The Brussels Post, 1959-03-05, Page 2RING WITH A DIFFERENCE — "Unique" Is how Mrs. John Quincy
Wolf describes her set of singing glasses. Unlike glasses that
must be filled with water to varying depths before being play-
ed, her tuneful tumblers are played dry. Mrs. Wolf states that
it took her 10 years to assemble the chromatically matched set
of glass and ceramic pieces, which she plays with two small,
wooden mallets.
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SCIENTIST AT the National institutes of Health prepares a
tissue for laboratory tests in cold vaccine research program.
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wintry weather, to Match that old fietit4tUrnidity cliche for summer. For, according to the
Army MediCal,SerViCe, a brisk wind can ,Bake a cold day really Table cibOye is
based On the Aral 's wind-ternperatt.oe Chant, A. little practia •With' it Will aid in Freaking'
the'outlook on a whiter day- .even For example, a forecast of 35 degrees •(Fahreri*
keit) and 20-mile-an-lieu? WitidS add' up 16 of 38 degrees be l ow zero of far
exposedtiss pertione, Of the dilate-Mee des eante.r.ried' Senrie "di being in ' w•indlese deep
freeze' at that terriperdleeei.
starting •:Off. On A
'South Sea Voyage
September came. A. Stream-
lined Greenland trawler, shining
white like a yacht, with the.
arded face of the -sun-god, Kon* •
riP4inte,,d,in brick red OR her
:tunnel, was lying at pier C in
3:rOat of the Oslo city hall, For-
lvard, On the high. bow, 'rein-
inreadeagainSt ice, a curious blue
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blein was painted, the mean,
g. .of, which. only the initiated
ew, It showed two of the sae-
,e4 bird-men. of Easter Island,
elf-bard and 'halt-human, cop*
std from one of the rare tablets
with undeelpnered hieroglyphics..
A crew had been signed on in
melte. of wives' and, sweethearts'.
alarm over a year's absence in
the romantic South Seas, and
;how there was heat in the fun-
lel,. and the ship lay full-loaded
teh
. the fiord water right up to
r blue-painted water line,
ere was hectic activity on
board, and such a dense crowd
ashore that it was almost im-
possible for trucks delivering
trundles and parcels at the
twelfth hour to get through. , —
The captain was on the bridge,
luad' the crew were running about
Ike deck battening down hatches
and hauling on ropes, while a
gigantic mate stood, pencil in
hand, checking off Items on a
By JERRY BENNETT
NEA Staff Correspondent
Washington — When you
witch a cold, you may call a
lioctor. But when some 18,000
Washington residents catch a
*old, they call the National In-
stitutes of Health.
These 18,000 persons are tak-
ing part in a massive research
program to find a vaccine against
iho common cold.
This is one of medical science's
leaost complex tasks, for doctors
have discovered that colds are
eaUsed not by, one virus, but by
it multitude of these sub-micra-
PeOpie disease agents.
So far, they have located 70.
learnt of these viruses specialize
striking children, others con-
lentrate on adults. Many show
qv only in the winter, others in
warmer weather.
But scientists believe that
hese 70 viruses account for only
alf of the people's colds and
other similar respiratory ill-
nesses. They blame a lot of the
sneezes, coughs and sore throats
on allergies, Some colds, they
ray, are probably caused by emo-
tional troubles. Still others are
thought to be caused by viruses
that haven't been isolated.
Last year a new group of
viruses was discovered by sci-
entists at the' Bethesda, Md.,
laboratories of the N.LH. This
group turned out to be respons-
ible for more resniratory disease
arnorig hospitalized Washington
children in 1958 than influenza.
In an effort to find other
viruses and tear ii more about
the 70 old Ones, institute
of Allergy a n d Infectious Di
seatet is spending more than two
diallers on respiratory
disease research,
Every time one of those 18,000
catches a cold, he supposed
to notify a special research
team. Swabbing Ore made Of
his thrbet and taken to a labora-
tory to deferral-Me which virus
causing the damage. Deeteitt hope
this project will establish the
Viruses that most often strike
particular" age groups and the
lithe of year they usually ettaele
long list, At all events, every-,
thing he had been told, about
had, Oetne. Even the skipper's"
Christmas tree was packed away
in the refrigerator. The list was
in order,
The ship's. bell sounded for the
last time, Orders rang out from.
PAPtaill to first officer, and there
was a fierce blast from the fun-
nel behind the sun-god's shining
head. Farewells and last good
wishes were exchanged over the
ship's rail, Brusquely the gang-
plank was rolled a.way„ there
was a *lashing of cables and
creaking of winches, and the en-
gineers down below applied .hteir
magic: the ship began to move,
A cheer rose from the long wall
of figures on the pier. Hands
waved and handkerchiefs flut-
tered like treetops in a gale,.
while the captain made the siren
utter a few heart-rending howls.
Then the little craft slipped
behind a big ocean steamer and
was lost to sight. She was in a
hurry, she was to go halfway
round the world with detectives
on the track of other seafarers
who had a start of several cen-
utries — From "Aku-Aku: The
Secret of Eastee Island," by Thor
Heyerdahl.
If a woman has a mink on her
back she won't worry so much
about the wolf at her door.
A similar study is being con-
ducted on about 60 small chil-
dren in a Washington welfare
institution. Doctors explain that
kids are usually highly suscept-
ible to respiratory infections.
With information gained from
these studies, NIH doctors hope
they can develop an anti-cold
shot that will contain several
vaccines, each one aimed at kill-
ing a particular virus. They be-
lieve that it might be possible
to make separate vaccines for
children, adolescents and adults.
Dr. Robert J. Huebner, chief
NIAD scientist, explains that an
effective cold preventative might
contain as many as 25' vaccines.
A combination vaccine de-
signed to knock out eight viruses
was developed recently by Notre
Dame scientist Dr. Thomas G.
Ward and given to about 2,000
students. A smaller group was
given a sterile solution _called
a placebo. At the end of the ,
school year, the'number of colds
among the vaccinated students
will be compared with the num-
ber suffered by the non-vaccin ,
ated gtoup. If successful,
Ward believes the vaccine may
cut the usual number of winter
colds at Notre Dame by 60 to 70
per eent.
The 'coat of vaccine, like the
one visualitecl by b.f.., Huebner
is unknown. But the scientist dee
elates:
"The justificatiori for study
end eventual use Of an all-pet-
pose virus vaccine ought not 'to
be purely on an economic' basis,
"I believe that a multivalent
vaccine capable of preventing
ea ranch as 25 to 86- per dent
Of undifferentiated respiratory
disease, particularly in early
Would: be desirable felt
the good and simple reason that
this is, an diibrnion8 mass of
illheSa.
A recent Medical report shows
that Americans and Canadians
last ,year suffered more than 300
million respiretery illnesses that
required. medical attention, This
dotn't include the millions of
less severe eases that never 'Weed
"repotted to 'dbettite,
Home Is. Where The
Young In Heart Are
Home, sweet home is a new
home for thousands' of older
people today,
Many couples look on retire-
ment as a new adventure that
they want to embark on in a
new house. Moreover, they have
very definite ideas about the
kind of a house they want.
They don't want a house full
of "safety" devices. They don't
want ramps instead of steps.
They do want convenient
things, such as a low bathtub
with a grab bar, an eye-level
oven, kitchen cabinets that aren't
out of reach.
They don't want to live in a
community where they are sur-
rounded only by people of their
own age. They do want young
people around,
Carl T, Mitnick, newly elected
president of the U.S. National
Association of Home Builders,
learned all this some years ago
when he built a resort commun-
ity of some 1,300 homes in North
Cape May, New Jersey.
He found to his astonishment
that more than 700 of these
homes were being purchased by
elderly couples, It was then that
he had the bright idea of the
ramps.
"Ramps, indeed!" was the re-
action of prospective buyers.
"Ramps were a dismal failure,"
he confessed in an interview at
the National Housing Center,
To make up for his faux pas,
he promptly put' in a swimming
pool. It is only five feet deep at
the deep end, to be sure. But
that's just to keep the teen-agers
from monopolizing it, he tact-
fully explains.
Now he is going to add shuf-
fleboards—a must for a sprightly ,
generation no longer content to
just sit and rock.
Mr. Mitnick has, observed that
many couples "take a new in-
terest in life when they retire."
One man who moved into one
of his Cape May homes after 40
years of operating a punch press
in a big electric concern sud-
denly discovered he had a flair'
for building fences, writes Jose-
phine Ripley , in the Christian
Science Monitor.
"Before this he had never been
able to hang a Picture without
practically knocking out the wall.
As a result the man had acquir-
ed a well-developed inferiority
complex about his capacity for
doing work around the house,
But when he moved into his
new house, he decided it needed
a fence and set out to build one.
He built such a good fence that
everyone in the neighborhood
wanted one like it. He now builds
carports, garages, all kinds of
fences, and who says he isn't a
handy man around the house!
- Other retired people in the
community have developed an
interest in local politics. The wo-
men spend a lot of time with
their gardens, frequently baby-
sit for younger neighbors..
Mr. Mitnick, who thought he
knew all there• was about home
building, having been in the
business since he was 15, now
has some new ideas from old
hands,
He has found that most re-
tired couples want a two-or-three
bedroom house, with that spare
roam for visiting children and
grandchildren. The Women want
modern kitchens, but not Pull-
man ones. He now designs homes
for elderly people with the kit-
chen a bit larger than ordinary,
with kitchen cabinets lower than
usual, and with a dining space
at one end.
Bathrooms are built With a
roughish, nonskid tile. The only
steps are those leading into the
house. In other words, the older
generation doesn't go for the
split-level type house.
He reports that most older
people like to make a subStan-
tial down payment on their
house, In many cases, they pay
for the house outright in cash.
They are, generally meticulous
about their bills, Mortgage pay-
ments are often in the mail
within two clays after the re-
' ceipt of the bill, although bills
are sent out 15 days ahead of the
deadline.
Not only the elderly but the
very young are in the market
for new homes as never before,
according to IVtr, MAMA In the
Old days, a man seldom bought
a house ter his family before he
Was 35. Today "we often sell
hornet to anteing Men hardly more
than 2L" Mahal' times the wives
are minors, but the man has a
good job and, he wants to invest
in a. house'.
A university graduate working
on juvenile delinquency reported
In a sociological study group
that he was having difficulty in
Collecting data. His task was to
telephone a dozen homes around
p.m. and ask the parents if
they khieW where their children
Were at that hour.•
ISSUE 1950
Types of cookies originating in
different countries often contain
ingredients plentiful there.— for
Instance, in 'France, 'Germany,
and Spain many almonds are
used, in everyday cookies be-
cause these nuts grow profusely
in those countries. Also, in most
Mediterranean areas pistachio
nuts are often an ingredient in
cookies because they are; grow-
ing in the gardens nearby.
Virgina settlers brought Eng-
lish 'cooky recipes with them
when they settled there, New
York, and Penrisylvania adapted
Dutch recipes: And in , many
parts of the Midwest those of
Scandinavian origin became
popular.
Not too many years, ago, how-
ever,- a cooky, recipe which is
really American was developed'
at the famous Toll House, Whit-
man, Mass. In it are whole
pieoes of semisweet chocolate
which stay whole in the baking.
TOLL HOUSE COOKIES
1h cup butter or other
shortening
6 tablespoons sugar
6 tablespoons brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
1/2 teaspoon soda
1% cups sifted flour
Ye teaspoon salts
Few drops hot• water
1/2 cup chopped nut meats
1 package (1 cup) semisweet
chocolate morsels
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Blend together first 3 ingredi:
entsa add• egg; add flour, salt
and soda which have been sifted
together. Add het water and mix
together until well blended, Add
nuts' and, chocolate bits, then
vanilla. Drop by half teaspoon-
fuls on, , greased cooky - sheet.
Bake at 375° F. for about 10-12
minutes.; Makes 50 cookies. * N *
If brownies are a favorite, in
your house, here is a recipe with
peanut butter added. If you de-
sire, frost these with a fudge
frosting before cutting.
PEANUT BUTTER -BROWNIES
14 cup butter
lee cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 1-ounce squares unsweetened
chocolate, melted
1/2 cup sifted flour
lee teaspoon baking powder
3/ teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Cream butter and peanut but-
ter together; add sugar gradually
and cream until fluffy. Beat iii
eggs, one at a time. Add melted
ehocolate and blend well. Sift
dry ingredients together; add
with chopped nuts. Mix well.
Grease and line an 8-inch-square
pan with waxed paper; grease
again. Spread _mixture iri pan;
bake at 860 ° F. for 20-25 Mit-
vet, or until top is 'firm When
lightly ptessed with the finger;
Cool 5 minutes; cut in squares
or bars. ,,,
CRANBERRY COOKIES
Vs cup shortening:.
cup brown sugar
134 cups sifted their
1 teaspoini baking poeeler
• teaspoon salt
water
1 teaspoon`
1 04) dim flakes (iinertished) ▪ cup jellied erehilierrY sauce,
truShed 'with fork
Cream shortening and suget
together. Sift flour, baking- pow-.,. and Salt Add td create niix-
titre alternately with water and
Vanilla, Crush 6011 flakes and
stir in. Knead to mix. Chill
dough thorotighly. Ttolt cut on
lightly floured board to Vs-inch
thickness. 'Cut with heart-shaped
cutter. Place "•a tablespoon cran-
berry sauce on half the cookies
and cover with remaining
cookies with centers, cut out.
Bake on greased cooky sheet in
425 degrees F. oven about 10
minutes. Makes 2 dozen.
*
TUNA SOUFFLE
1 can (61/2 or 7 ounces) tuna
1/4 cup butter •
la "Cup flour
1/2 . teaspoon salt
Dash pepper
1 cup, milk
1. teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce •
% cup grated cheese
6 egg yolks, beaten
6 egg whites, • beaten
Drain tuna. Flake. Melt but-
ter; blend in flour and season-
ings. Add milk gradually and
cook until thick and smooth,
stirring constantly. Add Worces-
tershire sauce, cheese, and tuna;
continue heating until cheese
melts. Stir a little of the hot
sauce into egg yolks; add to
remaining sauce, stirring con-
stantly. Fold into egg whites.
Pour into well-greased, 2-quart
casserole. Bake at 350° F. for 45
minutes or until soufflé is form-
ed in center. Serves 6.
e ,,
DEEP-DISH •TUNA PIE
2 7-ounce 'cans solid-pack tuna
3 tablespoons flour
2 cups milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
Pepper
6 medium-sized carrots, sliced,
and cooked
12 small onins, cooked •
1 cup cooked peas
1 recipe plain pastry
Drain tuna •and reserve 3
tablespoons oil. Heat oil, Over
law heat; add flour and blend.
Gradually add milk, •salt and
pepper. Cook over low heat un-,
til thickened, stirring constant-
ly. Break tuna into pieces.
Add tuna and vegetables to
sauce; mix lightly. Divide pastry
into 2 portions. Roll each portion
to 1a3inch thickness on lightly,
floured board. • Line a 1-quart
casserole with half of pastry. Fill
with tuna-vegetable mixture,
Cover with remaining pastry and.
At Maxim's They
Really Lived It Up
A dashing young French pilot
of the 1914.18 war, named Na-
varre, had a mania ter chasing
policemen in his fast sports car,
He would arrive night after
night at Maxim's, the famous
Paris restaurant, leave in the
early hours, then drive at top
speed round the traffic islands
and Over the pavements of the
Place de la Concorde. The gen-
darmes would shin up lamp-
posts, perch on fountains or
stone balustrades — anywhere
to escape his mad pursuit. But
they took no action against him.
For, after all, was he not a brave
airman?
Maxim's was noted for its ec-
centric or unusual patrons.
Prominent among them was
Gordon Bennett, millio n a i r e
owner of the 'New York Herald',
who made his home in France,
Anyone who wrote asking for a
job on his journal would usually
be interviewed by him at his
Champs - Elysees flat. Bennett
would enter the salon with two
pet dogs at his Heels, Other
things being equal, if the dogs
took to the applicant he got the
job.
Learning of this, an. Irish
journalist took the precaution of
rubbing linseed oil into his
trouser turn-ups, The dogs went,
mad over him and he got an
excellent post which he held for
years.
Harry J, Greenwall paradea
65 years of Maxim's personalitiez
in "I'm Going• to Maxim's" an
engrossing history of the glitter
hag social haunt immortalized
by "The Merry Widow".
One night after several ab-
sinthes at the bar, an expensive
supper with champagne, brandies
and a Havana cigar, a man
ordered another bottle of cham-
pagne. When it was finished,
he asked the head waiter to call
the manager, M. Cornuche, and
inquired: "What would you do
of a customer owed the estab-
lishment money and could not
pay?"
"I would kick his backside,
hard!" Cornuche replied.
The man thereupon rose and,
lifting his coat tails, said: "Now
receipt my bill, Monsieur!"
Another regular night - bird
would sup and drink well, then
invariably say: "I'll pay you to.
morrow — I haven't a franc on
me!" He enjoyed the procdure
that always followed. He was
led away to a small closet where
a maitre d'hotel searched his
pockets for the wad of banknotes
he always carried. The .bill was
paid, together with princely tips.
One patron, known as Eusebe,
was over six feet tall and as
strong as a horse. Before he'd
pay he had to be picked up by
his head and feet, held aloft and
shaken until a stream of gold
and silver coins fell from his
pockets.
A young British peer, at one
seal edges. Cut slahes in top.
Bake ,at 425° F. for 30 minutes,
or until crust is golden brown.
Serves 6.
*
TUNA-VEGETABLE SLAW
1 7-ounce can solid-pack tuna,
drained
1 cup shredded cabbage
1 'cup cooked Peas ,
Y2 cup dited celery
1/2 cup finely chopped green
pepper
, 3/4 cup diced carrot
1 tablespoon finely chopped
onion
1/2 teaspoon salt
ee ,cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Break tuna into large pieces.
Combine tuna, cabbage, peas,
celery, green pepper, carrot,
onion and salt. Mix lightly but
thoroughly. Combine mayonnaise
and lemon juice; blend well.
'Pour over tuna mixture; toss
lightly. Serves' 4 to 6.
time' an attaché at the Botts!
Bmbassy, used to dine there with
his girl-friend, and sometimet
drank too much champagne. On•
night the girl bit his cheek sc
hard that it bled profusely.
Overcome with remorse, she
went to her dentist the next
day and had all her teeth out!
The peer wasn't seen again zt
Maxim's for some time. Then,
one fine summer morning he
rode straight into the bar on a
horse, ordered a cocktail, and
drank it with much dignity
while still in the saddle, But
when he wanted to leave the
horse did not. There was a,
rumpus before it could be coax-
ed out.
Two women in a party one
night decided to race each other
the length of the rue Royale,
from Maxim's to the Madeleine
Church, When one protested
that she would be handicapped'
by her tight skirt, the other said:
"Allright, then, I'll handicap
myself by" carrying a man on
my back."
She carried,. pick-a-back, a
well - known airman, Jacques
Faure, but was beaten. When
the party returned to Maxim's,
to drink more champagne, they
took with them two street
sweepers to augment their
group!
One habitue once invited, a'
troupe of Red Indians from a
circus to dine wiht him; another'
brought in a file of sandwich-
board men whom he'd 'found
tramping the boulevard gutters.
He told them to park their
boards under, an archway near
Maxim's and took them to the
public washplaces below the
Madeleine to "spruce up". Thee•
he fed them on cold chielce,n,
salad and champagne.
A notable Maxim customer
was the wealthy American
Elizabeth Drexel, who married'
Harry Lehr. When Phe became
a widow she lot it be known that
only a suitor with a title would'
be eligible to marry her. Even-
tually she chose Lord Decies, ott
condition that he would live in.
London, she in Paris.
She entertained royally in hea
mansion, Greenvaall says, and'
proudly exhibited there a wax
model of herself wearing the
peeress' robes she had worn
at King George VI's Coronation..
The model depicted her seated,
prayer book in hand, in the very
stall she had occupied in West-
minster Abbey, Somehow she
had contrived to purchase it!
Another Maxim regular, a,
beautiful blonde, removed all
her clothes, sat in a centre of the
table at a party for 52 guests,
and sang songs, accompanied by
an orchestra playing in a corner
of the room. She then dressed'
and went barefoot round the
table, collecting gold 25-franc
pieces (then worth $5) from the.
guests. Later she became a star
of the silent films and married
happily.
For a bachelor party given by
a French count on the eve of
his marriage, the private dining'.
room was hung with crepe, the
waiters were dressed as funeral
mutes, and the tables as funeral'
biers. Host, guests and waiters,
got very drunk. The host was-
carried home to bed, where he.
stayed for three days, and the.
wedding was postponed for a'
week!,
A champagne salesman,. Maur-
ice Bertrand, once arrived at.
Maxim's sobbing; and in, deep
mourning. With him were four
funeral mutes, who dumped a
coffin on a makeshift bier — two
chairs — then placed lighted
candles. on it.
"Gentlemen," said Bertrand to
customers at the bar, "before we•
"seal him up, would you like to,
look for the last time on the
face of the dear departed?"
With great ceremony the lid
was lifted -- to disclose 'Attlee
of Bertrand's firm's champagne,
which were duly drained to.
everyone's delight!
TOO MANY KINDS OF COMMON COLD BUGS
70 Cold-Causing Viruses Complicate Search For Vaccine