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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1962-09-06, Page 2TABLE TALKS eio-teArvittevn. SOUTHEAST r".../ASIA r SOUTH' CHINA SEA MILES estelswer, Miniature Garden Easy To Make they acid a lively splash Of color.. On the other band, you, may. prefer all greens, such as ferns* paints, H.aspidistra, saritevierig and umbrella plants. Climbing. plants could be smilax, philoden' titan and wax-plant. just as any garden eesnairess fertilizer as food, the soil in y.o.or miniature garden will need to be lour !shed.a b t once month, Prepared tablet fertilizer Can be applied or, better borrow Trom your husband's sup- ply of lawn fertilizer. *hews.- training , '•'' tilt ene,se s'y, Hollywood and Frasiee, 'es well as the present Wedehoese. home. in. Long Island, ere among th4 places from which Mr.. Townen4 get. letters, The correspondence was interrupted during World, War II. There is rat as much si one might hope about Mr, Wodet house's; Internment by. the Nazi! and those broadcasts that he Is- ter called a "terrible mistake." But the book does not pretend. to be complete, just full of Wade- hauee.. Na more need be said. Now an American citizen, he writes to Bill, "I can't picttnee myself retiring, can you?" 174 likes the status of octogenarian because people leave him alone. and he can work, Na loc.ger must he go to. parties, "The thought that I will never have to wear paper hat again is a very sustain- ing one." :;IGN AGREEMENT—The three Princes of Laos, left to right, Bouri OUM, SOUVonno Phauma and Souphanoyvong, sign on Maine agreement for the formation of a coalition gov- ernment notional union In aine Des Jarres, Laos, potatoes in the bottom of a greased 12 x 71/2 x 2-inch baking dish, Sprinkle lightly with salt and Penner and top with a layer of liver slices. Add a layer each of onion slices, carrot slices and tomato slices, Sprinkle lightly With salt and, pepper, Pour gravy over all. Cover tightly and bake 1 hour or until vegetables are cooked. (Serves 4,) Letters that should never have been written. and. ought to be immediately destroyed are the only ones worth keeping. Sidney Tremayne. THISTLE — Hat of a veiling base with black thistle leaves swirling and turning around the head upwards giving the illusion of space is coiled "In Orbit," created in New York Window boxes can bring .color and life to an otherwise drab room. They are a touch of beauty which is appreciated by the oc- cupants of the room and passers- by alike. But more than that, they can. be a rewarding hobby . a hobby that doesn't require toe much time or effort but which, nonetheless, has to. be started in. the proper way Whether of wood or metal, window boxes should measure at least eight inches in depth (in- side measurement) and from eight to 12 inches in width. Length Is determined by the length of window sills but a. long box is less convenient for heed', Mg and could be made in shorter lengths to be pieced end. to. end, Roles drilled in the bottom, three or four incises apart, will Permit drainage, and placing pieces of stone or broken flower pots over the holes will prevent loss of soil. To further improve the drainage, add an inch of coarse gravel or cinders and then the soil. You can also buy metal boxes with false bottoms built into them to provide drainage, Flowering plants. require a sunny location, while foliage plants grow better in shade or subdued light, so the amount of sunshine your window receives will act as a guide to the type of plant which will grow most successfully. Your nurseryman or florist will also be able to give you expert advice on choos- ing plants which. have similar watering needs and temperature requirements. Geraniums, petunias and pan- sies are known to thrive well in Window boxes.. Easy to care for, Meal-in-one-dish recipes are especially valuable during the summer season as they have the advantage that most of them can. be fully cooked ahead of time and then simply be reheated a few minutes before time to serve. Here are some such -casserole dishes I'm sure you and your family will enjoy. * inside Franco Spain Four Groups and a Phantom Support the Present Regime 1 CHICKEN CASSEROLE cup butter cup cooking oil 2 VA- to 3-1b. frying chickens, quartered ti whole cloves 1 small bay leaf lb. sliced fresh mushrooms (about 2 cups) 2 cups diced raw potatoes i medium onion, sliced and separated into rings 1 clove garlic, minced Z tsp. salt 14 tsp. pepper 11/2 cups hot water Heat oven to 325 degrees, Heat butter and oil together in a heavy skillet. Add chicken pieces a few at a time and brown well on all sides. As the pieces brown put them into a large casserole (3 qt.) or Dutch oven. Add cloves, bay leaf, mushrooms, po- tatoes, onion rings, garlic, salt and pepper. Pour water into pan the chicken was browned in and heat and stir, scraping up all the browned bits from the bottom and sides of the pan. Pour over chicken. Cover tightly and bake about 11/2 hours or until chicken is tender, Change chicken pieces around in pan once, bringing bottom pieces up to the top. Re- move chicken pieces and skim any fat off broth. Strain broth, pressing as much of vegetables through the sieve as possible. Return broth to cooking pan and heat. Thicken with flour and taste for seasoning. Return chick- en pieces to gravy and heat thor- oughly, (Serves 6 to 8.) Mechanical Clocks Are Old Stuff The early lustory of mechani- cal clocks is still uncertain and obscure. It has been suggested that they were an Arab inven- tion and were brought to Europe by the Crusaders, As the Arabs were far ahead of Europe In scientific attainment at that time, this may very likely be true. In early illuminated manuscripts, the figure of Prudence or wis- dom is usually shown holding a weight-driven clock, and so t.tey are traditionally palled wisdom clocks, They appear in Flemish tapestries; fine examples can be seen in the National Museum in Netleiel, and in the Glasgow Art Gallery,.. But we really know a great deal about the masterly astro- nomical clock made by Giovanni de Dondi in 1364 in Italy because he left behind a full description of it. This clearly shows that it could not have been better de- signed, even with all the ad- vances in mechanical knowledge, today; and that it was apparent- ly made of brass, unlike other early clacks, all of which were of iron. This Dondi clock remained in. Italy until 1585 when it was tak- en to Spain and in 1809 was de- stroyed in, the Peninsular war, From his complete drawings which have luckily survived, an entirely new clock has been only recently reconstructed under the supervision, of the well-known horologist H. Alan Lloyd, and this is now in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. * The first clocks were made by blacksmiths and locksmiths in an iron frame, and were designed for putting on a wall bracket so that the weights could hang down unhindered. Italy was the brilliant pioneer; but soon the craft was carried northwards to the South Gernran towns which became world famous for clock- making, Nuremberg, Augsburg, Cassel and Ulm. In these cities clockmakers had to obey certain guild rules, assuring standards of ' perfection that have seldom been surpassed. Before' a clockmaker was allowed to practise his craft, he had to make a satisfactory horizontal, square, or hexagonal table-clock' (the choice was his) and. he was given eight months In which to do it. About 1500, in. Italy and a little later in South Germany, springs were being introduced into clocks in place of weights. The inven- tion has been ascribed to Peter Henlein of Nurerrsberg, but the idea is illustrated in. Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks, though it is riot known whether he ever ap- plied it practically. —From "Clocks," by Simon Fleet. Hard Work Behind Akothoe* Light Touch "ShaleeepetWe stuff is differ- ent from Mite, but that is not Necessarily to pay that tt is inferi,. Or, There are passages in Shake- Renee to which f Would have 1Seete quite pleased to put my ?tante, That (TetrearrOw and to, pommy arid tomorrow' Thg one, gets aver the plate all eight, I doubt, too, If I have ever done anything much, better than Falstaff." It is good to see a touch, of modesty in a successful man, and. One must say these words are net surprising from P. G. Wade- ouse. are to be expected ram few who could also record that "in the sixty years since I left the Bong song and Shanghai Bank (in London) I have written ten books for boys, one book for children, forty-seven novels, if you can call them novels, four hundred and sixty-nine articles, and three hundred and Cifteen short stories, and only two of the novels and two of the short stories were not my own unaided work," Now comes an autobiographi- cal footnote in, the form of letters to an, old friend and fellow wri- ter, W. Townend, titled "Author! Author!" From 1920 to 1960, Mr, Woclehouse preserves the same tone, and here there is a genuine Modesty to go with the banter 30x:ut the Bard, Never does the Wodehouse gold strike in the United States cause a note of Condescension. toward the less known writer of sea stories ti rc,ss the,, water, in the later ettert, as sn. the first, Plum talks to Bill, giving advice, criticism, plot ideas, in the manner of wri- ters with common problems. "My stuff may riot be the sort of stuff that admits you to halls of fame, but I do work at it," Mr. Wodehouse writes in one of the many latter-day comments he has added to the letters in "Author! Author!" (Which his native Britain knew in somewhat different form as "Performing Flea.") This is the old pro con- firming what has become almost a commonplace among those, admirers of Jeeves and friends who must analyze as well as laugh. The lightness of the. Wodehouse souffle depends on the hard, labors of the cook. The present book casually dis- closes how a comic writer goes about his job. James Thurber's endless rewriting comes to mind as Mr. Wodehouse talks about writing "every sentence half a dozen times," making "about four hundred pages of notes before I can get my scenario set," and on one occasion writing 13,000 words of scenario for the first 40,000 words of a novel. "I suppose the secret of writ- ing is to go through, your stuff till you come on something you *link is particularly good, and then cut it out," he writes. And: "How do you get your plots? like to think of some scene, it doesn't matter how crazy, and work backward and forward from it until eventually it be- comes quite plausible and fits neatly into the story." "You shouldn't ever have your "l1lain manhandled by anyone except the hero," "Odd how important story names are. It always takes me lebout as long to get them to my Faitisfaction as It does to write the novel." Mr, Wodehouse likes Kipling. Se lands Alclous Huxley's novel, Brave New World," a bore; Don Xttlinger's television serial, "Love of Life," at work of art. TM 1961 he writes, "Nobody has )aughed in a Broadway theater ger years," which suggests he has not been visiting all the Broad- way' theaters since the days when lee and Guy Bolton had, five By TOM A. CULLEN Newspaper Enterprise Assn. The oligarchy shows no signs of withdrawing its support from Franca. As for the Falange, it shows signs of withering away. Falangism has been unable to supply the ideology that a totali- tarian. system such as Franco's requires. The party is now used chiefly as a buffer group to be played off against the monarch- ists and the Catholics. The phantom upon which. Franco relies is that of the 1936- 39 Civil War which cost between 600,000 and one Million Spanish lives. For most Spaniards the war is still a traumatic experience. At a recent open air art exhibit in Madrid, one of the paintings showed a young man in uniform about to smash his image in a mirror with an axe, It was titled "Fractricide," * * But Franco has done his best to keep the Civil War alive. He never misses an opportunity to inveigh against the "anti-Span- iards," as he calls the Republi- can forces. Streets and parks are named after I France's generals. The main cities have public holidays to commemorate the day they were liberated by Franco's troops. Lastly, there is the "Valley of the 'Fallen" at the foot of the Guadarraina Mountains where Franco has erected a monument to the Civil War. It includes a basilica bored out of solid rock, and which has all the warmth and beauty of a subway station. The world was led to believe that this church was intended as a token of reconciliation and a resting place for warriors from both sides. In reality it is a mon- ument to the Nationalist victory, a tribute to. FrancO/s crusade against "anti-Spain." No Repub- licans are buried there. Before you flare up at any- one's faults, count ten — ten of your own! (Next: Who is the opposition?) Into a greased 2-qt. casserole. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Heat oil in heavy skillet. Add beef, onions and garlic and cook and stir until beef is well browned. Stir in remaining ingredients and 11/2 cups of the water beans were cooked in. Simmer 5 min- utes. Pour over beans and mix in lightly, Bake 1 hour, (Serves. 6 to 8.) * SAUSAGE CASSEROLE 1 lb. sausages We cups packaged ready-cooked rice 11 cups grated carrots (use medium grater) 2 tsp. grated onion. tsp. grated onion 1 egg, beaten IA cup grated. Cheddar cheese 3'i tsp. salt Vs tsp. pepper V4 cup grated Cheddar cheese 14 cup milk Cook sausages thoroughly, cool until they can be handled and cut into slices 1/4 inch thick. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 11/2 -qt. casserole. Prepare rice according to package directions, adding grated carrots to boiling water alone with the rice. Add onion, egg, 34 cup cheese, salt, pepper and sausage pieces to pre- pared rice-carrot mixture, blend- ing well with a fork. Pour into casserole, Sprinkle with Ye cup cheese and pour milk over all Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned. (Serves 6.) TUNA CASSEROLE 4 slices bacon 3 green onions and tops, chopped 1 medium green pepper, chopped 1 20-oz. can tomatoes (2'/2 cups) I. 30-oz. can uAtishroom pieces, with juice 2 7-oz. eans 'tuna 1 8-oz. pkg. shell or elbow macaroni, cooked and drained ltes tsp. salt l4 tsp. pepper cup gritted Parmesan cheese t tbsp. butter Heat over to 375 degrees. Greese a 2-qt, casserole. Cut bacon into email pieces and fry until crisp, Add onions and green pepper; cook .gently until onion is yellow, Add tomatoes and mushroom pieces and heat to boiling point, . Drain tuna and rinse under hot water, Break into bite-size pieces and add to skillet with salt and pepper. Put les of the cooked macaroni in the casserole and add I/3 of tuna mix- ture. Repeat theee layers twice more. Sprinkle with cheese and dot with butter. Bake 35 min- utes or until well browned. (Serves 8 to.8,) official residence in Spain and with an official car. When Juan Carlos visits his father in Esto- ril, Portugal, he is flown by a service pilot in a Spanish Air Force plane. • Franco did declare Spain a kingdom in 1947, even though he has so far declined to make room for a monarch, ,, • s But Franco's flirtation with the monarchists could just as well be part of a cat-and-mouse game. Franco is the master of suspense and he has kept the monarchists on the edge of their seats for 23 Years. His own family background is anything but artistocratic, Born at El Ferrol in Galicia, Franco was the son of a naval paymaster who sent the young Francisco to military college at considerable sacrifice, Franco justified his father's faith by becoming the youngest colonel in the Spanish Army-. He was promoted to general during the Riff rebellion in Morocco, became nationally prominent af- ter crushing the revolt of the Asturian coal miners in 1534, The main props of the Franco regime have been described as one writer as "four power groups and a phantom," , The power groups are the armed forces, the Catholic church, a small oligarchy of industrialists and landowners, and the Fal- ange, Spain's only legal party, As a general himself, Franco has been able to keep the armed forces reasonably, happy. 4, * The Catholic church was given sweeping powers over the lives of 30 million Spaniarde In- cluding control .of education, power of censorship — by the Concordat which Spain. signed with the Vatican in 1953. Franco, in turn, was given a final say in the selection of archbishops and bishops, Madrid — The two rumors en- countered most often in Spain are: 3 Generalissimo Franco, 69, has just had a stroke. • He is just about to restore the monarchy. There has been endless specu- lation concerning. 'Franco's health since a gun exploded in his hand last December while he was hunting. So powerful was the whispering campaign that the generalissimo found it necessary to refute it recently via national television, "I 'feel as young as you do," he told his audience, flexing his hand ostentatiously, in front of the television cameras. "And I have the majority of the people • and the armed forces bracing me." The second rumor is intimate- ly connected with. Franco's health, age and a. successor. Recently the faces of, handsome Prince Juan Carlos, son of the Spanish Pretender, and of his lovely bride, Princess • Sophia of Greece have smiled from maga- zine covers all over Spain,'NeWs- papers gave such vivid accounts of the royal nuptials in Athens that readers could almost smell the 35,000 rosebuds used to dec- orate the church. " Immediately the rumor flew around that Franco was about to name 24-year-old Juan Carlos as hiS successor. Such talk is us- tally spread by the. monarchists themselves, but they cite the following "hard" facts to back it up, e' Franco arranged to have Juan Carlos educated at the Spanish Military College, where he was always addressed as "Your Highness." The generalissimo has pro, videci the young prince with an BEEF AND BEAN CASSEROLE 1 lb. dried Lima beans 2 qts. water Y4 lb. salt pork 34, cup cooking (salad) n il 1 lb. ground beef 2 large onions, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 11/2 tbsp, prepared mustard 2 tsp. Woreesteeshire sauce 1 tsp. chili powder 1 tsp. salt Vs cup white vinegar 1 15-oz. can tomato sauce Rinse Lima beans under run- ning water. Bring water to a boil and add beans slowly, stir- ring arid keeping water at a boil. Turn down heat. Dice pork into 1/2 -inch cubes and add to beans. Cover and simmer until beans are tender, 11/2 to 2 hours. Add more water if necessary, Drain, saving cooking water. Pour beans * * CALVES LIVER CASSEROLE How Well Do You Kr-i SOUTHEAST • ASIA? lb. calves' liver, cut thin eup flour tsp, salt Isle pepper tbsp. better tbsp. Milt 10 !al -as. can consomme medium potatoes, sliced thin itiediutu onions, sliced this' earecits, sliced toniatdes, eliced salt and 'Hipper 1 1 i4 3 3 1 2 2 Heat oven to 850 degrees. Dip liver in mixture of cup flour, 1 tsp. salt and pepper to coat both sides. Heat butter in heavy skillet, Add liver and brown well, lifting Opt slices as they brown. Add 3 tbsp. flour to drippings iii pan (use any left over from dipping meat) and blend well, Remove from heat and add consomme all at once, stirring to blend, Return to moderate heat and cook arid stir until thickened. Put a layer of THE — The SRN2 Hovercraft Seems alrhost between as it is demonstrated on the Solent; the channel between Southern England and the Isle of Wight. The craft,. ifAilliCh rides on a cushion of air ones foot over the water, teached speeds. of 70 miles an hour with ifs four .let turbine illiginet. It is designed to tarry 75 POSSenger8, but can only *Penile in .aIm wafer. ISSitt 27 .=,• 1'962 tie Qt. our POWer groups behind the regime' it the :aitni, REVIEWS A PARADE