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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1954-11-24, Page 6*fls MiMk.euckets. Were Cold Plated "There ;ain't a woman in world would marry an u looking guy like me!" he mo ted. • And he cried like a baby ter actress Lilian Russell turned down his offer of m stage —• and a million della Iie'd already given her a go plated bicycle studded with p does stones, Diamond Jim Brady never d marry, though, no doubt, m girls would have considered millions ample compensation f his 250 pound bulk. Ile w generous, too; did everything a big way. Threw lavish pa ties that lasted seventeen hon once ate 6 chickens himself a single sitting; owned 5,0 p 0 eke t handkerchiefs; an would stroll' down Broadwa 'wearing 2,548 diamonds, Even Ids cows were milked into got plated buckets. o... In his lively, anecdotal b "Five Minute Biographies" Dal Carnegie give scores of exam Pies of the eccentricities world-famous celebrities. Ii says of Florenz Zeigfield, of Zieg field Follies fame, that he kne the 'phone numbers of mor beautiful girls than any man f history. Even the linings of h showgirls' dresses had to be the finest silk, for he claimed no woman could feel really beautiful unless she had beau- tiful cloth against her skin. Money was no object. He postponed the opening of "Show Boat" for three months — to get the right cowboy hats. And closed another $150,000 produc- tion after the first night be- cause he considered it unworthy of his tradition. He never wrote letters but had a mania for sending cables, and during rehearsals would even send telegrams to the ac- tors across the footlights. When he fell in love with act- ress Billie Burke, he bought up e flower shop to send her its en- tire stock. She told him she hadn't been able to thank him by 'phone because his line was busy; 'so he had a golden 'phone installed — with a special ring for her private use. Yet he hated making deci- sions. Ile used to keep a box of liquorice drops on his desk• ""I eat them because they're all black," he said. ""I don't have to snake up my mind which colour I like best." William Randolph Hearst, the publisher, had an income of $150,000 a day, yet his favourite recreation when in New York was to go window -gazing. He often had as many as sixty guests staying on his vast Cali- fornian estate, but he liked nothing better than stealing away by himself to play pa- tience. He loved all animals, kept a private zoo that would have made any circus look like a sideshow, and once sent his yacht for a doctor at midnight and paid a medical fee of $250 to have a pet guinea -pig's brok- en leg set. It was one of the most freak- ish examples of good luck that set EIy Culbertson, most famous bridgeplayer in the world, on his feet. He was in Paris in 1931 when he drifted into a gambling club, and bet one of his last four pounds on' a game of ehemin-de-fer. Isis card was be- ing drawn when a Frenchman accidentally stepped on his foot, and he demanded an apology. The Frenchman flared up, challenged him to a duel and -- since they didn't have swords or pistols — they rushed out of the club and sprang at each the gly- an- af had ar- rs. Id- re - id any. his . or as in - hour at 00 d ay d- ok, e o e w e n Ls of Serve These Nut -Filled Cakes During The Coming Holidays Ey DOItO;CHB MADDOX We have just baked two unusually' good, caller, festivetoad surprisingly easy to make. Each uses jumbo Brazil nuts. The fruitcake can be made in about 11 minutes, In addition to the nuts, the recipe calls for dates and maraschino cherries. This holiday loaf can be eaten immediately or kept for months, The nut chocolate cake has delicate errant, texture and is rich in color and flavor, It's the kind of cake everyone in the family will enjoy, Nut Tropical Cake (Yield; One 3 -pound cake) Three cups Brazil nuts (2 pounds unshelled, 1 pound shelled), 1 pound pitted dates, 1 cup (one 8 -ounce jar) drained maraschino sherries, 4 cup sifted all-purpose flour, s/4 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, s/a teaspoon salt, 3 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla, Put Brazil nuts, dates and cherries into large bowl. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder and salt over nuts and fruit; mix with hands until nuts and fruits are coated. Beat eggs until foamy; add vanilla, Stir into nut -fruit mixture until well mixed, Turn into greased and waxed paper -lined pan 91/4 x 51/2 x 235 inches. Spread evenily in pan, Bake in a slow oven (300 de- grees F.) 1 hour and 45 minutes. Cake must be cooled before slicing. Nut Chocolate Loaf Cake (Yield; One loaf) One-third cup shortening, 11 cups firmly packed brown sugar, 1 whole egg, 1 egg yolk, 3 squares (3 ounces) unsweetened choco- late (melted), l% cups sifted cake fl2,ur, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon soda, i/4 teaspoon salt, 1 cup chopped Brazil nuts, % cup milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, Cream shortening. Add sugar gradually and cream thoroughly, .Add whole egg and egg yolk; beat until light and fluffy, (Reserve egg white for frosting.) Add melted chocolate and beat well. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt; add Brazil nuts. Add flour mixture alternately with milk to batter, mixing after each addition until blended. Add vanilla. Y,6 Nut Chocolate Loaf is an anytime delicacy; Nut Tropical Cake, right, keeps for months, .Is easy to make. Turn into a greased and waxed paper -lined pan, 9114 x 51 x 21 inches. Bake in a moderate oven (375 degrees F.) 1 hour and 15 mislutes. Let stand`5 minutes, then remove front pan, When cool, cover top with seven -minute frosting, using reserved egg white. Garnish with Brazil nut curls. Brazil Nut Curls Cover whole Brazil nuts with cold water. Bring slowly to a boil, Simmer 2 to 3 minutes; drain. Slice paper -thin with vege- table peeler or paring knife. other with flailing fists. When they were finally parted, after • a black eye or two and a bleed- ing nose, Culbertson returned to the table and found that he'd broken the bank! His stake had not only won the first time, but while he was fighting, his winnings had kept on mounting until they reached a total of $6,000. It was soon af- terwards that he taught himself bridge, though his Presbyterian father had brought him up to believe that cards were a de- vice of the devil, and to -day he makes some $250,000 a year out of the game. Crauso had an equally fortu- itous launching to fame. His early teacher told him; "You haven't any voice at all. It sounds like the wind in the shutters." But the youthful En- rico persevered, got his chance to sing in opera, and was so nervous at reheasal that his voice cracked, Ise burst into tears and fled from the theatre. Next he got a job as under- study and his big chance came when the leading tenor was sud- denly taken ill. But Caruso was several streets away, half -tipsy in a wine shop. He rushed to the theatre and staggered on to the stage, but the audience almost drowned his voice with eat -calls. He was fired. Next day, heartbroken and desperate, he decided to com- mit suicide. Ile had enough to buy himself one bottle of wine, and just when he was drinking it, and planning how to kill himself, a messenger dashed in from the opera. "Caruso!" he yelled. "Caruso come! The peo- ple won't listen to the other tenor. They hissed him off the stage. They're shouting for you!" "For me?" Caruso cried. • "Why, they don't even know my name!" "They want you just the same," the messenger panted. "They're shouting for 'that drunkard''" When Caruso died, in 1921, he was a millionaire. But his early poverty was so vivid in his mind — days when his mother went barefoot to pay for his singing lessons — that right to the end of his life he kept a note of every expendi- ture he made. Even when he tipped a pageboy he kept a rec- ord of the exact amount. TABLE T dam And*ews. Over in Pickaway County, Ohio pumpkins are more than Pumpkins. They're big business. In fact more than 200,000 at- tend the annual Pumpkin Show, which is a lot of people. It follows that any woman who can take first prize for her Pumpkin Pie at this show two years in concession must be more than a green hand at a cookstove. And here is the recipe for that outstanding pie, as well as others made with the humble but delectable pumpkin, s p * PUMPKIN PIE loci e. canned pumpkin ?!t e. white corn syrup 2 eggs ?i c. evaporated milk POND CLEANER—This tractor -like boat is used in Russia to clear ponds of grass hampering the propagation of fish, A. Moti- fauskas, a work team leader, is showclearing a pond at a ishn breeding farm in Lithuania, The prow of the boat is fitted with a scissors -type blade which cuts weeds at various lengths, Picture and caption material from on official Soviet source. KS 2 tblsp. butter ?i c. hot milk ?4 c. brown sugar, firmly packed 11/2 tsp. cinnamon '.$ tsp. ginger ?i tsp. nutmeg 14 tsp. cloves s tsp. salt Combine pumpkin, corn syrup, eggs, and evaporated milk. Stir butter into hot milk. Combine brown sugar, spices, and salt. Mix until well blended. Com- bine all three mixtures. Line 9 -inch pie plate with pastry. (For crisp crust, brush egg white or melted butter on pastry.) Place pie plate on oven rack and pour in filling. Bake in hot (425°) oven 15 minutes, then reduce temperature to 350° and bake 35 minutes longer, or un- til knife inserted comes out clean, Garnish with whipped cream topped with slivers of candied ginger, * * PUMPKIN CAKE 2 e. sifted cake flour 3 Isp. baking powder 14 tsp. salt 34 tsp. cloves Vs tsp. nutmeg 11/2 tsp. cinnamon ?a e. shortening I e, granulated sugar 2 eggs, beaten c. canned pumpkin e. milk Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and spices three times. Cream shortening. Add sugar; cream thoroughly. Add eggs a n d pumpkin, blending well after each addition. Add flour alter- nately with milk. Pour batter into two greased and floured 8 - inch layer pans, Bake in mod- erate (350°) oven about 35 min- utes. Top with any favorite icing. * * PUMPKIN NUT WAFFLES 2 c. sifted cake flour 4 tsp. baking powder I tsp, salt SI tsp. cinnamon tri tsp, nutmeg 3 eggs, separated 111.4 e. milk IS 0. melted shortening 11 1. canned pumpkin ;t c. chapped pyrans SELF-SUPPORTING—The skirt of this striking ensemble can stand by itself, supported by the stiff pelion lining that makes it stand out. The outfit, first shown in Miami Beach, consists of a strapless bodice, knee-length shorts and supporting skirt. Sift dry ingredients together. Beat egg yolks. Combine with milk, shortening, pumpkin. Add to until stiff re older into eat batteg , Pour onto hot waffle iron. Sprinkle batter with 3 table- spoons nuts. Makes four 9 x 9 - inch waffles. Bridegroom's Gift A Fiend -made Shirt When a pretty Swedish girl is proposed to and accepts her man, she knows she will be able to marry quickly, even if they are both poor. For in Sweden young couples can now obtain a State loan to wed, It's a move to encourage mar- riages and raise the birth rate. These are vital problems in a country lilte Sweden where only seven million people inhabit an area twice as large as Britain. The marriage Ioans reach a maximum of about $409 and carry an interest of four per cent, All borrowers must be Swedish citizens. Before they get the money they have to prove that they need it and have in the past always been hard-working and thrifty. The loan scheme is causing a boom in autumn weddings, A custom still observed at many Swedish weddings is that of giving the bridegroom a shirt which has been made by the bride. It is her gift to him and must be worn at the wedding cere- mony. Afterwards the husband puts it away and the shirt is not worn again until his death when he is hurled in it, Many Swedes believe that ifa man has been a faithful husband his wedding shirt goes to Heaven with him. Melt several chocolate mint randy patties in ehoeoiate. pie filling to give your pie a new mint flavor, Modern Etiquette Q. When no ashtrays have been provided at a dinner table after completion of the meal, is It all right for a guest to light up anyway and deposit his ashes on one of the used dishes? A. Never! It is much better to refrain from smoking rather than to use a hostess' good dish for an ashtray. A thoughtful hostess, however, will always provide ashtrays for her guests. Q. Is it proper for a divorcee to have bridesmaid attendants at her second wedding? A. No; her wedding must be as simple as possible, and she should have just one atendant. Q. Is it proper for an omce girl to smoke cigarettes at her desk? A. This is not a matter of eti- quette, but one of her employ- er's wishes. 11, Does modern society re- quire th-at a man merely touch the brim of his hat when speak- ing to a woman? A. This is quite commonly done, and by men of seemingly good manners — but it still has the appearance of a half-hearted gesture. Any man of really good breeding will lift hishat, not just touch it. Q. When passing your plate at the dinner table for a sec- ond helping of some dish, what should you do with your silver- ware? A. Always leave this on the plate. Q. What is the proper time of day to make a call of condol- ence? A. This call may be made at any time of the day. Q. Is it considered proper to use bread for sopping up the gravy on one's dinner plate? A. Yes, if done in the right. way — by putting a small piece of bread down on the gravy, and then eating it with the fork as though it were any other helping on your plate. Q, If a close friend of a be- reived family attends the funer- al, is it necessary that she wear black clothes? A. No; any subdued shade of clothes is suitable, Just avoid anything gay or of a frivolous nature in your attire. Q. What is the proper way to cut a three -tiered wedding cake? A. Usually, the projecting bottom tier is cut first, Q. If for some reason — so- cial or business —. a family has had its name legally changed, how should friends and acquain- tances he informed of this? A. The quickest and simplest way is to mail out formal an- nouncements: "Mr, and Mrs, John Smith announce that by permission of the court they and their children have taken the family name of ,Smithington." Spa2ceWays Patrick Moore, F,R•A,s, Is,- apparently, so convinced that sooner or later we'll he visiting space, that he's already decided on the best means of keeping in touch with the Earth. "The ob- vious answer," he writes in an interesting book, "The Boy's Book of Space," "is radio.". There is no reason, according to the author, why the Earth should not call up visitors to the Moon; but if the wanderers yen - tura on that side of the moon farthest tram the Earth, wire- less contact would he lost, for there is no convenient Heavy aide layer to bounce. 'melt the radio waves. Silk I own,. .adJ les,/ Rest Yourselves A robot .designed to ` operate `dieratite -active angerous intra materials s ham, been domesticated and put 10 work around the home, wasitea dishes, fetches and ar carries fo,ees tlse lady of the house, and never asks for a rise pr the afternoon off. And you can't overwork it be. cause it has what every house- wife has always dreamed of — five hands! Iiollywood w author -producer Ivan Tors invented this paragon of domestic virtue for his sci- encs « flatten thriller,. "Gag," which is also the name of the robot, then tools it home as a Present for his wife, Constance Dowling, who has the feminine lead in the' picture, There are lots of the robots in "Gog" and they all move Od caterpillar tracks, and each of their five hands -- Which are operated by remote control and have individual antennae'-- has function. to turn knobs, another to handle a screwdriver, a third functions as a blow -torch, and so on. The imaginative mind of Ivan Tors has put them to fiendish use in some highly novel meth- ods of murder. With their brain centres set toreact to human body heat, they live and work in • a secret underground 'labera tory beneath the desert of New Mexico, where Herbert Marshall presides over a giant mechani- cal brain and a magnetic anti- gravity chamber. Here, in a wire -mesh suit,. one can float weightlessly in space. There is also a cold -room in which a man is neatly trapped, left to freeze solid and then broken into fragments. Another victim is burned alive by sound. A11 this is part of a plot by enemy agents to sabotage an American Government plan to launch the first platform in space, a project which Ivan Tors firmly belives will become real- ity within ten years. These Rabies Have A Real Kick Five baby ostriches have been placed in a special glass -walled veranda at Basle Zoo, Switzer- land, in an effort to save their lives. It is planned to keep them and feed them there until the end of October. The babies are survivors from. fifteen eggs hatched at the Zoo. They have to receive this special feeding because it has been found that ostriches born in cap- tivity simply let themselves die of hunger if ]eft of their own de- vices. Caring for baby ostriches is also a tricky business at the London Zoo. Two ostrich chicks hatched from an incubator at Whipsnade fn 1937 were the first ever hatched in Britain. On hatching, baby ostriches stand about a foot high. They increase in height at the rate of about a foot a month, attaining adult size at six' or seven months. A fully -grown ostrich weighs about 300 lbs. The birds begin to kick be- fore they are • a year old and their kick can be dangerous be- cause of the Iong nail on the larger toe which cuts like a knife, You should never go near os- triches wearing anything bright, If you do they will probably steal it. One Zoo visitor's silver pencil was snatched from his hand. The bird swallowed the pencil and also lifted a bright red beret from the head of a woman visitor. Welch Your Step In The Home There's danger in the homel You're safer crossing the busi- est intersection than you are in the kitchen of your own home, according study tdisclosede that amore than half of all home accidents are ankle sprains and foot in- juries, from falling off ladders or slipping on the floor or stairs, kitchens compact ha erought about at vertical kind of living with things stacked way up out of reach, and if you teeter on a ladder wearing an old pair Of high -heeled . sandal s, you're courting trouble, The same goes for negotiating stairs, carrying the baby, grocery bags, or other paraphernalia in your home.A' o is that mostlosed a accidents tha occu studred late in the day .-- mostly as a result of fatigue brought on by wearing improper footwear. The foot doctors who conduct- ed this study estimated that the average woman takes nearly 19,000 steps in the course of her daily at-home marathon, and urged proper footgear to cut ° down accidents and plain fa- tigue. The shoe recommended u ideally suitable around the home and hearth is a low-heel- ed oxford -type shoe, equipped with flexible leather soles and leather uppers. A broad low heel can save painful ankle sprains or worse, and the leath- er soles• give necessary protec- tion against slipping or skidding on waxed or wet floors. The closed shoe with the leather toebox is as important in the kitchen as a steel -capped safety shoe in an industrial plant. Many a housewife has suffered a badly bruised or frac- tured toe when an innocent - looking can toppled from a kit- chen shelf onto an unprotected foot. If you have ever stubbed a bare toe against a bedpost, you know how painful that is. Wearing flimsy playshoes around the house is very fatigu- ing, according to the experts; and frequently contributes to making women "accident- prone." DAD PAYS "BAR" BILL—Young• sters who visit this Frankfurt, Germany toy, store are always welcome at the bar—the dolt bar. The "bartender" will al• ways set 'em up, and the chit. dren can play to their heart's content, Only catch is that Dac must pay for any specialty the children want to keep. THE PEELING IS MUTUAL -Sticking his longue out, Pal Garrison, 3, left, mocks a large boa constrictor which his brother, Beau, holds in their Washington, DSC", home. The snake, which Beau bought for $40, is named "Sheba,"