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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1957-02-21, Page 6Let's Avoid Stress 'Coo bnany executives look upon life eq. -the Norseman did upon heaven: the time was to be passed in daily battles, with magical healing of wounds. Everyone in our western civil- ization has to meet demands on Ms nervous energy that were not made in former years. The farmer, looked upon as living the most tranquil of lives, has economic, social and politi- cal problems of which his grand- father was ignorant. The doc- tor and the lawyer have clients • pressing at their office doors, and are conscious that others need them elsewhere. Teachers have the , task of maintaining discipline in a brood more rest- less than ever before. Stenog- raphers, typing so many words a minute; operators of calculat- ing and accounting machines, with an unending flow of papers to process; factory hands en- gaged in countless operations; bank tellers meeting the wants of customers with flawless ac- curacy; everyone is working un- der conditions that strain the physical, mental and emotional structure built during ages of evolution. Nor in our immediate envir- onment all that counts. From radio reports that accompany breakfast to the late night news we are under the pressure of baffling world difficulties. We are exposed to tension, expect- ing some new crisis. We need to take what precau- tions we can if we expect to keep mentally and physically fit. Our failure to do so will Show itself with all its unfortu- nate consequences in the doctor's orrice or a hospital bed. Keeping fit is not simply a matter of taking physical exer- cise, though that is important. It concerns both mind and body. It requires that we ease the ;tress of living. Dr. Hans Selye, Director of the Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery at the Fashion E' ote University of Montreal, has put forward a concept of stress that has been called "the greatest single contribution to the realm of biology and medicine since Pasteur." * * * He suggests that every di- sease, every accident and every emotional upset produces" stress in the victim, The body becomes alarmed by the stress and tries to defend itself. The endocrine glands pour out hormones, the heart beats faster, the liver in- creases its supply of glycogen, the blood pressure rises, and the activity of many internal organs is suspended so that their energy may be diverted to the external muscles. We, like our primitive ancestors, become tensed for fight or flight. Improper mental states can cause trouble in our physical make-up. A publication of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company says that fifty per cent of all people seeking medical at- tention are suffering from ail- ments brought about or made worse by such emotional factors as prolonged worry, anxiety, or fear. In fact, out of a thousand diseases described in a textbook of medicine, it is said that emo- tionally induced illness is as common as all the other 999 put together. How we think has a definite effect on how we feel. We trans- late our woes from the language of the mind into the language of the body. Whatever we allow to affect our minds in the way of pain or pleasure, hope or fear, extends its influence to our hearts. Fin- ancial worries, a monotonous job, strain at the office, emo- tional upsets in the home: these, and many more, may show themselves physically as high blood pressure, digestive ail- ments such as peptic ulcer and colitis, headache, skin disorders and some allergies. But you cannot go into a drug store and buy a bottle of psy- chosomatic medicine. . The first thing to do when you feel unwell is to have your doc- tor give you a thorough check- up. He will learn from his tests and his questions whether there is something organically wrong, and how much of your illness is derived from emotional sources. Finding the cause is the first step on the way to cure. — From the Royal Bank of Canada "Monthly Letter." Mod rn Etiquette Q. When passing the plate for a second helping, should one hold the knife and fork in the hand or place them on the table? A. Neither. The knife and fork should be left on the plate. Q. When two men and two women attend a theatre, in what order should they enter the row in which their seats are situated? A. It is now customary and acceptable for the two women to be seated next to each other. So, one of the men enters the row first, followed by the two women, and then the second man Q. Does the father of a widow or divorcee, who is marrying for the second time, give her away? A. Yes; her father gives her away precisely as he did at the first marriage. And her family again assumes the expenses of the wedding, unless she prefers to meet them herself. Q. Even if the wedding is to be a very small, informal one, would it be all right for the bride to wear a white bridal veil? A. Yes, provided, of course, it is not her second marriage. NO WOODEN EXPRESSION HERE — Famed French comedian Maurice Chevalier bestows congratulations on his "double" at a Paris theater after the marionette did an impressive imitation of him in Vitoria .Podrecca's puppet show. A tape-recorded voice helped the little fellow do hte take•off. "MONA" — A 20th Century version of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona lila is Maria Lea. The 22 -year-old Parisienne was selected by a panel of French artists as one who captured the enigmatic - appeal da Vinci first put on canvas nearly five centuries ago. LE TALKS P Jane. Andeews. Most glamorous and talked - about of all desserts is probably Baked Alaska. And yet, al- though it appears, elaborate, it is simple to make. It takes only care and courage. It consists of a flat piece of cake, hard ice cream containing no water ice but made of milk and cream, and 'a simple meringue. For a 1 -layer oblong pound cake, use a quart brick of ice cream. Make a meringue of 3 egg whites and 6 tablespoons sugar. Preheat oven to 475°- 500° F; The cake should extend about 1/2 inch beyond the ice cream on all sides and meringue should cover the edges of the cake. To assemble, place waxed paper on an oven board, lay cake on paper, top with ice cream, cover meringue and bake until delicately brown. For unusual individual Alas- kas, omit the cake and use drained pineapple slices for yo,.ur base. PINEAPPLE ALASKA 6 slices drained, chilled pine- apple 3 eggs whites, room tempera- ture 6 tablespoons sugar 1 to 1% pints vanilla ice cream Place pineapple slices on board. Beat egg whites until they stand in peaks; add sugar slowly while beating until stiff and glossy. Quickly place very firm ice cream in center of each pine apple slice. Immediately cover completely with meringue out to the very edges of pine- apple. Place in preheated 475° F. oven and bake 4-5 minutes or until a delicate brown. Take from oven and place immediate- ly on a chilled serving dish or tray or on individually dessert plates. Garnish with whole strawberries and mint leaves gr any other colorful fruit. Serve at once. A modern variation of the Alaska, uses pudding or custard instead of ice .cream for the center. This is the method for making it: 4. * * PUDDING ALASKA 2 cups cold milk 1 package strawberry instant pudding mix Dash of salt Loaf cake, 9x5x3 inches (angel food, yellow, white or chocolate) 2 egg whites 1/4 cup sugar Pour milk into mixing bowl; add pudding mix and salt and beat slowly with egg beater just until well mixed, about 1 min- ute. Do not everbeat or mix- ture will be thin. Let stand to set — takes about 5 minutes. Place loaf cake on a wooden board. Cut % inch slice from top of cake and set this top aside. Scoop out inside of cake leaving a shell at least % inch thick on sides and bottom. Fill with pudding. Replace top of cake. Beat egg whites until foamy; add sugar and gradually beat until meringue stands in stiff peaks. Spread meringue over top and sides of cake, covering completely. Brown in 450° F. oven about 5 minutes. Serve at once. Serves 6. * ,y Another exciting yet not -too - difficult dessert is this Brazil nut :torte that is made in four layers with vanilla -flavored whipped cream between theta: (or, flavor your whipped Bream with any fruit you like). BRAZIL NUT TORTE Torte Layers: 3 egg whites l/ teaspoon salt yi cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 cup finely chopped Brazil nuts Beat egg whites and salt until stiff, but not dry. Gradually add sugar and beat until very stiff. Fold in finely chopped nuts. Cut 4 eight -inch circles from brown paper; place on baking sheets. Spread each circle with 1/4 of the mixture. Bake at 300° F. for 35 minutes. Cool. Peel off paper. WIIIPPED CREAM FILLING 1 -cup heavy cream 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoons sugar Whip cream until almost stiff; gradually add sugar and beat . until stiff. Add, vanilla and beat to mix. Spread between and on top of torte layers. Chill in refrigerator several hours be- fore serving. Garnish with fruit and Brazil nut curls. a ` * * Try this Bing cherry crunch for a special hot dessert. CHERRY CRUNCH • 16 graham crackers • cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon nutmeg • cup melted, butter 2 tablespoons cornstarch ? cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt VA cups water 2 cups pitted Bing cherries (if canned cherries are used, drain well) Crush graham crackers; mix in brown sugar, nutmeg, and melted butter. Combine corn- starch,. sugar,. and salt. Add small amount of water slowly to make paste. Mix in remain- ing water. Heat slowly to boil- ing point, stirring frequently. Add cherries ' and cook until thickened. Place half of crumb. mixture in a buttered 10x7 -inch pan. Pour cherry mixture over crumbs. Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture over top. Bake at 325° F. for 30 minutes. Serve with whipped cream, if desired. Serves 6. CROWNED AGAIN - Comely May Louise Flodin, of Gothen- burg, Sweden, seemed destined to wear d beauty queen's :crown. A while ago she was crowned "Miss World". Now she's. the "International Art Queen", after winning a con- test at Cypress Gardens, Odd Grounds For Divorce When a U.S.''Army private re- cently sued his wife, a lieuten- ant in the American Army, for a divorce on the ground of cruelty, he told the court that he had to stand to attention every morn- ing when his wife came down to breakfast. Strange ground for divorce, you might say, but by no means the oddest on record. A Wilmington, Dei. husband liked white mice; his wife hated them. She filed a suit for di- vorce. Her husband promptly reacted by stuffing one of the white mice down her neck, laughing uproariously. He then snatched Out a hand- ful of hair, dragged her outside into the street, and punched her on the nose. At that point a neighbour hit the husband on the arm with a chair to induce him to release the woman. A Hastings man obtained a divorce when he proved in court that his wife had been using his short-wave transmitter to send amorous messages to a man who was also a radio "ham." One day while travelling to business her husband accidentally tuned in to his own wavelength, and learned of the intrigue. A seventy -one -year-old man recently sued his seventy -year- old wife for divorce on the ground that she refused to let himgo to church because there were too many pretty girls in the choir. A woman sought legal separa- tion from her artist husband be- cause of the murals he painted in their villa in Turin, Italy. She said the murals depicted her and her mother drowning while Noah, in the person of her hus- band, grinned down at them from the Ark. In a Pittsburg divorce case, John Berger told the.judge that he was willing to put up with his wife, Anna, smoking a corncob pipe in bed, but when she turned to Italian cigars it was just too much. A Los Angeles woman suc- ceeded in obtaining a divorce when her husband refused to kiss her because he thought kir- sing unhygienic.. A Miami restaurant owner ap- plied for a divorce because every time he asked his wife to cook something for him she suggested that he should go and eat in his Own restaurant, During recent divorce pro; ceedings in Paris, M. Claude told the court that his wife had only one fault—she would persist In stalking about the house all day long without a stitch on her back. A Los Angeles wife obtained divorce from her husband be- cause he put the following extra- ordinary advertisement in sever al newspapers: "Man, fifty-three, old car, no looks, no job, no qualities, no money, no hero, no nothing, seeks congenial companion to go places and do things in the pur- suit of happiness." Another American woman di- vorced her husband on the ground that he had only married her in order to win a wager con- sisting of two quart bottles of whisky. In Detroit, a clergyman sought to divorce his wife because she consistently failed to dust the family Bible. Mrs. Lela- Diepenbrock, of St. Louis, won her case when she told the judge that on telling her husband that she could no longer live with him, he replied: "In that case we must share out everything fairly." And so he sawed all the furniture in half. Finally, we have the classic case of Mrs. Pauline Actor, of Brisbane, Australia. She sued her husband for divorce because he insisted that his former sweet- heart, togetherwith several of his relatives, should accompany them on their honeymoon. ROAD BLOCK The runner ran into big Ted Kluszewski at first bate, and was subsequently removed to the locker room for first aid. The trainer, who had been working on a previous casualty, looked up at him. "How," he asekd, "did you get that tremendous black eye?" "I was hit by a guided mus- cle," winced the victim. Giant Conveyor Belt To Move A Mountain A• high -speed -conveyor system will move a mountain two miles across a valley and drop it in Great Salt Lake. The conveyor, largest ever built in terms of ton -miles per hour, is ready io operate at Little Valley. It will carry 30• million tons of gravel fill to construct a 13 -mile roadbed across the lake. l'he roadbed will replace a 52-year-oldrailroad trestle mounted on wooden piles. The 49-m(.11iondollar project will be complete in 1960. The conveyor system consists of two main cross-country conveyor units plus 11 smaller ones, providing ' continuous flow from mountain to lake. Electric shovels gouge out gravel in eight - cubic -yard bites. It is trucked to a dumping station, dropped into hoppers that feed the conveyor. At conveyor's end, gravel is transferred to a stacker capable of building a 250,000 -ton storage -pile 70 feet high. Under the storage pile are two 72 -inch wide, 600 -feet -a -minute conveyors in tunnels. These feed the gravel to 3,000ton barges, largest drop -bottom barges ever built. Barges dump the gravel on the lake bottom. Photos below illustrate the operation. Main - line conveyor carries gravel (4.200 tons an hour) from mountain to storage pile, where it is then . . stockpiled by the radial stacker seen at top, Gravel is with- drawn from stockpile by con- veyors in tunnel below. From , voloolo wt conveyor it drops into barges 200 feet long by 50 feet wide. Conveyors can load a 3,000 -ton barge in 15 minutes.