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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-07-30, Page 3Ladies ---Here's A Cure For Shyness Has shyness always been your problem?, Do you blush when you make a faux pas? Are you embarrassed when singled out in public or afraid to go to parties and meet new people beeause you can never think of anything to say? The trouble is that you are always wondering what sort of an effect you are having on other people. "Am I wearing the wrong clothes?" you ask yourself. "Did they see me spill that spot on the clean tablecloth?" First step in your cure is to forget all about yourself and start being interested in others. Find out all about them and don't worry about yourself. Study that woman who's the focal point of an admiring group and decide why she's so attrac- tive, It isn't her looks, though she has made the most of these. It's because she's making the people round her feel important, that all they say and do matters to her. As she listens, her at- tention doesn't stray, and her smile shows that she is enjoying herself. You can learn a valuable les- son from her. She doesn't talk much herself, but she. has taken the trouble to find out some- thing about them all, so that she can ask their opinions on ques- tions which interest them. They are flattered and the conversa- tional ball has been set rolling. Everyone appreciates a good listener. Later on, you may have the courage to join the dis- cussion. It's easy enough to ask a man how his children are do- ing at school, or a woman wheth- er she has come across any good recipes, About parties. Before you go, check your appearance — back and front—beforo a full-length mirror, and then forget about it. Turn up when the party's just getting into its swing and it's easy to mingle. It is no good standing by yourself, feeling lonely, so seek out your hostess, telling her how pleased you are to come, She should introduce you to other guests, but if she doesn't, then join the outskirts of a talkative group. If you listen, you will pick up clues which will enable you to make an occasional com- ment and soon you will be ac- cepted as one of the circle. More About Those Plastic Sags The $20 million -a -year plastic - bag industry embarked last month on a massive education campaign with which it hoped to save its own life by protect- ing the lives of children. Faced with a wave of city,. state, and Federallegislation that would outlaw ultra-thin polyethylene bags because they have suffocated 54 children since Jan. 1, the industry anted up $500,000 for an advertising bar- rage (aimed by New York's Bat- ten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn) that will lastsix weeks, ruri even longer if necessary, Full-page ads in 164 metropo- titan daily newspapers; and spot snnouncements on hundreds of radio stations, warned the pub- lic that a plastic bag should nev- er be used as a playthingor a makeshift covering for cribs, carriages, or . play pens; that it should be destroyed immediately after serving its intended pur- pose. Beginning this week, the ads will compare plastic bags with other household items — such as electrical appliances and bathtubs — that can be - lethal CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR HEROINE — Shirley O'Neill, left, coun- sellor with a San Francisco ,children's youth organization, will receive the Carnegie silver medal for heroism. Her feah pulling a companion, mortally wounded by a shark off the San Francisco coast, to shore. With the medal goes a $750 cash award. TM3LE TALKS oainq dam Andt'aw. Here is an onion recipe that came originally from Southern Europe, but I think you'll find that it suits Canadian tastes just fine. STUFFED ONIONS, 6 large onions, 3/4 pound each 1 inch boiling water in sauce- pan 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon butter IA pound ground lean meat 3 slices bread 1/S cup water 1 teaspoon chopped parsley 1 teaspoon salt 1/e teaspoon ground black pepper 2 egg yolks 1/ 'cup soft bread crumbs 1 tablespoon olive or salad oil Boil onions in 1 -inch . boiling water and the 1 teaspoon salt. Bring to boiling point, uncover- ed, and boil 5 minutes. Cover and continue boiling 5 minutes. Re- move from hot water and place in cold water to cool. Drain well. Remove . 5 ..layers . from , centre, chop and saute in butter 3 min- utes or until tender. Add meat and cook until the red has dis- appeared. Soak bread in water, squeeze dry and add to pleat and onion. Stir in parsley, salt, black pepper, and egg yolks. Stuff into the onions. Place in a buttered baking dish. Sprinkle With bread crumbs mixed with olive or salad oil. Bake in a preheated moder- ate oven(375° F) I hour or un- til tender. Yield: 6 servings. * * 5 A clever variant of the ever familiar meat loaf is to spoon the ingredients into custard cups and agents for unguarded children. Working closely with public and private agencies .such as the Public Health Service and the National Safety Council, the in- dustry already has initiated re- search projects intended to elim- inate any possible hazards, dis- tributed millions of ' warning labels and pamphlets. William Cruse, executive vice president of the Society of the Plastics In- dustry, promised the educational. campaign will continue "until there is not a mother, father, boy, or girl in this country who does not know what a plastic bag is for ... and what it is not for." DEP-SEA FISH TRAP — Three scientists at Scripps Institute of Oceanography show their invention, a deep -diving fish trap. They claim the trap will enable exotic fish from extreme depths to be caught and studied for the first time. then bake. Served with the sour cream sauce they make a most delightful main dish. VEAL TIMBALES 6 slices side bacon PA pounds minced veal 1 cup coarse; soft bread crumbs 1i4. cup finely -chopped onion 2 tablespoons chopped stuffed olives 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 1 teaspoon salt 34 teaspoon pepper 1 slightly -beaten egg 1/e cup milk Grease 6 heat -proof custard cups. Preheat oven to 350° F. (moderate). Cut up and fry bacon until crisp; drain bacon from fat. Turn veal into a bowl and break up with a fork; add and mix in bread ' crumbs, onion, olives, parsley, salt, pepper and bacon. Combine slightly -beaten egg and milk; add to meat mixture, and combine lightly. Fill prepared custard cups, taking care not to pack the meat mixture too firm- ly. Bake in preheated oven about 30 minutes. Serve with the fol- lowing Sour Cream Sauce. SOUR CREAM SAUCE 2 tablespoons bacon dripping or shortening 1/ cup finely -chopped onion s/ cup sliced fresh or well - drained canned mushrooms 2 tablespoons flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/a pint (134 cups) commercial sour cream 1/ cup water Heat bacon dripping or short- ening in a frypan; add onions and mushrooms and fry until tender, Add and blend in flour and salt. Gradually 'stir., in sour cream and water. Cook over low 'heat -.stirring constantly, until thoroughly heated. 5 * * COCONUT COOKIES 3 squares semi -sweet chocolate 34 cup peanut butter - 1 cup sweetened condensed milk 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 11 cups .(about) tender thin flaked coconut Melt chocolate over hot water. Add peanut butter and stir until smooth. Add milk, salt, vanilla, and coconut. Stir well • to thor- oughly mix all ingredients. Drop from a teaspoon onto a well - greased baking sheet. Bake in a moderate over (350° F.) 10 to 12 minutes. Remove frombaking sheet while still warm.' Makes 3 dozen cookies. Note: Store in a tightly cover- ed container, * * * DATE SQUARES 1/2 cup butter 34 cup .icing sugar 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sifted flour 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 2 eggs, well beaten 1 teaspoon baking powder 14 cup chopped dates 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. l34cups (about) flaked coconut Cream butter, gradually add the icing sugar, mixing' well, Combine 1 cup of the flour with the creamed mixture, Place mix- ture in, a 9x9x2-inch pan and bake in a moderate oven (350°F,) 15 minutes. Meanwhile add the brown sugar to the eggs, beating con- stantly until mixture is light and fluffy. Then combine the remain- ing flour and:.the baking powder With the . egg mixture. Add the dates, mixing well to blend, Vold in the vanilla and coconut, Pour over partially baked shortbread and bake in a moderate oven (850°F.) 30 minutes, Makes 9 servings. . "It's an error to think of birds as being dumb," says a natural- ist, Many of them are smart enough to go south for the win- ter. Poodle In Bed Groom On Floor It was the first night of meir honeymoon. "Won't be long, darling," said the bridegroom, after seeing his wife settled in heir hotel, "I'll just park the car" But it was next morning be- fore he returned, a haggard and frantic figure, He had com- pletely forgotten the name and address of the hotel; and even- tuallyy dozed off in the car, while his worried bride spent an an- xious and miserable night alone! A bad start for a honeymoon, but other newlyweds have had similar unfortunate experiences. When an American couple went on their honeymoon the bride insisted on bringing her pet poodle. Her husband didnt mind that so much, but he did object when his bride . took the dog to bed with her. "If you don't like it, sleep on the floor," a she told him curtly. He did — but the marriage was dissolved not long after- wards. "It is obvious," said the judge who tried the case, "that the woman prefers the dog to her husband." Another bridegroom left pis bride to unpack. "Ill be up in a few minutes," he whispered, tenderly. Twenty minutes later he climbed the stairs and made his way to What he thought was their room. It was dark, and he couldn't find the light switch, But he could hear somebody breathing in the bed so, un- dressed quietly, he pulled back the bedclothes. Immediately there was a scream of terror. Realizing that something was wrong the startl- ed bridegroom bolted. As he reached the door it was fling open, and light streamed in ' from the corridor outside. In the doErway "stood his bride. Aroused by the scream, she had rushed. in from next door. He had entered the wrong bedroom . • . and it took a lot of explaining, Brides can also make mistakes on their wedding night, When. a couple went to register at a hotel, the over -excited bride seeized the pen first — and signed with her maiden name. That little error took a bit of smoothing over, too. It was some time before the desk clerk was convinced that they were really man and wife, Another bride also had good cause to be indignant. Her hus- band spent half the night prais- ing the virtues and attractions of a previous girl friend. Even- tually, the angry bride rebelled, bundled the tactless bride- groom out of the room and lock- ,ed the door. He sought refuge in the bathroom, emerging next morning cold, miserable and considerably chastened. During their seaside honey- moon one bride met an old flame. Sh, greeted him warm- ly, and he was equally en- thhsiastic. Soon they were go- ing everywhere together, leav- ing the wretched and fuming bridegroom on his own. At last he asserted himse.f, and there was a flaming row, White-faced, her eyes glitter- ing with rage, the bride tore off her wedding -ring and hurled it in her husband's face. "If that's the sort of jealous creature you are," she snapped, "I'm through with you!" A few hours later she and her lover disappeared — and the next time the three met was in the divorce rourt. Another honeymoon didn't have that result, but it rould easily have done so. The morn- ing following the wedding, the bride ran home to her mother and, despite her husband's fran- tin pleas, refused to return. But thirty-five years later they met again — and fell in love for the second time, Now they are liv- ing happily together, Mothers-in-law can sometimes cause trouble, even between newlyweds, But in one instant9. this trouble started on the first night of the honeymoon, This bride's mother came too -- and firmly insisted that she intended sleeping with her daughter, "We've always slept together since she was a little girl," she told the astonished groom. "And we're not going to be parted now!" That marriage also ended disastrously. DRIVE WITH CARE emus ETAIN grow. aHAU/,1oNr SWITX. FRANCE MILES NATO PULL-OUT? — Newsmap spots three French cities (X's) where NATO fighter - bomber squadrons are stationed, Gen. Lauri, Norstad, NATO com- mander, has threatened to pull out 200 jets in view of France's refusal to accept U.S. nuclear weapons stockpiles without be- ing given full control over their use. ISSUE 29 — 1959 If Johnny Can't Read, It could Mean That He Is Headed for a Mental Illness By JERRY BENNETT NEA Staff Correspondent Washington — Doctors hope some day to be able to predict whether your child will suffer mental ailment by simply giv- ing.the youngster a reading test. And if they know a child is susceptible to mental illness scientists have a better chance of preventing its occurrence. The idea of using a reading test, a common educational tool, to fight mental disease is being studied by psychiatrists at the U.S. Public Health Service's In- stitute of Mental Health. It stems from twcf discoveries which point to a connection be- tween an unstable mind and trouble in understanding the printed word. The. first is that juvenile de- linquents, many of whom are mentally disturbed, often have trouble reading. The ' difficulty usually is apparent before a child turns bad. The second involves a Mental Health Institute study of poor readers who live in a nearby Maryland county. It shows than instead of 'being scattered throughout the area, these youngsters are clustered in spe- cific neighborhoods. Psychia- trists say this indicates that there might be some unknown factor about life in these com- munities that triggers the read- ing difficulties. They explain, however, that before they can spend time tracking down this unknown villain, they must first make sure that reading disability is a symptom of an impending men- tal affliction. They explain that reports which show most dis- turbed kids are' poor readers don't prove that most poor read- ers will turn out to be mentally disturbed or delinquents. To get the answer, a team of specialists, directed by U.S. Pub- lic Health Service psychiatrist Dr. Stanley F. Yolles, is keeping track of the school careers of 5,000 Mar y land youngsters. These kids live in the same county where PHS officials map- ped the location of poor read- ers. They will be graduated from high school in 1961. At that time scores on the reading tests they have taken throughout their school careers will be complared with their be- havior records. If the majority of poor readers are delinquents or have mental afflictions, dor,- tors plan to launch a community investigation in an effort to find and eliminate the hidden cause. When applied on a nationwide basis, such action could have a tremendous effect in reducing the number of disturbed chic dren. It should give psychiatrists more time to treat patients whose afflictions stem from other causes. For finding enough time to treat the thousands of patients seeking help is one• of the biggest problems of psychia- trists. A PHS estimate of the num- ber of mentally disturbed kids alone who receive hospital care each year totals mare than 270,- 000. In addition are unknown numbers who receive therapy in a doctor's office. Dr. Yolles explains, "1 don't think there is more 'mental ill- ness among kids today than there was in the past It's just that we're paying more atten- tion to the problem than we did years ago. Therefore, you see more kids in clinical centers." What troubles Dr. Yolles most about this situation is that doc- tors are having to spend valu- able time with kids who don't need a psychiatrist. "We get a lot of kids these days," he says, "who are not disturbed but disturbing. When you examine them, it's hard to find evidence of a clear cut men- tal disease." He believes many of these children could be handled just as effectively by social workers and child welfare experts who. specialize in helping problem kids. "Sometimes it's their par- ents who need the treatment," Dr. Yolles says. He explains that a child's' troublesome behavior of t en stems from an unhappy situs• tion at home. And in many cases, this situation is caused by misguided or neurotic parents. Once the parents are straight- ened out, he explains, the kids • usuaIly. start to behave. That's why Dr. Yolles and his staff have a clinic rule that par- ents always attend psychiatric - sessions with their kids. "You'd be surprised how much good this can do," he explains. "When the family members start talking to each other frankly, they often realize the mistakes they are making. Once this hap- pens, the problem is often straightened out in a short am- ount of time." Sometimes, however, doctors discover that a child is so con- fused or upset that he shou d be classified as mentally ill. These patients usually require long-term individual sessions. It's because of these seriously ill kids that Dr. Yolles believes psychiatrists s h.o u 1 d develup snore therapy short cuts like the family treatment technique. Ele declares, "We need to devote more time to people who need psychiatric treatment r a t h e r than social adjustment." AFTER SPOTTING POTENTIALLY disturbed child through a reading test, a psychologirt could learn the patient's basic prob.em thrcuch such technic!ues as shown above, The chilli's re. ' action to each small flaw*, provides a key to the diagnosis.