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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1958-09-17, Page 6t T.:§RAW:WW:Vai ,soOnt'11.40., 0*. GESUNDHEIT — Mrs. Theresa Forchione, one of 38 volunteers testing on "immune milk" for its hay fever-preventing powers, toasts the experinient in company of Dr. Herman Bundesen, president, Chicago Board of Health. Cows that give the milk have a pollen solution injected into other udders in an effort to produce the antisneeze beverage. AI, TABLE ram Jam is Andrews There. Was .No Miracle for Little .Ni14,Olov Author Is Tired Of Auntie Mame "I don't like to bite the hand that feeds Me, het I'm tired of Auntie Mame. Of Course, I hate every book I write for two years afterward. But some of these characters like, Weele- house's .leeVes that have been feeding people for years are just too much," Author Patrick Dennis is ob- Vieelaly impatient with the antics of the fabulous fictional creature he loosed on the world in 1955. But even as he lounged in the black and gold elegance of his New York living room, voicing his ennui, Auntie Mame, as cliz.- tily indefatigable as ever, was out on a new bender. To be sure it was somewhat less entertain- ing than her last escapade, but :from Dennis's point of view, just as lucrative, "Around the World With Auntie Mame" had already rack- ed up 55,000 advance sales to the bookstores before publication last month. No one need worry, since the old girl is used to this sort of thing. The original "Auntie Mame" entranced more than 11/2 million readers in. the United States and a substantial number throughout Europe, In a two-year run on Broadway she hes played to months of packed houses, Come Christmas, the rare few who have not read Auntie Mame or seen her on the stage Will be able to escape no longer. She will make her movie debut, with Rosalind Russell in the title role. What all this adds up to is that. Edward Everett Tanner III (alias Patrick Dennis and some- times Virginia Rowans) is well on his way tp his first million at the age of 37, Some of this literary fortune comes from his other humorous forays, ("The Loving Couple," "Guestward leo!" with Barbara Hooton, "House Party," "The Pink Hotel" with Dorothy Erskine), but most of it is Auntie Name's doing. Like most authors who suddenly . strike it rich, Tanner has his complaints; "It's so depressing," he recently mourned, stroking his sctaggly beard. "On every dollar the government gives me exactly 9 cents to play around with." This ruthless intrusion known as the Federal income tax may account for the indefatigable pace which Tanner keeps up. At the moment, he is hard at work with Carmen Capalbo writing a musical-comedy version of his novel "The Loving Couple", He is also an occasional book and drama reviiewer, an enthusias- tic European traveler, and as an act of piety toward the past, he continues to write jacket copy for his former employer, the Council on. Foreign RelatiOns. When he has some spare time Tanner is apt to spend it with his wife, Louise and their two small children in the plush, air- conditioned 'New York town house (with elevator), which he has spent the last year remodel- ing. Is there any other technique, any sure-fire formula, which can lead to a successful literary comedy? "No," replied Tanner firmly, "except to stay away from old jokes and situations other writers have used. The trouble is I often forget my own, and find myself re-using one from one of my old books. By now Auntie Mame would be fun- ny with leukemia," he went on, his stagey drawl camouflaging his solid Chicago upbringing, "I just can't think of new situations any more. I wish. I had one of those plot wheels, that mixes characters and situations. You know, you just spin it and. you get a dethroned queen in a lumberjack camp." -- From l.TEWSWEEK. Obey the traffic signs they Sre placed there for YOUR AFETY. Pie in The Sky. Te. peesuade Californian.% to tip their heads back — the ap-, proved .stance for drinking more bottles of Pepsi-Cola — the PepsisCola 13.ottling Co. of Los Angeles recently launched a sky-written bingo game that could pay fortunate players as, much as $25,000. a Week, Players till in entry cards pick- ed up at Pepsi bottlers and re- tailers and can watch, every Saturday afternoon for thirteen weeks, two planes inscribe tick- tack toe patterns in smoke above, Los Angeles. Biverside, and San Bernardio counties, Each of the nine mares will be numbered, zero to nine though not in that order — and visible, the corn- pany says, for 20 miles. Any- body who has turned in a card numbered the same way as the airborne Sky Game will get $25,000, Odds against turning the trick; 1 billion to 1, There are smaller prizes for duplicat- ing th enumbers along one dia- gonal line. "Sy Game," - said president James T, Powell of the bottling company in the understatement of the week, "will have to be seen to be believed. How To Pack China. Or Glass Are you one of the 44,000,000 Canadians and Americans who will move to a new home — far or near — this year? If so, here are some tips from the Lenox China Service Bu- reau on how to get your china and glassware there safely. The secret is careful packing, if you are doing this yourself. First, obtain a sturdy con- tainer, perhaps a wooden or fiber barrel. Be sure the barrel is clean because some chemicals which are stored in barrels cause acid fumes which could damage your china's glaze. Then, plenty of newspaper, or, if your china is to be stored for any length of time, clean white tissue paper. Stack the sheets opened on table conveniently high. Put four wads of bunched newspaper in the bottom of the barrel. Wrap each piece of china separately, with no edges ex- posed. Place platters, service plates, and the like on edge in the bottom of the barrel with an inch or two of paper between them and the edge of the barrel. Next take dinner plates, salad plates, and place them on edge to complete the layer, Put an. inch or so of bunched paper on top, The next layer should be the smaller fiat pieces, such as saucers and butter plates, each well wrapped, and placed on edge with paper between them and the edge of the barrel. Cups and other odd-shaped pieces go in the next layer. The best way to wrap a cup is to take a corner of a half sheet of paper and stuff it into the cup as it faces away from syou. Roll the cup so that it faces toward you and wrap the rest of the piece around. Use plenty of paper on odd shaped pieces. When you are finished, there should be a solid mass of paper and china, so that it will not shift or rattle. Pack the insu- lating layers of paper tightly to prevent shifting of the pieces. Glassware should be handled in much the same way, putting the heavier pieces on the bot- tom, and using plenty of paper. Insurance is not expensive, and it might be a good idea to consult your mover, or your in- surance agent about insurance to cover the trip. In Dallas, the city paid $43.25 in medical bills for a garbage collector named C. E. Haddock, who stepped on a catfish, punc- tured his toot with a fin, was treated by a physician named C. Gill, The following are a few re- cipes for pickles and so forth that I hope will come in handy, They've all been thoroughly tested—and found. good. TASTY RELISH 1 6-quart basket ripe tomatoes 3 pounds brown sugar 1 pound seeded raisins 1 pint cider-vinegar 1 lemon rind and pulp 2 teaspoons ground cloveS 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 3/E; teaspoon cayenne pepper Salt to taste Wash, scald and peel ripe tomatoes. Cut into quarters and place in large kettle. Wash and quarter .lemon. Remove seeds then grind. Raisins may be left whole or cut into quarters, as desired. Combine lemon, raisins and remaining ingredients with tomatoes in kettle. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dis- solved. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently to prevent sticking, until relish thickens. About 2 hours depending on moisture content of tomatoes. Ladle into hot, sterile jars and cap at once. Label and store in cool dark place. * *, * PICKLED CRAB APPLES 8 pounds crab apples 2 cups cider vinegar cups sugar 2 cups liquid from crab apples 2 sticks cinnamon 1 tablespoon whole cloves 1 small piece root ginger 2 blades mace or 1/4 teaspoon ground mace Wash crab apples and remove blossoms ends but do not peel or remove stems, Place in kettle and just cover with water. Bring ,to a boil and cook for 5 min- utes, Drain, reserving 2 cups of liquid for syrup. Place in large kettle, vinegar, sugar, liquid from cooking crab apples; and spices. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dis- solved, and cook for 5 minutes. Add crab apples. Reduce heat' and cook very slowly until crab apples are tender and almost transparent. Pack carefully into hot sterilized jars and fill jars t to overflowing with hot syrup. Seal at once. Label and store, * * * BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES 12 medium cucumbers 5 medium onions 3,4 cup salt 1 cup sugar 11/2 teaspoons mustard seed 11/2 teaspoons celery seed Ys teaspoon curry powder 1 cup vinegar V,2; cup Water Wash and slice cucumbers into 1/2 -inch rings. Wash and peel onions and slice about 1/2 -inch rings. Arrange in layers in bowl, sprinkling each layer with salt. Let stand for 3 hours. Drain thoroughly. Combine remaining ingredients in kettle and bring to boil. Add cucumber and On- ion slices and simmer gently for about 10 minutes. Pack into hot, sterilized jars. Fill to overflow- ing with veep and seal at once. Lebel and store, GREEN TOMATO PRESERVES 4 pounds gkeeri tomatoes 5 lemons 1 teaspoon salt 4 clips grandlated stigar 1 stick cinnamon Wash and remove steins from greed torriatoes. Cut Out any blemishes in skirle, Slice very till* Cut grind. from lemons and slice very thinly, Cover lemon striPS with Water 'and bring to boil, Cook 5 Mit-Mite. Drain and diecatel liquid. Cut up letheti pulp, tetrieVieg seeds, Coilibihe peel, pulp and thinly sliced tette etciee in large kettle and add salt, sugar and Aide eitinarriett. Bring to a boil and boil rapidly, stirring frequently to prevent edOithitig, until mixture is thick and tornateee appear clear, About 20 minutes, Ledte into hot P 4'"i.'"4 teel iere and delete see eleselv ,dtle lid, GRAPE CONSERVE 1 small basket blue grapes 3 oranges 1 lemon 1/2 pound seeded raisins 4 pounds sugar Wash grapes thoroughly and remove from stems. Squeeze grapes, putting skins in one bowl and pulp in large saucepan, Bring pulp to a, boil and cook until seeds are free. Strain through a sieve and add to skins, Wash and quarter oranges and lemon, Remove seeds and put oranges and lemon through mincer using medium blades. Add minced fruit to grape skins and pulp and place in large ket- tle. Add sugar and raisins. Mix and bring to boil, Cook for 1/2 hour stirring to prevent scorch- ing. Pour into hot scalded jars and seal at once with hot melt- ed paraffin. Cover with metal lids and' label. Is Hypnotic. Treatment Safe? The surgeon snapped his fin- gers at the man on the operating table, The man's eyes closed. Straightaway the surgeon went to work to remove the patient's appendix. NO anaesthetics had been administed—yet the opera- tion was completely painless. For 24-year-old Don Cunning- ham, the man on the operating table in the Davies County Hos- pital at Washington, Indiana, had been hypnotized. By snap- ping his fingers' the surgeon had induced a trance. Cunningham was on the operating table thirty-five min- utes, while another doctor stood by ready to apply anaesthetics if the hypnosis failed. But it didn't :fail.. When the wound had been closed the surgeon snapped his fingers twice — and Don Cun- ningham emerged - from his trance. "I was conscious of a dull feeling in the area, but I felt no pain," he said later, "I kept my eyes closed during the operation, but I guess I could have watched." This case, reported not long ago, is by no 'means an isolated instance of hypnosis being used successfully in modern surgery. It is also used to a consider- able extent as a substitute fOr anaesthetics in childbirth and dentistry, and in the treatment of a wide variety of ailments, including duodenal ulcers, blood pressure, asthma, migraine, and skin diseeees. Responsible medical opinion has claimed it to be of great value, too; in the treatment of alcoholisen, excessive . smoking, stammering, blushing, insomnia, seaSickness and many other things, including Stage fright! This does not mean that Ityp- heti= can miraculously cure ail types of patients. The success of the treatment depends on the patient's suitability for it. A great degree of co-operation, is needed between hypriotig and patient; for this reason it would be eery difficult to hyPnotize a hysterical person, and impossible to •Succeed with en imbecile Sorneerid Mentally deranged. Not long age a Stireee Mollie revealed how here daughter had been cornpletelseetired ,of asthend through hy ptiot She had developed, this fitting diseded .te age of three, and any 'excitement, tens tiOri or worry would peOsteete her fee weeks -et a elite, For five years the Patent§ fZiught a losing battle, the only advice they obtained froirr thee. Vetietis doctors they visited 'bee . ing to keep her oft certain loodsss, and Put het to bed after attacks.. One day, however, the fathet• read of a case similar to their daughter's, which had been aired biihYpitotiSiii. "We inuriediatelY 6onietea' The doctor and that Wee the turning point for ,,Terinifer,"said the mother. "For the past two years she has attended once every three mouths for hyp- nosis treatment and she is now completely cured," In his book, "Bypnosis and the Power Within," Dr. S. J. Van Pelt, President of the British Sot, 414ty of Medical Hypnotists, says it is agreed among medical men, that emotion Or nervous shock may bring on an asthma attack,_ Yet hypnosis, which he claims is the most effective treatment in all nervous complaints, has been ignoredmvierottillropinioi, i by orthodox ti In the 'British Medical Jour- nal' recently, Dr. Richard Asher of the Central Middlesex Hospi- tal, told the strange story of the boy of thirteen and the girl of ten who grew hair on their bald heeds after hypnosis. The boy, who had been bald for seven years Was given fifteen weekly hypnotic treatments and hair then began to grow scantily, When treatments were stopped, he became bald again The girl had twelve treatments and her hair continued to grow without further hypnosis. It might have been just a coin- eldence, said Dr. Asher, but he urged that the uses of hypnotism in medicine be further investi- gaItedh If ynotism is so valuable in medicine why hasn't it been used to a far greater extent? Probably the main reason is that much distrust has been created in the public mind by the acti- vities of stage hypnotists and by sensational novels, plays and films about "sinister Svengalis." This distrust has also existed ,in the medical profession for 'Many. years, And yet Franz An- ton Mesmer, the man who first used hypnotism scientifically, had people flocking to his clinics in Paris and Vienna in the 1700s. Mesmer, who was born in 1734: near Lake Constance, in Germany, was regarded as a charlatan by jealous doctors, but he was well-respected as a gen- eral practitioner before he turn- ed to hypnotism. He believed that a strange "magnetic fluid" came from the stars and filled the whole uni- verse. When people became ill it was because the balance of this fluid in their bodies had been disturbed. He discovered that by making passes with his hands he could cause some of his patients to go into convulsions, as a result of which they appear- ed to be cured of their ailments. A spectacular success came his way when Maria Theresa Para- dls, 'a blind girl who was a bril- liant pianist, recovered her sight after undergoing his treatment. But before the cure was com- plete the child's parents were persuaded by other doctors to take the girl away. She did not want to leave Mesmer and there was an angry scene in which she was struck across the face by her mother, causing the blindness to return. Mesmer died in obscurity after he had been discredited by his rivals in the medical profes- sion. Dr, Van. Pelt has claimed that it may be possible for a person cf average ability to develop positive genius under the influ- ence of hypnosis. He quotes the case of the Russian composer, Rachmaninov, who in 1900 was cured of alcoholism under nyp- _ n os is, Disappointed in love and de- pressed at the failure of his first concerto, Rachmaninov had tak- en to drink, Then he was persuaded to see a psychiatrist, Dr. Nicolay Dahl. Every day for four months the composer visited Dr. Dahl and sat in an armchair, half asleep, while the psychiatrist repeated these phrases: " You will begin to write your concerto . . . You will work with great facility The concerto will-be excellent." There is little doubt that this treatment restored Raclamanin- ov's confidence, With the result that his second concerto was a triumDhant success; He also Stopped drinking and for the rest Of his life seldom touched alco- hol. The claims of hypnotism are being made more and' mere, in the newspapers, en the radio and on TV. It was said riot .:ong ago 'that the Reseion ski jumpers end other athletes competed while hypnotized. A team of Rtiesian research, workers is said to be engaged on the study of hypnotism. as applied to sports; in 'preparation for the 1960 Olys pie Games. It Was hypnotism, too, that: film ,star Cary Grant claimed had helped him etaSn at the top, ''be Said that he and his aetrees wife, Betsy brake, practised hyptietism On each •ether. This 'made .him more relaxed.. A British Medical Assodietieti committee, in its ereport 'On hyp- htitistri, say that &eat clangers' Might result from hyptiotiving unsuitable pepole, But it had de- <tided. 'that hypnotism Of value and might be the ti'eat- metit of Choice in beetein esteem. vieeli there resear'c'h Wee iteeeee ' lsoweVeie Heston —(NSA) Nils-Olov Wisseil has gone home to Sweden — to be buried, while. doctors at Peter Bent Brigham hospital try to. salvage some information of .value from their attempt to perform a medical miracle on the little 'boys Young Nils; an II-year-01d handsome, freckled boy had been born with only one kidney, Doc- tors only discovered this after he had injured it and it had • been removed. Kidneys are the human organs that purify the bloods and without .at least one, death is certain, While an article' kidney went to work keeping the youngsteld alive, Nils was brought to America and 50 doctors in Boss ton planned an. operation that NILS OLOV-WISSELL Fortune Is Where You Fail On It Opportunity not only knocks more than once; it sticks to you. We are thinking of a certain Swiss gentleman who fell into a batch of burdock. For most peo- ple all that such an event prom- ises is an hour of picking of burrs out of clothing and a reso- lution not to make a habit of burdock patches. Some people will ask also how and why they let themselves fall into such a relentless ambush. But they will probably attribute the misadenture to misfortune. The Swiss gentleman, how- ever, asked a defferent set of bows and whys. Why do burrs cling so tenaciously to fabric? More specifically exactly how do they do it? Misfortune? No, on the con- trary — perhaps a fortune from the zipperless zipper," apparent- ly simpler to operate and to make, perhaps as reliable and less subject to hitches on the long pull, than the usual zipper. On one piece of fabric a myriad of tiny loops; on another as many little hooks, Press the two together, and what has a burdock got that you haven't got? Qf course, developments like this seem a bit farfetched, Not many of us take them seriously unless we read about them in the financial papers, where we read about this one. And, of course, there must be a million — and a moral — in it. So next time you are flat on your back in a burdock patch don't be too sure where you have landed. It could be a bed of roses in disguise. — From The Christian Science Monitor. would have meant increased life and, 1100 for thousands of per- sons besides this little boy, The problem facing Nils' doc- tors a way to transplant a kid- ney, The implications; a coin- pletely new blood,producing sys- tem, new blood supply and the grafting of an organ onto an alinreorbto: * * thousands, this was more than an exciting scientific ad- venture. People with blood dis- ease and kidney disease watch- ed with desperate fascination fol'iott'nearttyowpnroogfrelVfssOtall4a,ittSleweNdell:, which had contributed money for the boy's passage and care, prayed. His parents kept the long vigil and his mother pre- pared herself to donate one of her kidneys to her child But what stood in the way of solving the problems was hu- man life itself: the body, medi- cine knew, manufactured anti bodies' that resisted any alien organ. Nils' blood would react to his mother's kidney as if it were an infection, The only solution seemed to be to kill the boy's bone mar- row, the substance that manu- factures blood cells as well as' aniti-bodies, and replace it with marrow from his mother's body. The boy was given heavy doses of radiation which killed his marrow. Then he was given a transfusion of his mother's mar- row. If his body would accept the new marrow, the boy would have a blood system that would accept the new kidney, But the miracle operation fail- ed on its first step. Nils' body refused to provide a home for the new marrow and the boy died. "We have nothing to say," a spokesman for the battalion of Brigham doctors reported. "We are reviewing our procedure again and again, going over our results and tests. We cannot talk about what we have learned, or even about what we have not learned. I wish there were some- thing else we could say." CAKE FLOWERS — Pancakelika goodies with built-in handles are a family favorite at the Grief home. Mary Grief, 15, gets a syrupy assist• f r a re brother Thomas, 16, as shr starts on a plateful of elder. berry blossoms which have been dipped in pancake batter before frying. VAdATION SOOT -F This• large white frame house is the nsuniri-lbt 'White House' foe President Eisenhower arid Mrs, Eisenhower, The golf course' is Only two or three minutes by coe, Younger Set Fashion Hint