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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1954-08-12, Page 6er- df. LE TALKS clam Andrew From one basic pastry recipe -- and how delightful this almond - flavored pastry is! — you ean make any number of different desserts. If you happen to be one of the lucky people with goose- berries in your garden—goose- berries are coming back into fashion, by the way—I especially seeernrnenc) the pie Tule with that greatly underprized fruit. Or should that be "currant"? The dictionary is" too far away to go and look it up, so here goes! ALMOND - FLAVORED PASTRY 11/2 e, sifted flour • 1 tblsp. sugar c. butter 2 tsp. almond extract 2 tblsp. water Sift flour; measure, Sift flour and sugar together. Cut butter into flour with pastry blender. or two knives. Sprinkle almond extract over fnixture. Sprinkle water, one tablespoon at a time, over mixture, tossing quickly with a fork until dough forms a ball. (Use only enough water to make flour particles cling together—they should not be wet or slippery.) Form pastry into smooth ball between floured hands. Wrap and chill i hour or longer, before rolling. Chilling makes this tender pastry easier to handle. This recipe makes enough pastry for any one of the three desserts that follow: .k BLUEBERRY TARTS Make Almond -Flavored Pastry, Chill. Roll out dough ½ inch thick. Cut 6 circles, 6 inches in dia- meter (a saucer makes a good guide). Fit circles over inverted cus- tard cups. Prick with a fork dipped in flour, pinch corners around edge. Bake in hot (425°) oven 12 to 15 minutes. Cool. Blueberry Filling 1 pkg. vanilla pudding 32 e. heavy cream It tsp. vanilla 1 tblsp. sugar 3 c. blueberries Prepare pudding according to directions on package, Cool. Stir pudding until smooth. Whip cream. Add vanilla and weigar. Feld cream into pudding. • Just before serving, remove tart shells carefully from custard e.ups. Fill pastry shells with pudding and berries. Makes 6 tarts. "Of course, you don't know which $13 your. nlone of them looks) like you." GOOSEBERRY PIE Mak e Almond - Flavored Pastry. Divide dough in half, and store one half in refrigerator. Roll other half out very thin to make a 12 -inch circle. Place loosely in 10 -inch pie plate; pat out any air bubbles. Avoid stretching the pastry, or it may shrink during baking. Prick with fork dipped in flour, particularly around sides, Pinch overhang under the edge of pie plate to prevent sides from sliding down while baking. Roll out other half of pastry. Cut part of it into 9 strips, 1/2 inch wide and 12 inches long. Make three braids of three strips each, and piece together to make continuous braid. Brush rim with water; press on braid. Cut 6 diamond-shaped pieces out of remaining pastry. (1f you wish, top centre of each diamond with half a pecan or walnut.) Bake shell in moderate (375°) oven about 10-15 minutes, and diamonds at the same tempera- ture for about 19 minutes. Cool. You can prepare this shell a clay ahead. Gooseberry Innen eee c, water 2 e. sugar—or less according to sweetness of berries 1i qt. gooseberries c. corn starch Cook 1/2 cup water and the sugar for a few minutes over low heat, Cut off stem and blossom tips from berries. Add to syrup. Simmer gently about 5 minutes or until cooked but still whole, Using a slotted spoon, remove berries from syrup. Place in pie Dissolve corn starch in remain - ng 1/2 cup water. Stir intq syrup, Cook syrup until thick and clear, about 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Cool to lukewarm. Pour over berries. Decorate with diamond-shaped pieces, Some Kind Words For The Postman The letter carrier must be gifted with an accurate retentive memory. He must assimilate for instant use the postal rules and regulations -which are con- tained in a book of over 900 pages . . He must know how to detect obscene mail, dunning notices and all other prohibited kinds of mailing matter and be prepared at all times to answer the queries of the public. The letter carrier . . must arrange his mail in an order of sequence for delivery, he must learn the scheme of distribution for his route, which consists in memorizing upward of several housancl, names of patrons of the postal service and associat- ing those names with the labeled pigeon -holes in the post office distributing case. The carrier must keep a log book in which are recorded the removal addresses of former pa- trons of his route , . . The log book contains hundreds of names and the letter carrier. is requir- ed to memorize the forwarding addresses so that he can write on the envelope without recourse to the log book, the new address. The letter carrier is also a Tern 'Em Upside -Down — Technicians May Murray, standing, and Peggy Byrne demonstrate a new 'Gray unit at Wesley Memorial Hospital. Heavy straps insure the security and comfort of the patient, as the apparatus is mounted within an eight -foot -wide circular track. By revolving the patient in an upside-down posi- tion, doctors can watch the progress of an opaque dye some- timeg injected into the spinal column for diagnosis, • — Island Camera Queens — When the cameramen of the Philippine Islands met to select a beauty queen, these girls were trying to win the "Miss Press Photographer" title. Left to right: Miriam Lopez, Noemi Leon, Zennie'Lopez, Isabel Serena, Ofelict Bautista and Emmie Soriano, sort of a secret service man. He is frequently called upon to ob- tain information of a strictly confidential nature, elicited by the several secret service depart, merits of the government both within and without the postal service. He is called upon be give clues to the whereabouts Of alleged criminals, of seditious persons, of smugglers, bootleg- gers, post office robbers, of fraudulent schemers making use of the mail service, of deserters from the Army and Navy, Of counterfeiters, illicit distilleries and other revenue dodgers. The letter carrier must be a mechanic and chauffeur, as all classes of mail are collected by motor vehicles and large parcel post packages and registereil parcels are delivered by meter vehicles. He is used as a collec- tion agency in delivering COD parcels and unpaid mail, and is responsible for all naoneys en- trusted to his custody as well as for the mail and packages. He must be a sphinx in respect to knowledge acquired by him in the performance of his duties imparting to no one under penal- ty for violation thereof, cOnfi- dence received by him in his employment. He must be a trained diplomat in handling all classes of people,. the irate, the quarrelsome, thee4 complaining and the "knockers?r,, He is the buffer between the patron whose grievance is not redressable and the department, charged with responsibility for rectifying the complaint of the aggrieved. He must be honest, .loyai, industrious and sober at all tirnes, as well as neat ands circumspect in his attire, In summation, a letter carrier serves in a dedicated pesition. His job is one of great importance to all citizens of our country. From the Postal Record Public Enemy The labor racketeer is an en- emy of the employer, of the corn- numity, of industrial peace, and, in particular, of labor itself. Said Federal Judge Ruby M. Hulen in sentencing to long prison terms five "shake -down" men who had operated in the St. Louis indus- trial area: The evidence of merciless use and betrayal of people who labor for their livelihood and were members of unions supposed to be represented by these defend- ants is shocking. Not only were these men found guilty of "holding up" con- tractors. The workmen in the unions they controlled as officers were also , deprived of wages when called out on strikes which involved few actual grievances and resulted in little if any im- provement in wages or working conditions, One of those convicted, it was' shOwn, had used. up something over $100,000 from the union treasury in defending himself and other officials against the racket- eering indictments, and there seems no way of the union re- covering it. The St. Louis industrial area in recent years has been espec- ially plagued with labor racket- eering in certain of the building trades. This had ties with the gang world and with politics — not an infrequent alliance — and was hard to dislodge. The Post -Dispatch, in one of its typical crusades, exposed the facts, public opinion demanded action, and federal prosecutors, grand juries, and courts did the rest. Other areas enmeshed in this particularly vicious k in d of criminal network should take heart. But they should also take heed that it may take all three —fearless exposure, public ins dignation, and conscientious ag- ents of justice — to do the job.— From The Christian Science Mon - Her. 0* ORSE SE By F. (flOO) VON PIUS There are two attitude ,s which represent extreme positions re specting our economic and social order. The one attitude is es- poused by those who reject any and every kind of economic plan- ning or organization, They constitute the group of extreme individualists or the so- called school of economic 'liberal- ism. They want no interference whatsoever with the individual either from the government Or from the social' pressure of group organizations. They will tolerate no restric- tions upon individual initiative or personal enterprise. They are liberal only to the extent that they wish to be liberated from all. social responsibility. They call it free enterprise but the ',freedem is forthose who possess great resources e and dominating strength rather than for the weak or those who de- pend simply on their Own labour for their well-being. They oppose all efforts to establish collective bargaining by organized labour and they re- sent the action of government in enacting laws which make such collective bargaining obligatory. If there is to be any social planning, they will doe it them- selves without the collaboration of labour, consumers or the government. They want the government restricted to the function of a policeman or um- pire •in enforcing private con- tracts but not to be entrusted with -the responsibility of pro- moting justice and the common good. The Other Extreme The second group reject total- ly this attitude of the individual- ists and rush to the other ex- treme. These latter desire to socialize all resources or estab- lish a state collectivity. Either all property, as in pure Communism, or at least all pro- ductive property, as in pure Socialism, should be owned in their theory by the community or by the State. The State or the community thereupon will en- gage through its bureaus and agencies in developing an elabo- rate system of national economic planning. The hope, impractical as that method may be, is to make pro - Sea Stories/ — Probably not — looks more like a newspaper. However, this Italian boy has found the perfect way to beat the heat in his underwater "II- brary," a cool stone ledge be- neath the foundation at Rome's Port) Italica Stadium, SE.. u•some*.•••*•••••1•••••••••••• vision for the needs of all citizens so that there will be no surplus and no deficienci: This system would ignore human nature and human rights as flagrantly as the afore -mentioned group of individualists. In fact, experience indicates that where this system has been tried human beings are victim- ized in a manner and to en ex- tent even more disastrous. Per- secution is the logical and inevit- able result of such economic dictatorship. The Alternative Between these two extremes there is a "via media" completely consistent with Chri sti an morality and with sound economic principles. It is mani- festly impossible to expect good econOnlie- order if wages, prices, workIngsZeonditions, and the pub- lic geoeleare left to chance or to Mks ;haphazard Methods of so- called -free enterprise. "Free competition . . . cannot be the ruling principle of the economic world." Economie supremacy can still less assume this func- tion of a true and effective guid- ing principle, "for this is a head- strong and vehement power, which, if it is to prove beneficial to mankind, needs to be curbed strongly and ruled with prud- ence." The true remedy will be found in accomplishing two reforms in our social order. In the first place there must be re-estab- lished some form of vocational groups which will bind men to- gether in society according to their respective occupations, thus creating a moral unity.. Second, there must be a reform of morals and a profound renewal of the Christian spirit which must pre- cede the social reconstruction. ' The social organism has been dismembered and broken up in- to fragments each seeking its own selfish interest instead of the common good of all. Until the organic nature of society is again recognized and re-established through voca- tional groups either one of two things must happen.. The State must assume all responsibility', that is, become an absolute economic dictatorship or else the individual remains helpless, defenseless, and completely over- powered by those who enjoy economic supremacy. Coxing Baily Tough irt Siam Boxing is one of the most pop- ulttr sports in Siam today. Match- es are held every Thursday and Sunday afternoons in an open Colosseum -like stadium on Raja- damnern Avenue in Bangkok. The bouts last only live rounds. But they are often bloody affairs with one, sometimes both, of the boxers • being carried out on stretchers. The boxers wear conventional gloves, but everything goes in the fight — knees, feet, elbows, heads — exerything except hold- ing. A programme lists some of the special means of maiming fOr which each boxer is famous. The boxers may get ""anything from approximately $10 10 $50 per match, Rough as it'may be, they nevertheless box for the sport, rather than the money to be made. Each stops briefly at the en- trance to the ring to kneel in a • moment's prayer to the God Of Sport. An Orchestra, composed of native flutes, cymbals, trump- ets and drums, plays an ancient wailing chant during the match. It serves as a strange background. music to the wild cheering and jeering by the fans who will stick to their seats even when a sud- den tropical downpour deluges the stadium. MERRY MENAGERIE inee.747° .7;4 irj a y kil*TO OtO ''Look, Nra—rtt a squirrel!" eseeeeeeetere einateteeeee tet Hear, Near! — There was noth- ing wrong with the eyes of the hearing aid experts who chose Vivian Mathias, 22, as their "Miss Hearing Aid" during a convention, Herself suffering from impaired hearing most of her life, Vivian models a wrist- watch type of hearing aid, con- siders it just another .portion of her costume as she does a watch or other jewelry. This column welcomes criti- cism, constructive or destructive, and suggestions, wise or other- wise, Address all mail to Bob Von Pills, Whitby, Ont. 250 200 150 100 50 0 C NTS PER sk BUSHEL ."0 J.r 1941 1945 1950 1954 Props for Wheat Increase — The U.S. Government support price for each bushel of wheat to formers has increased $1,26 since 1941. Above Newschart traces rise from 1941 (98 cents per bushel) to 19.54 (224 cents per bushel). Only drop was 1949 when support price dipped to 195 cents per bushel,