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The Seaforth News, 1960-10-13, Page 2rw : me-.. Ecirnous Novelist Says That Doctors Should Tell -- SOONER T admire my doctor. I need IrT trust him, I doubt him. esent him. I resent his right to invade my privacy. Despite Asia role as confidant, I doubt his ebility to withstand the pres- sures of his wife's curiosity. The physician walks where eelatives and intimate friends near to tread, His right to clues. elon hey OLid the bounds of deli- cacy le inviolate. The phy sioian beside whom I find myself seated at a dinner Party is not just part of a crowd coe people, like the businessman mit my left or the college profess or opposite. A doctor can deduce at first sight certain intimate facts about me that are outside the awareness of my nearest and dearest. The slight distension of little finger joint indicates to him incipient tendency toward urethritis. I have acid, T need glasses, I s,,n likely to be susceptible to ulcers. I am built to bear chil- dren easily and I am inclined to eve.rweight, Now if this man beside me at dinner happens to be my own doctor he knows my blood count, my diastolic and systolic beats, toy arteries and the reason I e'eae my hair in a certain style. Ile put seven stitches in my head *,Iter my head-on car crash, Except for him as my dinner partner. I would be happily vio- lating his prescribed diet by succumbing to sweet Hollandaise sauce on my broccoli, date souffle and forbidden black coffee, writes Fannie Hurst in "Tit - Bi',. Across the table is his wife. I'm sure she knows the reason ler that particular hairstyle, what hospital I was in the time I took the alleged trip to Florida. She knows the telltale age of my arteries. As to this matter of woman end her age. My poor, darling aex, almost every one of us is sick — sick when it comes to confessing honestly to our num- ber of years. After twenty-nine, we cannot easily force the numerical truth of age across our balking lips, Insurance companies, social !security questionnaires to the srontrary notwithstanding. With a heavy -pawed attempt ar. kittenishness, I once explained to a physician who was asking my age that I had lied about it fee so long that I actually did not know the exact year, which \tees literally true. "Never mind," he said quietly, lotting down a notation on hie card. "We have ways of know- ttng," But with all their eking, dedi- ae,tion, and nobility of purposo, would you °ay that doctors are really people? Secret apprehensions a b a ut your' health have been troubling sou, Your Symptoms tally with iheee repeated in newspaper, ra- ilse and television advertising. At long last you visit your dea- ler. Days of questioning, testa, aid X-ray follow. You are instructed to return in s week to learn results. During that seemingly endless enerim, you reason to yourself kat most of your symptoms are nbably the result of suggestion k , nigh -powered advertising. But feat pain in your chest and down emoe right arm is real enough! i;ieAREM - SCARUM ..- Designer Charles Ritter divides the ac- aordic,i-pleated skirt of a black crepe cocktail dress to hit a fa - sedan note in Hamburg, West GS 'Many. The full, split skirt is qo he.•ed just below each knee for a "hon i rn girl" look. And why did the doctor think it necessary to put you through such an intensive series of 3f - ray tests? Why had he returned again and again to press that flat disc against certain areas around your heart as if not liking what he heard there? Why had he ap- plied the blood -Pressure machine to both arms and made no com- ment on hie readings? Why had he asked you to cough so repeatedly when he pressed his ear between your shoulder blades? Why had he asked questions that could only indicate he was thinking of et . what? The week drags to its conclu- sion. You are back in his sur- gery, clammy -handed beside the doctor's desk. He talks meaning- less pleasantries while you tense. Bad news of course. He is plays Ing for timet Finally the asks the attendant nurse for your report, As if he does not know it! The man has not once met your eyes. He holds your X-rays to the light, Even a layman can see they are splotch- ed with shadows. He puts them aside frowning, He pores over pages of foolscap reports, frown- ing. He turns back to the X-ray pictures frowning, You glance out of the window. The view is city roofs, How dear life is. How dear roofs are. Sud- denly you want so passionately to remain in a world with roofs. Suddenly you love i'Oofs, You cannot bear to part with roofs. They are part of the world you COOL CAPER—Housewife! O'Itgron Hormel! haft sav4•ral ways of beating the tempera - lure during a 90 -degree heat wave. A portable fan billowe out her Hawaiian muu-muu, while She holds an Ice pack to her head and aeis an ice cream bar, know and love. Poets in their Sad, lovely poems may dream beyond reality towards their mansions in the Ice—but yen like it here. The doctor regards you over his glasses. He removes them. He clears his throat. Yost ere rigid- ly. tense. • "Your report. Illy dear is near- ly perfect." A kind of rage mingles with relief. What strange impulses motivate this man? WHY DID HE NOT TELL YOU AT THE BEGINNING? Why had he not met you with a cheerful "O.K.", instead of dragging you through a. night- mare of apprehensions? Are doctors people to their wives? Marriage counsellor's stress the special areas of con- sideration which confront the young woman contemplating such a marriage, She ]oust prepare herself for a life of irregularities, erratic ureal hours, emerfency the rule rather than the exception. She must reconcile herself to a social life that is subject to a last- minute absentee husband due to somebody's emergency appendec- tomy or baby's croup. She must accept that the tele- phone will dog his footsteps day and night. She must develop im- munity to the fact that women in glamorous beds. decked in boudoir finery and nurses in crisp white, may dote on him. She must prepare herself not to ponder how bed -side weir- his manners, how immunized is be to nurios. Are doctors people? The lady - who sits beside Tum at dinner, and the wife who lies beside him at night, both rile fnr their own• 1'easoes. Usttally ihee• Sts;'', e:rs a r e ids nticel: "Yes, wuniterfu1 people." ISSI'E 42 — Ilili9s TABLE TALK! dktrit awaDeWs. The Fishing Industry and the federal Department of Fisheries are working together to encour- age the increased use of fish and shellfish products during Fish 'n' Seafood ,.Week, ..October 1960. Throughout this week the harvest of the waters will be featured in 'food stores right across the country, * * h When winds blow chill, a hearty warming fish chowder ie a welcome dish, It tastes good and it is good for you. All of the fine flavour and food value of the fish and vegetables are re- tained. None are discarded in cooking liquid. Here is a recipe for a wonderful fish chowder with stick - to - the - ribs quality. Make it using any variety of fish fillets desired. Cod and haddock fillets are especially recom- mended, AUTUMN FISH CROWDER 1 pound fish fillets S tablespoons lemon juice S tablespoons cooking oil or butter ?,4 cup thinly sliced onion 34 cup sliced carrot ei cup sliced celery 1 can (20 ounces) tomatoes e. cup uncooked noodlee dr cups boiling water 1 tablespoon salt le teaspoon pepper Finely grated Parmesan cheese Cut fillets into 8 pro ortione Bid about equal Rise. pAnkle With lemon juice and ow fes gearinate in refrigerator wilier gsceparing broth, Heat fat he s deep eauoepan; acid onion, e04- iro1, and eeleryi cook ever low heat for 10 minutes, stirring oa- eaelonally. A d d tomatoes, noodles, bolting water, salt and pepper. Bring mixture to sim- mering temperature, cover and aimmer for 30 minutes. Add fish and lemon juice, again bring to eimmering temperature, cover and simmer 10 minutes longer. To serve, place a piece of !lisle in each warmed soup bowl, fill the bowls with chowder and sprinkle with a little grated Par- mesan cheese. Makes 8 servings. On the Atlantic seaboard, where excellent quality fish and potatoes abound, cooks have fully explored the myriad of delicious fish -potato menu possi- bilities. A few are given below, The first features salt cod and Is variously referred to as: Fish and Scrunchions, Dutch Mess, and House Bankin, as well as Hugger -In -Buff.. HUGGER-IN-i3UFI' 1 pound boneless salt cod 4 inedium potatoes IS pound fat salt pork 2 medium onions, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons vinegar x i cup cream or milk Rinse cod thoroughly then soak overnight in cold water to cover. Drain. add fresh cold wa- ter to cover, and bring to sim- mering temperature over low heat. Remove fish from water. If it is ton salty to the taste rover with fresh cold water and again heat to boiling point. Cntinto serving -size portions. Peel po- tatoes, seat into quarters. and cools in ember in which cod 'a'a heated. When potatoes are about half cooked add end and simmer gently until potatoes are tender. Drain anrd place ate warmed Met- ter. 3leanwhile, dice salt pork finely and fry until scraps are crisp end light brown. Remove scraps from pan, add onion to Piot !'at, and fry until tender. Stir in vinegar., cream, and pork scraps. Heat sauce to boiling point. Pour over cooked potatoes: and cod. Sarre at once. Makes 4 .,r, i1.ige• CODFISH CARES 2 raps enolted cod !e, cup chopped onion. 2 tablespoons butter 2 cope mashed potsttoee P egg, slightly beater Salt to taste Dash pepper li cup fine dry bread crumbs. Flake cod. Fry onion in butter until tender but not brown, Com- bine mashed potatoes, onion, and egg. Whip mixture until light and fluffy. Beat in cod. Season to taste. Shape into patties about ei-inch thick, Coat with bread crumbs, Panfry in hot fat, turn- ing once to brown on both sides. Makes 4 to 8 servings. Note: a tasty variation of this recipe is to add 1 cup of cooked, mashed parsnip to the ingredi- ents. ST, ANDREWS CLAM HE 2 cans (5 ounces each) small whole clams pound sliced bacon b medium potatoes, thinly sliced A medium onions, thinly sliced 1 teaspoon salt t4 teaspoon pepper 2 cups liquid (clam liquid plat water to make volume) Pastry Drain clams and save liquid. If dame seem sandy, rinse under cold water and strain liquid through several thieknesses of tine cheescloth. Dice bacon and fry until scraps are crisp. In a greased 2 -quart baking dish or pan (a dish 13 x 9 x 2 inchee ie Ideal) place in layer's half the potatoes, onions, and Blame. Sprinkle with half the season= Inge. Repeat, Begin and and while g potato layer, Spread top with ergo bacon sorapt and fat from pan. Pour liquid over til. Bake lit t slew oven, 225' 2'. for about 1, hour or until potatoes are ten- der. Remove dish from oven and eover with pastry; prick. Return 24 a hot oven, 480° F. and belief for 20 minutes longer, or until pastry is lightly browned. Makes 8 servings. - Dishes come and dishes go but some are perennial favour- ites and, like the brook, "go on forever" — go on the table that is. One of these is the Salmon Loaf, Great grandmother used to make it in her old-fashioned kitchen and we still enjoy the savoury goodness of her recipe to this day. This substantial dish seems to have particular appeal in the fall of the year. SALMON LOAF 1 ran (1 pound) salmon ti cup finely chopped onion 2 tablespoons (bopped green pepper clove of garlic, minced 1 tablespoon butter, melted 2 cups cooked rice Us cup milk 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sall0C 011 414 Sheiks Really Turn it On The season of the sheik in Le- banon has just passed. This sum- mer, and all over the hot des- erts of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Bahrein oil -rich princes and sheiks deserted their palaces for the mountains of Le- banon, the "Switzerland of the Middle East," One evening, as my family and I were driving up a mountain road seeking a breach of cool» nets, a huge red convertible whooshed by, occupied by two dark-skinned Arabs in white robes and flowing white head- dress. These men, their license plate disclosed, were from Qatar. Think of it! That hot, sanely patch of land jutting into the Persian Gulf, where everyone scraped for a living until oil was discovered a few years ago, And now the tiny peninsula mends its quota of lean sons of the desert, some still wearing their hair shoulder -length in Bedouin fashion, to pilot Caclil- lacs and Continentals along the roads of Lebanon. In the Lebanese resort towns of Atey and Bhamdoun, veiled ladies, swathed from head to toe in black, peep out from the back seats of limousines at shop win- dows whose dresses they will buy to wear beneath their robes. Some sheiks, who choose to leave their harems intact in air- conditioned isolation back in the desert, show up at social func- tions escorting girls dressed in the height — actually, consider- ably beyond the height — of Western fashion, Such sheiks generally are portly; wealth has ee teaspoon salt 34i teaspoon pepper St teaspoon thyme 2 eggs whites, stiffly beaten Drain and flake salmon, sav- ing liquid to use in a sauce if desired. Cook onion, green pep- per, and garlic in buttes' until tender but not browned. Com- bine with salmon. Add rice, milk, egg yolks, lemon juice, and seasonings. Mix well, Fold in egg whites. Line the bottom of a loaf pan or baking dish, 9 x 5 x 3 inches, with aluminum foil and grease the foil and sides of the pan generously. Turn salmon mixture (which is very moist) into the pan and bake in a mode orate oven, 350' F. for 40 to 48 minutes, or until the loaf le firm In the oentre. Remove from the even and let stand in pan for 5 minutes. Unmould and serve hot with cooked vegetable and e mauve If desired, Or nerve cold whir t salad. Makes 8 sterving& CROW had a little longer to settle: in on thein, Not satisfied with renting rooms, some sheiks buy wholk hotels and turn them into suis» mor palaces, One such acquitri- tion, a former apartment howbe, stands on the beach road not tar from our Beirut flat. A high, square building set on pillars in the sand, the house has been transformed into a mansion by the Kuwaiti sheik who bought it. The house now boasts an acre of garden, sur- rounded by a high wall studdeft with electric lights, and tots whole compound blazes in splen- dour each evening when the sheik is in residence, When these men do rent, titer set the normal rental market on beams -end. We heard of z Lebanese family who built a villa in the hills above Beirut, The villa caught the eye of a Saudi prince, who said he Incubi like to rent it for 40 days. Thg owner not needing the money, declined. But, said the prince, he would pay one thousand Lee banese pounds per day, or move than three hundred dollars, The owner agreed with ale- crity. There was no damage le walls and floors which could not be repaired for a fraction of that price. At the end of the 40 days the enamoured prince took the house for an addition- al 30 days, at the same rental, writes Harry B. Ellis in the Christian Science Monitor. As the years roll on, these men of the desert are growing more sophisticated about their money. Seldom today must e Lebanese banker hold ready t large stock of cash to show a sheik who wants to "see" his money. Instead, the sheiks have plunged into real estate to the extent that the Lebanese house- buying market is almost domin- ated by Kuwaiti and Saudi money, The apartment in which we live was bought recently by a Kuwaiti sheik. Whether he ever sew the building, I do not know. But he has a shrewd and effi- cient Palestine Arab — u re- fugee of the Arab -Jewish wad — to manage his investments in Beirut. At the rents this sheik, ai,d other landlords, charge, he can get his entire invcstmenl back in eight years. This aspect of the Saudi and Kuwaiti "presence" is perennial in Beirut, It is only in the sum- mer, when the fierce sun beate down on the desert, that that sheiks themselves, their ladies, retinues, and great cars, appear on the scene, putting a gleans into the eyes of Lebanese mer- sthents, and making this truly the Season cf the sheik. TESTING -- British Prime Minister Harold Mocm!llan, who ad- dressed the U.N. General Assembly Sept, 29, tests the rostrum before the start of the Sept. 28 session. CARRIES ON WITH DIGNITY -- Hit pride injured but not his flesh, bulifighiei ire ilio Redondo stores et his foo in Modrid, Spain, ring. His trousers in shreds, Redondo knc•,t, what a near mise meanie.