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The Clinton News Record, 1936-06-04, Page 7'THURS., JUNE 4, 1936' THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 HOUSEHOLDS ECONOMICS HUK COOKING Edited by Rebekah. Salada Orange Pekoe Blend has by'far the finest flavour II ii1att011 of Rebekall A Column Prepal ed Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men GOD SENSE , In the common things of life God 'grant you Good common sense, And in the larger things Uncommon sense? And in the greatest things of all His own God sense. God sense of what is sight and fit, That so, in every circumstance Of life, or death, you may acquit Yourself as He deems well. In all make good deliverance; In all• without offense excel; Tii all adcl glory to His mine;. And His estate enhance. —John Oxenharn. Truly there is not much which can be ranked higher in a woman, or a man, for that matter, than good com- (nonsense, the kind of sense which • mulles her to see at a glance the wisest comae to per sae in any emer- gency; to decide wisely when asked to make a decision or to advise an- other in regard to any matter and to keep her head when others are losing theirs aiid not to -go off on a tangent. It is that sort of a woman of whom King Solomon said, "The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her." He can go about his work each day knowing full well that whatever -his wife does, it will be all right, he does- . n't need to worry. And the wife is happy if she can have equal confid- • ence in the good sense of the husband. But while the possession of com- monsense in women is to be highly commended, I fear that sometimes women feel that that is all they need to possess; they spend their whole time cultivating commonsense and forget that an all-around woman. must possess many qualities It need' not r spoil a woman's commonsense to cul- t tivate: a certain womanly charm, HEALTH �md CARE OF CHILDREN 1 CONTRIBUTIONS Dear Rebekah: land brown in a moderate oven (350 to 400 deg. F.) If desired, grated Although it is not very warns at cheese ..may be Sprinkled on the lay- time of mvritung, we "are sure to get ers. some hot weather,before long. As fish, is supposed to be "cooler" than. Most kinds of pleat for hot weather, and We need to eat more fish, any- way, for health, I'in enclosing some fish recipes. And I'm adding, too, some egg, espies; With eggs the price they are they should form e. large item in the food supply of ev- ery'faniily, but unless they are vac= ied as to, preparation they are apt to prove tiresome. Try these, you'll like them: Fish Flakes Au Gratin Make 1' cupful of cream sauce, add 1' can fish flakes or its equal of flaked. fish, and pour into a bak- ing dish. Cut three hard cooked eggs into fourths lengthwise, and arrange over top. Cover with b!n cup ,crumbs and 1/ cup grated cheese. Place elle- es of bacon across the top over the egg, using 6 slices in all. . Bak j in a fairly hot oven until the top is a golden brown and the bacon well cooked. Turn the bacon, so it will be crisp on both sides. without which any woman is deficient. I remeniber one woman with whom I came frequently in contact, whose comnnonserise was stupendous. She was an excellent housekeeper; her house was a model of neatness and so Methodical was she that every chore was done on the minute. But I was always a'little bit, afraid of, her. I knew she would criticize Without mercy and I was never quite comfort- able in her presence. Now, I could not see then, nor have I been able to see since, why that wo- man could not have cultivated a little bit of understanding of other people; wily she could not nave taught her- self that while it was not necessary for her to have flowers on the tabie, for instance, that another ream might be just as good a housekeeper who always liked a little table bou- quet, even though the meal might be a simple one. She did not care for reading, except the bible or a church paper on Sunday afternoon, but why did she not realize that another wo- man might be as capable, or at least capable enough, and still like to read current news and also as much fiction as slip could get her hands on at the tune? I remember being perfectly delighted' to find that this severe and commonsense women 'shared with.me a liking for a brown sugar sandwich. She was twice nay Ewe 'and ten tines as sensible, but site confessed to that little weakness. and I liked her much better ever afterwards. She has long since gone. to heriong home, and I'm sure that she has learned that to inako people happy, to be kind and helpful, not severe and forbidding, is the best thing of all. Every woman should try to be as sensible as possible, but she should also be as charming as it is possible for her to be, too. That is a woman's duty to her family and the commun- ity at Large. Rebekah, OF OF HL', TIMM' , • �attaBtan �'i�eAical��ne�aite 'CRMItM . j'i, iytMit Pa ttM� ,���SL4 and Life Insurance Companies in Canada: Edited by .,• GRANT FLEMING. M.D., Associate Secretary Everyone hat a personal interest ,long medical lines they might make in the ever increasing number of = deaths from violence, particularly those due to motor=car accidents. 'Our interest is, first of all, anappre- •ciatien that we may shortly be nun- bered among the victims; the second. thought has to do with a similar feel- ing with regard to relatives and friends, and lastly, there is a genet: - , al desire to preserve .and safeguard human life. Public health authorities are con:, eerned in the preservation of life and in raising ,the stande d of personal health,: Originally, they were fully occupied with their endeavours to -control the wide -spread epidemic die.' eases; then, later on, they extended their concern to all preventable disc eases. During recent years, a consider- able: part ofthe ground gained has been lost due to the deaths from viol- once. Obviously, nothing is won by saving a child from diphtheria if he 1s to lose -his -life in a motor accident. So serious has the, situation become that, in many places, public opinion has really forced health departments - to interest themselves- in a problem which had been. regarded as outside .of • their jurislictien. Noone is ,:suggesting that health • departments =should undertake :re- •'sponsibilitity for safety 'campaigns or for traffic 2regelations, The ques tion that is asked of health depart- : •ments is as to what contribution a - In order to help solve this serious problem: There is no single answer to a problem which arises from many causes. From a medical 'point op:. view, consideration might bo given to the physical and mental cmnpetence of those applying for a driver's lic- ense, It does seem reasonable to .suggest, that certaindegrees of defective vis- ion or hearing, and. inability to dia- tinguish red and green lights might be regarded ,as handicaps which would rule opt'the right to a license to drive a motor car. ' • Some defects are readily .recogniz- ed and so are easily detected, where- as others are revealed only through a careful examination. It might: bo advisable to consider, as a beginning, the easily detected defects in the case of all drivers, and, in the event, of accidents, a complete examination before renewal of license. The only point to this article is the question as to whether or not the public, in their own interest and for their own protection, should consider a system 'of requiring at least some measure of `physical fitness in those who are licensed 'by the state todrive motor cars., questions concerning health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical ,As- sociation,, 184 College St., Toronto, will be answered personally by letter. Fillets of Sole with Almond Sauce Four fillets of sole, 144 cup melted butter, 14 teaspoon Pepper; 2 tea- spoons lepton juice, 1 tablespoon on- ion juice, 14 teaspoon salt, flour, toothpicks.• Melt butter, using low beat. When melted add pepper, lemon juice, onion juice and salt. Dip fish in this butter Mixture, roll in fleur, then roll the fillet and skewer with toothpick. Put in a greased casserole. Bake until browned. When clone, remove tooth- picks and• place fillets on platter. Cov- er with Almond Sarco and garnish with parsley. Almond' Sauce: One-quarter pound of almonds' (blanched and chopped), 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour, 1 teaspoon salt, eft teaspoon Pepper, ,1 pint thin creast. Brown nuts in butter, acid flour and seasonings, an pour • on cream slow- ly.. Bring •to the boiling point. — r Baked Halibut 1 slice (1 lb.) halibut 1 inch thick 1 cup milk n� tspn. salt 1 cup fine soft breach crumbs Dash of pepper 3 tbspns. melted butter Dash of paprika Place halibut in shallow pan, pour on milk, add salt, and let stand 16 to 20 minutes; turning once. Combine crumbs, salt, and pepper. Add butter, tossing crumbs lightly to mix well. Remove fish from milk. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper and cov- er with -1-3 of crumbs, patting them into fish. Place crumb side down in well -greased • shallow baking pan. Cover evenly with remaining crumbs, sprinkle with paprika, and bake inhot 1 p p , oven (450 deg.)1G minutes, .or until crumbs are brown and fish is cooked -Serves 4. Tuna 'Fish with Caper Sauce For Special Luncheons or Bridges) Place tate contents of a large tin of tuna fish in the top of a double boiler, together with 2 tablespoons butter, and heat well. Make a white sauce of 3 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour, 1 teaspoon salt, lit tsp. pepper; and 1V2: caps milk. •To this add' 3 tablespoons. capers and 1 hard -cook- ed egg, chopped,fine. Turn the heat- ed tuna fish on to a warmed platter, dust well with minced parsley, pour the hot sauce over it, and serve at once. Fried Haddock Cut fillets of haddock or pieces of fresh trout into individ- ual servings, rug these over With lem- on juice; cover wrist flour, salt and peppee. Dip thein in egg and fine bread crumbs; place in frying, basket, and when fat is at a temperature of 370 degrees, cook until well -browned Drain on paper, and serve with ,to- mato juice, or plain, if desired, with a sour pickle: ' Baked Breakfast Eggs Grease nmffin'tins and fit slices of bacon around the inside of each muf- fin tin used. Drop an egg in the cen- tre of each tin, Bake in moderate oven (350 deg. F.) until eggs are set. Scalloped Eggs Butter Crumbs, .salt and pepper 6'hardcooked eggs Milk or cream. Grease a baking -dish and place ce in it a layer of crumbs, then a layer of slices of hard -cooked eggs. Dot with bits of butter, sprinkle with salt 'and pepper,; and add another layer of butter crumbs on top. Pour cream or milk over the whole until it comes a- bout half -way to the top of the dish, Casserole of Eggs it ,:y cup butter 2 tbspns. flour • 1/a tspn. mustard Sprinkle of pepper 6 hard -cooked eggs diced al 'cup minced onion 1�> tspn. salt t . 1 cup chicken bouillon 2 tspns. vinegar 1 tspn. chopped parsley eup buttered crumbs, Cook the onion in the Melted but- ter until tender. Add flour and stir '111 thickened, stirring constantly. Add seasonings and vinegar. Place diced eggs in greased casserole, add parsley to sauce. Pour eggs and sprinkle with buttered crumbs, bake in moder- ate oven (360 deg. F.) until crumbs are brown. These are all tested recipes and will prove useful to any housekeeper, e- specially the young and inexperienced ones.—Babs. ' COD LIVER OIL. KNOWN BACK IN 17TH CENTURY Its Medicinal Qualities Discovered Later. Cod Liver oil, admitted to bee the best substitute for Sunshine know at .present, is a somewhat ancient product. As far back as the middle of the 17th Century it was known 7n England as "trayne oyle" and was used, probably, in various manufac- turing processes. Its medicinal qua1- sties were discovered later. Two of the oldest and best known fishing grounds' are the waters of Norway and Newfoundland and considerable quantities of the oil in the early days were landed at west of England ports by boats from Newfoundland. Re- cords would go to show that fish liv- er oils Were exported from Norway to England during the 15th and '16th centuries. Other fishing areas are the coast of Scotland, Iceland, Japan, Siberia and the east and west coasts of North America. In early days Inc Oil was obtained by allowing the liv- ers to rot which broke down the coi- cular• sacs, them permitting the oil which they contained to escape.' To - clay, - howover, steam is used to ex- tract the oil, according to the Indus- trial Department of the Canadian National 'Railways. The great valine of the oil medicinally is its vitamin content and to secure this, it is nes cessay to extract the oil shortly af- ter r the fish is caught. To accom- plish this, so n h' ie of the Belting ves- sels ere equipped with apparatus to extract the oil. In Newfoundland, Medi- cinalplants along the coast; the h cinal oil is prepared from the livers of cod caught inshore. Within the past three :four years halibut liv- er oil has come to the fore, due to its high vitamin content. The halibut, like the cod, is , a cold water fish; the principal fishing grounds being off the coast 'of Norway, 'the west coast of, Greenland, the Hebrides, the waters of Alaska, the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of Canada and coast- al waters of Japan. NOW IS THE TIME TO CONSIDER HOME CANNING' EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL Safe canning of fruits andvege tables requires 'care !n every step ,of the process.. Jars, lids and all uten- sils must be absolutely clean. It is not ,necessary to have a .spe shah canning outfit Inc home use, al- though ` one -,may be purchased"if it is desired,. The ordinarywash boiler with a wino or slatted reek may be used, or any kettle with a tight fit ting covet. The rack or false bottom must bee at Least three quarters of an inch from the bottom of the sterilizer and should be' slatted to allow the water to 'circulate around the jars, For processing, fill the sterilizer with Warm • rat least two inches above w wale s � the tops of the, jats. The length of time required varies with the food being canned. This type of canner is used for general eanning experi- ments conducted by the Division of Horticulture, :Centel Experirnentai Farm, Ottawa. • The steam:, pressure cooker is e- specially recommended for canning vegetables and meats as it gives a higher temperature than is possible in a hot water bath. Oven canning is recommended for fruits aril tomatoes. A well insula- ted heat controiled oven is best for this method of canning: The , tem- perature :should be kept at from 250 degrees F. to ,275 degrees without top heat. The filled jars are piacod in, a shallow pan of water and the time allowed should be about one-' third more than in the : Trot' water bath. A jar for use in canning should have a smooth rim and good fitting cover to furnish a perfect seal. Test each' jar before using it. Half fill with water, adjust the rubber and cover, seal and invert, to 'test for leaks. The spring tops should snap into place. Ring tops should not he used if. they become cracked or cor- roded. Jar rubbers are a very important part of canning equipment. Buy fresh rubbers each season. Never use old ones. Twelve rubber rings are cheaper than, a jar of fruit or vege- tables. In choosing foods to can, remember that there is no magic in a jar which will improve the contents stored in it. Food comes out pretty much ae. it goes in. Fine luscious fruit, per- fect vegetables, and tender plump fowls retain their quality after can- ning. THIRTY POUNDS OF BUTTER PER HEAD According to a provisional esti- mate, ,the people of Canada consum- ed 30.91 pounds of butter and 3.61 pounds of cheese per head o:f popu- lation in 1935 when 338,389,970 pounds of butter and 8.9,572,341 pounds of cheese were disposed of. in 1934.the consumption of batter was 336,824,894 pounds, oe a "per.' capita consumption of 31.12 pounds. Between 1933 and 1934 there was all increase • amounting to ' almost a pound per head, but the 1935 figure is just about three-quarters of a pound above the 1983 figure, and less than one-half pound' above the 1932 estimate. In other words, the ave- rage run of consumption of butter is over 30 pounds per head of popula- tion. The consumption of cheese- in Canada in 1935. is estimated .at 89,- 572,341 pounds, ,or 3.61, pounds per head of population. This is practic- ally the same per capita figure ` as in 1934, but compared with ,1933 shows the small increase of 0.22 pound, and an increase of 0,36 pound Compered •with 1932. "SUNNING" YOURSELVES Sunlight may be of great value to human health or a very real menace to physical well-being. As the warm months of the year atproach, with a maximum of direct sunlight available, it behooves us to become better acquainted -with the values and dan- gers ofexposureto the sun's rays.. To exposeoneself to the direct rays of the sun for any length of time with the idea .of getting, from this act alone, any great influence on general health, is not only based on an erroneous idea as to the immediate effects of sunlight' on health, but' it may be a foolhardy over -indulgence leading to actual ill -health, Possibly the chief healthful effects ofsunlight are o the - s ig onskin and through the skin on the body in gen- eral. en- s . Likewise the skin may be e 1 y and often is) the chief sufferer from ov- I er-exposure to the sun. Sunburn and the inflannnation of . various other kinds of burns are more or less iden- tical and must be so treated. Remember, when. you take your sun -baths 01' - expose yourselves to ;time direct rays of the scum during the coming months, that of equal value for: your physical and mental weli- being are the fresh air, exercise and other recreative influences of out- door' life. Be sensible and cautious and not over -indulgent in exposing yourselves to the sun! -The Blue Bell. SEAFORTH: The lady golfers held their opening tournament on 'Sate: - day afternoon with a good turnout. Before commencing the tourney the annual meeting was held and the offi- cers fee the year were. chosen. ' Mrs. Frank Sills, the past president was chosen captain. The ladies were un- animous in their opinion to dispense with the position of president, and as Mrs. Sills' hacl carried out her duties of, president so well she was the choice for the position, of captain. Miss 'Gertrude Appleyard will hold the positionof vice -captain and secre- tary, and Miss Norma Jeffrey treas- urer. Mrs: K. M. McLean was select- ed for convener of the house -commit- tee with Mrs. (Dr.) Munn, Mrs. Ross Sproat, and Mrs. (Dr.) McMaster making up , the committee. Canada exported 293,316 bushels of Canadian Irish seed potatoes to the United States during' the period January 1 to April 25, 1936. , THIS' MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Were Tlhey. Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometian Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins pining. A PRAYER FOR A LITTLE IIOME God send us a little home To come back to, when we roam. Low walls, and fluted tiles, Wide windows, a view for miles: Red firelight and deep chairs, Small white beds 1 u pstai s Great talk in little nooks, Dim colors, rows of books, One picture on each wall, Not many things at all. God send ahs a •little ground, Tali trees standing 'round. Homely flowers in brown sod, Overhead, Thy stars, 0 God. God bless, when winds blow, Our home, andall we know. —Florence Bone. SUMMER RAIN "Golden rain! Golden rain! out of the sky!" • Children sing out and run after the rain.' "Quiet, my children, well reap it a- gain— In gain—In the full granaries fragrant with rye." —From "Modern Russian Poetry," chosen and translated by Babette Deutsch and Avralmm Yarmolinsky —Harcourt Brace. BOUQUET: EARLY SPRING Black glass the vase, translucent where the light Strikes through with amber shaft; and creamy white The freesia blossoms, half -afloat in space. On stents as thin as grass; the fine • green lace Of ferns makes misty background for the frail Young spears of purple iris, hothouse pale. Too -early fragile beauty, blooming here. Shadows the promise of the lusty year. —Margaret Ashman. THE DAYS LONG AGO Oeh! I'm weary sittin' thinkin' Of the days of long ago, When my heart was, young an' simple, And my love was all aglow, For my home in,Ulster far away, An' the Lien's I used to know. I mind the wee thatched cottage That I used to call my own, An the whitewashed wall around it That I built o' mud an' stone, An' the apple tree inside the gate Just stan'in' there its lone. I mind the moss beside us, Where the ehildher used -to play, While the turf I wud be Battu r' To burn the whither-day— The intherclayy—The turf, the turf, I' smell it yet, Ten thousand smiles away. o -s. S. McCurry. - • TRAVEL AGENTS - I often wonder how the folk Who work in travel agencies Can, with such splendid unconcern, sell tickets to the seven seas; Quite calmly talk of trains and boats, tine -tables, customs regulations, Luggage and passports, maps,` ex- change, and foreign hotel reservations. They never seem to realize their printed slips of varied hue Are tender that's 'exchangeable , for wind-swept leagues of ocean blue; Far ports beyond horizons fresh, on some long dreamed. of alien shore, Where bloom odd, - Hewers, shine strange stars. ' and sing bright birds unknown, • before; New friends, chance met, new hopes and thoughts, ' are never listed in their fees, They have no scale to gauge the worth df such intangibilities. —Molly Bevan, "THE LORD GOD PLANTED A GARDEN." "The Lord' Godp lanted' a garden In the first whits day oftliaworld, And He set an angel warden In a garment of iight unfurled., "So near to the peace of Heaven That the hawk might nest with the wren, s For there in the. cool of the even, `God walked with the first of men. "And I dream that these garden, closes, With their shade, and their sun-, flecked sod, And their lillios and, bowers of roses, Were laid by the Hand of,God. "The kiss of the sun for pardon, The song of the birds for north Oise is nearer God's heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earth." -Dorothy Frances Gurney;.' EVERYDAY SUGGESTIONS Cheerful is your clay all thriiagii If started ii'ith a smile or two. Clean and keen go well together, Keep you fit for any weather, Dilligent at player work, You can never be a shirk. Fair is everything you. do, Makes your friends all proud of you. Consider how others feel, That's the only way to deal. Unselfish in your thoughts and deeds, Helping others meet their needs. Obedient at the daily tasks, Quick to serve when someone asks. Truthful always and sincere, Keeps you free and conscience clear. GOLDEN THREADS For quiet, restful sleep through darks est night, Bright sunlight glancing on my window -pane, Gay -colored flowers that nod in morn- ing light, And the dull patter of swift -falling rain; .For birds that cone pain when win- ter's past . And build their nests beneath nip sheltered eaves, Dusk at the end of day, moonbeams that cast Strange shador's or' tall trees and waving leaves; Flicker of firelight, the dear horse fireside, Chatter of childish voices as I sit. and sew, For happy evening hours that gently glide - While outside fall white, silent flakes of snow; For olden threads like, these that light each day And shine across my path when joy • takes flight, Dear Lord, accept my gratitude,. L pray, Lest grief should dim any eyes, keep clear my' sight. —Marjorie Gyselynck. A PARENTS' PRAYER "Enable sue 0 God, to look beneath the surface of life. Hells ane to see deep enough to discover the reasons for a child's fears. Make me wise enough to trace the causes o anis ane g f ' ger today back to the ,disappoint - anent of yesterday. rant me the capacity acit p y t o under- stand the reasons for wilfulness and disobedience, Cairyl me 'so deeply into the moaning of life that I will Mind the causes of my child's difficul- ties - in thyself. Grant me the grace to recoghtze and .to nourish the first efforts: to-' ward independence. of thought and of action. Keep ane sensitive to the fair signs of that retirement into the in- ner self where each growing person finds the' meaning of life and finds Make site wise enough to know when to help and guide and when to leave my child alone. In the Name of Hint Who under- stands what was in mnan—Amen". MOROCCO TS LOOKING FOR CANADIAN HOSIERY • Milady, no matter what her •nation- ality or where she lives, would seem to place a great deal of importance on the quality of het' hosiery. For this reason, Canadian natural silk stockings are popular in many coun- ties and now along comes an impor- ter in Casablanca, Morocco, • who', would like to havethe opportunity of selling the Canadian article to his clientele, which, 'doubtless, includes many a French legionnaire who is looking around for a` pair of stock- ings for his best girl. At the present time the United ,States' supplies .the- greater portion of the demand. But Canadian products have a good chance of horning in, especially the Clinton;.'. brands. Aa,