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The Brussels Post, 1956-06-13, Page 6Training Secrets TAW TALKS 44,AgAmtmw. KO'ED FOR LOVE SCENES — Twci-ton'Tony Galento, barrel-bellied former heavyweight boxer, is mugging for the• movies now. Starring in "The Best Things in Life Are Free," Tony, who also claims to be a lover at heart, plays it up with co-star Roxanne Arlen, Tony says "Lovin' I cqn do all the time,. but my face don't call for it." onieS. Yet 20 year ago, them Were prectieallY no herbe avail- able in the United States Which had not been Imported from overseas, Probably a good measure of today's enthusiasm for growing and using, herbs derives its im- petus from an organization which had modest beginnings in Bos- ton, Mass., a little over 20 years ago — the Herb Society of Am- erica, Its seven original mem- bers have seen their organiza- tion expand not only across all of the United States but in, other countries as well. Thanks in part to their early efforts, library shelves now carry an astonish- ing number of excellent books on herbs — their history, horti- culture, marketing, and use. Although you can easily grow your own — even in a window box, the dried herbs which can be found in such profusion in most grocery stores are the most convenient for many of us. Just remember to notice whether a recipe calls for fresh or dried herbs, and use this guide: a half teaspoonful of dried herbs" is about equal to a tablespoon- ful of fresh or green herbs for flavor. HERB SOUP 3 tablespoons butter I head garden lettuce shredded 1 small bunch watercress cut fine 1 teaspoon chopped chervil (fresh) 6 cups chicken or other stock 1/2 cup cream 1 egg yolk Salt and pepper to taste Cook lettuce and cress in the butter for five minutes, being careful not to let them brown. Add stock and chervil, pepper, and salt. Cook ea hour, then add cream mixed with egg yolk. Stir until heated but do not boil. * * New potatoes don't need em- bellishment, but they can stand variety. Try this herb butter sometime. HERB BUTTER 2 tablespoons butter 1/2 teaspoon crumbled basil leaves 1/2 teaspoon caraway seed 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard or onion powder Melt butter and add seasonings. Pour over cooked neve potatai. * * Even the familiar hamburger, good as it is with just salt and pepper, can have a new dress occasionally. MEAT BALLS 2 pounds ground beef 3 eggs 5 slices bread 2 tablespoons milk I1/2 teaspoons marjoram or oregano 3 teaspoons parsley 1 cup finely cut chives la teaspoon thyme 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper Butter Break eggs into the milk, crumble and soak the bread; add beef, herbs, salt, and pepper, and mix well. Roll into balls about the size of golf balls. Preheat a heavy iron skillet, add but- ter for frying. When fat sizzles, nearly cover the bottom of the pan with meat balls. Do not crowd. Saute over a hot fire, shaking the pan and tottching lightly now and then with a fork so that the meat balls keep turning. Fry Until meat balls are brown, dont know," Said Iailliitnk Pend I lust don't knew whet to _ace about it either I would like to get the Advice Oer Bible Oleee It e+ er. MS, Week. $he. is very r :under- standing, maybe site can tell me . what to. do." erne Black listened carefully the Whole story, then she said, sadly, "Boor Roselle!" "Poor Roane, hideedi" .excielei- e(1 Lillian, "Whet about Doer neer ""Rosalie is fur more unhappy than you are," said Mrs.: '4The green eyed monster, jeal- ousy', has her in his clutches,. and unless she learns how to get rid of she will iced it spry miserable She hes. so meen in the way of personal beauty and accomplsh- menta yet, incredible as it seems, she lies become so 'jealoua of you. that( she hits even lied about you„, and en so doing site nee destroyed her own happiness," This proved to all too true, Rosalie admitted the whole thing' when Mrs. Mack talked to her. Site had been very unhappy about 'it, gee sire asked Lillian to forgive, her and remain friends with hen I suppose we all may feel at little, twinge of jealousy or envy some- times. In en odd sort of way we forget how much • we have our- eaves, and begin to get resentful when it seems that others 1443' have' more than we have. Yet, how fool- ish that kind of thinking really is. Imagine how stupid It would be le •a beautful red rose envied a lovely pure white lily! There is just no basis of comparison, yet the one' is no less beautiful or important than the other. Or look at aSbeautie ful flashing diamond, :ma then glance at the soft Irridescent sheen of a lovely. pearl, Which is more beautiful? Who can answer 'that question? So it is all through life. The gifts of beauty and cleverness are riot equally bestowed, it is true, yet there is a strange basic quality in the amount of happines8 that come& into our lives. If we start to envy those who scent to have more than ourselves, we shall never enjoy the. gifts that we have. Discontent and' malice bring nothing but initialed, ness, and an envious person will al- ways find something to envy and nothing at 7111 to love. As the gentle Apostle James tells us, "Where, • envying and strife is, there is con- fusion and every evil work." Jealousy is the most cruel of all- temptations... Because of jealousy Cain killed his brother Abel, and jealousy 'is the root because of a great Many crimes today. We must be on guard against it all the time, or it will surely de8troy us. To give, the whole quot4tion from Shakes- peare, "0, beware of jealousy; it is the green - eyed monster which 'cloth the meat it feeds on." "S, toppiug .Q4 .04$". Is Worst Culprit ',l'!te 'travelers ttfi latestl?nny hats issued .it.s gettlySIS of street Andi/01.WAY .Aeltelly11:515daptollint4.41onctlgstL go.roxitgbc11.1ir In the true cool, hiexoreeles static. 001 manner et the eider culprit, cent O 1./. t the wenther-1 No; 84.7 f. Tier nonfatal neelemits 1.055 occur- red in dry weather, 78.0.1)ee Cent 811(1 72,5, respectively, on ney mule. Is. it negotiation of eerVegi or Skidding, perhaps? No; cites ally- leg on strelglitaways. eceoentee fer 78,4 per cent of persons killed„.6i.a. per cent Of those injured, is it the mechanically defective Vehicle? No; DU. per cent of the vehicles involved In fatal and 97.3 iii nonfatal accidents. were in weedy good condition. Is, it ineeperieece on the part of the driver? No; well over 07 per cent of drivers involved In ac- cidents causing death or inj any had. been operating cat's for a year or. more. Is It "temee tretneneous trucks and busses"? No ! they may make drivers of smeller cars "jittery" as they roar by, but the giants them- selves are involved in less than 12 percent of personal-injury accid- ents. Is it the passenger-car driver? Yes — at least one variety of him, • To attempt 'a composite: Ile is probably exceeding the speed limit (in over 40 per cent of fatal and, nonfatal Accidents), and possibly driving on the wrong side of Um road . (in 12 per cent). And it is not unlikely that he is under 25 years old. (Persons 18-24, compris- ing only one-ninth of those likely to be driving ears, were involve() in 27.1 per cent of the fatal accid- ents. And their record is getting worse.) Mr. JAIIIQS du Pont; of the Dela- ware Safety Council, recently told the President's Committee on Traf- fic Safety that Americans are play- ing "Russian roulette . . We sometimes go the reckless Russians one better by placing two death- dealing cartridges in the chamber of our gun — alcohol and poor judgment. Then we pull the trig- ger — only we call it 'stepping on the ges'l"-From The Christian Science Monitor. once, and remember that long cooking of herbs tends to make them bitter. Add a pinch of savory or thyme to canned soups while they are heating. Add 1 teaspoon of rosemary to your regular recipe for bak- ing powder biscuits, and you have rosemary biscuits. Aux fines herbes means finely chopped fresh or dried herbs that are added directly to the food a n d remain scattered through the finished dish. They are used most often with egg end cheese dishes. If added to melted butter before an omlet goes into the pan, they will give a more lasting flavor. So you don't know a thing about herbs, YOU know Violets/ don't Yon? --and nasturtiums and holly-. hOeits? And you certainly don't need an introduction to onions and, celery. These are all herbs. An herb is any plant Whose Stein dies en- tirely down to the ground each year, as contrasted with shrubs and trees. In fact, the distinc- tion we commonly, make today between herbs and vegetables, Or between herbs and flowers, is a development of only the, past' 200 years or so, To most of us,, however, herbs mean that relatively* small group of fragrant plants which, fresh I or dried, add delicious flavors to food. Whether a person waxes rhap- sodic at the pinch of a bit of thyme, or is inclined to declaim defiantly, "I want just good, plain food, no herbs!" seems to depend largely on the food hab- its of the family he grew up in. We often choose the familiar in food, even if it's dull, and thus deprive ourselves of pleasing dishes. If you have a family which would consider pork chops rather flat without sage — and yet won't try sage On veal be- cause it's new to them — go slowly and tactfully along the road of introducing them to herbs. Educating others to ac- cept new food flavors isn't, al- ways easy, and the wise •cook' never forgets that there should always be room for individual preferences in food just as in everything else. A judicious use of herbs can accomplish won- ders, however, adding variety to menus and making even the most economical dishes not only palatable but delightful. -Irick is not to use too much. It can't be said too Often that a very light touch is neces- sary in using herbs. Any of these seasonings should simply bring out the full flavor of the food, and should never stand out prominently enough to be recog- nized as any specific herb. Think of thyme as you do salt and pepper, if you will: just the right amount makes a dish, whereas too much may ruin it. And it's a good idea not to wear out your family by putting herbs in everything, perhaps arousing resistance that will be hard to Overcome. Herbs, like spices, go back to the earliest history of mankind, and the oldest books reveal that wherever gardens have been tended, someone has loved their prrateds gray - green leaves. Tidy, tiny herb gardens have graced England for generations, and set the pattern for herb cul- ture in the early American col- The Green-Eyed Monster "Treasure" Only Cannon Balls CAPS ARE SET, — Fashion sets her cap for summer with an "Ivy League" sports model in striped madras, top, and a French-inspired sailor beret, bot- tom, of white pique set off with a red pompom. Conscience Fund Two years ago a pair of minor league hockey teams in Northern Ontario were battling out a hotly contested game. Midway through the second period one of the goalies batted away a shot for goal. The puck skidded down the ice right into the opposing team's net. Upon the resumption of play, the other goalies made a similar save, where- upon the puck repeated the man- oeuvre, trickling down the ice and into the opposite net. This is prob- ably the only occasion in hockey where two opposing goalies scored for their respective teams. SALLY'S SALLIES * * * HERB TIPS Add dried herbs to soups and Stews during the last hour of cooking, and if you don't want to see the little herb specks in the liquid, make cheesecloth bags for them. Don't use the bag but "When do you think you'll rate anothet chair for.your executive secretary?" A Short Story By MARSHA MORE Have you ever noticed how jeal- ousy — the green-eyed monster, as Shakespeare so aptly calls it — seems to strike the most unlikely people? Take Rosalie, for instance. If anyonei hid told me she could possibly be jealous of Lillian, I would have laughed at the idea. Rosalie and Lillian had been friends from kindergarten days, though they are quite unlike each other. Lil is a clever girl and very sweet. Roz, though, is the most bedutiful girl in the class. When it was decided we would put on The Sleeping Beauty as our school play, it was inevitable that Rosalie .would be the "Beauty" — and just as inevitable that Lillian would give a wonderful performance as the Witch The girls were good friends until Lillian's outstanding scholarship began to be recognized, and she won a few prizes. Shortly after this, some very nasty stories began going around about her, but no- body seemed to know who was putting them about. Lillian was really upset about thiS whispering campaign, and she talked to Rosalie about it. One day, in the course of conversation,Ros- elle made a remark that .suddenly opened Lillian's eyes, and with a shock she realized that Roz might be the guilty party. Perplexed and bewildered, she told me about it. "But why?" I asked in astonish- ment. "Why should Rosalie do this to you?" Ws amazing to what lengths athletes will go in Order to reach their peak in speed and enduee ante. On his last trip to Britain with the Czech team the great Emil Zatopek revealed that part of his training consieted in running one hundred yards with his wife on his back! In the course of a single day he may do five dashes of 100 yards each; sixty laps of 440 yards; and finish with five of 220-yard sprints—all ,at a pace faster than the average man would take to run a hundred yards. Each dash is linked by slower runs, so that altogether he may cover twenty-fiVe miles. How different from fifty years ago when Charles Fry put down the cigar • he was smoking, walked nonchalantly down the pavilion steps, ran to his mark and leapt 23 feet 61/2 inches to break the world's long jump record -- then returned to his cigar. In those days they indulged in sport for the fun of it. Martin Sheridan, the Irish-American weight putter, entered for the 1,500 metres walk (discontinued in 1906) in the 1896 Olympic Games without ever having been in such a race before—and won it! Daly of Great Britain who weighed 182 pounds and had never run a marathon in his life, entered for that event in the 1906 Olympiad and ran all the skin off the soles of his feet. The Americans were the only people with a businesslike at- titude towards sport. In 1896 their association gave them $25,- 000 towards epenses, whereas the British ,team had less than $1,000 and when they arrived in Athens had to start their train- ing by running round the city and searching for accommoda- tion. This made members of the Olympic committee decide .that . . in future it will be neces- sary for the 'British authorities to secure, some days in advance, a house, with proper food, drink and blankets." Today all that has changed. No athlete has the remotest chance of success in the 'inter- national sphere unless he makes sport his main preoccupation. Nurmi, pioneer of modern me- thods, made sport a study and ran hundreds of miles each week over frost-bound Finnish roads, stop-watch in hand. Then came Arthur Newton, the South African distance run- ner, who showed to what limits the body could be pushed. As a boy at Bedford School he thought nothing of taking an afternoon spin of fifteen miles; though he never ran against op- position till he was thirty-nine. In the twelve years he was be- fore the public he ran more than 100,000 miles, and while in training averaged about 400 miles a month. His record in a single month was 1,340 miles! No trainer of a Derby winner takes greater care of his charge than do some coaches of their athletes, for it is not genius or sheer ability that wins races to- day, but ability allied with a training schedule so intensive that it would kill anyone not inured to it gradually. Igloi, trainer of the great Hun- garian middle-distance runners. Iharos, Tabori and Rozsavolgyi, says that they were ordinary athletes without any outstand- ing physical advantages when they came under his care. But he makes them train for four or five hours every day, and has stayed with them, day and night, for five years. Igloi says, "Give me a man of moderate ability but exceptional will-power, and will turn him into a four-mirfute R. M. N. Tisdall says that when he went to Los Angeles for the 1932 Olympics, the amount of training the American coaches made their runners do fright- ened him. But even the Ameri- cans are staggered at the amount of work the Russians do. The Russians have changed all Our ideas about training. Their conception of rest does not co- incide with our own. When Yuri Litujev, holder of the world's record for the 400 metres hurdles and the 440 yards hurdles was "resting" in No- vember 1951, he made training runs aggregating sixty-two miles during the month. And Leonid Slicherbekov, holder of the world's hop, step and jump re- cord, can hop 100 metres on one leg in less time' than most men' cat run that distance. The Treasury has a file known as the Conscience Fund, a huge folder labeled: "Monies and Let- ters received from Persons Un- known." The fund had its be- ginning in 1812 when a letter addressed to the Treasury con- tained a five-dollar bill and a statement that the sender had once cheated the government' government and wished to make restitution. Since then the Fund has grown to over a million dol- lars. Some of the letters are touching, and some are amusing: "Please accept this dollar from a poor widow who has received gifts from a' gentleman who works for the government. I don't say he would_ take any- thing he shouldn't, but to re- lieve my conscience, I am send- ing what I can spare." Num- bers of them are trivial: "Here- with I send you a stamp for duty on a cake of soap I bought in Buffalo from a Canadian " One man used a three-cent stamp which the Post Office had neglected to cancel, and wrote that he couldn't sleep nights until he paid for it. Servicemen and women, tempt- ed by easy access to goverh- ment property, often send pay= ment for articles they have taken, One boy sent two dollars "for pies snitched while on kitchen police duty." Most of the contributions are small, but Occasionally a big one conies through. A man front Philadrs1- pnia sent $30,000, explaining' that he hail "staled" $16,000 from Uncle Sam ea the interest Would square things, he Said. Four American frogmen are diving daily into the waters of Vigo Bay, in north-west Spain, in search of sunken treasure estimated to be worth more than $75,000,000. Hot water pumped down to them through plastic tubes is helping the frogmen to fight off the numbing cold as they probe thick layers of mud to locate the greatest single treasure known to exist' in any one place in the , world — that of the Spanish Plate fleet which was attacked and sunk by the Bri- tish Navy in 1702. It is known that the seven- teen galleons were carrying at least 3,400 tons of precious metals from the mines of Peru and Mexico when they reached Vigo Bay. Hundreds of tons of thick mud have silted down on to the wrecks through the cen- turies, so the task of salvage is formidable. Five-foot suction tubes are being used to open a shaft through the mud. If the trea- sure is raised, it will go to the Spanish government, but the leaders of J. salvage expedi- tion, Mr. '.1*. S. Potter, a 31- , year-old Harvard graduate, arid. his comrades, will receive an agreed proportion of the amount realized by the sale. At least fifty previous at- tempts to raise the treasure have failed. The first recorded at- tempt was by an Englishman, Mr. W. S, Brown, in 1825. Only a few guns, some ammunition and a box of coins were raised during those early attempts. Later, another Englishman; using a new kind of diving ape petatus, reached one of the sunken wrecks .atid raised some silver plates to the eurfeee. Later a Scotsman brought up quantities of doubloons and golden ingots under the watch-• NI eyes of the Spanish free- eery: He made a foetune and sailed home to Scotland where he built a great mansion and lived iri luxury for the rest of his. life, 'the present Aineritan dition had so ter brought only pieces of charred wood and AiX rusty cannon balls to the tar.. face. The charred' Wood tallies With contemporary reports that some Of the galleons were oil fire when they :gahk, Ever woitiler iirfv the word . ''clol tar' came into being?' it originated Soitio litindred yeas' ago' 'the Saint Jotiellim Valley in tin betide, Central EitrOpe. A huge silver coin was minted, and was as 1.nt(it?. was ShOriotiOd to tliftiOr then tin tin10.1v.. SPIIIerq tritt teriti to Atiterien, and It gradMilly Worked its way- into general riffirimi, lett the Spelling Winged 'deal it became Dane, DADDY-OH — Lawyer Joseph H. Welch receives congratulations after being named "Father of the Year" by the National Fa- ther's Day committee. FiXCI TEM altet The Salestnait .hed two hours tte lrlli hefoi'e tenth' leillett mit et 11 pee, toe Pittsburg. tt WaS tower tithe hO wondenta whet he lie hailed a passing. Milner', "Do' you Lint(' a inoYie. theatre' liege?" "No, sir." .nnel-eootit, perhaps?" "Noe Me," "Whet The eon do neriV for rittitts6 '11004111Y we go, down, to the ''efeeiere store'. Thee tide' new hilted leer," .11.10NICEY BUSINESS Hamming if tape for'' his shutter egging 'cell-enate is julinie lefts ri monkey at the Detroit to& torides the photog, rneaniAehlie', iiiipidyi foe* but pooe aims After the c Of the camera wore off, and Tartan went Citieehatici on the' .bar of the tripieek GRADUATION DAY debctuatiob ceremonies in pott Scott, find' the distaff side of the Wilcher fathily in tap and '06Wii. Bciebareif left, k a senior_ at the local high school, Joan, Centers, graduates fro lankier realregerf and Mil., Walther, q fitikoade teachee tort..... bet bet het Battiekie of Selente degee6 edueatibb, The Most astonishing contri- bution ever received Was check foe million dollars from Russian,-born J'a'mes Picker, founder of X-ray copotations, who levee his adopted land and refuses to make menet, do- ing business with the United States Army. Mr. Pick& sent his first million-dollar cheek to the Treasury in 1942 and hee sent several more since. The Checks total, I think, riefirle five million dollars —From "Wash , ofed Holiday," by Eleanor Early.