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Pay For Security
But Won't Accept It
Walk down any country road
itx this region in late fall and
YOU will notice that one color
predominates. It is blue, in all its
varying shades, The bills in the
distance are dark blue, Nearer
at hand there is the chalky blue
of wildberry eanes. Violet turnip,
tops, dot the earth. Blue smoke
rises from burning cornstalks
and the last of the fall rubbish,
The sky is a dramatic blue; the
shadows are deep blue.
The Arniah farm women help
with chores and field work in
addition to their own heavy
schedule in house, poultry yard,
and dairy; yet most of them cast
about for some way to earn more
money. A larger flock of hens
in egg production is one way. And
Trina, always resourceful, has
flats of mushrooms in her cellar
that add to her income on market
days, since housewives in town
have found how superior in size
her mushrooms are. And this past
spring she went into partnership
with Anna and Hilda in an iris-
root project that really pays,
With a plot of ground no big-
ger than a good - sized living
room, the partners grew as many
as a hundred different varieties
of iris, The roots sell for fifty
cents or more, and each bulb in-
creases from two to ten times
each season. There is a terrific
demand for all the later hybrids,
especially the pinks, the reds,
the blacks, and the browns. Word
has spread of the six-inch blooms
the girls grow, some with red,
beards, others with ruffled
edges, and people come miles to
see and buy iris.
And why this preoccupation
with money-making among a sect
whose needs cannot be as great
as if they followed fashion's
dictates, or traveled far from
home? The simple truth is that
the Amish economy has under-
gone a radical change recently,
and all of them are feeling the
pinch. This came about when
Congress extended the Social
Security system to include farm-
ers. Instead of helping, it has
worked a hardship on them.
Such. Bible passages as 1 Timo-
thy 5:8 and others like it have
always been their criterion for
taking care of, their own. How
well they have, succeeded in this
is attested by the fact that re-
cords show not a single case of
1.01,44rnightrian seeking aid outside
his church. So, in their 'troubles
with the Old Age and Survivors
Insurance system, they are un-
willing participants in an ex-
panded security they did not
need. Yet they must pay up.
The Amislaa Society is
church-directed, and it is to this
fund that members turn in times
of need. Members are assessed
by the deacons according to their
tax statements when the fund
needs money, and the only call
is for the care of the poor or
for members who have suffered
property damage. Before the
society was established, help was
given by individuals who contri-
buted livestock, lumber, grain,
clothing, canned goods, or what-
ever was needed from, their own
supplies. The Aid Society pro-
vides a much better way of help-
ing. But when Social Security
payments are added to aid dues,
the budget must be revised some-
how. And the sad part is that
the payments to the government
will never be collected back in
benefits, It is not their "way."
Amos told a recent gathering
of Amish farmers, "Our fore'
fathers came to America to es-
eape the unbearable religious per-
xecution that resulted because of
their refusal to bear arms for
any reason whatsoever. This we
all know." And in his role of
peacemaker he reminded them
that, "In this country our wishes
in this' Matter have been respect-
ed. We call ourselves Apostles of
liNik ikr40,
stibove, Gentian' steel. baron,
May 'toe allowed to keep his
iffeer! and coal holdings by:: the
90,ateart officials,. In 1954
he. was given years to diet.
pose bf them, but th'e time is
ietrriCitt up and he CarinOt find a
Wye?, "He was convicted of
6101g. to derai Rttlet bxa,wde,
after the War,
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Peace, and we have been allowed
to do so, Through two world wars
and lesser conflicts, our aversion
to the bearing of arms has been
respected by the government. As
Conacientions Objectors, we were
allowed to make our contribution
to the cause in other ways. Our
people served in hospitals and
in Many other ways, Many offea-
ed themselves as human guinea
pigs in the research for new and
better ways to protect human
life. But we were allowed a
special privilege when we were
not required to bear arms,
"Now we have a choice to
make. We regret that the old
order could not prevail, yet we
should not question the new,"
One feels confident, listening
to his serious, thoughtful state-
ments, that even though the
pinch is felt in every home, the
payments to the government will
be made in this community,
writes Mabel Slack Shelton in
The Christian Science Monitor,
Amos and Eli plan to add to
their incomes this winter by sell-
ing off some timber, The small
sawmill in this locality is owned
by an Amish school leader who
• buys logs from the surrounding
farmers. Trees are cut down
with hand saws and the logs are
dragged to the mill by horse-
drawn sleds or wagons, The mill
is a lively place, surrounded by
logs and lumber and rutted sled
paths. A gasoline engine furnishes
power, saws whine, sawdust falls,
and payments are in money, It
means long days of hard work
for the Zaugg men, this logging.
But, as Amos says, "A man does
the best he can,"
Meanwhile, Thanks gigiving
(Danksagungsdawg) has come
and gone, and there were many
things for which to give thanks,
A new cheese factory close at
hand which will require milk
from at least two thousand
farmers in this part of the state
assures a good income from that
quarter. And a visit to the plant
made for an entertaining day re-
cently.
The very words "cheese fac-
tory" somehow connote elfin
jollity. And while the workers
at the plant are certainly not
elves, they had many a jolly
legend about their art, of cheese-
making. One of their most glee-
ful tales was about how the first
batch of cheese attempted in the.
bright, new plant turned out to
be a mess. The finicky bacteria
required to set a batch of cheese
to "working" found the spick-
and-span quarters too inhospita-
ble. They refused to work. What
to do? Everyone was frantic.
Shelving and woodwork from an
old plant were brought in haste,
and even old, tangy cheese was
smeared on the immaculate walls.
The priming done, all waited
feverishly while they ran through
another batch of milk. .1a!
Cheese!
Driving home with samples
of some unusually mild Camem-
bert, Trina was led to say that
it should go fine as an accom-
paniment for lemon butter on hot
toast. The evolution of cheese
from milk, any kind of cheese ex-
cept Schmierkadse, is a secret be-
sayond my ken. But I do know how
my neighbors make lemon but-
ter, that ambrosial spread. They
combine three beaten eggs with
two cups of sugar and three
lemons, using the juice and grat-
ed rind, and one-fourth pound of
butter or margarine, and stir and
cook the mixture over low heat
until it thickens,
We use it on toast, on tiny
rolled pancakes, or even as a fill-
ing for white cake layers, And
Trine was correct in thinking
lemon butter might have 'an af-
finity for mild, fresh cheese
They go excellently together.
When the Pennsylvania Dutch
people say "spread" they mean
Lattwaerrick, their won rich,
dark apple butter. To our way
of thinking, lemon butter de-
serves a title of its own that is
as universal. The recipe is over
a hundred years old.
Nearing home after our drive
to the cheese factory, we could
hear on the still, evening air the
putt-putt of Eli's little "'one-
lunger" gasoline engine. Bolted
to a small, wheeled frame, it can
be hitched by a belt to a corn
sheller or a silage chopper, or to
Trina's hand-power washing ma-
chine, Rejected, by others as too
old-fashioned, it has somehow-
found favor with the Amish bis-
hopa, who allow its use. Basically
it represents the same source of
energy which they find worldly
under the hood of a cat,. yet if
this has occurred to them they
have. tonne some way to over-
look its implications.
For this we are grateful. De-
light in work for work's Sake is
an outstanding Amish trait, but
there are limits to what one man
can do in a day. So the sound of
an outmoded engine is sweet to
out ears, since we knoW it helps
one who richly deserves help.
And another clear draws to its
peaceful close in Amishland.
HOT MONEY
Three' YearsVas the prison
termhanded to a man in Meths
treal s .for peas-60111g fake trioneYs
Police found id bogus :06 bills
hidden; in hotplate in the Man's
house,
Some cold winter day, you
may feel that the very best food
you can think of is oxtail stew.
OXTAIL STEW
2 oxtails
3-4 small onions, cut
3-4 carrots, cut
2 cups diced yellow turnips
Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon cornstarch
Cook oxtails 3-4 hours or un-
til tender, in enough water to
cover. About 1 hour before ox-
tails are done, add vegetables.
Season. Thicken with the corn-
starch mixed with a little water.
Serve with potatoes.
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Here's a combination pf ,egg-
plant ''ancPsocitere'that is hearty
enough4ot'"main dish, yet de-
cidedly different, from "the or-
dinary kind of such dishes. -
EGGPLANT-OYSTER
CASSPEOLE
1 medium eggplant, peeled and
sliced 1/4.-inch thick
3 medium tomatoes, peeled and
thinly sliced
)4 pound Cheddar cheese,
grated
1 small can (4% ounces)
oysters
1,4 cup fine dry bread crumbs
2 tablespoons melted butter
In a greased 9 x 9-inch-square
baking dish; alternate layers of
eggplant, tomatoes, and cheese,
making 3 layers. Drain oysters,
keeping liquid, and chats.' oysters.
Sprinkle oysters over top and
pour liquid over them. Toss
bread crumbs in the'rnelted but-
ter and •top casserole with them.
Bake at 375° F. Tor .1. hr. Serves 6.
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SALMON CASSEROLE.
2 tbsps. butter
2 tbsps. flour
1 tsp. dry mustard
1/4 tsp. salt
'/z tsp. pepper
1 c. milk
2 c. drained salmon
2 tbsps. lemon juice,
1 c. diced celery
tbsp, chopped pimento
(optional)
1 c.. soft bread crumbs
2 tbsps. melted butter
Melt butter in ' top of double
boiler over low heat. Add flour,
mustard, salt and pepper. Stir
until smooth. Slowly add milk.
Place over boiling water. Cook
until thick, stirring constantly.
Remove skin and bones from
salmon. Add flaked salmon a lem-
on juice, celery and piniento to
white. sauce, Mix well, Spoor
into buttered one-quart casser-
ole. Mix crumbs with melted but-
ter. Top salmon mix with but-
tered crumbs, Bake in moderate
oven 350' degrees for half an
hour, Serve hot. *
In response to a request from
a reader of the Christian Science
Monitor for ald-fashioned banana
pudding, Marian Parks Grey,
sent this one which, she say,
"originated in the. South."
OLD-FASHIONED„ BANANA
PUDDING
1 cup banana pulp
IA cup brown sugar
3/1 cup molasses (maple villa
may be Used instead)
2 egg yolks, beaten light
teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup light cream
Peel and remove coarse fiber
from banana, Press through
ricer, Coinhine other ingredients
and add banana pulp as soon as
it is prepared. look in buttered
individual Custard Cups set in a
pan of hot water. Serve told.
If you'prefer a banana pud-
ding made with gelatin, try this
one sent in by Carole P
BANANA PUDDING
3 bananas
1 tablespoon gelatin
2 tablespoons Water
1,4 cup boiling water
chp'suear
teagiooliS lemen Juice ti
080E; 00,
3 egg whites
14 teaspoon salt
1 cup cream, whipped
141 teaspoon vanilla
Mash bananas lightly with
fork. Soak gelatin in the 2 table-
spoons water; dissolve in the
boiling water. Stir until dis-
solved. Cool. Stir in the banana
pulp and lemon juice. Chill 'un-
til mixture begins to thicken,'
Whip. Beat egg white with salt
until stiff. Fold into gelatin mix-
ture, Top with the whipped
cream to which vanilla has been
added.
Beat Love Ban
By Pigeon Post
When a 26-year-old plumber
discovered that the girl he loved
did not share his feelings, he de-
cided to give her the shock of
her life.
During the night he painted
"messages" to her in nine-inch
white letters on the roadway all
the. way from her home to the
station.
Next morning the girl saw on
the path outside her house the
words, "Big surprise at the sta-
tion," and in the roadway was
the message: "Am sorry, but you
made me do it."
She gasped with horror when
she spotted, on a bus shelter, a
painted allegation that she was
immoral, and there were similar
Messages on the station wall and
on a bridge.
On the up-platform was a final
message saying, "Now let us see
you hold your head up. This will
teach you not to tread on people,
darling,"
"You know what it is like to be
in love," his solicitor told the
court when the young plumber'
was charged with publishing ob-
scene writings. "This man was
driven completely up the wall by
this girl and did not know what
he was doing."
For expressing his feelings in
such an outrageous way the dis-
appointed lover had to pay $90
but no doubt he would have
done the same thing had he
known'the cost. For when young
folk fall in love they are 'often
blinded to reality.
A British jungle fighter found
that the -cost-of romance was nine
months' detention. He' had fallen
for a beautiful Malay girl and
absconded' from his unit four
times to visit her.
The last time he was absent
was after he had been posted for
'Singapore. He was arrested as he
set out to see the girl 200 miles
away.
. It was her love for a British
soldier that 'sent attractive 31-
year-old Margot Frey to jail for
seven months as an East German
spy.
The Brunswick Supreme Court
was told that Margot, si chil-
dren's nurse, collected, infOrma-
tion on, British and West German
military .installations for the
East German security seryice.
But during her mission she
fell in "love with a British sol-
dier stationed in Brunswick. She
was arrested by the German, po-
lice during a routine check on
the girl friends of British troops.
Of course, falling in love does
not always have such drastic con-
sequences, but it can have far-
reaching effects on people's lives.
Pretty 21-year-old Barbara
Rule found romance in an unex-
pected way when sailing to South.
Africa aboard the liner Warwick
Castle.
Ten days out from London,
Barbara, a Canadian girl, met
nineteen-year-old Michael Peck
while sight-seeing in Genoa. He
was a first-class steward aboard
the liner; she' was travelling
tourist class, - • • •
Crew members were not sup-
posed to mix with passengers in
off-duty hours but the young
couple managed to sneak away to
.see each other for an hour or
two each day. At mealtimes
Michael used to send her mess.
ages by a steward. They called
him "The Pigeon" and he got a
bottle of beer for every three
letters.
By the time Cape Town was
reached Barbara knew she was
in love. A secretarial - job was
waiting for her in South Africa
but she felt she could not be
parted from Michael, So when
the ship sailed for London again
three days later she was back on
board as a passenger.
Twice Michael got into trouble
because of seeing Barbara. And
well-meaning passengers nearly
killed the romance by being too
curious.'But it was worth it.
"Our love is a genuine thing —
this is no schoolgirl affair," Bar-
bara declared.
Love makes the world go
round; it also make people go
round the world.
Saved. From. Death
By Love Letter
Suicide seemed the only way
out of his troubles to a young
Chinese •as, grim-faced, he sat
alone in his shabby little ba-
chelor room on the eighth floor
Of a, Bong Kong building re-
cently,
Ills girl friend had left him,
he was out of a job and he owed
considerable aent. He knew it
was the coward's way out, but
lie had made up his mind.
He would climb out through
the window en to the wide
ledge and then drop to his
death.
The young man took a last
glance round the untidy room,
his eyes resting for a few mo-
ments on the portrait of his
pretty but 'faithless girl friend
which stood on the mantelpiece,
Then slowly he clambered
through the window on to the _
ledge, There he paused, appall-
ed by the sight of the hundreds
of busy people passing to and
fro along the, main street below
him.
Then he suddenly remember-
ed he had left the girl no fare-
well note. But it was all right—
he could scribble it here on the
ledge, drop it back into the
room and then plunge to eter-
nity on to the pavement below.
He began to write the note
in pencil taking his time. The
door of his room was locked.
Nobody could stop him now. A
few minutes could make no
difference.
Suddenly he was startled to
hear a voice addressing him
from a window close to his. It
had been silently opened by an
official who was appealingi oto,
him to get back into his room.
The young man shook his
hdad violently, finished the
note while the official still
pleaded with him and then said:
"Please deliver this to the lady
whose name and address I have
written down."
He stretched out his hand to
give it to the man. The official,
confident because his own legs
-were being, held firmly by a
colleague, leaned more than
half way out , of his. Window
and, seizing the .Chines,e by the
wrists, pulled him to safety with
one tremendous heave.
There are many other true-
life stories which prove that
suicide suieide is not so 'easy to com-
mit as some people seem to
think,
French police still chuckle
over the sequeL to the amazing
but vain suicide attempts of a
smart and pretty showgirl not
long ago. 'Why this redhead
with the, fiery temperament
wanted to do away with heraelf
remains a mystery, but she cer-
tainly tried hard,
She was first spotted by a
farm worker as she floundered
in three feet of water hi a lone-
ly stretch of river in Southern
France, Amazed, he watched.
her stack her head under the
water three times and swallow
before coming, gasping, to the
surface again,
Plunging into the water, he
grabbed the girl and escorted,
her back to the farm,
A week later she made an-
other attempt in another river,
This time as gendarme spotted
her clothes on the bank and
then saw her acting strangely in
the water, lie ordered her to
come out, She refused and gall-
ed put: "Please leave me to
dr Q w rt myself!" It was only
when lie threatened to shoot
her if she did not obey him that
she emerged, "I try so hard,
but always I start to swim
when I begin to swallow water,"
she complained,
She .made no more attempts to
die, Today she is happily mar-
ried to a French peasant. They
have three daughters — all
good swimmers!
Despondent because an army
pension he had applied for had
not come through, a Swansea
man decided to hang himself.
But the old rope he was using
broke suddenly. This made him
reflect and abandon the attempt.
Next morning the post
brought his long-awaited letter
awarding him $300 down and a
pension of $10 a week.
As the last notes of the High
Mass echoed round Notre Dame
Cathedral a few weeks ago, a
gaunt young Italian student put
a pistol to his chest and fired.
Priests and tourists rushed to
the
was'
man and a doctor
was called, Later he told his
story, saying his heart was
broken by a lovely woman with
whom he had come to Paris.
She had left him soon alter
their arrival. For days he had
vainly, searched the streets for
the woman he loved. In his
pocket was a letter and her
photograph. Said the letter:
"My heart ,breaks; I cannot sup-
port this pain much longer,"
The young lover survived. It
was the first time anyone had
tried to commit suicide in, the
cathedral's '700 - year s old , pre-
cinct f.r it hater, holy water, Was, sprm-
klecl On `the Spot.
qrief,ishame, remorse and ex-
cessive poverty"— thes6 are the
main causes 'of attempted• sui-
cides, according to Dr, Harry
M. Warren, of New York. He
ought to know, for he has sav-
ed 30,000 people from suicide
thrOugh 'his' national ' Save-A-
Life League- It has been oper-
ating since '
Dr. Warren and his helpers
have stopped many would-be
suicides from hurling them-
selves over .cliffs into the' Hud-
son River and, elsewhere. One
-Tune day ' a pretty, nineteen-
year-old girl was about to jump
into a lake with a heavy iron
weight tied round her neck,
A member al the League was
just' in time to dissuade her.
The girl promised she would
not take her life for twenty-
four,hours. In the interval many
inquiries were „made, It was
found the man she loved was
married, but that his wife had
deserted him, aears earlier.
Dr. Warien saw t h e • man,
made him promise to divorce
his wife and marry -the girl.
The whole business 'ended hap-
pily.
Big Fish
A fisherman's paradise ayhers
fish grow up to ten times their
normal size has been discovered
in a patch of the Pacific Ocean
Off Central America.
A team of .American marine
biologists;, now, investigating the
'area, believe that the waters
there may contain ,some irigredi-
ents that will benefit mankind,
Marlin caught in theie watere,
Where :northern., and, southern
ocean cU M rrents eet; litiveaveigh-
ed up to 2,500 lb., whereas a nor-
mal marlin will weigh only 250
lb.
BIG FREEZE IS ON - The ice-coated tanker Taurus, heads down the Chi.cP9,0,,Rixer„in that
city after a cold, windy trip on the Great Lakes. The record cold wave slowed iron ore
carrier's on the lakes as they raced to the steel mills before winter locked the ports,
~TA BLETALI[S
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tiovVit'i. Harold .Mticrrallari and thd,r10
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AnkturtAN1N FlARIS'L- While her father 7 i:n44:W'geflitir "Wl,h1h;
heads of Western notions, Barbara Eisenhower visits tRe 164*
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