M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R . S A T U R D A Y , J U N E 2'lnd. 1935.
Woman's Page THE
APOSTLE O F T H E FAMILY
A CHRISTIAN mother, praying secret, removed from the eyes of one evening in tears before her his mother, books which he would crucifix, was surprised by h*er not permit his sister to read, fredaughter, who, throwing her arms quents society forbidden to his round her neck, said to her ten- sister, and which he tries to hide from his mother? derly:— Will my brother become a hypo"You are suffering, mother. But crite ? How is it, finally, that my brotell me what troubles you." "My daughter," sadly replied the ther, so loving to his mother, so mother, "pray for your brother." tender to his sister, so happy here"Does he no longer love you?" tofore in living with them, seems "I am sure that he still loves me, at times to fly from their caresses, but he no longer loves God; and to cast down his eyes before them, you know, my child, that when the amuses himself far from the love of God is driven from the family fireside, and exhibits imheart, the love of family and of patience and weariness when an accident forces him to remain with duty quickly departs also. The young girl, when alone in them? her own room, prayed for a long Will my brother become forgettime before retiring to rest. ful of his love? < The next day God caused to O my brother! answer thy sister. come into her hands one of those And the young girl, kneeling for books, modest missionaries, which, a moment before the statue of the borne upon the wings of angles, go Blessed Virgin in her room, preforth to sow good seeds. sented the little leaf to her, as if She founcf several pages in it asking her to bless it. She then which were like a revelation to her, placed it on her brother's desk. and, taking her pen, she wrote, Before the evening meal, which somewhat in the style of what she reunited the mother, brother, and had been reading, the following sister, the young apostle waited lines:— anxiously at the door of the drawA Few Questions to which I beg ing-room. my Brother to reply this evening. The brother enters, and, hasHow is it that my brother, so tening to his sister, his eyes filled grateful for the smallest attention with tears, takes both her hands from his sister, so thoughtful in in his, and embracing her most giving her pleasure, so ingenious affectionately, says: "Sister, I come in framing gracious words and af- to give you an answer: Before fectionate thanks, forgets God so separating we will all say our eveneasily? He, to whom he is indebt- ing prayers together." ed for a loving mother, a compeSorrowful mothers and sisters, tence which places him beyond the know you not some heart which reach of want, health which per- vice has not yet quite corrupted, mits him to 'enjoy life? How is it and to whom these lines would do that he never says to Him, I thank of service? Thee; nor even a short prayer at From: G O L D E N GRAINS. the beginning or the end of the day? Is my brother becoming unHOUSEHOLD HINTS. grateful ? Heat. How is it that my brother, so exact in fulfilling all his obligaThere are so many household tions, so industrious when at his actions which depend on the cause, work, so submissive to those who nature or effects of heat, that it can advance his interests, violates does not seem out of place to inwith so much indifference the troduce a few words on this imsolemn laws of God and the portant subject and its bearings Church, allowing his mother and in the home. sister to go alone to Mass on SunWhen heat is applied to objects day, and alone to the Table of the it has three great effects. Lord? He knows, nevertheless, 1. The objects get hotter. that there is an express command This is obvious and needs no furfor the performance of these reli- ther explanation. gious duties, and he has not for2. Many bodies change their gotten that several times he pub- state: that is, hard things become licly renewed the solemn promises soft, such as ice, glue or tar when made for him in baptism. heated becomes quite liquid, and Will my brother prove faithless some liquid things become hard. to his word? A n example is an egg, which cooks How is it that my brother, who quite hard, or a soft dough which has received a Christian education, bakes into a hard bread. In fact who has not lost his faith; who we try not to heat it too much for knows well all that he owes to God fear of making it too hard. Numerand to the Church; who could ous examples of this effect of heat prove, if necessary, the perfect occur in cooking. lawfulness of her authority; yet 3. Substances when heated get dares not make any open profes- larger. In the home this is persion of his religion, not even a sim- haps the most important of the ple sign of the cross; permits in three effects, as the following exhis presence, without remons- amples will show:— trance, lying and blasphemous at(a) If we fill the kettle full of tacks upon God, the Church, and cold water and place it on the the priesthood? fire. When the water gets hot Will my brother become a it can no longer fit in the kettle, coward ? and some of it pours out of the How is it that my brother—so spout. (The kettle also gets liscreet before his sister, so proud big, but since there is more of her candour and purity, promptwater it dots not increase as ly silencing in her presence the much.) Hence we never quite least objectionable word-reads in fill the kettle. v
Every child needs milk every day."
MILKMAID (b) If we pour boiling water into a glass dish it cracks. This is because the hot water makes the inside of the dish increase in size whilst the outside remains cold and small: hence it cracks. If the glass is thin it does not crack so easily, because the water makes the whole thing hot. Many breakages occur thus, and could be avoided by heating the whole vessel evenly. Chimneys of lamps crack when the light is turned up or turned out too suddenly. (c) If knives are placed in very hot water the steel increases so much more than the ivory that the handles soon become loose and destroyed. (d) A cold heater which is too small for a box iron will only just fit when it becomes red hot. It is difficult to put on our gloves when our hands are hot because the hands are larger. (e) The bars in front of a grate fit tightly when hot and are quite loose when cold. Heat can be conducted or passed from one body to another, and substances which pass the heat well are called good conductors. Some good conductors are silver, iron, marble and linen, and bad conductors are wood, paper, wollens, furs. It is noticed that good conductors feel cold, that is because they conduct away the heat from our hands, and so they feel cold. Bad conductors do not take the heat away, and so they feel warm. There is no heat in a good pair of blankets; they would not boil a kettle for us; but when placed on the bed they are such bad conductors that they do not let the heat of our bodies away into the air. For this reason we always wear furs or woollen things in the winter, and it is wise to always wear woollens next the skin and so keep the body always warm and unaffected by outside cold or heat. Paper is mentioned as a bad conductor, and sheets of paper sewn into a thin blanket make a very warm covering. This is why paper is often used as an iron holder—the heat of the iron cannot easily get through to the hand. A thermos flask is made on the same principle, and is a glass jar surrounded by a bad conductor. These bad conductors also keep the heat out, and if we wrap ice up in a blanket the heat of the room cannot get in to melt it. Turf ashes are also bad conductors, and if a piece of red coal is covered with them it will remain hot for hours. Ivory is also a bad conductor, and the ivory knob in the handle of a (Contd. on next Col.)
MILK
RECIPES. Apple Custard Pie. Pare, core and cut up four large apples, add about a gill of water and a little sugar, and stew until they are a pulp; then, while still hot, stir in a piece of butter about the size of a walnut. Now add the grated rind and juice of a lemon, the yolks of two eggs, one pint of milk, two level dessertspoonfuls of cornflour, and add more sugar until it is sweet enough. Put this mixture in a pie-dish lined with short pastry, and when cooked beat the whites of the two eggs to a stiff froth, and cover the top with this, after adding a few grains of sugar. Return to the oven, which must be at a very moderate heat, for a few seconds to brown the meringue, but great care must be taken that it does not scorch. Lemon Jelly. One and a quarter pints of water, one and a half gills of lemon-juice, six ounces of sug:r, half-inch of a stick of cinnamon, four cloves, one and a half ounces of gelatine, the rind of two lemons, the whites and shells of two eg?.*. Put all the ingredients into <• c-tan enameled or alum: uurn saucepan, place over moderate heat, and whisk until nearly boiling. Take out the whisk and Jet the jelly WW until it rises to the top of the pa*?, then draw it to one side and let it stand until the scrum cracks. Just move away the scrum and pour the jelly through a jelly-bag or clean cloth which has been wrung out in boiling water. Pour gently, a little at a time; return what has run through, and when it runs quite clear it is ready for use. If this jelly is required quickly, or if making it in hot weather, a little more gelatine is required. German Egg Sauce. This is an excellent sauce to serve with steamed puddings. It calls for the yolks of two eggs, half a gill of sherry, and a dessertspoonful of castor sugar. Put the yolks with the sherry and castor sugar into a whitelined saucepan and whisk over a moderate fire until the liquid thickens and is frothy, taking care that it does not curdle. silver teapot prevents the heat passing easily to the hand. Soot is a bad conductor, and it takes longer to heat a dirty pot than a clean one. (To be Continued)