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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1957-05-01, Page 6Calypso : For .cat! T population, he capper headswa among g :tine the ,if we'd just be patient. 1-004k$ 'rock-anc1401P' 'craze would pass like they're right thatBtrt be doesn't mean rnaeraenUntdhelieh'es togoing Place. We're already into the ene: Oxitt eo thee4113"s°* ig record Conipa- 4es barely 'S arye4P r earoecnkt e danodn irts()Iirecweaast best-seller list, while calypso and related West Indian music was booming. The film companies, always a good spot to look for signs of a new tidal wave, are grabbing off all kinds of calypso titled' in preparation for a rush of films capitalizing on the trend. The music stores' are Showing calypso drums, and the business of banging steel, drums (made from heavy oil containers) is becoming so popular that the oil companies may, start peddling the things without any oil in them. Ah, but this too will pass.— Times-Leader-News of Wilkes- Barre, Pa. PUSH-BUTTON dialing has been tested in laboratoy. BEDROOM SET' phone looks al- most like a vanity case. • aNO HANDS PHONE has loudsOaker (Lift)•41rod')micrOPhetiii (right) tied hi With the Ustialleleidiorie;seti dd.11.111111.....1•11411011111.. do Seaweed. Bread But the first world war Inter, yelled and she became: the man- ageress ef a big shoe shop and put her engagemnb ring away in a drawer. The boy went to Calgary where he Married, raised a family and. eventually made enough to re- tire, ilia wife died, so he re- turned to Bngland where he ran into his old girl friend, still un- married and attractive. The day after they met he popped the question; and they are to be married soon, After fifty years of experi- menting a prominent German - scientist, seventy-five-year-Old Heinrich Lienau, is today pro- ducing a tasty and nutritious bread which is milled from raw Seaweed. Lienau became interested in the idea after seeing homes, pigs and even dogs eating sea- weed on the shores of the Bal- tic. All these animals seemed very healthy. Before the var. Lienau )014a4 making animal food: from sea- weed, and after being freed. from. Saelasenhanaen concentra,.• tion camp at the war's end; he found Germany in the throes of a bread shortage. He started at: once to bake bread "from the spa." The bread does not smell or taste like sea- weed and is said, to contain:, more vitamins than ordinary , bread., Today Lienau has a thriving industry. ► • Electric Shock Speeds Seeds A woman who had always lived in a flat moved into a house and was thrilled with the large gar, den.. One day she was showing a friend, round and after admiring the flowers 'the visitor noticed several small green clusters. On asking what they were she was told they were radishes, "That's a novel way to plant them," commented the friend. "Most people plant them in rows..". "Do they?" asked the new gardener. "Well, that's funny— they always come in bunches at the grocer's," le ► ON A PARIS FLING — The sound of skirling bagpipes fills the air of Paris as a company of Scottish Highlanders march away from the Arc de Triomphe where they joined with other British troops to honor the French unkown soldier, The troops from across the channel were in the French capital for the Franco- British Military Festival. Fell In Love On. Way To Jail People fall in love anywhere and propose at any time. Rea pently a pair met as they were being taken to serve sentences in the San Vittore, Milan, jail and in an instant both their hearts missed a beat, In that brief rAQ- ment they learned each other's identity and began correspond-ing th rou gh the prison service, That was their only meeting but they knew it was the real thing. Fortunately the Italians are romantic and sentimental, and the young couple applied to have a prison wedding, an event to which the authorities have agreed in the past. Nicholas Tscumak, a French- man, was sent by the Gestapo to a concentration camp in, the Arctic. Circle, After a time of horror there, he learned that a French girl, Marianne, was im- prisoned in one of the neighbour- ing camps. Risking heavy penalties for smuggling letters, he got in touch with her. She replied through the grapeuine. For years they corresponded, each letter more endearing than the last, Then, in 1945, the pri- son doors clanked open. The Russians .had moved in. "You are free/f they told Tschumak. "Get ready for repatriation," • His heart sank. He must have been the only prisoner who feared to hear those words. Would he now be parted for ever from the girl of his dreams, who had made his years in prison bearable? Then a miracle happened. On the day that Nicholas went to the transit camp, he saw her. She, too, was freed. She was tall, blonde and, despite years of privation, beautiful — as he had pictured her. As they held hands on the train he asked her to marry him. Some years ago a lovely young girl whispered "yes" to a pro- posal and her fiance slipped a diamond and amethyst ring on to her finger. Then the boy friend, wishing to make his way in the world, emi- grated to America, intending that the girl should follow as soon as he had made a niche for himself. An entirely 'hew idea in American agricultural research is electric shock treatment for seeds before they are sown. At a government research station in Tennessee the gemination of corn seed has been speeded up by exposing the seed to electri- cal discharge in neon-type tubes. The germination power of other seeds tested has been re- duced, In, this way, it might be quite possible to improve crop seed and at the same time de- stroy weed seeds mixed with it, Rough treatment for seed be- fore it is sown is nothing new. Years ago the hot-water treat- ment for wheat seed was widely given as a means of killing di- sease infections. TABLE TALKS e)civi Anctmws. 0 • 0 THIS ISN'T RUSSIA — Despite the strange lettering on the traffic sign, this isn't Russia, but Dallas, TeX. Traffic officers W. E. Fields, left, and B. J. Hendry express bewilderment at the upside- down sign which reads—if you're an acrobat—"Diagonal Cross- ing Permitted on Walk Signal." „, TELEPHONES RING BELL WITH MODERN LOOK Parmesan-Onion Canapes 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 cup finely minced onion 2 tablespoons mayonnaise tspn. Worcestershire sauce 34 teaspoon monosodium gluta- mate 6 slices sandwich bread, crusts removed Paprika Mix cheese, onion, maybn- naise, Worcestershire sauce and monosodium glutamate. 'Toast slices of • bread on one side; spread untoasted side with the cheese mixture. Cut each slice in quarters; dust with paprika. Place on baking sheet under broiler until delicately brown. Serve at once. Makes 24 canapes. * * * Hot Canapes Using Bacon 1. Stuff pitted ripe olives with shrimp. Wrap each stuffed olive in a thin strip of bacon and fasten with a pick. Arrange on a wire rack placed over a ahal- low pan. Bake in hot oven until bacon tis csisp. These may be broiled, but must be watched carefully. 2. Combine chopped ripe olives, chopped almonds and minced raw bacon. Spread mix- , ture over long, narrow salted crackers; arrange on cooky sheet, ,Bake 'in hot oven until bacon is crisp. Serve piping hot: 3. Slit frankfurters and in- sert a stick of cheese the full length. Cut into 1-inch pieces and wrap each in bacon; secure with. a pick. Broil to heat and crisp bacon. *- * * Soniething new has been de- veloped in the egg world re- cently that will help you 'with your next party. It is smoked eggs which have a new taste- for canapes, stuffed egg filling for tiny cream puffs and spread for crackers or toast. Use in same combinations as you would unsmoked eggs. This is the way you smoke them. Smoked Eggs 6 hard-cooked eggs, hot and shelled 2 cups cold water 2 teaspoons •liquid smoke Place eggs in jar or bowl. - Pour in water and „liquid smoke. Cover and refrigerate several hours or as long as is required for smoke to flavor eggs. Eggs must be kept in smoke liquid until used, serve these 'balls on colored picks. Appetizer Cheese Balls 2 (3-ounce) *packages cream cheese % cup crumbled blue cheese 214 cups shredded sharp Ched- dar cheese 1 tspn, Worcestershire sauce Dash garlic salt Chopped,nnts,Or parsley allaVe all Cteeset at room tem- perature. Cotribine all ingredi- ents except parsley or nuts, Beat either by hand Or with electric Mixer, until smooth and creamy; 'Shen?' into long roll, Wrap -in ''waxed paper and chill in refrig- erator.When ready to Serve, "Shape into balls and roll in the ,• chopped nuts or parsley. `Keep cold Until ready tqc 'serve. " * * Liverwurst Halls Pound liverwurst 1 tablespoon catsup 1 teasPotioi onion juice % teaspoon betery. salt Vi teaspoon Worcestershire 1 Sallee bunch water Crest, fineljr tut Blend' ingredietits in tank- ing bowl, Shape into 12 albeit balls. LONDON LUNCH London's Trafalgar Square has plenty of hungry pigeons as Josephine Davids is finding out. She de- cided to lunch outdoors, but the pigeons ended up with her meal. Nowhere in the entire range of cooking can your imagina- tion run over such a wide, ar- tistic and sometimes humorous range as when you make canapes for a party. Colors, materials, possible combinations as well as designs made with them are at your finger tips and at the mercy of your most ca- pricious fancy. * * If your party is simple, here are some spreads that may be used for topping crackers: Com- bine chopped egg with chopped ripe olives; sliced egg with deviled ham; cream rheese sea- soned with onion, garlic salt, and Worcestershire sauce; cream cheese with anchovy; cheddar cheese with horseradish and. Worcestshire sauce; Canadian cheese with liver paste; caviar with small onion rings. * * If you'd like to make hot canapes, here are some sugges- tions: Hot Tuna Canape 1/4 cup chunk-type tuna, drained 1 hard-cooked egg, chopped 1 tablespoon finely chopped green pepper 6 anchovies, chopped 3 tablespoons diced fresh to- mato Dash Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon chili sauce 1 tablespoon mayonnaise Toast rounds With a 'fork; separate tuna in- to small pieces. In a bowl, com- bine tuna, egg, green Pepper, anchovies, 'tomato, Worcester-. shire sauce, chili sauce and mayonnaise. Mix well. Spread on toast rounds. Place on rack and broil until piping hot. Serve immediately. How to -Care for Your Paint Brushes Hair Brushes Then And NOW Beauty aids have changed drastically down the ages, The concept of beauty has been dif- ferent not only in different peri- ods but also in different coun- tries, The voluptous women painted by Rtiben$ have little fn common with the delicate charm Of the Orientals. The glean cut look of the Scandina- vian, or North American woman is sharp contrast to the stylized beauty of the Spanish. Yet eorn- mon to all ages, all periods of history and all countries, is beautiful hair. Whether long, free-flowing or tightly curled, beautiful hair has always been considered the greatest charm a woman could have. The hairbrush has been the most important of all beauty aids for the hair, It was particularly important in the days when hair was at least waist-length and the value of soap and water practically unknown. Even in those days — when brushing the hair 100 times a day must have been a real time - consuming chore — women with an eye to personal beauty did their best to follow routine, It's hard to believe history's verdict that the loveliest women in Europe, of the time, were in Marie Antoinette's court. You'll remember it was she who insti- gated those extravagant hair styles that were anywhere up to three feet tall and which were only taken down for very spe- cial occasions. In those days women had special cages that fitted over their heads and necks so that when they slept their head remained upright and their coiffures somewhat undisturbed. What price beauty! As recently as the Victorian age a lady's dressing table was judged by her silver-backed, avishly ornate, brush, comb and mirror set. Of the three items— even taking vanity into account —,the most important was the brush. In those days—as indeed through all time up to the Sec- ond World War—the brush was made with natural boar's bristles and the back was frequently wood pr, where money allowed, china or silver. In. those days, too, the look of the brush was considered as important as its function. Today's consumer thinks of her short hair as a breeze to keep fin comparison with the long manes of yesterday. But ac- tually the modern woman — es- pecially If she lives in a city — comes in for a greater degree Of soot, smog and dust than her predecessor ever knew. Unfor- tunately many woman have given up, or practically given up, the hairbrush in .favor of the comb. But a brush is still — beauty-wise \-- a much more 'effective aid to glossy shining hair. Today's brushes generally are designed with bristles all around — ideal for the short duck-tailed hair cuts; or with bristles on the half circle — excellent for any of the short hair worn in the, monk'a cap style. Baby brushes — made by eaost manufacturers in Canada today — are ideal from the time when the baby first has hair until about four years of age. then the child usually switches lo an adult brush. It is inter- sating to note that relatively lew men buy hair brushes al- though there are two styles — unitary and club — available O them. It would seem that • R. a • r• ► Paint brush styles have been .changed and modified over the years until today there is liter- ally a brush for every painting job. Most home owners, in fact, acquire a "wardrobe" of brushes over a period of time. timer Usually the collection is not so much a • matter ,of predetermination as sudden need, following 'an im- pulse to re-decorate. Many of today's brushes have nylon bris- lies, first developed because of the war-time shortage ,of na- tural hog bristles but which- • ever the type there are some basic •rules that should. be kept in mind to get the best wear 'out of the brush. To clean a nylon-bristled _brush you use the same, tech- nique as with other types of bristles but you are likely to find that the nylon is easier to clean. If -you're using your paint brush daily for a short period of time, Use this method Of daily care, After pouring a little thin, ner on the brush, work out the paint on a newspaper or piece of board, Use a blunt stick Or paint scraper to squeeze out the paint. Suspend the brush in thinner overnight, taking care that the bristle encit do not rest on the bottom of the can, Work out the, thinner before painting again. If yoil're a owner finish= ed with the Spring paint-up job, you'll need a more thorough method of cleaning before yott Put your brushes away for months. For thOroUgh cleaning, tirat 'rinse in a 'ablverit. Then wash the brash in soap •arid We- ter. Binge thOrojighly with Clean Water, Comb the brush and then -wrap in paper preferablY. waxed and dry. If yott find that your nylon bristled brush has hardened, boil it in a 15 per dent toltitibri of trisodiuni phoSphate, and wash With seep 'aiid water, Then rinse again, comb and wrap, • AUTOMATIC BILLING is, done. on tape-piinch machine. for a night light; for stepping up sound far the hard-of-hear- ing; for being used without the handset in a microphone and loudspeaker arrangement. Other improvements have been laboratory tested. Phones can be equipped with push-but- tons instead of a dial. Extra push-buttons , can call pre-set numbers. (You want to call the grocer? Push button A. You want to call your best girl? Push button B.) There is also a camp- on system: If you dial a busy number, your call waits until the line is free and then rings your party. But at the rate of seven mil-' lion off the, assembly lines each year, the new phones are sadly ahead of themselves—technical- ly, financially, mortally. Most of the 60 million phones now in nationwide use are only about six years old. It will be another '11 years •before they live out their investment value to the company. To satisfy cus- tomer demand ,for the new " phones, laboratory men have designed a new housing for the old phones. In the words of one apparatus engineer: "It gives them what they' want. The mederri look," Meanwhile, Bell Labs engi- neers '.have begun to fill the gap between switching and im- prerVed. telephone station service., New. Office equipment works faster,:with more memory and more decsion-making ability. By the time you have dialed the first three 'characters, for exam- ple, the system begins to look for routes to ,get your call through. By the, time you 'have finished dialing, the switching system has fpund the route or tells , you that the line is busy, If the equipinent answering your call ,cannot complete its job, it 3,v111:13aSeydtie call on to Other equiptrient and then call a maintenance man, for help. In addition„ the information yott dial is recorded on automatic message"accounting equipment. A punched tape notes !,the time you made the call, to what :When .the call .vvas atlaVver- aed• and;.W.,hen, it. Wes terminated. _ •;This.-tape,. ;processed and de-, 'coded:f a totals ,the.'mettage units •-• - , , , f ; —the time and distance you have talked—and calculates your bin By WARD CANNEL NEA Staff Correspondent Murray Hill, N.J. — The Bell Telephone Laboratories, where 10,000 men of science design phones, has found itself in the embarrassment of not being able to communicate its own story to the outside world. Bell was recently'called to at- tend a meeting with home and efficiency"experts who made nu- merous suggestions of "improve- ments" for future phones. Well, sir, the improvements have al- ready been incorporated. in the latest telephones now rolling off the assembly lines. Home experts asked for a way to make the bell louder or sof- ter. (New, phones have a four- position bell—from tinkle to tocsin—which you can adjust.) Decorators and stylists want- ed a prettier, lighter, easier-to- handle phone. • (New phones, available in color, haVe been re- engineered. The handset is al- Most an inch shorter and nearly a quarter of a pound lighter. One model'—the bedroom set— looks like a vanity case.) Everybody wanted easier dial- ing. (New phones have their letters and numbers outside the fingerwheel. You don't have to stand directly in front of the instrument to dial, and you can dial faster. Besides, you can't erase the characters through use, saving the company a $6 maintenance visit to replace the 10-cent character plate.) In addition, nobody knew that the latest phones haVe been! freed to travel 25 per cent far- ther from their office. Wiring size has been reduced by 30 Per cent, to begin a multi-million- dollar • saving. • To out manufacturing and, maintenance costs, new instru- ments are now. being built with allaof their elements on, a chas- sis—the bottomwith an easy to remove protective housing. This phone will take"16 hard "falls. The new chassis -Serves an-, • other pUrposei It ris" designed to . accommodate. extra. elements as. they are ndeded for use, in ant's: of the 29 varieties Of telephone, For example, new phones calf be adapted- qttickly for an on+ the-set . intercom switchboard; ty far the latest switching de, velOpinent is direct distande dialing. More and more cOnrhil, rtities in the nation are able to dial what was 'Onee the job of dozens of opeaatOra, For ekatn- plo•; Los Angeles. to Syaacuse. It Works 'this Way; Every 'state arid..44Amtlirern provinces of Canada and as sighed „a ,three-digit, 'collie itufi7. .ber, with more heaytly,trafkkeri • al'ea• given Mete codes. To atiar a distant point, yeti dial .first the- erea!s .three,cligi code and hen• the telephone number you Went,. •Motea and, mere the •xold-faslt,. lotted ,nuMber-pleaseoperatOr is tieing deniea: her function, and more iliadhiliVry'r' is rePlaLeg: people. Ddea this mean peitiale• out Of Work? *. In the words of one telephOtte• company spokesman: "We've trot petInapent recruiting pitaLiaaaa'4, yott- know arlyboclj, 10110:• *anti a job?" men haven't as yet heard the old but so true beauty adage, "100 strokes a day for beautiful hair." ► ► ► ► 0 ;` ► r. ► r 1EEKS POPE'S AID —.At the Vaticaft to confer with Pope. PiUs Xil In the hisoloila off of British riUtlear tettia icspanete envoy Masa' Matsushita; left, and` his Wife posed with the Pontiff dur- r a "reception, The Pope has made .pUblic appeals in the past d'hati On citOrrik