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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1956-04-04, Page 2• 0 • 4) • t, • w 4. o a -4,;) . .4 0 • • o ••t,. . • • Cj Ig .r. o Did You Ever Hear A Cabbage Yell? ;Smacking his lips over' a jigy rump steak, the hardest. hearted meat-eater may spare a' little' sympathy for the fate . of-lhe. animal which became his .dinner, But Wilco, would ever shed a tear over the cauliflower or cabbage that goes down so well with the beef? °Cabbages dent feel,' You may say. But can we be so sure? Some time ago a noted Indian scientist decided to find out whether vegetables have feelings:, And after lOng and patient' experithents" he pro- duced an- astonishing discovery, They have feelings, In the Bose Institute, in Cal- cutta Sir Jagadis' Bose made the discovdy that the humblest flower has seneibilities un- dreamed of beiore his amazing expermints. „ Using apparatus. capable of registering the smalleit electri- cal reaction, Bose Cut 'and darn- - aged .a .•wide variety of plants. He got reactions from all of theln. They felt the pain though, no doubt, in a less acute form than you feel it in the dentist's chair, or when you cut your hand. ;By :using an instrutneint of own invention, Bose was able to detect movements in a plant by magnifying them one million times. Using this mach- ine, he detected how a plant winces as it is damaged much as an animal does. He next wanted to find out if plants were subject to drugs. He found that a cabbage can be made drunk, as it were, by being giYen alcohol. -When you sleep the machinery of your ,body ticks over more slowly han when you are .awake and at work or play. Bose found that just the same thing happened when plants go to sleep and, of course, everyone who has a garden knows they do. He found ,that plants are very much like animals in many ways, only living on a lower life level. They must have good fodd and drink to flourish, and plenty of fresh air. He gave his ,,experimental plants short measure of these essentials and sair,,:them react always as ad- Even; 'more extraordinary, the scientist found that some vegetables 7 carrots, radishes, cauliflowers, celery - are more sensitive than others. Do vegetables • get tired as animals do? Again, the answer is yes. $ir. Jagadis measured, electronically a large number of responses in this way. • He 'gave several vegetables a. succession of electric stimula- tions quickly; One after the other. He found''that after a time they were too tired to re- spond. Some went on responding to the shocks; more and more slowly, until death ended all activity. Other experiments proved that vegetables vary in health and vigour with the seasons. They are lusty in, spring arid by late autumn are -wilting -bad- ly. Geranitthas and artim lilies were alsb, among subjects for these tests. Anaesthetics were tried on vegetables, too. Chloreiorm and suCh poiseris as mercuric chlor;- ide Were administered to a number of blantS.:,The poisons killed the plants, and the insects feeding on them died also. When the vegetable or plant survived, the insects survived. Out of theie `experiments Sir Jagadis Wade' the discovery that whatever tends to increase dr depress the vitality of plants tends to increase or diminish its response to an electrical shock. The chart of these responses is recorded on a galvanometer; and the zigzag line produced looks very much like that, of an ordinary 'barometer. So we have to revise our atti- tude to vegetables and plant life generally. They may not be able to think... But they ate af-' feeted by fatigue and anaes- thetics, they react to cuts, they can get drunk, and feel a great many things that are experi- enced in More intense forth by man, Choose Your litiet chitieee girla know all about colour and AS• effect an the 6.0%,' &Site sexy SO, if yen Want to plait a date down to the last use this Chinead guide iii eireasing:. " Silver' will make him tender. White Will enslave him. Oro will_tiake' him sad. 0,61c1 Will inspire hint Week will impress Blue Will enchant hint Red Will excite Orden will intrigue him. Mauve Will disturb` hirit Yellow Wilt cheer hint up. Purple Will make hint pas', Monate, RON ICLES 1NGERFARM PwaruLoarta d Cleakt H-int.tp-nn can Yon smell them? Yeast fruit' buns hi the making, I could almost eat them raw they smell so good, This is my second attempt at buns after a lapse of several years, in which time I didn't make any at all. And at one time I made them every week, That was when the youngsters were at home and I found yeast buns more filling and less expensive than trying to keep the cookie jar full, I made this batch today because Bob And Toy will ,be in later and I know they will enjoy them. Funny, how we get away from doing things. At one time I made all my own bread. I couldn't imagine my falily be- ing satisfied with baker's bread. Then one of the bread com- panies started canvassing for custom around here and I bought bread once a week to save bak- ing so often. 'Eventually our family was reduced in number and it didn't seem worthwhile baking just for two or three. So the baker got another regu- lar customer-, It was the same thing with - butter.' Even -when we stopped making butter to sell I always did a churning for ourselves every few weeks, The old bar- rel churn is still down in the cellar. Now we buy creamery butter all the time. Butter — not margarine — rd have you know ! But there were some things we never did do very well — not being born to it, as one might say. Curing pork, for in- stance. We tried several methods but our aide bacon was always hard and unappetising. As for headcheese — the look and smell of pig's head stewing away made me feel sick. After several attempts we ended up by giving the head away after a butchering. But I liked render- ing lard. There was something fascinating in reducing all the cuttingS to liquid grease, and• cracklings. I was never-Much of, a., hand '' at making ,soap. part-. . •,.ner never wanted, me ,to do -at , anyway because when he first , ,• . came- to 'Canada he. lived on a where',homeniade soap Was. " always 'used. It was very strong,. and-very smelly, and in winter- time his ,hands were raw and bleeding — which didn't make the milking any easier, and wouldn't have been allowed by the Health U_ nit in this day and age. Porridge was another standby at Ginger Farm, Always por- ridge for breakfast. Not. quick- meal porridge bitfreal old'Scoteh oatmeal. That another habit that fell by the way. Now. it's packaged 'cereal. And in' those days -we had -tea at breakfast time: Now it's coffee. In fact we Wouldn't say thank you .for breakfast Without it or 'grape fruit. It wiS 7 the'ybungstera who changed 'our habits. Bob tOok a liking-to coffee- when: he was'in the Army :se when he was at home On, leave I naturally made coffee "for..hith — 'and a pot of tea for OurSelVes, But that got ta, be -too much of. a chore so finally we all drank coffee. - Maybe. it's the weather has put me in a reminiscent mood; A few days ago we had a -real old4ime .storm — and we are promised, more of the same. The snow was swirling and. blowing like fury, but not enough of it to pile into heavy drifts and it didn't , interfere with road traffic at all. In the old days the 'road *past here was a county road, not a highway and it was often linpassable after a bad storm. Of ,course, no one ever thought of driving a car during the winter anyway. The old Fliv- ver was Jacked; up on .blocks for months at a"time. Even' When s'pri'ng' anie., the car ebtildit% be used ladcaUte of the ,.rnud.,, Horses, were all-irnportant v in Plose days and ,s9 were .the trains. 'Cattle ':end "'SgS" "Were shiPped "10%.'the stockyards rail. Every Station had its load.. ing yard and farm stock was taken there by sleigh or wag.- gon. Semetimea cattle were herded along the road on foot. I remember the first time Part- ner sent out a load Of pigs by motor-transport. We watched the truck go down the lane and thought it was the last word in convenience for fanners ! second time we were not so Sure, An old sow that was be- ing shipped broke the side of the loading chute and got awaY.. She was a contrary old dame anyway, so we finally ate her, And then the chickens — hatched by broody hens, I re- member having as many as fif- teen setting hens at one time. When the chicks were hatched we took half the hens away, keeping the ones with a nice motherly disposition. Sometimes they were too motherly and smothered some of the chicks cltring the night. Oh, the sick feeling when you found a num- ber of poor little dead chicks under a mother hen, Or half- grown chicks killed by rats, skunks or , carried away by a fox. The time came 'when we got day-old chicks and a brood- er stove. Later,' it was started chicks, and then 8-week-old mixed chicks. Now we buy ready - to - lay pullets which makes the work lighter as we grow older. Such changes during the years! It sounds like a century ago and yet it all took place in the thirty-odd years we have been farming. Sometimes when I speak of present conveniences wonder if I sound smug. Actu- ally we are anything but smug. It just is, that as we look back. we realize how Jiard we, and other farm folk -worked, with few conveniences and so little of the comforts of life But we are glad we went through that period, otherwise we wouldn't know enough to appre- ciate the warm, convenient and comfortable homes .of today. reaftes Sew-easy to make this pretty Maternity top — you're :sure ta want several in crisp, cool cot- tons! Trim the graceful scoop neckline with , gay ernbroilery:. Pattern 826: Maternity Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, included. Pat- tern, transfer, 'easy .directions. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENT in coins, (stamps cannot .be ac- cepted) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 ,Eighteenth • St.,,,New •Toronto, Ont..; Piintplainly- ir!iitriegnm NUMBER, your 'NAME drid'Ati- DRESS. Our gift to you—two wonder- ful patterns for yourself, your home -- printed in our Laura Wheeler Needlecraft book for 1956!. Dozens, of other new de- signs' to order — crochet, knit- ting, embroidery, iron-tins, novel- ties. Send 25 cents for your copy of this book NOW -- with, gift patterns printed' in it! ,eaaori to taste 1,c. minced cooked meat With, grated onion, Salt, 'pepPer- and condiment settee;,moisten slightly with gravy: or 'sauce,Sift twice, then sift into a bowl, 2 C. once, sifted pastry flout (or 1X. c once sifted all purpose flour), 4 taps. Magic Baking powder; j2". tsp. salt, .ttjp. dry inns- , bard. Cut' in finely' 5 tbs. chilled shortening. Make a Well in dry ingredients and add 3 e chili. sauce and M lightly, adding -milk if necessary; to make a soft ootigh Knead- for 10 SeeOnde on floured board and diyfcle,clotigh into 2 parts: Pat One bait into greaSed round S%" cake par' and spread almost to edges with meat mixture; moisten edge§ Of *nigh with water. Pat second part Of dough into' an ,8%" round and place over meat mixture; press lightly ;around, edges to seal;. score ten layer deeply into 6 pie-shaped wedges. Bake in hot oven, 425d, about 20„ Serve: hot With lire*ii tomato Sauce. Yield-6 servings: rody.g Depoidab e annacesinumummemat WEDDING MEDAL Here are both. si'd'es- of the ,bronze Medal • 'that distributedof the ,SUbjettS, of Prince. :Reli -fief. Al 'following his wedding to, :Aerrifidori indvie Side Grace Deily .MOriadb• on Apilt 1 Ofh:, The Medal- was designed by feif artist' Rii* tagriffOUL • DESERVING ONES —y TV star Phil Silyer,scuid,,,aelress, Nanette Fabi-ay Were obviOusly happy as they pOsed in New Y ork with the "Emmy" awards they, won at the Teleyision Academy of Arts andSciences' Awards`clinner. The presentation ceremonies were seen over• a national TV hCokup. Silvers got ti;tree, awards, the first time so many have, been won by. perfornier. /I'm so tired of all these Tattles between my mother and ne," cries an unhappy 15-year- gd," She went let Me have late with boys; -if I speak :o one, I'm supposed to be ohamed, and if Pile calls me ,11), she declares I told him to. $he suspects me of meeting :hem outside, and. I've never don such a thing in my life! "Why do mothers always look for trouble, Anne Hirst?"' she asks, 'My mother was brought up very strictly, and she doesn't realize how times have changed, You're only young once, and I think it's the time for fun. Ev- ery girl. I know talks about her weekend dates and you can guess how miserable it makes me. "I confess to you that. I have sneaked out to go to movies with girls, but only twice. Was that a crime? I have to help with the housework, at home, too, and some other girls don't , • . If I overlook, one little thing she tells me to do, I'm bawled out as if I'd done some- thing really wrong. "I can't always be wrong. I just went to live like other girls 1 How can I go on loving my mother when she doesn't trust me? I have the feeling \she's spying on me all the time?! GROWING UP HURTS * Quite a while ago, this nio- * ther and her daughter start- * ed off on the wrong foot. * There is no mutual confid- * efice which develops the res- * pest and loyalty of both. The • girl is so avid for good times, * she deceives her mother to * get them; she resents any * responsibility at home, and * shirks her household tasks. * Why shouldn't her mother, Sew It In a Day* 4553 12-20 ; 30.-42 4/APPic.. Af44to$ Look at the diagram—even a beginner can whip up this honey of- a dress in a day! FEW pat- tern parts, minimum details — a world of style! Curvy neck- line, fitted bodice and flared skirt are so smart, s-o-o flatter- ing! Choose cotton, linen, cool nylon print. Pattern 4553: Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, Size 16 -takes 33i yards 39-inch. This pattern easy to use, sirti- pie to sew, is tested for fit. Has complete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY-,FIVE CENTS (350 in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this Pattern. Paint plainly SIZE, NAME ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send eider to Box "f7 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. * then, question her about * boys? * Dating boys is the present * issue, and it is so Much 94 * the teen,ager'S Mind that her 4. mother fears she would get * herself emotionally 4 involved * with the first one who takes * her out, She would not trust * her daughter to come home * when she promises; the girl * could become a recalcitrant * who defies all rules. * When mothers themselves were brought up under strict discipline they become, as a rule, too indulgent as parents. They are so deter- mined that their girls shall have the fun they were de- prived of that they relax their vigilance, and plenty of * youngsters take advantage of * it, This mother knows that * the freedom allowed young * girls these days provides op- * portunity for the best of them * to get into mischief without * trying. She feels that •until * her daughter proves to be * trustworthy, the parent must * keep'the upper hand. When * that happy day arrives, she * will be as happy as the * youngster to encourage her * dating. * TO "UNHAPPY G I R * Make a quick about4ace. * Don't deceive your mother in * any way. Go where you say * you are going, come home * when she expects you. Accept * your household chores as * right and fair. You are an * important member of the family group, and each one 4 must contribute toward help- * ing the home machinery run * smoothly and pleasantly. * When you do these things, * your mother will see how fast you're growing up. I expect she will let you invite girls and boys to the house for an evening now and then, if you ask her; you'd have the chance to show Ifer how capable you are as a hostess, and she would get to know your friends better. Show her this piece today, and talk things over frankly and quietly; let her know you are trying to un- derstand her viewpoint. Pro- mise you will play fair, and you will see how relieved she is that you want to co-oper- ate instead of resent, which will create a new and warmer feeling between you and bring closer that wonderful day when you will get your wish. * , If you and your parents aren't getting along, tell Anne Hirst about it. She understands you, and them, and can simpli- fy the problem for you all: Ad- dress her at Box 1, 123 Eight- eenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Moonlight on 174P Moonlight that can be turn- ed on to order will soon be helping farmers and sweet- hearts—in Italy. Looking ten times as big as the real moon, this man-made creation will be about fifteen miles long and five miles high. It will be bright enough for farmers to plough by at night over an area of 10,000 square milea. How will it be madc? Power- lo' radio waves will be sent in- to the ionosphere tifty miles up, to create an oscillation of elec- trons sufficient to generate a static charge. The charge will be fed continuously, creating the effect of a lop-sided rose-colour- ed moon, Professor Mario Cutolo, or Naples Universit;„ and other Italian scientists have already carried out tests e,1 a small scale. They hope to put on a full-scale show between July, 1957 and December, 1053, "It may be so bright that hens will lay at night," says the pro- fessor, It • is said that the artificial moonlight inay be an important defence (actor ;in--War-time. as Well as helping to illuminati cities in time of pear:to And any- way, sweethearts •a-id appreci ated. FINAL CURTAIN --;..--CSA:edian Fred Allen was stricken- with a coronary .attack on a sidewalk near his apartment in New York and died shortly after. Witnesses said Allen dropped to the ground during a Stroll in the evening, His Name Always Spelled "Trouble" "I had been born with a gut full of hand grenades. If I did not land my shots on the body of somebody elset they • would go off inside of me and kill me. That's how I felt. I 'had to fight." So says former world mid- dle-weight champion Rocky Graziano in his book "Some- body Up There Likes Me." And fight he did, on the streets, in bars, in clubs, in reform school, in prison, in the guardhouse, and in the ring. Always, wherever he was, he had to he number one, and be- cause he packed dynamite in his right hand and was scared of nobody, he usually was. Born on the East Side of New York, he grew • up poor and wild, stealing, his food — "the only thing we paid for regular was haircuts." Until he made fighting his career "I knew only two ways of living -- being locked up or tuning wild." He was only persuaded into amateur boxing because he knew that when he won ,he could sell ,the watch they gave him for ten or fifteen dollars. When he turned professional it was because the money was better. But he usually won, and al- ways the same way, Ile would come out of his corner wild and swinging lefts and rights, Mostly rights; sooner or later he would connect and that would be that. Then, having fought most peo- ple in civilian life, he had his attention turned to the army, He was conscripted, He Stuck it for a few days, then he walk- ed out after having beaten up the corporal who was - supPOsed to be in charge of his tent arid knocking out the captain ih charge of the' camp', He Went back to boxing, but the army caught up With him and he found himself back in jail, this time art army One, But When he. Walked out of Pri= Son, he walked out of the army, Mo. He signed up to fight for Irving Caen, but soon he was . back in jail for desertion, That year behind beta changed his life.. He Caine Mit determined Id ge Straight, ---' aS boxer: But they couldn't' make him train. W,hen..we went to ft train- ing camp ,he just sat around smoking: If -he went on a' road run, -he would ' sit' down with his pals as soon as he Was out of sight of the camp and throw dice. ' He was always a" wild street fighter, -and he stayed that way right up, until he took -the title from. Tony.-tale in 1947. Rocky never made 'a, claim to fame as a boxer, and he did not even boast that he was a clean fightd. But hp had guts, one of• the hardest- punches in the game and, 'the • killer in- stinct. He would :take- punish- ment for round after round, just 'waiting for 'the one open= ing that would give him - -his chance. He took it, and hie' op- ponents seldom, knew what hit' them. -NOW Rocky Graziano is in show business, 'and''' they' are going to--make a ,film. of his book, Bift ,if„ they, include. 'just half the things in 'that volurne there will be more tiotible — with, the.censor: ' ' WHERE . THERE'S ,--LIFE • One of the Yankees' favorite diversions on train' trips is the game of "Twenty Questions " On the nineteenth• question of, one particular-game; Yogi. Berra asked, "Is the subject living?" The answer was "Yes." , Yogi pondered a moment( then stunned his fellow, players with, "Is he living now?" POISON-ALLY SPEAKING The latest' Yogi. Berra tale concerns his visit to the St. Petersburg waterfront to watch a yacht race, One of the boats was flying a Jolly Roger pen- nant, complete with the pirates' skull and crossbones. "Knovl, what that means?" Yogi Was asked. "Sure", answered Yogi, "Io- dine." itANdAttito.ttitt — Little ion Arid Jacobs has rio froUble get- tin§ into the tirtug. t-let":tather,, • Lob; is a Clown; and between acts he, totes- his 21niotith,Oid daughter around kangaroo- style' as 4166+,6.4 . - ISSUE 14 1956'