The Brussels Post, 1961-01-19, Page 2Pearl VII or Now
Collectors' Trove
haAN. iN3Ough for
skillet: gross% use I lubleepoon
fat for beowning.) Arrange
browned chOps in. a 2squart bak-
ing dish, hexing a tight-fitting
cover. Combine fruit julece and
water; nail well; pour ever
chops. Arrange onion 41eQS,
per chop, on top, Mix thoroughly
together all remaining Ingres
clients: epeinisle over chops and
liquid. Cover casserole and bake
at 350' F. 1 to 1 ii bout's or until
meat is tender and, thoroughly
cooked told anions ere tender
one translucent. Six servings.
SOUR cgpfirq COFFEE CAKE
cup butter
1 cop granulated eugar
2 eggs
cups silted ell-Purpose flour
teaspoon soda
1, teaspo0tt baking powder
le teaspoon salt
ellp pint) sour cream
teaspoon vanilla
Foy Topping, combine
riots brown segar, firmly
pecked
cop white sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 Cap pecans, finely chopped
Preheat oven to 325° F. Cream
butter end sugar. Add eggs, one
at a time, beating well, Sift dry
ingredients together. Add to
creamed alternately with sour
cream, beginning and ending
with flour, Stir in vanilla
Four half of batter into buttered
9"x0" baking pan, cover with
half of nut topping, pour remain-
ing batter over filling and top
with rest of nut mixture, Bake
approximately 40 minutes.
Orange Vitamins
Feed A Cold War
A startling statisic came to
light this month. In 1960, the
countries of the Soviet bloc
bought 34 per cent of all experts
from Greece, a key member of
the NATO alliance. Six years
• ago, the _ei,sesti.e was only 10 per
cent,
One reason for the increase is
that Greece is not a member of
the European Common Market,
where the Greeks used to sell
most of their citrus fruits. As a
result, nearly 75 per cent of all
Greek orange exports now go
behind the Iron Curtain, a fact
that led Greek Foreign Minister
Evangelos Averoff to say: "We
e have reached the point where
oranges are a factor in the cold
war."
-for many yeare .Pearl Satin
Were, sometimes veiled Pearl
Ware, or 1110ther-of-Rearl
glass, has 'proved to be one of
the most popular eollectiblee of,
coved to a glass-conscious publics
The various patterns In which
• this ware can he found, plus the
many shades and combinations`
of color which may be esteem
tored, moire it to many collectors
glasses fabricated in the nine-
s the most interesting of all the
teenth century,
The earliest use of the wan:
metrical or controlled pettern of
stir traps in 'a glass body as a
decorative feature — the basic
principle of Pearl Satinglass, was
mete manifest in the Venetian's
intricate Vetro cii 'Tina, The air
traps were formed by the criss-
crossing of (mime white glass
threads imprisoned between two
walls cf glass.
Benjamin Richardson, who was
considered the father of the
English flint glass industry in
his day, took out what we be-.
Hey° to be the earliest patented
process descriptive of Pearl Satin
Ware in the nineteenth century.
1-Us invention for "An Improve-
ment In The Manufacture Of
Aritcles In Glass, So As To Pro-
duce Peculiar Ornamental Ef-
fects," was filed July 27, 1857s
'and sealed January 26, 1858. The
process for manufacturing this
peculiar ornamental effect in a
glass nasty was quite simple. A.
gather of glass was blown into
a mold which carried the pattern
in projected form. The result
was a piece with surface inden-
t tations, The parison (the piece
still in its molten state), thus in-
dented was dipped in fluid metal.
to coat the exterior stunce. The
air traps preserved between the
indented, molding and the glass
skin provided the, ornamentation,
Another method for achieving
this result was to " place the
molded piece in a cup of glass
blown to receive it, the worker
then blowing and shaping . th e
mass further into the article de- •
sired, The several:layers in each
case could be the same color or
of different colors; .according to
the desired effect the worker
wished to obtain. Nowhere in
Mr. Richardson's patent enumer-
ations did he allude to giving the
article a lusterless finish either
with acids or sandblasting, as is
usually found in the later prod-•
uction of -Pearl Ware. —. From.
"Nineteenth Century Glass," by
Albert Christian Revi, Copy-
right, 1959, by Albert Christian
Revi.
'Wife to her husband, "yon
don't seem as well dressed of
when you married me," "I don'I
see why not, len, wearing the
same suit."
Q. Dow can I snake use of
stale, drie.if up cheeses, such as
Canadia n, store, Swiss, and
'Gruyere?
A. Shove these cheeses into
the meat grinder With a couple
of chunks of raw onion, and
what comes out is a moist,
spreadable mixture that'd ji,tht
right on crackers for snacks and
hors d'oeuvres. It has a delicious
tang — provided, of course, that
you like onions. „ ISSUE 3 — 1961
TA LE T S
-er Jam ALAcivews.
-glientslietier7Ciiifro, other
Red Ioucloo arrive in New York
foe U.K. Session. ,capira Riots force Japan to
cancel Els:mho/et-visit. •
0,N;Yel•eS to idta troops
to newly. independent,
strife torn Congo, 41
Russia sheets down 11-2
spy plane, lending to Pork
summit meeting cella se.
blreq .11-2 pilot Francis
Powers sentenced to
10 years.
Princess Margaret •
Anlony Armstror 5-Jones
mauled. •
,Jahn F.
kannedilkOlec(a'd
President. Syngntan Shoe forted
out by revolt in uth Korea,
0:??, •
Piratet het
L Yankees in World
Series,
4
V.?..1 75 million watch first
Nixon.d'enrc ' 7 TV debate.
1
tke lorded Cutback in overseas
-Spending Beth d6 of shaky
gold eositiote
Desegregation bogint in t,o,
New Orleans schools.
Two air-
liners
aver New York,
,,tiurrictine Donno
'smashes Puertsi
Edr,t -Cdhif:
French lit
Algeria aitempt
to tiY.erthrOSI
Di Gaulle;
sioveniment.
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Aii POret ref eiefek
first ingtniniont -tclosute
from ritbitinti Satellite,
1.1S ' 4 ..Impos..% trade
einborgo irgaifl Cubic; NegrO Mica counter "Sit in" strikei
begin in Greentbbre, 14.t, spread
throUghout South.
France explodes first
of three ettimie bombs
Bahian..
is
MARCH 12Africans killed •
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C011tOe
the patch but leave generous.
Seem
This patch hes the advaotage
in being less noticeable because
there is no stitching to show on.
the right Side of the garment, It
IS a speedy way to mend end the
garreteet doesn't grew heavy
with the added weight of patch-
es because this Wen. is • but a
single thickness fabric. •
If you sew your own clothing,
try stitching a small piece • of
fabric to an inside seam. This
fabric can be used for mending
and will Match perfectly be-
cause it will have been laun-
dered as many times as the gar-
ment.—By Eileen Mittasse in the
Christian Science Menitor,
GETTING INTO THE ACT — President-elect John F. Kennedy
smiles as daughter Caroline, 3, barges in on his news con-
ference wearing d pair of her mother's shoes. After showing
her shoes to Dad and newsmen, Caroline wobbled off and
the men returned to the business at hand.
Wooden figure,
Has Strang e Power
In the Italian Naval Museum.
of 14.4 Spezia, a port town DM
Genoa, is. e woman who has:
brought unhappinesa to many
men and .'caused the .death of -
two.
Her name is Atalanta and she
once decorated the prow of a
nineteenth-century .sailing ship,
A golden-haired beauty, she is.
dressed in a gown that has elips.
ped from her right shoulder to
reveal her bosom,
Ateiante's story begins in 180
when a sailor on watch in an
Italian frigate spotted what he
thought was a human body fleet-
Mg in the Adriatic. The body
was: pulled aboard.. and was
found to be a wooden figure-
head, The name Atalanta was
carved on the wooden pedestal,
On the journey back to Italy,
sailors of the frigate spent hours'
gazing at Atalenta'a provocative
beauty. She was so alluring that
the men quarrelled over her and.
one Was' knifed,
The' captain locked Atalanta
out of sight and, back in Genoa,
gave the figure to the naval.
museum to exhibit with thirty
other ship figureheads. As most
of these were of muscular, war-
like women armed with tridents
and wearing helmets, Atalanta,
was easily the most feminine. and
attractive figure in the museum,
In 1924, a museum cleaner-
guard named Madrigo became
infatuated ,with Atalanta. He
spent hours gazing at her -and
dusting her. His infatuation be-
came the talk of La Spezia.
-People began to say that he was
mad,
The museum curator advised
• him to ignore Atalanta and gave
him other duties in the museum,
but always Madrigo returned,
fascinated by the figure.
Then one night after leaving
the museum he went down to the
MOST PHOTOGRAPHED — In
1960 Karin Levin posed for
80,000 still photographs arid
scenes on a quarter-million feet
of motion picture film. East-
man Kodak, who employs Kar-
in as a model claims she's the
most - photographed woman in
the world. The photos are used
to control experimental and
production films.
How Huck Firm Was
Almost Destroyed
Late in August, 1883, Samuel
L. Clemens — more accurately
Me'rk Twain, since that was his
nom de plume—wrote the last
page of Adventures of Heckles
berry Finn, He was on a farm
near Elmira, New York, where
he worked in a one-room house
built as his study nine years be-
fore, Photographs show a room
cluttered with a: sofa, assorted
chairs, and the two little antique
statues which stood on the fire-
place mantel, There he sat writ-
'ing on a small round table heap-•
ed with books and papers.
These photographs and others,
and friends' descriptions, picture
a presence which was impressive
even in that era of majestically
bearded authors, . . He was
slightly above average height,
but his thin figure and small
delicate hands and feet made a
few who saw him briefly con-
sider him small. His arresting
head, however, was dispropor-
tionately large, or perhaps its
features gave that impression—
the great cockatoo swirl of dense
gray hair, the high forehead, the
feathery eye-brows, the long
aquiline nose, and the big droop-
ing moustache. Many have men-
tioned the piercing quality of his
eyes, which glinted sternly or
quizzically from beneath lower-
ed lids, His dress for the time
was dazzling; though at h
American men wore dark suits
the year round, in summer be
wore suits of spotless white.
As he finished each page his
habit was to drop it to the floor
to join others written that day.
Late in the afternoon he gather-
ed and stacked the pages, prob-
ably counted them (since he was
always interested in the day's
output), and carried them over
to the farmhouse where his wife
and daughters awaited his ar-
rival.
On the last page of the novel's-
,Huck in his role of narrator ex-
pressed vast relief upon •finish-
ing his story. His creator must
have shared this sentiment as be
did many others of this charac-
ter, for he had composed the
novel haltingly and slowly, He
had started it rather more than
seven years before, had written
about four hundred pages, and,
had wavered between burning
and pigeon-holing them, Luck-
ily he had put them aside. On
returning to them now and then
he had found that he could add
pages. Finally that summer in a
great spurt of creation he had
completed the manuscript.
There is no evidence that he
felt that the moment was an
unusually important one, In re-
trospect, however, it, is possible
to see that it was a climax in
Mark Twain's long career and
also in American literary history,
—From 'Mark Twain as Huck
Fine," by Walter Blair.
Making Patches
That Really Patch
The se to rn woman is no
longer a drab little stayeat-home
With hetirs to darn and Mend
the family apparel. Ire a speedy
OP and with so much living to
be done, it is no wonder that
Wortlen everywhere are looking
fer a feet patch..
The fastest patch is the press.
or, This patching material can
be purchased from your variety
Or dry-goods store in various
forms. There are round jersey
patches for knitted wearables,
The same material comes in
Stripe, packaged in several colors
to a card, Mending tape in
beaver Cotton •or percale is also
available in matey colors. Denim
patches for jeans come ready
cut in patches just right for knee
and seats. Denim. is available in
nearly every color seen in jeans
and in a variety of sizes,
"My presssoe patches don't
stick," is a common complaint.
A patch that is applied with
heat will loosen if you use ex-
tremely hot water. These patch-
es can be easily pressed down
again with a hot iron, If you are
in the habit of using extremely
hot water for your laundry you
will save time by stitching down
the edge of the patch with a
simple running stitch,
Patches applied with the iron
will be more durable if you first
apply the heated iron to the
eurface to be mended. Then ap-
ply the patch and press in place
with the hot iron. The press-on
will adhere longer to the heated
fabric than it would to a cold
abrie. Also, be sure that the
garment Is thoroughly dry be-
fore applying a press-on patch.
For mending overalls, jeans,
shirt sleeves, and other hard to
reach places, without ripping
seams, you cannot beat,. the old
two - minute sewing machine
patch, To use this patch cut
away the worn fabric, making a
neat square or rectangular hole.
Be sure to cut with the grain of
the fabric if you want a neat
patch. Then slit each corner,
cutting in 1/2 inch or whatever
you plan to make your seam al-
lowance. Next, turn the gar-
ment wrong side out.
Cut a patch from matching
fabric, making it an inch larger
in length and width than the
hole. The back of overall legs
makes good pieces to make new
fronts for the worn ones, Often
et piece of material can be cut
from a shirt tail to mend a
sleeve. Cut the patch with the
straight of the fabric to avoid
stretching or puckering when the
garment is • mended,
Now, .place the right side of
the garment to the right side
of the patch. Place the straight
edge of the hole you have cut
directly over the edge of the
patch you have prepared, With
your sewing machine, Stitch the
edges- together, sewing around
the patch. Sew the cut edge of
the hole to the patch, keeping
right sides of fabric together,
Sew to the slit and then turn the
garment, sewing along the other
side, keeping the cut edge of the
garment with, the grain of the
patch, When the patch is sewn
in, break your thread and turn
the garment right, side out,
You may press the patch to
make it nearly invisible. With a
little practice you will be able
to match stripes and prints to
make the patch inconspicuous.
The patch can be made more
dureble by stitching around the
patch twice instead of just once.
Trim away excess material of
HOOKS RIDE — AND FISH — Actor Jack lerrimon proudly shows
off his first deep-sea catch --= a whopping 100-pound iailfish
— while on vacation in' Acapulco, Mexico. Jack hooked his
trophy while d geese on the yacht of former Mexican President
Miguel Aleman.
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoons chopped onion
N. cup chopped green pepper
2 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoons brown sugar
teaspoon salt
cup water
1/.1 cup chili sauce
1 tablespoon vinegar
2!:1 cups cream style core (No.
2 can)
Cook macaroni in boiling
salted water until tender, about
8 minutes. Drain and. rinse.
While macaroni is cooking, trim
fat from chops; season with salt
and pepper. Grease heavy skil-
let with trimmings. Brown 'pork
chops and remove from skiliet.
Add onion and green peppeeeto
skillet and brown lightly, Stir
in Dour, brown sugar and V2
teaspoon salt. Add water, chili
sauce, and vinegar. Cook, stir-
ring constantly, Until, thickened.
Add macaroni and corn and enix
well. Pour into 2-quart cas-
serole. Arrange pork chops on
top. Cover; bake at 350° F.
about 1 hour, or until chops are
tender. .
Does your family like lots of
spiees? Here is a way to cook
pork chops, using orange juice
along with several spices, writes
Eleanor Richey Johnston in the
Christian Science Monitor.
Serve with' this casserole, if
you like, spinach, green beans,
sweet potatoes, baked potatoes,
or creamed potatoes.
SPICY PORK CHOPS
6 rib or loin pork chops, cut
thick
1 can frozen orange :hike
concentrate
1 tablespoon lemon, juice
2-3 medium onions tent in
!4.-inch slices)
2 tahlespoonS broWn sugar
1!<`,t tablespoons powdered ginger
1 teaspobn poultry seasoning
%A. teaspoon Marjoram
3/2 -1 teaspoon. salt
1/2.-1 teaspoon monesodium
glutamate.
Wipe chops with damp cloth.
Brown on both sides in heavy
greased skillet. If you do riot
For some people, apples must
elways go with pork, Here is a
way of cooking them together.
PORK CROPS AND APPLES
4 pork chops, sit =inch thick
2 teaspoons salt
ee teaspoon pepper
% teaspoon caraway seed
2 apples, cored and cut in halt
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup water
Sprinkle half the salt and
pepper on chops. Brown chops
in skillet. Place chops in a 11/ -
quart casserole. Place apples,
skin side down, on top of chops,
Sprinkle with sugar. Add cara-
way ,seeds and remaining salt
and pepper to water and pour
over chops and 'apples, Cover
and bake in preheated 350'F.
oven for 30-40 minutes. Serves 4.
*
Just a touch of curry powder
may be added to pork chops for
a new, elusive taste. Try it com-
bined with several dried fruits
with your next chops.
FRUITED PORN CHOPS
4 pork chops, ,11/2 inch thick
1 cup dried prunes
1 cup dried apricots
1 cup orange juice
1/4 teaspoon curry powder
(optional, of course)
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
Brown chops on both sides in
a heavy skillet. Add prunes and
apricots, Combine juice, curry
powder, sugar, and salt, Pour
over chops. Cover, Cook over
law heat about 1 hour, (If you
prefer to bake them, put cov-
ered skillet in a 350" F. oven.)
in either case, keep enough
juice or water on chops to pre-
vent burning; when finished,
there should be just enough
sauce, to coat the fruit,
* ,,
Would you like to try a cas-
serole of macaroni, corn, and
park chops? All you need in
additiOn to your main course is
a, tossed green ,salad.
PORK `CD or BAKE
4 ounces elbow macaroni
4. pork chOPS
waterfront. • Next morning his
body was found floating in the
harbour.
His action was dismissed as an
unfortunate incident, and nine-
teen years passed before Atalan-
ta.caused further notoriety.
In 1943 the Germans control-
led the La Spezia naval base.
One of the officers stationed
there was a Lieutenant, Eric
Kurz of the submarine service.
He frequently called at . the
museum to see Atalanta. After
a month he told the curator that
he wanted the figure and would.
send a truck for it. The Germans
were in control and the curator
eould not refuse the request.
For several weeks after that it
was noticed that Kurz was silent
and moody; he stopped inviting
friends to his cjuarteis.
On October 13th, 1044. Kurz
failed to report- for duty. Soon
afterwards he was fc,und at the
foot of the statue. a revolver
clutched in his hand and a bullet
hole in his head.
Pinned, on Atalanta's body was
a fatewell note: "Since no ;wo-
man can give me the life of
dreams that you have given me,
Atalanta, I offer my life to you,
Eric Kurz."
For some time alter the war
Atalanta was kept in a store-
room, then she was put on view
again. Despite constant, letters of
protest she temains there.
Objectors say that there 3s
something Witchlike about Atal-
anta; that she is brazenly immo-
dest.
fifer defenders point out that
she is, after all, only e. carving
Out of Wood. Atalanta is inters
esting, they say, but any Man
who fall:: in love with a wOocleti
tiguresiveen there are sa many
very much alive ones around Ea
Sper° is etaiy.
THE FINAL TRIP — A Chesapeake and Ohio stetirn idtonibfive,
weighing 425 con';, rnavet along ci teniptirary I rode leading to
firdygroUrie4 kiChttiond, Vct. As in entities plates, the "iron
horse" was dahated by the railrodcl a s peril-gine/1f display,
Railroad b tOt-eir.,643...i -dilated labor Oriel railroads gave Ma.
tiStitils for +11. ortittf,