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GradeA appreciation of art is expressed in the attitude of this cow as she gets in the m000d
of the Geauga County Artists Assn. 'annual Barn Art Show. Some 15,000 person saw the show.
Proceeds of several thousand dollars went to the Geauga Historical Museum.
3 tablespoons pure
syrup
11/4 teaspoons salt
teispoon pepper
34 teaspoon dry mustard
1 clove garlic, minced
((Mauna)
1 egg white
Combine ingredients with ro-
tary beater until thorgughly
bended.
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MAPLE ICE CREAM FIZZ
y3 cup maple syrup
34 cup cream
1 cup cracked ice
3/2 pint vanilla ice cream
1 small bottle charged water
Mix maple syrup with cream,
add ice, and shake well. Pour
into glasses. Place a scoop' of
ice cream in each glass and All
with charged water. Makes four
servings. Chocolate and nut ice
cream may be substituted for
vanilla,
his father had been: but a much
greater one.
Yet .first it was necessary to
make the acquaintance of the most
powerful persons in the land. '
The leader of the Smart Set in
the Paris of that day was the gay,
witty, good-natured and dissolute
Duke Philip II of Orleans, nephew
of the King of France.
Soon news of the extraordinary
Scots gambler who had descended
on Paris in 'order tb win a'fortune
reached the Duke's ears. He sent
How T. Make
Bottle. 44Potteryrt
Bottles,empty but too pretty to.
threw out, are collecting dust o*
the top shelf of many a Mtcbou, cup,
bolo*
An .elegantly slutped bottle can
easily be tpesforuto into 104
pesses for decorative hand-mad}.
PetterY, you zwecl., is a lit-
tle paint and plastic wood.
putty ' like material is used for
filling, cracks and holes In Wood and'
can be obtained • from any paint
dealer, hardware or variety store.
The only tool you need to make
your own "pottery"- is a,,losife.
The trick is to plaster 'the bottle,
with the plastic WOO, Use ,on ly a /
little at, a tinme and, smooth. it en
With a knife. Don't worry about
getting it too smooth — half the
beauty of this pseudo-pottery is Its
roughness.
When the whole bottle,is covered
from base to. neck with an even
coat,, let it stand for an hour es.
so to harden.
While it is drying, you can. pi.e
pare paint for decorating the bet
tie. Any odds and ends of. colon
and mixtures of paint run be used
for this job, but the earthy colon
browns and greens — are most
effective, Just dab away to your
heart's content — any color your
fancy decrees. You can add "an •
tique" interest by letting some et
the paint drip down the side of
the vase. Of course, if you deal
like the results, you can easily 'rein
edy the situation by starting age,
with a freSh coat.
It's remarkably easy to aeldevq
an effective transformation. As
conversation-piece, bottle "pottery'
is unexcelled!
Just a word of advice — plastl4
wood sticks to the fingers. Thug
Can be prevented by using a ban(
cream called "Pro-Tek" (available
in the same store). which keep'
paint — and plastic wood — iron
sticking to the fingers. Nail voila
remover is effective for the clean.
up job.
'If only there wow Awoke truth hi,
the eid saying that "min -bralu
feed," What a, nation4f quii kids
we would be 1, For, the fact of the
matter Is, Canadians are eating
more fish these days.
A connotation of elegance is re-
plash{; the opoor man's labei that
used to be associated with fish and
fish dishes, This is reflected not
only in the increased Canadian con-
sumption but also hi the seafood
specialty restaurants which) WITS
sprung up In most large cities.
Annual per capita consumption
of fish increased four pounds dun
lag the period 1944-54, raising the
rate from 9,8 to 13.8 pounds. awe-
over, the fishing industry hopes to
boost this figure considerably over
the next generation,
Perhaps the most spectacular ac.
ceptance of a fish precinct is the
overnight rise to fish, sticks. Smiles
in Canada last year exceeded
5,000,000 pounds and estimates for
the United. States for 1955 run as
high as 80,000,000. Encouraging
from the Canadian point of view
is the fact that a large part of this
volume is represented by Canadian
fish supplied to U, S. processors in
block form.
A peculiarity of fish sticks is
that the characteristic flavor of
fish is so modified that the food
appeals to people who don't ordin-
arily care for fish. Between_ the
bread crumbs,' cooking 'oil atid the.
seasoning lt hardly seems to mat-
ter 'what fish is used.
The industry believes that Cana-
dians will eat more fish if they are
assured of a product of consistently
superior quality and freShness-
Hence, the attention being paid to
this aspect of consumer require-
ments.
In the early stages of fish mar-
keting the most critical phase now
is stowage time at sea. The Atlan-
tic fisheries -scientists feel that the
most important thing being done to
raise the quality of the fish in
retail stores is to have 'a higher
percentage' of better quality fish ar-
rive at the fish plant. In all of the
research board's work the underly-
ing thought has been to discourage
holding the fish aboard trawlers
or fishing schooners for any per-
iod longer than absolutely es-
sential
Homemakers
'
too, should remem-
ber that. most fish Is-tastier when
cooked just as it --nnes from the
water. It isn't n-sessary 'to tend-
erize fish or to cook it in a slow
oven to bring out the best in flavor.
A few minutes. in a hot oven or a
quick fry in deep fat is the best
advice to follow in cooking fish.
Its flavor is inherent in its fresh-
ness and tenderness is natural, not
Induced.
Nevertheless, the development of
packaged frozen foods offers the
brightest new opportunity for the
industry. It permits properly fro-
zen and handsomely packaged sea-
food . products to enjoy the same
economy of mass distribution as
as related frozen 'food Rents. Fish
and chips is the newest dish to
join such innovations as fish sticks
and fish cakes.
To retain the quality of frozen
fish, packaging protection must be
provided. It must guard against eir
moisture losses as well as the loss
of vitamins and volatile flavor.
It must prevent exposure to the
air which results in oxidation, ran-
cidity and changes In color and
flavor. Good packaging can guard
against these 'harmful physical
changes.
500 Mares to 10,000 liyhes (about
32,000). And when, on January 1st,
1720, five' years Only after he had
returned to 'France, Law declared a
dividend of ';foray .per. cent., the'
shares. .reeheted to .the fantastic
ceiling of 18,000 livres.
But the` crash was near. It came
when those .who had made fortunes
out of the rise ( wished to cash
their "paper." The bottom dropped
out of the market, there was a run
on the bank, financial collapse, and
national panic. The Regent could
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MAPLE CORN MUFFINS
11/4 cups flour
% cup cornmeal
3 teaspoons baking powder
Y2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
cup milk
1/4 cups pure maple syrup
1/4 cup melted fat
Sift hour, cornmeal, salt; and
baking powder together three
times. Beat eggs; add milk and
maple syrup, Add dry ingre-
dients. Add melted fat Put in
hot greased muffin irons. Bake
20 minutes at 425° P. Makes 12
muffins.
The sugar maple trees, natiye
o the North Atilerican contin-
nat and found nowhere else in
he world, no sooner yield their
sweet crop each early spring
than grocery stores around the
101Intry fill their Shelves with
fresh stock.
Folks who live in SYruP-pro-
ducing areas have long been
familiar with a wide variety of
uses for this flavorsome syrup,
To educate the rest of, us, the
100% Purer Maple Syrup In-
stitute collected some Of the
best recipes they could find this
past spring. The results show
that our Maple syrup can and,
should be used for more than.
Waffles.
Here are just a few of many
possibilities,
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MAPLE SUGAR TWISTS
2 cups all purpose flour
% teaspoon salt
4. teaspoons baking powder
IA pound butter
Milk
Maple sugar
Sift flour into bowl; add salt
and baking powder. Mix well
into this 3/4 of the butter which
Is at room temperature but not
melted. Wet with sufficient milk
to make into a biscuit dough.
Spread on a slightly floured
board and pat down with fin-
gers to about 3/1 inch thickness.
(Do not use rolling pin.) Melt
the, rest of the butter and
spread on dough. Sprinkle on
this, to about 1/2 inch thickness,
maple syrup tub sugar or that
grated from a cake of maple
sugar. Roll up tight and cut
crosswise, lay on a buttered tin
and bake at 400° F. Serves 4.
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MAPLE FRENCH DRESSING
1 cup salad oil
cup vinegar
Fussy Sleepers
The hill was steep and the Mai
heavy.
The donkey did its best, but at
last It stopped and would not budgi
another inch.
The driver saw a man passing,
"Excuse me," he said, "but could
you help me to get this load to the
top .. of the hill? It's too much for
one donkey."
HERE'S HOW WE SEE OUR WORLD — Nevvschar , above,,shows
how the sight of Americans stacks up as expressed in ntrtional
averages. Data are from American. Optome ric Association,
which points out that those persons suffering from uncorrected
eye problems and others , peering about with obsolete or im-
proper corrections make up a whooping 38 million who need
vision Care. Typical wearer of glasses has his eyes -ex'arnined
once every 34 months, says the Association, as compared to its
recommended yearly examination for children and once-every-
24-months inspection for adults.
"You donitalook as tired as I
thought you would," remarked
a little boy to a bride during
the wedding reception.
"Really, Richard? Now; why
do you think I should be looking
tired?"
"Well, I heard Someone say
yOu had been running after Mr.
Black for months and months."
NOT SO RARE — Silver gibbon
who makes his home at the
Rare Bird Farm near Miami,
apes humans who get all
tangled up in their work. The
faceful of threads he's trying
to unravel are shreds of coco-
nut fiber. Any day now, he'll
crack the tough nut he's been
working on and get at the meat
of the problem.
not protect Law from the fury of
'his enemies. .
With nothing but a few posses-
sions—Which included the diamorid
ring that Princess. Anne had given
hiin-4aW slipped out of France
Only a step ahead of a mob which
would surely have lynched him,
had they caught up With hiM.
There were offers from other
rulers—among them the Tsar—to
set Law up in . business again. But
he had grown dispirited, and he
wandered about Europe, playing
the tables for just enough to get
by on.
Yet, though hundreds had been
ruined. when Law's bank and colon-
a izing coinpanies crashed, the
French eoicalies that the ginabler
had founded were still' thriving.
The Regent of France had lost
$300,000 to Law Neatly a century
later, another French rider needed
Money for the State.
So that other ruler, Napoleon,-
sold the empire that LaW had
founded. Louisiana, was UM-Wetted'
to the United States for $20,000,000
In gold:
iiittihee had had a good return
for the $50,000 that the Regent had
gambled away a century before.
for -Law ., and, (hiring the course
of one year, lost no less than
.$5'00,000 to the elegant, polished
yoUng Seotti,sh 'beron„" as Law --
now described himself.
A little -later, Law was expelled
at twenty.,. fear heart' notice by
the old, bigoted King Louis N1V.
But Law knew that he would not
have to wait long before the Kiug'
died, and Duke Philip— since the -
heir to the throne was a Mere child
would' assume abaoltite rower ,as:
Regent of France.- -
The time of waiting Law spent•in,
Scotland, publishing works on bank.
Worth, and, as soon. as news " •Of
Louis Sirs tletith' reached hiM at
Edinburgh, he -went paSt - haste
to France. ,.
Linke Philip wel'Onied. 'him With.
open arms.
"If your' Royal highness Will
give me 'permission to put :Seine of
my financial seheineri into opera.,
tion," said Law, "I will not only
enable yeti. Royal Highness to re-
cover his gambling losses — T will
. Make France the richest and most
Powerful country in the world.
IngroVerished by the long wars.
With the rest of the European
states, Prance needed help badly.
The Regent lost ho tithe in Malting
peace with England: Then he In-
vited LAW to set about enriching.
ruined. France,
Lan, got to work quickly, First,
he established it bank, and gave
France the Mat banknotes that the
.catinErY had ever had: (The Re} -
etit'S losses had provided the capi-
tal for the batik!) Then, When the
battle was firinlY eStabliiiied, Law
Went into the 'Mord ainb thou',
hualtieSa. of empirebuthittg,
Biteked by . the Regent,. LaW.
&Muted the- Pretieli West India
• Obintati1y; act-Pliked' SaVereigh
rights owe, a Vtiat >rrerl 'of North
-America .Lettialani4 and the eh-
fire valleys .of the three .great
rivers; the ilisSissip6. the pissonti
end 1110 Olin •
Soon the. .t'ren'ch Africa CoiiiCiatiy
entitle Preticlitast India •Condfify
Were' lidded to, Low!g.•
tie was mode, eothtitroiter, .gettertil
of the "Ontitieellar.
the Mid
The piddle stibscribed. Wildly' to
his viirtoti§ .eitterpitsese .„and the
.hind rose lit
Within ••ti year of 'their Issue the.
value bt "Melt Share had Haat froin
Hardtlit es
Savecl,Frolli Gal low
Without r t I ri n it, the tiry
brought in a verdict of wilful mur-
der against the-elegant young mau
in the dock,
Not one of the jurymen belonged
to London's Smart Set, and to them
there was no difference at all be-
tween killing an ,enemy in a wit-
nessed duel—as Law had donea-
Or waylaying him on a dark night,
So John Law—" Beau " Law —
Was foiind gdilty. The handsomest,
boldest gambler in ToWn was taken
off to Newgate prison, there to
await his' last journey -- to the
scaffold at Tyburn.
Locked In his bleak, chill,, evia
smelling cell, he had ample oppor-
tunity to reflect with despairing
bitterness on the appalling mess that
he had managed to make of his
life.
Still only tWenty-three, John
Law had been born to great ad-.
vantages. His father was a wealthy
Edinburgh banker, and John had
been left a fortune when 'the father
had died seven years earlier.' Yet
though Law had come to• London
only when he was eighteen, he had
got through his fortune so rapidly
that, no more than three years lat-
er, he was forced to part with his
ancestral estates of Lauriston.
Even so, he had been living com-
fortably for the peat two years
on his winnings at.' the gaming
table.
. And now . . .he, was Awaiting
death at the hands of the public
executioner.
The tragedy (.2 the situation lay
In the fact that Law was no or,
dinary fop, dissolute though he
was. As a boy he had shown an
astonishing aptitude for mathe-
matics, and even after having
plunged wildly into• the riotous
night life of London, Law had , still
found time to ponder on the econ-
omic problems of the day, and
to write pamphlets advocating
serious measures of commercial and •
financial reform.
A young Scotsman,, Patterson,
had just persuaded the Engisit
government to let him Set up the
Bank of England. There were many
— Law included—who thought that
John Law had a better financial
brain even thah the fatuous Robert
Patterson.
The difference was that Patter-
son had not wasted his money and
his reputation in seandalous living.
Law, though, could look back on.
his 'wasted life, and realize that he
had used his mathematical genius
only for working out gambliug
systems. He had not been unlucky
at the tables, as soon as' he had
begun to apply system to his play.
But, the' young man thought des-
pairingly, he could surely have
done better with his life.
"If 1 ever get out of here," he
Murmured, "I'll see that things
are different l"
Now the bold gambler was to get
the greatest chance Of his life.
One night, a woman, heavily
veiled, was admitted into his cell,
There was time for her silly to
press his hand, and to point to the
open door. She did not dare to
speak, lest the jailer shaould recog-
nize the voice of Princess -Anne —
afterWards Queen Anne of Grent
Britain — who had it weakness not
only for gambling but for gamblers
as well.
Law did not hesitate. He palmed
just long enough to take a valuable
'tlieniointi ring that the PriticeSS
Milled off her finger, and lifting
her hand briefly to his lips, lie
Strode out of the door.,
A carriage witg Waiting to take
lilts to Creel-with, and at Orevit-
Wich Stairs a yacht Wes ready to
salt:
the evening of the following
day; John LaW, hiS only 'capital u:
ditinlond ring, Safe in Holland,
ker. a few months La* &Milled
the' banking system of the batms •
hierelhots. riiitl got-mono-A i „trot
White he perfected his analysis in!
the trtriatia games of chance. Then,.
With it fair Sum of tin:they. he set
Ott for Paris — at that tinit, the
greatest gambling city In the World
La'W hit& dine to Make Ws
plans, rfe tiOW Wished to go fit fame,
not AS it :gambler or AS it fop, hat
its dO eeonothist,
Ile wished to be 'a banicoro:
First thing attractive, twenty-
five-year-old Miss Olga Deter-
ding does when she is preparing
to malce one of her frequent
fours of Europe from her hOrne
in Paris is to see that her fa-
vourite ' pillow is packed with
her luggage.
It is about twelve inches
square and encased in satin and
lace. "It's really my old pram
pillow," she revealed the Other
day. "I have had it ever since
I was a baby and somehow I, just
can't sleep without it."
She is not the only person
who has found that the choice
of just the right kind of pillOw
is important for sound sleep. A
famous actress confesses that for
years her constant companion
on theatrical tours was a feath-
er-filled pillow, one of her wed-
ding presents. She regarded it
as a kind of lucky mascot and
once calculated that she had tra-
velled 65,000 miles with it.
Soft down pillows are speci-
ally popular today, but some
people dislike soft pillows of any
kind. An American bishop who
died some years ago used a
stone for his pillow for more
than fifty years. Wherever he
travelled to preach, he carried
the stone with him in a speci-
ally-made satchel and used to
say: "I owe my robust health to
my hard pillow." But one he
got to sleep quicker than he
expected—he dropped his head
on the stone pillow and knocked
himself out.
Many sufferers from insomnia
use pillows filled with soporific
herbs to woo sleep. The herbs—
sage, thyme, rosemary, lavender,
peppermint and elder—give off
a subtle perfume which is said
to induce sleep.
Drive With Care
BRANDED — A four-foot-tall
emperor penguin proudly shows
off the, 'USCG" painted on its
leathers at McMurdo Sound in
-the Antarctic. There's no danger
of popping ,off the buttons on
his vest — they're painted on,
too. The 'penguin was recruited
Ds a mascot by 'crewmen of the
'Coast Guard, icebreaker, East-
Wind, which was unloading sup-
plies 'during "Operation Deep-
freeze,"
LUCKS TO BE ALIVE—Anatole Bykovr 9, wtio, suffered .d broken
eiriii„:„in C'ege.lii which tiehne4 th e lives , of six
eerhfotrea.by .0661'0' Kbilere.. WIto first triieriveeed ,rje .rfebecryi
and an 'uttlefilified wenion:, -4iirtreeK w ere' -.;tie4
The Rotarian niegtthine littS• Soine
fine philosophy for business and
sides people. It's the' 'psychological
effect that .depresSite talk hits.
It begins With. the French artist
Who silt sipping his Wine hi it 'Cafe.
8pyibg a headline "flard, Times
Coining." in a news-paper on his
table, he canceled his order for
Second battle of thi, eritid
Why.
"Hard ekeltilined the. Cafe
owner. "Then MY Wife ititiat not
order that silk dress." •
tinieS.14 , said the dress-
maker,. hr.pheii .t 'dila hot relhadel
'My Shiite
"liar& thileb?" sighed tire •Ciin.
-tratier;. "Then I cannot hare thy
Wife's Portrait painted."
After reerelVitig the .litter' from
the" contractor Carideling. 'the birder
to hats,; hit Wifefg 'the
artist Went Atick., to the • Cafe an
tidied. tip the 'Mine JieWSPriPer''he
had read there :before "Studying
It More .Closely, ho fliiiid that It
WAS. IWO years 'old t
MRS. ELSA JENKINS Sortie pointers eh the handling of the
mew ifilP Bonavisfa from Captain A. Elliott, while on few,
SIOWfoUndiand to. aSieMble an eXhibit Of handicrafts foe this,
Oita. $'Otialmlian Natieriat Exhibitioni
• •.• • ton eaeth While plOyiti§ 25-foot Veep' '6kb:iv-a:Aida'
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