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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1952-12-11, Page 6Was�' When Hope pe Yid A "Thief" In Hollywood the story is told Of the occasion on which, film (director Alfred Hitchcock invited party of six distinguished guest s, including Sir Cedric Eardwieke, to dinner at his house. Unknown to ids guests he had employed fifty film extras to dress up as waiters and footmen. .As soon as the party sat down the waiters swarmed about them, elbowing them, shouting at them, taking away food before it was touched, and spilling wine over their shirt fronts. Outnumbered eight to one the guests did the only thing possible. With the waiters hurling abuse at them they departed, Another time Hitchcock's friend Gerald du Maurier was acting as Richard the Third, and declaimed loudly on the stage, #1A horse, a hots.:, my kingdom for a horse!" A few moments later he strolled into his dress- ing -room and found a large horse, thoughfully provided by Hitchcock. A simple enough joke, but one which nearly induced apoplexy among his employees, was played by Orson Welles on the opening .night of a radio show some years ago. The show was due to be broad- cast at eight o'clock, and at five minutes to eight the entire stu- dio was in a panic because Welles could not be found. With one minute to go Welles strolled in, smiled, and walked up to the microphone. Just as he ap- proached he seemed to trip, and the papers he was carrying scat- tered all over the floor. Made for the Door Everybody, including the pro- ducers, rushed round picking up the sheets. While they were mradly scrambling, Welles pro- duced the real script from his pocket and went on the air as if nothing had happened, Harpo Marx was the central figure in a rattier elaborate prac- tical joke perpetrated in Holly- wood's most exclusive jewellery store. Looking so furtive that every member of th-" store's detective contingent singled him out, Har- po went ever to the counter where the rarest jewel,: were dis- played. Hot Sweet Bread Wai iW 1,3OROTllt) utspoOd1 ZANY times during cold weather, a snack of warm Sally Lunn sweet bread and hot coffee will be .very welcome, Of course, sweet breads make good breakfast treats, too. ' The following sweet bread recipe uses nonfat dry milk. Nonfat dry milk is sifted with the flour and other ingredients, and water is Used as the liquid. Nonfat dry milk, which is milk with only the fat and water removed, is also budget raving. It will keep almost indefinitely on a coal, dry shelf it the foil -lined packageis closed carefully after each using. Sally Lunn (Makes 16 two -Welt squares) One and one-half cups sifted flour, 44 cup nonfat dry milk, 2 tea- spoons baking powder, % teaspoon salt, Sfi cup shortening, r/s cup sugar, 1 egg, well beaten, 1/2 cup water. Sift together tlotir, nonfat dry milk powder, baking, powder and salt. Create shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and mix well, Blend in water. Stir in sifted dry ingredients and mix only enough to dampen the dry ingredients. Pour into a well -greased 6 -inch square pan. Sprinkle nonfat dry milk powder, brown sugar crumbs over the surface. Bake in a hot oven at 400 degrees F. about 30 minutes, or until surface springs back when pressed lightly with finger. Brown Sugar Crumbs One-half cup brown sugar, 'firmly packed, 2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 tablespoon butter, melted, Mix sugar, nonfat dry milk powder and cinnamon together. Add butter and mix to make crumbs, resembling cornmeal. Sprinkle evenly over surface of Sally Lunn.. Orange nut bread goes over big with all the family. This recipe comes from Edith Bather's new and very practical "Short -Cut Cook- book." Edith is one of the outstanding food people in the country. Orange Nut Bread Two cups sifted all-purpose flour, eh teaspoon salt, 3 teaspoon baking powder, x;, teaspoon baking soda, ?fi cup sugar, le cup short- s a Chilly Morn Piping hot sweet bread and steaming coffee melte a chill -chasing breakfast on cold mornings. They are wonderful for hot snacks after the theater or an evening out. ening, 2 -eggs, ?z cup orange juice with pulp, r cup water, ?4 cup chopped nuts. Mix and sift flour, salt, baking powder and soda. Cream sugar with softened shortening. Beat ie eggs, one at a time. Stir in the liquid alternately with the flour mixture. Add nuts and pour in greased 9 x 5 x 3 loaf pan. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 50 to 60 minutes. Fondly he handled the gems, then glanced round him and started to make for the door. By this time the detectives had drawn a tight cordon round him. Just as he reached the doore he sprawled and jewels scattered all over the floor. The detectives pounced, but in a moment they saw that the whole lot were glass imitations, purchased for a few dollars. His brother Groucho once went to the trouble of buying six false teeth to practise a little decep- tion on his fellow -passengers of New York's subway. After making grimaces 01 pain and holding his head Groucho reach- ed into his mouth and produced one of the teeth, which he had painted red and threw it on the floor. Under the fascinated eyes of the passengers he repeated the operation five times, getting off at the next stop with the near- est approach he could manage to a toothless grin. TA fE bane Andpews Now for that Christmas pud- ding—.almost as important as the turkey or the cake, both of which were discussed in former sphi ens, Here you have your choice of two excellent puddings, The first Se of the rich type—and if you choose it, don't forget to plan your schedule to allow one and a half hour's steaming on the day it is to be served, And you'd better make certain ahead of time that your pudding bowl will fit into your steamer in such a way that the cover may he put closely in place. If the water • gets low in the big saucepan, add more from a. boil- ing kettle—not cold water—so Fs to have as little interruption as possible with the reeking process, CHRISTMAS PUDDING (YIELD .— 8 LARGE OR 12 MVMEDIIIM SERVINGS.1 "Ss cups seedless raisins, wash- ed and dried e cup seeded raisins, washed and dried if necessary 1 rep currants, washed and dried cup slivered or chopped mixed candied peels and cit- ron e cup -almonds, blanched and cult coarsely clip coarse soft hread crumbs cup finely -chopped suet cup lightly packed brown sugar cups once -sifted pastry Hoar or 11;'r cups onee- '4fted all-purpose flour teaspoon baking socia 1 to 'poen ground GM' ". ' I lest . 'oron ground ginger t o:Isf.00h ground cloves I: teaspoon grated nutmeg iii teaspoon ground allea.i• tc.r_paon salt '1 e V4's I. tarp grape juice 1 L4,:.:1.0ot1 grated lemon • 1lii.l I +.: Ili;104 dii!rd f r.1.'1 1 �;1 , currant;;, peoels Mid a:e. tr ac3,1 b r•ad f, t. ohs, s111 and lr,' :. n .lar aini turn Measure and sift together three times, the flour, baking sodas cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, and salt; add to fruit mixture and combine thor- oughly. Beat the eggs until thick and light; stir in grape juice and lemon rind; add to fruit mixture and again combine thoroughly. Turn mixture into well -greased pudding bowl, packing it lightly; smooth the top (bowl should be no more than about three-quar- ters fulI). Cover mold with a piece of cookery parchment that has been wrung out of cold water or with greased heavy paper and tie down. Steam over rapidly boiling water, closely covered, 3 hours. Uncover pudding and let stand in the bowl until cold. Cover cold pudding with a dry tea - towel and store in a cold place. For serving, re -steam pudding about 1 I hours. The other pudding, as I said, is of a much lighter variety, and the use of carrot, apple and po- tato in its making results in a product that is especially moist, yet thoroughly "Christmas-sy" in ehararter. The same care is necessary in st.eansing as for the first pudding I gave you — a steamer with a close -fitting lid, the adding of boiling water only from a boil ing kettle, and some careful treatment when the pudding is re -steamed for serving. Be careful, too, about the eomplete cooling of your pudding before you cover it with a tea towel for storing until needed in a won place. Yield -- 15 to 113 servings. CHRISTMAS PUDDING 3 cups seedless raisins, washed and dried 1 cup currants, washed and dried I.:2 cup cut-up pitted raw prunes 1 cup slivered or chopped mix- ed candied peels and eitron :c; pap almonds, blanched and lial'''e.l 11 S cups once-sitted pastry flour or 1!:i cups with -sifted a11 - purpose !lour 1te teaspoons baking powder ai teac;poarf baking soda, ir;i teaspoons ground chnno'nt.'.I tedepoon ground nutmeg !;e teaspoon ground ginger tet teaspoon ground allspice 1:1 teaspoon ground cloves SS,teaspoon ground mare i l _ teaspoons salt i l r paps- finely r•happe.cl suet 11 cusps coarse soft bread crumbs 1r-_, cups lightly packed brown sugar W2 cups shredded raw apple 134 cups shredded raw carrot ?fir eug shredded raw potato 4 large eggs or $ small eggs it cup fruit juice Prepare the seedless raisins, currants, prunes, peels and cit- ron, and almonds, Measure and sift together three times, the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, cloves, mace and salt; add to fruit mix- ture and combine thoroughly. Add the prepared suet, bread crumbs, brown sugar, apple, car- rot and potato; combine thor- oughly. Beat the eggs until thick and light; add to fruit mixture and combine thoroughly; stir in fruit juice, Turn mixture into two well - greased large pudding bowls, packing lightly; smooth the tops (bowls should be no more than about three-quarters full). Cover molds with a piece of cookery parchment that has been wiling out of cold water or with greased paper and tie down. Steam over rapidly boiling water, closely covered, about 31/2 hours. Uncover puddings and let stand in their bowls until cold. Cover cold puddings with a dry tea towel, tie down, and store in a cold place. • For serving, re -steam puddings about 11 hours. Hit A New High In Hollywood Scandal Hollywood's short-lived cam- paign to convince the world that movie stars are really as respec- table as church deacons has been smothered to death in the worst series of scandals to blight the movie city in thirty years. Not since the days of "Fatty" Arbuckle, grotesque comedian of the "silents" have decent people in the United States been so shocked. Arbuckle added notoriety to his fame when he was found at a wild drinking party where a young starlet died in a bathtub: The current crop of shooting, mysterious death and sex entan- glements promises to equal the sensationalism of those earlier chapters in Erollywood's lurid history. • Scarcely has one set of scream- ing headlines been printed before they are followed by more start- ling disclosure,; "John Garfield Dies in Blonde's Room" was a recent unhappy story It may soon be outdated by new revela- tions of the private lives of some of movieland's brightest names, Duped Millions Garfield's death -followed a po- litical scandal which reduced him to playing seventy five -dollar - a -week roles in minor play pro- ductions, the only work he could find. Jules Garfinkle, his real name, was a street -brawling pro- duct of New York's slums who was an easy mark for scheming Communists when he found fame in tough guy roles like "They Made Me a Criminal." For years he lent his name to all kinds of Communist- led crusades that duped millions of Americans. Last year he swore to the U.S. Government that lie had never been a member of the party. FIe was already a rick man who had suffered a heart attack and been warned by dorfors to take it easy. Then Came Poverty But the mud stuck, and Fla; was blacklisted by the movie - makers As comparative poverty closed in on him he brooded. He quarrelled tvitn his wife Roberta, left her and their two children, and moved into a Broadway bond. His ditnler •:umpanion 011 the our, of his death was a blonde ex -actress, Iris Whitney. He vent home with hc'r to her lav - apartment and she reported to the pollee that he complained of fooling ill. Police found hitti there dead the nex'. morning when they broke down the front door after Jris Whitney had barricaded hciwelf 010110 with his body for one hour and twenty minutes, "TIC "vas troubled and 11 cded help," SI10 Said crypti- cally. "I 11011'1 ;cit h, t.lk a1•0111 it." Death from a heart attack was the medical examiner's, ver- dict. Joan Bennett's agent and friend, Jennings Lang, escaped death but was wounded in the groin when her jealous husband producer Walter Wenger, open- ed fire with a pistol. This is a scandal that still echoes around the studios, and landed Wenger with a brief jail sentence. It echoes the louder because all three members of the tense tri- angle were formerly considered as being among Hollywood's most virtuous citizens. The trouble began a full twelve months before it flared on to the front pares. Wenger, for- mer Academy .Award president who had been down on his luck since' his "Joan of Arc" flopped, warned Jennings Lang then: "I'll shoot anyone who tries to break up my home." A few clays before last Christ- mas Wenger stood in a Los An- geles car park waiting for Joan Bennett to return from a drive with Lang, who often accom- panied her on business trips around the country. After her gleaning ear pulled to a shop,. Joan screamed, "Don't be silly,`' Walter! Don't!" Then one bul- let from Wanger's pistol smash- ed into the car and another struck his suspected rival. Tried to Hirsh Outcry Joan Bennett the beautiful forty -one -year -std screen grand- mother, tried in vain to hush the outcry. Her car ride was a business conference and nothing more, she explained, adding: "I hope Walter will not be blamed too much." Though Lang refused to press charges, the Los Angeles district attorney stepped in, t o give Hollywood's other jealous hus- bands cause to reconsider before they reach for their guns. Franchot Tone resorted to fists, not firearms, to win a blonde he was pursuing — and landed in hospital with broken bones and a brain concussion. Now, after eight months et rough-and-tum- ble matrimony, he is free of Bar- bara Payton, the blonde in ques- tion, who is a star of such epics as "The Bride of the Gorilla." Tone and Barbara Payton were often seer out together while he was fighting a court battle with his ex-wife, another blonde star named Jean Wallace. Then Bar- bara happened to glimpse Tom Neal, cowboy actor and one-time amateur boxer clad in a pair of swimming trunks ata hotel pool. Her dates with Tune promptly ended, and she went around with Neal. "She asked me to marry her," Neal reported with gentle- manly gallantry. "It wasn't the other way round." Police Called lu. The happy pair decided to be married two days alter Barbara's divorce from her current hos- band, an Iowa car salesman, went through. But Tone and Neal met on the wedding eve, at Barbara's home, A neighbour later told the police that Neal knocked Tone down and thee hit him thirty times, "like a punching bag." Tone was hurried off to hospi- tal, where Baruara demonstrated her affection by climbing a fire escape and spending two hours in his room. When Tone won .his dtvorce he told the Judge simply that, although Barbara liked to cooly, she would keep their guests waiting for hours before she ar«' rived home and gat into tht kitchen. Another scandal has been re- vived by news that the 111 -fated Lila Leeds, companion of Robert Mitchum in a drugs sensation in 1949, is undergoing treatment for addiction once more. Lila Leeds starred in "Devil's Weed" af- ter she served her jail sentence for a marihuana party that pare - lolled the movie story. Magnates Horrified But hers was not the prison term that shook the film capital. It was the spectacle of Robert 1Vlitehum spending sixty days in the Los Angeles county jail that horrified the movie magnates. Police trapped: Mitchum, Lila Leeds and two other small-time players at a marihuana, or "reel fer," party in a secluded cabin in the Los Angeles hills. Mitch - um has since made his come- back, though he and his wife still swear they will get out of Holly- wood and forg.t his stardom as soon as they've saved enough money, Tido Lurid City However persuasively movie- makers argue to the contrary, on the evidence that continues to •pile up Hollywood must be judg- ed a lurid city. A considerable 'number of its inhabitants, in- cluding one distinguished British actor, have from time to time been clapped behind bars for drunkenness or public brawling or their uninvited attentions to beautiful women, Such "routine" escapades scar- cely win a paragraph in the local newspapers these days, however, when more scandalous events come fast and ,furious. Decent Americans, including the vast majority of Hollywood's stars, shake their heads in dismay. A Pittsfield, Mass., woman, af- ter being elected president of the Twins Club, gave birth to triplets, OLL n the SPRING CLASS al The Memorial Hospital St. Thomas, Ont. 1 Receive a sound education in the Arts and Skttia of Nursing under competent, well qualified 'nstrueturs In Nursing 11 a low Coat. Write—Director of Nursing, How To Save oney crnd Get Fast C ugh Relief Here's an old, tested, home mix- ture your mother knew , .. still a most dependable remedy for dis- tressing coughs. Fast and effective, children like its pleasant taste. Make a syrup by stirring two cups of sugar into one cup of water until dissolved ... no cooking need- ed (or you can use maple syrup or honey instead). Now pour 21/2 ounces of PINEX CONCEN- TRATE into a 16 ounce bottle, and add the syrup you've made. You'll have 16 ounces of fast acting, plea- sant tasting cough medicine, more than you could buy for four times the money, with effective relief for the whole family. Pinex — a special compound of proven medicinal ingredients—must help you, or money refunded. PINEX IS EASY TO MIX— FAST ACTING—EFFECTIVE Queen o' the I -leather- Mary Lou Mortensen„ drum major of the University of Iowa's alI-girl Scot- tish bagpipe band, proudly wears the n: own she receive:) when named "Heather Queen.' Crowning Glory—This lovely London girl's face does nal launch a thousand ships, but. goes Helen of Troy one' better and carries a ship of its own around with it. One of the most outlandish of English coiffures' designed for the Coronation trade, this creation is named the "Tarleton," and was first shown by Riche of London.