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The Seaforth News, 1957-12-19, Page 2Asked King Way To Royal PFrvwessjon Queen Elizabeth i' arely has the opportunity to go anywhere in public without beign recognized; but she did visit a London theatre with five friends not long ago, and not a single member of the large audience realized she had been among thein until after- wards. It was different in the days of her great-grandfather, King Ed- ward VII, who often took walks incognito orattended shows without being recognized. When in the country, he liked driving, his dogcart and chatting anony- mously with his subjects: While out driving one hot day he encountered an elderly wo- man carrying a loaded shopping basket. He offered her a lift, which she gladly accepted. On learning that her basket con - tallied eggs, the King smilingly mid he would give her a portrait et his mother in exchange for half a dozen. The surprised woman began to think she had been rash in accepting a lift from a stranger who made such queer bargains. "What good would a portrait of your mother be to me?" she asked. By this time they had reached her cottage. The woman got down and, before handing her the basket, the King extract- ed the eggs. Then he slipped a golden sovereign into her hand. "That's my mother's portrait," he said, pointing to Queen Vic- toria's head on the coin. On another occasion King Ed- ward was walking down Pall Mall after dark when he met a blind beggar who was waiting to cross the street. The King pilot- ed him over, gave him some sliver, and passed on without realizing that the incident had been observed. Next day he received an an- onymous gift of a handsome sil- ver inkstand with an inscription saying it was "a token of ad- miration from one who chanced to be passing and saw your majesty's kindly action." On a formal visit to Brighton, King Edward slipped away from his attendants and strolled along the promenade where he met a 14 -year-old boy woh asked him where the royal procession was and told him he had been wait- ing more than two hours to see the king go by. "Well, I'm glad your long wait has not been in vain. Now you can go home," said King Edward with a smile. New Treatment May Prolong Lives An "amazing, startling and ex- citing" new treatment for high blood pressure, which may pro- long the lives of many of the country's 20 million victims of hypertension, was described last month by Dr. Robert W. Wilkins el the Boston University School of Medicine. For the past year, Dr. Wilkins, pre:' ' -nt of the American Heart Asslion, and his associates at Massachusetts Memorial Hopitals have been using a compound called chlorothiazide on a group of high blood pressure patients who had failed to respond to all other treatments. "The key to the effectiveness of chlorothia- zide came through a study of the kidneys," Dr. Wilkins explained. "We do not know what the kid- neys have to do ' with hyper- tension, but they are right in the middle of the picture." Victims of high blood pressure often have congestive heart fail- ure, with abnormally hi g h amounts of fluid in the body. For these patients, chlorothiazide performs a double duty: It "very effectively" eliminates excess body fluids and salts, and, it also reduces the blood pressure it- self. Given three pills — each a quarter of a gram—daily for eight months, "the patients feel fine," reported Dr. Wilkins. "They're smiling; they don't feel at all 'dragged out' any more. They can do a full day's work, and their pulses are clicking along like fine wrist watches.' From Newsweek Stole A Crocodile Wished He Hadn't Who would want to steal a golden eagle with a seven -foot wing -spread and talons two inches long? It sounds impos- sible and highly dangerous, yet some unknown thief forced an entrance to an American animal park after dark not long ago, broke into a cage and went off with the huge bird. "It was notorious for its fer- ocity, yet it has not been traced," said an official. .Animal and bird thieves are usually specialists who are used to handling all kinds of crea- tures, Early one morning some time ago an alligator was stolen from an English zoo. It was only 18 inches long, but one day it will be 10 feet long. This speci- men was particularly fierce, hav- ing spent much of its time bit- ing, or trying to bite, with its razor-sharp teeth, the hands that fed it! Alligators can be kept as pets, which probably accounts for their disappearance from private and other zoos every now and then. But what could have been the motive of a daring thief who stole two fair-sized lions from a zoo in Salt Lake City, Utah? They were carried away at dead of night in a truck. A man living near the zoo said he awoke to hear the roar of a lion about the time the theft occurred. Two camels which vanished overnight from a French zoo must have given the thief "the hump" and caused him t0 abandon them after taking them a distance of 20 miles or so. They were found wandering. The thief apparently found it im- possible to dispose of them. Stealing a crocodile sounds a tricky task. It certainly was for the thief who took one from a Hungarian menagerie. His un- wieldy loot attacked him, seizing him by the arm and holding him until his screams and wails aroused a night-watchman. He was released from the creature's grip and later charged with theft. Four parrots were once stolen from their cages in a Berlin zoo. One was a splendid talker while another, curiously enough, was a bird whcih was a favorite with local children who liked t0 hear it utter its one and only sentence: "Get the police!" On the night of the theft, this bird must have called in vain. WHAT STARTED IT ALL FROM "REVENGE" WEAPON . All present-day guided missiles are descendants of the German V-1 and V-2 introduced near the end of World War 11. One hype is the aerodynamic missile, essentially a pilotless airplane, patterned after the V-1 "buzz 'bomb" (see photo above). • . TO INTERCONTINENTAL DESTROYERS. On Sept. 8, 1944, the first V-2 rocket crashed down on London from an altitude of 60 miles, having been fired five minutes before from a point 200 miles away in the Netherlands (see photo above). X-RAY'S HER HOBBY—Having a chest X -Ray taken is just a game to four-year-old Ann Rankin, thanks to this hobby -horse arrangementof the negative holder. TABLE TALKS How hot is hot—or moderate- ly slow? It's ovens we're talking about. Although today's cook- books nearly always give oven temperatures in degrees Fahren- heit, you probably have some treasured family recipes written in terms of 'scant cups" and 'moderate ovens.' Or it is just possible that you cook delicious meals on a coal or wood range and know by feel just the right temperature for an angel cake or custard pie. In any case, here's a fairly standardized chart of oven tem- peratures to help you translate casual instructions into Fahren- heit. Very slew 250° Slow 300° Moderately slow 325° Moderate 350° . Moderately hot 375' Hot 400° Very hot 450°-500° * ° For the holiday season, you may enjoy a turkey stuffing recipe sent to the Christian Si.i.ence Monitor by Mrs. Valda L. Brumagin, Toll House, Calif: She says, 'Stuff the turkey with this just before putting it in the oven, so that stuffing will not be soggy. I do not sew it in the turkey, but stuff it in comfortably and then let it spill out and around in the juices," Her recipe is for a 12 pound fowl. TURKEY STUFFING 8/a loaf brown bread :J loaf white bread A little bit of corn bread, if you have it 2 medium onions 4 large stalks celery Stock from cooking the giblets 3 eggs, beaten 1 stick butter (1/4 pound). Salt, pepper, garlic salt, and poultry seasoning Parsley, chopped Walnut meats Olives, if desired Toast breads -in oven so that they will be dry and brown. Break into small pieces in large bowl; add corn bread. Cut up and boil, just covered with water, the onion and celery. Cool; add to bread. Use enough stock to moisten toast but do not make it soggy. Add eggs, butter, and sea- sonings to taste. Add cut-up wal- nut meats and parsley. Add olives, if you like. e * a If you are planning to have roast duck soon you may like 'pineapple stuffing sent by Mrs. Anette Lathrop, Kezar Falls, Maine. PINEAPPLE STUFFING 2 cups bread crumbs 3 tablespoons minced onion 2 tablespoons melted butter Salt and pepper 3. tablespoon minced parsley 1 No. 2 can crushed- pineapple, drained Cook .onion in melted butter until tender; add bread crumbs and brown lightly; add season- ings and drained pineapple. Mix well. Stuff duck, which has been cleaned and rubbed inside and out with salt. Close opening by sewing or pinning. Baste occa- sionally while baking at 350° F. Allow 15-20 minutes per pound. Mrs. Lathrop advises serving this duck with steamed rice sea- soned with saffron and combined with bits of crisp fried onion, broken bits of crisp fried bacon, and chopped blanched almonds. 8 8 a If you'd like to make a real English fruit caske, try this recipe sent from Canada by 'Mrs. J. J. Baker, Vaudreuil, Quebec. "We feel that Christmas cook- ing is a real family event. The children love to cut up fruit and; grind nuts especially when they know there is a tasty bowl to scrape at the end!" says Mrs. Baker. Her 9 -year-old daughter painted 1 -pound cans silver and painted or pasted pictures on them to hold the gift cakes. This recipe will make one large and three 1 -pound cakes, Mrs. Baker writes. OLD ENGLISH CHRISTMAS CAKE 1 pound flour 1 pound butter 1 pound brown sugar 1 pound currants 1 pound each white and dark raisins Juice and rind of 2 oranges 2 tablespoons molasses 1 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoon mixed spices 2 teaspoons each nutmeg and cinnamon 7/4 pound mixed peel lie pound candied cherries r� pound ground almonds 10 eggs, beaten 2 teaspoons vanilla . 2 teaspoons almond flavoring 2 teaspoons baking powder Prune juice Cream butter and sugar; add sifted flour and flavorings. Add beaten eggs, fruit, nuts, and bak- ing powder. Mix spices, molasses, and orange juice and add to first mixture. Mix well. (This needs a good strong arm!) Bake in greased, lined, deep cake tins at' 250° F. for 3-4 hours. Do not open oven door until cakes have been In for 1 hour. Pour i/x cup prune \juice over each cake 1 • hour before removing from oven. (Cakes cooked in 1 -pound cans will bake.) need Only about 2 hours to w ° ° "This recipe has been a great favorite among any friends, and with festive seasons coming it occurred to me that many folks might like to try it" wrote Miss Lilian Wood, Gaithersburg, Maryland, of her date roll. DATE ROLL 3 cups sugar 1 cup milk 1 package dates 1 cup broken walnut meats Butter the size of an egg Combine sugar, milk, and but- ter in a tall saucepan. Cook to soft boil stage. Pit dates and add to first mixture; stir gently until dates are dissolved. Remove from heat. Add walnuts, to which a Advertising Man TellsHisSecrets Sophisticates laughed when John Caples sat down at his typewriter, 31 years ago and wrote two of the best-known phrases in advertising copy;. They laughed when S sat down at the piano — but when I started to play! They grinned when the waiter spoke to me in French — but their laughter changed to amazement at my reply. But Caples, now a vice-presi- dent of Baten, Barton, Durstine Be Osborn, Inc., mildly notes in his new book, "Making Ads Pay", thoseelaborately ridiculed ad- vertisements did exactly what ' they were -meant to; they said correspondence courses for the U.S. School of Music and Double- day, Doran. What's more, Caples insists, the same formula—"curiosity ... re- ward"—will work today; only the techniques are different. "Styles in advertising may change," he writes, "but not the basic prin- ciples." Some of the principles, en- tangled as they are with unre- generate human nature, sadden Caples a little but he manfully faces up to the situation. In Navy recruiting ads during World War II, for example, Caples learned that appeals to patriotism weren't nearly as ef- fective as appeals to self-interest. "Free training that is worth $1,500" easily outdrew "Imagine me steering a destroyer". Cleverness won't do either, as he illustrates by comparing ads for the late Dale Carnegie's self- improvement book. The head- line "How to Win Friends and Influence People" sold twice as hard as "How to Ruin Your Mar- riage in the Quickest Possible Way". Caples' sorrowful con- clusion: "Don't force the reader to think. Do his thinking for him." Some other Caples tips: Policemen make good models. ("They don't worry much. So they have pleasant expressions") Monday is a good day to run loan ads. ("Apparently family emergencies often occur over the weekend.") Build headlines around "tested key words" (samples: Announcing, introduc- ing, presenting, today's, modern, new, now, how, why, you and yours, this free). Mail-order little salt has been added. Beat until firm enough to put in long damp white cloth and roll to 1 -inch diameter. Tie ends and hang until cloth dries. Remove cloth and cut into slices. catalogues are a good source o Ideas. ("There you will fin copy written by ad men an women who have to sell of starve.") There may be a small place for poetry in advertising writing, Caples indicates. Of Hamlet'e "Oh that this too, too Solid flesh would-: melt" he says: "What a line for a reducing ad!" — From Newsweek How An Expert Makes An Omelet Men, would you like to imitate a famous chef and become an expert omelet maker? You can do it if you'll give your undivided attention to this bellowing directions. They are given by Chef Rudolph Standish, who was brought from New 'York to Chicago during a recent food conference •to show the country's newspaper food writ- ers how he makes French ome- lets. He was "imported" for a party by the makers of Tabasco sauce to preside over five French omelet skillets at the same time, producing perfect omelets on each. Ile used Only an ordinary fork to fold them. A low flame under each one kept the heavy aluminum skil- lets at just the right tempera- ture. And what is that tempera- ture? "Just hot enough that a drop of water spatters in the pan," said the chef. Now for the directions: "Ac- tion is important, as is position of hands," says Chef Standish. "Left hand is placed on pan handle with palm down, moving pan back and forth. Right hand holds fork and moves in circu- lar motion. This motion is re- peated about seven times. Ome- let should then be ready to be turned out. Then, reverse posi- tion of left hand, placing it on handle with palm upward. Tip pan and roll omelet out onto hot dish. Important: Do not wash pan, but wipe clean with paper towel." Chef Standish had a big bowl of omelet mixture beside his pans, plus small bowls of chopped parsley and crumbled cooked bacon. Butter went into the pan (Y/4 pound for this reci- pe using five skillets), then some of the parsley and bacon, then a ladle full of theegg mix- ture — then the "action" started, Egg mixture: one dozen eggs— break into large mixing bowl' combine 3 tablespoons water, '/i teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco; add to eggs. Beat with rotary beater only until blend- ed well—not frothy. Use 1 scant tablespoon butter for cooking each omelet. AFTER SENTENCING — At Camp Drew, Japan, U.S. Army Specialist 3/C William Girard is shown with his Japanese wife, "Candy", for the first time since he was convicted in a Japanese court of manslaughter in the slaying of a Japanese woman. Girard drew a suspended sentence of three years. SMILE OF WINTER -No work today for this big bulldozer that smiles under a blanket of snow on a street -widening project in Great Bend. W a little help from an unknown artist, the big machine's headlights have become eyes a nd its scoop a grinning mouth. Most people In; the area weren't cis cheerful as they had to dig out from under a six-inch snowfall.