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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1953-9-23, Page 3ome Freak Doings Of Lightning * The normal chances nt being struck by lightning are millions to pie, and the way to avoid. • being the one is re learn about lightning, SO much superstition has ae• -Fumulated .abent liglntniug thr- ough the eentuxieS that •now it is hard for scientists to make known the tr'uths hat hove been discovered. How much do you know about lightning? Safest Pince Is it true that lightning never strikes twice in the sante place? It is false. Some trees have been struck several times Tall projecting buildings' like the ' Eiffel Tower' and the 'Empire State. Building are often struck, but lightning conductors prevent damage, The oddsagainst any • house in a town being struck, are thousands to one, They re - Main the same, neither more nor Iess. if it has already been struck. once. Where is the safest place in a thunderstorm? In your home. People are very rarely struck by lightning inside a house. The safest place in the house is s any- where away from a fireplace. In a severe storm avoid standing between two windows. .And themost dangerous place? Undoubtedly in the open near a wire fence or metal pipe. Cat- tle touching fences have been electrocuted miles from the point where the lightning struck. • Other places to avoid are ex- posed hills, any open flat space, or any hut or shelter standing by • itself, If you haven't time to take shelter in a substantial building before a storm is over- ' head, better lie down flat. Does metal "attract" lightning? That is true within limits. It is "better to drop your golf club or garden fork, If you are in- doors, you don't have to stop handling a spoon and fork! The "attraction" of metal once lightning has struck has produced freak results. Not long ago a man otherwise unhurt, had all the pound notes in his pocket neatly split into two down the i .p1.c `Tricks Wig Solve Packing • 8! CX* L ]M 118$ THIS is a country, in ;whicit. people are Qonstantly an the move, Autumn vacations, bust. nese trips, treks brick to e011ege and visits to friends and tela* tiveS all add up to.,much travel, by plane, train or'tifir. ?aoking still can p r e s e n t ky pthroms espite t,- theGtinottcsthat launderdsotho readilyny add' dry Wiest, ,A1.1 -those little things that Must be peeked can occupy an Impressive amount of apace. it planning is not careful, To,get .the most from each inch of space, use tricks like rolling' 'stealth -WS' into little bells- and pushing them into: the toes of the shoes you're packing. Use tissue paper to, prevent creases in clothes,:°but be stingy with it. Great layers of tissue mean bulk and actually aren't necessary, since many of today's fabrics hang out readily after the unpacking. In place of your' di•eseing table jars, spoon small amounts of creams and lotions into the little plastic jars and bottles that you ,can buy. These, in addition to Actress Virginia Mayo saves saving space, are' unbreakable; space in her "suitcase by tucking I Many beauty products now stockings in toes of shoes. come in •space -saving containers metal stripes. Collar -studs and keys have been melted. Moisture offers an easy path. For this reason some experts advise you not to have a bath in a thunderstorm! Wet shoes and clothes slightly -increase the danger—another good reason for sheltering. Of two golfers wile insisted on continuing to play in a thunderstorm a few years ago; one was killed and the other -- wearing wearing goloshes — escaped,' You should be safe in a motor car or aeroplane. Lightning may strike, but is unlikely to do harm. It is easy to keep 'mit of the way of lightning;• `In -any case, fewer people are killed by lightn- ing in a year than die on the roads in one dap. All the more - reason for making sure you are not one of them by taking sim- ple precautions based an science. TABLE TAL: .S. elan. Andrews Here's a timely recipe for a "mock" mincemeat which keeps perfectly and, so most folks who have tried It say, can't be told from the "real thing," And it's a lot less expensive! * • • MOCK MINCEMEAT 3 pounds green tomatoes. 3 pounds apples (chopped not too fine) 2 pounds raisins 31/2 pounds brown sugar 1 cup suet, chopped 1 cup vinegar 2 tablespoons cinnamon 2 teaspoons each, cloves and nutmeg Salt Put green tomatoes through a coarse food grinder; place in pan with 2 tablespoons salt and cover with cold water; bring to a boil (stir several times to prevent sticking). Drain off the water (it will be a greenish color), add 1 tablespoon salt and again cover with cold water and bring to a boil; drain and repeat process once more. Pour into colander to drain well. Combine all other in- gedients and add tomatoes; boil slowly, stirring often 'and' well, for 2 hours, or until the bits of suet and apple are well cooked. Place in quart jars while hot and seal. One quart makes a nice, big pie. This recipe makes 5 quarts:: * * * These drop cookies, made ac- cording to the recipe, are a bit on the crisp gide; but they can be made to soften themselves by adding a half -apple or a slice of bread to the jar in which they're kept, ° DROP COOKIES 9 pitted dates, snipped in • quarters 11, fups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon soda y/ teaspoon salt- 1/2 cup brown sugar, well • packed, • i" cup white sugar, (to. 21l the cup) r/ cup margarine or other shortening" 1 teaspoon almond extract 4 cup milk (room - tempera- ture) 11 cups quick cooking rolled oats 1 egg (large) well beaten Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Cream together sugars, butter and al- mond extract (you'll need a large mixing bowl). Add egg and milk; blend thoroughly. Add sifted dry ingredients and beat well. ' Add oats and mix quickly to an even consistency. Drop )y heaped ten,- spoonful en-spoonful o n greased cookie. sheet. Place a piece of date on each mound of dough and cover with another teaspoon 'of the dough. Flatten slightly with a knife dipped frequently in flour to prevent sticking. This seals fruit into center of cookie. Bake about 12 minutes at 375° F. Re- move at once from cookie sheet, cool and store in screw-top jar or air -tight cookie tin. If variety in flavor is desired, divide dough into 2 portions; to 1 portion add 94 teaspoon ground cinnamon and ya teaspoon ground clove. Mix well and bake. Yield, about 3 , dozen. * • • So it's pumpkin - pie time again—or not far short of it- and the two recipes that follow are not only worth trying, but good enough to clip out and treasure, PUMPKIN CREAM PIE Temp.: 450-350° F, Time: 40 - 50 .nein. Thresher Out of the Past --It might resemble an ancient train chugging along at full speed, but it's only an old' steam -powered threshing machine owned by Arthur Flack. Flack said he bought the machine just "for some fun," but he's been able to thresh 37 acres' of oats on his 160 -acre farm without any trouble, He also made a hit with his neighbours, who flocked to his farm When they saw the dork pillars of smoke rise sklyward. Irob ems Mayo; demonstrates how sweaters should be folded ever • • tissue paper to avoid creases. tuatara nieant'to be tossed away in tiny squirt bottles, handy to rather than'refilled when they're tuck in your handbag, Thus, •empty. they're ready for instant use to Typical are eyedrops that ibat come relieve eyestrain during travel. , ,. Slpan's Back—Mrs. Sloan Simp- son, ex-wife of William O'Dwyer (farmer H.S. Anahassador to Mexico and ex -Mayor of New York), arrives back in the U.S. aboard the liner America. Al; "though she still considers herself married in the eyes of the Cath- olic CHurcil, she says she no longer 'wants to be known as Mrs. O'Dwyer. Pastry for a 9" pie 2 eggs, slightly beaten 14 cup Corn Syrup rf cup brown spgar 1 cup canned or cooked puinpisin 1 tablespoon corn starch 1/2 teaspoon salt l teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon ginger bf cup cream (16%) I1Fs cups "milk Method: Line a 9 -inch pie pan with pastry; flute pastry edge. Bake in hot otren (4500F.) for 5 minutes; remove from oven. To slightly beaten eggs add all other ingredients ,except •Mt cup of the cream. Pour into partially baked shell; pour remaining }'a cup cream carefully on fop; bake in hot oven (450°F,) for' 10 minutes; reduce heat to 350°F: acrd con- tinue baking 30 to 35 minutes, Or until a silver knife inserted in centre comes out clean. When cool, serve with a tablespoon of slightly sweetenedwhipped Bream, PUMPKIN CUSTARD PIE Temp. 450° F. for 10-12 minutes. 325° F. for 30-35 minutes. Pastry for 9" pie 1 egg, slightly beaten 1 cup canned or cooked pump- 1 cup cream, 16% ? cup milk 1/2 cup Corn Syrup 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 tablespoon Corn Starch Method: Line a 9 -inch pie pan with pastry. • Wet edges and crimp on a strip of pastry about 1 -inch wide, fluting edge to stand high. Bake in hot oven (4500F.) for 5 minutes. In the meantime, beat egg slightly; add remaining ingredients and blend thoroughly with dove, beater. Remove shell from oven; pour in filling and return to oven, Bake in hot ovell 10 to 12 minutes; re- duce heat to 325°F, and con- tinue cooking until custard is set (30 to 35 minutes), Test centre Of pie with silver knife. When blade comes Out clean, custard is cooked, Serve with Or without sweetened whipped cream. Prevent jam Prom burning or sticking by placing tinder the cooking kettle a pie or cake tin containing one to two inches of salt. FRONT J06. tin 111111b.r _-=- N: With the approach of winter it is a good time to give some extra thought to fire protection, Fur- naces will goon be lit- and fire hazards can be reduced by hav- ing them in good working order. Among the most common causes of fire in rural Canadian homes are those originating from heat- ing and cooking equipment. * * * Fire insurance companieslist the following as frequent causes of farm firese chimneys of sub- standard construction; sparks from dirty chimneys; faulty smoke -pipes and stove installa- tions; seasonal grass. and bush fires; spontneous ignition of hay; worn-out shingle roofs; lighted lanterns; • mis-use of electrical equipment; ` threshing and other operations withgasoline power- ed engines; matches or smoking in barns and other farm build' ings; lightning. • * Most fires originating from this, list could be prevented by checking .on faulty construction or equipment, for the time to prevent a fire is before it starts. Chimneys!' and smoke pipes can be inspected, gasoline can be stored away from main buildings, oily rags never left lying about. Even lightning can be guarded against with arresters. • * • An excellent fire prevention on a farm is a roof ladder. Keep a few buckets of water ready for use and a number of water barrels at suitable points is an added precaution. But they are worse than useless if the water is frozen solid should a sudden enegency 'arise, so choose a re- latively warm place. * * * A reliable fire extinguisher is a ° good investment, particularly if equipped to handle gasoline fires, It will often be enough to scotch an incipient fire and pre- vent disaster. • • • * * * Iodine in salt is easily lost. Tests show that all the iodine in salt blocks disappears in two months after exposure in pas- ture, and there is no chemical method of preventing this Loss. The answer is to put out at a time only asmuch iodized salt as the animals will lick in a few days. * * * Salt loses its iodine less quickly when fed in the stall, but providing smaller quantities more frequently will guard against insufficient iodine in- take by livestock. • * • Iodized rock salt will keep well for about nine months if stored in a dry place in its original container. Loose salt contain- ing iodine will remain stable up to 15 months if kept in tightly closed glass jars. * r • What is believed to be the first attempt to spray a virus disease from an aeroplane to aid in control of a serious forest in- sect pest, was made in south- western Ontario early this sum- mer. • * • A virus disease was used by growers of Scotch pine in the area to control infestations of the European pine sawfly. About 500 acres were sprayed with the virus from aircraft in the Bothwell, Stratford, and Woodstock areas, Another 200 acres were sprayed with hand - sprayers by the growers, and windbreaks and ornamental hed- ges were sprayed with mist - blowers by officials of the On- tario Departments of Highways, and Lands and Forests. * * * a The virus suspension was ap- plied from aircraft at the rate of one gallon per acre. To each 20 gallons of spray, one pound of skim milk powder was added as a sticker, An examination of four Scotch pine plantations In the Bothwell area and two in the Stratford area, showed that all sawfly levee on the trees were destroyed except in one planta- tion incompletely sprayed be- cause of Oil , derricks nearby. The Whitest Lie One morning, through the swing doors of a well-known ho- tel, there cane a young woman wearing dark glasses. And at her Side walked a magnificent Alsa- tian dog. Half -way across the hall they stopped, the dog with ears erect, the girl's hand raised uncertainly. "This is the booking clerk ma- dam," called a voice to het left, "May I help you?" A smile of relief flickered across the girl's mouth, She said softly: "I'd like a room, please." The clerk was very sorry but animals were not allowed in the hotel. Could she not leave him with someone? "But I don't know anyone here," she stanunered, obviously distressed. "Besides, I need him with me." 'Well," the man hesitated, "perhaps, if you keep him in your room ..." "Oh, I tenth" she said quickly. That evening the young wom- an appeared in the lounge with- out glasses or dog. "Don't scold me," she told a 'newspaper -man with a smile, "I just had to get Prince in somehow. I couldn't leave hint alone or with stran- gers, He's a tear dog," she con- fessed, adding sadly, "you see-• he's the one who's blind" s Some Stili Wear That Soutohiniere! Blue-blooded men -about -Own .. in LondOn, England, .are up In arms about the vanishing bouton- mere „-,. a sartorial .emblem re- putedly pioneered by Prince Al.. bert a century ago, F0110W ng proper procedure, the aroused defenders of the buttOnhOle carnation have writ- ten to The Times, of London, and kindled the greatest interest in the letters column since an Englishman complained last win- ter he couldn't find a decent muf- fin in the entire nation. British florists gloated over the outcry, at its start two weeks ago. But, like many good things, It backfired with explosive fury. Those gentlemen whose button- holes no longer show "the badge of breeding", said white carna- tions cost too much — up to 35 cents each Out of season, They blamed the florists for taking exorbitant profits. The dispute also brought into doubt the accepted legend of how the flower habit began, Queen Victoria, supposedly handed a red rose from her betrothal bou- quet to Prince Albert. He was wearing a dashing military jacket at the time. With a romantic flourish, he unsheathed his dress sword, slit his jacket and inserted the rose. Historians flipped over dusty pages of old reference b k s. Others studied ancient prints in galleries and in their attics. The more practical gentry as- serted that British tailors were as much to blame as florists for the undecorated buttonhole. Col. John Chappell recommended that tailors either widen the slit or curve it to accommodate the bulbous underside of the carna- tion. Other efficiency -minded letter writers suggested that tailors make different shaped button- holes to fit any kind :Of flower. Sir Harry Brittain, a newspaper owner and world traveler, wrote in that he wore the same white carnation at dinner every evening aboard a trans-Atlantic liner and at an international conference in Washington. His gimmick: A slim "entirely unobtrusive" glase tube filled with water which fitted be- hind the lapel. The Times published the first letter on the subject on its so- siety page. An old -school Eng- lishman said he was aghast at walking half a mile down fash- ionable Bond Street without see- ing another man sporting a decorated buttonhole. He said some men — he avoided the term gentlemen — even had the nerve to appear at Bucking- ham Palace garden parties with- out a carnation. A reader said he recently en- countered a man on the Sussex Downs who wore at least 20 wild flowers, mixed with long grass, in his buttonhole. "I did not have the courage to ask him," he said, "but perhaps he was leading the revolt against the vanishing buttonhole." NMAYSC IDOL LESSON Slave Iteeonzes a Brother r'ldlemon $-21. Memory Seleetlolr; There to neither Jew nor geek, there neither bond nor free, there It neither male' nor female; for yo are all one In Christ Jesus. Oat- atlans 3;t0. Onesimus was one of Phtle- mon's slaves: at Collosse. Appar•• ently he had stolen some of his, master's money and run away, Itt Rome he came into contact with, Raul who was then nearing .the end of his . first imprisonment. Under Paul's ministry Onesirnua became a Christian. Then came the question of restitution. One- shpus was really the property of Philemon who had the legal right to put to death his run•• away slave. But it so happened that Philemon was also one of Paul's converts. So Paul wrote this letter to Philemon and gave it to Onesimus to take with him as he returned to his roaster. Psychology was unknown as a science in Paul's day, but Paul certainly knew the tactful way to approach people, He spoke well of the runaway slave. In fact Paul would have liked to have ro- tained him as a helper. He re- minds Philemon of his debt and appeals to him to be good to Onesimus. That the letter was successful, we have no doubt. The fact that Philemon made his letter acces- sible to the church is evidence. As the meaning of Christianity became more understood slavery was finally abolished. Jesus and Paul did not sponsor revolutions against this evil but the meaning of brothers in Christ finally won. The black and yellow races are coming to resent the supremaey of the whites. Do you blame them? Does brotherhood . i n Christ pot apply to races as well as to individuals? Recently there were numerous letters in 'a city daily, some of which expressed disgust because many immigrants still speak occasionally in their native tongue. Why should they forget the language of their native land? The snobbishness of some Can- adians does not reflect credit on them. All of us, whoever we are, must humble ourselves under the might of God and come as con- trite sinners to Jesus Christ. There is one Saviour for all men. UP-TO-DATE ARMY A group of psychologists re- cently made investigations into the efficiency of the Army and Navy. One team made a film of a certain kind of field -grin drill and noticed that loo. 6 of the gun's crew stood unassisting and strictly to attention during the whole of the drill. Inquiries as to what this man was supposed to be doing drew a blank. Eventually, they tackled a veteran sergeant -major, one who had fought in the Boer War. He told them that No. 6 was the man who used to hold the horses! Reunion After'SbSYears--Alfred C. Hall, deputy United Kingdon! Infortnation Officer in Ottawa, happily plays a piggy -back for the son he'd never seen before as he greets his wife, Clara, in Montreal, They were separated whenethe Russian -born Mrs. Hall was forcd to remain in the U.S.S.R. six years ago after Hall was ordered out of the country, but'the,Kremlin finally relented. JITTER ARE, You SRC it WASJITree WHO. 'matt YOUR WATER/NEL ONS! YOU NEEDN'T Suck. 1 tI l' CORNNR's MORE COMt'atn}18LE rHAN A AEARTRAP! — B 'Arthur Pointer ITSA PINE HOWDY-r•o WHEN AMAN SnTsATRAP FOR NIS NEiC,Neous?