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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-09-10, Page 2Royal Water Staggers Brooklyn Alone, neither hydrochloric nor nitric acid will dissolve the noble metals" gold and plat• Mum, but a mixture of the two will. So to this potent corrosive the medieval alchemists gave the name aqua regia — royal water. Last month in Brooklyn, fumes from the royal water knocked out scores of factory workers and firemen, left sev- eral in hospitals, threatened with severe aftereffects, In the Williamsburg section, an American Cyanamid Co, tank truck backed up to the Radio Receptor 'Co.'s plant (which makes electronic equipment) to deliver 500 gallons of nitric acid, Driver Benjamin Sidle hooked up his hose to a pipe indicated by employees, started pumping. After a few minutes, a man rushed up from the basement yelled to Sidia: "You'd better stop. The fumes are terrible down there." Somehow the nit- ric acid head been diverted into a 3,000 -gallon tank containing hydrochloric, Result: royal water, which was already be- ginning to dissolve the tank's rubber lining, eating away a flange where the pipe entered, and emitting noxious fumes. Radio Receptor employees staggered to the street, coughing and choking, their eyes burning. Some collapsed, some vomited. Emergency squads gave oxygen, took dozens of workers to four hospitals; 18 were kept over- night, and some longer. Assist- ant Deputy Fire Chief Walter C. Wood cleared a two -block area around the plant, kept resi- dents out until 3 a.m,, when he thought it was safe. Meanwhile, Wood and his firemen went into the basement tank room, tried to stop the leak with a new flange. When the air cylinders for their masks were empty and they came up to the street to change them, their faces and necks showed bright red acid burns; 38 were affected, one had to be hospital- ized. Because aqua regia attacks pipes and pumps so avidly, it took three days to find resist- ant equipment to load it into a tank truck for neutralization and disposal in New Jersey. At week's end, Chief Wood end six firemen fell sick. Doc- tors at first feared a danger- ous .late reaction to the fumes, which can cause suffocation, rated the men lucky that this did not develop. At A Desert Well 23 August1 woke to the soli- tary piping of a sandpartridge hidden somewhere in the twi- light among rocks surrounding the water. It was at this well that I had first met Suliman two years before. When I arrived there with Auda and Ali, 1 didn't notice him at first for he was sitting with three or four others in the shade a hundred yards away. Auda and Ali had seen them no doubt, for some camels that must havebelonged to them had just been watered and were• standing listlessly near the well, Their full skins too, about ten of them, were on the ground by the wellshaft, swollen out like animals lying on their backs with their legs tip in the air: , . At the well itself a little girl less than ten years of age had Just finished watering some sheep and goats, She picked up her stick and going to her own, email skin she said to Ali, "Help BUTCH TREAT — The Nether - {ands through association, the windmill, above, is actually in Outwood, Surrey, England. Built in 1665, it is perhaps the old- est working mill in Britain. me to lift it up." As he did so,' she placed its z'ope across her forehead and bent forward slightly to the weight on her back. She walked confidently off behind her flock, her long frilled dress swinging out in graceful folds at each step above her little bare feet. You would think the keys of the desert were hanging from the broad cloth belt that encircled her waist. As she got farther away, not much higher than the sheep and goats ahead of her, the shallow gorge down which she passed seemed deeper than it was, Only after we had finished watering our camels and had filled our skins did Suliman come forward and greet us, He spoke in low tones to Auda, All the time he and Auda were, speaking almost inaudibly, and, there was no movement from the other men in the shade or the women still watching us just above, What was this strange yet typical silence by the well? Was It due to the almost sacred presence of the water there, ac- centuated as it was by the muf- fled sound the water itself made as it was poured into the skins at this meeting -place of men whose thoughts were still intent on their long journey? , , It was still early in the morn- ing with the sandgrouse'calling around us when we set out again, moving southwards along the cleared -back Roman road. , , Its proximity to the fort seems to preserve some of the human atmosphere of the past, as if its level stretch had been the strol- ling -ground of the men who lived there. The calling sand - grouse, that were here before the Romans came and saw them finally go, `do not destroy that atmosphere but surround it with the soft desert colour that is their own, --From "The Red Sea Mountains of Egypt," by L. A. Tregzenza, UNDAY SCIIOOJ LESSON By Rev R. Barclay 6V.erren B.A., B.D, Ood's Concern for All People Jonah 3:1-2, 10; 4:1-11. Memory Selection: The Lord is good to all: and his tender mer- cies are over all his works. Psalm 145:9. Anyone who refuses to be- lieve that God performed mira- cles will stumble over the book of Jonah. Surely the Creator of this universe with all its wen- ders down to those of the tiny atom has it in his power and right -to prepare a•flsh to take a runaway prophet for a sub- marine ride. Jesus referred to the incident, as a type of his own death and resurrection, say- ing, "As Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so' shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." Mat- thew 12:40. The main lesson of the Book of Jonah is God's concern for all people despite the stubborn selfiish nationalism of some• of his people. Jonah was a Jew and rejoiced when it was his privi- lege to predict. that the borders of Israel would be extended from the entering of Hamath'to the sea of the plain. 2 Kings 14:25, The prophecy was fulfilled in the reign of Jeroboam , the son of Joash. But when Jonah was commissioned' to take God's message to Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, at whose hand Israel had suffered much, Jonah fled, What is more of a nuisance than a backslidden preacher? People are troubled at his presence. He appears as a contradiction of God and His holy purposes. But though Jonah fled from Israel he couldn't hide from God, There in the stomach of the fish he prayed and made his vows, The fish brought him up, doubtless glad to be rid of him. But Jonah was still a selflish nationalist. When the people re- pented at the preaching of Jonah, in fasting and prayer, God for- gave thein and spared the city. Then Jonah pouted. He had sus- pected this might happen, "For," said he, "I knew that thou are a gracious God and slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil," He wanted to die. God was patient with Jonah. When Jonah was angry because a worm destroyed the gourd that had provided shade God pointed out the ridi- culousness of his selfishness say- ing, "Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou• hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?" A great city indeed with so many little children, God cares for all peo- ple, • DOUBLE TAKE — Two hands are needed to drive out the thirst during a recent. heat spell in Moscow. The lady is clowning cool"' soda water. TABLE TALKS eau Andoeaz Before you start on your job of pickling peaches, be sure you have high-grade cider or white distilled vinegar of 40 to 60 •per cent grain strength (4-6 percent acid,)quality, This information should be printed on the label. Have your spices fresh and of the best Tie the spices in a cloth so you can remove' then before the pickles are put in jars. If left too long, spices cause pickles to be dark and strong flavored. Clingstone peachesare best for pickling, but freestones may be used. Select peaches of uniform size 11 possible, • * * k _, PEACH- PICKLES 24 peaches, hard -ripe 5-6; cups sugar 1 piece ginger root 3 sticks cinnamon 1 tablespoon allspice , 1 tablespoon cloves 3 cups vinegar Wash, drain, and peel the hard -ripe peaches. Add . 2 cups sugar, spices (tied in bag), 2 cups water to vinegar. Boil un- til sugar dissolves. Add 1 layer peaches; simmer until hot through then remove from syrup. Repeat, When all peaches are heated, bring syrup to boil- ing point, Pour over peaches. Let stand 3-4 hours. Drain syrup into kettle; add 2 cups sugar. Boil until sugar dissolves, Cool. Add peaches, Let stand 12-24 hours in a cool place. Pack peaches into hot jars. Add re- maining sugar to syrup. Boil un- til sugar dissolves. Pour, boiling hot, over peaches. Process ,pints and quarts 10 minutes in boil- ` ing-water bath. 'Note: The purpose of adding sugar in small amounts is to avoid shriveling. * When making butters, con- serves, jams, marmalades, and jellies, imagination is an im- portant ingredient,•Naturai flav- or •of fruits can be changed or emphasized by adding a tiny pinch of salt, a small amount of spice, extract, orange peel, lemon juice, etc. Or the amount or kind of 'spices called for in any recipe can be changed to suit your own taste and in this way you snake the recipe •your very own. A few things you want to re- member in preparing fruit in any of these ways are: Use hard -ripe fruit of • good flavor. ' Weigh or measure 'after prepar- ing it. The general rule is three- quarters as 'much sugar as pre- pared fruit - except for pre- serves, which usually take . the same amount. Cook in small. batches, Do not double recipes, Boil rapidly after sugar dis- solves. * * * PEACH. CONSERVE 7 cups chopped peaches 1 orange 5 cups sugar - t/.i teaspoon salt i4 teaspoon ginger '/s cup blanched almonds Wash, drain, scald, peel, chop, and measure peaches. Grate orange peel; chop orange pulp and add to peaches. Boil 20 min- utes. Add sugar, salt and ginger. Boil until thick, Add nuts about 5 minutes before removing from heat. Pour, boiling hot, -into hot jars. Seal at once. 5 * * PEACH BUTTER 12 cups peach pulp 6-8 cups sugar Wash, scald, pit, and peel peaches. Cook until soft. If need- ed, add water to prevent stick- ing. Press through sieve or food mill. Measure. Add sugar. Bdil until thick. Pour hot into hot jars. Process pints and quarts 10 minutes in boiling -water bath. Note: For spiced butter, ginger, nutmeg or other spices to suit taste may be added to peach butter just before pouring into jars. 5 5 * PEACH JAM 8 cups crushed peaches 6 cups -sugar Washdrain, scald, pit, peel, and crush peaches. Add 1 "cup. water; boil 10 minutes. Measure fruit and juice. Add sugar. Boil until thick, 'Pour, boiling hot, into, hot jars, Seal immediately. Note: For spiced. 'jam, tie cloves, stick cinnamon, allspice, etc., in' cheesecloth and drop into jam while cooking. 5 5 * This blueberry pudding is really delicious,. Serve with ice :cream or a little whipped cream — unsweetened,: as the pudding itself is decidedly sweet. An 8 -inch pie plate makes the best cooking dish, and, if you have one witha fluted, •raised edge, designed for juicy pies, that's just right for thi; pudding. Grease the pie plate thoroughly. Pour into the plate 2 cups of fresh blueberries, • and sprinkle over them the juiceof half. a Stunts Help To Sell Perfumes A hundred miles off Cape Lookout, N.C.," last month, a freighter ran into an oil slick that smelled like perfume, and duly reported the phenomenon to all the ships at sea, Happiest recipient of the news, on shore: Charles N, Granville, puckish, 53 -year-old president of Angel- ique and Co,, Inc., who last month poured $25,000 worth of $18 -an -ounce "Red Satin" int0. the ocean at Miami, Fla,, fondly expecting the Gulf Stream to carry it to England, Granville's scent cast upon the waters brought bac k, unsurprisingly, some sweet, swift returns: Self - ridge's, one of London's largest department stores, promptly or- dered it's' first shipment of Red Satin. Such sell -the -smell showman- ship has helped put Angelique among the top ten in the $90 Million U.S. perfume industry, and this year seems sure to boost sales over the $1.3 million rec- ord the company set in 1957. For Granville, whose sinus trouble makes it all but impos- sible for him actually to savor his own products, it is simply more evidence •that success and fun go hand in hand. A onetime businec• consultant, Granville wearied of the New York grind in 1946, tore up his commuter's ticket, and joined forces with another exurbanite named N, Lee Swartout to set up Angelique on the village square in Wilton, Conn. The pair kicked in $4,000 apiece, picked up their first scent (Black Satin) from a perfume chemist, One of Granville's first moves was to install a fireman's pole between the first and second floor of the plant, simply, as Granville ex- plains, "because I like fire poles" Personnel relations have since taken on the aspect of a 'lemon, then prepare the follow- ing batter: 3/4 cup of sugar • creamed with 3 tablespoons but- ter, half a cup of milk, a cup of sifted flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and Y4 teaspoon salt. Spread this batter smoothly and carefully over the berries: it will be thin, but that's the way: it should be. Sprinkle aver the batter the following mixture: ih cup sugar,. 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon cornstarch _ and mix 'the cornstarch into the sugar thoroughly so that it will not lump. Then pour over all a cup of boiling water, or possibly a •scant cup if your berries look like the very juicy type. Cook for 45=50 minutes at 400° F. to start, but lower the heat a little -toward the end if the top browns a lot, as it prob- ably will: The juice goes 'to the bottom and . thickens slightly, the • cake rises and becomes crusty on top, Marx Brothers movie, On siovit days Granville may lead Mt. ployees out to weed the company garden; on a particularly liectiit afternoon, he often strides int0 the factory proclaiming: "Tinto for a party!" Thereupon, hip pops highballs and canapes cit conveyor belts normally used,fo3+' packaging perfumes, leads Jan* sessions as workers belt it out oft a piano, sax, and drums (if ati employee feels put of sorts at. terward Granville will take hint for a sobering spin on his Lam- bretta scooter). Understandably, Angelique has a waiting list of more than 50 job applicants, even at its new', larger plant opened In 1957, wher 75 employees turn out full line of perfumes, colognes, 'and bath powders. Since the plant, which employees jovially call "the skunk works," has only one floor, Granville was forced to abandon the fire pole, But he has found an outlet for his elfin urge by installing a large, impressively lettered sign over the main entrance reading: "What the heck• are you look- ing up here for?" Fortunately for his bookkeep- er's sanity, Granville has shown as much flair for titillating the public as he has for entertaining, his employes. His first big stunt (in 1948) was to seed clouds over the city of Bridgeport with, Black Satin perfume and dry ice, producing scented snow. As a topper,• in 1954, he spattered Paris itself with scented rain. The resulting publicity sent An- gelique's sales rising like wind- borne vapors (so much- so, that Swartout was able to retire at 41 five years ago), When visiting perfume buyers are scheduled to drop in to look over the line, Granville sets up a miniature betting room on the plant floor, complete' with bet board and employees in green eyeshades. Granville escorts the buyers through the factory, hap- pily pointing out his profitable bookmaking" sideline. "Some buyers have frozen up and stamped away," •recalls Granville. "But most of them get a laugh out of the gag. Some even step up their orders," From NEWSWEEK In Berrien County, Go,, a moonshiners' ancient auto, capa- ble of making a 147-m.p.h. get- away with a load of 200 gallons of corn liquor, was bought at au- ction by County Sheriff Walter Gaskins, who will use it to chase moonshiners. In Turin, Italy, when Marg- herita Carosso returned home and opened her bedroom closet, she founda burglar who ex- plained soothingly, "Don't be alarmed. "I made a mistake," then scooted off. - . ISSUE ,36 - 1959 SPELLED OUT — Motorists find safety put into words and pic- tures along highways in Argyle, Wis. Police Chlef Adolph Joggi, perched on his motorcycle, thought up this and other reminders to drive sanely. IT'S TOO LATE— Mr, and Mrs. Elmer Sawyer, of London, Ky., tearfully watch the sheet -draped body of their only child being placed in an ambulance to be. taken to a fu- neral parlor. Mrs.. Sawyer said she kept putting off polio shots for the child, Diane, 2, until she Was stricken with the disease. Diane died two months later'of infantile paralysis.