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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1955-11-09, Page 6.. 'SALLY'S • Now Can I? ACVANWA'art On the porch of Vanderschlitz Manor Mrs. Nussbaum, mourned, "My boy never should have married that Davis girl, In a year she turned him into e pauper." "Really?" nodded Mrs, Gross pleasantly, "A girl or a boy?" T BL E TALKS eictuizAadws; ery, small minced onion, thyme, salt, and pepper, Simmer for 20 minutes and serve in soup bowls, tepping each serving with slivers of cold meat. Pumpkin Gingerbread Add, 1/2 cup sieved, cooked pumpkin and 4 cup water to I package gingerbread. mix. Pour into a 9-inch square pan and bake at 350° F, for 30 minutes. Parrot Betrays Disguised Thief SHE'S TOO "CATTY" FOR THE TOWN - Meet Mrs. Caesar Venegoni of Des Peres, who would rather leave town than part with her approximately 40 cats. Two years ago she left Maplewood, when an ordinance was passed limiting the num- ber of pets per household. Naturally, that meant Mrs. Venegoni's household. Now Des. Peres is considering a similar ordinance, so she's eyeing a 40-acre farm. Shown here feeding some of her cats, she says the pets are restricted to the kitchen, a breeze- way, an enclosed backyard and, a garage. The garage, by the way, is equipped with radiant heating for the cats' comfort. Royal Blackmailer FREE-WHEELING TOT - Fifteen- month-old Laurel Melton glides down the street on her new skates. This she does while many of her contemporaries are still learning to walk. The youngster learned to walk when she was 10 months old. f:Jpsidedown to Prevent. Peeking Q. BIM ear, make a lotion to use after a bath? A. After bathing use the fol- lowing letiory, 2 tablespoons of Oatmeal in 2 quarts of water, boiled, for 3 hours, then strained and cooled. Add juice of 1 lemon and 1 tablespoon of alcohol, The oatmeal softens the skin, lemon juice whitens it, and alcohol re- moves that . greasy' appearance, Q. How can I make goldfish more lively? A. When the goldfish do not appear as lively as usual, add one teaspoonful of salt to each often quart help honi ofthtewa.ter, and it will Q. How can. I remove rust from tools? A. Soak them in coal oil, then use sandpaper, after which pol- ish with engine oil. Q. Bow can, I clean yarn? A. Dirty yarn can be washed and used again if wound into a skein, then tied in several places so it is held loosely. After wash- ing, hang in the sun until dry and it will look like new yarn. Q. How can I prevent an odor in kid gloves? A. • After perspiring in ,kid gloves; shake a little powder into them. It will absorb the moisture and prevent that smell of leather that is so objection- able.. Q How can I prevent curd- ling of custard? A. Custard will not curdle if it is put in a pan half filled with cold (instead of hot) water. It heats more gradually and will be firm and smooth. Q. Bow can I easily shell pe- cans? A. It will be easy if boiling water is poured over them. Let them remain in the water for about a half hour, and when cracked the meats can be re- moved with no trouble. Q. How can I make a remedy for sore throat? A. Gargle with a warm solu- tion Of salt water. Or, dissolve one teaspoonful flour of 'sulphur in hot milk and sip slowly. Q. How can. I clean chinchilla? A, Chinchilla can be cleaned successfUlly by rubbing with berated talcum powder, and then brushing off. Q. How can I make brooms last longer? A. They will last much longer than ordinarily if they are dip- ped in hot, soapy water every washday. coo ommoErEmn moo M00019 UW0 UHMWOOM 00000 OM HOMO mon EOM 0000 0012 mum.onnno ir,x MME©© 0BU 00000 M00 MOO 0M1210 000 0000 00000 0O1 00M019 BOREDOM E BEBEHWBIM of eight $r Pine estrikingly like, the ROYal Family," playing ' around a 'cottage conveniently. close to Windsor, Sophia was never happier than when she could visit him, fondly watching him with all a mother's hopes and dreams. Yet the harsh truth is that the youngster grew up a Worth- less scamp, In later years he knew no scruples when he found an opportunity of cashing in on the great family secret, General Garth always fully acknowledged young Tommy Garth as his son without re- "vealing the mother's identity, Even on his deathbed, breathing his last in his son's arms, the story was not disclosed. But then Tommy went through,. his father's papers-and the fat was in the fire. Confronted with the documents, Sir Herbert. Taylor was forced to admit their authenticity. And Tommy's immediate reaction to the knowledge of his royal birth was to demand money with menaces! All his debts must be paid, he stipulated, and in addition an annuity of '£3,000 a year, equivalent to perhaps E15,000 to-day, was to be settled on him for life. Tommy must have rubbed his hands, For a captain on half- pay, here was wealth indeed. Fond' of gambling, never too scrupulous about the company he kept, Tommy Garth' had lived inselvently from hand to mouth . . . only to be rewarded by riches beyond his wildest dreams! Sir Herbert Taylor had no option but to comply. To make sure that the bargain' was kept, Garth filed an affidavit appoint- ing a banking firm the custodi- ans of the "documents of very , great value and importance, re- lating immediately to his for- tune station and affairs." ' The annuity was paid' to the end of his days. Now, too, Tom- my at last knew the true identi- ty of the gentle lady whom he called mother. She was going blind in her declining years, liv- ing at Kensington Palace sur- rounded by precious ornaments which she loved: 'to touch and handle. On certain days servants were never allowed to enter her rooms, and were excluded ;rig- orously from a certain entrance staircase. These were the days when Tommy Garth visited his mother, the Princess Sophia, thus bringing a "happy ending" of final companionship to one of the strangest royal love, stories' ever told. • When a rather nervous Ger- man woman went to stay for a few weeks at a farmhouse in Bavaria recently, she took her pet parrot with her. One night cries of "Stop thief!" were heard coming from the woman's room. Armed with a stick, the farm- er dashed along the passage and met a man trying to escape. Af- ter a struggle he overpowered the man and handed him over to the police. But it was the woman's parrot who had cried "Stop thief!" when the intruder entered her room. Being scared of burglars she had trained it to scream those two words which so start- led the man that he had fled panick-stricken. The best parrot story of this kind concerns the arrest of a notorious French criminal named Victor Chevalier. Police had sought him vainly for months until a detective, unexepeCtedly visiting the house of a receiver of stolen goods, heard a parrot cry-out "Good old Victor! There you are!" The detective satisfied himself that the bird belonged to Cheva- lier saying he was in Angers.. Off went the detective to An- gers, taking the parrot with him. By arrangement with the post- master, he hung the parrot in the postoffice and concealed himself where he could observe everybody who entered. In less ttan two hours an old and decrepit-looking man en- tered the post-office and ap- proached the counter. He did not look at all like the dapper Chevalier, but the parrot spot- ted him and cried out: "Good old. Victor! There you are!" Within seconds the handcuffs were on and Chevalier's false wig and beard were off. He had been caught by his own pet par- rot. EARLY CLOSING "Pumpkin" and "pie" are not inseParablel There, are other ways in which pumpkins can be Used-and not just for jack o' IV Items Or fewer arrangements, !fere are a few; * * Stuffed Pumpkin Quarter a small pumpkin and xemove the seeds. Fill the quarters with a spicy bread tq which diced, shrimp have been added. Dot with but- ter and, bake at 350° F. for 45 minutes or until the pumkin is tender, * * Pumpkin Casserole Alternate layers of cooked rice and, cooked, chopped pump- kin in an oiled casserole. Cover with slightly diluted cream of mushroom soup and sprinkle with grated cheese, Bake At 35Q 0 F. /or 30 minutes. * Pumpkin and Cheese Slice, seed and pare pump- kins, then cut it into triangles. Steam until tender, then brown in butter. Arrange layers of the butter-browned pumpkin in a casserole, covering each layer with grated cheese. Pour on any butter left in the pan. Top with a Ye-inch-thick layer of mixed cheese and bread crumbs. Brown in the oven. Brown 2 tablespoons of onion be 4 tablespoons of butter or margarine. Add 1 tablespoon furry powder, then cook for 3 Minutes. Stir in 1 cup of milk and 1' teaspoon of salt., Add 4 Imps of pared pumpkin cut into 1-inch squares. Steam for 1 hour or until the pumpkin is tender, * * French Fried Pumpkin. Balls Cut seeded pumpkin into balls with a potato bailer: Fry in deep fat until, tender. Drain and sprinkle with salt and minced parsley. * * Pumpkin Preserve. Slice pared pumpkin thin. Combine with sugar and sliced lemon, using 4 pound of sugar and 1/2 lemon for each 1 pound of pumpkin., Allow to' stand overnight, then cook until clear, using no water. Seal In sterile jars. * * * Pumpkin Shell Salad Hollow out a ' pumpkin and fill it with crisp green cabbage leaves. Fill with a Waldorf salad to which has been added a generous amount of dried pumpkin seeds. * * * Pumpkin Soup, Centleirie'21/2-'etitii" of' Milk, 1 tablespOotre grated onion, 1/2 cup strained pumpkin, 1 tablespoon butter, 1/2 teaspoon salt, Vs tea- spoon ' :peppet, land 1/4 tea- spoon. celery.; salt. Cook •,lowly for 30e„mhiletee; Serve 'in. ,soup bowie; Teipleing each . serving with' Cheeseeceate'd • ee 'Pumpkin Consoinnie Combine e 1/2 -ecup, 'slivered purnpkine 1 Teen consommé, 1 cup water, 2 `stalks minced eel- leaving General Garth and Prin- cess Sophia alone. One night a. servant spied a figure on the, staircase, as if sleep-walking. Such at least was the whisper . . . only to be speedily stamped out. For-soon there was dire need to keep a secret still greater than the wanderings of Wind- sor's somnambulists. Before long, 'at all events, a strange ceremony took place at the little Dorset village of Pud- dletown, not far.. from 'General Garth's country home. It was a wedding without bells and ap- parently without banns. The bridegroom seemed to be the image of General Garth and the bride, though obviously well-born, wore a countrywo- man's clothes. Local tradition avers that a maidservant and a local farmer acted as witnesses. But even the registration of the marriage has mysteriously disappeared from church records. 'Now Sophia was faced with all the deepest consequences of her action. Historians are in no doubt whatsoever of the identity of the little foundling who was soon to be seen toddling about the garden at the home of Sir Herbert Taylor, the Queen's private secretary, at Weymouth. Sir Herbert and other Court advisers decided that it Would never do for the princess and her child 'to be seen together. The gossipy correspondence of all the royal brothers and sisters becomes full of enigmatic ref- erences to poor Sophia and to all, her burdens of heavy lone- liness. Presently, however, there are happier glimpses of a small boy Before you do your shopping in Aleppo you should find out when it is "early closing." Some- times it's a bit awkward, since every day of the week is an early closing day for somebody. It all depends on the 'religion of the shopkeeper. Thus:- Monday: the Greek Sunday. The majority of barbers' shops are closed. TuesdaY: the carpet merchants lock rup and visit the Iranian mosque. Wednesday: the Assyrian holy day. Nearly all the import merchants are away in the country. Thursday: the an- cient Egyptian "Feast Daye" Jewellers dose. Friday: as in all. Moslem claim- tries the goVernmental "day Of. rest." Saturday: naturalised Jews turn the key upori their small haberdashery businesses, dori top hats, and take their families to the synagogue. Sunday: all ,ehristian Legations and chemists `Closed. Houses Whipped Up Just. Like Cakes Some' day you may have a home made mainly of air and plastic,, whipped together like a cake ,right at the building site. The 'walls floors, and roof would be made of beamed plastic, full of little air bubbles, giving good insulation at low heating cost. Inside you could take the bare frames for furniture and up- holster' them with soft, fluffy plastic material which you spray- ed on yourself. Forecasts of thii home of to- morrow came from Miss Betty Lou Raskin, ' research associate of the,Johns Hopkins University Radiation Laboratory, in des- cribing present' and futhre mar- vels ;ficorri f darned plastics. Most-loathed Plasti8s are fam- iliar plastics, chemically treated to expand so they contain thous- ands ;of either closed or open cells, or • both. The process is analeiotis Whippihg up a take. Various ones can b'e made as ,.fluffy as =cotton. er as rigid as wood and weedlike in appear- ance, Miss Raskin told the Am- erican Chemical Society. Is busy and I'm his executive secretary Mind if I take care of you?" PUZZLE Resolution 31. noose 7. At home, 2 tablespoons'MAZOLA Salad Oil Va MediuM onion, chopped 4 tablespoons BENSON'S*Or CANADA Corn Starch 1 teaspoon salt :.tAt teaspoon pepper 1/2 'teaspoon paprikci (optional) 'A teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 2 cups milk fith stock 2 1/1 dies:ebeked salmon, cut in large pieces 24' cup cooked peas ,i71.EAT MAZOLA Salad Oil in saucepan. ADD_ onion arid cook Over rriediurn lieut until fender but not brovM. REMOVE from heat; add BENSON'S or CANADA Coen Starch arid seasonings: -. STIR in' milk and fish stock gradually; blend well. COOK over.medium' heat, stirring constantly, until • nature thickens and comes to a IsPit. ADO Salmon' and peas; serve inuneclIcitely or keep hot. SERVE on toast or in tart shells oe in toasted' bread easel. YIELD; 6 to 8 ser*ingS. addition 34. Cam., to rest 37. Look after 41. Myself 42.Chum 44. GI= 45. Leaps over 46. Short sleep.. 47, Old musical note 49. Female deer 50, Native of the Niger delta Ehglish letter 52„ Finish 55. Public carrier cab.) 59. Without a ,mate DOWN 1. Ecoentrla piece 9. Eanials money 3. Whick black: liquid 4, Harsh, hrea.thing 8. Past. ' CROSSWORD Oil of roses 0. Pierce 19, Infatuation 11. Had being 16. Dessert 18. German river 21. Concerning 22. Lift 22. Plower 24, Over- enthlialastle 25. Noah's boat 27. Book of fiction 28. Regioni 30. Stupid, liereen • . . • 1 , For over a hundred years the Royal Family successfully pre- served one of its most sensation- al secrets - and no one guessed that one of England's most be- loved princesses had secretly married a royal equerry. Until recently the strange love drama of royalty's sanctioned secret marriage was cloaked in im- penetrable mystery . . . and even now' historians cannot fully probe the facts. When Queen Victoria's hus- band, the Prince Consort, oc- cupied himself in tidying up the variegated skeletons of the family cupboard, Princess So- phia's love-letters were either destroyed or bundled away into bank vaults where they still rest undiscovered. In the year 1801, dewy-eyed, lovely and a little delicate, Prin- cess Sophia was almost exactly the age of our Princess Marga- ret to-day and the two bear an astonishing family likeness. Sophia was youngest but one of George III's six daughters and the adored pet of her seven elder brothers. Like a nun among movie stars, she lived in a con- stant whirl of romantic in- trigues, startling love-afairs and high-speed flirtations. But .these episodes always centred around her brothers and sisters and never herself. Sophia geeeV tired of &instant, ly playing go-between or goose- berry. She had a knack of draw- ing amusing little cherubs' heads but they were used to ornament the margins of her sisters' let- ters and not her own. Even her younger sister,. Amelia, was, ahead of her in affairs of the heart to judge from her ardent attachment • w ifb. handsome Charles Fitzkoy, • • Seldom able to Meet the young men of society, immured altere. ;lately at Windsor or St, James's Palace, Sophia began to, feel she was on the shelf. And, then With firework swiftness 'she was thrown into the company of a man much older than herself- and fell madly in love! A hero of the wars, Tommy Garth had entered the Army as a young lieutenant and now Was serving at court as the King's favourite equerry. When- ever the King went ridihg; Tom- my Was there, assiduously ing tip. 'his hat, his stick, his gloves. Promoted to major-gen- eral, he became the Queen's Most frequent. escort and .was Soon a true family friend. When George fell ill, it Was Tominy Who' srriootfied away difficulties arid kept things rune riing. Deprived' of her father's company, it Was. Tommy . to whom' Sophia ininettionsly 'hate ed. She ehOWered him with affec- tion and gratitude, Still a bathe- Torethiy Garth would scarce- ly have been human to have ige rioted her. Then, one week end at Winds sbr; General Garth Was given I Picini at' Windser immediately belew that Of the Princess, eon-, liected•by merely e short stair- way. In the moonlight they were able to meet, pouring out their hearts, their hopes of love.. Unwisely, no detibti, the King, and Queen returned to London, ®®®®®®11111111 ®®® MEM 11111111111/11111111111111 fill iiiii1111111111 2e!Aill 11111111111MIS 1iiiiiilinlii111111152111111111111111111 111111111131411111111111111E11111111 1111111111111111 lirill111111111111541111151ffel iiiii1111111111111111111111164111 illlilligiiiiiii41111111117,4111111111111 mulamill11111111111M11111111 4.06e free folder of recipes,. *rite .)ape Ashley; ▪ Home See4iCe Departnieht THE: CANADA STARCH COMPANY LIMITED, P.O. Sol 110; Montreal; et?. 4 eeew.4. ACROSS ,. . 4. Movable bed 4. Electrical device *,.. 5. 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