HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1951-4-11, Page 2Strange Beauties
Of A Coral Reef
There are many eeeitin:t and ex-
hilarating place, in Nee world, 0101
as mountain -tops, cliffs, large caves,
and even Times .Square in New
York City ... in :ttv such list a
high place must be given to the
edge of a barrier reef, If, at the time
of full ninon in ,lune, you were to
transport yonrself to 1a;itude 14
degrees 36 minutes South and
longitude 145 degrees 38 minutes
East, you would lied yourself stand-
ing (toe time being the early after-
noon) ort Vonge Reef, part of the
Great Barrier Reef of Australia,
and leaning against a moderate gale
front east -south-east . . , The wind
is very likely the first thing you
will notice, For one thing, it is
warm as well as strong; it is at
the same time stronger than a sunt -
mer wind, warmer than one of out
northerly gales, and both warner
and drier than a sou' -Ivester,
The first impression, curiously
enough, is one of grey desolation.
for you are standing ou what looks
rather like a rough concrete road
some hundreds of yards wide and
extending north and south as far
as you can see. Nothing seems to
grow on it. no trees, no bush, no
grass; and no sand accumulates.
Every now and then a shallow sheet
of water and foam sweeps across
from the east and disappears to the
west, leaving the bare rock ex-
posed once again.
Before the rising tide enoirces a
hurried departure from the reef,
there will be time to look at its
outermost edge, and this will be the
climax of the visit. As you ap-
proach the breakers, the successive
sheets of foam which swept past
your feet become rather deeper and
stronger, but not so much so as
you might expect; indeed you can
approach to within about 20 yards
of the breakers themselves. From
this point you actually look up at
the cress of the next wave perhaps
ten feet higher than your head;
hundreds of tons of water conte
charging straight at you, appearing
hig_htr and higher, until suddenly
the whole mass flattens out into a
roaring sheet of water which
sweeps past knee-high . . . Just
before its final collapse each wavo
gives out front, within itself an
exquisite display of shimmering
colour; and patterns.
By this time the tide is rising,
and it is high _time to return to
the boa; which is lying anchored
in the lee of the reef.—From "The
Sea and iu tfysteriee." by John
S Colman.
Top -Price Lid — "it's just a
little thing I picked up for
$100,000." Barbara Welles
night say of this sparkling
spring bonnet. Designed by
John -Frederico the straw and -
velvet hat is trimmed with
thousands of diamonds with a
total carat weight of 168 25.
A Watch That Floats
When an American aluminium
manufacturer recently asked a fatu-
ous watch factory in Geneva, Swit-
zerland. if they could produce "the
lightest watch on earth," fabricated
of aluntiniunl, the answer was:
'Of course. but it will take a little
time." •
The result was a poeket-watch
weighing seven -tenths of an ounce
(20 grants), which is so light that
it could float on tenter—inadvisable,
as the price is around ;9700 and it
is not waterproof.
The extreme lightness of this pre-
cision, iewelled-lever Swiss pock-
et -watch is such that it equals the
weight of three small sugar cubes,
seventeen average -size cigarettes,
or five sticks of chewing-gus.
Most parts of the watch, includ-
ing the plate and bridges are made
of aluminium alloy. The ease, the
dial, the hands—all but the pillions,
wheels and jewels—arc aluminium.
To create the lightest watch in
the world required over a year of
research and preparation, for in or-
dinary watches special homogeneous
hart, -metal alloys, which Swiss sci-
entitsts have -been developing over
a three -hundred -yea' perin't. nee
ordinarily employed.
Business 'Woxnen
Of A Bygone Day
1'he "Sire-\Icreliast" uas. a re•
cognized figure in the int,itl , 5
r olid of enln tial day e. 1 n Colonial
Women of Affairs, the e;t;nlate was
,;tiered that nine or to per rent of
the shop; ,' the day were u.tutged
by wumcn.
Biographies, toren hisunie-, 553
tncinoire give the Haste or it sltnp-
keepiug W01110.1 now and then, but
seldom ouch more. The historian
o f \Vether.ticld, t'onneetlrmt, listed
Anna Denting as one of the most
Prominent merchants in the town'
• , with "an ex. en.sive assortment
of European and Indian goods.'
fn Grandmother Tyler's Book
cue reads: "Aunt flute and my mo-
ther soon opened a little shop,
where they traded in English goods
till my sister Kate grew rip and
married Henry Putnam, t'.;y, ..
The shop, in Watertown, Massa-
chusetts, was opened in the winter
of 1797-98. "Sister Ka:e." who was
married in 1807, became the mother
of George Palmer Putnam.. , ,
Some women merchants, indeed,
were more than a matter of course.
Virginia Penny, writing in 1842,
reported that many of the fortunes
in Boston were said to have been
founded by women engaged in
trade. As far as the present writer
can judge, the women of other
cities engaged in business with
equal freedom and success; but
there were certainly several out-
standing Boston women about
whom information has been pre-
served.
Miss Penny may well have had in
mind, inter alis, the Perkins and
allied families. Thomas Handasyde
Perkins, a leading merchant and
citizen of the early nineteenth cen-
tury, owed mach to his mother,
Elizabeth Peek Perkins . , An
attractive advertisement of import-
ed china and glassware which she
inserted in the Boston newspapers
for 1773 is quited in Colonial Worn -
men of Affairs. She was part owner
of a vessel which was leased to the
French government for a while, to
help transport troops to the West
Indies. She had frequent corres-
pondence with a Dutch house,
The leading woman merchant of
pre -Civil War Boston, however,
was a :piaster who built up her
business from tate very beginning.
When only sixteen years old she
(Ann Bent) was apprenticed to a
Boston firm which dealt in crockery
and dry goods, and as some as she
was twenty-one (its 1789) she
opened a shop of her own. She was
not a frequent advertiser, evidently
she attracted trade by other means.
Mrs. Dalt wrote of Miss Beni
and another shop -keeper, Miss
Kinsley: "They were the first wom-
en in our society to. confer a mar-
ketable value upon taste. Instead
of importing largely for themselves,
they bought of the New York im-
porters the privilege of eelection,
and always took the prettiest a» d
nicest pieces out of every ease. As
they paid for this privilege them-
selves, so they charged their cus-
tomers for it, by asking a little
more on each yard of goads than
the common dealer"
Other people must have agreed
with M:. Dell's continent "1 know
nothing' Inc which it is pleasanter
to pay than for taste," for Miss
Bent's business prospered. .. , Her
business success gave ;ler not only
a livelihood, but also the means of
wide genernsi:y, — Front "Career
Women of America: 17:6-1540," by
Elisabeth Anthony Dexter.
Women Past 40 Can Veil Their Arr
BY EDNA MILES
,MANY women, when they reach tate far side of forty, decide they
are past the age for such fripperies as veils. Actually, they
have just achieved tate point at which veils are most necessary—
and usually --most becoming.
If crow's feet, frown creases or lines have begun to mar the
beauty of your face, now's the time to learn about the flattery of
veils. In the same way that a softly -shaded light plays down
facial imperfections, a bit of netting across your face will veil the
tell-tale marks of age,
Experiment a little, until you've found the veil that does most
for you. The shape of your face, your hair -do and your hat are all
factors to be considered.
Remember, au obser'ver's eye will see the lower edge of the
veil as a line across the face, Rarely is it attractive to see a flat,
horizontal line sweeping across a woman's face. This tends to
snake the cheeks look broad,
Round the bottom of the veil upward a bit, following the contour
of the cheekbones, or, if it's a long veil, the jaw line,
; ;AO T BLE TAINS
sl. clone Andrews.
If you and your family enjoy eat•
ing the tender skins of cooked pota-
toes this way of doing then should
be a favorite. Partly cook tate po-
tatoes in their jackets, allow then
to cool, then cut into quarters,
Dip in butter or margarine and
place in a shallow baking dish.
Dust generously with salt, paprika
and minced parsley. Place a strip
of pimento across each quarter,
Bake fifteen minutes at 450 degrees
F. and serve on platter,
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Then—confirming on the "spuds"
theme, here is a recipe for crusty
potatoes—a dish which makes a
pleasant change from *die plain
baked sort,
CRUSTY POTATOES
g medium-sized potatoes
54 cup butter or bacon or
ham drippings
1 egg, slightly beaten
l4 cups cracker crumbs
1 teaspoon salt
?/q teaspoon pepper
Method: Pare potatoes and wash
and dry well. Brush with softened
butter or drippings and roll in
cracker crumbs. Dip in egg and
roll again in cracker crumbs. Place
potatoes ill well -greased casserole
sprinkle with salt and pepper and
dot with butter or drippings. Cover
and bake at 400 degrees F. for 1
hour, or until tender. Server eight.
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Nowadays most housewives are
interested in anything that will
!take meat "stretch" a little farther,
so the follow Mg recipe should he
welcmne.
MEAT STRETCHER
1 pound round steak
1 small onion
3 or 4 stalks celery (or tops
of bunch)
2 eggs
2 or 3 carrots
1?z cups milk
?/ teaspoon mustard
(optional)
4 crackers or 1 slice dry
bread
Method; furled .beer, .carrots,
onion and celery Inge:Iter, botching
by grinding the cracker-, or dry
bread. Bear eggs and ;phi milk,
Combine nti'etures and add mus-
tard. Poor in ;reared casserole,
sprinkle with bread crumbs or
cracker meal, dot with batter, and
. . Fashion Note 5 .
bake about 40 minutes at 450 de-
grees F. Serves eight.
It won't be long now till well
all be pulling early rhubarb, which
brings with it what, to many of us,
is the first really authentic taste
of Spring. So a few recipes mak-
ing use of that great fancily stand -
1 by might be rather timely at this
point.
RHUBARB -CHEESE TARTS
1X/ cups milk
cup sugar
34 teaspoon salt
132 teaspoons nutmeg
, 3/4 cup cottage cheese
3 eggs
?q teaspoon vanilla or lemon
flavouring
6 individual unbaked pastry
shells
Method: Scald milk, Combine
sugar, ,alt and nutmeg. Press cot-
tage cheese through a sieve. Beat
eggs and combine all ingredients,
beating until smooth. Pour into un -
baked pastry shells. Bake in a hot
oven (425 degrees F.) 10 minutes.
Reduce temperature to moderate
(350 degrees F.) and bake for about
25 minutes, or until silver knife
inserted into pie collies out clean.
When cool, top with rhubarb sauce,
1f you prefer, instead of making
the six individual tarts, you can
use the above recipe. for one 9 -
inch pie.
RHUBARB SAUCE
114 cups rhubarb, cut into
1 -inch pieces
?et cup water
!,'a cup sugar
2 tablespoons tapioca
lase' teaspoons cornstarch
2 cups pineapple juice
'4 cup diced canned pineapple
Method: Cook rhubarb in water
until tender, about 25 minutes. Mix
sugar, tapioca and cornstarch to-
gether, Add pineapple juice and
cook until thickened, stirring occa-
sionally, if desired, colour with a
few .Imps of red feted colouring.
Add cooked rhubarb and pine-
apple. Chill rhubarb sauce before
g-nrttiltg on .o farts,
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RHUBARB -DATE PUDDING
2 cups diced rhubarb
1 cup chopped dates
.14 cup water
T4s, cup sugar
1 cup soft bread crumbs
1 teaspoon butter
Whipped cream or
marshmellow halves
Method: Cook rhubarb and dates
in water 5 to 8 minutes. Add sugar,
soft bread crumbs and btt;ter. Bake
in a buttered 1 -quart baking dish
in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.)
about 15 minutes, If desired, this
dessert may he baked with marsh-
mallow halves on top of pudding.
Or top each sorting with sweetened
whipper, cream. Makes 6 servings,
SCALLOPED ASPARAGUS
AND SALMON
1i cup bread crumbs
2 tablespoons butter
1 7 -ounce can salmon
1 cup uncooked diced
asparagus
!•a cup grated sharp cheese
W cup tttilk
5/4 teaspoon salt
r/a teaspoon pepper
t/s teaspoon paprika
1 10 -ounce can condensed
asparagus soup
Method: Brown bread crumbs its
butter, Alternate layers of salmon,
asparagus and bread crantbs itt a
buttered ,-quart casserole, reserv•
ing enough crumbs for top of cu..
smile. Sprinkle with cheese. Add
milk and seasonings to the soup
and pour over mixture, Top with
remaining ,prmnbs. Bake in a mo-
derate oven (300 degrees F.) 30
minutes. flakes 4 to 6 servings.
MEET THE
PRESS
QUEEN
Pretty Jane
Wurster steps
through a
passel of
newspapers
after being
named queen
of New York's
press
photographers.
Jane was
picked by a
crew of shutter
clickers, who
recognize
feminine
pulchritude
when they •
draw bead
On it.
Modern Etiquette
By Roberta Lee
Q. When a man takes a girl to
the movies, should she go with him
to the ticket window to buy the
tickets, or walk on into the theatre?
A. if there is not much of a line,
she can walk ahead very slowly
while ice buys the tickets, and they
enter together. Bit when There is a
very long line, she should stand
beside hint and keep him company
until he gets close to the window.
Then she goes on ahead and waits
for him un,il he joins her.
Q. When you are not 'sure
whether a man and a girl have been
introduced, is it all right to say,
"Mr. Gibson, have you rnet Miss
Carter?'
A. 1'.a; this gives the honor to
the girl, and 15 Netter titan asking
Miss Carter if she' has met airs
Gibson.
Q. What is the preferred kind of
mourning stationery now used?
A. Plain white stationery. The
black -bordered paper is not used as
much now as formerly,
Q, If a small paper cup of apple-
sauce is served on one's dinner plate
and it is too small to eat from with
a fork or spoon, is it all right to
empty the contents into the dinner
plate?
\, Yes. rum the cup over and
nee your fork to empty it, Then
put the empty cup on the dinner
plate to one side, out of your way.
Q. When cutting the wedding
cake is the bride supposed to take
cars of this chore?
A. The bride cuts only the firs;
piece, Then each guest can cut
his own slice, or tone friend can
he asked to da this, or 1 maid can
cut it,
Q. Is "Dear Sirs" proper as a sal-
utation of a business letter?
A. No. "Gentlemen" is, the pre-
ferred iornt.
Q. Should a bride wear her en-
gagement ring on the third finger
of her left hand at her wedding?
A. No. Inasmuch as the engage-
ment ring is worn over the tvcd line
ring. she should either leave her
engagement ring at home or wear
it on her right !rand. transferring
it later to the proper finger on her
left hand.
Q. How should a divorcee sign
her name so that site will not be
WAKE UP YOUR
LIVEI BILE-
Without, Calomel And You'll Jump Out al
Bed in the Matting Florin' to Go
The liver should pour out about 2 plats 01'
bile Juice into your digestive trnof every tiny,
If this bile is net nowise freely, your food may
trot digest. 11may Net daoay in the digestive
151111. Thou gam bloats up your staraeoh. Yon
get esootipatkd. You fool .orae, rusk and the
world looks pans:
11 takes those milt, gentle Carter's Little
Livor Pills to got these 2 pit. of bile flow.
tog freely to Malta you feel up and up,"
tseI n pnokago today, Effective In making
bile Sony freely, ask for Carter's Little Livei
Pies, itgd at oa5 druttetote,
mistaken for the second Mrs.
Charles Wilson?
A. By prefixing her maiden name
to her former husband's surname,
es: "Mrs, Joyce Gordon Wilson."
Q. What would be a good menu
for a formal luncheon?
A. Fruit or soup, entree of meat
or fowl. salad, vegetable and des-
sert,
Q. If a girl who is going to be
married does not have a father
or a brother to give her away,
whom can she choose to perform
this rite? q.
A. if she has 110 other close male
relatives, then she may choose a
close male friend of the fancily.
"This car is absolutely the last
word, sir,"
"\Fell, that should suit my wife.
If there's anything she loves, it's
the last word,"
New And Useful
Too.,
Patter tarmac Trap,
\lade r,1 aluwivam, nen' box like
ni>etr.tp is said to be :t safe
t_i'l et to have around the ]rouse;
n, fear of bodies or pets getting
sa'f'er iu it instead of the mice.
And for 0 squeamish housewife the
;raped rodents can Lr di;poscd of
without h frdlittg.
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"Tee Vee" Bulb •
Your lim,l+ts can be left on while
1,117 rich' \',t111' telet'1$1o11 .set 1f yon
vse new light bulbs with special
rcr:unic footing, which acts as a
filter to give low -glare light, said
to be colour -corrected, Filtering
said to renhovc most of the ttlt-
eerc.,;lry ultra -violet and infra -red
rays whirh cause eye strain.
Car Hanger
llanger for car window holds
several garments. Special construc-
tion of hanger takes weight front
window; load is carried by door-
frame. Siots in gadget hold hangers.
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Golf Novelty
Golfer can have a two -in -one
gadget to lessen his paraphernalia,
To be attached to golf bag or caddy
cart and operating on a tension
principle, writ Itas holders for score
card, pencil and tees,
Portable Sprayer
Electric sprayer works accurately
in spraying lacquer, enamel, paint,
insecticides and mothproofing solu-
tions. Can be used for painting
autos, farm equipment, screens,
wicker, rte., and said to be valu-
able to dry-cleaners, laundries hat-
ters and furriers, / motor -driven
compressor -type twit, sprayer re-
quires no skill to operate.
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Easy Door Hanging
A new type of hinge is now on
the market said to make door hang-
ing a simplified operation. Coming
in steel, brass and bronze hinge
i, simply screwed to door frame,.
and is self -aligning and self -gap-
ping. needing no recess.
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Keeps Out Cold
A three part unit attached to
car engine keeps engine warm even
in sub -zero temperatures, claims
maker. Main unit clamped onto the
engine head automatically starts
the engine as temperature falls;
motor Pune until normal tempera-
ture is gained, then shots off. Spe-
cial dashboard knob is red when
unit is operating. Operating only
when gear's are in neutral, third
part of unit is control switch on
steering post eliminating danger of
operation when gears are meshed,
Discovers fame
Skin Remedy
This edeas otainluss antiselptto known oh
over Canada as Af5one'0 Emerald Oil, is
such a rine 10,0ing agent that Eczema,
naber'9 itch, Salt nheum, Itcitins Toes
and Feel, nud other inflammatory 01015
eruptlots are often relieved in a few days.
Afoonu's Emerald Oil le ploaeant to use
and It le so nutlseptlo and .penetrating
that many old stubborn eases or lops
standing have yielded to its Influence,
Moon's Emerald 011 1s sold by drug.
gists everywhere to help rid you of stub.
born pimples and unsightly skin troubles
—satisfaction or money back,
A five -pound package makes a gallon of paint ready
to use — enough for an average room, Dries odourless
in less than 1 hour, Easy to mix and apply. Cleanable
finish after 30 days.
Ask your paint dealer for your tolour card.
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