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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1957-10-10, Page 2Pleasure Cruise Smashed Graft Racket When a member of his "secre- tarial staff cameto remind him that it was time to set out for the Capitol, President of the United States Grover ,Cleveland,. the strong man of the White House, appeared not to have beard. It was as though he had fallen into a trance. "Mr. President sir," the young span repeated, "it"s time for you to go to the Capitol Congress is by now already assembled." Only then did Grover Cleve- land shake off his deep pre- occupation. Slowly, and with un- characteristic lack of energy, he got up. It was August and hot. He asked for ice water, drank it, and walked slowly from the room. Before him lay the ordeal of Congress in which many influ- ential leaders in his own, the Democratic Party, were arrayed to give battle against their lead- er. At that time, 1884, political corruption was rife throughout the United States. Before his election as President, Grover Cleveland had served as district attorney and, later, as Mayor of Buffalo, New York State. He had made many enemies in both capacities, for, wherever he un covered it, he attacked graft. , Now the issue before Congress was the Pendleton Bill. Like a number of other bills already passed, this measure was design- ed to endow a large number of men with claims on their politi- eal party with life pensions. When the bill came before Congress, President Cleveland described it as an attempt to swindle the United States Trea- sury. Now he was about to fare the storm. But the impending battle with C ngress had no Hart as a cause of the Presidents strange and glee my mood. It had been nothing much at firs :ha: persistent ache of the jaw, Bu: ..had began_:e worse. When President C leva-and consulted medical raiyisers he was se:tea:what permiebed when a number : ,he .ea...rtg menial men in the zottrary were called in for .... a >s. The now revealed to ire was a :y:nes:er. of a very ser.. "Have Ica era he asked. "I: will - he nears. _y, to save your .:eremovejaw.' they l'd G:'vE C:eve:nape= tilt em^shin^of the slat up pensions sill wasa mane: f paran cent impar ace. Air eedy threatened by des:ry :y in his awns party. ae we., knew :hat any hint of aickness would be seized upon swish heartless unsortzpulonsnese ler .:a: purposes. H:s poiitioal enemies Ra-u:d put it alien: lhe was to car the d: _ Presi- :E..-.t' ehysizally incapable of benrir :he great. weight ef that cfftce's terrific renspr.s4"' 'e5 So dr - toward the Car f:r :he firs: round in the -:e,:he Pr de :, \vas ponderieg preblems and teareette, ter -_...e sr_ o of it. A ares. .-ares Grover Cle .e was the a`.=. be a rea- emss-:e, t. Reearning i to the W:eH:urhes _sed his staff by amno=ing that he proposed to lake a . :»ay. "Mr. President: _A : et.a time like this ma_r, pixatesxed. azt the very a: _ un. emen: zuggested seiff ..:-deuce and Erected the cf .he toun...y away any .uza2ao of pre:.. .....es_. Havinz :e: theTcement of has a._c ' ^ay be m..i,ane - President .dent Cie -ye - lend sent f_. his geon, and said:. "Could,. you re- movemy jaw without scarring my face? Could' you operate so that nobody could detect the mutilation?" Yes, he was assured, that could be done. "But I would still have no jaw on that side?" he protesten. "We'll fix you up with a silver jaw," he was assured. " You will appear just as you appeared be- fore." It's not an easy thing for a king or president to keep secret such news as this. The President could not be operated on at the White House without the whole staff getting to know about it -and from them the whole country. He could not enter a hospital for the same reason. Sooner or later the news would leak out. blow then, was the terrible secret to be kept? It was the President who found the solu- tion. "I shall take a cruise on the presidential yacht," he an- nounced. This was a very fine vessel, the Oneida, and in due course she put to sea, ostensibly on a plea- sure cruise. Only at the last minute did the surgeons slip un- annonced aboard, And only after she had sailed was the state- room rapidly converted into an operating theatre. When, some weeks later, the President returned, it was mat- ter of public comment how well he looked with his fresh sea tan. But those near him noticed a certain difference, though they had no clue as to the real cause, It was noted then and later that, when he spoke in public, his speech had become come what changed. The fine voice, which had done so much to build up for him a great law practice in his earlier days, was now softly muffled, The silver jaw worked. There was no facial scar. But speech came with a certain difficulty now. And so, for fourteen years, this amazingly courageous man lived on, and during that long stretch he served not once, but twice as President of the United States. It was not until after his death, which occurred a few months after he completed his second tern as President, that the secret cf his long sustained fortitude became known. And there also came to light a second se,cet. Through: tt the long years during which l:e carried the teat burden of the State upon his broad sheulders :he Presi- dent had never known a single day free iron: pain. For though the silver jaw put back the hour of fate, the terri- ble errable disease which made its re- moval essential at last claimed its gallant victim. It is significant of the amazing power of the human will that it was only when he felt that his task was comeleted. and graft was on the way out in his coun- try's public life. that death en- sued, JUDGE OF CHARACTER The szhcel heard of a bach- wcc.ds eearery sci ' . was pay- ing a v ay- i gav e the nam. and: the was shaveMg of her pupi s. "Who signed the Magas Char - :z, Robert' she asked cne boy. "P:ma'am, it wasn't me," saie, edrizz heck ie his seat. The r was aa ttotes ea to e.: -..:the: pupil when an c: o cheering beard mem' - d that hey k. directed,sdraft like las" leeks. _ -e..e e __ cid a do i, WOULD HARDLY RECOGNIZE HER - net Novak, shapely Hanyw ca star, -as '.-e vzs et ;errld coach donee. isthe -- 'ne - .o:_ leve - cels. Thet's. the real!real!le .'-s Eo -, s,._ , _.,e epperne.d in her greatest r :, "'Reim." LONG WAY HOME TO CANADA -Three Canadian soldiers get a friendly farewell wave from two Egyptians at Cairo as they prepare to leave Egypt after having spent a year there with the United Nations Emergency Forces. The signpost shows how far some of the troops must travel to reach their Canadian homes. From left, the happy travelers are, Pvt. Andy Dolha, Niagara Falls; Cpl. Norm Whillans, Vancouver, and Pvt. Fred Wade, Sydney. J, A L TALKS conn Andvews. With the coming of cooler weather, there's more enthusi- asm about baking, and hot breads are ever welcome. This attractive coffee cake is made with pancake mix, thus saving • the measuring of several ingre- dients. eLAPLE COFFEE RLNG 2?y cups pancake mix efl cup sugar afa teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1,f2 cup chopped nutmeats cup raisins 1? cups milk }s cup melted. shortening 1 egg, beaten 1 teaspoon maple flavoring Heat oven to moderate (375' F.). Place pancake mi', sugar, nuuneg, cinnamon, nutmeats, and raisins in bowl. Add re- maining ingredients; stir until just combined. Pour into greased 1112 -quart ring mold, Bake in preheated oven about 30 minutes. Remove from mold; drizzle with thin confectioners' sugar frost- ing, * Sour cream ispopular with many cooks. This salmon salad, using that ingredient, has a subtle taste that you'll like. S.kL3ION 'SURPRISE SALAD 2 (1 pound) cans salmon 1 cup chopped celery S apples, peeled and sliced 1 tablespoon butter i cup sone cream 2 tablespoons prepared mustard 1 tablespoon vinegar 2 teaspoons horseradish Ea teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 hard -cooked egg, finely chopped Salad greens Drain salmon and fake; add celery. For dressing saute apples in butter until soft; sieve. Add remaining ingredients except egg and greens and beat until smooth. Pour over salmon mix- ture and toss weil. Serve en crisp greens and =tinkle top with finely chopped egg. Serves 6. s . r In the fallowing salad, go:den chu s3. of'pineapple and a chain of shiny green bits of pepper john hands with rosy cubes al cooked hasp. Put the zip of spicy mustard and horseradish in the salad that holds ahem to- gether. TANGY PL\F'aPPLE-RA31 SALAD 2 cups (No. 2 can) pineapple chrmke 11-a enps cooked, diced ham ?s cup chopped green pepper j cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish 1 tablespoon horseradish 1 :teaspoon prepared mustard Salad greens Drain. pineapple. Metered halm in verge cC salad bawl. Arrange a ring of pir.eapttle chunks around outside of ham. Plane a rine of ch"peed, green pepper ie. between hear. and pineapple. Chall. Cer - remaining tng e- a -slats and tess salad just before "You're tot at Ibe office. now, Baby: So give with a =Wiet" serving. Serve in lettuce cups. Serves 4. $ * If you don't like peppers, just skip this paragraph - unless you have a dash of adventure in your culinary make-up. A friend says one of her favorite sand- wiches is made of fried green pepper. She cuts a medium-sized pepper lengthwise in half, re- moves the seeds of course, spreads the halves gently open to make them as flat as possible and fries them a €ew minutes in butter, just until they are slight- ly soft., Put between slices of soft, buttered bread, the peppers make an unusual sandwich - and one which has proved popu- lar with her guests. * * * Here is a recipe for filled sour cream cookies which are deli- cious and nice to make. SOUR CREAM FILLED COOKTFS cup butter 'ia cup sugar 1 egg 14 cup sour cream 1ja cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder xIi teaspoon each, soda and salt 1 teaspoon vanilla Prunes, raisins, and nuts chopped together. Crearn the butter; add sugar, egg, and sour cream. Add flour that has been sifted with baking powder and salt. Dissolve soda in a little warm water and add; add vanilla. Roll and cut in rounds. Top half the rounds with the fruit -nut mixture. Place re- maining rounds on top and seal with a fork around the edges. Prick with fork on top 3 or 4 times. Bake at 350° F. until golden brown. * * * DROPPED SUGAR COOKIES cup butter 1 cup' auger t/ teaspoon vanilla 3/a teaspoon salt teaspoon soda (Meant) 2 eggs, well beaten 2'A cups sifted calve flour 2 teaspoons balling; powder. 1/ cup milk (more, if needed) Cream butter and sugar toge- ther and combine' with vanilla, salt, soda, and eggs. Beat welL Sift flour and baking powder three times, then add alternately with milk to the first mixture, beating smooth, Drop on cookie sheet and bake about 20 minutes or until done, at 400° F, "L haven't been feeling at all well," said Hobson to a col- league. "But you're looking splendid„” said the other man. "I know. But ittakes all my strength to _keep up appear- ances." SUCH NERVE -The daredevil ort the ground hasn't fallen oft the horse. He's acting as a hu - 'man hurdle beneath the flying hoofs of the mount during a rehearsal of the Royal Army Service Corps for a perform- ance at Woolwich Stadium, London. The human barricade seems to be one guy whet doesn't have much horse sense, The Queen And The Prince Seen Through American Eyes By TOM A, CULLEr1 NEA Staff Correspondent LONDON - (NEA) - It is as ambassadors of youth, of the New Elizabethan Age, that Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are corning to America in Oc- tober. Theirs is the young idea that gives the living lie to the notion that Britain is washed-up, a second-rate power dying of old age. "Our people, if they are aged, are the youngest aged people that have ever been seen," Sir Harold Caccia, British ambassador in Washington, told a Chicago audi- ence recently. "This may be our second youth, but it certainly is not our second childhood." Elizabeth, too, is experiencing a second bloom. Americans will no longer recognize in her the uncertain`, girlishly • n e r v o u s. slightly pathetic figure, who, as Princess Ft=zabeth, visited the United States with her husband in 1951. She can still be gay and care- free upon cccas.on but she has ma:ared, acquired dignity, shown unexpected depth. In a word, she has become regal. As a wife, she is obviously very much in love with her handsome husband, whom she has made a Prince of the Realm. As a mother. she is blessed with two lovely children, in whom she takes just pride. As Queen, she reflects the inner satisfac- tion of this happy home. - Her American host-, will note how often Rae- 'netts turns to Philip whenever there is an inn pentane decision to be made. "Lnt Philip the limit?" How Often these words spring to the Queen's lips as she tries to fol- ,r - low him in his wilder flights. Sometimes they are said with pride, sometimes ruefully, almost with despair. Yes, Philip really is the limit, as his American hosts will dis- cover. His job while in the United States will be to sell Britain, and this he will tackle with almost fiendish zest. Watch him as he corners an uneasy scientist at a Washington cocktail party. With the space of 15 minutes he can be expected to remind the poor American scientist that Britain discovered the atomic nucleus, penicillin, vitamins and silicones, among other things. Nor will the U.S. admirals and Air Force generals come off any better. Philip is not afraid to remind the airborne generals that many of the planes they fly are powered by Rolls-Royce engines designed in Britain, or to remind the U.S. Navy that the angled deck, mirror landing de- vices and steam catapults used on American aircraft carrict•s were developed from British inventions. It is with the American cap- tains a: industry that Philip will feel most at home. The button- holed businessman will be re- minded that Britain leads the world in the export of genera- tors, boilers, textile machinery and radioactive isotopes, shares the lead with the United States in the development of nuclear power plants. This is the new face of Britain. It is the fact of youth, as mir- rored in the profiles of its Queen and of her prince -consort. Hon long will it last? What happens when the bloom of youth begins to fade? The greatest danger to the monarchy today, in the opinion Of most observers, lies in the un- critical adulation of the British masses. Most Britons scoffed when some of the noble peers threat- ened to shoot, or to horsewhip Lord Altrincham (who eventual- ly got a slap in the face) because he had dared to criticize the Queen. Nevertheless, there is danger of the monarchy turning into a soap opera. The uncritical adulation is seen in the British Broadcasting Com- pany's tendency to play "God Save the Queen" upon any and all occasions. It is seen in the crowds that press their faces through the rail- ings of Buckingham Palace, whether or not the Queen is in residence there, as though ex- pecting that a miracle will short- ly take place. The royal family's greatest need at the present time, accord- ing to their well-wishers, is for an efficient public relations set-up in place of the snobbish courtiers who now function as such„ An experienced public rela- tions officer would know how to present the royal family with dignity, at the same time making fullest use of mass communica- tions. In this respect, he could learn lessons from President Eisenhower and his press sec- retaries. This lies behind Lord Altrin- chain's suggestion that the Queer should be sterounded by advisers from as many different back- grounds as possible. "A truly classless a n d Commonwealtl court," Altrincham declares, "could ... bear eloquent witness to the transformed nature of the monarchy." The Queen and her advisers will have to make up their minds soon. Time is still clearly on the Queen's side, but the sands are running out. ....a:�� va,a� ON ROYAL TOUR OF AFRICA - Elizabeth and Phillip ride past crowds in Nigeria. New Americans are io get their first glimpse ssf rhe' couple since 19f'. They're due in October.