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With fresh fthit so, plentiful, the
dessert problem is: considerably
simplified during the surnmer
months, Stifl1 host families teen
get tired of "last'plain fruit" to end
a meal; and the dessert recipes
altbOugli all com-
paratively easy to prepare, should
be a help. What's more, included,
are some that are equally delicious.
whether served hot Or COld.
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Mixed Fruit Deep -Dish .Pie
2 lb. prepared ripe fruit a (green-
gage, plum, loganberry, black
currant, pear, apple, peach, fwd..
...cot, •blackberry - at choice)
Sweetening for fruit (sugar, honey,
golden sirup)
5 oz. self raising flour
2oz. margarine or other shorten -
1 tablespoon sugar
A little milk for, mixing dough,
and glazing ipastry
The fruits •should be quite ripe,
the largest kinds •being out into
cubes, Put th'prepared .fruita and,
sweetening in a .rleep baking, dish,
Place a pie funnel in the center.
Mix flour and sugar. Rub in
shortening. Add just' enpugh cold
milk to make a smooth :dough.
Grease the edgeof thelpic disk
and cover with ..a. .pastry band
made by milling a pie of the
pastry dough into a thin rope
under the hands on a floured
board. Brush this band with milk,
Roll out the rest of the dough to
a sheet that will fit the top of
the pie dish, and fix to band,
Brush With milk. Bake in a mod-
erate oven, 375" F. for 45 Minutes
or until pastry is well browned.
Take from oven, brush top with
hot milk, sprinkle with sugar. Very
good hot: delicious cold. Serves
4 - 6.
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Lemon Delight
1 oz. flour.
1 oz. cornstarch.
1 lemon,
Yolk of egg.
3 oz, sugar.
, 1 tablespoon butter.
1 pint water.
Mix flour and cornstarch and
make into a smooth paste with a
little of the water. Boil the rest
of the water with the rind of the
lemon for a minute, then strain
water into the flour paste, stirring
Bring mixture to the boil once
more , constantly stirring.
Now stand pan in another pan
containing boiling water, a n d
double -pan cook for ten minutes,
stirring with a wooden spoon. Off
the stove, stir in the butter a
tiny piece at a time. Next, stir
in the lemon juice, the sugdr,
and the beaten egg yolk. Double -
pan cook for five minutes more,
then pour into little brown pots.
Serve when cold. A blob of cream
is sometimes added at serving time.
Serves. 4.
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Apple Slices
1% lb. apples
Pastry dough as in recipe above
for Mixed Fruit Deep - Dish
Pie
Sweetening for fruit (sugar, hon.ey, or golden sirup)
A little flour for sprinkling.
Milk for glazing.
SALLY'S SALLIFS
'It's called 'a budget hat,' dar-
ling It's to unbalanced!"
sc.
Peel We, and slice apples,' pot
in pan with sweetening and very
little water. Stew gently until
apples are done; do not OVCICOOlf.
Roll otit three quarters' of the
dough into a sheet to cover a
tin about 10"x6"x1/2", Grease tin,
line with rolled pastry, sprinkle
with flour, fill with cooled apples,
moisten with apple juice. Roll rest
of dough into paper-tlin sheet and
cut into hrIf-inch strips.
Fix stripe slantwise Ainch apart,
over apples, then brush With milk,
Bake in a moderite oven, 375° F,
.35 minutes. Excellent hot or cold.
To vary, dust cinpanlon and dot
butter on apples before fixing strips.
Makes about 12 slices.
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Chocolate Pears
6 ripe medium pears
2 oz. shortening fats •
2 oz. sugar
1 tablespoon black treacle or
• molasses
'1 tablespoon cocoa flour
•3() pint milk- •
2 drops -vanilla casette°
Cream fat antl stigar'very light.
Stir in treacle or molasses, stir
in cocoa. powder, Stir in a table-
siVoni of the flotfr, then stir In the',
rest of the flour in small lots, al-
ternating'with tablespoonof milk. '
Add vanilla essence. Peel, core,
and cut the pears into large cubes,
and spreadthem on a lightly greased
bakinedifb. Cover with the choc-
olate mix. Bake 30 minutest.
moderate oven, 375° "F. elieraus
• hob or: cold, To vary, add an ounce
of ground almonds to the choco-
late mix before spreading on the
pears. Serves 6.
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Dessert Crean?
2 oz butter or unsalted marg-
arine.
111 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons cornstarch •
114 pint of milk
Make a smooth paste of the
cornstarch and a little of the cold
milk.' Boil the rest of the milk,
pour it unto the cornstarch paste,
then cook gently for two minutes,
stirring with a wooden spoon. Let
this cornstarch mixture cool till
lukewarm.
Meanwhile, cream the butter or
margarine with a fork till very
light, add the sugar, and cream
up again. Gradually add the luke-,.
warm cornstarch mix to the
creamed butter or margarine, beat-
ing with a fork. Then whip
briskly for 2 minutes. The result-
ing cream is thick, light, and deli-
cate in fiavor. It is an excellent
garnish for fruit salad, pie, jellies,
and light cakes, Serves 4.
Sponge Gateau
5 oz. self raising flour.
1 heaped teaspoon baking pow-
der.
Tiny pinch salt.
2 oz. butter or margarine (or a
mixture of both).
3 oz. fine sugar
1 egg.
4 tablespoons milk.
2 drops each, vanilla essence,
lemon essence,
Line a greased 7 x 7 x 1 inch
tin with greasproof paper. Sift
together' the flour, baking poW-
der, and salt. In a mbrinr,bowl,
cream the butter ,or wargarine
very light, add sugar and crearn
up again. Beat the egg arid stir
in. Gently stir in a quarter of the
flour etc., then stir in a tablespoon
of the n'tilk, Add thc“est of the
flour in similar lots, and the rest
-of the milk alternately. Stir in the
essences. Do ...not beat after all
the flour is added. Turn the bat-
ter into the prepared tin,
Bake 25 minutes,top shelf, in
moderate oven. Wien the cake is
cold, take from tin carefully, and
remove paper. The cake keeps well
and is best used the day after
baking.
For Chocolate Cream Gateau
Split the cake, sandwich with jam,
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Bundled Up To Keep Coal,--1.il1fan'Colii4i, Modeli seeks relief from
100-degrea ternPeratures by taking 14608 in on Ica htiUse, but
has to Wear a Mink Coat and ear muffs to keep Warm in order
to keep ceol, 11 sounds confusing,' but It's .comfortable.
New Tape Makes 'Ilandyman' of Housewife
* is to
BY 'BONA IMES-
�NE of the newest trouble
shooters for the many re-
pair jobs that •pop up around
the house during the WM-
mer is a new plastic tape,
Waterproof and iMpervi-
ous to oils; this tape is thin,
' black and pliable. It &idiot
• on contact, is not affected by
• reroskeIcgeolda, sunlight Or in:
n
Every housewife Comes up
against a pair of rubbers.
now and again, that are torn
• but must see serviee in some
w e aIli e r emergency. This
newtape provides the right
soluflon. And it's equally
good for mending a leaky ice -
bag, or for insulating electric
I .
Because it has a rubber-
like ability to stretch over
twice its length, this tapd is
tine for wrapping the han-
dles of golf clubs, baseball
bats and tennis racquets. It's
Just as effective for fishing
rods, tool handles or a leaky
hose. And it turns in a top
nerformance in splicing lamp
Phial° tape mends a cracked
thermos taro and lectvea Jt reads'
for use. Tape is waterproof.
cords, repairing rubber mats,
replacing putty around win-
dows or for stopping up
leaky water pipes.
• It's Uses could make a
lengthy- Bet. With it, any
housewife can turn into an
efficient Mrs. Fix -It, thereby New mastic tape 1p waterproof and hpspervious to oils; acids, pro-
.Inairinglter sbaqd happy. longed sunlight or cold. It's ideal fop patching an tee -bag -
cover top with Dessert Cream,
grate eating chocolate over.
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Raspberry Trifle,
1 large sponge cake or several
email ones
Yr lb. ripe raspberries.
1 pint thick setting custard.
Dessert cream (as in the recipe
above). ,
Split the sponge cake and sand-
wich with crushed raspberries, re-
serving a dozen 'large berries for
decorating the top. Put the fruit -
filled sponge cake in the bottom of
a gla,ss bowl. Pour the cooled
custard over the cake then stand
the bowl till the custard is firm
and cold. Spread the Dessert
Cream over the custard. Decbrase
with the reserved raspberries ac-
cording to taste.
Note:
To make the thick, setting cus-
tard, use 2 pint-size packets of
custard powder 4. to 1 pint milk,
then follow the directions printed
on the package. While the cus-
tard is cooling, beat in a tea-
spoon of butter in tiny pieces.
When ripe fruit is not available,
canned, bottled, or frosted rasp-
berries are suitable. Serves 4-6.
Violin May Be Played
Only Once A Year
Lying in a sealed glass case in
the museum at Genoa is the won-
derful violin which Paganini, the
greatest violinist who ever lived,
bequeathed to the city before his
death in 1840.
It is a Guarneri del GCSU and
was given to Paganini by Guarneri
himself. This superb, deep -toned
instrument is priceless and is guard-
ed as closely as a rare diamond.
Once every y ar, a famous Ital-
ian violinist is permitted to play
the precious violin for five minutes.,
In the presence of two witnesses,
the seals of the glass case are bro-
ken and the violin is lovingly taken
from its shrine.,
The public are not allowed to
hear the violinist as he tests the
instrument. Only a leading violin -
maker and a, professor of music
are present at this strange perfor-
mance, which has recently just
taken place once more.
Fiddler's Fiery Eyes
When Renato de Barbiri, a
Genoe-born violinist, had finished
playing, he was asked to sign a
for in the presence of the other
two nun. And this is what he
wrote: "I have just played Pagani-
ni's Guarneri and I found the tone
faultless.'
Then the violin w returned to
its case which was re -sealed for
another year.
The great COMpOSCr Verdi de-
clared that Tiagattini was a Phen-
omenon. Verdi was invited one
evening to Rossirri's house. Peg.
anini was there and he was asked
to play. hie declined. "Then sud-
denly he seized a violin in a fury
and played the four A's in one
grip oti each separa.z string,"
, Verdi recalled, 'Be then glared at
us with his fiery eyes, muttered
' 'enough" and departed without a
• word to his host Ile was a mu-
sician of genius, the 'greatest tidd-
ler of all timet:' The world will
never hear his like again.".
"Devil's Disciple"
'Paganini had a pale face which,
with his slightly beaked nose,
somelittiei fniglstenid peaple, His
weird, appearance, rainantic air 'and
fascinating playing, excited people
all over ,Atrope.. Some seriously
believed that he was the DeviPs
"
1 Oncrathen he played a "witches'
dance9,:i0 Vienna, a man in the '
audience declared Ile "saw the.
' Devil guiding the violinist's , 0ngers
and bow." ThIS 'story was circa.
laded alt over the world.And in
1828 Pagahini was obliged to pub,.
lish a Jotter from, Itis mother to
prove that he was of human orient
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In a government office in the sha-
daws of Westminster Abbey an ex-
ecutive leafs through a thick book
containing every dttail of the, Coro-
nation of Icipg Gorge VI, fifteen
years ago.
To -da 3; it is like a pilot's' book
charting a mighty river. of ,IIon'Ir1
and pageaotry,ab encyclopaedic
"inquire within" to the most solemn
• and elaborate ceremonial of church .
and state.
It shows that the last Corona-
tion took eleven months to prepare
and cost the Ministry of Works
alone nearly half a,million, 'On this
evidence officials know that the pre-
liminaries of our new Queen's
crowning will take at least a year
... and wistfully they explain that
in these days of labour shortage
and scarce materials, its going tp
• be a rush even at that.
Yet already.the first swift memos
are changing hands: "Dark blue
and slver-grey hangings used 'as
Abbey background for George V,'
blue and gold for George VI. Sug-
gest rose and silver for Queen El-
izabeth?"
The British national flair
improvising gorgeous royal occa-
sions must now be harnessed to an
intricate meshwork of historic pre-
cedent, and from relative obscurity
emerge all manner of officers and
dignitaries to discharge traditional
duties or claim hereditary privi-
leges.
Heralds, pursuivants, sworclbear-
ers, ushers of the Red Wand and
the Green, Gold Stick, Silver Stick,
the Clerk of the Cheque ... on the
great day these functionaries will
appear in their magnificent emproi-
dered costumes, an essentiel part
of the spectacle.
In the oak -panelled library of the
College of Arms, with its vellum
scrolls and glowing heralcliy, the
early inquiries pour in. A Norfolk
squire is anxious to prove his an-
cestral -right to cook • the Queen's
. wafers. Fur id indispensable to his
crimson• cape. There's a silver-
smith eager for a dispensation to
market a coronation spoon.
Despite this busy undertow, for-
mal preparations officially began
only when the Queen announced
the day and signed an Order in
Council establishing a Coronation
commission. This, in turn, dis-
charged its first responsibility by
setting up the Court of Claims,
that curious tribunal which Meets
only before the crowning of the
Soverign solely to judge those who
claim a right to take part in the
Queen of Mes-Chosen queen
of the fourth annual Gold Coast
marathon powerboat race, curvy
Rhoda Wetz waits ready to flag
the winner of the two-day race.
ceremony, writes Harold A. Ai-
bert in "Tit -Bits."
The Dean and Chapter of West-
, Minster, for instance, enter .their
claim "to instruct the Queen in the
Coronation Rites and Ceremonies."
The scholars of Westminster
,School "oat urge their, privilege "to
he present in the Abbey to acclaim
the Queen," a relic of mediaeval
cheer-leadingthat sees sixty seats
reserved for schoolboys.
Then there Inc the claimants tra-
ditionally privileged to carry the
orb and sceptres, to bear aloft the
crown on its velvetcusbuion, to t ar-
ry the J3ible and chalice or the var-
ious Coronation garments.
The clerk Of the Crown enters
• his claim to record the proceedings
• and to receive five yards of scar-
let cloth as his rightful fee. By
long usage, the governor of an
Edinburgh hospital claims a place
as hereditary poulterer, but tact-
fully forgoes his right to "every
other cock bird within the Queen's
yard."
Learned judges in wig and gown.
and counsellors in the breeches
and gold braid of Court uniform,
solemnly hear these pleas in the
Privy Council chamber in Downing
Street. Each petitioner must be
heard afresh for every new mon-
arch.
The title of Lord High Chamber-
lain carries with it a claim to livery
and lodging with the Crown at all
times in return for taking 'the sov-
ereign a bowl of water to wash in
. . .
but five peers are competing
this year for the honour. The right
to provide a glovf. for the mon-
arch's hand invariably sees a duel
Of wits between the Dukct of New-
castle and Lord Salisbury, the peer
protesting his right o ancestry but
the former usually providing his
claim by his tenture of land as
lord of the manor of Worksop.
Before the court are unrolled
yard -long pedigrees, while solici-
tors pursue the tortuous blood re-
lationships. Some families still
enter claims as a matter of form
for an office perhaps long 'extin-
guishes!. On the last occasion, an
elderly lady vainly urged her plea
as a berbstewer. "My family last
performed the lffice for William
IV," she admitted. "But, you never
can tell -it might have won me a
front -seat view."
A Lincolnshire farmer, too, caus-
ed a sensation with hi- 500 -year-
old family claim as Champion of
England, an office which empow-
ered him to dde into Westminster
Hall in full armour and' challenge
any who disputed the Crown to
mortal combat, When the Court
of Claims decided this was outside
.its province, the farmer entered
• his right to carry the ,Standard
and won.
It is small wonder if the num-
, her of Coronation guests tends to
increase, in 1037 the lvfinistry of
Works successfully increased the
. Abbey seating accommodation
from Z000 to 9,600. This time it
is hoped to park itt at least another
TO SUIT EVERYBODY
A man who had been very poor all
his life made a fortune almost over- ,
night and began to splurge in almost
every direction at the same time.
One of his greatest joys consisted
in inviting old cronies up to see his
sumptuous new estate. "Come and
see the' grounds," he boasted to one
of them. "I will show you my three
swimming pools."
"Three swimming pools," echoed
the friend. "Isn't that a bit exces-
sive?"
"Not at all," the host assured him.
"One has cold water, one has lot
Water, and one has no water at all."
"One with cold water I can under-
stand," conceded the guest. "I can
even see a reason far one with hot
water. But what's the idea of a
swimming pool with no water at all?"
The host shook his head sadly.
"You'd be surprised, Joe," he con-
fided, "how many of my old friends
can't swirn."
• Bird's Nest In Roof
Makes Family Sick
Have yott ever been paisonedth7
a lily? Do strawberries bring you
out in pink *Os? Are you allergic
to oysters? If so specialists of a
• new Liverpool' ho'ipital cllnic may
be able to help you. TheY've opened
a special departnient`to inquire in-
to some of the world's quaintest
ailments,
They want to know why some
people cannot handle tulip bulbs
without fingers swelling, why others
sneeze at sight of a tomato or gasp
if a moose has breathed the same
air in a room.
The doctors are inquiring into the
conditions of allergy, the strange
sensitivity that in one way or an-
other affects one person in every
three, sometimes with alarming re-
sults. The discomfort of hay fever,
• with its watering eyes and sniffles
caused by floating pollen, is the
best-known of allergic symptoms. In
one instance, a woman's skin peeled
and her life was in danger nterefr
because she had taken home A
bunch of chrysanthemums, Another
patient 'collapsed on smelling a ball
of musk in a museum. These were
eases in a million.
Many asthma victims cannot
sleep on a featherpillow, and over
00 specific causes of asthma have
already been traced, ranging from
pork chops to the smell of seaweed.
Many people, however, can With-
, ith.nd feathers, dusts, hairs and
antipathies thtit cause trouble in
otheri.
A puzzling case was that of an
entire family suffering from asth-
ma. Face powders, tomato fungus,
certain paint lacquers and other al-
lergy causes were tested on them
without positive results. Then the
clinic doctor brought a box of spar-
row's feathers into the room and all
the family gasped for breath. The
trouble was a sparrow's nest under
the eaves of their house!
Due to an allergy, there are pretty
blondes who cannot wear fur coats.
One girl snedzed whenever her boy
friend cuddled her on the sofa.
The trouble was horsehair. Test-
ing foods, the specialists found one
man apparently allergy -proof. He
,could drink noodle sotip, swallow
all types of strawberries by the
pound . and then trouble came
when he ate a radish.
The doctors are finding that the
condition of allergy can be here-
ditary through at. least five genera-•
tions, but descendants of tine fam-
ily are not all allergic to 'the same
thing. Your grandmother may be
hypersensitive to ,strawberries, but
you may be troubled by kippers!
Margaret Meets Winnie ---Margaret Tritman and Wt
ill pose for photographers in London Where MisA.1
luncheon guest of the British Prime Minister at h,Ra
in 10 Downing Street., IA
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