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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1951-7-11, Page 6Its Waters Flow Into Three Ocean The Saskatchewan, they say, Strains the Rocky Mountains into the Atlantic Ocean. The statement is true ,allowing for the exaggera- tion natural to so much space, Ac- tually the North Branch, or the main river, rises in the Rockies some three hundred and fifty miles northwest a the international bor- der at Montana, races for a thou- sand utiles downhill to Lake Win- nipeg, where it flows through the northern end and continues under Ole name of Nelson to Hudson Bay. Hudson Bay is North Atlantic water, On the map the Saskatchewan eprawls like a big, wobbly Y, gen- erally pointing northeast from its sources along the Rocky Moun- tains. The North Branch forms one stem of the Y, the South Branch forms the other, and united they make up the base. While its primary source is the Snow Dome in the Columbia Ice- lelds from which water flow to the Pacific, the Arctic and the Atlan- tic, the North Saskatchewan starts as an icy cascade at the foot of Saskatchewan Glacier, Even though it is six thousand feet above sea level, Mount Athabasca towers as high again on one side and Mount Saskatchewan reaches almost as far on the other. Deep in the valley between these giants, the tiny icy stream gives little indication of the strong river it eventually will be- come. The North Saskatchewan quickly disproves the theory that ail gla- eta] water is green, as is the case with its sister stream below Bow Pass, the Bow River, a source of the South Branch. Pale putty is the colour of the North Saskatche- wan in the mountains ,and often lower down on the prairies, when it is not a cascade of white lace, misty as a spider's web; or so vast that you bend backward to see to the top of it. For the Saskatchewan up near the icefields is heavy, and opaque with the limestone it is con- tinually washing away ... In early summer the water is such a raging torrent that nothing has a chance to start growth in this gray valley between towering Mount Coleman to the east and the bulk of Amery to the west. Yet by autumn the .river's spring surging has settled down to a steady, swift flow. Per- haps it is the rush of spring water that carries the seeds of fringed gentian down from the glacier's edge to the rapids at the mouth of the river, a thousand miles away, gentians as blue as thc dry skies above the length of the mighty Liver.—Front "The Saskatchewan." fiy Marjorie Wilkins Campbell. Fashion Note e. Here's Big News For Photographers A new photographic processing method that does away with wash- ing photographic films and prints has been developed. By doing away with washing, phis use of specially formulated Amidol developer, stop bath and stabilizer solutions,pro- cessing is about ten times faster then usual for films and about twice as fast for prints. The saving in wa- ter normally used for washing is large when it is considered that a typical field photograhic labpra- tory consumes about 3,000 gallons of water each day. The new pro- cess utilizes a solution of thiourea in which films and paper are int- mersed for two minutes. Thiourea converts the unexposed silver com- pounds into a light -transparent, light -insensitive form. Conversion of the unexposed silver compounds is the key step. Extreme high tem- perature and humidity do not im- pair the printing quality, and prints do not fade, The supervisor of reading courses in New York's City College School of General Studies reports that the women students invarip',ly beat the men in spelling bees. He ascribes thus to female superiority in storing details in the mind. LE 11 clam Andrews. The keynote fur successful out- door parties or family picnics is simplicity—just plenty of a few foods with all the necessary trim- mings. To save trouble and ex- citement, write down the menu ahead, of tune. Fasten it to your kitchen wall with a tiny piece of Scotch tape and then you'll be sure not to forget the mustard and hot sauce that go with hamburgers or the sugar that snakes the beverage palatable to some of the guests. Check off each item as it is put in the basket and there won't be any last-minute breathless wonder- ing if you have everything, • * * * Meats that can be eaten in buns furnish one of the most conven- ient types of picnic foods, They can be cooked quickly and eaten gracefully and they go well with baked beans, potato or other salad, or any one of a number of filling casseroles that can be taken hot from home. (A simple way to keep these hot dishes warm is to take them piping hot and covered from the oven and wrap them in many thicknesses of old news- papers. * * * I.f your picnic kit is equipped with two-pronged cooking forks, try roasting franks on one prong with small salted tomatoes and mushrooms (or small onions) plac-, ed alternately on the other. Every- body likes these frank kabobs. * * * If you have a cooking grill, take along a big skillet and heat the meat in barbecue sauce which you have made at home the day be- fore. This takes about eight min- utes. Spoon up enough of the sauce to moisten the bun and you won't need any other garnish. This recipe makes one pint. 10, �i,, 4e te. t1' BARBECUE SAUCE 2 medium-size onions, shredded 2 tablespoons vinegar 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon salt s/s cup catsup 1 teaspoon chili powder s cup water 1/4 teaspoon red pepper (if you like it hot) Place all ingredients in a heavy skillet and bring to boiling point. Cover and simmer for 45 minutes. If you want your outdoor meal to be an extra special hamburger party, serve cheese hamburgers. :k * * CHEESE HAMBURGERS ?/ pound of ground beef for each hamburger 1 slice of sharp Canadian cheese for each Form each ?& pound of beef into two thin hamburger cakes and place one slice of the cheese between them. Pinch edges of the two cakes together to enclose the cheese com- pletely. Heat skillet and sprinkle salt lightly over it before placing the stuffed hamburgers in to brown. When you have browned them on both sides, cover them with your barbecue sauce and heat through. You may prefer plain hamburgers mixed with chopped onion, deviled hamburgers,. or hamburgers wrap- ped with bacon. These may be cooked on forks or grilled. When they are cooked, you can put them with a de luxe topping (hot sauce, mustard and pickie) in your bun, or eat then as plain as your taste dictates. k * * HAMBURGER PATTIES (for 4) 1 pound ground beef s 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup chopped onion Combine all ingredients and shape into four patties. Broil about 10 minutes on each side. Serve in bun with "trimmings." k * * DEVILED HAMBURGERS 1 pound ground beef 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup chopped onion 1 teaspoon prepared mustard 1 tablespoon horse -radish 1 finely mashed clove of garlic Dash of Worcestershire eauce Combine all ingredients and sa shape into four patties. Broil about 10 minutes on each side. Serve hot in bun. 4 k HAMBU RGER-BACON WRAP-AROUND BALLS 2 egg yolks 1 pound ground beef 2 teaspoons salt r/ teaspoon pepper 12 slices bacon, cut in :calf Combine hamburger, egg yolks, and seasoning and form into about 20 oblong balls. Wrap bacon around each ball. Cook on sticks over low coals until bacon is crisp and meat is done.And, " est" Quilts Counterpanes Excluding the great mansions occupied by the colonial gover- nors in eighteenth -century Ameri- can, the home of the average citizen was small and his fancily large, There rarely were more than one or two bedrooms and often a bed was an article of parlor furniture. Wealthy Nicholas Van Rensselaer owned but two beds plus a built-in sleeping -bank, according to the pub- lished list of his household effects at his death ,in 11,95. To account for the great diversity in sizes of the earliest examples of bedcovers, the bedstead of the period must be considered. Important articles of furniture were made to order by journeymen cabinetmakers. accord- ing to individual tastes and needs: many four -past beds were only four feet wide; extra width was charged for at the rate of two pence per inch and a man's wealth and standing in the community were measurer] by the width of his bed as Well as the richness of its carving. There were field beds, low four-posters, wide and high four - pesters and the "slaw -bank" or built-in bed which was a feature in the homes of the early Dutch settlers. From flax grown and sheep raised on thc home plantations, they spun the thread, dyed the yarn and wove it into materials both coarse and sheer to be used for domestic purposes. From Eng- land, Wales, Tlnlland and other continental countries women had brought to their new hones sturdy hearts, dextrons hands and the nicntory of colors and forms that had been part of the Old World culture; it guided their taste in decorative stitchery. In cities atld near large settlements, there were expensive schools for young gen- tlewomen which advertised instruc- tion in "all sorts of line needle- work, Turkey -work, quilting, and Atomic Animal Husbandry—Models at a recent Animal First Aid course, "Sport," the pup, and "Tiger!' the kitten, find themselves agreeing wholeheartedly with General Sherman's views on war. In response to a Civil Defense warning that hysterical animals would constitute a grave public menace during an atomic attack, the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals began r• first aid course designed to teach students how to care for animals in an emergency. Al Fresco Art_A London sidewalk and brick wall become an art gallery during the Hamstead Festival Open Air Art Show. Barbara Duggan, one of the many young artists exhibiting, hangs her work on chicken wire. embroidering in a new way"; Inc the most part, the average house- wife followed her own inclinations, achieving vigor m her handwork and, with surprising frequency, a delicacy and charm which must have been the result of fine feeling rather than formal instruction. It was a generation -to -generation af- fair; mothers taught daughters and it was required that every female of tender years and decent up- bringing learn to spin and do a "daily stint" with the needle. The reason for the generally good condition of the few spreads which have survived is that they were the "best" quilts and counterpanes, had been used only nn festive occa- sions and had been lovingly cared for between times. Often when the best counterpane 'was' on the bed in the homestead's guest chamber, the shades were tightly drawn so the sun could fade neither the bed- cover nor the carpet. Seamen and traders brought halite to their families cotton prints, palantpores, glorious in form and color, also precious shawls from India; these were the source from which many quilt designs sprung— the Persian pear, the pomegranate, the tree of life.—Front "American Quilts and Coverlets," by Florence Peto. ew and Perfumatic Put in a coin, push a button and milady is sprayed with her favorite cologne. A non•eleetrirat machine that dispenses a perfumed spray when coin is inserted holds four popular brands of cologne with se- parate coin chutes Inc each brand. Useful in ladies' powder rooms in theatres, restaurants, etc. machines can also be geared for use by de- partment stores or drug stores who wish to use the machine on a com- plimentary customer basis. Colognes are contained in a metal baked • enamel cabinet weighing less than 20 lbs, and each of four bottles are said to ejert 1,000 sprays. * * * Disk Sticks About the size of a dime is disk with adhesive on both sides, and adhering to all surfaces, including glass, metal and tile. Product does not leave marks as a tack does and will not stick to' the fingers; con be peeled without harming surface and ems off be re -used, Disks are useful in offices .for putting up bulletins, and in store windows, etc. * * * Tough Tire Now available in Canada is new off -the -road tire designed to be used in logging, mining and con- struction industries. 'fire is steer - dig or trailing wheel and has three ribs for smoother riding, easier steering and getting greater mile - se. 'Tread pattern said to give big- ger resistance to slipping on steep curves. Less vibration is felt in the vehicle's steering column thus les- sening fatigue and wear. * 5 * Faucet Won't Freeze Faucet for outside use will not freeze even in low temperatures, and can be attached to frame build- ings by use of a notched flange. Operated by a handle that turns off a valve inside building. unit routes in either galvanized pipe or actin Too or brass and copper; has "loose key" htutdle permitting drtachtnen and a small valve for fast installa- tion. * * 4 Children's Circus ibHlectism of plastic circus toys. is designed to bring the "greatest show on earth" down to the play- pen level. Collection includes bright- ly colored three ring act plus ani- mal cages, ticket booth, and a re- volving merry-go-round, k 5 * Shafnpoo Without Water 'i)r'veloped mainly for hospital patients who cannot have their heads soaked and for anyone with head colds, etc. is an easy-to-use detergent type liquid. Applied di- rectly to the hair from a shaker top bottle, liquid is then rubbed out of hair along with dirt. Be Sure They're Dry "What ,vitt they think of next?" This is a common exclamation when someone learns of a tricky new device for making work light or sees another example of num- kind's incentive genius. 13ttt such will not he the the case when the housewife stores away her clean clothes while still damp and takes them out later to iron only to find they are badly mil- dewed. This problem is still on the roster of those to solve. Unfortunately mildew stains art still easier to prevent than to re- move, Damage results even from elaborate methods contrived to eliminate the gray stains which permeate clothing during bot wea- ther, says the American Institute of Laundering. Alert housewives will, therefore, be careful to store away only the garments that are perfectly dry. tJune hi t', A Fail Fair' In Early Su erhh;: ^ e As most everybody knows, the greatest enemy to a successful fall fair is bad weather. If the Agricultural Secretaries who' se• hearts have been broken by rain, sleet and even snow were laid end to end they would stretch from hereto—well, quite a long Way. Some Ontario communities favor moving the Fair forward on the calendar to assure themselves of sunshine andfavorable conditions. One such is Maxvilie, in Glengarry County, where a successful Fair was held late in June.` The section of "The Midway" shown in the picture above apparently fascinates the younger generation just as much, no matter what the month; while the, trotters—or maybe they're pacers—look to have plenty of zip as they round the final turn into the stretch.