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The Brussels Post, 1958-04-23, Page 2*less Yes ee:es Some .• hout For the 11 million Americans painfully afflicted with arthritis and its related rheumatoid dis- Pases, there is temporary relief through powerful drugs—but no cure. Nor is there definite scion. tine knowledge as to what cause: man's oldest physical affliction, This much the arthritis re- searchers do know; The blood of these sufferers contains a any. sterious "rheumatoid factor" nei, found in normal blood or in the blood of people with other die. eases. Exaetiy what the facto' is, however, still evades the sciTveso ntistsinvestigators from the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Des, Henry G. Kunkle and Edward C. Franklin, recent- ly hit upon a significant new clue which may speed the dis- covery of the cause of these crippling diseases. Using an ultracentrifuge, they chemically isolated the "rheumatoid factor" from the rest of the blood of these victims, While they have not yet "seen" this factor, they know that it is much smaller than the polio virus, probably smaller than any known virus. "Because we know the size of this factor, the hunt for the cause of the disease is narrowed down," Dr. Joseph J, Bunim, clinical director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Meta- bolic Diseases at Bethesda, Md., said last week , "The factor's size indicates that might be an anti- body ((a disease-fighting mech- anism); it conies from the frac- tion of the blood serum in which the antibodies reside. If it is an antibody, we may be able to trace the antigen (a substance capable of causing an antibody to form) which evokes the anti- body, The discovery gives us new insight into the cause of the disease." For the present, arthritis and rheumatism sufferers must con- tinue to rely for relief from pain on the steroid hormones (ACTH, cortisone, preclnisone, and pred- nisolone) and the synthetic chem- icals. The latest synthetics are Medrol (Upjohn), which went on the market three months ago, and Triancinolone (Lederle), not available to the public as yet. Both appear to be pain-relieving, with a minimum of side effects. Nevertheless, Dr. Bunim em- phasized last week, these anti- arthritic remedies "should he given only under the most care- ful and conservative supers, s vision." All the steroids found to date have )otential hazards and possibly serious side effects. Aspirin is still the xemedy to use at first. From Newsweek Obey the traffic signs — they are placed there for YOUR SAFETY. Mesasseeee • • e 'sea • ss see ti r. r. 0 e. • I ► HERE'S FOOD RESEARCH at the taste level as experts sample food preserved by gamma rays from radioactive material. But farm and food producing experts agree United States' research to develop better foods is inadequate. ► ► ► ► 1/4 a 15 L 'e' TABLE TALKS twOOJn i dozvz Anckew NEW CAREER — A few yards of filmy lace serve for a costume as curvacious Debra Paget pre- mieres atempestuous dance routine at a Las Vegas, Nev., hotel. The 24-year-old actress has embarked on a free-lance career after being freed from a 10-year movie contract. Honey Goes Modern ► ► ► I sor, the boy Henry III. There were jewelled sceptres And swords, great maces "with gold feet and hands," crowns, wands and hundreds of silver feasting cups. Rocolpts given by John to the monasteries also show That he had colloetcel sixteen staffs studded with precious stones, a gold vessel ornamented with pearls, the gift of the Pope, a gross of richly jewelled goblets and chests packed with rarities each worth a king's ransom in in modern sale rooms, Yet there is a theory that the King faked the accident after pawning the regalia with the money-lenders. Convinced that the valuables were safely stow- ed in a secret vault, one trea- sure hunter spent years explor- ing the dungeons and secret passages of Rockingham Castle, Corfe Castle and elsewhere. In search of proof, the iKrig's tomb in Worcestor Cathedral was opened some years ago only to reveal that the King had been buried in a monk's cowl instead of a royal diadem, as if proving that royal treasures had been lost. A gold coronet was once found during the sinking of a well almost at the site of today's new treasure quest. The discov- ery of "a helmet of gold sette with stones" and "bedes of sil- ver in a potte" are also recorded in ancient writings. Since King John's hoard was apparently lost, and not deli- berately concealed, it would not legally rank as treasure trove and could not be confiscated by the Crown. Though salvage costs with mechanical dredgers and pump- ing machinery should be high, conservative estimates are that recovery of only part of the glittering cavalcade could yield $6,000,000. Hopes soar as the quivering needles of the electronic earth- tester indicate the soil resist- ance of what may be the long- vanished causeway. After all, it's fifty years since a man digging for clams in the mud hereabouts found "King John's loving cup" and w o n world-wide attention. a After cleaning, it seemed to ,,die 'of silver with golden ban- edltieemarked with the apparent date" 1162. Unluckily, the cup 'ssras swiftly proved to be only -the broken base of an old-fash- amered brass oil-lamp. The date was -merely the manufacturer's pattern number! 1 teaspoon each cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, cloves and salt Simmer beef until tender, put through food chopper. Add other ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Cook for ten minutes; then bot- tle and seal. S * Here's the recipe for a de- lightful Cherry Cake. It would be especially pretty for a Val- entine Day's party, Cherry Cake 1 cup granulated sugar % cup butter 2 well beaten eggs 1 small cup milk 21A cups flour sifted twice 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 cup seedless white raisins 1 cup cherries Bake 1 hour, 375 degrees. • * • Dutch Apple Pudding 2 large apple's, peeled, cored and diced % cup finely chopped nuts 1 egg, beaten Scant cup of sugar 2 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 342 teaspoon salt Mix together -all ingredients lightly. (If your apples are not tart, go easy on the sugar, and add a few drops of lemon juice.)' THE STING' An old farm laborer, retired, was hired'by a wealthy but ex- tremely parsimonius lady to tend her garden and pull up all the weeds. When dinner time came around he noted with disgust that the only fare on the table, in addition to stale bread, a smidgen of butter, and tea, was a tiny spot of honey in the middle of a large plate. After eating in silence for some moments, he looked hard at the honey and remarked politely to her: "I see, ma'am, you keep a bee," COURTESY There are many housewives who seldom serve fish just be- cause they don't feel they cook it well. It's no more trouble than a chop and what a pleasant change its delicate flavor is. This easy way takes no particular skill. Just don't overcook the fish. Lemon-Broiled Fillets % cup lemon juice % cup olive or salad oil 1 teaspoon salt Fresh ground pepper % teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon celery seed 1I/2 pounds fresh fish fillets Combine lemon juice, oil and seasonings. Pour over fish; let stand about an hour. Drain fish (saving marinade) and place in broiler pan four inches from, the heat. (Pre-heat broiler 10 min- utes ahead.) Broil for five min- utes, brushing with sauce sever- al times and turn over fillets for another five minutes, when the fillets flake (not crumble) they are done, Arrange fish pieces on hot serving plate. Dot with but- ter. Garnish with lemon wedges. Sufficient 'for 4 servings. • * * Ohe of the recipes most fre- quently requested is for Carrot. Pudding. Here's one that I can really recommend. Carrot Pudding 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup ground suet 1 cup grated potato 1 cup currants 1 cup seeded raisins 1 cup bread crumbs 1/2 cup mixed peel 11A cups flour sifted with 1' teaspoon baking soda Pinch of salt Mix ingredients together and steam 31/2 hours, • * • The 'boughten' kind of mince- meat is very good; but to a whole lot of -folks it lacks some- thing of the satisfaction of the sort you make yourself, Here's a really fine recipe you might like to try. Mincemeat 2 lbs. lean beef 1 lb. minced suet 21/4 lbs. brown sugar 2 lbs. raisins 2 lbs. currants 1,4 lb. mixed peel 5 lbs. apples (peeled and chopped) "Does your husband ever quarrel with you?" "Goodness, no l He's too much of a gentleman, He just goes out and slams the door. Still Seeking. Royal 1"Feasure Over the ploughed Fenian(' flarOWS a team of young men drag a sled loaded with elec- Weal equipment — and the world's longest-sustained trea- sure lumt nukes a dramatic new bid for attention. ''orty feet deep in the black ratid the treasure that King John ► iost in the Wash has defied Seekers for nearly 750 years, The ancient regalia of Eng- land, King Alfred's crown, the Sword of Tristrern, shrines o' sil- yer and gold, loot from the Crusades, rubies and diamonds plundered in the Norman Con- quest, all lie buried in the ooze. Can a modern survey succeed where earlier attempts have failed? The baggage train of pack- horses and carts, a mile and a half long, was crossing the tidal estuary of the Wash by a nar- row causeway in the year 1210 only to be overwhelmed in the October mist by a sudden tidal, wave. Not a man survived. Sol- diers and horses were swept from the causeway and engulf- ed in the quicksands. But where was the causeway? The Lincolnshire scene has changed beyond recognition since King John fled that way from his wrathful barons. Wash- ing down from Midland fivers, silt has raised the levels little by little. Generations of farm- ers and engineers have reclaim- ed rich land from the sea year by year, Today the beaches lie at least six miles east of King John's old sea walls. Instead of salty tides thousands of acres of land now sprout crops. Somewhere beneath this dark loam the site Of the lost causeway lies hidden. Scholarly study of old parch- Merits confirms that the King travelled by a longer inland route, leaving his convoy to take the seaward short cut. Now modern air photography has dle route which horsemen and dis- closed the probability of a mid- wagon-drivers might have taken ►'during autumnal gales. A, youthful electrical scientist, George F. Tagg, uses an earth- tester to measure the electrical resistance of the soil. Firmer soil gives a different reading from adjacentlsticksands. Sye- tematic readings of the subsoil, . he argues, would enable the Vanished outlines of the cause- way to be proved. A contour map of sand and aluminum has been built in a laboratory. Thousands of read- ings, taken every twenty yards in the treasure area, have yield- ed significant evidence of firm- ness in a stratum underlying an orchard and a stubble field near the hamlet of Walpole St. Peter. One of the field volunteers is the actor son of a man who searched for the treasure under a CrOwn concession twenty years ago. In those days there were no metal detectors to indicate the whereabouts of long-buried suits of armour or chain-mail. Nor was there any knowledge of radar or radio-activity to help hunt for shadowy outlines in the site. -But was King John's treasure ever lost in the Wash? Recent investigation by historians pro- vides an appetizing inventory of royal assets missing at the cor- onation of King John's succes- FROM THE FAR NORTH—Dr. Richard S. MacNeish (above) chief archaeologist of the Human History Branch, National Museum of Canada, inspects one of the many artifacts he collected during a field trip along the Alaska Highway in the Yukon Territory last surrimer. Dr. MacNeish found archaeological material in the-Yukon that is very similar to objects found in Outer Mongolia. This evidence provides a definits. link be- tween the peoples of Asia and the early inhabitants of North America. of imprisonment imposed on you." George won't trouble South Africa for a long time to come. He's cooling off • with a long term of imprisonment in Pre-, torial Worth Milliious "Ort.The.euff" With a flourish of axis pen the well-dressed, well - spoken man signed the hotel register, then he followed the porter to his room, The plush hotel mana- ger was impressed — it wasn't every day that the managing director of one of South Africa's greatest oil companies visited the town, "This is an extra special guest," the hotel manager warn- ed his staff, "He's worth mil- lions." Within a day, Ifarry George, the charming oil company direc- tor, had ingratiated himself with the hotel manager, When he ordered, drinks for' some newly- made friends and dug into his pocket, the hotel manager waved the idea of cash aside and hand- ed the visitor a chit to sign, Ward swiftly spread through Vereeniging about the affluent visitor and civic leaders made it their business to meet him. He entertained lavishly, and when he was introduced to the daugh- ter of a local company director, it was a case of love at first sight for both .e From a jeweller George ob.- taMed a $1,000 diamond ring on credit. He ordered flowers and expensive gifts for his fi- ancée. No one dreamed of ask- ing for cash, not from so weal- thy a man. Everything was "on the cuff." George instructed the hotel manager that nothing but cham- pagne was good enough for his 400 guests. The party was cer- tainly an event to be remem- bered. All George did was to sign chits fOr everything. In the six weeks he spent in the town he ran up a fantastic bill run- ning into many thousand dollars. Yet he had only twenty cents to his name ! Then, one morning, the "weal- thy" visitor vanished. In half an hour the whole town was in an uproar. Trades- men rushed to the police wav- ing sheaves of bills. The docket opened by the police against George, on charges of obtaining goods and cash by false pre-' tences and theft, swelled until it' was nearly a foot thicke An saiirgent warrant was obtaineedelor his arrest. Ten days later a police .officer in Wakkerstrooin, another Trans- vaal town several hundred miles from Vereeniging, heard about a rich diamond merchant staying at the town's leading 'hotel and obtaining credit 'everywhere on the strength of his position. A quick check-up showed that "George Stevenson" was in fact also "Harry George" and a dozen other aliases. No sooner had the officer placed his hand on George's shoulder than the oil company director - curse-diamond merchant grinned. "You can't do anything. to me," he declared. "I am an escaped lunatic! Get in touch with Dr. Ginsburg at the Fort Napier Hospital in Pietermartizburg, you'll find I am telling the truth." The pollee telegraphed the in- stitution and discovered that George had been confined there after being certified insane, but for more than two years at dif- ferent intervals he had escaped and run riot in South African towns, always leaving behind him bills for at least $3,000. It w a s pointless bringing charges against the man; he was returned to the mental horn' and the people he had hoaxeil could do nothing but chalk their losses up to experience. George did not know it, but the police ' the hospital author ities and the commissioner for mental hygiene were thoroughly fed up with his antics, While he was in the mental home, an application was made to the commissioner for his discharge. He had been admitted about four years previously and what- ever symptoms of insanity which may at that time have been present, no longer existed. One night George vanished from the horrie again after seal- ing the wall. He went to the Natal south coast and ran up enormous bills in about twenty resorts. George was having the time of his life at one of his famous parties when two'detectives walked in and clapped hand-, cuffs on him. He merely grinned and told them they couldn't do a thing because he was" an es-' taped lunatic. Next day, in court, he repeat-, ed his assertion that heWat not responsible tor his actions. "You are wrong, you know," the magistrate smiled. "YOU Were discharged fresh the home on the day after you escaped. The coreinissionet has signed` certificate that yeti are earna pletely cured and that yeti can stand trial arid u'ndergee any term- In ancient times honey was an essential commodity since it was almost the only available source of sugar. It was also valued in India and other tropi- cal countries as a laxative and, when mixed with yellow wax, as a mild coating or sedative for ulcers. In ancient Egypt it was used as an embalming ma- terial and to preserve fruit. The British used honey to make mead, the. Romans to make mul- sum and the Russians lipez — all intoxicating beverages. Honey was so highly regard- ed by ancient civilizations that it was frequently employed, in religious ceremonies. Mixed with milk or water, it was presented by the Greeks as a libation to the dead. A honeycake was the monthly food offered to the fabled serpent which guarded the Acropolie. Even the abori- gines of Peru offered, honey to their sun god. It was, however, forbidden as a sacrifice in the Jewish ritual. Like other branches of agri- culture, bee-keeping has under- gone many changes in the last half century. Scientific rearing of queen bees and selective cross-breeding programs have resulted in new and improved strains of worker bees. New hives, supers and frames have been developed to improve both the quantity and quality of the honey and to ease the work of the bee-keeper. Better grades of comb foundation have been per- fected and improvements made in methods of extracting honey from the comb. In recent years changes have also taken place in traditional 'methods of packaging honey for the retail market. These, changes were well illustrated by the On- tario Beekeepers Association in their exhibit at the Royal Agri- cultural Winer Fair. The exhibit was abalze with lights and its size .magnified by huge mirrors. The various honey exhibits were colorfully displayed. Gone were the cumbersome pails in which extracted honey was once offered for sale. In their place were attractive tubes and cans and gleaming bottles, Interspers- ed with the extracted varieties were many exhibits of comb honey, Mdst of the individual combs were packaged in sparkling wraps of cellulose film, but' a few were shown in cardboard containers with clear plastic die- cut windows, Even beeswax, a valuable by- product of the honey industry, appeared in wrappings of trans- parent cellulose, The oversell effect of the dis- play, said viewers, proved the value of modern packaging by fully displaying the product and creating an impression of purity and 'perfection -- the essential charaeteristice of good honey', HIS ERROR - • . A Mari telephoned the police to report that thieves had tamp- ered with his car. !they've stolen the •steering: wheel, the brake pedal, the etceletetrita the clutch Pedal and the dashboard," he complained. A pace sergeant said no teould investigate. Then the telephone rang again. "Don't bother," said the same Wiled with a hiccup, "I got into the back seat by Mistake.' BUILT FOR CURVES—This strange-lOattitig; vehicle it the•eiZperi., Mental prototype: of a nevi` "pendular" pattenger carriage being tested in Paris by the French National Railways. Officials claim that the self-fitting doe tail whip araUnd curveI,,df Ob miles on hour without 'Spilling' foad in the &nee affecting rider: with sensitive stetaidiellis The 32-.passenger ricicre4 WhiCK Weighs 37 tons, tilts autortiatiCally to eXaetly offset the' eerstias fugal force that would normally' th'r'ow' passengers towoed the- outside of the curve, ATOMIC PLANT GOES- INTO OPERATION this, was the scene in the 6166i:irate CdsittO1 reioni at the first atomic power plant in the United -States' deSigried'ialely:fOrtattlMertial Into •aperatiOn. The "plant-.can produce enougi'l'etettetati to light 1 homes i'n' the ..area;