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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1956-04-25, Page 2At Ebb Tide When, the tide is *sing the shore is a Pleee of e -neat, with ae the , surge elceping ti lj landwardauctncg'raodsc iekdsse, of ;ton laEsni over en ibg4 otuhi In! dere. But on the 01) it is I ore peaceful, for then the weves clr, not have behinp them the push of the inward pressing • tides. There is no particular drama about the turn c-f the tide, but presently a eerie Wetness, shows en the gray rock shores, area offshore the inco- ming swells begin to swi', and break over hidden ledges.. Soon the rocks that the high tide has concealed rise into view and glisten with the wetness left on them by the receding water, 4 Small, dingy snails move about over rocks that are slip- s pery with groWv- of infinitesi- - mal green Plants; the snails scraping; scraping,' scraping a to fine food before the tide returns. Like drifts if "Id snow no longer white, the barnacles "come into ,View; they 'a et ,. rocks and old, spars:. wedged in- to rock crevices, and their sharp cones are seripklede ,ov empty mussel, eaells and lobster-pet buoys and' the herd stripes of'` deep-witer esea-Weedse , all mine gled in t thenfloteameot the eide. Meadows of brown reek- weeds appeat as, the "e iinpere ceptibly eleas: 'Smaller patches of green ,weed, stringy els mer- maids' -hair, begin white and crinkly, where 'the sun has dried them. Now the galls, Met lately rested on the higher ledges, pace with" &aye, etentneee along the evallvoteeciee end •t ley • probe tinder ,the eharigiregeleine tains of aeeed to efind ;crabs and sea urchin. In the• love, places f eitele pools and gutters are left where 'the water trickles and gurgles -arid cascades ,ie, miniature ,.water-•, and many of the dark caverns be reee, an under the racks are floored with still mirrors" li 'Whic';• held the re-4 flections of deliea te create res that shun the light and a-void. the shock of "laves-the cream- colored flowers of the small anemones,eanne,thee pink. hems pf soft•:conel,,,pendent .from the rocky ceiling. ee, - In the calm ,world of the ae" deeper reek, poelse now undis- turbed of in- coming waves, crane sidle along the walls, their claws, busily touching, feeling, exploring for bits of food. The• pools are , gardens of color composed of the delicate green and ocl er- yellow , ,of , encrusting sponge, the pale pink of hydroids, that stand like clusters of, fragile spring flowers, the bronze and electric-blue gleprast pf- the Irish moss, -the old-rose beauty of the carciline algaeee tee , And over it all there is, the, smell of 19w tide, compaiiidedca of the faint pervasive 'erten' of worms and snails and jellyfish and crabs-the ,sulphur ,smell of" sponge, the iodine shell of rock-, weed; andathe salt smell of the rime' that- glitters on te sun- dried rocks. - From "The Edge of the Sea," by Rachel Carson. • BAULK! The baseball game was, being,, ° Umpired by a little runt' of a - fellow. An enormous,,pleyee;;?.VV^ ,4? batting and an equally large"' player catching. The .count 'was 4 one ball and one strike. • • e The little umpire.watched , a pitch sizzle across the corner arid yelled, "Two !" "Two what?" snarled the catcher, mashing 'his mask into the umpire's face. "Yeah, two what?' growled, the batter, raising his bat. The umpire looked frean one brute to the other and said,, "Too close to tell." Only 00 Days Till C While the rest of us, are, thinking of picnics,, he,toy, marteacturers are,haVing a picnic thinking of ice, snow - and next Christmas. Toys, aboye,, ere among thousands previewed recently by department store buyers. Little lady at left has just Whipped up q,Alsatch of tasty goo for a tiny cake with aid of a •battery-powered mixer. One flashlight bottery,, does` the worc,, ,leaving Mother's Little Helper free to lend two hands to same Other protect, Juhior makes with a beat that's down to earth, but the 'rhythm is ou t of this World.' 'Sp'tttamOn-type:headset has a •,« self-contained radio with separate battery Unit: * Desperate Need trSome,Reflections was keeping right out of the ar, gument- Members of the council an- nounced they would give their decisions on Whether, to resign at the regular annual', town meet- ing in 'Marche More than 100 people crowded4nto the parish hall. Two council members. re- signed, Seven, refused to do so, A move was made to express indignation by refusing ,appreve at to the council's proposed lighting budget, which would have put the lights out in More- ton for a whole year. This was defeated. A voter rose and declared, "We should applaud the council be- cause they are so sure in their minds of their integrity and thank them for their services to the community, because it is. very' unlikely that after the pext election they will be there to represent us.” And what has all the bother achieved? Columnist Cassandra in the Daily Mirror notes ape provingly the significant fact that nobody was thrown into the duckpond. He asks that the at- tention of Mr. Georgi M. Malen- kov be drawn torthipe,example of the workings of the two-Party system. But the voters of More- ton-in-Marsh have perhaps - achieved more than the establish- ment of their rights. They have- also, in effect, achieved- a -whole duckpond. As • poet William -All ingham wrote: Pour ducks on a pence grass bank beyond; A blue sky of spring, White cloude the-ening; What a little thing, remember for years, din 'a-Duckpond"' Si Origin, Of A WonderfurSthOOI k°,f 1h ried, statisics say, than ever be-, fore! Is this change due to some great moral or religious revival in the U.S.S.R.? We have heard of none, The change has been gradual. And no such revival would be necessary to explain it. Soviet society , was simply trying to run a course• contrary to one of several greet forces which have always': made a • more or less -enduring emonog- amy the prevailing family dorm: even where religion, and custom have smiled upori e plurel ,rpar- riage or tolerated divorce. A great etudent of .lieniAn in- stitutions, Edward. Alsworth Time was, when the "glorious revolution" was young, that Ivan and Lisa,- in a romantic mood, could walk up to a Mos- 'cow registrar and say, "Write us down; we want to be mar- ried." A few hours, days, or years later Ivan and Lisa, in en unromantic mood, could step into a registrar's office and say, "Write us down; we aren't mar- ried any more." And that was that. . What of the children, if any? Well, there were the state-con- ducted nurseries and foster homes. What of, considerations of morality and religion? This casual freedom fitted very easi- ly into a philosophy of irre- eligioe and repudiation of the past. Today says a dispatch, from Moscow,', things, are different. Ivan and Lisa have to make a declaration `of intention and think it over a week before get- ting, married. To be divorced they must go to court. And more people are getting - mare Ross, once pet the matter pithi- ly: "We all need desperately to be loved throughout 'our lives." And.eie went on: "We caret „fill that need if we think .we can divide our own affections "be- tween , mates , acquire d in bunches or mates acquired in series (assuming we can keep on attracting them). That's, why monogamy." - From T h e Christian Science Monitor. - AILING PRINCESS - Princess- Marie-Louise, 83, is suffering from pneumonia. She is the 'last granddaughter of 'Queen tVic- ' toria, and is Efritain's only liv- ing divorced princess,* - Snake Oil Goes Eledrorwri-: One: Cent:-. Two . penniee were the ' only items found missing 'by" an' In- dianapolis housewife When 'she, eightedethe disorder deft in her apartment by burglars. • * • * * "Arrested for reckless driving, a Sacramento, Calif.,. man was fined $1,000. His wife see out to raise the money,. returning after several hours with $999.99. A deputy 'sheriff supplied the mis- sing coin. * * By JAMES G. CROSSLEY NEA Staff Correspondent Snake oil these days comes with flashing lights,- huzzers and efficient-looking panels of dials. "Good for man or beast . . „Cures Anything .from mange to Mouse bite24 : . :Who'll buy the first bottle?", That was the pitch of the medicine show peddler as he posed on the tailgate of his wagon years ago.. His Modern counterpart is more sauve.. He's selling a "medical" machine or a "magic" belt. His appeal to the crowd appears as an ad in a magazine or a letter in the mail. Custom- ers may even have to join a cult. It may be headed: "More Feminine Appeal" or "Feel Young Again." But it's still the same old gooseberry, in the tra- dition of the snake oil that used to be concocted in a rusty wash tub at a'secluded crick and sold at a buck a bottle. The American Medical Asso- ciation and the U.S. government We were interested to' learn about a school that'started "in ' Landon, 'Ont., about ' 50 'yeai-e'• ago,specializing in the work of a Railway Agent, which cov- ered the study Of Telegiaphye - Car. Service, Freights ,'Tickets:' and Baggage. J. E. Cassan, whoe had spent- seven years with tbe C.P.11'.• and seven years with the Scranton School,: discovered that there wasn't 'any school, in. Canada that 'specialized in, this work, and realizing that 'these pose- etions were open only to men; he,started What waell'eafgriown as the •Railway Agent's School, After one year in Lathrop : he moved to Toronto aneitrestarted under the name of the' Dominion School 'of- Telegraphy and Rail- ,roadingl Limited. Later the name was changed to Cassan Systems School, Due to the fact that for the nest time a school had started to teach, the traffic work, the - railway officials were so de- lighted that they supplied him with all fornese etariffse tiekets, etc., to enable students to learn, in a practical Way how the Visa: _ness was handled.' It was, pointeeleout that these men on the :railway, as ;teleg- raphers and station agents, are performing a,,,,riational ,service to the country in the same way, as a man in the Navy, Army or Air Force. They, are all serving their country, and the school is endorsed and recommended-by operating officials of the C.P.R. and C.N.R. Mr. Cassan's grandfather was a captain in the 'British, Army and was appointed,."station=:. e master at, Thorold, Ont., in 1864, at a salary of $400 ,per annum,,, Railroading runs in the Cassen family his father was a fatmer, and had' four sons in the rail way business. In passing this in- formation on to our readers, we feel that it is a wonderful school and a wonderful opportunity for young men, ;et,. To say that the Cotswold par- taish of Moreton-in-Marsh had It r duckpond , would be to. exagger-, ate. -Moreton had, to,,be exact, 47 per cent of ducienond. Q156 of an acre this was near enough a full hemipuddle. to e make no difference -in the usual- ,erun of things. And things had, o ; run usually without making 'er'very much differenee fox'.125 eyears, even though the ' other half of• the duekpond • Had' :all. that time been privately, owned. , Then quite suddenly the- Cots- wold calm was, ruffled., For three ' :months -Moreton became More- 1 ion-in-Conflict. The . -larger hemipuddle, (,17,5a neof An acre)" had belonged, retire_ eorne, reason, or none, to Oxford' :-e:Teirseersity. (Such things have 1:'a •way of happening in Englarid.);_e 'Either for reasons of economy, .Or having no further use for half • a duckpond . in another - county, Oxford 'put its share up, at public auction east< July. It was purchased. for £10 ($26) by Major -J. • D. Summers, a farmer Of Stow-on-the-Wola,' Duckponds, of course, ,aee' a matter of of.Opinion. And it was , the opinion of both Major Slim- „niers and the Parish.Council that this duckpond had served its purpose. It was not -pretty, ., And 'in '1955-56 it bore no ducks upon its 'muddy water,- More- eon, however; although duckless has many ;automobiles. It was thus preposed to sell the parish's hernipuddle- to Major Summees so that he might' fill •the! wholea pond in and build garages •on the site. This was a case of no sooner said than undone. Local opinion was ,outraged at the proposal. In the ' Cotswolds, a, duckpond is a 'duckponce It is part of the un- written constitution of any vile . lage in the proper sense of the word village. Besides, ducks might decide at any time to move back in again; to take a pond away is to put new. limits to the freedom of choice and of movement among ducks. Local opinion said it couldn't be done, writes John Allan May in The Christian Science Monitor. The peoblene of disposing of mean amounts of leftover cook, eel vegetables is a common one. Thrift forbids throwing them Cut - yet there isn't enough de any one variety to, serve by itself, So here are some recipes which I think you'll find will tame in useful, * * Light and fluffy, but Ailed, with diced vegetables, is this ciesserole of vegetables for a *racial dinner. Vegetable-Cheese •Medley 1 cup hot milk 1 cup soft bread crumbs 2 tablespoons butter %•pound Canadian cheese, shredded 1 tablespoon each, chopped onion and parsley cups cooked diced yegetables 31 eggs, separated % teaspoon salt Dash pepper Combine' hot milk, crumbs, butter, cheese, onion,. • parsley,, salt, and pepper in top of double boiler over hot water. Stir until - blended. Add well drained: vegetables and beaten agg yolks. Cool • slightly. Fold In stiffly beaten egg, whites. Pour into, 2-quart casserole., Sake at 325°F. for 50 minutes, or until "set." Serves fe * * Perhaps you would like to make your vegetables into tim- bales. Serve them with a toma- to cheese sauce for a piquant histe. Vegetable Timbales eggs, beaten % cup milk—, 1 pint soft-I/a:hide Weed cubes % cup cooked carrots % cup cooked peas % cup cooked corn 2 tablespoonee enencee, melon % teaspoon salt' Dash pepper,- Combine all ingredients. Place mixture in 4 well-greased custard cups; . set' tr,-14 j'alr6Oftrt hot water, and hake at 350°F. kr 40 minuleie Unniald e and' serve with sauce. * ' If you'd like to add nuts, try,,t making this loaf of vegetables and pecans. Serve, with tomato, sauce - just use canned toma- toes instead of milk in aewhite sauce recipe. Vegetable-Nut Loaf 1 cup cooked carrots, diced „ (celery may be used in- stead) % cup chopped pecan meats 3 cups mashed potatoes 3 tablespoons.;: fat 1 egg 1 teaspoon • teaspoonepaprika 2 teaspoons ' chopped `onion. C o m bi n all ,ingredients. Pack into greased loaf pan. sake at 350-400eFe for -35- min- utes. Serve hot. * * If you're in, a hurry and -want, a quick casserole dish of yege- iables, here's combination'- that will soon become a favor- ite with your fainily. It's both' a timesaver' -,and -a budget- stretcher. Frozen Mixed Vegetable Casserole ,: • - 1 package frozen mixed vegetables- (or leftovers) •• 1 cup broken spaghetti 1 cup grated cheese • 1 cup tomato sauce e • .teaspoon,salt Cook mixed vegetables • at- "lording to ;package directions;. train. Cook spaghetti and drain. ombine all ingredients in a DriVe , With-:Care The Parish Council tailed a' meeting at which local opinion said this out lOud. That meeting 'not being very well 'attended, the -,couneil eelled, another. When things were ,getting warm there was a series = of, , peoteetihg quacke :from the rear of' the hall. Mr. Andrew Hoene, chairman, remarked, "We are indebted• to the gentleman Who has enliven- - ed these proceedinge With ducks, But Might I, oli behalf of the 'serious-minded persons' ptesetit, ask him to reniciee the or keep them under proper- trOl?" He kept them under control, And the serious minded Person§ peesent voted Al to 59. to re= jest the council's proposition and to keep Mbeetoti's hallenincl safe • for democracy. Arid ducks, This, hoWeeer, Wee not. the end of the befell' A petition 'tva: organized asking Helene ,te call a meeting at 'which could be Put a resolution demanding., that the perish- ,council hoggh e. tha local theater shoWed: iiiinne,,"The Duck Pond Affair,' in which itioneed Murdoch, radio eakiedieft leittitig es lead- iftie resident of the filythicai vii Inge of iVriteh-tiholfig4hFtha,,. Marsh; interviewed the eireti-in= the4tedet Of' 'Moretonaerr-Maith. Plattiede were pasted with the elation Calle "Dehlocrady Ate; Stake!" "Meier. Summers, leant Stow-On-the-Void, etiriaillieed he SO* BY SIDE-These two revel U.S. pOlitital 'figures Ore trying, out •ii bipartisanpelity :unique in politics. The, elephant is en route to Requblicena headquarters for use in the presidential' tarnpaign., The donkay., traditional "bernoCratic syMbOl, is llethtled GOP hoenee,maklng this air cargo strittly d Re, publican haul, Alberta Martin Artceci; feireiget redoi.stei' of toolo is tending the donkey' to President Eisenhower's nrciresliorta baled. In Grand Rapids, Mich,, po- , lice searched for the person who stole $10, all in pennies, from the apartment of Manfred Harper. * * * A Boise, Idaho, candy store owner received 2 cents in a letter scribbled in, a child's handwriting. The note read: "6 years ago, I stole a 2-cent sucker from your store. Here is the money." * * An octogenarian of Chicago collected the last penny of his account with 'a bank which failed in the depression. A la cent check waysent him by the- state auditor to • complete the small pro-rata payments he had been receiving since 1932 on a $4 account. The. South Carolina revenue department received a 3-cent check from a taxpayer Who eje- plained that he' owed the state , 12 cents in taxes arid:was send, ing along his ,first quarterly in- etallment. a * A roll of pennies turned in at a"l-tuntirigtori, -W. Va., bank contained one penny on either eiia and an empty shotguri shelf , in between, * Waiter Drake, retired post-' master of Windsoreille; Me., had been saving a long' time for a TV set. Recently ne"cleeitisited• 14,000 pennies an the catheter" of" a dealer as a down payment: * , A 5-year-old girl of Beekeley, Calif., knew Vete. well there khould have been a Perinea tine der her pillow when she fievoke.„, Didn't the good fairies always leave a penny if you put a one, tinder your pillOw? X-rays' at a hospital vindicated her faith. ' The coin' was ineide her 4-yeara alittiottitheka who had awakened are doing their best to peint,the finger and holler "Get out` of town" to, these moderh rnedieina show shysters. But We herd. illitee with a cease-and-desist,' next next thing you know.the Old ,Doa is, selling something else. Right- now 'the AMA, haseore, display at the Cleveland Health' Museum 20 hcitrible -exampleea- of phony "medical" devices, dredged from the < quagmire of - quackery. Thousands, see, simi- lar exhibits over he country. In providing these displays,-when -- they are requested by „local health groups, AMA is ,fellew- ing a definite policy. "These exhibits protect the public against being defrauded by quacks who depend on the ig- norance of people 'seeking eelief - from 'suffering," says Richard Stalvey who accompanied the exhibit, He's a member of AMA bu- reau of investigation and font- erly served as a food and drug agent for the government, "We thihg' if we simply poiht out the construction q and ingre- dients', we can depend on the people to make their Own deci- times as to the effectiveness 'Of these devices?' ' The Food- and Drug Admini- stration, the Post Office and. Better Business laureate cam- . paigri against thein tirelessly. An example of the bait that ' litres millions •frola the- public is a magic hair grOwer. On, in- epection it proves to be a metal helmet, One pathetic little' Chtistinas tree bulb provides the "potent" rays' that are ale 'eked to re -thatch the pete. Another is a light deeice• which will patch up just any part Of yeilt personal ing that's misbehaving. Ail 'eleee trio lamp shines throught panes of dilated glass. That'e A plastic dutebell, contains Lake Michigan water, A bag, cif dirt touted as an "alerted" cure has 'abate as Muth uranium as . it has ambergris and'.if it had uranium, so What? The theidern• :lambs' really get. fleeced., Gone are: the- fain tea wards of snake Oil days. No banjos. Aleo there Wee always the thence, then;,' ihet the doe - had Mixed, err considerable quantities of alciihol to 100 giefidnia coming beak to buy nett year. 11.6* you get a hatful Of junk' radio parts. ADENDINE WINDOW SHOPPER. Hughes attends too wants of a genuine window shopper in London, Englaifdt `" Her' bookstore has a window with tereicivediele panel through bookstore has a window with ternOvetible panel 'through which she serves' lOridonert who haven't time to htbVidet. 1-quart casserole, Bake, un,cov- eeed, at 350°F, for 15-20 min- utes, * * You'll need pastry for the top of.this olive-vegetable Pie. Make it by your favorite recipe, using about 1 cup flour, Olive-Vegetable Pie 14 cup eine envie- 2 tablespoons butter Ph tablespoon flour 30/2 cups milk % >teaspoon salt el; teaspoon each, pepper and paprika le cup minced onion 1 cup, cooked cubed carrots 1 cup cooked cubed potatoes 1 cup cooked, peas 1 cup coarsely cut celery tablespoons minced parsley Pastry Cut olives from pits into large pieces. Melt butter and blend in flout Add milk, salt, paprika, and pepper; cook and stir until thick and -smooth. Add vegetables, parsley, and Olives, Pour into greased cas- serole and cover with pastry, Bake at 400°F. about 25 min- utes or until crust is well browned. Serves 4-6, CO eel •••••:W.W", •","