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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1949-11-16, Page 3Flash Of Brilliance By Richard 11111 WHk/neon Considering the fact that the necklace was valued at $50,000 and It was not insured, Mrs. Holbrook should have been upset. The fact that she wasn't astonished ever her husband, for her husband knew her for an emotional exciteable person. "But, good lord, Besa1 You might et least act concerned. I paid SO grand for the rope, Maybe you think I'm made of money." "That," said Mrs. Holbrook, "is the point" "Point? What point?" Mr-, Hol- brook was becoming irritated. "I mean," said Bess, "that I'm not the empty-headed, irresponsible person you think me. The diamond necklace wasn't stolen. I left it back in New York—in a safety deposit box." "The jewels that were stolen were imitations. I wouldn't dream of wearing the originals without having thein insured." Mr. Holbrook's mouth fell open, "So you see," said Bess. It isn't as bad as it seems," Rita Fenway, one of the guests, suddenly said: "But it doesn't alter the fact that there's a thief aboard. And that means we're all in danger ▪ of being robbed. And the cruise won't be over for another week." .,* * * "Of course," Mrs. Holbrook said, "And nothing could be more satis- factory. My dears, consider that we are to be on the high seas for a week. The criminal, whoever he is, will have to remain with us dur- ing that length of time, A week, my dears, will give our clever and efficient captain ample opportunity to apprehend the thief," An hour after Mrs. Holbrook had demonstrated her hidden genius she excused herself from a group in the main lounge and unobstrusively descended to her cabin. After a moment she rang for the captain. "Captain Talbert, my husband has undoubtedly told you about the theft and instructed you to appre- hend the thief." "Yes, ma'm, I have two of the crew making a search now." "Instruct them to desist. It will not be necessary." "But, Mrs. Holbrook, your hus- band said—" • "Never mind what my husband said. The necklace has been return- ed," She nodded toward a box on her dressing table. "Returned? The imitations, you mean?" "No. The real ones. Captain Tal- bert, I'm going to take you into my "Ca.ptaln Talbert, my hus- band has undoubtedly told you about the theft and instructed you to apprehend the thief." confidence. The story I told about the necklace being imitation was false. I've never worn false jewelry and I never shall. I merely told that story so that the thief would think his loot valueless." Captain Talbert's face lighted. "And then you spoke about ap- prehending the criminal by search- ing for the imitations so that the thief would return—" "Exactly. The imitations weren't' worth keeping, and in order to dis- pel the possibility of having them found in his possession he decided to return then. In doing so he un- intentionally returned the originals —and spared me the unpleasantness of facing my husband—alone." Captain Talbert nodded under- standingly, He knew what the word "alone" meant. He regarded Mrs. Holbrook with frank admiration, "Mrs. Holbrook, allow me to con- gratulate you, and please under - steed that you will have my flattest co-operation. After a reasonable length of time I'll announce that we have been unsuccessful in our search." A moment later Captain Talbert went out. Left atone, Mrs. Hol- brook sat down before her mirror. It bad been a attain. A great strain. She sighed wearily. It was such a relief to feel that once more she could return to the role of the Ir- reapnnsible spouse that her hus- band understood and expected, An Indiui cider was recently in- tsoducing himself and his family to 'tome 'visitors, "My name Brave Eagle," he began. "This is my eon, Fighting Fox. And this—" pointing to a young man in ,his twenties— is Low Wing Bomber." ever- -ee The Zip -Topper, left, from Vanden has a completely removeable lining that makes it a per- fect coat for any weather. Tt is classic in styling with a small throat -hugging collar. Right, a velvet trimmed tent coat by Printzess with the petal collar in the contrasting fabric. There are cavalier cuffs on the dolman sleeves and a small tie at the throatline. Famous Ruined Room Now Restored In a city as old andfamous as London there are many rooms in whfcf, great decisions have been taken, where Kings and statesmen have sat and pondered before de- ciding on notions which have shaped the course of history. Such a room is the panelled Board Room at the Admiralty. Damaged in the blitz on London, its ceiling ruined, its doors blown out and its historic panelling splintered, the pictures Mashed to ribbons and t :e ., .;,r chairs tatteredand torn, the task of restoring it to its original state must have seemed an almost insuperable one. But it hes been done suc- cessfully. The restorers set to work in 1947. Three hundred and seven pieces of woodwork and a barrel of frag- ments had somehow to be sorted out and put in their rightful places. No exact record of the panelling existed so that each piece had to be numbered and measured and a precise architect's drawing pro- duced. The ceiling was beyond re- pair and a new one has been made, painted a warm cream and white, with a decorative pattern of inter- twined circles and flowers edged with gilt. The oak panelling, now ,stripped to a fine honey color, is decorated by classical columns with foliaged capitals topped by a dol- phin motive. The chairs are newly upholstered in plum -colored leather, the long mahogany table is cov- ered with black baize and the First Lord's Ohair, larger than the rest, stands at the head of it, facing Nelson's portrait. The carvings over the mantelpiece are of 16111 century navigational instruments, and are of great value to historians, for the movable parts actually slide up and down as they did in the original instruments. The wind dial shows an ancient neap of Britain and the European coastline, and the single gift hand is worked from a wind vane in the roof. This vane moves fitfully in the wind, giving the seadogs consulting on shore some idea at least of bhe weather conditions that His Majesty's ves- sels have to contend with on that day, It is a magnificent room, rich in naval history, and now happily returned to its former proud con- dition. "Oil, where is my wand'ring boy tonight?" is no problem any more. Just contact the nearest neighbor with a television set. DUD RACKET DEVALUES BOON OF ENGLAND'S FIRECRACKERS London—Post-tear racketeering, and she devaluation of the pound sterling, have hit one of Engalnd's most innocent and most profitable industries. The victims are mainly boys stocking away firecrackers and toy rockets for the approaching Guy Fawkes night, a celebration resem- bling a cross between Victoria Day and Hallowe'en and the Fourth of July. • Commemorating the arrest of one, Guy Fawkes, on November 5, 1605, a few minutes before he planned to seta torch to a stock . of explosives which would have blown up the British Parliament with the King inside, British chil- dren, before the war, on and about that day exploded an' estimated £500,000 ($2,000,000 at the pre - devaluation rates) worth of fire- works each year. But this year, many of the boys will find that they have spent their pocket money ora"duds" which will fail to explode, * * * Since the war, the government has put increasing restrictions on the sale of fireworks, and this year the prices of some of the "rockets" have gone up by an additional 400 per sent, Dealers blame devaluation for the increase, A email bomb, which last year sold for about two petmies, now emits one shilling (14 cents). Hardest hit are the small retail - ere. The omnipresent sign "Fire- works sold out, sorry" is usually the signal for one of the racketeers, representing some of bhe back -roost manufacturers, to approqoh the 'top owner and offer to sell a lim- ited number of fireworks and rook - ole at elightl,y less than the official palace, "We can find no answer to this Becket, except to advise people to look at the labels and the names Of the melcors of fireworks before they buy them," Said Leslie Riddle. one of the country's leading sport, and toy dealers, "but, unfortunately moat of the customers ere boys happy to lay their hands on any- thing which might snake a noise," Good Plowers Get Grand Trip One of the very interesting events at the International Plowing Matches, held recently at Burford, was the doily demonstration of con- tour plowing featured by the On- tario Agricultural College. Some Ontario farmers already practise contour plowing. Others are study- ing soil conservation and investi- gating the benefits which may be derived from it. By winning the Salada Tea Intercountp Plowing Match, held last Friday,: four On- tario boys will have a splendid op- portunity to learn about agricultural conservation. These boys, Earl Bacher, Cnyt1ga, and Robert Nixon, Hagersville, representing Haldi- mand County, won the first award, while E, Timbers, Milliken, and N. Watson, Woodbridge, representing York County, cane second, They received the Salada Tea award of all -expense tours to the United States. They will visit some of the larg- est agricultural conservation proj- ects and see for themselves what soil conservation can too for farm- ers who evi ll'•to follow this scien- tiff system., Other winn,ts here: Brant Coun- t •Bill Baso," 'arie, and Carman Porter, of Ohsweken; Wentworth County, T. Braithwaite, of Ancas- ter, and G. Markel, of Alberton; Waterloo County. R. Ilondericlt, of New Hamburg, and G. Brahman, of West Montrose; Grey County, lilac Gamble ,nf Chime (wile aa9 Allan Duff, of Chatsworth; Peel County, D. Cunningion, of Ingle- wood, and H. Cunnington, of Ingle- wood; Victoria County, G. ,Bell, of Woodville, and I. .Bell, of it.irkfield: Huron County, John Clark, of God- erich, and Graham McDonald, of Brussels; Welland County, C. Warner, of Port Robinson, and A. Marr, of Stevensville, Useful Talent A patriotic and harassed British matron was interviewing a D.P. girl from the Baltic for a servant's job. The girl didn't know ,much about ironing or running a vacuum cleaner or other work about a mod- ern home, "Well," the lady said at last, "I understand you can cool, Ia there anything else you can do?" "Yes, ma'am," the maid replied, I can milk reindeer." Table Talks "Bread is something like the wea- ther," a friend of mine once said. "h:reryhody complains about it, but nobody does anything about it." Down in New York State, how- ever, they RAVE been doing Some- thing about it The School of Nu- trition at Cornell University, work- ing with the State Department of Hygiene have come up with a bread formula that is unusually nourish- ing and unusually flavourful too, It's a white bread, neither too flab- by or too hard. It's not hard to make either. One woman, who said that she was "no. baker at all" till site tried it, re- ports that it was no trouble at all, and so good that she and her family now eat no other kind. So here is the basic recipe, also instructions how —'using the same basic recipe—you can make Coffee Cake end Rolls as ell, HIGH PROTEIN BREAD 1 package yeast 1 cup lukewarm water 2% cups enriched flour 1/ teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons sugar 3 tablespoons full -fat soy flour 3% tablespoons dry skim milk 2 teaspoons shortening Method: (I) Dissolve yeast in luke- warm water (not hot), about 85 degrees F. in temperature, (2) Combine all dry ingredients in nixing bowl. Pour in the yeast solution and start mixing. (3) Add shortening and mix un- til the dough is smooth. (4) Place dough in a well -greased bowl, cover and let rise 111 a warm place (80 to 85 degrees F,) for an hour and a half. (5) Punch dough down by plung- ing the fist in the center of it. Fold over the edges of dough and turn upside down. Cover and let rise fifteen to twenty minutes. (6) Shape into a loaf and place in greased bread pan (9x4x3 in.). Cover and let stand about fifty-five to sixty minutes in a warm place till dough fills the pan. (7) Bake in a hot oven (400 de- grees F,) about thirty-five minutes. If prepared in the specified pro- portions the above recipe will yield one Iarge or two small coffee cakes or eighteen rolls, For the coffee cape: FRUIT -FILLED COFFEE CAKE Recipe for high-prwotein bread, prepared through step No. 5 (see above) Melted butter 34 cup white or brown sugar 1 tablespoon flour to one teaspoon cinnamon 2 cups chopped apples 34 cup seedless raisins 1 cup sifted confectioner's sugar (1) Roll dough on a lightly -flour- ed board into a rectangular sheet about a fourth inch thick. For one coffee cake work with all the dough in one sheet, for two, divide in half. (2) Brush with melted butter. Blend sugar, flour and spice. Sprinkdu; sprinkh nnxnirele woverith titsoappghles and raisinsletat, (3) Roll up as for a jelly roll. With the "seam" on the bottom, transfer to a greased, shallow pan. Shape into a ring, (4) Using shears, cut almost through ring into slices three- fourths inch thick. Slant slices clown a little and overlap to expose the filling. Let rise in a warns place till almost double in size. (5) Bake in a hot oven (400 de- grees F.) fifteen minutes,• Reduce heat to moderate (350 degrees F.) and baste till center is firm to the touch, about twenty -live minutes, (6) Mix confectioner's sugar with about two tablespoons Water and drizzle frosting over top of cake, Yield: about twelve servings from one large cake. HIGH -PROTEIN ROLLS Recipe for high -protein bread, prepared through step No. 5 (previously listed) Melted butter Method: (1) for Hamburger buns roll Clough on a lightly -floured board into a sheet about a half inch thick, Cut with a large floured bis- cuit cutter, (2) For frankfurter rolls use half the dough at a time. Rol into rec- tangular sheets about a half inch thick, having the width of the dough about the same as the length of a frankfurter roll. Trim off edges to straighten ,them. Cut rectangle of dough into strips an inch to an inch and a half wide. (3) Place cut -Out dough on a greased baking sheet about an inch apart. Grease tops lightly with the me/ted butter, Let rise in a warns place till almost double in size, (4) Bake itt a hot oven (400 de- grees F.) till brown,about fifteen minutes. Yield: about 18 rolls, TIIEF Al, RM F ONT fra,„A, Just what you personally think about Government support of farm produce prices is, of course, strictly your own businese, However, to ring in my favorite quotation once again, "it is a condition, and,not a theory that confronts us." And the condition that confronts the United States Government, in this regard, le causing plenty of head -scratching down Washington way. * * * Down there the Government has been supporting and subsidizing farm production for quite some time slow; and the way surplus food pro- ducts have been piling up is almost incredible. Here are just at few items, * * They have FIFTY-NINE MIL- LION POUNDS OF DRIED EGGS—a nine years' normal sup- ply—in storage. They have FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLION POUNDS OF CHEESE laid away here and there. * * * Even a million pounds of dry skim milk sounds like quite a pile. The U.S, Government is wondering what to do with TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE MILLION POUNDS. * Exact figures on butter are not available—BUT ONE HALF OF ALL THE BUTTER STORED IN THE UNITED STATE be- longs to the Government, as well as FIVE HUNDRED THOUS- AND BAGS OF RED KIDNEY BEANS. * * * There's 60 much wheat in storage that THIRTY-SIX RESERVE FLEET SHIPS ARE BEING USED AS FLOATING ELAVA- TORS. And the production of rai- sin and wine grapes has been so much greater than the demand that they're going to use ONE HUND- RED AND TWENTY THOUS- AND TONS as hog feed—with the United States Government paying 4e a pound, or $80 per ton—which sounds to me like rather expensive hog feed. * * * Oh, well, figure it out yourself. It's a long way over my head; but it must make rather strange read- ing, and hearing, on the far aide of the Atlantic. Or the Pacific, for that matter, * * * Now, to change the subject, here's some advice, which might be fairly timely, regarding winter dam- age done to trees by mice, which comes with the authority of John Walker, Superintendent of a For- est Nursery Station. * * * Scarcity of normal food and ready accessibility of trees, be they in sheiterbelt or orchard, may he con- eidered primary reasons for damage by mice. As colder weather becomes the order of the day there is, through migration, a concentration of destructive rodents, including mice, in buildings and in other more or less protective areas, * * * As far as sheiterbelt trees are concerned, damage by mice is most likely to occur to younger trees, This condition ie likely to be ag- gravated If a dense growth of weeds has been permitted to develop among them. Again, proximity of trees to a grain field may mean greater likelihood of damage by mice, In passing, young trees plant- ed near native groves or other esta- blished trees are more likely to be eaten by rabbits than those planted in the open where there would be no natural cover, * * * Damage to trees by mice most often constitutes a complete or par- tial girdling of the stain stems near ground level, i.e., removal of bark, Above the snow line there may be no evidence that damage is occurr- ing or has occurred. It is question- able if 'much damage of this sort occurs until after the ground is cov- ered with snow. * * * Keeping in mind the condition already described, damage may be forestalled by following the advice given to an anxious planter: "Our recommendation is to use grain poisoned with gopher poison, place it in containers and distribute these containers near your trees, They should be put out in the fall before snow comes, and we have found that these are made more ef- esctle, if each one is covered with a sheaf of grain of some sort. .. "During winter damage to trees by mice below the snow may be prevented through packing the snow aroend the trunks and stems of the trees by using a long pole. You should also make every effort to see that no grass or other trash is left near the trunks of your trees." ,., * * * Ae necessary during the fall, pole 'caned grain must be replentished in eontainers, and the procedure re- vived towsrde spring. In the event that damage and gir.. doing of stems by mice oscura, prun- ing or removal of trees should be delayed in spring until the full exe tent of damage eanbe determined` namely, well after the normal period of renewed growth has passed. A machine went out of order le a knitting factory In London, The crazy pattern it made was offered as a new design, and created a sensation. Last Estate—When Army Private Eugene Burtch, 19, com- mitted suicide, he left his 19 -year-old widow this amazing assort- ment of goods, ranging from jars of peanut butter to diamond rings. Police said Bunch's death ended a six-month career of robbery. 'rhe soldier's worry over inability to dispose of the stolen goods may have caused his suicide, they said.