HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1956-01-18, Page 2tHINK YOU'VE: GOT IT ROUGH Are yOU ear,tWaSh ,
Weary? then pity' these Workeriefi grooming tailfeallerS of
'the huge Lockheed Hercules. Crane and .66SUri'l Chair!
are ,necessary props, for the lob. As one man rises horizontal
for catwal k'. While laundering lower !knit§ of the
his- helper rides td top Of the 38-foot-high' taih Waihwater can.,
fens Chemical. '161 idrighteri the Meld!,
most of us, in these de-
atnerate clays, Head Cheese As
tw unappetising mould of—
well, sometimes you buy only
when you simply cannot think
et anything else and are in too
anuch of a rosh to do further
searching.
So I was glad at see that
/LIBERTY MAGAZINE —which
gives a cash prize for favorite
recipes — recently featured one
for Head Cheese. Here it is, and
although I haven't tried it yet,
)1 just knew that it's the real
thing. * 4. *
ISUMEMADE HEAD CHEESE
Pound. of Veal shanks;
sounds of pig's feet; 1 clove
garlic chopped; 2 bay leaves; 2
whole allspice; V., cup vinegar;
11 teaspoon salt; lh teaspoon
pepper.
Wash veal shanks and pig's
feet; place in a large pan; and
cOver by water; add salt and
boil, covered until done. Take
Out veal shanks ,and pig's feet
and 'cool. The water
,
in which
they were cooked should make
about 4 cups. If it was reduced
through boiling, fill up by 'hot
water; add garlic, bay leaves,
Whole allspice and pepper; cook
alOwly.
Take out the bones from the
wall shanks and pig's feet, and
cut the meat into small pieces.
Take out the bay leaves and
allspice; add the meat to the
mixture; add vinegar. You may
add some more salt, to suit' your
taste. Cook everything for five
minutes; remove, from heat;
pOur it into 8' tir 8 cups previ-
eusly rinsed in cold water. Cool
in refrigerator 'until set, Turn
Over the cups, and you have
ready-to-serve portions. Garnish
with lettuce, parsley or celery
leaves. Serves about six people.
Serve- with potato salad, French
fries, or baked potatoes. * *
COFFEE CRESCENTS
1 cup butter; 1 cup sugar; 1.
arange, *ice; 1/2 teaspoon or-;
wage extract; ,3 cups sifted en7.
Ached fioura 1/2 teaspoom'bak.
HOMEMADE WACKY — Sleeve-
less knit cocktail sheath has a
luxurious — and expensive --
look. Actually, it's a five-hour
project for the woman who likes
to knit. So says the manufactur-
er of new, home <knitting .de-
vice which is said to sell in the
budget-price range.
ing soda, 1 teaspoon deuble-
actien baking powder,.
cream butter until light, Add
augar, gradually; cream together
Until fluffy, Stir in orange juice
and orange extract. Sift togeth-
er flour, baking soda and bak-
ing powder; stir gradually into
creamed, mixture, Chill dough
one hour. Roll out 1/4 inch thick
on floured board, Cut with
crescent-shaped cookie cutter;
place on greased baking sheets.
Bake in moderate oven 350°F,
eight minutes, or until delicate-
ly browned, Cool on cake racks.
Combine 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup
honey and 34 cup coffee in
saucepan. Bring to boil; simmer
five minutes. Dip the cooled
cakes, in syrup, sprinkle with
chopped nutmeats, Place on
cake racks to drain.
* *
WHITE VELVET CAKE
5 cups sifted cake flour; 2
tablespoons double-acting bak-
ing powder; 2 teaspoons salt; 3
cups sugar; 1 cup shortening;
2 cups milk; 1 tablespoon vanil-
la; 1/2 teaspoon almond extract;
6 egg whites, unbeaten.
Measure sifted flour; add
baking powder, salt and sugar.
Stir shortening just to soften..
Sift in dry ingredients. Com-
bine milk and, flavorings. Add
11/2 cups of the milk and mix ,
until all flour is dampened.
Then beat 2 minutes at a low
speed of electric mixer, or 300
vigorous strokes by hand. Add
egg whites and remaining milk
and bezit 1 minute longer in
mixer, or 150 strokes by hand.
Use batter to; make White Vel-
vet Cake, Cup Cakes, or Petits
Fours.
* *
Petits Fours and Cupcakes
Spread half the above-de-
scribed batter (about 4 cups)
into one 16 x 10 x 1-inch oblong
pan, which has been lined on
bottom with''Paper. Place 24-
paper baking cups in muffin
pans.:'
Cup Cake Frosting: Combine
in small deep bowl: 1 unbeaten
egg white, 34 cup sugar, 314 tea-
spoon 'cream of tartar, and 1
teaspoon vanilla; mix well. Add
cup,'boiling water. .Beat with
sturdy' egg beater (or' at high
speed Of electric beater) until
znixttire ,,(will stand in stiff
peaka-4 or 5 minutes,
* * *
Petig'Fours Glaze: Measure 6
cups sifted icing sugar. Cream
1/4 cUp„Soft butter or margarine.
Add• part of sugar gradually,
blending after each , addition.
Add""'remaining sugar, alter-
nately with about 3 cup hot
milk, until of soft spreading
consistency, beating after each
addition until smooth.
ThiS. IS Painting
Just ror Pleasure
Water colour is just the medi-
um for certain landscape effects,
and it is therefore understand-
able that the majority of water-
colour paintings should be of
landscape subjects. In fact the
English school of painting is
famous throughout the world
for its water-colour landscape
artists.-
Starting with the early topo-
graphical pictures, in which
artists painted detailed views of
country mansions in their park-
land settings, Or, recorded castles,
monuments; and definite' beauty
spots for patrons who wished to
have pictorial records (just as
photography is now used), this
er and broader technique, until
art, later developed into a broad-
we have swift, fresh pictures, of
the fleeting effects of nature:
windy skies with floating clouds,
rain storms blowing up in the 4 ,
billy country, sunset ',and Sun-
rise, boats in sail en sea or W-
n, U
aor river. It is naturally, un,,
wise to use a Inediudi:' such as
water colour te‘giVe all the full
tones of actuality, fer its charm
is in the Very "ilMitneis 'and
sparkling witens, Qc the p,apet;
trsuar:ascp:r,ern:yr;:fi,:itlh_:1.8,1,1qutidi
washes ot•ePaint::..0P1.411•1119/4-.41t ,
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yeti atrhinjileal' Slih%1‘t‘'e'lint dYN)Vit'll;et:knall'1:' -
or thick Wedge"Oi:
to giverproteetion from thecOst$0
It is 1.1.149#4114410/911q9M111-1,0
dy, change01$0,filayA,,,pre
plei the ideal . ones for wger-cur"
picturet.' Obe'Va§P off , gi-ovivag t
sunshine 'arelnetioreally,the lbestt '
respects, l't94r.i;s1tr 9714.17t:e.A;rViff the changeable days give impe-
tus to• the painter, and it is the
quick emotional , effect • t
water-colour can:conVey. ,so well,
Admittedly ,on damn: da'yg ,the
washes of 'coldtir'"do"not dry
quickly,' lid is- one the
snags of the :art, and One has
to learn great patience, frern the
outset.,
It is no use trying t9 hurry the,
drying or to = start en* a ,new
wash with the old ones, still •wet.
Every' medium has its particular
difficulties which only experi—
ence can overcome' -- trial, and
error all the time. The propor-,
tion of sketches you may start
and have to tear up for one
reason or another will gradu=
all decrease as you gain ex-
Discovering that his pet nion-,
key could shin up fruit trees
and pick cherries fatter, than
any manc a, Kent ..frujt farmer
allowed it to join a gang of fruit
pickert in his 4shford 'Orchards.
The little animal - astounded
everyone by its 'speed, rand effi-
ciency.
Only when members of the
unien. objected 'that the mon-
key's example might putp ideas
into employers' heads,: was the
animal 'banished. ' ,
Monkeys love to, itnitate hu-
mans, so we conclude that they
lack the :brainP.power to, think
for themselves. Put there is, evi-
dence to .show. that,,thimpanzeet,
the most intelligent of: all apes,
can reason.' " '3 .
That great friend' of thimpan-
zees, Reuben ,castang,,tells many
stories, to, prove ,that ,his cronies
can think., One ,
that
hurled
an orange at Moritz,' his favour-
ite who picked it out of the air '
like a• test cricketer.
"Befall& it on' your °head,"
said 'Reuben,' and 'Moritz tried
-- once, twice, three times. Each
-time the ,o range fell to the
ground. So Moritz picked it up,
regarded it' for'a second or two,
then -bit a piece out" of one end
and balanced it perfectly with
the flat part on his, head !
Sir George Thomson, Cam-
bridge don, says that hardly any
new species of animals ha ve
been domesticated since the
Stone Age; he is sure that if
monkeys were trained they
could be employed on fern's and
in factories.
"The monkey's hand," he
states, "is a reBiarkable instru-
ment when considered in con-'
junction with its eye and brain.
Think Of the electronics neces-
sary to produce a machine ca-
pable of plucking an orange
from a tree without wrecking
the tree. It would take kilowatts
of power to operate it," Yet a
monkey weighing only forty .
.pounds, and costing little more
than the price of a pound of
nuts a day, could do the job.
Sir George says that the mon-
key is one of the best bargains
nature has offered us, and we
should make use of him.
In India and the Far East so
much counterfeiting take place
that when given a coin a shop-
keeper flips it in the air with
his thumb to test the ring as it
bounces. Some banks employ
apes to test coins by biting them,
and their judgment is 100 per
cent accurate,
Monkeys' have in the past been
trained to climb trees and throw
down coconuts and do all sorts
of inechancial work that merely
require§ repetitiOn.
Dr. Sohn 13. _Wolfe of the UM.,
versity of Mississippi Carried Out
experimenta to prove that moil
'keys 'can be taught the value of
Morley. He made chimpanzees
Work for their fOod and paid
their in coins. Slot Machines
were installed and they Were
taught that certain eoins in.
Serted Would produce certain
goods
The Monkeys had Preference's
and used the money to get what
they Wanted. they found that
two, three: or four coins Were
needed to get some articles that
they specially liked: and they..
worked' hard they had
hoarded enough.
Dr. Wolfe Odeasionally slipped
hi
Wolfe„
teltens trite th eir DO'
Packets,• but these were invari-
ably discarded With, signs of ail
perience;:' but ,never• mind the
tearing up — $each. effort that
seem5t,o,..be wasted has really
beerca gain is, probably true
that, the'faiiiires 'are% even more
important than' the pries .-that
"c o'm e o f f" Ariumpharitly.
Sroire..`liew4p
o
g ,eint fer ,F a
use,,,.
nOYanCL a ndl• disgust ,because
they Wiltildtibuya nothing.
Then .D.rr4W,:elfee.4110ught , he
tryid an,„.,a;.dvanCeci ,eoeri-
ment.,,He kept, one. 'ChiricpUnzee •
Withatt Water'lar Sdmehars,
andmanotherq withciut rfood,-` and
gefie too the first l oAtni. that ,,Nystu,10
bubtiOprklytfoodm nd, to , thet _tee-
ond.,meney, that. ,weuld.,,-bily Only
orange • J/51.i
' Tarey.'itook,,=the:i qpins,c1.1 wd i at
first Agere plizAeg rjhe ,:two
went, intoa hOddlO, ecitia n,ked`
their, pieces arilAnt 8f±:in tri-
umph tiVtlY'What they -wanted. '
They liad;cleartied one °fringes
first, lessons. — how, to., barter.
Don't underrate monkeis, and
especially:,chiMpanzees," w'h'o
possess cOriSicletablei'dtinning.
Although', Small .m Onkeys
might be employed with little
or no trouble for routine johs,
chirnpalizeeS could,not, fan they ,
need ...tactful handling and re-
spond ,only to, kindness 'and 'fair
treatment. The chin-fp is a, gen..: -
tleman, and if you play im a
dirty trick or let him down in
any way, you've had it.
For the first eight or nine
years of his life he's a cheeky
chap; but after that his men-
tality, and character changes, as
do those "of humans when' they
reach mattirity'.116'-beconies .con-
scious of strength, which is.
enornions. ,=An, adult chimp , in
a -rage is. a snatch for .a ,f0„11-
&oWn leopard,. or 'ten Mem-
A full-grown chimp weighs
nearly twelve stone -has a chest
measurement, when relaxed, of
about forty-four inches, and bi-
ceps twice the size of a heavy-
weight boxer, He is able to sup-
port his body
,
easily 'with the
top joint of his index finger 'as
he strings from branch to
branch.
Those who have StUdied chim-
panzees say that with a casual
movement of one hand they, can
shift half a ten; .they can ,lift
a ton Without much effort.
But they can't "be' prdered
about. chimpS must' be asked to.
do anything and, if in stubborn
mood, cajoled and pleaded with..
Reuben- Castang relates that
once he was struggling to "bend
the heavy wire of a cage with
an implement, b u t ' failed to
Make any impression on it. One
of his chimps strolled over and
With a twist of two of his pow-
erful hands, bent the wire.
It has long been thought that
monkeys can talk, and recent
experiments, prove that the Sia-
mese gibbon has a language
of thirty distinctive sounds..
Some men have mastered
monkey tongues. Herr Hermann
Freyburg, in his rerniniadendeS,
"Out of Africa," rectircla the
Conversation between a native
narried Iladifiga and a gigantic
gorilla.
Preyburg had,hit rifle ready.
to kill the gorila, hut tiaditiga,
whd . was speaking to it, cried
Out. "Don't shoot. My brother
the injtillai, sayS that he wilt ed
away and that you must not kill
hi m." Freyburg towered his
rifle and the gorilla, which had
been hostile arid oh ,the. point of
attack; walked away.
Chirripanzees are touchy, , They
like `atiplatise Of laughter When •
they perform, but hate riclidtile,
In 1913 Reuben daSterig brought
two' ChirrineriZedS, Mask and Mer.'
itz, over to England, Where at t
reception at the Savoy they
PreSsed 'in anY istinguished Ade-,
tort and scientists.
tater, a table Was reterVett at
Crossed AtlanW
In A 'Jeep
after the war, Ben Car-
lin, an Australian, .saw his first
amphibious , .jeep in Indian.
Casually he said .to. a friend;
"With a bit of titivation, yon
could go round the World in one
of those,"
He't hOW doing it, 'and "Half-
Safe" is his. racy account of
crossing. the Atlantic ,in it from
Nova Scotia to , the Spanish
,Sahara, coast with his wife, then
continuing overland, (plus Gib.
and Chanfiel 'crossings), to Lon
don. The, "titivations" included'
a hatch.. for cover, stabilizers,
and other gadgets.
On night watch in the Atlan-'
tic, he says, he was' at times ""so
sore with, tiredness .that he
would haVe hallucinations; see
acre`of frovier2Patterned
leum around; 'with ' a4 'red
rose springing from. the centre
of each pattern, then , pink
tulips, then a mob of sheep
looming ahead; after which, all
would, be' black oagain. ,
Eventually .El more;' his' wife,
would drag' herself to 'the Wheel
he would slide to ,the one, bunk,
but not to sleep,--to lie awake
listening to' a new tick-at-tick
in'the'Moter,!and other irregular
sounds inhlidating,i jobs that
needed doing,:te• the equipment.
On another spell at, the Wheel
soon after, fortifie&by a Mouth-
ful, 'Of dates'/and 'inuch 4 eye-
swabbing, We jerked awake and
fotind ;he'lvas , sixty degrees, off
course. "This time I had been
driving over a Persian carpet
sprouting daisies," he writes,
"and only a lightning reflex en-
abled me to. avoid. the Chrysler
building."
When they • struck a hurricane
between the Azores and, •Ma-
deira, and: the, superstructure
looked like: caying in, he got
Elinore to recite the ,escape drill
out loud in the tumult: "You
shout `OU'l"—I get out arid Wait.
You follow and. grab the gear.
• I follow you—KEEP IN , OON.t.
TACT!" 110 ,,..
They couldn't inflate, ,ancl
board the raft in 'that sea but
provided that the equipment
wasn't wrenched from their,grip.
they, should be able to go on
living, even though they car-
ried no life-jackets, for ' both
were strong swimmers. He
warned her, "Keep your face
down and away from the• spray,
it hurts."
In readiness for the raft, they
' had donned every scrap of suit-
able clothing aVailable. He
caught her -stuffing a handful of
paper hankies Under her top
jersey, and guffawed. Grinning,
she discarded them.
But they got .through, and
even after 61,000 engine miles
the motor Was so near •perfect
that he couldn't replace as much
as a piston-ring, but otherwise
the jeep was in a terrible shape
and had to go into a factory for
six months' overhaul.
They're now .on the second
lap, hoping to drive on to an
Alaskan beach, after crossing
the Pacific from TokytaJoWards
the end of 1065. It's a great ad-
venture—and a fine, breezy
story.
The photographer nit* be
prepared to make faces, Whiatle,
bark, inO6, meow, play peek.
a-boa, catch, ete,
a luxury' hotel Mr, Maki
MoritZ, a n d Mr. eastarig
When they entered the
here, all three in dress clothes;
there was a roar of laughter,
deeply resented by' the'
*hod Manner was rettrained
and behaviour initieedebIek
tiering' 'the ill-mannered dinerk ,
they took their .seats, 'Welted
their tiaPkhia Wider their tol.4,
lags. and Started their dinner,
Chart of Common
Childhood Ills
The following' charts, which
will be printed from time to
time, deal with some of the ail,
ments which espedally threaten
children and how you can rec-
ognize their early symptoms,
They were compiled by Dr, 'ago
Galdston, Of The. Bureau., of
Medical. Information, New York
Academy of Medicine and Were
first published in "Better Liv-
inS",
Allergy
What's Involved;
A hypersensitivity of the en-
tire body, but notably the shin,
respiratory tract or gastrointes-
tinal tract to certain protein
substances eaten, touched or in-
haled.
,When to suspect it:
Skin eruptions • Colic symp-
toms or periodic crying spells
after eating • Diarrhea • Fre-
client sneezing or chronic runny .
nose • watery, itchy eyes •
Chronic cough or wheezing.
What you-can do:
Watch out for symptoms listed
and if they occur frequently,
without explanation, discuss the
possibility of allergy with your
doctor.
What your doctor can do:
Track down offending sub-
stances by analyzing the child's
case history or with skin tests
• Eliminate such offenders from
the child's diet or environment,
Or if this is impossible, inoculate
'the child to build up a tolerance
for them • Treat symptoms
with various medications, in-
cluding antihistamines, ACTH
and cortisone.
Duration:
May last a lifetime but, fire•
quently clears up easily, es-
pecially if offenders are prompt-
ly eliminated.
Possible complications:,
Chronic asthma.
How to prevent it:
Use synthetic bedding in
child's rbonr• Feed infant Only
foods 'that' are well cooked or
1. roc ,ssed for' babies, *especially
egg,ecereal, milk and, fruit .juice;
introduce. ,,new Mods ,in
amounts, at regular intervals
an" one at a time • During ill-
ness "'and 'convalescente feed
only well7cOoked food and , avoid
new „dishes • ,,Avoldi insecticides
containing pyrethrum.
Appendicitis
What's involved:
An inflammation of the appen-
dia, cause unknown.
When to suspect it:: ;olikr
"Stomach-ache", especially in
right' side . abdernerr Its Fever
• Possiblyinausea -and vomiting.,
• Tenseriess,er muscular,.spasm
in abdomen., ,
What" you calf do:
Cal` your deeter I'I' ever , give
a I .xative, for .stomach-ache, -un-
til doctor 'has- been, consulte,d.;
What your decter,gani do:
Arrange for surgical removal
of the appericiii if indicated' (to:
day appe'ndecto'my is considered
a r.'latively +Minor..Operation)
Duration:
Appendectomy u sti ally re-
quires hospitalizatidn for 3 to 6
days and .e 'week's recuperation.;-
in,bedi,e0 ih91,13e.
Possib e, ComplicaAiong. `
lfaniftYitbflitiel (lif•
feetiori”Of '1,11&1)100a Istfeam. arid
• of ,1 the ;,cavity, , once
sol dreaded, powN ,;a1m9At never
occur, thanks to the various an-
tibiotict, unless the appendix
has ruptured before surgery is
applied.
How to prevent it:
Unknown.
German Measles
WAhat'scoinntvagglivotetts.h eruptive dis-
ease; caused by a virus,
IVShleinghTosSoruesPteheit•oIatt: and slight
fever followed a day or two
later by !a.rfine rash •which usu.;
ally appears first behind the
ears and on the face and neck
and then on the trunk. Pos-
sibly, enlarged glands at-back
of head and behind the ears,
What You 'Can Do:
Call your doctor. Keep child
in bed and on, 'fight diet; protect
child's eyes from too-bright
light; discourage, reading and
other close 'work" that may
Wcauhsaet ,,Yeyoeurstnr 4aoli. tlo
Can
Do:
Usually, no medication is nee-
essaryi dour doctor' makes sure
diagnosis is correct,
Duration:
Not more than 6 days, I or 2
of them iii abed; diseate72is con-
tagious from time of first symp-
thins „ untig;; days •af ter rash ap-
pears,
Possible j libations:
If contracted' by a
• during ,411,e.1 first three
woman
months
of PreillanCY, it may damage
her unborn baby.
How To Prevent It:
Avoid 4.01.40, .Lwith,,infeeted
person's. But most doctors agree
that whenever. possible girls
should' have 'this .disease Wore
child-bearing years and thus
acquire permanent immunity to
`it. If a child is :exposed while
seriously, ill for some other Tea-
son, he may be given injections
Of gamma globulin to ward off
the disease or make his case
milder. Eut as German measles
nis" relatively,onaild anyway, ..this
is seldom considered necessary.
Patience is. a necessity. Most
children are curious and friend-
ly; if not the photographer' must
be able to ,sit a,nd„wait, for the
"rain storm" to blew':oyer.' * 'if
JOKE'S. ON ABE—Pranksters in
Urbana •placed' this cast-iron
hitching post atop the 'statue.
of Abraham Lincoln. But de-
spite the impromptu balancing
act, the 15-foot statue still looks
stately. Owner of the hitching
post is a mystery since nobody
has claimed it.
DRIVE2 IhrtPOW-Votersln,:•orie .01yeriPiCi; precinct had
little trouble,; going to the polls in a recent City election. They
just driye uerto the'ballat'box, cast their vote and backed away,
The voting nbOotho Was 'Set up in a garage., Casting her ballot
is Mrs:'tru'rnan' Sthmidt, 'standing. Others are, left •fo' right,
Swanson'onclWrs. Stanley Brown.
Union 9bjected to Monkey's Speed