The Brussels Post, 1958-05-07, Page 6TA BLE TALKS
Jam AMIN-WS.
Gala Welcome For
Queen Mother
Seldom has a member of the
British Roy al ram ily shone
more brightly than did Rliza-
beth, the Queen Mother, when
she was given a spectacular cer-
emonial welcome home by the
City of London dignitaries at
the ancient Guildhall,
The Queen Mother looked
Particularly radiant because She
was back home after being the
first member of her family to
fly completely round the world,
Her smiles and every word
she spoke showed how delight-
ed she felt even after 35,000
miles by air—she seemed tre-
.mendously pleased to have had
so extensive a contact with the
young nations of the Common-
wealth "down-under" in Aus-
tralia and New Zealand,
But perhaps what was most,
Pleasing about the whale of the
Guildhall welcome-home cere-
monies was the warmth of the
Queen Mother's tribute to the
Australian Qantas Empire Air-
way's crew, who didn't quite get
her all the way home.
She was delayed in Mauritius
by a series of engine troubles to
the Lockheed super constella-
tion plane, and she completed
the last hop of her journey
from Malta to London by BOAC
Britannia.
Princess Margaret, who was
herself a sparkling guest at the
Guildhall reception, admitted to
a young New Zealander there
that Buckingham Palace was
very worried over the Mauritius
misfortune. But the Queen Mo-
ther herself refused to transfer
to the relief plane until the last
moment.
What Queen Elizabeth and
Princess Margaret and others at
Buckingham Palace were per-
haps not appreciating as fully
as the Queen Mother herself
was the extraordinarily high
safety factor which the world-
traversing airlines insist on
these days.
This reporter, having recent-
ly followed approximately the
same route around the world as
the Queen Mother as guest of
Qantas Airways on their round-
the-world inaugural flight, can
vouch for the predominance
given to safety.
A host of Britain's VIPs were
at the Guildhall to take part in
the historic welcome-home cere-
mony which is accorded there
to members of the Royal Fam-
ily on very special occasions.
On this occasion a brilliant TV
production of the scene enabled
many millions of Britons to join
in the occasion too.
The Queen Mother has long
enjoyed the admiration of her
people. But,seldom has her ma-
ture beauty been seen to greater
advantage, Princess Margaret's
attractiveness was in striking
contrast with her new hair style
called "the bang" with its fringe
and curl over the ear, They
'made an enchanting ,Picture of
ultra-modern daughter and tra-
ditionally beautiful mother, All
was set against the wonderful
backdrop of the costumes and
customs of ancient London.
The Queen Mother seemed,
like Prithe Minister 1.-larold Mac-
millan who has also been globe-
trotting in the Commonwealth
lately, to have picked up a cer-
tain new informality from her
contact with new and informal
people overseas,
She joked about meeting
Scotsmen wherever she went on
her Commonwealth trip. And
she gave a delightfully shy lit-
tle laugh as if to say that as a
Scotswoman herself she had
been longing to tell jokes about
Scotsmen all her lift—but pet'-
Saps it was only now after all.
this traveling around the world
and meeting new people that
she felt it proper to include
jokes about Scotsmen in royal
speeches.
MAKING A COMEBACK — The
flapper's "headache band" re-
turns to the fashion scene as
Tiffany's, revives the ornament
of the 1920's. So heavily en-
crusted with diamonds that a
gal might get a headache from
wearing it, this one has a price
tag of $200,000. Think of the
headache friend hubby will
have when he gets the bill.
• 111.1. 4.0
.egg
14 cup mcgccIl..shoTteolog
3 tablespoons granulated sugar"
Mix, ingredients together in
one bowl,. Since this recipe is
Slanted for the busy person,
don't fuss, It comes out beau-
tifully in the end,
Put ,dough into an. 8" square,
shallow baking tin, At first .you
may feel there isn't enough.
dough to cover the bottom of
the pan, but keep spreading and
stretching it with a fork. It ,will
cover.
Core, peel, and quarter, three
large apples, then cut into thin
Slices,.( A cup Of canned apples.
will speed the process.) Then,
overlap apples in parallel rows
on top of dough, pushing each
slcie of apple, thin edge only,
part-way into dough,
Combine next three in-
gre di en ts,
is teaspoon cinnamon
le. teaspoon eintmeg
3 tablespoons sugar
Sprinkle combination over ap-
ples, then top with three table-
spoons of butter. Bake in a hot
oven 400° F. for about 40 min-
utes, or until the apples are ten-
der,
The topping is optional, After
the cake has cooled for ten min-
utes, either whipped cream or
whipped jelly (any jelly on hand
will do), spread over the top‘
will complete an attractively
delicious dessert,
HIS FIRST ARMY BREAKFAST—Pvt. Elvis Presley, the 'rock 'n' roll
idol, rolled' out of bed a half-hour earlier than fellow Army
recruits at Fort Chaffee, and then ate his first Army breakfast,
above. Presley and 50 other recruits were outnumbered ,by re-
porters and photographers at the camp to record the hip-wig-
gling singer's entry into the service. Twenty.-three-year-old
Presley reported that he had "a good night's sleep."
Pottery Making
A Female Craft
Pottery-making, so long as
was done by hand, was in man:
cases a female craft. In vies;
of the lack of communication be
tween the women of differen
communities divided by dif
ferenee of speech and 'probabl,
of there were many loea
variants among the products o
the female pelets, Among thes
crafts that of pettery-makin;
gives specially valuable evideneq
because pot fragments have s,
often persisted' for thousands o
years.
As Europe north Of the Medi
teeranean was at first merely
barbaric fringe of the Middl
East and the Aegean civiliza
tions, it is natural that the Paint
ed pottery of the Near Has
should have been made, in th
course of time, during the thin
millennium B.C. on the loes
lands in Hungary and west o
the Dnieper. But though skill e
Pottery did spread westward:
the idea of a coloured slip dii
not penetrate far. Instead, th
surface, while still soft, wa
marked with incised lines, finge
impressions and, later on, wit]
incrustations, The lines might b
traced with an edged or pointel
stick or might be impressed la;
'pressing a string. There are als
pots in the Danish museums ox
namented by pressing a cockle
shell on to the surface befor
baking.
Archaeologists trace the spreal
and the replacement of potter;
styles in Europe as their ben
line of evidence for interpretin,
movements of peoples and of
cultural elements. It is a "fac
of some importance that abou
2000 B.C. or soon afterward
there appeared in Spain and i]
central Europe pottery of fine
quality than had for the mos
part been made hitherto in thes
regions. The vessels made wer
drinking cups or beakers; tee
paste of which they were mad
was usually fine and the bakirm
well done. The style is of interest
partly because, though it and it
variants last only a few genera
tions, they can be traced ove
wide areas, both hi Spain and 01
the loess of middle Europe a
well as, in quantity, in Britain
—From "Times and Places," la;
the late Harold Peake and Her
bert John Fleure,
kept her short of housekeeping
money, formed the vastly irri-
tating habit of plastering his
boots with old used postage
Stamps, torn off envelopes and
parcels?
She pasted them down so
tight that when he was in a
hurry to catch his morning train
for the office, he often had first
to steam them off his toe-caps,
banooclts.rush off with unpolished
It seemed she derived im-
mense satisfaction out of this
procedure, Matters came to a
Crux when he was preparing for
his firm's annual dinner, a dressy
affair, and he found the front of
his stiff white shirt transformed
into a chequer-board of used
stamps. This naturally annoyed
the keen collector,
The situation worsened when
she began to invade his stamp
album, removed prized speci-
mens, and sold them "to raise
her housekeeping allowance,"
Admitting defeat, he disposed of
his entire collection.
Now he sits at home, a morose
and silent man, while his wife
tells the neighbours: "My hus-
band's getting old and horribly
dull, A pity he can't find some-
thing interesting to occupy him,"
When women take to nagging,
then men must look out. From
northern France comes a story
of a couple who became es-
tranged because of the wife's ob-
session for dogs. She not only
kept large numbers of them, but
gave them the complete run of
the house.
The husband, returning from
work, was shocked to discover
Pekes perched on the kitchen
table, sampling his stew. When
he went into the drawing-room,
there were other dogs scuffling
about. It was the same in the
bedroom, They climbed into his
bed and drove him out of it.
When he complained, his wife
accused him of being "a hard-
hearted beast!"
Sometimes women are victims
of naggers. Let us introduce
Hildegrade, a Hamburg woman
who, living with her sister on a
joint income, their father's leg-
_ acy, felt perhaps that with her
sister removed, her own life
would be rosier.
Now this sister, Anna-Maria,
detested, as many women do,
both mice and spiders. So Hilde-
garde went out of her way to
introduce such creatures on al]
possible occasions. •
Poor Anna-Maria could no
longer look forward even to
milk puddings, her favourite
sweet, for invariably she found
a spider drowned beneath the
rice. Mice, too, scampered
about the house with ediscon-
certing
„
frequency. And some-
times these also appeared on
the menu,
It was all done very subtly.
The nagging sister even pro-
duced a cat, to keep the mice
down, but fed it surreptitiously
so that it wouldn't look at a
mouse, dead or alive.
This dreadful state of affairs,
with one sister trying to drive
the other crazy, persisted for
about three years, But Anna-
Maria was tough. Finally, she
decided to go and live with
friends in, a fresh district. And
this time fate neatly intervened.
For Hildegarde, living on her
own, caught a chill which de-
veloped into pneumonia and
caused her death.
Super Cheesecake
Even those who say they do not
ordinarily like cheesecake, wax
enthusiastic when this one is
served.
Crust:
15 graham crackers, crushed
I pinch cinnamon
6 tablespoons melted butter
Mix and spread around bot-
tom of pan and sides.
Filling:
3 eggs beaten till lemon yellow
1 cup sugar
1 pound cream cheese
Add cheese very slowly.
(leave out' of refrigerator ii"
soften before using.)
Rind of one lemon, grated
1 teaspoon vanilla
Bake 45 minutes at 350° F. or
until firm. (Use pan with fairly
high sides, or spring-mold pea,
as cake rises.) Cool, then pour
'following cream mixture on top.
1 pint sour cream
3 teaspoons sugar
ifs teaspoon vanilla
Bake 500° F. for 13 minutes
with oven door open. This last
is import an. Chill and serve.
Serves 10 to 12,
WELL-FARE STATE
Police of Ferndale have re-
cently intensified their "Cour-
tesy Pays” campaign. Pedestrians
and motorists who show cour-
tesy are stopped by the police
and issued with a ticket, The
tickets are good for a free meal
at a local restaurant.
Crabby Husbands.
Nagging Wives
The young wife Wanted her
treedoin so that ,she could marry
at wealthy man, lIer husbanat
would not consent to a divorce,
however, because, despite her
proneness to nagging, he was
still in love with her.
"So you refuse to divorce
me?" she demanded, The hus-
band nodded and launched into
heartfelt plea to his wife to
is an make Pp. 13t1t the Wife,
instead of feeling pleased, nurs-
ed. a bitter hatred against him
and determined to make his life
a misery,
Night after night, as he tried
to sleep, she disturbed him. At
first, she merely placed alarm
clocks under his bed, timed to
go off at 2 or 3 a.m. But eventu-
dlly he grew accustomed to
iem, so she took sterner rnea-
mares, Creeping into his room,
she would dash a cupful of ice-
cold water into his face, some-
times not even bothering to re-
move the ice lumps!
Finally, as the culmination of
her hate, she took to daubing
him, while he slept, with quan-
tities of flour paste. At last the
unfortunate man relented and
gave her grounds for divorce.
Nagging, it has been said,
weakens only those who are
themselves weak. People with
strong and buoyant tempera-
ments generally stop such non-
sense before it can begin, or
perhaps they do not marry nag-
gers in the first place!
A Yorkshirewoman, though
good-hearted, hard-working and
thrifty, became thoroughly net-
tled by her husband's habit of
putting his feet up on the best
hair in their living-room, She
wearied of telling him to desist.
1130 she took to rattling a tin of
'intones in his ears every time
she caught him with his feet up.
This new tactic fairly riled him,
He counter-attacked by hunting
out and throwing away her tin
of stones. This only made her
get bigger tins and stones.
The situation became so diffi-
cult that the two took separate
rooms and for two years lived
quite apart, even taking their
meals independently.
In the U.S.A., nagging in some
households takes the form of
endlessly criticizing the hus-
band's money-earning capacity,
his manners, his choice of neck-
wear, the closeness or otherwise
of his shave.
Inevitably, the nagger offers
'him a good comparison — that
"peach of a man," Steve Smooth-
phizz, two blocks distant, who
every day gives his wife such a
pleasant surprise: money for a
new dress, a bouquet, some new
perfume or a big box of choco-
lates.
"He worships the ground on
which her shadow falls," said
one disgruntled woman, refer-
zing to a neighbour's hhusband.
"But as for you, Custard Joe,
you don't see my shadow any-
where—no, not even when I'm
standing right here beside you."
"Nor you mine, any longer,
honey," snapped the husband,
his patience worn. out, And so
:saying, he jumped into his car
and roared off, He didn't return,
or give her a clue to his where-
abouts for four long weeks.
When he reappeared, she was
mighty glad to welcome him
back, and having learned her
lesson, put away her "nagger's
tongue," as she had the grace to'
say, into the family fridge!
Who wins the nagger's stakes?
There can be no final answer,
Since new forms of nagging ap-
pear almost daily. But could it
be the' woman win* jealous of
her husband's mania for stamp
collecting, and thinking that he
Removing Stains
From Old Glass
One day at an auction I sae'
a lovely cut glass perfurn
bottle. It was badly stained wit:
a "high water" mark insich
I've learned not to buy din
ccilored or dead glass, no matte
how beautiful the shape an
pattern when it is badly marke
in this way. And until then
had never found a way to ri
move the stubborn stains.
The person next to me spot
up. "If the dealer would cies
the bottles before exhibitin
them, she would get far beth
prices."
"Do you know a method 1<
removing stains like that?"
asked.
"Only an old-fashioned or
that seems to work," she replie
"Wash a potato well, then cut
up into small chunks with tl
peel left on. Put half a cup
these into the bottle with °now
water to reach the line of di
coloration. Let them stand of
or more days. Then when 37(
rinse the bottle, the stains w
be gone."
And, wonderful to be told, tl
old homemade method h
worked equally well for me!
By Sarah Shields Pfeiffer in 7
Christian Science Monitor,
Drive With Car
CALMED DOWN—Looking prop-
erly contrite, Nicky, the Barbary
ape who escaped twice en route
to the Overton Park Zoo sits
calmly in his cage eating a
banana. The ape scrambled
through the rigging of the ship
that brought him to the United
States, leading the sailors
merry chase. Then, ashore, he
temporarily got away again.
meringue in 4 or 5 peach or pear
halves. Bake or broil until mer-
ingue is lightly browned.
Another Garnish
Another, idea for garnish for
your lamb is fruit en brochette.
Thread any combination of small
fruit or pieces of fruit, such as
pineapple chunks, cherries, crab
apples or bananas, on skewers.
If you like them hot, brush with
melted butter before heating.
Sweet Potatoes
If you're having sweet pota-
toes, you may like to serve these
pineapple towers. Spread canned
pinapple slices with mashed
sweet potatoes, brush with but-
ter and top each with a marsh-
mallow. Bake until heated
through. * „
You'll like a lamb breast if
you fill it with this pineapple-
mint dressing. Get a 3-pound,
boned breast; cut a pocket from
end to end. Season with salt and
pepper. Put the dressing inside
the pocket and skewer edges to-
gether. Place on rack fat side up
in uncovered roasting pan; roast
at 325° F, for 2 hours or until
tender. Make gravy with pan
drippings.
PINEAPPLE-MINT STUFFING
2 tablespoons shortening
3 tablespoons finely chopped
onion
1 quart soft bread crumbs
1/4 teaspoon salt
Dash pepper
1 can (No. 2) or 21/2 .cups
crushed pineapple, drained
1 teaspoon chopped mint
Melt shortening in skillet; add
onion and sauté until tender.
Pour over soft bread crumbs,
salt, pepper, pineapple and mint,
Stir. • *
Nothing quite tops Dutch ap-
ple cake for a pick-up dessert.
Since this cake can be whipped
up in a matter of minutes, as a
matter of fact while the potatoes
are cooking, a dressy dessert is
ever at hand, however busy the
woman of the house may be.
DUTCII APPLE CAKE
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
le teaspoon salt
1//4 cup of milk
One welcome sign of spring
is rhubarb. A favorite way of
cooking it may be familiar to
some of you, but it's worth men-
tioning because of its simplicity.
After washing stalks of rhu-
barb, trim off any brown spots
and cut on a board into 1-inch
pieces. Place in a casserole with
some sugar—about eel cup of
sugar to 1 pound rhubarb, unless
you have a sweeter tooth, Cover
and bake at about 325° F. for
45 minutes. No water is needed,
for the drops of moisture which
cling when you wash the stalks
will combine with the natural
juice of the plant to make abund-
ant sauce, and slow cooking will
produce a lovely, deep pink hue,
A little experimenting the
other day resulted in a delight-
ful modification of the above
process. With the sugar which
was sprinkled on the rhubarb
there was mixed about 3 tea-
spoons of cornstarch, and of
course the resulting sauce be-
came thick as it cooked, (A stir
once in a while during cooking
helps to keep the sauce smooth.)
When the thickened rhubarb
cooled, it was not only a strik-
ing pink, but just the right con-
sistency to spoon into crisp tart
shells, made from ordinary pie-
crust. A dab of whipped cream
on top made a handsome and
delicious dessert, a kind of one-
crust rhubarb pie.
There was One special advan-
tage, too. You can put the rhu-
barb in the tart shells just be-
fore serving time, thus avoid-
ing the soaking-in process which
Often makes a day-old pie some-
what soggy. *
Just in case you've mislaid
ferrher recipes for roasting a
leg of lamb, here are directions.
If your leg of lamb' weighs from
5 to 6 pounds, roast it from 21/2
to 31/e hours at 300° F. If you
use a meat thermometer, it will
register 175° F. for medium done
and. 180° for well done.
Do not have •fell removed
from leg of lamb, Season meat
with salt and pepper. Place skin
side down on rack in open roast-
ing pan, Insert meat thermom-
eter so the bulb reaches the cen-
ter of the thickest part of the
leg, being sure bulb does not
rest on fat or bone. Do not add
water. Do not cover, Allow 30 to
35 minutes per pound for roast-
ing. F *
To go with your roast lamb, try
these mint dressing balls. About
thirty minutes before your lamb
is done, place these balls on a
rack with the roast and bake
them, You'll enjoy this new way
of serving mint.
MINT DRESSING CALLS
1A CUD finely chopped onion
eel cup finely chopped Celery
2 tablespoons butter
2 tulle toasted bread erunilie
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon sett
Ve tease:Mon. pepper
1 tableepoen„dried Mint or 'A
eup Chopped ftesh mint
1 egg beaten
Cook omen and celery 'an but-
ter until tender; add remaining
ingredients and toSS until moist-
ened. Shape into eight bells,
Methignee
If you decide not to serve mint
itt dressing balls, garnish your
'feast with mint meringue treats',
Beat 1 egg white until stiff. Add
1/4 cup Mint jelly an.:' . ontiride
beating until in'oted, Place
tKY PILOt-The ktv. Charles Lee, a flier. ip World cit II; has
now taken to the air for histhurth, the 34-year-old Ccingrega-
VOW Minister has bedii hedge -hopping across Great Plaipt
fates for two years,
ALL FOR PEACE — F ifty people prefiestirid. nuclear tests schedulea t betel in et:ie
Peale lb April are shown• eldriiiid Out on their lUd mile six day walk fs.,9 ro.k City '(rent
The marchers intend to do Id the U tuildind to bring up cast for the-
eibolitian of nuclear rests of i Good Priddy,
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