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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1954-4-14, Page 9GREEN t! Y }� e!� , + �, 4,Gordon Smith Transplanting When small, practically any plant can be moved if we ob- serve a few simple rules. The main thing is to keep the roots away from the air and to cover quickly and firmly with 'fine moist soil Watering during and Immediately after transplanting Is essential, unless the soil is very moist Also if possible, supply a little shade for the first few hours ora day or two. With big things like trees and shrub- bery, it is advisable to tie trunks or main stem firmly to a stake to .prevent the wind loosening, if there are :Only a few things to move, one should do the job in the evening and preferably when there is no ,vied. Above all it is most important to cover the roots well and keep the soil firm- ly pressed around them.. To speed growth and lessen the ^ 'check of moving it is a good plan to sprinkle a little chemical fertilizer around but not actu ally touching the roots. Spread Out One very common mistake of the beginner, is to plant all seed on a single afternoon and just es soon as the first fine days start. This is risky and foolish. It is risky becaue a later sharp frost may ruin all tender growth. It is foolish because. if it escapes frost all ;the flowers will Come out early srthe vegetables will all be ready at the same time. With the latter especially it is advisable.', to spread . sowings, so.. that the.harvest. may be spread out also. Experienced garden- ers make a regular practice of planting such things as carrots, beets, lettuce, beans, spinach, radish, etc., at least three times about two to three weeks apart. To further spread the harvest, they will also use early, medium and late varieties. In Canada as in Europe, there is no good reason why the vegetable garden should not yield continually from early summer until late fall. Andthe same goes for most annual flowers, too, New Look — Berlin's new look in men's clothing means that the German male will get more at- tention if they start wearing this suit. Called the "House ' Suit," it has a loose -fitting yel. low cord -velvet shirt and three- quarter length, poplin trousers in black and;gray broad stripes. Glorify Leftover Chicken in Curry Casserole BY DOROTHY MADDQ7t rile:NOSH hunks et young ehleken left over tram yesterday4. can reappear glorified in this unusually good dish. It's aetuatly a meal -in -a -dish and needs only a spring salad, some creaty bread and a fruit dessert to round out a gale menu Chloken toCasserole (ltfakes 4 to 6 servings) One-third cup uncooked rice (1 cup cooked rice), % cup whit dry milk pewder, 3 tablespoons flour, 4 teaspoon salt, r/4 teaspoon ' pepper, 1/i teaspopn curi'Y powder, 1% cups -water, ,1/4 poen ;processed shredded Swiss cheese, 3'4 cup finely chopped pimiento, d'(10.ounce) package frozen broccoli, cooked and drained; 1% cups cooked, diced'eblcken, Cook rico as directed on' package. Combine nonfat dry ,mile pOwflor, flour, salt, pepper and curry powder Sprlpifle, over sur- faee oL water In top of double boiler, Beat with a rotary beater until blended. Cook ,over ,hot water, stirring ddnstuntly, until thiekened. Add hall or the shredded cheese, Continue to cook until cheese has melted: Stir in pimiento. Combine sauce, broccof and chicken, Blend well. Pour into a 1% -quart casserole, ' • ' ' t Top with remaining shredded cheese Cover and bake in'a slow oven (325 degrees FJ $0 ta.35' minutes or until thoroughly heated. Serve,lmmediately. The curry recipe and this one for baked eggs with cheese are mode with nonfat dry milk. A 1 -pound `foil lined Package will yield 5 quarts of fluid nonfat milk Baked Eggs With Cheese (Makes. s servings) One -hall cup nonfat dry milk powder; 1 tablespoon flour, 1 tea- spoon salt, •i'4 teaspoon pepper: % teaspoon paprika,y3 teaspoon dry mustard, 1 cup water, % pound process shredded cheese, 8 eggs, 2 slices buttered bread, cubed ; ' Combine nonfat dry milk powder, flour, salt,•pepper, paprikaand dry 'mustard. Sprinkle over surface of water in top. of double boiler. Beat with rotary beater until just blended, ' Cook over hot water, stirring constantly; until thlekcned. Stiran shredded cheese. Continue to book until cheese has melted. p18ee one egg in each buttered custard cup, Pour cheese sauce 41.eftoyer chicken prepared in curry casserole makes a delicious, one -dish areal that everyone will enjoy. over egg, and top with buttered bread cubes. Place custard cups In baking pan. Pour hot water into pan to depth of l inch. • Bake 4n slow oven (325 delrees F.) for 30 to 35 minutes or until eggs are set anti knife inserted in center comes out clean. Serve St once. Note: In addition to extra nutrition the nonfat dry milk also) makes omelets fluffier, the home economists report Finer the Better There is nothing the average seed likes better than a bed of finely worked soil. Of course moisture and fertility will be necessary, too, but itis almost impossible to over -emphasize the importance of having the soil fine. Especially is this so when seed to be sown is tiny like that of lettuce, carrots, alyssum or portulaee. If the seed bed is coarse and lumpy it will be im- . possible to keep out air and either the seeds will not germ- inate at all or they are liable to produce only weak plants. It will pay well to run rake or cultivator through a few extra times. Just to make sure of a fine seed bed for vegetables like car- rots and lettuce and particular- ly where the land is heavy, many gardeners scoop out a shallow drench along the row, and fill in with Some specially prepared fine loam Or' limas, The improvement in germina- tion, where this extra precaution is taken, will be astonishing,. Power Saves Labour Where one has more than the average sized lot, a garden tract- or and a. power lawn mower will save a lotof time and hard Work, These machines are not expen- sive and, given a minimum of care, they will last for many years. They will do the work at leant five times faster' than by hend, It` is a mistake to pur- chase too large equipment, espec- ially in 'treetors:' The' smaller types are 'much :more easily. handled. Experteneed,.gardenees. also advise buying" `mote olid smaller' power, units, rather than a big tractor with. gP lot of at- tachments. Dead Whale Causes Trouble A -plenty "A whale of a problem" re- cently faced the police chief of Roanne, in Central France. He received an order from head- quarters: "Arrest and h o 1 d Jonah." Jonah is a 50 -ton whale that has been dead for at least 14 months, But it brings in $3000 a week to its owners as a trav- elling sideshow, In Paris huge crowds used to flock to see the great mammal. Elsewhere, they are still flocking to see Jonah. • When Jonah was first landed in Norway, he had more than 1,600 gallons of formaldehyde pumped into him. This was, however, not enough to prevent 'him from "going off." Now, with refrigerating mach- ines installed in his belly, Jonah is one of the best preserved whales. But he must still have daily injections of preservatives. Two of the men exhibiting him quarrelled and went to court about which of them really own- ed Jonah, with the result that the magistrate at Clermont Fer- rand ordered "Jonah's seizure. Hence the police chief's dilemma. The police station at Roanne has no cell big enough to hold Jonah, and the chief would be unable to give him his daily dose of preservative. Now the court usher is said to be travel- ling the district with Jonah, till its ownership is decided. �• �,p,j� py 7, Impar. 32, Hall CROSSWORD ` '. s: idoilao 32. Jananesecoin RO P. Aazor 36, Tarts offense nt PUZZLE-.a.altar/,rat 38. Not l"lt 00001 10, out of met 33. Spirit of cult mold rl: noble ednn •4s. oar ° noble 42. Ancient 'Ventilated ACROSS ' B. Plosfl1 - 18, Obliterate u . 42. Ancient Homan Risme. 18, POInteRibbed out t ottiolni cov 8, taents 21. 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V) ti>e kl' 63 .CL;, "4 ' e9 Answer elsewhere Me this page. Tricot Fabric Has "Jersey" Background What two articles of clothing could be less similar than the dainty nylon tricot slips of today and the coarse, knitted jackets worn by humble fishermen, of the 16th century? Although there appears to be no basis for com- parison, they are directly if dis- tantly related, Modern nylon tricot can trace its lineage right back to the crude jackets knitted by fishermen's wives of the Isle of Jersey some 400 years ago. For it was through these early examples of knitwear that knitting as an industry had its beginning on that Channel Isle. So fond of knitting were the men, women and children of the 16th and 17 century Jersey, they made it the principal local in- dustry. Their clicking knitting needles gave the name of their island home to the world as a synonym for knitwear, Early in the 18th century the industrious inhabitants were exporting as many as 10,000 pairs,of stockings a week to Paris, Lyons and Rouen. But the flourishing trade enjoyed for nearly two centuries declined rapidly when knitting machines became prevalent in England during the 19th -century. The first knitting machine was invented in England in 1589 by the Rev. William Lee. According to tradition, he developed an av- ersion to hand -knitting when the young lady of his choice seined less interested in him than in her knitting. But the inventor's plans for patenting his machine were thwarted by Queen Elizabeth I and James I, who both feared it would destroy the livelihood of the numerous handknitters. With the assistance of Henry IV, Mr. Lee then founded a short- lived industry in France. But this came to an abrupt halt with the assassination of the King of France. Thoroughly discouraged, the inventor died of a broken heart in Paris. However, a num- ber of his workmen returned to England with the machine and laid the foundation of a knitting industry there. By permitting greater freedom Of movement, jersey fabric is credited with effecting "as great a change in the art o£ dancing as did the invention of gun- powder in warfare," It is also believed by some authorities to have contributed to the emartoi- pation 0f women. Until the "Amazing" Annette Kellerman shocked the world by appearing in tt testi-piece jersey bathing salt in 1910, swimming as a form of exercise •was all but impossible for women due t0 the volumin- ous costumes of the day. A great 47 Have A Light — One usually gets Tight from electric lamps, but not Sharon Lee Brumley. She's using a new infrared lamp to light her cigaret. Radically different from previous infrared lamps, the new unit uses a quartz tube instead of a glass bulb. It is being manufactured by General Electric who claims it'll be used for heating, baking, cooking and drying. advocate of physical fitness, Miss Kellerman believed her bathing suit would 'allow women to exer- cise properly. More recently, jersey has become a high fashion fabric and a great favorite with the French designers, especially Chanel. Under its French name of tri- cot, jersey is also credited with helping to raise the standard of living. Once it was only the wealthy or the bride who bought accordion pleated or lavishly trimmed lingerie. Even if the original cost of the lingerie were not prohibitive, the upkeep was usually too much of an under- taking. Now that nylon tricot has bcome a staple lingerie fab- ric, it is posible for every woman to enjoy the luxury of fastidious and lovely underthings. It offers the average woman of today more beautiful lingerie than the hand-mades her mother wore. Time -saving tricot solves laun- dering problems by removing the possibility of shrinkage or loss of shape. Though the French adopted the word "jersey", they always preferred to use their own word "tricot", when referring to fine quality knitted fabrics. Since it is the French for "knit", tricot has long been used in France in connection with more expensive knitted fabrics of pure wool or silk. When nylon was first used to make a knitted fabric for lin- gerie, the word "tricot" rather than "jersey" was universally adopted. The island which bred the Jer- sey cow also bred a versatile f abric. Too Bashful To Attend Own Wedding Everything was in readinessfor the smart young soldier's wed- ding 10 his lovely little fiancee, Ir1 the flower -decked church were gathered members Of both families and friends. •"I'low attractive ere looitsl" murmured some as the bride en- tered the church, punctual to the minute. There was the usual hush of expectancy. The minutes passed. Thera were whisperings — whisperings- which grew louder as it began to look as though the bridegroom was not coming. Where was he? Was he ill? Had he changed his mind? Then a messenger brought the news that the bridegroom had vanished from his Midlands ho- tel about forty minutes before the ceremony was due to start, For more than an hour the worried bride, near to tears, waited for the missing groom. He did not come. The 'wedding and reception were cancelled. What was the reason for that young man's non-attendance at his wedding only a few weeks ago? Shyness yes, plain shy - "I l "I was just bashful," he said later. "So I didn't turn up." Overcoming his bashfulness, he went along and saw his puzzled and disappointed sweetheart next ' day. Together they walked hi their local lovers' lane, and soon the bashful bridegroom was dis- cussing a new date for the ived- ding. It was, of course, 00 isolated case of wedding "nerves." Many a young man's courage has fail- ed him at the last moment - even when he's got as far as the church door — and he's turned tail and bolted rather than face the responsibilities of married life, Often, it's merely the idea ofoin through the wedding g g g g ceremony — as the object of all eyes—that makes a prospective groom's nerve fail him at the eleventh hour, Shy folk do the queerest things because 01 the self-consciousness which constantly afflicts them, A titled woman, whom no one suspected of being at all sensi- tive, caused a sensation on the day she was due to launch a new steamer in the north 01 England. Asthe moment approaehed for her to dash a bottle 01 cham- pagne against the vessel's side, she turned to an official and said; "It's no good, All these people watching mel. make 1114nervous and I'm quite Oborcome With shy- ness, I can't launch the ship." Before the astonished official could reply, she had run frOM the launching platform and die- appeared, Tho launching was postponed and later performed by a local big^wig, Shyness led to a Southend clerk committing ati'icide, Before putting his head In a gas oven, he wrote to his sister; "1 can't stink this ;shyness any longer. I have always been lone. ly right from .a kid . , . It is my Own fault for being shy. "That is why I never had a girl. I could never get to know one because Of my shyness, The evenings I have gone out have all been camouflage, "Not once a month have I ever spoken 10 anyone, If I meet a strange man Or a strange wo- man, my brain ceases to function and I can hardly utter a sound. I just cannot think Of anything to say so I sit and smile inanely and everybody says 'How quiet you are.' " The shy man's letter conclude ed: "I've alwaya longed for a wife and a home, but I shall nev- er get One if I live to be a hun- dred—I'm too shy. For a man to get to my age (37)' and say that he had never taken a girl out, means that he -never 'will" 5o extraordinarily, shy was Lord Lyons, British Ambassador to France in the 1870's that he never dared to look any of his footmen in the face. He usually dined alone and he used to remember his footmen's names by memorizing the con- tours of the calves of their legal The philosopher, Henry Caven- dish, was at time almost para- lyzed by shyness. His housekeep- er had to receive his orders by notes which he deposited on the hall table. As for pretty Women, they scared him. It chanced that sev- eral of his household servants were ,rather comely. So, in the seclusion of his study, Caven- dish wrote the following remark- able note to his long-suffering housekeeper: "I am afraid I am , afraid I must ask you to make and strictly enforce this rule—that if one of thefemale servants even accidentally cross es my path, she must be instant- ly dismissed," Another terribly shy but fam- ous man who could never over- come his bashfulness was Chris- topher Smart, the English poet who went mad. He was once re- luctantly persuaded to intro- duce his handsome wife to a cer- tain powerful lord and patron. He did so, timidly, Then, al- most overcome by shyness, he darted from the house without hat or coat, leaving his embar- rassed wife to explain his afflic- tion. One of the early Dukes of Portland was s0 shy that when he went out walking in his park he always carried an enormous umbrella, which he put up hur- riedly even on a sunny day if a stranger came near. A man of genius who cured his shyness was the nineteenth-cen- tury wit, Sydney Smith. Asked how he did it, he replied: "It was not long before I made two very useful discoveries. First, that all mankind were not solely em- ployed in observing me—a belief that all young people have — next that shamming was of no use, the world was very clear- sighted and soon estimated a man at his right value. This cured me of shyness." Today we are less shy, although some psychologists declare that on the whole men tend to be mOre shy than women 'in the presence of the opposite sex, One expert told me: "The shy- ness you see in some teenagers today springs from an intense desire to delight and impress and interest other people. One way to prevent this is for their elders never to snub them in public." R. Hareis tiW'arrep, B°A 0,A Betrayal and Crucifixion ,1ohn 19; 11-110 Memory Selection: And X, RA be lifted up Iron the earth, w draw afi men unto me, Jobii lt: at The events climaxing in the crucifixion are related in more detail by the four gospel miters than any other part of our Lord's life, The name of the betrayer, Judas, carries with it a distinct meaning to this day, In a. meat -packing plant in Toronto, the black steer who leads the Others to the place of slaughter and then steps safely aside is called Judas, But the man Judas did not escape, The man who had stolen from the small funds of the group and had now sold his Lord for thirty pieces of sli- ver died by his own hand. Jesus Christ was kingly in his ' death, Instead of invoking curs- es upon his cruel enemies he prayed for them. For Isis mother, Mary, he made provision for a home with his beloved disciple, John, It was a hard day for Mary. She was not divine as her, Son. She was human, Jesus was divine and human. He was begotten of the Holy Ghost and the virgin Mary. Jesus did not forget his mother in the hour of death. While he hung on the cross he forgave the dying thief. Then he gave his life to redeem all mankind. Some people revolt at the thought of Christ's blood be- ing shed for us. Certainly the scene is not a pleasant. one. But man was lost because of sin, Only one who was sinless and devine could provide redemp- tion. The life is in the blood; Jesus gave his life for us. He could have destroyed his enemies but instead he chose to destroy the enmity in our hearts by man- ifesting his love in dying for us. But the story is not finished at the cross. The proof of his re- demption of sinners lies in his resurrection three days later. Let us remember that his death for us will not avail for us Individually unless we confess our sins and trust In Him as our Lord and Saviour. MERRY MENAGERIE c ei�a w.,.,.ra.• - . one ur m°."",w„..„,. 002 NAVA : 'Talk about being formal he In-, sista I call him 'Robert'!" (Upside down to prevent pecking) S tela 3 A 0 .L c1 3 N I9 1 3 d3 NP%=3Se '7' N ON 3 3n 0 1 aa 9 a la 3 cl 13 1 V S 3 5 A3 d ad S0 a S S 3 3 N3aal a sal aA13ai W V .Latot.a 0 0 VdS, V,l d 3 3NOJ-b' 39001 Na Oddities Int Eatery--, Snake skins;.balloon fish 'and almost every other conceivable oddity decorate the walls, ceilings and shelves of "The Best Place for the Worst Food" iii Shepperton; England. Owner Tom Leonard, shown above with some of the curios he collected from all over the world, says his restaurant has had the same menu for five years, and the customers continue to flock In •— not so much to eat as to gaze.