HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1950-01-12, Page 7Modern Etiquette
By Roberta Lee
Ia it proper far a girl to walk
along the street smoking?
A. This is still frowned noon by
good society, although what the dif-
ference is between smoking one the
;erect and in any other piddle place
in hard to figure. However, to be in
perfectly good taste, it is better for
the girl to refrain from smoking
•while on the street.
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Q. What is the -proper way to ask
for aperson over the telephone?
A The proper manner is to ask,
"May I speak to Helen, please?"
And when the person replies with,
"Just a moment, please," or "I'11 call
her," don't forget to add "thank
;you."
Q. Should a man who is signing
a hotel register use the prefix "Mr?"
A- No; he should just sign J. L,
:Porter, Cleveland, Ohio."
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Q, Is it considered improper to
add a postscript to a social letter?
A. There is nothing improper
about it, but it is far better to in-
clude everything in the body of the
letter, thus indicating more thought a.
and fess haste in its composition.
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Q. Should a girl light a man's
cigarette for him?
A. If she has just lighted her own
and the match is still burning, it is
all right, Otherwise, he should al-
ways light hers.
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Q. What should one write on a
card enclosed with flowers sent to
A funeral?
A. "With Sympathy," or, "With
deepest sympathy" is sufficient.
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Q. Is it proper for a divorcee to
wear the engagement and wedding
zings of her first husband, after she
:has become engaged again?
A. The wedding ring should be
discarded, of course. The engage-
ment ring may still be worn, on
the right hand, if the new fiance
floes not object.
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Q. Is it always proper to smoke
in another person's borne?
A. Not always. It is still consid-
ered bad manners to light a cigar -
cigar, or pipe in the home of
n stranger when no one else is
amoking—and especially at the table
of there is no provision made for
amoking.
cOt Course, It's the Lord's Will' — Betty 1-ou lIarbttry, etanr-
aleous 10 -year-old farm girl who asked the nation to pray to
help make her well, underwent surgery. in a hospital for re-
moval of her diseased right hand. Said Betty Lou when told
that amputation was necessary, "Of course it's the Lord's trill.
I'm sure the operation will help me get well."
Q. Does the receiving of a wed-
ding announcement require a gift?
A. neo; nor does it require any
civility beyond sending a like an-
nonneentent if a marriage takes
place in your own family,
Q. If you have sent a gift to
someone and have received no ac-
knowledgement after a reasonable
time, would it be all right to ask
this person if he received it?
A. Yee, you are pertectly justi-
fied in asking, as the gift may have
gone astray. And if the person real-
ly did receive it. maybe your ques-
tion Bill remind hint of his extreme
rud(ness.
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1ULE elms¢. Andttews.
Whenever i run across a new -
looking recipe which calls for ap-
ples, 1 first try it out and then—if
it suite my folks -.pass it along in
the hope it will do the same for
yours. (After a11, we Canadians
grow the best apples in the world,
and why shouldn't we use them in
every manner possible?)
--SW here's a fine recipe for
APPLE CAKE WITH
MERINGUE
Apple Cake With Meringue
Crean together
1 e. butter
1 c. sugar
Mix with
3 egg yolks
Stir in
1 tblap. grated lemon rind
Sift together
2 c. sifted flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
r4 tsp. salt
Add dry ingredients to first mixture.
Add
1 c. dry crumbs
Blend with pastry blender, knives,
or finger tips, uiiffl the Mixture re-
sembles corn meat.
Divide dough into two parts.
Press half smoothly over bottom of
$x12 -inch baking pan. Cover with:
Apple Filling
Peel, core, slice
4 large apples
Spread apples aver pastry layer
Sprinkle with
/ c. sugar
1 tblsp. cinnamon
1 c. choppedecans
c. melted buyer
Cover with remaining pastry.
Bake in 350 deg oven 45 minutes.
'fop with meringue made from
three egg whites left from pastry.
Brawn hi hot oven (425 deg) 4/
nd:lutes. Serves $.
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You'll have to look elsewhere if
your're expecting to see apologies
for all the cookie and doughnut re-
sines that appear here or hereabouts
from time to time. When you have
to make them so often as tome of
et do, and they disappear to quick-
ly you're glad of any new 'Twist' to
them, So here we go,
Filled Doughnuts
Makes 2 dozen
?lift together:
53/4 cups flour
4 teaspoons• baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
Add gradually;
1/ cups sugar to
2 eggs, well beaten; mix
Itlent} in
11/4 cups Sour milk
b tablespoons melted batter
2 teaspoons vinegar
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Add dry ingre<littits: blend.
Roil '4 inch thick on floured
board.
Place filling on cut circles.
Fold doigh over filling; seal
edges.
Fry in deep tat 350 deg. Drain on
paper.
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FRUIT COOKIES
Ys cup butter or shortening
5e cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup Five Roses Flour
1 tspd. baking powder
54 tspn. salt
tspn. cinnamon
%s cup chopped pecans
54s cup raisins
1 tspn. vanilla
Method: Cream together the but-
ter and sugar. Add beaten egg, milk
and vanilla, Sift- together flour, bak-
ing powder, salt and cinnamon. Add
to the creamed mixture. Add nuts
and raisins. Drop from teaspoon
onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake
at 325 deg. F. for 15 minutes on un-
til golden brown. Makes -2 dozen
cook i es.
a
Cream Doughnuts
.Mattes 2 dozen
Sift together:
255 Cups flour, sifted
2 teaspoons baling powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
tie teaspoon nutmeg
Add
54 cup sugar to
4 egg yolks, beaten
Stir in
cup thick cream
Add dry ingredients to cream
mixture,
Roll %l inch thick on floured
board.
Fry in deep fat at 375 deg, about
5 minutes.
Turn only once. Drain on paper.
Top with chocolate frosting, nut*.
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Banana Doughnuts
Makes 3 dozen
Sift together:
.5 cups flour, sifted
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
Add
3 eggs, well beaten, to
of cup shortening, creamed
Blend with shortening nalxtufe:
2 Imodium bananas, maehed
oup Sour milk
1/ teaspoons vanilla
Add dry ingredionte and mix well.
Knead lightly on floured board,
Roll / inch thick. Cut.
Fry in deep fat at 375 deg., about
3 minutes,
Chris only once. Drain on paper.
HOW
CAN I?
By Ante Ashley
Q. How can I add weight?
A. There are many remedies for
this, hit a few simple rules are: lar
two raw eggs before breakfast every
Morning. Eat boiled meats. fats, oils,
butter, and starchy foods. brink
plenty of milk and water. The saf-
est plan in seine cases is to cotsttlt
your physician.
Q. How can I remove varnish?
A. lase a sponge or a brush and
apply a solution made of one part
caustic soda and three parts luke-
warm water. Allow the solution to
remain for a minute and then serape
off.
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Q. I•Iow can I prevent
from shrinking so much?
A. Dip the slices of bacon into
flour or cornmeal before frying.
Q. How can I shrink cotton ma-
terials before making into gar-
ments?
A. Soak in salt water, ?q -cup of
salt to each gallon of water; then
hang straight on the line in a shady
place. This will not only insure ma-
terial against shrinkage, but will set
the colors.
bacon
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Q. What can be done if too much
milk or water has been added to
the confectioner's sugar when mak-
ing frosting?
A. Merely add a little flour to
thicken it. The taste of the flour
will not be noticeable. It isn't neces-
sary to add more sugar.
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Q. How can I make a good rent-
edy for bairns?
A. Use equal parts of linseed oil
and lime water, applied on a soft
cloth, then covered with another
soft cloth to keep out the air. It is
well to keep a bottle of this solu-
tion or band for emergencies.
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Q. How can I bleach white ma-
terial that has turned yellow after
being stored for a long time?
A. Dissolve two tablespoons of
borax in one quart of water; boil the
goods in this solution; then place
in the Sun to dry. Repeat this pro-
cess if necessary,
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Q. How can I darken brown
*hoes that are lighter in color than
I wish?
A. Rub them with milk, to which
a few drops of household ammonia
have been added. When they are
dry, polish with a clean dry cloth,
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Q, Haw tan I clean the *oiled .g
leaves of house plants?
A. Apply equal parts of milk and
warm water. Use a sponge, and tub
gently to prevent breaking the
leaves.
Ate Ratagted Bats
And Liked Them
in the smote hiterlaud of New
aledonia, one of the larger ie-
Iandt oi the South Pacific, an el-
derly English altfnster is having
the time of her life today, blazing
a trail through unexplored jungle.
Clad in sensible woollen stock-
ings and knickerbockers, 158 years -
old Aliso Evelyn Cheestan has be-
gun another of her insect safaris,
headed for an insect "lost world"
lodged 5.000 feet up in the dark
and challenging menetains,
Whent her superstitious native
bearers tremble at the risk of en-
countering, devil -devils or falter at
the prospect of meeting the primi-
tive boshrnen, site goes forward
alone, just to rally their confidence
by proving she is tantbu, or devil.
proof. She has been treed by wild
beasts. Icier in the swamps, watch -
t.; and followed by cannibals, Once,
n hen her native boys were too
scared of ghosts to .stay with her,
she even slept rat the bush alone,
confortably curled beside she bra-
zier she ll4rs to trap eight inch
moths
Once. as she was 44 ailing up a
stream in the Cyclops lfountaius
oi New lluiuea, a torrential thund-
erstorm turned the river -bed into
a sudden naubling flood. Half -
deafened by the noise oi the water
over tae boulders, absorbed in the
insect in the shallows, she did not
hear the boys' warning shout, and
she fors of the water -bore swept
her ren her feet. Narrowly miss-
ing a rock, she caught at a loop
of overhanging vegetation, climbed
into it and clung there for hours.
insect -hunting on the little
kl10w'Ir Mand of \\taigeu, she re-
cently spent months on a steaming
mountainside in a but sketchily
built of tree branches and tarpaul-
ins. The thunderstorms lasted fif-
teen hours a day and every storm
brought swarms of huge biting
tl'ts and midges, lighting for shel-
ter. characteristically she reported
wee, endue iasm that they included
sm. eral new types.
\o ot',er woman—crd few men
—can h:3( e endured stint consistent
hardship. discomfort and danger
for tate sake of strange beetles and
bog-, Hits and fleas.
In the library of the Royal En-
tumologieal Society the experts
speak of her with respect as a lead-
ing Woman scientist who has helped
dose some of the widest gaps of
knot ledge in mankind's ceaseless
war on the predatory insect world.
There was the time when, climb-
ing on to a narrow ledge on a
3,0110 -foot precipice, she found her-
self face to face with a python.
"It was a shock to us both,' she
admits. Then she swiftly realized
the baneful effects if her timorous
bearers caught sight of the snake
in a region reputedly haunted by
six -legged serpents. .
Kicking a piece of wood. she hit
the snake on the head. It drew
back sharply into the deepest
shadows under a heap of faded
branches. By that time her boys
were beside her and sat innocently
on the branches for smoke. Every
time she looked she could see the
bright shining eyes of the snake,
"The boys laughed happily when
they saw me smiling," Miss Chees-
man commented: "If only they had
known!"
Again• em the euchanted isle of
Erromanga, the natives prepared a
feast in her honour. To her horror
she found that the main dish con-
sisted of black bats roasted in
leaves. When she pleaded tor
tinned herrings instead, her hosts
were so tearful tliat she changed
her mind, "We saved the plumpest
bats for you," they explained.
Miss Cheesman asked only that
the bats should be beheaded and
then summoned courage for the
first bite. It was quickly followed
by surprise. "They were delicious,"
she says. "Tender -fleshed with a
game flavour like duck."
First White Woman Seen
In Dutch New Guinea she ven-
tured into regions where a white
woman had never been seen. From
the thatched inland villages the
women flocked and asked her to
let down her "grass" (her hair).
Miss Cheesman cheerfully complied
—in return for the jewel-like beetles
they wore as necklets.
Strangely enough, Evelyn Chees-
man had scarcely set foot out of
England before she was forty. She
confesses that a youth *pent in
hard work and etudy had landed
her high and dry as Curator of the
Insect House at the London Zoo.
Versed in the ways of everything
that,erawled, the learned to handle
—and even TAM --black widow
epidere and other horrors. Her big
thence came et forty-three when
the sailed as enlomoogist with a
Pacific. survey.
New and UsefulToo
Safe Ladder
Ladder combines Delwin uctikg
properties of weiod with lightness
and strength of alumheuna. Side rails
are spruce; elunrinttm rungs are re-
cessed in the rails, aecered with
locking phie. Result said to be safe,
lightweight ladder which coroes ilt
10 -ft. to 22 -ft. lengths, single. or in
10.11. to 44 -ft. extension size:a
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Tip -Proof Baby Cup
'Tip -proof baby cup, weighted at
bottom, is molded o1 tasteless,
tough, chip -proof Luutarith. flat
transparent disc with small drinking
and air holes which fits in the cop
and keeps lingers out, maker states.
Burn -Proof Oven Mitts
Burn -proof mittens, ,ftercd by
Toronto firm, are said to eliminate
all danger of hand burns, .blisters,
scalds, because of asbestos facing.
Unrest dishes, pots and pans may
be handled with perfect safety and
freedom, it's stated. Come in a ver-
tete of colors, trimmed with bright-
rolo•ed cloth and are lined with
non -creeping material, to stand in-
numerable washings without impair-
ment of appearance or e fficiency,
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Zipper Cornea Apart
Zipper e hic11 can't tangle in
clothes is offered. Fixed retainer at
bottom of slide is swivel case that
turns to an open position. When
swivel is opened, the zipper can be
pulled apart to untangle the cloth,
Versatile Saw
Band saw which is also a eant-
plete layout working tool, features
plastic handle on which are assembl-
ed a level vial, a plumb vail, a wide -
range protractor calibrated in 15 de-
gree stages, and outside and inside
On the isle or Malekuela, site
found that even local officials had
never visited the tmexplored inter-
ior, inhabited by fierce cannibal
bushuten who hated whites. Of
course, nothing would suit her but
to go inland.
Inside the Secret Huts
Patiently she overcame the bush -
men's suspicions, making friends
from one village to the next, The
beating jungle drums told of her
coming. Ultimateiy she was per-
mitted to see the sacred huts where
the tribes kept the skulls and bones
of their enemies and then, in his
hilltop village, she met the dreaded
Ringapat himself, king of the can-
niba Namba tribe.
Never willing to overdramatize
her experiences, Miss Cheesman
reports that she found him "amus -
.in." In the end she gained Ringa-
pat's confidence to such an extent
that he brought out one of his
most cherished possessions and
showed her bis frying -pan. Now,
he expained, he ate "all the same
as a white man."
Evelyn Cheesman tell, the story
herself in her vividly exciting book,
"Camping Adventures on Canni-
bal Islands", As a loyal subject,
promising not to eat white men,
Ringapat wanted to send his frying -
pan to king George. Miss Chees-
man persuaded him to part with
an ancestral poisoned spear instead.
Yet bliss Cheesman in turn re-
ceived her own tribute on her last
trip when she made a canoe jour-
ney down the New Guinea coast
into mandated territories. She was
amazed at the crowds of natives.
"They have come to see you,"
her navigator beamed. "They have
come to see the woman who walks
in the jungle!"
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carbae's'eel Mair <tcep)y etelie+,i elf
caber side of the ten with inch and
ma) ie rules, ad, at lite tip,, a at11•
rm. < int icon point to permit ^+mare.
,01 (8: t{ �sithemt Duce t" of boring.
holes "ss 14• available in Aright :incl
tett-tooth er<,sacnr ;;1i,'r lfve.aml-a-.
11.1h -oath rip.
Dormant Spraying
lly tl-int; incl oil Gr kerosene RS'
a carrier for the weed -killing chem-
ical 2. 4, 5-'1', brush may he control-
led by spraying (111riu} the. dormant
season, Canadian filo "lame. In one
test last "inter at a coneentratiou
of
9.1.190 parts per millb:ni in fuel oil,
brush failed 10 pro<lice any leaves
:rt the spring. it is reported. Farm-
er', kill profit from dormant spay-
ing, according to company spokes -
311/111, because 1110y CE8I spray alien
they are least busy with other farnnt
ehures and without risk 'to sensitive
crops that may grow near the brush
t0 1,c "prayed.
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MAGIC CHICKEN TURNOVERS
Combine and obill 3.3.sj a. finely -diced conked
chieken, Se e. medium -thick. white sauce: Mix
and sift into bowl, 2 o. once -sifted pastry dour
(or 15( e. once -sifted bard-wbeat dour), 9 tsp.
Magic Baking Powder, 5 tsp. salt,1 tbs. granu-
lated sugar. Cut in finely, 3 lbs. shortening. Mix 1
beaten egg and ei c. milk. Make a well in dry
ingredients, pour in liquid and mix lightly with a
fork. Roll dough out to 34' thickness; out into 4'
squares. Place about 2tbs. chicken mixture ori each
Square, near corner. Fold dough over diagonally,
making triangles, Seal edges by pressing with
fork tines; prick tops. Bake on greased pan in
bot oven, 430',13 min. or until golden brown.
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