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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1956-02-22, Page 2• ............ soar rots in tope of double boiler. .Cook over boiling water about 20.Minutei, stirring o'ccas'ionally. Meanwhile, cook rice in salted Water, at :rapid' boil: It Will take about '15 to 20 minutes. When tender, drain; spread on hot platter. Top with hot tuna mixture. Makes 4 to 6 servings. CURRIED TUNA. ON RICE This tuna treat, with the zest of curry powder, can be prepared in next to no time, from ingredients almost always en hand. What better time than Lent to introduce this supper chili- with Far East flavor — it should prove a year 'round favorite; I tin tuna, drained 1 teaspoon curry powder 1 10-oz. tin. undiluted 1 cup raw rice " mushroom soup 8 cups boiling water % cup diced celery 1 teaspoon salt lh cup diced green pepper DIRECTIONS:—Flake tuna; combine with next four ingrecli- ABLE TALKS Wa*,:.4. a .Carte, Or COtriddente'? SH,E PLODS FOR PEACE — A gray-haired woman, who won't tell her name, is, traveling over the U.S., "walking for peace." She will, hOWever, tell you ~why she is walking 10,000 miles over the U.S., Canada and Mexico. She's walking for world peace, and hOs been on the' road for three years. The hiker says she is krio*Wn only at "Peoce Pilgrim," the name lettered on the front of a blue vest she wears. On the back is "Walking 10,000 Miles for for= World Disarmament." So far the preacher of peace has 'traveled 7700 miles. She says she averages about 25 miles a'doy. This is the second half of her tour. On her firit 5000 miles •she walked from. Los Angeles to. New York, Now she's making it a point to walk at least 10,0 miles in each state. After she walks the ;100 miles she sometimes accepts rides. Her vow is: "I shall remain a wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace — walking until I am given shelter, fasting until .1 am given food." The following recipe may be varied by adding, just before placing the batter in Oven, 3 melees of diced cooked bacon. In. This case, omit fruit and reduce salt to 1/4 teaspoon. CONTINENTAL PANCAKE I tablespoon shortening eggs teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon sugar 3,i cup sifted ,flour 1/2 cup milk Butter Cooked sweetened cherries, or berries; di applesauce Confectioners' sugar' Place fat in deep skillet (10- 12 inches in diameter), and place skillet in oven while pan- cakes are being mixed and oven is being brought to 450° F. Beat eggs and salt until light. Blend sugar and flour; add to egg mix- ture •and beat until batter is. smooth: _Add, . milk and . beat thoroughly. Retrieve skillet from even and, if necessary, spread melted fat to grease bottom surface. Pour in all batter. Return to oven and bake 15 minutes' or until pancake is puffy, well-risen and brown. Surface should be very irregu- lar and pancake well-risen at the sides. Remove from oven. Dot •with butter and fruit. Roll or fold from opposite sidesl to center, making 3 layers. Turn out on warm platter. Sprinkle. with confectioners' sugar. Serve immediately. * e * To make these popovers crisper and larger than the recipe makes, add 1 additional egg when mixing them. POPOVERS 1 cup sifted flour 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon shortening (optional) ° 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1 cup milk Place flour and salt in mix- ng bowl. If shortening is used, cut into flour and salt until mix- ture resembles corn meal. Blend egg and Milk and add to dry ingredients.' Beet with rotary beater °until smooth. Fill greased custard. cups• 1,6 full and place them on a',baking Sheet: Bake at 375° A:Until browned; about 50 minuteit•V:liembve' from even and cut a slit in the side of each to let out steam. Return to oven for 10 minutes. Remove prompt- ly from cups so bottornsedo not steam and soften. Serve hot. tt RAISIN-APPLE MUFFINS 3A cup seediest raisins 2 cups sifted , flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 14 cup, sugar 1 teaspoon salt 34 cup shortening 1 cup coarsely grated apple 1 egg 1 cup milk Rinse 'and drain raisins. Sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Cut in shorten- ing. Stir in raisins and apples. Combine beaten egg and milk; add to dry ingredients and mix lightly. Fill greased muffin pans % full. Bake at 425° F. about 20 minutes. Makes about a dozen 3-inch muffins.* * There are many variations of the scone. For a special, sweet, breakfast bread or as a hot bread to serve with your favor- ite luncheon 'salad, try this oven-baked Canadian version of this old Scottish bread. GLAZED PINEAPPLE SCONES 2 cups sifted flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup sugar M cup shortening 1 egg M cup pineapple juice 1 cup drained crushed pine- apple Lemon icing Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut or rub in shortening until mixture is crumbly. Beat egg and add pineapple juice. Add to flour mixture; add pineapple. Stir un- til flour is well moistened. Using 2 forks, 'drop batter on greased baking sheet, shaping batter 'in- to long, narrow bars (about 41/4 x 1 inch). Press sides smooth. Bake at 425°F. 15 minutes. Frost at Once with. lemon icing.. Lemon 'Icing 3/2. cup confectioners' sugar 1 tablespoon hot milk M teaSpodirleirion extract Corhbine all ingredients; mix until smooth. Polythene Bags Highly Useful 33433, ,3.3. At this time of the xear, one of the handiest items around your hemp is the polythene bags you've aellected through purchases of greceries or sweat- ers or other consumer goods that today Police PaCkaged in pelye thene. Those se1P-same pelytliene bags shetild come in fora font;' program of reuses,- Stunmer, clothes, sports equipment, eyed eurnmer ineniturei 'will take to the winter "hiatus 'better" if stored in polythene' Bathing suits, tennis nets or .eacquets, deck chairsand niaoy _ether, things around Your home' whioli are associated with ,Stjrnmeit, will 'benefit from.. this pretee-e tive coveeing,. Amongst the many .excellent reuses fer,pelythene bees is that of a covering for`recofels. Long= ' playing records, particularly, ir are susceptible to tecratchee; -and- because of the ,shelleveness., 9f the cut, 'dust is, a nuisance fact tor, A polythene plastic enve- lope for your "re'cor'ds 'will tre- solve both problems 'nicely- -and— , neatly. One of the very best reuses for polythene bags is in storing linens and blankets. Table- cloths, napkins, guest towels and the like seem to keep theitefresh, newlyestarched look indefinite- ly, even in a crowded linen closet, if they're stored in 'these plastic bags. When it comes 'to blankets, you may want to heat-seal the plastic bag for those blankets you use infrequently."thiS You can d9 for yourself at hoite. All you need is a piece of ordinary wax-free brown paper folded lengthwise. Between. the folds insert the two edges of the plas- tic bag. Take your iron and turn the automatic control to "wool" or heat it' to a moderate 'heat. Using only medium Pressure, work your way along the • strip of paper slowly with the iron point turned inward about a quarter of an inch. Allow the heat-seal to cool for'aboue one Minute and then strip off - the !paper cove "ring: Yotell find -the, seam to- be' ex- tremely strong. When you want to open the bag, simply cut along the seam with a pair of scissors. Your heat-sealed bag will remain moisture-proof and moth-proof indefinitely. Good Health Rests On Sound Feet The Canadian worker who wishes to stay on his or her feet should realize the importance of keeping the feet in good condi- tion, say health authorities. Medical practice no longer seeks for the one single cause of any illness, they say, but looks everywhere for contribu- tory e factori. And feet are prime' suspects. ' A painful corn, for instance, will cause a worker to favor one foot. This alters the normal alignment of muscles surround- ing the spinal cord. The strain is recorded by the nerves of the spinal cord which may in turn, pass the distress along to a part of • the body far removed from the feet. Chronic headaches can often be alleviated, sometimes even made to disappear, by correct- ing a maladjustment of the feet. Continued poor posture, caused by faulty alignment of the feet, may even compress the deep blood vessels of the stomach which in turn results in abdom- inal discomfort with all its at- tendant ills. Ill-fitting or poorly construct- ed shoes are at least partly to blame for most foot troubles, the specialists say. Shoes which fail to give proper support to the feet either because they don't .fit Well or because they have become twisted out of shape will cause a variety of unpleasant foot ailments. Caee in Selecting shoes, the doctors say, will result in shoes that fit better when new and that will continue to give ade- quate support to the 'feet. In purchasing shoes, they ad- Vise the Observance of these rules: (1) Don't buy shoes in the morning. Feet tend to swell and you may find the shoes too tight by evening. (2) Rave the shoe Salesman measure both .your feet — they're probably not the sated Size. Get fitted' for the larger One. Also be measured While Standing; yeitir feet naturally spread when your weight is on them. (3) For a healthful ht, the Widest part of the shoe should match the widest part of your foot. Be sure the heel is trte', and avoid etatietifig the fore= loot. (4);Choose shoes on the basis` kif the Week You expect them 'to' berforrn, WO/nth can Wear high heels- for dress occasions; lOW heels for standing, walking and doing household chorea. For 'nearly fseVenty years the priestess with,,the staring- eyes has glared balef.ully.,from .her glass case in the second Egyptian Roorri of the British Museum. Yet 'stiff visitor's constantly pes- ter attendants, with the clues-. ion: "Which the haunted, mummy? „ Eyen in 1956 the priestess ~ of Amen-Radead these 3,000 years' has flowers pieced, at her feet by here.deVotees. And still there are superstitious wor- shippers who regularly visit the priestess and fall on their knees in prayer ;when they think no one is looking. Most people examine her — exhibit 22,,542 — with cautious respect. For through. the ,?,,ears its arnaZing curse story lingers. Lady Harlech; Mother of a Cabinet Minister, cheekily put out her tongue at the priestess. As she left the Museum she fell dOWn the steps, badly spraining her' 'ankle. The incident, though trivial, is typical. A Blackpool carpenter, holidaying in London was dared by his sweetheart to challenge the figure. Within an hour they were both injured in a road crash. Museum Officials deplore the lurid legends that have gather- ed around item 22,542. Yet the bizarre facts are stranger than fiction. In reality, there is no haunt- ed mummy, no mortal remains of an ancient priestess. The rich- ly painted, dark-eyed beauty that stares with such malignity across the museum gallery is only the inner lid of a mummy case. But perhaps the story began on an occasion in the eighties when a well-known London dandy named Douglas Murray called on Count Louis klamon, who was then already becoming familiar to millions as "Cheiro," the society palmist Cheiro gazed in dread at the hand that was extended to him. He could fotetee a gunshot shattering it to pieces! "Your' hand seems to be call- ing to me to try and save it," he told the visitor, "There is a lottery that brings you some- thing you do not want." And the fart-lots seer paused, for his insight Warned hirn that the lottery would lead to his Client's death. What was this fetal prize?`' As Cheiro studied Murray's hand, the vision Of a carved Egyptian sarcophagus swam before him. "HaVe nothing td do With it," the Palrnitt • begged: "It• Will bring misfortune!" Events came to pass prediSely as he foretold. On the whiiii of two frieridee Murray went to Egypt. The brisk trade in' render Was in those dayS the life Of tourism; and One day Was offered the lid of a MUMMY case for his inspection: He found himself gazing with aversion at the painted fade Of the peleeteeS of Aineii,Rao But despite his qualms.- his friends urged that it should be bought and. suggested drawing ,lots for In three successive draws Murray drew the winning num- ing eXpedition, .the gun he was ber. Three-days later, on a hunt- carrying exploded in his right hand His ,arm had to be 'amputated. On the voyage back to England bath his' companions" died of septic 'pneumonia — .the illness that killed Lord Carnarvon of Tutankhamen fame—and were buried at sea. With his worries Murray had almost forgotten that he had shipped the case-lid home. But as he gazed at the dry wooden image again he recalled Cheiro's dread warning. Within a week he suffered ,serious business losses and now was sure that the trail of disaster emanated from the priestess. A •Wornan literary friend laughed at his fears and offered to take the lid home with her. And from that moment mishap after mishap dogged her. On the day that the mummy case .entered her house, her mother' fell and broke her thigh. Her engagement was broken off. Her three prize dogs went mad and had to be destroyed. She did not believe that an old piece of painted wood could cause these troubles. It was when Madame Blavatsky, the famous mystic, called on her that the apparent truth had to be faced. "My dear," said Madame Blavatsky, "your house is un- der an evil influence. There is something terrible hete . , " So the story goes. Some peo- ple, on hearing such a tale, would be anxious to possess the object, either to prove or dis- prove its sinister reputation. This was the motive of he next purchaser who immediately made the lid the shoWpiece of her drawing roceb. The, next day everything breakable in the room — vases, ashtrays — was foUrid shattered. Heftily the Egyptian relic Was moved to a room upstairs- — With the same result For a few days the• house seem- ed to be spasmodically haunted by a poltergeist of the most des- trUctive type. Pictures on the walls were sreia§hed, lighte Were en, mysterious knocking heard. Arid an investigator who photographed the. Inutility case , lid had a shock. The photograph , was •Sa evil and Menacing that he „iminectiately destroyed both the Plate and the print, tinfortUriately he gained more piiblioity trein this than *he would have done 'if he had al- lowed the 'picture to' speak .for itself. Douglas Murrey's sudden death, too, created a greater irti, PreaSidei than it might have done but for the Merles that had al, ready begun to spread., Was he, too, a victim of the deadly. curse? The next owner of the .case sold it immediately she fell. but even before acquiring the. ease-lid she seems to have been. a life-long. invalid,. So. it passed into.. the hands of the ggyptologist, Mr, A, F, Wheeler, who presented the lid to the British Museum, ing that it had come from Thebes, The curious episode might have ended there. But as an attendant was carrying the lid to its destined resting place he, hind glass, he dropped it, crush- ing his foot,. After this, nearly every illness or death on the Museum staff was attributed to. the priestess of Amen-Ra. W. T, Stead the journalist, elevated the legend to new heights. The face on the case, he declared, was that of a liv ing soul in torment, and he sought the authorities' permis- sion to hold a seance in the Egyptian rooms to set her soul. at .Test. Permission was refused, and the .credulous might add that W. 'T. Stead was afterwards drown- ed in the Titanic, With a few minor exceptions the authentic story of "the mummy's curse"— as it is always miscalled — comes to an end with this trage- dy. Yet people still sometimes send money from overseas ask- ing that flowers shall be placed. at the foot of the 'exhibit, .cash that is merely impounded by the museum treasurer. A Lesson For All If there are any big league ball players who doubt the im- portance of condition it is re- commended that they consider the results of the recent. Winter OlyinPic Games. Soviet Union athletes walked away with. the Unofficial team championship because, general- ly speaking, they had one obvi- ous edge on the rest of the world. They were in superb physical condition. That is not to say that there were other skaters, skiers and ski jumpers in the Cortina events who were not, at the peak of condition, on that the Soviets did not 'Occasionally have an edge in technique. Raw condition alone could not have done it. But many times the difference betWeen two standout athletes in any sort of contest testing skill and stamina is condition. The fraction of a •second that separates first and second places can be that little extra effort one athlete put into his training. The Soviet team that went to Cortina was probably the finest trained team in the history of the Olympics—perhaps the most hardened group of young men and women in the history of athletics. If that little extra was ever needed in a race, they knew they would have it. It hurts me to say this, be- cause some of my best friends are ball players. But there can be no doubt that the big leaguer, also generally speaking, is the pobrest conditioned athlete in professional sports writes Al Rumill. The ball player is not a lazy fellow. If he is in the beginning, the rugged 'schedules of the American and National. Leagues change him. But there is a tend- ency—partly because of the in- creasingly rugged schedules — for a boy to "save himself." He • figures that if he takes it easy today, he will have more left for tomorrow—or will add an extra season to his already recognized short major league career. Experience proves, however, that such an approach is wrong. The players with the longest careers were well conditioned players. Old timers like Ty Cobb and Eddie Collins, who lasted for more than 26 years 'in "base- ball's fastest company, spent post of the winter tramping, through the woods or into the open MOO)" to keep •their leg$ in shape,. The modern generation has, as. a notable example, the veteran. Enos Slaughter, now running out his .,career with the Kansas City Athletics, :Slaughter runs everywhere. Ho never stops. hustling, During the off-season he takes long hikes, Consequent- ly, his legs are always ready and, he has been able to continue picking up big league pay cheeks after poorer conditioped players have finished their active careers,. Billy Southworth used to say: "There can be reason for a ball player. lacking experience or specialized skills, such as bat- ting. or gelding, But there never can be an excuse for a poorly conditioned player. In my ex- perience in the majors I have seen many smartly conditioned. players win jobs over players. who seemed to have an edge in technical skills. Get in shape and stay there is the advice I giVe my players." It was disappointing, and a bit surprising, to hear Ted Wil- liams say the other day that he • has been just taking it easy since the end of the 1955 sea- son. A man of his age, experience and magnitude in the baseball sun should know how portant condition is, and how much easier it is to return to big league physical caliber - when you have never let your- ' self stray too far from it. The Russians have taught the world a tremendously signifi- cant lesson, that should be- heeded by every athlete, ama- teur or professional. FAIR QUESTION "I want to paint you," an artist told a poor Irish dairy- maid. "How much would you charge?" The girl blushed, but made no reply. "It's easy money," said the artist, encouragingly. "No question about that," said the girl. "I was just wond- ering 'how, I'd get the paint off afterwards." STREET SCENE — Like a giant cobra ready to strike is this ultramodern mercury - vapor light being tested in Washington near the Capitol. It's one of six styles being considered to re- place the old-fashioned street lights on Pennsylvania and ,Con- stitution Avenues. Visitors had been reporting that the streets were dark after sunset. Not ALTITUDE. modal's "Walking. Costume to a flower-decorated the'S 'down the braid Of a plane, and the inen, fill neWS. torretparidentit 'don't ... mind gleCting. there fOrid to bele at the tight. they Were- itiVitett .aboard 101 -a special press 'showing cf the ,filittEtt, . frogman rides a-. Witiceitw iooking MoUlitArt the kytted,jvhdeed'e boi.edoey or. TeddiriglOni England. Torpedo, deactivated, is .mounted for testing in et lehk filled with Spatially filtered Water Maxienurn- ViSilaility from observation ptiefs. NeCifnest of windows is an riptIt.ktit illUstOrt they're' d'ail'y' 100 feet away, appetite tide-, of if *lank, frbm. etteneedie