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"MONA" — A 20th Century version of Leonardo da Vinci's
Mona lisa is Maria Lea. The 22-year-old Parisienne was selected
by a panel of French artists as one who captured the enigmatic
appeal da Vinci' first put on canvas nearly five centuries ago.
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TABLE
Dews
TALKS
dam AnA
kiss her because he thought kiS,
Ong unhygienic.
Miami resteUrant owner ap.
plied for a divorce because every
time he asked his wife to •cook
something S'e'e lm she suggested
that he shaitild go and eat in his
own. restaurant.
During recent divorce pro-
ceedings in Paris, M. Claude told
the court that his wife bad only
one fault—She would persist in
stalking about the house all day
long without a stitch on her
back.
A Los Angeles wife obtained a
divorce from her husband be-
cause he put the following extra-
ordinary advertisement in sever-
al newspapers;
"Man, fifty-three, old car, no
looks, no job, no qualities, no
money, no hero, no nothing,
seeks congenial companion; to go
places end do things in the pur-
suit of happiness."
,Another American woman di-
vorced her husband on the
ground that he had only married
her in order to win a wager con-
sisting of two quart bottles of
whisky.
In Detroit, a clergyman sought
to divorce his wife because she
consistently failed to dust the
family Bible.
Mrs. Lela Diepenbreck, of St,
Louis, won her case when she
told the judge that on telling her
husband that she could no longer
live with him, he replied: "In
that case we must share out
everything fairly." And so he
sawed all the furniture in half.
Finally, we have the classic
case of Mrs. Pauline Actor, of
Brisbane, Australia. She sued her
husband for divorce because he
insisted that his former sweet-
heart, together with several of
his relatives, should accompany
them on their honeymoon.
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Let's. Avoid Stress
Too many executives logis
„ Wen life, as the Norseman. did
SIPOls heaven: the time was to
be Paaeed in daily battles, with
• magical healing of Wounds'.
Everyone in Our Western civil.
1.7.ntiore hae to Meet demands on
his, nervous energy that were
itet made in termer years.
The farmer, looked upon as
Airing the most tranquil Of lives,
has economic, social and politi, •
Sal prolelesesS of which his grand,
lather stsas ignorant. The Oc-
tal- and the lawyer have clients
pressing at their office doors,
and are conscious that others
need them elsewhere. Teachers
lave the task of maintaining
discipline in a brood more rest-
less than ever before. Stenog-
sraphers, typing so many words
St minute; operators of calculat-
ing and accounting machines,
with an unending flow of papers
to process; factory hands en-
gaged in countless operations;
bank tellers meeting the wants
of customers with flawless ac-
curacy; everyone is working un-
der conditions that strain the
physical, mental and emotional
structure built during ages of
evolution.
Nor in our immediate envir-
onment all that counts:- From
radio reports that accompany
breakfast to the late night news
we are under the pres'sure of
baffling world difficulties. We
are exposed to tension, expect-
ing some new crisis.
We need to take what precau-
tions we can if we expect to
keep mentally and physically
fit, Our failure to do so will
show itself with all• its unfortu-
nate consequences in the doctor's
office or a hospital bed.
Keeping fit is not simply a
matter of taking physical exer-
cise, though that is important.
It concerns both mind and body.
It requires that we ease the
stress of living.
Dr. Hans Selye, Director of
the Institute of Experimental
Medicine and. Surgery at the
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Fashion Note
Helpful Hints. On.
Washing Sweaters
WOOL
Great care is needed in wash-
ing wool sweaters because
fibres tend to mat when, wet.
Garments should be washed in
warm water with mild, suds but
not soaked. Gentle s squeezing
Tether than rubbing protects
Excess moisture should be
removed by rolling in towel be-
fore the sweater is dried flat at
room temperature. Or dryclean.
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CASHMERE, MERINO, ETC.
Same as WOOL.
ORLON
Orlon sweaters should be
handwashed inside-out in mild
suds, rinsedi and excess moi-
ture pressed out in a towel. For
machine washing, the garment
should be turned inside out and
placed in small bag. Or dry-
clean.
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ACRILAN
Acrilan can be hand-washed
or dry-cleaned. It dries quick-
ly, requires little or no ironing.
Use rayon setting for ironing.
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NYLON
Wash by hand in warm water,
rinse well and support garment
with hands when lifting from
basin. Roll in towel and lay flat
to dry. Nylon will not shrink.
Or dryclean.
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VICARA
Vicara can be washed or dry-
cleaned depending on the other
fibres in the blend. Sweater of
Vicara-nylon or Vicara-wool
is hand washable. No blocking
is required.
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NYCARA.
Nycara can be washed by hand
or. machine in warm water and
mild suds. It will not stretch
or shirnk. Or dryclean.
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FUR BLEND
Fur blends are washable and
should be handled like wool.
Or dryclean.
Odd Grounds
For Divorce
When a. Z,T,S, Army private res
cently sued his wife, a lieutens
ant in the American Army, for
divorce on the ground of cruelty,
he told the court that he had to
stand to attention every morn-
ing when his wife came down to
breakfast.
Strange ground for divorce,
you might say, but by 'no means
the oddest on record.
A Wilmington, Del. husband
liked white mice; his wife hated
vthoermee.. She
°Ilieudsbaandi4itprfoomr pdtliy-e
reacted by stuffing one of the
white mice down her neck,
laughing uproariously,
He then snatched out a hand
ful of hair, dragged her• outside
Into the •street, and punched her
on the nose. At that point a
neighbour hit the husband on
the arm with a chair to induce
him to release the woman.
A Hastings man obtained a
divorce when he proved in court
that his wife had been using his
short-wave transmitter to send
amorous messages to a man who
was also a radio "harm" One day
while travelling to business her
husband accidentally tuned in to
his own waeelength, and learned
of the intrigue.
A seventy-one-year-old man
recently sued his seventy-year-
old wife for divorce on the
ground that she refused to let
him go to church because there
were too many pretty girls in the
choir.
A, woman sought legal separa-
tion from her artist husband be-
cause of the murals he painted in
their villa in Turin, Italy. She
said the murals depicted her and
her mother 'drowning while
Noah, in the person of her hus-
band, grinned down at them
from the Ark.
In a Pittsburg divorce case,
John Berger told the judge that
he was willing to put up with his
wife, Anna, smoking a corncob
pipe in bed, hut when she turned
to Italian cigars it was just too
much.
A Los Angeles woman suc-
ceeded in obtaining a divorce
when her husband refused to
ROAD BLOCK
The runner ran into big Ted
Kluszewski at first base, and
was subsequently removed to
the locker room for first aid.
The trainer, who had been
working on a previous casualty,
looked up at him.
"How," he asekd, "did you•
get that tremendous black eye?"
"I was hit by a guided mus-
cle," winced the victim.
ppiversity of Montreal, has put
eorward a concept of Stress that
has been called. "the great*
Single contribution to the realm,
of biology and Medicine Since
asteur."
Ire suggests that every di-
sense, every accident and every
emotional upset produces stress
in the victim, The body becomes
alarmed by the stress and, tries
to, defend iteelf. The endocrine
glands pour out hormones, the
heart beats faster, the liver in-
creases its supply of glycogen,
the blood pressure rises, and the
activity of many internal organs;
is suspended so that their energy
may be diverted to the external
muscles. We, like our primitive
ancestors, become tensed for
fight or flight.
Improper mental states can
cause trouble in our physical
make-up. A publication of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company says that fifty per cent
of all people seeking medical at-
tention are suffering from ail-
ments brought about or made'
worse by such emotional factors
as prolonged worry, anxiety, or
fear. In fact, out of a thousand
diseases described in a textbook
of medicine, it is said that emo-
tionally induced illness is as
common as all the other 999 put
together.
How we think has a definite
effect on how we feel. We trans-
late our woes from the language
of the mind into the language of
the body.
Whatever we allow to affect
our minds in the way of pain or
pleasure, hope or fear, extends
its influence to our hearts. Fin-
ancial worries, a monotonous
job, strain at the office, emo-
tional upsets in the home: these,
and many more, may show
themselves physically as high
blood pressure, digestive ail-
ments such as peptic ulcer and
colitis, headache, skin disorders
and some allergies.
But you cannot go into a drug
store and buy a bottle of psy-
chosomatic medicine.
The first thing to do when you
feel unwell is to have your doc-
tor give you a thorough check-
up. He will learn from his tests
and his questions whether there
is something organically wrong,
and how much of your illness is
derived from emotional sources.
Finding the cause is the first
step on the way to cure. —
From the Royal Bank of Canada
"Monthly Letter."
SALLY'S SALLIES
Modern
Etiquette . .
'If I had been you, Reverend,
I'd have changed some parts
Price War •
Q. When passing the plate for
a second helping, should one hold
the, knife and fork in the hand or
place them on the table?
A. Neither. The knife and
fork should be left on the plate.
Q. When two men and two
women attend a theatre, in what
order should they enter the row
in which their seats are situated?
A. It is now customary and
acceptable for the two women to
be seated next to each other.
So, one of the men enters the
row first, followed by the two
women, and then the second
man.
Q. Does the father of a widow
or divorcee, who is marrying for
the Second time,, give her away?
A. Yes;, her father• gives her
away precisely as he' did at the,
first marriage. And her family
agaih assumes the expenses 'of
the wedding, unless she' prefers
to meet them herself.
Q. Even if the wedding is to
' be a very small, informal one,
would it be all right for the bride
to wear a white bridal veil?
A. Yes, provided, of course,
it is not her second marriage.
Giant Conveyor Belt
To Move A Mountain
A high-speed conveyor system will move a mountain two miles
across a valley and, drop-it in Great Salt Lake. The conveyor,
largest ever built in terms of ton-miles per hour, is ready to
operate at Little Valley. It will carry 30 million tons of gravel
'fill to construct a 13-mile roadbed across the lake. The roadbed
will replace a 52-year-old railroad trestle mounted on wooden-
piles. The 49-milliondollar project will be complete in 1960.
The conveyor' system consists of two main cross-country conveyor
units plus 11 smaller ones, providing continuous flow from
mountain to lake. Electric shovels gouge out gravel in eight • -
cubic-yard 'bites. It is trucked to a dumping station, dropped
into hoppers that feed the conveyor. At conveyor's end, gravel
is transferred to a stacker capable of building a 250,000-ton
storage pile 70 feet high. Under the storage pile are two-
72-inch wide, 600-feet-a-minute conveyors in tunnels. These
feed the gravel to 3,000ton barges, largest drop-bottom barges
ever built. Barges dump the gravel on the lake bottom. Photos-
below illustrate the operation.
BRAZIL NUT TORTE
Torte Layers:
3 egg whites
IA teaspoon salt
cup firmly packed broth'
sugar
1 cup finely chopped Brazil
nuts
Beat egg whites and salt until
stiff, but not dry. Gradually add
sugar and beat until very stiff.
Fold in finely chopped nuts. Cut
4 eight-inch circles from brown
paper; place on baking sheets.
Spread each circle With 3/4 of
the mixture. Bake at 300° F. for
35 minutes. Cool. Peel off paper.
WHIPPED CREAM FILLING
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons sugar
Whip •cream until almost stiff;
gradually add sugar and beat
until stiff. Add vanilla and beat
to mix. Spread between and on
top of torte layers. Chill in
refrigerator several hours be-
fore serving. Garnish with fruit
and Brazil nut curls.
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Try this Bing cherry crunch
for a special hot dessert.
CHERRY• CRUNCH
16 graham crackers
44 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon nutmeg
cup melted butter
2 tablespoons cornstarch
Ili cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
11V2 cups water
2 cups pitted Bing cherries
(if canned cherries are used,
drain well)
Crush graham crackers; mix
In brown sugar, nutmeg, and
melted butter. Combine corn-
starch, sugar, and salt. Add
small amount of water 'slowly
to make paste. Mix in remain-
ing water. Heat slowly to boil-
ing point, stirring frequently.
Add cherries and cook until
thickened. Place half of crumb
mixture in a buttered 10x7-inch
.pan. Pour cherry mixture over
crumbs. 'Sprinkle remaining
crumb mixture over top. Bake
at 325° F. for 30 minutes. Serve
with whipped cream, if desired.
Serves 6.
One of the shortest and most
decisive price wars on record in
California took place once over
the price of milk.
War broke out ,between two
retail outlets in Sacramento.
"MILK — 9 cents a quart."
Bing! Bang! Boom! The ,belli-
cose grocers went 'to it with
sheets of brown' wrapping paper
off the meat minter; plenty of
red paint, and a potful of paste,
clear across their embattled
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gravel (4.200 tons an hour)
from mountain to storage pile,
Where it is then
stockpiled, by'the radial stacker'
seen at top. Gravel is with-
drawn ,from ilockpile by con-
veyors:in tunnel'. below. From
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Most glamorous and talked-
about of all desserts is probably
Baked Alaska. And yet, al-
though it appears elaborate, it
is simple to make. It takes only
care and courage, It consists of
a flat piece of cake, hard ice
cream containing no water ice
but made of milk and cream,
and a simple meringue.
For a 1-layer oblong pound
cake,. use a quart 'brick of ice
cream. Make a meringue of 3
egg whites, and 6 tablespoons
sugar. Preheat oven to 475°-
500° F. The cake should extend
about 1/2 inch beyond the ice
cream on all sides and meringue
should cover the edges of the
cake. To assemble, place waxed
paper on an oven board, lay
cake on paper, top with ice
cream, cover meringue "and bake
until delicately brown.
For unusual individual Alas-
kas, omit the cake and use
drained pineapple slices for
your base. .
PINEAPPLE ALASKA
6 slices drained, chilled pine-
apple
3 eggs whites, room tempera-
ture
6 tablespoons sugar
1 to 11/2 pints- vanilla lee
cream
Plad'e Pineapple slices on
board. Beat egg whites until
they stand in peaks; add sugar
slowly while beating until stiff
and glossy. 'Quickly place very
firm ice cream in center of each
pirie apple slice. Immediately
cover completely with meringue
out •-to the very edges of pine-
apple. Place in preheated '475°
F. oven and bake 4-5 minutes
or until • a' delicate brown. Take
froin oven arid •place immediate-
ly on a" chilled serving dish or
tray or on individually dessert
plates. Garnish with whole
strawberries and mint leaves or
any other colorful fruit. Serve
at once.
A modern variation of the
Alaska, uses pudding Or custard
instead of ice cream for the
center. This is the method for
making it
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PUDDING ALASKA
2 cups cold milk
1 package strawberry instant
pudding mix '
'Dash of salt
Loaf cake, 9x5x3 inches
(angel food, yellow, white
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2 egg whites
1/4 cup sugar
Pour Milk into mixing bowl;
add pudding mix and Salt and
beat slovsly with egg beater just
Until well mixed, about 1 min
ute. r)6 not overheat or mix-
'ture will be, thin. Let stand to
set — takes about 5 minutes.
Place !oat cake on a wooden
board. Cut .1/2 inch slice from
top of cake and set this fop
aside. Scoop out inside of cake
leaving e shell at least 1,4 inch
thick .on Sides and bottom.
With pudding. Replace top of
cake.
Beat egg Whites' until foanie;
add sugar find gradually beat
until meringue stands in stiff'
• peaks, tpread ,tneritigt,e' ()tree
top and Sided of cake,'covering',
corriPletely, BreWri e in' 450° F. •
oven 'about 6 rninutes. Sertre at
once, SerVes '6.
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Another deciting yet riot-too_
'difficult dessert is ;dila. Brain
nut torte that Is Made Jet font,
layer' with ednillsi-flutroted
whipped 'cream between, *lent
(or, flaVar•Sibiii whipped Cronin
with any' fruit you like)
"MILK — 8 cents" was the
retaliatory defy that went up
across the street..
Penny by penny the milk
war got hotter. The' customers
lapped it up.
At last the aggressor launched
an a 11, o u t counterattack:
"MILK — 1 cent."
The war of nerves wavered.
Then at daybreak, as soon as it
was light enough to see across
the street, the decisive battle of
the Sacramento Milk war be-
gan. There in the rival's win-
dow,was what looked like the
crushing salvo: "MILK—FREE!"
The line began forming be- '
fore opening turne. But ten-
sions •eased in the opposing
trenches.
"That does it!" shouted• the
belligereht purveyor of 1-cent
Milk. "He'll be out of the milk
business by lunch time, you
mark my Words."
Strangely enough, the free-
Milk sig1 WaS still up, flaunting
its defiance at lunchtime as
across the street the rival gro-
cer Was rrianotiing glurrily on
his own words and a bottle of
1-cent milk.
There seemed to be just as e
maily customers asking for 1=
Cent milk as the free-Milk
Sigh Wag: •attracting On the Op-,
posite side of the street.
The reason WAS thisi As fast
.Sfeatilleerier asked for a quart of
"iktO sale;"' handed' the customer
free milk, the :grocer rang
a penny Out of the' stilt find
eoieted te the'sign on 'the oppOe
site tore WilicloWS "MILK
1 cent,"
• . drops Intl biatRes 200 feet ftoo by 50 fee
wide: Conveyors tan, lOad a 3,000-ton tictite Ni Is
CROWNED
May Louise Flotfin, of Ootht.34:i
burgs Sweden, -seemed t destined,
16. 'Wear d itjUden4
crown. A ago' she was
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Shei the hieeriatiohot Aff
.winning a 'Cori,'
test'' at Cypreit
NO WOODEN EXPRESSION HERE famed French toirediari
Maurice Chevalier' bettaWeCarldfataidittatil on his "double'`
Es Paris theater' aftee the rritiriOnette did an iiripreSSIVe'imitation
iof `Vitneld 436idreCties otibjief show., lon0o,i-e'coeded
irotti helped the little fetlaW.dar hfe", take-Offo,
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