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The Brussels Post, 1957-08-07, Page 6tV4 BOYS WILL BE BOYS—This four-way combo shows Prince Charles swapping punches with a fellow pupil on January 29, the second day of his precedent-shattering attendance at an ex- clusive London boys' school. "The Prince had a slight difference of opinion with a fellow pupil," a London newspaper reported. At upper left, upper right and lower left Charles is shown at right. In last photo he is at left, The paper said "Charles won by giving his opponent one hefty shove." /TABLE T sy dam Azdiews. •*K.M7e.,, • • • Aka —810,200 eeemee "i]../'"eMAtee —242,430 91,270 NEXT 87,850 STATISTICS bltodiwt of the heart and circu. kttlett *yeti** daittied '810,200 liVeS in the United 5falfet, during' 1955, Motet than all other causes of death t ornbined. .... ". .... • .. . .. WIRED FOR DREAMS — Volunteer subject at the Sleep Research Institute dreams away her tour of duty while tiny electrodes, attached •to various skin surfaces of her body, transmit electric waves generated by the brain, heart rate and body tempera. ture. The minute currents pass 'through the panel on the head of the bed and are recorded as part of a continuing, 11-year study of the mystery of sleep. Readings have been taken while hundreds of men and Women have racked up a total, to dater of more than 20,000 sleeping hours in some 3,500 nights oi study. OOMEt141i4ot. tHt'WiNiti —;:turee robin g ikatee. afOe sign. that epeitigtireteti. is tholaho her first tentative: adVaneeS,..ilinniy, lefte and "adetee" 'W6e8 fake eadveinfadd of it 6(6610h:111e weather ' d 06 .ttilkikeltrii0 The' tad of .o6 .bed: Sheet— Queer Presents Royalty Receive* Did yoll send the Queen greetings card last Christmas:- Oliaande of people did, from all; parts of the world — and they're causing an acute secre- tarial problem at Buckingham Palace. Among the well-wishers are many socially ambitious folk 'who would like to boast that the 4;tneen has, sent them a Christ- mas card. They will be disap- t einted, however, for Her Ma- eety sends. a "return card" only to people personally known to her. Every year the Queen's secre- tarial clerks — hard - working Miss Luker and Miss Olivia Short — make a gallant at- tempt to acknewledke all Christ- mas greetings, Nowadays, how- ever, the postage bill is becom- ing so huge that the Household Treasurer would like to see the matter dealt with by the inser- tion of a phrase of thanks in the Queen's Christmas broad- cast. The snag le that this might increase the loyal Christmas card avalanche — and already the Palace has to pass a truck- load of cards to children's hos- pitals, Observance of Jradition adds considerably to the - Queen's Christmas mail, but sometimes this includes a gift which is of special appeal. For instance, Her Majesty al- ways receives a posy of sum- aner-time wild flowers from Australia. It would be difficult to imagine a gift more accept- able, in the gloom of an Eng- lish winter. Another floral gift regularly received by the Queen each Christmas is a casket of white flowering ,thorn -sprigs from Glastonbury's Holy Thorn, sent to Her Majesty with seasonable greetings by the Mayor and Vi- ear of Glastonbury. The legend states that when Joseph Of Arimathea first went there as a missionary, he stuck his thorn staff into the ground at Glastonbury and it took root and blossomed. Ever since then It has blossomed at Christmas. Similarly, the lairds of Foulis have to pay a bucket of snow as Christmas rent for their lands — but if there is no snow at Christmas, the debt may be paid when next there is a snow- fall. One Christmas gift was notice- ably absent from the Queen's mail last year. For many years a five pound note had been re- ceived f r o m an anonymous well-wisher, and paid into Her Majesty's Charities Account. At- tempts had been made to trace the sender, and this may have been the reason for the non- 'eceipt of the gift last year. The colossal Palace Christmas mail always includes a grand array of knitted garments for Prince Charles and Princess Anne. These present quite a problem. The givers so obvi- ously mean well but presum- ably are ignorant of the rule that gifts cannot be accepted from anyone unknown person- ally to the Royal Family. Usually such gifts are acknowledged by a tactful note from a lady-in-waiting. The Royal children have made use of some of these Christmas presents, but many find their way to a children's hone. The year before last, we re- member, Princess Margaret was gent se many boxes of chew- iates that she could have open- ed a candy shop with the stock. Nearly all of them were sent to the National Institute for the Blind and distributed at a spe- cial party. An unusually heavy package .gave the Queen's security QM., eers cause for suspicion, but it proved to contain a chunk of Labrador rock, sent home by an emigrant in the hope that it Might be allowed to rest on Windsor soil, Sticks of pepper., mint rock constituted another of the Queen's most unusual Yttle,- tide gifts, At Sandringham, a large room has to be used for storing 'Roy,. aley's problem gifts, Always there is the hope that a use will. be found for everything sooner or later, but many pre- sents range from the impractical to. the utterly weird. What, gives the • Queen, most • pleasure when her family pre, sente are opened? Links of senti- ment are forged by the Duke of Edinburgh's gifts of jewellery, and Her Majesty adores films of: racing interest; many reels are included among her gifts', and these are added to her private film library, Another prize gift was the happy choice of an oil- painting of a race-horse that was a Royal favourite, The Queen's ideal gift was a portable .typewriter given by Princess Margaret. Her Majesty had great fun learning to type letters to close relatives and friends, The Royal children are en- couraged to prepare little home- made gifts, but the result is not always successful, For it's on record that the Queen open- ed a specially attractive package one year to find that it contain- ed. dog-biscuits Critical Years The human mind being what it is, the unusual, the outrage- ous, the spectacular tend to comniand its attention. How to "make righteousness readable" (to quote a great British editor) or to appear as prevalent as it really is poses a very consider- able challenge. Every now and then an edi- tor in sheer desperation tells his readers the big news of the day is the fact that millions Qf young men are not being killed in battle, that the great majority of family circles do affection- ately endure, and that all but a small minority of neighbours continue living side by side in harmony and mutual regard, All of this holds true with respect to juvenile delinquency versus normal, energetic, inex- perienced youth. And it is like- ly few can speak with more authority on this subject than those who have dedicated their careers to organizations such as the YMCA. One of its officials wrote recently to an inquiring friend: Too little is known 4generally about the wholesome and con- structive activities of the ma- jority of young people. We see hundreds of them coming to our various centers, busy in social activities, in clubs, in classes, and on teams. We hear them discussing matters of impor- tance to their present and their future. We sense open-minded- ness, wholesome curiosity, hon- esty and integrity. We see them looking forward to careers that make contributions to society. The existence of this nonde- linquent majority is no acci- dent. The home has had a hand in the formative years. So has the church and the school. And then there are civic-minded agencies like the "Y" which pro- vide a focus of activity and a steadying influence during teens and late adolescence — the cri- tical years, when youth is struggling to understand itself arid to find a satisfying way into adulthood. — From The Christ- ian Science Monitor. Birds Laugh At Scarecrows Now If a farmer wants to frighten birds from his crops today, he must stop using the conventional ragged scarecrows, declares an agricultural expert who has been scientifically studying the birds' reactions to them. "Birds know too much nowa- days," be says. "Tattered guys stuck on sticks have become al- most useless, for no longer do they frighten, hungry birds, Starlings and other birds soon become contemptuous of them. We want some new kinds of scarecrows." Soon after an Essex farmer had erected a particularly ugly scarecrow, he found that two• starlings were bringing up a family of four youngsters inside it. In Britain rooks are eating 50,000 tons of grain a year and take practically no noticed of scarecrows, Even when a farmer experimented with stuffed cats and stuffed owls as scarecrows, the results were not encourag- ing and the birds' raids went on. "Use blue when devising a scarecrow," advised an official. "Most birds hate the colour." For a time a scarecrow with a vivid blue coat and trousers did frighten the birds, but after a week or so they became so bold that they perched on it. Good results have been claim- ed for automatic clock guns which discharge at regular in- tervals and some farmers are even contemplating re-introduc- ing clappers and rattles similar to those used in Victorian times. In Japan scarecrows are much more fearsome. Every autumn the farmers there pay tribute to these dummies of the field, solemnly offering their "thanks" to them for scaring birds. Two dressmakers' busts are regularly used by an Iowa far- mer to scare away marauding birds. He says rooks and crows hate t h e m. A Ceylon farmer keeps birds from his fruit by displaying two skulls an poles. KING? — Although officially denied, reports persist in Oslo that Norway's 84-year-old King Haakon VII, who suffered a thigh fracture in June, 1955, may soon abdicate. Crown Prince Olav, 53, pictured above, would succeed to the throne. She's Her Own Mother-in-law When. pretty June Coote mar- ried ex-paratrooper Bill Bris- tow, her "father" became her father-in-law and Bill's "mum" of eleven years' standing be- came his mother-in-law. For June had fallen in love with her handsome step-brother. If widows or widowers are remarried, the courtship of their children often begins on the wedding day. Every year, in the London, England, area alone, statistics reveal that there are at least seventy weddings Of step-sisters and step-brothers. Complications were extended, however, when Bill Green of Roxbury, Mass., married Char- lotte Kayrrian, and Bill's father married Charlotte's sister, Sadie. When the stork brought Char- lotte a baby daughter,' the child automatically became niece to her grandfather, the grand- niece of her mother and her father's cousin. Yet they will find it hard to equal the record of Mrs. Heleti Roll who, on being widowed, married her widower father-in- law. The state of Pennsylvania ruled that a marl could not marry his son's wife, but a li- cense! was freely granted when Mrs. Roll married Mr. Roll in Maryland. Then came the tangle. Mr. Roll, Senior, found himself legally both husband and father- In-law of his wife, stepefathet of his grandchild, eon-in-raw of his ecin's mother-iiielaev arid 'fet-' MeV husband of his Wife'S motherein-lave. Stria v speak , ing, Mrs, Roll is also her own Mother- 11.0a* arid her child's step-Metter., Too many of us, when we plan having chicken, think only of the younger — and more expensive! — birds, fit for roast- ing and frying. This is a great mistake as the older fowl, if properly cooked of course, have a flavour and goodness all their own. Stewing Chicken Stewing chicken has always played an important role in meal planning. Its meat is so often the choice for chicken salads, pies, shortcakes, sand- wiches, croquettes, casseroles and soups. Stewing and braising, moist- heat methods, are used for cook- ing this mature, less tender chicken. Moist heat is required to soften its connective tissue and low to moderate heat is the rule. Place whole or cut-up 'stew- ing chicken in a kettle. For each pound of chicken, add 1/2 to 1 cup of water and 1/2 teaspoon salt. The quantity of water used depends on the amount of broth wanted. For additional flavour, add 3 or 4 'pepper ber- ries, 1 small carrot, 1 small onion, 2 ribs of celery and a clove. Simmer chicken. until the thickest portions are fork-tender 21/2 to 4 hours. Remove chicken, then cool chicken and, broth promptly. Cover and re- frigerate unless chicken is to be used immediately. One pound of stewing chicken will yield about 1 cup diced cooked chicken meat. * * * Braised Fowl To braise an older bird, tuck the legs into the band of skin under the tail. Place the bird, breast up on a rack in a large kettle. Pour in boiling water up to rack but not over the bird. Cover the kettle and let water boil gently but not furiously. Add more boiling water as re- quired, After 11/2 hours steem- ing, remove bird. Stuff bird with your favour- ite stuffing, truss, coat with fat and sprinkle with, salt. Place on a rack in a roasting pan. Add 1 tup of broth from steaming kettle. Cover and cook in a mo- derate oven of 350 degrees until fowl is tender — 11/2 to 2 hours. Turn the bird occasionally to SALLY'S SALLIES We- the wrong ,mintier', mister What la the tiara; iSleaSeti- Valued Keepsakes. When .4 Midlands cinema was• shut down recently, a fifty" three-year-old housewife was offered two. its seats to take away and keep as souvenirs, be- pause she had. spent nearly 10,- 000 hours in one of them She .had visited the cinema three times a week for forty- five years, and the Man. who had courted and married her had used the other seat, For that housewife the seats will always be sentimental re," minders of. her courting days. • Not since 1940, when a Sinning- ham man bought and erected in his dining-room the paviege • etenh on which he had proposed to his wife, has there been such an instance of devotion to in,- anirnate• objects connected with affairs of the heart.. A rich Frenchman treasured for years a dainty cambric hand- kerchief, keeping it in a glass sides of pan, Heat oven to 350 degrees. Beat eggs until they are thick and light, Gradually beat in sugar, then vanilla, Stir in mixed and sifted dry ingredients, Then fold in nuts and fruit. Spread batter in pre- pared pan. Bake in a moderate oven for 40 minutes. Cool. Cut in squares and re- move from pan. Makes 48, * * Nut Crisps M cup shortening V2 cup sugar 1 egg, well beaten 1/3 cup filberts or other nuts, chopped i/2 cup dates, chopped 1/2 teaspoon vanilla .1/2 teaspoon salt 21/2 cups ready-to-serve flaked cereal, crumbled Grease baking sheet. Heat oven tb 350 degrees. Blend shortening and sugar thoroughly. Beat in egg, then stir in nuts, dates, vanilla, salt and cereal. Press mixture into rounded bowl of tablespoon and drop on greased baking sheet. Bake in moderate oven for 10 minutes. They crisp as they cool. Makes 2 dozen. case in his bedroom, One night when he was at the theatre a thief broke in and stole it with other articles, When he discovered his loss the owner revealed to the police that, twenty years earlier, that handkerchief had dried the tears of a petite minclinette who bad jilted him on the day before they were due to wed, He of, fered„ a reward of $5,000 for its return; but never saw it again, In Vienna before the war a romantic young count sat one evening with a lovely, black- haired Viennese girl in a café, where he had met her by chance a few hours before. An orches- tra played, they drank wine and the count was deliriously happy, realizing that he was in love for the first time, But that proved their first and only meeting. The girl hap- pened to be married, and' when she told him it nearly broke his heart. Next day he astonish- ed the café proprietor by offer- ing him a big sum for the table at which the pair had sat, It was transported to his home in France, where it has had a place of honour in his sitting- room ever since. And he is still a bachelor. A bottle, tossed aver the side of a ship, brought romance to a pretty Irish girl. She was driving some cows to a field by the sea on the south-west coast, when she spotted the bottle on the shore. Inside was a note written by a serviceman on Christmas night a year earlier. It read: "I am an Amerjcan soldier twenty-one years old . . . This is my third Christmas from home . • ." The girl wrote back warmly. Seven years and seventy letters passed before the American saved up enough money to visit Ireland. Reporters got hold of the story and pressed for the wed- ding date, But all the ex-soldier would say was: "She's very nice." Said the blushing milkmaid: "After all, we only met a few hours ago. Up to then he was only a man in a bottle." The older a person gets, the wilder the younger generation becOmes. cook it evenly. If the bird is not browned by the time it is tender, cook for a short time without the lid. Chicken with Dumplings 3 to 4 pounds stewing chicken Salt and pepper Flour 1 can (15-oz.) peas 1 medium size onion 1 cup diced celery 1 cup packaged biscuit mix Cut chicken into serving pieces and sprinkle `with salt and pepper. Dredge with flour, Brown in a saucepan. Pour off excess fat. Drain liquid from peas. Mea- sure and add enough water to make 4 cups of liquid. Pour over browned pieces of chicken. Add sliced onion and celery. Cover and simmer 21/2 to 3 hours. Remove chicken pieces. Thick- en liquid with a thin flour and water paste, Replace chicken in thickened gravy. Add pea. Make dumplings according to directions on package of biScuit mix. Serves six. * * Fruit Squares 1 cup sifted bread (all purpose) flour 1 teaspoon baking powder V2 teaspoon salt g eggs, beaten J. cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 3/2 cup filberts M cup chopped maraschino cherries 1 cup dates, chopped % cup raisins Line bottom of 8-inch square pan with foil. Grease foil and