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The Wingham Advance Times, 1931-01-08, Page 7Thu ay, January 0th, Jan.: Hints For Homebodies Written for The Advance -Timet By Jessie Allen Brown At School Again A new experience has come my way, or possibly I should say, an old ticperience renewed. After•, Oil we11- I would hate to say how many years I am back at school again. Not as a full time student, but just for lectures to .:Biochemistry, at iL Medical school, in the expectation of learning more about Nutrition, and passing it on in turn to niy readers. Doctors have so much valuable in- formation, that is hidden from the layman, in their text -books and Med- ical journals. I try to dig out all the new ideas about nutrition, and in my small way, supply the missing link. It is a very pleasant experience to listen to lectures and not have to worry about examinations. To be ab- le to ;se yotrr mind as a filter, and to retain only that which is interest- interest- ing and profitable to you. Difference in .Methods There is a contrast in the way the -lectures are handled. The opening lectures were, onproteids, the degree altwhich they coagulated and the ef- fect of acids on them. Tlie chemis- try taken in the Medical classes and in the .Household Economics classes =was practically the same, but in the ;present lectures there was no practi- exal application made of • it In the Household Economics classes, it was .co -related to cooking. After we had determined the coagulation points, then we found out the effect of heat gin cooking proteids. It seemed to me ;that it would not do the embryo doe - :tors any harm to •have known this :too, but possibly they may get it in ,.seme other lectures. "What the Housewife Knows `The average housewife does not :know the chemistry of proteids, but •she does know: That a high temperature will, make. •an egg tough and horny, and that a .low temperature will make it tender. That tender meats needs a high. temperature at first to sear the ser - lace and keep in the -juices. That tough meat needs long slow 'cooking to break down the fibre and snake it tender. That boiling' milk will coagulate the wcasein,': She may not .say it in those -words, but she will know that a scum :rises to the top. That cooking cheese at a high tem- perature makes it stringy and tough. She may not be able to tell you in chemical terms the effect of acids on proteid, but she. does know that fre- emetttiy tough meat' is 'rubbed with lemon juice or vinegar to snake it. 1:ender. Instruction .in 'Nutrition As Poeventive , Medicine develops, ,*there : will be.. more instruction from electors on the proper.way to eat to enainta.in health. At the present time doctors seldom mention foods, ex- eeept to' correct some particular ail - anent, which diet effects, Some of *hese 'times we will all learn to eat do keep well. Eventually, why not -nowt Ultraviolet Ray Machines The magazines and newspapers are Allied with advertisements for to :eel- ,olet ray machines. To read t. ii, you would think that they were a ,cure for all ails of mankind. Undoubt- edly, they are good for certain con- ditions, but it cannot be emphasized lot) steongly, that tbey,seeeld;nnt ee 'azseii 'except ruder a doctor's, super- vision. They are dangerous,. as it . is easy to have too much of them: Mo- ;thers should; not expose their babies to ultraviolet: rays, promiscuously, as it is very easy for a baby to be ex- eitnc. They are helpless and cannot tell you how they feci, so great cern lion should r be exercised. Again, f repeat, use violet rays only under a •doctor's dinection. Potatoes For Raking When we bake potatoes, we get snore for out money, as none is was- ted in peeling and none is (heeled elft, Sometimes we think' we will have baked potatoes and when we go to get thein, we find it difficult to find those of suitable size, if you buy hi small quantities, there will not be ciioug1: largwe ones. If we have them Vis• by the bag, we have to keep bunting through to find the kind we want. Try keeping a basket beside the tee tatoes, end each day as you come across potatoes that are large and. even, and suitable for baking, put them in the basket. Then when you want potatoes to bake they are all sorted out ready for use, The glandular meat, Liver; i'id- Glandular Meete trey, Heart, Sweetbreads, and braids, .did not use to be very highly thought of, bet now they are considered the very best of meat, They are specially good for children and ere better for thent tltart the Muscle treats, titiclt as tteaks, roasts, chops. TUE LADYBIRIO » of the 2,44/0 $pedes Different Front the Other stun Black !roan White. Uadybird, ladybird, fly away bones, Your house' is onfire, your children at home, Ali but one drat lies under a scone; k'1y thee home, ladybird, ere it tlo gone, The ladybird, or ladybug, is too busy these days to pay heed to nurs- ery rbynx,es. She and her children 'meet been conscripted be seem -tee to fight insect pests thai. destroy plants. Besides, the ladybird no longer has a private family lite, says an ar- tiele ire Tit -Bits. Her "home," under the direction of science, is one of tbe many laboratories, or "'insectaries," where thousands upon thousands of them are grown right in the midst of the very initeet enemies they are later to combat. And although they are Bold three fora ha'penny, they save. the farmers a fortune in fruit. The ladybug let this instance, how- ever, is only one of 2,000 ltnown species, While :many of themfeed mit other iseariowl, Insects, many of them do .Trot. But to the layman, ail lady - buss are alike. To the entomologist eaeh of the 2,000 species is as dit- Ierent from the other as Mack Prom white. The work of propagating the lady- bugs falls into three phases. First, a plant must be grown on which mealy- bugs—e. deadly fruit pest ---may` be grown as food for the ladybugs; se- cond, the growing of the mealybug on that eluant; and third, the grow- ing of the ladybugs on the food thus produced. The plant used as a food base for the mealybtg—the first step in the cycle of insect cannibalism—cenalste of potato sprouts. They are planted in prepared soil in small trays placed on racks in rooms. These rooms are constructed on either side of a Cele- tral hallway, giving access to the room at Use dark hall end. One mealybug lays an &versa° of 6W eggs., They are placed on trays ea which are leaves of a native plant acceptable : to the pests. Theo Mew are traacterred to the trays of sprouts: With the temperature at SO de- grees, twentp4v. adult ladybugs are placed in each tray in the roots.. About 8,404, of the beetles are re- quited for each coon --crunch meas that fat one insectary alone there may be 764.dell ladybugs. • The adult beetles deposit their eggs, averag:mgg 20x0 per individual, in the egg masses or larvae of the mealybug. Ire six days they batch out small iarr(aa, wblch feed on the mealybug eggs. Twelve to twenty days are requir- ed ter tura development of the lady- bug Mama The emerging beetles ars placed ingelatitee capsules, ten to a capsule. The ladybirds are carried into the field by organized "liberation" crews. Foch man in the crew wears a two- pocket apron; earrying ten thousand beetles in one pocket:. Each tree in the orchard ix approached, the cap - sake opened,' and the quiescent bee- tles thrown among flee' branches. Theoretically the ton ladybugs placed in each tree, with plenty of food •available, will increase to 100,- 004 at the end of ntnety days. So when you see a ladybird—particular- ly in a:. fruit orchard—don't try to stare It "Home," in the scientific days, to a ladybird, is where the mealybug ta. A I►n'eliTBuioiva PO'W'ER.. Whew Woman falters Ramo Clock Stops, A weeniest who hair the mysterious power of making watehes and clocks atop the moment she enters a' room la employed a.5 a charwoman in a London suburban home. The employ - ear of the woman said: 'We know exactly -what rooms she has begin in mu/ what time she en- tered," said the employer, '"for every clack storm inunediately. The only elock drat resists her influence is a grim/Maher clock` is the ball, which gams on ticking no natter how near she approaches. I ani told that she has the sante effect on the clocks fa e neigh ear's house where she goes atter leaving us." A. doctor, asked if: he eoeld throw light oat the mystery recently, said it 'was kpsn haat the chemical proper- ties of the skin of certain persons had ,alb ,sleet ,on vetaons metals and Matteis, It may be that Cas aciiiti a,s tine eharwomas, in question enters a roote an acute electrical reaction is set up, but it is more than likely that this extraorainary feat of stopping elooks. is induced by the. chemical action of the skin. It ilei also possible that she is viva .romantic. Romantic people lave such powers as exhibited by that latussen, tate Artket. It wee a surprioc to Most pimple to discover that Fridt3et leiansen wae. aa artist, as during his litetfine he aauld never eotiseitt to an exhlbition: of his works, but rceeutlj• an exhibit of about 100 water colors and litho- grepb.s WAS opened at Oslo on tbe, initiative of his friend the painter, t Erik Wereriskteld, 'there were ex- quisite little water colors. of West i Norway painted in bis youth, Mimes - diens of k3a expedition to the .&retic and of las tours in the forester. Many of the lititograpt 'done in later years are powerful Mei expres- sive, spg4#ally notable being mete of a penal bear, Sotto of his por- traaite are eh.ataeteristie. He heel. giv- Ce. a eeveral copies of nine of them ... withrilet the reeipients ..s.,::..:...� that 1 he vets the artist, o a tar 11 0 ANCEMMER KEEPING AIR LINES SAFE le'V leirtY PEEcATTTIO TAKEN AT RNtlLISII itutoRomrf. Croydon Ras Wonderful Map Tht: Finds Airplanes Tbat Have Lost-.- Their Wa''i'lje Watcher en the Belcoiny. High a e the surrogndint builds Ings; asrd of trlooking the airdrome, etands the Croydon ec•ntroi tower, It is to the air -Liner what the lighthouse Is to the stunts at sea, says a writer itt Answers. entire it messages are sent giving weather reports, and, ea emer- gency, the actual bearings of an air- plane lose. in fog. To It come regular reports frare the air -liners as they approach the Chancel. and airdrome. As the huge engines of the waitug air -liner are tuned up: for the last time by mechanics, the pilot gives his name, particulars of the machine, and destination. 'to a ground offleer. Meanwhile the 'control officer is watching from his vantage point, If the airdrome is clear of all traffic, a red disc is hung over the side of the balcony. Thee signal means that the air- liner can be taxied out on to the air- drome. With a roar the giant silver plane jolts slowly over the.turf, turns into the wind, and stops. The pilot Is waiting for the "Right Away" sig- nal: from the telexed tower. He looks back and sees a bright light foeuzred at him. That is the final signal from the tower preceding every flight front Croydon. Airdrome. Without it no airdrome is allowed to leave; , but in. exceptional . cases, when the wind is favorable, both sig nals- •-tlte disc and searchlight --are given together, and the take -off is made from the wide, paved surface adjoining the sheds. Once in the air, it is the duty of the pilot to inform the control officer of his destination, and when he reaches the Channel: to, give the route be is taking for the crossing. All these particulars are entered in a log, and messages that come. 0* the wireless are kept until the sender: re= turns to. Croydon. tower, w , next At the to ' et the toto the control officer's` room, are two. wireless operators, whose duty it is to -pick up and sand messages to the pilots. on their journeys. As the mes- sages come in they are written out on forms resembling telegrams, the number of the machine and its des- tination at the top, and the remarks beneath. These forms are pushed through a hatch to the control offi- cer and entered in the log. mord the centre. of the ont rs a gi- gantic map of all the countries over which the air -liners travel. . At the side are a"number of pins to which are attached flags of different colors. Blue for British,machines, red for Dutch, white for ',French, and so on. When the machine leas left Croydon a' flag representing it is stuck in the map at the place from which the last itsessage was sent. Thus, at, a glance, it is possible to see where: every air -liner leaving or approaching Croydon Is at any par- ticular moment. Once across the Channel. it is really the duty of the control tower at Paris to mark its map; but Croydon still retains an in- terest in the Machine, and not until the landing message is received is the flag 'removed from the map. Without this check on machines it would be impossible to tell the posi- tions ' of machines, and in the event of a crash help might be delayed. Close by is a sinilar, map covered with glass, ,in which are punctured three holes—one at Croydon, anoth- er at Lympne, and one at a station in Norfolk.. Through each hole is a piece of thread attached to a weight. When, in the winter, an atr-ziuer loses its way in the fog and cannot see the ground to find its bearings, it sends a wireless: message to Croydon, explaining the difficulty. Immediately Croydon littorals the other two sta.- tions and asks the pilot of the air- liner to run his wireless dynamo at full speed. A weird screech. of intense power retialtis, and the three stations tune this in, noting at the same time the marks on the dial- of the tuning -in machine. These numbers Are sent to Croydon, where the threads with their weights are pulled out and stretched to: correspcnd.ing numberss on the margin of the map. Whatever the position of the ma e�hfi}e, the tihroe threads cross and j'orait•b £ ikingle', and the position of the machine is within the three sides • of the thread, All this is done under two minutes, so an exact bearing can be given to the pilot. There is no other trap similar to this in the world, and it is due to it that the safety of air travel to and from Britain is 'maintained. Ocean• Menially a wireless amateur may heal the tuning -in note, hut it will be by accident, because a wave- length c!. 960 metres is reserved for airplane wireless. :Petrol.ling the balcony of the con- trol tower night and day is a watch- er who reports machines approaching or waiting to leave` to the control: of- ficer, As the air -liners come In they racist ' circle the airdrone once and hen land. A. machine flying round to land takes precedence of one watt - ng to take off; thus there is no con- fusion, and ,the possibility of eoili- ions or accidents in trying to avoid theta is elroittated.µ la Mentor r of Bliss Carman,, Oa the sweep of a, hillside over - ticking the Saint .tohn river valley a haat of New Brunswick granite was invelled, recently to the memory of Blass Cartnan, Itere Carman lived as boy; the spirit of the river and the Palley is infused in the poetry through which he expressed Itis per-' eeption of life, and to the family plot ev ealtiw'h,ieh the s.was was unveiled to- (iay his adze s were returned after d 'f'he material follows elosely Clr- an's own ideas of .a tnoniixnent, 11, 'funds eight feet high, cut- in gothic 1;1nner, with it kneeling-bettelt and p011 book Joined to the 'base. 1"00.1 Savice Or THE J" *real Association relievjt'by GRANT r4EMlUo, Assooxi Tg SLt;.flg'f4RY BE PREPARED! You start on this new year with certain hopes. To what extent you will be able to carry out your plans depends, in large' measure on wheth- er or not you are physically and men- tally healthy, and so able to do ev- etythinte you wish to do. , Illness erlack of health may so interfere with and upset your inten- tions that the year will be a disap- pointment to you;. The result may be that you will be unable to achieve what you have set out to do, and $o you will miss the happiness that should be yours. In order to avoid unhappiness, in otder to prevent, as far as possible, any intereference, through illness, with your work and play, it is .ab- solutely necessary that your prepare yourself for theyear which is before you. It is nothing less than a gamble to go ahead trusting everything thing is - Y all right now, and that it will continue. to be all right, and it may be that, in your case, this attitude will lead to disaster. The sensible thing to do is to be, prepared. You have nothing to lose and muchto gain through making sure that your body is in a healthy c ndition and considerthe satisfac- tion s sa s tion you experience in being told that you may fairly relyy upon its being able to do the work you are planning and that it is not apt to break clown during the year. 'The best way .to bring yourself in- to the ranks of those who are pre- paned is to have a Health Examina- tion by yout family physician. A thorough and complete examination of your body wili. reveal any abnorrn- al condition which: may be present, unknown to you. The advantage of having such a condition detected is that you may secure treatment and have the trouble corrected before it has had time to do any damage, It may be necessary to change your manner of living somewhat in order to keep your body in 'good con- dition, Quite thoughtlessly, you may be abusing your bodybyeating not the right kinds of food, you may be overeating, or in some such way, you. inay be causing your body to wear out " Your doctor will tell you if this is. so, and by following his ad- vice, you will prevent a premature wearing -out and breaking down of the body machine. The idea we wish to convey is that instead of waiting until you become ill and then calling your doctor in to patch, you up and get back into a normal healthy condition, you go to him once a year for an examination andto receive his advice on how to keep well, Do not wait until you are ill. Consult your doctor while you are well in order that he may keep you well: Prepare for the year that is ahead, and have a Health examination by your family physician? Questions concerning Health, ad-' dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College St., Toronto, will be answered personally by letter, MORE RESOLUTIONS thim "a hundred million bushels av number wan hard, an lindin thin the money to payfer it. Thin mebby he will sell tin millions :av bushels av whate to France in ixchange fer. afther malc•iar two more good resotoo- shuns fer the Nevi Year, Wan yvus to'. throy to git tree 'ssissxnint, ritiucedi. an the other; wee to hould jarge Shpotton to his prawtzrise to git the a jawb tiepin • to take the r;insis next summer. We are now aff to a good shtart fer the New,Ycar, an I haven't bask a single wart av m,e,'good resolve - slums yit. Shpakio. av the h,eginnin av the New Year always shtarts a fellah to tinkirn, I don't mane that I am af- ther shpakin fursht an tinkin atelier - wards, but only that the fursht wake in Jinnywary always sinds some sar- ious toughie tree yer bead, an if ye kin remirber to put the roight year at the top av all yer letthers an cheqL nes ye are doin purty'well, so ye are. I inane that's the way' it is wid the rnosht av Tellabs, but fer reesilf 1 always look on the new year as if it was wan av thhe continued shtor les that the misses does be raidin all the toime in thim magazines she sub- ;.sehroibes fer wid thine returned sold gers an fel]ahs whowant to airn en- ough money to put titim troo Col- l'i dge, i tink she loikcs `thine rnishtery , yarns besht, be rayson av the sur- praises in thin,; an because ye nivir know what is corrin nixt. I nivir rade thim mesilf, fer, shure, I do bit foind- in all the surproises I nade, to kape me blood stirred up, in.the tings that do be hapPenin iviry day av me loife „eight furninsht rte, Iviry day opens up a new chapter in the shtory av the year—sometimes it is wan as broight an full av prawmise as wan ay. Mish- er Iiinnitt's shpaiches, an sometoimes as dull as the new platfoorm av the Ontario Grits. A lot av tings do be loikely to hap- pen befoor the year nointeen;an tirty wan has pashed into hishtory. ,' Mish- ter Ferguson will hey showed thirn English Tories how to win elickshuns an Mishter'Binnitt will hey perswad- ed then Choinatnin to ate whate in- shtid av rioce, be rayson av sindin To the Editur av all thim Wi,ngham Paypers. Deer Sur;— •- Since wroitin ye lasht wake 1 wus ONLY A tOCtOR KN( >t1 H T A L1 �r1TiV : Danger lies in careless selections of laxatives! By taking the first tinier:, that comes eo mind when bad breath; headaches, dizziness, nausea, beliie/ rs , gas °gas on stomach -and bowels,laclr. of appetite or energywarns .,f consti hatinioyou risk f tin the laxatide abit. 4 1; Depend 'on a doctor's jtidgncnt fit choosing your laxative. Here's ane= made froth the prescription of •>< Specialist in bowel andstomach s'is- orders. Its originator ht ied it ir. thousands of cases; found it safe for women, children and old foilcs; thoroughly effective for the most robust man. Today, Dr. Caldhvell's_ Syrup Pepsin, as it is called, is tie world's most popular laxative. it : composed of fresh herbs and other pure ingredients. You care get it, sir generous bottles acrd ready for use, at uty drugstore. chanipain' to trate the byes wid an. kape thine warrumed up to foight the Grits whin the Parleymint mates next month: It takes IViishter Binnitt tet; tink up new oideas. The ,.vurruld has,- n't seen his equal since Hinnery Ford. wint oversays to slxtop the war, an git the zein out av the trenches in a month, an Mishter Guthrie prawmis- ed to hey ivirybody wurrukin in tree; days afther the Tories got into :aw•- lice. Wishin ivirybody as much happi n,ees as they deserve durin the . year. Yours till nixt wake, Timothy Hay. II'o1o. Polo la eta of the oldest garnet in the world. Its original home was in aineient Persia. letiota there it spread to tndtaClete* and Japab. It alhio oread. arestrn'ard, and . bdcarrie the taveirlte apart bf, the leYeenttbte eaR'' purrera and there Courtiers. In narkteri times British nfticxrs in India raw Its possi.brltiss, and .started pia lag, It. 'l �e sante first appeared; lit iiglatid itt 1863, but the regular. aeehtie cull', teursati tnts oo the i iaEtlingbanii Oink) grounalitnlg rl4a l ttelrtn L&74, . o :