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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1955-02-16, Page 6s Scared. By Hunter's Roar '17' 81, TALKS 47. And:M.V5: Mrs. Joseph M. Clark is 74 years old, but when it comes to hand work, she can outdo many a younger woman. For the past 15 years or so, she has made a Jiving for herself and her invalid husband by making braided 'rugs. She makes the braids by hand, too. Here she poses beside her latest and largest creation, a 10 x 12-foot, all-wool hand-braided job. It is believed to be the largest of its kind ever made. Mrs. Clark worked on it three or four hours a day for six months. Less Heck, for many years rialt lying an the earth,. be- director of the Berlin Zoo, :was trapping monkeys and baboons. in the. Wilda of Abysinnia when twenty to thirty warlike Artissi natives swooped on him with SPoP's raised and surrounded him, He .had been too. that attacks on solitary Abyssinians in °this. region were no rarity,. and a. French hunter had. been snurs dere& With • rifle ready, he waited as the menacing ring closed round bib. He could not speak a word of their language. Then he thought of a simple means of showing that he had no evil intention; he burst into a hearty laugh. That they tender- stood, The tension went out of their faces — and his, Negoti- ating by signs and gestures, they got a share of the game loaded on his horse, and in return help» ed to guide him back to camp. ,Another time, on a rhino-bag- ging expedition. in East Africa, he was breaking up camp when suddenly a huge rhino approach- ed. ,s,This was the moment he had - always feared, for if it, at- tacked, his native boys would all. run off and then the young rhino they had captured might. escape with the -intruder.. Starling Trouble In Washington Tool Line bottom 01 greased loaf pan with foil, Spread mixture, in pan. Bake in moderate 0009 oven Until knife inserted comes Out clean, about 33 minutes. Makes 8 servings, * * TURNIPS CHEESE SAUCE 3 C. crisp, fresh turnips 34 0, butter c.. flour c. cream or top milk 1 c. grated process cheese 1. tblsp. chives Slice turnips and cook in boil- ing salted water 8 to 10 min- utes. Drain; cover to keep hot. Melt butter, stir in flour, add cream and cook, stirring, until thickened. Add cheese and stir until melted. Add turnips to sauce. Sprinkle with chives Makes 6 servings. * RED FLANNEL HASH 4 c. chopped, potato c. chopped cooked beets 34 c. chopped onion 1 clove minced garlic 1 (12 oz.) can diced cooked corn beef 1/.e, c. cream Ye tsp, salt % tsp. pepper 34 tsp. dry mustard 6 eggs Chopped parsley Mix all ingredients but eggs, parsley. Spoon mixture into greased 2-quart casserole. Bake, cover- ed, in moderate (350°) oven 25 minutes. Remove cover; shape six hol- lows in hash with back of spoon, drop an egg in each. Season. Bake 20 minutes. Add parsley. Makes 6 servings. SPEEDSTER—This new Lancia touring car is one of the many attractions at the Brussels, Belgium, auto show. Its V-6 engine develops 140 horsepower and is capable of driving the, car at a speed of more than 120 miles per hour. habits, no song, no special charm of personality, no particular beauty in its sooty iridescence. The starling's communal voice is raucous as an orchestra tun- ing up — an orchestra that never plays or gets the key. What he has is a terrific will to survive. Only in the air, in winter, at sundown, is the bird beautiful!'` From 'the 12th story of the Na- tional Press Building, where all the newsmen write dispatches about Congress and President Eisenhower, you are on the level of the evening performance, It is brutally cold outside. Just as the people quit the city, the starlings sail in. They sweep back in big. flocks, circling in complicated maneuvers. There may be four flocks in the air at once. A flock circles like a child's streamer, undulat- ing in the wind. 'It seems to change thickness and mass as the birds swing round and all the little pinpoints expand to-. gether. What makes any parti- cular bird pick a particular flock I don't know — it could be a matter of race or creed or poli- tical opinion. As they stream out, expanding or contracting gustily in the air, a few con- verts dart from flock to flock. gripped the fat, ,smooth neck yet more tightly and received some hefty kicks in the Stem' ach, The rhino began giving out penetrating squealcs, cries to its mother for help. What if a grown rhino cane on the 'scene and attacked? Heck's boys, holding ropes, stood about idly to see the outcome of the strug- gle, Not until he roared at them did they decide to give a hand, grab the rhino's hind legs, and secure it. One day nineteen giraffe, in- cluding several young, came elose to the camp, Heck's party edged them out of the dense bush and stony hills towards the clear plain; then the chase be- gan. with te hunters racing af- ter them on horses, A gigantic bull was the first to be caught up; horse and rider reached only to the belly, and one could easily see under it. The horse shot paste caught up some cows, then went after the young ones at the head of the herd. Running beside a calf a hunter quickly slipped a leather noose over its head. The calf galloped on another twenty yards, then slowed down. The man sprang from the sad• die, held the giraffe fast, was pulled to and fro as it bucked and shied, Eventually it was heaved and pushed into a lorry, then coralled behind wire net- ting, but in the night managed to squeeze under the network and escape. With others they had better luck; on their best day they caught three, Heck once saw two bull gir- affe fighting. They did not face each other, but stood close to- gether striking each other side- ways violently with the pro- tuberances of their heads. The noise could be heard a long way off, and soon one of them moved away exhausted. An amusing young animal was a tame ostrich given them by a sawmill owner's wife, In the cool of the evening it would dance grotesquely, making strange leaps, twirling round flapping its wings, zigzagging between the tents, lifting its long legs in a ridiculous goose- step. Dr. Heck also had some peril» ous encounters with gorillas. A big one in captivity suddenly attacked an essistant keeper, seizing his leg, throwing him down, then standing threaten- inly over him. He had difficul- ty in pushing the black giant away with a stick that gave elec- tric shocks. It would have gone ill with him had not a chirhp come to his aid and hit" out at the ger- illa's back, with a stentorian shout. This diverted its atten- tion, and the keeper was rescued — with a dislocated knee-joint. But by now he had learnt how to treat rhinos. He just walked towards it and roared at it at the top of his voice. It started, stood still, then turned and went off -at full speed. His boys laughed with relief. He gives a breath-taking ac- count of rhino-netting in "Ani- mals My Adventure." He heard a young bull breaking through the jungle in front of him, then something ' reddish - grey came rushing. at him- pell-mell, pitch- ing one of his native boys into the thorns at his side. Seeing it gallop away and about to break out beyond the nets set to trap it, he raced to cut it off. Like lightning it galloped back, ran its 'head into the meshes, and was caught. But the net slid away; the rhino jerked itself from under- neath and was almost free. Ole- sen, a fellow-hunter as strong as a bear, jumped on it, throw- ing his arms round its neck. It gave a loud squeak and carried him away with it. Quickly Heck ran to his aid,. holding fast to a hind leg. Then everyone rush- ed up, rolled with the rhino in a cloud of .dust, and finally se- cured it. - Another time a yOung thine rushed at Heck, full of rage. He'. threw himself on it, clutched it round. the neck, and held ,on. Furiously it aimed at him, with head and horns. He had to duck right down to the ground. It dragged him against the walls of thorn, but he hardly noticed the tears and bleeding wounds. marble niches where possible, and they are extremely unsani- tary. Once when. I interviewed Thurman Arnold in the ornate-e upper floor of the marble Jus- tice Department Building, look- ing out on the avenue, the door opened quietly and a gnomelike Negro messenger came in with a bundle of children's balloons over his back. He walked right by Mr. Arnold who evidently didn't see him, and L.knew he was an apparition because he walked right through — and out of' — a venetian window three stories above 'the street, writes Richard L. Strout in the Chris- tian Science Monitor. It was hard keeping my thoughts fecussed on the digni- fied Mr. Arnold, but one mes- senger more or less, I suppose, doesn't matter much in Wash- ington. Still it was a bit eerie to see him reappear at another venetian window, this time with- out balloons. It developed that there was room to walk on' the sill from window to window out- side and he had been planting an anti-starling balloon barrage. Nobody gets more fein out of anti-starling attacks than the starlings. These devices have been tried: toy balloons, electri- fied wire, aluminum 'owls, pun- gent chemicals, spotlights, tape recordings of starling, distrese screams, and simple yells of angry sanitary commissioners. Starlings don't mind. They were imported in this country in 1890 by wealthy drug manu- facturer 'Eugene Schieffelin who thought every bird mentioned by Shakeepeare shotild be re- presented here. They were re- leased in Central Park, N.Y, the American starlings' Ply- mouth Rock. After a slow %tart, they spread out. They reached- British Columbia in 1947. Mr. Schieffelin's thrUshe s, chaffinches, hulfinches, skylarks, and nightingales couldn't stick it, but after a few grim winters the starlings caught on. Now they love it. Rural 'life is all right in summer-time (where they outbreed and outfight most native species) but for winter give therr the city lights! The Starling is a bold, 'untidy creature with no particular good M1 Punctually as the bundled government workers start home the impudent starlings flock back, slanting down the long rays. of the winter sun sinking . behind the Virginia hills and over the. ToMb of the Unknown Soldier. 'Some people think the starlings are government work- ers who have got bored and cut loose. - The staring, is a drab- bird (like the' popular notion of bureau- crat). The city fathers have no love for them, 'and the starlings don't give a caterpillar's whis- ker for the city fathers. They roost on Pennsylvania Avenue in sycemore. trees: where the Eighth Massachusetts bedded down the War Between the States, br on the niches of ornate federal. buildings. 'They prefer ILLOGICAL. Two flies were 'strolling along the ceiling. 'Suddenly one of them paused. "You know," it said, "human beings are very silly." The other fly shrugged. "Peo- ple are silly? How do you melte that out?" The first fly tapped the ceil- ing with its foot. "Well, take a look," it chirped. "They spend good money building a nice ceil- ing, then they walk on the floor." Root vegetables, such as beets, turnips, carrots and parsnips, deserve a much more preminent place in our winter-time meals than they get in many homes, *They're cheap, even if you don't raise your own, and they're good body-building food. * * It you want to get away from the usual boiled-and-buttered meraoci of serving root vege- tables, why not try them French tried, in a vegetables chowder, or raw as relish sticks, or in a salad? Or try combining them with meat, cheese, or eggs for st main dish. The recipes here are real family favorites. * PARSNIP CASSEROLE 3 e, mashed cooked parsnips 1 c. cubed cooked ham 1 c, canned mushrooms 1 c. grated process cheese 34 e, crushed ready-to-eat cereal crumbs Season mashed parsnip with salt and pepper to taste. Combine ham, mushrooms, and cheese. Alternate layers of parsnips end ham mixture 'in greased 2- qt. casserole. Sprinkle top with cereal crumbs: bake in moderate (350°) oven 15 minutes. * * * Variation uses 3 cups sliced cooked parsnips, % cup pasteur- ized process cheese. Alternate layers of parsnips and cheese; bake in moderat (350°) oven 30 minutes. Top with sliced bacon that has been baked 15 minutes in the oven on a rack in shallow pan. Makes 6 serve en gs, * * * CARROT LOAF 3/4 c. finely chopped celery c. chopped onion 2 tbisp. butter 1 qt. Mashed or riced cooked carrots 4/4 c. cracker crumbs 3 eggs, beaten I tee): salt " % tsp. pepper 3/2 tsp. crushed savory Pan fry celery and onion in butter. cembine carrots with crumbs, eggs, and seasonings Add celery ar en .. PLAIN HORSE SENSE... By F. (BOB) VON PILLS Lucky Steeplejack CURBSIDE KING—Andre Pierre, "King of the Boulevard Ven- dors," uses a jester's scepter to smooth on some of the cream he sells so successfully as a Par- isian street merchant. His "smooth" salesmanship won him the coveted title, which is awarded annually. Approval of the 11/2 per cent deduction from all payments by the Ontario Whole Milk Pro- ducers Association practically assures the establishment of the proposed equalization fund. Cream producers and cheese milk producers already have adopted the plan and undoubted- ly concentrated milk producers will do the same at their an- nual meeting in February, It is these three groups that stand to gain most by co-ordinating the sale of milk and milk products. Milk Pool The funds collected by this levy will include the set-aside used in recent years for nation- al advertising. The main pur- pose, however, will be the mar- keting of milk and milk prod- ucts if and when they are in surplus. With several million dollars at their disposal, the dairy farm- ers of Ontario will have consid- erable influence on market trends. After this first start of .co-ordinating their activities, they will soon find that the na- tural next Step is the pooling of their milk and the expansion ► Nice, but lJncomfortables Comfort's a matter of relativity as Europe weathers through its worst-in-years winter. Visitors thronging the Promenade des Anglais at Nice, swank French resort, above, find coats a neces- sary nuisance ,during their holiday on the usually mild Riviera. Belo*, a haven by the trackside is not as pleasant as a stretch of beach on the Riviera, but it is a welcome refuge from the bitter cold for the homeless of Faris, France. French officials have made closed-down subway stations available as sleeping quarters for the unfortunate. —Uncomfortable, but NEce CONCRETE SOLUTION TO iARKINe PROBLEM 'Construction wee1v. ..etynet bath' th e derrick man' 164/Or the lidatri On Ogioet I"i Leo 14 d Harter, left, )ust as Hanes'y 'Parking-Meter tittle reins but. yhts "cemented" relattertS With, the ii`olieti by riding this to- bucket'from Molt' heivVtity' i+bil building. There can't be many Molder men than Vincent McNelis, Of Philpinstone Lane, Bo'ness, in Scotlend? He is an ace among steeple- jacks. All over the world he hes' done steeplejack jobs -,- Pakis- tan, Atistralia, Africa. And he has had 'three remarkable es- capes, from what seemed cer- tain eath. The first escape was when he was , working On, a 100-foot chimney in London. For once he was at the bottom. A heaVY tool was dropped from the. top, It fractured his skull in two placeS. He recovered!' The second time was at the top of a poWer station ehininey. in Poole, Dorset. He stepped on the hoist and prepared to be lowered gently doevri. The cables,,. tangled, slipped, and the hoist plummeted straight dovVit 280 feet, Yet under the heap of Wreckage 'Vincent was found Alive: He had landed on his feet: His left heel bens' WaS in 15 pieces. His right feet Was einaehe ed. His third escape WAS Aut. tight, where he fell off the top of a Chirriney', bride again he Was taken to; hospital. The fall cost hiiii a broken: pelvis cracked spine But he climb= ed the' same chimney again in three 'months althotigh lie WA'S still encased in plaster, Vitideht is a Mari with itOW, he has left HetieSS again etsd has .HOWn to' Pakistani, "TWO time only a WO chihto pity *Writ lineerring=-130'' feet,' of the scheme to the other preys inces. It has always been the opinion of this writer, even at the time when he was a whole milk ship- per himself, that a milk pool is the only solution of the market- ing problems largely created by the present division of cow milking farmers in four groups. Poolifig will eliminate the dumping of any surplus of one group into the market of an- other. Eventually it will also lead to an equalization of the returns farmers receive for their milk whether it goes into butter, cheese, a tin or a bot- tle. Little Difference There is very little difference in the costs of producing milk except those caused by health regulations and geographical lo- cation. As far as health goes, we could never understand why such stringent regulations were preseribed for milk being sold in a bottle while at the same time consumers are permitted to swallow uneontrolled numbers of bacteria and the occasional dab of manure in their butter or cheese. We do hope to see the day when every milk pro- ducing farmer will be compelled to keep his barn and cows clean, not to speak of the milking utensils. Geographical location, of cource, has quite a bearing on costs and it stands to reason that a farmer in Teiniskarning will run into more expense feed- ihg his cows than his Colleagues in Western Ontario. Zoning and Grading If milk for the bottle has to' come from barns with concrete floore, milk foe butter and cheese should WO. The same principle applies to eoolihg of milk or dream, A bacillus is still d bacillus and has the same effect Whether it comes on the table in et bottle or on a dish. NO, fatthee, presently shipping to a creamery, a eiie0ei7 or a concentrated milk plebe will ob- ject to putting concrete floors in his barn Or installing a milk cooler provided he gets' paid ac- cordingly We 'Suggest that zoning Of the Provitite according to costs of production great and payment to preidtiaerS, based On grades should btu studied by farm be, gatiitatintis with a vie* to an' early impleirstnikibb of the' plan, "You've always; sa14 ,yotvkayod, , Itlaw"iira0a 111*,, BUGGED WORKER— ee,IS'seestetten..4.rA*