The Clinton News Record, 1934-03-22, Page 7THURS., MARCH '22,19 4
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Health, Cooking, A PACE OF I T O tl�MEN.
Care of `Children
Edited By Lebain Hakeber Kralc
iriuijiatimis Rekali
Column Prepared Especially for Women
But Not Forbidden to Men
THE WOMEN WHO WASHES
. DISHES
' You have heard, I know,
.:Of "the man with the hoe,'
;And "the man behind the gun.".
We have heard so long
'Their litho song,
"`They have their laurels won.
.E3ut I lay a claim of well-earned frame
And bring her niy best wishes---,
'For sterling grit,
'•She is surely "it"--
` The women who washes dishes.
We have wept at the "hot"
'..In the "Song of the Shirt,"
And groaned at the doleful tale,
Do you ever think
Of the ono at the sink,
And what we'd' de if she'd fail?
Three times a day,
With never a nay,
She gathers the greasy pile;
' The pots and pans, with tired hands,
She washes up with a smile.
Then sing if you will
With voices shrill,
• Of the man with the hoe and gun;
But this I say,
(Can you say me nay?)
She, too, has her laurels won,
So, I lay a claim
Of well-earned fame—
And give her my best wishes,
For sterling grit,
Sheds surely "it"—
The women who washes dishes.
—Mrs. John McBain
Washing dishes doesn't seem to be
' much of a vocation, indeed, few
• would choose it as a life work. Bet
nevertheless it cannot but .take up a
good deal of the time and attention
of the mother of a family who at-
tends to her own housework. It is
• something which must be done and
must be done often.
Looking at it as a necessary part
of the daily routine, however, it is
possible to approach the job with a
sort of a philosophical spirit, After
. all, it is not a very heavy. job and if
one has plenty of hot water, soap,
clean towels and a clean pan and
cloth it is not a bad job at all, First
scrape your dishes, rinsing out all
tea leaves, sugar, etc. from the cups
and all sticky substances from bowls
and platters, so as not to have your
dishwater fouled. Then wash, first
• glassware, silver, china and so or
•down to the pots and pans, in soapy
water, ''rinsing off with boiling was
ter, all but the glasses, the rinse era -
ter ;being slightly below boiling for
them, and wipe while still hot, Some
folk leave the dishes in a rack to dry
off without wiping after the -blot
rinse. This may be all right, too,
and would do away with a lot of
work and the use of so many towels.
But hot water and plenty of it is the
secret' 'of making wishwashing easy
and as pleasant as it is possible to,
make it. Personally, I have never
disliked washing dishes under such
conditions as described above.
Then, when washing dishes, sweep-
ing floors, dusting and making beds
there is mind -leisure to think of so
many things, When you are doing
that which employs both hand and
brain you have to give your whole
attention to it, But when you are
doing work with whieh you are so la-
minae that your hands mechanically
perform it your brain, can be work-
ing on something else altogether.
I heard of a young girl who used
to pin up a poem where she could
read it as she washed dishes and
prepared vegetables. In this way
she managed to commit many lovely
poems to, memory. It is possible, too,
if you are trying to think something
out to go on thinking away at it as
you work with your hands, Thus the
house keeper has a much better
chance to improve her mind than the
woman who is spending her time
serving the public or working in an
office or factory.
Nor some reason, I could never see
the reasonableness of it, housework,
the most necessary work there is,
surely, has not been considered es
honorable as some other kinds of
work. But the woman who keeps
her own house, cooking meals for
her family, looking after their com-
fort, seeing that hone is a place of
rest and comfort and good cheer for
the dear renes who gather in it,
shouldn't yield the paha to anybody.
It is .a career to match that of any
other, if only she does it properly.
I fear that many women disparage
their own work, think lightly of it
and, some of them at least, skimp
and neglect it. The work of the
homemaker who slights her job as
work not worthy of her will never
gain the reputation el doing that
job as it should be done. And she
will never gain from it the feeling
of satisfaction in a job well done,
which is the best reward labor has
for anyone.
—RIEBBEIK.AH.
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SAVE TUE HEARING be removed, but when they are found
The special senses of sight and to be diseased, there is no doubt but
hearing are our most precious physi- that they should Conte out. Ade-
a1 possessions. What we have to noids should be removed. The des
say is for the parents of young chit- cision as to the need for removal in.
dren as it has to do with action early any ,particular child should be made
in life to save hearing for the later by the doctor who examines the
• years. child wind so knows the actual condi-
In order to save the hearing or to, tion of the nose and throat.
avoid deafness, we must proceed a- Where adenoids interfere with
long the sound lines of preventing breathing,., or when either tonsils or
• those conditions which are apt to adenoids are part of a genial cat -
lead to deafness, A. common cause arrhal condition of the •nose and
of deafness is infection of the middle throat, they, play an important part
ear, which passes from the throat ',p in bringing about loss of bearing.
the eustachian tube connecting the The .same may be said of the impro-
throat and the middle ear. The most perly-balanced diet or the particular
common type of such infection is ti•,e article of diet which causes the stuf
erdinavy bead cold. fed -up nose. In such cases, attention
Colds are more serious 'in children to the diet is indicated.
• than in adults. 'The eustachian tube To sum up, we would say that, ,in
of the child, as compared to that of order to preserve hearing, it is 05
the adult, is short, straight and ,vide, sential that, during theearlier years
Obviously, this renders infecti•m of of life, attention be given to the pre-
., the •middle ear, via the 'eustachian vention of infections; such as the
tube,' much, more Iikely,' end so ins common cold and the ordinary com-.
• creases the chances of damage to municable diseases, or, if they do
the hearing apparatus which often' !Occur, their prompt and proper treat
`follows middle' ear infection. meet. Falls and blows on the face
Catarrh means a ehrouie inflemma- should not be neglected, and the diet,
Val. A frequent cause of nasal ca. tonsils and, adenoids should receive
'tarrh is the deformity ,of the septum consideration There' are other ress
which divides the nose into two parts, sons for attending to these conditions,
We are told that the septum is not but net the least important has to do
•infrequently put out of its proper, with the' preservation of the sense
place 'by ,falls on the face which no. of hearing.
• cur when the child is learning to Questions. con.cerning Health,. ads
wall-. dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
A great deal has been written and sociation, 184 'College ,Street, Toren-
-mid about tonsils and adenoids. We to, will be. answered personally by
els, not suggest that all tonsils should letter.
Household
1�11 Economics
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Editor Isn't Fond of This Task
An item in the Lenox, Iowa, Time-
Table tells of a task any editor
shrinks from,. It says;
"I dislike writing the obituary of
an old lady. It seems so futile try-
ing to set down in writing the things
she did. She was born, she grew up,
joined a church, was married, became
a mother, and passed to her reward,
The dates of her birth, marriage and
death are mentioned for they are the
high points of her existence. The
story of her life is pitifully .short,
"The life of her husband would re-
cord the facts.. of his existence and al-
so of his business life. Perhaps, too,
it would tell sof political triumphs and
of what he had. done for the town,
the county, the state and the nation.
The stranger who might read it would
understand that the town had lost a
valuable citizen.
"We cannot tell, in writing the obit-
uary of a woman, eof all the triumph
and disasters of her life. They would
sound too petty.' When es n bride
she and her husband set up a home
she assumed the responsibilities that
she had never known before. ` She
learned to spend long hours doing
toilsome work that was never finish-
ed. Day after day the same things
had to be done and she became an
expert at doing them. But these
things she did do not deserve mention
in the final story of her life. They
were not outstanding.
"She risked her life each time a
child was born and, perhaps, once or
twice ventured so far into the valley
of the shadow that she almost slipped
away, and it was only by fighting
with every iota of her strength that
she was able to pull through, not al-
ways because she wanted to live but
because she was needed. There was a
family: forher to care for. But ,we
can't give credit for that. Mothers
have been doing that since the dawn.
of time.
"She brought the children into the
world, and she washed them and
dressed them .and loved them and
kissed away their tears. Sihe bandag-
ed their injured fingers and toes. She
nursed them through sickness and
she smoothed their .paths through
life, and all the while she was en-
couraging her husband and helping
him to become successful.
"She made his home cheerful and
restful. She listened to the' stories of
his troubles and encouraged him to
try again when disaster overtook him.
And when success would come and
his head would begin to rise among
the clouds she would gently pull him
back to earth and continue the pro-
cess of making a man of him.
"But she gets no .credit for any of
these things. It is what she was put
on earth to do,
"At last she came to the end of the
toilsome journey and she is laid to
rest. Her funeral is attended .by
many who did not know her but who
cane out of respect to her husband
and friends. The minister reads front
a slip of paper the uninteresting facts
of her birth, marriage and death, and
names the members of her family
who survive her, but he does not tell
all the things she did, partly 'because
they are taken for granted. Yon can't
put all that into an obituary. People
might laugh at you for writing it."
Vancouver Newspaper Woman Tells Joke
On Herself
Doesn't See Canadian Girls Going
Back To Spinning Wheel
lifiss Grace Luckhart, on the editor-
ial staff of The Province, tells this
good story on herself, describing a
holiday trip she recently took, visit-
ing Los Angeles.
Site knew no one on arrival and
felt lonely ,but facing the hotel man-
ager she remembered that the Van-
couver steamship office ticket seller
had given her. a personal card to pre-
sent to him. She did so. He merely
gave her a queen look and summoned
a bell -boy. Fishing for the latter's
tip, she saw the ticket agent's card.
She remembered then that what she
must have given the manager was a
different one.
"When it flashed through my mind,
my foot specialist had given me a
card to a shoe store in Vancouver.
The words had been imprinted on my
mind, because T couldn't bear to have
anyone read it. And what do you
think was the message I, had handed
to the hotel manager? Merely this:
"This lady has a predisposition to
bunions. See that she gets a longer
81100."
?diss Luckhart has some comment
'in The Province an girls on the Earn
and spinning wheels. She says:
"Father Laflamme's recent comments
on the spinning wheel were all right:.
theoretically., He said to his aud-
ience, "We 'gust keep the girls on
the farms, and they must make their
own clothing for the family. The art
of spinning would do it,"
"All I .can say to this gentleman,"
says Miss Luckhart, is 'be yourself.'
I remember a lot about rural On-
tario a few decades ago, but even, in
my time the spinning wheel had gone
into the "discard. And while it is; all
reminiscent of lavender and
old lace and valentines and coy mai-
dens, it belongs to a past age. Ima-
gine ',;ring to get farmers' daughters
to sit at home and spin. Of course if
the whole system blows up, which
some of our best pessimists think it
may, and we are alt back getting our
living from the land—then there is
time to think of getting the girls
started at their spinning. And if I
know the modern girl, she'd show you
spinning as was spinning."
B,C. SALMON LIVERS RICH IN
VITAMIN A
Federal Fisheries Research Shows
Vitamin Potency of Oil Excep-
tionally High
Recent Canadian studies have
Shown that the oil content in British
Columbia Salmon livers is much low-
! er than in the livers of various other
lfish—but they have also shown that
the salmon oil is very rich in Vita-
min A,
As a matter of fact, the poorest
sample of salmon liver oil examined
in the investigation was found,. to
contain twice as much Vitamin A.
per grain, as was present in a re.
cognized medical liver oil with which
comparisons were made, and the rich-
est salmon sample forty times as
much! The importance of the find -
Inge, of cohuse, comes from the fact
that Vitamin A is an essential health -
making substance and from the fur-
ther fact that quantities of livers
could be obtained in the course of Bri-
tish Columbia- salmon canning operas
tions if their utilization for oil pro-
duction were undertaken, While
there has heretofore been some pro-
duction of oil from salmon waste in
British Columbia, and it is tobe re-
lnemb•ered that in salmon the oil; of
the fish is not concentrated in the liv-
er but is distributed through the
body tissues as well, the livers have
not been used by themselves in the
reduction plants.
Famous Masculine
Knitters
Knitting is usually considered a
woman's job, but many glen have
indulged; in the apstime, no less il-
lustrious, and masculine, a person
than Ibis Royal highness, the Prince
of Wales, recently - sent a: scarf he
had knitted himself to the Personal
League of Service: which caused a
good deal of 'interest. leis Royal
Highness is, however, far from be-
ing the only celebrated mean,
finds relaxation, . in a pair of knit-
ting needles. . Lord Jellicoe, like
many other sailors; was an expert at
knitting, Sir Evelyn De la flue, of.
the ,famous printing family, is also
an expert knitter, and even invented
a special wool -winding machine for
his own benefit.
Kennedy indicated, would have a full
time position, the other two members`
per diem allowanines. The fee under
the bill would be nominal, 11e said.
An appropriation of $3,000,000 an -
der the Northern Development Act
is made in the resolution of Hon.
Wm. Finlayson, Minister of Lands
and Forests, who stated that since
the act came into force in 1912, there
has been $63,000,000 appropriated un-
der this fund:
Legislation giving municipalities
Power to license and control lending
libraries with a view to banning cir-
culation of objectionable books will
be brought in by •the government,
Hon. Wm. Finlayson, Minister of
Lands and Forests intimated when a
similar bill was before the House,'
introduced by Fred G. McBrien, Con-
servative, Brocton, Mr. Finlayson
informed Mr. McBrien the govern-
ment planned legislation which will
go further than the McBrien bill,
An amendment to the Pawnbrok-
ers' Act introduced . by Attorney -
General W. H. Price, .prevents pawn-
ing of naval or military medals, des
coratien er orders, and also provides
a fine of notless than $20 for in-
fraction of the Act.
H. J: Davis, Cons., Elgin, introduce
ed legislation which aims to make
Remembrance Day, Nov. 11, a legal
holiday, and which will compel every
municipality to observe the holiday.
Public Account committee held
their initial meeting under the chair-
manship of Hon, W. D. Black, Con-
servative member for Addington,
when it was ruled that matters per-
taining to other years than 1938 will
not be discussed. Both Liberal Leads
er liiteQuibban and N. 0. Hipel, Lib,
South Waterloo, sought to bring in
matters pertaining to other years,
the former in regard to financing of
the Liquor Control. Board, and the
latter in regard to road contracts.
The Ontario Legislature
A stinging attack upon Opposition
members of the Legislature was made
by Hen. Wim. Finlayson, Minister of
Lands and Forests, in the budget de-
bate, for following the leadership of
Provincial Liberal Leader Hepburn
and a policy of—if returned to power
--to fire wholesale civilservants and
members of the Hydro-E1eetric Power.
Commission staff.
Mr. Finlayson defended Mr.. Gaby as
an outsanding member of the Hydro
staff, and probably the greatest en-
gineer in Hydro matters on the con-
tinent. He did' not imagine that the
good thinking people of the province
would approve, of it, neither did ho
believe that members of the opposi-
tion would approve of it"
The Milk Control Bill passed
through committee stage of the
House during which Mon. T. L. Ken-
nedy, Minister of Agriculture, indi-
cated a boo dfof three would shortly
be appointed. The efiairman, Col.
"MAN WITH DONKEY" TO BE
IMMORALIZED
"The Man with the Donkey" is to
be immortalized in Australian mar-
ble as typifying the spirit of the
Anzacs, those great soldiers who
won fame in the Gallipoli campaign,
The Man with the Donkey was a
private soldier known as "Murphy,"
but bis real name was Simpson. One
day he found a donkey which had
strayed frons the Turkish lines and
conceived the idea of using it to
bring in the wounded. Told by bis
officer to go ahead, he worked
quietly day and night for three
weeks, dodging bullets and shrapnel,
rescuing the wounded from a zone of
intense danger. He seemed two bear
a charmed life, but one day his don-
key calve back alone. Later the
Australians wanted to present the
donkey to tree King, but search show-
ed it had been left behind at the e-
vacuation of Gallipoli. The Red
Cross in Australia is collecting funds
to build a monument to a simple hero
and his tough and faithful old don-
key will be a feature of the design.
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE. POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful
and Ins pir ing•
BEYOND
I wonder, if the tides of spring
Will always bring me back again
elute rapture at the simple thing;
Oe lilacs blowing in the ram
If so, my heart will ever' be
Above all fear, for I shall know
There is a greater mystery
(Beyond the time when lilacs blow.
—Thomas S. Jones, Jr,
Awmatoono
NEVER TOO SOON
Are you going to do a kindly deed,
It 'is never too soon to begin;
Make haste, makehaste, for the mo-
ments speed,
And the world, my dear one, has
pressing need
Of your tender thought and your
kindly deed.•
It is never too soon to begin,
—Jean Blewitt.
ENGLISH SKI PARTY TO
EXPLORE ROCKIES
The planned expedition of an
English Alpine Ski Club party to
explore the vicinity of Me Wadding-
ton (13,260 ft.) and its challenging
group of sister .peaks,. served to
bring the Coast Range of British Col-
umbia into rightful prominence as a
colorful mountaineering area ' the
past winter,
Although Alpinists at hone and a-
broad have shown preference in the
past for the better known territory
faiithee inland, the Coast Runge bas
had its champions in Mr. and Mee.
bon Munday of Vancouver. Since
1925 they have carried on a campaign
in the Coast Range that has been a
brilliant contribution to Canadian Al-
pine history.,
while the Mundaye have made their
climbs from the Pacific Coast side,
Sir Norman 'Watson and Wing Con;'
mender Nauman, president of the
English Club crossed the range frog
the east and had the co-operation of
Vancouver ski moun-taineers.
It is not the first visit of Sir Nor-
man to the Coast Range. In company
with Henry S. Hall.Ji'., noted Boston
mountaineer, he made a short re
meermitre to the Range via Ashcroft,
B.C. in 1931. Mr. Hall made a more,
extensive' climb in the area in 1982
accompanied be Hans Fuhrer, the
Swiss' guide from Jasper National
Park.
SE'AFORTTi: The death occurred
on Friday morning at his home iu
Egmondville of Peter DeCourey, high-
ly esteemed resident at, the advanced
age of 97 years. Ho was born in
Ireland, a son of the late Patrick De-
Courcy, and Mare Oates. He later
came to Canada and settled in Hib-
beet Township where he spent, the,
Most of his life.
HE HAVE FALTERED
If I have faltered more or less
In my great task of happiness;
If I have moved among my race
And shown no glorious morning face;
If beams frolic happy human eyes
Have shoved me not; if morning skies,
Books, and my food, and summer ram
Knocked cn my sullen heart in vain;
Lord, Thy most pointed pleasure take,
And stab my spirit bi•oaci awake.
--Robert Louis Stevenson
THE PHEASANT
A pheasant cock sprang into view,
A living jewel, up he flew.
His wings laid Hold on empty space,
Scorn bulged his eyeballs out with
grace.
He was a hymn from tail to beak,
With not a tender note 01. meek.
Then the gun let out its thunder.
The bird descended struck with
wonder.
He ran a little, then amazed,
Settled with his head upraised.
The fiereeness flowed out of. hie eyes
And left them sleek and large and
wise.
Gentleness relaxed his head,
He lay in jeweled feathers, dead.
—Robe1•t P. Tristram Coffin
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M0'rHE.R OF MiNE
Sometimes in the hush of the evening
flour,
When the shadows reeep from the
west,
2 think of the twilight songs you sang,
And the boy you ,lulled to rest;
The wee little hey with tousled head,
That long, long ago was thine,
I 'wonder if seiner n s you long for
that, bay,
Oli, little 'Mother of aline.
Anil now he has cone to man's estate,
Grown stalwart is body and strong,
And you'd hardly know that Ile was
- the lad,;
Mein you ]-lolled with your slumber
song,
These'yeaes have altered the form and
life,
But his heart is unchanged by time,
Anrl still he is only the boy es of old,
Oh, little mother of mine.
—Rudyard Kipling,
erre
I would have lent a • Iittle friendship
to you, `
And slipped my hand within your
lonely band,'
And made' your stay more pleasant in
the land—
If I had known!
IF I. HAD KNOWN
If. I had known what trouble you were
bearing
What griefs were in the silence of
your face,
I would have been more gentle and
more caring,
And tried to give you. gladness for
a space.
I' would have brought more warmth
into the place—.
If I had knowel
If I had lsnown what thoughts des-
pairing. drew you,
Why do we never understand?
Anon
IS THAT THE WAY OF IT?
Quebec M.P: s—those happy lads—
Far, far prefer bilingual ads„
Bilingual tickets on the train,
Bilingual this and that again,
So please don't think of it as funny
That now they want bilingual money,
Yet most folks' wonder,' same as me,
Just what the difference will be,
For money seams to, say "Goodbye,"
And leave its owner with a sigh
Whate'er the language, every penny,
Until he simply hasn't any.
"Ona moment," chirps a little bird.
"Please do not make yourself absurd.
In French it will be `Au Revoir'
And don't you know what that is for?
'See you again!'—Well, that's an
earful.
Go to it, lads. It is more cheerful!
—Eric Muncaster
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WHEN IN DEEP SNOW
When deep in winter, I remember
' spring—
And straightway from my lips the
stinging cup
Of frosty, barren days and shivering
nights
Is lashed to fragments by the sudden
glow
Of gold and scarlet tulips in a row—
When sleep in winter I remember
Bring.
When deep in sorrow, I remember
God—
Then, sraighter than an arrow in its
flight,
Across the darkness of embittered
loss
My thought goes winging into outer
space
To cry Isis name, to bring again His
• face,
And final my shelter m His shadowing
cross,
—Eleanor Ifalbrook Zimmerman
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AGAINST CLOCKS
Put not your trust in clocke, I say
For clocks are faithless fellows,
Begrudging further stint of clay
Poor lads before the gallows!
Stich tedious talkers, tick, on tick,
Their discourse it the bane
Of pereens lying parched and sick,
I'o• they inform the pain.
IIow long it's pulse, how long 'twill
ran
Before it finds surcease
At last. '11110n fevered nights are
done,
When there is Light and peace,
They set a swift, impatient pace
With a beguiling chime,
I've known one wear the straightest
Ecco
And telt the falsest time.
Onee on a hill -top wreathed with
Hewer,
In thyme and sun -sweet clover,
A clock's' face leaning fron'i a tower,
Espied me and 'my lover:
Two having neither dials nor charte
To count the minutes by,
With but the beating of their hearts
To gauge eternity.
Affronted, then it told the town,
It drove its engines hard
And fast -It would not throttle down
Their fury nor retard
Their haste. When love lay like a
seed
Sown deeply, silently, •
It still ticked on—nor seemed to heed
That time bad stopped for me.
Amanda Benjamin Hall
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