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Art ,g,,,,,cheft: reketely diSplOyed their skillas,st,ulpjars at a
hotel stow. But their medium was mostly suAar, rather than
marbles Items that dttrocted wide' interest were, above, a grace-
ful statue of ballerina Phyliss Ponn and an elaborately purse,
also of sugar, Below are a Statue of Robin Hood, in sugar, and
a wheat-filled literal "bread" basket made of baked dough.
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• - SIR ANTHONY EDEN ,R., A. BUTLER
EDEN DROPS-THE REINS -- Retirement from; p'ublic.11fe by- Prime
Minister Sir, Anthony Eden, left, poses a new threat to. Britain's
stability in• the Middle East. The 59-year-old, diplomat turned
over the job of gUiding Britain through the coming. critical days
to R. A. ("RAB'') Butler, right, Lord Privy Seal and leader of the
House of Commons. Butler has not seen eye-to-eye with Eden
on some , aspects of his policies, toward Egypt,
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Reinerriber td' take your. tur-
;key. but 'of the oven 15-30 Mina,
'sites before it is to be carved to
allow juices to be abSorbed
and have ' your platter 'large
.enough ,for -cOnVertient and
graceful' carving!'
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In many ' families the, after.,,
Chtittrhas,rneals' With.tutkey are
as 'enjoyable, as the ' first one:
Here are a few suggestions' for
ways to serve your' turkey as
lOeg as it lasts:
Glamorous SandWieh Loaf
4 hard=eOoked eggs
1 cup finely Chopped, cooked
turkey
CUP choPtied.SUieet .Piekka
. pickle relish
't can cream Of mushroom soup
(10-12 (Mike's)
Salt and pepper`'
12 slices bread. 4
,tablespoons :Softened butter
.cup
n1 2 114 - of the eggs, 'combine'
with- turkey, piekleS, and half
'the soup. Season to taste with
Salt and pepper,: Trim.crusts
from bread and cut, Slices inhelf
to make 24 pieces. Place ff pieces
bread *0 - together on halting
Death Pact'Vow
Lod To.Haunting
"You'll never convince Me,
man, Life after death? All right
it!"
Even as a third-Year law stu-
dent at Edinburgh. University,
Henry Brougbam was a confirm-,
ed 'sceptic,
The friend to whom he made
this declaration considered for
A moment.. Then he asked, "If
somebody you liked or loved
appeared to you at the 'moment
et death, would you be con-
vinced?"'
"Well, I might," conceded
Brougham reluctantly.
"Suppose we now make a
compact that whoever dies first
will appear to the other at the
moment of death?" the other
suggested.
To Brougham the idea was,
little more than a joke. But
when his friend took out his
penknife and made a small cut
In his hand saying, "We'll record
this compact in blood," he began
to take the proposal slightly more
seriously.
The pact was drawn up, each
party to it using his blood as ink.
Then, as so often' happens with
youthful stunts, the whole busi-
ness was .forgotten.
We, do not know the name of
the young man who challenged
Brougham. But the Scots lawyer
referred to him in his memoirs,
written years 'later when he was
a rich and fainous peer, as "G."
Some years after their pact,
Henry Brougham went with some
friends to Sweden on holiday.
The party did not include G,
who had joined the Indian Civil.
Service. .
Though close friends at Edin-
burgh University, Brougham and
G had since drifted apart. They
did not even correspond.
One day the party decided to
walk from Sweden into Norway.
Their objective was Gothenburg,
the Swedish port, the first leg of
a long hike.
The way,Wis,mountainous arid
It was 'at one o'clock on a cold
December morning that they ar-
rived, ,exhausted, at an inn and
decided to stay there for the
night. They' were4famished and
cold, but the inn people were
hosPitable;
To their' delight they found
that the inn was able to offer
them the unexpected luxury *of
het baths. And Henry Brougham
• sank' back ,into hii -with a sense
of voluptuous pleasure. Immer-,
sion in hot water - when he' had
been so cold and 'tired .induced
sleepiness.
He had been soaking for some
time :when he chanced to look
at the;„ chair where he had left
63.0thei; and he was ataggered
to see sitting there his almost
fdrgiitterirehlrege' friendi
figure,,, was precise and
dear and 'completely lifelike—so
lifelike, in •fact,Ahat as Brougham
sprang from his bath he collapsed
an, the floor in a - dead faint. .
When he revived the spectre had,
vanished
ScOts have the reputation of
being hardheaded, and Brougham
was, no exception, If, he argued,
1 tell my friends about this they
will only laugh or say that I
have been dreaming.
So before leaving that inn the
next morning he recorded what
had happened, and dated it. Dec-
ember 19th, 1799.
Soon afterwards, Brougham,
was back in 'Edinburgh, busy
with his law practice, when news
reached, him that G had died
suddenly in India,
Going to a black box., Henry
Brougham unlocked it and took
out a folded Paper.
Time had changed the writing
in bloOd to a dull brow; but
there it was, that solemn compact
made on a wintry night many
years before.
One can tell from reading the
great lawyer's memoirs that 'the
existence of that death compact
irked him. He would have pre-
ferred to have forgotten it, and
with, it, the spectre in the inn.
But the legal mind is ever
hungry for evidence; and. Henry
Brougham made it his business
to find out the date of his former
friend's sudden death,
Did he guess, even before he
had the evidence, that it would
be December 19th? And did he
realize that the hour of G's death
would coincide exactly with the
appearance of the spectre in the
inn?
That's how it worked out; yet
Lord Brougham remained a
sceptic to the day of his death,
He wrote off the ghost as a
dreamlike illusion brought about
by extreme fatigue and the action
of hot water on exhaustion.
There are other cases of phan-
toms who seem to have appeared
in order to deliver a message.
For example, Pliny the younger,
a RoMan writer who lived in the
first century A.D., tells us of a
Greek named Athenodorus who
was offered a fine house very
cheap. y
Is it so cheap?" he asked.
"It's haunted," he was told.
Being a sceptic, Athenodorus
decided to buy the house.
The first night he spent there
he was suddenly 'aroused by a
loud clanking. He sat up in bed
to see an aged man, loaded, with
chains, beckoning from the door-'
way.
Trembling With fright, Atheno-
dorus rose and followed the ghost
out into the courtyard. There it
stopped and, pointed to the
:,ground.
Having done that, it vanished.
The next morning Atheno-
dorus Aug at the spot indicated
by the spectre. Finally, after
going deep, he came upon a
skeleton in chains.
The skeleton was given honour-
able bUrial, after which, Pliny
relates, 'the hauntings stopped.
NQ" MEMORIES
First Old .Maid: "I hate to
think of my youth!"
Second Old Maid: "Why,
what happened?"
First Old Maid: "Nothing."
Marathon Runner
Took A Taxicab
'ive loose-limbed figUres jog
easily up and down, looking like
floppy cardboard puppets, as
they limber up, for the race,*
The watching crowd is tense,
will the tension increases as the
athletes finish their attempts to
relax. One by one the stop, They
are all ready, At their marki;
straining like whippets for the
sound that will release them -
like arrows up the straight.
It is the Olympic Games,
Wembley, 1948, and the final of
the women's eighty, metres
hurdles. The stage fora battle
between two great women hurd-
lers,
One is a slight, dark-haired
British girl, Maureen Gardner;
she is young and excited, for
this is her first Olympia. Games.,
The other is the sturdy, fair-
haired Fanny Blankers-Koen,
the DUtch champion, acclaimed
as "the greatest woman athlete
of all time." Yet, she too, is
nervous. Fin. she too • wants des-
perately to win to prove that
she is not too old an athlete at
thirty,
Bang! The starter's pistol
whips out its challenge and the
runners are off. But the Dutch
woman has been left at the
start—she is last- away and a
clear yard behind.
But she is not beaten yet.
She starts to plough, her way
forward, sprinting as no woman.
has ever sprinted before. By the
fifth hurdle she is level with
Maureen Gardner, neck and
neck, the fair figure challenging
the dark.
And then Blankers-Koen hits
a hurdle, and stumbles, losing
that vital rhythm. She is run-
ning awkwardly, with arms and
legs flailing, all style gone,
struggling as a drunk struggles,.
to balance herself: Yet some-
how, churning on with a dyna-
mo-like force, she stays lever
with Gardner, and the two, fly-
ing figures hit the' tape almost
together.
Fanny pulls on her tracksuit.
She 'thinks she has won, but
cannot be sure. It was too close,
;and she awaits the result of the
photofinish. The British national
anthem starts up. Has" that last
slip robbed her of the race? No,
it was the salute signalling' the
arrival of the _Royal. Family at
the stadiuM, not the winner's
tribute.
Relieved, Fanny glances con-
tinually at the scoring board, as
the, other events, continue. Then
in the 'empty slots beside the, ,
white number one, the first
two numbers' appear,- a six .
a nine. 'Fanny jumps ;for joy,
her number is 692, she has won,
won, won.
This exciting story is told, by
the great Dutch athlete herself •
.in "Olympic Odyssey" a fas-
cinating complete record' of the,
Olympic Games from° .1896' to
1956, as 'told by thestars them-
selves, and vividly illustrated
with action photographs. ;.
There is the story of the mar-
athon
.;
,rnnner who, crippled. by
cramp, thumbed a 'lift to . the
Los Angeles stadium. The car
broke down, and for a joke the
runner decided to run the• last
five `miles, 'and finish. He, ap-
peared et' the stadium ahead of
everyone else and received a
victor's cheers. rinally ,he ad=
mitted 'the hoax, but it was 'an
expensive one: his *country's
athletic association suspended
him fot life.
The story is told too,-of
the fabulous Finn, who, in Paris
in 1924, exhibited supeihnman
stamina to win four gold Medal§ •
in a succession of gruelling'
events that would 'have killed
any ordinary man. The 1,500
• metres, the 5,000 m., the 3.000
in. team race and the 10,000m.
cross country ( a race so •ex-.
,hausting it has since been drop-
Iped from the Olympic pro-
' gramme) all fell to the Finn
:, With the flying feet. And this
:iron man -won the .5,000 m. final
only 'two hours after winning . , "the 1,500 m.1
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THE CULPRIT
Billy: "Mother, Bobby broke
a 'window."
Mother:• "That's terrible: How
did he do it?"
Billy; "I threvi todk at him
and he ducked."
ter or on side.plate provided for
this purpose; remove drumstick
and. slice meat off parallel with
the bone; cut slices of thigh meat,
parallel to body of turkey until
the bone is reached, then re-
move .bone and slice remaining
thigh meat; begin at front end of
bird and slice until wing socket
is exposed. Remove second joint,
of wing. Continue slicing white
• meat until enough slices have
been provided, or 'until breast
bone` is reached. '
Of course -turkey hash is a
family favorite; try making it
this way:
Turkey Hash
% cup diced, celery
2 tablespoons, minced onion
2 tablespoons fat
1 cup finely diced cooked turkey
2 cups diced boiled Potatoes
• cup 110 milk
Salt, pepper and paprika
Cook celery and onion hi fat
until onion, is transparent, but
not browned, Add turkey, pota-
toes and milk. Cook slowly, stir-.
ring occasionally, until heated
thoroughly. Season to taste, In,
crease heat, the last 10 minutes
to brown on bottom, Serves 4.
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If you like eggs with hash,
divide heated hash into four in-
dividual baking dishes, Make a
hollow in each and break an egg
into hollow, Place «in broiler
about 3 inches from heat, Cook
until eggs are desired consist-
ency-5-8 minutes, * * *
If the weather is nippy and
calls for a steaming hot dish, try
this cream of turkey soup.
Cream of Turkey Soup
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup finely diced, celery
• cup minced onion
1/4 cup flour
2 cups turkey broth
2 cups milk
1 cup grated fresh carrot
Vs cup finely chopped cooked
turkey
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
(optional)
Cook celery and onion in but-
ter in a large kettle until vege-
tables ,are softened but not
browned (about 5 minutes). Re-
move from heat; add flour and
blend thoroughly. Add broth and
milk all at once. Return to heat
and cook, stirring constantly un-
til thickened throughout Add
carrots and turkey meat; heat to
serving temperature. Season to
taste' with salt and pepper. Gar-
nish with, chopped parsley.
Serves 4-6. * • 40
Finally, here is a very old re-
cipe for North of England'
Christmas Pudding — and it's
really delicious:
North of England
Christmas Pudding
1A pound flour, sifted
1/2 pound:white breadcrumbs,
grated -
pound sugar, yellow' if pos-
sible
%, pound carrots, grated
1/2 pound raisins
• pound. currants
I/2 - pound beef -suet, grated
2 •ounkces• candied peel
1 egg; beaten '
Grated nutmeg
-1 tabltSpoon Aemon Nice
Mix all ,together 'Butter
a strong, .pudding basin,. put in
the Mixture. Cover with greased
paper and tie up in 'white cloth.
Keep on theboil for nine hours.
Wagging Bees
Dr. Karl :Von 'rriaCh, professor
at the 1.iniversity,of Munich in
GerMany;'saidt "Bees 'talk. Fish
smell asjwell as.
The •prOfesiOr ,paused to "let
this sink' in. Then he enlarged on
'the subject. "Bees de/not speak, ,
of coUrse," he 'said. *They wag-
,gle.' They have:different waggles
for 'different', things, They lave
two basic, topics of conversation.
One is fodcl. 'When_ 4:b4 locates
:necter:11$Y''a certain- niiiiiber-'01
waggleaper rriiiiiute,4iCtilla 'the
'home folks exactlYliow fir they
will haVe to travel. It also' wag-,,
,glen in the, direction of the.riec-!
'.ter."
The, professor, then talked.
.about fislt.,'"They smell tdod in
,the water.", lie, said: "They cart
hearo too,- Pnegi we put1 /4 a,:student
in an aqUaritim tank.''sinktilayed
a violin. didtitt ft* it; but,
the 'fish dieVithe're,ii.One species
,cif*figli.;',the'lcritilihaliiir that' el-
niost ;!talks ':The; male ;'makes.
'soft growl,. It's, a signal., Viler fe-,
Male kntirrhahn hears it and"
comes to hitn. Then he stop's
growling."
. DIAGNOSIS
Confucious may have said:
"Salesman, who cover chair in-
stead of territory; always on
bottom!"
Using And
Abusing Electricity
While fatalities are rare, Mi-
not electric shocks are quite
common. For the most, part,
these are due to the faulty in-
stallation, care, and handling of
appliances and connections.
In addition, electricity ranks,'
as an important cause of fire.
This is chiefly 4tio to overload-
ed and short ' circuits, often in-
side the walls Of the house,
When a circuit is overloaded, or'
there is a short circuit, the
wires get hot. Unless there is a
circuit breaker or fuse in the
line, a fire may result.
The average 'house fifteen or
more years old — and for that
matter, many new homes -- has.
inadaquate wiring. Complete
laundries have been added, hi-
eluding washers, driers and
ironers, all of which take many
amperes. An attic fan with peo-
haps a IA H.P. motor may have ,
been installed; a percolator,
dishwasher, refrigerator, mixer,,
broiler and several other ap-
pliances may have been added
to the kitchen_ circuit; and a,
television set and probably a
1/3 -ton air conditioner to the.
living room line,
The result is overload, blown
fuses,, and interrupted service.
Have you ever considered that.
an electric broiler draws over
12 amperes, enough to light
twenty-six 50 watt lamps?
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When laundry equipment is.
installed, a separate line should
be added (from the main cir-
cuit). '
Laundry appliances should be ,
plugged in wall receptacles —
not attached to overhead light.
fixtures.
When an air conditioner is in-
stalled, unless a separate line is.
added you are apt to have an
overload, unless it is the' small,.
1/3 ton size.
The ordinary house fuse is 15.
amperes. If any number of ap-
plances are added 'to the kit-•
chen circuit — especially broil-
ers or irons, an overload will.
follow. The best answer is an.
additional circuit,
Obviously, when an electric•
range, is installed, a separate ,
line' must be added, usually 220'
volts.
Power machinery also re-
quites a separate It is.
best to install a key switch,
which -can be thrown when ma-
chinery is not in use.
' While many homeowners are-
sufficiently skilled to make
some of these installations, it im
best to' have 'major electrical' to',
by licensed electii--
'clans.
ANNOYED
Lawyer: "You say that you;
want to get 'a divorce on the.
• grounds that your husband is.
careCllit ' Client: ,"Yes, hhie
s appearance?""‘
hasn't Wr:
ed 'a Up' In nearly two 'years'.""
NOtniNI,EZE4M4 Grinning 441101-
esty gets its nose tickled after.
French "artist - Antoine. Faraut.
finished the roonte'r face in
his 'Nice studio. 'The sculpture'
represents Prince Carnival of
1957, ,who will reign over the-
festivities in Nice starting Feb..
21. It took nearly 1,500 pounds,
of clay, and a week's work tot
give the jolly ruler his features.
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And if 'you ladies need a re-
fresher course of your own, here
is a roasting chart for your tur-
key.. This refers to ready-to-cook
Weight.
Oven Tern- Approxi-
Pounds perature mate time
sheet or heat-proof serving-plat-
ter. Spread with turkey mixture.
Top with layer of bread,.Itepeat
until there 'are 3 layers of turkey.
and 4 layers ` of 'bread. 'Brush ,top
with 'softened' butter. Bake at.
375° 'F.' tttrtii. lightly browned,
about 15 minutes. Blend 'milk,
with remaining :,,Soup; heat , to
boiling: Chop remaining eggS'
and-add. Serve over the'6 ,sand-
wiehes. '
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The first part of today's talk is
addressed, to the man of the
house — the one who, 'in most
families, is faced with the some-
times embarrassing task of car-
ving the Christmas turkey. Here,
with illustrations, are simple di-
rections aimed at making the job
easier. Now To Carve
When you start carving, the
turkey should be tipped on its
side with the breast toward the
table; remove wing tip and first
joint and place on side of plat..
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