The Brussels Post, 1959-01-22, Page 2SHARING THEIR BURDEN — Seven-year-old twins Julia; left,
and Magdelina Urdiales, of San Antonio, are identical 'even in
misfortune. But they make a smiling appeal for contributions to
the 1959 March of Dimes campaign against polio and other
diseases. The girls are believed to be the only identical twins
stricken with paralytic polio at the same time. Afflicated at the
age of six months, they wear long leg braces and still receive
out-patient care at the Robert B. Green polio clinic.
'TABLE TALKS
eicaw. Artidmws.
Af•x'srssl
astesae.... ,,,see-e-eseeseae- es...744
Happy Christmas gesture of
amalgamation.
Next you need two, things:. a
square of good unbleached' cot-
ton, about a yard, and, a -good,
stout cord. The' cotton becomes
the pudding bag, and the 'string
is to tie it 'off and, 'perhaps, to
lift by:
Soak the cloth in some warm
water; to dampen it„ and flour
it well on what is to,b6 'the in-
side of the bsig.'This, of course,
is to keep the pudding from
sticking to the cloth. So you•lay
the cloth' out flat' and dump the
pudding mix on' it, and for this
you shoUld.have some help.
You'll want . somebody handy
to pick up. the -corners of the
cloth with you, bringing them
together so 'the string can be
tied around. There is a little
trick to the string—you want to
tie it so a little spare room is
left in the bag, for the pudding
will swell some. Not much. It
won't explode, at any rate—but
the eggs do' constitute "rising
•material," and you'll get. a little
increase. Furthermore, when
Hailed as the first parachute
innovation in 50 yeart is the
Vortex Ring, left, a low-weight,
high-drag chute which will fit
into a brief' case when packed,
,Designed by David T. 'Barish,
37-year-old aeronautical engi-
neer, the whirling chute substi-
' tutes four sail-like blades of cloth
for the standard canopy. Mita-
tion of the blades like a helicop-
ter rotor creates a "vortex ring,"
or doughnut, of air around the
tips.. Lines attached to a swivel
allow the spintirig- of the eight-
pound , chute, The new design has
proved to have Virtually os-
cillation or glide 'characteristics
which make drops in high winds
so dangerous, Low `opening shock
makes the chute eXcellent in
paratroop drOps"frorri loW alti-
tudes, and from high, speed air-
craft. ' SucceasfUl', 'teats have
broUght it to the attention of the
Military for uses including bak-
ing planes, below,
NEW CHUTE
SPINS LIKE
HELICOPTER
MO* Ribbons
for Attics
•
A lady writes with a wonder-
idea, although the details
Reed working out, She thinks
*ere ought to be a national an-
anal award ter the beat attic—
ing into aceount the neatness,
ssuantity of brie-a-brae, and the
iFntertainnlent potential on
niny afternoon, A lovely attic,
she says, is a wotserne thing.
The general subject of attics is
therefore thrown open for clis-
fusion.
I remember Sally Irish said
One time, relative to the way
four generations of living had
accumulated Trish belongings,
"Of course, our attic moved,
downstairs long ago!" This en-
eroachment of the attic is a
hovering kind of thing, and in
extreme instances can keep the
modern development of the low-
er floors M balance, but a true
attic keeps its distance. When
you climbed the stairs, or pass-
ed through the scuttle, you left
everything behind as going
through a magic casement open-
ing on the foam,
There were two kinds of attics
—a barn attic and a house attic.
A well-regulated household had
* subtle distinction between
these, so when Mother said, "Put
it up attic," you knew without
her saying so just which attic it
should go in. The barn attic was
best in those old four-square
places built back in seafaring
days when the far places of the
world contribtited souvenirs, and
treasures from the golden isles
were stacked tier on tier.
In one such old place they
used to play charades—in cos-
tume! Charades, to me, always
seemed like a desperate chance,
something you did in an extrem-
ity of ennui, but these people
dressed it up beyond belief.
When it was your turn to puz-
zle everybody you would go up
attic and rummage around to
find something to wear. Chinese
Mandarins would come out to
dramatize the word "palentol-
ogy"; or Gold Coast slavers
would appear to act out "dis-
combobolate,"
One evening a man and his
wife Mlle crawling in on their
bands and knee; dressed in Tar-
tar tunics and looking ferocious,
end they kept shoulder to shout..
dear and said, "Oink! Oinkl" The
word was "quahog," and it was
guened fairly soon, ours being•
shellfish region. A good time
was had by all, and the value
Of a ready attic was demon-
strated.
A barn attic wouuld usually
IWO a flock of chairs put re-
pair, some rockers with the cane
bottoms gone, ind lots of trunks,
'Exciting it was to find one of
those old leather-covered chests,
with moth-eaten camel hair still
"GAG" SHOT — Hank McCul-
lough prowls downtown streets
of Los Angeles with a tankful
of "fresh air" from less smoggy
localities. Reason: air pollution
that plagues Los Angeles at
times because of peculiar at.
mospheric conditions that trap
grOund air and its load of in-
dustrial ancr automotive ex-
haust fumes.
;hewing, but sometimes it would
just be full of coat hangers,
There were those big trunks
for going far distances, with
rounded tops on them. This was
to keep the express company
from piling trunks on, top of one
another to the crushing point,
In the attics they would some,
times be standing on end, about
three high, showing that you
could pile them up just the
same,
On a rainy day, with the noise
on. the shingles, almost any attic
was a good place ti:), be. Attics
were usually darkened, for the
windows would be small up
there. Our old house attic had,
one small sash in the gable, and
the only way to open it was to
take the sash out entirely and
lean it against the wall. We did
that in summer, for attics were
expected to explode if you didn't
ventilate—the sun on the roof
generated unbelievable heat
It had been the custom from.
long ago to tack a piece of net-
ting over the opening after the
sash was removed for the suifi-
rner. You had to tear the net-
ting away in the fall to get the
sash back, so in time the frame
had become stuck with thou-
sands of tacks, each with its
little ruff of fibre, The netting
was to keep out wasps and barn
swallows, but mud nests of both
these critturs hung on the roof
boards to show there were some
summers when the precaution
was neglected.
There were efforts now and
then to "clean down" the attic.
There would be some cobwebs
and kitties, but the job wasn't
one of cleanliness mainly, it was
neatness. An attic was a place
you put things, but seldom took
out. To rearrange everything
once in ten years or so called
for some sense of elimination,
but mostly a job of warehouse
management.
And there were always things
you had forgotten but now de-
cided you could use again —
such as our old walnut living
room set, which my father
bought at an auction for two
dollars shortly after he was mar-
ried. It got shabby after a time,
and was taken up attic. Then
one year it was rediecovered,
and Mother thought she'd like it
upholstered. So Father climbed
up and-Passed it doWn through
the hole to her, and after a time
in the furniture shop it reap-
peared n our front room — a
beautiful set.
People would inquire, and my
father always explained that it
was "handed down" to his wife.
Antiques handed down in the
family were alWays* more preci-
ous than those bought in, so the
Affect Was good. Father never
troubled to explain that there
had also been a time when he
"handed it up" to her, too.
Almost every attic had a
elockreel, or checkreel, for wind-
ing yarn. After many turns, it
would click, to indicate the
length, of a skein. How many-
many youngsters, absorbed in
attic playing, have turned and
turned and turned a clockreel,
just to hear that wonderful clack
at last! And downstairs, all
through the house, everybody
heard it, and wondered what
idiot was up there turning that
clockreel for amusement. Or—
where is there more fun on a
rainy day than finding some
steelyards, and weighing things?
Our attic had a cylinder
phonograph, one that played
disks through a horn, one that
had a built-in horn, and then a
long radio laid out on a board
v-ith earphones. It used to bring
iii KDKA clear as a bell. But
there came a time we stopped
keeping such items, for succeed-
ing radios must have been junk-
ed and forever lost,
A prize for the best attic
might prove-many things. It
might make us all glad. I should
like to be one of the judges, and
have time for it.
A little fellow, calling on a
neighbor with his mother, sud-
denly said, "Mrs. Rand, may I
see your new bedroom rug?"
"Why, Tommy, how nice of
you to be interested, Of course
you may go in and look."
The boy left, then reappeared.
"Gee, Mommy," he said, pus-
z)erl, "it didn't make me sick,"
Safe. Gun Handling
Is Easy
Usually the more seasoned and
proficient a. shooter becomes, the
More respect he has for a gun
when handling it, No respone.
able firearms expert will scoff at.the cardinal rule of gun
safety: "Treat every gun as if it
were loaded."
He knows that only a fool
and a potentially dean fool, at
that---grows careless and casual
in gun handling,
According to lienrY P. Davis,
public relations manager of Rem-
ington Arms Company,
Bridgeport, Conn., at least 95
per cent of all hunting accidents
due to firearms can be avoided
it every gunner acquaints him-
self with the rules of gun handl-
ing and makes them second-
nature,
Points he lists:
Carry only empty guns, *tak-
en down or with the action open,
into your automobile, camp or
home, Whenever you pick up a
gun, whether you are indoors
or outdoors, ALWAYS first
point the muzzle of the gun in
a safe direction and examine
the piece carefully to make sure
whether or not it is loaded.
The pointing of a loaded or
unloaded gun toward a compan-
ion is a. violation of every prin-
ciple of good sportsmanship. It
is the unpardonable sin of shoot-
ing ethics. Do it just once and
.you have lost the respect and
comradeship of your companion,
and branded yourself as either
a thoughtless novice or a care-
less, dangerous shooter with
whom it is unsafe to go afield,
WATCH. THAT MUZZLE! Never
indulge in "horseplay" with fire-
arms. This fool-hardy practice
has caused many fatal and near-
fatal accidents.
The leaving of loaded guns
unattended A extremely danger-
ous. A companion ,may pick one
up thinking it to be unloaded,
If it is, propped against a tree,
car or post, a frisking "hunting
dog may bump against'• it;
knocking off the safety andstep-
ping on the trigger. These things
have happened!
When -you •are,resting„ in the
field. or woods, always lay your
gun down flat, preferably 'ha.-
loading 'it first and with the
muzzle of the, gun -pointing away
from everybody, NO. one can en-
joy lunch looking down the
muzzle of a gun, loaded or un-
loaded.
In climbing. over fences or
obstructions, always first pass
your gun over to your compan-
ion, or pass it through 'the fence'
and lay it on the ground. A
stumble or a' fall might prove
disastrous.
Before loading your gun, al-
ways make sure that the barrel
and action are free from ob-,
structions. Foreign matter in the.
barrel cause more "blown up"
guns than any other factor.
Should you stumble badly or
fall and your guri muzzle
touches the ground, always un-
load and look through the bore
to be sure that it is not clogged
with mud, snow or other sub-
stance,
If you are walking single file,
keep your muzzle pointed for-
ward. If you are walking be-
hind your companion, see that
your gun points away from him
at all times, It is best to walk
abreast in the fields or woods,
but in doing so, see that your
muzzle is always pointed away
from your companion. Never
crowd yotir companion in the
duck blind. Be sure that each
of you has plenty of room in
which to shoot safely.
Never, NEVER pull a gun,
loaded or unloaded, toward you
from a boat, car or through a
fence. You are flirting with a
date with the undertaker when
you do this,
Always see that your safety is.
ON until you are ready to shoot,
Sudden jars and brushing against
twigs or brush can release the
safety etch without your know-
ing it Examine it frequently
When y00 approech carrin ,,r
your automobile„ always unload
your gun. Take it down or open
the action before putting it away
or setting it aside,
Always Make sure of your
target before pulling the trigger.
Take a good look , . and then
look againl Never fire in the
direction of a sudden sound, It.
may be caused by some farrrier's
livestock, or, worse still, another
hunter. And this has happened,
teal
At a London party an ArY10. •
ticen, wishing to be friendly, re-
Marked to, a guests "When I'm
iii London, r feel that I belong.
One Of my relatives fell at
Waterloo."
"soW 'disttessing?!'was the re-
ply '"At tvhfCh end of the .plat-
form"
The American thought this a
good joke, a nd at first opportuti,
ity told the•-ttoisr to his hosteigi:
Who became quite indignant!, ;
"Ridietilotta!" , she ektildded,
41Vhat . difference &Mid, it POs?
Make-tit *bleb, end. of the
station' platfOrinhe fell"
„. ,,.....
iggtit tbt4
world immeasurably ,by; produc-
ing the 'recipe for ' New Mea-
' .dows Inn sugar cookies. Nothing
in a long•time seemed to please
so many. people. It even pleased
me, for one lady wrote that
mine wasn't the recipe.'at , all,
but another one just like it that
Was different. Thinking 'on the
great good' worked so easily, I
will hance it again with a
Christmas recipe,: one that is
geared to -the holiday from away
back, And hereWith my greet-
ings:
This kind of Christmas .pud-
ding is pretty much a .lost art.
We hear about them in the stor-
ies and adages, and see them on,
the cards arid decorations. But
the homes where ,one of these
will be constructed will not be
too frequent—Unless of course
all you folks decide to try it.
This decline of the Christmas
pudding A probably a gauge of
modernity—for one must have a
big kettle, and one must have
four consecutive hours of stove
heat over and above the require-
ments for the rest of Christmas
dinner.
This pudding makes the kitch-
eft department the mecca of en-
thusiasts. It sets the front-room
delegation into 'magnificent 'ex-.
pectancy, It will make the most
obstreperous youngster sit with
folded hands and wait. It steams
up the windows, so the whole
neighborhood knows. And it is
not for time-saving, short-cut
new-era ladle, of the instant
persuasion,
Please, then, to assemble the
following ingredients:.
8 eggs
1 pound kidney beef suet
I. Penni' flour
1 pound raisins
1 pound currants
1 clip stigai
1 nutmeg, grated,
1 AeaSpOtiti..ginger.
A-Aittle salt
I pint Of milk '
I am' copying theso Words
-from the handwl'iting of Grand
Mother taMi, *Aid Was ;an, Otiedg-
tot of Mine in remoter times,
The Only internal eVidende. of
this Wohdetftil woman's touch is
in that line, "e little salt," In
Other recipea'alie left us Sh.e
quently uses "SOnie, "a'
shake of 116W arm in one
Platt, "a dab of 'fat." tut here.
She is Mere'. breathe,- and any:
woman worthy of the. name
know wliat,'a little tali" nitatia:
YOU will now "wick" the tig§,.
, And you will fintit the frilitta
fist it so it will hold its plade in
the hilitture and - Won't Settle
dutitig ecOltitig, Then '1*ott will
mitt etterYthing together' In a
this bag comes out of the Pot af-
ter cooking, things are going to
be pretty hot, and. you'll want
the string secure and strong
enough to use it as a handle,
It you don't have a big pot,
you are now in trouble. But if
one large enough is on hand,
have some water in it and have
it boiling good, gently lower
the bagful of pudding into the
water, put on the cover, and
keep the fire going for exactly
four hours. One of those can-
ners that will take eight or ten
jars of plums or peaches for
preserving is an ideal pot for
this,
The four hours can be used to
Prepare the rest of the holiday
feast, or you can go out for a
round, of golf, or something like
that, In our household the sche-
dule of the whole day takes its
cue from the time the pudding
is set to boil. As soon as we
know the pudding's time, we
know everything else.
I might warn you that the
boiling of the pudding will cast
a certain aroma of the laundry
about the kitchen, particularly
in its early stages, It's the cloth.
Somehow the raisins and ginger
won't come through to You, hut
there may be a suggestion of
socks and shirts, 'Tis sad that
such needs explaining, for happy
people know about this, and it
is not good to reflect that I am
advising unhappy ones!
After four full hours, just as
the family is finishing dinner,
a delegation of accredited fe-
males should be dispatched to
the kitchen to unlimber the pud-
ding, Get the biggest platter.
Uncover the pot. Lift out the
bag with a gaff. Don't trust the
steam! Untie or cut the string.
And, with about six hands help-
ing, roll the pudding out onto
the platter. It will be about the
size of a basketball, Relax.
Sniff! The trophy may be car-
ried to the table with carols, or
it may be dismembered or serv-
ed from the kitchen. Hard or
soft, or both sauces, '
Try it, You will thank me for
my Christmas offering. Hurrah!
—By John Gould in The Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
HE HAS THE JOB, — .It's offi-
cial. Joe. Cronin, 52, is the
American League's new presi-
dent; He succeeds Will Har-
ridge, Bucky Harris is expected
to step into Cronin's shoes as
general manager of the Red
Sox when Cronin steps up.
Winter Haven
For Animals
From mid-September to April
or May we were alone in the
croft, and for weeks, sometimes
months, we SAW nobody except
each other, Even the postman
was rarely .able to call in during
winter for a chat, The croft was
at a fairly high altitude and we
had snow every year,
Most animals enjoyed playing
in the snow, If it was not tee
deep the otters would race out
when. the flakes .had stopped
falling and roll over and over
in it, then chase each other
like dogs. As they had been
reared in a croft from infancy
I had to show them how to make
a snow chute and slide down it.
I chose a steep hill and beat a
length of snow hard with a
spade, making the first descent
myself on a tin tray,
The otters were not long in
getting the hang of tobogganing.
Soon they were flying down the
chute, forepaws tucked well into
their sides, back legs used for
giving a brisk send-off and then
kept out straight, No sooner had
they reached the bottom than
they hurried up to the top for
another go
Hearing birds indoors one
realises the strength and carry-
ing power of their voices When
the wren uttered its sharp 'tick,
tick' in Aunt's bedroom it could
be heard clearly in the parlour
with both doors closed, We were
treated to brilliant displays of
singing by thrushes and black-
birds, but these songsters are
best enjoyed in the open, for
their voices are too powerful in-
doors. Directly there was a
break in the weather those birds'
which had recovered sufficiently
were let out. Many we never
saw again but' others revisited
the croft, some almost daily,
Our circle of bird friends grew
like a chain letter, a bird which.
we had cared for during a bliz-
zard returning later, for example
with one of two acquaintances'
of its species. We often got back
to the croft after a walk to find,
if a door or window had been
left open, several of our late
guests disporting theinselves 'on
picture frames and furniture
while nervous newcomers flew
agitatedly round the room, utter-
ing cries of alarm at our entry-
... We returned one day to dis-
cover artificial flowers in a bowl
pecked to pieces, and a china'
ornament knocked off the
mantlepiece and b r o k e n. A.
starling was on the writing desk
and, having chattered a brief
greeting to us, it continued with
the task of extracting envelopes
from a packet and dropping
them over the side of the
desk ...
Deer often came down to the
croft in severe weather in search
of food, their lean flanks show-
ing the effects of poor grazing.
There was nothing we could de
fOr 'them . . . One day when I
was sitting in the parlour I was
frightened by a loud snort, fol-
lowed by an antlered head ap-
pearing ; through t h e window.
The stag regarded me calmly
for a while, and then withdrew.
—From "Seal Morning",
by Rowena. Farre.
NOT "MUSIC" ASH No. Alaskan, :hei Dog. Sled driver. •a_bOve,
it fishing on shores of the North Sect near CUXhovert,. Oermanyi
gaskets ote.,16,4 on , tho 00.0 ot low, tide, When tide
small fish get In the baskets. As the tide ebbs, fish die trapped,.
The fisherman makes :.wire-a-day run With the dag,,powered
ilea;
Pudding. Recipe
Slightly Delayed
Hail, ..season of jollity and
right thinking,• and everybody's
been so nice I should like to re-
eiprocate, so if you'll gather
around and pay attention I shall
eiread Christmas cheer With a
laViSh hand:
Nat long ago this department
advanced the happiness of the