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The Brussels Post, 1957-10-02, Page 6-LONG WAY HOME TO CANADA—Three Canadian soldiers get a friendly farewell wave from two Egyptians at Cairo as they prepare to leave Egypt after having spent a year there with the United Nations Emergency Forces. The signpost shows how far some of the troops must travel to reach their Canadian homes. From left, the happy travelers are, Pvt. Andy Dolha, Niagara Falls; Cpl. Norm Whillans, Vdncouver, and Pvt. Fred Wade, Sydney, ,..omadoke ON *OVAL YOUR •00. AFRICA :Elizabefitcnit '06111)5 ride past crowds 'ft% Nitteilq,,, NOW' therietifit bre. to ijet• their' first d th a eoupte iirice 10,51, They're clue iri Octobers jia-';‘' TABLE TALKS 4111111111.. &me Andttews. l'a!FF 24,11: • When a member of his secre- tarial staff came to remind hire Chet it wee time to set Out for the Capitol, President of the United States Grover Cleveland, the strong man of the White "louse, appeared not to have heard, It was as though he had fallen into a trance. "Mr. President, sir," the young naan repeated, "it's time for you to go to the Capitol, Congress is by now already assembled," Only then did Grover Cleve- land shake off his deep pre- occupation, Slowly, and with un characteristic lack of energy, he got up, It was August and hot. He asked for ice water, drank it, and walked slowly from the room, Before him lay the ordeal of Congress in which many influ- ential leaders in his own, the Democratic Party, were arrayed to give battle against their lead- er. At that time, 1884, political corruption was rife throughout the United States. Before his election as President, Grover Cleveland had served as district attorney and, later, as Mayor of Buffalo, New York State, He had made many enemies in both capacities, for, wherever he un- covered it, he attacked graft. Now the issue before Congress Was the Pendleton Bill. Like a number of other bills already passed, this measure was design- ed to endow a large number of men with claims on their politi- cal party with life pensions. When the bill came before Congress, President Cleveland described it as an attempt to swindle the United States Tree- bury. Now he was about to face the storm. But the impending battle With Congress had no part as a cause of the President's strange and gloomy mood. It had been nothing much at first, that persistent ache of the jaw. But it had become worse. When President Cleveland consulted his medical advisers he was somewhat perturbed when a number of the leading medical men in the country were called in for consultation. The aching jaw, it was now revealed to him, was a symptom Of a very serious condition. "Have I cancer?" he asked. "It will be necessary, to save your life to remove your jaw," they told him. For Grover Cleveland the smashing of the corrupt pensions bill was a matter of paramount Importance. Already threatened by disloyalty in his own party, he well knew that any hint of sickness would be seized upon with heartless unscrupulousness for political purposes. His political enemies would put it about that he was unfit to carry out the duties of Presi- dent; physically incapable of bearing the great weight of that office's terrific responsibilities. So new, driving toward the Capitol, for the first round in the battle, the President was pondering his problems and searching for some solution of it. A great statesman—and Grover Cleveland was that — must also be a great strategist. Returning 10 the White House, he surprised his staff by announcing that he proposed to take a holiday. "Mr. President! At a time like this?" one man protested. But the very announcement suggested self - confidence and directed the attention of the Muntry away from any questien of presidential illness. Having let the announcement of his forthcoming holiday be made public, President Cleve- land sent for his personal sur- geon, and said: "Could you re- move my jaw without scarring my face? Could you operate so that nobody totild detect: the =tile time?" yes, he was assured, that could be done. "But I would still have no jaw on that side?" he prOtesten, "We'll fix you up with a silver jaw," he was assured. You. will appear just as you appeared be- fore." It's not an easy thing for a king or president to keep secret such news as this. The President could not be operated on at the White House without the whole staff getting to know about it—and from them the whole country. He could not enter a hospital for the same reason. Sooner or later the news would leak out. How then, was the terrible secret to be kept? It was the President who found the solu- tion. "I shall take a cruise on the presidential yacht," he an- nounced, This was a very fine vessel, the Oneida, and in due course she put to sea, ostensibly on a plea- sure cruise. Only at the last minute did the surgeons slip un- annonced aboard. And only after she had sailed was the state- room rapidly converted into an operating theatre, When, some weeks later, the President returned, it was mat- ter of public comment how well he looked with his fresh sea tan. But those near him noticed a certain difference, though they had no clue as to the real cause, It was noted then and , later that, when he spoke in public, his speech had become come- what changed. The fine voice, which had done so much to build up for him a great law practice in his earlier days, was now softly muffled. The silver jaw worked. There was no facial scar. But speech came with a certain difficulty now. And so, for fourteen years, this amazingly courageous man lived on, and during that long stretch he served not once, but twice as President of the United States. It was not until after his death, which occurred a few months after he completed his second term as President, that the secret of his long sustained fortitude became known. And there also came to light a second secret. Throughout the long years during which he carried the great burden of the State upon his broad shoulders the Presi- dent had never known a single day free from pain. For though the silver jaw put back the hour of fate, the terri- ble disease which made its re- moval essential at last claimed its gallant victim. It is significant of the amazing power of the human will that it was only when he felt that his task was completed, and graft was on the way out in his coun- try's public life, that death ene sued. JUDGE OF CHARACTER The school board of a back- woods country school was pay- ing a visit to the classroom, and the teacher was showing off her pupils. "Who signed the Magna Char- ta, Robert?" she asked one boy. "Please, ma'am, it wasn't me," he said, edging back in his seat. The teacher was about to pass on to another pupil when an Old tobacco - chewing board member interrupted. "Call that boy back," he directed, "I don't like his looks. I believe he did do it." Cigarettes „Help. To. .Hang Man On Christmas Eve, 1942, a Zab mouth tobacconist named Bate, man was fourermurdered behind his counter with terrible head and face injuries, On the counter was an unloaded revolver- which had been reported stolen from a shop in the. previous February,. A man, Gorden Trenoweth, known to the police as given acts of violence, was strongly suspected, The Cteci' police promptly visited his home, where he lived with his parents and sister, • Stains apparently of blood, w e noticed on his shirt-sleeve and on a packet found in another room, so he was taken to the police station for further ques- tioning, and there told that a man had been found in a shop with head injuries, but not the name of the shop or the victim. Yet when two packets of cigarettes, found in his possess ion, were laid on the table in front of him, he said: "I bought those cigarettes at Pearce's. I was not in that man's shop. I always buy my cigarettes at Pearce's." The police were now convince ed that they had the murderer, but had practically no evidence for a jury. How they eventually got that evidence, Richard Har- rison, in "The C.I.D. and the F.B.I!' calls "an outstanding ex- ample of close and quick co- operation between police and laboratory — the best, I think, I. have ever encountered." Comparing British and U.S. Methods, Harrison points out HEAVYWEIGHT? -- Pancho Pe- queno Chico Del Perrito, a full- grown Chihuahua, balances an ordinary postage scale at just 11 ounces. Claimed to be the smallest dog in the world by his owner, Pancho has sudden- ly come into the limelight with, an agent to handle his publicity. that, although laboratories for the scientific investigation of crime in England exist almost exclusively for police use, they are owned, staffed and equipped by the Home Office, a police officer acting as liaison between his force and the technical staff. The Federal Bureau of In- vestigation laboratory in Wash- ington, on the other hand, is run by the police and there's not a scientist in Our own" forensic labs, who wouldn't envy the most modern and efficient FBI facilities, which include even electron microscopes. Nevertheless, the south=wes- tern laboratory at Bristol, which was called in to help in the Bateman murder, achieved wen- dere. The five Main groupe of human blood can be determined even when the stains are dry and Old, but when they are fresh it can be divided into sub- groups. Both Baternan's and Treno- weth's blood belonged to the main A group, and if the police hadn't acted promptly, the genie on Trenoweth's clothing Would have been valueless. He could have claimed that they came froin his own blood. But the scientists were able to prove that they belonged to the seine sub-group as 8aternatt'a arid could not have come from Veil- oWeth, The revolver had been kept well-Oiled, and adhering to the oily parts were coloured fibres Of Coarse wool and cotton. Simi lar fibres, were found in one of Trenoweth's packets, and under the microscope the fibres of a piece of old carpet found in the attic of his Kerrie PreVect iden- tical. He had evidently hidden the "revolver by toiling it inside the carpet. The police discovered that Trenoweth had been in Ther) on the evening of the Murder, treating friends and actinairit-,, ances freely, Spending much more money thee, lie claimed to teiVePeeseesecl and $4M was thiesitig the shop. All 'this' evidence Was sufficient With the coming of cooler weather, there's more enthusi- asm about baking, and hot breads are ever welcome. This attractive coffee cake is made with pancake mix, thus saving the measuring of several ingre- dients. MAPLE COFFEE RINb 2i..4 cups pancake mix y2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup chopped nutmeats 1/2 cup raisins 11/2 cups milk 1/2 cup melted shortening 1 egg, beaten 1 teaspoon maple flavoring Heat oven to moderate (375° F.). Place pancake mix, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, nutmeats, and raisins in bowl. Add re- maining ingredients; stir until just combined. Pour into greased 11/2 -quart ring mold. Bake in preheated oven about 30 minutes. Remove from mold; drizzle with thin confectioners' sugar frost- ing. * * * Sour cream is popular with many cooks. This salmon salad, using that ingredient, has a subtle taste that you'll like. SALMON SURPRISE SALAD 2 (1 pound) cans salmon 1 cup chopped celery 2 apples, peeled and'sliced 1 •tablespoon butter % cup sour cream 2 tablespoons prepared mustard 1 tablespoon vinegar 2 teaspoons horseradish 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 hard-cooked egg, finely chopped Salad greens Drain salmon and flake; add `celery. For elressing saute apples in butter until soft; sieve. Add remaining ingredients except egg and greens and beat until smooth. Pont. over salmon mix- ture and toss well, Serve on:crisp greens ' and sprinkle top with finely chopped .egg. Serves 6. * * * In the following salad, golden chunks of pineapple and a, chain of shiny green bits of pepper join hands with rosy cubes of cooked ham. Put the zip of spicy mustard and horseradish in the salad that holds them to- gether. TANGY PINEAPPLE-HAM SALAD 2 cups (No. 2 can) pineapple chunks 11/2 cups cooked, diced ham Vs cup chopped green pepper 1/2 cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish 1 tablespoon horseradish 1 teaspoon prepared mustard Salad- greens Drain pineapple. Mound ham in centre of salad bowl. Arrange : a ring of pineapple chunks around outside Of ham, Plate a ring of chopped, green pepper in between ham and pineapple. Chit Combine remaining ingre- dients and toss salad just before to Secure a conviction and the Murderer. Was duly convicted and hanged, Harrison notes that While Scot- land Yard is no ShOW place and only the specially privileged penetrate beyond the entrance: • hail, the FelL Headquarters welComes ViSiterS, Guides show parties round, &AM& and there Ate elde. lititete ehoeleofteee teellibite relating to 'the '1144 against etheleeSpecial pains dre taken to. inipteSS parties frOtri schools that Wind doesn't pay'. ' This .richly informative book will lageltiate all 'the many.'peri- ple who are "interested crime detectiatie serving. Serve in lettuce cups. Serves 4. * * If you don't like peppers, just skip this paragraph — unless you have a dash of adventure in your culinary make-up, A friend says one of her favorite sand- wiches is made of fried green pepper. She cuts a medium-sized pepper lengthwise in half, re- moves the seeds of course, spreads the halves gently open to make them as flat as possible and fries them a few minutes in butter, just until they are slight- ly soft. Put between slices of soft, buttered bread, the peppers make an unusual sandwich — and one which has proved popu- lar with her guests. * * * Here is a recipe for filled sour By TOM A. CULLEN NEA Staff Correspondent LONDON — (NEA) — It is as ambassadors of youth, of the New Elizabethan Age, that Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are coming to America in Oc- tober. Theirs is the young idea that gives the living lie to the notion that Britain is washed-up, a second-rate power dying of old age. "Our people, if they are aged, are the youngest aged people that have ever been seen," Sir Harold Caccia, British ambassador in Washington, told a Chicago audi- ence recently. "This may be our second youth, but it certainly is not our second childhood." Elizabeth, too,' is experiencing a second bloom. Americans will no longer recognize in her the uncertain, girlishly n e r v o u s, slightly pathetic figure, who, as Princess -Elizabeth, visited the United States with her husband in 1951. She can still be ,gay and care- free upon occasion, but she has matured, acquired dignity, shown unexpected depth. In a word, she has become regal, As a wife, she is obViously very much in love with her handsome' husband, whom she has made a Prince of the Realm. As a mother, she is blessed with two - lovely children, in whom she takes just pride. As Queen, she reflects the inner satisfac- tion of this happy home. Her American hosts will note how often Elizabeth turns to Philip whenever there is an ini- portant decision to be made. "Isn't Philip 'the limit?" How often these words spring to the Queen's lips as she tries to fol- cream cookies which are deli- cious and nice to make. SOUR CREAM FILLED COOKIES 1,I3 cup butter '1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 1/2 cup sour cream 13'i cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon each, soda and salt 1 teaspoon vanilla Prunes, raisins, and nuts chopped together'. Cream the butter; add sugar, egg, and sour cream. Add flour that has been sifted with baking powder and salt. Dissolve soda in a little warm water and add; add vanilla. Roll and cut in rounds. Top half the rounds with the fruit-nut mixture. Place re- maining rounds on top and seal with a fork around the edges, Prick with fork on top 3 or 4 times. Bake at 350° F, until golden brown. * DROPPED SUGAR COOKIES 1/2, cup butter low him in his wilder flights. Sometimes they are said with pride, sometimes ruefully, almost with despair. Yes, Philip really is the limit, as his American hosts will dis- cover. His job while in the United States will be to sell Britain, and this he will tackle with almost fiendish zest. Watch him as he corners an uneasy scientist at a Washington cocktail party. With the space of 15 minutes he can be expected to remind the poor American scientist that Britain discovered the •atomic nucleus, penicillin, vitamins and siliCones, among other things. Nor will the U.S. admirals and Air Force generals come off any better. Philip is not afraid to remind the airborne generals that many of the planes they fly are powered by Rolls-Royce engines designed in Britain, or to remind the U.S. Navy that the angled deck, mirror landing de- vices and steam catapults used on American aircraft carricts were• developed from British inventions. It is with the American cap- tains of industry that Philip will feel most at home. The button- holed businessman will be re- minded that Britain leads the world in the export of genera- tors, boilers, textile machinery and radioactive isotopes, shares the lead with the United States in the development of nuclear power plants: This is the new face of Britain. It is the fact of youth, as mir- rored in the profiles of its Queen and of her prince-consort How long will it last? What happens when the bloom of youth begins to fade? The greatest danger to the 1 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon soda (.,.cant) 2 eggs, well beaten 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour 4 -2 teaspoons baking Powder 14 cup milk (more, if needed) Cream butter and sugar toge- ther and combine with salt, soda, and eggs, Beat well. Sift flour and baking powder three times, thee add alternately with milk to the first mixture, beating smooth, Drop on cookie sheet and bake about 20 minutes or until done, at 400' F. "I 'haven't been feeling at all well," said Hobson to a col- league, "But you're looking splendid,," said the other man. "I know. But it takes all my strength to keep up appear- ances." SUCH -NERVE—The daredevil on the, ground hasn't fallen off the horse. He's acting as a hu- man hurdle beneath the flying hoofs of the mount during a rehearsal of the Royal Army Service Corps for a perform- ance at Woolwich Stadium, London. The human barricade seems to be one guy who doesn't have much horse sense. Pleasure. Cruise Graft Racket WOULD HARDLY RECOGNIZE HER — Kim Novak, shapely Hollywood Star, right, madelt the costume she wear§ for a torrid conch dance in the film ,biography of the late Jeanne Eagelt. That's th e rear Jeanne .Engels; left, as she appeared -in her greatest PO, 4iRah,?' The Queen And The Prince Seen Through American Eyes monarchy today, in the opinion of most observers, lies in the- un- critical adulation of the British masses, Most Britons scoffed when some of the noble peers threat- ened to shoot, or to horsewhip Lord Altrincham (who eventual- ly got a slap in the face) because he had dared to criticize the• Queen. Nevertheless, there is danger of the monarchy turning into a soap opera. The uncritical adulation is seen in the British Broadcasting Com- pany's tendency to play "God Save the Queen" upon any and all occasions. It is seen in the crowds that press their faces through the rail- ings of Buckingham Palace, whether or not the Queen is in residence there, as though ex- pecting that a miracle will short- ly take place. The royal family's greatest need at the present time, accord- ing to their well-wishers, is for an efficient public relations set-up in place of the Snobbish courtiers. who now function as such. An experienced public rela- tions officer would know how to present the royal family with dignity, at the same time making 'fullest use of mass cormnunica- tions. In this respect, he could learn lessons from. President Eisenhower and his press sec- retaries. This lies behind Lord Altrin- charn's suggestion that the Queen should be surrounded by advisers from as many different back- grounds as' poseible. "A truly classless a,n d Commonwealth court," Altrincham` d e c I a r e s, "could . . , bear eloquent witness to 'the transformed nature of the -- monarchy." ?.; 1 T" Queen and her advisers ;„eWill , eve to make up their minds, ee.soo Time is still clearly on the 4 Queen's side, but the sands, `'-are running out,