The Brussels Post, 1958-04-02, Page 6Vision Of Green. Thought ti$leycle.-
Pprt Of Rider
wanted to arrest him and
charge him with illegal entry
into the country, Ile returned
to Nigeria by mother route.
Often he was Attacked by
wild animals. On one occasion
a herd of elephants stampeded.
towards him, lie fell off his bi-
i.
The maquis, although it is to
be found in one or two of the
nearest parts of the Continent,.
grows nowhere else to, such an
enormous extent. If is a mix-
ture of eight plants — rictus,
lentievelue, arbutus, myrtle,
heath, rosemary, juniper,. and
wild oiler -a combination which.
makes Corsica an enchanted at-
mosphere, a scented isle.
"With my eyes shut," said
Napoleon at St. Helena, "I would
know Corsica by its perfume."
It is hard to exaggerate the
lure of Corsican scenery; the
dark precipices and deep valleys
with rivers' running through
them like molten silver;, the
chestnut groves, cut by roaring
mountain torrents; the little vil-
lages which dot 'the wide lend-
nape; and the sea which always
glitters in the distance.—From
"I Went A-Roving," by Leslie
Breee,by.
MODERN MONA LISA—Offering a "Gioconda Smile" of her
own, fashion model Luce Bona provides q pretty picture after
being awarded the "Grand Prix Joconde of 1958" by a jury
of celebrated painters in Paris. In the background is a repro-
duction o'f the Mona Lisa—the original La Gioconda,
powder
TA BLE T
dalw,Ancitlews.
So much progress has been
made in commercial baking that
the actual necessity for learning
to make bread no longer exists,
but almost everyone loves the
smell, texture, and taste of
homemade bread. Indeed, busi-
nesses have been built on a
better loaf of bread than others
make; restaurants have suc-
ceeded on the popularity of the
homemade bread on their menus;
personal reputations for superb
cooking have been. built on
making better biscuits, spoon
bread, muffins, or loaves.
* *
Last month many readers
have sent their recipes for vari-
ous breads to the Christian Sci-
ence Monitor. Here are a few,
H
Prisoners Get
Evening' Out
A new experiment which may
prove to be the solution of an
old problem, is being carried out
by Canadian prison authorities.
According to a report by Morris
Duff, which appears in The Star
Weekly, nine long-term prison-
ers from Canada's federal peni-
tentiaries, including some sen-
tenced as habitual criminals,
have been allowed to leave pri-
son walls for an evening out. It
is part of a plan to help long-
term prisoners adjust to the com-
munity prior to release.
The plan was first tried in the
women's prison at Kingston peni-
tentiary, and so far three women
have had leave, Other prisoners,
representing almost every peni-
tentiary in Canada have had
passes prior to their release.
"This is something we have
been trying on an experimen-
tal basis," A. J, MacLeod, direc-
tor of remission servines for the
federal government explains.
"It is an attempt to help the in-
mate adjust to life o'e the out-
side, and is part of a general
step-up in pre-release program
methods.
In addition to relating how the
method has so far affected indi-
vidual prisoners, the interesting
Star Weekly article describes
future plans which the author-
ities hope will benefit the pri-
soners and the community as
whole.
"How nice it would be if more
young housewives became inter-
ested in bread making," writes
I will never forget the dawn
The I first approached Corsica
The world, indeed, has few finer
Views to offer. I saw looming
qut of the morning twilight a
fairy vision of, green, tinted with
the first rays of the rising sun.
Seaward there flashed the warn-
ing beat, of the light-house at
the Iles Sanguinaires, floating,
it seemed, in the rose-titled mists
Of satirise, Across the .smooth
.sea came the breath of Corsica,
that wonderful perfume of the
Ptaquis which Napoleon remem-
bered even at St. Helena, and
which the great Emperor could
never think of without emotion.
Little by little the morning
haze dissolved and I saw tiny
villages glued on the mountain
aides; in the backgr.eund the
proud Mont d'Oro raised its
peak into the blue of the sky.
clothed with a robe of dark-
green forests, and with a man-
tle of snow about its shoulders.
The crimson sun seemed to be
setting all the rocks of the
western gulfs on fire—a chaos
of fantasy. There was a liquid
blaze of beauty.
A wide sweep arid the ship
Tounded the Iles Sanguinaires,
their reddish rocks gleaming and
flashing in the sunlight, White
and glistening Ajaccio burst in-
to view, the birthplace of one
of Ihe proudest empires on
earth. It is laved by a gulf of
Italian violet-blue, and its ris-
ing background, delicious in its
subtle, tender charm, yet with
an inspiration of rugged fierce
boldness, reaches far back into
snow and sky,
Ajaccio is situated on the nor-
thern side of one of the most
beautiful gulfs in. Europe,
Around the town is a lofty
frame of snow-tipped moun-
tains from which there slopes
the vine-clad countryside. White
villas and drab cottages are
sprinkled over this wide ex-
e -nse of restful green, out of
Ajaccio, a white gleam-
i - city, the jewel of Corsica,
listens like a diamond powd-
esed around with the gold of
orange blossoms, . . .
It is only a ...few minutes'
v:alk out of Ajaccio before one
steps into the glorious charm of
the maquis with 'its hesitant elu-
sive perfume which makes the
air of. Corsica something unique
he the world. It is spread all
over the island like a carpet,
making the island another Green
Isle, another Ireland.
cults very hot with • butter"
writes emily Delbridge,
)31./ MANI t41 S DiTS
2 cups sifted, flour
jeasp0Ou salt
Ilett4PSIATigloSa.0,r(toernivlis lt;b40,
34 teaspoon Soda dissolved. in 1
teaspoon water
Put shortening, • small amount
of flour, and part of buttermilk
in bowl and work until smooth,
Add soda and water, Add, alter-
nately, remaining flour, salt, and
buttermilk, Turn onto floured
board. and knead lightly until
smooth. Keep soft — but if too
soft to handle work in a bit
more flour, Roll or flatten with
hand. Cut and place on greased
baking sheet; bake at 425-450" F.
about 10 minutes, Makes about
16,
"These cathmeal flapjacks are
light and delicious, Test your
griddle to be sure it's hot and
don't overcook," writes Mrs.
Olive V. Armstrong,.
CORNMEAL FLAPMCKS
V. cup sifted. flour
2 teaspoons baking
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
11/4 cups cornmeal
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups buttermilk
2 tblaps. melted shortening
Sift together the flour, baking
Powder, soda, and salt. Add the
corn meal. Mix ,together beaten
eggs, buttermilk and melted
shortening. Add liquid mixture
to dry mixture, stirring just
enough to make a smooth batter,
Bake on hot griddle, turning
cakes to brown on both sides.
Make about eighteen cakes.
Serve with lots of butter and
syrup.
"I would like to share one of
my favorite recipes with other
Monitor readers," writes Mrs.
Ida C. Goodey.
DATE-NUT BREAD
1 cup cut-up dates
2 teaspoons soda
2 cups boiling water
2 tablespoons shortening
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup nut meats
2 teaspoons vanilla
Sprinkle soda over dates; pour
boiling water over this. Let cool.
Cream shortening and sugar;
add eggs and beat. Sift flour
with salt and add date mixture,
Add nut meats and vanilla, Line
5 No 2 'cans with waxed paper;
fill half-full of ,batter. Bake one
hour at 325° P.
She'll Be Queen To Six. Million
Russians Smarter?
cycle And lay on the path in
front of them, shamming OWL
Miraculously they stopped and
after looking down at his mo,, •
tionless body they turned and went away,
Another time, rounding a
bend on a jungle path, he carne
!'ace to face with 'a gorilla,
which was holding up one hand
end looked ,for all the world •
like a traffic cop! Maurice stop-
ped abruptly and waited for the •
assault, but after inspecting
him closely, the great ape turn-
ed round -and wandered away.
He saw leopards and lions And,
countless varieties of other
game while on his trip.
"There is no danger unless
you antagonize the animas,"
says 1VIeurice, "The same thing
applies to humans. It ,was very
seldom that I met with any-
thing but friendship from the
African people. Although at
times they seemed astonished
to see me cycling through the
bush."
At one small village many
?tundreds of milesfrom civili-
zation be was met by members
of a tribe who had never seen
white men, They threw 'spears
at him •and refused to let him
near their village. After much
palaver they agreed to let him
spend the night there, He found.
that they had thought him to
be some strange and powerful
spirit with round legs.. They
believed at first that the bicycle
was part of his body, It took
all his powers of persuasion to
convince them that he was as
human as they were.
If he could find no village at
night, Maurice simply lay on a
native blanket beside his bi-
cycle. He had no mosquito net
for most of his trip and yet he-
survived exposure nightly in a
• malarial part of Africa with the
reputation of being "the white
man's grave." He was badly
bitten and had several bouts of
the fever—and he treated him-
vegetarian, he had little
tsreelAfu.ble in finding food. He
found fruits in the bush which
he ate, and shared meals , native
of millet and guinea corn, He
drank water f o m • rivers,
streams • and native wells.
Back home again after his
marathon cycle tour, Maurice is
disillusioned. Audiences to
whom .he has lectured are pre-
pared to believe that he has ac-
complished a great personal act-
venture but they .are reluctant
to accept his kindness doctrine.
They, say ,that a man who "turns
the other+ cheek" merely dou-
bles his dOttor's bills. But
Maurice condemns their cyni-
cism 'and sticks to his claim that
kindness can accomplish almost
anything—and,. at least, he has
gone a long, way to prove it.
•
ic,',oen on travel? More and
more people .are these clays, and
in recent years the outlook for
the prospective globetrotter has
improved .considerably, Couoo,
tries which .after the war were
barred to tourists are now re-
placing their ".Keep Out" signs
with "Welcome" mats.
It is still comparatively easy,
however, for the traveller to
get bogged down in a mire of
officialdom and red tape, Pass-
'ports, visas, customs and cur-
valley regulations, inoculations,
restrictions on photography —
these are some of the aspects of
overseas travel which cause
frayed tempers and infuriating.
delays.
But when thirty-eight-year-
old Frenchman Maurice Claude
travels abroad he always man-
ages to steer clear of these Qom-
ulications and pitfalls. Maurice
has just returned to his home
in. Camblancs, Fiance, after a
20,000-mile cycle tour of Africa,
Passport? He hasn't got one.
Visas? Not for Maurice, Cur-
rency problems? Eliminated —
he took no money with him.
Inoculations? "I'm trying to
give them up," laughs. Maurice.
How does he get away with
it? The answer is that he
doesn't always, But most of the
time officials are so staggered
by his casual simplicity and
forthcoming honesty that they
let him go on his way.
For .Maurice is no ordinary
traveller, A member of the
Order of St, Francis of Assisi,
he left home three years 'ago to
prove to himself and the world
that it is possible to travel any-
where with nothing more than
the bare essentials of life.
"It's all done by 'kindness," is
Maurice's philosophy. His was
not the hitch-hiking, do-it-on-
the-cheap, . scrounging type of
travelling that has become so
widespread.
He asked nothing in return
for- his kindness—not even food
or shelter. Whatever gifts were
pressed upon him by grateful
natives or Europeans he would
dispose of toothers; whenever
he was given money, he spent
some on drugs and medicines
for the Africans and sent the
remainder home to his wife.
A carpenter by trade, Maur-
ice Claude found plenty to keep
him occupied among the ram-
shackle buildings of native vil-
lages., and his knowledge of
medicine and first aid was al-
ways valuable. He carried pen-
icillin and sulphur drugs In his
pack,. but .Tefused to use. them
to treat .' hiS own illness,
This remarkable man wand-
ered through some of the wild-
est parts of Africa with an al-
most incredible disdain for his
own safety and a disarming be-
lief in the ultimate goodness of
his fellow men. Not always was
this belief justified.
He was captured by fierce
Okande tribesmen who tied him
hand and foot -and threatened
him with death, He persuaded
them to let him treat the sick
of their villages and so success-
ful was his treatment that the
tribesmen. soon became his
staunch -friends.
In Fort Lamy, French Equa-
torial Africa, he was imprison-
ed as a lunatic. No one would
believe his story, At •the time
he was suffering from blackwa-
ter fever -caused by neglected
malaria,
The French
tided to ship
France to save
self, . So weak
How many times in 24 hours
are the hands of a clock' at right
angles?
The Cincinnati Post' picked up
this problem — and 35 others
that Russian high-school students
had grappled with in a Mathe-
matical Olympiad — and arrang-
ed for 32 seniors in two local
high schools to try them.
After their papers were scored,
H. David Lipsich, math professor
at the University of Cincinnati,
said "I'd be very happy to have
all 32 of, them attend UC next
year What impresses me most
is their willingness to tackle a
problem experimentally .
Then they go for what mathema-
ticians call 'rigorous proof.'"
Since the Cincinnati youths had
not studied the fields of math
covered by some questions, they
were allowed to pick them. Most
c Ii o s e to answer most of the
questions, and they got most of
them right,.
Clock hands, incidentally,
make a right angle 44 times in
24 hours — twice every hour,
except just once between 2 and
3 and between '8 and 9, a.m,
and p,in. Of 28 who tried this'
26 got it,
has been decorated under the'
close supervision of the king, who
is reported to have dredged Lon-
don's antique dealers for rare
period pieces.
Iraq, too, will be a home-away-
from-home for the princess who
comes from a wealthy family.
This land is not only the cradle
of the human race and the setting
for t h e Thousand - and - One -
Nights, but it is also the world's
sixth largest oil producer,
But to accept the hand of the
ki4, Princess Fazilet must give
up her dream of entering the
Pars Conservatoire of Music and
the hope of becoming a concert
pianist.
The groom, Feisal II, is a grad-
uate of Harrow in England and
the author of "Self Defense", a
small book on judo written in
Arabic, At 22, he is not much
younger than his country. Iraq
became an independent state at
the end of World War II, with
Feisal's grandfather—a descend-
ant of the Prophets — its first
king,
Today's young king is a mix-
ture of interests, enthusiasms and
history that add up to the making
of a romantic fellow,
He is energetic, conservative,
opinionated, but ready to listen.
His hobbies are painting and
sports .cars. He likes boxing and
hunting, but he is also interested
in low-cost houSing architecture.
by ROSETTE HARGROVE
(NEA Staff Correspondent)
PARIS — (NEA) — Prospect-
ive brides—even here—must put
in their apprenticeship at the
sewing machnie, in the kitchen
and with the book of etiquette.
But for at least one 17-year-old
girl, the problems of becoming
A bride are a little more compli-
cated.
Sehe is Fazilet, daughter of
Prince Mohamed .Ali
cousin to ex-King Farouk of
Egypt. And in addition to learn-
ing about little household chores,
Princess Fazilet is also learning
how to reign oven six milion
people.
This young lady is going to
marry King Feisal II of Iraq. And
she is going to do it directly from
her home here without having
to go into the movies.
In fact, in her whold lifetime
in France she has never gone
anywhere without a chaperon,
nor has she ever traveled by
Subway or public bus.
From the looks of things, she
may never have to. The palace
Ole will move to is the most lux-
nrious and costliest building in
Iraq, It sits on the banks of r',I}e
leupbrates River, dominatiiik
Mender golden minaret spires ,of
teghdacl.
The palace is surrounded by
14 small forest of rose trees, and
The smart girl never tries to
sell a man ideas. She gives them
to
authorities de-
him back to
him from him-
that he could
hardly stand, Maurice slipped
his guards, wriggled through a
small window and dropped to
the ground. He found his bi-
cycle and leaving all his other
possessions behind, cycled off
into the dark jungle.
He pedalled his way from
French Sudan into Nigeria, For
several days he stayed in 'Kano,
then left only four hours ahead
of the Nigerian pcaice who
`1441.1k,
LIBERTY STAMP This illustra-
tion shows the new printing
of the r egular eight-cent" Ir
God We Trust" Statue of Lib-
erty stamp. Printed in red and
blue on white, it was re-
leaSed March 22, at Cleveland,
Ohio, in connection with the
Garfield-Perry exhibition one
American Philatelic Society re.
gional meeting,
Mrs. Clara Gray, "It's a treat
the whole family enjoys. .
When I hear, 'Oh, I smell home-
made bread — may I have the
heel, Grand-mother?" — that's
when the real joy of bread mak-
ing comes in!"
WHITE BREAD
1 package dry yeast H
teaspoon sugar
IA tablespoons shortening (part
butter, if you like)
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon honey
1 cup scalded milk
:Pt, cup water
6 cups sifted flour (or less)
Add shortening, 2 tablespoons
sugar, salt, and honey to the
scalded milk; stir until dis-
solved, Add 3/4 cup water and
let cool to lukewarm; add yeast
which has been dissolved in 1/3
cup lukewarm water with 8/4
teaspoon sugar; add 3 cups flour
and beat until well blended. Add
remaining flour (I sometimes
find 51/z cups enough) and mix
well. Place on floured board and
knead lightly until dough is
firm and elastic.
Place in greased bowl, cover,
and set in warm place away
from drafts, Allow to rise double
in bulk. Knead again, after divid-
ing into 2 equal loaves. Place in
well-greased pans (8x4X3) and
allow to rise double in bulk,
Bake at 375° F. for 15 minutes,
then 350° F. about 30 minutes.
They should be a rich golden
brown all over.
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"Here is a pumpernickel bread
that is easy to make, since it re-
quires no kneading," writes Edith
Gerdes.
PUMPERNICKEL BREAD
2 cups boiling water
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon shortening
tablespoons sugar
11/4 -2 tablespoons salt
1 cake yeast
1 cup white flour
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups rye flour
Note: Do hot sift flour before
measuring.
Combine water and milk, and
add, shortening, sugar, and salt.
When, mixture is lukewarm, add
yeast. When yeast is dissolved,'
add flours, packing flour as you
dip it for adding. Make dough
stiff enough to beat with spoon;
beat until it clears pan and
spoon. Pour into round pan, 31/2 "
deep and 81/2 " across, Let rise in'
pan until doubled. Bake at
450° F. for 10' minutes, then re-
duce heat to 350*-400° F. and
bake 1 hour,
"I would like to share our
favorite hot roll recipe — these
are buttery crisp outside, but
soft and fluffy as angel food in-
side," writes Mrs.„K le Horton,
HOT YEAST ROLLS
1 cup warm water
1 package yeast (I use the dry
yeast)
2 tablespoons stigar
1 teaspoonepatt
2 ettps flour
1 egg
lit tut; butter (soft; that riot
melted)
Dissolve yeast in water in
ng bowl, Add sugar, .Salt, and
about one-half the flettr beat
thoroughly, Add egg, butter; then
gradually beat in rentairatig
flour until smooth. Let 'gad iri
warm place,
Stir down batter arid 'drop into
greased, medium sized Muffin
tiris, Let rise until clOtible in
bulk. Heat oven to :42$' F, Basle
10 mifiutes Makes 1 dozed gold-
en brOWn.
"Sere' thee butterinilk,
KING FEISAL : Oblivious to
time-honored protocol.
Someone once asked him: "If. ,
you were not king, what would
you like to be?"
"A mechanical engineer," he
snapped back.
It was his impulsive ,romantic
way that won his bride. The set-
ting was a dinner party in his
honor given two years ago by
Prince Mohamed Ali Ibrahim and
his wife, Princess Hanzade.
Their daughter, Fazilet, was
only 15 at the time, but Feisal
had made up his mind,
The next summer, the Royal
fraqian yacht moored alongside
Prince Ali. Ibeahim's yacht on the
Bosphorus. And for the three
weeks the young couple danced,
swam, played tennis and talked
under the hot sun.
Feisal returned to his kingdom
and his emissy came to request
the hand of Princess Fazilet for
the king,
Her parents reminded her that
she was not obliged to marry a
king and told her to think it over.
The next morning, her answer
mine: "Yes."
Again Poises romantic nature
took over. He invited his bride-
to-be and her parents to spend
the Christmas holidays on a visit
to Iraq.
Surrounded by palace digni-
taries, the king arrived early at
the airport. As soon as the plane
had toasted to a stop, the young,
slender, dark-eyed man bounded'
into the plane—oblivious of time-
honored protocol.
He re-appeared holding the
hand of his pretty, bewildered
fiancee.
While palace COUrtiers stood by
horrified at seeing their future
queen •in public without a veil,
and leaking for all the World like
'a Paris fashion drawing, the
young people iri the crowd t Cheer-
ed,
It seemed 'to them that their
young rulers would, at last, bring
a Metiern way-of-life to a land
out Of the Old Testament,
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