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The Man Who Knows, Wean BIG SMITH WORK CLOTHES 2W i m tmmu n m • iisca i sua co - n. joftBH • curiwaoa wmome TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR INSIDES NOSE- MOUTH phakthx; SMAU V VT^“ cnu - ably can help you overcome them, i' i 'Wif'n.i.i n Does reading ability improve with practice? Answer: Under normal circum stances, Yes. Up to your limits of fatigue, the oftener you do any thing, the more it tends to be come automatic, and therefore to be done faster and with less ex penditure of effort. A competent book reviewer really can get the gist of a whole book in the time that it would take most people to read, say, two or three chapters. But if you’ve acquired bad read ing habits — like just looking at words without stopping to think what they mean—the more read ing you do, the less you will un derstand or remember. LOOKING AT RELIGION By DON MOORE ALB&trZONmrz&l, crnsnAN PHILOSOPHER, HAS SUDDENLY BECOME PETTER KNOWN 10 MOKE PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER CHRISTIAN EDUCATOR THIS CENTURY I Inprazil a legislator WAS FLOODED by thousands OF PRAISE LETTERS FROM pnOT&TANTS'CATHOLICS FOR A SPEECH HE MADE AGAINST GAMBLING. KEEPING HEALTHY | Glutamic Acid Improves Intelligence By Dr. James W. Barton I HAVE WRITTEN a couple of times about the use of glutamic acid—an amino acid—in helping to brighten the mind. This dis covery was first reported by Dr. C. C. Pfeiffer, professor of phar macology, Illinois College of Medi cine, who stated that glutamic acid brightened the wits in a series of 69 mentally defective children one and one-half to 17 years of age. More recently an editorial in The Journal of the American Medical Association” stated that glutamic acid had been found of great help in the mild form of epilepsy (petit mal). Still another group reported that they had ob served a rise in mental age and in telligence quotient in adults. Since the above favorable re ports, some research workers have stated that they failed to obtain favorable results in treating “back ward” children with glutamic acid. In view of the above favorable and unfavorable reports, a not un usual occurrence when any new drug or method of treatment is child is bom); that is, the lowest form of intelligence. Generally speaking a moron has an intelligence quota of from 80 to 90, an imbecile is much below this, running from 50 to 60, but an idiot has little or no intelligence, al though he is lively and imitates well. It would naturally be expected that little or nothing can be done to increase the intelligence of a mongolian idiot, but in “The Amer ican Journal of Psychiatry,” Drs. F. T. Zimmerman, Bessie B. Burge- meister and T. J. Putman report their study of the effects of glutam ic acid in 30 definite cases of mon golism idiocy or mental backward ness and 30 non-mongoloid control cases. announced, it is of interest to learn that glutamic acid has been found to improve the wits or intelligence in what is known as mongolian idiocy (which is present when the While too much should not be expected in all cases of mental backwardness, parents of back ward children would do well to discuss this method of treatment with their family physician. <4 HEALTH NOTES '—.SB While diabetes Is not a contag ious disease, it Is hereditary, and the million diabetics are chiefly the relatives of diabetic persons. • * • We should all try to avoid noises. We should try to avoid making un necessary noises. • • * The lower bowel is not supposed to be empty at any time. By nourishing food, enough but not too much rest, and slight and regular exercise, the health of both mind and body of the elderly can be maintained for years. • • • In any sinus condition, the im portant part of the treatment is to get the sinus to drain properly so that pus or mucous in the sinus will drain out. •imm J, FORtMLHj SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 1: 14:7-12; »1 22:1-23 : 32:6-10 ; 37-39. DEVOTIONAL READING: Phillip- plans 1:12-20. Spokesman of God Lesson for November 27, 1949 G OD MAKES USE of strange characters. What shall we think of a preacher who tried to beg off from being a preacher? What can we make of a man who actually reproached God for forcing him into the minis try? How shall we rate a man who in time of war urged his own nation to surrender, who was believed by almost nobody, who was repudiated by his own class and even Dr. Foreman his own family? What can we say of a man who was often in hot water with the city authorities, who spent months of his time in jail, who was called subver sive, and who never got along with the established religion of his time? The prophet Jeremiah was that man; yet posterity honored him. His own generation thought him a liar. But some then knew, as we know today, that he was a teller of God’s truth, a spokesman of God, • • • Was he a pessimist? W E KNOW (Jer. 1) that Jeremiah did not wish to be a prophet in the first place, though unlike Isaiah he shrank back not from a sense of sin but because he thought of himself as a mere child. We know (chap. 20) that at times he was thoroughly discouraged about himself, and even cursed the day he was born. It is also true that in the last war waged by his little country of Judah before it was smashed, his advice from begin ning to end was “Surrender.” No wonder people thought him a pessimist, a calamity-howler. But before we call him such names we must remember two things. First is, that his unwillingness to be a prophet, and the fact that so to speak he hated the job, marks a vital fact: he, perhaps even more than other prophets, sensed the dif-_ ference between his own ideas and what God was saying through him. Even when what the Lord said was not what they them selves would have wished to say, they spoke for ihe Lord nevertheless. The other thing to remember is that when everybody wants to believe a pleasant lie, and a man comes along telling the unpleasant truth, he is not a pessimist, he Is simply stating facts. Jeremiah stood by the facts as God gave him insight to see them. If they jailed him for it, he could not help that; but they could not shut his mouth nor close his eyes. • • • Was he a patriot? J EREMIAH was constantly ac cused of acts and attitudes which today might be called “subver sive,” though he dearly loved his country. This was because he dared to rebuke the ambitions of his country’s leaders. They said: Our country shall be free! But Jeremiah knew it would not be free. They said: Our king will conquer! Jeremiah knew he would end his days a prisoner. Jeremiah was unpopular, to put It mildly, because he advised his country to take the only place among the nations it could take— an humble one. Then, as now, many persons think that patriotism means be lieving yours is the perfect country. If anyone points to in justice in our land, some one may yell, “Deport him!” But Jeremiah showed what is a true patriot. He is not necessar ily the man who approves all the foreign policies of his na tion (Jeremiah approved not one), nor the man who speaks only good of his country and his people. The best patriot is the person who, seeing his country as God sees it, will dare to speak out against evil wherever he finds it. mm* A Way to Know God J EREMIAH knew God well, and the trouble with his contemporar ies was that they did not know God. But Jeremiah did not say: “Know God by becoming a prophet like me,” for he knew that only a few are called to be prophets. Neither did he say, “Go to church oftener,” for you can see in chap. 7 what he thought of the Temple of his time. He pointed to the good king Josiah (chap. 13). That king had found God, not in a mystic vision like Jeremiah’s, not in burnt of ferings and sacrifices, but in the doing of justice, looking out for the exploited, caring for the helpless, seeing that justice was done. (Copyright by the International council of Religious Education on behalf of 40 Protestant denominaUrns. Released by WNU Features.) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ HOUSfHOlO MEMOS... Let Cranberries Grace the Turkey Stuffing (St* Recipt Below) Thanksgiving Tips JT WON’T BE LONG now before A one of the biggest of the holiday meals will grace your table: golden brown, done to a turn turkey, chicken or other fowl, with the trimmings, topped off with a des sert of glisten ing pumpkin pie or spicy mince meat. The market list will be a long one, the preparations ex tensive and the planning care ful. Start early and make a n outline of all Ingredients to have, and just what should be done when. Then even a Thanksgiving dinner will be well organized and efficient ly executed. • • * F OR TURKEYS weighing 8 to 16 pounds, use an ovefl tempera ture of 325*. For turkeys over 18 pounds, use an over temperature of SOO”. Plan to "rest” the turkey 15 to 30 minutes after roasting to make carving easier. •Sweet Potatoes with Oranges (Serves 8) 8 boiled sweet potatoes, sliced thin 2 oranges, peeled, sliced thin 1 lemon, peeled, sliced thin K cnp brown sugar H cnp butter H cnp water Arrange potatoes and fruit In lay ers in a buttered casserole. Sprink le with sugar, dot with butter and add water. Cover. Bake in a mod erate (350*) oven until tender. •Gingerale Fruit Salad (Serves 8) 2 tablespoons unflavored gelatin 2 tablespoons cold water K cnp boiling water H cnp lemon juice 2 tablespoons sugar 1 cap gingerale H cnp red grapes, seeded and halved H cap celery, finely chopped K cnp apple, cored and cubed M cup pineapple cubes H cup cubed, canned pears Dissolve gelatin in cold water; add hot water, lemon juice, sugar and gin gerale. When mixture thick ens, fold in fruit. Chill in one large or in individual molds. Serve with may onnaise. Chiffon Pumpkin Tarts (Makes 8) 1 envelope unflavored gela tin H cup cold water 1)4 teaspoons cinnamon )4 teaspoon ginger % teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon 1 salt 9i cnp brown sngar, firmly packed 94 cup rich milk 2 caps canned or cooked pumpkin 1 cup heavy cream, whipped H teaspoon vanilla 8 baked tart shells Soften gelatin in water. Combine spices, salt, sugar in top of double boiler. Mix well. Stir in milk and pumpkin. Place over boiling water LYNN SAYS: Turkey Talk Will Guide yon Helpfully Bread for stuffing the holiday bird is test when a day or two old, and is much easier to use if broken or cut into small sized cubes. Stuffings will have a more nut like and appetizing flavor when the cubes of bread are toasted lightly before using. Carve an equal amount of light and dark meat so that everyone may have his preference. Dry the inside of the bird before THANKSGIVING DINNER •Oyster Soup •Roast Turkey •Cranberry Apple-Bread Stuffing •Sweet Potatoes with Oranges Gravy Buttered Cauliflower , Green Beans Cloverleaf Rolls Celery Carrot Sticks •Gingerale Fruit Salad •Pumpkin Chiffon Tarts Beverage •Recipe Given and heat to boiling point, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; add gelatin and stir until dissolved. When cool, fold in whipped cream and vanilla. Pour into baked and cooled tart shells or a nine-inch pastry shell, if one large pie is desired. Chill until firm. Garnish with toasted pecans. Serve with ad ditional whipped cream, if desired. • • • How to Prepare Tnrkey C LEAN TURKEY by removing all feathers. Singe and use tweezers on pin feathers, if neces sary. Wash and drain well. Rub cavity with salt. Stuff neck and body cavities lightly as stuffing ex pands during roasting. For a turkey over 12 pounds, wrap strips of clean cloth around end of each leg bone and tie with string. Cov er cloth with shortening. This prevents lower leg from drying. Tie leg bones together and fasten string under the tail to hold legs against the body. Rub surface of the turkey with softened butter. Roast turkey In a slow oven fol lowing the times given here: Size Roasting. Time 8 pounds 3 hours 18 pounds 3 <4 hours 12 pounds 4 hours 14 pounds 4)4 hours 18 pounds 5)4 hours 25 pounds 6)4 hours J UST ONE more tip: plan small servings of everything except the turkey, because that’s what folks will fill up on! •Oyster Soup (Serves 8) 2 tablespoons onion, grated 1 tablespoon celery, minced IT tablespoon parsley, minced 2 tablespoons batter 1 tablespoon floor 1 pint bouillon 1 pint oysters Simmer vegetables lightly In but ter. Add flour and brown. Gradual ly add oyster liquor and bouillon. Season and cook for five minutes. Just before serving, add oysters, either cut or whole, and cook only until they curl. •Fresh Cranberry-Apple Bread Stuffing (For 16-pound turkey) 1 quart fresh cranberries, chopped 1 quart peeled, chopped apples 2 teaspoons lemon juice 2 cups sugar 1 cnp finely chopped celery 1 gallon H-inch bread crumbs 1 cnp water or broth Combine all ingredients in order given. Add water or broth and mix well. Turkey and stuffing will both keep better if the stuffing is removed from the bird before storbig in the refrigerator, after the meal is over. If you are depending upon a roast meat thermometer to guide you in testing the "doneness” of the turkey, it should register at 190*t When the turkey is done, the drumstick can be moved up and down readily. The meat feels soft when the thickest part of the drum stick is pressed between the fing ers protected with cloth or paper. 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