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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1958-02-19, Page 2EVERYBODY RIDES "UPSTAIRS" — Comfort; vis ion, safety and esthetic appeal are combined in this new cross-country Greyhound bus. The luxurious 39-passenger streamlined cruiser feature* a full-length observation deck, allowing' everyone to ride "upstairs" for the first time. The air conditioned vehicle, built by Mack, has a large rear lounge, modern lavatory and folding utility tables for each passenger. F ully 50 percent more glass area has been built into the bus than those presently used, It is scheduled to go into service shortly. TA BLE TALKS eJam kadvews. IT'S A BONBON'—'Webster defines a bonbon ds being , dainty ('Ind tweet so maybe that's what desidner Mettle Carhegie= had in mind when she created this little black stray "bonbon". The little hat', designed for eVenirig Wear, features red rose 'ien Fong black straw stem.. ft wort applause at the Millinery Stabili. :anon CarrithiSsieri's lhoW. BEACHED BED—Preparing for a snodze in the open air, actress' Virgiria Maskell brushes the sand from her feet prior to getting into her Victirian brass bed on the beach of the island of Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The bed is an important item in the new movie, "Our Virgin Island", being Waned on location there. The film deals with a newly married couple who start life in a deserted island with the antique bed, as their only possession. 'He'll be like that 'fff why then up, in a flash and Off to bedr Made Fortune. From Charity It was an oddly assorted group that had their heads together behind the locked doors of the heavily-curtained living-roorn, There was the person's widow, Mrs, Hughes, elderly, grey-hair- ed and bespectacled, in sombre 'fylack. Next to her sat Pdward Wellings, who might have pass- ed as a. bank cashier, and the woman who passed a7 his wife,' an attractive brunette .of about thirty-six. On the other side of the bare table sat Philip. Peach, a rather nondescript-looking man. Beside lint, in striking contrast, sat Ed- ward Pane, a military-looking man of distinguished appearance, This, meeting was typical of the periodic conferences held in the Wellingses' flat between the wars. For, if forgery is your business, close contact between partners is all-important. Wellings had been examining a cheque, Made out in favour of Mrs. Hughes, it was for a guinea, Signed by the Bishop of Lon- don, it added to Mrs. Hughes large collection yet another valu- able genuine specimen of a signature. Half an hour later Philip Peach Invited his colleagues' opinion upon that self-same cheque after treatment. The general epinion was that the cheque had been greatly improved, the figure £150, which now replaced the humble £1 Is. Od,, being much admired. Mrs. Hughes, left with a very small income on the death of her husband, had begun by writing to a prominent man ask- ing for financial assistance. The success of this call on , charity tempted her to repeat the experiment. Again it came off, and very soon begging let- ter-w'riting had become her full- time occupation. There was only one snag to it. The benevolent made such mod- est contributions. Then she met the Wellingses. They soon pointed out to her that the odd guineas she col- lected by her "literary efforts" did not constitute the real value of the cheques received, but the genuine specimen signatures thereon. After that, when cheques ar- rived, Mrs. Hughes passed them on for "treatment." Fane, the former Rifle Brigade captain, was not a forger, but he was useful, both as "front" and signature tout, cadging from the benevolent qn behalf of imaginary old soldiers out of luck. When Peach had completed his work of art with pen and ink the next step was to pass the iorged cheque successfully. A cheque passed over the counter for cashing may carry a perfect specimen of a well- known customer's signature; but the person presenting it may betray himself by over-haste or one of those little lapses that arise out of guilty knowledge. This clinger was very neatly cvercome, however. Ringing up from a hotel, Wellings would ask for a messenger, boy to be sent round. When the boy ar- rived he was dispatched to the bank with a note on the hotel not ep op er, requesting cash against the cheque in the name of a well-known customer. The boy was instructed to go with the cash and settle a small debt at a certain shop and then return to his employer at the .hotel.. This method enabled the gang to watch the movements of the messenger boy from first to last, Thus, if they saw that something had gone wrong they warned the waiting man at the hotel and vanished in haste, The boy might be able to describe his employer, but beyond that there was no clue. The method was so successful that many thousands of pounds were paid out by London banks into the coffers of Wellings, Peach and Co. The "firm" operated a second method of extracting money from the benevolent, And it was here that Pane was the prime mover. Though no longer in the Army, be still belonged to a famous service club, Reputable London clubs have cheque forms which, when filled in by a member, become as negotiable as one printed by the bank itself. When Fane secured these cheque forms he passed them over to Peach. There was much to recommend this kind of forgery, for the fact that the presented cheque was on a club form, narrowed down the possibility of fraud. For who would be able to obtain such forms but a club member? And members of such clubs do not usually commit forgery. Fane selected a certain Colonel Gascoigne, a rich member of the club. To him he wrote on behalf of a very hard case — an old soldier with a splendid service record who had fallen on evil days. Would the Colonel send a small donation to the fund he, the writer, was getting up? Prompt- ly came a* cheque for two guineas. Passed to Peach, this cheque was never presented for pay- ment. It was simply used to copy the Colonel's signature to cheques made out on the club forms. One of these cheques was made out for £900. As usual a messenger boy was employed and the cash secured without rousing the cashier's suspicions. But when, a few days later, the small boy presented a second cheque for an even larger amount, the cashier smelt a rat. The boy, perfectly innocent of course, somehow sensed that he had become involved in a crim- inal activity, and ran out of the bank. The second cheque, there- fore, was never cashed. A setback, certainly, but not a disaster. When finally, disaster did overwhelm the forgery firm of Wellings, Peach and Co., it came from quite a different di- rection. Wellings and Peach quarrelled, probably over a division of the swag. And Peach, wishing to in- jure his former partner, sent an anonymous letter in a disguised hand to Scotland Yard "blowing the gaff' on the whole gang. He even took the trouble to explain, in detail, the methods used. Mrs. Hughes and the Welling- ses were arrested. At the Old Bailey the parson's widow stout- ly protested her innocence, but She was convicted and got three The Wellingse?, husband and wife, got seven and five years respectively; Fane, debonair to the last, got seven years. 'Q. How can I keep lettuce, eel.- ery, parsley, and mint fresh for a longer time? A. Wrap in a cloth wrung out of cold water and keep in the refrigerator. Suppose that your meal is go- ing to be heavy and you want a light dessert. Gelatin snows may suit you exactly. This dessert may be made early and refrig- erated — another convenience when you are entertaining. Something new has recently been added to the making of these gelatin desserts. This airy combination of gelatin, fruit juices, and egg whites has always called for beaten egg whites. Now, as a result of new develop- ments in the test kitchens for a big company, unbeaten egg whites are added to the com- bined gelatin and fruit juice and the entire mixture is beaten to- gether. Use whatever fruit juice your family likes best and, conven- iently, it may be either fresh, canned, or frozen. FRUIT SNOW 1 envelope unflavored gelatin % cup cold water % cup sugar % teaspoon salt 1 can (6 ounces) frozen con- centrated fruit juice — tan- gerine, orange, grapefruit, grape, limeade, or lemonade 2 unbeaten egg whites Sprinkle gelatin on cold water in top of double boiler to soften. Place over boiling water add sugar. and salt, and stir ,until dissolved. Add frozen concen- trated juice and stir until melt- ed. Chill until mixture is cc:in- sistency of unbeaten egg white; add egg whites. Bean until mix- ture begins to hold its shape. Turn into 6 cup mold or individ- ual molds, Chill until firm. Un- mold and serve with the follow- ing custard sauce which utilizes the 2 egg yolks. CUSTARD SAUCE 11/2 cups milk 1 whole egg 3 tablepsoons sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Vs teaspoon salt Scald milk in top of double boiler. Beat whole egg and egg yolks; stir in sugar and salt. Gradually add small amount of the hot milk, stirring constantly. Return to double boiler and, cook, stirring constantly, over hot, not boiling water, until mix- ture coats the spoon. . Remove from heat; cool. Stir in vanilla. * * If your meat course calls for fruit to finish off the meal, -try this baked apple-cheese_dessert. APPLE-CHEESE DESSERT 5 cups peeled sliced apples 1 tablespoon letnon juice • 4 cup sugar 34 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 . cup sifted flour IA teaspoon salt 1/4 cup butter '44 cull grated cheese Fill shallow baking dish with apples; sprinkle with lemon juice and 1/4 cup of the sugar. Mix flour, cinnamon, and salt with re- maining cup sugar. Cut in but- ter until mixture is granular. Stir in cheese. Spread over apple. Bake at 350' F. until apples are tender — about 40 minutes. Cool before cutting to serve. Serve with plain cream or ice cream. Another baked dessert, a lem- on sponge, may be baked either in individual cups or a baking dish. LEMON SPONGE PUDDING cup sugar 1/4 isp fliin c:ffl000ur salt 1 tablespoon melted butter 1/4 Cup lemon juice teasPtion grated teinort "rind. 2.3 eggs, separated 11/4 cups milk Mix together the sugar and flour. Add salt,, butter, lemon juice, arid lemon rind. Beat egg yolks well and add milk, 'Com- bine with sugar mixture. Beat, egg Whites until stiff but net dry and fold into first Mixture. Pour into` greased baking dish• or cus- tard cups, Place in a shallow pan of hot water. Bake at 350° F. for 40-45 minutes. * * No collection of dessert recipes is complete without a chocolate one for the men who likes everything if its chocolate! Here is a souffle which he may like. CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE ?3 cup cocoa 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 34 cup sugar V4 teaspoon salt 3 eggs, separated 1 teaspoon vanilla Combine Cocoa and milk in top of double boiler; heat elms^ b4.11- ing water until mixture is hot; heat with rotary beater unitl well blended. Melt butter; stir in flour, sugar and salt. Stir in milk mixture and continue stir- ring and cooking over direct heat until mixture boils. Cool. Stir in unbeaten egg yolks; add vanilla. Beat egg whites until stiff; fold in chocolate mixture. Pour into greased baking dih; set ip pan of hot water. Bake at 350° F. for 40-50 minutes, or until center is firm when tpuched lightly. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream, Serves 4 generously. s * FRUIT WHIP Quick fruit whips are made by •combining fruit pulp with either whipped cream or beaten egg whites. Pile this dessert lightly in sherbet glasses and chill before serving. For banana, peach, prune, ap- ple, or apricot whip, just add a teaspoon lemon juice to 1 cup of unsweetened fruit pulp. Beat 2 egg whites stiff and fold in this pulp. Or fold 1 cup of the pulp into 1 cup whipped cream and add a little vanilla. Chill well. Low Car Hoods Raise Engine Heat Even a sardine would feel cramped for space under the hood of most 1958 cars. The jam he would find of four-barrel carburetor, oil filter, air clean- er, air conditioner, heeler, pow- er brakes, and power steering all nestled around a bigger en- gine would make his can seem spacious by comparison. And as if the automotive en- gineers weren't having .enough trouble finding room for more accessories, the stylists are de- manding even lower hood lines. As might be expected, all• this cramming of more equipment into smaller space is not with- out its problems. Air doesn't circulate• as easily through such tight quarters so that less engine heat is carried off, Air conditioners aggravate the situation even more by dis- charging the heat taken from inside the passenger compart- ment into the engine compart- ment. Engineers say this -raises the under - hood temperature from 10 to 20 degrees Fahren- heit. What's the effect of all this additional heat? Has your engine ever quit while you were idling or driv- ing slowly through traffic On a hot day—arid try as you might you couldn't get it started un- til you let it it for an hour or so? Chances ate this was caused by vapor lock, Or, while shopping, have you left your car in a hot parking lot and returned to find that you had to turn the engine over and over with the starter before it Would run? In all probability this was'caused by a first cousin to Vapot lock—hot starting. Sterling 3. Spleet, chief en- gineer of the Detroit. Divisiciri of Standard Oil Cortipany e0hio); explained what takes place dur- ing a vapor, lock, The temperas ture under the hood :gets sta high that the gasoline in ths, fuel lines, earburetor, or fuel pump boils away, leaving only vapor. Since the carburetor needs liquid gasoline to feed the proper mixture of air and gaso- line to the engine, everything, stops, The only thing to do is push your car to the side of the road, open the hood and wait until the engine cools and the gasoline condenses back into liquid, The wait can be shortened by placing wet cloths on the car- buretor and fuel lines, . e Mr, Spleet said city buses used to be continually plagued by vapor lock in the summer. Experienced drivers always car- ried a grapefruit with them. When the engine vapor 'locked, they'd cut the grapefruit in half and put the halves on the car- buretor and fuel pump to speed the cooling. A hard; hot-start is similar to vapor lock. In this case, the gas- oline has boiled out of the car- buretor only. If your battery is strong enough, the remedy is to keep turning the engine over until the fuel pump can force liquid gasoline into the car- buretor, writes Everett G. -Mar- tin in The Christian Science Monitor. Gasoline can be adjusted somewhat to combat the prob- lem—and here is a source, of mild controversy between auto maker and oil refinery. The auto makers want the gasoline to ad- just to the situation and the re- finers would like the cars to adjust. The result has been a compromise. Depending on the proportions of the different petroleum prod- ucts that make up a mixture of gasoline, the mixture will boil or vaporize anywhere between 100 and 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Summer gasoline is mixed to boil at higher temperature's and winter at lower temperatures. The difference between the two fuels is so great that in winter a car won't• start with summer gasoline, Mr, Spleet said. The type of , gasoline used must also be adjusted -according to climate and altitude. In the mountains, for instance, ^liquids boil at lower temperatures be- cause of the reduced air pres- sure. Modern improved engines de- mand higher-octane gasoline. The oil industry has plentiful supplies of products from its wells that would give higher octanes, but these products tend to boil at lower temperatures, so -they can't be used because of vapor lock. As a result, more expensive components and niethods of re- fining must bp used to increase octane. This causes gasoline prices to go up. Refineries esti- mate $1,000,000 is lost to them through higher production costs every time octane is raised ,one point. At the same time, the high- octane products that can't be used because of their lower boiling points have to be dis- posed of in some way,, which means more refining problems, Mr. Spleet said, , Drive With Care Great Gardens All Underground Seven miles north of Fresno, Calif„ two blocks west of U.S. Irlighway 99, is a one-man won- der of the world, Here a fan- tastic mare of passageways, known as the Fresno Under- ground Gardens, consists of 65 rooms, gardens, grottoes, and patios, each differing from the other and all below ground, Many full-grown trees flour- Isla,. A citrus tree, more than 29 feet below the surface, is graft- ed to bear seven kinds of fruit. Rare shrubs and flowers add splashes of colour throughout the project. It seems Incredible that one man cuold dig all this alone over a period of even 38 un- rewarded years, Born near Mes- sina, Sicily, in 1879, 13aldasare Forestiere was the son of a pros- perous fruit grower. At 21 the youth emigrated to America, where he got work tunneling under the city of Boston. During the next six years he also helped to build the subway from New York to New Jersey and the great Croton Aqueduct. In 1908 he moved to the site of his lifetime project in Fres- no. With 'his savings and an in- heritance he bought 200 acres of barren desert land at about $10 an acre. Today, however, it is some of the world's most pro- ductive and costliest land. To escape the hot summers, Mr. Forestiere at once dug a deep cellar, remembering the cool depth of the subways. He enjoyed his underground home so well that he soon be- gan to enlarge it, burrowing out a complete and comfortable but unconventional four-room apart- ment. Legend says that after completing his living quarters, Baldasare returned to Sicily when he was about 35 to claim his childhood sweetheart as his bride. But she rejected him, whereupon he resolved to build • alone an underground estate un- like any other. It would be a spectacle to bring public won- derment and fame instead of scorn and mockery. From his living quarters he kept digging out in all direc- tions. Here he made a -tunnel, there a room, over there a pas- sageway, a patio, more rooms, gardens, and grottoes until a veritable maze honeycombed nearly seven acres beneath the earth's surface. Today the gardens stand pre- served as their builder left them.. A giant auto, tunnel extends more than 700' feet, and arches and columns are found through- out the gardens — hewn in graceful symmetry. Visitors com- pleting their tour through the passageways feel that they have seen 'a secret world. Prominent engineers who have inspected the work marvel at Mr.' Forestiere's genius. Self- taught, he designed exactly right for strength and -permanency. No, monotony of pattern greets, the eye, and the whole project is lighted by the sun, P.very., where one sees literally millions of piclemarks. in the clay- and hardpan writes Aubrey .B„ Haines' in The Christian Science Monitor, Although be was but five feet, four inches tall, he swung his pick, backlog his way through the earth countless times, Ha shoveled out and hauled away in a wheelbarrow hundreds of tans of dirt, Most incredible of all, .however, he could shovel dirt out of an 18-foot bole — more than three times his own. height. Surely, he was among the greatest pick and - shovel artists of all time I. 'To Promote the growth of his. underground tens, 8aidasare utilized the rich loam of ancient lakebeds some 75 miles away,. near Coalinga, Calif, He made countless trips in his rattly Mo- del T Ford pickup to dig and haul back. this earth to fill around his plants, When, in 1946, he passed on, his work was still unfinished. But what he achieved is fast. becoming known as the one,- man wonder of the world, Fake Gems Caused Riot Mighty hoaxes from little acorns — and an astonishing assortment of other nuts — grow and grow, A few years ago a college graduate with several degrees went to the trouble of buying a cartonful of fake jewelry at enighborhood five-and-tens and then spent hours taking out -the vari-colored bits of glass that passed for diamnds, rubies and cmralds. This mastermind (whose name is withheld because he's trying valiantly to live his exploit down) then put the "jewels" into an attaché case and sauntered at the lunch hour up Fifth. Avenue. Directly in front of Tiffany's he released the catch on the case and a cascade of "precious stones" spilled onto the pave- ment. It took police reserves a half hour to quell the resultant stampede. The hoaxer spent the night in the hoosegow, —From Bennett Cerf's Cerfboarcl, WRITE KIDDY BOOKS IN JAIL One of America's most popular writers of children's stories was Dale Morey. Magazines printed this writer's stories every week and noted that every story car- ried a strong moral that crime end dishonesty never pay. Now it has been revealed that "Dale Morey" is a team — Wil- liam Morey and Robert Dale, both convicts in a southern Michigan, prison where Morey is serving life for murder andDale five to fourteen years for for- gery.