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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-12-29, Page 3TgIGH'T • WATCH ate boat• --•feeling curiously sick at ,r1 thought it wes hinh" he said un heart.. As he did so the companion -1, grammatically . "That's why I saved way dour opened; and Lord leraadle .hien•---for yowl .But---I'rn just a sailer;" and Myra emerged on deck. - And I to just a woman!" she said, „ , AStorYuletide c>I Love and Peril on the High Seasthrownover her with a pale laugh, "If we're safe.on, y g She had g a eek. e r g�" It was real Christmas weather in she cure over the gangway their eyes' evc�iaing frock; but Bradley was coat- meet get dry—you'll catch your death Long.20 hadr • e he'd eas' of cold!" Already she was womanly Lat. 45 d'eg, North, deg. .met�and lingered. Then e "f,Et's have. a look at the jolly old �ossessiva, West; and through a north -oast gale been privileged to help her . with a ` ni ht l" 1he rd him say his " po you meant--- ?" „,aid Nleirill, triumphantly crested, with 'blinding troublesome dwek chair, before the. • a « , in u"Denl glowing. snow the Angmeric bored a tumultu- hard' .'v ather began; and they'd high-pitched voice, By jove I say- s d , y g ow ng E' o'clock on Cliristnias r, k 1' 'd wordstogether. look here—whate; happening The "I've been wondering when you were ons way. Eight ..roll en halt a ❑ n deck lights •showed' his face whitening', going to ask me! she said, and her Eve it was; alai the spray that slash- He didn't know then that she was the e ', -h n was noton + e. `‘Ane this ed interminablyover the rails f the Miss -Carlisle `whose uncle .had died in h%s mouth apex ing. Merrill 'mad., {, der pal quick leap, his arm outstretched; but ilild will perish of cold—" She fled liner froze where it fell, so that a1- Chicago- and left her. a Cool million _ o youngster below leaving Merrill grinningvas ready the decks were elf •eery with dollars. Ho was lad he had fallen in d. y ng , b y pp eine he issed the •rabbit fee ts'i•oe •ed like weird knewthat •as lie dashed back into the'cabin- . cantly into the snow -filled night. e ha • screaming; "I spay -they're clisaring ' "Topping Christmas'!" he rejoiced; foe, and the lifeboats 1s love with her before hummocks. Robert Mei-i11, second offl He dwelt on his feelings for the girl the boats away!" "Oh—topping!" ^1w ram "Ideas." cel, dragged the stern -collar of his. during three bleak hours of driving "Damned fool --da nee fool!" said ---s m The Rornance of the Mistletoe "We'll twine the fresh green holly wreath And make the Yule log glow; And gather gaily uuderueath. The gesteeing mistletoe," A plant that was the object .of veneration by the Druide before ever the Romans set. foot in .T3i•itain; that was later regarded as a heal-all—a panacea for all ills; that was worn, as an amulet against witchcraft and kin- dred evils, has certainly a claim to be considered romantic, quite apart from its present-day significance. The days of which Sir Walter Scott wrote greatcoat about his ears as, he hurried sleet and hammering spindthrift, with Merrilll and turned to meet Myra's when: y dw• .. .. �.r ; ;mow..' past the gleaming port - holes of the the Aggmeric roaring through •' the d saloon accommodation to the bridge- , smother like a maniac ship. Occasion -,"Is there danger?" she asked..She' a ho could' be the gaze. ladder. I ally she took beg water over feerrveard; seemedgni w , "Oh, yes+, a very merry Christmas," she lurched uglily, and she shouldered truth he growled. , A spray cut him in the her purposeful way through tumultu- "Mi ht be!" he. said curtly. "I'll. teeth; and, turning his back, he found ;.ous waves, . w'hich towered'.: high, and look after you, though. Best go below, himself abreast of the saloon scuttles. i. poised, and' fell with monotonous per-; though -plenty of time!" ` Ile opened They were holding high revelry hi; sistence. He got colder and more -nes-the companionway door—as, he did so these—celebrating Christmas Eve ink erable with every succeeding minute, he was thrust aside by a suddenly le old-fashioned style. Since the prim- !and his' thoughts grew gloomier. Twice panicked mass of humanity, led by ary objective of such as control the the captain had climbed to the bridge Bradley There is nothing so ,eon-. Atlantic Lines is to make .pampered and remained them for long spells to to -'nous as fear -and terror ran .passengers forget they are at sea; the d'eyearn about the good times below; then broadcast through the Angmeric that big apartment tact been oorated to had gone back to the warm, lit saloon, midnight. lack as little like a ship's saloon as to feast his eyes oft Myna Carlisle's"Wait P' he said'; and burst his way possible. There were rare flowers in , radiance, if he so desdeed. Merrill felt to the boat, returning with some blan- abundance; there was much 'bunting—: `he hated everyone so.privileged. which he draped about her: tibut Merrill had no eyes for the decors- ! "How'•s she doing now?" asked the "Doats,on't be scared." ons. The swung -back curtain of the skipper, once more mounting. to the "I don't think I am" she said "now!" She looked squarely at him scuttle permitted him to see the face. look -out of Myra Carlisle quite clearly—and S "It's ,clearing a bit, sir—" ,as the spoke; and somethingin, her also the somewhat flushed face of her! "My GO—what's that?" It was a eyes made Merrill proud of her. immediate neighbor, .who was leaning thin,wscared hail from the bow look - towards her with a lifted glass and a • out, and following it came a sick shud- RESCUE. 'r� ,,++.,,,. smile on his lips. !der that shook the ship throughout her A 'child ran•blindly pateescreaniing "Blighter! gasped Merrill. "If you. hurrying length. She seemed to pause a rush of humanity overthrew it— were only—!" Another scatter of_iey inher stride, stagger. and then race sPindrift rattled en his shoulders; and, forward with added impetus as though to a lurch of •the speeding hull,the angry et the check - port -curtain swung back into place, "Wreckage'!" cams from the look - hiding the tantalizing. glimpse of tom out forward. That gave an answer to her blankets, she ran, caught the mite fort and enjoyment. Merrill wanted, the in%misdate problem. It couldn't be just as it tottered one the brink; but the curtain 'remained closed; pres-, floating ice—the floes and bergs were brought it back to her alcove, -.raid, as the ship rolled it stumbled towards the side, where the boats had hung SAYS LINDBERGH'S FEAT protectingly, but where' now was a BLINDS FRENCH TOO OWN gap. Myra saw it—and casting off A FAT MAN'S .TROUBLES "Ready fp? the holidays, Bili?" "Holidays me eye. I'm jes gettin' ready for some real work,a "Wazzamatter, -ain't the plant closin' down?" "Yeh, but every year 1 gotta play Santa Claus for the Church." , ently he clambered up the ladder: to' all locked up in the icebound Arctic. It draped it in the blankets. -Mount Misery, and reported himself to his senior there. . - e - " "Bit late, aren't you " grunted Mr. Smailer "Eight bells went five min- utes, since, North 86' degrees East's but stinging as it went under, too. For the course; and, we're steaming through the riot of sound two ears eighteen knots. Keep. a good look out hack distinctly heard the scre+a� "'t!ir" of =capta+n's in the chart -room, handy. torn metal. Ferishing'weather! Christmas Eve, by "Half -speed -slow!" ordered the miss his hold, he emitted a high gosh !" He handed over the destiny of captain. "See if we're damaged, Mer- pitched . shriek, and -.disappeared be - the Anomsric to Robert Merrill, and rill." Merrill : immediately applied tween the boat and the ship's side— after notifying the captaiir of the himself to the engine -room telephone down into the Atlantic. His scream change ` of .'watch, stumped below to and sent the spare quartermaster 'to pierced the tumult—and Merrill, thaw out. From a ventilator not far'' rouse out the carpenter. With action glancing round, saw Myra's face ashen couldn't be an ordinary. coliisien; the "Oh, good girl!" cried Merrill, and impact was not harsh enough. A dere- dashed away, to help restore order. list, of• course—a slinking, stealthy He saw Bradley attempting to climb Paris.—Complaint that the 'French t dd thl , 1 d fo t— i t b t his mouth wide open and newspapers are giving filo much pub- his'eyes staring. He saw a quarter- lielty to Colonel Lindbergh's achieve - master in the boat lift a stretcher inand are cllsregarcl ng the threateningly; and the menace, of the flights of Dieudonne. Costes and to :Joseph Lebrix in South America, is impending blow caused Bradley. made by Arthur Fontant, Ilispector Director -General of Areonautics and Aerial Transportation. Fontaut, in a letter to Franz Reichel, President of the Association of Sporting Writers, says: "While numerous Paris nwspapers are printing on the first page the very interesting and deserving .(it is true) flight of Lindbergh from Wash- ington to Mexico, the 3,500 kilometer flight of Costes and Lebrix from Rio Aeronautics Chief Criticizes Press for Underemphasiz- ing Costes and Lebrix Flight • distant from the bridge came sound, s at hand, he was the keen seaman, no ` of music from the saloon below. It longer the dreamer. was tantalizing. Merrillthruat his "S•he's holed for'ard of the boilers, white in the glow of the decklights. h t She had seen Bradley go overboard. "So that's it," he thought. "Wein' hands deeply .into his pockets and sir," he reported. Music still sounded He didn't hesitate. To the quarter - commenced -a step -dance in time with . from the ventilator, and with it aT master who lead threatened the blow the music, peering with watering eyes burst of happy laughter. "That'll be he yelled: "Lifebuoy!" and, joining through the driving snow: He"went Santa Claus showing up," said the his hands, he dived'overside into the:I Janeiro to Santiago, Chile, including. study'the con- ,�Funny! lifebuoy smaekedF'tee crossing of the Andes range, is wheelhouse to The thever. into h smoths y skipper. Midnight,. isn't it? : noisy s : h d from u.Sposed of on the third page by a pass, returned to his position: in the Send the hand to boat stations quiet- the sea beside him as a emerged the dive, but he gave it no immediate .few: lines inserted between the police news . heed. He could see a dark speck in "France's aeronautics mailer from the froth; he .swam toward's it, and such a state of affairs, I leave you to caught Bradley as he wasgoing under. judge what impression is created Bradley clawed at him wildly; Mer- rill hit him under the jaw so that he fell limp. Then he gripped him and swam. smugly for the lifebuoy, to which was attached a line. They were hauled aboard roundly -amid cheers wing, continued his dance. Bennett, his junior watchkeeper, joined- him. there, with an excuse for companion- ship. "Rotten night!" he vouchsafed. "Poisonous!" blurted out Merrill, speaking gloomily. "Look out the old - fir' mid-Atlantic, with a ship whose Mian doesn't twig you over here. ' A lee bottom plating had been torn away look -out's necessary tonight -you like wet paper; it was blowing a bliz- can't see your hand before you!" 'ard and down below were a thousand "Old man ;stopped the fog -horn dur- human beings, relying on him for con - leg dinner=said the passengers ocm- tinued existence. Ae Merrill slipped from those calm .enough to. estimate that rescue at its worth. "All right—secure those boats!" sounded from the bridge. It was all right; the double bottom was holding; ly, in case. No panic,• see? We can't sink all -at once—plenty of time. All hands—quietly!" He was a good man, in command of the situation that might be terribly desperate. He was plained of the din. Wish I .was a pas- senger!" Merrill had been wishing that all the voyage, ever since he had seen Myra Carlisle board the ship do New York.„But according to the rules officers we're riotencouraged to asso-. ' crate with passengers aboard the Ang- merie, and eo;•, through force of cir- cumetance, Myra Carlisle might as •well have been. in another pllanet. "Lord, and don't 'I?" •grun+ted Mer- rill. He needed.an outlet for his feel - lugs. "It makes me sick -to see that grinning beggar making up to the nicest •girl in the world!" he stormed. "Afton her money, of course—with his title and all! . Seen him, just now— making eyes at her over a glass of bubbly-Christtnas.wishes and all the rest; 'Sickening!" "I'll bet her money is a magnet" sympathized Bennett, who was 'al- ready married. "Nit to me; I'd go -wild over that girl is she hadn't a red cent. But what chance has a man? Get over to lee- ward!" Bennett trudged across to the les wing, just in time, for the oaptain name from the chart -room and joined Merrill to windward, He, 'stumped from foot to foot for some time, hum- ming the tune that cane up the ventil- ator; and evidently moved by a Christmas impulse, said: "Funny thing: I've not been home for Christ - nuts for sixteen years, Just my luck! T'hey'redhaving` a party' in the cabin: tonight; so we won't . blow the ellen any snore than's necessary--paseen gens ge+t scared when the whistle blows. Keep a good look -out, -Merrill -I'll nip 'down and see them enjoy themselves," UNSEEN PERILS. • Merrill envied him outrageously as he went down the ladder. Christmas at sea was a rotten business! By right the Angineric'ought to have been at home; but engine -room defeats had postponed her sailing. Not that Christens at home was anything to brag about either -seeing how things stood: a man hopeleesly in loess with a girl • who dl¢n't are two condemned hoots whether he lived or died. "Don't be a fOO1l" Merril chided himself: "With her money and overye thing, she &servile eoinetbiing better than you. Pollee her!"he trouble Was, he ceuldn't forget het, He'd never in 'all hale life seen a girl to held can deo raatse, l t d li i it wee one away, the captain said to Bennett: "Go below, find thepurser—tell him to keep the fun going." On his way below Bennett passed the carpenter carrying his ounding-rod. • "Stokehoile's already awash," re- ported' the tradesman. Already the engineers on watch had. started the pumps; and it additibn were' getting 'prevent the Angmeric continuing her up: steam on the donkey boiler, which voyage—with one of the hurrying was situated a deck higher than the rescue ships standing by for emerg- main. stokehole. if the water gained ency. Merrill dragged Bradley across below it would drown out the fires— the deck towards Myra, who still hug - steam was a vital, necessity. Present- ged the child in her blankets. safe!" 1'y, after getting the carpenter's report, "There you are, then—he's the captainstopped the engines, hop- he said. ing that the beat of the 'pumps would. "Don't be silly!" said Myra;"what fore Lindbergh's feat, and to Com - take the place of the thud of the main doe's his safety matter to me?q But mender Mouneyres and Captain St. machinery and lull any, suspioions the when you went after him Merrill . Persia, who also lost their lives in, a ie passengers might: have, to .rest He was a sailor and an .opportunist It transatlantic flight; didn't fear the sea, but he did fear might have been sonnething.in her face a •panic; for he had soon one before,. that encouraged him—drenched and Christianity is not a philosophy but when men lost their manhood and fey cold though he was. a religion; not a doctrine but a life. abroad by the apparent indifference of our large dailies to the great deeds of our pilots." The French Aeronautic League, which opened a subscription • a few days after Lindbergh's New York -to - Paris flight for "The man who suc- ceeded and also those who had failed, paying with their lives," announced that the, flying colonel will receive as a Christmas present from the French, the pumps were coping with the ins through the American Embassy in rush. Only a small portion of the Paris, the Grand Plaque of gold of plating had been torn away. Care the Aeronautic League of France, and fully handled there was nothing to also a golden book bearing the signa- tures of all subscribers. The book is several inches thick. After deduction of the coat of the book and •plaque, the rest of the money collected will be used to build a monument to Nungesser and Coli, the French aviators who - were lost on a transatlantic, flight shortly be - fought • like wolves about ,the boats. The chief officer carne to the bridge and took orders—the other 'officers went to their places. About the boats the crews gathered—And picks were brought into play to free them ofrh accuulated ice. Failing off into the 'trougl} of the sea the Angmeric began to roll wild- ly, and the captain ordered a little headway to help the ship ride across the conibers:: In obedience to his com- mand the wireless sent Oldan urgent S.O.S.—an operator reported on the bridge that it had been received by six ships. The nearest was eighty miles away—a fifteen-knotter; she was already" hurrying to the scene. "Sial hours, allowing for this sea— let's' hope we float long enough," saidthe captain. "Wish it would clear!" But the blizaard seemed disposed to increase in violence, and the snow was thicker than ever. The =life -boats under Merrill's con- trolwere ranged along the deck abreast the saloon portholes and as he filet a davit fall dear he, glanced through a scuttle.. He sew Myra Car- lisle quite near - him—almost within touching distance. She had a fancy onp on her heady and Lord Bradley, also wearing a cap, was grimacing for her beniefkt, Yet—the girl's face was' not availing; it was serious, and •leer.. eyes ,seemed eo be looping into the fir lista Tho merriment withiit had not sttbsided to any degree—pparentiy, the passengers had no idea what was tiff happening. To Merrill the situation Of ihor�e cam' of love. at first�si�ght As rn to hie imm• m . s-. , ... , r0i1�t5, st[1, �,a ed s..r«, n.i•:. "Forth to the wood(did merry men go To gw hex In the mistletoe." are over as far as most of us are con- cerned, for the golden bough comes to us from afar in crates of a hundred- weight each. It is a case of faring forth ` to the market nowadays and bargaining for a bunch -of "missel." True, a good many parties of merry- hearted young folk get a good deal of pleasure out of their Christmas Eve expedition to buy seasonable greenery but it is nothlpg ato compare with the joy of cutting it for oneself. Alas,' for a romance of the mistletoe, this age Is a prosaic one and yet perhaps,. after all, there is -little romance left's in it yet, for quaint old custom serves still as a stepping -stone to other things. This has been expressed by a modern versifier: "Many a manly heart is light; Many a rose -decked bosom heaves Under the gleam of the berries bright Set in the cluster of spear -shaped leaves. What is the use of the mistletoe now? What Call, purpose be? Only this— Honor the old Druidical bough, It gives such a charming excuse fora kiss" Ignoring altogether the Druid and Norse mythology, in which the mistle- toe pities a not unimportant part, we turn tp its English history, and it is doubtful whether any plant has ever been regarded as having so good qualities, Culpepper says It Is good "for the grief of the sinew, itcb, sores, toothache, the biting of mad dogs, and of venomous .beasts"; and before hire Johnson, another herbalist, had set. forth its virtues in quaint fashion:. "Dally experience sbowetle this plant to have no malign, nor poisonous, .but rather a contraire, tamale, being fre' quently used in medicines against the epliespise . . , if it be used le out ward applications, it draweth humor from the deepest parts of the body, spreading and dispersing them abroad and digesting them. It ripen• eth hard swellings behind the ears and other impostures, being temper- ed with rosin and a little quantity of wax. . It hath been most cred- ibly reported unto nie that a few of the berries of the mistletoe bruised and strained into oyle and drunken have presently and forthwith rid of grevions and sore stitch." Even Bacon testifies to its medicin- al virtues, and Sir Thomas Browne and Sir, John Colbach (who wrote a learned essay on the mistletoe both regard it as a remedy for epilepsy. The latter says pertinently that the Almighty, must have had some "iso. bier purpose for the beautiful plant than barely to feed thrushes, and be hung up superstitiously to drive away evil spirits. Mfstietoe has been used as a Christ- mas hristmas decoration for centuries, as Coles in his "Knowledge of Plante" publish• ed in 1656, writes: "It is carryd many miles 'to set up in houses about Christmas -time when it is adorned with a white glistening berry:' Though it.was used by the Druids for sacred purposes, it has nearly always been banned by the church, even if Gay does say in his "Trivia": "Now with bright holly all the teuples strove, With laurel green and sacred mistle- toe." Nut Dishes This is the time to cook with nuts. The height of the nut season brings walnuts, pecans and chestnuts to street stands and market houses. Ou a crisp, frosty morning this dish is welcome for breakfast. Sift together one cup of cornmeal, half a cup of fine .grate and_a scant teaspoon of salt, then scatter gradually into a quart of fast boiling water. Stir until smooth and cook in a double boiler two hours, then stir in one cup and a half of chopped nuts peanuts, pecans, ciest- nuts•orwa1nu walnuts— 'and pour into a greased pan.. When cold and firm slice and fry and serve a piece of fried apple on the top of each. slice. Nut scrapple and •enough for five or six servings,. Pecan Cutlet. Put enough nuts through the food chopper to make two cups, add to them an equal` quantity of bread crumbs, two beaten eggs, one cup of milk or cream, a teaspoon of salt and pepper . toy,. taste. Make into one large or smaller cutlets, flour and cook in hot fat. Serves five or six. Serve with overlapping slices of peel- ed orange previously heated in the pan in which the cutlet was cooked, Nut Chowder Put half a pound of mixed nut meats through the food •chopper and allow them to simmer in a quart of water for an hour and a -half. Peel and dice three medium-sized potatoes and turnips and a good-sized onion. Have ready two cups of canned toma- toes. Strain the nut meats, saving the water in which they boiled. bine the bottom ,,,of a kettle with a layer of potatoes, add a layer of turnips and onion with a sprinkling ..of thyme, sweet marjoram, chopped parsley and salt, then a layer of tomatoes and last of all a layer of nuts. Continue the layers in this order until the ingredi- __ .. A Spill 41 150 Miles Per Hour SENOR FORMStl, OF ITALY, FAILS TO LOWER SPEED REooFto Ho was trying for e speed record at Pendine, England, when his car skidded 'and turned over. It was cent- pietel' wreck , ed, but he and kis' fnechie escalae6 wig,. a few scotches and bruises. ents are all used, then pour in the stock, which should be boiling hot. Simmer thirty minutes, add a pint of milk and thicken with a little flour and butter if desired. Serves six, Walnut Loaf Grind a cup of English walnut,. add to them two cups of bread crumbs, one-third of a cup of butter melte'I in half a cup of hot water and one well beaten egg. Form into a loaf and bake in a battered pan half au hour, basting with a tablespoon of butter 1 and a hall a cup of water. Remove to a hot plate and turn into the pan , two ones of crushed pineapple. When lit is browned lighbly serve it around the loaf. Serves four or five. With Meat A bit of tastiness is added to roast- er fowl or meat of any kind by boiling chestnuts half an hour, • skinning them, then putting them in the meat pail' and roasting them until brown. Serve around the meat or fowl. Peanut Timbales Peanut timbales are made by nix- ing one generous cup of chopper pea- nuts, three cups of stewed tomatoes, half a cup of cream, the yolks of two eggs and the whites of one egg. Beat well, season with salt and pepper and half' a teaspoon each of sugar and minced onion. Bake in timbale !molds set in a pan of hot water.rGar- nishwith chopped ripe olives. Six ,I serving$. French Chestnuts In France, the land where chest- nuts, are so muchused, they are often served :this way: Shell and blanch ono pound of chestnuts, then stew in stock until tender. Melt one heap- ing tablespoon of butter in a pan, fry with it one small sliced onion, one ! small sliced sour apple, one table- l.spoon of curry powder and a tea• spoon of chutney. Add one table- spoon of flour blended with. one cup of stock and cook until the apple is soft strain and add one teaspoon of Leman juice, half a teaspoon of sugar and simmer the chestnuts in this un- til they have absorbed the flovar- Serve in a mound surrounded. with boiled rice and garnish with sprigs of parsley. Enough for four or'five- Creamed Walnuts BIanch one pound of abetted Eng lish walnuts, keeping them in as per - fest halves as possible, Cook the nut meats• slowly for twenty minutes in water to which has been added a small slice of +onion, a clove, a bit of bay leaf, a stalk of celery, pepper and salt. Drain from the stock when the meats are tender and cover with a rick cream sauce, Serves four or five. In Salad Chestnut and grapefruit is very at tractive, especially if made with Frebch chestnuts. Boil the blanched nuts twenty minutes in salted writer and -chill. Then mix with equal amounts of grapefruit and chopped celery. Serve with mayonnaise dressing flavored with tarragon vino gar. In Pudding This chocolate nut pudding is de- licious, Mix ono cup of soft bread crumbs with, two. cups of scalded milk, add one cup of chopped nuts, half a teaspoon of salt, two well beat, en egg youks, three-fourths of a cup of sugar, the juice and grated rin of. one tendon, the stif!ly whipped whited of the eggs, two squares of chocolate melted and one tablespoon `hof cream. Pour Ante a well buttered hold, bake halt an hour and servo 'with. sweet, ened whipped oreaat , , ,,. • i.