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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1959-10-15, Page 2TABLE TALKS dauz Ardiews For the "Junior. Miss" Accent on the curv=y' Whist in a"romantic, donee dress that's designed to stagger' the stag line. Problem or fraying fabric is Solved by using Ttirtiteet rayon seen! binding to finish hems art tedrns. Printed Pattern 4901 netior Miss Sizes 9, 11, 135 155 17, Tb order, send Fifty Gouts (stamps cannot be accepted, use Postal note fat safety) to. ANNE ADAIVIS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto. Please snaht plainly NAME, A0DitESSf S'171:1,10, NIIIVIBElt. and SR "NEVER AGAIN" — Parading through the streets of Hamburg, West German men protest against a new, draft law, which could reqUire military service of many men who served in World War II. Demonstrator in foreground bears a pair of army boots and a sign 'reading, "Never Again," Ati Indian Prince Having Hard Time It is; just twelve years singe. India won its Independence from the Hritish and ousted some 600 Indian princes from their feudal domains. What has happened to the Indian Painees? From New Delhi,_ NeWSWeelt'e Larry cabled this ac. eeunt of the 73-year-old Niaanl .9f HYderabad, the richest and Most 'fabulous of them alit When he was young and in his prime, the Nizain of Hydera- bad was the richest man in the world, He lorded it over 83,00G square miles of central India with palaces, Rolls-Royces, ele- phant hunts, his own whisky distillery, four wives and 42 concubines, not counting the per- fumed and be-satined girls his mother used to give him on his birthdays. As absolute ruler of 10 mil- lion people, the Nizam kept scores of tailors busy running up serapes (knee-length jackets) embroidered in precious jewels. He had one each in diamonds, emeralds, rubies and pearls. He also had his own jazz band which he led from one palace to another while wielding the ba- ton to the tempo of his favorite tune: "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles." Then came Indian independ- ence. Government troops in an action aptly named "Operation Polo," overran Hyderabad in four days, killed 832 of the Nizam's soldiers and left him with the empty title of "Gover- nor." No fool, the "Governor" promptly inventoried his wealth and counted up at least $500 million, mostly in gold bars and jewels. He invested it in 33 dif- ferent trust funds. As compensation for the loss of his lands, the Indian Govern- ment agreed to pay the Nizam an annual income of $500,000 in lieu of rent. ,But in 1954, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Neh- ru cut off the stipend, and the Nizam was left to struggle along on his own resources. He began. to economize, first by cutting the $12,000-a-month al- lowance of a son the Prince of Berar, to a mere $4,000, then by ordering him to reduce his harem ("a lot of worthless wenches," snorted the Nizam) to ten. The Nizam. also cut down his own annual grocery bill from $100,000, and moaned: "I am no longer a rich man." But the 110 illegitimate off- springs of the Nizam's 42 con- cubines, refuse to believe him. Fed up with their reduced al- lowances, they have, formed an anti-Nizam union, composed of all relatives receiving less than $15,000 a year. The union's de- marid: A trebling of all allow- ances and the use of the Ni- zarn's cars. Grumpily the Nines) set up a three-car motor pool from his collection of five Rolls-Royces,_ seven. Cadillacs, 22 lesser cars. But the union is far from satis- fied, Last month, when India's President Rajendra Prasad visit- ed Hyderabad, the children petitioned him for the right to bargain collectively with their father. What can the Nizam do? Hunched over with age, his teeth richly browned from chewing betel nuts, his jeweled serapes exchanged for cotton jackets, he sits on. a rocking chair on the terrace of one of his last two palaces, contemplat- ing his plight. His distillery has long since been torn down to., make way for a mosque; he can- not remember the names of his concubines; the only music is the jingle of bells as he sum- mons servants for his medicines. NOT "BIS BUSINESS A flustered little woman ap- proached the Manager of a pet shop and said: "I have a pair of canaries — one female and one male, but how can I tell which is' which?" "Easy," said the manager. "Put pair of wormy in the cage. The male bird invariably picks the derriale Worm and vice versa," "But how on earth Will. I know which is the male Worm?" "Madam," said the man, coldly, "this is a bird shop, I suggest you take that question at a worm !hop!" An Idyl In The Scots Highlands The baby bull lay quietly his straw. 111$ long legs, not yet completely under control when standing, were folded neatly lin- den him. His light brown and white Coot, smooth along his. back, had a tendency to MOO and curl on his blunt little head. The baby bull was not quite st day old. He had been born the night before in a earner of the pasture, and almost immediate, ly he had been fondled by kindly human hands,. Re ac- cepted the benignity of elan as a tact with passive acquiescence and without question, His brown and lambent eyes, gazing around him without either inquiry or apathy, had a timeless look in them, as though the moment was only an incident in his ageless- aess. The other calves moved away at the approach of humans, But the little bull lay still and watched. He had not _learned fear, for all of his short life he had known nothing but gen- tleness — the caress of his mother's rough tongue as she examined him carefully, inch by inch, before they took him away, and the caress of human hands, rubbing him in all the right places. The other calves were just livestock. Nobody h a d stroked them and talked to them, The subtle contact had not been made, and so at the approach of humans they snorted and when pursued, however gently, backed away with startled, ner- vous gestures. Their fear brought no dis- turbance to the baby bull, and he watched the human come up to him quietly, with outstretched hand. He liked the feeling of having his head rubbed, and the low encouraging noises the hu- man made to him. Some feeling of response — an unconscious instinct — stir- red in him, and he began to struggle to his feet. His legs were very wobbly, and some- times their joints would give way without warning, and some- times they would shoot from under his sturdy little body as unexpectedly. But alter mom- ents of frantic scrambling he was at last erect, swaying slight- ly but pleased with his prowess. He could examine the human more easily from this height. He found a finger, and sucked at it hopefully. He soon realized he was mistaken, but he kept the finger .in his mouth and gradu- ally drew in the other fingers, washing them with his tongue. He liked the familiar smell of the straw, and the strange smell of the human, and indeed the whole peacefulness of a High- land summer Sunday afternoon, writes Rosemark. Cobham in the Christian Science Monitor. He stood stock still with con- tent while other humans came and fondled him also. Sometimes he would rub his head against them, or follow them a few steps if they moved away. Occasion- ally he gave a high-pitched lit- tle cry of welcome and interest. The other calves huddled in a corner against the wall, uncer- tain and On guard. The baby bull had nothing to be on guard against. He had no defenses, for he knew of nothing to defend himself against. He also had no special needs. He was a very self-sufficient little bull. There was milk when he wanted it, and he needed nothing else. The humans withdresw, chat- tering and. laughing among them- selves. He heard their steps -let- tering on the stone floor ( and listening to their voices growing tainter as they return- ed de• the lane. The other calves xed and drew away from corner. With the jer- ky movements of the very young, the baby bull law down again, his front legs folding up first. In a few hours he would be a whole day old, but the baby bull did not know that. To him- self he had existed forever, and so'-he had no special wonder- ings eleciut what tomorrow would bring. Quiet flowed back, and the long Highland evening set in. The baby bull lay very still, Very peaceful, and utterly trust- ful, as his first day drew gently to a close. norido,•Arsenat Of conspiracy • People. in Greater Miami .and South Florida are sick and tired. of seeing this area liasnSeCI arsenal of conspiracy, It is Wang and dangerous. Alt law-abiding citizens. here have. a right to protection against the activities of internatienal ters, The :latest instance is the dis, clesure recently to Herald $,..t.Att Writet George .Senthwerth that C u b a n counter -revolutionists have seven "barracks" in Miami for recruits. On the same day, Floyd zapfel was convicted. in Criminal Court of hijacking a $60,000 cache of rnaehinegune, rifles, hand grenades and gunpowder, A Nicaraguan rebel leader tees titied that this batch of - artillery was stored here for "the cause". of overthrowing the Somoza government, The fact that Holzapfel was arrested last May shows that law enforcement officers haven't been idien They should re-double their efforts to rid Miami of all such warlike behavior. Only last July the United States Senate ratified a. new 'protocol • to the 1928 Convention on Duties and Rights of States in the Event of Civil Strife. That covenant originally was signed in Havana. It binds the signatories to prevent the use of their territory for fomenting civil strife in the territory of another party. The 1928 treaty is now in force for all the republics of the West- ern Hemisphere except Chile, Guatemala and Veriezuelas was strengthened two years ago by the protocol just ratified by the Senate, which has already been signed by nine other nations — • Argentina, Brazil, Costa. Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras and Peru. - This protocol modernizes the basic agreement to include air- ANGEL IN GLASS — With deli- cate artistry, John Hutton en- graves a figure of an angel on a glass panel in his London, England, studio. The panel is one of 90 which will forM a glass wall at the new Coventry Cathedral, smashed by German bombs during World Warr II. craft, land vehicles and vessels -in the definition of forbidden "traffic in arms and war mat- erial." It pledges each contracting nation, in areas under its juris, diction, to "use all appropriate means to prevent any person, national or alien, from deliber- ately participating in the prep. aratiore organization or carrying out a military enterprise that has as its purpose the starting, pro- moting or supporting of civil strife in another contracting state, Whether or not the gov- eminent of the latter has been recognized." The ban applies to supplying arms and mateeiaf, to collecting or training members of a milli- tary expedition, and to the pro- vision ox receipt of many, by any Method, intended for the military enterprise. As an interriatiOnal agreement duly ratified by the Senate, this protocol is law in the United ,States., It implements the dedi- cation of nations in the Ameri- cas to the prulotple that they shouldn't interfere with each other's internal affairs. Yet Melly of, the activities ;pacifically,lianned by this treaty are• beiog Carried 011 it( this city, to the peril of innocent bystanders. The merits or de- Merits of the conspirators' causes have nothing to do with the mat, for. They have no right to abuse Mii!mi's hospitality by commit- tir'g illegal acts here, Here's the recipe that won Mrs. Eunice Surles of Lake Charles, La., the top prize of $25,000 in the 11th grand nes' tional Pillsbury bake-off this week. She calls it "Mardi Gras Party Cake." 93 cup butterscotch morsels , 14 cup water 21/2 cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon .soda 1/4 teaspoon double-acting baking powder 1 cup sugar 4/4 cup'firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup shortening 3 unbeaten eggs 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk Melt butterscotch morsels in water in saucepan. Cool. Sift flour 'with salt, soda and baking powder; set aside, Add sugar and brown sugar gradually to shOrtening, creaming well. Blend in eggs, beating well af- ter each. Add butterscotch mor- sels; mix well. Add dry ingre- dients alternately with butter- milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Blend well af- ter each addition, (With mixer use a low speed.) Turn into two 9-inch round layer pans, well greased and lightly floured on the bottom. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 30 to 35 minutes, Cool; spread fill- ing between layers and on top to within 1/2 -inch of edge. Frost sides and top edge with sea foam frostin g, or whipped cream. Makes two 9-inch layers. Butterscotch Filling Combine VS cup sugar and 1 tablespoon cornstarch in 2-quart saucepan, Stir in 1/2 Cup evapor- ated milk, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup butterscotch morsels and 1 beaten egg yolk. Cook over me- dium heat, stirring constantly, until thick. Remove from heat: add 2 tablespoons butter, 1 cup cocoanut, chopped, ' and 1 cup pecans or walnuts chopped, Cool. Sea ream Frosting `Combine in saucepan VI cup sugar, lA cup firmly packed brown sugar, 1/2 cup water and 1 tablespoon corn syrup. Cook until a little syrup dropped in cold water forms a soft ball (236 degrees F:). Meanwhile, beat i egg white with 1/4 tea- spoon cream of tartar until stiff peaks -form, Adel syrup to egg white in slow, steady stream, beating constantly until thick enough to spread. * From Kenya Colony,_ East Africa, Mrs. Anna Fitzgerald writes to the Christian Science Monitor on the sUbjeet of using cream instead of butter in cake-making, "1 did not like wasting the effort of churning butter, only to turn it back into a crearn when making cake Then she explains: "Since All the other signers of the treaty have pledged their nation- al Honor ro the same agteeinelit. There's not much Miamians can cto if they welsh on it. BLit an this particular corner of the United •States soil, the law Carl acid must be upheld. Let Our 10.‘,V eriforterramt of- Eiders, federal arid local, rid' of this menace here and WSW,— Miatni Herald, cream is roughly half butter fat and .half liquid, I use twice the amount of cream as the recipe calls for in butter, and cut down the amount of liquid call- ed for by half the amount of cream used. I usually use water for a n y additional liquid re- quired, as it tends to lighten the grain of the cake." Mrs. Fitzgerald then gave her recipes for white, g old, and chocolate cakes, The white and gold cakes are similar except that 4 egg yolks are used in the gold cake and 2 eggs in the white cake. Here are the re- cipes for white and chocolate cakes. White Cake 1 cup cream 1 cup sugar 2 eggs, with 1 tablespoon water 2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons, baking powder Flavouring Water to thin Whip cream and sugar to- gether until it resembles butter and' sugar when creamed. Whip eggs with the 1 tablespoon wa- ter until light and fold into cream mixture. Mix dry ingre- dients and fold in. Add water at required for medium hatter. ' * * Chocolate Cake " 1 cup sugar 1.1/2 cups flour clip cocoa 1/4 1/2 teaspOon salt 1 teaspoon, soda 1 tablespoon vinegar cep cream ctenapspdvotatiervanilla Mix dry ingredients and add vinegar, cream,: water and- van- illa. ("This cake is moist and kecps well — nice with cocp- hut . frosting made by adding cream to a mixture of icing su- gar and shredded cocoanut.") Editor's Note: Mrs. Fitzger; aid gave no baking directions. We suggest 350 degrees to 375 degrees F e for temperature in baking these cakes, Lima Bean. Casserole 2. pounds large *led lima beans 1% to 2 pound pieces of slab bacon • BC;.otewlititipstigar Soak beans overnight. Cut rind off baCon; slice bacon into lhainch-thick "piteeS, Cook With beans and water until hearse .are almost (not quite) tender. Remove bacon front pcit; dein; fry until brown on' both aidea. Te the heaps, add catchup, and brown sugar to taste; Salts if necessary.' Put beaks casser- ole and top, with browned, ba. con. Bake at 375 degrees F. tor about 40 Minntee, -Serve's :8-10, May be doubled easily. * * ra Went to nnekt genie banana ib:leir ter school lunches this 11.tittna Bread i/r cup skortebihg- NA cup sugar 2 eggs, heateh 'cop bhitt 11/2 cu$ iil oAtied bairiariaS i 3/4 eitpS flour - tcaapeons-baking pos-Vtlei 1/2 teaspoon We, tteeoassiipottin vanilla Engine That Uses Hot.' .Air. As Power. A century and .4 half ego, a Scottish -clergyman named Ttob, ert Stirling built a new kind of engine that used hot air as nio, tive power; Becatiee it was in- efficient (used too .much fuel for the power it produced) the en-. gine was never more than a .curiosity, Last month, however, the Allison Division of General Motors in Indianapolis reported the problem had been licked and showed a model engine to prove it, ' No • larger than a desk tele7 phone, the Allison model boasts 40 per cent efficiency (as com- pared with 15 to 30 percent for the internal-combustion engine) principally because the combus- tion process is moved outside the engine head, This eliminates all but one major moving part. The heat generated is transferred to the engine where it forces an operating gas to expand.. This is subsequently cooled. The rapid. changes in pressure brought about by the heating-cooling process drive the work piston. The engine's advantages: It uses any fuel, is virtually noise- less, and can run unattended for two years. Engineers suggested. it for such diverse jobs as an in- flight satellite power Want .and a power source in lawn mowers. • 2 tablespoons water % cup chopped nut meats Cream shortening and sugar; add well-beaten eggs; mix well. Add b r a n, vanilla, and nuts. Add water to mashed bananas. Sift flour, baking powder, soda, and salt, Add alternately with banana-water mixture to short- ening-egg `mixture and mix well. Pour batter into soup or baking powder cans, filling cans half full. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees F, * "Potatoes are so adaptable; not having a pronounced fla- vour of their own, they take kindly to additional flavours," writes Mrs. Edna B. Richards. Italian Potatoes 4 slices bacon 4 cups thinly sliced raw potatoes I onion, sliced 11/2 teaspoons salt 14 teaspoon pepper 1/2 teaspoon celery salt 1 teaspoon prepared mustard 1 teaspoon sweet basil leaves chopped fine (or 1/2 teaspoon dry sweet basil) "Fry bacon in heavy skillet until .brown; drain. Add potash toes and onion to bacon grease and cook about 10 minutes, turn- ing once or twice. Add remain- ing ingredients and Simmer un- til potatoes are tender arid to- mato juice thickens — 20-25 minutes. Break the crisp bacon over the top; serve at once. Serves 5-6. ghtin -Terror , Of The 00p.. The terror of the _deep, the -.creature that Australian and Persian Gull pearl divers fear most, is not the sleek OOP.' toothed shark but. a huge fish with mumbling lips called Prorri» terops laneeOlatus — the Giant Cod or Queensland Groper, Strictly, it is not -a cod but a bass, Nor is it Queensiandis.• -exclusive property because it prowls throughout the Western Pacific .and the Indian Ocean, In Queensland waters (and those of .northern New South Wales). it grows up to seven .feet long and tips the scale at per- haps 800 lb, One caught in. the Persian Gulf weighed over half a toil. In northern Australia they'll. tell you plenty of . stories of pearl divers who have tangled with sharks, giant rays :arid, octo- puses and got away with it. But you'll hear very few accounts of divers getting away from these reddish brown, hump- backed monsters with huge mouths that can bite off a diver', leg or arm — or even swallow him whole, What incises the groper doub- ly dangerous is that this cor- pulent monster is completely without fear. Divers can hope to send. the nervous shark skitter- ing away with a few jets of bub- bles from their head valve. If it persists in coining on the diver will even tap it on its sensitive. nose, • No such measures affect the. grope Is just comes on with mumbling . lips, dropping its, lower jaw to give its victim a sight of the serried rows of crooked conical teeth and a maw into which a man might step— if he was so minded! Gropers have immense heads,. A diver once reported that he saw one . In London, aster a court order- ed him to stop cars from coming to his pub because of the noise they made onthe cobblestone street, Geoffrey Bernard hired three rickshas to transport his customers, WORKS BOTII WAYS A Polish court recently deliber- ated on the liner aspects of its, currency laws so far as concern- ed foreign money. They finally decreed that it was perfectly legal for a Pole to win dollars..frorn a foreigner a card game, but if the luck alter- ed and • the Pole was obliged to use the dollars to pay off his losses he would then be liable to imprisonment. At two consecutive marriages in the parish church at Ardfert, Ireland, the two bridegrooms, the two brides, best man, brides- maids, and the officiating priest all answered to the name of O'Sullivan! ISSUE 42 — 1959 ONE WITH MustARO — Appearing like an oversized hot dog, stterinalined Meloreyele is guided to a world regard of 210 riti.0.1-t. Driver is bob Berry al Pendine Smith, Englened,