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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1951-6-13, Page 2Table Mountain ('apetotcn ranks with Naples, Rio do Janeiro and San Francisco as one n{ the ,„,:,it st'4li('rtti Oc the world, li:tl• great charm Of Cape Town is Iald.: \fountain, which is the nater giv,n to what is really on:• range of mountains located directly behind Cape bleu :not stretching out ior eight or ten miles, forming in its essiare an exact rescjuhlance of a long esteasion tabh t frequently covered with a tablecloth of .oft, neer; viands. One of the charms of this pictur- esque coo' try is the iefiaitc variety of its i,rauty. t 1 e ,:an tend tt differ- ent View' of the m'.e'. Main: 1011 ee(•t'att n WIliOTrcrr direction ono tures. The mountains are all about, yet one is not slut in, for there are opera stretches of country cverywherc,in- c:huting one known as the Hotten- tot's Holland, while oar secs far across the blue bay -forty Hiles allay the purple !non:stains of the 11otten- t tt Range. It is surprising that wherever one goes one gels a new view of 'table Mountain, and one can still see its beautiful outline as one tourneys. fifty miles back into the colultrv, Cape Town without Table Mountain would be like the play of Hamlet '-without Hamlet. Christmas morning I sat on the iront verandah while the birds in the nearby trees sang their carols. I saw across, the. lawn the wide- spreading rubber tree beneath which we have tea, then came the garden with its stealth of tropical flowers, and stretching out to the base of 'table Mountain, a mile or more away, a mass of dark and light ever- green trees in the midst of which the gorgeous red blossoms of the red gtun tree stood resplendent like lighted candles on a Christmas tree. —From "Travel Letters," by Thomas C. 'Thacher . -kiir On His Chest—G.I. Joe has it too, too good, thinks Marine Brig. -Gen. Lewis B. ("Chesty") Puller, who wants to "throw out the YMCA. Throw out all these girls from the camps. Get rid of the ice cream and candy" be- cause the serviceman "has to get down to fighting." Debunking St. Pat If you are ever in County Mayo, Eire, locals will show you a sleep pool half -way up the side of Croagh Patrick, their sacred mountain, and tell you that it is the watery hole through which St. Patrick banished snakes front Ireland. Now these people are in for a shock, for a scientist says there were no snakes for St. Patrick to bailish. Dr, Charles Bogart, Curator of the Department of Reptiles and Amphibians at the American Mu- seum of Natural History, says there never had been anaIset... 11 - Ire ,i ce t to glaciers of the last Ice Age crunched their way over northern Europe about 40,000 years ago. The glaciers receded about 17,000 rears ago, but the snakes of the Continent never had a'chance to get hack to Ireland be- cause there was no longer any land bridge over which they could mi- grate, The closest they could get was England, which in those far- off days still had a land link with the Continent. Way hack in 1831, an Irishman named James Cleland caused a sen- sation by importing half a dozen English snakes into County J)own just to Ace whether they could live there, Within a few }tots of the :snakes reaching his home front Cov- ent Garden, he let them loose. Al- most at once one was seen crossing a road and was killed. Remembering the story of St. Patrick, many people refused to believe it was a snake, but a fa - Mous Trish naturalist quickly iden- tified it. The following Sunday, a priest preached a sdmon declaring that the incident foreshadowed the doom of Ireianrl because the snake was the forerunner of the end of the world. Three more of Mr. Cleland's six snakes were caught and killed. No- body knows to this day what hap- pened to the other two. Slang Words With Stories Behind • hid Nilo +rife buy any white elephants at the saes ,artier this y e a r: 1`oti \•e probably never thought why this -seemingly inap- propriate trim should be :n i lied to usele s hits and pities,. ltval White elephants ie :utcicnt I n out and Siam were regarded with such awe that they had the title of lord .tad their irntecltolds tve•rt• superintended by high -nulling Ministers. Naturally, the upkeep of suite beasts tea., exnrisia'e•. and mon- archs w ho wished to mulish their courtier, ill a rather subtle val, burdened Clem by giving theta one of these sacred :titimals. Host everyday slang has 1111 in- teresting history, Stealing some• one's thunder or getting the credit for another person's work, goes hack to the late seventeenth an, tury, John Dennis. a critic and drama— tist, invented a new kind of stag, thunder for a piece of his own. After his play had failed, 'te went to watch a performance of "Macbeth," and to his intense dis- gust found that his invention had been stolen. "See how the rascal: ase ate'" he exclaimed, "They will not let my play run; and yet they steal my thtinder.'' Lick into Shape Raw National Servicemen ars licked into shape by a sergeant - major. This saying cone: from old European folklore, It was believed that bear cubs were born without shape and were given form by the action of the mother's tongue. Huinan unlicked cubs are often hauled over the coals for some mis- demeanour, In mediaeval days, whn English kings needed extra stoney in the exchequer, they ap- proached the Jews. Should a man prove awkward, he was literally hauled over the coals of a slow fire and gradually roasted. Sir Walter Scott alludes to this bar- barous practice in "Ivanhoe." Probably, as a result of this treat- ment ,the victims kicked the bucket. At least two good authorities main- tain that this colloquial way of saying that a man has died, has been borrowed from the farmyard. - A bucket was another word for a beam or yoke, and in East Anglia as applied to the frame from which a newly- slaughtered pig was sus- pended by its heels. "So Long" An alternative and rather doubt- ful theory is that the bucket is the pail kicked away by a suicide. Some people prefer to say that a man has pegged out. This term is borrowed front croquet, in which a peg is hit with the hall as the final stroke in a game. When you remark, "So long, old chap," you are actually :alining a pedlar. "So long" is said to be a nautical distortion of "salaam," and and "chap„ is an abbreviation of chapman, the old terns for a man who peddled his wares about the country, Mob is an abbreviation, too. It comes from the Latin "mobile val- gus" which means an excitable able crowd. There is a story behind most slang, but the odd thing is, no one can tell us how the word "slang" itself originated. ROCXING THE BOAT Teacher (showing the class a copy of the picture of Washington crossing the Delaware): "Now, can any little boy or girl tell me the name 01 this picture?" Small voice in the rear: "Sure! 'Sit down, You're Rocking the Boat'!' Wings For The NATO—The vanguard of 1400 airmen from Western European nations being trained by the Royal Canadian Air Force was graduated in the first North Atlantic Pact class at Centralia, Ontario. Here, officers of the RCAF bears the flags of six nations in the North Atlantic Treaty Organ- ization represented in the class of 84 pilots, Flags are, left to right: Belgian, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian and Canadian. Jai Andtlews, Cattagr abu•s,. i.:... probtti lv call rd by that inc:O1 41t1sr it is so easily prepared—in lar; ire, hcul prepared, for . nue•ie s, in almost any small rtno:l dwelling ti here there is a surplus of mill:, Not only is the proces, of manufacture very simple t an- the advant,l n , i re- quinug DO curing. 'Tule ire-i-er it is, the better. L e,g before we had re- frigerator: or ,cod ,taro,, e nunry folks conserved their oversupply of milk in this flaky, de'icate cheese, wlticlt need: none of the skill or special conditions necessary for sante of the "'•ig mime" type, A e -,nen. ,'!u, sc vola, larger ltunp and it irr•ln:r, les acid f3,•Iyrr, has replaced in uiaiy par:, of the country, especially- on the West Coast, the more. familiar type, ,with smaller. softer lamp and atom pro- nounced flavor. It is made by :he short -set method—that i-. the shim milk, lef- ter the• addition of the lactic. acid culture, is fncmbated ('uly lour to five hours, or 1r,, than half the tiv:c required by the older process. It is this shorter set that devsk.ps less acid. The milk is helped into be- coming cheese so quickly through a little rennet which, not incorpor- ated in the o1lit r procedure. has great coagnl:uing ability. Not only is cottage cheese timely through its traditional association With spring mean:. lint also because it is an excell tit etnuicrel source of high-quality protein—of the sante kind of protein provided by the meat that is new so expensive. Five table- spoons of this cheese furnish pro- tein equal to that in oar 10111 pork chop. A''.1 11,• ' -• retain Juvenile Jet Genius — At the age of 13 most boys pipe dream about building rockets and other high-speed conveyances, hut Ronald Wheeler, 13 -year-old high school student has done'somo thing practical on the subject. He recently proposed the addition of a third combustion chamber to the ordinary dual chamber jet unit which would greatly increase the speed of jet planes. Jet -xperts were amazed by Ronald's "remarkable thinking" on the tbject, and they invited him to G.E's jet center where someday his proposal may be put to use, KS value and thrifty oast its low -calory content, and who could ask for more? A third -cup gives only about ninety calorics, less than eight otn'es of orange juice or an unhut- tercll English muffin. h s * NOW, wlth the preliminaries over, Iters: are a few cottage cheese rccipcs with a "foreign" ae•cenl, all well worth your try lug. Russian Paskha ary pound dry cottage cheese t4 cup sour -cream t4 cup butter 1 cup chopped nut meats 3/1 cup candied orange peel ',a cup seedless raisins Method: 11 Sieve the cheese if lumpy. (2) Blend all ingredients together. r3) Line a lurk'; head or other mold with muslin. Fill and put a weight out top. Let set over night. l'nmold and serve with fresh fruit and plain or whipped cream. Field: right servings. Hungarian Cheese (As appetizer on lettuce or as salad in a ring of tomato jelly) 1.cup cottage cheese 1 cup butter 1 tablespoon caraway seeds 1 tablespoon capers, minced 1 tablespoon chives, minced. 1 tablespoon dry mustard 1 anchovy, chopped 1 tablespoon paprika Method: 11) Put the cheese through a ricer or line sieve. (2) Cream the butter with the crashed caraway seeds, capers, chives, mustard and anchovy and gradually add the cottage cheese. (3) Form into a mound: sprin- kle with paprika and garnish with greens. Yield: four servings. 5 5 5 French Cheese and Potato Pie 2 cups cottage cheese / cup sour cream 27/2 cups freshly, cooked potatoes, rived r/ teaspoon salt Pastry made from two cups flour or one package pastry mix A little milk 1 tablespoon butter. Method: f1) Whip cheese until it is tthooth and run through a fine sieve, (2) Mix with sour cream and add potatoes while they are still warn, Add salt, (3) Cover bottom and sides of ten -inch pan with pastry, rolling the edge to forst a border, (4) Fill with the cheese and po- tato mixture; brush top with milk and dot with small pieces of butter.. Bake in a medium oven (350 to 375 degrees,F.) about forty-five minutes or until brown. Yield: six servings, Now, to get awny from the sub- ject of cheese, here are a few assort- ed recipes I feel sure that you and your folks will find to your lilting. .k 5 Brunswick Stew Stew together a large frying chicken which has been cut into pieces anti one-half pound of diced salt pork. When chicken ran be slipped from bones, remove bones and re- turn chicken to kettle with salt pork, two cups diced potatoes, one cup sliced onions, two cups fresh lima beans, two teaspoons salt, one-half teaspoon pepper, one-eighth tea- spoon red pepper and a half clove of garlic. Cook until beans and potatoes are tender, Then add two cups fresh or canned tomatoes and cook until well blended. Lastly, add three cups fresh corn and cook 10 minutes or until corn is done. Keep enough water hi kettle to Fashion Note mole without sticking, but the stew should be thiel, a Chocolate Polka Dot Pie 1 envelope unflavored gelatin t4 cup cold water 2.'3 cup cane or beet sugar 1 tablespoon Edwardsburg corn- starch 4 eggs, separated 2 cups milk, scalded 1 package semi -sweet chocolate morsels 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring T/ teaspoon raft • 1 10 -inch pastry crust Method: Soften gelatin in cold water. Conn - bine one-third cup of sugar aid cornstarch. Beta egg sidles slightly; slowly add scalded milk. Stir in sugar tttixtint, Cook in a double boiler, stirring cntstantly, until tuixtttre coats spoon. To one cup custard add three- fourths package semi -street choco- late morsels. Stir until chocolate is niched; set aside. 'Ib remaining custard add softened gelatin. Stir until gelatin is dissolved; add va- nilla, Chill until the consistency of unbeaten egg white, Beat egg whites until stiff; grad- ually heat in salt and remaining one-third • cup sugar, Fold into custard gelatin mixture. Stir the chocolate mivture, and turn into the pie shell, Tttrtt gelatin mixture 01er choc- olate layer and chill until firm. Scat- ter remaining morsels of chocolate upside-down over pie t0 resemble polka dots, 4 1 5 Chocolate Dumplings 1 cup water 1 tablespoon cocoa 1,4 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon butter 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons flour IA tablespoon vanilla Method: Heat water to boiling. Mix other ingredients and add to boiling water. Cook until thick. Set off the flame until ready for the dumplings to go in. Dumplings V2 cup flour 2 tablespoons beet or cane sugar teaspoon vanilla 1/4 teaspoon baking powder TA teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon butter 1 egg 2 tablespoons milk Put flour, baiting powder, salt and sugar in a bowl and work but- ter into it. Adel beaten egg, vanilla and milk. Have the. syrup boiling, and drop in the dumplings. Cover and coon 20 minutes, Don't stir. Serve while still hot with Dream, Suitable Colors, Naturalness, Simplicity, Are Keynotes of Good Grooming Natul•aln:- and .im,4 ill. arc the keynotes of good grooming Make-up ton -t %trier be artificial, It .should 'Wine mal not di -tort your featut•cs. It is natural for lip: to be red, rbitks ro-y, aril rr,ut- plexion vnooth. Asa rut)' one 'should use :nuke rl, sparingly. it 111,1E1 always :elde•n- ed"delicatt•ly so as to Ictnc uu lines of detu:tr'ation. It 111,10 nicer be nhvions as mage -lip, First, herr arc ,uutc 1101410 -uc- ge•stions on shopping iter 1.,111' coc- tltetiete, :Most rJ 1.111 t -tit's e..nejlaille, Put out color charts and employ trained sides girls to help y -u11. Powder ----)or ' iatttrahu'ss, ,elect powder the exact shade .4 itta1 a tiny shade lighter or darker tltatt your own skin. ft must Inial aid harmonizes , 11, not to shote tip as powder. You can determine your true pigment on your inn(r %iris: or inner arm approaching your elbow. If you arc snit tanned or :, .bran• etre, you'll \rant powder rrial lots of ocher. if you are a redhead with freckles, or excessively florid, shop for a bisque. or beige with no pink in it. 'This will ronccal the fre,'Itles and give you a lighter appearance, Many brunettes Irate white or ivory, as well as swarthy (diver com- plexions, while blondes may lie very dark or suit tanned, as well as fair. 1f you cannot find your shade of ponder. you can mix sev- eral colors: Powder Base --Do you use a - powder base:' If your nose persists in being shiny and your skin is not smooth, a powder base is heip- ftt1, Powder bases come in li.;nid, paste, and solid forth and should also match the Color of your powder, Astringents and Lotions— You can try different types of astrin- gents and to ious6 which cleanse and act as fresheners, to see wlticlt type yott like best, There are especially prepared skin fresheners and clea.tecrs of saturated cotton squares with which you can renew your snake -up several times a day, if necessary, Cold Cream and Lotions— If yott use a powder base, you will need a deeper cleansing aid than just soap and %rater. 'there are uany deep pore washes, complexion brushes, or cleansing t'rcatns, but a cleansing cream will not take the place of a night cream which has richer oils. Lipstick and Rouge -Of course, you'll want lipstick and rouge, even if Nott use ever so little. Buy them together to match and blend with your OW11. skin and with your nail polish. 'Tht•y are obtainable in li- quid, paste, stick, or dry -calve forst. As in the solar spectrum, red shades which have blue, purple, vio- let, talose and orchid totes blend -with each other anti also with rasp- berry, plum, pink and rose, all of which are more suitable for pink and fair complexions. Reds which have orange, flame, yellows, tans, and browns blend with each other and harmonize with redheads, sun-tanned, swarths. olive, incl brunette shins. Eye Make-up—While buying lip- sticks, you might as well treat - your eyes to a little delicate dainty matte -up also. Select a tan or brown eye shadow to blend with your nw•n skin color, or a contrasting shade of green to go with the orange -type rouge, Violet, blue, and gray shades con- trast with pink and deep red shades. If your skin is a neutral or a fair shade, always play tip to the color .of your pupils—to int cia)13' own._ • br n>iiu; .�❑,..iiia aull sbtolow of tli ane or a blending shade. \❑ .yebrow pencil, light brown, black. ,'all be In -551 .cp:tr- ine•h :\ liltlr evobrene' , rnsIi is \ calm hair powder brash is ;,r,nil for d'usliug off (-sees, powder. `•Cres.: n pude•-up has. inlrodueed lip - 4.1, Lim -hes and mane me• dose also. Learn Morse Code The `Cddde-voice' Way \\'he•u Columbia's undergraduate school for men recently decided to give .e courses in Horse code it called out freed S. Killer, i.'rofessor f 1'+ychoingy, for assistance he- catre during World \Var• II Keller had developed a new teaching lerlt- nigee lenowi as the "code -voice method." This is now widely 115,4 by the armed forces in training radio men and others who must i:now tete Morse rode. In' carrying out the code -voice method the stdent, after hearing a signal, is given three seconds to write down the equivalent charac- ter. 'f'Ite instructor then announces the letter or number that has been signaled, if the student has cor- rectly identified the signal, he does nothing; if he has failed to answer or made a mistake he writes the correct signal underneath the space he should hare filled in correctly. The signals are sent until a run of one hundred has been completed, with all thirty -.six characters repre- ented at least twice in each run, At tirst the students make many errors, hug after eight hours of instruction 95 per cent of the sig- nals are correctly identified at the rate of live five -letter groups a mean,, In (lc%eloping the code -voice me- thod Professor Keller applied what psychologists call the "reinforce. aunt theory," This was developed after thousands of rigidly controlled expt•rimenls were conducted in the past twenty years with white rats, pigeons. chimpanzees and human heings 16 find out how the higher species respond to stimuli in the presence or absence of a r;:ward, or "reinfnrrement," Shoulders, Etc,—The men of th heavy cruiser Los Angeles pray. ed they know art when they see it by christening movie actress Andrea King "The Shoulders:' Their findings concurred with those of Yucca Salamunich who recently proclaimed Andrea the possessor of the most beautiful shoulders in Hollywood. Ws Hitched To The Stars — Like a weird machine from another planet is the meteor camera built to catch "shooting stars". The 5000 -pound camera is expected to photograph 40 times more meteors than sky cameras now in use, Here, Graham Wallace operates the controls that aim the huge lens.