Zurich Herald, 1952-08-14, Page 7• Colour Treatment
For Sickness,
Towards the end of the first
world war a number of textile
aaanufactut'ers asked the Professor
of Textiles in Leeds University
hatcolours he thought would be
ih
' pular with men after the war.
• ey had to decide on their dyes,
and a right choice was all -import -
rant.
The professor slid not take a
minute to decided. "Go all out on
blue," he said, "The men are fed
sup with khaki; they'll ask for 'blue
twits."
The manufacturers wisely took
this advice. The ex -Servicemen, in
twine cases out of ten, asked for
blue.
Sick of Drabness
When the last great demob began
jnundreds of thousands of girls Left
the Services for Civvy Street. They
)load had years of khaki or dark
blue, or the sober colours of the
Land Army uniform. So, when
freedom of choice came, they elect-
ed for colour—the brightest they
could buy.
Well, what does it all mean?
Just this, say the scientists who
have been studying colour for some
years now: you have colour ap-
petite.
And not only that, your colour
appetite follows a law.
Year by year your colour appetite
*rooves along the colour bands of
the spectrum from red to ultra
violet, and then moves back like a
pendulum.
Spring for Brightness
Only when something abnormal
occurs does this rhythm change.
For example, it was changed twice
in this century by two world wars.
Ili was changed in the last century
England by the semiemourning
kept throughout Queen Victoria's
lerng widowhood.
Each year the spring brings forth
the appropriate colour. It is always
ra bright colour, for it seems that
eke appetite of human beings fol-
lows that of Nature herself. Later
comes autumn and the fashion
colours repeat those of spring—but
in soft pastel shades.
Everybody knows how colours
alfect the feelings. For ordinary
decoration purposes, blues, in par-
ticular dark blues, as wall colour-
ings, are cold and depressing;
green, particularly that known as
"loam" in the trade, is soothing.
Butter colours include feelings of
well-being, the reason being the
sunlight effect created by them.
This knowledge, known as art -
therapy, is used in many hospitals.
It was begun some twelve years
ago by an artist who was a patient
kr a tuberculosis sanatorium..
Cured by., Colour
The National Association for the
Prevention of Tuberculosis decided
to experiment. In eight hospitals
regular art courses were started
for the patients. To -day over 120
sanatoria have visiting art -therapists
to help the patients back to health
by the colour route.
As we know, many patients in
,mental hospitals are not lunatics.
They are people who have had a
*rental breakdown following ex-
cessive strains. In nine cases out
of ten they will be discharged as
cured.
And one of the methods used to
help those people is colour.
It does not matter in the least
*hat a patient has no talent as
artist; the occupation, bringing him
into. contact with colour, brings him
nearer to health.
It as noticed that there was
some link between the favorite col-
ours of patients and their mental
and emotional states. For example,
patients addicted to moods and
phases of aggression used exces-
sively black and dark browns, while
patients of a happy disposition
tended to use light blues and yel-
lows.
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Designer Edward Harvane, of London, is displaying his new fall models, and he's right proud of
the head -hugging beanies pictured above. Feather Brained is the word for the brow -hiding topper
at left, of drooping red feathers, climaxing in a top -knot held erect by a gold -studded clasp.
Beetle -&crowed number in centre really doesn't have an army of black beetles descending on the
model's face. It just looks like beetles. The flaring, wild feather that tops it is supposed to "de-
emphasize the hair." It sure do. Strange Fruit is the hat at right, which looks like a well -split
melon. It features larva -shaped beads an pink velvet.
The Black Sun
By looking at the patient's • work
doctors versed in psychology are
able to some extent •to tell the type
of sickness.
The explanation is that, without
knowing it, a patient uses symbols.
For example, one patient made
a picture with a black sun. Into
this picture she put herself as the
smallest of several figures.
The picture told, the analyst
that her state was one of deep de-
pression. (Symbolized by the black
sun). It also showed that she suf-
fered from a feeling of inferiority.
(Shown by the smallness of her
drawings of herself, compared with
others.)
There are -now clinics where dis-
charged -patients can continue this
art -therapy. They attend because
they want to. Their pictures are
carefully analyzed, and their pro-
gress, -to complete mental health
gauged.
Now we know our colour needs,
we can help to make life more
pleasant by taking care of what one
might term our "colour digestion."
Too much dark blue around may
mean a "colour" stomach ache;
plenty of sunshine or buttercup
yellow, a perfect working "colour"
digestion.
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eiam Arta trews
If you'd like to raise ham-
burger a few notches in the family's
regard, put away the frying pan
and try cooking it in the oven
and broiler.
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BEEF POTATO ROLL
Peel, quarter and cook until
tender:
6 to 9 potatoes
Mash with hot milk and season-
ing. (Should make 3 c.)
Combine in bowl:
2 lbs. ground beef
2 tsp. salt
tsp. pepper
1
tblsp, Worcestershire sauce,
1 onion, chopped
1 egg, slightly beaten
3 slices crisp bacon, crumbled
Place meat on waxed `paper and
pat into a rectangle 1/2 -inch thick.
Mound the mashed potatoes down
the centre of meat. Bring up edges
of waxed paper to wrap meat
around potato to roll; press meat
edges together. Place in shallow
pan, remove paper.
Bake in moderate oven (350°)
one hour.
Serve with chili sauce.
Serves 6 to 8.
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BROILED HAMBURGERS
Pre -heat broiler (remove broiler
pan) while you fix hamburgers.
Combine in bowl:
1y2 lbs. ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp. salt
/ tsp. pepper
Ye tsp. sage
1 egg, slightly beaten
Shape into 6 large patties, Cut
in half:
6 hamburger buns
Piace a patty on each bun and
press the meat well over edge of
bun.
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GONE •SW MMIN'—Humphrey comes up from a plunge in' his
private swimming pool at Fleishhacker zoo to tell us that he
may not look too bright but at least he has enough sense to
stay in the water during this kind of weather. If the truth be
known, Humphrey, like most of us, would appreciate a cake of ice
to sit on.
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Broil -3 inches "from source of
heat -10 to 12 minutes.
Toast top halves of buns under
broiler. Put on top of meat. Serves
six.
VARIATION
Prepare patties, but do not place
on buns. Broil 8 to 10 minutes per
side.
Mix in pan:
1 tblsp. flour
2 tblsp. vinegar
Add:
1 c. catsup
2 tblsp. butter
• c. grated carrots
• 1 onion;• minced
Minced parsley
Heat sauce and serve over patties,
STUFFED BEEFWICHES
Pre -heat broiler (remove broiler
pan) while you fix beefwiches.
Combine in bowl:
2 lbs. ground beef
1 onion, cleopped
1 tsp. salt
%tsp. pepper
/ tsp. sage
1 egg, slightly beaten
• c. mil
1 c. dry breadcrumbs
Shape into 12 very thin patties.
On each of six, patties place:
Onion slice
Tomato slice
2 tblsp, grated Canadian
cheese
Top with remaining patties and
pinch edges together.
Broil -3 inches from source of
heat -7 to 8 minutes. Turn care-
fully with pancake turner, and broil
on other side about 7 minutes.
Serves six.
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STUFFED MEAT LOAF
Combine in bowl:
W lb, ground beef
1 potato, grated
1/ tsp. salt
/ tsp. pepper
2/4 tsp. sage
2 tblsp. tomato juice.
Spread half of the meat mixture
in greased loaf pan (8 x4y x2%
inches).
Add in layers:
1 c. canned whole -kernel corn
1 onion
1 c. whole tomatoes. drained
Season with:
Salt and pepper
Cover with remaining meat mix-
ture. Bake in moderate oven (350°)
one hour. Serves six.
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For you who like to freeze
peaches, choose with rare—no ble-
mishes and fully mature. Dip
peaches in hot water momentarily
before peeling. Cut in half; remove
stones. Cover with lemon or citric
acid solution to prevent browning.
Freeze with syrup, or dry sugar
method as recommended in your
own freezer direction book. What
could possibly taste better on a
blustery winter's day than a ripe,
summery -flavored peach?
But, for now, enjoy fresh peaches
in every way, every day. Sliced
on your cereal in the morning with
cream and sugar for lunch, or in
a pie for dinner. And, above all,
don't forget the smooth, velvety
flavor of hone -made peach ice
cream.
Even if you now have an elec-
ric freezer, licking the dasher is
still a treat whether you are four
or 40.
Start now and throughout the
peach season, too short for most
of us, to enjoy ripe peaches pre-
pared in countless ways.
Peach Ice Cream
4 cups fresh peach puree
2 cups sugar
1 quart light cream
Use fresh, fully ripe peaches.
Peel, remove pits and cut peaches
in pieces. Mash through food mill
or fine sieve or with a fork.
Add 1 cup sugar to peaches. Mix
thoroughly, Let stand 5 minutes.
Chill. Add remaining cup of sugar
to cream and stir until sugar is
dissolved. Stir in chilled peaches.
Pour into 4 quart freezer, two -third
full only. Remember, cream swells
on freezing. Freezer makes 3 quarts.
Broiled Peaches
4 peaches
4 tablespoons chutney
Start oven at 375°F. or moder-
ate. Peel peaches. Cut in half and
remove stones. Fill each peach
cavity with chutney. Place in shal-
low pan and bake for 10 minutes.
Serve hot with broiled chicken.
Peach Delight
3 large peaches
m' cup sugar
1 cup water
1/s cup raspberry jam
3 tablespoons slivered toasted
almonds
Mix the sugar and water together.
Stir over low heat until sugar is
dissolved. Bring to boil and boil
gently, without stirring, for 5 min-
utes.
Peel fresh peaches; cut in half
and' . remove stones. Add peaches
to syrup. Poach gently until just
soft. Drain and chill.
Stir raspberry jam into syrup.
Strain and chill.
Just before serving, place peaches
in dish.. Pour over raspberry syrup
and garnish with over.
May be
served with whipped cream.
Freedom for the Dean
As if their other troubles were
not enough, the sorely tried British
people have long had to put up
with the Very Rev. Dr. Hewlett
Johnson, the ubiquitous Dean of
Canterbury. The Dean recently re-
turned from a trip to Communist
China and to. Moscow. A last year's
winner of the Stalin "peace prize,"
he came back parroting the Com-
munist charge of germ warfare,
although — as another English
churchman has well said — the
"evidence" to support this mon-
strous lie "would not convince an
intelligent child." But Dr. Johnson
is not an intelligent child. He is a
gullible old man, and he does not
hesitate to give verbal aid and
comfort to his country's enemies.
Inside Parliament and outside,
the. Dean's statements about Korea
have aroused a furor. There have
been demands in Parliament that
he be fired from his post for what
he has been say;ng, and even sug-
gestions that he be tried for treason.
However, the only grounds on
which he can be legally dismissed
are heresy, immorality or the like
—and such crimes as these he has
not committed; iior is there any
evidence of treason.
And so n the House of Lords
this week Dr. Geoffrey Fisher,
Archbishop of Canterbury, arose
to utter these memorable words:
"Let us help each other by sharing
this liability between us, believing
it is a small price to pay to keep
tmblurred the freedom of speech
which is a vital concern to the
church and the nation." And in
the House of Commons a Prime
Minister who fought hard and long
to keep his country free said much
the same thing, adding that a pro-
posed investigation of the Dean
would invest his activities "with an
importance they do not possess,"
Onee again our British friends
and, vee are proud to say, our
British allies, have shown their
common sense, their serenity and
their profound uoderstanding of
democracy. Once again they have
set the rest of the world an ad-
..mirahle example, The Dean of
Canterbury may go on prating vi-
cious nonsense; but the British
people, will go on living in liberty
and in freedom. --New York Tintes.
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rt Ideas For
Indoors and Out
set that slippery chicken in a
large mixing bowl while you are
stuffing it and sewing up the open-
ing. Bowl keeps chicken from
sliding all over the table, catches
stuffing overflow.
* *
Make an easy -to -launder purse
with a fabri top that matches your
summer cottons, and that buttons
onto a straw bottom. (Buy in a
handcraft department.) Put a draw-
string in fabric top of bag. Button
onto straw bottom. Line bag top
with different -colored material so
that you can reverse it to go with
other • outfits. Smart and Practical)
* •* *
Store postage stamps in an un-
sealed envelope pasted to the lid
of your stationery box. Paste a
small calendar beside it. Then you
won't have to pop up to check the
date or hunt for a stamp just when
you've settled down to letter writ-
ing.
* * *
To wash and store the metal
bands of 2 -piece jar lids easily:
Make a loop out of strong baling
or coat -hanger wire, bending one
end into a hook -catch. When can-
ning, slip bands onto wire and
scald. With tongs, lift all bands
from water at one time, shaking
gently to drain off the excess water.
* * *
Protect your clothes when travel-
ing with a won't -sit -still toddler.
Necks Stop: Memphis—Taking
her last nibble of green stuff
for a while, May; the giraffe,
prepares for a trip from the
Chicago Zoological Park to Mem-
phis. A special crate with a
tarpaulin cover was built to
cary May on her 500 -mile trip.
l4isite little shoe 'bags, with des+°T
string or elastic tops to '
your toddler's shoes. Slip them
or off in a jiffy.
* * *
Make summer play shorts o
of your young son's overalls wif
the holes in the knees. Cut tit*
legs off above the knees, and hem.
Remove Mb and straps, if you wish
and snake an elastic back, or add
tabs for a belt.
* * *
Tag the flowers and plants your
friends admire in your garden with
your friend's names, You'll knot/
just who to share your garden
beauties with, when time for thin-
ning or dividing.
* * *
Cover creamed pie with waxed
paper, lightly, while the filling
cools. Prevents a crust from form'
ing on top.
* * *
Turn meat with tongs or other
blunt instrument rather than ie
fork. You won't puncture the meat
and let juices escape.
* * *
Use an egg slicer to slice beets
directly into the jar for canning.
First parboil beets and remove
skins, Then hold the wire part
of your slicer over the jar and
push the beets through. Makes
even -size slices quickly.
* * *
To keep food particles and grease
spatters from collecting between
kitchen range and cabinet when
they're closet' together, but don't
quite meet: Cover the gap with
strip metal cut and curved to fill
space. To hold in place, insert one
edge of metal strip in the crack
at the seam that joins the top and
side of range.
* ea *
To fill an ice cube tray without
a carrying -spill: Insert empty tray
partway into ice compartment, and
pour in cold water from tea kettle,
or a house plant watering can with
a long spout.
* *
When hanging a picture, mark
the spot for the picture hook with
a moistened finger. Then put the
picture down while you hammer
the hook. Easier than trying to
mark the spot behind the picture
with a pencil, or with the hook
when it's attached to picture's cord.
* * *
Use picture cord instead of
regular cord for your tot's pull
toys. You won't have to untangle
knots so often, and the smooth
surface . collects less dirt. Add a
button or empty spool at the end
for a handle.
*
REAL MODESTY
A l.'dy loved goldfish so dearly
she kept the tub filled with them
in her bathroom.
"But what do you do with the
goldfish when you take a bath?"
asked 'a friend.
"Oh, when I bathe," was the
explanation, "I simply blindfold
them."
GOING FOR THE COWS
—From Countryman's Year, by Haydn S Pearson
GOING for the cows in the late afternoon is one of the tasks that a
twelve -year-old likes. It is just possible, however, that going for the
cows is not, per se, the entire story. After a lad has been cultivating
potatoes or corn for several hours, or by some evil fate has had to thin
the carrots or pick a bushel or two of peas, it is welcome news when
Father glances at his watch and says, "Well, Son, about time to get the
cows."
, The young man whistles for Shep, the farm collie, who has been
dozing on the cool earth in the tool shed. Together they set out down
the rutted lane from the 'barnyard to the pasture. Shep insists on a
careful exploration of the woodchuck hole under the stone wall, and a
lad likes to study the sharply etched chuck's footprints in the moist
brown earth. In the clump of alders at the end of the lent where a
catbird has its nest, the gray -coated mimic slips away and calls impa-
tiently from the high -bush cranberry clump at the edge of the field.
The pasture is studded with daisies, buttercups, clusters of juniper,
sheep laurel, and sprawling mats of field pasture roses. A boy takes a
peek at the field sparrow's nest he discovered the other day. The little
fellows are about ready to leave. If he is lucky, he may see the dainty
footprints of a red fox where he was investigating the chances of
capturing a field mouse.
A young man knows how long it is safe to dawdle. Then he rounds
up the cows and, with Shep at their heels, starts then homeward. The
cows need no driving. They would not start voluntarily of course, but
when they see that he is ready, they go along. As the cows follow the
deep ruts worn smooth by half a century of summer travel, a lad can
dream of important things—a new jackknife, the book on trapping in
the northland, and the big trout in the meadow pool. Going for the cows
is one- of the more satisfying tasks on a farm.
True Blue Or Something—Recently arriving at the San Francisco
Academy of Sciences is this chamelon from the African Congo.
The turn-co'c' creature, a chameleon "dilepis," is the only true
chameleon.
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