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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1955-05-26, Page 2LE TM., eia-Re Arui tm, This is the time of year when youngsters — grown-ups too — who have to carry lunch boxes are apt to start complaining about 'sameness" in the con- tents. Well, here are some re- cipes that will help you to add variety, Of course you can ad- just the quantities given to suit the number of box lunches you have to prepare; Savory Ham -Vegetable Sandwich (8 sandwiches) 16 slices bread 3 cup softened butter • 1 cup deviled ham 1 cup grated raw parrot 34 cup finely - chopped green pepper ee teaspoon salt 34 cup mayonnaise Spread slices of bread with butter. On eight of the slices spread deviled ham. Combine carrots, green peppers, salt, and mayonnaise. Spread carrot mix- ture on ham and place buttered slice of bread on top. Remove crusts and cut as desired, * * * Other fillings for lunch sand- wiches are given below. Honey -Orange Filling 34 cup softened cream cheese 1 tablespoon honey 1 teaspoon grated orange rind Combine all ingredients. Fill- ing for 2 sandwiches. 5 * * Egg -Ripe Olive Filling 94 cup chopped hard -cooked eggs 2 tablespoons chopped ripe olives 3 tablespoons mayonnaise or salad dressing 134stablespoons chopped green pepper 34 teaspoon salt Combine all ingredients. Fill- ing for 4 sandwiches. * A * Snappy Cheese Spread 1 cup (34 pound) grated sharp cheese, firmly packed 34 cup chopped stuffed olives 2 tablespoons canned deviled ham 1 teaspoon prepared mustard !BARNYARD FOE — Phil Yazdik, 42, chomps through his ump- teenth chicken leg as he rounds the turn in a fried -chicken gob- bling marathon. He ate 31 serv- ings, but he wasn't too hungry. s 3 tablespoons mayonnaise or salad dressing Combine all ingredients. Fill- ing for 4 sandwiches. a * 5 Perhaps you'd like to make refrigerator cookies for the lunch box, slicing and baking them fresh every day or two. You may divide the dough in several parts, seasoning each differently for variety. Refrigerator Nut Cookies Ye cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 3,4 teaspoon salt 34 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg, 'unbeaten 136 cups sifted flour 34 teaspoon soda 34 cup walnuts, chopped fine Combine first 5 ingredients in. mixing bowl, beating until smooth. Sift flour with soda and add to first mixture; mix well. Stir in nuts. Press dough very firmly together into . a 2 -inch rolL Wrap in double thickness of waxed paper, twisting ends firmly. -Chill several hours or overnight. Cut tis inch thick and bake on greased cooky sheet .at.375° F. 8-10 minutes. * a 5 Spice Crisps 34 cup butter Ise cup brown sugar 3/3 cups molasses 1 egg, well beaten 2/ cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon soda 134 teaspoons each, cinnamon and ginger 1 teaspoon salt Cream butter; add brown sugar and blend. Stir in mo- lasses and well -beaten egg. Sift flour; measure; sift with soda, spices and salt. Add to mo- lasses mixture, stirring well. Chill for 1 hour. Roll dough to about 1/8-344 inch thickness on floured pastry cloth. Cut with floured cooky` cutter, sprinkle top with sugar. Place on but- tered baking sheet and bake at 375° F. about 10 minutes, Makes 4 dozen cookies. s * , Perhaps everyone has her own favorite recipe for the syrup that makes chocolate milk. In case you haven't, here is one that makes 1 cup syrup. To make chocolate milk, use 2-3 tablespoons chocolate syrup for each clip milk. Chocolate Syrup ?� cup cocoa or 2 ounces bitter chocolate, grated 3/4 cup sugar Few grains salt 1 cup boiling water Mix cocoa or chocolate with sugar and salt. Add water. Bring to boil and boil 1 minute if cocoa is used, 5 minutes if chocolate is used. Cool and store in covered jar in a cool place. THE IDOL RICH? Can an idol possess property rights? A judge in Delhi has ruled that it can. He gave judg- ment in a case brought by the temple idol of the Hindu god Krishna against a Kanpur law- yer for rent arrears on a house owned by the idol. The judge said that idols are "juristic persons" — above the law—and he ordered the lawyer to pay. The numerous idols in India's Hindu temples own property valued at millions of rupees. The idols' affairs are I managed mainly by priests. HAND -IN -GLOVE WITH DO-IT-YOURSELF — Kidskin briefies come in pastel fruit and flower tones, have matching pearl -button closing. Flowers are imported, artificial blossoms in many ar- rangements, which the ladies may sew on to match their hats or other accessories. PE 175 MiSS — Twenty -two -inch -tali Miss Anita is greeted in y Glasgow, Scotland, by the city's' lord provost, Tom Kerr. As might be expected,- she's called "thesmallest woman in the world." Secret Romance Of Famous Author To the eighteen -year-old girl the stage costume was daringly, tormentingly brief. In her dress- ing -room at the Haymarket The- atre pretty blue-eyed Ellen Ter- nan wept with bitter shame. Alarmed at her sobs one of Britain's most famous men tap- ped solicitously at the door — and se began a blaze of passion that would nave shocked the world had its secrets been known. Nearly ninety years later scholars and scientists are still probing the hidden love story of Charles Dickens and Ellen Ternan. When Charles Dickens died, his relatives hastily snip- ped tell-tale sentences out of his letters. Whole passages were censored and mutilated by being over -scored with heavy black ink. But to -day the blacked -out let- ters have yielded their secrets at last to the revealing eye of the infra -red camera. In the year 1888 Charles Dick- ens was at the height of his amazing fame. His latest novel was selling an esimated quarter - million copies in weekly parts and he had only to spend a day or two writing a short story to earn $15,000—equivalent of to- day's $3,000. When he began his famous readings so many people jam- med the theatre that they smash- ed all the glass in the pay -boxes. When petals fell from his but- tonhole, women madly scram- bled to collect thorn for keep- sakes, Queen Victoria herself attend- ed his theatrical performances— and swallowed a snub when he refused to see her between the acts in his farce costume. Never before, never since, has Eng- land so idolized a public favour - it Yet all this was jeopardized when he fell in love with Ellen Ternan. Outspoken critic of social abuses, Dickens headed the stern horality of the Victorian era, He was a married man of twenty- two years' standing and the father of ten children. What a -fierce outcry would have en- gulfed his career if it had been known that he had Lost his heart to a slip of a "girl! Dickens was then forty-six, truly the dangerous age. At first he was merely charmed and amused by the young actress's innocent tears at "having to show so much leg " Watching her o nthe stage, he felt the sway of her glamorous and intelligent personality. But within a few months there camp an irrestible opportunity. Sasting the new play, "The Frozen Deep." Dickens .found parts both for Ellen and her sis- ter, Maria. Dickens was both producing and starring in the play and, as he coached his players, little fair•haired Ellen took up such a worth+ening atti- tude and seemed so pathet:irelly anxious to interpret every line and gesture exactly as he wish- ed that she c'tntivated him utter- ly. 1 -le felt a strange new upsurge of youth, of bubbling humour and fun. The play was opening in Manchester and the company whiled away a hungry and te- dious journey inventing riddles.. "Why is the manager's stom- ach like a butler's panty?" Dirk - ens demanded. "Because there's a sinkin' there!" Once again, he was his sparkling: inimitable" self. At the theatre, his nerfnr, mance electrified the audiences as wellit might, for he poured into it his new-found passion. in letters to intimate friends, Dickens thought of himself as giving a shining and sanctifed devotion , and he imagined Ellen as a far-off princess on an unscaleable mountain But this swirling romance came to earth with a bump, He purchased a bracelet for Ellen and the jeweller sent it to Dickens's wife in error. Inevit- ably, the incident flared into a scene and Dickens responded to his wife's anger with demoniac fury. Nothing would suit him but that his wife should call on Ellen and thus, despite her hitter sus- picions, demonstrate her belief in the young actress's innocence. Kate Dickens wept but yielded. But the way Dickens's mind was working was demonstrated by a momentous decision. He ordered his bed to be moved into the dressing -room alongside h i s wife's bedroom and called in a carpenter to block up the inter- vening door. Nor was this enough. At two o'clock one morning, in his tor- ment of heart, he rose, dressed and tramped all the thirty miles to his summer home at Gad's Hill, fleeing from his marriage, from his wife and her relatives, from the shadowing past. At all costs he knew he had to readjust his life. "My—father was like a madman," said his daughter, long afterwards. "He did not care what happened to any of us." No matter what the price, Dickens felt that his 'world was lost for love. The first immediate catastro- phe was his separation from his wife. The second disaster came when one of Charles's personal letters was published in a New York newspaper. "Two wicked people," he. had written, "have coupled with the separation the name of a young lady. Upon my honour, there is not on this earth a more virtuous and spotless creature...." Now the world shook with ru- mour. It was whispered that the author of "David Copperfield" had eloped to Boulogne. Millions of worshipping readers felt in- dignantly that their idol had feet of clay. For a time his career teetered on ruin. Taut the truth wes hushed up. And the truth has been told since then by Dickens's own slaughter: "The pretty actress came like a breath of spring into the hard-working .life of Charles Dickens — and enslaved him, Who could blame her? He had the world at his feet She was a The Channel Cat "Old Whiskerface The name catfish, to distort a phrase, covers a mutitude of fins. There are actually more than 1,000 species in the catfish family, both fresh and salt water! So far as the sport fisherman is concerned, however, "Old Whiskerface" can best be repre- sented by the scrappy channel catfish, Though most everyone agrees all catfish are homely at best, the channel catfish comes closest to being the Liberate of the outfit. Although it can't play a piano, the chanel catfish is quite adept at fiddling with its whis- kers! In fact, it is widely known as "fiddler" And while on the subject, when fiddling with r channel catfish, watch those nasty barbs on the dorsal and ventral fins. As the catfish squirms in your grasp, these needle -pointed spines can inflict a painful wound. Until you become expert at handling a cat- fish, hold it with a pair of pliers, gripping its lower jaw while working out the hook. Despite its menacing barbs and homely appearance, the channel catfish rates 'tops in flavor and high as a sport fish If you would catch more of these fine fish here are some facts worth khow- ing.. Biological Facts -- Many good catches of channel catfish are made below dams in the sprung. It is at this time of year these fish start their spawning runs, upstream, and swift water is their idea of a honeymoon site. The young hatch out in about one week and grow to approximately 4 inches by the first summer's end. Throughout their lives, channel catfish prefer cleaner, swifter water than other cat- fishes, Identification -- Small channel catfish are very light in color, some so transparent that blood vessels are visible. As they grow older the color changes to sil- very slate gray, with irregular spots on the body. Tail is forked head is comparatively small, there are no scales, back is slight- ly humped and barbels (whis- kers) are quite long. Range — These fish are found throughout the Mississippi Val- ley, particularly through the Great Lakes area and adjacent waters. Also, from southern Canada, across to Minnesota, south into Texas, and through the Gulf States into Florida. World Record- Although many channel catfish experts will cock an eyebrow at this one, the offi- cial world record it 55 pounds, taken by Roy Groves in the James River. South Dakota, in May, 1949. There is one record which should endure for all time! Natural Foods—The diet of this fish is amazing—worms, clams, insect larvae, crayfish, flsh spawn, dead fish, pond weeds, algae. frogs, minnows, insects and refuse of various sorts! Suitable Tackle — Probably no fish is taken with a greater variety of tackle and by more unusual methods. Ordinarily, a R medium action pal rod and pal reed with 15 -pound test nylon line is ideal. From this as a starter you will find oilier chan- nel catfish enthusiasts who use a fly rod and reel, spinning out- fits, cane poles," set lines tied to tree limbs, trot line.. jug lines, and other devices not worthy of mention because of their un- sportsmanlike nature. Most -chan- nel catfish, however, are taken by rod 'and reel fishermen using live bait such as shrimp, liver, chicken entrails, beef melt, etc. The lure is cast out and the an- ticipation period sets in while the fisherman waits for "Old Whiskerface" to swallow his temptingly covered hook. ...Fishing Tip — B i g channel catfish are sensitive to feeders and usually will "mouth" a bait before moving off with it. At this critical point, if anything suspicious is felt, such as the weight of a• sinker, you will lose a customer. So, instead of fas- tening the sinker securely on your line, run the line through. the eye of the sinker so that it will slide freely when the cat- fish moves off with your bait, young girl elated and proud t0 be noticed. . . Yet the startling fact is that for four years Dickens pleaded with her ... and for four years she was ohrurate. Her surrender, say recent biographers, brought him little of that shining ecstasy. In recent tunes. too, investi- gators have probed suburban ratebooks and discovered the secret nest Dickens kept for Ellen — the house where he sec- retly visited her when he seem- ed to his friends to step out of his -ordinary life for days at a time and disappear On the day Dickens died, a June day in 1870, Ellen was call- ed to his side Perhaps she sat quickly aside in Westminster Abbey as the sorr'wing crowds Of London filed quietly through with their tributes, . In the year 19,14 a Mrs. Whar- ton Robinson, a schoolmaster's wife, died in Margate. No one knew that she had been Ellen Tern an. Quite a Song -writer ---Quite a Man, Too Some years ago Johnny Mer- cer, Hollywood song writer, wrote a hit tune entitled "Sen- timental Tourney." It would have provided perfect mood , music for the trip Mercer made this week to his old home in Savannah, Georgia. He deposited a check for $300,000 in a Savan- nah bank to pay off 500 persons who invested in a real estate and insurance firm owned by his late father, The company failed 28 years ago. Before his death, the elder Mercer cherished the hope of some day paying off the hold- ers of certificates of deposit with the defunct company. The hope was shared by his son. Johnny Mercer has been one of the country's most successful 'song writers. But amassing m fortune of $300,000 to pay off a 28 -year-old debt takes consid- erable doing, even for a man in the higher income brackets. nee bankruptcy ,petition would have been an easy way out for the Mercers, father and sen. Many businessmen have done this. The investors would have been the losers, But the Mercers felt a moral obligation that is all too - often lacking in business trans- actions, Now the investors, who had faith in the Mercers' firm will have that faith justified. And in a world where many persons do not have a responsibility for their own debts, say nothing of the debts of their parents, John- ny Mercer stands out as a man apart; Hartford Courant. i an SEEN HER? — A broken-hearted McKeesport, Pa., dad still uses every spare moment hunting his daughter, missing 11 years. In 1944 Hele Szoko, then 27, never got home from her job in a war plant. Her father, Mike, has painfully collected $200 in sav- ings as a treasury for assisting his unending search. Fashion Favors Air -Cooled Knees For Summer Bermuda shorts in Oxford .gray, left, team with 'white knee- length stockings to give this en- semble a Tyroleanto u c h. Matching blazer features white piping and buttons. At right, Bermuda - length cotton sleep shorts team withshrink-resistant batiste shirt in this lazy - days ensemble for the men. Shirt is cut full for wear in or outside the shorts.