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The Clinton News Record, 1937-07-22, Page 8MAN'S PAGES THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., JULY 22;; 1937. HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS COOKING TEA is delicious sof YOUR WORLD AND. 'MINE (Gopyright) by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD Should I go to the cemetery or future prosperity would seem to, be not? This ,was a question I put to myself as I sat in the church where the funeral service of an old friend was being held. Because of my deep regard for the friend who had passed on and because of my attachment to his family, I decided to go' to the cemetery to be present at the burial service. In the car in which I went were three rather.important men, one the. president of a very large Canadian life insurance company. These men talked of money; and it interested me to hear the president of the insurance company—a man in receipt of a very large salary and undoubtedly very wealthy—say that money did not as- sure happiness, although he admitted that most persons were bent on mak- ing a fortune. After the burial service one of the pallbearers came to me and said, "You do not know who I am?" and T bad to say that I did not identify him. Then he told me his name. I had not seen him for nearly 40 years. He was a commercial traveller when I first knew him, and I was one of his customers. I always liked him. He was so genuinely in earnest, so kindly, that it was a pleasure to meet, him. Then, when I quit the retail business, nearly 40 years ago, I lost sight and track df him -until I met him just a few days ago. My old friend came home with me, and we chatted for over an hour, talking about old times, old friends, and ourselvesand families. And we shall see each other again. They say that a sign of one's becoming' old is one's inclination to look backward and to talk about past years. Believing that my readers will en- joy hearing about my old friend and the story which he told me, I now record his tale. I shall call my friend by a name which is not his—Erring- ton. Errington was reared on a farm north of Toronto. The family was poor. It was a large family. Er- rington became a commercial travel- ler. Two brothers became clerks in retail businesses. One brother fell in love with his employer's daughter, but couldn't marry her on a salary of $9 a week. He decided to go to a city in the. New England States, to join a friend in starting a women's wear business. The two men borrowed money to start. They prospered in- stantly, but were frugal in their manner of living until theycould af- ford to build themselves good homes and indulge their desires for the .good things of 'life. Later a younger brother, animated by his brother's ex- ample and success, decided to go to another city in New England, and start a similar business. He borrow- ed money from his brother, my friend, to start his business. He likewise prospered. Today, these two brothers and the friend who join- ed up with Brother No. 1 have a chain of ladies' wear stores in, the New England States, and all three are millionaires. One of the brothers is nationally famous for his good deeds. My friend had always been thrifty, and his money, as he saved it, was available to his brothers without hes- itation, when they were getting start- ed. First in hundreds of dollars, and, later in thousands. My friend be- •eame, eventually, vice-president of a very large industrial enterprise, and about three years ago retired. His son is now with his uncles, and his assured. My friend has a daughter. When she wasquite young she was chron- ically ill. Her case looked so bad that she was taken to an American city for examination by famous doc- tors, but they admitted that they could do nothing for her. So she was brought back to Toronto. Dr. Alan Brown, a very famous children's specialist, was consulted. He said, "I know what's wrong with her and can cure her, but it will take a year, and she will have to go to a hospital". The little girl's father did not want her to go to a hospital. He said that he would turn his home into a hospi- tal. But when Dr. Brown heard this, he said, "You can get another doc- tor!" This ultimatum led Errington to agree to send his child to the hos- pital. Shortly afterwards Dr. Brown learned that Errington and his — Brown's — father' were intimate friends, and this knowledge led Dr. Alan Brown to agree to the child's returning; to her father's hone. In this home the father one day dis- covered that his little daughter had a craving for paper! She had been eating paper for a long time—steal- thily. Even wallpaper! It was this habit which had made her ill. When the cause of her illness was discov- ered and removed, the child quickly regained health, and soon was a nor- mal child. When she was in her late teens, she wanted to become a nurse— a vocation her father did not want her to take up. He made a bargain with her: if a friend who was in an Amer- ican hospital as nurse was against his daughter's going to the same hos- pital to train, the daughter would give up the idea of becoming a nurse!" So off to New York went Errington's daughter to study nurs- ing. There she met a young doctor, and they were married. This man has since become a verydistinguish- ed person, doing research work of such character and quality that mor- tality in. certain classes of industrial plants—mortality due to excessive heat or to fumes or to dust, by way of sample—bas been reduced almost to nil. Errington's older brother has re- tained an intense interest in his na- tive land Canada. One day he said to, my friend, "Charlie, I believe that there's going to be a lot ofmoney made out of gold mining in Canada. Why should not the Errington family own a gold mine all by ourselves?" So a mine was acquired a dozen or more years ago. It turned out to be a big enterprise for the Errington's alone, yet the brothers remain major stockholders in this mine—a very fa - emus Canadian mine. Once $6'75,000 was required rather urgently by this mine, and the older brother gave a cheque for this amount, which is pretty good for a man who once worked ina country store north of Toronto for $9 a week. Errington, and I talked about other commercial travellers men who Were able to save money—seeing that their employers paid their living ex- penses. Several of these men went into business on their own account— this well on to 40 years ago, and made good. One man quit business not long ago, with a fortune of $200,- 000, which he' has invested wisely. He was: urged to put his money into A HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA THE SUMMER SCOURGE OF INFANCY As surely as the warm, summer and the early autumn months roll around the health of Canadian babies will be menaced by a, condition commonly called summer diarrhoea. Happily this complaint is not as prevalent as it was in the recent past, but it• is still a very serious disease among infants :in the first year of life, Ejght years ago several hundred ba- bies in the Province of Ontario alone died in one year of , this apparently simple trouble. All evidence of loose stools in an infant who may, appear quite well should be regarded as a warning and their continuance over twelve hours demands - immediate medical attention. This may appear unduly alarming to those who have not seen the swiftly tragic results of neglect of diarrhoea but it cannot be too strongly stated that summer diarrhoea is a serious disease, more deadly than pneumonia. How can we avoid and prevent this dreadful condition? Nurse your baby and he is practically safe. Breast fed babies are affected but rarely and all the serious cases occur in arti- ficially fed infants. 'If your baby re- quires to be bottle fed the careful sterilization of all utensils required in the preparation of the feedings will go a long way to avoid contam- ination of the food supply. The milk which should be originally pasteuriz- ed must be boiled from three to five minutes and kept cold in the refriger- ator until it is required. It is be- coming established that infantile sum- mer diarrhoea or cholera infantum or "intestinal flue" are all the sante condition and are infectious diseases. The germs causing the trouble may be spread by flies or by the contact of soiled hands with the food. Therefore screening and all other measures to eliminate houseflies and scrupulous personal cleanliness are excellent measures to avoid the spread of infection. If any older member of the family has even the slightest diarrhoea he should avoid all contact with the baby because what may seem a minor trouble ;n the adult may assume dangerous pro- portions in the infant. If, in spite of these simple and common sense pre- cautions, your baby should develop diarrhoea, omit all food except large quantities of boiled water until your doctor gives you further instructions. Regard the beginnings of this trouble as worthy of your serious attention, don't wait until the child becomes drowsy and sunken -eyed but act ear- ly and save the babies. Questions concerning 'health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College St., Tbrento, will be answered personally by letter. CORONATION SINGER RECEIVES MEDAL Mr. Harry Hoffman has recently received a beautiful silver Coronation Medal from the office of the High Commissioner for Canada, who in turn received it from the keeper of the Privy Purte. It was acdompanied by a presentation form bearing the Royal Insignia, stating it is to be worn in commemoration of Their Ma- jesties' Coronation, 12th May, 1937. —Zurich Herald. WANT OLD OAK TREE PRESERVED Summer visitors to Kincardine have for years admired the stately old oak tree which stands at the corner of Broadway and the beach. Just now the tree is in danger of decaying from fungus growth at- tacks. It has been suggested that if the council were to have the open- ing in the tree cemented itwould stand for many years as ithas, sen- tinel -like, • looking out across Lake Huron.—Kincardine News. speculative stocks. He might have trebled his investments hadhe done so, but he said, "I'm tired. I don't want to . have the worry and anxiety of stock -market investments. I'll buy me good bonds". His income from his bonds is adequate, and he is no longer "tired'.. I have heard of oth- ers who pulled out '• of speculative stocks because to watch the "mar- ket" fagged ..them and distracted them, An acquisitive life is a poor life. The true life is that which gives largely rather than acquires' largely. Money does not assure happiness. Happiness can be hacl from day to' day, even' by the poor. - HEALTH PAGE CARE OF CHILDREN finis for the 6 0 SALADS AND DESSERTS, FOR HOT WEATHER Salads and desserts which may be molded or frozen in the refrigerator and which give a somewhat festive air to a simple meal are particularly welcome to the housewife during the hot summer months. It is not hard to prepare such dishes during the cool of early morning, and it is a great relief to know that a tempting salad or dessert is ready to serve when the lunch or supper hour arrives. The Milk Utilization Service, Do- minion Department of Agriculture re- commends the following: NEWS OF HAPPENINGS IN THE COUNTY AND DISTRICT LACROSSE PLAYERS DEAD Dr. Charles A. Campbell, of New York City, and Bill Brierly, of Cale- donia, both of whom' died last week, were members of the famous Beaver Lacrosse Club of Seaforth, which won. the Senior Lacrosse Championship of Canada in 1895. . Cheese Salad 11-2 cups cream cheese or creamed cottage cheese 1 green pepper, chopped 1 cup crushed pineapple, well drain- ed.' 1-2 cup nuts, chopped 1-2 cup mayonnaise '1-2 cup cream, whipped Salt, paprika, celery salt to taste. Soften cheese with fork. Add green pepper, pineapple, nuts, mayonnaise, whipped cream and seasonings. Pour into freezing tray and let stand four hours. Slice and serve on crisp let- tuce leaves. Garnish with watercress. Salad may be frozen by packing care- fully sealed mould in six parts of ice to one part salt and allowing to stand four to six hours. Salad may be molded, instead of frozen, by using 1 tablespoon gran- ulated gelatine soaked in 2 tablespoons ofwater, and dissolved over boiling water. Add with other ingredients to cheese. Jellied Tomato Cheese Salad 1 tablespoon granulated gelatine 1-4 cup cold water 1 1-2 cup condensed tomato soup 1 cup 'cream cheese or cottage cheese 1-2 cup mayonnaise 1 tablespoon onion juice 1-2 cup stuffed olives, sliced, or 1-2 cup chopped ,celery 1-4 teaspoon salt 1-2 cup cream, whipped. Soak gelatine in cold water about 5 minutes. Heat soup over boiling water, add salt, cheese, onion juice (extracted by grating onion. Heat until cheese is softened. Add soaked gelatine and stir until dissolved. Chill, and when partially set, add mayonnaise, whipped cream and olives or celery. Turn into mold that has been rinsed in cold water and chill. When firm, remove to bed of lettuce andserve with mayonnaise. Sprinkle with paprika. This salad may be fro- zen by following directions given for "Cheese Salad." Fruit Rice 1 tablespoon granulated gelatine 1-4 cup cold water 1 cup hot cooked rice 1-8 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons fruit sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup whipping cream 3-4 cup diced or crushed fruit 1-4 cup blanched almonds. Soak gelatine in cold water. Dis- solve in hot rice. Add salt, sugar and vanilla. Cool and chill. When mixture begins to thicken, fold in whipped cream, fruit and nuts. Pine- apple, peaches, bananas, strawberries, maraschino cherries, or a combina- tion of fruits may be used. NEW BRIDGE BETWEEN- PORT HURON AND SARNIA • A new and important link between the United States and Canada will be the new $3,000,000 "Blue Water" international bridge which it is ex- pected will be completed late in 1938. Connecting Port Huron, Mich., on the American side, and Sarnia, Ont., on the Canadian, the bridge will be 8000 feet long and will providea diagonal route from the middle west to New York and. eastern Canada, shorten- ing existing trails.- Financed joint' by the government of Michigan, Canada and the United States, and bond issue of $1,900,000 the bridge culminates 10 years of planning and promotion. Standing 152 feet above the waters of Lake Huron, the struc- ture will permit passage , of all lake traffic and command an impressive view of Lake Iiuron at the junction. with the St. 'Clair'' river. Several thousand persons attended : the ground -breaking ceremonies at the bridge site, including Canadian, and American :officials. ;'and representa- tives of Port ihrron and Sarnia, and. Point Edward, Ont. where the bridge first, touches -Canadian soil. • GROWS CHINESE CHERRIES HERE. Mr. F. S. Savauge brought into. The Expositor office on Thursday a number of Chinese Cherries, grown in his own garden. The cherries are both red and white and are about the size and color of large currants, but taste quite similar to our Canadian cherries. They are rarely seen in this country, but Mr. Savauge has been very successful in growing them. Seaforth Expositor. NEW EXCUSE • The intense heat of Saturday after noon provided a new and original ex- cuse for a speeding motorist on No. 8 Highway west of here. County Traffic Officer N. Lever, driving to- wards Seaforth, cani.e across a mot- orist who later identified himself as being from Stratford. Asked for an explanation of his hurry the motorist said he had been fishing and wanted to get his catch home to Stratford before it was spoiled by the heat. .. HONOR PETROLIA DOCTOR .. Honor was bestowed upon Dr. R. P. I. Dougall, of Petrolia, formerly of Hensel), at the session of the Ontario Medical Association at .Ottawa last Thursday evening, when he was elect- of Councillor of District No. 1. There are eleven districts in Ontario and the Petrolia medico ' will represent the Counties of Lambton, Essex, Kent, Elgin and Middlesex. The Do- minion Medical Association met at the same time and the registration a- mounted to 1,952. Incidentally a pool was held to guess the number pres- ent, and Dr. Dougall's psychic powers led him to say 1,936 the best guess, „ PAVING COMMENCED The Towland Construction Com- pany started paving operations south of Wingham on Hight*g No. 4 on Thursday. It was expected that pav- ing operations would have commenc- ed much earlier but due to the large amount of grading and other work on the road this work could not get under way. PLATE GLASS WINDOW GOES BOOM Shortly after midnight on Saturday the window of Tucker's Meat Market was broken. The cause of the acci- dent was three young lads who got too playful and one of thembanged into the window which just couldn't take it. w.. THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring. LOOK PLEASANT We cannot, of course, all be hand- some, And it's hard .for us all to be good; We are sure now and then to be lonesome, And always do as we should. To be patient is not always easy, To be cheerful is much harder still, But at least we can always be plea- sant, If we make lip our minds that we will. And it pays every time to be kindly Although we feel worriedand blue, If you smile at the world and look cheerful, The world will smile back to you. So try to brace up and look pleasant, No matter how low you are down; Good humour is always contagious, But you banish your friends when you frown. POTATO: STALK 4 FEET, 7 INCHES LONG The growth this year has been tre- mendous and many reports have been published giving account of great growth. Mr. Thomas Allen, Cather- ine St., brought into our office a po- tato stalk that measured 4 feet, 7 inches in height. This will take some beating. Despite the fact this stalk grew so high the hill contained some very fine potatoes. —Wingham Advance -Times. TEN MILES OF NEW LINE The Exeter Rural Hydro, System have the contract for building ten miles of new line which will serve 29 new consumers. The line will be built on the Thames Road church to within half a mile of Russeldale and north on the Fullerton and Hibbert boundary for a couple of miles. This will mean 18 mites of new line in this territory this year and with a number of subscribers added to the already existing lines brings the number of new consumers close to the. 100 mark. —Exeter Times -Advocate. PIG CAUSES RUNAWAY Dungannon—Wilfred Pentland is making preparations for erection of a cement silo. While drawing gravel for the same on Wednesday after, noon their: two teams of horses at- tached to wagons 'became frightened when •a pig ran out of the barn,: and ran away, scattering the gravel and gravel -boxes around the yard. They were finally halted when they collid- ed, smashing the reach in both wa- gons and the tongue of one of the wagons. The harness was also brok- en considerably. The horses were uninjured as were also the men,,who had taken. refuge in the barn, a, few feet from the teams, when a ,show- er of rain came on. , —Selected. "BUT ONCE" But once I pass this way And then ... and then The silent door swings on its hinges, Opens, closes ... and no more 1 pass this way. So," while I may, With all my might I will essay Sweet comfort and delight To all I meet upon' the Pilgrim way For no n'ian travels twice, the Great Highway That winds through darkness up to light Through night, . To -day. —Oxenham. EARLY MORNING The open window lets the summer in. The garden sends its sweetness on the air To lure me from my work. The spiders spin Their little webs upon the lawn and snare The drops of morning dew' within their nets. The hollyhocks are almost window - high Upon their. Ieafy cloaks they wear rosettes Of crimson dipped in sun. I won- der why His feathered impudence uponthe bough Is scolding me and scolding every one. I must not listen to the summer now, For night will come before my work is done. The summertime breeds vagabonds- no doubt 1 It would be wise to look the sum- mer out. Gertude Ryder Bennett.. FISHIN' Supposin' fish don'tbite at fi3:st, What are you goin' to do? Throw down your pole, chuck out: your bait And say your fishin's through? You bet you ain't; you're goin' to fish An' fish, an' fish, an wait Until you've ketched a bucketful Or used up all your bait. Suppose success don't come at first, What are you goin' to do? Throw up the sponge and kick your- self And growl, and fret, and stew? You bet you ain't; you're goin' to. fish An' bait, and bait ag'in, Until success will bite your hook, For grit is sure to win. -Anon. WHY COMPLAIN? Season of snows and season of flow- ers, Season's of loss and gain; Since grief and joy must alike be ours, Why do we stili complain? Ever our failing, from sun to sun, 0 my intolerant brother, We want just a little too little of one,. And much too much of the other. —James Whitcomb Riley.. TREES ARE F1NE OLD FRIENDS The trees are fine old friends—let's love them more. Aye, even now one stands beside my" door, F I Guards it in winter, shelters it in spring, Shades it in sunnier, friend through everything. I have known men who loved and went theits way, And even woman's love may have its day, The while some tree, some tree the children knew, Shields then in youth and loves thein all lila through. Of if the child, or man, requires a roof, It gives its life, of love the final proof, Fashions a threshold, builds a sturdy wall, Gives him a home, the greatest gift of all, • Who plants a tree serves well the hu- man race. The forest's friends the forest must replace, Shelter and shade, and roof and welt and floor. ' The trees are fine old friends—let's love them more.. —Douglas Malloch• WALKERTON BOWLER ACCIDENT VICTIM An accident peculiar in the • an- nals of local medical circles befell a Walkerton lady bowler participat- ing in the tournament there re- cently. A •large insect became lodged in her ear and considerable difficulty was encountered in removing it. The lady was taken to Dr. A. E. 11. Couch's office. Five syringe treat- ments failed to dislodge the insect and a spectrum failed to show its lo- cation in the auricular passage. Fin- ally the insect fluttered its wings. By use of forcepts, after three at- tempts the insect was removed. BUSINESS COLLEGE CHANGES HANDS Mr. C. A. Fleming, who establish- ed the Northern Business College in Owen Sound in 1881, has sold his interest and retires, from active busi- ness college work although he will continue ;to - be identified` with the Institution as honorary president. The purchasers- are Mr. Charles K. Johnston 'and Miss Marjorie H. Wil- ton, two experienced educationalists. EDITOR BLOWS HIS HORN A most wonderful growth has been experienced so far this year, in both garden and field. Your publisher takes considerable credit as a garden- er, as on July lst, the family dinner menu consisted of new potatoes, new carrots and new beets all taken from the ordinary garden and no hot bed grown stuff ,and since we have en- joyed a good helping of pod beans. —Zurich Herald,. THE WRONG MAN A "Peeping Torn," who operates Wingham between 11 and mid- night, has frightened many women. On 3 occasions he has been chased fron'i windows, jumping over the end of the verandahs. One woman, hear- ing a noise at 2 o'clock, dashed a. pail of water into the face of a man tiptoeing across the verandah and then yelled, hoping to arouse ' the neighbors. She aroused them, but discovered, to her amazement, it was her husband she had doused. He had been tiptoeing in, 'so as not to awaken his wife. • —• Bargain EXCURSIONS JULY' 29 From CLINTON (Rickets also sold atall adjacent C.N.R...Statione) To C.N.R. 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