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The Brussels Post, 1954-8-11, Page 2TABLE TAUS a Alae From one basic pasirY reelee-- and bow delightful this almond - flavored pastry is1 — you can matte any number of different Ael iberts, If you happen to be One of tele lucky 2e6ple with gem - 'Dienes iii eour fardel,— ose- berxies are coming back Into Sadhion, by the way --I especially recommend the pig made with that greatly underprized fruit. Or should that be "currant"? The dictionary ie too fax away to go and look it up, so here goes! * a hU4MONI) - FLAVORED )PASTRY 11/4 e, sifted hoar It tblep. sugar 35 o,. butter $ tap, almond extract $ tbisp. water i, ft flour; measure. ft flour and sugar together, en' butter into flour with paetry blender, or two knives, Sprinkle almond extract over mixture. Sprinkle water, one tablespoon at a time, over mixture, tossing quickly with a tork until dough Jonas a ball. (Use only enough, water to make flour particles cling together—their should not be wet or slippery.) Form pastry into smooth ball between . floured bands, Wrap and chill sit hour or Imager, before rolling. Chilling makes this tender pastry easier tit handle. This recipe makes enough pastry for any one of the tele* desserts that follow; * * * BLUEBERRY TARTS Make Almond -Flavored Pastry. Chill. Ron out dough le inch thick. Cut 6 circles, 6 inches in dia- meter (a saucer makes a good guide), Fit circles over inverted cus- tard cups. Prick with a fork dipped in flour, pinch corners :round edge. Bake in hot (425°) oven 12 to 15. minutes. Cool. Blueberry Filling 1 pkg. vanilla pudding 3t e. heavy cream 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tblap. sugar 3 e.• bleeberties Prepare pudding according to rtlrections on package. Cool. Stir pudding until smooth. Whip cream. Add vanilla and sugar. Fold cream Mee "phschia, Just before serum) ; Wm8ve •tart shells carefully from custard_ tis ps. ' Fill pastry shells with pudding and berries, Makes a tarts. s, you, don't know wig() lens of•. them lo4151t like you." GOOSEBERRY PIE Make Almond - Flavored Pastry, Divide dough in ball, and store one halt in retrigerattor. 11011 other half Out very thin to make a 12 -inch eircie, Place loosely in 10 -inch pie plate; pat out any air bubbles. Avoid stretching the pasty+1 or it may ±brink during 'patting. Prick with fork dipped in flour, particularly around sides. Pinch overhang under the edge Of pie plate to prevent sides from sliding down while baking. Rol] out other hall of pastry. Cut part of it into 9 strips, 1/2 inch wide and 12 inches long, Make three braids of three strips each, and piece together to make continuous braid. Brush rim with water; press on braid, Cut 8 diamond-shaped pieces out of remaining pastry, (If you wish, top centre of each diamond with half a pecan or walnut.) Bake shell in moderate (375°) oven about 10-15 minutes, and diamonds at the same tempera- ture for about 10 minutes. Cool, Yea „can prepare this shell a day ahead, Gooseberry Filling 34 c. water 2 e. sugar—or .less according to sweetness of berries 134 qte gooseberries e. corn starch Cook 34 cup water and the sugar for a few minutes over low heat., Cut off sten, and blossom tips from berries. Add to syrup. Simmer gently about 5 minutes or until cooked but still whole. Using a slotted spoon, remove berries from syrup. Place in pie shell. Dissolve corn starch in remain- ing 1 cup water. Stir into syrup. Cook syrup until thick and clear, about 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Cool to lukewarm. Pour over berries. Decorate with diamond-shaped pieces, Some Kind Words For The Postman The letter carrier must be gifted with an accurate retentive memory. He must assimilate tor instant use the postal rules and regulations which are con - tinned Ina book o_f Oyer 90000 . Ile must know how to detect obscene mail, dunning notices and all other prohibited kinds of mailing matter and be prepared at all times to answer the queries of the public, The letter carrier . . , must arrange his mail in an order of sequence for delivery, he must learn the scheme of distribution for bis route, which consists in memorizing upward of several thousand names of patrons of the postal service and associat- ing those names with the labeled pigeon -holes in the post office distributing case. The carrier must keep a log- book in cwhich are recorded the removal addresses of former pa- trons of liIs route . The log book contains hundreds of names and the letter Barrier is requir- ed to memorize the forwarding addresses vat that he .can write , On the ze}tvelopewithol}tttrecourse to the log book, the new, address. The letter carrier is also a lean 'Ern Up'sid'e -pawn-- Tetfinlcians May Murray, standing,, and Peggy Byrne demonstrate a new X-ray unit at Wesley Memorial Hospital. Heavy straps insure the seeurify and comfort of the `patient, as the apparatus is mounted within an eight-foot•w+de Circular track. By revolving the patient in an upside-down posi- 'iion, doctors can watch the progress of an opaque dye some- times injected into the spinal column for diagnosis. Island Camera Queens -- When the cameramen of the Philippine Islands met to select a beauty queen, these girls were trying to wiri the "Miss J ress Photographer" title. Left to right: Miriam Lopez, Noemi Leon, Zennie Lopez, Isabel Sarena, Ofelia Bautista and Emmie Soriano. sort of a secretservice roan. He Is frequently .called upon to ole - tale information of a strictly confidential nature, elicited by the several secret service depart- ments of the government both within and without •the postal service. Heis called upon to give clues to the whereabouts of alleged criminals, of seditious persons, of smugglers, bootleg- gers, post office robbers, of fraudulent schemers :making. use of the mail service, of deserters from the Army and Navy, of counterfeiters,illicit distilleries and other revenue dodgers. The letter carrier must be a mechanic and chauffeur, as all classes of mail are collected by motor vehicles and large parcel post packages and registered parcels are delivered by motor vehicles. He is used as a toilet- tion agency in delivering COD parcels and unpaid mail, and is responsible for all moneys en- trusted to his custody as well as for the mail and packages. He must be a sphinx in respect to knowledge acquired by him in the performance of his duties imparting to no one under penal- ty for violation thereof, confi- dence received by him in his employment. He must be a trained diplomat in handling all classes of people, the irate, the quarrelsome, the complaining and the "knockers." Heq tthe bulfe. betweee tell patron lehose grievance is net redressable and the department, charged with responsibility for rectifying the complaint of the aggrieved. He must be honest, loyal, industrious and sober at all times, as well as neat and circumspect in his- attire. In summation, a letter carrier serves, ina dedicated position. His 'Weis one of great importance to all citizens of our country. From the Postal Record Publik-'Eriemy The labor racketeer is an en- emy of th'e employer, of the com- munity„ of industrial peace, and, in ,pertjeular,oflabor itself. Said r -,cede ai. Judge Ruby .M Hulen in. sentefioing to long prison terms 'ftveeiliake-down" men whb'had operated; ih 'the 'St, Louis Indus! • trial: ;areae ; t , .The, evidence gf'marcilees :tree and betrayal of people who labor for their livelihood and were menibera of 'naions supposed to be represented by these defend- ants is shocking:,, • Not only were these men found guilty of "holding up" eon - tractors. The workmen in the unions they controlled as officers were also deprived of wages when called out on strikes which involved few actual grievances and resulted in little if any im- provement in wages or working conditions. One of those convicted, it was shown. had used up something over $1011,000 froth the union treasury in defending himself and other officials against the racket- eering indictments. and there seem:; no way of the union re- covering it. The St. Louis industrial area in recent years has been espec- iaily plagued with labor racket- eering in certain of the building Trades. This had ties with the gang world and with polities — not an infrequent alliance — and was hard t0 dislodge. The Post Dispatch, in one of its typical crusades, exposed the facts, public; opinion demanded action, aid federal prosecutors, ' grand juries, and courts did the rest, , • , Other areas enmeshed in this perticular]y vicious kind of criminal network should take heart. Brit they should also take heed that it may take all three ,fearless exposure, public in- dignation, and conscientious ag- ents of jusfice -- to do the job. -- From The Christian Science Mon- itor, PLAIN HORSE SENSE .. By F. (IBM VON PILLS There are. two attitudes which. represent' extreme positions re- specting our economic and social :order. The one attitude is es- - poused by those who reject any and -every kind of economic plan- ning or organization. They constitute the group of extreme, individualists or the so- called school of economic liberal- ism. They want no interference whatsoever with the individual either from the government or from the social pressure of group organizations. • They will tolerate no regtric- tions upon individual ,initiative or personal enterprise. They are, liberal only to 'the extent that they wish, to be .liberated' from all social responsibility, They call it free enterprise but tie. freedgm Is for those,, who. possess great resources and dominating strength rather than tor the weak or those who de- pend simply on their own labour for their well-being. They oppose all efforts to establish collective bargaining by organized labour and they re- sent the agti n of cover- a hent in ex 5cting !laws wlifeti make such collective bargaining obligatory. If there is to be any social planning, they will do it them- selves without the collaboration of labour, consumers or the government, They want the government restricted to the function of a policeman or um- pire in enforcing private con- tracts but not to be entrusted with the responsibility of pro- moting justice and the common good. The Other Extreme The second group reject.total- ly this attitude of the individual- ists and rush to -the other ex- treme. These latter desire to socialize all resources or estab- lish' a state • collectivity. Either all property, as in pure Communism, or at least all pro- ductisve property, as in pure Socialism, should lie owned id their theory by the community or by the State. The State or the community thereupon will en- gage through its bureaus and agencies'ir, deyeloping an ,elabo- rate system of. national economic planning, The hope, impractical as that • See Stories? — Probably not looks more like a newspaper. However, this Italian boy has found the perfect way to beat the heat in his underwater "li- brary," a cool stone ledge be- neath the foundation at Rome's Fora Italica Stadium. method may be, is to make pro- vision for the needs of all citizens so that there will be no surplus and, no deficiency. This system would ignore' human nature and human rights as flagrantly as the afore -mentioned group of individualists. • - In„ fact, experience indicates that where this system has been tried human beings are victim- ized in a rha'nner and to an ex- tent even .more disastrous Per- secution is the 'logical and; inevit- able result of such economic dictatorship, The Alternative Between . these two extremes there is a 'via media" completely consistent with C h r i s t i a n morality and with sound economic principles, It is mani- festly impossible to expect good economic order if wages, prices, working conditions, and the pub- lic good are left to chance or to the haphazard methods Of so- called free enterprise. "Free competition . . cannot be the ruling, principle of the economic world." Economic supremacy c„an still less assume this func- tion of a true and effective guid- ing principle, "for this is a head- strong and vehement power; which, if It is to prove beneficial to mankind, needs to be curbed' strongly and ruled with prud- ence." The true remedy will be found in accomplishing two reforms in our social order. In the first place there must be re-estab- lished, some. form of bind groups which will bind men to- gether in society 'according to their respective occupations, thus creating a moral unity.. Second, there must, be a reform of morels and a profound renewal of the Christian spirit which must' pre- cede the social reconstruction. - The social organism has been dismembered gad broken up in- to . fragments each seeking its ,own selfish interest instead of the common good of all: Until the organic nature of society is again recognized.. -and re-established through . vocaz. tional.groups either one of two thing's must happen.. The State must assume all responsibility, that is, become an absolute economic dictatorship or else the individual remains helpless, defenseless, and completely over- powered by those wbo enjoy economic supremacy. * N 4 This column .welcomes criti- cism, constructive or destructive, and suggestions, wise or other- wise. Address all mail to Bob Von Pilis, Whitby, Ont, Marriage's riage's Worst Enemy—Jealousy I was in the bath early one morning when the phone rang, It was Easter, and we were due for a busy time. 1 bled' there was nothing '-males•' , • I- was wrong. ,, There was, writes .Walter Grjmaldi in "Answers." 'Mr. Grimaldi" was formerly Registrar'at Tottenham, London and officiated in over 40,000 weddings. , eelhe. office -.has, been broken ipt,o ?, atlnounced any chief assis- tent, "and the whole'plade is' Op - side doled.", Twenty 1 minutes later' I was with, hi»r, to find the place..ip erinl5,l,ete confusion. We set to work'to liut things in order again, wondering if any papers or documents Were miss- ing. Later in the day, when a wed- ding Ceremony was due, I dis- covered that a certificate was missing Luckily there was no diffioulty in replacing ft, and there was no delay. Was this what the thief had been after? J[ tholigbt haat and then I re- membered a curious incident of it few days before, A young man in a state of great agitation had come to see me. I remembered him quite well because of his unusual re- quest. He did not want t0 know how to get married, but how to stop a marriage. He had 'been engaged to a girl, but she had broken it off and I was marrying her to an- other man. A few days later the yotmg :ran was arrested. The police foundthat he had broken into the Office to search Ler the cer- tificate for the marriage of his former fiancee acrd bad taken it away with the vague idea that without it the ceremony could not take place. ,Aa 1±'happened there had been no illtelt, It was simply a eaee of Jeal - °nay. !lid I say "simply"'? The two jgreatest Stns. in marriage are ealousy and meanness, Indeed they are two charac- teristics guaranteed to spoil the relationship of any two Individ- uals, and they can cause as much unhapiness in marriage as un- faithfulness, It was many years ago that this was first demonstrated to me, A couple arrived unannounc- ed and unheralded at' my office. He were a choker and she wore a wide -brimmed - hat with a jaunty feather. Their conversa- tion was terse and to the point. "My reissue" said he, jerking a thumb at his companion. She threw a glance -up at the ceiling, shrugged her shoulders and put on an air of resignation . "We got married here by the marl' befoj'e :you," said the hus- band. "Here's our marriage lines," The woman prpduced.' a certi- ficate of the wedding and p t It dawn on the table before me, - "Scratch it aht," said the hus- -band. "Scratch it aht," repeated the wife firmly. I did not 'get their meaning and I said so. ' "It's clear enough, ain't it?" asked, the husband. "We been married seven years. I've had enough, She's had enough. We don't want tO be married any more, so we are doing it pro- per, Soratch it aht. That's the law, ain't It?" I exlained as patiently as I could that they were completely wrong, Their marriage was as binding as any marriage in a church. When the truth sank in they seemed flabbergasted, I explained that if they wanted. a divorce .they would have to go t0 court.. And this was a long and expensive business, apart from which the judge would want t0-be'satisfied that there were sufficient grounds. "But," expostulated the wo- man, "he's so mean." And the contempt she threw into the word showed how strongly she felt about it,. . "And she's got such a saucy eye for anything' in trousers,' re- plied the man. '"Why, a bloke even gave her some flowers the other day. And I ain't standing for that lark." jealousy arid meanness were the root- of • their differences. I will not go so far as to say that they were reconciled ween they left the office. They were annoyed at themselves and me. But I met them several times in after years, and I kpew they had settled down when the hus-' band told me: "Well, as we spliced for keeps, we had a talk and though we might as well make the best of it,' • , But to be truthful, I same times suspect that young woman deliberately provoke jealousy. Let me recall one odd example. In years gone by, travelling tJolfors -- not to be confused with your true Itomany -- liad a quaint pledging cerent011y. A couple bad merely to jump over a broomstick together and they were regarded as engaged. Two or three centuries ago this was even recognized by them as marriage. One day a sun-tanned couple presented themselves to give notice of marriage,, "We are already pledged over the stick," explained the bride- groom, "but she will be doing the same with someone else in the camp if I don't have some proper marriage lines," Dark-haired and . dark -eyed, bride-taebe merely smiled at him affecti0ndtely and said: "If I ever talked of another stick, it was for a donkey that was slew." And there was no mistaking that she meant a donkey with two legs. Boxing Really TO-Ugh"viii t he - Boxing is one of. the most pop- ular sports in Siam today, Match- es are held every Thursday and Suhclayafternoons in an open Colosseum -like stadium on, Raja- damngrn .Avenue in Bangkok. The bouts last only five rounds. But they are often bloody affairs with one, sometimes both, "of the Name being carried out on strete1i rs, • "s" The boxers wear ,conventional gloves, but everything goes in the fight - knees, feet, elbows, heads — exerything except hold- ing. A programme lists some of the special means, of maiming for which each boxer is famous. The boxers mdy get anything from .approximately $10 to $50 per match. Rough asit may be. they ,nevertheless box for the sport, rather than the money to be made. Each stops briefly at the en- trance to the ring to kneel ina moment's prayer to the God of Sport. An orchestra, compoaed- of native'flutes, cymbals. trump- ets and drums, plays an ancient wailing;, chant during the match, It serves as a strange background music ,to the wild cheeripg and jeering' by ±he fans who will Stick to their `seats even when a sud- den tropical downpour deluges the stadium. Hear, Heart There was noth ing"wrong with the eyes of tlie. hearing aid experts who clips; Vivian Mathios, 22, as tier "Miss Hearing Aid" during c convention. Herself sufferini from impaired hearing most o her life, Vivian models a wrist watch type of hearing aid, con siders it just another portion o her costume as she does a wait or other jewelry. CENTS PER BUSHEL 0 1'141, ,, 1941. 1910 tett Prd)Is FlliriWeatinr,fgaae -- The U.S, Government support pric for emit, bushel .of ,wheat to farmers has intreaseri. *1.26 sine 1941. Above Newschort traces rise from 1941 (98 cents pe bushel), to 1,954,, (224 cents per bushel); dnly'rdetip wet 194 whon support price dipped to 195 cents pet burhel.