers away from the idiotic notion that a person who writes letters to the editor stamps himself as being not quite bright, Mr. Bernard Shaw and Mr. H. 0, Wells aren't above writing letters to the London Thnes. Recent events have given us cause to contemplate democracy a little more analytically than in the past, to realize that it is threatened not only from without but from within. The cancer of decay is more perilous than thes bombs of the dictators. If we assume that only rascals or fools would be interested in politics and that decent men would be contaminat- ed with them, then we are in a way to giving our affairs into the hands of rascals and fools, and in little countries governed by bullies. Better government like clarity, must begin at home. , Sincerely, LESLIE McFARLANE. Canadian author of "Streets of Shadow," "The Murder Tree," "The Root -House," "The tittle Men," etc. 1•11111ffin eSNAPSPOT CUILD CHRISTMAS CARDS Snapshots such as this can be posed any time now—and will make charming, inexpensive Christmas cards. ABOUT this time each year, I " obServe a ring of red ink around a date ou my calendar, and a note on the margin—"Time to think about Christmas cards." It's a warning that has saved me lots of trouble in the past, and that is why I am passing it along to you now. Naturally, every dyed-in-the-wool Guild member likes to design his Christmas card around one of his own snapshots. However, many of us tend to put it off until the last moment—and, in the end, have to send out ordinary cards that are not atall individual. So my advice is—get busy now, and have your cards ready for early /nailing. No two photographic Christmas cards are alike. That is what makes them so personal, and there are thousands of ideas you can adapt. Via pieture is the hamortant part, and a clever picture idea gives the card more appeal. If your child has a set of building blocks with big letters on them, try lining tap the blocks so they spell "Merry Christmas." Then pose the child beside them, holding, perhaps, the last letter ready to place it in position—and you have a set-up for a story -telling picture. Special pictures such as this lead to charming cards, well worth the little planning they require. How- ever, a Oat group 8napshot of the family at home is Often preferred —and most albums contain such snapshots. A picture of the house— especially with snow on it—makes an attractive card, and you may have a suitable picture from last winter that can be used. . Run through the album, 8,nd see erhat you can find. Some of the piCtures may give you ideas for new snapshots., especially suited to,, Christmas card use. The chief point is—decide early, for Christmas ar- rives almost before you know it. 211 John van Guilder