THE MIRROR THE MIRROR PUBLISHED BEVERY FRIDAY AT THB FEBTCHER JOHNSTON PRESS, 123 ON- TARIO ST., STRATFORD. PHONB 1I15w FLETCHER JOHNSTON, EDITOR Pee lle Se SUBSCRIPTION RATB $1.00 A YBAR Stratford, May 28, 1926 Modern Woman Discussed Much discussed, praised, condemned and all, the modern woman manages to keep her head above all adverse criticism, and accepts all nice things Said of her gracefully. "The modern woman" ing, and _ furthermore, an ancient Phrase. Modern paragraphers seem to think that the "modern woman," is entirely a creature of the twentieth century, but in this they are greatly mistaken. As far as the writer per- sonally knows, she is a being that has racked the brains of man for at least three decades, and most likely there were "modern women" in the time of Solomon. Some 30 years ago the bicycle was the thing. Woman, inquiring and _ pro- gressive as she always has been, took up the new fad with avidity. The edi- tors of the country opened their eyes, WOMEN WERE WEARING BLOOM- ERS. From that point on, the woman 'of 30 years ago.in the opinion of some degenerated, and was everywhere cCall- ed the "new" or "modern woman." One man, putting his lament in poetry. Stated that man had at least one fort ---the razor. Although woman _ could steal his style of hair dress, clothes and practically every other attribute that had been considered distinctly male, she could not purloin the razor. That was 30 years ago. Today the sophisticated will tell you that milady has now adopted even this male weapon. This shows, at least, that poor man has always had to struggle with the type of woman that kept up with the times. Times change, it is only natural fhat the woman should do so. Garters undoubtedly are, more com- monplace than they once were. A contemporary mourns this, along with other things. which, like the sanctity of the garter, are lost today. It is a matter of material moment whether or not the average man is conversant with feminine attire? The answer can easily be put in the negative. Un- doubtedly there was a time when the sight of a garter would mean much more than it does now- Now it has lost its value as a thing unusual, and is but an accepted fact. In another article a statement that is very much open for debate is made, as follows:-- "There was far more refinement, gentleness, respect and courtesy in the consideration shown to women be- fore the fight for women's equal rights than there is today when wo- men are enjoying the fruits of their emancipation." ; Js woman shown less consideration. courtesy and respéct than ever be- is an interesi- j fore? The answer is in the negative. The average man of today is just as much, if not more a gentleman on the average, than his immediate prede- cessors. A true gentleman is always a gentleman to a lady, no matter in what age he lives, and a woman is a person to be respected, A small item like her manner of dress surely will not change a man's whole attitude to the other sex. There always' were women who did not command respect, and men who did not respect them, but it is doubtful if they are more numerous today than they ever were before. The emancipation of women, as_ it h¥; been liberally carried out, has meant more than the freedom of dress. No longer does the normal man look at his wife more or leSs as a chattel, to do his wish, and to look after him, as he did in the age when, as the writer would infer, woman was "glorified." More and more is the modern woman let become a thinking being, and the world is none the worse of it, as far as can be seen. Every age has its pecularities, and allowance must be made for them. daakilssehie thi Rekabiaie eal ite _Z@amge GILLIES. ie. 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CLAYTON Proprietor Phone 1580 Residence 1330Jd FRANK P. GIBBS Chartered Accountant 102 Ontario St. Stratford, Ont. (Beacon Building) PHYSICIAN 21 DOWNIE STREET hy Phones--Office 466, Resident Nutritive Value of Meat (From a radio talk broadcast from Station WLS, by Anne Pierce, special writer on foods.) All good food on the table calls for well sustained team work in these days of specialized production, wide- spread markets and difficult merchan- dising. The cook who wields a wicked frying pan may ruin both appetite and digestion; the greasy stew, we ail have met, and yet it becomes the aris- tocratic casserole dish in the hands of the French cook; boiled beef may be nondescript, tasteless shreds or a delicate, nutritious background for that most appetizing of sauces made from the horseradish. In the last analysis it is up to the cook how sin- eere our grace over meat may be-- though breeding, scientific feeding, in- épection, refrigeration and good mer- chandising have endeavored to bring a fine product to our table. The first duty of a food is to be ed- ible--and meat has what one might call "high edibility."" And are we so puritanical as to think tHat savor is a s.de issue, that food that causes the mouth to water value? It is this appetizng quality which has led us to over-eat of meat and blame it for our own indiscretion. It is so much easier to be moderate in Our consumption of spinach and earrots than that of chops and steaks! has no digestional | most It is difficult to get an unbalanced person to eat a balanced ration! Auto-intoxication, of which we hear so much, is due to faulty elimination, not to And in these days, when a few pounds overweight causes both science and society to frown upon one, the moderate eating of lean meats with the proper balance of fresh vegetables and fruits,-a min- imum of starches, very little fats and few, if any, sweets, is the ration that gives satisfaction and comfort as well as the slender silhouette. And what are the special nutritive values of meat? First, a complete building material, easily used by the body in growth or to repair waste; meat eating. | then two very valuable and essential minerals without which cell life,-es- that of glands, bones, is depleted and the blood lacks pecially Nerves and red corpuscles--these are phosphor- ous and iron and phosphorous are to be found: in the organs, and kidney and brains which These organs such as liver all con- tain vitamines. have no waste, are moderate in price and well cooked. Broiled kidneys; .old fashioned kid- ney stew with hot biscuits; soft. well bacon, pate-like delicious when browned liver with in its delicacy, are all neglected dish- es. telling I'am afraid we must stop | points ourselves that the men like only stews and roasts. I see too many of them in restaurants, of their own fre2 will ordering stews, hashes ani the tike. it needs but to master three simple to make a success of these dishes: To brown or sear the meat, first, for flavor and to juices; to have a full array of condi- ments on hand and use them skilfully, retain the testing by tasting--they pay for them- selves many times over in making plain economical foods attractive; to make a sauce that is neither watery nor pasty, lumpy nor palefaced--in other words, to thicken it cautious- ly and carefully. You can conjure up a dish that an epicure will not scorn from whatever meats the gods and men provide, knowledge. 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