The Clinton News Record, 1936-11-26, Page 7'THURS., NOV. 26, 1936
THE: CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
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HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
COOKING
Edited . by Rebekah.
HEALTH
CARE OF CHILDREN
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Ru�i�auuus of Hebekall
A Column Prepared Especially for Women—
But Not Forbidden to Men
SMALL SWEET COURTESIES OF
LIFE"
- "Hail, ye small sweet courtesies of
• . life, for smooth you make the road
• of it.—The learned brain- may work
for strife, and cruelty may live with
'wit, and education lack all heart, and
money do no kindly thing, and power
'tnay shoot a venomed dart, and brit-
tle cleverness may sting. But small
..sweet courtesies will flow where e'er
man truly loves his kind. Yea, I
have seen much beauty glow from
;simple heart and. humble mind. Sweet
courtesies of life are wrought just
by the spirit's gentle grace. For cour-
tesy springs from the thought
put myself in that one's place.' Ye
•smaII sweet courtesies of life that
mean so much, cost naught at all, ye
;'are the antidote for strife, where e'er
.you shine no shadows fall. With
.gentle word and friendly smile much
lighter • grows the daily load and
shorter seems the, weary mile and
:smoother grows the stony road."
Wilhelmina Stitch.
Who is the person most popular in
-any gathering? I think all will ag-
ree that the person who is most cour-
teous has the most friends.
Considering that courtesy costs
•notlsing it is. a wonder we do not cul-
-tivate it more assiduously, for it cer-
tainly can be cultivated, although it
'should be to all of us second -nature.
True .courtesy is an outgrowth of
love, of care for the other person.
.Remember what Paul says in the lith
..of Corinthians, "Love suffereth long
::and is kind." It is, real kindnes§ of
heart and; thought for the other fel-
low. If all children were trained tc
care for others they would all grow
up to be kind, thoughtful of others,
possessed of genuine courtesy.
But you will hear people say that
it doesn't pay to think of others, it
is everyone for himself in this world.
That is one of the saddest, most dis-
heartening things which can be said
or believed, If after nearly two thous-
and years of the teachings of the most
loving and unselfish personality who
ever lived on this old earth we can
say and believe that the only way to
get along in this world is to snatch
and grab all we can for ourselves and
care nothing for others, -surely we
have paid little heed to His teachings.
When country is set against country,
when even those of the same race are
engaged in bitter warfare, when the
nations are armed to the teeth and
ready, if opportunity comes, to fly at
each other's throats, surely we are
paying little 'attention to the gentle.
admonations of the Man of Galilee,
who "Went about doing good," and
who gave up His life for his enemies.
In a few weeks we shall again cele-
brate, .with gladness and merryncak-
ing, the birtehday of the Man of
Peace. And indeed the influence of
that Life and Death has done much
for the world, but there is so much of
hatred, of jealousy, of self-seeking
still in the world, even among the
peoples who are nominally Christian,
that the day of brotherhood looks to
be still . far in the future. This fact
should give us food for thought, es -
Pedally at this season of the year.
Christianityhas a long way to go be-
fore it bears much resemblance to its
loving, self -forgetting, self-sacrific-
ing founder.
—REBEKAH.
A HEALTH SERVICE OF
THE CANADIAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION AND LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
IN CANADA
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The bane of motherhood. The in-
-variable aecompanient of school -days.
What can be clone to control them?.
With the opening of the schools in
.:autumn, two-thirds at least of school
•children acquire infections of various'
kids, colds measles,' scarlet fever,
"whooping -cough etc. They carry these
:infections home to. other children in
A Great Book "How to Be-
come a Hockey Star" by T. P.,
"Tommy" Gorman, manager
and coach of the Montreal
"Maroons'", profusely illus-
trated and containing many
valuable tips on how 4o play
the game.
also.
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(mounted for framing) ..
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the fancily and, unless prompt meas-
ures aretaken, the entire community
becomes involved.
The infectious diseases spread from
person to person by. personal contact,
If there is a general outbreak in a
school section, some persons clamour
for closing of the school. Such a pro-
eeeding is of no value. It is better
to, keep the school open since in
school there is general supervision.
Left at home the children mingle to-
gether on the streets without super-
vision and the outbreak spreads.
There are two precautions of real
value in the prevention and .eontrol
of the infections diseases. The first
is as old as Moses. Itis to "separate
the sick from the well." That is how
the great law -giver protected the Is-
raelitish tribes against the spread of
disease, The principle remains one of
the best resources of the health off
icer. He isolates the sick one from
the other members of .the family and
.thus prevents, in so far as he can, the
dissemination of the infection. 'The
other precaution goes back to the days
before the child is born. It is the
proper feeding of the baby's mother
before her child is born, In addition
to the use' of essential foods, meat,
eggs, milk, fish, vegetables and fruit,
the mother should have cod-liver oil
and sea -fish throughout her pregnan
cy. Many mothers are anaemic. If so,
they should have suitable treatment
for the condition from their respective
doctors.
The value of cod-liver oil and sea-
fishsin.the 'mother's diet consists in
the prevention of rickets in her baby
Moreover such a - diet , .ensures good
belies and teeth in the child, increases
the resistance to' infection and a stur-
dy, vigorous body.
There areother vahiable prevent -
olives of infection. In the first year
of life every child should take cod-
liver oil from October' to May. The
clothing should be suited to the
weather, ancl'•not too heavy 'in the
hours of play. It is a mistake to con-
tinue going with bare legs when the
frost comes. There is no value for
this practice after September, how-
ever valuable it may be in the summer
sunlight.
The old-fashioned practice of
lett-
ing the child take measles and other
infectious'diseases,, "so they will be
- OYSTERS,
Excellent as a Food
History tells us that oysters have
beenanarticle of special culture for
something like over 2,000 years and
from earliest days have been highly
prized. There are many reasons for
using them, apart from the fact that
they are in themselves so good in fl
-
vor,
First of all, they are one of the
best .sources of food iodine, and, they
are also rich in minerals and in: vita-
min content. Added to' all this, they
are easy to digest; they combine well
with a number of other foods, and are
useful in adding variety to the fam-
ily menu.
Oysters vary in size from very
small ones to those with shells as
much as 10 inches long. The latter
are not common, however. Small
oysters are generally used for stew-
ing or for. eating raw; the medium
sized ones for eating raw and for
cooking, while the larger ones are
often fried or scalloped. 'Size does
not affect the tenderness of the oys-
ter. In the trade, oysters are 'known
as Blue Points, Lynnhavens, Cape
Cods, etc.—names used more now to
denote size than the actual variety.
Many Ways to Eat Them
There are some people who declare
that oysters should always be eaten
raw in order to get the full effect of
their delicate flavor. However, when
properly cooked ,they can be appre-
ciated, just as fully. The first oyster
was no doubt eaten raw, but it was,
probably eaten in an age when man
knew .nothing or little of the advan-
tages of fire.
Be that as it may fried' oysters,
oysters a la casserole, creamy stew
crisp `fritters " and succulent baked
oysters just to mention a few possi-
bilities are very nice, indeed.
The first dish that comes to mind
when we speak of cooked oysters is
oyster stew or perhaps fried oysters.
Both are excellent and it is a pity
they are so often mistreated. Oys-
ter stew, for example, should be rich
and creamy, full of tender, steaming
oysters and served scalding hot, sea-
soned just right and with plenty of
crisp, little crackers. But a thin wat-
ery stew in which three or four hard-
ened oysters float dejectedly— well,
as the children say, "skip it-"
-Here's Real Stew -
How to have a real stew? Here
'is the best recipe, it must be served
the minute it is done, sop lan ac-
cordingly.
For six people you will need from
three to four dozen oysters—the lat-
ter preferably—$iiediam sized ones.
Piok over the oysters to remove any
bits of shell or to see that no valu-
able pearl is in danger of being ruin-
ed by boiling. Save all the juice, it
is needed for flavoring. Melt 1/2 cup
butter in a deep saucepan, add 1 tea-
spoon worcestershire sauce, 1/2 to "1
teaspoon salt, rA teaspoon celery salt,
't teaspoon paprika. Stir until the
mixtnre is bubbling. Adel the oysters
and stir gently until the oysters are
plump and the edges are raffled.
Meanwhile beat 1 quart .milk and half
cup coffee cream to thescalding
point.•
When the oysters are ruffled, add
the hot tpilk, taste to be sure there
is enough seasoning, stii to mix and
serve at once in hot soup plates with
plenty .of crackers; one-half cup
crumbed crackers niay be stirred into
the stew just before serving.
Oysters and Bacon
Oysters wrapped in very thin sli-
ces of bacon and broiled until the ba-
con is crisp are called "pigs-in-ban-
kets," or "angels on horseback."
Allow at least six to a serving and
serve on toast with slices of broiled
tomato and a crisp cabbagesala'd to
make an appetizing Sunday supper
or a very special lunch.
Dessert,
And after the ;first course a nice
every possible way the child should be
prevented from having the infectious
diseases: The childhood infections are
provocative of heart diseases, arthritis
and other diseases of after -life. -
In the schools of cities and the
larger towns, the; practice of having
school doctors and: nurses to scrutin-
ize the children daily has done a good
deal to limit the spread' of infection
by its early discovery and the applic-
ation of precautionary measures. •.It
costs money but the future saving is
seen in smaller doctor's bills, less
severe illness and fewer funeral bills.
Questionsconcerning
health ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College St:, Toronto,
done with them" is played out. In will be answered personally by letter.
dessert is. necessary. Apples' go well
after oysters, as indeed they do after
most things. Here are a couple of
nice recipes':
Apple Snow-1—
Stew some fine 'flavoured Cana-
dian -grown sous apples- until tender;
sweeten to taste and rub through a
sieve. To 2 cups of strained apples
use the white of 1 egg; beat: eggs
stiff and gradually beat the apples
into it and beat until quite stiff. It
will be as white as snow. Serve with
Custard Sauce and use more eggs if
desired, The apple sauce should be
thick and cold.
Apple Snow—Il
1/3 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoonpowderedsugar -
White of 1 egg .
2 Canadian -grown apples. -
Cut 2 small Canadian -grown apples
into quarters and remove the cores.
Cook them with a small amount of
water until very soft; drain and rub
through a fine sieve. Beat the -white
of the egg very stiff, add the sugar
gradually, and slowly and gradually
beat in the .stained apple. Serve
with cream.
CANADIANS ARE
URGED TO EAT
... MORE .FISH
Swift once wrote: "fish should swim
thrice ...first it should swim in the
seas (•do you 'hind me) then it should
swim in butter, and at last sirrah,
swim in good claret." Dispense with
the claret, for this would not be in
keeping with our effort to help the
housewives, of Canada stretch their
food dollar to the limit, nor, we fear,
be any good to the fish -eater, Swift
notwithstanding. It has been our aim
however, to keep you in touch with
seasonal foods... foods that will give
you the biggest return for your dollar
in health.
From an economic, as well as from
a health standpoint, it is desirable
that fish should have an important
place on our bill -of -fare. It cannot
be too strongly emphasized that for
working people of all classes, those
who work with their heads as those
cvhe work, with their hands, fish is
an economical source of energy nec-
essary to enable them: to carry on
their work; and that for children and
young people it furnishes the very
materials that are needed to enable
them to grow healthy and strong.
Fish, as you know, is one of the im-
portant protein foods. It makes a
pleasing variation of the daily diet and
should be, included at least twice a
week in your menu. There is a wide
variety to chose from: fresh or frozen,
filleted,. boneless, dried, canned pick-
led, cured and smoked. Flail are easy
to digest -- a fact of particular im-
portance in these days when so many
people are of sedentary habits,
Large fish are, as,arule, better
when steamed or boiled; medium sized
ones should be baked, or split open and
broiled, and small ones should be fried,
Whitefish, trout, mackerel, and small
cod should be split down the back and
broiled whole. If prefered, eat off
the head and tail. Halibut and sal-
mon should be cut into inch slices and
turned often while broiling.
To prepare fish: wipe with a cloth wet
in salt water and dry on a fish towel.
Season: oily fish need only salt and
pepper, but dry meated fish should be
spread -with oil before broiling. Use a
double wire broiler greased well with
salt pork rind. Put thickest edge of
fish next to the middle of broiler and
turn often. With split fish, sear the
flesh side first and then turn.
The fire- should'bo hot and clear.
The time of cooking will vary with
the thickness of fish. When ready to
serve, loosen the fish front broiler on
each side. Open broiler, slide fish on
platter, flesh side uppermost. -Spread
with butter, salt -and pepper. Garnish
with butter cream and a border of po-
tato balls. There are any number of
sauces to be served, too, with scallop
ed fish, creamed, also baked fish, but
these shall be dealt with in another
article.
Start today planning to serve fish
in your weekly menu. Here is a nice
recipe for halibut Steaks, Spanish
Style . .. very timely, don't you
think? I am sure many of those.
Spanish mothers would like to go back
to the quiet peaceful days before the
revolution and prepare such sr dish for
their family. "
Choose a steak two inches thick, and
weighing from two to four pounds, ac-
cording, tothe size of your family.
Sprinkle withsalton both sides, and
let stand for one-half an hour,, then
drain and pat dry with absorbent
paper.' Put into a pan of suitable size;
one-fourth of a cup of bacon fat, the
juice of a large lemon' (the Spanish
add a cup of non-alcoholic sherry, but
that was in the old clays and Canadian
mothers I know would like it much
better without). ' Let all heat together,
then lay in the fish steak, cover closely
and allow barely to simmer, for twenty
to thirty minutes or until done. The
moment a fork can be inserted be-
tween flesh and bone, the fish is
n n
cooked. • Serve with shoestring par-
snips and paprika garnish,.
Huron County Junior Asso-
ciation Of Toronto Foran -
ed And Officers Elected
At a meeting of the representative
committee of the newly -formed Hu-
ron County Junior Association of To-
ronto on November 18th, officers
were elected for the ensuing' year, as
follows.: President, Fred Elliott,
Clinton; First Vice -President, Ken-
neth Stanbury, Exeter; Second Vice
President, Margaret Strachan, Brus-
sels; Secretary, Anne Crittenden,
Clinton; Assistant Secretary, Mary
Coates, Winghani,• Treasurer, Ro-
bert Leiper, Blyth.;
. Attheend of a very enjoyable
ev-
ening late in October, the Junior As-
sociation was formed with a repre-
sentative committee from each town
or village as follows: 3 from Gode-
rich; 3 from Clinton; 3 from Sea-
forth; 3 front *Ingham; 2 from
Brussels; 2 from Exeter; 1 from
Blyth and 1 front Hensel]. The mem-
bers from Clinton are Anne Critten-
'den, Ernie Hunter and Fred Elliott.
A voluntary acting committee was
formed earlyinthe year with repre-
sentation from the various towns, and
several enjoyable social activities
were planned for the younger people
from Huron County residing in To-
ronto. The first meeting was in the
forth of a bowling party with an at-
tendance of about 25 or 30. This was
followed by a bridge, and in the sum-
mer a boat trip across the lake. In
the fall a corn roast was held and in
October a dance, with an attendance
of over 100, at which the Association
was formed and the representative
committee elected.
All young people residing in To-
ronto who were former residents of
Huron, or whose parents were for-
mer residents of the County, are eli-
gible for membership in the Associa-
tion.
DOINGS IN THE SCOUT
WORLD
The great world gathering of Boy
Scouts to be held next summer in Hol-
land willbedivided into eight sub -
camps, in each of which every coun-
try taking part in the Jamboree will
be represented.
Scouters Of Many Lands Around An
Epping -Forest Camp Fire '
Scout leaders` of many part of the
British' Empire and foreign countries
were included in the 400 who attended
the 10th annual reunion held this
summer at Gilwell Park training cen-
tre in Epping Forest, near London.
Lord Baden-Powell presided.
Good Criminal Record Desired
A young Ontario Boy Scout, ans-
wering -a "Citizen's Badge" question.
req ualifications for Canadian natur-
alization: " ... they must prove to
have a good record, both criminal and
health. They must try to help the
country in time of war, and if pos-
sible raise a family."
Oddfellows Sponsor Scout Troop
A new Headquarters Hut of the
10th Chatham, Ont., Scout Group,
sponsored by the local lodge, I.O.O.F.
was formally opened at a gathering
of lodge members, parents of the boys
and prominent Scout leaders. The
list of Boy Scout troops sponsored by
fraternal organizations is steadily in-
creasing throughout, the Dominion.
A ,Scout's Wedding Gift
An appropriate gift in an`appro-
priate setting was the pair of hand-
somely . carved wooden candlesticks
presented the Hon, Betty Baden-Pow-
ell (now the Hong Mrs. Gervas Clay)
at a' camp fire attended by some 400
Scout leaders at Gilwell Park, the Ep-
ping 'Forest Scouters' training centre.
The candlesticks were the work of
Don Potter, the famous Scout wood
carver.
Wales Is Popular With Scout -Campers
Brynbach, the 550 -acre Scout camp
site in the Welsh hills near Denbigh
was this summer visited by many
Scout troops from different parts of
England and Wales. The list includ-
ed 20 troops from London, 2 from
Tees district, 14 from Lancashire, 18
from Cheshire,.2 from Leicestershire,
9 from Manchester, 2 from Surrey, 2
from Kent, 1 from Herts and 2 from
Belfast, The camp lies in a picture-
sque' valley, ,and has its own swim-
ming pool, boating lake, and an open
air chapel. -
Quick Supper Dish
1 pound can of sahnon
lt/z cup crackers, crushed
1 cup milk "
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-6 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon butter
Heat milk, add crackers, salt; pepper
and then stir in flaked salmon. The
addition of one well beaten egg iui-
e
p t
roves this dish. Serve on o a s
i with
a slice of lemon or sprinkle finely
chopped parsley over the top as a
garnish,• ,
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Isere They Will: ;Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful
and In piring• -
SOLITUDE
For what it loves, how fearful is the!
heart:
A. peril hides itself in. everything..
It lurks in what is safest and will.
fling
Assaulting arrows with a - ready art
To fell the darling—swift, immortal
dart -
That wounds for very love, remem-
bering
To lodge the golden heft beneath the
wing.
0 fear and love are.never far apart!
The sky is very blue and flecked with
rose;
But clads with mischief, dear, above
your head;
The night is very, "fair, but traitor
snows
May bring their winding -sheet to lay
your bed;
My heart is constant, but no mortal
knows,
If love was born, why cannot love be
dead?
—Kathryn Munro.
THE BUILDERS
Blithely the carpenter toils in the sun
Plying his hammer and sharp -tooth-
ed saw—
Nor sees in his work that will soon
be done
Aught to' engender a moment's
awe.
And the mason, - too, while he lays
his stone
As best will resist the weathering
years,
Never dreams of measuring with his
own
The strength of the rugged wall he
rears.
a hilhnan's tread .
Walking in sun -steeped plains, my
eyes were blinder
Then in these aisles with twilight
overhead. • - -
Better the cry of the wind in the
pines and birches
Than roar of traffic under city;
lights, . :•
Where always the ear of the moun-
tain -nurtured searches
For one lost echo of his forest
nights. •
I have come back tothe upland
glory, praying
Never again to hear the valley call,
Save as a far -borne farewell mes-
sage, saying,
"Rest, for to you the heights are
best of all!"
-Charles Ballard, in The Vermonter.
THE OLD-FASHIONED
NIGHT SHIRT
(In view of the recent controversy
regarding the relative advantages of
night shirts and pyjamas, the follow-
ing little rhyme clipped from an ex-
change seems timely.—Ed.)
I remember as a youngster that my
father used to say
That his father wore a nightshirt
till the day he passed away.
My father and .my mother used to
argue now and then
Whether nightshirts or pyjamas were
the proper thing for then.
But my father clung to nightshirts,
for a stubborn man was he, s
So nty'fondness for that garment's
dud to my heredity.
Nellie's tried to make me over, as
. all lovely women . do;
But the carpenter's cot built snugly Every Christmas time she buys me
silk pyjamas, pink and blue,
And I know that they arestylishand
that most then wear 'em now, .
But the string with which they're
girded seems to bother me some-
how,
Though I take them when I travel,
both for comfort and for rest,
As my father and his father, I like
old style nightshirts best,
fast --
The walls by the mason skyward
thrust—
Will stand when the lives of the
builders past
Their frames are commingled with
the dust.
Thus, often it is that the strange is
true,
Yet poignantly strange a truth
this seems: All my friends have now surrendered
That the things then build, like the,
deeds they -do,
Endure when men are but vanish-
ed dreams.
—Laura R. Hughes.
GOLD OF EVENING
Beautiful is the walking of the rain
Across the green sea when the day,in
is ended,
And all that man has seen is changed)
again
In silver darkness to a vision splen-
did.
to their women folk, I know,
And alone I fight the battle for a
cause of long ago,
But my y ancestr was stubborn and
a stubborn man am I,
All the pink and blue pyjamas in
the wide world I defy!
Let other fellows wear 'em—till the.
day I join the dead,
a good oldfashioned night-shirt,
T shall choose to go to bed.
—Anon.
The mountains on the sea are 'swift
with height
And heavy grandeur piled against
the 'dome
Of • heaven when the silent hull of
night
Draws past and leaves a wake of
glittering foam -
On the broad water of the quiet sky.
But when the powers wake to their
desire,
And his huge towers and granite cit-
ies lie
Broken by'leadened winds and gnaw-
ed by fire,
These vast hills sleeping shall awak-
en seeing - -
The. sea abet?e the . sunken lands of
being.
—Norah Falconer, in Poetry.
NOVEMBER
Bleak fields of stubble drab and faded
lie,
The mute remains of what once
used to be; ,
A gray beach tree against a grayer
sky -
BIends wearily ihto the sulky' sea.
I see a fence of tired rails which lean
Against a hawthorn tree, naked
and stark, .
But gay with berries, like a gypsy
queen
Who steals with stealthy footsteps -
through the dark.
A. lonesome Brow, is cawing, and in
fear,
With bright eyes peeping, creep the
meek field mice, -
Where goldenrod and asters, stiff and
seer,
I : HAVE COME BACK - Stand wedged in shallow plates
I have cone back at last to my home- of gleaming see.
land mountains: Olt, month of sorrow and of dull de -
I left their peaks for forest long pair,
ago,
Forsaking their cold, sweet springs Iie here:
for garden fountains,: And dream and be content? But
Their, groves :for orchards in the long to share
valley below. The wondrous wilderness of the
These wild -grown paths and moss i . dying,Year.
ways are; kinder Eether W. MacMath
Than smooth wide valley roads to in London Free Press.
Why this unrest? Why can I noj
mermearramassamemitp
AA.1 the first sign of a cold go right
to your druggist. Buy -a package
of GROVE'S BROMO QUININE.
Start taking the tablets two at a
time. Grove's will check that cold
within 24 hours, - 611,
fake
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