The Clinton News Record, 1937-07-08, Page 7THURS., JULY 8, 1937.
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HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
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YOUR WORLD AND MINE
(Copyright)
by. JOHN C. KIRKWOOD
A rich 'woman in Toronto was try-
. ing to find a man and his wife to take
with her to her summer cottage on
Lake Simcoe. One couple wanted $95
a month for the two. months—July and
August. Other couples wanted about
the same. There was, in each in-
stance, an inquiry concerning laundry
work, how many afternoons ' of free
• time, and if there were children. But
no couple seemed to be very keen:
all of them were disposed 'to .bargain.
An English person to whom I told of
• this incident seemed aghast at the
'high wages asked.
A social worker in Toronto says
that the organization to which she is
attached is repeatedly asked by Wo -
:
men about maids. This organization
deals with girls up to 16 years of age.
Women are willing to pay from $20 to
$25 for a "green" girl; but this in-
• stitution is unwilling to let any green
girl go into domestic services at a
wage higher than $15 a month to a
live-in job; it says that it spoils a
young girls when she is overpaid.
Well-trained domestic servants can
get in Toronto from $35 to $40 a
month; and one exceptionally 'good
maid' of whom I heard was paid $50
—until she returned to England.
Domestic servants have grievances
• —some of them quite legitimate, For
• one thing their hours are very long
—up to 9 p.m. and sometimes later—
' -this when meals are served' late and
when the hostess is entertaining.
Then, too, many women are unpleas-
• ant persons—rude and lazy and bad-
tempered; also, children are often sore
' trials, One does not wonder that
• some women are never able to keep
' a maid for very long.
Domestic service in ',Wile homes ss
no hardship at all. I know more than
one home where the maid is what
' they call a "treasure". This is be-
cause her employers treat her with
all consideration, and almost make
her a member of their family. These
"treasure", maids do not measure
their service: they give as perfect a
service as they. know how. They are
liappy in having a good home and
' kindly employers; and they are able
to save a good deal of money in the
• 'course of twelve months — far more
}
than can stenographers who have to
pay their board and who feel them-
selves to be under compulsion to
spend a lot on their clothes.
Good maids in good homes -+ in
homes where there may be no more
than 2 to 3-persons—do not.have to
work sohard as did our mothers and
sisters in past days—when all wash-
ing was done, in the home; when all
food was cooked in the home; when
oil lamps and coal and wood stoves
were used; where there were no va-
cuum cleaners; where there were no
bathrooms, no electric washing ma-
chines, no running water in the house,
when everybody had to 'be a good
sewer; where families were large;
when there were no movies to go to
evenings; when the comforts of mo-
tor car transportation were unknown.
In the old days—of our mothers
and grandmothers, mothers had very
little leisure time. They mended and
darned evenings until bedtime, and
all labour was hard. By comparison,
maids of today, in city homes, have
an easy time of it, and they are get-
ting wages which enable them to save
several hundred dollars a year if they
are that way inclined. I feel very
sure that there are many wageless
wives who would be glad to change
places with many maids.
Many girls prefer to work in
stores and factories—largely because
of the social factor; they are side by
side all day with other girls, and can
gossip; and their labour ceases at 5
or 6 o'clock, with their evening hours
quite free; and with Saturday after-
noons and Sundays free; and with all
public holidays free of their ascus-
toured labour. Factory work may be
physically hard, and may be coarsen-
ing to one's nature; and one's asso-
ciates may be rather low -bred. Even
so, factory work is definitely attract-
ive—more attractive than is domestic
service to many young women.
But perhaps it is work in offices
and stores that is most attractive to
girls who go to work, In offices and
stores one has companionship and
there are opportunities for gossip.
Also, one can be attractively dressed
all day long. One's hands do not be-
come dish -pan hands and wash -tub
.TELEPIEONE TALKS IN
immeeimemeiniftemeni
THE WATSON FAMILY
"Here's Dad it's his turn no;v!"
Friday night's a special night with the
Wateons. Promptly at 'eight the tele -
hone bell tinkles and Bob's hearty
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voice comes booming over the "wire
then Muri:el'•s and the youngsters'. "Long ,
Distance keeps us young," say their •
grandparent&"It's the cheapest pleasure
we know of.?
Like dr.: •.P7atson family, you Coo will
find Long Distance the ideal way of,
keeping in touch with out-of-town rela•
tives or friends.: The lour cost wilt
sury.Iise. your,'
row Night Bates begin every evening
t seven, and appy AL4 DAY SUNDAY!,
A HEALTH SERVICE OF
THE CANADIAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION AND LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
• IN CANADA
PASTEURIZED MILK
Some ten years ago, one of the
largest cities of Canada; had a devas-
tating epidemic of typhoid fever. In
thecourse of a few months - there
were 5000 eases of the fever and more
than 500 deaths. The outbreak crea-
ted local consternation; it was . of
great international interest. Officials
of health departments from all parts
of the continent visited the city in-
tenlitto learn the cause of the disas-
ter. .Committees were. appointed to
study the causes of the outbreak;
there was thorough investigation
made of the whole subject. Most of
the cases of typhoid were on the
route of a certain dairy. It was dis-
covered that the dairy's pasteurize
-
tion plant was defective. The out-
break and its results were rightly at-
tributed to the lack of care in the
company's plant. The matter of pas-
teurization is not always understood
by the public. It is simple, It means
that the milk is heated (not boiled)
to a temperature of about 154 degrees
F. and maintained at this temperature
for 30 mindtes. The milk is . then
rapidly cooled to 40 or 50 degrees and
kept ,at .this low temperature until
hands. Always there is a measure of
diversion—meeting executives in of-
fices and the public in stores. Those
who work in offices and stores feel
that their grade of work is higher
than is the grade of work done by
domestic servants—and understand-
ably a girl prizes social status very
highly: she imagines that she will
"marry better" if she has an office
job or a job in a store—which may
be true.
School teachers feel themselves to
be very much aboveoffice workers
and sales women in the matter of
status. Theirs is a supposedly "intel-
lectual" occupation—which, also, id
seldom is. Their work is nerve -
straining, and does not end at 4
o'clock as is imagined by so many.
The reading of examination papers
consumes many of their hours after 4
o'clock. Many school teachers are al-
ways "tired to death", and they lose
their health, Many school teachers
are rather obscure persons in their
own community, being known to a
very small section of their commun-
ity, Their holidays—which may a-
mount to 100 or more days in a year
are not so "wonderful" as many non
teachers imagine.
Then there is that feminine occupa-
tion, nursing. It looks to be attrac-
tive, but after one has been a nurse
for several years, nursing regarded
as an occupation seems to lose its
rosy hues. The training period may
have its adventures and always ex-
pectancy buoys one up; but as I have
heard 'them speak, and have heard
about them, nursing regarded as a.
vocation .is not all that many fancy it
to be. Being with sick persons all
the time is not my idea of agreeable
work.
Hero's what is in my mind: there is
a surplus of office and store workers,
of school teachers, of nurses, of fac-
tory operatives; but there is not a
surplus of domestic servants. Looked
at from the money point of view the
domestic servant who gets from $20
to $45 or $50 a month is pretty cer-
tain to have more :money at the end
of the year—if she is thrifty -than
girls who work in offices and stores
and factories. If she gets into a
good home, she will Iive as comfortab-
ly as do her employers. She may
have to be on her job until '9 or 10
o'clock quite often but she does not
have to- work at high pressure from
rising until bed time. , She has a few
anxieties. She will have much oppor-
tunity for cultural employments. She
can hope to remain in her place of
employment for years and years, if
she wishes to do so, without fear of
losingher job. In good homes she
will be very well treated, even in-
dulged. She may be taken with her
employers to their summer home. She
will be surrounded with the amenities
of life. She can acquire fine manners,
if she lacks them at the beginning.
And if she marries, she may find her-
self working twice as hard, for no
wages at all, and probably in a very
humble home.
It is when one contrasts her lot and
life as a domestic servant: in a good
home with the lot of many of her
married friends and acquaintances
that one begins to see the attractions
of being a wage -paid domestic ser-
vant.
used. Pasteurization properly car-
ried out, kills the germs of a host of.
diseases which may be carried by
milk, including typhoid fever, scarlet
fever, diphtheria, undulant fever, tub-
erculosis and cholera., In addition
septic 'sore throat and the summer
complaint, of ,babies. are frequently
prevented by the use 'of milk which
has been boiled or pasteurized, be-
cause the effect of boiling and pas-
teurizing ofmilk is much the same.
In the smoking compartment nt of a
fast train speeding westward from
the city in question. a group of men
were engaged in argument. The
dominant figure in the argument was
a very voluble Irishman, who like Ir-
ishmen at their best, was an admirer
Of British institutions: In every
case he had the best of the debate.
Someone in the group had the tem-
erity to suggest that the epidefnic of
typhoid, referred to, might not have
occurred at all if the city's milk had
been properly pasteurized. This a-
roused once more the fighting in-
stincts. of the Irishman. "Why," he
exclaimed, "I wouldn't have pasteur-
ized milk in my house. Look at me!"
he cried. "I'm one of eleven an' nine
of us- are Iivin', an' I'm not ,a bad
specimen." He wasn't. He was a
fine upstanding figure of a man. He
went on.
"D'ye know what our mother fed
us on?" he enquired. "I'll tell ye.
She put a little.milk in a porringer on
the stove and brought it to a boil:
Then she broke a little bread in it.
That's what she fed us." An elderly
man in 'the groupsmoked his pipe:
Ile had so far taken no part in the
discussion. He remarked to the
Irishman, "You should thank God for
such a mother, for she fed you on
milk -that was the practical equival-
ent of the pasteurized article." For
once the Irishman was beaten, but he
was a good sport.
"Sure," he said, "I did'n't know
what I was talkin' about. I'll never
have another word to say against
pasteurized milk as long as I live."
Pasteurization or boiling of milk
are guarantees against milk -borne
diseases, but the pasteurization plant
must not fail to deliver a proper pro-
duct. If it so fails, there may be dis-
aster.
Questions concerning health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College St., Toronto,
will be answered personalty by letter.
Increasing Interest In
Farm Club Work
One of the distinctive features of
modern agriculture in the Dominion
is the prominence of youth in all that
pertains to the industry. This was
not always so. In times gone by, ow-
ing to force of circumstances there
was little inducement to youth on the
farm further than a love of hard
work, but since the interest of young
people has been aroused, the love of
achievement in the oldest and great-
est of all industries has placed the
young farmer in a position of com-
manding importance.
This commanding position is in
reality the outcome of one of the
most progressive and encouraging
inovements 'of modern times, namely,
farm club organization for girls and
boys. Officially known' as "Boys' and
Girls' Parini Club Work in Canada,"
the nnovenient is designed to develop
interest in the farm and fang life;
to provide a practical education in
agriculture and home economics; to
improve farm practices; to encourage
the use of better livestock and seed;
and to train young people for citiz-
enship in their respective districts.
The boys' and girls' -farm club
work is encouraged by Dominion and
Provincial Departments of Agricul-:
ture, and Extension Departments of
the Universities and Agricultural Col-
leges, and is consolidated and co-or-
dinated through the "Canadian Coun-
cil on Boys' and Girls' Farm Work".
The movement is national in its scope.
and outlook, and the increasing enrol-
ment of members is encouraging.. In
1931 there were 1,215 clubs with a
Membership of 21,142. In 1936 the
nu fiber of- clubs had increased :to 2,-
098 and the membership to 34,457.
The .membership of the Canadian
Council on Boys' and Girls' Farm
Club Work includes the Dominion De-
partment of Agriculture, the Provin-
cial Departments of Agriculture,
with the exception of Saskatchewan
which is represented by the Exten-
sion Department of: the University,
and several business institutions and
associations. The central office of
the Council is in the Confederation
Building, Ottawa, and the General
Secretary is A. E. MacLaurin,
1)0 YOU KNOW
That it takes the average, driver a-
bout 8-4 of a second to get his foot off
the "accelerator -and on to the brake,
and that at 40 miles an hour the per-
formance of this action takes up 44
feet or more than a third of your to-
tal stopping' distances'? •
SALAD ;DRESSINGS
The art of preparing salad dressing
is the key to success in making taste-
ful salads. A few tested recipes for
dressings are given below.
Boiled Dressing No. 1
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1-2 cup vinegar
1 level tablespoon mustard
1 teasppon salt, dash of pepper
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup cream.
Mix the flour, sugar, mustard and
salt well,, and add to the vinegar and.
butter. Cook the mixture in a double
boiler until it thickens, stirring con-
stantly to keep it smooth. Cool, and
then add 1 cup of cream. Do this
gradually, or fold in whipped cream
just before using the salad.
Boiled Dressing No. 2
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon mustard •
1 tablespoon flour
2 tablespoons sugar
3 egg yolks
2 tablespoons butter
2-3 cup milk
2-3 cup vinegar
Speck of cayenne pepper.
Heat mill[ in double boiler. Mix
dry ingredients and pour hot milk
over. Return to double boiler and stir
constantly for five minutes. Add egg
yolks, stir until thick. Add vinegar,
slowly; add butter, stir until dissolved
If heated vinegar is used, it.may be
added more quickly.
Cream Salad Dressing
1-2 cup heavy sweet cream
3 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon mustard
Vinegar or lemon juice.
Beat cream until stiff, add mustard,
sugar and vinegar, or lemon juice to
suit taste. Beat again, and the dres-
sing is ready for use.
Fruit Salad Dressing
2 eggs
1-2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons sugar
2 lemons
1-2 cup whipped cream..
Beat eggs until light. Add salt
and lemon juice and sugar. Stir ov-
er boiling water until thick. Cool.
Fold in cream before serving.
Honey Salad Dressing
3 tablespoons salad oil
1 tablespoon fruit juice
2•tablespoons honey
1-3 teaspoon salt.
The Wife -Saving Kitchen
A kitchen that wastes no steps but
has all the necessary equipment is the
aim of nearly every housewife.
Streamlined kitchens are as much in
vogue a s streamlined automobiles
these days.,
An old-fashioned large kitchen may
be modernized through the aid of the
Home Improvement Plan. The house-
wife will find that she is not as tired
at the end of the day if she has less
space to walk around in to locate the
mixing bowl, the flour or a clean dish
towel.
The kitchen of one house was di-
vided in half and one side was made
into a breakfast room. Tile, cleaned
with a 'flick of a 'damp cloth, covered
the walls' of the modernized roma.
The stove, woodwork and other acces-
sories were finished in yellow or white
with ;black trim. Closets were built
where they were easily accessible.
'Drawers under the sink took care of
towels, silver and other utensils, pans,
cleansers and soaps. A. screened door
hid the plumbing from sight but al-
lowed free circulation of air.
Indirect. lighting in the ceiling over
the sink gave an even light but avoid-
ed glare or unpleasant reflections.
Outlets over the sink,,,hewever, took
care of electric mixing bowls and oth-
er implements'
The fastidious housewife will be as
particularr about the little details of
the kitchen as she would be of a guest
room ensemble. Towels may be had
in pleasingcombinations, potholders.
have become things of beauty and ev-
en soap flakes may have the contain-
er
ontain-er, hidden in an attractive holder to
match any colour scheme.,
The kitchen which 'was modernized
had a floor of black composition ma-
terial, easy to clean and blending.
with the other details of the, room's
deooration.
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED'
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad -But Always Helpful
and Inspiring.
THE MAPLE
Oh, tenderly deepen the woodland
gloms,
And merrily sway the beeches;
Breathe delicately the willow blooms,
And the pines rehearse new speeches
The elms toss high till they reach the
sky,
Pale catkins the yellow birch laun-
ches,
But the tree I love all the green-
wood above
Is the maple of sunny branches.
Let who, will sing of the hawthorn
in spring,
Or the late -leaved linden in sum-
mer;
There's a word beforethe locust -tree,
That delicate, strange new -corner;
But the maple it glows with the tint
of the rose
When pale are the spring -time re-
gions,
And its towers of flame from afar
proclaim
The advance of Winte'r's legions.
And a greener shade there never was
made
Than its summer canopy sifted,
And many a day as beneath it I lay
Has my memory backward drifted
To a pleasant lane I may walk not
again,
Leading over a fresh, green hill,
Where a maple stood just clear of
the wood—
And oh! to be near it still!
—Charles G. D. Roberts.
ANTICIPATION
Anticipation is the oil that feeds
The flame of life, It is the siren
fair -
That sings at twilight in the hollow
reeds,
And drowns the moaning discord of
despair.
Nay, now in darkest night it conies to
me
It dulls the edge of present care;
Blots from the tablets of the memory
What hath been "111, or is inscribing
there
In Olden letters that which yet may
be.
0f earth's good things in my indi-
vidual share.
And should the days be clrear in age,
And disappointment part of mine
estate,
With fortune I shall not a warfare
wage,
But sing my song as now—as now
anticipate.
—George Frederick Cameron.
STOP WORRYING
The hardest thing you ever do
Is worrying about it;
What makes an hour resemble two
Is worrying about ft;
The times goes mighty slowly when
You sit and sigh and sigh again
And think of work ahead, and then --
Keep worrying about
Just buckle up and buckle in—
Quit worrying about it.
A. task is easy, once begun
It has its labor and its fun;
So grab a hold and do it, son—
Quit worrying about it!
—Anon.
JULY
Fair was the morn today, the blos-
som's scent z
Floated across the fresh grass, and
the bees
With low vexed song from rose and
lily went
1
A gentle wind was in the heavy trees
The earth no longer labored; shaded
lay
The sweet -breathed kine, across the
sunny vale,
From hill to hill the wandering rook
did sail,
.Lazingly croaking 'midst his dreams
of spring,
Nor more awake the pink -foot dove
did cling
Unto the beech bough, murmuring
now and then;
All rested but the restless sons of
men.
And the great sun, that wrought this
happiness
And all the vale with fruitful hopes
did bless.
—William Morris,
A BOX AND BIS DOG
A boy and his dog make a glorious
pair:
No better friendship is found any-
where,
For they talk and they walk and they
run and they play,
And they have their deep secrets for
many a day;
And that boy has a comrade who
thinks and who feels,
Who walks down the road with a dog
at his heels.
He may go where he will and his dog
will be there.
May revel in mud and his dog will not
eare;
Faithful he'll stay for the slightest
command
And bark with delight at the touch of
his hand;
Oh, he owns a treasure which nobody
steals,
Who walks down the road' with a dog
at his heels.
No other can lure hint away from his
side;.
He's proof against riches and station
and pride;
Fine dress does not charm him, and
flattery's breath
Is lot on the dog, for he's faithful to
death;
He sees the great soul which the
body conceals
Oh' it's great to be young with a dog
at your heels!
—Edgar A. Guest.
THE
Let's play it out—this little game cal.
lid Life,
Where we are listed for so brief a
spell;
Not just to win, amid thb tumult rife,
Or where acclaim and gay applauses
swell;
Nor just to conquer where someone
must lose,
Or reach the goal whate'er be the
cost;
For there are other, better ways to
choose,
Though in the end the battle may be
lost.
Let's play it out as if it were a sport,
Wherein the game is better than the
goal,
And never mind the detailed "score's"
report
Of errors made, if each with daunt-,
less soul ,
But stick it out until the day is done,
Not wasting fairness for success or'
faire,
So when the battle has been lost or
won,
The world at least can say, "He play.
ed the game."
--Selected.
CENT -A -MILE ROUND TRIP .BARGAIN FARES
(Minimus n F`area Adult 75c.. Child 40c.) c
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JULY 16 ONLY To all Towns on lines of Temiskaming &
Northern Ontario' Rly.—Nipissing Central
ER. Kapuskasing.
Oshawa, Bowmanvilie' Port Hope, Co -
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Collingwood,•Meaford, Barrie, rOrillia, Midland, Gravenhnrst, Brace-
bridge, Huntsville, Callander, North Bay, Parry Sound, Sudbury,.
Longlac, Geraldton, Jellicoe, Beardmore, Port Arthur, Fort William.
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Cheeley, Clinton, Durham,
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ersoll, Kincardine, Kitchener, London, Listowel,Mitchell, Niagara
Falls, Owen Sound, Paisley, Palmerston, Paris, Port Elgin, St. Cath-
arines, St. Marys, Sarnia, Southampton, Stratford, Strathroy, Walk-
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