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The Seaforth News, 1950-05-18, Page 7It's A Symbol—Or Somethin'—Betsy Nan Ross isn't sure whether it's a pyramid that spun into a spiral or a spiral that settled clown to he a pyreinid. She's told it's a "Spiramid," createcl.by artist Charles Bracken as the symbol of the Chicago Fair of 1950. TABLE TALKS cam An yews. "My fancily are all crazy about cream pies," writes one reader of this column, who gots an to ask if I have any newrecipes for that delicacy. As she doesn't say just what recipes she already has, I don't know whether all the following will be new to her: But here they are, five of them, all gond and all com- paratively easy to make. Three of them use the regulation pie -crust shell, while the other two are made with gingersnaps and vanilla wafers as "holders". FRENCH CREAM PIE One 9 -inch pie Line bottom of piepan with 134 cups vanilla wafer crumbs Stand 12 vanilla wafers around in- side edge Cream 34 cup butter 1 cup powdered sugar Beat in 2 well -beaten eggs Spread over crumb crust. Combine 1 cup heavy cream, whipped 1 cup chopped nuts 3 cup chopped maraschino cherries 1 medium banana, stashed 1 teaspoon vanilla Spread on top of creamed mixture. Sprinkle % • cup vanilla wafer crumbs on top to form design. Chill. GINGER BAVARIAN PIE One 9 -inch pie Line bottom piepan with imxture of 1 cup ginger snap crumbs 2 tablespoons melted butter Stand 12 gingersnaps around inside edge Soften I tablespoon unflavored gelatine in 8/4 cup cold water Dissolve over hot water; then beat it into 2 stiffly beaten egg whites Combine 134 cups thick, sweetened applesauce 54 cup sugar 34 teaspoon vanilla Fold in stn cup heavy cream, whipped Fold in egg-white mixture Last. Spoon filling into piepan; chill. * :x MARSHMALLOW CREAM PIE One 8 -inch pie Combine itt top of double 1boiler: 1,4 cup sugar %a cup flour IA teaspoon salt Stir in 134, cups milk, srtlded Cook 10 minutes, or until thick. Add 1 well -beaten egg Cook 2 minutes remove from heat. Stir in 12 marshmallows, quartered 2 teaspoons butter 34 teaspoon vanilla Cool. Pour into balked, 8 -inch pie shell Garnish with fresh or canned fruit. PEACH CREAM PIE ' One 9 -inch pie Combine 1/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons flour IA teaspoon salt Beat in 1 cup sour cream 1 slightly beaten egg 34 teaspoon vanilla Add 2 cups sliced peaches Pour into pastry -lined, 9 -inch pie - pan: Bake at 400° (hot oven) 15 minutes; then at 350° (moderate) 54 hour. Remove from heat. Top with mixture of %a cup sugar %3 cup flour 34 cup soft butter •• I teaspoon cinnamon Bake at 400° (hot oven) 10 minutes. * .1 DATE CREAM PIE One 8 -inch pie Combine in top of double boiler: 54 cup sugar 1 cup flour Blend in 2 slightly beaten egg yolks 54 cup milk Stir in 134 cups milk Vs teaspoon salt Cook 10 minutes, or until slightly thick. Add 1 cup chopped dates 1/4 teaspoon orange extract Cook 5 minutes, or until thick; cool. Pour into baked, 8 -inch pie shell. Spread egg-white meringue on top. Bake at 350° (moderate oven) 15 minutes. HOW CAN 1? By Anne Ashley Q. 1-Iow can I paint window screen easily? A. Instead of using a paint brush, try covering a small block of wood with an old piece of car- pet, tacking it securely to the edges of the block, dipping this into the paint, and rubbing over the mesh. Q. How can I keep potted plants from drying out when away from home for several days? - A. Place a sponge soaked in water on the pot of the plant, and this will keep the plant supplied with the necessary moisture. Q. How can I remove burnt fond from an aluminum pan A. Fill the pan with cold water to which a little vinegar has been added, and bring to boil. Allow to boil for five or ten minutes. For pans other than aluminum, use a solution of one tablespoonful of washing soda to a quart of cold water and boil. POLITICIANS who loudly protest that the newspapers are not do- ing theirs justice should be thank- ful they are not, HOW TO CARE FOR PAINT BRUSHES 1"rnper rare of brushes is important. Rinse 'varnish brushes in turpentine before using, to remove foreign particles -,a good idea for any new brash when turpentine is used as the pa int thinner, Do not use brushes in alternate types of paint.. Save nil -paint brushes for oil paints, varnish beusl es for varnishes and so forth. lfow to Kee; Brushes in Good Condition During the Job Before reusing and to clean before storing hind of paint Suspend in • Shellac Varnish or Enamel Denatured alcohol Rinse in alcohol, Wipe dry. Oil \V e rmixrd Wash- with soap and water. Jiang to dry. • Itang brushes in liquid by placing thin rod through hole in handle and resiing rod on rim of can, Do not let bristles rest 00 bottom of can. Between jobs, seat clean, dry brushes in foil or brush carrier. 1 part varnish or enamel 1 part tnreculine 2 parts linseed oil I part turpentine Rinse its turpentine, Wipe dry. Rinse in tupentine. \Vlpe dry. %A -T111111 Govd.on S niUt. For A Succe-sion Of Bloom. 1n planning garden layouts it is important to keep in mind the time cf blooming and also, to a lesser extent, the color. One docs not want to have everything in flower at the satire tittle, and then nothing later. The seed catalogue will tient nta- terfally in this plannutg. 11 will list all colors, of 'course, and ulso the rpptox°mate time cads plant conies into flower. With that information it is coniparati vely easy to have tt succession of bloom from spring 11rill freeze-up. - 5 4 ,k Soil Preparation Before the garden is planted it should be thoroughly cultivated or dug. This should be done either in the fall or e::rly spring. This will turn in manure, rotted "rretahle material, etc , destroy a lot of wreds, pests, etc., and put the. soil hi- condition for further and tine workings. It will also mix top and iutnleriiate sub -soil and tend 'to more ei8enly distribute natural fer- tility, It is advisable.• to work to all the old dead weeds, vegetable lops and : any. manure. The new • gardener is too inclined to burn al rubbish and lea` -es or send it away with garbage, This is a seri- ous mistake. Anything that will rot in a' reasonable time, and there will be few things that will not, should be dug in, Such improves both light and heavy soils, open= Mg the latter and snaking it less liable to bake and cake, and add- ing Hutch -needed water retaining humus to sand and light soil * a For An Early Start One can always beat the weather up to several weeks -by sowing seer' indoors or in a special hotbed and later transplanting outside The hotbed is simply a bed ofrich soil protected by a wooden frame over which is a window sash and the whole thing mounted over a foot of fresh- horse manure or some other material which will generate Beat. Fu11 coutruction and operation. details are available in government bulletins. - Where a small quantity of plants is wanted the seed can be sown in flat boxes placed on a warns win- dow sill. Soil used in these flats, as in pots for any indoor planting, should be rich and also contain a fair proportion of sand and humus (rotted leaves or other vegetable material). For a while after seeds are sown the soil in the fiat should be shaded with a cloth or blotting paper and it must not be allowed to dry out. If only a few dozen bedding plants are needed, and it is possible tt, buy the sante later front local sources, the amateur is well advised not to bother either with hotbed or tvindow-box, New And Useful Chair Climbs Stairs.—Dattistt in- ventor's chair has caterpillar wheels to take even heavyweight aged, lanced or invalid up and clown stairs without handpower. Otherwise it perforins just like any other invalid chair, easily negotiates corners, curbing, icy ramps. Can climb stairs angled up to 45 degrees, is statement. rr w * Converts Lawnmower,—Clamps on lawnmower with pliers in three minutes, converts from man -oper- ated to motor -driven, says U.S. maker of power unit. v e e Bars for Baby,—"Gard-Rite" steel grille fits over windows, conven- tional or steel casement type, to keep child front falling out. x '1 a Turns Worms: Fisherman's worms are always on top of molded pheno- lic plastic bait - box 4 x 5 x 6 in. Counters worm's habit of crawling to bottom When angler mist dig and stir: Worst is easily turned by closing new box, flipping it over. Leg brackets fold together as carrying handle; available too with pole holder clamp fastening to boat side, e * t Home Alarm,—"Alert • Alarm" is powered by self-contained. electric unit requiring no wiring, attaches inside door or window frmue with two screws, sounds continuous piercing alarm when disturbed. Plastic case its walnut, ivory finish. m ' Private Fire Escape. -- Variable descent rate from normal .1 ft. per ser. (walking stride) to 2 ft, per sec. for invalids and aged is offered by "English Davy" cotton -braided steel cable fire -escape device for homes, apartments, offices, hotels, schools, hospitals, factories and power crane cabins. It's double -action ---while otte escapee descends, twin lifebelt is returning upward automatically for [next load 1- v m Anti -Dazzle Lamp.—Upward rays of light from lower half of motor Jantp are "almostentirely c111010• ated." Unconventional reflector has lower half built in form of steps which deflect light clown to road— "treads" of the steps incline rear- ward front upper to lower edges. Light rays from bulb and upper half of reflector "bounce o6" road - ward. Braided rope, crocheted together with straw -yarn. So modern look - Mg it will he the new bride's fa- vorite for outdoor dining. - Easyl Newest in crochet—quick to do. Stuart, long lasting, good-looking. Pattern 6114: directions. ',aura Wheeler's improved pat- tern makes crochet and knitting so simple with its charts, photos and concise directions. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS ht coins (stamps cannot be ac- cepted) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. Hens Aid Economists Lay Bigger Eggs The hybrid chicken, as this news- paper reported yesterday, is pecking its way to agricultural success by laying 30 per cept, more eggs than the average chicken. The new hen is also going to peck the government's poultry program to pieces. She's going to help the barnyard economists lay bigger • eggs. No one needs to be reminded that at the moment every warehouse and cave the government can get its hands on is a chock-a-block with the eggs already laid by old- fashioned hens. Even with no im- provement in efficiency, these egg mountains mount daily higher as the government tries desperately to keep up the price of breakfasts and birthday cakes. That a hen should be taught to lay more profusely is, to the planners, nothing short of disastrous. And there you have modern polit- ical -economics in an eggshell. This t:ew hybrid hen should be a blessing to everybody—to ilie farmers be- cause site produces more economic- ally and efficiently, to housewives because it ought to mean cheaper eggs, and to politicians because they should rejoice at both these developments. Instead, the -hybrid hen is a headache. '.there's not much drive far poultrymen to invest in new _ flocks when they have guaranteed markets for the products of less ef- ficient fficient heirs, and the planners hope to 1-Ieaven they don't. And if they do; housewives will hardly be trade happier by seeing the surpluses pile higher while prices stay equally high. The only way the government's economic planners can avoid trouble for their price support program is to get busy and wring a few necks. It is certainly time some necks were wrung,. —Front the Wall Street Journal. Logical - An 'Eastern go-getter spied it lazy Indian chief lolling indolently outside his tepee, "Chief," remon- strated the go-getter, "why don't you get busy and get yourself a job?" "Why?" grunted the chief, "Well, you could earn a lot of money. Perhaps as touch as thirty or forty dollars a week," - "Why?" repeated the chief. "Oh, if you worked hard enough and saved your money, you'd soon have a handsome bank account. Wouldn't you like that?" "Why?" asked the chief again. "For Pete's sake!" shouted the exasperated Easterner, "with n healthy bank account, you could retire. You wouldn't have to work any more," "You're Crazy," replied the chief. 'Me not working howl" Catching Fish By Electricity Just before the war, a German firm revived the old idea of forcing sea water aboard a trawler with a Pump. so powerful that fish would be carried along, too. The fish avoided the suction and so the idea was given up. A Russian inventor, M. F, Sherni- gin, thought the idea too good to abandon. From a main pipe he lowered a suction pipe into the hold. ".then he flooded the hold and forced water continuously through the main pipe. The fish -laden water was sucked in from the hold and carried through the main pipe. Fish and water were then separated, the water going back to the sea, the fish to a conveyor. In this way, Chernigin claimed he could empty a hold in five minutes. Like other inventors before him, Chernigin discovered that fish are smarter than they are supposed to be. In other words, as soon a2 they feel that a current too strong for them to overcome is forcing then[ where they do a not want to go they simply turn aside. So the system of main pipe and branch suction pipe did not catch many fish, whatever Chernigin might say. According to Teknika Molodezhi, a popular Soviet periodical devoted to technical matters,Chernigin de- cided to try electricity. This, too, was an old idea that never came to anything. Fish simply Will not be driven electrically. Hydroelectric engineers know it and keep then[ away from their machinery by alter- hatingcurrent. This being so, Cher - Waste Not Want Not Many thrifty people keep only enough money in the bank to take care of their current expenses because they can get much better interest by investing money in Canada Bonds. They do not want to waste this extra interest and they know that there is no safer' - place to keep their money than in Canada Bonds which they can cash quick- ly anytime they wish. Note Carefully; Tf you own ItirstVictory Bonds— The Government has called First Victory Loan Bonds for re- demption on June 15th. Interest stops on that date so bo sure to arrange to cash your bonds and reinvest in the New Canada Bonds. Write or phone now to— Wood, Gundy Se Company Limited 36 Icing Street West Toronto 1 Telephone: TLgia 4321 1 nigin decided that he would try direct current. It worked like a charm, according to Teknika Iifol- odezhi. Chernigin fixed a big funnel to the intake pipe. The funnel served as one electrode. Two other elec- trodes of opposite polarity were dropped ahead and astern of the trawler. 'tVhen the current was turned on, the fish moved in a steady stream toward the funnel, where they were drawn inward and aboard.''If the Russian account is true, 2,500 pounds of fish were thus caught in 11 hours. And not a fish was damaged.' Shoes That .Shift Gears—Seventy-year-old l.onis Brunet of Tarbes, France, has spent 14 years perfecting these "gear shift shoes," designed to make it •easier to walk up and .down hills. Brunet's apparatus keeps the shoes horizontal regardless of the lay of the land. At top, the shoes are shifted for descending, and below they are in clinibin;g' grew. British Midget Heading "West—This Royal Navy midget sulintarine, ,ten on a crtI.me near Gareloch, Scotland, will ,loin the U.S. Navy this summer for maneuvers and training. The sub planned by a Crew of five, is a dcvetopmetlt of the type used in the �torixdo_ attack on the German battleship Tirpitz flaring, World \V'ar 11.