The Clinton News Record, 1935-03-28, Page 7° THi7ItS., MARCH : 28, 1935
THE CLINTON
NEWS -RECORD
Health
Cooking
Edited By Mabel R. Clark
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A Column Prepared Especially for - Women—
But Not Forbidden to Men
JUST TO BE NEEDED
"She always seems so tied" is what
friends say,
1 -She never has a chance to get away!
Horne, husband; chiihklren duties
great or small, •
' Keep 'her forever at their beck and
call!
But ,she confides, • with laughter in
her eyes,
She never yet felt fretted by these
ties.
• Just to he needed is more sweet, says
she,
' Than any' freedom in this world could
be!" —Mary Eversley.
Wie do not count the things we do
for our loved ones as ties of bondage;
' They are the golden cords that bind
us to those we love. And to be need-
- ed by those we love is not irksome, it
• is one of the blessings of life.
To do all the tasks which a moth-
er does for her family and not feel
burdened by them is a wonderful tit-
' bute'to the greatness of motheriove.
You couldhardly hire anyone to do
them for anything like what the
father and mother world be able to
pay, and they'would not be done with
the grace and sweetness with which
she performs thein.
Then, the father, too. How he
works day after day, long hours, at
an uncongenialjob), often, .just that
his wife and children may be fed and
clothed and the latter educated and
given as good a start in life as it is
possible to give them. Very often it
' is a much better start than he him -
.self had that he wants his children
-Co have, But he doesn't complain,
the only boon he asks is health and
a good job to work at and lie is hap-
lir. •
It is this that makes the happiness
of the home, the bond of a common
purpose between husband and wife
.and seeing their children grow np in
health and gaining the advantage of
needful training for life. It is the
way of life, of course, but it is none
• the less .wonderful for that, but par-
ents do sacrifice a great deal for.
their children: From the time when
they care for them in helpless in-
fancy until they are ready to go out
into the world and fend for .themsel-
ves, it is one steady sacrificing ^ of
time and energy. How much more
they would have to spend upon them-
selves if they did not have to expend
it on the children? How much time
they would have to seek their' own
pursuits and amusements if they did
not have to spend all their time car-
ing for their children?
M is very seldom indeed that par-
ents grudge all this care, and trou-
ble, and it is well tehen the children,'
as they grow to maturity, realize'
something of the grace and wonder
of it and make repayment in the on-
ly • coin acceptable, the coin of love
and appreciation and understanding,
PLANNING THE HOME GARDEN
' (Experimental Farms Note)
Where the area devoted to the gar-
den is limited, careful attention must
be given to such points as distance
between rows and between plants, so
that all space may be used to ad-
vantage. Each plant must have
room to mature, yet gaps must be a-
voided. A: study of rotation of crops
and time of maturity is of great val-
ue in planning the small garden,
Such crops as radish and spinach may
be grown as inter -crops between the
rows of later maturing crops like
carrots or parsnips: Late .sown
niay be planted between the rows of
early maturing crops just before the
Iatter: are ready to harvest. Two or
three crops of such plants as radish
and lettuce may be grown on the
same area. A succession of quick
growing .crops •by planting at inter-
vals is also desirable.
Under irrigation, the different var-
ieeties'of vegetables require different
amounts, of water and at .different
tithes. The rows should therefore be
planted in such a• manner that water
maybe applied to each row as re.
quired. Furrow irrigation -is.prefer-
able to sprinkling and, distribution
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Edited by
GRANT FLLMING, M.D., Associate Secretary
ACIDOSIS
During the past year, the Health
.Service was asked by many corre-
spondents for information concerning
the 'acid-forming foods.' It is a sig-
nificant fact that these people did not
enquire about the alkaline or base -
forming foods. For one reason or
another, there is a popular fear of
what is commonly called acidity or
acidosis.
When foods are burned, in the body
to produce heat ,energy; eta, car-
bonic , acidgee is produced, which is
eliminated from the lungs. An ash
is left, which may be acid, alkaline,
or neutral, If the acid a4h is in ex-
cess and ; this eontinuestoy pile up
over a period of time, the alkalinity
• of the bloodwill be gradually eeduc-'
ed, and the condition known as acid-
osis results.
The common symptoms of this.
Sum of acidosis are fatigue, head-
ache,' a sense of weakness, and pain
in the muscles, with a lose, of 'appe-
tite. The symptoms are mild when
• the acidoses is mild, but if, the acid
osis progresses; the symptones be-
come more severe, the urine anil the
eeweat being strongiyneid. The den-
dition, in a mild forms at leant, Is
` fairly eoarunon among those who con-
sistently use acid-forming foods to
excess.
The body does, its•best wok on a:
balanced diet. To maintain health,
the diet mit be reasonably balanced
::in all ways, including the acid and al-
kaline foods. A continued excess of
acid-forming foods leads, as has been
said; to acidosis, while an alkalosis,
Which is just as much to be avoided,
will follow upon a diet that is exces-
sive in its alkaline content. •
It is not a question of one or oth-
er food
th-er'food being a good food; it is rath-
er that an excess of any one kind of
food is undesirable and may actually
be harmful or dangerous.
`Meat; fish, eggs, bread and other
cereals are acid-forming foods. ' The
alkaline foods are vegetables, ex-
cepting rhubarb; fruits, excepting
plums, cherries, cranberries and
prunes; :almonds,; and milk. Fat
foods, such as butter, cream and lard,,
together with .sugar and starch, and
the fats of meat, fish and fowl are
neutral foods.
It is not nevessaryto become faddy
with regard to diet to secure the bal-
ance which is essential to good health
and physical fitness. To the diet of
meat, bread and other cereals, add
liberal amounts of fruits, vegetables
and milk; this will ensure the baI-
anee. There are other reasons why
fruits,vegetables and milk should be
used every day; they are the protec-
tive foods which guard against lack
of minerals and vitamins as well as
against an excess of acidity.
Questions concerning Health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College Street, Toron-
to, will be answered personally by
letter,
may be obitained by small perfora-
tions at •proper •spacings in a ten or
twenty foot length of water pipe. The
outer end hsould be blocked and the.
other •end fitted with a hose eonnee-
tion.
Where land is cheap or where the
garden may laid out in any shape
desired, ease of cultivation should be
considered. All the vows may be
placed the .same distance apart, just
wide enough for a horse cultivator,
whether the vegetable requireslittle
room or a great deal of root. to ma-
ture. The rows should be as long as
possible for horse cultivation and
several kinds of vegetables may be
planted in the same row. Less time
is wasted, in turning, and also less
ground in turning ends which are
often weedy. A few minutes with a
horse cultivator will keep a farm gar-
den reasonably free from weeds dur-
ing the rush season in the spring when
there is not time for hand hoeing.
Horse cultivation reduces the amount
of hand labour to a minimums and
ibirings down the cost of production.
At the sante time it often means the
difference between success and failure
with the farm garden. For this rea-
son, the garden should be located
close to both house and barn. Being
readily accessible from the barn may
mean time would be taken to culti-
vate the garden when it would not i2
a special trip were necessary for the
work.
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* OUR RECIPES FOR TODAY
*
* POTATOES AS FOOD
*
* The human body is often re-
* (erred to as a furnace, the
* food as the fuel and the heat
* given off as the energy. Of the
three elements in that fuel,
* namely, protein, fast, and car-
* bohydrate, thb last named is
* referred to as the energy giv-
* er. Potatoes supply energy.
* As regards their general corn-
* position, they are slightly acid
* and contain a quantity of
* starch, a trace of sugar, a
* small amount of minerals and
* proteins and a large amount of
* water. The percentage of these
* component parts is: --x arbohy-
* clrate 18 per cent; minerals, 9
* per cent; protein 2.1 per cent;
* fat .1 per 'cent; water 79.9 per
* cent. The following are reel-
* pes for the everyday use of
* potatoes:--
*
• Boiled Potatoes
* :Select potatoes of uniform
* size, wash, pare, and drop at
* once in cold water to prevent
* discolouration. Cook in boil-
* ing salted water until soft,
which is easily determined by
* piercing with a ekewer. For
* seven potatoes allow one table-
* spoon of salt, and boiling wat-
* er to cover. Drain from the
* 'water and keep uncovered in a
* warm place until serving
* time. Avoid sending to the
* tahille in a covered vegetable
dish. Iu boilingpotatoes,
larga p a ,
it often happens that the out-
side is soft, while the centre is
• undone. To finishcan kin
g
*
'without breaking potatoes a-
"` part, add one pint of cold 'wat-
er which drives heat to centre,
thus accomplishing the cooking
* Baked Potatoes
Select smooth, medium sized
* potatoes: Wash, using a vege-
* table brush, and place in a
* dripping pan. Bake in a hot
-* oven forty minutes or until
*, soft; remove from: the oven and
'"- serve at,. once. If allowed to
*. stand, unless the skin is rap-
tured for escape of steam, they
* become soggy. Properly baked
* potatoes are more easily' di-
* ge:sted than potatoes cooked
'" in any other' way, as some of
* the starch is changed to dex-
trin by the intense heat.
•
* French Fried Potatoes
* Wash and pare shall pate-
* toes; cut in eighths length-
wise, and soak one hour in cold
* water to. cove].'.. Drain and par-
boil in boiling salted water to
cover, -two'. minutes; again
•drain; plunge into cold water,
* dry between towels, fry in deep
t' fat until: delicately browned; a
* few at a time and drain on
'" brown paper. Heat fat to a
° highertemperature, return all
* potatoes to fat, using a frying
* basket, and fry until crisp and
brown, keeping the basket in
• enotion. Again dram on brown
* paper' and sprinkle with salt.
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YOUR
Care of Children
PAGE 7
Household Economics
WORLD AND MINE'.
by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD
(Copyright)
Any man who wants to develop one Should rejoice rather than com
himself muscularly, mentally, social- plain or despair, for ane should per-'
ly, spiritually, should deliberately 'ceive oneself to be in the process of
seek out pressureful experiences in ;growth or .development; and if •there
the realm of his desire: Likewise, if be made a sincere and sustained of
he wants to develop superior ability fort in the direction of doing or un-
and capacity in the realms of sport, 1 derstanding, then there will be, in
abhletiice;; business, literary* expres- evitably, an advance toward final
Mon, salesmanship, art, politics, pub- mastery. It is when one finds oneself
lie speaking, or his eieet profession, not being strained that one should
he should deliberatey seek out pies- become uneasy and alarmed, for when
sureful experiences in the Held or and where there is no straining, there
fields of his desire or purpose. For is no growth or development.
the parodoxieal truth is that we grow
only under pressure. And a parallel
truth is that the great majority .of
men dislike pressure, and so try to
escape from it. Thus is •explained
their non-growth,their inferior at-
tainment, and their lqw-level living.
The prizes .of life go surely, as they
should, to those who earn them, who
pay the tag -price for them.
When a young pian—or an older one
—finds himself under no greatpres-
sure in any occupational realm, or in
sport or in athletics; or in his' pas-
times, (chess, for example), he should
be alarmed rather than contented,
for his pressureless state means not
only non -growth of power and com-
petency 'but also an accumulating
loss of what power and competency
he may have possessed. Non -used
powers, compentencies, faculties and
opportunities tend to (become atroph-
ied. •
As it is in the case of one's labors,
enjoyments and cultural employ
ments, so is it in the realm of char-
acter. One acquires a strong and
fine character only under pressure,
and one who wants a strong and fine
character should welcome those ex-
periences which can milce one's char.
anter grow. In daily experience one
may find oneself under inner or out-
er pressure to tell a lie, to deceive
with evil intent, to steal, to cheat, to
sin against virtue, to be a scandal-
monger, to plot .against another's
prosperity or advantage or success,
to he slothful, to be unworthy of the
confidence of some one or ones whose
trust is possessed, to be unfaithful in
.natters of fidelity and honor, to
break rules governing conduct or
health or social relations, to break
Pledges, to yield to the impulse of
brad temper or hate or passion or lust
or cupidity or selfishness. It is in
the daily conquest of evil doing or
thinking or planning or inclination
that a strong and fine character is
acquired. It is in the furnace of daily
experience that the dross in life is
burned away, and that the true metal
of character becomes purified.
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Pressure from without must be out-
matched by pressure from within.
To becme a master in games,' in
sport, inathletics, in public speak-
ing, in debating, in literary or musi-
cal craftsmanship,
in law or surgery,
or engineering, or business enter-
* prise, or in the realm of conduct, one
* must be at least the equal of one's
outer
' rcompetitors. If
* opponents o
* pressure is not to crush one, then It
must be neutralized by a resistance
force. Take
of at ]east equalweight
lifting, htv way of example. One's
ability to lift a heavy weight is tie.
quired progressively. One begins
with weights which strain one's'
strength, yet which one can lift. It
is daily straining which develops
one's muscles. As one's muscles
grow, so does one's ability to• lift'
heavier weights. Thus it is in all'
realms:. of endeavor,' one's ability to'I
difficult things is developed by the
dailymatching and straining of one's
powers against what is difficult.
Wihen one encounters something
which one cannot do, yet which one
would like to do, one should not be.
cast down. He should remember the.
saying, "We 'are. baffled but to light
better•" Present defeats are but an
indication of presont''ability, not of
continuing or permanet ability.
Continuing, purposeful effort will de-
Velop one's abilities to the point of
mastery. It is just a; matter of per-
sistence, joined to time. The time
*• � factor must .be provided for. The
* straining of mind or muscles orwill
t'. i
d: or character produce £a ngue',even to
:i the point of terepors1 it exhaustion.
*113/4 1t is; time which gives recovery, and
„ i when the fresh effort is made, it finds
* the day=before-yesterday's strength
:n !stretched and. .developed by
a: yesterday's straining. The new ef-
• fort Will take one further than yes-
terday's effort. In this progressive
Irl way one's abilities grew to the point
* where what at first seemed beyond
*1 attainment' or accomplishment is,
* mastered.
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During on'e's school and college
days, one is continuously facing, In
one's studies,, what for the moment is
baffling or difficult; yet honest' cu-
mulative effort, joined to time, makes
triumphant the student's pressure a-
gainst the resistance encountered•: It
is this consciousness and this evi-
dence of one's ability to overcome
what is difficult and resistant which
are among the large gains of a uni-
versity education. Far ibetter than
the knowledge acquired is the acquis-
ition of power and resolution to face
and overcome difficult things. The
pity of it is that so often, after school
and college days are left behind, one
loses his perception of the signifi-
cance of his university course; loses;
too, his understanding of -how, mas.
tery of task and circumstance and
self and character is achieved.
There is 'a very wise and inspiring•
saying which one does well to remern•
ber—"The world belongs to the dis-
contented." Truly, those who find
themselves under no pressure should
be alarmed concerning their, progress
and growth. Their contentment
should be a cause of grave anxiety,
Seekers after ease or;a condition of
mind and estate devoid of pressure—
are,in truth, seeking decay—, decay
of initiative, of mental powers, oi'
physical stamina, of high place in the
esteem of their fellowmen.
All the truly good and fine and en-
riching things in life go to those
who voluntarily or involuittaiily are
under outer pressure—pressure which
coinpelly thea: to respond with equal
and superior pressure ---. pressure
which annuls or negatives the pres-
sure against them. Thus elle may
find oneself under the pressure of op-
pression--oppression
p-
pression: oppression of one's par-
ents or relatives, of one's employers,
of a department head, or of bad laws
or a bad government, or a bad ruler,
or of religious authority, Or one
may find oneself under the pressure
of poverty, or ill -,health, or physical
disability, or isolation; under the
pressure of a circumscribed environ-
ment; under the pressure of a tainted
family history, or of one's own mis-
demeanor, or failure; or under the
pressure of a heavy debt; under the
pressure of a great sorrow, or affil-
iation or 'misunderstanding; or under
the pressure of a great responsibility,
But whatever the nature and the
degree of the pressure, one's .;oral
and spiritual obligation is to meet
the pressure with an equal andSuper-
ior pressure., Otherwise, one shows
oneself to ;be a weakling, to be a
despairing or a consenting surrender-
er to the pressure on him.
To avoid and to refuse tasks and
opportunities to render service either
outside or inside the area of one's
wage-earning employment, because of
the new and heavier pressure which
will accompany them, may be to do
oneself a, great disservice—nay keep
one away from gainful experiences.
Thus, when one is asked to serve on THE WISDOM OF FOLLY
some committee, or to accept seine
new responsibility, or to perform ex-
tra labor of some description—asked
to do something whose doing will put
a strain onone's faculties, or quali-
ties, or character, or skill, or abili-
ties„ ,ono ought to ask oneself this
question; Will what'I. amt •asked to
do, byreason of its strains and.preS-
sures, tend to aid the growth of iny
Powers, And if .the answer is "yes,"
one should not let ' mere inclination
to escape the'pressureful burden
govern his decision. Indeed, one may
find oneself welcoming the opportun-
ity which, in its acceptance, will
compel him to exert himself in ways.
which will mean his growth and ad-
vaneement in power and in others'
estimation and appreciation.
If one, in one's vocation and aye -
cations, is able to say,- "I am under
heavy pressure," then one, far from
complaining or protesting, should
find the pressure on him advantage=
eous rather than otherwise, for
pressure connotes resistance, and re-
sistance, when equal or superior to
the pressure, is the evidence of tri-
umphant self -growth and self -power.
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THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED.
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs --Sometimes
• Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful
and Ins paring.
DISCOURAGEMENT
With leaden arms she grasps the
seeker's knees,
In silence pointing back at deeds
undone—
.A.t gifts unseized ' and bursts of
song mashing,
Till numbing greyness colors all he
sees.
Yet, at his feet, are other chances
oast,
Right ready to his hand to have
and hold.
This very day's warm sun might
see him should
A living present from an empty past.
--•Wsiwiak James Price,
QUEST
"Traveller on the road, what is it
thou seekest?"
"Happiness, my friend!"
"Wilt thou undaunted pursue tine goal
of which thou speakest?"
"Yea, to the very end.
Along the highway and the sheltered
lane
Sequestered valley, or the lonelier
height,
Throughtimes of exaltation, hours
of pain,
Days of adventure, and the quiet
night
Weeping or awake,
Pursue and overtake."
a
"Alas, that thou must learn, for thou
mayest never bind it
Search thou the city's Mart,
Return, return, intrepid Traveller,
for thou shalt find it,
Rid deep 'within thy heart"
—M., in the Queen.
THE REAL BOY
Show me the boy who never threw
A stone at someone's eat;
Or never hurled a snowball swift
At someone's high silk hat.
Who never 'ran away front school,
To seek the swimming hole;
Or slyly from a neighbor's' yard
Green apples never stole,
Show me the boy who never broke
A pane of window glass;
Wino never disobeyed the sign
That says "Keep off the grass,"
Who never did a thodltand things,
That grieve us sore to telt;
And I'll show you a little boy
Who must be far front well,-
-Anon.
READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS When one fords oneself facing li'mners Thompaow`s uplifting
IN THE NEWS -RECORD something hard to do or understand, poem, "The Hiound of Heaven," l de.
"Jog on, jog on, the footpath way.
And merrily the stile:a;
A merry heart goes all the day,
Your sad tires in et mile -a,"
The cynics say that every rose
Is guarded by a thorn which grows
To ispeil our ,posies;
But I no ,pleasure therefore lack;
I keep my hands behind my hack
• When smelling roses.
Though outwardly a gloomly shroud
The inner half of every cloud
Is bright and shining;
I therefore turn my clouds about,
scribes the pressureful persisting
nrrsdit of the ,Saviour of an errant
.van --i Thompson himself. Guilty,
soul -sick, misunderstanding, Thomp-
son fled from•the One intent of res
cuing.,him from everything fearful,
and on giving hien his soul's desire..
In like manner youth and young man-
hood are commonly a fugitive from
beneficial pressure hoping to find
sanctuary in some temple of ease and
sloth. Blest is he who faces bravely
and welcomingly that kindly and en-
riching friend of man --.pressure,
And always Wear them inside out
To show the lining.
My modus operandi this,
To take no heed to what's amts -a
And not a bad one;
Because, as Shakespeare used to say,
A merry heart goes twice the way
That tires the sad one.
—Ellen Thornycroft Fowler%
**9Ie
I LOVE A GARDEN
I love a garden. It is far away
From all the stress of busy work -a`
day.
There, one has planned each separate
flower's bed;
And laid each pathway's winding,
where I tread.
Now, lathe sunken garden, rich with
bloom, -
There bees imbibe the hot, sweet
scents of noon.
I find sweet solace from a busy day;
A place to laugh and yet a place to
pray.
The pines, in loving circle, softly
keep
A crooning vigil, while the flowers
sleep.
A screen of leaves twixt us and all
the world;
Thus we can watch. (unseen) the
flowers curled
For night's repose; and love our gar-
den here,
The Maker makes it (for rise) doubly
dear,
--Myrtle Corcoran Watts,
A SECRET
My friends see two white horses -in
a field,
'Grazing in every weather side by
side;
But I to whom the secret is reveaed
Have seen profoundest love and
sternest pride.
I see "Min" shamble through the
clovery grass,
And "Bello" walk always just a
pacebehind,
it ind
,
Aping, like some reflection in a glass,
Mach step,each
turn,
each start
and halt in ldnd.
And so it goes' in sun or wind or rain,
. quietpat-
ience
Nor could one in that p
ience find
One smallest hint of flinching or of
pain,
Or ever guess that she ,called Belle
is blind,
—Alan Devoe
BACK HOME WITH MOTHER
I'd like to take a week -end offend
get back to the farm,
Wiith griddle calces and sausages, and
other things that charm;
I'd like to tumble in a •bed of feathi8
ers, soft and warm,
Secure beneath the old roof -tree front
trouble, fret or storm.
I'd like to hear my mother's voice
come up the entry hall:
"It's .six o'clock, you sleepy head, and
this is iny last call;"
I'd like to hear the old floor creak as
she walked to and fro,
like to rumple upthehair
I'dit 1 of req
dog Towser, now—
The best friend that a boy e'er had,
so close to me, somehow
Through all the days that come and
go, no matter when I roam,
1 ti like to bear his welcome bark
when I go drifting home.
I'd like to take a week -end off—and
so.would you, once more.
Go back to lift the latch again upon
the dear old door;
Theresnuggle close up ,to the folks
in pleasant firelight,.
There hear the mother -voice again_
giveyou her fond "Good Night"
, ,Y. DunsmotW;;