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The Seaforth News, 1961-02-09, Page 2Put Baby in Oven To Save His Life Alexander King, American painter and humorist, weighed less than three pounds when he was born in his native Austria,. So his parents wrapped him from head to foot in absorbent cotton, put him in a frying pan and shoved him in a moderate oven for the next three months, They basted: him with olive oil every twenty minutes, turning him over each time so that he didn't get too well dope on any One side, King says he isn't joking about this. An Austrian medical jour- nal at the time devoted two and a half columns to it. At five years of age he crawl- ed through the side door of a grandfather clock and hid there while his parents went frantic searching for him, Then one of the heavy weights came to rest on his head, His father noticed that the clock had stopped, opened the door to re -start it, and found Alex inside, He calls his highly diverting memoirs: "May This House Be Safe From Tigers" because that was what a friend always said on leaving after a visit, stopping in the doorway, folding his hands Hindu fashion. One day he asked the friend: "What's the meaning of this idiot prayer you're always uttering." "What's wrong with it?" ask- ed the friend, hurt. "How long have I been saying it to you?" "Oh, about three years, on and off." "Well — have you been bother- ed by tigers in that time?" King knew some zany charac- ters in places like New York's Greenwich Village. Among his fellow artists was a sculptor named Kipnil who was arrested while trying to dislodge a yard - high wooden horseshoe hanging over the door of an old stable that hadn't been used for about twenty years. He said he needed it for a ""Penguin Honeymoon" sculpture — two penguins leaning together In the form of an arch. The magistrate gave him a spell in a mental hospital. Another sculptor friend' of his *pent about two years carving a ortrait of Kipnil out of a lump ttl coal, At the birthday party cele- bration of a Russian -born paint- ed, Dimitri Pilniak, King noticed that his two young sons, appoint- ed to wait at table, had their Jackets and shirts on backwards — buttoned up the rear, with their neckties bouncing on their backs as they rushed about fet- ching food from the kitchen, He asked Pilniak why, "It's really simple," said Pil- niak. "When you dine in a res- taurant you must have noticed that every time you want the waiter's attention his back is turned to you. Well, here the waiters also have their backs to- wards you. But here they can see you!" A friend of King's was Rose O'Neill, who made a fortune by creating the famous Kewpie doll, She lived in a New York suburb, and in the cellar of the house he saw an enormous steam boiler which had been specially cast for her in the shape of a Kewpie doll, When she'd taken possession of this mansion sixteen years be- fore, he says, the previous own- er had broken off the wall switch in turning on the lights, so they'd remained on all those years and were still burning when he last visited the house. She bad a favourite cat with six toes on each toot, livery morning it came to her room through a little six-inch door and placed a dead bird at the foot of, her bed as a greeting, King once asked Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro -Goldwyn - Mayer; "How come that the French, German and British make somany good films, and here in Hollywood we turn out so much trash?" "You're rather severe on us," Mayer protested. "After all,we do make some good Pictures, don't we?" "Once in a while," King ad- mitted, "You do make a fairly good picture," "Well," said Mayer, "I just want you to remember this: We don't have to!" The first time King turned his talent to advertising purposes— for a shipping line — he had to do a glamorous picture of a holi- day crowd on a romantic cruise to Honolulu, When he took it to the agency executive who'd com- missioned it, he said: "It's great Mr. King, Great!" Then, peering closer: "There's just one little thing I'd like you to do: take those people, those forty couples, and turn them all a little to the left," King was so exasperated he stamped out, tore the picture into fragments, and flung them away, As he turned to leave,, the exe- cutive's assistant interceptedhim and said: "You've made a ter- rible mistake, Mr. King." Picking up a fragment, he pointed at a girl's arm on it and said: "You should have had a hairy, masculine hand there." "That's a woman's. arm," King retorted. "Why would I put a man's hand on the end of it?" "Ah!" the fellow went on. "If you had done that it would have been an obvious mistake. Your drawing was really very good— just what he wanted, in fact. "If you'd only painted the wrong hand on that arm he would have been tickled pink to think that he'd spotted the error just in time . , But you see, Mr. King, you unfortunately sub - milted a picture in which there was nothing for him to edit. I advise you strongly to mend your ways while there is still time. Sullivan Bites The Hand That Feeds Him "Maybe it will seem that I'm biting the hand that feeds me, but . . " So began an as -told -to article (in the February Good Housekeeping) by television stagemaster Ed Sullivan — who then proceeded to sink his teeth into TV's trigger finger: "Some of our wildest Westerns and crime shows aren't fit to be seen by anyone under 14 .. , I hate to think of any youngster sop- ping up the weekly doses of whippings, chokings, and whole- sale slaughter that 'The Untouch- ables' dishes out," Even before the magazine hit the stands word went around that Sullivan wish- ed he hadn't bitten. But, as if to confound the rumormongers, Sullivan snapped his jaws at an- other — and tastier — morsel; criticizing voluptuous Zsa Zsa Gabor's low-cut appearance on the `Bob Hope Show" filmed at Guantanamo Bay, Sullivan wrote in his syndicated newspaper col- umn: "I don't think that a Zsa Zsa qualifies as an inspiring ex- ample to our youngsters in the service," HER TWIN' NOW - Herself premature as a baby, who over- came a I•eort defect, Linda Winter now serve, acro a nurse in her old hospital in Cincinnati, Hes ordeal made ls*r decide to become „ nurse. NESTING - Vernier of Paris feathers the brain for spring. Wisps are gilded and matted into a halo to frame 'the face. i18 TABLE TALKS ektne The biggest reason that wom- en like casserole cooking is, of course, 'that foods may be pre- pared beforehand and cooked or heated at the last meal -minute, This makes for great conveni- ence, especially if there are small children in the household. Casseroles' are meat - stretchers, too, without the stretching being too obvious. Ham and macaroni go 'together well in a hot casserole for a cold evening. This recipe serves, 6-8.. HAM AND MACARONI CASSEROLE 2 cups cubed cooked ham 7 ounces elbow macaroni 3 tablespoons chdpped onion 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup flour a/z teaspoon dry mustard 2 cups milk 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese 1 teaspoon salt Vs teaspoon pepper Buttered crumbs Cook macaroni according to package,. directions. Brown onion in butter in large saucepan or skillet. Stir in flour, mustard, salt and pepper. Add` milk and cook, stirring until smooth. Add cheese. Stir until melted. Add ham and macaroni. Pour into buttered 2 -quart casserole. Top with crumbs. Bake in 350 degree P. oven 45 minutes. Serve pip- ing hot. * Tuna is a favourite for cer- tain types of casseroles.. Try this one, combining tuna with pota- toes. The recipe calls for raw potatoes; if you have leftover cooked potatoes they may be substituted, but the baking time must then be reduced to about 30 minutes. TUNA -POTATO CASSEROLE 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour s teaspoon salt rre teaspoon pepper 2 cups milk la cup minced onion 3 cups thinly sliced raw potatoes 1 can tuna fish (7 °es.) 1 cup rice cereal 1 teaspoon melted butter Melt butter, stir in flour, salt and pepper. Add milk and minc- ed onions; cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thick and smooth. Arrange sliced pota- toes and flaked tuna in alternate layers in greased 2 -quart cas- serole, Pour cream sauce over mixture. Crush rice cereal slight- ly; mix with melted butter. Sprinkle over top of contents of casserole. Bake at 350 de- grees F, for about 7, hour. Serves 6. * * * Make a casserole that is de- licately brown with crunchy corn chips; it combines chicken with cheese and spices. CORN CHIPS CHICKEN 1 medium onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 1 cup chopped or sliced cooked chicken 1 cup grated Canadian cheese 1 can condensed tomato soup cup water 1 teaspoon 'chili powder 2% cups corn chips Place 2 cups corn chips in a casserole. On this, arrange layer of chopped onion, minced garlic, chicken, and at cup grated cheese. Heat soup with water and pour over contents of cas- serole. Top with chili powder, remaining 1 cup corn chips, re- maining ns cup cheese: Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15-20 min- utes. ¢ ,,. SAUSAGE AND. WILD RICE CASSEROLE 1 pound pork sausage meat 2 cups sliced onions 1 4 -ounce can mushrooms 2 tablespoons butter X14 cup flour 2%s cups bouillon 14. teaspoon salt 4 teaspodn oregano ii teaspoon thyme 1 cup wild rice Stir and cook sausage in large skillet until pink colour disap- pears, Drain, Add onions and mushrooms to sausage; brown ISSUE S — 1961 lightly. Melt butter. in saucepan Add flour and bouillon; stir and cook over low heat to snake a sauce. Add salt, oregano and • tnyme. Add to sausage mixture. Cook rice in boiling salted water for 12 minutes. Drain. Piece rice m • 1177x11/4-ineh casserole, Top with sausage mixture. Bake at •350 degrees F, for 30 minutes. When a quick meal is needed, try this casserole, SCALLOPED' OVS`EERS AND CLAMS 1a/4 cups packaged seasoned,, bread dressing 'Ai cup butter 3 hard -cooked eggs 1 can (8 -oz.) oysters, drained 1 can (71/2 -os.) minced clams, drained I can condensed cream of mushroom soup 1 tablespoon onion flakes 1 tablespoon parsley flakes Mix bread dressing with melt- ed butter; set aside 1 cup of this mixture. Combine remaining crumbs 'with chopped eggs, s cup liquid drained from' oysters and clams, soup and seasonings. Put in shallow baking dish and sprinkle with reserved crumbs. 'Bake -at 400 degrees F. about 20 minutes, Serves, 4-6. Mathematics Really Pays Off The nuclear physicist; glarrruur boy of the atomic age, has an. important new competitor for industry's favour these days. He's the mathematician. Industry needs him to design' computers, break down complex formulas so computers can handle them, plot the trajectory of a missile, and figure out how to navigate a spaceship to Mars — as well as to solve other, more mundane business problems. Trouble is, manycompanies report there just aren't enough to go around, Burroughs Corp.,. which now employs 100 mathe- maticians vs. only six a decade ago, agrees that the supply is "very, very short" The mathe- matical -analysis department of Lockheed's Georgia division, which employs 35 mathemati- cians, reports: "We're looking for ten right now." To find its math wizards, in- dustry uses the standard busi- ness practices — combing col- lege campuses, raiding other companies, sending the brightest of its math -minded employees back to college. Some firms in- vite top academicians to work for them during their summer vacations or locate their research facilities near the campus to get the prof in his off hours, But the shortage persists, Recently, the National Broad- casting Co. unveiled a plan to get more people interested in random variables, statistical in- ference, and similar skull -crack- ing pursuits, With the backing of such companies as General Goods, International Business Machines, du Pont, and U.S. Steel, it announced a course in probability and statistics on its 170 -station "Continental Class- room" television show, And those who show a bent for higher mathematics can also look forward to higher pay, A Ph.D. in math can command $11,000 to $12,000 a year in in- dustry to start vs. $6,000 to $7,000 in teaching., While many still prefer the calm, meditative life. of the campus, others are prompt to give all that up. "Why," says one ex -professor, "I've even given up my pipe." — From NEWSWEEK. Seeking A Link To Roman Britain What way did the Roman le- gions march from that part of, WatlingStreet which is the mod- ern Edgware Road down to their galleys in the River Thames? An archaeological "dig" to find the link is a fascinating, if mi- croscopic, offshoot of a two-year edadwvrks improvement scheme now going on to speed traffic front Oxford Street to the West Country. Watling Street is the early English name for the grew} road made by the Romans, running north through St. Albans (Veru- lamium) to Wroxeter (Viroco- nium), though the Elizabethans seem to have given the name to other Roman, or reputed Roman, roads, To find the missing link with the Thames the diggers were at work Jan. 15 on a site between Marble Arch and Orators Cor- ner, considered to be either a continuation of Watling Street or a Roman road junction. Samples of earth, pottery, and wood from six feet below road level are to be analyzed in an attempt to solve what archaeolo- gists consider one of the most tantalizing mysteries of Roman London. "We want to know where Watling Street went after the point where the cinema at Marble Arch now stands," Fran- cis Celoria, archaelogicai field officer of the London museum, said, writes Melts Knowles in the Christian Science Monitor. Digging was .carried out by the Thames Basin Archaeologi- cal Observers gropp, Brightwin- ter sunshine played on the scene. Strollers, in the park made a fringe of spectators round the rim, Down the pit the diggers included sohool.bofs and girls looking as though dressed for, skiing, beardedyoung men in overcoats and rubber boots, and women in tartan slacks with col- lege scarves, A. layer of hard ballast and either clay or cement had been uncovered by builders excavat- ing to make a modern pedestrian subway 100 yards from Marble Arch itself in a direct line with, the old Watling Street. An alternative, gruesome but logical explanation by ape ob- server is that the site had been hardened watching the hangings on the Tyburn gallows just nearby, His Whiskers Gave Him Away The white -bearded patient reg- istered as "George Saviers," at the Mayo Clinie in Rochester, Minn., turned out to be none other than 61 -year-old author Ernest Hemingway - who has reportedly b e i n g undergoing shock treatment, although Mayo spokesmen would say only, that he was being treated for high. blood 'pressure. Accompanied by his wife, Mary, and a nurse, Hemmingway was taking daily. strolls past the doctors' residen- tial section (Pill Hill). Meantime, the real George Saviors — a Ket- churn, Idaho, physician who. packed Papa off to the clinic last Nov. 30 - told of receiving an encouraging letter from his some- time Sun Valley neighbor last month. Dr. Saviers , reported: "He's doing fine." THE MIDWINTER BLUES "The winters aren't like they used o be," "You mean you can't get any more steam out of that boiler?" "Shut the window)"