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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1950-01-12, Page 15Modern Etiquette By Roberta Leu Q. Is It proper for girl to walk Wong the street smoking? A. This is still frowned neon by good society, although whatthe dif- ference is between smoking on the' street and in any other public place it,bard to figure, However, to be in Perfectly good taste, it is better for ibe girl to refrain from smoking while on the street. e * * Q. What is the proper way to ask 'for a person 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'II call her," don't forget to add 'thank you." k I 4 Q. Should a man who is signing *hotel register use the prefix "Mr?" A. No; he should just sign "J. L. Porter, Cleveland, Ohio," $ * * 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, tints indicating more thought end less haste in its composition, • * e 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. r * * Q, What should one write on a card enclosed with flowers sent to st funeral? A. "With Sympathy," ,or, "With deepest sympathy" is sufficient. M * * Q. Is it proper for a divorcee to wear the engagement and wedding rings of her first husband, after she alas 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 'toes not object. * 4, * Q. Is it always proper to smoke in another person's home? A. Not always. It is still consid- ered bad manners to light a cigar- --"matte, cigar, or pipe in the home of a stranger when no one else is smoking—and especially at the table ,1l there is no provision made for smoking. b "Oi Course, It's the Lord's Wilt'—Betty Lou Marbury, cour- ageous 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 Lon When told that amputation was necessary, "Of course it's the Lord's will. I,'ni sure the operation will help me get well," Q. Does the receiving of a wed- ding announcement require a gift? A.. No; nor does it require any civility beyond sending a like an- nouncement if a marriage takes place in your own family. r M * 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. Yes, you are perleclly jusfi- fied in asking, as the gift may have gone astray. And if the person real- ly did receive it, maybe your ques- tion will remind him of his extreme ruden ess. J`ase TA ; :1 eJave Atd e ws. Whenever I run across a new- lookidg recipe which calls for ap- ples, I first try it out and then—if it suits my folks --pass it along in the hope it will do the same for yours. (After all, we Canadians grow the best apples in the world, and why shouldn't we use then] in --every manner possible?) So here's a fine recipe for APPLE CAKE WITH MERINGUE Apple Cake With Meringue Cream together 1 c. butter 1 c. sugar Mix with .3 egg yolks Stir in 1 tblsp. grated lemon rind Sift together 2 c. sifted flour 2 tsp. baking powder 34 tsp. salt Add dry ingredients to first mixture. Add 1 ,c. dry crumbs Blend with pastry blender, knives, or finger tips, until the mixture re- sembles corn steal. Divide .dough into two parts. Press half smoothly over bottom of dxl2-inch baking pan. Cover with: Apple Fillling Peel, core, slice 4 large apples Spread apples over pastry layer Sprinkle with % c. sugar 1 tblsp. cinnamon 7/p c. chopped pecans ' c. melted butter Cover with remaining pastry, Bake in 350 deg oven 45 minutes. Top with meringue made from three egg whites left from pastry. Brown in hot oven (425 deg) 434 minutes. Serves 8, You'll have to look telsewhere if you're expecting to see apologies for all the cookie and doughnut re- cipes that appear here or hereabouts from time to time. When you have 4o make them so often as some of us do, and they disappear so quick - y, you're glad of any hew 'Twist' to them. So here we go. Filled Doughnuts Makes 2 dozen Sift together: tiJ cups flour tenipoons Making pot+oder 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon salt Adel gradually: 1% cups sugar to f, eggs, well beaten; mix Blend in 1% cups sour milk 8 tablespoons melted butter 2 teaspoons vinegar Add dry ingredients; blend. Roll 34 inch thick on floured board. Place filling on cut circles. Fold dough over filling; seal edges. Fry in deep fat 350 deg. Drain on paper. * * FRUIT COOKIES Vs cup butter or shortening Ye cup sugar 1 egg 1 cup Five Roses Flour 1 tspn. baking powder I tspn. salt ye tspn. cinnamon Ya'cup chopped pecans A cup raisins 1 tspn. vanilla Method: Creim 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 cookies, * * * Cream Doughnuts Makes 2 dozen Sift together: 2/ cups flour, sifted 2 teaspoons baking powder • teaspoon salt Vs teaspoon nutmeg Add / cup sugar to 4 egg yolks, beaten Stir in X., cup thick cream Add dry ingredients to erearn mixture, Roll / inch thick en floured board. Try in deep fat at 375 dog, about 5 minutes, Turn only once. Drain on paper. . Top with chocolate frosting, flute, 4 * * Banana Doughnuts Makes 3 'dozen $eft together 5 cups flour, sifted. 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon nutmeg Add 3.eggs, well beaten, to 34',cup shortening, creamed Blend with shortening mixture: 2 medium bananas, meshed % oup sour milk 1% teaspoons vanilla Add dry ingredients and mix well. Knead lightly on floured board. Roll % inch thick, Cut, Fry In deep fat at 375 deg., about 3 montes, ]'urn only once. Drain of paper. HOW CAN I By Anne Ashley Q. How can I add weight? A, There are many remedies for this, but a few simple rules are: Eat two raw eggs before breakfast every morning. Eat boiled meats, fats, oils, butter, and starchy foods.. Drink plenty -of milk and water. The saf- est•plan in some cases is to consult your physician. * * Q. How can I remove varnish? A. Use 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 scrape off. * * * Q. How can I prevent bacon from shrinking so much? A. Dip the slices of bacon into flour or cornmeal before frying. * * tr Q. How can I shrink cotton ma- terials before making into gar- ments? A. Soak in salt water, jet -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, bet will set the colors. * * * 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. lt isn't neces- sary to add more sugar. * * * Q. How can I make a good rem edy for burns? Use equal parts of linseed oil and lime water, applied on a soft cloth, then covered with another soft cloth to keepout the air. It is well to keep a bottle of this solu- tion on hand for emergencies. :k * * 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. a * * Q. How can I darken brown shoes 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, * * * Q. lfipw can I clean the *oiled laves of house plants? A. Apply equal parts of milk and wenn water. Use a sponge, and sub gently to prevent breaking the leaves. Ate Roasted Baits And Liked Teem! In the remote hinterland of New Caledonia, one of the. larger i4- lands of the South Pacific, an ee. derly English spinster is haying the tine of her life today, blazing a trail through unexplored jungle, Clad in sensible woollen stock- ings and knickerbockers, 68 years - old Miss Evelyn Cheesinau has be- gun another of her insect safaris, beaded, for an insect "lost world" lodged 5,000 feet up in the dark and challenging mountains, When her superstitious native bearers tremble at the risk of en- countering devil -devils or falter at the prospect of meeting the primi- tive bushmen, she goes forward. alone, just to rally their confidence by proving she is tatnbu, or devil- proof. Site has been treed by wild beasts, lost in the swamps, watch- ed and followed by cannibals. Once, - when her native boys were too scared 01 ghosts to slay with her, she even slept in the bush alone, comfortahly curled beside the bra- zier she uses to trap eight -inch moths. Once. as she was wading up a stream in the Cyclops Mountains of New I:, tinea, a torrential timed- crstoru turned the riverbed into a sudden tumbling flood. Half - deafened by the noise of the water over the boulders, absorbed in the insects in the shallows, she did not hear the boys' warning shout, and the force of the water -bore swept her from her feet. Narrowly miss- ing a rock, she naught at a loop of overhanging vegetation, climbed into it and clung there for hours, trisect -hunting on the little known Mand of \Vaigeua she re- cently spent months on a steaming mountainside in a hut sketchily built of tree branches and tarpaul- ins, The thunderstorms lasted fif- teen hours a day and every storm brought swarms of huge biting. flies and midges, fighting for shel- ter. Characteristically she reported with enthusiasm that they included several new types, No other woman—and few men —can have endured such consistent hardship, discomfort and danger for the sake of strange beetles and bugs, flies and fleas. In the library of the Royal En- tomological Society the experts speak of her with respect as a lead- ing woman scientist who has helped close some of the widest gaps of knowledge in mankind's ceaseless war on the predatory insect world. There was the time when, climb- ing on to a narrow ledge on a 3,000 -foot precipice, she found her- self face to face with a python. 1 "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 1 in a regionreputedty 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 a.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. "I1 only they had known!" \gain, on the enchanted isle of Erronanga, 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 for tinned herrings instead, her hosts were so tearful that 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 spent In hard 'work and study had landed her high and dry as Curator of the Insect House at the London Zoo. Versed in the ways of everything that (trawled, she learned to handle —and even milk-blaek widow spiders end other horrors. Her big shame carne et forty-three when she sailed as 'entomoogist with a Pacific survey, PENNY 9-8- I -8-ISA ETHAT WILT 0.NES' New and Useful To Role Ladder Ladder combines nonconducting properties of wood with lightness and *trength of alunhmm. Side rails are spruce; aluminum rungs are re- cessed in the rails, secured with locking pins. 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When swivel is opened, the zipper can be pulled apart to untangle the cloth. 5 * 4 Versatile Saw Hand saw which is also a com- 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 of Malekuela, she found that even local officials had never visited the unexplored inter- ior, inhabited by fierce cannibal bushmen 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 Rom one village to the next. The beating jungle drums told of her coming, Ultimately 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 Mamba 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 his frying -pan. Now, he expained, he ate "all the same as a white man." Evelyn Cheesman tells 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 Miss Cheesman in turn re- ceived her own tribute on her last trip wheu She made a canoe jour- ney down the New Guinea coast into mandated territories. She was amazed atthe crowds of natives. "They have come to see you," her navigator beamed. "They have come to see the woman who walks its the junglel" layout square. 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