The Clinton News Record, 1936-06-18, Page 7'THIURS., JUNE 18, 1936
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
COOKING
Edited by Rebekah.'
PAGE
`HEALTH
CARE OF CHILDREN
¶inallouI oi Re1ah.
A Column
Prepared Especially for Women—
But Not Forbidden to Men
INNER LIFE ,
For we are more than just the things
we seen,
More than a little waking and a
dream,
This life that seems so commonplace
to me
Is woven into all eternity.
The little happenings that make a day
Are born of God and shallnot pass
away.
The five laid — the supper table
spread, •
Even the simple breaking of the
bread,
Are symbols of diviner things that lie
Close to our inner selves and will not
die,
The roots of life beneath the com-
monplace
Weaving their tendrils through the
human race.
As long as life goes on there will be
these,
Warm clodclecl eai.'th and blossom -
laden trees,
West wind and rain and Melts upon
a hill,
The fresh sweet wonder of a daffodil.
And over it and under itand through,
The mind of Gocl made manifest in
you,. —Edna Jacques.
I have just been reading Nellie
McClu ng's latest book, which is the
story of her own life, told in the
simplest anci most natural way pos-
sible. Indeed; the book is more than
an auto -biography of this interest-
ing woman, it is a history of the early
days in the West, in Manitoba, where
the family moved from Grey County,
near Chatsworth, in 1880.
This child, leaving a settled com-
annuity, albeit a somewhat backward
community and by no means a rich
• one; as the reason they left was be-
-cause her eldest brother became tired
of ploughing amongst stones, which
could not be picked off, as "you no
'sooner removed one layer but an-
other came up from below," she went
to a new settlement at Souris, Man.,
where' there was 'not , school until site
was ten end, she became very septi -
live about her ignorance, although
she tried to carry it off with a hig 1
hand. When a school was establish-
ed, however, she rnacle good use of
her time and was ready to teach at
seventeen. She ve}'y early in life
became interested in things outside
her home and took a keen interest in
the Reil Rebellion, terminating in
the execution of Reil in 1885. She
studied people and their reaction' to
certain events. Site soon began think-
ing out problems for herself her con-
clusions soiftetintes antagonizing those
who would otherwise have beenher
Mende. She could not subscribe to
the old-fashioned notion of the su-
periority of the male sex, lit which
her mother, a Scotewoinan from Dun-
dee, fully believed. She also early
developed the talent . of expressing
Herself and could see no reason why
a woman should not do so as freely
as a man.
She was blessed with a fine sense
of humor, inherited from her father,
a kind and understanding Irishman;
to whore she was devoted. She had
a gift for inintickt,y which stood her
in good stead )many a time when cir-
cumstances were adverse. She tells
how she anci her father used to have
some good times together, this was
when she was n there child in Grey
County, when she used two bright
straws as knitting needles while she
mimicked a couple of her mother's
aunts, who used to visit them .periodi-
tally' from Hollanci township, and
who "talked both at once to save
time." She was a little bit troubled
about this and she knew her mother
would disapprove, but when she talk-
ed it over with her father he decided
that they could have this little bit
of fun, just between themselves, not
worrying the mother at all about it.
She tells of the trials of the early
settlers in the west and the make-
shifts they resorted to to get along.
But over it all she weaves a magic
veil of romance the romance of her
own imagination. ' She hated dullness
and the hard, joylessness of work -
burdened lives anci site diel her best
•to ward off this state for herself and
her loved ones, incl to bring some
beauty andjoy into the lives with
which she came in contact.
It is a wholesome, interesting and
p
leant Service
OF THE
(attabttttt ebwrttl Ag irl tet
and Life Insurance Companies in Canada.
Editedby
GRANT FL ?MING, M.D., Associate Secretare
ACT NOW I We on longer experience cphtheeia
There is no disease which is so as a scourge that sweeps over the
`thoroughly understood as is diph- country m epidemic ,waves as was
theria: The bacteria which cause formerly the case. Children need no
diphtheria are known and can be r'e• longer be Left as defenceless victims
-cognized under the microscope. The to face the deadly assault of the
inanner.of spread is known as being toxin or poison given off by the diph-
by the transfer of nose or mouth theria bacteria which invade their'
•secretions .from one individual to bodies.
.another. Deaths still, occur from diphtheria.
Danger of spread lies not only in ,Such deaths are nearly _ alyt ays • the
those vho are franklysutferng from result of ignorance or carelessness;
diphtheria, but also inthose whom 'we more ofteh the latter: Children trust,
know as carriers. Diphtheria carriers perforce,rely upon .their 'parents to
• are persons who, although well,hare secure protection for them. Parents
bow diphtheria basteria in their therefore have an obligation to see to
)noses or throats, it that their children are, not allowed
A test (the Schick test) is available to go unprotected. •
'
to show whethei or not the tndividtial 10 know that diphtheria can be
tested is immune or susceptible to' prevented is an interesting scientific
fact. To use such knowledge is the
one and only way to secure the ad-
vantages of this advance in medical
science.
Every child should be immunized
against diphtheria before his first'
birthday.. If this, has not yet been
done for your .child, then the best time
oan
'Most important t of all is that to do it is now. No
one can foresee
• when lois child may be exposed. to
comparatively permanent Protection
can be secured' through a sale and diphtheria. There is only one safe
simple procedure. It has been prow procedure: ,Act now; do not delay,
a veryst' ns concern'n health `ad -
ed, in a practical manner, that •Que no n g ,
high percentage of those who receive dressed to the Canadian Medical' As-
, diphtheria toxoid are rendered im- sociation, • 184 i College St., Toronto,
?mune or resistant to diphtheria, will be answered personally by Letter.
diphtheria. There is a remedy, diph-
theria antitoxin, which is a specific
<.,:fov' diphtheria if used early and pro-
perly. Delay in itsuse commonly
' occurs beeause ,the illness ie not
recognized early, and so the time is
lost when a• cure could have been ef-
' fected. a
CONTRIBUTIONS
Are mar good friends forgetting
"Our Page"? We eliould like to hear
more from them, and are sure mutual
helpfulness would 'be the eesvit of us-
ing this page to discuss the problems
confronting housekeepers and other
Women' readers: It is rattier aunts-
ing to be told time . and time again.
how ankh the page_ is enjoyed, Why,
do these readers who enjoy reading
contributions of others, not feel some
obligation to contribute to the enjoy-
'neet? •If all the women, even, who
have spoken. of their enjoyment of
the 'page would contribute even en a
short letter once every few weeks,
we should have a full page. And there
aro many regular readers who have
never mentioned the page to me.
REBEIiAH.
This is the season for salads, they
are wholesome and are welcomed by
every member of the family. But
they need to be varied. Do not make
the mistake of serving one sort too
often. Whit the appetite by serving
new ones. constantly: •
Cauliflower Salad •
1 bunch chopped parsley,
1 Snead cauliflower
'IA teaspoon salt.. •
Wash and soak a loose head of
cauliflower, drain it, tie in cheese-
cloth and drop in a kettle of boiling
water, add the salt, • boil covered
thirty minuets, When done, lift the
cover; drain the cauliflower' in. a col-
ander and then with a sharp knife cut
it apart into flowerets and stand a-
side until very cold. At serving time
arrange these neatly in a salad -bowl,
with lettuce leaves, dust it thickly
with chopped parsley., Pour over
French dressing, and serve.
Beet Salad
2 boiled beets
1 pitch salt and pepper
1 smell onion
1 tbspn, mayonnaise
Chop the beets and onion fine. Mix
with half the mayonnaise. When rea-
dy to serve put two tablespoonfuls
in a nest of crisp lettuce leaves, Put
right in the centre a quarter of a
teaspoonful of mayonnaise, itnd serve.
Carrot Salad
4 large carrots
1 pinch salt and pepper
Scrape, cut into slices or into fancy
shapes. Soak in cold water for half
an hour, and then cook in boiling un-
salted water until tender, drain and
dry. Line the salad bowl with crisp
lettuce leaves, and sprinkle with the
salt anci petiper. Arrange on top
the carrots. Use French or Italian
dressing.
Grated' carrot can be sprinitled over
almost every salad, and enjoyed.
absorbing book,o which will hold
g ne
.the attention of anyone who likes
sinnplicity, sincerity and getting near
the heart of things in a simple i;om-
mmnity.
Rebekah.
Cucumber 'Salad
2 'large cucumbers
1 pinch salt and pepper
Select -fresh crisp cucumbers, pare
and soak in cold water for:, half an
.horn•, then slice very thin. Throw
into ice water for one hour, drain,
put thein in a towel, twist slightly
to' dry. Place thein in a salad -bowl
that has-been lined with lettuce leaves
and serve with French dressing.'
Ontario Entertaining Dis-
tinguished Women
Ontario is being visited this week
by a distinguished company of wo
menf.'rom the other side of the At-
lantic, delegates from England, South
Africa, India, New Zealand, Austra-
lia, Germany, and a great ninny other
countries, who, have been attending a
conference of the Associated Country-
eJohan of the World;; held in Washing-
ton; D.C., last week.
These women, decided to visit Can-
ada and are being entertained at
Guelph, today, Thtusday, and . are al-
so being entertained at a luncheon at
the Royal York, Toronto, tomorrow,
arranged by Miss: M.. V.: Powell of
Ontario Women's Institute Depart-
ment. These women, who are study -1
ing the good of the whole people,
were especially anxious to visit the
cotmtiy where the Women's' Institute
had its birth, and it is fitting that
they' should be welcomed and enter-
tamed by the organization in this
country.. Mrs. Alfred Watt, who in-
troduced the Institute into England,
is leading the delegation.
Lacly Tweedsmuir, by the way, is
greatly interested in Women's
Insti-
tote work, having beent dentified
0
with it in England, and lost no time
in showing her appreciation and in-
terest on coining to this cotmtiy.
This is one thing which Canada•has
been' able to: contribute to'the lvfotlter
Country and it is highly appreciated
there.
Apple Salad
(Put this one away until apple tune.).
4 apples
1 pinch salt
2 tbspns. mayonnaise
Out a slice from the stem end of
red -skinned apples, scoop out the
flesh and cut it into dice, add salt.
Mix with mayonnaise. Put mixture
into the skins, stand on lettuce leaf.
Serve.
Prince Edward Island Dressing.
2 boiled potatoes
1 tspn. onion juice
4 tbspns. olive oil
tspn. salt
,2 raw yolks of eggs
2 tbspns. vinegar.
Press hot potatoes through a sieve,
add salt and onion juice and yolks of
eggs. Rub these to a smooth. paste,
add ell 'and then the vinegar. Press
again through the sieve and put a-
way to cool. Use on all vegetable
salads,
when serving .it is often nicer to
put salads on individual plates, as a
bowl of salad is apt to get "mussy"
looking as it passes around the table
or is helped by, the hostess.
Dear Rebekah:—
I copied the following from the
Readers' Digest and thought it very
timely, so null sending it on to our
page:
".Flowers should be cat early in
the morning, certainly before iliac
o'clock, while the 'dew- is still en
them, or in the cool of the evening.
.Roses, peonies and gladioli, should
be cut only in the evening, dalilias,
after the sun goes clown and when
in ftdt 13100111 for Best results. All
flowers should be cut- on a slant with
a sharp knife rather than Shears.
The latter bruises the steno, prevent-
ing the free rise of 'water to the
leaves and blossomns, The slanting
cutting prevents the possibility( of
the stems resting on the bottom of
the container and thus blocking the
flow of water. Flower stalks should
be cut long even :if we expect to
shorten them later. Poppies anci iris
are best eut in the bud, peonies
when they begin to show color."
Sincerely yours;
YEA,
Thanks, Beat lady. Yea, I think
them timely, too, and they may be
helpful to teeny. One thing I've
found about cutting flowers for the
house, if you cut them in the even-
ing, put them up to their necks le
water and set in a cool, dark place
until morning, they are wonderful-
ly fresh acid keep .a long time,
Good Remedies For
Poison Ivy Effects
While poison ivy, is widely distri-
buted across Canada and southward
over the border, the majority of the
complaints from poisoning from the
weeds come from Ontario and adja-,
dent parts of Quebec, especially from
the lake and highland regions which
attract campers and sumnner eottag-
ers, The plant may befoundgrow-
ing under a variety of conditions,. wet
or dry, shaded or open, and in all soils
from , pure sand to .rocky ground. It
Is particularly prevalent .in rocky'
situations least likely to be disturbed
by Mane but on land that is farmed,
the plant is confined' practically .to
fence borders and places not reached
by • cultivation.'
As a rule, poison ivy is of low
bushy growth, but sometimes trails
in leaf mould and climbs up fences
and quite high on trees. It can best
be identified by the formation of its
leaves which are arranged` in thees
after the manner of. those of the
strawberry. Unlike strawberry
leaves, those of the poison ivy are
quite smodth and firm to leathery,
with the edges sparingly coars e tooth-
ed. In that respect they are some-
what like the leaves of Virginia
creeper, which are,. however, arrang-
ed in 'fives. Early in the Summer,
inconspicuous clusters of small white
flowers' arise from the axils of the,
THIS
MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will, Sing Ton Their Songs --Sometime
Gay, Sometimes Sad- s ut Always Helpful
and Ins piping''
ENTREATY
Come, June, unlock your ntagie door
And spread the carpet. where
Bees can sip a luscious store •
From clovered acres, fair.
Fen now your breezes on my face
Or waft to me the • beauty -laden
scent ,
Of apple, trees whose petals •race
On fairy whorls, on mischief bent.
B1•ing me ,across the green -cut hay
Rhythmic notes of mowing;
And thea at close of sun -steeped day Pointing us to heaven above,
Cattle homeward going••
Where all sorrows, cares ansi sick -
Plant once: again in memorie's row ne88 -
A.June of loveliness,
To bring to me ahere'er T go ' No harsh words: will there he spoken.
A balm in Hours of stress. .In that land of glorious day.
-Caroline Grant Farrell in The New GO, Who is our Heavenly Father,
Outlook, Will wipe till our tears away.
WORDS OF CHEER
(The "following verses are from the.
pen of a 70 -year-old patient at Park
wood Hospital, 'London,)
How a word' in kindness spoken '
Helps to cheer the aching heart,
Falls like oil on troubled waters
Till all doubts and fears depart.
A word of love, it is so .simple,
But it drives our cares away;
Turns all darkness into sunshine
And it cheers us on our way.
Love is like a beamofsunshine
IHe forever will remove.
BUTTERFLIES AND BREEZES
Butterflies drift slanting -wise,
Yellow butterflies and white,
Drift through shadows, flash in light
With not a care for heavy air
That hot and still streams up to fill
The highways and the byways there.
Light and strong they blow along,
Yellow butterflies and white,
Dipping left and dipping right.
Then up the street steals cool and
sweet
A little breeze and follows these
Shining wings that dip and beat,
Butterflies in joyous flight,
Yellow butterflies and white.
—Christian Science Monitor.
THY BLESSING, LORD, ON ALL
VACATION DAYS
Thy blessing, Lord on all vacation
days!
For weary ones who seek the quiet
ways,
Fare forth beyond the thunder of the
street,
The marvel of Emmaus Road repeat;
Thy comradeship so graciously be-
stow
Their hearts shall burn within them
as they go. ,
Grant those who turn for healing to
'the sea
May find the faith that once by Gali-
lee !
Flamed brighter than the glowing
fires of coals.
And when Thou hast refreshed their
lnungry souls,
Speak the old words again, beside the
deep;
Bid all who love, Thee, Master, feed
Thy sheep!
Be Thou with those who bide where
mountains rise
Where yearning earth draws nearest
to the skied
Give then the peace, the courage that
they ask:
New strength to face the waiting
valley task,
New light to lead through shroud-
ing valley haze!
Thy blessing; Lorcl, on all vacation
days!
We will still look onward, upward
to the land of peaee and rest,
There to dwell with Christ our Sav-
iour,
And to be forever blest.
' —E. Boddington.
CONTENTMENT
A dandelion. in a meadow grew
Among the waving grass and cow-
slips yellow,
Dining on sunshine, breakfasting on
clew—
He was a right contehted fellow.
Each morn his golden head he lifted
straight
To cateh the first sweet breath of
coming day;
Each evening closed 1115 sleepy eyes
-, to wait •
Until the long night had passed
away.
One afternoon, in sad, unquiet mood,
I paused beside this tiny, bright-
! faced flower,
.Molly Anderson Haley.
leaves and on some plants are follow-
ed' by round whitish fruits about the,
size of a pea. These fruits are fleshy'
at first but later become firm and
dry, in which condition they may be
seen throughout the following winter.
The treatment most widely recon-
mended. at the present time is to daub
the affected parts with a three per
cent solution 'of potassium perman-
ganate. The stain left by' this solu-
tion disappears after a time or may'
be renoved'slowly with soap and wat-I1
er. Tincture of iodine has also been
Laurel useful. Once the blisters have
appeared, alt euhbing should be avoid-
ed and care taken to localize infection
by painting iodine' rointci the edggs of
the' sores, and by.using compresses
soaked in a two per cent solution of
aluminium acetate, alcoholic solution
of sugar of lead .(50 to 70 per cent
of rubbing alcohol), or any other 0001-
ing substance, such as baking soda or
boracic acid solation.
o
-'e t10 of poison Both the eradication n P ivy
and the treatment for, poisoning are
fully discussed in .the pamphlet "Poi -
And begged that he would tell me, if
he could,
The secret of his joy through sun
and shower,
He looked at me with open eyes, and
said:
I know that somewhere the sun
is shining cleat,
And when I cannot see him overhead
I try to be a little sun right here."
—Willis Boyd Allen.
1 COUNT THIS THING
I count this thing to be greatly+true
That a noble deed is a step toward
God.
Lifting the soul froth the common clod
To a purer air and a broader view.
We rise by things that are under our
feet
Bythat we have mastered of good
what
, and gain.
By the pride deposed and the passion
slain,
And the vanquished ills that wo hour-
ly meet. -Selected.
LAUGHTER
I've seen people laugh at some silly
things,
A wind -tossed hat and the chase that
it brings; •
A clumsy fall on a slippery Street -
Inebriation gives some folks a treat.
Now I sat alone at a show one night,1
And heard a man laughing with all'
his might
At slapstick comedians flinging pies;
He laughed. till the tears rolled out'
of his eyes,
And everyone there seemed to catch -
his mirth,
Till the whole house chuckled for all
'twas worth.
Yet some folks don't know what real
laughter means,
Or of the good -will that a kiaod smile,
gleans:. .
They go around wearing woe -begone
stares,
Just lending the rest of the world
their cares,
While others consider it almost a sin
To indulge in a friendly, open grin.
Now it wounds me to see a face look;
sad-
I always wish I could make it look.
glad;
For among the pleasures that life
can bring,•
Is the joy that lives in a true laugh's
ring. •
—Ursula MacMillan in Montreal Star
THE PIONEERS '
They are dead Who fought the forest
in its early virgin pride,
Fought the hopeless miles of muskeg,
etenuned the snarling river's tide;
They who fought the white ,ghost,
lnmger, as the questing geese flew
high,
Ranging south in spear ]lead phalanx,
gray against the winter's sky.
They are dead, but they have left us
wealth beyond a miser's dream,
Left us proud to be a nation lugh in
other men's esteem,
Left us roads where wild trails twist-
ed, left us highways to the sea.'
Left las peace and sweet content-
ment; left us valiant; left us free--
Saying"This, your land of plenty,
jewel it with cities proud,
Crace the land with art and learning,
give us honor for a shroud, -
Teach your eager sons and daughters
that we died to give then life,
Life without eternal hardship, life
without the ceaseless strife."
Such their dream; have we been
faithful to their silent sacrifice?
Have we built a noble temple, or a
shabby artifice?
Have we lost their splendid vision in
the milling halls of greed?
Have we lost their stirling virtues,
lost the beauty of their creed?
Cones a . day when we must answer
to the Legion of the Dead.
Many questions will be asked us,
many bitter words be said.
Must we tell them that we faltered,
that their labour 11118 in vain,
That we sold their dream to Mammon
in the frantic strife for gall)?
—Richard C. Tiplady.
Is Milk Fattening?
Here Is The Answer
A study of milk consumption re-
cently conducted in a metropolitan
centre on this continent reveals the
fact that diversity of opinion exists
regarding the "fattening" qualities of
milk. Of the two.thousand adults in-
terviewed, sixty-one per cent of whom
were women and thirty-nine per cent
sten, over two-thirds expressed the
belief that milk is a fattening food,
and the remainder, that it helped to
reduce weight. In both cases the
per-
centge was about the same for milk
drinkers and non -mills drinkers,
It may seem strange to say that
both opinions are correct, but such is
the case. When mule is taken, either
et or between )teals, in addition to
the amount of foods which keeps
n h i
an individual at constant weight, t
is
g
natural that it will have a. tendency
to increase weight, Go the other
hand, because milk has a low caloric
value compared with many foods, itis
an important factor in the diet for re-
ducing normal weight. The first re-
quest in every diet whether it be for
reducing or increasing, or maintaining
normal weight, is the inclusion of
foods which will furnish basic build-
ing anci regulating material. Mille
supplies more nutrients to the body
any other single food, and should be
given a prominent . place in meals
planned to "safely" reduce body
weight, For the same reason milk
is an excellent food :for those under
weight to Use generously, since it
adds, not only calories, but essential
minerals and vitamins to the diet. It
is easier to use extra amounts of milk
than any other food, and should re -
Place h
e -Place• beverages lacking in nutritive
value, and can be taken between
meals and at bed -time without, inter-
fering with the regular meals. Then,
too, milk is palailtble and blends well
with other foods,
41,
Purity Flour a the very "flower*" of the
world's best wheat — is always amigo*m
and dependable—rich in nourishment and
flavor -for cakes, pies, flaky pastry and
bread. A strong flour that goes farther.
PURITY FLOUR
,request.uest. from thePublicity
and
Ex -
son ivy" which may be obtained on
Besti for all
your Baking'
tension
Branch of the Dominion De- t
partment of Agriculture, Ottawa:
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