HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1951-04-19, Page 3Great Days Of Geis
Are -fit U Over Now
Th, clay; .,i gulcj are over. liven
the sovereign or ten .dollar gold -
piece, is now a thiite. of the past.
What a strange contrast it is to
'look back through1 the years and
find what very odd and amazing
uses iliii luscious metal has been
put to,
::In the seventeenth century, for
iustanc•c•, well-to-do households pos-
sessccl a golden ‘whistle, This was
used to Ftitanmtn the -servants, and
vas 'often quite a lavish piece of
workmanship. The few 'which are
still iu existence are collectors'
pieces.
An even more -remarkable use for
gold was found by a Mexican ---
1\l.ontezazua--who had an arlificia.l
garden. made from precious metals.
•1:1ants and hushes were wrought in
gold, while a variety of jewels cam -
posed the hios,:otna,
The passion for gold iv1oclt
people possessed iu the past is
demonstrated by tate Danish as-
tronomer, 'l'yclio Lilt -elle, tivho lived
in the sixteenth ceutury. Tie once
had his nose severely cut in a duel
and remedial the defect by fixing
to his face a nose of gold.
Around the seventeenth century
was the golden age of.. beds. One
King of France \vlto lived in that
period had 413 beds of the most
sumptuous anti[. extravagant type.
Jt_ was the fashion. then to decor-
ate beds with .gold and silver and
precious- stones, and some are still
preserved which are worth for-
tunes. •
The fatuous great bed at Ver-
sailles had crimson velvet curtains
on which the Triumph. of Venus
was embbroiderccl, and so notch
gold Was used that the velvet
scarcely showed
in ancient tilos we find that gold
was used in it very lavish Manner.
One famous Egyptian king, for ex-
ample, was buried in a coffin of
gold which weighed 200• pounds.
But that was a mere detail com-
pared with the gold used • by the
Incas of .['eru when they erected
their giant sun temple at Cuzco.
This building way called the Temple
of Gold, because so much of the
precious metal had been used in its
decoration.
A wide band of gold was set in
the walls and \vent right round the
building. This temple was the house
of .the Sun Worshippers, aitd on
one wall they had a representation
of the sun in the form of a huge
disc of pure gold.
-i ven the ,priests who lived in the
building. wore costly garments of
gold thread woven by the virgins
of the temple.•
Perhaps we crib uadcrstaud the
fad of an aiteient liilig.`•v\*itti :being
unable to writo his name, traced it
from four letters cut in gold. Put it
may be a little more surprising to
learn that itt the sixteenth century
Spaniards in the \Vest Indies used
gold dust to salt their meat.
And, if gold had been a strouger
metal a modern note might have •
been struck by the rnefi'tion of a
bicycle made of- gold. ".t)iatitond
tint" Brady spent money recklessly
and once ordered twelve cycles
made of gold.
1t was .found, however.' that the
metal would not carry -the, weight
required, and he had to be content
with gold-plated bicycles..
"Can an anyone tell me what a
mandate is:" asked the teacher.
"An appointment with your boy
friend," replied l?.lizabeth.
4'" STAR LUNC -1E N LOAF
Sure [ire table talk is a savory,
mouth-watering luncheon loaf that
always sets conversation in motion
and activates appetites, A hollow
ed -out bread loafs toasted gulden
brown and then filled in with a
creamy smooth oyster mixture, is
the perfect recipe for those who
Want to serve the "unusual" but
also stay within a time and money
btu•get
Its the star-shaped bread slices
on top that give this dish its neon
name "Four -Star Luncheon Loaf"
—and it rates at least that number
for starting performance. The oy-
ster mixture combines tomato
sauce with oysters, diced peper,
and seasoning for an almost uu-
forgetable result. Encircling the
loaf and adding a hearty touch are
hard -cooked eggs. smothered itt
the oyster mixture, The seasonings
guarantee top taste . . . and it is
:\c'cent (pure monosodium gluta-
mate) that brings' out the hest in
all ingredients. -
4 -STAR LUNCHEON LOAF
1 large loaf unsliced bread
Melted butter or margarine
12 oysters
Evaporated milk
1. 8-oz.'can tomato sauce
6 tablespoons butter or margar-
ine
1• green pepper, diced
4 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon salt
few grains pepper
teaspoon Ac'cent'`
?/q teaspoon rosemary
Al teaspoon savory
6 hard -cooked eggs.
• Remove top of loaf in 1 thin
slice: do not remove crust s on
sides and ends. With a sharp
knife. remove centre of loaf in I
piece, leaving a shell about a
inch thick, Cut centre into cubes
and toast golden brown in moder-
ate oven. \Vitlt a star -cookie cut-
ter, cut 4 stars from ton slice.
Brush shell and stars.with melted
butter or margarine and toast in
moderate, oven. Measure oyster
liquor; add enough evaporated
milli to make 2 cups: add tomato
sauce, Melt 6 tablespoons butter
or margarine; cook green pepper
in this until .soft: blend in flour,
salt, pepper and Accent. Add
evaporated utillc mixture: stir over
loin [teat until smooth and thicken-
ed. Add oysters, rosemary and sav-
ory: cover and cools over hot water
15 minutes. Add toasted bread
cubes. Place toasted bread shell 011
platter; surround with halves of
hard -cooked eggs. Fill case •with
oyster mixture; cover eggs with re-
maining oyster mixture. Place
stars on top. Serve at once. Yield:
6 servings.-
* (pure ntonosuclinin glutattl,tte)
Queer Things Happen
A 1951 Scarecrow is being tried
out by an English farmer. It has a
length of rope that smoulder, for 8
hours and every 20 minutes a fire-
work explodes, the arms wave in
the air, and clatter hack into po-
sition.
Pickpockets in Alexandria have
their own trade union, the president
receiving "royalties" on all business
done.
Magic Touch: • British pilot with
Danish Airlines wade a -carpet and
entered it in a competition. He won
first prize—a free air trip ,10
- London. •
Penalty: (iianciero Innocents and
his sweetheart, Rosa Ruggcro, have
hccn sentenced to three months' itat-
pri,otitutnt• itt Naples, Crime: hiss•
irg in a cinema,
Successor: Ezra henry Penny has
retired from management of a
South- African fruit farm. Ile i
succeeded by his assist an 1,
Charles Ilalipenns •
Rare and Refreshing: Peaches
with walnuts instead of stones are
growing on a peach tree which
grafted itself 00 to a recently fell-
ed walnut tree in the Orange. farce
tine ye a dollar, Jeff "
Don't listen to anyone who tells
you a man and his wife have differ-
ent aims. He wants all he can get.
She wants all he can get.
4 I * $ ..a)
WHY You
1-IEi' EVER you .ride a train, the
conductor punches your ticket
to cancel it. Now, no two of these
ticket punches are the same, Each
punch, like a human fingerprint,
leaves a mark that has no dupli-
cate. This variety in punch marks
is part of. the Canadian National's
accounting system..
The hole the conductor punched
itt your ticket today may make the
outline of a lady's head, a high
button shoe or a top hat In any
event it will be unique, identifying,
not only the conductor but also the
section of the CNR's litres over
which you were traveling \viten the
ticket was punched. There are
2,000 different punch marks in use,
The railway will never run short
of these punch marks, for while
there are 2,000 in use, the company
[las 1,500 more dies. Punch marks
include the letters. of the alphabet
and animate and inanimate objects
such as a star, a mushroom, a half-
moon, a hatchet, an anchor, a fish,
a trowel, the four symbols of play-
ing cards, a. horse's head turd many
others,
As we have said, they have a
direct bearing on the aecottntin g
system. They are a factor in prov-
ing that a portion of a ticket is
refundable. 'rhe railway doesn't ex-
pect a passenger to pay :for more
than he has received. Ii' you have
used only a portion of your ticket,
the company is prepared to return
your money on the remainder,
:However., to make refunds possible,
the railway must maintain an ac-
cnrate telly of the tickets and parts
of tickets that have been honored
eat its trains. The punches by its
conductor's provide this tally,
Let's suppose ;you bought a,
41 V ♦ 1 k
Ti
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ticket from Montreal to Winnipeg
and that for some reason or other,
you left the train at Capreol. Out
of 1srontreal and Ottawa the con-
ductors will leave their punch
marks (a diamond and horseshoe)
ir
to indicate that you travelled the
distance of their rims, that is,
Montreal to Capreol.
On vetut'n to Montreal, you apply
for a refund front Capreol to 4\'in-
nipeg. Your application ancl ticket
are forwarded to the auditor of
passenger aecoun'ts office. There,
by consulting the records, it is
found that the diamond belongs to
conductor Smith on the Montreal -
Ottawa run and that the horseshoe
puneh mark belongs to conductor
Jones on the Ottawa-Capreoi run.
By checking the daily ticket report
it is determined that these con-
ductors were on duty when you
trade Lite trip. Hence the punch
marks on ,your ticket when checked
against the records show that you
travelled only from Montreal to
Capreol. 'Therefore, the Capreol-
Winnipeg part of your ticket is
refundable.
Since punches play an important
role in making refunds, they are
issued with care. When a eonduo-
tor receives a new punch, its par-
ticulars are filed with his superin-
tendent and with the auditor of
passenger accounts. At the tatter's
office, an additional record for each
punch is maintained. It is called
the Record of Ticket Punches. This
record contains all the transfers
made of a punch until it goes out
of, service, Something of a master
record also is kept 'there and is
used as a ready reference. This
record lists all the punches in use
and names the conductors to whose
they have been issued and the runt
on which they are used, .Axl 120
records bear the marten of the
,Bunches so that when a conductor
turns in his ticket report, his punch
mark Is his signature.
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GARDEN NOTES
Faster The Better
To get quality in most vegetables
growth must be hurried along.
Really tender vegetables are those
which are grown fast, that have
never known a set -back and are
picked when they are at their best
and quickly put into the pot or on
the table. \When a vegetable stops
growing for aux• reason—lack of ,
,attention, over -crowding, drought
or just plain maturity—they start
to turn tough. The wise gardener
will help growth along by thinning'
properly, cultivating frequently,
adding some good fertilizer if nec-
essary and soaking with water if
the weather turns really dry. Grown
that way one gets a fresh and ten-
der quality that no money can buy.
r.
Big; Show—Little Work
goys the lazy person, or perhaps
it would be more diplomatic to say,
for one who' is too busy to spend
much time, certain flowers are
guaranteed to give a big showing
for a minimum of effort.
Casinos, giant marigolds, zin-
nias, petunias,: portulaca, nicotine,
calendula, alyssum, nasturtiums, etc.,
are in this class. They are easily
grown almost anywhere in Can-
ada. Some of the larger flowers
can actually be used in the place
of shrubs. See cls should be started
early and in fide soil. Plants arc
transplanted to permanent quarters
when they are well established with
several sets of leaves. Ready -started
bedding plants can be bought from
greenhouse people. for husky
growth, cosmos, giadoli, dahlias,
giant marigolds and zinnias should
have about two feet each way ----pe-
tunias need about a foot cif room.
Once established these flowers will
look after themselves and bloom for
nt on th s.
Avoid These
Two of the commonest mistakes
of the average gardener are to
plant too deep and to close. This
is mit only .t waste of ,cod but it
also encouragt s wt:,I. or pc or
growth.
Generally speaking all plaits re-
quire at least half as much space
between theta as they are high at
maturity, With carrots this means
only about 2 inches. with corn or
staked tomatoes, 18 inches. On the
seed packet trill be given the proper
spacing,
\With bigger seed lilac beaus, peas,
corn, etc., spacing will he case, but
it is much more difficult with the
line seeds of carrot, lettuce or aiys-
sum. Such things can be spread
more evenly by nixing with a little
dt'y sand and sowing the mixture,
in any rase 00 matter how care-
fully we sow some later thinning; as
the plants develop wilt be advis-
able.
Proper depth in planting is also
important, The rule [,ere is about
three limes the diameter of the
seed.. \lVith tiny seeds like poppies,
alyssum or turnips this means
merely pressing the seeds in the
sail, with big. things like gladioli,
bulbs, potatoes and dahlias it means
from 4 to ,S inches,' 'tvith beets,
beans, etc„ about an inch of cover.
The Psychologist explained how
easy it was to judge a mart's char-
acter from his clothes,
"Socks show a man's telnpe a -
meet very clearly. Tiley tali fvhe•.
thea he is generous e17 avaricious,
nervous or phlegmatic," he announc•.
ed.
"They also Beep his feta warm,"
muttered art unbeliever.
Dangers That Lurk In Everyday Life
Lamps, Insecticides Are Hazards
.Danger lurks itt everyday life to-
day in new and unsuspected forms.
!.'here's an extreme poison hazard
in some types of fluorescent lamps,
in many insecticides and garden
vcasltes. There nay even be peril
in shoe shops. •
The average housewife flings an
old fluorescent lamp into the dust-
bin unaware of the risk to her-
self, her children—and the gar-
bage mea.
The risk is so real that U,S.
sailors are actually required to wear
gloves and protective goggles
when they take down a woru-out
lamp and dispose of it. •
In New 'York the sanitation au-
thorities handle fluorescent dis-
cards with the greatest care, press-
ing then down into marshy ground
withbulldozers.
The danger is beryllium, a poi-
' souous metallic substaese often
used itt the internal phosphor coat-
ing of fluorescent lamps. There is
no risk with such a lamp when in-
tact. Trouble comes when one is
broken. The broken glass may be
coated with poison.
"Do not pick up the pieces with
the fingers," warns the Interna-
tional Association of Fire Chiefs.
"Get out of the room until the dust
has settled. Then the broken glass
should be swept with a brush and
pan. If possible, wet it down. Ther,
wash up the floor with a rag—and
throw the rag away."
In one- case a youngster fished
an old fluorescent from a clus.bin
and decided. it would be fun to use
it as a bat.
At the first \\-hack, of course, the
latnp smashed. A fragment of fly-
itig glass made a tiny cut on his
neck which caused no alarm at first.
- 'Weeks later, however, the cut stub-
bornly refused to -heal and the boy
became progressively. ill. His whole
system was infected with beryllium.
Troubled by such cases, repu-
table fluorescent lamp manufac-
turers have agreed to stop using
beryllium, But some old stocks
were sold to the public—usually
without warning on the wrappers._
it,fany of these gleamingly efficient
tubes are now ending their remark-
ably long lives. As some electricians
have discovered, the broken lamps
can "cause a 'ash" but they are
unaware of the real perils.
Is this unfamiliar danger kept
secret even from the trade: Why
has the Cos ertirueut C''crnist--a
Government department costing
$17,000 a dat' -- issued no caution?
writes :Evelyn \'augl an hi "An-
swers"
in the same way, a txorking
party to inquire into the dangers of
insecticides was appointed only
ai'er long agitation. Five people-
already
eoplealready have died from the effects
of spraying with liquid :1.1,N.O.C.
No drug is known to counteract the
affect of this anti -pest poison once
absorbed into the human body. But
the essential risks are still largely
unknown. The manufacturers' warn-
ing on the label is often erased by
stains or tears before use. Recently,
two men died even though they had
been trained in spraying and issued
with protective 'masks and clothing.
'What of tlte,risks to the amateur
gardener? What of the crops, taint-
ed be certain compounds? '['hough
there may be no iunnediatt: risk of
food poisoning, the possibility of
it should be carefully studied.
Only the other day a spokesman
of the medical profession attacked
a third danger itt everyday* life.
X-ray machines in shoe shops, it
was alleged, may expose customers
to dangerous radiation rays.
An unwary customer might go
front shop to shop for a correct
shoe fitting, ignorant of the danger
in tate ray machines. Declares the
British Medical Journal: "In one
shoe-ft.ing of twenty seconds.
doses ranging to 116r (roentgen
rays) have been recorded. The ex-
posure may be repeated immedi-
ately iu the same shop and again
in other shops,. and it is clear that
large doses night be given."
Perhaps you 'weren't aware of
the risks? Manufacturers shake
their heads and say that the cri-
ticisms are ballyhoo, and it is only
fair to point out that X-ray ma-
chines Itave been in use in the
larger shoe shops for thirty years.
Or is this another case of a very
real danger, ignored at your peril
by neglectful officialdom?
The Negro parson had gathered
hist -flock to pray for rain. froth the
pupil he gazed sadly upon his con-
gregation.
"The faith of some of you is de-
plorable," he said. "Here we is,
gathered together to pray for rain,
and not one of you has brought
an umbrella."
On The Trail Of A Deadly Enemy —Kenichi 1 ti.isaoka. is
graduate of the l niyer-'ity of ,M1)erta, is tyarl int;• ander the
direction. of 1)r, ilelett Hattie, of the I:lepartrnent of Zoology.
l'ui\c•rsity of \\'c•ste'rn (tutarict, studying the action of cancer
producing agents on the ties c'Ictpntent of the fish embryo.
In lits experiment eggs of the zebra fish aro being used
in -valise of their transparency and because of their availability.
These scientists are studying the effect of urethane-- a cettnn,tc
narcotic on the do loptnental processes in the lisit, The trc•at-
ina of the !Isla \t•.ith urethane during early developmental stttgt't
t' sults itt the production of various contorted embryos, and
a;tuon;; these arc preclt,utinately fottud an extreme ettiatt'trnte'ltt
of`fbe heart cat iiv stud „tiler body canities,
4; 1t is incl\\tt that urethane induces runs; tttuttttirs in mice
an'cl rats, but despite its cancer -producing totality itt this respect
il. t etat•ds (he tle\ rl ,:l(tcnt cif stint cse A irs [ tnttnrs amiis tie
in the treatment of leukemia, of fatal i,iood di�a,r�1i r r c [ale c1- i
cancer.
l ,c ni�c Iii I I!istt'kii�'s \vt,rh at the 1'niyersi(v of \\ waters,
Oniaric, is hurtle costs ltle throe:; It as grant frttmtt the [National
Cancer institute, Fistula contributed to tltt' April campaign a -;f.
Ow Canadian Cancer' Society wilt be us.ed to suitjtefrt 111(rt' yItnt4
75 such research projectt, itt Canada. Contributions should lir
mailed to 'your local trait of the Cancer Societc or to Ontario
1Ic'aticiuurtera. 101 College Street, l'orontn,