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The Clinton News Record, 1934-01-11, Page 7THURS., JAN. 11, 1934 THE CLIFTON NEWS -RECORD Health, Cooking, Care of Children PAB Uf INT•EREST Edited By Lebam Hakeber Kralc Thrifty Housewives Buy Quality "Fresh From the Gardens" Ruuillaflous of BeVdaii A Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men HER DAX' : She cooked the breakfast first of all, • Washed the cups and plates, Dressed th'e children and made sure Stockings' all were nates. Combed their heads end made their beds, - Sent them out to play, ' Gathered up their motley toys, Put some books away. Dusted chairs and mopped the stairs, Ironed an hour or two, Baked a jar of coolcies and a pie, ' Then made a stew. • The telephone rang constantly, ' The doorbell did,the same, A youngster fell and stubbed •his toe, :And then the, laundry came. "• She picked up blocks and .mended socks, And then she blackened up the stove. (Gypsy folks were fortunate With carefree ways to rove!) And when her husband came at six He said: "I envy you! • It must be nice to sit at home Without a thing to do." -Helen Welshman. Wouldn't it be a good idea for us all to start the New Year with the resolve to try to see the other per- •son's viewpoint; to try to realize • 'what the other person has to con- tend with and to suspend judgment in most cases where we are prone to judge too hastily, until we know more about the circumstances. We are all a bit inclined to thinlq that we are imposed upon, that we have the heavy end' of the load and • that someone else is having a much better time than we area The wife thinks her husband has a nice time as he goes out to meet the world and win bread for his fain, ily because he is getting away from the continual round of household dut- ies to which she is tied, site does not stopto think, indeed, she knows noth ing about the annoyances, the exact ing duties and the troublesome prob lents which he meets every day in his business, or perhaps it is the hard dull round of physical toil by which he earns his bread. are very fine things with which to start the new year. We should all be happier and better if we could WOMEN PAGE 7 Household Economics r d1 cultivate this kindness and forebear - ante. ,REBIKAI, The Most Beautiful Will Ever Written Though we travel the world over soms and butterflies thereon; the. to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not. —Emerson. The will of the late "Tiger" Dun- lop, which is nothing more nor less than a mean attempt" to "get back" at some members of his family when it was impossible ' for them to re- taliate, and reveals him a's a nasty spirited old man, has been reproduc- ed so often that it is familiar to most newspaper or magazine read- ers in ' •-all this section. This will is a much finer docu- ment, revealing a lovable character, one overflowing with good will. It was found in the pocket of a 'ragged old coat belonging to an erst-while .lawyer, written in_ a firm hand on scraps of paper. It is worth reading arid pondering.—Rebekah. `;I, Charles Lounsberry, being of The husband considers that his wife is lucky to have him to fend for her while she is safely housed in hes own home; where she can do as she lilces, with nobody to boss her and just work or leave, it alone as the notion takes her. When he comes in after a hard day if the dinner is not ready and the children are trouble- some he cannot for the life of him see what she can have been doing all day and why' site cannot keep the kids in order. That's all she has to do. The truth of the matter ; •.is that both may be having about as tough a time as it is possible for two peo- ple to have and what they need is a word of appreciative sympathy and understanding from the other, not fault-finding on the part of either. Most people are so constituted that they will work their fingers to the bone for one who loves and appre-• ciates then., but it is dull work slaw ing for folk who have no apprecia• tion. We look at a neighbor and we think he or sho has an easy time, if only we were in like circumstances we should do so differently. But we do not really know anything about the other's circumstances, perhaps, or we should not judge. Mary Pickford is reported to have said that wives, especially, should learn to be "reasonably selfish," and that kindness has often had bad effects in'family circles. But I still think kindness is the most wonderful thing in the world. An honest ef- fort to get the viewpoint of another person, to understond and to refrain from ascribing unworthy motives, • a x s `' Edited by hallthScivice OF TELE aattabtatt iii edirat koortrittiuu and Life Insurance' Companies in Canada. GRANT FLEMING, M.D., Associate Secretary TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN 1 culosis• in children is in proportion to the opportunity for further in - In the public mind, tuberculosis' is regarded as being .a disease of ad - 'lilt life. This attitude is quite nat- ural because it is' in early adult life that tuberculosis takes its heaviest toll. -Nevertheless, tuberculosis is a serous problem at all ages, being andso does not receive any more responsible for''' many deaths in all age groups. Tuberculosis is' caused by a germ which invades the body and which may attack any part of the body. 'Tho germs as they affect children come either <from tuberculosis cat, tle, through milk, or from a tuber - onions person, through sputum.' All danger from bovine tuberculosis is child should be living with -an open removed` when milk is pasteurized, !case • of tuberculosis..This means and that is one reason why ohildren that the ease should : be placed in ,•.• should never be fed on raw milk. j sanatorium, or else that the young Tuberculosis in children is not the children should be removed. from the same thing as tuberculosis in adults. home. There is no ,other practical When a child is, found to be suffer l way of protecting the children.. The ing from tuberculosis, a careful ex- proof of this, statement is seen in. amination of the parents and other the reduction of tuberculosis almost adults with whom the child comes in proportion to the number of san- `into repeated intimate . contact ..in atrium .beds provided. The senator - the home will nearly always reveal ium gives the adult a good chance 'the source as being an unsuspected for recovery; and saves the children' ease of tuberculosis in the hoists. from: the contact which means tub- erculosis. wdods with their appurtenances, the squirrels and the birds and the echoes and the streams' noises, and all the distant places which may be visited, together with the adventures there found. And I give to' said boys each his own place at the fireside at night, with all pictures that may be seen in the burning wood, to enjoy without let or hindrance or without any en- cumbrance of caro. Item. To lovers I devise their im- aginary whatever the world, with y may need, as the stars in the sky, the red roses by 'the wall; the bloom of the hawthorn, the sweet strains of music, and aught. else •they may de- sire to figure to each other the last- ingness and beauty of their love. :stein. To young sten, jointly I de- vise and bequeath, all boisterous, in- spiring sport of rivalry, and I give V them the disdain of weakness and sound and disposing mind and mem- undaunted confidence in their own ory, do herebymake and publish this, strength. Though they are rude I, my Last Will and Testament, in or- der, as justly may be, to distribute my interest in the world among suc- ceeding men. - That part of my intenast which is known in law and recognized in sheepbound yolmnes as my property being inconsiderable and non -account, I will make no disposition of in this, the colours of the poems of Burns my will. My rightto live, being but and 'Shakespeare and of other poets, a life estate, is not at my disposal, if there be others, to the end that they may live the old' days over a- gain, freely and fully, without tithe or diminution. Item. To our . loved ones with snowy crown I bequeath the happi- ness of old age, .the love and grad; pet names and endearments, and I tude of their children until they fall charge said parents to use them just- asleep." ly but generously, as the needs of their children shall require. Item. I leave to children inclus- ively,hood, all and every flower of the but only'for the termpf child - BACK AS HISTORY GOES leave to them the power " to make lasting friendship ,and of possessing companions, and to *them exclusively I give all merry songs and grave choruses to sing with lusty voices. Item. And to those whoare no longer children or youth or lover, I, leave memory and bequeath to them e fection. By this we 'mean that if the child is left living in the home where there is an active case of tub- erculosis, the outlook for the child is bad if not hopeless. If, however, he is nernoved' from further contacts, heavy doses of tuberculosis germs, the outlook is good. Practically this means that adults with tuberculosis are responsible for tuberculosis in children. The adult with an oldcronic cough may be tuberculous and should• be regarded with suspicion until it is proved that his condition is not tuberculosis. No but these things excepted, all else in the the world I now proceed to. devise and bequeath. Item. I give to all good fathers and mothers, in trust for their child- ren, all good little words of praise and encouragement and all quaint fields and blossoms of the woods with the right to play among them freely, according to the csstoms of children, warning them at the same time a-, gainst thistles and thorns. And, I devise to children the banks of the brooks and the golden sands beneath the waters thereof, -'and odors of the willows that • dip therein and the white clouds that float high over the giant trees. ' And I leave to the children the long, long days to be merry in, in a thousand ways, and the night and the train of the Milky Way to wonder at, but subject nevertheless, to the rights Tuberculosis . is : essentially a family disease. It is net that the disease is inherited, but rather that it spreads in the family from one mem- "bet to another. Apparently the gravity of 'tuber - Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As. sociation," 184' College': Street, Toron- bo, will be answered personally by letter. IGambrinus was a real person, says the Indianapolis News. He was duke of Brabant in the Thirteenth century and derived his title from Jan' Prim us or January 1. The mythical Gam- brinus was credited with the inven- tion of beer, but the record fails to substantiate the story. Beer was known when the Egyptians were making queer -looking characters on papyrus, and writings of the time of Setti I (1500 B.C.) mention a citizen who became 'intoxicated, on it. The Greeks, who had two words for it, learned about brewing from the THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs -Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins pirling VIS.ION . • If I must stay when others take their trips And see the world beyond my win- dow sil'I. And make my voyages in phantom ships That come and go at will. God grant me vision where I can not see And I shall learn that, like a pal- ing torch. The Alpine, glow may come across to me Upon a cottage porch. • —Ethel Fanning Young in The 'Churchwoman. MY SYMPHONY To live content with small means, To seek elegance rather than lux- ury, And refinement rather than fash- ion. To be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich, To study hard, think quietly, talk : gently, act frankly. To listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages with open heart. To bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, Await occasions, hurry never; In a word, to let the spiritual, un, bidden and unconscious grow up through the common; This is to be my symphony. dC-7fi THIS LOVELINESS hereinafter given to lovers. Egyptians, the Romans experimented Isom. L devise to boys, jointly, all with malted liquors and ,the early Germans became fond of brew. Or the useful, idle fields and commons where ball may be played, all plea- sant waters where one may swim, all snow -clad hills where one niay coast, notedthat beer was plentiful in and all streams and ponds where one Spain, and wrote that "so exquisite may fish, or where grim winter is the cunning of mankind in grat- • mes one may skate, to hold the if ing their vicious appetites 'that same for the period of their boyhood. they have thins invented a method to And all meadows with the clover bloc- make water itself produce intoxica- tion." The natives in South Africa knew about !brewing as far back as history goes. iginally theGreeks and the Romans, loyal to the grape, despised beer as a drink of the barbarians. Pliny FISH WITH SHEEP TEETH The sheepshead, one of the most valuable food- fishes of the United States, derives its urine not from the shape of its head, but from the teeth, which resemble. those of a sheep to an amazing degree. • The fish varies in weight from two pounds to about fifteen. Its teeth are used to grind up the shells of the shellfish, upon which it feeds principally. 'Young oysters; barnacles, mussels and Simi lar crustacean are its favorite food. The fresh -water drum is a type of sheepshead. * :A 8: * NEWSRECORD • * THE •1 * * * THE NEW -RECORD IS .• * AN ALL-AROUND FAMILY: * * NEWSPAPER, WITH SOME- * * THING OF ,INTEREST FOR * EVERY MEMBER OF THE * NEW ZEALAND GLOW WORM CAVES It is as quiet as death as you float into the glow worm caves near Wai tomo, New Zealand. Your guide's paddle makes no sound. Your boat slides forward away from the deep hue of the starred night sky and glides into inky blackness ahead. Suddenly, immeasurably far above, a single fading spot of light. Another and another, until the whole of this artificial sky that is the cavern roof comes alive with will -o' -the wisps. It is the glow worm's light. Now a solid sheet of phosphorescent gleam- ing. Now a thousand isolated flakes of 'light: The floating lights change, waver, drop nearer and then recede, die before, your eyes and then re- kjndle in far corners.—Review of Re- views 'and World's Work. * FAMILY. • * • * ARE YOU A REGULAR..* * SUI3SCIIIBER. IF NOT, '' ▪ WHY Nov * THE NEWS -RECORD VIS- * ITS YOU REGULARLY • *• EACH WEEK OF THE IF- * * `TY -TWO IN_ THE YEAR • * AND. COSTS LESS THAN * THREE CENTS PER WEEK. * * YOU CANNOT GET. MORE • " FOR YOUR MONEY ANY- *. * WHERE. COME IN OR SEND "' * IN YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ° * FOR THE CLINTON NEWS- " * RECORD ONLY I$1,50 FOR * "_,1984. WHERE DO THE OLD TIRES GO? Have you' ever wondered where the old automobile tire casings and in - inet tubes go? Argentina is seeking , rubber .scrap from Canada for the manufacture- of soles from the rub- ber for cheap grades of canvas I shoes and the remaining :portion of the fabric of tires ,for the manufac- ture of sleeves for blowout patches. Japan is also a large importer of old tires. r * * * The advertisements are printed for your convenience. They inform and save your time, energy and money.. I must hold close this loveliness Today , Wind in the pines, A cardinal's quick way. The warm, sweet smell -of earth After a shower, The quiet nearness of A garden flower. Small sounds among the grasses, A 'blue sea Where white winds sing a high glad Song to me. Lost I should sometime, stumbling, Lose my way Let me: hold fast this loveliness • today. -Ella II. Eckel. filled with dew, Hand in hand with magic, I went- and dreamed of you. —Nora I. Millen, in the Chatelaine. FAILURE Although you've spanned the wildest sea, Have ridden on the wind, But cannot human suffering see, Or cannot call to mind Tho tune you've lent a heaping hand To some one in distress, Although you're known in every land, You haven't had success. Although you've reached a distant goal, Have made a famous name, Have claimed the frigid Arctic pole, But haven't played the game,, And haven't once owned up ` you're wrong, Nor helped in tines of stress, Although you're praised both loud and long, You haven't had success. For if you haven't Iit a smile On some one's mournful face, And given as you took. the while, And filled a worthy place, Of if you haven't eased a pain And helped folk more or less, My friend; I fear you've lived in, Vain; You haven't had success. e FAIRY GOLD Of priceless things this coin will bring great store Moon -whits enchantments, magic as the seas— And any who would unlock fairy doors With fairy gold must pay for fairy keys. In some safe little wallet, buckled fast, ! poral things— ' rise above them, wilt Thou lend me wings? Do you remember the stretcher -cases lurching back With dying eyes and lolling heads -- those ashen -gray Masks of the lads who once were keen and kind }grid gay? Have you forgotten yet? :. Look up and swear by the green of-- the f•the spring that you'll never for get. • —,Siegfried Sassoon in Our Empire' (London). AFTER. For me as well the hour will soon be striking, When, I amid the blaze of even- ing's gold, Will carry to the grave my work and labor,— This life on earth that I have found so cold. —Beatrice E. Godby. IN CONVALESCENCE Not long ago I prayed for dying grace, For then I thought to see Thee face to face. And now I ask (Lord, 'tis a weak- ling's cry) • That Thou wilt give me grans to live —not die. Such foolish prayers! I, know. Yet pray I must. Lord, help me—help me not to see the dust! And not to nag nor fret because the blind Hangs crooked, and the curtain sags behind. But, ohI The kitchen cupboards! What a sight! 'Twill take at least a month to get them right. And that last cocoa hid a smoky taste; And all the milk has boiled away to waste! And—no, I resolutely will not think About the saucepans, nor about the sink. These light afflictions are but tem - Dear fairy people, give us of your gold, That we may keep it till all youth is past And hold it close to spend when we are old. -From "Fairy Doors," Sheard. by Virna DREAMS Relentless Time, that gives both harsh and kind, Brave let me be To take thy various gifts with equai mind, And proud humility; But, even by day, while the full day light streams, Give ire my dreams?= . Whatever, Time, thou takest from my heart, What from my life, From what, dear thing thou yet maystP make me part -4 Plunge not too deep the knife As dies the day, and the long twilight gleams, Spare, me my dreams! —Richard Watson Gilder. c LOVE SONG Down among the hedgerows where the shadows come and go, Out across the meadow where the little breezes blow, Hand in hand with wander. I walked a golden mile, Filled with dreams : asid sweetness and the glory of your smile. All along the river where the ripples shine with 'spring, Dancing through ,a blue hell wood And after I will rest in greenest pasture, Beside the shores of smoothly -flow. ing seas, Where evening's latest sunbeams flash and flicker In happy mood between white -blow sotned trees. The great and generous sky will be my vision, Where heavy clouds disperse in passage fleet, And flowers that only grow in fairy fancy Shall blossom then in fragrance at my feet. , And nothing will I think, and nought remember Of all the torment of the years now gone; But I will kiss my blue, beloved flowers, And bless the evening's promise of a dawn. —Translated from the Austrian by Angela K. Dawes. Then I shall smile when Jane, with towsled hair (And lupy gruel) clatters up the stair.m—Fay Inchfawn. AFTERMATH Have you forgotten yet? - . • For the world's events have tumbled on since those gagged days, Like traffic checked awhile at the crossing of city ways; And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts that flow Like clouds in the lit heaven of life; and you're a man reprieved to go, Taking your peaceful share of time, with joy to spare. But the past is just the same—and war's a bloody game- Have you forgotten yet? Look down and swear by the slain of the war that you'll never for- got. Do you remember the dark months you held the sector at Mametz— The nights you watched and wired the dug and piled sandbags on parapets? • Do you remember:tlif, rats, and the stench Of corpses rotting in front, of the frontline trench And dawn coming dirty -white and chill with a hopeless rain? Do you ever stop and ask, "It, is all going to happen, again?" Do you remember, that hour of din before the attack-- And the anger, the blind compassion that seized and shook you then I where joeund fairies swing, As. you peered at the doomed and In among the buttercups and daisies haggard faces of your men? Advertse:mu Doltars into the pen INDIAN DROUGHT LEGENDS LIKE STORIES OF BIBLE Many legends of the southwestern Indians bear striking similarity to stories of Biblical times. For in- stance, there is the story of great draught when the hummingbird- found ummingbirdfound food. The people had begun to los.* their faith in the great Mother who ruled the universe. • They turned from her teachings and her ways to follow their own desires and the mother, in order to punish them, took the clouds out of the sky and put them away and soon the land became parched and suffering became widespread. For four years no rain fell and all entreaties to the mother failed to awaken any response, All efforts to locate her were futile. Only the hum- mingbird knew. To the hummingbird the mother gave instructions that her plan= of concealment should be kept secret and in return for pre- serving the secret the hummingbird was permitted to .visit Shipap, place of origin and final resting place of the dead, where it was able to draw the honey from the flowers and sat- isfy their thirst. After four years of suffering, dur- ing which many died, the people fin» ally learned the truth that the source of all food and water waa the mother, and when this truth n'as completely impressed upon them the rain returned and rejoicing was great throughout the land as the re- freshing showers brought tvlief. "Movie" Dogs Must Have Settle A celebrated trainer of dogs for movie purposes, and the firstman to produce "dog operas," says that his dogs are all hand picked. "There are just two points I take into consid- eration when I select a dog for train= ing; first, the dog's eyes must show that it has a soul. Second, it must have a broad head, sufficient to en- case a good sized brain. Nothing else matters. He may be a wreck from kicks and curses, half starved and cowed., This shows that he needs only a friend. He will re- spond to your kindliness quicker than the well fed, contented dog that has known no hardships. Win his con- fidence and you get complete obed- ience—idolatrous obedience, I might say. Then he will do anything you command hiin to do without asking. why or questioning its practicability: That's whatmakes 'dog opera' pos- sible.;! Ws far Children`s Coughs { rad Colds As, well As your Owii Mother, don't worry when the children have a bad -cough or old—just give them BUCK- IOY'5. MIXTURE mixed with equal parts. of honey. One pleasant little dose will 5100 tin. mediate -relief. Two doses are often all thatare needed to end a bed cold. 'Buckley's is absolutely, safe for the smallest' child, but so supremely good that it will banish the toughest 'adult cough or cold and simply wonderful for 'flu or bronchitis. Refuse substitutes. Buckley's is sold everywhere.