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The Clinton News Record, 1935-03-14, Page 7THURS.,1a'iARC Y 14, 1935 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 7 Health Cooking 1 • Edited By Mabel R. Clark Edvon rdhbrn j CROWN 0 LORN 5Y'iJ pN – No NY OURISHED }{,47 HAS MORE CANADIAN CHILDREN THAN ANY OTHER CORN SYRUP A product of The CANADA STARCH Co., Limited Hilliidoo of BeVeg�� A Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men LET ME KEEP LENT • Let me keep Lent; Let me not kneel and pray, Forego some trifle every day, Fast ... and take Sacrament . And then Lend tongue to slander, hold ancient grudge, deny ' The very Lord Whom I would glorify, Let me, keep Lent; • Let ray heart grow in grace, Let Thy light shine till my illumined face Shall be a testament Read by all men That Irate is buried, Self crucified— new-born ' That spirit that shall rise on Easter morn, -Elizabeth Badley Read, "What do you think of the keeping of Lent?" was the question put to me the other day by a friend. Not having been brought up in a church where Lent was "ken'," to any ere. tent I suppose I have not thqugbt so much ableet it as some people and I must confess to no very real conic. tion in tairard to the "keeping" of this season of !the year ang more than any other. But I have always considered it rather a silly thing to give up sugar in one's ,coffee; or butter on role's bread and such like trifles, and counting it unto oneself for eight- -eousness. In a good many eases I believe peo- Anovessitamawatrao ple welcome the coming of Lent he cause it means a cessation of a too strenuous seeking after pleasures until health is threatened; or it may be welcomed as a time to tall a halt in the too luxurious living which is beyond the rneans but which cannot be -curtailed if one would "keep up with the Joneses," Keeping Lent af- ter that fashion brings no 'spiritual growth or power, no matter how much self-sacrifice It involves. But if we should decide to really keep Lent, fast fol the purpose of meditatign and prayer; give oursel- ves more fully to religious exercises; put aside from us the frivolities which have a tendency -to did' ourage the cultivation of spiritual things; endeavor, in short, to cultivate the spiritual side ,of our nature, there is no doubt at all but that it might be a very -helpful practice . Other churches besides the two which in times gone by were want to stress Lent are now endeavoring to impress upnl their people the i•mpor- tanee of a helpful observance ofthis period and in just • so far as the Ob- servance can be made a spiritual one will the benefit be enjoyed that ought to be .enjoyed. Let us not belittle Lent by giving up some trifling thing and making a boast of it, but if we desire to keiep it let us keep it truly, in our hearts, so that it will be a stronger, purer, mare spiritual life that will meet the dawning of an- other Easter Day. -REBEKAH • Afraid of Lightning? (Condensed event The Saturday Ev ening Post—Paul W. Kearney) Haven't yon always been warned Don't you make sure.. that all win - by your elders never to stand near a dews are closed, so there'll be no -window during a lightning stoves? . draft for the lightning to follow? 'o Hel exit S OF THE Sttnabix J'r_ tc rdtic�t� Ass.artatiott and Life Insurance ,Committee in Canada. Edited by GRANT FL.EMING, M.D,, Associate Secretary t1HINITIS One of the most �eomm�on and, con-. sequently, hest-leiown; afflictions of mankind ie acute rhinitis or cold in. the head. Unfortunately, the. lining membrane of the nose may suffer not only from an acute inflammation, phinitis, .hut also from a chronic in- 'lammatory. state which is generally l nowe as .chronic nasal catarrh. - During the -course of a cold in the' 'bend, the blood. vessels of the nose nose swollen and the glands pour out en excess of secretion. Upon recov- ery, allthia subsides and the interior of the nose returns' to, its normal :'•tate. If, however, one cold follows neon another Co that there ie no. time for recovery between .attacks, the lining men:benne of the nose, with IL's blood vessels and glands, becomes permanently altered. .It is obvious; - that the peeper care of colds prevents catarrh. The normal healthy meanie mem- brave of the nose is bathed in fluid which is so thin and watery that as it Pelee back into -the throat; it is un- -consciously swallowed with the sal- iva. In catarrh, the fluid is changed into a sticky substance whish either remains in the nose until it is blown out, or else,a,^.cumulates in the back r the throat until it is coughed out; 37P77"0 the constant "hawking" of the, victim of catarrh. - There are other factors vehicle e pre- dispose to the'.developinent of scat arch, such as the inhalation of trust :and Irritating yapbneee 'assoeii ted with certain occupations; adenoids the other eonditions which ebstruet the nos', suet, as a defect in structure. Corms which have been coughed or sneezed out by someone close at hand are ::able to be breathed in by anoth- er person. The flushing of the nose with the normal secretion washes these germs along so rapidly that they -have not sufficient time to mul- tiply and set up trouble. The ea. verse is true .with th-e altered sticky secretions -of nasal catarrh which held the germs instead of washing them along, tires providing; the opt `;portunity for - the genre to1 .,grow, which they do very rapidly. Other symptoms are distressing, s such as inability to breathe through the 'nose at night,'interference with taste, and offensiveness of the breath. Ir cannot; be overlooked that inflame. oration tends to spread so that sin- uses; and ears may •become .involved: The first step in ,treatment is to correct any defect in the structure of the noee, and to remove•, any obstruc- tion,', such as adenoids or ether a ;is+ewth.. Much comfort can he gain- i e ed and many complications avoided? through keeping the nose clear by the use of a spray (not a douche) of pro- l nerdy premixed' gait solution. Every , case ea/melee macho, care to deter- f ruin and ` correct the underlying s cause. Questions ' concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As -1,s sedation, 184 Callen -Street, Toron- to, will be answered: personally by t Weren't you cautioned early in life never to have"a pair of scissors or steel knife In your hand during a thunderstorm? On, perhaps you are among the scare cats who sit onthe bed, pull - down the shade's, or hide'in a -closet as a safeguard. It seems a pity to !deprive you of - any thrill these exciting practices Indy offer, but there is no scientific. support foe -any of these notions. And though 1 have no personal knowledge of a persons being struck while seeking refuge in a bed, I eke know a woman who was killed while lying en .a couch, which is eurely -a -•c0nt parable leaven. • In - that instance the lightning dict not even stiike the House directly. It hit a tree ontside;,,ran down the trunk to an attached wire clothes- line; followed the line to a nail by whicheves fastened itwa asten d to the dwelling and reached the eoueh which touched the wall on that side. There was no Windewe open or closed, involved; none eves necessary. The woman was instantly ]tilled; her husband, sit- ting close by in ee chair, was temper- arily paralyzed, - The Whole' point is that lightning is an electrical' -charge seeking the earth. In so doing it follows the line of 'least resistance. - Anything in its path such as a house, is a impedi- ment through which it endeavors to pass as quickly as possible, and thae urge is realized by the lightning's seekingthe best conductors.. It is common sense, then, to forget these old wives' tales :about air cur- rents and. small metalbodies in the hand and pay some attention to the elements of the house which may serve as conductors and your rela. tionship to their, The average indi. v'idual who backs away from a win• dow thinks nothing of standing in front of the fireplace, for instance, where the hazard is 'actually genu- int. The chimney is the ttovious tar- get for lightning, being the highest point on the house, and a -eharge striking it will _o directly earthward down the chimney unless it finds a tetter conductor en the way, such as the metal fixtures around the fire- place or a metal heat pipe. If this new conductor isn't grounded, the charge leaps out to the next nearest conductor and anyone happening to be in its path gats the fell: dose. It is wise, therefore; to stay away from the walle, the fire -place, the stove, scent the radiator during a stcrin that i$ striking close. And though the •seeest epee is generally- the enerallytfhe center of the room. see that this does not place you 'between a con- ductor leading down from the root and another opposite leading to the ground. Your chair might turhl cut to be the trot seat if it stood br-tween -a fire- place on eons side and a radiator on the other. - This isthe prineiple behind the oc- casional telephone accident in con- junction with thunderstorms. Where telephone wires are strung overhead an ides, they are often struck. sometimes the charge follows a`leac'- in to a house -and on those very rare e• rasions it is possible for an indi- vidual to be Injured. It is not a bad elan to leave the telephone alone dur- ing a etornn in the country. This brings up the tattle hazard which has be -en greatly over -rated. While this. - statement must 'not- be taken as authority for discarding one's lightning arrester, which serves its turn-e—de fact remains that radio aeeiials have given little "trouble,, One reasaln, perhaps, is that the wires are so small that they can't. accommodate hh•3 terrific charge volved and are melted instantly: Lightning strikes, about 2000 per- sons a year in the United States, of whom about 500 die. •Thad an indi- vidtral's ehances of 1,::'i' hit are less than one in 240,000•; three times as ninny people are trilled 11.7 tripping:ov. er rugs, and lightning casualties rate arpreennneeely ane five -hundredth oce the injuries caused by automobiles. Anch tneon'-e serho, fear li;htning may et., consolation from the physicist's nlaxini: "If you see a flash, you know t missed you"—it's all over but the thunder, which is simply•this . sound effect; of the elplosion and ,accu•a imultaneoui-ly with the flash. The time -difference between the two is clue to the. difference in the speed of light and _sound, Light is , practically inetantaneoae while sound 1. travels thou 1100 feet ner second, th Hence, if you count e seconds be- tween the lightning Hash and the first sound of thund-er and multiply the re ult'by .1100', you will crave the ds'•: lance in feet between you and the xplosion. Al this is inleresttine enamel while ightning remains, in its place: when t waxes explorative it takes on a def- erent complexion. Down eouth a tripe in a -church went down the Iiimnev; blew off. the furneee door, went .through the basement Sunday-' oiled molar like a mob of hoodlums I- to, furniture was smashed and ossed around in confusion, one chair being dteven into the ceiling with letter. - Care of Children Household Economics such force that the legs stuck in the plastee and held •there.' But no other part of the building was damaged and fortunately, the school was not in session. Fires are often started by lightning in a building which has not been attack at all. A: vio'l'ent electrical disturbance nearby may stir up an in- duced current between parallel metal fixtures -two pipes, two wires, or the metal straps on a cotton bale—eaus- ing a spark. Many a hay barn, grain • elevator and oil tank has paid tribute to this phenomenon. • The terrific heat generated when lightning does strike directly often causes all the sap in a tree to boil lit stantaneously and evaporate; in .a chimney, the violent expansion of the moisture in the bricks may produce a explosion which blows the bricks to smithereens. • - Lightning sometimes acts very choosy, as was demonstrated by an accident in Canada, Three men were. sitting side by side on a bench when lightning struck the building, kilned the Ivan in the center; burned the man pn the left, but loft the man on the right untouched...' As -so •often happens, the body of the dead man didn't have a single mark an it, but the injured pian beside him had both legs burned in -long blisters, his trousers ripped open and part of one shoe torn off. Mysterious, as this seems, the fact remains that the cur- rent simply followed the line of least resistance and•its victims just hap- pend to be en its path. Many smirk at any reference to the lightning rod, but because farm- ers. in the 90-'s wee'e defrauded by slick lightning rod 'swindlers doesn't alter the truth that the peoperly in- stalled system offers an ideal sato. guard. In Ontario, one "of the worst lightning cause were cut 75 per cent i11 six years by increased use of lightning sods, Such a statement in ' variably provokes an account of some rodded building that was badly dam-- cged by lightning.. The answer is that the system was faulty, and it would not take a trained man ten minutes to find out where. Contrary to popular belief, the primary func- tion of a lightning rod is net' to at- tract a charge and combed it to earth but to disp-erse ' it and prevent a strike. In spite of adages, lightning may ste'ike the same ob;ieet numerous times if there is anything left to hit, The Washington Monument, for ex - mimes was 'struck three or four times before being properly rodded, * * * OUR RECIPE FOR TODAY * * * e'Nh Souffle. *. * Fish and oysters are stand- * 0' bye of the Lenten menu, and a * • fish souffle is a French entree * e which is appreciated as well in * * this country. To make elle * * souffle put one and a half gills * O of milk into a small saucepan, * e with one onion, two eioves and e * a few strips of lemon peel, a * * little celery, salt and pepper, e Let •.them simmer gently for. half an hour. Melt two ounces of butter:; in another saucepan and mix with it gradually two ounces of flaw.. After strain- ing the milk add to it the mix- ture and continue to stir until, a smooth paste is formed. IIave ready one pound of saw fish freed from skin and bones and minced. Add the - educe gradually, pounding it into the fish, and therethe yolks of three eggs in the same way, Season ' the mixture with salt, pepper and nutmeg and pass it • through a wire sieve. Add a pinch of salt to the whites .of res and whisk then to a 0 • stiff froth. Mix lightly with * * the prepared fish and place at ^'• e once in.a ,buttered souffle mold. - * • Tie a piece of greased paper " ever .the top and steain the m. • sattdle very gently for •three•, • quarters of am hour. If not • * firm to the touch- let it cook a * * few minutes longer. - * * DTONNE QUINTUPLETS KEPT THE W.IR.ES BUSY The daily bulletins concerning the welfare of the quintuplets'issued- to the Dionne parents while' on their recent tour across the international border, the amount of publicity which they attracted during their many appearances in public and their se - cent return home at 'Callander, Ont, WAS been a;eontinuetion of the great- est news ,nreak occurring for many menthe. . The birth of these tiny mites of humanity, last year, furnish- ed the newspapers of Canada and the. United 'States with 1934's biggest • and about eight times` since, with no damage. - One of the few adages about light- ning;that .are .authentic is the warn- ing against seeking shelter under an isolated tree. Yet it is just about as hazardous to be well :out in a clear- ing yourself thus • constituting the highest point in the area The the oretical oometomise would• be to stand -near the tree, snaking it- the highest point, but not going directly under It. In a group of trees, it is wise to avoid being under ,the tablest By the same token it is .prudent to give wide berth to wire fences during a storm, for their ,posts offer an at- traction to the charge and their wires are great conductors._ Seeking shelter in an isolated build- ing is no more sensible than standing under a isolated tree. Of • course, some buildings have uatural conduct- or systems, such as -a modern house with upeto-date 'plumbing givingan uninterrupted line from the vent pipe on the roof to the ground pipes in the soil. Bet few isolated structures in the country are so equipped. In the city's rows of closely built houses lightning is not a problem, !because a wide area -ef roofs pretty much en a par does not offer sufficient attrac- tion. The safest' type of building is one built . around a metal frame such as the E'tnpire•State Building. Similarly, a tall, metal flagpole, well _grounded, would -offer the same protection to an ordinary dealt house near ber. This doesnit necessarily -ap phyto .a wooden pole unless it be wir- ed, People commonly rely on such protection from tall trees close to the house—and they are often disappoint- ed! If the house is close and if there. is some part -of it offering a better conductor than the tree:the lightning: is quite apt to leave .the tree and jump to the building, Coming back to the outdoors again, campers might remember that rocky grour'ui in the open seems to have a strong afllnity for lightning and such legalities can well be avoided for camp sites. Likewise, groups of peo- ple in the open have more attraction' than individuals and •should scatter during a severe electrical stor1n. Precautions can be carried•to the nth degreewhen the storm. strikes so close that the -flash and the report are practically simultaneous ails the air is loaded with the pungent and un- mistakable -odor of ozone. In such a eireumstanee toss dignity to the winds and lie flirt. After ell, i't's better to be muddy, than dead. story. This story carried more head- lines •both in .the press and an the screen, es even as on the air, than any other world event during the Peet year. The world first learned of the Di- onne quintuplets through the press despatches 'sent from Callander. It was here, ail an isolated spat some ten miles south of North Bay, Ont., that a Canadian National Railways agent was asked to eRush this story," a story which resulted in the arrival of a 'small army of reporters and photo- graphers from all parts of the con- tinent to cover the developments on their latest assignment. . - MARCH Deep lies the crusted snow In meadow, lane, and wood With winds which howl and blow, Then n o l h an, in sullen mood, Weird notes from wires roam Upon each abs each of frost --- The field manse seeks his home Beneath an ice dome lost, Around my kitohen door The begging sparrows- come, Small suppliants once more 'Por every falling crumb. And etched against the sky Teach naked tree reveals God's 'lasting reason why All earth in silence kneels. —eCaroline Grant Farrell, in The low Outlook. SOIVI.E FURTHER' DISCOVERIES REGARDING, A SERIOUS' DISEASE Dr. Al• B. Mncallum, chief of the. department of biochemistry of the University de Western Ontario Mecli cal' School, and Dr. N. B: Laughton, formerly on the staff of the medical school, have developed'a new prepar atioa for the treatment ef diabetes whieh .gives sufferers a 'relief from the use off insulin for periods oftwo months or more.Reseasoh work was conducted at the medical school- lab- oratories in London. Six hundred bushels of potatoes shipped by the Boys' airs Girls' po- tato club at Nomingue, P.Q., to Mon- treal sold at ` 18 cents per bag over the current market price because of their high quality and unlearmiter. uy the ray 1111 est Tea TEA THIS MODEST CORNER IS- DE1MCATFI TO THE. POETS Here They Will Sing You Their - Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But. Always Helpful and Ins piring PASSAGE OP THE RED SEA "By daith they passed 'through the Red Sea as by- dry land, which the Egyptians assaying to do -Were drowned:"—Heb. llth, 29th. By faith the chosen hosts of Israel came From cruel, dark; Egyptian bondage free, i\Tarsheiled by IViioses, in Jehovah'e nar115, Led by the firey pillar toward the sects Not by eh•e wag of Philistia, though' near, Where strife and carnage brought attendant woe, Lest sight of war should cause their hearts to fear He caused them through the wilder- ness to tee. Encamped by Pihaleiroth near the sea Beneath Baal-Zephen's brow they pitched their tent, And rest secure, from dire oppres- sion free, Though Pharaoh's hosts persue, on capture bent. As twilight falls the firey pillar sheds A. friendly radiance o'er the assemb- led throng. The hoary elders bow their reverend heads, While youth and maiden chant the evening song. Lo, on the watchman's ear at oven tide, The rumbling sound of rolling char- iot falls, Encompassed in the' land on every side, Dread fear of P'hareeh's wrath, the heart appalls. And as from, tent to tent the heralds 1x11, Against their leader rose the mine Inuring cry, "Were there no graves' in Egypt's fruitful land, Wiley lead us in the wilderness to e ?'b Behidind came Egypt's threatening, martial host, Wlhti-s towerela mountains 'pee on either hand; In front, the sea, its foaming billows tossed, To cheek their passage towards the promised land. , - Then near his Father's throne the prophet drew, And claimed deliverance in the Et- ernal name, While on ithe wings of faiththe mes- sage flew, Quick as the lightning flash, the answer carne. '"Why cry to me in such a time as this? Speak to the poepie, that they for- ward go. - I'1I cause them, through the sea dry -- shod to pass, While I, this day, -my power on Phar- oah skew." Thus clothed' with power smnipot» ent to move The 'course or nature from her wont ed way, Moses comes fetth, renewed in faith and love, To drive his people's doubts and fears away. "Our God lis Lord," he odes in IsraeI's ears, "Ce'eatlon bows :before his Sovereign will, Banish your anxious ,doubts and slat•- ish fears, And trusting in His mighty arm • stand still. Stand still, and see the power of Israel's God In full salvation here displayed to- day."' Then, o'er the rolling sea be .stretch ed -his -rod, Faint type and symbol of Almighty sway. The guardian angel turned and stood between, To ;shield from Pharoalr,'s wrath the 'Chosen band. By whomall night the cheering light is seen, While to their foes thick darkness shrouds the land. Then at Jehovah's word the eaht wind blew, And all night long tolled back the :: mighty deep. The surging waters from their course withdrew, And stood as walls of granite—dm and steep, I. Down through the ocean's bed God's chosen band, Led ;by his servant, hook their onward way, Screened from their foes by His Al- mighty hand, • IIe passed then safely o'er before the day. When Egypt's haughty Legions ven- ture nigh, And trusting magic art, the pass es- say, The towering walls of water, piled on high, ..&V God's supreme command resume their swdiy, And rolling o'er the hast of Israel's ;foes, O'erwhelmed in death the, flower of Egypt's pride, While from the deep one anguished wail arose, Chariot and horseman sank beneath the tide, And Israel, standing on the beach beheld The Egyptians dead, and cast upon the shore. The master's arnt no more the lash may wield ' The cruel tyrant's hand oppress no more. United songs of praise assend the ;sky, Jehovah He has triumphed gloriously Our 'Fathers' Mighty God exalt en high, Rider and horse Iia dashed beneath the sea. With, timbral, song and dan^.e the people raise, One- leeog, loud wave of triumph to their God. "All glory* to Hie mighty arm which lays The, oppressor low beneath the rol- ling flood," To guard his people in the trying hour He makes the s -ea roll back, the sun stand still, - Creation bows to own His sovereign power, All nature bends hie purpose to fuI- fil. • And shall we fear to trust our Fath - ere hand, - Swayed by a will that winds and seas obey Whose promisee of love secure shall stand • Unmoved, when heaven and earth . have fled away. When sorrow's floods would o'er our spirits tall, They cannot pass the boundary -of His will, When trials, tempests sweep around the soul Iris gentle spirit whispers, "Peace, - - Be Still; - -• As through the wilderness of life we move, - - - Assailed by raging , foes on every side, • We'll cast our burdened souls upon His love, And 'fled protection in .0110 faithful Guide. And when on-Pisgah'•s height, where Moses stood, In life'slast fading hour we take our ,stand We'II calmly put ,our trust in: Israel's God Anddes in triumph to ,the promised p � laid.,' --,William Mathewson Clarks