HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1953-06-18, Page 6WHO us
IIT' AND
WHAT
Ile ITT
:loots like the
.aMotogzapher
Made a squeeze
play on a pretty
well-known
young lady. Yep,
you know her,
all right, Maybe
you can even
figure out who
it is from this
goofy photo,
although there
isn't much figure
there. So, okay
you DO recog-
nize her. But
do you know
how she got
that way? No,
she hasn't been
on a diet. You
.can learn the
answer by look-
ing elsewhere
on this page.
Charged 500 Guineas
For Night's Sleep
!•iavt you an idea for making
money? Most people have at
some time or other, and many
have "cashed in" on the most
:fantastic brainwaves imaginable
No fortune was ever made by
a more extraordinary method
'than that employed by a certain
quack who lived in France. He
declared that he had the power
to raise the dead, and that he was
going to prove it.
The day before the event war
tc take place he was besieged by
people imploring him not to
exercise his "powers." The peo-
ple consisted of beneficiaries un-
aier wills, the heirs of misers, and.
even wives who had no wish to
meet their husbands again
Many others in official post -
tons were afraid they would
lose their jobs. and all were will-
ing to pay handsomely if the
quack would withhold his pow -
u. He did -- and made a tor-
t one.
Ilut money dues not always
tone quite so easily. A watch-
maker who lived in the reign of
George II wanted to make him-
sel,- known, and he hit upon the
idea of cleaning a watch on the
spire of Salisbury Cathedral.
At the dizzy height of over 400
-feet he sat for an hour while he
gleaned his watch and put it
together again. But all he made
out of that was a few pounds
which he collected from a bet-
ting friend who had imagined
the feat to be impossible.
Many people have made
money from oysters, but the way
a certain Drury Lane oyster
dealer cashed in on one single
shell -fish was a tirstclass brain-
wave.
It was last century when this
dealer found amongst his stock
en oyster that had a small hole
in its upper shell. The actions
of respiration forcing moisture
through the hole caused a shrill
whistling sound.
This specimen became known
as the "Whistling Oyster," and its
lame spread throughout London,
drawing large crowds to the
treater shop. The dealer exploited
tae lucky find to such good put
:Kee that he soon retired.
One of the most gruesome
ideee• for snaking capital was hit
upon when eight people were
drowned in a flood of beer. This
disaster occurred in London
about 140 years, age, when a
great reservoir of beer in Ban-
bury Street, Bloomsbury end -
delay burst,
Xts contents, equal to 8,555 bar-
rels, cascaded Ina huge wave un-
der which walls and whole
dwellings collapsed.
Crowds visited the epat, and
some of the relatives of the vie-
'tims actually charged for admis-
sion to view the dead, which
they had grouped together in a'
nearby house. This disgraceful
exhibition drew so many people
that the police had to put a
stop to it.
In London in the eighteenth
century a place called "The Tem-
ple of Healing and Hymen" was
set up. The proprietor claimed
that he could not only cure ill-
ness, but ensure his patients
beautiful children if they slept
hi the temple upon his celestial
bed, The charge was 500 guineas
a night!
The reeords do not show if he
round any taker,
All The World h
Pepper -Hungry
If Peter Piper picked C peck
of peppers to -day, he'd be har-
vesting a fortune. When thieves
stole a ton of white pepper from
a London grinding mill recently,
they snatched nearly half of
Britain's available supply, a haul
worth over $8,000.
Before the war, when the
world had a stock -pile of 50,-
000 tons, pepper sola at 6f an
ounce. To -day it has soared to
40e an ounce.
All the world is pepper hun-
gry. Not long ago the Customs
seized an illicit shipment worth
$45,000 at the London docks and
put it on sale — but not to the
hone market, The pepper was
bought by the United States for
$90,000, representing a spice
profit for the British taxpayer.
Speculators once tried to cor-
ner the world's entire pepper
supply. One man bought 12,000
tons in a year, and then failed
to find the necessary $4,000,000
cash for the purchase.
To -day's crisis, however, be -
You Smoke That Thing?—yes, that is a pipe, and a prize winner
at that, Mrs, Elizabeth Weistrop, the housewife sculptress, won
$1,000. The pipe was entered in a national contest sponsored
by a pipe manufacturer. The bowl of the pipe is in the rooster's
puffed-up chest and the stem runs along the tail feathers. The
prize money veils be used to buy a home in the country for
Mrs. Weistrop, her two children and her husband, an ex -soldier
working his way through law school.
gan twelve years ago when the
Japanese overran Indonesia and
uprooted the pepper vines in
favour of short-term craps.
Because the pepper plant takes
from five to seven years to reach
fruitful maturity, the world has
been living on its reserves,
though the pepper famine is al-
ready brealring.
Pepper smuggling by air has
become big business between
Simiatra and Singapore. Chinese
smugglers are cashing in on the
precious pickles from which
pepper' is made, and which were
put in safe hiding shortly before
the war,
Whole families invested in
pickle berries as a safe means of
investment. A Sumatra merch-
ant stuffed a mattress with thein
and recently exchanged the mat-
tress for a house and motor -car,
a.
ot.
1 1.1ifl
orse Sense..
by BOB ECUS�_-
on March 10, 1953, the Inter-
provincial Farm Union Council
presented a Brief to the Federal
Cabinet dealing with all aspects
of Canadian agriculture,
Largely concerned with mar-
keting and pricing of faint prod-
ucts the union farmers believe
"that in a world of increasing
papulation where more and more
people are going hungry, the
problem of food production is
of primary importance. There are
those who would attempt to
shrug off the fact of hunger for
food by saying the world has
long had vast numbers of under-
fed people, many on the verge or
starvation,"
This at any time is a cynical
attitude. In the light of modern
technological and scientific de-
velopment it can be none other
than an unethical ,degrading ex-
pression of defeat, dangerous to
humanity as a whole,"
The farmers, therefore, request
"that our government earnest-
ly consider suggestions advanced
by this delegation and other in-
terested bodies sincerely trying
to offer constructive proposals
regarding the provision of a
greater cer
measure of security and
well being for those people in
our society who produce. the
meth needed foodstuffs essen-
ttell to human existence."
Marketing Police
Discussing the question cf aK_
.GLOSS Yr ORD
PUZZLE
na•
1,f.1111PalE
nent-6
15 011 fl h
74-
1 ins
11 ei e.E1EvPt
;mn013154 e+,
Li
n. 'hi'riir't
:..; 3'.5
nn, ,.f
441 `It
01.6 the
r?ninh
17. hnr,an lints
23. Trine
HY fir, ii
'ta4ant
tX pr:
e
at in
I15nagu
20Art/87561
to menage
5? hhnr•t;Rennet
39. Wontie
40. first
4. Tableland
44. eitlie:ne
48. Alto
47. Philippine
nr.lr4 5o
150. Odises
ta. Algot be
54. Night bares
. Poem
85
13 a. Poet el is.
wooden joint
S7, Olan'r
aa. Obtained
140. Growing env
rt .n013,
win,
W-.ndcr
Ja»ri,s
hub n1440 tarn
B. nut
Separated7. Iti.btree Men nen
4. Clack in the
oenu mea 4110
8,.2.'_"x'-5;,^'.••"<.., -
14 e 16
3. Prue.,•„ ;.14..1Zgt. •mat
.0. 010tiOn .,4 finlopee5
rl Cozy 10r„t poi r
17. inn's, k. 4e it
20.7:1001
v I , • -a .
02. Deee Y 44l40,
& iter! ,4S1e 46 )t neif •
24. ),,p., e,,e N Ili t '. r..
25. Conene1en on,. n...01,e0.,
26Ain a ,'i 137lie,',..
Sea i. t ,*1„li
20.fi
30. r3s1!. ,,;
It lot,
15 fl _
ie
7 0 .,.-'o c,
Sl
Answer
heal• tete on '10hai Page
ricultural price stability the
Brief sets out that "in industry,
as in many other major lines,
much of the hazard in this res-
pect has been eliminated by
controlled production and by a
system of price rigidity and
other means of price fixing, tariff
protection and a combination of
devices and practices which have
become suite common procedure
and in some cases ahnost com-
pletely accepted as part of the
system under which we are liv-
ing. This position has not yet
been attained, however by the
agricultural industry.”
Objecting to the argument of
certain groups "that the farmers
should sell their produce on the
competitive market under the
so-called law of supjily and de-
mand” the unions would consi-
der this a fair basis of equality
if it were the practice and policy
followed by the other groups
mentioned. But since this equali-
ty does not exist the obvious
necessity of price stability for
agriculture is pointed out to en-
sure the future supplies of food-
stuffs.
Under the present system
farmers are going out of produc-
tion of certain lines of agricul-
tural products for lack of stabi-
lity of prices thus creating out-
standing variations in 'Js supply.
These fluctuations with the re-
sulting insecurity are "neither
healthy for the farmer nor the
consumer." The unions are,
therefore, asking for "come more
equitable plan of price stability
Mr the primary prorlu,'ts of aert-
«titre' in Cenarla."
Areepted in Principle
By putting Mu Csericultural
Prices. Support Art r., fh, Sta-
;use Bock the icdcrs; govern-
ment hay ltnowl .der d 10 grin- •
•ipdr the ru c:., it r ter prier= eta
t;lity, b'1 the unions are of the.
opinion that it ha0 not made full
uric of the p-•ovisirms n?;,rte undo,
thea..
The unions rw•tbc1 camera t
:l,erification of -tile eels. roni'us-
ing picture in the acid of juris-
diction between the provincisi
end :federal governments so far
as the operation of marketing
plans for agricultural pr'oducr
ere concerned, and urge that a
conference be held .of the pro-
vineial end federal governments
et which agricultural producers
should be represented.
Domestic and Export Markets
It is further proposed that dis-
tinctions be made in the poli-
cies and prices for domestic and
export markets, in a way that
"domestic requirements should
be priced and sold on a basis of
comparable caluKs to the taste
of the goods and services fann-
ers must purchase," while ex-
portable surpluses should be
handled by producer controlled
marketing boards,
The brief says that "farmers
have often been penalized by
even small temporary surpluses
and the export prices of their
products have determined the
price on the home market"
All -Out Production
The union farmers are very
outspoken in their opposition to
the suggestion made "that far-
mers should produce for a
known and profitable market and
that we ought to think more in
terms of limiting our production,
particularly certain products, to
the requirements of our own
home market,"
They also believe that "such a
restrictive and backward step is
not only unacceptable to farmers,
hut is quite foreign to the very
nature of those of us who make
agriculture their life work."
They continue to express their
belief "that as long as there are
millions of people in the world
who are underfed, as evidenced
by reports of F, A. O., that every
encouragement even emphasis
— ought to be placed on an all-
out production program to bol-
ster dwindling supplies of much
needed foodstuff's."
And they demand that "if as
a result of such a program sur-
pluses are built up, then provi-
sion should be made that such
surpluses — he they long or
short term — are not allowed to
interfere with the prices on our
home market"
This autumn wemome5 sug-
gestions, wise or foolish, and all
criticism, whether constructive
or destructive and will try to
answer any question, Address
your letters to Bob Ellis, Box I,
123 - IStb Street. 1'7ew Toeonto.
Ont.
Upsideriow,t to Prevent Peeking
3.2V
N
3A
0
)1.9$o. ef..
LE T 'i i\ If
4,Joaut Andrew.
There's lots of rhubarb around,
and by the Rene this appears,
strawberries should be plentiful.
So why not combine these two
Spring favorites and give the
folks a treat with these individual
"coblerettes"? Served hot, with
cream, they're simply delicious.
Reeipe serves 6.
3.•
Rintbarb-Strawberry
Cobblerettes
2 cups sliced strawberries
2 cups diced rhubarb
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cps sugar
2 cups water
Cobblerette topping
8 teaspoons each butter or
margarine and sugar,
Make sirup by cooking sugar
and water together for 5 minutes,
Add vanilla. Mix together the
diced rhubarb and sliced straw-
berries. Divide ,fruit equally be-
tween 8 well -buttered individ-
ual baking dishes. Pour sirup
over fruit. Drop a mound of top-
ping (recipe given below) on
each Cobblerette. Make dent in
each mound and drop teaspoon
each butter and sugar in each
dent. Bake at 450°F. 15-20 min-
utes.
Cobblerette Topping
1 cup sifted flour
2 tablespoons sugar.
3/ teaspoon salt
134 teaspoons baking powder
14 cup butter or margarine
34 cup milk
Sift together flour, sugar, salt,
and baking powder, Cut in but-
ter. Add milk, stirring only until
/lour disappears.
4 4 4
For a Spring birthday party—
er any other sort bf party—you'll
find this Strawberry Meziingue
cake hard to beat. Matter of fact
you don't even have to wait for
a party as an excuse. 'The quan-
tities given are enough for 16
•servings but can be reduced pro-
portionately for ordinary use,
4 4 4
Strawberry Meringue Cake
Sift together into a mixing
bowl
214 cups sifted cake flour
1 cup sugar
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
Make a well in the dry ingred-
ients and add
144 eup salad ab
5 egg yolks, unbeaten,
311 eup void water
2 tsp, vanilla
2 tsp. grated lemon rind
Beat with a spoon until smooch,
Measure into a large mixing
bowl
8 egg whites
11 tsp. cream of tartar
Whip until foamy.
Add, a tablespoon at a time
!a
eup sugar
Beat until mixture forms stiff
peaks.
Gradually fold egg yolk mix-
ture into whipped whites until
just blended.
Line 2 (8 -inch) square carte
pans with waxed paper.
Pour batter into pans. Bake in
moderate oven (350°) 40 to 43
minutes.
Remove from pan. Cool. Place
on 2 cookie sheets. Frost with-•-
M:eringue:
Beat until foamy
4 egg whites
Ye tsp. salt
1 tsp. cream of tartar
Add, a tablespoon at a time
1 cup sugar
Continue beating for 10 to 15
minutes or until meringue forms
stiff peaks. Spread over cakes,
Place cakes in a hot oven
(425°) for 4 to 41/2 minutes—just
long enough to brown peaks—if
like eke a soft meringue. Or place
them in a slow oven (250°) 00
to 70 minutes, or until dry," if
you want a crisp meringue.
To serve cut into squares and
spoon strawberries over the top,
4 3, 4
Prime whip, of course, is "as
'old as the hills"—or almost. But
making it this way, with crushed
corn flakes, gives it a nutty flavor
that makes it different.
M ,i 4
Prune Whip
1 eup prune pulp
X teaspoon lemon juke
15
eup heavy cream, whipped
!4 cup eonfoctloners' sugar
»ash Salt
cup finely crushed corn
flakes (measure after
crushing),
Whip cream until stiff; add
sugar and salt, Combine prunes
and lemon juice and' fold into
cream. Chill. Top with crushed
corn flakes just before serving.
BOORS
It's millions to one against your
book selling over 2,000,000 copies,
but alphabetically these are the
tomes that did;
Alice in Wonderland, Carroll
Ben Hur, Wallace
Christmas Carol, Dickens
Gone with the Wind, Mitchell
How to Win Friends & Influ-
ence People, Carnegie
In His Steps, Sheldon
Ishmael and Self -Raised, South-
worth
Ivanhoe, Scott
Last bf the Mohicans, Cooper
Little Women, Alcott
'Mother Goose
One World, Winkle
Shakespeare's plays
The Robe, Douglas
Robinson Crusoe, Defoe
See Here, Private Hargrove,
Hargrove
Story of the Bible, Hurlbut
Tom Sawyer, Twain
Treasure Island, Stevenson
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,
Smith
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Stowe
In case you didn't recognize the
—er, face, it's screen star Mari-
lyn Monroe, which isn't hard to
figure out from this photo. The
"squeezed" picture you saw is
shown the way it looks through
a CinemaScope lens, used for
the new 3-D movies, But don't
fret, on the screen, a compen-
sating projector restores her to
normal proportions, twice as
Targe—and twice as close -• as
before,
Vigil for a-Yoyngi Master—Waiting patiently beside clothing of his master, Lobo, a pet clog of
15 -year-old Ronald Bivcns, keeps a mournful vigil while police grapple for Ronald's body in a
pond, The boy drew+Ted while experimenting with a home-made underwater breathing device,