HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1955-03-17, Page 7They Bought
"Junk" That
i armed To Gold
Those who spotted a grimy
plaster head in a shop in. Char-
ing Cross Road smiled as they
read the label: "Straight' from
the Temple of • Mithras--l0s "
The dealer had at least a sense
of humour.
One afternoon the ballet star,
Lydia Sokolva, passed by and
was intrigued. She recognized
it as the head of her former
partner, the mad genius Nijin-
sky, and bought it out of senti-
ment. After cleaning it thor-
oughly she took it to her friend
Richard Buckle, an antique' ex-
pert. "This," he pronounced,
"is the original head of Nijin-
sky modelled by Lady Trou-
bridge in 1911. It is worth
$3,000."
The idea that bargains can't
be picked up at auction sales
and in junk shops is quite
wrong. Despite the fact that
experts scour these places, val-
uable antiques sometimes es-
cape them.
Some years ago there was a
sale of old theatrical junk.
Among the props lay a battered
hehnet for which no one would
bid. It was almost given away
by a desperate auctioneer.
The buyer took it home,
cleaned it and found it was
covered with superb decora-
tions of nymphs and cupids.
Below them, in gold, was the
inscription: "Thou walkest
proudly before the stars."
He consulted an expert who
identified it as the 16th -century
work of the brothers Pasco and
Filippo ' Negroli, of Milan. To-
day, worth a four -figure stun, it
is one of the most prized exhi-
bits in the armour gallery of
the Fitzwilliam Museum at
Cambridge.
Some years ago James Du-
veen, the art expert, was ex-
amining a picture at a sale and
had just made ,up his mind that
itwas quite worthless when
someone behind bumped into
him by accident. As he was off
his balance his weight split
the ancient frame from top to
bottom.
The auctioneer smiled mali-
ciously. Here was a chance to
get rid of a worthless picture.
"Can't go damaging property
like that," he warned with
mock severity. "Shall we say a
pound?"
Duveen was in no position to
haggle. He paid up and took
the . wrecked picture home. It
looked fit only for firewood.
But with the dealer's hatred of
being caught, he hopefully
cleaned it and, having removed
innumerable layers of grime,
discovered it to be a Franz
Hals. It later sold for $6,000
Before the war Mr. A. C.
Pembery, holidaying in Devon,
went into a farmhouse at Bide-
ford for a cup of tea. As he
sat there he noticed that one
of the doors looked as' if it
came from a church. Examin-
ing it more carefully he found
that•it looked more like a man-
tlepiece than a door.
"Queer door, that," he re-
marked to the farmer's wife.
"That ain't no door,". she ex-
claimed. "That were a mantle -
piece my great-grandfather
built into the farm.
"I like it," said Pemberry;
and made a handsome offer.
"Naturally," he added, "I'11 buy
a new door to replace it"
The' farmer and' his wife
thought him mad. But the door
never really fitted, so they sold
it. Pembery took it up to Lon-
don and sold it for )4,500. The
next day an American rushed
round to his fiat and -too late
-offered him $12,000.
In 1945 Mr, Jack Ellis was
browsing around old junk -
shops when he carne across a
drawing called "Vauxhall Gar-
dens." He liked it, and handed
Meal -ire -a Pot Saves Work, S
HY DOROTHY 1VIADDOX
More time to enjoy your family and just as much gopd eating
-that's what this one -burner, one -pot dinner offers. Meat and
potatoes (lots of them), plus vegetables, •;tender and flavorful.
This meal will satisfy the heartiest of family appetites.
Sunday Dinner in One rot (Serves 6 or 7 generously)
Three and one half to 4-potind piece eye -round of beef, small
piece of fresh pork fat, 2 onions, 1 teaspoon chopped garlic, Ye
teaspoon black pepper, 1 bay leaf, Ye teaspoon thyme, Ye cup
tomato sauce, 1 tablespoon salt, 12 to 15 3 -inch stalks celery, 5
carrots, cut in /-inch rings; 5 large potatoes, scraped, peeled and
cut in two; water.
Steert this meal about four hours before dinnertime, or cook
meat on previous day to point where vegetables are to be added,
Cut pork fat diced small, and heat in Dutch oven until brown and
crisp. Add beef and brown well on all sides.
Now add onion, garlic, seasonings and two cups of water.
Cover tightly and cook over low heat, turning .meat occasionally
to permit even obsorption of flavors. After 22 hours add potatoes
and enough water just to cover.
Fifteen minutes later add carrots and celery. Make sure all
vegetables have a chance to cook in liquid for a time. When
vegetables are tender, pour liquid off into saucepan.
Skim off fat. Reheat and serve as gravy. Arrange meat and
vegetables on one large platter,
* *
When friends drop in for Sunday supper, ,try these cheese-
burger snacks.
Cheeseburger Snacks (Yield: 8 to 10 servings)
Two and one half pounds ground beef, '/z cup chopped onion,
7/2 teaspoon dry mustard, 8 to 10 slices processed cheese, butter,
4 or 5 hamburger buns.
Combine ground, beef, onion, salt and mustard. Mix to blend
tisfies Heartiest Appetites
YCIIOOL
LESSON
Out of the pot and on to the table, a whole meal at one cooking.
It's hearty, delicious fare for the "can't -fill -'em -up crowd."
well, Divide into 8 to 10 portions and form into fiat patties. Place
on baking sheet and broil until well browned on both sides. Cover
each patty with a slice of cheese. Broil a minute or until cheese
is hot. Serve each cheeseburger on a buttered half bun.
over a pound. The dealer ob-
viously thought he was "green."
Ellis took the picture to a
number of experts, all of whom
were certain that it was the
work of Thomas Rowlandson, ,
the caricaturist. It was put up
for sale at Christie's where
they said it had been exhibited
in the Royal Academy of 1784
and was without question the
finest Rowlandson in existence.
It was knocked down for over
$5,000.
Most fortunate of all is the
man who can dream where an-
tiques are to be found. This
happened to a Mr. J. Reilly, of
Battersea, who worked for an
antique dealer. His employer
had picked up a valuable vase
for a few shillings in the Cale-
donia Market. "For three
nights," Reilly told him, "I've
dreamt I saw the fellow to that
Contemporary events lead us
to link a planned economy with
the notion of dictatorship. In-
deed the beginnings of planned
economy have in the eyes of
the defenders of human per-
sonality been somewhat conn -
promised by the totalitarian use
made of it, or rather by its
abuse; e.g. in Germany and
Russia.
The fact that planned econ-
omy was made to serve anti -
individualist regimes must not
be taken to mean that it can-
not serve a personalist society.
It is a technique making for
efficiency. There is nothing in
the airplane to determine its
being used for transporting
bombs or medicine. So also a
planned economy can be used
for aggression and defense, or
for improving the lot of man.
It should be used to free man
from hand-to-mouth economic
insecurity, to allow him to rise
above the level of animal life,
to give him leisure from
economic activity, so that he
may give himself over to cul-
ture, arts, science, philosophy.
That is the personalist and
human purpose in answer to
the why or whither of planned
economy, The concrete content
of the plan must be directed to
this end.
But a further question arises:
"Planned economy, yes, but di-
rected by whom?"
C SWORD
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39. Draws
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vase in a shop in 'a country
town."
His employer paid his fare
to the town and told him to
buy it. He went straight there
and bought the vase evhich
stood in the.window on sale for
ninepence, exactly as in his.
dream. The pair were then put
up for auction and an Ameri-
can paid $5,000 for them. Mr.
Reilly was given $600.
In Capetown some years ago
a 200 -ton schooner, the Protea,
which cost ,$36,000 to build
feched $5 at an auction. Her
timber alone was worth hun-
dreds. An American three -
masted vessel, the J. O. Web-
ster, of 431 tons, went for $15.
And about 1932 the German
gunboat Tsingtatit was' knocked
down in Canton Harbor for one
Chinese dollar (then worth
30e).
...:
SE SENSE,.
VON PILLS
Planned economy must be
linked up, not with dictator-
ship, but with political democ-
racy.
In a capitalist economy the
desires of consumers are ex -
peeped by . purchases, indicat-
ing to producers what to go on
manufacturing. Each purchase
is a vote ratifying a decision
made by a producer. The vote
is imperfect because falsified
by advertising. Yet in ideal
realization this system would
best attain maximum satisfac-
tion of consumers and safe-
guard their freedom of choice,
which is an attribute of person-
ality.
In a planned economy, the
plan predetermines the quan-
tity and quality of goods to be
produced. Thereupon it is ne-
cessary to oblige the consumers
to use the goods in the propor-
tions foreseen in the plan. De-
cisions thus come from above.
The planners wield economic
sovereignty; while in .a capi-
talist economy the paying con-
sumers wield it. The latter re-
gime is more democratic.
This is true if• we treat of the
capitalistic system of the first
half of the 19th century. Then
there were numberless small
producers who were in touch
with consumer demand. Mod-
ern technique and monopoly
have changed all that. A long
time intervenes between pro-
duction and final sale and pro-
ducers decide long before
knowing consumer wants. The
consumer not being consulted
till after the article is produced
-how can he still be sovereign?
There is no doubt that in the
capitalist economy sovereignty
has passed to a considerable
extent from consumers to 'the
directors of large enterprises,
In a planned economy the con-
sumer will be dispossessed still
more of all say. Planned exon-
orny is long-time planning.
And once the planning has
deterrnined o pe rations and
these are begun, they must be
pushed to completion (to final
consumption of the planned
products) under pain of a total
upsetting of economic activities,
If planned economy is pushed
to its extreme in the disposses-
sion of consumer sovereignty,
the latter must be restored in
another way, by transforming
the former purchase vote of the
consumer into universal suf.
frage,, In other words the new
directors of the planned econ-
omy must be, not private capi-
talists, hut public servants of
the common good, elected by
the people to the government
ROAM FRONT
J6k 2uea
Fourteen management prac-
tices for brooding poults from
hatch to eight weeks of age have
been recommended to turkey
growers by the Nutrition Coun-
cil of the American Feed Manu-
facturers Association. The re-
commendations, which deal with
feed, water, housing and general
management practices were de-
veloped by the Nutrition group
after an 18 -month study of all
research available from the 48
land grant colleges, the U.S. De-
partment of Agriculture and the
feed industry.
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The recommendations de-
velloped for brooding poults
from hatch to eight weeks in-
clude:
Housing Management
1. With hover brooding of
poults, temperature at edge of
hover three inches above the
floor should be 95 degrees F. at
the start. Drop temperature 5
degrees each week to six weeks,
considering at all times the be-
havior of the poults. Room tem-
peratures preferably should
approximate a range of 60 de-
grees to 70 degrees F. through
the first six weeks consistent
with good ventilation. Where
room temperatures fall below
those recommended, hover tem-
peratures should be increased by
5 degrees. After six weeks, room
temperatures should be as cool
as possible, provided the poults
are comfortable.
2. For hover brooding, a mini-
mum Moor space of 12 square
inches per poult should be pro-
vided under the hover.
3. No more than 300 poults
should be brooded in one unit.
4. Battery brooders are satis-
factory for starting poults up to
14 days of age. Provide 25 square
inches of battery floor spate per
poult.
5. Where boults a're confined
to the brooder house, provide
11 square feet of .brooder house
floor space per poult through
eight weeks of age. Where a
sun porch is used, provide one
square 'foot of brooder house
space and one square foot of sun
porch space.
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reeding and Watering
6. Poul'ts should be fed and
watered as soon as possible after
hatching, preferably within 24
hours. (CAUTION: Be sure•.both
feed and water are being con -
stun ed,1
7, The following ' Minimum
feeder space should be allowed
for each 100 poults:
with this function in mind.
Only in" that way can the will
of the consumers remain en-
tirely safeguarded and effec-
tive,
Thus the older money -vote of
the consumer would now be-
come a real vote having power
and authority. The result would
be, a true democratization • of
industry, with economic issues
and aims decided in the public
arena of electoral voting. This
would substitute the present
monetary* evaluation of pro-
duction by a human one deter-
mined by the people express-
ing their needs and demands
and preferences effectively by
their ballots.
*
This column welcomes eriti-
eism, eonstruetitle or destruc
five, and suggestions, wise or
otherwise: it will endeavour to
answer any questions. Address
mail to Rob Von Dille, Whitby,
Ont.
(a) First two weeks -16 linear
feet"
(b) During 3rd and Oth week
-24 linear feet"
(c) During 5th and 6th week
-32 linear feet°
(d) During 7th and 8th week
-40 linear feet"
8, The following minimum
drinking space should be al-
lowed for each 100 poults:
(a) First two weeks -3 linear
feet* or two 1 -gal. foun-
tains.
(b) Third and fourth week -
6 linear feet{' or four 1 -gal.
fountains.
(c) Fifth through eighth
week -- 8 linear feet* or
two 5 -gal. fountains.
Additional space should be
provided during hot weather.
General Management
9. A confinement ring (or
guard) at least 12 inches in
height should be placed approxi-
mately two feet from the edge
of the hover when poults are
started. Gradually increase the
distance to three feet. Remove
at seven days. The guard should
be solid -except in hot weather
when a wire guard may be used.
10. Provide at least two inches
of suitable litter at the start,
The litter used should be free
from injurious materials and
reasonably free from dust. Stir
and add fresh litter as needed.
11. The use of roosts is op-
tional during the brooding per-
iod. If used, four to six inches
of roosting space per poult
should be provided from three
weeks on.
12. Night lights of 71/2 to 10
watts per brooding unit should
be used during the brooding
period to aid in prevention of
crowding and piling.
13. If and when picking starts,
debeaking or other preventive
metohds should be used.
14. Where it is desirable to
prevent fighting, wing clipping
or wing notching should be done
early in the brooding period.
*Linear feet -One foot of feed-
ing or watering space. For ex-
ample, a 4 -foot trough open on
both sides has eight linear feet
of feeding or watering space.
PROVED T}IE POINT
"Your heart is quite sound,"
the doctor told the elderly man.
"With an organ like that, you
should have no trouble living
till you're 80."
"But Doctor," protested the pa-
tient, "I'm 82 now!"
"There!" exclaimed the doctor.
"What slid I tell you,"
By Bev R, Hardee Warren
8.D.
Christian Living
(Temperance Lesson)
Colossians 3:5-10; 1 Timothy
4:12; 1 John 2:1-6
Memory Selection: As lie
which hath called you is holy,
so be ye holy in all manner o6
conversation; because it is writ-
ten, be ye holy; for I am holy..
1 Peter 1:15-16.
Statistics say that Canada is
about 98% christian. But when
we examine modern society in
the light of the ' New Testament
standard of Christianity, we see
that `Christian' in statistics and
'Christian' in everyday living
are much different. Immorality,
impurity, passion, evil desire,
covetousness, anger, wrath, mal-
ice, slander, foul talk and lying
have no place in Christian liv-
ing. Yet what common sins
these are among us today. Paul
even calls upon Timothy, the
youth, to be an example in
speech, conduct, love, faith and
purity. John makes it clear that
a mere profession is not suffi-
cient, He writes, "He who says,
'I know him' but disobeys his
commandments is a liar. and the
truth is not in bim,"
The Bible condemns sin. John
write, "I am writing this to you
that you may not sin." But we
dare not stop there. He says, "If
any man sin, we have an advo-
cate with the Father, Jesus
Christ the righteous." If there
is sin •we may find forgiveness
by coming to God through Jesus
Christ who died for us. We
ought to pattern our lives . after
the example set by Jesus.
Drunkenness gets more head-
lines than any other modern
sin. This is because it figures in
so many murders, sex crimes
and motor accidents. I helped
remove three bodies from a car
wrecked when being driven
dangerously at a high rate of
speed. Another occupant' died
later in hospital. As we pried
open the doors empty liquor bot-
tles fell out. No one was sur-
prised. The accident was clearly
the result of the reckless yet
dulled mind of a man who ha&
been drinking.
We need not just statistical
Christianity but applied Chris-
tianity. How happier people are
when they turn to Jesus Christi
as their Lord and Saviour.
FAIR QUESTION
A small girl was entertaining
her mother's visitor.
"How's your little girl?" the
child asked.
"I'm sorry to say, my dear,
that I haven't a little girl."
"How's your little boy?"
"I haven't a little boy, either.°'
"Then what are yours?"
$, * #
"What's up - has she turn-
ed you down?"
"She has."
"Rough luck, old. man - but
don't take it to heart too much.
A woman's `No' often means
'Yes.'"
"She didn't say 'No' -- she
said 'Rats!'
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
LUCKY ON TOPSIDE ONLY- Good luck for the destroyer, bad luck
for any lurking submarine, that's what this gigantic shamrock
in Mediterranean waters signifies. H. M.S. Sarrosa fashioned
this pattern of destruction with a new depth -charge launching)
device, "The Squid," which flings depth Charges ahead of tits
attacking vessel instead of dropping Them behind it«