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The Clinton News Record, 1937-08-26, Page 8'THURS., AUG. 26, 1937. omm.ww.mium mer wasmosu.on wow An HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD HEALTH COOKING CanaddsFavouriteT a ViliWANIVAIWAIMMINWANIWAIWOOMMAANWAWANW ti (Copyright) ro� H KI WOOD °c. 'AG byJOHN C KIRK WOOD Q °{ i1'a°°'ai".°.°i"°YJ'eYa"°'°VWWs a1`a°a°°1i'e"°1Y°°sWs"iY°'iWY°'°•°°.°° R • Perhaps you have heard about- to be used in their structure are not perhaps read — that much -heralded very much considered, and there is book, "Live Alone and Like It"—writ- not much thought given to the qual ten by a woman. I read it skimming ity of these materials—those of them ly. - My recollection of this book is, which are used, or to their suitability that it was written for spinsters—wo- in relation to purpose. It is true that vmen who prefer single life to married we are sent to .school, and that .our life, or whose hopes of marriage are schools are relied on to build us after slim, fashion: they give us essential know - Now another book by the same ledge, but they are not much concern- -writer has appeared — "Orchids on ed with the matter of our character Your Budget". I found this book rath- of our ultimate vocation - nor with • er dull—not very convincing. Its`onr physical health. Our universities point is that women—for again it is have begun to examine their students r. addressed to women—can get along physically, and to plan their physical on a yery small income or salary, and exercises; but in pre -university days :: yet have "orchids"—signifying theme-' schools and colleges do not pay much fes or indulgences. ;attention to the physical well-being of Of course it is true that all of us, boys and girls. can live on less than we are getting' --if we will make up our minds to dog Imagine a fully planned life— life • so. Thus, many of us stick to cities, i building itself daily in accordance with where rents are high, and where liv-! a blue -print. This blue -print would ing costs generally are high. If wo concern itself with a wide variety of would go to live in smallerplaces 'things. A first matter would, of towns or villages—then we could live l course, be the final product; what quite comfortably on our ineone.Iwould be the life at the end? What 'Small though it might be. This ap-I would be its purpose, its magnitude, plies to men, women and families' Its attractions, its ability to perform whose bread and butterdonot depend, its job? But what man or woman on their labouk—those in receipt of ' interest, or annuities. YOUR WORLD AND MINE Latterly I have been reading of both = men and women who went to New York to find work. They were at- tracted to that huge city by its very us do not know where the are going. • enormity: They felt very sure that We have no goal—no set route. We there they would find employment and have no time -table. We have no would have fine opportunity for ad- programme.vancement toward fame and fortune. Human lives are infinitely more 'Tho stories stories iirhich one reads about' portant than structures of 'wood and persons going to New York to find iron and stone, yet human lives are work are heart -breaking. By contrast not lived or built according to the Toronto seems a sort of heaven. In known to you had his or ,her life's final form and size and purpose plan- ned as from the beginning? Most lives are capriciously built -built ac- cording to the whims and ideas of our parents and our own selves. Most of Toronto—a city of about 800,000 pop- ulation—one can have comforts and advantages not available to most per- sons in a city of the size of New York or Chicago. It is true, of course; that Toronto has its poor iia very poor. It might be both unkind and unfair to say that the poverty of many' is self-willed or that it is the Consequence of past ex- travagances and follies. It is true that many have a hard time of it to plans of competent architects and en- gineers. Which means that we live extravagantly, and have at the end far less than we could have had had our lives been Lived in accordance with a plan and an objective. Tine well-planned life has regard for the body, the mind, the soul. If we ate the right things—right in relation to the objective of perfect health, there would be but a fraction of the illnesses which prostrate millions of children anti adults, and thus take a - find work. It is true that many have way from the earning power of work - lost the will to work—perhaps, also, ers. If our minds were being built the ability to work, One is always and shaped according to wise plans, hearing of persons who very much We would not have so much madness prefer to stay on relief to going to •work. Yet one does not see the dis- tress and the mean living condition in "Toronto that one sees in New York. What is in my mind is this: all of us can live more abundantly than we do. This means that we can have more happiness, more of . the good- -and free—things of life than we now have; and,for many of us, we 'can have much more of 'those desirable things which money gives us. To live more abundantly — to have the fine things oflife in larger measure, both those free and those bought with mon- ey, we must live"planned" lives, and live them front our early' years. "Planned" lives are rare. Most of, us just drift along. We may go along in a routine way, pretty much in the same direction all the time, yet we cannot be said to be living planned lives. e I am going to put this challenge to `.. my readers: Set down on paper the plan ;of your life. If you .will begin to do this, you will find, almost sure- ly, that your own personal life is not planned by you at all. It is seldom indeed that a life is planned in the sense that a building" or ea locomotive or a battleship is plan- "'ned. A building, 'a locomotive, a bat- tleship, is .planned to the last item by architects ancl'engineers.- Blueprints. aro absolutely essential, and working drawings. Everything is measured and calcul'atesl. Even the trine requiredfor completion is calculated. The number of workmen required to complete the structure in the time set is calculated. The strength of metals, of woods, of -other materials, in relation to burdens and strains to be put upon them, 'is carefully calculated. But when it comes to 'human 'lives, "they are not blue -printed •hi advance, and there is set no time -table for their "building or completion. The materials days. in the world—the madness of nations which want war or are always prepar- ing themselves for war; the madness of politicians which keeps a country in turmoil and debt; the madness of zealots which gives us false doctrines and makes us fracticicles. My own life is an example on a non - planned life. What powers I may possess have never been disciplined, never been fully or rightly concentrat- ed. The conseinience is that my life. now near its end, has been a life of mea.^r•e accomplishment. And as my life has been, so is tine life of most of those about ine—and about you. AI of us can have orchids if we really want them. But we cannot have thein often or regularly apart from our living a planned life -a "Midget - ted" life. All of us can be richer in terms of gold and silver�if we will but plan our lives—to accomplish mo and to economize morn.. We a''e poor because we are extravan'ant in the use of our time, our minds, our cap abilities,aur genius, • 0 am hoping that what I have writ ten will make some of my venders— narticulaely young nerrnn"—to ser about the planning of their lives. EXTENSION LECTURES The University of. Western On- tario will conduct extension lecture courses - in 18 Western Ontario cen- tres outside of London, beginning in September, according to a tentative, program. Classes in economics. French, His- tory, psychology and library science will be given under the auspices of the extension drpertment, headed by Professor Floyd Maine, Exeter is a- mong the centres named. Many of the courses will be given on Setae - A 'HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CA NA DIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ANC? LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES • 'IN CANADA BRIAHT'S DISEASE Bright's 'disease takes its name train Richard Bright, an English phy- sician, who, in 1827, published his observations on• diseases of the kid- ney. Bright's Disease, or nephritis, is an inflammation of the kidney, The human body is provided with two kidneys. Their function is the removal of waste material, the pro- duct of the working body brought to the kidneys in the blood, They are indispensable organs; the life\ of the body cannot continue if they cease to function. The kidneys may be damaged by being called upon to remove an ex- cessive amount of waste,' when they simply break down under the over- strain. .They may be dannagod by poisons which are produced in the body by germs and which are carried to the kidneys in the blood stream. It should be borne in mind that, during childhood, when scarlet fev- er, tonsillitis or any other infection occurs, whether severe or mild, germ poisons are produced The proper care in such cases is necessary in order to protect the kidneys from harm. The focal infection in tonsils, teeth, sinuses, or other parts, which makes for chronic poisoning of the body, frequently leads to nephritis. Faul- ty habits of life, which strain the body, may break down the kidney function, Nephritis exists in varying degrees from a very slight chronic condition to a severe acute, stage. It is often discovered by accident. The individ- ual, notsufferingin any way, con- sidering himself perfectly well, comes up for life insurance examination and, much to his surprise, learns that he has kidney disease. Such a chance discovery is fortunate because it per- mits of the proper early treatment which is so necessary if the condi- tion is to be prevented from hemm- ing more serious, It is surely not wise to leave such vital things to chance. Is it not much more reason able to have a health examination once a year in order to know if ab- normal conditions do exist, and then to go under treatment promptly in the earliest stages of the disease. The prevention of nephritis begins early in life, It begins with the pre- vention of the common communicable diseases and their proper treatment, if they occur. No focus of infection should be allowed to continue un- treated. Proper diet, the avoidance of any excesses in food or drink, the use of sufficient water, will prevent abuse of the kidney. Throughout life. the periodic health examination to de- tect any deviation from normal, al- leles for the early correction of the underlying conditions causing the trouble. HONEY SHORTAGE Western Ontario will face a serious honey shortage, even if the fall buck- wheat variety is a good crop, "The drought of last year coupled with an exceedingly bad crop of white' clover honey this sestets/1, has brought the yield down almost 80 per cent," Retail prices locally :have advanced. 80 per cent, over the normal level in the past six months. One London apiarist reported that last year his bees produced 25 tons of honey. "This year I will be lucky to get 10 tons," he said. STUDY WORK IN STATES Misses .IIelen McKercher, Dublin, and Flora Durnin, of Dungannon, re-' turned last week from a two weeks' tour of New York State where they visited various clubs and organiza- tions in connection with girls' home economic a n d ,agriculture 1 work. Both of these young women are well- known here, having condected'various ecuisea ;in Mitchell and , other Perth County not;its.=Mitchell Advocate. Low Nail, rases to. ExhIbhhhi 0 AUG. 27 -- SEPT. 11 In effect from many points in Ontario .SINarm FARE For the Sound Trip GOOD GOING AUG. 25 -SEPT. 11 1IE'TUBN LIMIT . . SEPT. 15 Puttparficulars from any Aged T3a9D CANADIAN �g NATIONAL What is it to be a friend;'oe in other words what is the main char-, aeteristic of a trite friend. The ans- wer is the ability to give of -oneself without asking for anything in re- turn. ' Jesus Christ is an absolute example of true friendship,. He was and is an always will be ready to forgive even When we'have.turned away from flim and • have signified our unwillingness ,to take Him into our lives, 0 hiiy of us want friends, but we are not always willing to be a friend. A true friend will stand by us through all the trying times of life and when we wrong a true friend, that friend will forgive and be ready to carry on just as if nothing. had happened; • There are some people who make it hard for anyone to be a friend to them. They are unreasonable in their demands. We cannot expect a friendto goall the way in doing deeds of kindness and love and in be- ing patient with us when we are anything but patient with them. Very often we act in such a selfish way that Jesus alone is the only friend who cares to have anything to do with us. The Book of Books tells us "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends," and that is just what the Friend of sinners did for us. "Commend me to a friend that comes When I am sad and lone, And slakes the anguish of my heart The Buffering of his own; Who calmly slums the glittering throng, At pleasure's gay levee, And gives his heart to me. And comes to guild a sombre hour Commend inc to that generous heart Which like the nine on high, Uplifts the same unvarying, brow To every change of sky. Whose friendship does not fade away When wintry tempests blow, But like the winters icy crown Looks greener through the snow. GENERAL SYNOD IN HALIFAX Fraternal greetings of the United Church of Canada will be carried to the General Synod of the Church of England in Canada when that body meets in Halifax, August 29th. The United Church of Canada has appointed Rev. Clarence Mackinnon, D,D., Principal of Pine Hill Divinity Hall, Halifax; and the Rev. H. T. S. Gornall, B.A., President of the Mari- time Conference of The . United Church of Canada, and Mr. I•I. J, Flemming of Halifax, to convey the greetings of The United Church of Canada. Although America was the original habitat of the tobacco plant, it is now grown in every continent. Re- cently the world -area under tobacco cultivation was estimated at 6,660,000 acres. the largest growers being the United States, China, and India. Out- side India, the other tobacco -growing conntries in the British Empire are Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Union of South Africa, Southern Rho- desia, Nyasaland, and Northern Rho- desia. Non -Empire tobacco -growing countries are the United States, Netherland East Indies, U. S. S. R. (Russia), Brazil, Greece, Philippines, Turkey, Cuba, Italy, Japan, Bulgar- ia, France, Hungary Germany, Cze- choslovakia, and China. A COLD DESSERT FOR A /HOT DAY Young appetites sometimes suffer during the ,bot sununer months, and anxious •mothers are hard pressed to see that their children get proper nourishment in an easily digestible form. Since milk is, in itself, an al- most perfect food, tasty, 'chilled milk desserts will prove a valuable addi- tion to the menu. Here is one that will tempt even the most jaded ap- petite: Chocolate Ice Cream (Freezer) 2 Rennet Dessert Tablets. 2 "tab'Iespoons cold water 2 ounces chocolate 8 cups milk 1 cup heavy cream 1.1-4 cups. sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring. Dissolve Rennet Dessert Tablets in cup with 2 tablespoons cold water. Melt chocolate over hot water and add 1-4 cup of the sugar. Add milk and cream, a very little at a time, stir- ring until smooth after each addi- tion, Add rest of sugar and vanilla flavoring, and warm to Luke -warm— not hot. Add dissolved Rennet Des- sert Tablets. Turn at once into a freezer can, let stand in a warm room until firm—about 10 minutes. Then cool. Pack in ice and salt, and freeze. Garnished Platter Colcl boiled ham, French fried pota- toes, green peas and a slice of toma- to make an excellent platten for sup- per. Place the tomato on a crisp leaf of lettuce and surround it with a trio of pickles—an onion, a piece of cauliflower and a small whole cucum- ber—and you will make the platter far more attractive, Furthermore, you will have added to its piquancy and to its food value. Tomatoes Stuffed With Nuts Mayonnaise Nut meats Green peas Tomatoes Scald, peel, core and scoop out the. tomatoes; fill them with finely clum- ped nuts and green peas which have been mixed with a little mayonnaise. Turn them upside down on a lettuce leaf; pour over thein two tablespoons mayonnaise dressing; garnish with olives and cress: Tomatoes Stuffed With Pineapple Peel medium sized tomatoes. Re- move thin slice from top of each, and take out seeds and some of pulp. Sprinkle inside with salt, invert, and let stand half hour. Fill tomatoes with fresh p-hieapple cut in small cubes or shredded, and nut meats, using 2-3 pineapple and•1-2 nut meats, Mix with mayonnaise dressing; gar- nish with mayonnaise, halves of nut meats, and slices cut from tops cut square. Serve on a bed of lettuce leaves, When some men dischargy an ob- ligation you can hear the report for miles around. --Mark Twain. Interesting Facts About the Iris One may look far afield before finding an attractive plant and flow- er that requires little attention, sur- vives smoke, dust, and bitter weath- er, and yet gives great variation in colour, bloom and fragrance. But these requirements are met by the is, "the old-fashioned flower" --'bet- ter known to some as the flag. • The iris is divided by root forma- tion into two major groups; those de- veloping from thick fleshy roots, cal- led rhizomes, and triose arising from a bulb. Since the bulbous irises; are the most beautiful of the iris family (being as fine in colour and form as, many of the famed orchids) their po- pularity should not lag. There is a common belief that the English. Dutch and Spanish bulbous irises are not hardy in open gardens. Data from' Amhert, Mass., show these bulbs withstood the severe. winter of 1934-j 35, when thousands of apple trees per fished. The cultural practices of the bulbous iris, briefly, are the same as' for hardy tulips. • Not only ' do irises grow in outdoor gardens, but they readily adjust them- selves to indoor treatment.' The bul- bous type are grown extensively in greenhouses for commercial use; but the other type is seldom used, al - 'though, if properly cared for, it is equally as good as far as cutting pos- sibilities" are concerned. For indoor production, ordinary garden varieties such as Kochii, Kharput, Cyanea, Scheekuppe, White - Edge, Orange Queen and Bride, which have comparatively -short erect fol- iage,' are the most suitable. To procure bloom for the late win- ter days of February and March ne- cessitates lifting' clusters of conven- ient size for shallow 6 to 8 -inch pots. supplied with adequate drainage and light soil. It might be well to add that the rhizomes should not be com- pletely covered by soil, but sufficient soil to cover roots emerging from the base of the rhizomes should be used. Allow these pots to receive the first frost, then remove to a cool dark situation where the frost' will grad- ually come out. In late December, as. is done with tulips, gradually intro- duce pots to the sun, watering only when the soil ;becomes dry, • After the plants have bloomed, plunge the pots in• the garden and feed well. One of the greatest mistakes hab- itually made by flower enthusiasts is the cutting of full blown flowers for house decoration. Especially does this apply to iris. To obtain, the maximum of beauty and longevity AG CARE OF CHILDREN 7 THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Mere They Will Sing You Their Songs -Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful and Inspiring. WHAT DO WE PLANT? What do we plant when we plant the tree? We plant the ship, which will cross • the sea. We plant the mast to carry the sails We plant the planks td, withstand the gales— 'file keel, the keelson, the beam, the knee; We plant the ship when we plant the tree. Wha do we plant when we plant the tree? We plant the houses for you and me. We plant the rafters, the shingles, the floors, We plant the studding, the lath, the doors, The beams the siding, all parts that be; We plant the jhouse when we plant the tree. What do we plant when we plant the tree? A. thousand things that we daily see; We plant the spire that out -towers the crag; We plant the staff fol our country's flag; We plant the shade from the hot I KNOW A GARDEN I know a garden, hidden from the street, Where bees and butterflies are busy all the day; A human haven, and a safe retreat, From every noisy, worldly, weary way. T•Iere, in the silent evening, visions of the past to . with thesweet odors of the flowers, And ideals of the poets, framed to Last, Are born among these peaceful bowers. The world goes on its own mad pace While a new world stirs to beauty here; A gentler, fairer, stronger race, Whose hands are clean, whose eyes are clear. —Joshua P. Crowell. CAMP FIRE GLEAM There's something in a camp fire's cheery gleam, That opens wide the windows of your soul; sun free, -..It sees each plan —each little fax,. We plant all these when we plant flung dream, the tree. —Exchange. TEMAGAMI Far in the gent Northwest beyond. the lines That turns the rivers eastward to the sea, Set with a thousand islands, crown- ed with pines Lies the deep water, wild Temagami; Wild for the hunter's roving, and the use Of trappers in its dark and track- less vales, Wild with the trampling of the giant moose, And the weird magic of old Indian tales, All clay with steady paddles toward the west Our heavy -laden long canoe w e pressed All day we saw the thunder traveled sky Purpled with storm in many a trail- ing trees, And saw at eve the broken sunset die In crimson on the silent wilderness. Archibald Lantpman. AS NATURig DEALS WITH US As a fond mother, when the day is o'er, Leads by the hand her little child • to bed, Half willing, half reluctant to be led, And leaves his broken playthings on the floor, Still gazing at them through the op- en door, Nor wholly reassured and comfort- ed By promises of others in their stead, Which, though more splendid, may not please him more; So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playthings one by one, and by ' the hand Leads us to rest so gently that we go Scarce knowing if we with to go or Stay, Being too full of sleep to under- stand ' How far the unknown transcends the what we know. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. from this flower, remove the clusters when the top bud isjust nicelybro- ken. Cutting with a sharp knife to prevent crushing of the vescularsys- teni, plunging immediately into iced water, and placing in a' dim light lengthens the period of show exten- sively. Bright sunlight rapidly fades all bloom and causes their beauty to be short-lived. As with ; most flow- ers, itis a good practice to cut iris early in the morning. In the production of iris, species are. readily , reproduced ' from seed, showing very slight variation in col- our, form and stature, but garden va- rieties seldom reproduce themselves true to type from seed. The most common method of propagation is the division of the rhizomes in the rhizomatous group. In severing the rhizome, be careful . to leave a small section' of the crown with each divis- It lights the candles that lead to your goal You gain new faith in all your fellow men, There where the feet of old Dame Na.. ture trod; Within the camp fire's magic glow, my friend, Your heart will tell you that you are close to God. —J. Gaskin McDaniel CAMP HYMN God, who touched earth with beauty, Make me lovely, too; With Thy spirit recreate me, Make my heart anew. Like Thy springs and running waters Make pie crystal pure; Like Thy rocks of towering gran- deur Make me strong and sure. , Like Thy dancing waves in sunlight Make me glad and free; Like the straightness of the pine trees Let me upright be. Like the arching of the heavens Lift my thoughts above; Turn my dreams to noble action— Ministries of love. God, who touchest earth with beauty, Make me lovely too; Keep me ever, by Thy Spirit, Pure, and strong, and true. —Mary S. Edgar. • THINGS THAT COUNT Not what we have, but what we use; Not what we see, but what we choose; These, are the things that mar or bless The sum of human happiness. The things nearby, not things afar; Not what we seem, but what we are; These are the, things that make or break; That give the heart its joy or ache. Not what seems fair, but what is truer Not what we dream, but good we do; These are the things that shine like gem's Like stars in fortune's diadems. Not as we take, but as we give; NO as we pray, but aswe live; These are the things that make for . Both now and after time shall cease. .. . Selected. ion. For the bulbous iris, the small bulblets forming beneath the large bulb can be removed and grown to flowering size. When choosing varieties it -is well to keep in mind the geographical lo- cation, and to procure those plants which are related to iris pallida and iris vaxiegata for northern sections, !' and progeny of iris mesopotamica and iris trojana for warmer. climates. However, as there is no fixed rule or line of demarcation where one or the other will grow, it is, a good practice to test desired varieties by importing two or three; roots and taking note of their reactions. If this is) to bk done, study mustfirst be made of controllable factors, such as soil,. moisture and exposure, and if these are favourable, winter hardiness is the determining factor of success or. failure. „.