The Brussels Post, 1960-10-20, Page 6SNOW !
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HATS OFF — Nancy Anne Fleming, Miss America 1961, has
the happy job in New York City of selecting the hats she'll
wear as the country's beauty queen for the next year.
FOR
THE BEST
YEARS
OF YOUR
A E'4%.10volulion
lip `Ile Kitchen
it. oFs to be a good cook, In
fact., it recently paid off bend-
eomelY, in the sum of $25,000.
to the winner of the grand bake-
off in the i'llislaury .coritest here
Art Washington,
It may have, been Merely ca-
incidental that Mrs, Frank
Sehlenelle. of Crab Orchard, Neb„
is, a fartnetae wife, Yet, when
YOU. come to think of it,: it
figures,
For what did she bake? Just
4 good old, down-to-earth loaf
of bread, It was glarnOnred up.
a bit, to be, sure, but it was .the
Simplest, most basic of all foods
jeist the seen.). And who, after
all, should know better than a
farmer's wife how to bake
bread?
The "breadwinner," they call
her now, That figures, `too, Ask-
ed what she planned to do with
her prize money, she replied:
think put some of it into
the farm."
Like , most farm wives, she •
can pitch in and do farm chores
If necessary, Milk a cow? "Of
course I can milk," she replied
as if the question were absurd.
Then. added; "And I use a one-
legged milking stool, too."
This, I learn from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, is quite a
trick, It means going about it
the hard way. A sense of bat-
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ot is taivioteste itienertent, et
t•akt wilithi indeed let in a `'':t''
tiara to cry over milt
It turns out that AIrs..Ztatntt-
elle is no "Sunday" b, !,car. ate
doesn't bake just for contesb„
She makes bread at least ()two.
a week at home, storing 100VPs
and rolls in her freezer,
That is why the selection of
the Nebraska farm wife ter
!first-prize winner with her loaf
of bread seems to put things
back into perspective again. No
chemicals in her recipe to keep
the loaf soft and prevent it from
molding, No prepared mix to
PLInnlify preparation.
As a matter of fact, that kin t
of bread seldom stays around
long enough to get moldy ta•
stale. It seems odd that bread,
the commonest of all foods, is
today such a stranger to the fa-
mily oven. The smell of baking
loaves is something confined to
the area of the commercial bak-
ery, But that, they tell us, is
progress -- and of course we
shouldn't wish it away, It is, as
they say, a part of our new
freedoms. "Freedom from kit-
chen chores," according to no
less an authority than the De-
partment of Agriculture„
The department, in a recent
nupblication called "The Food
We Eat" comes up with some
rather startling statistics on the
technological revolution in the
kitchen, writes Josephine Rip-
ley in the Christian. Science
Monitor.
Not only does the average
housewife of today not bake her
own bread; she often doesn't
really cook the meals she places
before her family. Such meals
cost more, but save time, and
the department has figured it
all out in dollars, cents, and
hours.
Take three "ready-to-serve"
meals costing $6.70 for a family
of four. If the housewife had
prepared these meals herself,
the cost would have been some-
where between $2 and $4.50, But
it would have taken five and
one-half hours of her time, com-
pared to only one and ,one-half
hours to get the three "ready-
to-serve" meals on the table.
This is admittedly an unlikely
situation, since most families
use a combination of foods —
unprepared, partially prepared,
and ready to heat and serve,
All in all, the Department dis-
covered that American families
pay some $4,500;000,000 a year
more today than they did in
1939, just for the convenience
of having some of the work of
food preparation transferred
from the kitchen to the factory
or restaurant.
Even though frozen foods
have become standard equip-
ment in the kitchen, the taste
of fresh fruits and vegetables is
far from just a memory. The
amount of fresh fruit and vege-
tables shipped into New York
City alone each year "would fill
a train reaching from Texas to
New York," according to the
Department study.
As for farm wives, such as
Mrs. Sclumelle of Crab Orchard,
Neb., when they want fresh ve-
getables, they just grow them.
And the sound of snapping
beans or the cracking of pea
pods is as familiar in the farm
kitchen as the smell of baking
bread.
Q. I've been told that it's im-
proper to chew gum in public.
Is this so?
A. Pity the poor chewing-gum
manufacturers, if this were true!
If you're the nervous, noisy type
of chewer, it 'would be better to
refrain from public guni-chew-
lag. If, however, you can keep
gum in your mouth without its
being obvious to others, there is
nothing wrong with it.
HRONICLES
1NGERFARM
Gumdratireit 0 Ctesoke
Yesterday we had our first
rain in six weeks . , and were
the birds ever enjoying it. A
dozen little juncos were having
a grand time in a puddle near
the back door and there were
more varieties of sparrows
around than I ever saw before.
The lawn was black with stern.
ings and the sunflowers bending
and swaying with the weight of
numerous bluejays that came to
harvest the 'seed. As for the
feeding station, juncos and spar-
rows were swarming all over it,
inside, outside, and on top of it.
Yes, it was a great morning for
the birds and I spent quite a bit
of time just watching them en-
joy it. Ditto was the only one
who was worried — watching
birds from inside the house
wasn't her idea of fun. But you
can be quite sure I didn't let her
out while there were so many
birds around.
Well, last week was a week
to remember—and a week in
which 'we were very glad to
have a TV set. We wouldn't
have missed all the U.N. speeches
for anything. We didn't always
know when they were coming
on so it sometimes happened
Partner would just nicely be
starting 'into a job outside and
I would call to him—"Coma and
hear Diefenbaker, or MacMil-
lan," as the case might be. They
were' wonderful but we were
stunned beyond belief at Khrush-
chev's violent and ill-mannered.
interruptions which were only
exceeded by his own, speech on
Saturday morning. How is it
possible for the United Nations
to make any headway while
dealing 'with such an outrageous
character?
Most of the time I was listen-
ing to speeches in between can-
ning and pickling; peeling a few
Onions and then running back to
hear more. Strange, isn't it, that
we can be so intent on keeping
up with our own little chores
while the peace of the world is
being verbally threatened? You
would think making mustard
pickle was frightfully important.
And so it was, at the moment,
That and canning grape s,
plums, peaches and pickling
beets, straight from the garden.
Before I was through the house
was reeking with the odor of
vinegar and pickling spices.
Partner thought I was crazy.
"Why don't you give it a rest,"
he said, "you don't have to get
it all dote in one week." He
also offered to help. Can't I peel
the beets or something, he would
say. My answer was always the
same—"Thanks, the best way
you can help is to keep out of
My road." Any woman will
know what I " mean. Slippery
beets were hard enough for me
to skim, I don't know how Part-
ner expected his stiff, arthritic
fingers to handle the job,
My goodness, did you ever
know the days to draw in so
fast? E'er the life of me I can't
see what purpose daylight say,
ing serves at this time of the
year. There isn't any daylight
to save anyway. We Might just
as well all be back on standard
time and thus save a good deal
of confusion,
Last week, if you remember,
I mentioned Partner having a
little extra wiring done. And
have I been glad of that night-
light in the hall, That slatted
me thinking about, entertaining,
especially elderly folk. Have
you ever wondered why people
getting on in years, are not too
anxious to stay overnight away
from home/ One reason, I am
sure, is because they are wake-
ful and restless at night, often
hating to visit the bathroom at
night for fear of disturbing the
rest of the household ,; perhaps'
not quite sure where the light
switches are and afraid to put
them on anyway, A night light
in the hall might help a lot.
And here are a few other sug-
gestions. Put a clock in the guest
room. A restless person natural-
ly 'wonders about the time. He
or she wakes up . . , is it just
after midnight, or is nearly
morning? Sometimee it is want
of a drink that keeps a person
awake, Or perhaps longing for
a little nighttime snack. The
remedy is simple. Fill a small
thermos with whatever your vis-
itor may like to drink. A small
glass jar of plain cookies 'might
also be appreciated. Generally
speaking a poor sleeper nearly
always dozes off towards morn-
ing so assure your visitor it will
be quite all right if she should
sleep in. She might welcome a
cup of tea first thing in the
morning. Make sure of that
overnight so as not to disturb
her unnecessarily. I say "her"
but it applies equally well to
"him". Grandpa may have rest-
less nights -too. .At home he may
have formed the habit of sitting
in the livingroom for a ,while,
maybe smoking a pipe. Not a
good habit but a man is surely
entitled to do what he likes in
his own home. Away from home
decency demands that his noc-
turnal habits be more restrained
—and thus adds to his restless=
ness. His hostess, whether friend
or relative, can make his stay a
lot happier by giving a little
thought to his creature comforts
—and thereby leisen his fear of
disturbing other folk at night.
One thing the new compact
cars have done is get .families
closer together.
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Rin Tin Tin
Made Him Rich
On a rainy September after--
noon in 1913 — two months be-
fore the war in rrance was to
yohng 'American .airman
found. a .Cierman shepherd, half-,
starved, in the wreckage of a
(lerman war-dog kennel, on the
edge of a captured Airfield in
Lorraine, Whimpering 'beside
her were five brand-new pup-
pies. As. the airman, a,..Califor-
-Alert named .Lelarid .Stanford
Duncan, liked to say later: "It
made me think of when I was
little, my father gone, .and my
mother in misery and want,"
The. powerful. Oerman Shepherd
Was less eentimenta4 she put up
a snarling resistance • before
Duncan and a pal were able to
get her ,and the pups back to
their quarters,
Punean kept 'two of the . pups,
trained them lovingly, and took
them back to Los Angeles, The
female, whom he named • Nen-
ette and considered the brighter
of the two,, died. soon afterward,
The male prospered became
the highest-paid dog in history,
And he made a rich man out of
Lee Duncan who had given him
his name: "Rin Tin Tin."
Rin Tin Tin got in t o. the
movies by accident,,A friend of
Duncan's took some pictures of
the young dog . with a slow-
motion camera he was trying.
out, The film was incorporated
into a short, and Duncan, to his
pleased surprise, got a check for
$350. Duncan started making trie
rounds of the studios, offering
Rin Tin Tin's services. Now and
again, a studio would'have some
small part for him. One was
with .a newcomer named. Wallace
Beery in "The Man From Hell's
River."
It was in 1923 that Warner
Brothers got the idea of mak-
ing Rin Tin Tin a star. A young
scriptwriter named Darryl Zan-
tick was assigned to turn out
stories for 'him, and none of
these concerned ever looked
back. In fact, it became art ac-
cepted part of Hollywood folk-
lore that Rai Tin Tin's enor-
mously successful pictures were
all that kept Warner Brothers
going through the Between
1923 and 1932, he made 2% pic-
tures for them, sharing billing
at various times wills William
Desmond, jean Hersholt, Charles
Varrell, and Lupe Velez. There
was hardly a moviegoer alive in
those days who had not seen
lain Tin Tin's ears prick up,
body grow tense, eyes flash ,(Lee
Duncan would have been stand-
ing behind the camera, coacn-
trig) before he plunged dawn
loin some snowy eminence to
the rescue of a heroine and dis-
comfiture of a villain. (The dis-
comfiture of villains was often
unfeigned; Bin Tin Tin had a
reputation for biting actors;
never actresses, though).
In August of 1932, "in the cool
of the evening," Duncan recall-
ed later, he and Rin Tin Tin
were playing on the lawn. "He
jumped into my arms and, I
realized he was dying." He call-
ed to the late Sean Barlow, who
lived across the street and the
two of them stood there' crying'
as Bin Tin Tin peacefully pass-
ed away, of old age, at a ripe
14.
But a Rin Tin Tin Jr. Wag' al-
ready trained to take his fa-
ther's place, notably in "Tough
Guy" with Jackie Cooper. Later
there was a Rin Tin Tin III, who
like his great-grandmother be-
ceme a war dog, but this time
for the Americans (Duncan him-
self was with the K-9 Corps in
World War II and helped train
5,000 dogs). More recently Bin
Tin Tin IV came along to score
a success in television. All in
all the dynasty brought Duncan
$5 million.
Last month, eighteen years
and one ,month after the death
of the original Rin Tin Tin, lan-
ky. Lee Duncan, 67, and ailing,
died at • his Riverside, Calif„
ranch. But his place, too, would
he .quickly taken, itis 20-year-
old daughter, Carolyn, who had
been helping her father around
the kennels since she could
walk, was already training 4,
lain Tin. Tin V and a VI and
VII, just puppies now, wera
waiting in the wings.
• .11/1.000ro. efitritratte
Dy .line Nsh.tel
Q, know I should, as a Wu.
man, effer My hand first is
greeting to am:1441)qt if the Mat
happens to plahe this gesture
first, what should lC do?
A. Yon must by all means ac-
cept his hand — and without
hesitation,
Is it eonsidered proper nos
for a bride to telephone het
thanks for wedding gifts re
ceived? ,
A. Never, under any circurn-
stances, should a bride substi-
tute telephone or verbal thanio
for that handwritten note of ap-
preciation!
MEDUSALIKE — Julie Stoker
displays the newest thing it
wrap-around hats — a five-foo
indigo snake..
ISSUE 43 — 1960
MINt, ALL PONE' Confetti-Covered King BOudeuiri
Belgium grips the hand of his ficintea, bona Fa biolo de Mare y
rogati bt Spain, rss the' Couple drive, from a receptiOn iri
etitSelS
of
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