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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-10-22, Page 2Indian! Prince Having Hard Time It i$ just twelve years since India won its independence from the Britisjiand ousted some 600 Indian princes from their feudal domains. What has' happened to the Indian princes? From New. Delhi, Newsweek's Larry Collins cabled this ac- count of the 73 -Year-old Nizain of Hyderabad, the richest and most fabulous of them all. When he was young and la his prime, the Nizam of Hydera- bad was the richest man in the World, He lorded it over 83,000 square miles of central India with palaces, Rolls-Royces, ele- phant hunts, his own whisky distillery, four wives and 42 concubines, not counting the per. fumed' and be-satined girls his mother used to give him on his birthdays. As absolute ruler of 16 mil- lion people, the Nizam kept scores of tailors busy running up sarapas (knee-length jackets) embroidered in precious jewels. Be had one each in diamonds, emeralds, rubies and pearls. He also had his own jazz band which he led fromone palace to ,another while wielding the ba- ton to the tempo of his favorite •tune: "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles," Then came Indian independ- ence, Government troops in an action aptly named "Operation Polo," overran . Hyderabad in four days, killed .832 of the Nizam's soldiers and left him with the empty title of "Gover- nor." No fool, the "Governor" promptly inventoried his wealth and counted up at least $500 million, mostly in gold bars and jewels. He invested it in 33 dif- ferent trust funds. As compensation for the loss of his lands, the Indian Govern- ment agreed to pay the Nizam an annual income of $500,000 in lieu of rent. But in 1954, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Neh- ru cut off the stipend, and the Nizam was left to struggle along on his own resources. He began to economize, first by cutting the $12,000 -a -month al- lowance of a son the Prince of Berets to a mere $4,000 then by Ordering him to reduce his harem ("a lot of worthless wenches," snorted the Nizam) to ten. The Nizam also cut down his own annual grocery bill from $100,000, and moaned: "I am no longer a rich man." But the 110 illegitimate off- springs of the Nizam's 42 con- cubines refuse to believe him. Fed up with their reduced al- lowances, they have formed an anti-Nizam union, composed of all relatives receiving less than $15,000 a year. The union's de- mand: A trebling of all allow. ances and the use of the Ni- zam's cars. Grumpily the. Nizam set up a three -car motor pool from his collection of five Rolls-Royces, seven Cadillacs, 22 lesser cars. But the union is far from satis- fied. Last month, when India's President Rajendra Prasad visit- ed Hyderabad, the children petitioned him for the right to bargain collectively with their. father. What can the. Nizam do? Hunched over with, age, his teeth richly browned from chewing betel nuts, his jeweled sarapas exchanged for cotton jackets, he sits on a rocking chair on the terrace of one of his last two palaces, contemplat- ing his plight. His distillery has long since been torn down to make way for a mosque; he can- not remember the names of his concubines; the only music is the jingle of bells as he sum - .:;eons servants' for his medicines. NOT HIS BUSINESS A flustered little woman ap- proached the manager of a pet ahop and said: "I have a pair of canaries — one female and ene male, but. how can I tell which is which?" "Easy," said the manager, "Put st pair of worms in the cage. The male bird invariably picks the flemale worm and vice versa." "But how on earth will I know which is the male worm?" "Madam," said the man, coldly, "this is _ a bird shop, I suggest you take that question at a worts drop!" An Idyl In The Scots Highlands The baby bull lay quietly la his straw. His long legs, not yet completely under control when standing, were folded neatly un- der him, His light brown and white coat, smooth along his back, had a tendency to roughen and curl on his blunt little head, The baby bull wasnot quite a day old; He had been born the night before in a corner of the pasture, and almost immediate- ly he had been fondled by kindly human hands. He ac- cepted the benignity of man as a fact with passive acquiescence and without question. His brown and lambent eyes, gazing around. him without either inquiry or apathy, had a timeless look in them, .as though the moment was only an incident in his ageless- ness. The other calves moved away at the approach of humans. But the little bull lay still and . watched. He had not learned fear, for all of his short life he had known nothing but gen- tleness — • the caress of his mother's rough tongue as she examined him carefully, inch by inch, before they took him away, and the caressof human hands, rubbing him in ell the right places. The other oalves were. just livestock, Nobody h a d stroked them and talked to them. The subtle contact had not been made, and so at the approach' of humans they snorted and' when pursued, however gently, backed away with startled, .ner- vous gestures. Their• fear brought no dis- turbance to the baby bull, and he watched the human comeup td him quietly, withoutstretched hand. He liked the feeling of having his head rubbed;, and, the low encouraging noises the hu- man made to him. Some feeling of response — an unconscious instinct stir- red in him, and he began to struggle to his feet. His legs Were very wobbly, and 'some- times their joints would give way without warning, and some times they would shoot from under his sturdy little body as unexpectedly. But after mom- ents of frantic scrambling he was at last erect, swaying slight- ly but pleased with his prowess. He could examine the human more easily from this height. He found a finger,, and sucked at it' hopefully. He soon realized he was mistaken, but he kept the, finger in his mouth and gradu- ally drew in theother fingers, washing them with his tongue. He liked the familiar smell of the straw, and the strange smell of the human, and indeed the whole peacefulness' of a High- land summer Sunday afternoon, writes Rosemark Cobham in the Christian Science Monitor. He stood stock still with con-. tent while other humans came and fondled him also. Sometimes he would rub his head against them, or follow them a few steps if they moved away. Occasion- ally he gave a high-pitched lit- tle cry of welcome and interest. The other calves huddled in a, corner against the wall, 'uncer- tain and on guard. The bab$ bull had nothing to be on guard against. He had no defenses, for he knew of nothing to. defend. himself against. He also had no special needs.' He was a .•very self-sufficient little bull. There was milk when he wanted it and he needed nothing else. The humanswithdrew, chat- tering and laughing among them- selves. He heard their steps clat- tering on the stone floor outside, and listening to their voices growing fainter as they return- ed down the lane. The other calves relaxed and drew away ' from their corner: With the jer- ky movements of the very young, the baby bull law down again his front legs folding up first. In a few hours .he would be a whole day old, but the baby bull did not know that. To him- self he had existed forever, and so he had no special wonder- ings about what tomorrow would bring. Quiet flowed back, and the long Highland evening set in. The baby. bull lay very Still, very peaceful, and utterly trust- ful, as his first day drew gently to a close. ONE WITH MUSTARD -- Appearing like an oversized hot clog, a streamlined motorcycle is guided to a world record of 210 m.p.h. Driver is !Bob Berry el Pendine Sands, England, "NEVER AGAIN" Parading through thestreets of I•iamburg, West Germanmen protest against q new draft law,, which could require military service of many men Who, served In World War II. Demonstrator in foreground bears a pair of army boots and .a. sign reading,. 'Never Again." TA BLE TALCS 6aue Aa ewe. Here's the recipe that won Mrs. Eunice ' Surles. ad + Lake Charles, La., the top prize of $25,000 ' in the llth grand 'na- tional Pillsbury bake -off this week. She ;calls it "Mardi Gras Party Cake." ` % cup butterscotch -morsels cup water 2% cups sifted. flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon•soda y/s teaspoon double-acting baking powder 1 cup; sugar y cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 cup shortening 3 unbeaten eggs 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk Melt butterscotch morsels in water .4n saucepan. Cool. Sift flour with salt, soda and baking powder; set aside. Add sugar and brown sugar gradually +'to shortening, creaming well. Blend in eggs, beating well af- ter each. Add .butterscotch mor- sels; mix well, Add dry ingre- dients alternately with butter- milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Blend well af- ter each addition. (With mixer use a •Iew: speed.) Turn into two 9 -inch round layer pans, well greased and lightly floured op the bottom. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 30 to 35 minutes. 600l; spread fill- ing between .;layers and on top to within 1/2 -inch .of 'edge. Frost sides and top edgesea, foam frost ing, or whipped" cream. Makes two.9-inch' layers, Butterscotch• Milfng Combine 1/2, cup sugar and 1 tablespoon -cornstarch in 2 -quart saucepan. Stir in % dup evapor- ated milk, 1/2 cup 'water, 1/s cup .butterscotch morsels and 1 beaten. .egg yolk. Cook over me-' dium heat, stirringg constantly, until thick. Remove from heat;. add 2 tablespoons butter,. •1 cups cocoanut, chopped, and • 1 ` cup pecans or walnuts chopped. Cool Sea Foam Frosting Combine. in saucepan 15- cup sugar, ,1/s cup firmly packed brown sugar, 1/2 cup water and 1 tablespoon corn syrup. Cook until 'a little syrup dropped in 'cold water forms ra soft ball (236 degrees F.). Meanwhile, beat 1 egg white with Ms tea- Spoon cream of tartar until stiff, peaks form. Add syrup to egg white in slow, steady stream beating constantly until thick enough to spread, 5 ', 5 From Kenya Colony, East Africa, Mrs.. Anna Fitzgerald writes to the Christian Science Monitor on the subject of using cream instead of butter in cake -making. "I ,did ` not like wasting the effort of churning butter, only to turn it back into a cream when making cake ..: Then she explains: "Since In Chicago, sentenced to a year's probation for passing bad cheques, Edward Gallaga was re- arrested after he paid his first visit to the probation officer, while there cashed a stolen $100 money order, A San Diego, Calif., man tray, elect to London in search of a man with a 10 -inch mustache. The reason: he wants to find the man with a longer one than his, 18 inl'hes, cream is roughly half butter fat and half liquid, I use twice the. ambunt of cream . as the .recipe calls for in butter, and cut. down the amount of liquid call- ed for by half the amount :et cream used. I ,usually use water for a n additional liquid re- quired, as it tends to lighten the grain of the cake." Mrs. Fitzgerald then, gave her recipes for white, g o 1 d, and chocolate cakes. The white and gold cakes are similar except that 4 egg yolks are used in the gold cake and,2 eggs in the white cake. Here • .are the ' re- cipes for white and chocolate cakes. ' White' Cake 1 cup cream ' 1 cup sugar 2 eggs, with 1 tablespoon water 2 cups flour i teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons, baking powder Flavouring Water, to thin Whip cream ' and sugar' to- gether until, it resembles butter and -sugar when , creamed. Whip. eggs with the- 1 tablespoon wa- ter until light and ' fold into cream .:mixture. Mix dry ingre- dients and fold in, Add water if required for medium batter. 5 * x; Chocolate Cake 1 cup sugar. 1% cups flour' rib , cup- Cocoa teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon. soda 1 ;tablespoon vinegar 3!4 cup cream 34 cup', water 1 teaspoon vanilla Mix dry ingredients and add vinegar,,' cream, water and van- illa. ("This cake is moist and keeps well - nice with coco- nut frosting made by adding cream to a .mixture of icing 'su- gar and shredded c000anut.") Editor's Note: Mrs. 'Fitzger- ald gave.' no, baking directions: We suggest 350 degrees to: 375 degrees'' F. for temperature in baking these cakes. Lima Bean Casserole 2 pounds large dried lima beam, li/z 'to'°2 pound pieces of slab bacon Catchup Brown . sugar Soak beans overnight. Cut rind off bacon; slice bacon into %-inch-thick pieces. Cook with. beans and water until beans are almost (not quite) tender. Remove bacon from pot;' drain;, fry until brown on both sides. To the beans, add catchup and brown sugar to taste; salt, if necessary. Put beans in casser- ole and top with browned be con. Bake at 375 degrees F. for about 40 minutes. Serves 8-10. May be doubled easily. 5 5 5 Want to make some banana bread for school lunches this fall? Banana Bread cup shortening ya Cup sugar 2 eggs, beaten 1 eup bran 1.% cups mashed ripe. bananas 1% cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon soda 1% teaspoon vanilla % teaspoon salt Engine That Uses, Hot Air As Power. A century and a half ago, a Scottish clergyman named Rob- ert Stirling built a new kind of engine that used hot air as mo- tive, power. Because it was in- efficient (used too much fuel for the power it produced) the en.,. ginewas never more than a curiosity. Last month, however, the Allison Division of General Motors in Indianapolis reported, the problem had been licked and showed a model engine to prove 'it. No larger thana desk tele- phone, the Allison model boasts 40 per cent efficiency (as com- pared with 15 to 30 per cent for the internal-combustion engine) principally because the conlbus- - tion process is moved outside the engine head. This eliminates all but one major moving. part, The. heat generated is transferredto the .engine where it forces -an. operating gas to expand: This is subsequently cooled. The rapid changes in pressure brought about by the heating -cooling process drive the work piston. • The engine's advantages: It uses any fuel, is virtually noise- less, and, can run unattended for two years, Engineers suggested it for such, diverse jobs as an in- flight satellite power plant and a power source in lawn mowers. 2 tablespoons water % cup chopped nut meats Cream shorteningand sugar; add well -beaten eggs; mix well, Add b r a n, vanilla, and nuts. Add water .tomashed bananas. Sift flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. ,Add alternately with banana -water mixture to short- ening -egg mixture and mix .Well. Pour batter into. soup' .or baking powder cans, filling' cans half full. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees F.. 's. * "Potatoes are so adaptable; not having a pronounced fla- vour :of: their own, they take kindly to additional flavours,," writes Mrs. Edna B. 'Richards. Italian. Potatoes 4 slices bacon 4. cups thinly sliced raw potatoes 1 onion, sliced 1% teaspoons, salt • 'Y 'teaspoon pepper teaspoon celery salt 1 teaspoon prepared, mustard 1 teaspoon sweet basil leaves chopped fine (or 3s teaspoon dry sweet ,basil) Fry • bacon in heavy skillet until brown; drain. Add pota- toes and onion to bacon grease and cook about 10 minutes, turn. Ing once .or .twice Add '.remain- ing 'ingredients ;and= simmer .,un- til potatoes are tender and .to- mato juice thickens — .20-25 minutes. Break 'the crisp bacon over the top; .serve. at once. Serves 5-6. • Fighting Terrors Of: The Deep The terror of the deep, the creature that Australian and. Persian Gulf pearl divers, fear most, is not the sleek razors toothed shark but a huge fish With mumbling. lips called Prom- icrops lanceolatus -- the Giant Cod or Queensland Groper, Strictly, it is not' a cod but/' a bass, Nor is it Queensland'i exclusive property because It. prowls throughout the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean,. In Queensland waters (anti those of northern New South Wales) it grows up to seven felt long and tips' the seale at per- haps 800 lb. One caughtin the Persian Gulf weighed over half a ton. In .northern Australia they'll tell you plenty of stories of pearl divers who: have tangled. with sharks, giant rays and octo- puses and got away with it. But you'll hear very few accounts of divers getting away from: these reddish brown, hump- backed monsters with huge mouths that can bite off a diver's leg or arm — or even swallow him whole. What makes the groper doub- ly dangerous is thatthis cor- pulent monster is completely without fear. Divers can hope to send the nervous shark skitter- ing away with a few jets of bub- bles from their head valve. If it persists in coming on the diver will even tap it on its sensitive nose. No such measures affect the groper. Is just comes on with mumbling lips, dropping its lower jaw to give its victim a sight of the serried rows of crooked conical teeth, and a maw' into which a man might step — if he was so minded! Gropers have immense heads. A diver once reported that ,he' saw one In London, after a court order- ed him to stop care from coming to his pub because of the noise they made on the cobblestone street, Geoffrey Bernerd hired , three rickshas to transport his customers. • WORKS BOTH WAYS A Polish court recently deliber- ated on the finer aspects of its currency laws So far as concern- ed foreign money, 1 They finally decreed that it was perfectly legal for a Pole to win dollars from a foreignerin a card game, but if the luck alter- ed and the Pole was obliged to use the dollars to pay off his losses he 'would then be liable to imprisonment. - At two consecutive marria,'eip- in the parish church at Ardfert, Ireland, the, two bridegrooms, the two brides, best' man, brides- maids, and the officiating priest all answered to the name of O'Sullivan! ISSUE 42 — 7959 For. the "Junior Miss" Accent on the cure -y waist in a romantic, dance dress that's designed to stagger the stag line, Problem of fraying fabric is solved by using Trimtex rayon seam binding to finish hems and. seams. Ptinted Pattern 4007 in junior Miss Sizes 9, 11, 13, 15, 17. To order, send Fifty Cents (stamps cannot be accepted, ube postal note for safety) to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto. Please print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE ?WM1 8R and SUE.