HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1953-1-7, Page 6Hand Froze solid
Inside His Glove
In 102,3, Cyrett LewdBryant
nett out with his wife and four
children to drive his wagon and
six horses nearly 1,000 miles from
Washington into . the heart .of
British CoJumble,' It Was a tough
trip, lasting rnany months. Win-
ter, with all its viciousness, hurl-
ed itself upon them without
warning. A biting, stinging blir,-
eard raged on the little family
before it reached Alexis Creek.
Driving into the teeth of the
blizzard; Cyrus's left handfroze
almost solid inside hie leather
glove. In the growing darkness
:he swung the leading horses
around a narrow bend high up
sato the edge of a deep ravine, The
rear wheels of the wagon slip -
Ped on the icy road, and for ozie
heart -stopping instant a rear
'wheel was suspended over space
as the outfit stewed round,
Forty Below Zero
The horses struggled gamely
en. Inside the wagon, huddled
Mrs, Bryant and the children,
trying to keep warm with the
acid of a coal -011 lantern." The
temperature had dropped to for•-
ty?beloly ze$o.-Bevent'y-two de-
grees of frost.
Teeelr-linzbs were almost' past
the hurting stage and a sleepy
numb feeling was slowly dulling„
their senses before the driver `T
pulled the horses to a stop near:
the cabins of Alexis Creek.
Bryant's wife and children ..were
xushed into a house fgr frost -bite
treatment.. The f r o s t- covered
horses were given attention, and
Vie lantern Was left burning be -
meth the wagon to keep their
food from freezing,
Life Savings Lost
The fifty -below -zero dawn of
Me following day revealed trag-
edy. The lantern bad set fire to
The wagon, and all that was res-
cued of their possessions—inclu-
ding their life savings—was a
crowbar, an axe -head and a
:few horseshoes. The position was
*;ideal.
A friendly rancher lent them
teed and what clothing could be
spared. In a month Cyrus had
tracked enough logs out of the
bush to build a two -roomed
cabin for the family. Later they
moved on to Tatra Lake.
For years—as is vividly des-
cribed by Richmond P. Hobson,
a modern frontiersman, in his
hook "Grass Beyond the Moun-
RCAF Looks Back—As 1952• drew to a close; the f1CAft"could look bock on ceyeer of-achievasnfent and expansion* New operational
squadrons were formed, newtraining stations*came' into being, and- new aircraft and equipment were brought into use: Personnel
atrength rose from 29,552 gat the close of 1951 to an estimated 38,500 at the end of 1952, and fors the first time Cahadian
fighter planes were based in Europe in peace -time, The following,"p)ctures give an indication of the' activities and strength of
the RCAF. (1} The RCAF continued its search and: rescue and mercy, flight programme, and many humanitarian flights were
carried apt by air force crews, Here an RCAF helicopter takes aboard a sick patient. (2) A recent addition to the RCAF Is the
C-119 or "Flying Box -car," which is invaluable for carrying heavy freight and equipment. (3) The departure of 439 Squadron
from Uplands airport for North Luffenham, England, typifies the extent of the R.C.A.F: s commitments overseas. Two fighter
wings are already based in Europe, building toward a 1 2 -Squadron air `division on the Continent. (4) The Minister of
National Defence, Brooke Claxton, right, announced that Air Marshal W. A. Curtis, Chief of the Air Staff, centre, will retire at
the end of January, 1953, and will be succeeded by Air Vice-Marshol C, R. Slemon, left. (5) Symbolizing the importance of
women in the modern RCAF, this picture shows an airwoman directing a Sabre pilot to•a safe landing. (6) The 'maintenance -and
expansion of an efficient air force calls for a vast construction programme, including new barracks, runways and hangars
such as this massive concrete structure. (7) Another important aspect of Canada's contribution to NATO is the training of
air crews from other member countries at RCAF stations. Forming a camaraderie which bodes well for the free world, two
French and two Danish students examine navigation instruments during their training in Canada.
tains" every member of the fam-
ily worked from dawn till dark.
Cyrus was able to hire out his
horses in return for cash, cows,
sheep or vegetables. His wife
sheared sheep, spun woollen gar-
ments for the family and neigh-
bours. The children worked with
axe, saddle -horse and rifle; and
altogether four years of unremit-
ting toil, courage and privation
passed before the courageous little
family were outfitted again.
TABLE. TALKS
oJaue I dttews
14MOLASSES .SAD ITS PLACE
Writing in ,The Christian,
Science Monitor Laura E. Blod-
gett leas an article about the use
a0 molasses • in cookery which
tarried me back to my younger
alay so fascfnatingly that, with
ernzission, f'n, reproducing it
ere.
a .
In Grandmother's day molasses"
was used by the jugfuL It. was
;spread on slices- bf homg: inade
bread for the children,. it glazed
the sweet potatoes and- the hani,
it sweetened the baked beans and
the apple pie and, Oh, hew the
delightful odors floated through
the house!
Hardly a day"_' passed that
Grandmother, did not use 'moles-
les Ye something that she was'
preptering for healthy young ap-
petiteat. I can see her yet sliding
a gingerbread into the oven or
Levering over a pan of molasses
cookies while the Sunday pud-
ding steamed away on top of the
stove.
Blustering windsi and chilly
days endure up memories of
these good things and set us to
searching for the old cook book '
that held:se many of her favorite
recipes.
When the book is found we
turn the. stabled • and yellowed
pages and in mlerste% we live
again in Grandmother's wonder-
ful kitchen. A warn and bat-
tered seirtien reveals a recipe for
popcorn balls and another for
moles -Os 'candy. We dream for a
while- of .taffy: pulls and Christ- -
mas trees': hung with globular
confections and wonder if ever
there were more delectable good-
ies than these.
a
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MOLASSES TAFFY
2 cups molasses
eup sugar
2 (ablespoons'butter
1 tablespoon Vinegar
Fiivor ieedesircd
Boil ingredients to 260° F. or
until a little of the mixture be-
comes bright when dropped into
cold water. Pour into buttered
pans to 'cool. Butter hands and
pull until candy becomes light in
color and hard.
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POPCORN' BALLS
3 quarts popped corn
Fe cup molasses
She's Got A Fur Coat—The penguin at right seems to be the topic
of jealous conversation for her more formally -clad companions
sit London's zoo, (The very idea, Wearing a fur coat and putting
tee sire!) Actually, the furry bird isn't being •: a high -hat. All young
penguins are covered with down before acquiring their soup.
'n' -Fish suits of feathers,
TEST YOUR INTELLIGENCE
Score Yourself 10 points far each •correct answer in the first six
questions.
• l,. Find the word•below which does not match the other three,
•• • hour ' —Day—Minete —Wristwatch
2,. Which country was the Best to use gunpowder?
—Russia —Holland —China —India
3. Which of the following documents is credited with being the
foundation document of Great Britain's democratic government?
—The Stamp Act —The Corn Laws -
—The Magrfa Carta —The Exclusion Act..
4. The smallest state in`the United States is listed below. Ca,i i c a
find it?
-Delaware . —Vermont -Rhode Island —Long Island
5. If a tie vote occurs in the Hefted States Senate, who is permitted
to cast his vote and break the tie?
-The 'President -Chief Justice of. the Supreme Court
=The Vice President .--The Secretary of State
8. Puppets are'ollerated by inserting the hands inside the
Marionnettes are -operated with
—Magnets .. —Weights Striigs Leers
7. Match the following national selmbois' to their partrct:tar conn-
tries, Store yourself 10 points for cach`coreect choice.
(A). Bear ; •
- Lng1and
(D) John Bull • --i!rance
(C) Uncle Sam • • --America ;
(D) Cockaded hat:: •--Russia •
Total your polnts. A sea a of 0-20 is poor;30-60, average; 70,-80,
superior; 00-100; very superior,
clop,
ANSWERS 'J e TFiT,,L IGleNCE TESD
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'Pacts/ bPotIZI-'-e 'al. ei eu9epl etiy—g 'euitia e 'tiolcmislspl—I.
ill cubs ,sugar. le, cep water • ' -
?e teaspoon vinegar
Ie teaspoon snit
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
With the exeepeion cif the but-
ter and zanille, boil ingredients
without stirring to 276" P. or
until a small amount becomes
brittle when dropped into cold
water. Add butter and vanilla
after removing from the treat.
Pour the sirup over the popcorn
and mix well. Form into balls.
Makes about 39 balls, 6 ir,cius rs
size.
Another page discloses a recipe
fur gingerbread and beside it is
a penciled note: "Thin recipe took
a prize:"
MY BEST GINGERBREAD
i, cup sugar
ii cup shortening
1 egg
1 cup melasaes
2?r cups sifted flour salt -pur-
pose or bread flow.
l;s teaspoons soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
I teaspoon ginger
le teaspoon cloves
to teaspoon salt
1 cup hot water
Cream the shortening and
sugar, add beaten egg, molasses
and the dry ingredients which
have been sifted together, Last of
all, add the hot water and beat
until smooth. Bake in. a moder-
ate oven 325° to 35x1' for 35
minutes, The batter will be thin,
but this recipe makes a delicious
old-fashioned gingerbread, When
baked in layers and put together
with sweetened whipped cream
and sliced bananas or when
spread with boiled frosting and
•
emoist 'c-uconut this •gingerbread
bootees' a, party dessert. •
4 a e
ibe resepe for a pudding at-
tracts our attention, for beside
it we find this notation: "This
was John's delight."
KENILWORTH PUDDING'
2 cups bread crumbs
?s eup suet
t 1 eup raisins
1 egg
1 cup milk
la teaspoon ciinnateen
t: teaspoon soda
ae teaspoon cloves
4 teaspoon salt
rs cap molasses
Mix spices with the stager and
add to the crumbs, suet, end
raisins. Dissolve soda in mi11t,
beat egg and mix all ingredients
together. Pour into greased
double cooker and boil for 2
hours. Serve with orange sauce.
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OItANCE SAUCE
eup sugar
1 tablespoon corn starch
Juice and gtated rind of 1
orange
7,
eup water
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Mix sugar and corn starch. to-
gether, add other ingredients
and boil for five minutes, Serve
hot.
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Grandmother's cookie jar was
always being refilled with de-
lightful surprises but we always
decided en the gingersnaps a9
our first choice.
AUNTY'S GINGER SNAPS
3 Op ahortenfteg
ib eup sugar
1 egg
I cup malaise.
I tablespoon vinerer
2 tablespoons cold water
Ile cups flour'
1 tablespoon soda
1 teaspoon ginger
Crean} shortening and sugar,
add beaten egg, molasses, vinegar
and water, Sift dry ingredients
and stir into first mixture. Sozne
may have fb be added by knead-
ing. Roil out and bake in a, mod-
erate oven,
od-erate,oven, 350° to 375'. Rolling
the nthin makes. a 'site ginger-
snap but by rolling them thick,
cutting out stars, crescents or
other shapes, and sugaring them,
we have a phristzpas cookie that
delights young and old.
No household should be with-
out molasses, no -sir -es, not by a
jug fin.
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p LESSON
By Rau. R. Santee .Warren
B,A., B.A.
Cunfessinp land 1.ollowirig Christ
• ' Matthew 16:13-25 : .
glee/shore Selection: .Thou art
the Christ the Sotr of the
int] God. Matt. 16;16.
Moleamriiedans believe that
.'c sus this a prophet. Nearly' all
people btflietd he 'was' a good
pian. Christians believe as Peter
confessed, a'Thou• art. -the Christ,.
the Son oft the ,living „God." It
is one„thing to have a mere in-
telfeetual acceptance of this
great trilth, ft• is 'another., to
knew Himeby revelation of the
Rather. Cele es we 310,29 oar
Hearts tg Iiim'do we really
know 'Him. It Is on Chit rbck-
like oonfesa'lon tlfet Peter made,
that Jesus is biu)ding leis Church;
or, if you wish, it is of people
like Peter who have received
fres' D; v i n c. i•u: ei.iion 1 rat
Jesus is building his Church. The
man who does not believe that
Jesus is the Soneof God has no
place in His Church.
The Church will prevail. She
does riot always appear Victori-
ous, but ultimately, she will
emerge as the abiding Victor
while sin goes down to defeat.
-Peter was granted great au-
thority in forbidding' and al-
lowing; an authority shared with
the other apostles as seen in
Matt, 18:1.2, From the statement
regnrdirig prayer in the verse
following, the challenge of pre.
veiling prayer and hence author-
ity, seems to be thrown out to
all the Church,
After Peter's great confession,
Jesus began to predict his own
sufferings and death. The cross
was looming up before Him.
There is a cross for alellis dis-
ciples, toe. "For whosoever will
save his life shall lose it; and
whosoever will lose his life for
my salvo shall and it.' No won-
der selfish people are unhappy.
They lose their life in saving it,
But he who loses his life for
Christ really finds 11. The way of
confessing and following Christ
Is the best way, no matter how
you look at it. And that goes for
the life fiat nilly is as well as
for the life which is to tome.
It l., a pity that men continue in
their blindness when the Gospel
is to near and ep prealoua,
Handy Hints For Indoors and Out
Protect house plants from win-
dow cold: Cut • cardboard the
width of your plant window, and
a little higher than the tallest
plant. Cover with aluminum Roil,
Slip between plants and window
at night Larboard shields plants
from outside cold; aluminum foil
reflects room warmth ' hack on
plants.
e e.
Freeze unused pimentos frons,
an Open jar or can. Break all
frozen pieces when you want to
add a touch of color to a casse-
role, Pimentos' will spoil in res
fwirgth 011,erator, e v e n when covered
Attach a drapery or cup' hook
to your rug -hooking frame, for
waholys2zggbe satshand; They' will Al-
qq,.l
Hang cleaning cloths (dust
cloth, scrub cloth, chamois, and
silver ?polishing cloth)"''on` the
arias of a swivel to)vel rack at-
tagqhedinside lintel boom closet,
Alevaye handy for quick touch-up
jobs; end:veer husband IWoii't
complain that there's never any-
thing around for enotapipg tap an
emergency spill,
i a °
Makes a car boga4 balder to
keep liss or yern fron•),,tangling
when ypu embroider,, Cut notches
in cardboard; "slip' skeins into
notches;: so .that -they-won't slide
off the card. Snip into cardboard
close to each notch, to make
anchors for loose ends of skeinse
Especially handy when yourre
working with several colors at a
time. f
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To speed winter drying of
overalls and worlc, pants:,. First,
slip each lag 'over a metal trouser
creaser -dryer. Thaxt turn up ends
of a wire clothes hanger, into,
hooks. Slip end of one leg frame
over each hook. _ This . holds
overall legs apart, so that air can
circulate; and' penes' dry quickly.
Press foods through a wire
strainer weth 'a • rubber 'spatula.
Works like a charm in making .,
applesauce, baby food, purees for
soups, or for extra -smooth mash-
ed potatoes. ,
Keep milk cold in lunch boxes
ang tin
pibyntinsui'bottietiaahhe ne p�ipdt or ;pgpehalfr+
coffee bad¢;+ stays ^dh edt
three to four hours. Especially •
helpful when you pack luhches
for several childreneand lack ea.
vacuurh bottle far each one. -
Atteele a front -opening bread
box to --the wader side of your
cupboard. Box will bgg�^tiip• out pf
the way, leaving )406 `work
counter free and uncluttered,
* 5 se
Easter spare strands_ of woe
_
unto the back of ,that piece of
needlepoint that you, have just
completed, Ther the identical
wool willize'available-em needed
regairai,.,-perhaps,, fifteen, years
few • new.
!: j .•
. a a..... +
Soria earrings- by pairs ,info the
cups at molded-cardboar'd2x4-
egg'+oerten, kept in: the 'front of
yottel di'esser ch'awee, Yon Won't
wagea'mjntetes 'fritting' foe the
mate of an earring, or disentaeigl•
-
ing ani,„ earring ,from npck)aces or
bracelets in your jewel box.
Paint'8arton with gay enamel.
Tie a snap clothes pin to the
hatzdle of your clothes basket, for
housing;te, clamp, cloth you use
to
lo offf!.'•,your 1)nes,,I3eeps your
lin wiper alit pf'the way` while
vete kiting tU6'thes. '
To' keep • an old cast-iron skillet
from rusting in the cupboard,
beatskillet slightly, after wash -
Ing, and rub waxed paper eves
1t, Waic coating pzetzret ' skillet,
but Is so thin it doesn't affect toed
flavor,
•
A clean broiler rack and 'pan
makes a helpful extra drainer
when washing a large number of
dishes, Cups, bowls or glasses -
can be put on this drainer end
set out of the way to dry, treeing
your regular drainer for the rest
of the dishes, .
What Shakespeare
Really Looked Like
What May be the only auth-
entie portrait of Shakespeare; an
existence hes been discovered
in Capetown by T'gofessor
Wilson --'Knight; who is Reader
in English at,Leeds Unlversity.
It was probably painted in the
poet's lifetime by G. Paulus van
Sourer, court painter of -.James I.
It shows Shakespeare wearin
white collar and a back doubt t.
Scholars all tiger the world s'e
excited jay- the dleoovery. If t
portrait 'is really, pt-Shalccspea e
it will: givg tizeise the best iinpr '
soon of what he 1poled eiTe tl t
has yart'' come fn ei1 • Iip�ase r
slog. s d-•,
'.`Hundreds of sperious peetrai e
of Shakespeare hi(veebeen "di +
rg4'i -: ere-utieb t
thiscogeone has everyvarioapps
earmances,
being, a genuine eonten}pera e
paintitigea TjelBittrUntevaeotol `1
The Chandos portrait' in the
National Gallery — presented tit
the nation+in:1856 by the Earl oR
Ellesmere—is the -inost famili
of Shakespeafe likenesses an
the best authenticated. The latt,,
Sir Sidney -Lee, expert on Eliz'.-
betlian literature, declared tha
there was no portrait of Shake •
peare which could be said wi
certainty tohave .lbeen painte
in his lifetime,' anti only two par
traits were:kntiwn to have bee
,produced within a short time o
his death.
But ern in 4952 twe still have,;
only 'a slight idea! .of Shakesel
.peere's true physical charactere,
•
istics, although the Capetown cis-
eovery may help to throw 1}gh're
on them.' It' has' been' serlousiy';
suggested,•tlsat Shakespeare ze;,r
mains in he church at Stratfordl,
should tile' *'hlsm,edi int;'
tjae a interests 3 4f, .` $iza1ce pears''
lchollais}iip. Then there could b(P
.ea scientific-' examination of the ))t!
remains and hisbones, weld, be t
` measured:
• But some superst.itibus peoples,
recall the lines above the grave
ending- with "curet be. he that
moves my. bones." Others in
tfavour of -exhumation believe the
"curse” could be avoided if
women did the work:
Next—Glass _ Hats
Its arrived—the world's- first,
glees,ltat, Made iii; indestruct-
ible , spae' white glass, cloth, 3t ,,
can"be eleaied''by' rinsing -un-
der'the Nap. '''
Designer of this novel bead -
gear is .a,,itussian refugee named
ICatjq ,�Robinsky. T h e material
resembles 'heavy white silk and
is Judi more' pliablet than Silk ' i.
Women: in 'Amsterdam, where
the hat has been on sJapW recente
ly, are captivated by it. It costs
about, 420: mad -there's a plan•to> t"
prodeee it; .in all colours oR the.
rainlegev,duritlg tl\e,eomigg ye•
Ittt claimed the when the hat
is niaeiefirodut:ed'i"t vIlil fee avhiIJ
able' at lower.' prices than' any'
other,woreen's hats,in the world.'
Thee. glees neetnrial is ,elloapee :i'tu
to produce than ,.cotton because
it consists' Mainly of sand and
soda.'
Ti
Fit Icor' %l ('ing-Beaming royally over his culinary triumph,
Sweden's Crown Prince Gustav Adolph exhibits a ,gingerbread
Mee whIch' he' fashioned with only a little desistence' front his
Oster, PY'lncese Christina. The royal baker spredd'ntare flour over:
himself and titin king's kitchens, in Stockholm, than he managed.
to introduce into the gingerbread dough, but cookie connoisseurs
• claim the confection was a princely treat, - '