The Brussels Post, 1956-05-23, Page 2TA BL TALKS ,age ante A.L.)4KW$*
IT TAKES PULL TO WIN—Mrs. Milton L. Stevens tries a grass-roots angle cis 'she gets into position
for the milking contest at• the Spring Dairy show. ,Mrs. Stevens, representing Phi Beta Psi
sorority, was declared the winner over" six male rivals•;,vhen the judges declared that the "men
contestants were 'too experienced." •
AN. ,Ed6 FOR AN .EGG-P.E4-laying=egge aren't the vodui
• yet, but such things do .exist.. TWelvelear-Old Joe FlandrickSi
found hi his henhouse' a huge egg.. with a normal-sized One
Wide if. Both eggs- have'' yolk and while'. The White legliOrn
fighti• doesn't oppede to excited about being' ih6:16tieffitiiiie-tioii-li
:PreduCer,
TREE-MENDOIJS YAM< Think hiowirig the work, Oh?
HOW Would you' like a chafe flieSe tiel 6ian toeidb neitiVeS hove
--Whittling away at a giant trunk 'With site' equival entf Boy
Scout axes?. The free, dgiant is brie of the riches OF
the Leopoldville region.
Green, tender, fresh aSnara-
Ns with brittle stalks and close,
.1,ompact tips makes the basis
I a delicious salad, Flan on
ting two servings from' a
nd,„ and acid hard-cooked
gs, crisp bacon, and thinly
Need onions for this meal on a
kttuce leaf.
DUTCH ASPARAGUS SALAD
2 pounds fresh asparagus,
cooked
yl pound bacon, cut into tiny
squares
- 4 tablespoons vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
Salt
Pepper, freshly ground if
possible
3 hard-cooked eggs
2 green onions cut in thin
slices
Iceberg head lettuce
Chill cooked asparagus. Fry
the tiny bacon squares until
erisp and brown. Remove brown-
ed bacon and stir vinegar, sugar, .
and seasonings into hot bacon
fat. Arrange asparagus on let-
tuce-lined dish. Arrange sliced,
hard-boiled eggs on asparagus.
Sprinkle with bacon and finely
cut onions. Pour hot dressing
over salad. Serve immediately.
Serves 6.
Serve the following vegetable
salad with a French dressing to
which 3/4 cup blue cheese has
been added or with a mayon-
naise-type dressing to which a
little salad oil, lemon juice, and
a few spices have beep added.
Meat sandwiches may be served
with this for a complete meal.
GARDEN-FRESH SALAD
% cup celery, chopped
% cup carrots, diced
4 cup lima beans, cooked
% cup potatoes; cooked and
diced
g1.4 cup cabbage, chopped
2 tablespoons chopped green
onion tops
% teaspoon celery seed
Salt to taste.
Combine all ingredients. Chill.
Serve in crisp lettuce cups with
above dressing.
•
SOMETHING NEW IN FELTS is
this plaid print' Which was seen
In the, yeareend fashion show
presented by students of the
School of Fashion of Ryerson
Institute of Technology. Each of
the School's 51 students was
given a length of Canadian-
made felt with which to demon-
strate her designing ability. The
designer, and model, here is
Marianne Measures, of Wind-
sor, Ontario.
BEAT-THE-HEAT SALAD
4 ounces shell macaroni
% cep cubed cooked ham
(about 3/4 pound)
2 hard-bolled eggs diced
Ya cup diced celery*
1 cup cooked cut green beans
1 tablespoon vinegar
2 tablespoons chili sauce
1/s teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
3/4 cup salad dressing
Cook macaroni in boiling salt-
ed water until tender (about 15
minutes). Drain and rinse in
cold water. Combine macaroni,
ham, eggs, celery, and green
beans. Add vinegar, chili sauce,
salt and sugar to salad dressing.,
Mix well. Add to salad mixture
and toss together lightly. Chill
before serving. ,Serves 4.
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CHEF'S SALAD
1 cup cooked green beans
1 cup cooked carrot strips
1 cup celery strips
cup French dressing
V2 head lettuce
1 cup cooked ham cut ,in
slivers
2 hard-cooked eggs
Marinate and chill the ham,
.beans, carrots and celery in the
French dressing from 1, to 2
hours. Break lettuce in bite-size
pieces into a salad bowl. Ar-
range marinated vegetables and
ham in groups, spoke-fashion, on
the lettuce. Garnish with the
hard-cooked eggs.
CAULIFLOWER-CARROT
SALAD
% small head of cauliflower
2 medium carrots
2 stalks celery
Y2 small head lettuce
Y4 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon grated onion
1 teaspoon horseradish
Y2 teaspoon salt
Dash pepper
Clean chilled vegetables care-
fully. Separate cauliflower into
small flowerlets. Slice carrots
and celery crosswise. Tear let-
tuce into bite-size pieces. In sep-
arate bowl combine mayonnaise,
horseradish, onion, salt, and
pepper. Mix well. Lightly toss
vegetables with dressing just
before serving. Serves 8.
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Perhaps you'd like to serve
cucumbers with a distinctly new
taste. You can accomplish this
with this herb dressing.
CUCUMBERS WITH HERB
DRESSING
1 large (or 2 small) cucum-
bers
14 teaspoon salt
ys teaspoon pepper
3 tablespoons salad oil
1 tablespoon garlic vinegar
1/4 teaspoon marjoram
1/4 teaspoon rosemary
34 teaspoon tarragon
Wash cucumbers and slice
thin. Combine salt, pepper, and
salad oil thoroughly. Pour
vinegar in slowly, beating with
fork. Add herbs and, mix. Pour
dressing over sliced cucumbers
and store in refrigerator for
about 30 minutes before serving.
MEOW !
"I always tell the truth about
my age, darling—however em-
barrassing it my be to some of
my younger girl friends of the
same age." *
Canadian. Babies
Nobody Wants
With a small shriek, the four-
year-old Canadian girl ran into
the ,kitchen, jet bangs flopping
lightly against her forehead.
"Cookie! Cookie!" Her voice
became a chorus with her six-
year-old brother and her three-
year-old sister. Their mother
threw me a look of mock exas-
peration, and reached• for the
cookie jar.
This could have been any
home, in any Canadian city; the
children anyone's children.
The difference was that' Sally,
the four-year-old charmer with
the black bangs, was an adopt-
ed child — part English, part
Oriental — one of more than
50,000 Canadian children con-
sidered "unadoptable" because
of their mixed birthright,
whether they are of Eskimo,
Indian, Negro, Chinese or Jap-
anese descent, states Fred Edge,
writing in "Liberty:"
Workers at various children's
aid societies have told me there
are three basic reasons why
children are classified as "un-
adoptables."
Sally, wtih her beautiful gloss-
black hair and almond eyes, is
the daughter of an 'English-
Canadian mother and a Chinese-
Canadian father. John's cop-
pery, sensitive features tell of
Indian parentage. Mary inher-
ited many of her white moth-
er's physical characteristics,
and many of her collored fath-
er's.
Each of these "unadoptable"
children belongs to a twilight
race. Second reason children's aid
societies have difficulty placing
certain children is because of
a physical or mental handicap.
The third is age.
"If a baby is healthy, of An-
glo-Saxon, parentage, and be-
tween six and nine months,"
says Miss Laurie Charleson, su-
pervisor of the Ontario govern-
ment's unique Adoption Clear-
ance Centre, at Queen's Park,
Toronto, "its chances of being
adopted are excellent. There's
a waiting list of prospective
parents, who have those quali-
fications in mind, and not near-
ly enough who are willing to
accept so-called "unadoptable"
children."
In Ontario, Where there are
55 children's aid societies, a re-
cent survey showed more than
18,000 children listed — more
than 11,000 were classed as .!'un-
adoptable."
Canadian children of mixed
parentage, or with a physical or
mental disability, or over 10
years, have little hope of ever
finding mother- and father-love,
and a home of their own.
What happens when an In-
dian child, one who is part Ori.;
ental, or a deaf-mute child
moves 'into an adoptive home,
to become a son or daughter to
healthy, Anglo-Saxon parents?
I asked this question of Miss
Charleson — a frank, auburn-
haired woman, whose Adoption
Clearance4 Centre, established
September, 1954, is pioneering
the placing of children With
Special needs in Canada.
"Except in rare cases of SeV.,
ere emotional inix-up' she said
flatly, "there is no such thing
as an 'unadoptable' child. Sortie-
where, there is a than and wife
prepared to love that child for
its own sake,. who will provide
that child with its special
needs."
In Miss Charleson'S tate-book
is the story of a baby boy, ad.
Opted at birth, who PreVed to
be a deal-mute.
"This child seemed perfectly
'adoptable'," said Miss Charles=
be. "It wasn't until he was torrid
months older that the Parents
SLAP, HAPPY — Katy, Jurado,
above, tossed an ad lib slap at
Anthony Quinn during the film-
ing of their new movie, "The
Lonely G u n m a n." The fiery
Katy fired when she thought
Quinn slapped her too hard
during one of the scenes. Quinn
refrained from retaliating and
the show went on.
found he could neither hear nor
speak. • ,
"Rare as it is, chance of such
a handicap is one that even na-
tural parents face.
"However, we offered to re-
claim the child., Because of its
condition it would have become
one of our 'unadoptables'.
"'Take our child back?' the
foster-parents exclaimed. 'Nev-
er!''"
In all 10 provinces today,
thoutands of Canadian children
are anxiously waiting for a
home, and love.
TheY're children of mixed
races; handicapped physicallY;
mentally retarded; children with
acute behaviour problems (one
child screamed whenever a
stranger approached); children
past the easily - adoptable age.
They're the Canadian children
that nobody wants.
Not anyone can have them.
For the sake of the prospective
„parents, as well as the children
themselves, skilled case-workers
thoroughly study each applic-
ant.
To make children with spe-
cial needs available to parents
looking for 3ust such special
children, Ontario's Child Clear-
anee Centre sends out a month-
ly bulletin to each of the 55 so-
eieties throughout the province'.
"Little by little;" " said Mitt
Charleson i "the idea of a Grade
A baby for Blue Ribbon par-
ents is being recognized for
what it is — an fir-nature atti-
tude."
HE .K•StEiYI:
Lecturing on the dangers Of
highly-coloured food, a speaker
pointed a finger at a rather
harassed-looking and inoffensive
listener and demanded: "What
is it we all eat at some time or
another, yet it's the worst thing
in the world fel* us? What is it?
rioyou know?"
"Wedding take?4 suggested
the little' than
Modem
tiquette...
Q. What is the correct way to
answer an invitation to a wed-
ding reception?
A. On the first page of note
'paper, and although it is writ-
ten by hand, the spacing of the
words should be the same as
though they were engraved.
Also, since the invitation was
written in the third person,s,
your reply should also be writ-
ten in the third person.
Q. When a woman enters an
elevator and three or four men
remove their hats, should she
nod her acknowledgment of the
courtesy?
A. This is not necessary. The
gesture is not at all personal.
Q. Is it all right for a girl to
give her order directly to the
waiter when dining with a
man?
A. No; she should tell her
escort what she would "like and
allow him to place the order
with the waiter.
Q. If all the other guests at
a dinner have refused a second
helping of some dish, and then
you are asked, is it all right for
you •to accept?
A. Probably it would be bet-
ter not to do so, 'as 'this would
naturally cause a delay in the
serving of the next course. The
well-bred person is always con-
siderate of others, and that is
the prime secret of popularity.
Q. What would you say is the
best way to acquire taste in the
choice of words and phrasing of
sentences for conversational
purposes?
A. The reading of newspapers
and good books is one of the
best ways to acquire a choice
and pleasing vocabulary.
Q. Is it proper to have one's
telephone number engraved on
personal stationery?
A. Never.
Q. Is it all right to sip one's
coffee first with the , spoon in
order to test its temperature?
. A. Yes; this is far better than
burning the mouth, But as soon
as the coffee has been tested,
return the spoon to the saucer
and sip the remainder of the
coffee directly from the cup.
Q. When a person who is
making an introduction does
not speak a name clearly, and it
is very important that you
know the name, of whom do
you ask that the name be, re-
peated?
A. Ask the person introduced,
not the one who 'has made the
introduction.
Q. Is it considefed 'good form
for a family to fnsert "Please
omit flowers" in rfuneral no-
tice?
A, Certainly, if such is the
family's desire. The request
should be respected, and the
motive not questioned,
MODERN SAMPSON
The flea is so tiny that hun-
dreds of them could be Placed
on a quarter at one time;. Yet
they can jump' three or four feet
in a single leap.
A than, if given the tattle
strentgth in proportion to his
size, could jump six MAW
The flea can lift One hundred'
and forty tittles his own weight
This Meant that a Man, in pro,
portion; could easily lift a ten.,
ton truck',
The average life flea is
six rriolitliS, yet it can be taught
to do all kinds of complicated
trick. Some • have been taught to
juggle, pull tmy *agent, darted,
even kick a tiny ball.
Mr. Cholmondley pro-
nounced Chumley - is a very
aristocratic name, conjuring up
visions of a gentleman Of the
old Wm', possessing perfect
manners and great charm, And
that sums up the character of
the famous chimpanzee
'
Chol-
mondley, who died at London
Zoo a few years ago,
Cholmondley was not really a
zoo animal, For the first eight
years of his life he had been
brought up in the family of a
district commissioner in British.
Cameroons, and had ample op-
portunity to acquire human
habits. A cup of hot tea was
taken to him first thing every
morning, for example, and if it
had not arrived by about half-
past-six Cholmondley would be-
gin a noisy demonstration.
He smoked, too, a form of in-
dulgence that chimps take to as
readily as men. Cholmondley
liked to light his own cigarette,
which he then smoked while re-
clining at full length on his
back, his head supported by one
hand.
When it rained he liked noth-
ing better than to sit out in it
under an umbrella.. Be didn't
keep as dry as he might, be-
cause he couldn't resist the
temptation every now and then
to release the catch, when of
course the umbrella folded itself
about hint while the rain ran off,
it into his fur. In a moment,
however, the brolly was up
again.
Every visitor to the house as
well as members of the family
had to submit to an amusing
but rather ebarrassing ritual, in
which shoes were unlaced and
socks removed while he care-
fully studied and cleaned their
toes.,
One of his great delights was
to be handed a comb and a
mirror. Holding the mirror
above him in one ' hand, he
would use the other to comb the
top of his head, even going
through the motions •of making
a parting, all rather wasted
effort since he was almost com-
pletely bald! All the while he
would be making •funny faces at
himself in the mirror.
By 1948 he had grown almost
to full size and was extreme-
ly powerful, so his owner re-
luctantly decided that it was
time to send him to the London
Zoo. He was "called for" by the
Zoo's official collector, Mr. Cecil
Webb, who describes Chol-
mondley as "the greatest and
most lovable character I have
ever known."
Arrived at the port where he
was to take ship for London
with a large collection of other
, animals assembled by °Mr.
Webb, Cholmondley at once
made friends with the captain,
who took him to his own cabin
and, entertained him to lunch
with' the rest of the officers. To
their 'huge delight and amaze-
ment, Cholmondley exhibited
exemplary table manners. His
sociability even extended to his
taking, and enjoying, a glass of
beer with them.
Throughout ..the voyage he
was in great demand ,by every-
one, Always he sat at table and
was served by the waiter the
'same as everyone else, At the
end of the meal all eyes were
on him as' he took up a box of
matches end lit the cigarette he
had been offered.
When he arrived at London
Zoo Cholmondley found Condi-
tions rather different from
those he had been used to.
There was less freedom, but the
accommodation OPParently met
with approval, for he settled in
amazingly well, He was never
lonely because he had plenty of
'visitors, and he soon became a
great favourite,
Before long, too, he had en-
hanced his reputation by be-
coming a television star, pay-
ing visits to Alexandra Palace
and behaving before the cam-
eras like a veteran actor.
All seemed to • be going well
for Cholmondley when teeth-
ing troubles set in. He had been
born with teeth, so malformed
that they gave is face a bul-
bous appearance quite unlike
that of any other chimp. Now
He was transferred to the
sanatorium and operated on.
The operation was a success, but
Cholmondley was not, happy. He
they began to give him, trouble,
and soon he was in much_ pain,
missed the companionship' Of:the
public and found it genely,• in
the sanatorium.
Having decided it would be
nice to go out in search of
company the brainy chimp soon
found a way. Instead of escap-
ing into the zoo, however, he
went over the railings into
Regent's Park. He wandered
right across the park, meeting
no one, until he came to a road.
A bus pUlled up at a near-by
stop at that moment.
A bus was something new to
the chimp, but it must have
looked friendly, and anyway
there were plenty of compan-
ions on board. So Cholmondley
jumped on. But that was his big
mistake. These people weren't
friendly. Instead of making him
feel at home they screamed
hysterically, as though King
Kong was trying to take a ride.
Terrified himself, Cholmond-
ley bit one of the passerigers
and hopped swiftly off the 'bits.
Luckily the keepers caught up
with him then and. Cholmend-
ley was very glad .to bask to
the zoo with them -as" quickly
as possible. "
Realizing that this 'escapade
was caused by loneliness, the
authorities put him back in the
monkey house, where he was
again completely happy. But
,his teeth gave him more
trouble. Further complications
necessistated another spell in
the sanatorium. Again the lone-
liness became intolerable, and
again he escapee, 'this time on
Christmas Eve.
Across the park he wandered
Until he came across a station-
ary car. There were people sit-
ting in it, so Cholmondley tap-
ped on the window, perhaps for
a ride. But again he was bitter-
ly disappointed in the London
public. The car passengers ex-
tended no welcom. Instead
they began shouting as though
some monster was attacking
them.
And back went poor Chol-
mondlgy to the zoo, sadly dis-
illusioned by the human race.
Drive With Care
This. Chimp Was a
Real. Character