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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1956-09-26, Page 2GOES TO MEETING—PUffing away on his familiar blask,eigar, former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill' heads for an emergency meeting 'of Parliament on the Suez Canal crisis In London. " TABLE TALKS Amitlews. TEA KETTLE' MAKES COFFEE —toffee' and tea will go together' hi Otis new contraption; eeeently dIolOyed at the ariritial trade afir in Leipzig,• in the Soviet ±dhe of Gel-Many. The tea kettle has a percolator that fits oh the erid Of the' tptiiih o • TO Pestle, ire; a five,Morifk,d1"Crlititi'dc;67 . New YoriPir riaciffe'S''' • Gch for fleiS Citaiv.inn • t Ithistioh4 As iieffirs Fidltstir 'ffitifaughlired i disdnined, water „slid found relief in 4.t. '61nai ided fed; Wife A Good Cook? May Be Dangerous An old retrianiic motto has taiEen, On tc new btit deadly twist lately because scientists have discovered "that the way to man's heart attack is thrOugh his stomachs" in examining the fact that widows are three times as MI, inerOus as widowers, the Scien, fist concluded that Many wo, men start committing culinary murder early in marriage, but that, they are not alone to blame Isetause the big point with a young swain is: Can she,. cook? And when he asks himself this question, he sees in his mind's eye a dinner table piled high with cakes, steaming puddings, ages, rich gravies and dressings, Iat fowl and oil-soaked flap- jacks and other delicacies that mother used to make. And ima- gining all these tasty concoc- tions, he heads right for "the gal, just like the gal that buried dear old Dad," Between her indulgence and his fork, the slim young, bride, room, grows portlier and pert- her, a prime candidate for many diseases that shorten and com- plicate life. By the time he's forty, the olds are astonishingly good that he will fall prey to high blood presSure, •kidney disease, liver and gall bladder disorders, dia- betes, arthritis, hernia, perhaps even cancer. Statistics show that the fatter you are, the harder it is to keep out of harm's way. Whatever medical fate awaits him, however, authori- ties agree solidly that if he lets his wife overload him with cookery, he's flirting with arter- iosclerosis. This is the type of arterial hardening which is one of the main widow-makers in men under 65. It is so prevalent that in World War II, US, sol- diers of 19, 20, 21 were disco- vered on autopsy to be loaded with arterloselerbsis, a condition not found in Korean soldiers the same age. Arteriosclerosis is most coin- anon in overweight men, Sand Overweight men are, so. common. that the AniericansPubIrc Health Association recently branded ebesitys:nAnierica's Number One health problem." Dr: Norman Jolliffe of New York City's De- jpaitment of Health asserted that elimination of overweight would do more to' lengthen the life 'ban than wiping out can- in r. Yet millions of wives still isist .4n, tickling their husband's palates to death, and millions of husband -actively submit to Just how difficult it is to con- vince patients of this can be seen „slit this, story Of the case of Mr, 31., an advertising ,executive in early forties, who complained Of dizziness and pain over the heart. The heart *specialist found high blood pressure, incipient diabetes, coronary arterioscle- rosis (hardening of the arteries which supply blood to the heart), and a cholesterol read- ing of Over 360 (normal is 180 to 200). The doctor ended his sport with .the statement that s. R. was killing him with food. "HoW can that be?" 'Mr. R. protested. "My wife loves me. She buys the best. In fact, she only makes what I like." "Theta it,",the, doctor replied, °she's pampering you to death. If she doesn't .stop, you'll get sicker!" Mumbling Something about good food . , kind mother made . never harmed anyone . better than restaurants and business troubles Mr. R. left. Six months later, the patient had a near-fatal coronary. The first day the wife came up with a box of cream-puffs, one of hubby's favorite desserts. The doctor barred her frem further visits and explained to the in- dIgnant scM, the general Props lens of diet and heart disease, "Your father's difgenitie,s come from a diet too rich in fats," the doctor said. lie de- scribed what happened when cholesterol, a fatty substance needed by every cell in the body is eaten in excess, The unburned, fat forms huge molecules that are deposited on the walls of arteries, especially the arteries feeding blood to the heart itself, These arterial pipes become so narrow and rough that a clot sometimes tears away from the wall and plugs it up. "Now," the doctor warned, "the heart is the hardest work- ing muscle in the body and needs food constantly. When vessel supplying it with blood clogs up, the result may be fa- tal. At the very least, the part of the heart served by the ves- sel may be permanently scars red. Fortunately, in time new arteries take the place of the damaged ones and after a while the patient usually can resume normal activities. But the artery hardening process picks up again if he goes back to his old eating habits." The young man was obstin- ate. "Dad is too young to have to worry about cholesterol and things," "No, he's not," the doctor' snapped. "Do you know that at least one out of every ten men in the late forties is so loaded with arteriosclerosis he can suf- fer a fatal thrombosis at any time? Between 60 and 65 it's three out of 10, and between 65 and 70, nine out of ten • . al- most all the result of faulty nutrition." Confronted with this evidence, one wife asked: "What am I supposed to do? If I cut out all fatty foods, there won't be anything left but grass." The answer is you don't have to cut out all such foods. Fats are vital nutritional substances not only needed for the diges- tion of other fats but for pro- ducing adrenal and sex hormones and vitamin D. Dr. William Heiden points out that the nor- mal concentration of cholesterol in the blood won't be affected by the little cholesterol in dairy products, meat and eggs: But fat-soaked fried foods, greasy fowl, bacon and pork, rich gra- vies, dressings, puddings, pies and cakes are a different story. They can skyrocket the choles- terol count and crowd the blood with gangster molecules that can kill you. Men sheuld eat sensibly! Go easy On gravies, rich desserts, cream, butter, dressings, fried foods, greasy dishes and calories in general! A man should get used to feeling a little empty at the meal's end. The wife should let him know that she doesn't like his bulging waist and bil- lowing chin. After all, she mar- ried a man not a cow! At the same time, she should plan. well.- rounded meals. And no matter how he whee- dles, cut down his waistline for thats a good way to measure your success. Chances are the wife will benefit emotionally as well as physically. Instead of a torpid, obese creature always on the verge of sleep, he may wind up trotting her to aallow some night, or taking her dancing, walking or bowling—something that never harmed any mar- riage. Modern child has longer life expectancy, the health of most North Americans has so improv- ed, during the present century that a baby may be expected to live over twenty years longer than one born in 1900. Went To Bed For Forty Years It was the twenty-eight"ycar (Ad Norwegian's wedding morn ing and he should have been feeling, on top erthe world, But he neither felt nor looked ham PY as he struggled in front ':4 his mirror to adjust a refrao- tory bow-tie. Everything vent- ed te he going wrong, Suddenly the, telephone raila,' and the exasperated bride- groom, seizing the receiver snapped so angrily into the mouthpiece that the girl at the other end of the line gasped "Ohl" before revealing her identity, It was his bride-to-be. He tried to smooth things over, but he had obviously of- fended her. She had rung up to greet him with a few loving words. To crown everything the groom was late at the church, owing to a blunder by his best man, who had charge of the wedding car arrangements, He arrived glowering, and his pretty fiancee realized fully for the first time that the man to whom she was about to entrust. her future happiness was natu- rally bad-tempered and wasn't likely to alter. Suddenly she made Up her mind. And when, a moment or two later, she:should have said, "I will," she exclaimed, "I can't!" — and ran sobbing into the vestry, followed by her be- wildered bridesmaids. They managed to ,calm her and then heard her explanation. She said she could not face 'life with a man so easily upset by trifles. The prospect was too un- pleasant to contemplate. Yes, had temper can have a shattering influence on anyone's life.' It actually caused the wife of an -Iowa farmer to spend forty of her seventy-three years in bed! She was English, her father having died when she was a young woman, leaving her al- most penniles's. A distant cousin, in the United States heard of her plight and wrote, proposing marriage. He added that he had just inherited a large and valu- able estate. The prospect of becoming a rich man's wife induced her to cross the Atlantic and marry him. Then she found that the "big estate" was a small and primitive homestead. The reve- lation enraged her. Qua ri els between the pair were frequent and bitter. The wife's temper became a byword among the .neighbors. Then came the worst row. Off to her bedroom ran the wife, screaing: "I intend to stay in bed for the rest of my life and I'll never do another stroke of work!" She kept her word. For the next forty years she stayed in bed, making her husband wait upon her and flying into daily fits of temper that frightened 'him by their violence, When her husband died, worn out by •his wife's temper, she decided to get up— and found to her horror that she couldn't. Her long stay in bed had de- prived her of the use of her legs. She died soon afterwards, in 1936. A North of England business- man Est $15,000 as a result of bad temper. An office boy an- noyed him and he flew into a rage with him while in the act of lighting a cigarette, then threw the lighted match into a wastepaper basket.' By the time the fire was dis- covered he had left tile office and the flames were almost out of control. The room was com- pletely burnt — total damage, amounting to about '$15,000 to the premises, which were not insured. Flying "Saucer" Fully Identified A number of people headed home from parties in Milwaukee recently called newspapers to re- port a brilliant. light out over Lake. Michigan. They sail it was about as bright as a car's head- light, that it was around 3,000 feet in the air and circling slOW- ly to the south. Most of them and we do not know what kind of festivities they had attended thought it, was a flying saucer. It Was actually the planet Venus and the description was reasonably accurate, ecept that Venus at the time was an esti- mated 43 Million Miles Or so from the earth. The Milwaukee Jcitirrial solemnly asserts that Venlig was mistaken for settle- tbiit else by the crew of a mer-, Chant ship when the planet rose from the sea 'during World War IL They'opened up and the Navy knrintry officer' was honest iii legging the incident. He wrote: '.'rired three ,rounds. 5-inch 50 at owlet Venus, All fell short." In any event, it is nice to have' at least one "flying saucer" fully identified. Commercial •A/J., teal 'atettiphis, Tenn.) Tiny cream puffs are popular for special occasions and often hide a sweet surprise of pudding or cookedsfruit, a cold surprise of ice cream, or,a warm surprise of creamed chicken or seafood. -If' you Ward to make 12 large cream puffs, from this recipe, use. .1 generous tablespoon of the mixture -when you drop it on the cookie. sheet.- For small, dainty puffs for parties, 1 tea- spoon is the right amount, CREAM PUFFS % cup water 14 cup butter Ys teaspoon salt 1/2 , cup sifted flour 2 eggs, unbeaten Bring water, butter, and salt to boiling point in saucepan. Add flour -all at once and stir quickly until mixture leaves sides of pan, forming a ball in center of pan. Remove froth" heat promptly. Add eggs, one at a time, beat- ing each thoroughly into our,, mixture. With addition of .last egg, beat until mixture "is glossy, smooth, and very -thick. Drop batter by spoonfuls on baking sheet. Pick up batter with 1 spoon and scrape it onto sheet with a second spoon, plac- . ing about 2 inches apart. Bake at 450° F. for 15-20 min- utes, then reduce heat to 325, F. for 20-30 minutes •(small puffs require shorter" baking time). Renieve to cake rack. Cut a slit in each puff so that the moisture can escape. Cool throughly. Store uncovered if not used promptly, * * Sweet pineapple filling be- tween layers. of coconut is at- tractive. for, entertaining. This recipe makes 24 bars. , PINEAPPLE FILLED COCONUT BAILS Filling: 3/4. cups granulated sugar 3 tableapoons cornstarch 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup crushed pineapple, not drained 1. tablespoon lemon juice, 1 tablespoon butter Mix first four ingredients to= gether in a Small saucepan; s bring to a boil. Continue cook-s, ing until .thickened and clear, 'about 5 minutes, stirring con- stantly sto prevent sticking. Re- move from heat and 'blend iii lemon juice and butter. Coo] slightly while preparing crumb , Mixture. CRUMB MIXTURE 1 cup brown Sugar, firmly packed IA cup butter 1 cup sifted flour 3/2 teaspoon salt cups shredded coconut Crean, butter and sugar tti- gether. Add flour, salt, and ce- conut; mix thoroughly until crtimbly. Press one-half crumb mixture firmly into a greased and floured 9-4416 Square halt.;. ing pan.: Spread pineapple fill- ing eVerily over athlete, Cover With remaining: Cruriabs and press top layer drawn finnlY,• Bake In preheated• 350' oven. for 35 minutes or until golden brown. tint"out oh wire cake rack to cool. Cut into 24 bars. If you're doing any of the lighter- type, of entertaining, the orangeS,in.toaSt-.toast are easy" to Ibt. ton' With whipped train. ORANGE TOAST CUPS 12 thin slices bread 6 oranges Cut crusts off bread: butter both sides+ of bread and work into muffin tins to make cups, Bake at 375° F. 5-10 minutes, or until brown. Peel, oranges and cut into chunks; spoon into cooled 'toast cups. Pour spicy orange sauce over oranges. Gar- nish. and serve. Serves-12. SPICY ORANGE SAUCE 1 cup brown sugar JA teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons cornstarch 11/2 cups water cup ,orange juice I% cup lemon juice 2 tablespoons butter 4/2 teaspoon allspice Mix sugar, salt, and corn- starch together in saucepan. Add water gradually, bring to boil quickly, reduce heat and boil 3 minutes, stirring con- stantly. Remove from heat. Add fruit juices, butter, and allspice; • blend well. Makes 21, cups. Queen Of • Sheba No Glamour Girl ? Was the Queen of Sheba the glamour girl that legend would have us belive? Did she rank in good looks with those other historic beauties, Cleopatra and Helen r.if Troy? When the Queen first entered King Solomon's gorgeous throne-room with its highly polished marble floor, it was so glossy that she thought it was wet and involuntarily lifted her long skirta — to display to the whole of the distinguished company gathered at the King's court that she had hairy legs! That, at least, is the story told by the scattered tribes whieh still live in that part of the desert that was once the realm of the famous Queen. I lived for some rnenths with these Arabs and was the first white Man many of them had seen. Although none of these tribes, en can read or write and they have no written history, they know the story of their people for many centuries back, It is handed doWn from father to son in story form and they have astounding memories for facts, nether; and even dates. - One fact they all relate is " that the Queen of Sheba had a deformed foot. She concealed this by always wearing her skirts down to -the ground. The ways of women hailing thanked ' little, her 'female subjects lowed the royal, fashion and wore theirs to the,.ground too, so the Oneen was not tenapicus eta in' What was then an tin- usual length for, an Arab Wes' man's skirt, I Was asSisred., however; that apart frOrn her legs and foot She really was beentiftil, hay- ink an ablindaride of jet-black; glossy hair 'mid classical fees tuxes aet Off by a .smooth, - coffee- ealotired skip, Writea, Gilbert Harris in "Tit-Bit§:'' Her figure the, tribesmen. Went into raptures about, judg ink by the dertionatratiVe deS- Criptiona they gaVe 'Me Of it, giatiordd that her Vital statistics initst have been soiriething like -46! 23: 86', So proud was she of her slender waist and stileit,' did torso that She freqUeritly went nbottt Unclothed Mtn the waist up, This fashion. was also quickly followed by the other women, I was told that Shapely figures have always been a feature of the Sabacans, The men proudly point to their own womenfolk of to-day, who pre the only Arab tribes I know who wear no clothing but their veils above the Waist, The Queen's name was Bit- quis, Sheba was the name of the country she ruled, Although the tribesmen liked to talk about the beatuy of Bilquis, what they considered even more worthy of mention was the smart business methods by which, she amassed her fabu- lous wealth, By to-day's, stand- ards she might qualify for the title "Queen of Spivs." In the Bible we are told she gave King Solomon "a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and. Precious stones." She made her money out of frankincense by cornering the market. Frankin- cense is a sweet-smelling gum resin, much used, in those days in religious rites and cere- monies throughout the whole Arab world, Practically the only source of this much- sought-after incense was the trees grown at Cana, on the south coats of Arabia, where they still grow to-day. Cana was only a small corn- inunity, and to market the prod- uct to the great Arab countries to the north the merchants had to take it by camel caravan over a narrow mountain pass. It was the only route north. Unfortunately for the mer- chants, the other end of this pass came out close by the city gates of Shabwa, Queen Bil- quis's capital city. It was here that the only wa- ter supplies for many miles were available. The next wells ahead on the route were too far for either man or camel to make without 'replenishing at the Shabwa wells. It was also too far t) go back without first replenishing the water-skins. Bilquis was able to make her demands with ease with the merchants so beautifully trap- ped. They either sold the whole of their frakincese to her at her price or they were refused ac- cess to the wells. Their only alternative to selling to her was to die of thirst. By these harsh methods she filled her great storehouse with frankincense. Then, as the Cana merchants were not permitted to travel north, merchants from Egypt, Syria and many other countries came south to buy. They niet the same treatment. They either paid the price Queen Bilquis asked — or no water. There was no argument about it and even the ,most . stubborn merchants could find no other answer to the 'prob- lem ,and eventually paid the price asked. ,And what a priceit was! Bilquis was able to clear a pleasant six hundred per cent profit. " It's little wonder that 'his- tory overlooked the weir-con- cealed fact that her legs were' not all that they might have been when she had such a mag- nificent figure and such a won- derful busineia head to be re- membered by:` Silent jail Break In Jcbanne*burg last year, R. native was on trial for Murder, It was not an ordinary trial, for the iccused was completely deaf and unable to understand the usual sign language of the deaf and dumb alphabet, But the native had attended a school for the deaf, where the pupils had developed their own sign language, And Father Er- nest Green, the chaplain of the school, had learned their pecu- liar sign language and now he came forward as interpreter,, During the two-day trial he translated every word, of evi- dence for the accused, and, then gave the court the fan's ans- wers fo the charge. The native' was acquitted. But the deaf and dumb al- phabet has other uses, In 1938, a murderer serving "life" in a Swiss jail escaped with the aid of a woman prisoner with, whom he was in love. The windows of their cells faced each other across a court- yard and for months they held silent conversations by sign, language from the windows. Messages mutual love led to an exchange of ideas on how to es-- cape. So in complete silence, and separated by the wide courtyard, they finally agreed on a plan. The beauty of it was that no, other prisoners could find out the details of the plan, so the woman was able to get out of the female prisoners' wing, go over to the men's quarters and free her lover without arousing suspicion. .I.ONG,7WAY,IMP-7,-Thete'v'd't lot of stepsqforMinrtorneat beldrel'he: reaches the top. Kitty's taking ca, breather belOre oe1 7cill 'the way. The 'steps lead to , 'Rome, Italy's Altar of Heaven Church.