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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1957-02-13, Page 6ENGAGED — Herta Score,• Cleveland Indians' youthful pitching aceicind Nancy'Ann'McNamara announced their engagement. Miss McNamara', 20, is a senior at St. Mary's. College. She was a high school class-mate of the Tribe pitcher who, at 23, is recognized as one of the outstanding pitchers in 'besebale 'TABLE TALKS SY dam Ancixe,ws. SALLY'S SALLIES FASHION HINT FAR CRY. FROM TIMES SQUARE -6 /his elaborate hall, looking like part of a royal palace, is Slated to become, part of the MoscoW subway system. It is the central hail of the Frunzenskciya Station of the city's Frunze line, scheduled to begin operatior this year, Artist's ,sketck and caption material are from an official Soviet source. MINUET, IN' EILLIOUT If nalght be the hand o t Gulliver' deafing the pianist in thit chat-Mien "scene from 0 co ll ection tritniatU res orr display artiste's Belgium, The eXcellittely eareed figeret of the catipleS—oti the right are poised to beginethe'deince while the orchestra prepc,e,* to ploy, Changing Fro r, Wheels to Runners "Shifting- te Runners" was Father's apt phrase to describe the winter transfer from car- riages to sleigh and pung. No time could he• set for the arinnaI ehaage,. Occasionally, a surface.' covering Novernim snowstorm gave an early date to the chore of chenging; frequently, the sbift Was a December, duty; always by mid-January, the sleigh and the pung were in their winter locations in the barn, places that in summer were occupied, by the, family carriages,. Whenever the transfer was made, whether in November or December or January, -it Was a task not undertaken unadvised- Father discussed with Cous- in Herman and Dan the pros- peets of the snow cover being a permanent One. IVIother was warned to have the blantets and lap robes Ori hand, and I was sent to Uncle Arthur's to sum- mon help and to invite Aunt Nellie and. Alice to come along les spectators. The door of our barn was rolled back and the two car- riages drawn into the whitened yard, where the dry snow made a complaining whine under the wheels. Next the pung and the Sleigh were dragged from the farthest corners of the barn, where they had spent the sum- vier in canvas-covered retire- ment Then the carriages were pushed into the back corners and covered with the same can- vases that in summer had pro- fected our winter vehicles. The final job was that of backing the sleigh and the pung into the barn and turning back their thins, which were caught at the ceiling by leather loops. The family animals were curi- ous onlookers of the "shift to runners." From the opening over his feed crib, Prince watched the proceedings with cocked ears, now and then giving a soft nicker as though he`-chuckled to see men and boys doing his work. Shen ran Officiously from Carriage to pung, his shrill barks punctuating the stillness of the chill air. Joe, the cat, viewed the activity from the safe shelter of the haymow. The cow could not see the transfer task but she knew that something un- Visual was being done. From her stanchion Caine the uneasy clink of her chain and the sound of ter restless side-stepping until rather calmed her with a pat and a measure of "shorts." The removal of the canvas from the sleigh was always done with ceremony, for the „family was proud of the sleigh, a so- called "Buffalo cutter." One year when work had been slack "There you go! scuffing tip my newly-waxed floor!" at the, granite yard, Father and Unele Arthur had painted, it, Whey had applied black Paint, then sanded the surface, repaint* ed, reSandecl, and given a, final finish that was as smooth as Own, The lines of gold and the decalcomania had been painted by Cousin Herman, wile- wes skilled with brush and pen- cil, The running part was paint, ed vermilion and the upholstery was of morocco loather, The brown buffalo rObe was a handsome complement to the equipage, There was no ques- tion that the sleigh bad style- MY-hrethere and I were always impressed when we watched Mother and. Father drive off to Lodge or Grange meetings in it, Prince also was impressed by this ' the lightest of the vehicles that he drew. With ears erect and with neck arched, he needed no urging to strike a brisk clip when he was hitched to the sleigh, writes Esther E. Wood in. The Christian Science Monitor. The pung had no style but it had utility and an almost limit- less capacity, Otis once called it a "big soap box on runners." It had three removable seats. When these were removed, it became a cart for conveying grain, groceries and even lum- ber. With the seats in place, it was a capacious conveyance that took the family to church, to school, and to dinners at Aunt Harriet's and Grandmother's. Every second year, my brothers painted the pung. The exterior was painted black but it received no such sanding and refinishing as had been lavished upon the sleigh. The interior was painted a contrasting color with what- ever leftover -paint chanced to be on hand. One year the in- terior was blue, "dump cart blue" as Ben had belittlingly described it. Another year it was green because green paint remained after the boys had touched up the screen doors. We children preferred a red interior, and after we were old enough to earn money by selling ber- ries, we earmarked a portion of our blueberry money for the purchase of red paint for the pung. The pung had to be furnished with robes, in fact with three robes. One was of black dog fur. A second, of gray wolf fur, shed long speckled hairs upon the pung's occupants. The third was of red wool plaid and was a favorite with the women foil* for it left no telltale hair. -' The robes gave insufficient warm on the coldest winter days, When we children "punged" to school to the Head of the Bay, Father covered the bottom of the pung with straw, and Mother provided supplementary warmth by heating soap-stones on the top of the stove and by baking potatoes in the oven, The stones were placed at our feet and the piping hot potatoes were held in our mitten-clad hands. On cold days we were as cone. cerned for Prince's comfort as for our own. His bag of hey and container of oats were placed near the pails and boxes that held our own lunches. Fold- ed under the front seat was his green blanket that he wore dur- ing the long hours that he waited for us at the blacksmith shop. Our blacksmith friend assured us that Prince found the wait enjoyable, for he watched with interest the shoeing of the horses, and snorted in amaze- ment when the red hot irons were plunged hissing into a bar- rel of water. However much Prince had ene loyed his .stay at the shop, he was delighted when school was oat and 017 brothers came to harness hire. and hitch him to the pung. He showed his please me by setting a brisk gait that made the deep-toned bells dingle. Our own bells were not the only ones that we heard on Our home- ward trip to. Friend's Corner, We caught the clang-clang of the single belle that hung from the collar plates of the work horses dragging home sled$ needed with cord wood. We listened to catch the distant jingling of bell's on approaching sleighs. There were not a few sleighs that we could recognize from the reverberations of their bells. The high-pitched chime of , Uncle Arthur's belle, the tremulant tone of Aunt Harriet's, and the jingling of Grandfathee's were familiar sounds to our ears, Father's decision to "shift to,, Meiners" was always one that we children welcomed. We knew that it meant the laborious changing of vehicles in the barn and the locating of robes and blankets. But we also knew that "shifting to runners" meant changing to bells. Laughter Foiled Bank Robbers Police in France tried recently to trace a tourist who had pho- tographed a hold-up thinking it was film-acting. Masked bandits operating in daylight had seized $7,000, a firm's wages, while ac- complices held up the tourists' coach to keep the street clear of traffic. The police hoped that if they could find the tourist, an Amer- ican, his camera would yield- evidence that would lead to_ identification of the bandits. But he was never traced. 'Mere was a similar misappre- hension not long ago at a Monte real bank• where the employees roared with laughter when two determined - looking gunmen walked in and snapped: "This is a hold-up!" They thought the would-be robbers were students taking part in a local rag. . The employees' laughter so scared the bandits that they ran off without taking any cash. Queer misunderstandings with equally queer sequels constantly take place. In California, for in- stance, a pretty young woman e who felt the first signs of a bad headache coming on whif wait- ing for a friend in a hotel foyer flopped down on to a seat and took a small bottle Containing aspirin from her handbag. That was enough for a watch- ful detective. He thought she was taking poison and instantly raised the- alarm. Before the un- fortunate girl could protest, she was rushed to hospital and treated with a stomach pump! As he sat on -the top of a down-town bus,• an American businessman was so impressed by the courtesy of the conductor that as he got up to leave the bus he handed him a very ex- pensive cigar. The conductor took it grate- fully, finished collecting fares and went down the steps, cigar in hand, intending to place it in his box and leave it there until he had finished work. Just as he got down an in- spector appeared on the plat- form. Despite his protests, the conductor was reported for smoking on duty and was later warned that he would be sacked if he repeated his "offence." Police began to tow away a car which they found parked il- legally outside the city hall in Boston. Out ran the indignant driver. He explained that he was collecting the pay for the police force—and the tow was speedily called off. While a mother was sleeping soundly one night in her New- ark, New Jersey, home, smoke belched forth from the staircase and she awoke to hear fire bells ringing, Groping her way across the room, she seized her oee- month-old son, wrapped him in blankets, called down to the firemen in the yard below and dropped him from the window. The firemen, thinking she was dropping a bundle of clothes, let it fall, then dragged it twenty feet from the house and left it in the snow. A few minutes later a fireman heard the "bundle" trying. Startled, he picked it up and found the baby inside—unhurt. At a Mirth of Eriglarid sport/ ground some years 'ago, cab- bages, broccoli and tomato plants sprang up all over the playing' field. All along the touchline was a fine, border Of nasturtiums. It transpired that the seeds had been accidentally Mixed With ashes dug into the clay foundation. It Woe owing to another rois. Understanding on the telt. hone that a fieni in lie.s,vburYPorti Massachusetts, spent 6500 in ree decorating a vacant house. Then they discovered that tho house didn't belong to thorn theirs was two doors away, Nothing in the world — ex- cept possibly a pocket-book or bank account — seems to • get empty so mysteriously as the family cookie-jar. Here are a couple of recipes for Brownies made with cocoa — both''deli- cious and both well worth a trial. COCOA, FUDGE BROWNIES 1/2 cup sifted flour 3/2 teaspoon baking powder eee, cup cocoa ne teaspoon salt ° 1 cup chopped walnuts 11/2 cups sugar - 1/3 cup melted shortening 2 eggs, well beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla Sift flour, baking powder, cocoa, and salt together. Add nuts and mix well. Add sugar gradually to beaten eggs, beat- ing constantly. Blend in short- ening. Add flour-nut mixture and beat well. Add vanilla. Pour into well-greased, floured, 8x8 baking pan. Bake at 350° F. for 30-35 minutes. Cool and turn out of pan. Cut into squares. * * DRY MILK COCOA. BROWNIES 'R/ cup sifted flour 11/2 cups sugar en teaspoon baking powder I/1 teaspoon salt 1/e, cup cocoa ne cup dry milk 14ecup soft butter 2 unbeaten eggs 2 tablespoons. water 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/e cup broken nut meats Combine dry ingredients and mix; add remaining ingredients and beat hard for 1 minute. Spread in well-greased 8x8x2 pan. Bake on center rack 25 minutes at 350° F. Cool in pan on cake rack for 30 minutes, then cut into- squares. * * * Many of us have used peed carrots in puddings or cakes, and with simply grand results. But a carrot pie is eornething different, and those who have tried it have been delighted. CARROT PIE 2 cups ground raw carrots IA cup sugar Yolks of 2 eggs 1 cup, 'tall milk Mid half cream 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 teaspoon each, cloves, reef- meg and cinnamon 1 unbaked pie shell Whites of 2 eggs 3/4 tithe buttet (1. ounce) Precook Carrots with salt in just enough water to cover, Her move from heat; add other in- gredients except egg Whites and mix well. Pour into unnbaked pie Shell. Bake at 350° V. until done, teat egg whites to peaks • and top pie with them. 'Brown and serve. * There is no bottom crust to *this honey apple tele, tie it can be reheated and will Maintain its original, delicious ilattor. HONBIt Minx PIE heed apples 2 tableSPeons water • Clip btoteri clugar 2 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoons liquid honey Pastry 'for 1 9-inch pie 1 teaspoon nutmeg or cinnamon - Fill baking dish 9 inches round and 2 inches deep with sliced apples. Add water. Com- bine flour and brown sugar and spread over apples. Pour on honey. Sprinkle with spice. Cover with pie dough. (Put pie tape around edge to keep juices from running out.) Bake at 425° F. for 50• minutes. * * BeIIED PUDDING WITH MOLASSES 4 slices bread, lightly buttered, or 2 shredded wheat. biscuits, crumble./ 2 eggs, lightly beaten 2 cups milk ' 3/4 cup molasses (unsulAured is best) 1 teaspoon cinnamon ea teaspoon salt 1/2 cup raisinns (optl#hal) Place bread, cubed or whole or shredded 'wheat In buttered baking dish (if shredded wheat is used, dot mixture with butter before baking). Combine other ingredients and pour over bread, Bake at 350° F. for 45 minutes. Serve with cream or milk. Serves 4 generously. * * * And here's a new — to me at least — recipe for gingerbread. Try it hot from the oven or, for a real treat, with a slab of vanilla ice cream on top. FEATHER GINGERBREAD 4 tablespoons melted lard 4 tablespoons sugar 4 'tablespoons molasses 4 tablespoons each, sweet and sour milk 1 teaspoon each, ginger, cin- namon, salt, and soda, 1 cup flour 1 egg, lightly beaten Sift together the dry ingredi- ents; add milk, molasses, and lard. Last, add egg. Pour into shallow loaf pan that has been greased and floured. Bake about 30 minutes at 375° F. TAKE A CHANCE The dentist told the million- aire Texas oil man, that his teeth were in Perfect condition. "But I feel lucky today," plead- ed the Texan, "drill anyway!" Handy Gadgets. Make Their Bow NeW household tools and utensils help homemakers save time and Work, They are at- troViNtpeauts, oo.buM000lm-es,thdaunst 101,0pOs0 p , toasters, roasters, knives, dish-, pans, appliances and other pro, ducts used in running the home have been shown at the National Ilo,usewares Sheen! Housewares are so important that they draw more than 10,000 buyers, This year there have• beep at least a hundred more manufacturers showing their wares than last Year, Among the several miles of exhibits . color has appeared everywhere ' even in dust mops, mundane household cleaning, brushes, a n d fly swatters- Handles of kitchen tools, egg beaters, and cutlery are in natching colter. Yellow, ture quoise and pink are the most popular, followed by white, red, and copper. Take peeling and cutting, foe instance. A professional type enamel drumshaped peeler eli- minates hand peeling of fruits and vegetables. With a flick of the handle a micro-thin peel is removed from two pounds in less than a minute. A special citrus hand peeler has a steel point that runs around the center of the fruit and a curved plastic blade to lift the peel from, the inside. Another new knife, with a double grinding e ction, has a -series of saw tool• grooves ground into the edge on one side only. It's especialy effective on foods with hard outer crusts. For simple cake icing jobs, there's a spreader with angled handle which keeps frosting off the finger and does a smooth, even job. An old-fashioned improved biscuit cutter cuts, crimps andd seals tarts and turnovers and can 'be used to make ravioli — filled. cookies, Bismarks, and fried pies. A glass enclosed rotating food chopper does the job quickly and safely on an ordinary flat cutting board, It will chop three onions, four hard boiled eggs, and a dozen cooked chicken livers at a time. Glass bake-and-serve dishes can also he used for freezing and storage of cooked foods. The same is true of stainless steel individual 10 - ounce casserole dishes. A serving oven heats rolls and other baked foods on the range and is equipped with a candle warmre to keep them warm at the table. Every year, new cake and pastry mixes appear on market shelves. So, there are new uten- sils to keep up with them. A Wttlit7(t.ft two-inch layer cake pan le the result Of suggestions of home economists to enable a cake to rise gradually and lie flat, Lastyear a square angel food cake pan was so well received that this season manufacturers brought out a long loaf pan, Molded salads have become so popular that they have Inspired pew utensils, A small one-quart mold holds one package of gela- tin •and, makes six servings, A. two4rpone mold has one side as a party-size ring mold, the other for individual molds or salad. Warm water in either side helps release the contents; as good cooks know, Eating out of cans is made easier, than ever with an, elec- tric can opener, A knife sharp- ener can be attached to stand and mixers, pc/enable mixers, and power tools, There are many new devices for more efficient kitchen stor- age. A dinner ware caddy holds complete service for eight in a 10-by-20-inch space. A cupboard rack holds 12 cups securely, with room for large dinner plates and outsize platters. A storage rack holds 24 plates. Cups, a special storage prob- lem, can also be kept out of the way on sliding racks or a circle,- Jar unit for hanging. A similar circular unit which fastens to any shelf will hold a good col- lection of any size or shape of spice packages, Magnetic racks, which fasten or Metal cabinets, can be used to hold tools ant towels. Even the most mundane cleaning tasks are easier. There are sponge rubber knee pads, for instance. An electric polisher scrubs, washes, and polishes hard wood, tile and patio floors and also has an attachment for dry cleaning rugs. A paste wall now comes in liquid form which protects like paste, but is easier to use. A new liquid cloth can be used mending everything from pillow cases to beats. It is applied to c loth, canvas, rub- ber, plastic, or leather and re- mains flexible. It also repairs glass, china, crockery, porcelain, wood and metal. SAVED MONEY A storekeeper in .a small town was greeted by a neighbor who consoled him on the loss of some merchandise in a fire. "Did you lose much?" he asked. "Not as much a I would have a few 'days ago," answered the storekeeper. "I'd just marked most of my stock down 25%. The young man who's look- ing forward to stepping into his father's shoes ought to be re- minded that Dad doesn't wear loafers.