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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1960-06-16, Page 2esses ' ,V s`11",.: eas.e.A.aas, s'aas GOING MY WAY? — Marge Chapla makes an engagingly ma- rooned hitch-hiker. Her car bogged down in. Denver. TABLE TALKS ,Jam,A-adDews HONG KONG — This free world window on Communist China ie lifted weekly by 300 or more refugees fleeing from the Red oregime, They often face poverty and famine in the crowded Oa reefs or on the tatiipanit and junks iii' the harbor of this !Wirth-run Chin th ese y, Eut still they c hoose this life to dee te,hirld th• Silk CUrfailla WEIGHT AND LONGEVITY IMP Averaging About 25% Overweight: Reduced Weight Cases 109% All Cases 1 126% Aferaging About 35.40% Overweight: Reduced Weight Cases 96% All Cases Mortality Ratio: (Ratio all standard risks 100%) WEIGHTY MATTER — Relationship of overweight to mortality in one recent study is graphed, above, "Reduced weight cases" referred to are those of men who had paid a higher-than- standard premium before reducing made them acceptable at normal rates. "All cases" groups the mortality experience for • both the men who reduced and those who remained overweight. Though incomplete, data for women indicated a similar ex- perience. Data from a Society of Actuaries study. _ TIES OP AT ATLANTIC CITY The Ruttlai fi5hrng fra ,er Masalsk rests beside Ike Coa • Guard station Afrcitilk The trawler Welt attested by b Coast Glided boat port with tan ailing iecirribri4 lairpins Save IAany Lives A hairpin supplied by en air )aleteas. helped to prevent a. caath ending by an aircraft with sev- enteen passengers in Australia a thern time ago. "The hairpin was placed across IWO electrical points to short= circuit the system to the nose, Wheel, which had jammed .in its. housing,' says a report from firiebane, "The pilot managed to Jolt down .the wheel in a series, of dives. The 'plane landed see. ly." A world-famous surgeon, Dr, Charles T. Bove, recalls how two hairpins were used to save a , boy's life, One night Dr. Bove Was summoned to see the son of a :farmer forty miles from 'Paris. He found the eight-year-old lad choking to death with a block- age of the windpipe. When he left Paris the surgeon had not anticipated surgery and hadn't an instrument with hire. He borrowed a razor and two hairpins. He sterilized his hands in bran- dy and fashioned the hairpins into- clamps to keep open the • bole he eat in the th"oat of the boy,. Later the boy was rushed to hospital — and survived. The man who first kinked the prongs of his wife's hairpins be- eause when straight .they kept dropping out of her hair wet enterprising Mr. S. Goldberg.. He found that after being bent the pins remained. in place no, mat- ter how much. she shook her head. Goldberg became known as • America's Hairpin King. He fin- ished up with a fortune of many millions. SMART OPERATOR "By the jade Buddha of Tem- ple Shan Chi, honoured friend of my heart," said the Chinese businessman, "I have lent a tricky mandarin in Canton Street 2,000 dollars, and he has not given me a receipt. What shall I do?" Write sternly and demand the payment of the 4,000 silver pieces," suggested his friend. "But, most careless listener, it was only 2,000 pieces." "I know — but he will indig- nantly tell you so. That will serve as your receipt." in his air force, three million men in his army, Training and discipline are more intense than they were two years ago during the con- centrated shelling of the off- shore islands of Quemoy and Matsu. Alternate-day shelling of these islands has continued since then, His gunnery crews are in ex- cellent form. But with the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization on his south flank, the Fifth and Thirteenth Air Forces at the ready from Manila to To k y o, and the Seventh Fleet patrolling his shoreline, Mao's army is used only to haggle over the Indian border. "This kind of containment can be a prison to a dictatorship," a military observer in Hong Kong explained. "Without the turmoil of military campaigns, you can probably hear the grinding in- ternal problems quite clearly." In addition, China's ill-wishers find new signs of disagreement between Mao and. Khrushchev each day. Taken all together, it should add up to the beginnings of re- volution inside Peiping, if not all of China — all the more likely with China's ancient tra- dition of rival provinces and warlords. It would be comforting to. think so. But seasoned army and intelligence men here laugh at the idea. "You Americans," one British intelligence officer said, 'must get -awfully tired running be. tween the poles admitting Red China to the U.N. and wait- ing for an overthrow of her government." The closest anybody will come in reliable Hong Kong observa- tion posts to predicting internal trouble for Mao is, in the words of one U.S. political expert: "Three successive years of fa- mine — and then, maybe, But only maybe. And three years like that come very seldom. "As for the refugees: 300 per week isn't much compared with 650 million Chinese still inside. And about the differences be- tween Mao and. Khrushchev: there's a modern political -pro- verb which says: "They'll cut our throats before- they cut each other's,'" Surer Prevention Of Polio The medieel world has argued the pressing — and vital goes, tion: Which is More effective and safe in preventing paralytie. Polio — the killed-virus vaccine of Dr. Jonas Salk or the live, virus vaccine of Dr, Albert Sab- in? To eXamine the Soviet .exeeri.,, meats on 00 million. people with Sabin live-virus vaccine, the Na- tional .Foundation recently sent two representatives to Moscow: One was Dr. John P. Fox of the Public Health Research Institute of. the City of New York; the other, Dr, Theodore E, Boyd, heed of virology and epidemiol- ogy for the National Foundation, Last month, the scientists re- turned to New York with their report. The gist of it: The Sabin vaccine is promising, but its real worth has not been fully demon- strated. "So' far as we are concerned, guaranty of the effectiveness of the vaccine is till a problem," said Dr, Fox. "For example, And- ing that polio antibodies appear in the blood stream after vac- cination is presumptive evidence that the person has been immun- ized.. But this require4., a strict laboratory test, not now practi- cal in Russia, on a mass scale. And the trouble is, live polio virus does not always `takea" Currently, the Sabin vaccine is being tested in Ohid and New York; and another live vaccine, made by Cox-Lederle, is under- going large-scale trial in Florida, Minnesota,. and New York, "There is strong evidence that the live-polio vaccines may turn out to be more effective than killed-virus vaccines in controll- ing polio," said Dr. Thomas M. Rivers, former-Roekefeller Insti- tute virologist, now vice presi- dent of the National Foundation. "But responsible scientific evi- dence favors caution and further testing." Albert Sabin, who also has just • returned from Russia, said: "In live-polio vaccine, medical sci- ence has a tool which may rid large parts of the world of both. poliomyelitis and its causative viruses. But whether the U.S. public-health authorities will now use this tool is a question only the future can answer." —From NEWSWEEK FOR DEGAS—France honors its famous painter Hilaire Degas on this new stamp. Now that the U.S. national survey — listing apple pie, cherry pie, and ice cream as favourite desserts,— agrees with my local survey, I've decided 'that if I'm ever in doubt, it will be easy just to decide on apple pie a la mode! However, there are other des- serts that pushed for a place at the :top in the recent national survey. Such delicacies as straw- berry shortcake, pecan pie, cheese cake,' Boston cream pie, and gelatin desserts may be con- sidered as universal favourites too writes Eleanor Rickey John- ston in the Christian Science Monitor, * * * And on the subject of desserts, Mrs. Gladys Field sent a banana pudding which, she writes, "my family used to make when we lived in the South." BANANA PUDDING 2/4 cup sugar tablespoons flour 14 teaspoon salt 2 cups milk 3 eggs, separated 1 teaspoon vanilla Vanilla wafers 6 bananas Combine 1/2 cup sugar, flour and salt in top of double boiler. Stir in milk. Cook over boiling water, stirring' constantly, until thickened. Cook, uncovered, 15 minutes more,_ stirring occasion- -ally. Beat egg yolks and gradu- ally stir in hot mixture. Return to double boiler and cook 5 min- utes,• stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Line the bottom of a casserole with vanilla wafers; top with a layer of sliced bananas. Pour a portion of the custard over bananas. Continue to make lay- ers of wafers, bananas and cus- tard until bananas and custard are used up, ending with a layer of custard. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Gradually add remaining Ya cup sugar and beat until they form stiff peaks. Pile on top of pudding in cas- serole, Bake at 425 degrees F. for 5 minutes or until delicately, brown. Serve either warm or chilled. Serves 6-8. * * Want to try 'a new cookie/ Here is a recipe sent by Mrs. itelen Harmon. PIXIES 1 package (r4-pound) cream cheese I cup butter 2 cups flour 1 Op confectioners' sugar Blend together thoroughly the butter and cheese. Work in the flour. Chill thoroughly. Roll out to about 1/4 -inch thick on board or waxed paper, using the con- fectioners' sugar instead of flour. Cut dough in 1x3-inch strips. Place a piece of walnut (cher- ties, dates and raisins may be used also) on end of each strip and roll tip, Place folded side down on baking sheet. Bake at 37,5'degrees F,. for 15.1/ Minutes. Sift. confectioners' sugar over Pixies immediately, * * A recipe tonieWhat similar but with the sugar omitted was sent by Mrs. Lydia A. Crilsoe. eititgCESitg 1 package cream ebeeat 1 stick butter cup alcd Rohr RASPilttiot preserve. Cream cheese and butter to- gether, then add 'flour and mix well. If too soft to roll, put in refrigerator for about 30 min- utes. Roll dough very thin and cut into rounds with a ,crinkle- edge cookie cutter about 4- inches in diameter. Put a scant teaspoon of the raspberry pre- serves in center and fold half the dough over and crease the edges with fork to hold together. Use same fork to prick top to let steam escape. Place on un- - greased cookie sheet and bake until light brown — about 10 minutes — at 3.50 degrees F. * * * Here are some quick cookie squares — "easy to make, eco- nomical, and a favourite with all who taste them," Mrs. Bette E. Shepard writes. DUTCH CRUMB COOKIE 2 1/2 cups flour 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup 'shortening 1 .egg, separated Pinch of salt 1 teaspoon vanilla Put all ingredients except egg white in a large bowl; knead all together. Spread on ungreased 9x12 shallow cookie pan. Brush top with the egg white: Place in 425 degrees F. -oven for 10 min- utes. A few minutes before it's done, cut into 2-inch squares; let bake 3-4 -minutes longer. Makes 2 - 21/2 dozen. * Here are two ways of making brownies, sent by Mrs. -Joseph Beals, Jr. CHEWY BROWNIES 1 cup sugar 2 eggs, beaten V2 cup pastry flour 2 squares chocolate, melted 1/4 cup melted butter 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup walnuts, broken Combine sugar, and beaten eggs; sift in the flour. No bak- ing powder is needed, Add cho- colate and butter and mix well. Stir in vanilla and nuts. Spread in &-inch-square greased pan -and bake at 350 degrees - -400 degrees F. 'for • 25-30 minutes. When cooled a little, cut in 16 Squares. COCOA BROWNIES cup shortening cup cocoa Ris,ked. Murder, for A Drink! Two Australians camped on barren island off Cape yore,. Peninsula, Queensland. . One died„ the other endured weeks of. terror. for the sake of a few huri, eired pounds of wolfram — tin ore, The two men—Formasini and his mate,—depended for stores oe the supply ketch .Spray, which visited them every three months, weather permitting, At first aboriginet had brought their drinking water from the mainland, accepting payment in twist tobacco, But later they be- came hostile, so the two diggers had to row .across and fetch their water themselves. One would stand by theli whaleboat, rifle at the ready, while the other stumped across. the beach to a swamp to fill the kerosene tint, The man with the rifle had to cover his mate as he hurried through the tall grass, and at the same time watch the, islet in case the natives raced their canoes across to cut them off, When they did the diggers only just got their first by blaz- ing away at them with rifles. Then the natives tried to steal the boat, and the two men had to guard it day and night. Then, worst of all, Formasini's mate sickened with fever, Formasini nursed him, begged him not' to die. The sick man, in turn, im- plored the other not to leave him.. One night, hearing the rattle of kerohene tins as Formasini set forth for water, his mate kept screaming out; "Don't leave me!" He had to be hushed lest his cries betray them both to the watch- ful natives. They were dreadful nights, Ion L. 'driest says, telling For- masini's story in "The ' Scratchers": hushing the sick man, sneaking to the mangroves with the tins wrapped in bags to deaden noise, launching the heavy boat, pulling it to the mainland with muffled oars, crawling to the swamp and dipp- ing the tins in the darkest spot he could find, never knowing if a murderous blade would strike between his shoulders, After sleepless nights Forma- sini had . to tend to his. mate, snatch a few hours' sleep, and put up a show of working as if all were well, wheeling a barrow- load of stone out of the tunnel 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1/4 cup sifted flour 1/11 teaspoon baking powder % teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 11/2 cup 'chopped nuts (optional) Melt shortening'-in saucepan; remove from heat. Stir in -cocoa and sugar., Add eggs, I at a time, beating well. Add vanilla, flour, baking powder, salt and nuts. Put into a greased 8-,inch square pan. Bake at 350 degrees F. 30 - 35' minutes. Cool; cut into 16 squares. every now and then — for the natives spied down on the islet from the mainland hills, • His mete died, and the night Formasini buried him was one of terror,. He dragged the body from the tunnel, dug a hole ;for it end covered it with stones amt mangrove leaves, Then he car- ried all he .possessed into the tunnel, .ready to withstand a siege. Not until he was on his last fin of water did he dare to vivo') down to the beach one night with his empty cans, The boat had gone. When the supply lugs • ger picked him up ti week later he was raving, But lie survived to tell his story to Idriess when they met. Don't Try To Beat This Eating Record The tiny, mouse-like shrew- smallest of all mammals, is also the world's most prodigious trencherman. Driven by a ter- rific metabolism rate, the shrew consumes its own weight in food every three hours, M a n It i n d cannot match that — but Ameri- cans are doing their best. The average ,U.S, citizen, the Federal Trade Commission reported last month, eats a total of 1,500 pounds of food each year — about ten times his Weight. Food intake, the FTC survey shows, has not changed very much since the high-on-the-hog boom of 1925-1929 (actually, it has slipped). But the American diet has changed drastically in the 1939-1959 period. Today, they are eating 25 percent more meat, fish, and poultry than 30 years ago; 50 per cent more citrus fruit and tomatoes, 12 per cent more dairy products and eggs, and 31 per cent more coffee, tea, and cocoa, In the same period, the typical American's consumption of flour and cereal products has de- creased 37 per cent, and of po- tatoes, 33 per cent, the survey shows. "Potatoes are almost cer- tainly down for diet reasons," Tom Lanahan, a Department of Agriculture marketing expert, commented, "Too many calories — although one of the phenome- mins of the frozen-food business has been the big spurt in frozen. French fries. They lead the list of.frozen foods." 'Surprisingly, fats and oils, in- cluding butter, remain at about the same average — 66 pounds per person a year. Apparently ignoring the possible relation be- tween fatty foods and harden- ing of the arteries and coro- nary attacks, the American still orders his sirloin steak with charcoal-blackened succulent fat and asparagus dripping with rich hollandaise sauce. Scarcely a meal to thrill a shrew, whose favorite food is insects. "What is a sense of humour?" asks a reader. When you laugh at something which makes you furious when it happens to you. ISSUE 25 — 1960 By WARD CANNEL Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Hong. Kong — H the free world's fence against Commun- ist Asia was in better repair, Mao Tse-tung's China pasture could be a lot greener, Or red- der. Refugees stream into Hong Kong at the rate of at least 300 per week — and perhaps 'twice that number, according to volunteer relief workers, The penalty for not making it is eertain death. The penalty for making it is poverty and daily famine. British businessmen, back from their annual trips into Red 6hina report that a new, sullen hook is apparent on faces wher- ever you go. "It wasn't like that last year," one leather dealer reminded himself. "I was constantly be- ing told how good life was, how elean and progressive. I wasn't **minded once this trip." Agents of Chiang It ai-shek's Formosa government tell you happily that the gap is widen- ing between Red China's army end the people. To preserve his power, Mao is giving the military luxuries at the expense of the people. "Before everything else in China," one Chinese reporter said, "comes the family. It is traditional for overseas Chinese to send money` home to their families, even if they haven't seen each other for 50 years. This all makes for bad feeling. "All the more so as the army is growing older and officers and men are being retired to their homes and starvation." Agriculture experts, reading, listening and discussing Mao's land reform program in the ideai form in which it reaches Hong Kong, are frankly amazed. "He's got them planting sweet potatoes instead of rice. It's per- lectly logical, Rice requires far snore hands to cultivate. With meet potatoes you free men and women for industry. "The only trouble is that the Chinese don't like sweet pota- toes. They want rice. He's hit- ting his people in the stomach." In the meantime, spies, agents Cd refugees report that the Red hinese army is at its peak, Mao can boast 1,900 jet planes Famine, Strife Tear Reds' Silk Curtain But Revolution In China. Still Remote What's Gnu? It's impossible to keep gnus out of the news. These strange creatures — their other name is wildebeest — are among the ugliest in the world. They have short, broad heads, long hairy tails and manes, and broad, heavy horns rather like those of a buffalo, Their eyes are small and their general appear- ance is uncouth and ungainly. Gnus hit the news headlines again when its was recently an- nounced that a baby gnu was the first new arrival of 1960 at Whip- snade Zoo. A bull brindled gnu which ar- rived at Whipsnade some years ago had to be kept away from the public by a double fence be- cause he was so menacing, The authorities considered him the worst-tempered gnu seen there ' since the days of Satan, another temperamental brindled gnu who had lived there some years previously. One of Satan's favorite ways of scaring visitors and keepers alike was ea hide in his shed un- til he- heard someone, Then he'd charge out, snorting, and glare fiercely, When the Duke of Windsor, as Prince of Wales, shot a particu- larly large specimen of the blue gnu in South Africa, Mr. C. Les- took Reid, an expert on gnus, described them as "the most ruriouelooking beasts in crea- tion. He said a gnu has the head of a buffalo, the tail of a horse, the hoofs of an antelope, the nose of a Roman, the beard of a goat and the solemnity of an owl, coupled with an elephantine skittishness which gives a remarkably foolish effect. Yet gnus are not such fools as they loOk, Big game hunters testify that when hunted their faculty for sensing and avoiding the cleverest ambush is phencitri- anal, Nor are they es clumsy as they look, Gnus owe their 'reputation partly to their voices What are like the croaking of a gigantic frog, but chiefly to their sitiveness which often causes a Whole herd to gallop up and in., :poet the Very man who is in, tending to sheet them.