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The Seaforth News, 1958-10-23, Page 3Ti v Memory . Lapse Saves Girl They met Lor the first time on a sun -soaked beach and soon fell head over heels in love. Two months later, the hand- some young engineer and the at- tractive typist went to a regis- ter office and gave notice of their August wedding. The young roan gave his full name, address, age and occupa- tion, and the registrar then turn- ed to the girl She hesitated, looking sud- denly embarrassed. I've forgot- ten my name,' she confessed, She really had. For some time she had been experiencing minor lapses of memory and the ex- citement had Shade her forget her own name, although she remembered her address. Her fiance came to the rescue. The pair made a joke of the in- cadent. "It was so silly of me," smiled the girl. But a week after their honey- moon, while out shopping, the young bride suddenly forgot her surname when ordering some goods to be delivered at their pew home. When her husband was told, he insisted on her seeing a doctor, who pronounced that she was a victim of amnesia. Luckily, he said, her case was not serious. Treatment and rest cured her and she has had no recurrence. of her strange fits, of forgetful- ness. Love and money worries eornetimes lead to temporary loss of memory, say psycholo- gists. Every year a number of people fall victims to some kind 01 mind amnesia, but it is rarely serious. Women have been known to lose their memories the day be- fore a marriage they did not want. In one instance, an im- pressionable girl was wooed by a handsome but unscrupulous man. "His kisses are wonderful, but somehow I vaguely mistrust him, although we're going to wed to- rtorrow," she told her girl friend, "What's his job and where does he come from?" asked the friend. The girl could not remember, although the man had told her. And she .suddenly realized that this temporary lapse of mem- ory was nature's device for pro- tecting her against herself. The man, after all, she re- flect e d, was practically a Wenger and she suddenly began to feel afraid of him. This feel- ing became so intense later that evening that she rang him up and to his astonishment called their wedding off. A week aater the man she had so nearly married was arrested for embezzlement and it was re.. vealed during his trial that he was also a bigamist. Yes, time and again a faulty memory has proved to be a strange safety signal. A Mis- souri man, head buyer for a large firm, reached for his telephone one day to place a large order that had been under discussion for several weeks. As he lifted the receiver he realized he had forgotten the name of the man he was trying to ring and the name of his firm. This strange forgetfulness made him put the phone back and start thinking again about the wisdom of placing the order. He realized that all along he had been afraid of the deal, but had allowed his friendship with the other man to warp his business judgment. "That moment of forgetting saved my firm thousands of dol lars," he told a reporter. The queer absent-mindedness we call amnesia often lasts no more than a few hours Many people recover their memory through some trivial incident, A piano teacher who nad for- gotten who he was remembered his identity when he heard someone playing Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata," one of his favourite pieces of music, An ex -soldier's lost memory was restored by his being struck en the head by a golf ball and knocked unconscious. Some years ago a man walk- ed into a Yorkshire police sta- tion with loss of memory. When hypnotized, he told'ra doctor that his fiancee had just died and that he was also worried because a shop he kept teas not paying He now recalled that he had put his fiancee's photograph in his pocket and cycled to the coast, and then walked up to Flamborough Head, where he had often walked with her, He remembered that he had ex- pected in some way to meet her there, but when he found he was alone he went to the police. This case illustrates another striking feature about people t.rho temporarily lose their mem- ory, When they go wandering they almost always go back to some place with happy memor- ies. Famous people have been known to suffer odd lapses of memory. The Irish poet George Moore once went to a party at which a girl sang the lovely song, "Believe me, if all those endearing young charms," Moore listened to it with ob- eious pleasure and then, turn- ing to his host, said: "What fas- cinating words. Can you tell me who wrote them?" His host looked at him in- credulously. "Surely you are jok ing?" he said. "You wrote them!" Moore was so shocked by this revelation of his forgetfulness that he burst into tears. Odd Pickings On The Beach At Falmouth, Cornwall, a young typist on holiday discov- ered a collection of sodden pa- pers at low tide. She was about to throw them away when she noticed an address just legible in the margin. More as a joke than anything else, she took the papers back to her home,dried them, and posted them back to their owner. The papers, it appeared, were the script for a BBC programme. In return for her trouble the young typist received a cash re- ward and an invitation to tell her story on the radio. Then there was the strange case of George Lee, on holiday near BudeCornwall. He was camping with his brother on the cliff, and had gone to collect driftwood to bridge a muddy patch in the cliff -top path. One piece caught his eye, but when he tried to lift it the timber would not budge. Being a determined sort of chap, he called his brother. To- gether they heaved and tugged, and as the timber was still stuck fast in the sand they began to • dig with a child's wooden spade. Eventually they unearthed a packing case that had fallen overboard from a cargo ship. They found that the case con- tained 700 oil -skin capes, valued at $5 apiece! The manufacturers were told of the find, and later the insurance company sent George a cheque for $100. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION — Kitty Hughes,. 15, a student at LittleRock's Hall High School, watches her daily English lesson on television. "It's a good. 'idea when they haven't got any- thing eke," Kitty said, referring to the closed. schools. "There's one good thnig about if, you don't have to get up and get dressed so early." REPLACING MAMA — A doll takes the place of a real mother for this baby monkey being raised by University of Wisconsin researchers. The scientists claim the simians lead healthier, more contented lives when reared with simulated mothers. Food writers attending the 1958 food conference in New York this year were invited to the luncheon at which the Pills- bury Bake -Off prizes were awarded. We were assigned to specific tables, and I found only one person already seated at Table 43 when I arrived. She was a woman wearing an or- chid and that marked her as a contestant. Pretty and slender, she wore a wool dress of the new shade of bright blue. Her hat, ear- rings, and bracelet were also blue. * e • "Please sit beside me—I need someone to talk to," she said. Naturally, she talked about the Bake -Off! "I noticed that, in 500 recipes I have read recently, only two used a dried fruit that our mo- thers and grandmothers liked so much—currants," she explained. "I decided to experiment and try to develop something Very good using that fruit. "I worked on special currant cup cakes which I tried out on my husband and our neighbors, When I felt I had perfected them, I entered the Pillsbury contest. They're called Swift Currant Cakes, and are good either for dessert or for breakfast" * e r Color and movement were all around us as we talked. The ball room where the luncheon was held rapidly filled with several hundred well-dressed, excited people finding their seats, en- joying the boxes where addi- tional guests were seated, calling "Hellos" to friends, writes Elea- nor Richey Johnston in The Christian Science Monitor. Avocado stuffed with halibut flakes and sauce Antoine started our meal. This was followed by a tender, juicy filet mignon top- ped with mushrooms, potatoes souffle and string beans saute. By the time dessert carne, I had given my table mate several re-• assuring squeezes of the hand to help keep calm. Since it was Pillsbury's 10th Anniversary of the Bake -Off, a huge cake of many tiers was car- ried in to mark the event and a smaller birthday cake covered with candles was brought to each table to be cut and served with praline ice cream and fresh strawberries. e * • We then learned that the awards were to be on Art Link- letter's TV program, so the ex- citement increased. He announced that the win- ning senior contestant's picture would be thrown on the screen above the stage. A picture flash- ed on, the picture of the $3,000 winner, Mrs. Verna Phelan, whose husband is a lawyer, in Miami Shores, Florida. * • * Of course you've guessed it— the picture matched up with the smiling woman in blue sitting next to me at the table! "I've entered this contest for five years now, and I've sub- mitted 27 recipes in all," she told us when she had returned to the table and proudly shown her check. "It really pays to per- severe." When the first excitement was over, Mrs. Phelan `seemed de- lighted to talk about her win- ning recipe, "if you tell your readers about my currant cakes, tell them that they can be made with a mix also—the recipe will be good with any of them—white, yellow, spice, but the liquid must be reduced to make room for the currant syrup. Swift Currant Cakes li cup sugar 5/4 cup water 1 tablespoon grated orange rind 1 cup currants 1 tablespoon flavoring extraet 2 cups sifted all purpose flour 3 teaspoons double-acting i.nk- ing powder �' teaspoon Salt 4:'s cup butter :je cup sugar 2 unbeaten eggs I teaspoon vanilla Vs cup milk Combine water, sugar, and Limited Cook Recalls Grandma With so many folks nowadays forced to live far away from the abundant supplies of fresh foods available to most of us, this article from the Christian Science Monitor might provide, not only interesting reading, but also some valuable hints. * o • For the first time in a long career of culinary experimenta- tion, one cook is having to use canned and dehydrated foods to an extent she never thought possible. "Sweet are the uses of adversity" comes to her mind almost every day as she pre- pares meals for two people. Instead of having the usual abundance of fresh vegetables and fruits, she must now stock her few storage shelves with 8 -oz. cans of such things and as each can provides about two servings only, there are few left -overs . . , once her delight but now completely taboo. She also stocks onion flakes, green pepper flakes, celery salt, garlic powder and parsley flakes, as none of these articles is available to her in the fresh state. A few of the standard condiments complete the list. Fresh milk being out of the question she uses the powdered nonfat variety exclusively, sup- plementing it, with powdered cream for various dishes and beverages that seem to demand a richer product than skim milk. She usually procures freshly ground hamburg a little at a time to supplement the chops or tinned fish that vary her meals during the week, With meager cooking facilities at hand, most of her recipes orange rind in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Add currants and extract. Allow to stand 1 hour. (It's the currants standing in the syrup that give the cakes the flavor," Mrs. Phel- an told me when she was describ- ing the recipe.) Drain thorough- ly, reserving syrup. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt, Cream butter; gradually add sugar, creaming well. Blend in eggs and vanilla, Add dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and end- ing with dry ingredients. Blend thoroughly after each addition. (With electric mixer use a low speed.) Makes 2 dozen cup cakes. e e a Orange Glaze: Cream 1 table- spoon soft butter with 1 cup sifted confectioner's sugar. Add 1 tablespoon grated orange rind and 1 tablespoon milk; beat until smooth. have had to be abandoned en- tirely or reconstructed to meet present conditions, and a meat loaf with which ' she recently experimented was baked in a small top -of -the -stove oven over an electric plate without benefit of oven themometer, As she guessed at the temperature of the oven she found it amusing to imagine herself back in the days when wood -burning stoves were in every kitchen, oven thermometers were unheard of gadgets and the cook tested the heat of the oven by thrusting her hand into it. Here is a re- vised recipe. Meat Loaf for Two People sire pound ground beef 1/s cup powdered milk 34water 1 slidecup soft bread (the top half of a hamburg bun can be used) 13• tblsp, beaten egg (a medium sized egg yields 31/e tblsp.) ih tsp. green pepper flakes snipped fine with scissors 1 tsp. parsley flakes 1 tblsp. onion flakes 2 tsp. celery salt A pinch of black pepper ja tsps salt A small pinch of garlic powder Crumble the bread in a bowl, Add the dry milk powder and all the seasonings. Stir together and add the water and beaten egg. Work these ingredients to a thin paste with a fork. Add the meat and continue to work with a fork until the meat and seasoning are evenly combined. Pack solidly in a well-oiled tin 3x5x11/z inches and set aside for 15 or 20 minutes to season. Bake uncovered at 375e F for about 25 minutes or until the Ioaf. is cooked to the preferred doneness. May be served hot or cold. One of these meat loaves formed the main dish of a din- ner and was accompanied by small glasses of tomato juice soy bean crackers, hot buttered beets, toasted English muffins with ginger marmalade and a mixed salad of lettuce, cucum- ber and shredded carrots dress- ed with olive oil, a few drops of white vinegar and season- ings. Dessert comprised sliced pineapple (from one of the small tins) and cup cakes The main beverage was a chocolate milk shake in which was the remainder of the beaten egg used in the meat loaf. THINK IT OVER It would be a fine thing if alt those who point a finger would hold out a hand instead, ISSUE 42 — 1958 STOKE >YI7T'tih`AL COLOR » • osE r N? f , NT(ft° I,FPt4i£ i"F ie l i? : OR c'OtOR ria D E i ` S GAIT .170 EOi.lGl TS a l t i1 w iiDEST i d, WORLD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF — In, of all places, Rock Springs, Wis., e local stone company with a bent for humor and business erect- ed this sign. It appears to offer to sell a physical disorder, rose tinted at that. • ease NEW AGE OF AIR TRAVEL — First American jet commercial liner to go into regular service will be the Boeing 707, shown taking off in a sketch by N'EA artist John Lane. Pan-American plans to start commercial jet service this fall with the 707 Jet Clipper on its New York -Paris -Rome run. The 707 started rolling off the production line in July, 1954, and has been subjected to tete* ever since. It is 144 feet, 6 inches long with a wing span of 130 feet, 10 inches. Operating at 25,000 to 40,000 feet altitude with a maximum payload of 165 passengers, the 707 will have a cruising speed of approximately 600 m.p.h., enabling it to fly to Paris from New York in six and one-half hours, cutting the time of piston -engined craft in half. Despite its size, the 707 is said to be far simpler than conventional aircraft aerodynamically, mechanically and from a servicing viewpoint. Four Pratt and Whitney .157 jet engines power tho plane.