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The Brussels Post, 1954-9-1, Page 2'TABLE TALKS' Going! Going! Gone! The am - Veneer's old phrase might easily 1m applied to summer -- and sumer fruits, In the beginning this teepen, we always think to Tong, lazy days will be end- lens -- perhaps they lull us Into B x e 14. e of lege security. For there comess a day when the air has almost a -.tinge of fall. That's the time when many homemakers realize that fruits have come and gone -- but their Jelly shelves are still standing empty. Well, the last of the summer fruits are In season now so don't forget to make as many homemade spreads as possible with these flavorful fruits. And with the modern short boil method of making jam and jelly the sparkling color and fresh fla- vor of the fruit are retained be- cause the fruit or juice is only boiled 1 minute. The preparation -time is short and the yield great - ex than with the long boil me- thod. Here are some tested recipes. Why not make some jam or jelly today? APPLE JELLY and BUTTER YIELD; About 15 medium glasses jelly and 15 medium glasses butter. To prepare the fruit, Remove blossom and stem ends from about 1) pounds fully ripe apples; cut in small pieces. Do not peel or core. Add 10 cups water; bring to a boil and simmer, covered, 10 minutes. Crush with masher and simmer, covered, 5 minutes longer. Place in a large sieve lined with a double thickness of cheesecloth. Drain and measure 7 cups juice into a very large saucepan. Use juice for making Jelly; use fruit remaining in sieve for making butter. APPLE JELLY 7 cups juice 9 cups sugar 1 box powdered fruit pectin To make the jelly. Measure su- gar and set aside. Add powdered fruit pectin to juice in saucepan and mix well. Place over high heat and stir until mixture comes to a hard boil. At once stir in sugar. Bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from h e a t, skim off foam with metal spoon, end pour quickly into glasses. Cover jelly at once with 411 Inch hot paraffin. APPLE BUTTER 7 cups fruit pulp 9 cups sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon allspice 4t teaspoon cloves Who Dat? — This unidentified kitten seems a bit puzzled after jumping on a mirror -topped table and getting her first look at her own reflection. 1 box powdered fruit pectin To make the butter, Measure sugar and set aside, Remove e_heeseeloth ,from sieve and put fruit through sieve, Measure 7 cups pulp into a very large sauce- pan. Add spices, Add powdered fruit pectin to pulp in saucepan and mix well, Place over high heat and stir until mixture comes to a hard boil, At once stir in sugar. Bring to a full rolling boil and boll hard .1 minute, stirring - constantly. .Remove from heat, skim off foam with metal spoon, and ladle quickly into glasses. Cover butter at once with 4a inch hot paraffin, Makes about 15 six -ounce glasses. JELLIED TOMATO SONSEEVE (Using fresh or canned tomatoes) 3 cups cooked tomatoes and lemon 6 level cups sugar 1 bottle liquid fruit pectin Scald, peel a n d crush w e 11 about 21/z lbs. fully ripe toma- toes. Take about 4 cups crushed tomatoes and boil hard without cover for 10 minutes to concen- trate pulp, Add the juice and grated rind of lemon. Measure 3 cups of mixture into large kettle, add sugar and mix well. Bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard for 2 minutes, stirring constantly, remove from heat and stir in liquid fruit pectin. Skim and . pour quickly. If plain tomato fla- vor is preferred omit the lemon and use only 24i .cups cooked tomatoes. For use with meats add ria tea- spoon each or powdered allspice, cloves and cinnamon; may also be flavored to taste with Worces- tershire Sauce. Nothing Safe From The Crooks Heavyweight crime seems to be on the increase in many parts of the world. Crooks are steal- ing bigger and heavier articles which would seem to entail hard labour in more senses than one. It took thieves two days of grinding hard work to remove an iron bridge in France some time ago. Another man stole two cannons each of which weighed a quarter of a ton. Near Albert, in France, a long stretch of rail- way line was "lifted" by pers- piring but persevering thieves overnight. Parts of houses are sometimes taken away. A massive staircase vanished from a London house. And some years ago there was a run of Adam mantelpiece thefts from large London homes. It must have taken three men to carry each mantelpiece. Nine upright pianos and a baby grand disappeared from the house of a building contrac- tor. A live whale weighing over 50 tons was stolen from a rail- way truck as it stood on a sid- ing in Poland. 'rhe specially con- structed tank with its enormous occupant was removed one night. Next day the owners received a note from the hard-working thieves offering to return the whale on payment of $1500. But the impossibility of feeding the whale compelled the thieves tq abandon it before the money could be paid. Steam -rollers, granite tomb- stones and even an aircraft han- gar have been stolen at various times. It's still a mystery how thieves removed the fifth green of a New York golf course some years back. Police finally loc- ated the 400 yards of green stacked in a cemetery, six miles from the course. ' Melt-iful Sight -Drought -stricken Missouri has ifs troubles doubled toy a plague of grasshoppers that are eating everything the drought didn't burn up. So voracious are the insects that they Orli) peach trees of foliage and even eat the fruit, leaving Ate pits hanging an the branch. Photo shows a common sight in the peach orchards. Artists In Glass Halfway up,, the stairs my eye was caught by a large decoration of some sort hanging on the wall, and I paused to look at It. I saw that it was a genealogical chart and that it covered a consider. able space. The aon stopped be- side me and pointing to. it said, "That is our family tree. We are glassblowers, father to aon, since the 'thirteenth century" , , Though the day itself was not gunny, we had to wait OA the thrc,hold a little to adjust our vision to the relative darkness immediately around us, Then we saw the roam proper was large, the floor we were walking on was rough stone; here and there around these furnaces and just Out of reach of their heat,' were work -benches, each one at some distance from its neighbour. Tools of iron hung in racks on the walls, The Signors Toso led us to a van'-ge point at the end of the room by the door, from which we could see the length of the room, and yet. we immediately recognized, be out of danger. The danger threatened us from iron pokers about six feet in length. On the eno of each of these hung trembling a large lump, like a beehive of molten glass. These were carried by workmen passing to and from the furnaces. The workmen travelled at a pace just under a run,.. . Concentrating finally on one, I followed his passage from the furnace to one of the benches where another workman sat. I saw this one indicate to the cour- ier just where his dangling mass was to be pressed, and saw it fused to an object between a large pair of tongs held in both hands by a third workman. As he indicated this fusion the man rose from the bench and with a tool in each hand began at light- ning speed to chip off with one, and smooth with the other. And the man who had brought the globe of glass spun between his hands the poker from which it hung suspended. Then, at a nod from the worker with the tools, he withdrew the poker, turned and ran back with it toward the furnace. Instantly, another man took his place with a fresh globe of light. The man with the tools indicated another spot, the globe was gently pressed there; the poker spun in the hands of the man who held it. I had forgot about anyone there but me and the workmen, until I heard someone ask in -my ear, "You like this work?" and Portrait of a Princess-Princess,Anne of England smiles as her fourth birthday portrait is snapped in Londoh. She is wearing a frock of figured voile over taffeta. saw the older Signor Toso was standing beside me. 'Bello, bello," was the best I could do in Italialz for such beauty. Pointingto the workman with the tools I asked, "The master?" "Si, si," Signor Toso answer- ed. The man with the poker step- ped back, so did the master. The workman holding the giant tongs suddenly rolled them and the mass within, in sweeping circles around his head, and we saw the mass ,swell and bulge as if a bellows were blowing it from Within. He stopped as suddenly as he had begun. He set the tongs on the master's bench, opened and drew them slowly away. And there on the bench was a Venetian glass bowl of amethyst colour with a fluted • handle on either side, delicate as a cobweb and as symmetrical as if it had been produced with precision instruments. But I had seen it produced by the hands of an artisan.—From "Forty Plus and Fancy Free," by Emily Kim- brough, Here's At You!—The Three Musketeers, perennially favourite swashbucklers of literature, stage and movie, keep right up with progress. Now they're on TV! The colourful story is being filmed in Sermonetta, Italy. Left to right, they are Domenico Modugno, as Athos; Sebastian Cabot, as Porthos; and Paul Campbell' as Aramis. How Can I? Q. How can I remove tar from fabrics? A. To remove tar or grease stains from any material with- out injuring the fabric, apply a little eucalyptus oil with a flan- nel cloth; rub gently until spots disappear. Or, rub a little lard, kerosene, sweet oil, or butter on the spots; let them stand a few hours, then wash with soap and warm water. Q. !How can 1 save sugar when sweetening drinks? A. Instead of sweetening the beverages with plain sugar, make a syrup of sugar and water for this purpose. It is far easier to govern the sweetness and is also more economical, Q. How can I give a faint fragrance to clothing? A. Add a lump of orris root to the boiler; on laundry day and see what a delicate fragrance it gives the clothes, Q. How can I prevent scorch- ing cakes? A. If the oven is too hot when baking a cake the cake is very ]cable to scorch, particularly if the ingredients are rich. Rich cakes require a much longer time to bake than plain ones, Q. How can I clean set rings' A. The crevices of the ring can be cleaned, and the original brilliancy restored, by dipping a brush in warm soap wafter and sanuring. Q. flow can 1 remove grass stains? A. If the stains are first sponged with alcohol, the usual laundering will remove them. Q. Ifow can I whiten yellowed laces? A. Add dissolved soap to equal parts of milk and water until a strong suds is formed. Add a teaspoonful of borax for each quart of liquid, put in the lace and boil for a half hour. Q. itow can I roll g very thin dough? A. Fasten e piece of muslin smoothly and tightly around the rolling pin, and the dough can be rolled just as thin es desired. Q. slow can I loosen corns? A. It is claimed that they will loosen by binding a piece of lemon round it, changing the ap- plication daily for about three or four days. Then soak the corn in warm water and it can be removed very easily. Q. How can I remove peach stains from linen? A. 13y first soaking in glycerin and then washing in hot soap- suds. COME -BACK Noticing a piece of paper flut- tering under the windshield wiper of a new car parked in the street, a curious New Yorker stoped to read it, Ori the paper was neatly written; "Attorney-- am Attorney—am inside attending to business." Below, also neatly written, was this: "Poliooman--1 attended to mina outside," And on the deOr was a pa1king'ticket, Turkish Sayings 1. Who buys cheap buys dear. 2. Do not roll up your trousers before reaching the stream. 3. Give nine, save ten; 4. If God closes One door, He opens a thousand new ones. 5. If you are an anvil be pa- tient, if you are a hammer be strong. 8, In a flat country a hillock thinks itself a mountain. 7. It is more difficult to con- tend with oneself than with the world. 8. Locks are to keep out friends, not enemies. 9. Many will show you the way once your cart has over- turned. 10. Roses grow where a -teacher strikes. 11. Sweet is the music of a dis- tant drum. 12. Too many cooks retard the dawn. 13. What crosses one's mind can cross one's path. 14. You cannot dig a well with a needle. 15. You cannot straighten a dog's tail by puting it into a mold. 16. You cannot skin the same sheep twice. —From "A Brief Selection of Turkish Proverbs," selected and translated by Mubin Manyasig. • Jalps5 Most Popular Indoor Sport Pachinko, a simpleton's game of chance, is Japan's most popu- lar indoor sport today. Because of it, horse -racing has declined, restaurants have lost their lunch-time customers, housewives have neglected their babies, and there has been an. alarming increase in petty crime ani suicides. The craze is worrying social workers, psychologists, doctors, and tax -collectors. It has been the subject of a lively congres- sional debate in the Diet, The cause of it all is a kind of poor man's pin -table. If the ball falls into one . of several nail -fenced cavities, the player wins 10, 15 or 20 steel balls. He may play these, or swap them Tor cigarettes, sweets, or a var- iety of other inexpensive prizes. Pachinko statistics are stag- gering. In the past year the Jap- anese have spent 11.7 per cent of the entire national budget on pachinko. There are over a mil- lion such machines in the coun- try—one for every eighty citi- zens—and 10,000 pachinko ar- cades in Tokyo alone. The Monopoly Corporation es- timates that 13 per cent of the nation's cigarette production is sold by pachinko parlours. Not a week passes without a pub, a sweet shop, a restaurant, or a shoe shop closing to reopen again as a pachinko den. In Osaka, a cabaret dropped its hostesses in favour of the game. Special pa. chinko halls are reserved for school thiidren who flick the steel balls for sweets, pencils, and toys. Doctors report cases of sprain- ed thumbs resulting from over- indulgence. Japanese wags call it pachinkosis, A young wife` was granted a divorce from her tailor husband who spent all his time and lost all his money at pa- chinko, A clerk committed sui- cide after a run, of bad luck. An employee in Tokyo's Popeye Pachinko Parlor was stabbed by a pachinkomaniac when the en- raged player's winning streak was interrupted. .A 72 -year-old woman lost her temper at an unto -Operative machine, smash- ed the glass, out herself, and Mod. , to.each . - . PLAIN HORSE SENSE .. Hy F'. (Bot» VON FILLS It was with considerable sat- isfaction that we listened the other day to Mr, C. 1. McInnis explaining to the Grey, County Hog Producers the necessity Of establiahing National Marketing Agencies, Mr. McInnis said that among the hog producers all Over Canedd the idea seemed to be. prevalent that -the orderly marketing of hogs could not be accomplished . provincially, but had to be done on a national 'scale. Committee Appointed. At the Semi -Annual -Meeting of the Canadian Federation Of !Agriculture in Amherst the last week of July, the matter eeme up for discussion and a com- mittee was appointed to study and promote the establishment of a National Marketing Agency for hogs. This agency Would handle any surpluses by selling to the pro- cessors and distributors only the number of hogs required for domestic consumption and by disposing of the surplus in the world market. The Fat Stock Corporation, re- cently established by the Na- tional Farmers Union in Britain, was mentioned as an example, also the sales organizations of farmers in the Netherlands and in Denmark. Welcome as the acceptance of the principle of national market- ing by the Federation of Agri- culture is, we hope that the ap- pointment of a new committee "to study" the problem does not mean that Canadian hog pro- ducers will have to wait another year' or two until theory is -put ino practice. It took the Farmers Union in Britain exactly three months to organize their new sales system. Blames Packers The recent drop in hog prices from a high of about forty dol- lars to the present $28 per hundrerweight was. blamed' on the packing industry which was said to have bought and stored hogs on speculation hoping for a further increase of price. When the expected rise of price did not occur, the packers threw their stocks on the market and caused a further decline. This explanation sounds rather thin in view Of the well known shrewdness of the management of the packing industry. Whatever the reasons may be for the instability of the market in the last two years, it is open- ing up the minds of some of our farm leaders for the need of more producer controlled marketing, instead of less. Get Action It is rather late to start "to lay the foundation" for 'a Na- tional .Marketing Scheme; this should have been done years ago. Instead of taking first steps now in exploring possibilities, we should have had a scheme blueprinted, ready to be put in- to action whenever the need arose. However, it is better late than never. There are a few points though that farmers might be well advised to keep in mind. .Firstly, they will find that in order to stabilize the hog market, they will have to control all live . stock. Prices Of hogs and beef are interdependent. Secondly, contrary to Mr, laic - Innis' opinion, we believe that new legislation is needed, pre- ferably in the form, of a federal act setting up national ageneles under federal charters, Thirdly, instead of taking council with government depart- ments in Britain, Canada's farm- ers should deal directly with British buyers, be it the National Farmers Uunion . and its subsi- diaries, or the Co-operative Wholesale Societies... The present writer has always plugged for the idea of producer controlled orderly marketing on a national scale and at times has been under heavy attack for the free and open expression of his views and Opinions. He will continue to speak up with- out fear or favour. This column welcomes criti- cism, eonstruetive or destructive, and suggestions, wise or other- wise. It will endeavour to an- swer any questions,,y, Address mail to Bob Von Pills, Whitby, Ont. A ILEAL SHERLOCK, An instructor in one of those speed-up courses, where they do four years' work ]n an hour and a half, realized that the class was beginning to crack under the strain, and decided to ease the situation with a nonsense ques- tion, "If a chair has four legs," he began, "is painted white and rolls on wheels, how old am 11" Without a second's .hesitation, a boy in the back got up, "Forty-four," he said. "Correct," said the amazed in- structor. "Absolutely correct, sir, Do you mind telling me how you arrived .at that dnswer?" 'Well," saidthe student, "my brother is twenty-two, and he's only half nuts." Dab Drying — Dabbing a few remaining drops of water from her legs is pretly, Julie Padillo as she prepares to soak up sun- light. New Machine Reads for Blind—In' Modena, Italy, electrical On. gineer Onlonio idubblani, right, demonstrates his new reading machine for the blind to sightless Guiseppe Corroni, who "reads" a newspaper with his finger tips. The machine ,consists of a photo -electric tell mounted on a framework, right which trans- mits electrical impulses, letter by leiter, to cc, cc-scrtd!na dowels on the keyboard cfil o rc ion'sex, left. OP F A 3 n P