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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1952-7-30, Page 3pessersavs- !bra Ab js-o Tat Washing Maiehilnri Mow good a servant your wish-, Ing machine is depends almost in - sleety upon you, the operator, Many women pay little or no at" tcution to the instructions sent out by the company who manufactures them. In these rules set down by the companies one point of care is al- ways stressed, that of oiling the machine before each washing, Dry gears cause trouble from neglect in piling the machine, Ne- ver be in too great a hurry to wash to neglect the oiling„ Oil, in this case pays dividends, dry gears wear "down and have to be replaced. In a discussion with a washing machine repair man one fact *as evident. In a large majority of cases the breakdown was caused by .;ne- glect. Several machines .• were„ brought in for repair because the gyrator or dolly would not operate. In all cases the operators had never" taken the gyrators out of the ma- chine for cleaning. They had been. left on the gyrator post. Dirt had collected and in time had corroded 'because of the dampness. The from such a machinecan Only he imagined, In some cases repair men bad to split the gyrator with a cold chisel in order to remove it. A little care world have saved the owners the - expense of new ones. Many women do not realize the Ill' effects of putting too much , water in,. the. machine. The water geeeeep inside the gyrator to the top, of gyrator pbst through holes and down the shaft into the gear's: This can cause nothing but trouble asin a couple of reported cases where the machines were shoved to a, cold porch in the winter toawait their' next "call to` 6ei'vid�e. .' -*The 'water froze and burst the gear cases. Another. .woman .looking for a place to ,Store rain water filled the washing machine tub. It was tor:- gotten or=gotten and left on the'back porch. When 'a cold' .night cause, the un- happy owner found-._ her machine tub had split. The mechanism of the wringer ofa marline was damaged beyond repafr when a heavy blanket was forced through, it. Wringers cane not take .,too much and it is un- fair to expect it. , When too much strain is' cattiest' something has to give and ` most' of 'the time stripped gears result. It can very wellbea burned out motor too. When something is w,pund around- them tight enough. to stop them, and the action of the gyrator tlic power should be im- mediately switched off. One should remember .a washing machine is like any other, machine and should, be .given at least; a reasonable amount of care if ;Cis expected tb• give good service. An .,embittered acquaintance de- fines genius as a man whor can, earn money more quickly 'ftrnh his fans- ily''s` endo ;fP »nnf:, 114aqeironi Sala, 'BT'lVOai<01111Y MAX/1)0X Eftft S '1 One supper for outdoor eating - porch, errace or garden, It is sat- , sfying and Can be aln)ost en- , irely prepared in the morn- ng hours anti kept in the re- itrigerator until supper time, he whole family will en - 1193' it. Vegetable juice, macaroni chef's salad, relishes, garlic bread, coffee' jelly with ba .nanas, iced coffee. The hot coffee, which you ,will convert into iced' cof'f'ee, can he made several hours before serving, and cooled itt' a non-metallic container. If you ePrefer, make it double - strength at the last minute and ,pourinto ice -filled` ,g afresh Bestrong, the CO ee, Macaroni Salad, troffee Jelly and teed. coffee pep up summer -witted (4 servings) fresh and rt1rollg and that tietorehand try r ,u amid tlutt''s✓r a"rs, h rl �eather Supper Soften gelatin in gold collet, din- , solve in hot Coffee. Add sugar, stirring until dissolved; add sherry. 'Chill until set. Place sliced. ba - Minas .in ,serving dishes, over with coffee Judy. Serye with light , cream. Looking for substantial but easy tb get hvnehpon disties? 'Well, try these. They're good., )?lolly )Tomajo ttaq dt , (4 servings) ,Ane can (11/4 cups) condensed .tomato soup 2 sups shredded American cheeaee le :teatpbon. drY mustard,: i leaspeon Woregster- „shire sauce, 2 eggs, separated;,teast or crackers. " Heat -'soup "slowly; acid cheese ' and heat` until. melted, stirring constantly, Add ,s s jt s t a r t and . • Worcestershire §auece to beaten egg, ,yolks; stir into totrnlxture Gently fold to beaten egg- wtdtes' and heat thoroughly. Serve ,on hot toast or crackers, 1 tl Q Baked Eggs in Tomato Sauce 18 1•eab n , appetites andcan be preparedOne Can (1s/a cups) condensed you serve it with. plenty of fee in the tallest, frostiest glasses you can n► a n a g e. Serve with cr,eapa and a pitcher 'of'•sinitile syrup or sugar. Macaroni Chef's Salad (6 generous servings) Ong 0 -ounce package elbow mac - rant,' 12 stuffed olives, sliced; t/4 }n'aund' Ainerican cheddar, cheese, salad howl with salad greens. Toss tomato mato soup, epggs, 2rtabbllespoons with Russian dressing. par. coffee Jelly Wley,.. With Bananas Poursy4 can tomato soup into /6 servings) each of four buttered baking cups cubed; '/e pound bologna; cubed; 3 tomatoes„,gi}artered; 1 cucumber, sliced; salad greens, Russian dress - 'Mg. • r One and one-half tablespoons or muffin tins. Break an egg. into 1 Cook macaroni In boiling, salted unflavored'gelatin, 3 cups strong, water until tender; drain, rinse hot coffee, 3 tablespoons sherry, 45 .of butter and sprinkle with pep- tWith hott water; chill. Combine cup strong, cold coffee, Ye cup per. Bake,'tn a' moderate oven macaroni olives ,chs se, bglogna, sugar, 2 bananas cut in %-Inch (350 degrees F) for 20 minutes m Q ,t.., I 1 Minh with parsley. tomatoes; �rtt%cl'ttctimt3�r Place in slices. Car each; dot each with s/r tablespoon 7ABLE TAL ate Andrews • Even during' the thirstiest days of the years youngsters -and' lots of grownups too -will pass up less nourishing drinks for good, cool milk, so long as you have alongside a. jar of delicious choc- olate Syrup for flavoring. And here's how to make that syrup with a minimum of trouble. * * t 'CHOCOLATE SYRUP 1 packag'e'semi-sweet chocolate 'chips'' ye cup sugar ,%4 cup corn syrup clip boiling water Melt chocolate chips in top of double boiler. Remove 'from heat and stir until' blended. Add sugar and mix well, then add corn syrup and stir until smooth, Add boiling water gradually, stirring copstant- ly. Cook over boiling water 2 minutes: Makes 1-1/3 cups sauce. . , * * * For CHOCOLATE MIL K - measure 2 tablespoons syrup into tall glass. Acid chilled milk slowly to fill glass, stirring well. Or shake together in botfle or shaker. Serve with chocolate chip macaroons, if you like. * C. For; CHOCOLATE EGGNOG -prepare chocolate milk and add it to well beaten egg. Mix well. * nr}" n CHOCOLATE FLOAT - is prepared chocolate mills with about 3 tablespoons of ice 'cream, vanilla or chocolate flavour, added. With coffee ice cream, it becomes CHOC- „OLATE , MOCHA FLOAT , . * * * , MINTED CHOCOLATE A summer. thirst quencher for grown-ups, anti youngsters alike, is MINTED CHOCOLATE. For Ha you ddd'one cup of milk to 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup, stir- ring constantly. Add 2 to 3 drops of pepermint extract, beat or shake well. Pour into tall glass. Top with tablas}nooins whipped cream and' serve with a sprig of mint. If, poured over cracked ice, serve at .once.. Or,. 1! .the ise is to be left tq melt, add more chocolate syrup to the milk to start with, * * Here t ra very quick recipe . . giving zleep,'sttirlfng'folds of frost- ,ingr,fit, fo ea. baffgnet•cake. ,And it ($,f t3ti`ie RQlilio?igiliBra zilt,vt Air1makftNeenlethieg .eery .special even Brazilian Sage -Looking like a bewhiskered wisenian4 "Mus- tachki,"' a' rare imperial mar- moset, states his vievvs at tiie Bronx Zoo, This specids:of mar. moset,.Irarely seen in captivity, and djte7fiest owned by the page, t,u d Makes Light of Knowledge -Six-year-old' Maria Angela Bergon- zo1i, of Milan, Italy, tan make quiz kid ranks .as'soon as she gets the hang of her father's ,electrically -operated children's en- cyclopedia.' Invented by Perino Borgonzoli, the Volume'ans vr 5000 questions by matching colored lights to painted symbols as the child readee operates a set of dials and switches. Ber- gOnzoli gave the only copy to his daughter when told the book . would cast $40 a volume to produce, Above, Maria gives her t''rll a free lesson. your quickest and easiest cake - mix cakes! BROWN VELVET FROSTING 1 package semi -sweet chocolate chips. 3/4 cup evaporated milk (undi- luted.) Combine ingredients in small saucepan. Cook and stir ,.over low heat until chocolate is melted and mixture is blended. Bring to a boil and boil gently 5 minutes, or until thickened, stirring constantly. Re- move from heat. Coot, stirring oc- casionally. Makes enough frosting to cover tops of two 8 -inch layers or top of 8x8x2-inch cake 'gener- ously. * 4 * Ice cream, summer's staple treat, turns into a super -dessert when covered with rich chocolate sauce. For time saving and luxurious fla- vour combined;' it's hard to heat this quick -variation. - * * * QUICK CHOCOLATE SAUCE 4 squares semi - sweet "candy - making" chocolate. 4' tablespoons butter. Melt the chocolate over boiling water. Add butter, blend.' Serve isot. Sauce may be kept hot over boiling water. Makes 3' cup sauce. * n e For a really "deluxe" dessert, yet one that's not too hard to make, just try this. CREAM SPONGE 1 cup sifted cake flour 1 teaspoon baking powder '/ teaspoon salt 2 eggs; separated 34 cup sugar 1 teaspoon ,grated lemon rind .1 teaspoon lemon juice 2 tablespoons sugar. ,, Sift flour, baking powder and salt -together 3 times. Add water and lemon rind to egg yolks and beat until light and foamy. Add sugar gradually, beating web after each addition, then add flour mix- ture in small ansounts, beating to blend. Beat egg whites until foamy, then add lemon juice and sugar and beat until it stands in peaks. Fold into flour mixture. Turn into 2 ungreased 8 -inch lay- er pans and bake 25 minutes at 350° F. Invert on cake rack until cake is cold. Spread lemon cream filling between layers and sprin- kle posidered sugar over top. Serve with deuton cream sauce. * * * . .LEMON CREAM SAUCE • AND FILLING 1 cup sugar 5 tablespoons cake flour 1 egg, slightly beaten t/3 cup 'lesson juice 2/3 cup water ,2• teaspoons butter 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind cup whipped cream Combine sugar and flour; add egg, -then all other ingredients ex- cept , lemon rind and whipped cream.in top of double boiler and cook 10 Minutes, stirring constant- ly. `Chill and add lemon rind and / cup whipped creash. Use half for cake filling, To remaining half, add the other f4 cup whipped cream and use es sauce. " KEEP IT CLOUDY Beaming with happiness over the enthusiastic reception Ids campaign address had received, the veteran politician bowed Himself off the stage, and into the midst of his faithful co-workers who; awaited hind in thewings. "That speech was great," cried cite starry-eyed Supportcr, "You certainly made yourself clear on the provincial rights question" "My gosh," muttered the old campaigner, "what a blunder!" Parrots Aplenty With the bald dome of El. Viejo as our guide, we made our way up the steep and desolate hillside be- yond the sullen, lifeless' lake..: . It took us four hours to reach the crest 'of the ridge beyond. The view was spectacular; it was heav- en itself. Twin lakes, iris -blue, nestled in a field of green, spread ing their bays like white -edged` petals of a freshly opened flower. Against jade green of the jungle were clusters of scarlet, of flam- ingo pink, purple, and opalescent yellow. There were showers of gold, blossoms and some that in the distance looked like falls of snow. From the saddle of the crest where we stood we counted four more lakes beyond the gems at our feet. The hot tropic stn burnish- ed them until each stood forth like an individual jewel. Ginger sighed and then said in almost a whisper, "Whatever else this unknown jungle holds, there won't be anything more beautiful than this." "Right now," 1 said, "1 can al- most taste that water. Let's go get it." We started forward, machete blades flashing as they bit through the growth which clung to the mountainside. When we cut through the last barrier of jungle and stepped onto the curving shore of a glorious blue cove, we unshouldered our packs and sat down at the water's edge, Both of us were a little weak in the knees. I felt an emo- tion so intense it resembled physi- cal pain, and glanced at Ginger, She said, "It's no use trying to say what we're feeling." I shook my head. "This is one thing we've planned on, and worked for, and earned, and hasn't Iet us down a bit." We stopped talking and stared at the unbelievable lowliness around us.... While we swam lazily, we real- ized that, whatever else our Para- dise might offer, it would not be silence. Continually, it seemed, there were shrieking flights of par- rots over us, but it never palled, We had such a variety: yard -long red macaws, bright green parro- kets, not much larger than spar- rows; moon-faced, graceful con - tures, and stocky, yellow -shoulder- ed parrots, so much like the "Poi- lys" we'd known back home. Gin- ger and I promised each other that never would we keep a parrot in a cage, nor a macaw chained to a perch -not after seeing them fly free, with the bright sun giving brilliance to their plumage. , , , On the shore of Dana Lake, we found a high, conical structure made of huge limestone blocks. The flats of each terrace were filled with black earth. At the base of the cone was what appeared to be a landing for canoes, and upon its crest was a small temple of, sorts. The fact that its base and ifs flat top were almost perfect circles in shape, made us wonder if we lsad not stumbled upon a Mayan as- tronomical obselvatory. For though they never developed teleaeopes, astrolabes, or such, and must 'have depended only upon 'what the human eye could sec, they bed been amazing astronomers. By our campfire that night,' with the new moon a tilted crescent over the slanting silhouette of the pyra- mid, I said to Ginger, "I don't be- lieve the Mayas ever built with - nut an eye for beauty" - From "Quest for the Lost City." by Dana and Ginger Lanib. MONEY QUIZ ANSWERS 1, (j); 2. (g); 3. in); 4. (k); 5. u n) ; 6. (s) ; 7. ( s • 11 (0) ; 9. (e), 10, (q); 11. se); 12. tt); 13. (p); 14, til); 1t. (r); 16. 11); 17, (f1; 18. (m); 19. (ls); 20. (i). Mind The Paint Take dare of your woodworla Don't use ,coarse scouring pow- der or strong cleaners to clean it. They may remove or roughen the smooth outer surfaces of the paint so that it soils faster and is more difficult to clean. Strong ajkali can weaken and also discolor paint. Teat any new cleaning preparation in an incon- spicuous place first, and whatever you uSe,'follow directions carefully. A mild, neutral soap is satisfac- tory for washing paint, but if it is necessary to scour, finely powdered whiting is one of the best abrasives, and is inexpensive to buy by the pound at paint or hardware store. Wash only a 'small area at a Even a time; and rinse carefully. E v mild soap contains some alkali that will eventually injure paint if left on it, GOOD QLD' SCI ';M1'RTJ'E -.-Fre n Csuetrynian'. Year, by Haydn 8. Frarten , WHEN a countryman. takes a little Mooning in the shade of the tree at the house corner on a July day and 1poks out over the heat -blanketed fields, meadows, and pastures hes apt to recall the familiar phras8, "the good old summertime." In spite of certain discosnforts it is a good season of the year. There's g spirit oftranquility and brooding fulfillment over the land. The sun hangs like a molten golden ball in the blue sky, Earn swallows swoop and wheel over the fields; catbirds scold from the hedge around the garden; and deep in the woods a crow sends forth his melancholy, 'halfhearted call, In the heat of noontime, the cows gather under a clump of trees and wait for tire sun to lower before grazing again. The hens congregate beneath the tangle of blackberry vines and dust themselves hi cool holes in the earth, One can almost see the corn push higher day by day, and the kitchen garden is, Jusb with greenery. Along the brushy lines of was and rail fences the quail rest in the shade and wait for the cool of evening. The plump, philosophical toads burrow in the moist earth beneath the tomato and melon vines, And then in the evening, after a day's workin the hot sun, the countryman sits in his favorite rocker on the porch and watches day • turns into night. The swallows dart through the air; the robins carol their evening song. And" as dusk gradually turns into darkness, fireflies dot the night with red gleams while frogs shant their r intone sym- phony. It's a good time of year, a part of Nature's cycle when the promises of spring are finding fruition in plant and animal life. MONEY QUIZ Suppose you were going to visit all of the countries listed below, Yon should know the monetary unit in each case so you could intelligent- ly convert some of your travelers' checks. Score; • 18 or more correctly matched -very solvent; 15 to 17 -you'll get by; 14 or less -better call in your loans 1 1. Netherlands ( 2. Finland ( ) 3. Germany ( ) 4. Japan ( ) 5. Spain ( ) 6, Russia ( ) 7. France ( ) 8, Brazil ( ) 9. Argentina ( ) 10. Austria ( ) 11. Britain ( ) 12. Czechoslovakia ( 13. Greece ( ) 14. Italy ( ) 15. Norway ( ,) 16. Poland ( ) 17. Iran ( ) 18. Yugoslavia ( 19. China ( ) 20. India ( ) a. Peseta b. Franc c. Peso d. Lira e. Pound f. Rial g. Markka h. Yuan i, Zloty j. Guilder Ir. Yen 1. Rupee m. Dinar n. Mark o. Cruzeiro p. Drachma q. Schilling r. Krone s. Ruble t. Koruna (Answers elswhere on this page,) Famous Home Of Sherlock Holmes Orr' 'This SideOf 'The Atlantic Now w';Arri:Aom:, Sherlock Holmes, the famed detective in the deerstalker hat, arrived in Manhattan the other evening from London. With his friend and companion, Dr. John Watson, he went straight to his lodgings at 221-8 Baker Street, and wouldn't say rvhcth'er he was there on a case. He just said his Baker Street rooms look- ed exactly as he had left them. This, of course, is a bit of fiction, just as, Holmes himself is fictional -and probably the most famous character of all time in the world of detective stories. On closer inspection, '221-B Baker Street turned out to be the Plaza Galleries an 59th Street, bit that, as Holmes would say, is ele- mental, my dear Watson, Baker Street is inside, and it's a cont- piefely faithful and authentic re* production of the 'room where it is always 1897. The room has been .brought to America by Adrian Conan Doyle, son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the writet who created Holmes and finally' had to kill him off so he could return to his other pur- suits. To a great many people all over the world, Sherlock Holmes is an actual person, not just a character in fiction. Each year, Adrian Conan Doyle gets frantic and pathetic pleas for help, all of them address- ed to Holmes. When the exhibit here opened, an elderly lady stopped in an asked for the great detective. Conan Doyle explained that Holmes just wasn't around, whereupon the lady grew indignant and red-faced. She knew quite well he was there, she aaid; she'd 'sten his picture some- where recently. As you stand at the railing, look into the Baker Street study, you can't help feeling that Holmes and Watson have just quit the room- bound, perhaps, for Paddington, Station in a hansom cab. * * * • It's a room of Victorian charm and clutter, with Holmes' arm- chair on one side of the fireplace and Watson's on 'the other. On a long deal table stands•a tray 'with half -empty teacups, half. eatencrumpets and napkins just tossed down, In the, silver buttet dish are the bullets Holmes has carelessly flung there (they were taken from the body of a man murdered in 1895), an on the back of the door, hangs Holmes' deer- stalker and Inverness, together with Dr. Watson's tall silk hat and respectable black coat, Beside the fireplace is the coal scuttle where Holmes kept his cigars; in nue corner the mod - stained table at which he worked out his esfperiments in chemistry and next to it, the wax bust of Holmes, draped about with his mouse -colored dressing-goWn. (The latter items figured heavily in "The Empty House.") There is also the big; desk at which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the ?Holmes stories. On it, is Holmes' famous :magnifying glass. * * * There are various and sundry othet- wonderfuil things in this, cosy room:. thea Persian' slipper. holding .: f1sirnesl,3shag tobacco; a harpoost like the one that killed Black Peter? cigarettes from the year 1897; the "4ony columns" of tine' London nett ibapers ready and waiting for• golmes' perusal. The red velvet, curtains are drawn against the ' rax and ihcicment weather of Baker Street: off - Rage, tlneresi are 'sound effects of horses' hooves: alilp•clopiffttg across the cobbles. The game is afoot, As you leave the lodghige and end yourself back on 59th Street again, you'll see a rod ear at the curb, its sides lettered "Holmes Electric Protection. Burglary. Ser. vice." A little modern for Sherlock, perhaps, but you know all goes well in Maker Street.