Zurich Herald, 1951-03-22, Page 2Tracing the Cause
Of Stuttering
Bernard Lee, asais€ant. eiiit'1'
the Signal Corps Engineering La-
boratories Photographic Branch at
Fort Monmouth, N.J.,'inadvertently
plugged a telephone headset into a
playback jack while working with
:a< magnetic tape recorder. A. fraction
of a second later his voice began
to be fed bark at titin, and he found
it hard to talk. Since then he has
tested the reactions of more than
100 people to delayed, fed -hack
speech.
Some of these 100 subjects de-
veloped a tivaveriug slow epeech,
other; salted, repeated syllables,
raised their voices in pitch or vol-
ume and revealed tension by red-
dening of the face. Some challenged
the disturbance but none defeated
it. More than two minutes of the
ordeal is physically tiring. Lee
reaches the conclusion that speech
depends on hearing. The "artificial
stuttering" produced by the de-
layed speech feed -back techtiitiae
may aid specialists to find the
causes of stuttering, said to affect
about 1 per cent of the world's
population — some 22t: million
people.
Lee's work combines for the first
time neural and electronic networks,
so that it is possible to investigate
the production of speech itself. By
controlling or altering the electronic
network, in this case the magnetic
tape recorder, Lee points out, psy-
chologists, may be able to learn
more about the nervous system.
Why is the Signal Corps inter-
ested in such studies Because de-
Iaycd speech feed -back problems,
such as a powerful echo returning
to a speaker's lecture platform,
cannot be ignored in public address
systems used by the Army. Un-
wanted echoes also sometimes creep
into long-distance telephone cir-
cuits.
This Pretty Girl
Had Four Wives '
With screeching brakes, a car
ran down a middle-aged man.
"Poor fellow, he's done for!" said
the doctors. To their astonishment,
a few minutes later they found their
"man" was a woman.
Papers in her pocket, and subse-
quently her fingerprints, established
the identity of Eugene Falleni, a
male impersonator who hoodwinked
all Australia.
Death trapped her in the disguise
she loved. All her life she swag-
gered in masculine attire, first run-
ning to sea as a cabin -boy, then
posing under the name of Harry
Leon Crawford—a devil with the
women—in . New South Wales.
Eugene was given a job as a
chauffeur to a Sydney doctor. Noth-
ing could have seemed more natural
than that the chauffeur should flirt
with the housemaid. They married;
and when Eugene deserted her and
contracted a "bigamous marriage"
with another woman, Wife No. 1
seems to have still considered "hind"
manly. Astonishing but true, Eu-
gene actually "married" several
women !
Her third "bride" was the widow-
ed Mrs. Annie Birkett. The two
lived together for over four years
and appeared outwardly to be the
happiest of ,married couples. Then
one day, in 1917. the supposed
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford disappeared.
A charred body was discovered.
Identity seemed doubtful, but the
Crawford's neighbours were unani-
mous in recognizing Mrs. Cr'aw-
ford's set of teeth and a metal hair
ornament. Eugene was found guilty
of murder, and for the first time in
her life her womanhood proved use-
ful.
It enabled her to be. reprieved
and the death sentence was com-
muted to life imprisonment. In 1929
she was released and resumed her
own name of Eugene Falleni.
But she still pretended to be a
man and she soon dropped into ob-
security . . . until, a few months
ago, her death disclosed a new chap-
ter. Eugene "married" again and for
twentyyears paid maintenance to
a woman who remained in ignor-
ance of her "husband's" past his-
tory. Working on farms and sheep
ranches, Eugene Falleni led a man's
life!
The young ell; is called a calf;
the young deer a fawn and the
young antelope a kid.
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rases or Spring Fancies
sr lE NA lifimErs
N spring a young woman's fancy also turns to thoughts
of that age-old problem of what to wear.
Two answers to grace 1951's spring fashion scene are
shown at left and 'at right—both specifically created for
the junior charmer.
The cotton at right features enormous panier pockets,
frosted with eyelet embroidery. The bodice of the Florida -
fashioned dress buttons from was to demure, round
collar.
Tiny puffed sleeves and a full skirt complete the dress
which is the soft of gayer than springtime creation for
resort wear and other special dress -up occasions.
Dressier still is the glamorous party dress at left, fash-
ioned from speckled, silky taffeta.
A coat -type dreSS, its' flattering wing collar and velvet
buttons produce a double-breasted effect. The hipline is
full and gathered, broken by a wide self belt.
Either dress should make the junior miss a sure bit
with the opposite sex as well as the envy of fellow fashion
fans.
Equally as important, the creations embody good taste
and so cannot help but to lend an air of discernment to
the young lady's spring wardrobe.
eiletereaVateeea
What are known as "one -dish"
meals don't necessarily have to
Include meat; and here is a time -
proven recipe that introduces the
protein in the form of eggs and
cheese. You may use carrots, aspar-
agus, corn, egg -plant, celery or
peas—or a mixture of any of then.
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VEGETABLE SCALLOP
3 cups cooked vegetables
3/4 cup cracker or dry bread
crumbs (buttered)
3 or 4 hard -cooked eggs,
sliced
3/4 cup grated Canadian
cheese
3 cups milk
6 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
Method: Place vegetables, eggs
and half -cup of grated cheese in •
layers in a buttered baking dish.
Make medium white.sauce of milk,
butter, flour and salt. Pour over
vegetable mixture. Add crumbs and
remaining cheese. Brown in a 350 -
degree oven for 20 minutes.
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Gelatine salads are always popu-
lar in the majority of homes. They
are well adapted to the materials
avaiftlble in cold weather, and busy
homemakers like them because they
can be prepared well in advance.
The secret of their staying fresh
is that the gelatine seals the air
away from the fruit and vegetables
put in it, so that they don't wilt
or _discolour. Almost any fruits
or vegetables may be used, so long
as' the flavours go together.
GOLDEN GLOW SALAD
1 package lemon -flavoured
gelatine
1 cup boiling water
'1 cup pineapple juice
(drained from canned
pineapple)
1 tablespoon vinegar
teaspoon salt
1 cup canned pineapple
(diced)
1 cup raw carrots (grated)
Method: Dissolve gelatine in the
boiling water. Add pineapple juice,
vinegar and salt. Chill. When slightly
thickened, add pineapple and car-
rots. Chill until firm.
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Other Salad Suggestions
With most homemakers, apples
are a standby for that winter
salad. Apple salad needn't become
tiresome—there are so many vari-
ations. Here's one:
Cut up unpared red apples, add
chopped celery and nutmeats (black
walnuts preferred). To the salad
dressing you use, add an equal
amount of whipped cream, and mix
all together.
Other ingredients to go with
apples for that salad may be
grapes, raisins, dates, oranges, car-
rots or pineapple.
Try a peanut butter dressing with
Aren't They Tweet?—They're known as Crotalaria Laburni-
folia, and they're not birds exactly— they're flowers. They grow
r"aro Auckland, Now Zealand, on a leguminous shrub of the
pante.' name. and they bloom freely in frost -free areas.
some of these fruit combinations.
It's made by adding three table-
spoons peanut better to one cup
cooked dressing or mayonnaise.
This dressing is.good on a cabbage -
apple combination, too.
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PEACH SKILLET PIE
(Crust)
2 cupa flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons beet or cane
sugar
6 tablespoons shortening
3/4 cup whole milk
(Filling)
1 quart canned peaches or
one No. 2 can
cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
r/ teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons water
Method: Sift flour, baking, pow-
der, salt and sugar together in bawl.
Cut in shortening, add miikkrt`1 xix .,
and roll out.
Pat and shape into' `tire' sIpj et
with the fingers, allowing extra
dough to extend down over the
sides.
Fill with the slit ,d peaches.
Sprinkle with sugar,• ,salt and cin-
namon and dot with: 'Mutter; Fold
the extra dough up' over top of
peaches, leaviia'g the center open.
Sprinkle crust with water and bake
one and one-half hours. Serve with
cream.
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PRUNE CAKE
1/4 cup shortening
11/2 cups sugar •
3 eggs
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon each soda, baking
powder, cinnamon, all -spice
and nutmeg .
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sour milk or butter.
milk
1 cup chopped stewed prunes
Method: Cream shortening and
add sugar gradually. Add beaten
eggs. Sift flour and other dry ingre-
dients. Add alternately to creamed
mixture with milk. Add chopped
stewed prunes.
Bake in a moderate oven at 350
degrees. Makes 12 large servings.
Nice served with whipped cream.
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ORANGE CHIFFON PIE
2 teaspoons granulated
gelatin
cup orange juice
cup mashed ripe bananas
(two to three bananas)
1/ tablespoons lemon iuke
1 teaspoon grated orange •
peel
1;4 teaspoon salt
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
5 tablespoons cane or beet
sugar
cup orange sections, cut
in small pieces
3 egg whites
1 baked 9 -inch pie shell
Method: Soften the gelatin in
orange juice. Mix together bananas,
lemon juice, orange rind, salt, egg
yolks and two tablespoons sugar.
Cook over low heat, stirring con•
scantly, until mixture thickens,
Remove from heat, add gelatin
and stir until dissolved. Cool. Add
orange sections and mix well. Beat
egg whites until foamy, add re-
maining sugar and continue beat-
ing until stiff. Fold in banana mix-
ture.
Turn into a pie shell. Chill until
firm.
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STEAMED GRAHAM
CRACKER PUDDING
2 tablespoons shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
%a cup beet or cane sugar
1 well -beaten egg yolk
% cup chopped dates, raisins
or figs
Beatrice Pines swathes this
harlequin print suit about the
hipline to end in a side wing.
The bodice is shirred and the
decollete outlined with a stif-
fened self cuff.
IA cup chopped walnut meats
2 cups fine graham cracker
crumbs
1/4 teaopoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1 stiffly -beaten egg white
'Method: Thoroughly cream
shortening, vanilla and sugar; add
egg yolk; beat thoroughly. Stir in
fruit and nutmeats. Mix cracker
crumbs, salt and baking powder and
add to creamed mixture alternately
with milk..Fold in egg white
Fill greased custard cups two-
thirds full, Cover tightly with wax-
ed paper. Steam 30 minutes. Serves
six.
Or steam .in a greased 'one aiid
one-half quart mold for one and
one-half hours. Individual cups may
also be baked (uncovered) in a
350 -degree oven.
HOBSON'S CHOICE
As he shook hands with his
friend in the smoking -room of their
club, he looked very grave. "I'm
sorry," he said, "to hear of your
uncle's decease,"
"Eh?" What's that?" asked the
deaf one.
'I'm sorry to hear your uncle
passed over."
"Speak up, man! I can't hear
ybu."
"I'm sorry to hear you've buried
your uncle."
"But I had to. He died."
Always apologise to a man if you're
wrong—and to a woman if you're
right.
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koro Is a clean powerful penetrettnt,
,0 that brings speedy relief from the
Thing torture and dlsromrort.
Don't dig with fingernails, that only
carves to spread the trouble. .rust use
'equal parts of eroone's ltmerald 011 and
olive all. Apply gently stens the finger
rlpe once a day and shampoo every fourth
,lay. "You'll find this freahhrrnt not only
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Ladybirds
On a mild afternoon the ladybirds
are out sunning themselves, particu-
larly on the walls or around the
windows of a house with ivy on its
walls. Ladybirds are, of coarse,
those small orange betties with
black polka dots on their backs, and
they have been around all winter,
sleeping in cracks, and coming out
even in January, to warm them-
selves from time to time. Now they
conte in increasing numbers. They
are particularly numerous .on ivied
walls because they feed .on aphids,
and aphids feed on ivy, among
other things.
Ladybirds, which are technically
..Coccinellidac, have strange winter
habits. In .California they migrate
to the mountaintops for the cold
season, gathering there in such vast
numbers that horticulturists some-
times gather them literally by the
ton, take them to the lowlands, keep
them in cold storage until the grow-
ing •season, then release them to
clean the aphids from the vegetable
crops. Brought out of cold storage,
they soon return to full life and
vigor And in a minor way they do
the same thing Here, creeping out
of their hiding places, warming
themselves in the sun,. and .starting
their spring cycle of life far earlier
than most insects.
In a way they are a sign of spring
when they become active. But not
an infallible sign, for they can, and
do, go back to sleep when a chilly
wave comes or even when the sun
goes down on a warns day. And
they can sleep for days and even
weeks, even in March.
Ladybirds are quite harmless to
humans and most helpful to gar-
dens. But they have cousips with .'
less exemplary habits. The bean
beetles, for instance and the squash
beetles. They, too, hibernate. But
not long enough, and not nearly
far enough away, as any - gardener
will testify.—From The New York
Tines.
Head Clerk: "I am very sorry
to hear of your partner's death.
Would you like • me to take his
place?"
Manager: "Very much, if you can
ge: the undertaker to arrange it."
Says Chewing -guild
Best Mouse Bait
The best bait you can use for t
mouse -trap is chewing -gum, This
is the conclusion reached by learned
Professor John Wilmot, of Burling-
ton University, Vermont, U,S,A..,
after experimenting with over one
thousand different foodstuffs for
bait.
lie found that the most popular
bait, cheese, undoubtedly attracts
the miee to the trap, but a mouse is
so gentle that he can often remove
the cheese or nibble it without set-
ting off the trap.
But offer him chewing -gum and
what happens? With leis first nibble
the gum sticks to his teeth,
"Mush 1"
He shakes his head to get rid of
it, .disturbs the trap and departs to
a mousy paradise.
The professor maintains that
cheese -flavoured gum is best, but
ordinary• peppermint gum also
works well.
Contrary to popular belief, the,
mouse breeds faster than even the
guinea-pig.
Under ideal conditions one pair of
mice can multiply to a total of
55,000 in one year.
Mice have an ancient history.
Their name comes from the Sans-
krit word "mush," ilteaning'to steal.
Today they are taking over the
canary's job of testing mines for
safety.
That is because they are even
more sensitive than birds to the
deadly gas, carbon monoxide.
Watermarks ' In Paper
A minor mystery tvliich puzzles
many people is how the watermark
gets into paper. The answer is
simple. It is pressed in. When
newly made and still damp, the
paper passes under what is known
as the "dandy" roll of the paper-
making machine.
The watermark device is either
made up of wire woven into the sur -
fate of the roll, or a metal stencil
which is soldered:on,
The fibres, which form the beads
of paper, are bruised where the de-
vice presses •into thy and so the
paper is made thinner in those parts.
This explains the translucent effect
when watermarked paper is held up
to the light.
Sometimes the only watermark
.required is produced by the "dandy"
roll itself, as in the case of the
parallel lines on some cigarette
papers. Specially designed rolls are
built up entirely of different gauges
of wire threaded through a number
of circles of metal.
The piercing of the circles to take
the wires which iippress the .water-
mark is a fors iidai le easka In one
roll, for instance, S` ft. 3 in. long and
20 in. in diameter, as many as 160,-
000 small holes had to he punched
witJi a hand tool.
About the only business that
makes money without advertising
is the Mint.
WAKE OP YOUR
LIVER BILE—
Without Calomel— And Tout Jump Out el
Bed in the Morning Rana' to Go
The liver should pour out about P. pinta of
bile Snide into your digestive tract every day.
U this bile ie not flowing freely your food may
not digest. It may just decay In the digestive
tract. Then gas bloats up your etomach. You
act constipated. You feel sour. sunk and the
world looks punk,
It takes these mild, gentle Carter'a Little
Liver Pills to get these 2 pinta of bile flow•
log freely to make you feel"up and up,"
Get n package today. Effective in making
bile flow freely. Ask for Carter's Little Liver
Pills, ase at an,v druastirrc.
Don't suffer
from common'
sore throat, when
you can do some-
thing about it. Rub
in soothing Minard's
Liniment — get a
supply, • today! Get
quick relief—today!
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