The Seaforth News, 1961-03-30, Page 10When Employees Had
To Too The Mark
Everyone is familiar with the
Wee covering those employed in
offices and factories today. Gens
*rally, the regulations are mod-
erate—entirely too lenient, many
employers complain,
The work week for most Work-
ers is now 35 to 40 hours, and
i leisurely lunch hours and morn-
' tag and afternoon refreshment
breaks and rest periods are com-
monplace, Conditions under
Which work is done are as com-
fortable as possible, and the
work itself has been eased con-
siderably, Onerous and somes
times humiliating tasks and reg-
ulations which once character-
filized many areas of employment
, have been eliminated.
There are still complaints, of
course. Many are the inevitable
routine complaints of ordinary
workday life, a supervisor's cri-
ticism, a lack of balance of work
in an office or shop, favoritism,
that sort of grievance. Some
complaints are more justifiable.
But have you stopped recently
to think about the conditions of
employment in th_e, last century?
• Today's easy-going rules would
have been unbelievable for em-
ployees who worked under these
company rules in effect in 1854:
"Any employee who is in the
habit of smoking Spanish cigars,
getting shavedat a barber shop,
going to dances or other places
of amusement, will surely give
his employer reason to suspect
his integrity and all-around
honesty... .
"Each employee must attend
Sunday School every Sunday.
Men employees are given one
evening a week for courting and
two if they go to prayer meeting
regularly...
"After 14 hours • of work, leis-
ure time must be spent in read-
ing good literature"
A few years later, on April 5,
1872, Zachary U. Geiger, Sole
Proprietor, posted regulations
for employees in his lit. Cory
Carriage & Wagon Works which
includedthe following:
"Office employees will daily
sweep the floors, dust the furni-
ture; shelves, and showcases.
"Each day fill lamps, clean
chimneys, and trim wicks. Wash
the windows once a week.
"Each clerk will bring in a
bucXet_o# water and a scuttle of
4oa1 for the day's .business.
"Make your pens carefully.
You may, whittle nibs to your
--individual taste.
"This office will open at 7 am,
and close. at 8 p.m, daily except
en the Sabbath, on which day it
will remain closed... .
"Every employee should lay
aside from each pay a goodly
sum of his earnings for his berie-.
fits during 'his declining years,
so that he will not become a
burden upon the charity of his
betters... .
"The employee who has per-
formed his labors faithfully and
without faults for a period of
five years in my service, and
who has been thrifty and atten-
tive to his religious duties and
is looked upon by his fellow men
as a subtantial and law-abiding
citizen, will be given an increase
of five cents per day in his pay,
providing a just return in profits
from the business permits it"
Earlier in the 18th century,
Amassa Whitney posted rules in
his Winchendon, Mass., plant on
July 5,1830. Excerpted, they pro-
vided:
"The mill will be put into op-
eration 10 minutes before sun-
rise at all seasons of the year.
The gate will be shut 10 minutes
past sunset from the 20th of
March to the 20th of September,
at 30 minutes past 8 from the
$Oth of September to the 20th of
March. Saturdays at sunset. , ,
VINO
ISSUE 12 — 1961
"It will he required of every
person employed that they be in
the room in which they are em-
ployed at the time mentioned. , .
"Hands are not allowed to
leave the factory in working
hours.
"Anyone who by negligence or
misconduct causes damage to the
machinery, or impedes the pro-
gress of work, will be liable to
make good the damage for the
same. ,
"Any person employed for no,
certain length of time will be
required to give at least four
weeks' notice of their intention
to leave (sickness excepted) or
forfeit four weeks' pay. , . ,
"Anything tending to impede
the progress of manufacturing in
working hours, such as unneces-
sary conversation, reading, eat-
ing fruit, etc., must be avoided.
"No smoking will be allowed
in the factory, as it is considered
very unsafe.. ,
"The hands will take .break-
fast, from the first of November
to the last of March, before go-
ing to work. [At other times]
25 minutes will be allowed for
breakfast, 30 minutes for dinner,
and 25 minutes for supper, and
no snore from the time the gate
is shut till started again,"
These were typical company
rules. The similarities in, some
of the regulations were not
coincidental; the provisions were
so common that even the word-
ing was much the same, place to'
place. And the penalty for, vio-
lating the rules? _ Discharge, of
course, and frequently blacklist-
ing with other employers,—By
Ed Townsend in the Christian
Science Monitor.
Saying A Lot
In Small Space
A new sort of doodling is go -
Ing on at The New York Times
copy desk. Late at night, be-
tween
editions, headline writers
have been preoccupied with a.
pastime called "Through History -
With Times Headlines." . The
idea: To tell history's biggest
stories with typical Times re-
straint, if not understatement.
To make the task' tougher,
rules of the game restrict the
heads to 14% units, the maxi-
mum under the rigid typeface
(24 point Latin. Antique) The
Timm: bag; usgd, Reece. 1007 eve
8Ae-coluiHn s t or i e d continuer
from page one. These samples of
the head writers' humor were
reproduced recently in Times.
Talk, the paper's house organ:
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JEHOVAH RESTING
AFTER., 6 -DAY TASK
o • *
METHUSELAH DIES:
JUDEAN WAS 944
• • •
MOSES, ON SINAI,
GETS 10-1'T. PLAN.
* * - *
FRENCH ARE URGED
TO CONSUME CAKE
• • e
HOLLAND SETTLERS
IN $24 LAND DEAL
* ' *
BLAZE IN CHICAGO
IS LINKED TO COW
* * *
But no matter how long Times
copy editors doodled, they'd
have to work hard to beat the
actual Times headline -announc-'
Ing the assassination, of Presi-
dent Lincoln: AWFUL EVENT.
The young and ambitious
clerk's desk was close to an area
frequently traveled by the exe-
cutives in his organization, Stra-
tegically placed on his desk, and
readable at five to ten paces,
was the quotation, "Everything
good in a man thrives best when
properly recognized."
Obey the traffic signs — they
are placed there for YOUR
SAFETY.
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SWEET ON J. F. K. — Mrs. Marion Tucker has created a unique
portrait of President Kennedy. The painting is done in cake
Icings framed in marshmallow. Cake topper and Bible com-
plete gift, presented by Mrs. Tucker at the Democratic Notional
Committee.
RULES BRITTANY—Jeanine 'Levesque is a vision in lace in Paris,
France. The 19-year'old Hairdresser from Painpont was elected
"Duchess of `Britanny — 1961" at the annual, banquet for
natives in the province.
TABLE TALKS
Vclan Andre,ws
Nine hundred persons enjoyed
a Swedish smorgasbord at the
headquarters of the Salvation
Army in Kansas City recently,
and hundreds more who wanted
to attend were turned away be-
cause of lack od.space. This is en
annual dinner — it was started
five years ago - that has be-
come increasingly popular until
a big overflow was reached this
year.
Menu for the dinner included.
Swedish meat balls, potato sau-
sage, hickory smoked bans,
steamed halibut, pickled herring,
bruise beans, boiled ''potatoes,
molded salads (they needed 65
of.these), tossed salad, assorted
cheese, cottage cheese, Cale slaw
(100 pounds of cabbage!), dev-
iled eggs, relishes, pickled beets,
limps, rye crisp, . white bread,
rice pudding, lingonberries,
cookies, and several hot and cold
drinks.
When guests presented their
tickets at the door, they were
given a leaflet with recipes for
foods they were about to be
served. Here, according to Elea=
nor Richey Johnston in the
Christian Science Monitor, are
some of them, which I am happy •
to pass along to you.
* * *
SWEDISH MEAT BALLS
1 pound ground beef
14 pound ground lean pork
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon salt
1,4 teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoons savor -salt
Ye teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
1 small chopped onion
Bread crumbs, coarse -enough
to be absorbed by the milk
Combine all ingredients. Mix-
ture should be moist; add more
milk if necessary. Form into
small balls; fry in butter, turn-
ing constantly. Do not overcook.,
• • •
One hundred seventy pounds
of chicken halibut were used at
the smorgasbord. It was cooked
this way:
BAKED FISH
Wipe fish dry. Rub with salt
inside and out. Brush with but-
ter and place in greased baking
dish. Add a scant cup of water.
Cover and bake 10 minutes at
500° F. to sear. Reduce heat to
450* F. and bake 10 minutes
snore. Remove from oven. Skin
off top of eisb. Dot white flesh
generously with butter; sprinkle
with paprika; return to . oven.
Cook 10 minutes uncovered:
Time may vary somewhat ac-
cording to size o2 fish, (This re-
cipe is for a family -sized fish.)
On a small scale, a "Dip" par-
ty may be considered to be simi-
lar to a smorgasbord in the sense
that each person goes around the
table and selects the food that
he wants, I went to such a dip
party on a recent Sunday eve-
ning. Small, elaborately decor-
ated paper plates were used by
those serving themselves from
bowls and a chafing dish. We
dipped with corn chips, potato
chips, small crackers, carrot and
celery sticks, taking some of
every kind of dip offered and
then settled around an open fire
for talk and eating, We went
back often — and we needed
nothing else for our supper —
though the hostess did pass
homemade cookies with the hot
beverage that we poured for our-
selves When We had finished the
dips. Four or five varieties are
a good number. For a hot dip,
try this one, it is made of dev-
iled ham, cheese, mayonnaise,
Tabasco and tomato juice.
CHAFING DISH DIP
4 pound processed cheese
2 tablespoons mayonnalse
1 can (4r/ -oz.) deviled ham
1 tablespoon finely chopped
onion '
r/k teaspoon Tabasco
8 tablespoons tomato juice
Melt cheese over low heat. Stir
in mayonnaise, deviled ham,
onion, and Tabasco until well
'blended. Gradually stir. in toma-
to juice, mixing very well. Di dip
seems too thick, add more tamato
juice; transfer to candle warmer
or charting dish and serve with
chips and raw vegetables. Serves
8. • *
Dips made with sour cream are
popular and any dip party should
include at least one of these.
Here is one to :serve cold.
• CLAM SOUR CREAM DIP
34 cup sour ereatis
34 cup minced clams, well
drained '
3t teaspoon each,' onion and
garlic powder
Dash ground black pepper
Dash ground cayenne pepper
i/ teaspoon ground basil leaver
Vs teaspoon salt
Paprika for garnish '
Combine all ingredients except
paprika. Mix well, Pour into a
small bowl, sprinkle with Pala-
like.
aprike. Serve on a tray surrounded.
by carrot and celery sticks, raw
cauliflower, raw broccoli flower -
lets, radish roses, chips, and small
crackers, *
For' an unusual dip, try one
made oe avocado and ripe olives.
BLACK OLIVE-AVACADO DIP
1 soft ripe avoeadd
1 tablespoon minced onion
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3/2 teaspoon . salt
y/s teapsoon Tabasco sauce
1y2 cup chopped black olives
Peel avocado and mash: Stir`
in onion; mayonnaise, lemon
juice, . eat, and Tabasco. Blend
well. Stir in black olives.
.5 * ' *
PARTY EGG DIP
4 hard -cooked eggs
r/ ,cup mayonnaise
3/a cuptomato catchup
2 tablespoons milk
34 teaspoon lemon juice
44. teaspodn each, salt and sweet
basil.
Chop eggs fine and place in a
bowl; add remaining ingredients
and blend well. Chill before
serving.
Marking A Comeback
After A Stroke
Over BBC radio one night re-
cently came a voice from the
past, The rich baritone accents
were those of Douglas Ritchie, a
popular news commentator dur-
ing World War II whose "Col-
onel Britton" broadcasts were al-
most as well known' as the in-
spired exhortations of Winston
Churchill.
Now, after a long silence,
Douglas Ritchie spoke again, Not
as a news commentator but as
the author of a personal-
experi-ence book, "Stroke," which had,
just been dramatized on the
BBC program "True Story,"
"I didn't know I would ever
again be talking to you from this
microphone—or from any other,"
Ritchie- said. "Four years ago, I
was dumb arid paralyzed. I can't
speak quickly now, ' but I can
speak, and I go on improving: I
go for a half -mile walk with a
stick every day. My right arm
and hand are still useless, but
I've learned to write with my
left hand."
After the broadcast, the BBC
switchboard flared with calls
from listeners who wanted to
know more about what had hap-
pened to the long -remembered
news commentator. To his cozy,
gray -flint and red -tiled house on
a steep hilltop overlooking the
River Mole at Mickleiam, Sur-
rey, where he lives with his de-
voted, charming wife, Evelyn,
came a sheaf of letters. "Your
voice has the same timbre and
clarity that I remember during
the Battle of Britain," wrote one
woman.
Ritchie's book "Stroke," tells
the full story. On May. 7, 1955,
the robust, fidgety perfectionist,
then 50, suffered a severe brain
hemorrhage. At first it was
thought he would die. Eventual-
ly, relieving his paralysis (the
complete right side) and aphasia
(loss of voice from injured brain
cells) became a job for the re-
habilitation experts.
"Stroke" reveals with poignant
perceptiveness the various stages
of Ritchie's ordeal, from, the first
efforts to exercise his paralyzed
muscles, to the painfully slow,
frustrating task of relearning the
language he had used so well.
To stroke victims everywhere
(750,000 annually in the U.S.),
Ritchie offers this practical ad-
vice: "You meet be patient, •ire
matter how slowly things go.
You must set your sights lower
. learn to accept your limits-
tions."
Sausage Skins
Hid Big Money
As the .grey truck pulled to a
stop nearby, the Milan police-
man'stared suspiciously. He had
noticed the van delivering . sa-
lami and :.other sausages many
times before and had noted that
it always seemed to stop at the
seine spots—and always the same
wary - looking customers were
served. The matter needed look-
ing into.
A report went in. Milan's po-
nce chied decided to investigate,
The next time the van pulled
up ata customary stopping place
to serve a waiting man, a squad
closed in. The driver pushed his
engine into gear and tried to
drive off, but the squad was too
quick for .him.
When the sausages were ex-
amined, the police found a few
genuine ones but the others had
tight skins stuffed, not with
meat, but counterfeit American
dollar bills.
When the police traced the
source of the notes they got a
surprise—they came from the
local Palace of Justice, The bills
had been sent there following a
raid on a ;,Tinting shop and seiz-
ure of its output -40,000 coun-
terfeit dollar bills.
A Ministry offic3.d1 had been
delegated to burn the fake notes,.
Instead, faced with the tempting
pile, he had hidden them be-
tween the wall and a sate in his
office. As regulations demanded
he , certified that he'd destroyed
the notes, Top officials made ap-
propriate entries in their records
and the matter WAS forgotten.
The notes remained in their hid-
ing place,
Later, however, the official
Was arrested and found guilty
of another change. He was jailed
for six months. While in prison
he often thought of his hoard and
the time passed in pleasurable
anticipation,
Immediately 'after his release
lie returned to the palace, sneak-
ed past the guards, and made.
his way to his old office.
Feverishly, lie removed wads
of the counterfeit notes, stuffed
thein under his shirt and crept
away. He repeated the visits at
intervals. '
Accomplices helped him to
pack the dollars into .sausage
skins, organize a "sales round"
and distribute them. The truck's
customers were illegal money
vendors. Passing off the dollars
as genuine, they exchanged them
Sur Italian lire.
By the time the police swoop-
ed, their system had worked so
effectively that only $4,000 hf the
hoard remained. The exoffs"ial
bad done well for himself be'f^re
he stood in the dock again,
charged with burglary, swindl-
ing, false pretences and conceal-
ing stolen goods.
In the last five years, Interpol
has uncovered and snia"shed sev-
enteen workshops for printing
counterfeit currencies, documents
and passports in France, sixteen
in Italy, 'eleven in Germany and
eight in Belgium.
In a basement workshop in
Paris a gang was busy printing
millions. Not content with pro-
ducing false franc notes, it ran
off thousands of German D -
marks, Dutch guilders, Spanish
pesetas and American dollar
bills.
But, unknown to these clever
isprators, the police got wind of
their activities. Inspector' La-
croix waited until the next big
press day. Before daylight, on
a drizzling winter morning, his
squad crept into tactical positions
near the counterfeiters' den.
He listened Intently — and
heard the click and whirl of
pointing machines in full cry.
He tossed a stone into the base-
,meat window and, as the glass
splintered, his men closed'in.
The three counterfeiters tried
to bolt, but they were soon hand-
cuffed. The cellar was littered
with wet notes, and stocks of
waterproof paper, some of it
stolen from the Bank of France.
ROCKETEER — Professor Alla
Masevic is vice president of
t h e Astro Physics National
Council of the U.S.S.R. The
lady' scientist, shown in Rome
on a lecture tour, has worked
on several Russian satellites,
YES, SHE CAN, BILLY BOY — These girls hove been judged the U.S, notion's best cherry pie
bakers in a Chicago contest. Sherry Shirley, 18,•.(seoted) is number one,