The Clinton News Record, 1936-06-11, Page 7THURS., JUNE` 11, 1936
THE
CLINTON.' NEWS -RECORD ',
PAGE 7
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS'
COOKING
Edited by Rebekah.
Rum��ous of N�lle�ah
A Column Prepared Especially 'for Women
But Not Forbidden to Men
PICNICS
If you goa-picnicking incl throw
youe'scraps about
You'll never see the little : folk go
running in and out;
And if you leave your orange :peel
all littered ,on the grass' ,
You'll never ;go to Fairyland to see
;the fairies pass,
For empty tins .and tangled strings
And paper bags are not the things
To scatter where a linnet sings.
So if you go a -picnicking, reineMber
• you're e guest
Of all the tiny - people, and •you'll
' ' really find it best •
To leave their ballroom tidy and to
clear away the mess,
And perhaps you'll see a fairy in her
newest dancing dress.
But paper bags and broken combs
Will really wreck the pixie hontee
And frighten all the tiny gnomes.
But if you go a -picnicking and you
are elfin -wise,
You'll maybe hear with fairy ears
and see with goblin eye's;
The little folk will welcome you and
they will open wide
' The, hidden doors of Fairyland and
you will passe inside, -
And maybe see a baby fay
White -cradled in a cherry spray'
Although it is Bank Holiday.
—B. E. Todd.
, It is picnic time and I hope that
all my readers, old and young will en-
joy many at eiienic this sdnuner, It
does ;anyone good to get away front
the dull routine of life occasionally,
'and it is especially helpful to get out
into the open air,. eat a meal or two
under God's blue sky, with His trees
• all about, showing His handiwork and
His loving care for His creatures.
Everyone shoptld plan to get away for
several picnics, if a regular holiday
cannot be arranged, and so enjoy the
open country. •
But, dear readers all, when you go
for a picnic on anyone's land, and re-
member all land in this settle*1 roue -
try is somebody's land, be careful not
to desecrate the puce by leaving it
untidy and littered. Gather up every'
scrap of food and place it: somewhere'
where 'birds or animals will find it
but where it will not be an. unsightry
mess; gather up every bit of paper,'
every empty box and bottle. Leave
the grounds just as tidy or tidier!
than when you came. It is really the,
least thing which well-bred, sour
teous people can do in return for the;
courtesy of the owner in allowing'
picnics to be held in his woods or
fields.
It is a wonder that land owners do
not prohibit people stopping on thea
•
•
property to picnic; when they are'so
careless about leaving it all littered
up. Don't be that ]incl of anoffend-
er, even you are stopping at a place
you may never visit again.
And be very: chary about • picking
wild flowers. It is said that ninny
species -are beeoining extinct because
of being picked so lavishly. They do
not keep long in' the house, anyway,
and they do look solovely in the
woods. Why not just enjoy them
there and leave foe- the next copier?
KEEP
Rebekah.
CATS AND DOGS '
CUT OF. THE GARDEN
To the cat the "make Canada more
beautiful" slogan does not mean a
thing, and many;.times the ruin caus-
ed to lovely flowers and flower beds
by cats is really distressing to the
person who has expended much care
on the garden.,
The dog, too, is also a transgressor.
He is the friend of man, and it is
hard for a stranger to feel sudden an-
ger against the artless dog who so
whole-heartedly enjoys cleaning his
hind legs midst flying tufts of fav-
ourite lawn and seed -speckled mould.
To the owner of the garden, it is dif-
ferent.
ifferent. Strange dogs are a nuisance,
and the path of the inquisitive dog,
it'must,be remembered, is paved with
opportunities for critical research.
But cats and dogs need not have
their own .way all the time. Their in-
cursions where they are not wanted
can be curtailed if not entirely stop-
ped. 'Nicotine sulphate, the widely
used insecticide, provides an effective
means of keeping them at bay. The
odour of• nicotine is repulsive to
dogs and cats, and, as their sense.of
smell is much keener than that or
human beings, it is possible to use
the nicotine sulphate so diluted that
flowers, shrubs, buildings, porches,
walls s,nd paths are not damaged.
The insecticide may be used in a
weak solution of a tablespoonful to
five gallons of water. The spray
evaporatesin time and rain will wash
it away. Therefore it should be re-
newed every two weeks in fair wea-
ther, and repeated after every heavy
rain. In weak solution it will not
damage flowers. The nicotine sul-
phate may be bought from flour -and
feed stores 'and from seed merchants.
THERE ARE CHEAPER METHODS
}lost—"When I was a youngman
I always said I'd never be satisfied
'til .I'd smothered my wife in dia-
monds.
Guest—"Most 'audible. But why in
diamonds?"
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Edited by -
GRANT FLE•MING, M.D.,.' Associate Seeretare
PROTECT I
, To enjoy the advantages which
'medical science has made available
in the prevention of diseases it is
necessary to look ahead and not to
put off taking action. I
During the summer months, most
of the communicable diseases are at
a low ebb. ,There are certain explan-
ations offered for this seasonal var-
iation. We mention it here lest the
summer decline be used as an excuse
for delay, with the idea in mind that
the danger is past. .. I
Now is the best time to look ahead
and to realize that, with the coating
of colder weather, in just a 'few
months, there will likely occur the'
'normal seasonal increase in commune'
••icable diseases.
Unfortunately, our knowledge is
. -limited and so we do notpossess the
means for the prevention or ade-
quate control of many diseases. For-
tunately, however, we have hast, given
:to us practical,simple and safe pro=
cedures to prevent some.
One of the most persistent disease
enemies of childhood is diphtheria.
• For many years, this disease was re-
sponsible for a large number of
deaths. The larger centres of popu
latiom were never- free from it, and
parents dreaded 'the name "diphther-
ia."
diphtheris"
Diphtheria -need no longer be fear-
ed. We are 'fully, armed to fight
esuccessfully `this_ old enemy. Tins
statement is, not bravado; it can be.
supported by the proof of what has
happened during recent years in
those places where the child poplin. -
Lion has been immunized.
Immunization is a simple and are
procedure.• It means the, injection
of diiihtheria toxoid under the skin:
This tokoid stimulates the body to
produce its natural defences against
diphtheria. The result is that •'the
injected person becomes resistant or
immune, just as he would be after
recovery from an attack of diphther-
ia, except that with toxoid, there is
neither danger nor Buffering bivalv-
ed.
Diphtheria occurs commonly very
early in life. . Every child should be
immunized•before,he is a year old or
else he may contract the disease be-
fore he has had a chance to secure
protection. It is a responsibility of
the parents; no one else can be held
accountable, Yon can' have your
child protected against diphtheria,
but you must take the necessary
steps to have it done; otherwise, your
child is not protected.
There is no .better time than' the
present for this, and by having the
diphtheria toxoid giyen now, you, can
rule out one disease danger for your
child. Why then delay to protect?
Questions • concerning health,. ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College St., . Toronto,
will be answered, personally :by letter.
—v.,..,.,....,.,.
HEALTH
CONTRIBUTIONS
beet Rebekah:—
It'is sandwich time, • though -what
time of year isenot, nowadays? Seni;-
wiches, line the poor,,are alwaysseeith,
ns, and of them are rather poor,
too, but; here is 0 nice one, which' I
think everyone should like. And
there is also a salad recipe Which I
hope will be useful to some readers of
our page. Youret•° a
—QUEEN NAB.
Ribbon Sandwich Loaf
Remoye crusts' from • day-old. loaf
of white or whole wheat bread. Cut
four Half-inch slices lengthwise from
loaf, spreading each slice withbutter•
before cutting. Spread first slice of
bread with mayonnaise and cover with
sliced, peeled tomatoes. Cover with
second slice of buttered bread. Spread
with grated cheddar clime blended
with salad dressing. Cover with third
slice of buttered bread. Spread with
mayonnaise and cover with crisp let
time leaves, then with 'fourth slice .of
buttered bread. Press Byers firm:y
together. Spread outside of loaf with
creamed cottage or cream 'cheese
blended with cream !or mayonnaise,
Chill one hour before ,serving. Gar-
nish with parsley or green pepper and
cut in crosswise slices.
Jellied Cheese Sailed
s1 package Iemon jelly powder
2 clips boiling water -
'1 teaspoon salt;.
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup chopped,pineapple, grapefruit,
or orange,. '
1 cup cream cheese or or•earned cot-
tage cheese..
Va cup walunts, chopped.
Dissolve jelly powder in boiling
Water, Add salt and lemon juice. Citill
and allow to -partially set. FFeld'friiit
into one-half of the partially set jelly.
Tarn into mould.`' Beat remainder of
jelly until fluffy, then fold in cheese
and nuts. Pour over first layer , o,
jelly: Chill until firm. Arrange • in
emigres on crisp lettuce. Serve with
salad dressing combined with an equal
amount, of whipped cream. For a
richer salad — add 1' cup whipped
cream with the fruit, cheese and nuts
to the partially set jelly. .
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YOU R WORLD AND MINE
by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD'
":(Copyright) ;"
If we could make a canvas of the
readers of The News -Record, I sup-
pose that a very large number of
them would confess that they would
study and practice. Nature grows
grasses, trees, flowers, wild horses
and cattle; but these nature made
productions require cultivation by
like to be miters — probably story man to give then glories and perfec-
writers. I know that I meet many, tions. And it is the same in the case
many young people who want to. of writer's:, one may have a native
"write" — whatever "write" means. gift for writing, but editors and pub -
Doubtless it means that they would lishers buy only the "improved" pro -
like to earn their living by writing-. duct -the product perfected by study
writingnovels, short stories, poetry and practice:
or writing for a newspaper. It is I have on my desk a book which de -
not that these young people have
shown themselves able to write. In= scribes itself as being a practical
In-
deed, many whom I meet have never guide to journalism and novel -writ -
written anything at all, excepting ing: Its author says that in his op -
what they have written at school or inion a journalistic aspirant today
college in the form of essays and cannot be too well educated—that the
eourpositions;'. In the case of the ever -recurring fault in aspiring writ-
majority of these would-be writers, it ars .is that they "wish to write to
is just pleasant dreaming joined to please themselves, they look round for
that universal desire of youth - the a market for their writings. This
desire to attract attention to oneself, author declares that the swifter must
the desire for fame and the world's write with a definite market in view
adulation. Who among us is there -that the first necessity is to find
who, when he was young, did not see the most likely outlets for one's par-
ticular gifts. Writing today, he
says, is a specialized business.
This literary adviser—his name is
Cecil Hunt, and he is fiction editor
of the London Daily Mail—says that
many aspiring writers defeat them-
selves by their disregard of what edi-
tors and publishers insist on. "As ono
whose department handles a thous;
film companies. In the advertise- and or more manuscripts a week,"
ment of one of these "institutes," the writes Mr. Hunt, "I• say emphatical-
alluring headlines are, "How do' you ly that the lack of method (on the
know you can't write? Have you ev- part of offerers of literary wares) is
er tried?" Now I am not going to appalling and is often a seriously
himself in some exalted place, hon-
ored by the whole world?
This prevalent desire to write has
been made a source of income by a
number of enterprises whose proles•
sed business is to teach one how to
write for publication—how to write
for newspapers, magazines and the
say that this or outer "institutes"
do not give value for their money
which they get from those who take
their courses. All I want to say is
the great majority of those who take
their courses do not find the hoped-
for markets for their literary offer-
ings. This- is because thereare so writer and who lack ability to type.
many men and wothen writers: they But there are always persons, never
offer snore- than can possibly be ac- very far away, who have typewriters
cepted for publication. It is said by and ability to write, Their services
one authority that there,, are over ought to be employed "Presentation,"
260,000 men and women in the Unt says -Mr. Hunt, "is a vital point in
ted States trying to earn their living salesmanship. Efficient presence-
by•writing, and that fewer than 2500 tion (the manner of presenting what
of thein—less than '1. ;4 -succeed in one has- written to an editor or 'pub -
making a living in writing. In Canada usher) is not only an asset in itself,
probably the same proportions hold but also a commendation to the re -
true, which would mean that , there cipient of the. businesslike, efficient
are fewer than 200 persons, outside mind of the sender."
the salaried staffs of newspaper and
magazine publishers, who make a Beginners in the writing •business
living by writing. Indeed, one would are pretty certain to think more of
have difficulty in making up a list, themselves and their' writings than
of 100 men and women' in Canada —' of how editors and ,publishers think
freelance writers—who, make a living' and behave. Beginners are prone to
from their pens, If any Canadian think that merit—sheer merit -is the
writer was so fortunte as to have a main matter, and by merit I mean
story or article published every the intrinsic goodness of what' Is
month in one of our leading maga- written. Now,there may have been
zines,' he or she would get a maxi-' have been much merit, much intrinsic
Mum income from this source of goodness, in the old Red River ox -
)l200. The fact is that writing for a carts, and in old. Model -T Ford motor
in .Canada is a disappointing 'care • but nowadays more than intrin-
occupation. sic goodness -of thought and mater-
I do not wish• to quench the_smok- ial-•-ns required by editors and pub
ing literary genius of any man or fishers and by the reading. public.
woman: I just, want to say' that a- Just raw native ability and aptitude
bility to write well is the consequence won't get one to the top. Ability
of learning how to write and of much and aptitude, require to be coached
practice. Superior writing ability is in order to put the possessor of them
acquired asis excellence in cricket or into the front rank. This truth ap-
hockey or arehitecture or blacksmith- plies not only to writers, but also to
ing or farming or juggling or sing- jugglers, baseball and, lacrosse play-
ing: namely, lay much stiidy and long ers, singers, farmers and public spea-
and purposeful practice. One is not kers.
To those young readers of the
News -Record whom 1 am addessing,
I say this: If you have a burning de-
sire to write, prepare yourself for
writings Do not imagine that at 18
or 20 you have all the ability needed
to he a successful writer. Ability
must be joined to understanding and
damaging implement against the au-
thor. Experience shows it is far
fromsuperfluous to insist that typ-
ingeis essential in almost every
phase of writing . today."
This bit of counsel may hurt some
would-be writers who have no type -
born a great writer or cricketer, or
juggler or farmer. Which means that
those young people who in their teens
and twenties: 'say that they want to
write and who believe themselves able
to write 'are probably very "green"
writers:' Their aptitude and their
performances need to be perfected by
COLLEGIA'l;E AFFAIRS
(Continued from page 4)
on an atteek,, the only ;cute is ham
sandwiches and hay. Some fun, eh.
Don't you love the speeches teach
ers : make ort the last day? It's a.
common: complaint everyone suffers
from it. "I wish yeti the best of
hack, and hope you.get through; and
have a happy holiday"—and a couple
of horses. Which is jtist a.. remark;'
not as insinuation, ..We will be sur
:prised' if this le not censored. •
We are very sorry to learn that
Miss Brydone is really leaving ud,
-but The News -Record says so, and it
must he, true. Miss Brydone (and
the never spelled it right before '
_always thought it had two "n's") has
een with us• several years, and ev-
erybody liked her a lot, and every-
body will miss her more than we can
express-becausewe aren't very good
et- this sort'\of thing. She will ho
especially missed by Fourth Form, I
believe„ for she was our form -teacher
for two years. She was our form-
teacher in .First and Second; and
championed us when we were the
"black sheep of the school" in Se-
cond, and even though we were black
sheep; we don't -forget it when some-
one sticks up for us. We're ready to
stick up for them, too. The whole
school isgoing to miss Miss Brydone,
a great deal, espiecally at Commence-
ment and other gala nights: The
success of our celebrations depended
a good deal on her organizing abil-
ity, her brilliant ideas for decorations,
etc., her willingness to help on any
committee, and her never -failing ale-
pendability in a crisis. We wish you
^the best of luck in' the future, Miss
Brydone. The C. C. I. won't forget
you:
•
' Ladies and gentlemen, this is out
swan -song as the Q.C.I. reporter. You
are reading the last column of Colle-
giate Affairs for the year of 35-30.
The term is over; the year is behind
us, and a new one before us. A great
many things can .happen in at year ---
especially e year at school—as you
have all learned, but which, probably,
many of you have forgotten. Little
things etre so important at school!
When you're grown-up, big things
Count, aiid little things don't: natter,
Bat we have oitr interests tied up in
the small things, which seen so
trifling after the year is over, but
which are so .all-important for the
moment. Will 1 be plucked in Late
in ? Will I make the basket -ball
team? When will she get over the
measles? I hope I'm not late—gosh,
We've going to be late. -- that's
Wand. We say we hate it—but when
it's over—don't you sigh a little? No
more games in P. T. periods — the
crowd broken up — funny how you
get attached to school.
Next year—that's the. nice thing
about school,' there's always next
year. Renewing acquaintances, buy-
ingbooks, prepaying for field day, el-
ecting officials for the societies, prac-
tising for Lit. meetings.
Ancl. note we have chronicled a year
and a half of Collegiate Affairs; and
seine of you liked them and some of
of didn't; one lady called ms up' in
the middle of Algebra period to tell
us 0 rather involved eters, about our
news reminding .)ter of an occasion
on which someone 'spilled catsup on
someone else. We didn't quite under-
stand,' but she seemed to be congrat-
ulating us, and so we saki "Oh —
thankee-a lot!" and hung up. Other
people were not so kind, and called
us Giff-Wiff and such -like names,.
but we lived through it. .
Next year, some other person' will
bb writing the news, and probably
writing it 0 sight better than r we
have-fon:we know that 'we ere far
front perfect. (We've been. told of-
ten enough.) But we've ' enjoyed
writing it, and we hope you've liked
reading it. And so (that word a-
gain!) we now bid yeti farewell; best
regards from the school to • the rest
of you; and for the last time we se -
lute! you.-Chceriol
practice, and experience. Read what
older and successful persons have
written., about the art of writing.
There are many books dealing with
the subject . of writing. Ask your
public librarian to give you the names
of such books, and own the best of
them.
And what I sayabout writing can
de said' with equal pertinency about
terming, retailing, singing, engineer-
ing. Read much about your a{aes of
oceupation. Absorb the wisdom of,
others who have gone far and high in
the class of occupation in which you
aspire to advance.
The truth is that few of us use all
our powers. This is due,' in part, to
sheer laziness. We recoil from hard'
work, of both mind and body. It is
within the abilityof all of ,us to go.
farther and higher than we have so
far gone, but our advancement will
depend on the quality and the, amount
of our self -effort.
M
CARE OF CHILDREN
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE /POETS
Here They Will Sing Yon Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad— But :always Helpful
and Ins' pirang-
TEARS
When I consider life and its few
years—
A wisp of fog betwixt us and the
sun;
A call to battle and:the battle clone.
Ere the last echo dies withie our
ears;
A rose choked in the ease; an hour
of fears;
The gusts that past a darkening
shore do beat;
The buret of music down an unlis-
teeing street-
I wonder at the idleness of tears.
Ye olcl, old dead, and yet of yester-
night,
Chieftains and bands, and keepers of
the sheep,
By every cup of sorrow that you
had,
Loose me from tears, and make lite
see aright
How esclt hath back what once he
stayed to weep,
Homer• his sight, David his little
lad!
-Lizzie Woodworth Reese.
THE LITTLE CARES THAT
FRETTED ME
The little cares that fretted me,
I lost them yesterday,
Among the fields above the sea,
Among the winds at play;
Among the lowing of the herds,
The rustling of the trees,
Among the stinging of the birds,
The humming. of the bees.
The foolish fears of what may chance,
1 east them all away,
Among the clover -scented grass,
Among the 'new -mown hay;
Among the rustling of the corn,
Where drowsy poppies nod,
Where i11 thoughts die and gond are
born --
Out in the fields with God.
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
SORCERY
Rosemarie, the charlatan, came sing-
ing down the lane,
Night was tangled in iter hair;
Her mouth was ripe as cherries.
Site whispered incantations t h a t
held me like a chain;
She bevelled my cheek with heather
dew
And bruised my lips with berries. '
With Rosemarie, the charlatan, I
played a game of chance.
In lottery I placed my heart,
Gay as her scarlet bonnet.
She won it through chicanery, and
with a canny glance,
She changed it into castanets
And played a tune upon it.,
—Ruth Averitte, in "The Spinners."
. THOUGHTS AT SUNDOWN
"At even, when the day is clone,
My.heart goes westward with the sun,
And Memory in his dying glow,
Reflects sweet dreams of long ago.
"Like fragments of a film once seen,
Reflashed haphazard' on the screen,
Past actions rise of good and ill
To prove my Past is with me eta.
"Ancl somehow, showing from the
past,
The little wrongs their shadows cast,
And every tiny act aright
Shines like a little guiding light.
"So in the evening of my days
Steal! Memory her picture raise;
My Sun, shall set in light or shade,
Ta shadows I myself have Made."
HE HOMELY HOUSE
I like.. to see a friendly house
With vines 'around the doer,
And home-made rugs alt cosy -like
A-layin' on the floor;
I like: to see •a homely place,
Where neighbors' kids can meet,
Arid where the woman of the 'Mouse
Is always sure to treat
Those kids, tvitli cookies filled with
spice
And milk, all foamy white,
Before they trudge their way back
home,
Oh yes! it's pure delight.
To find a house that's really loved
Just simply 'cause it's home.
And all surrounded by clean dirt
That sine folks say is loam;
Where little feet and nubby hands
Can plant their 'weeny seeds, .
And learn a lesson'for themselves
When pullin' out .the weeds.
Oh, yes, it's nice to find a house
That boasts a mother's care -
A house that listen's every night
To kiddies' bed -time prayer.
And even tho' its papered walls
Are faded with the years
A house that's sheltered kindly hearts
And aft put up with tears,
Is really almost human like,
And when at last the night
Gallssoftly on that humble house
And blies it out • of sight,
I_shouldn':t wonder then it smiles,
Then dreams the night away—
And then wakes up with dawn -filled
eyes
To live another day.
Nelda Boughner,
THE KITCHEN GARDEN
The hollyhocks standing, slender and
tall,
And inexpressibly fair,
' In their calico gowns are the gayest
= • things
The kitchen gardens wear.
The vine that climbs the verandah
rail
With feathery flowers of white,
And fragrant breath on a summer's
breeze
Are a housewife's rare .delight -
The intermingled scents that come
From a tangle of fruits and flow-
ers,
Ave a blessed balm to a woman's soul
In iter kitchen garden hours.
The pumpkins bring their gold for
pies
And melons are sweet to the tongue,
The appletree carries' fruit on her
back,
And so do the pear and the plum.
The poppies bloom itt1 day by them
selves, -.
i And they come we know not
whence,
While the goldenglow and the dah-
lias line
The kitchen garden fence.
In an earth -blown bed the dusty
sage,
The mint and parsley grow, •
And a savory scent is in the air
From the goodly little row,
The lettuces imitate the rose,
And look like flowers in bloom,
And peppers • hanging green o n
stalks
Will be red as a rose is soon.
0 what in the world could be more
fair
(When all is said and clone)
Than the kitchen garden smiling
there
'Under the blazing sun.
—Laura Bedell.
RECIPE FOR ICED TEA
For a cool refreshing drink with a
flavour that is delicately different,
try Iced Tea. It is very easily made:
Infuse six heaping teaspoons of
good black tea in a pint of fresh boil-
ing water. After six minutes strain
liquid into two-qaurt coantiner, While
hot, add, 1.11.1/2'cups of granulated sug-
ar and the juice of 2 lemons. Stir
well until sugar is dissolved; fill con-
tainer with cold water. Do not allow
tea to cool befoee adding . the cold
water; otherwise liquid will become
cloudy. Serve with chipped ice. This
will make two quarts of iced tea or
seven tall glasses.
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Every boy and baseball fain
will want this up-to-date ,
book, "Baseball—and How
to Play it", by Frank J.
(Shag) Shaughnessy Man-
ager of the pennant win-
ning Montreal Royals.
Pitching, batting, base
running -alt the fine points
of the game aro clearly_
explained and. illustrated.
Here's how to get it. Sim-''-'
ply send in to the address
below a"CROWN BRAND'
or "LILY WHITE". Corn
Syrup label with your
name and address and the
Swords "Baseball Book"
plainly written on the
back—and your copy will
be mailed to you right
away.
EDWARDSBURG;
CROWN BRAND
CORN SYRUP
THE FAMOUS ENERGY root).
The CANADA NIA NCH COMPANY L1mNedt
. ... Toronto _ o.0