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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Herald, 1951-01-04, Page 7Beauty Routine Starts With Old -Fashioned Cleanliness jean Simmons, whose hands are important to her both as an asetres;s and as a woman, bleaches them with lemon before apply- ing rich cream for smoothing them. .644644464466461441446 OLD-FASHIONED beauty tricks are often the best,,; according to Jean Simmons, well.km*0 British film actress, who strives toward natural loveliness rather thane; sophisticated glamor. Although her beauty routines are simple ones, she doesn't overlook the importance of regular care, She stresses that the basis of good looks is ---first of all— cleanliness. Hair should be frequently washed, shining„ well -brushed. Faces should be thoroughly cleansed be, fore snake -up is applied. It's important, she continues, .to concern yourself with, beauty as a whole. Hands are too often neglected, she feels. S. -71 -JE suggests this routine for keeping them always ready 0for the spotlight of unexpected attention. Slice a lemon in two and rub the cut half over your hand. This will aid in bleaching, and in giving your hands the milky look toward which current fashion is trending. To make certain they are smooth as well as white, she advises the use of a rich hand cream. Use this regularly before retiring, and supplement its good work. during the day with anon -sticky hand lotion. pply the lotion, after drying, to restore the oils that are lost when your hands are dipped in water.. TABLE TALKS c:atvi Andrews. I. have already written, in former columns, about the use of cream in baking. (Those of, you who have to BUY your cream can just ignore the first two recipes). But I don't think I've told you about cream in baking powder biscuits or corn- bread --which i5 a pity, because it's a trick that turns these hotbreads into something your family will be begging •-you to snake again and again. Another trick in making biscuits is to pat out the dough with your • fingertips to the desired thickness instead of using a rolling pin. That desired thickness is a bit tricky because it depends on how large or how small you cut your biscuits. 0 you are nsing a two-inch cut- ter, cut your biscuits one-half inch Thick, and if you are using a two and one-half inch cutter, cut your biscuits three-fourths of an inch thick. BAKING POWDER BISCUITS 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder. 3/4 cup lard f cup milk l cup cream Method: Sift dry ingredieuts to- gether. With a fork, cut in lard. Add milk and cream, and stir. Knead lightly on lightly floured board. Pat out to desired thickness east eut. Place in an ungreased shallow pan and 'bake in. a 425- tlegree oven for 12 minutes. =e ;. * CORNBREAD 1 cup yellow cornmeal 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder 2 tablespoons cane or beet sugar 1 'egg ''% cup milk Vs cup cream 2 tablespoons melted lard ' Method: Beat egg, add milk and eream and niix well. Add dry ingre- dients which have .beet. fisted to- gether. Mix welt Add melted short- ening and stir in. Pour in a greased and floured x 8 x 2 -inch pan. Bake 25 min - 'sites in a 400 -degree oven. If you like a thick crust on your cornbread, grease the pan and stick it in the oven to heat, and have it hot enough so when the batter is poured in it will sizzle; 0 Now for a few recipes of a more general variety—every one of theta has been tested and found good. MOLDED CHICKEN A LA KING • Sometimes a bit of chicken is left over, and we wonder how to serve it. When brought to the table, it should be attractive, deli- cious and nutritious. Here is one ,way to have all three requirements. 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup milk, scalded cup hot chicken broth cup green pepper, chopped cup cooked chicken, diced cup mushrooms, sliced tablespoon unflavored gelatin 2 tablespoons cold water 4 egg yolks 2 tablespoons lemon juice Method: Cook first seven ingre- dients in double boiler until green pepper is tender. Soften gelatin in cold water. Beat egg -yolks, add lemon juice, pour a little of the hot liquid over egg -yolks, stirring con- stantly. Then stir egg yolks into chicken mixture. Cook over boiling water for five minutes, stirring con- tinually. Remove from ]teat and stir into softened gelatin. Turn into mold and chill until- firm. Unmold and garnish with tomato wedges, par- sley and sliced hard -cooked eggs. Cut in half-inch slices. Enough for eight servings. 0 .. 1 1 NORWEGIAN KRINGLA 1 cup beet or cane sugar 1 cup sour cream 1 cup sour or sweet milk 1 egg, if preferred Pinch of salt 1. teaspoon soda / teaspoon cinnamon Method: Add flour to make the dough into rolls. Roll into buckle shapes, one-half inch thick, and hake in a 375 -degree oven. Mercy Mission ]3y 'Copter — Commander Frank N. Virgilio, medical officer aboard the Manchester off Korea, was hoisted to a helicopter for transfer to another ship, where he saved the life of a severely injured seatnan. The helicopter is used for all sorts of. emergency errands at sea, including hauling hi dunked pilots of carrier planes. ONION -BEET SALAD 2 medium onions 1 No. 2 can beets IA cup salad oil. 2 tablespoons 'vinegar r/ teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons cane or beet sugar Black pepper 3/4 teaspoon crushed caraway seed Method: Prepare onions by first _dipping in hot water to toughen the skins so they canbe removed smoothly. Cut, into thin crosswise slices. Lay slices in, bowl of ice water and let stand 30 minutes. Drain juice from beets: Cut into one -fourth -inch crosswise slices. Arrange ' beets in center of salad. bowl and the drained onion slices overlapping around the beets. Combine remaining ingredients, mix well, drizzle over beets and onions. Cover and chill at least an hour. Serves five or six. * 0 * SPICY • OATMEAL COOKIES 1 cup. cane or beet sugar 3/4 cup shortening 2'cups flour, sifted 2 tablespoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking powder. 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon. soda x/ teaspoon salt 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup raisins 2 cups oatmeal Method: Crean} sugar ,and short- ening. Add remaining ingredients. Add enough sour Milk to make a stiff dough, so it can be pushed from a spoon. Drop batter by spoonfuls onto a cooky sheet. Bake in a 400- • degree, oven for 15 minutes. The Mystery Of The Vanishing Nylons While an American census taker was collecting information at a shop in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, some time ago, she suddenly noticed that her nylons had disappeared. But she put on another pair and returned to work. Within a short time, these vanished also. She tried wearing two more pairs. They dis- appeared. Barelegged and bewildered, she went to the manager of the shop where she had bought the nylons. He explained that she had been sitting, each time her stockings van- ished, close to a storage battery, acid fumes from, which, clinging to her legs, had dissolved the nylons. About the same time hundreds of women in Jacksonville, Florida, were embarrassed because their ny- lons began to fall to pieces as they walked. The hosiery manufacturers declared they had never known any- thing like it before. But health offi- cers advanced the theory that in- complete combustion in coal and oil furnaces may have "sent out certain - gases that reacted with nylon fibres." It was also announced that a hos- pital in Atlanta, Georgia, had been stopped wearing nylon and silk un - refused insurance unless its nurses dies in the operating theatre. Some undies of these materials were said to have given off static electricity sparks when rubbing against wool- len dresses in a•dry atmosphere. A chemical expert in South Africa said recently that despite its general durability and• many other advan- tages, nylon has a "very low melt- ing point." He quoted instances of women losing their nylons through the ac- tion of sulphur gas discharged from the exhaust of a car behind which they were standing. In a hospital, formic acid disintegrated nylons worn by nurses, he said. Nylon is a chemical shade by a complicated process from air, water, and the by-product of coal. A ny- lon thread is stronger and has been proved more resilient than silk. In manufacture, many nylons are treated with a special snag -resisting finish, But during manufacture they can be easily damaged by a rough table edge or fragment of lard skin on the operator's hand. Many open•• atives are supplied with a special hand cream so that their heads are to good ceeetditton 'to handle nylon. Sabotage By Rumor Once a thoughtless schoolboy laid a whole town by the ears with a bit of gossip. His teacher helped him to see what he had done by asking him to scatter a bag of feathers on the win—and then try to retrieve them. Even greater damage. than that done to indivi- duals by gossip can be done to the nation by rumors in times of ten- sion such as these. One of the first objects of a defense program should b. to teach citizens to keep their heads and hold their tongues— bombs or no bombs. Itnproved warning systems will be set up. But the radio, telephone and other communications already provide quick and far-reaching channels for advising the public. in case of danger. The first rule for. the individual is to credit no re- port of an attack unless it comes froth. a constituted authority and is made publicly, `Inside dope" is usually dope. 0 it Neta off a chain oz rumurjitt4rs it can be as dam- aging as an opiate. Several coastal cities had air-raid scares following the deelaration'of war in 1941. How such folly plays into enemy hands was shown by the closing of fac- tories and shipyards engaged on needed war work. On that occasion this newspaper said: Cahn and padeast patriotism is the need of the moment --faith that wise cooperation can overcome the tendency to confusion which, total- itarian terrorism seeks to create among those it would destroy. The truly alert individual is calm, is spiritually prepared and confident. He will not respond to rumors or circulate them. To do so- is to open the way for sabotage by rumor— self-sabotage. In the present tense atmosphere an enemy -planted or merely a carelessly repeated false report could start much needless 'trouble—unless citizens refuse' to be transmitters. That is the second rule for individuals—don't pass on the mental contagion of a scare. As to the general peril of free peoples there is ample evidence.' For specific warnings official chan- nels of information are provided. Those who understandingly rely on God for guidance will listen so intently for the still small voice that no "hush-hush" rumors can victimize them. —The Christian Science Monitor An old mountaineer was on his way to the town. He decided to use the new highway that •had just been completed. Just as he was about to seer bis horse onto the road, an automobile whizzed by. The old man had never before seen one of these new-fangled machines. Open- mouthed he started after it. Scarce-' ly a minute passed, and following in close pursuit, carne a motorcycle cop. The old man was astounded. Muttering to himself he said, "Well,' by gol. Who'do thunk that thing could have a colt?" MW TOO MUCIi it was the first vaudeville' per- formance the old woman had ever seen and she was particularly ex. cited over the feats of the magician. But when he covered a newspaper with a heavy flannel cloth and read the print through it she grew a little nervous. He then doubled the cloth and again read the letters accurate- ly. This was snore than she could stand and, rising in her seat, she said: "I'm goin' hone. This ain't no place for a lady in a thin calico dress!" Touched Off Riots -- Depart- ure from Singapore of Maria Bertha Hertogh, 14- year - old `Jungle Bride,' heightened the violence of a series of religious riots among Moslem natives who demanded that the girl be returned to her !Moslem school- teacher husband. Her marriage declared invalid by a British court, the girl was ordered re- turned to her Dutch mother and was whisked off to Hol- land during the racial rioting, THE ROYAL BANK. OF CANADA General Statement 30th November, 1.950 ASSETS Notes of and deposits with Bank of Canada -Other cash and bank balances . . .. . . Notes of and cheques on other banks . . . . « Government and other public securities, not exceeding market value Other bonds and stocks, not exceeding market value Call and short loans, fully secured . . . . . . Total quick assets . . . . Other loans and discounts, after full provision for bad and doubtful debts .. . . . . . « . .. . Bank premises Liabilities of customers ander acceptances and letters of credit . . « . . . . . . . . . . . Other assets ... «+«+««..«n..a. 'LIABILITIES Notes in circulation . . . . . , . . Deposits . . . . . . . . . . •t + 00 00 . Acceptances and letters of credit outstanding . Other liabilities + . . . . . ., . . . . . . . $ 197,717,112.98 162,064,438.29 111,331,531.73 1,042,365,803.19 104,282,016.90 100,004,499.11 $1,717,765,402.20 688,725,564.27 17,068,704.59 69,437,689.31 4,378,982.00 $2,497,376,342.37 • $ 249,989.10 . 2,337,503,468.93 ▪ 69,437,689.31 • 3,349,328.08 Total liabilities to the public « . $2,410,540,475.42 Capital . . . . . . . . Reserve Fund . . . . . . « . . . Dividends payable . . . . . . . Balance of Profit and Loss Accounc . . .. • 35,000,000..00 • 50,000,000.00 915,827.91. . 920,03904 $2,497,376,342.37 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT Profits for the year ended 30th November, 1950, after making appropriations to Contingency R eserves, out of which Reserves full provision for bad and doubtful debts has been made . . . $11,545,138.94 ,Provision for Dominion and provincial - government taxes $4,012,000.00 Provision for depreciation of bank premises . . 1,273,413.83 5,285,413.83 $ 6,559,725.11 Dividends at the rate of $1.00 per share ............ 3,500,000.00 . (nouns carried forward. . . . . . . . $ 3,059,725,11 'Balance of Profit and Loss Account, 30th November, 1949 ... 3,860,313.93 Transferred to Reserve fund . . . . . . . « . . . . .. Balance of Profit and Loss Account, 30th November, 1950 JAMES Mum, President $ 6,920,039.04 6,000,000.00 • . $ 920,039.04 T. E. ATKINSON, General. Manager