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dam Ambews
Melt butter skillet, Add pe-
Ago cubes and stir and heat
until cubes are lightly browned
(ebout 5 minutes). Md milts
and, ham, stir to 'blend._ Cover-
and. cook Slowly for 5 minutes,
Uncover and continue eooking
until all milk is,absorbed. Serve.
hot. Serves four to six..
# 4..
Another easy dish made with
leftover ham is this 'ham and
noodle skillet. Serve it hot,
Ha,n and Noodle Skillet.
2 cups small strips of cooked
ham
ounces. broad noodles .
I teaspoon finely chopped onion
1 teaspoon celery seed
2 cupsie
Shredded
tomatotcileto e s
Boil together noodles, onion,
celery seed, and tomato juice
8-10 minutes, Add ham. Stir and
heat. Sprinkle with shredded
cheese. Serves four to five,
Serve these ham patties with
a j,lly sauce made by combin-
ing 1/4 cup currant jelly with I
tablespoon warm water; beat.
Spoon over .hot ham patties.
Ham Patty-Cakes
2 cups cooked ham in small
bits
4 cups (10 .slices) soft bread
crumbs
cups milk
teaspoon dry mustard
1,4, teaspoon curry powder (op-
tional)
1 egg, slightly beaten
2 tablespoons shortening
Stir and cook together in
saucepan the bread crumbs, milk
and seasonings until thick. Beat
in egg. Stir in ham and blend,
Heat shortening in skillet. Drop
ham mixture by rounded table-
spoons to form patties in hot
fat. Brown on both sides.
LITTLE DOG
DIDN'T LAUGH
Every time there was an in-
coming 'phone call at a Leicester
house the bell remained silent,
but the- householder's dog attach-
ed to an outside drainpipe, bark-
ed loudly.
Subsequent examination by
engineers revealed that a tele-
phone wire .was "shorting" on
the. drain pipe; instead of the
telephOne bell ringing the shock
was transmitted to the dog,
which set up barking:
Obey the traffic signs — they
are placed there for YOUR
SAFETY.
CEYLON
YOK OSUK A
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CANNES:
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Fluoridation vs,
Freedom
More Help
For Polio Victims..
'.re bring motion to his little
daughter's polio-paralyzed hands,
Dr. Joseph Laws McKibben, an
atomic physicist at Los Alamos,
N.M., bas developed, a new •me-
ehanical "muscle" *Ilia some
day may help thousands of other
paralyzed fingers to move, • to
grasp, even to write,
The. device, a simple nylon
tube, powered by bottled ear,
bon-dioxide. gas, was demonstra-
ted for the first time at a con-
ference on human disability.
"This is the best thing We've had
so far for aiding the Crippled,"
said Dr. Kenneth Landauer of
the National Foundation for In-
fantile paralysis.
Dr. McKibben, 46, is the phys-
icist who triggered 'the first
atomic-bomb test thirteen years
ago at Alamogordo. In 1952; his
daughter Koran, now 1 13, was
stricken with polio and was par-
alyzed from the neck clown..
Since then she has lived many
months in an iron lung at the
Rancho Los Amigos Respiratory
Center in Los Angeles, one of
the fifteen rehabilitation insti-
tutions set up by the polio foun-
dation to treat a variety of pa-
tients, including many para-
lyzed by polio. Last fall, Dr.
Vernon Nickell, chief orthope-
dist at the center, asked Karen's
father to make some sort of
mechanical gadget thk would
help the girl to use her useleSs
fingers, "I had been consider-
ing a hook for Karan's use," Dr.
McKibben said last week, "But
Dr. Nickell suggested some kind
of mechanical 'muscle' instead."
Vital Valve: After studying
hydraulic, electric, and gas
methods of moving paralyzed
arm muscles, McKibben found
a report from German scientists
who had designed an ingenious
pneumatic' gadget operated by
carbon dioxide, which inflated
HOLLYWOOD. FISH STORY—This fish story is a true one. Four
25-pound Royal Chinook salmon were recently flown alive,
complete with a "salmon-sitter", from Portland, Ore., to Holly-
wood for a fishing derby in a local cafe's private fish pond,
It was the high point of a party for 25 ABC-TV stars. Here
Kathy Nolan, who plays Kate in "The Real McCoys", express
delight—or something—at the sight of the beauty that the chef
is about to pop on, the broiler.
Anglian woman did not want :her
hmeband to know of the loss. It
hape*necl twenty-five years ago
small holding, and instead of
telling him she bought another
ring just like it.
Exactly a quarter of a century
later her husband discovered nia
wife's secret. Be was hard qt
work on their smallholding re
vently when he found the ring.
An onion was growing through
it, •
Yet another husband, at Rams-
bury, Wiltshire, found his wife's.
long-lost diamond engagement
ring while hoeing their garden
path, And not long ago the wed-
ding ring lost by a police serge
eant's wife in 1940 while she was
gardening at Pockiington, York-
shire, was found by the tenant
who tools over the house, while
he was digging up plants. In the
meantime the sergeant and his
wife had moved to Withernsea.
At Filey, Yorkshire, they tell
the even more remarkable story
of a girl who, went with a friend
for a swim and changed in a
bathing tent,
Returning home to lunch the
girl missed her engagement
ring, She rushed back to the
bathing tent hoping to find it
there but was unlucky. She gave
the ring up for lost after pact-
ding along the beach for hours
in a hopeless search for it. Next
day she chanced to mention the
lost ring to a woman who was
sitting at the same table with
her in a tea-shop.
"Where did you lose it?" ask-
ed the woman. The girl told her,
and described the ring, which
had a most unusual design.
The woman at once took a
ring out of her handbag saying:
"Is this it?"
She explained to ,the amazed
owner .that her schoolboy son
while wading that day had
caught the ring fast on his little.
toe. He had brought it home to
her.
So within twenty-four hours
of losing her ring in ,the North
Sea the owner had it back on
her finger, thanks to an aston-
ishing coincidence. emeeeeeneeske eeeeekeCenneeeeee
Six Ways To
Improve Your
Sense Of Smell
If you'd like an unusual glaze,
try this one:
Kumquat Glaze
cup preserved kumquats
with syrup, chopped
11/2, teaspoons. lemon juice
'A teaspoon ginger
Combine all ingredients and
mix well. *
If you have any leftover butt,
use it just as you would ham in
recipes, since it is smoked pork.
Here are simple and quick ways
to use leftover ham.
Quick 'n' Easy
Ham and Potatoes
2 cups finely cubed cooked butt
4 metlitnit potatoes
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup milk or chicken bouillon
Pare and cut potatoes into
1/2 -inch cubes. Pat potatoes. dry.
•It. never occurs to most of the
good .people who so entltusiasti-
,cally push the • fluoridation of
public 'water supplies that they
are denying anyone's rights.
They believe fluoridation is'
beneficial. so they wish to spread
it.as far as possible. The sarne„
of course,. could be said of be-
lievers in any proposed cure for
physical or mental ills, But few
try to compel the whole com-
munity to accept their remedy.
The fact is that millions of
people do not want their water
supply doctored. Some dentists
point out that it is an un-
scientific method. Tests have.
shown that there are variations
of as much as 20 to 1 in the
amounts of water imbibed by
individuals, according to weather
and personal habit. Excessive
dosage is declared dangerous.
Others object that the method
is wasteful, Only 1-200 or less
of the water treated reaches the
target — children under 10.
There is also controversy about
the effect of fluorides on adults.
In 70 American cities fluorida-
tion has been voted out after be-
ing imposed by officials,
There is, moreover, opposition
on another important ground.
Christian. Scientists object to flu-
oridation because they rely on
prayer for prevention and cure.
They believe that fluoridation's
compulsory medication infringes
the United States Constitution's
protection of religious freedom.
There is no valid reason for
• denying the rights of objectors.
It is feasible for anyone who
wishes fluoridation to obtain it
by adding prescribed dosages in.
the form of .liquid or tablets to
water, mills, or 'fruit juieeq. The
objection to this from fluorida-
tion enthusiasts is that "not
enough people will do it." Thin
is paternalism, unconscious
though it be. If this were not
the real urge, those who think
fluoridation should be provided
at public expense would _ pro-
pose that towns and citie- mere-
ly make supplies „ available for
those who wish te use them.
Earnest peopleseeking by
their own lights — •td`do good, e
might well re-examine their own
purpose. Do they really wish to ,
deny a basic American right,
freedom of choice? — From The'
Christian Science Monitor.
CHILLY, WHAT?—"A bit cool in
the colonies", says Champion
Char-Anne's Top Octane. The
bundled English bull, 2, won
the Best of Breed award at the
Westminster Dog Show.
"Home service work seems
satisfying to me, because it is
work that helps women learn
to help themselves," said Mrs.
Helen J. Mandigo, Home Ser-
vice Director of the Gas Service
Company in Kansas City, Mo.,
national chairman of the Home
Economics in Business section
of the American Home Eco-
nomics Association, and presi-
dent of „ the local Woman's
Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. Mandigo, a slender bru-
nette whose friendly smile
makes many friends for. her
company, ,gave enthusiastic
praise to her assistants and said
that she would like to see .more
college girls' take 'home eco-e'
nomics.
"Home economics is one thing
women can alWays use—wheth-
er they plan on it for a career
or want to use it in their own
homes," she added.`teMrs. Man-
digo herself is a gradUate of the
University of Kansaoith a de-
gree in Home Ecohoieites.
The telephone cpliStion most
often asked of Mrs.41Vlandigo is,
"What can I cook fifir dinner in
15 to 20 minutes? I've been out
all clay and am just now begin-
ning to think of dinner."
"Several of these,:;•ealls come
in every day about' •4:30 or 5
o'clock," said Mrs. Mandigo. "We
suggest a broiled dinner for a
satisfying quickie. If the house-
wife has lamb chops in, the
house, we suggest she put
cooked peas under the chops in
the broiler. Steak or hamburger
can have whole cooked carrots
put on the broiler beside them.
For dessert we often suggest
cake with a broiled icing. Would
you like to have the recipe for
our broiled icing—it's very pop-
ular with our customers?"
Here is the recipe she gave
—it is sufficient for an 8-inch
square cake,
Broiled Icing
3 tablespoons melted butter
24 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons cream
Vs teaspoon salt
14 cup shredded coconut or nut
meats
Combine all ingredients and
spread on cake while it is warm.
Place cake under low broiler
flame; broil until icing bubbles
all over the surface, but, do not
permit to burn. * C
A smoked boneless shoulder
butt (ham) served with spiced
peaches and asparagus is deli-
cious. Mrs. Mandigo suggested
her special candied sweet pota-
toes be served with this dinner.
Candied Sweet Potatoes
114 cups water
1 cup sugar
3 tableSpoOnS butter
jA teaspoon vanilla
3 large sweet potatoes
Place all ingredients except
sweet potatoes in a 10-ineh tri-
cOvered skillet and bring to' a
boil;' add peeled; sliced sweet.
potatoes., Simmer; uncovered,,
far Ph hours. Serves four,
To roast a boneless shoulder
butt, plate fat-side-tip on rack
in Open roasting pan• Roast in
preheated 325 6 to 350 ° P. oven,.
Allow 40-45 minutes per pound,
Just before butt is chine, cover
with glate and brown in 466 6
r., Oven about longer,
*
Clne of the tiMplest glazes is
made with brown sugar and'
honey. Just Cover butt With
brown sugar ,sifted over it, then.
dribble liquid honey over it. Or
etiVer butt With currant or 'craft,
berry Jelly:, de beitibitte 1/2 ettii
Sifted brown. Sugar 11/2
Spoons dry tnUstard.
If you want to improve your
sense of smell, here are six
things expert sniffers say you
should do:
1. Sniff frequently, at anything
—flowers, trees, foods, wines.
2. Using only your nose, prac-
tise distinguishing between ob- '
jects with, similar scents. You
might start with two varieties
of cheese, then progress to
things which smell even more
alike.
3. Always sniff well before
drinking and eating. As well as
sharpening your sense of smell
and your appetite, sniffing food
makes it taste better.
4. If you work in surroundings
with a definite smell, try to get
away from them at least once
during the day. Clearing your
nasal passages of accustomed
smells will keep you from being
immune to all smells of that
kind.
5. Take several deep breaths of
fresh air ever day. They'll make
your olfactory nerves tingle and,
incidentally, improve the condi-
tion of your lungs and blood.
6. If you are worried about a
seemingly permanent loss of
your sense of smell, see a doctor.
The trouble may be a mucous
coating over the olfactory nerves
—a condition which can be
cleared up by simple medical
treatment,
'Lost Ring Founcr
En Teapot
A pretty 23-year-old packer in
at British factory, whack experts
QUsancis of teapots to America
Very week, discovered to her
1
Mar that her diamond and
platinum, engagement ring was
missing recently.
It must have fallen into one of
the teapots, she decided, There
was only one thing to do. '.,rear-
fully she told her employer who
kale
I'll organize a full
kale search for the ring."
Some 10,000 teapots in tile
factory were systematically tip-
ped upside down, but the ring
could not be found. Undismayed,
the girl's obliging employer sent
cables to all his American agents.
"Please search carefully all
crates received from us," said
the cables.
Some time later came a reply
from a New York firm: "En-
gagement ring found, Returning
it to-day by air parcel post,"
Said the delighted employer:
"There seemed only a million-
to-one chance of finding the
missing ring, but the girl was
to upset that I was determined
to try everything,"
Many an engaged girl, many
a young bride, has been haunted
by the fear that one day she may
accidentally lose her rings. But
it's surprising how many girls
have lost rings and recovered
them in strange circumstances.
The beautiful young bride of
an architect was just waving
good-bye to friends as the train
left for their south coast honey-
moon destination when sne
realized that her valuable emer-
ald engagement ring was miss-
ing. She had changed it aver to
another finger before the wed-
ding service.
The girl did not panic but,
while the train roared on its way
her mind was working furiously,
Her husband, she swiftly decid-
ed, must never know of her care-
lessness, for he was touchy-
tempered and she felt she could
not bear to risk a reproach from
him at this moment.
But where could she have lost
the ring? Her mind flew back to
the events of the last few hours:
the service, the crowded recep-
tion and showered congratula-
tions of relatives and friends, the
scramble to change into a going-
away frock and the dash by car
to the station.
"Cold, darling?" he asked, as
she drew on her gloves, scared
lest he should notice that her
engagement ring was missing.
• "A little," she fibbed, smiling
rather wanly.
He, did, not miss the ring until
they were dining in their hotel
restaurant that night.
Then she told another little
white lie, saying she had "taken
it off for safety," but would
wear it to-morrow if he wished
her to.do so. Next morning early,
while he still slept, she slipped
out of the hotel to wire three
friends, urging them to search
everywhere for the missing
ring.
Her chief, bridesmaid found it,
lying in a fold of her wedding
dress which still lay on the 'bed
at her flat where she had laid
it when changing for the honey-
moon journey.
The bridesmaid hired a fast
car and sped with the ring fifty
miles to the hotel, and arranged
for it to be handed to the bride
without her husband seeing.
The story ends happily. The
bride wore the ring later that
day and her man never learned
about its loss until she confessed
they returned from the honey-
moon recently.
Like other wives who lose
their wedding rings, an East
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS—The USS Gudgeon, above, has become 'the first American
submarine to sail around the world—and it sailed for 80 clays, naturally. The Gudgeon's eight
officers and 75 enlisted men visited more girls (see Newsrnap below) than most bluejackets• •
dream of visiting in their entire service careers. The sub left its home base at Pearl Harbor
last July 8 to a normal tour of duty in Far Eastern waters. It was later decided to send her
home via the long scenic route. Elapsed lime for the trip was 150 days. However, Lt. Cmdr..
Thomas Bryce, Tex., pointed out that its actual sailing time between ports was only 80 days..
On returning to Pearl Harbor the Gudgeon was greeted by a Navy band, which played'
"Around the World in 80 Days", naturally.
a bellows, thereby compressing
the arm muscles and creating a
pinching motion of paralyzed
fingers. "It was simple enough
to sketch a valve for the de-
vice," McKibben added. "After
all,. I'm in the business of mak-
"ing vacuum valves."
At the Rancho Los Amigos e
center, doctors and technicians
teamed up to help McKibben
perfect a workable device, As it
stands now, the "muscle" is a
small, rubber-lined plastic tube
which lies along the paralyzed
forearm and is fitted by a mov-
ing splint to the thumb and first
and second fingers. When a
lever is touched, gas from a
14-inch cylinder flows into the
tube, causing a contracting mo-
tion, drawing the paralyzed fin-
gers together. When the lever
is touched again, the plastic tube
is deflated and the fingers relax.
"The device is, a wonderful
source of energy. It is light-
Weight, simple, and safe," said
Dr. Nickell,
At Rancho Los Amigos it is
being used successfully on ,a
small group of paralyzed pa-
tients. In New York, officials of
the National Foundation for Th-
fantile Paralysis announced that
they would launch a crash re-
search program in the hope that
Mekibben's invention will soon:
be adapted to move both para-
lyzed shoulders and elbows, The
same theory, said Dr. Landauer;.
May be applicable to artificial
limbs and to arms and legs that
are weakened, but not paralyzed,
thus offering new variety ter
the limited lives of cripples;.
When perfected, the gadget will
deist less than O. Prom
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they are Well Coated,
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but the Matt whet it 11),S• tile` Year view end. of four'
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'toadied for delivery.- the, tubes are' part of tt. noise. .supprettOt'-
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