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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—
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