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learnina, to paint on — cobwebs..
Why? Because the fair-hatred,
pretty Viennese girl with whom
he had fallen desperately in atese.
had looked at him coquettishly
When he proposed to her and
had said: 'The man I love must
do the impossible." • •
With grim ardour the young
painter eel about achieving. his
superhuman task, •wonting or
years in an obscure little studio,
Finally he achieved "the
possible" one bitter December
night — lie painted a lovely little
picture on a spider's web, after
discovering the special ,Q ()lour
mixture which would show on
the web' and not tear it.'
What had happened to the girl.
who 'had inspired him? He went,
to seek her — only to find that
she was dead, Artistic Vienna
applauded the man who portray-
ed miniatures on cobwebs, but
the fame he won never compen-
sated him for her death,
A strange story of how some
native girls in Papua insisted on
would - be suitors committing
murder was told in an official
report from the wild hinterland
of British New Guinea.
Courting there was a strenu,
ous business, for no attractive
girl would look at a suitor until
he had killed a man To prove
he had done it he had to ptesent
her with a finger belonging tp
the victim,
Claims Tail Fins-
Have Their Uses
No adornment of the Anieri-
can road has been so caricatured
as the soaring tailfins on late-
model automobiles. So drastic
has 'been the attack on these
streamlined pieces of light-fes-
tooned sculpture that few re-
member the very practical pur-
pose they were originally intend-
ed to serve
Last month, a 65-year-old Ger-
man scientist tried to set the
matter right during a visit to the
Stevens Institute of Technology
in Hoboken, N.J., where one of
his four sons works. Dr. Wuni-
bald. Kamm, "Father of Tailfins,"
recalled: "I started in about 1935
when I was in charge of the
Automotive Research Institute
in. Stuttgart. I had 400 assistants
—200 engineers and 200 mechan-
ics—working on the problem of
stability and what tailfins could
do to help. I have continued
ever since. Recently we s have
even interested the German Gov-
ernment in the very real possi-
bility of finned cars which auto-
matically keep their direction
so you don't have to keep bal-
ancing them all the time."
Directional stability—the abil-
ity of an automobile to keep its
course without driver correction,
even when disturbed—has si-
ways been Kamm's goal. He feels
that tailfins even larger than the
ones on current Detroit models `
are needed to achieve this. Their
purpose: To concentrate all the
wind forces which act on a car
at a focus between the centre of
gravity and the midpoint of the
vehicle. Mathematical analysis
as well as wind-tunnel and tow-
ing-tank tests have shown that
this point is critical to automo-
bile stability.
To test his theories further,
Kamm hopes to persuade U.S.
and German manufacturers to
build radically tail-finned exper-
imental autos on the pattern of
one he designed for millionaire-
sportsman Briggs Cunningham,
Unfortunately, Cunningham did
not like the fins and took them
off, a decision Kamm feels handi-
capped the car in a French race
last year "The driver drove the
fastest lap," said Kamm, "hut
then was thrown off the track
and could not get to victory
again; If the fins had been on
the car, he would not have had
the accident."
Strange Things.
Folks Do For Love
self, Let's call it prOl• innal
deceit,"")•
Expanding on his analysis of
Dr, Karl Menninger (see above),.
Dr. Knowles pursued: "Your
emotions simply do not show..
You should be good poker
player — have a good
many literary and cultural inter-
eats Your mate tells you that
you are independent and stub,
born. And it seems that you are
trying to control or even over-
come .a. quick temper," his wife
told him no such thing, com-
mented Dr, Blienninger.. And, his
friends say his moods are rner-
curial,
'As for Dr, Paul Dudley White,
Dr. Knowles found him: "Cool-
headed, calculating, and reserv-
ed „.. You like good clothes and
rich food, You know how to
wear colorful sport clothes with-
out ostentation. If your feelings,
are hurt, they stay hurt .. , You
use very little imagination, and
you dislike physical exercise . ,
'Why are you so irritable?
The athletic Dr. White's reace
Lion: "This interpretation is per-
haps 15 per cent correct and 85
per cent in error don't wear
sports coats," Dr, Knowles' snap-
back to Dr, White; "But if you
did, you'd wear them properly!'
—From NEWSWEEK.
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BABY BALLERINAS—Starting a course of rigorous training which may make some of them
ballet stars in the future, these youngsters put plenty of energy into the job of acting out
a nursery rhyme at a dancing school in London, England. Children of 10 to 14 years are
trained at the school.
This Could /Only
To Canada Toot
Says. Handwriting
is Revealing
The study of handwriting as
a clue to personality traits — an
activity often likened to reading
tea leaves — has gained fenta.,•
tine support from some psychia-
trists and doctors in recent years.
One : of the new advocates is Dr,
W. Mood Knowles of Dallas, an
• ear; eye, nose, and throat speci-
alist who • applies this study to •
occasional patients as an "addi-
tional test" for suspected emo-
tional causes of physical ail-
meats, hke has now stuck his
professional neck out and: an-.
alyzed the handwriting of six
prominent doctors in a recent
issue of •the journal Medical
Economics. Although when he
made the analyses of the pen-
men "they could have been in •
penal institutions, for all
knew," his score was not bad,
U.S. Surgeon General Leroy
Burney, of whom Dr. Knowles
wrote: "You probably en-
gage in athletic sports . . have
a well-developed imagination
„ read as you run and thereby
miss some of the facts," felt the
analyst had him "sized up pretty
well." Neither Dr. David B. All-
man, past president of the Amer-
ican Medical Association ("Frank
and outspoken . . why not take
that chip off your shoulder?"
wrote Dr. Knowles) nor Dr. I,
S. Ravdin, a top officer of the
American College of Surgeons
("Superabundance of enthusiasm
, . many of the qualities of Billy
Graham") disagreed with him,
Errors: On the other hand the
former editor • of the AMA Jour-
nal, Dr. Morris Fishbein, is con-
vinced that graphoanalysis has
little value as a diagnostic tool.
(The analyst judged him; "A
quick, orderly, creative mind
you keep certain things to your- Trim off green skins and meas-
ure rind. (This may be done at
the time pink meat is removed
but is easier to do after the rind
has been partly cooked.) Boil 2
cups sugar, 1 quart fresh water,
1 cup vinegar and the spices
for 5 minutes. Add rind. Sim-
mer 30 minutes.
Let stand overnight. Add re-
maining sugar and vinegar and
boil gently until syrup is al-
most as thick as honey and rind
is clear. Add boiling water if
syrup becomes etoo thick before
rind is tender and transparent.
Pack into hot jars and seal at
once. • • *
You may belong to the large
group of hostesses who feel that
no luncheon is complete with-
out a pickled peach on each plate.
If you do, you will find it fun
to make your own for the fall
and winter season of entertain-
ing. Clingstone .peaches are best
for pickling, but freestones 'may
be used. The peaches should be
hard-ripe.
A reel of barbed wire, made
in Germany and. shipped from.
Dusseldorf to New York,
freighted by rail to Cleveland,
hauled from the freight yards to
the warehouse ley truck, still
costs the jobber $40 a ton less
than an identical reel of wire.
.sold by U.S. Steel in Cleveland.
The big question is; Can we
continue to jack up wages and
prices every year and still be
able to compete succesktully
with foreign producers? •
Why shoUld a European buy
American products when he can
purchase the same items for less
at home?
The answer seems obvious,
and it's costing American jobs.
— Chicago Daily News.
•
HOTTER THAN HOME — A
visitor from India, where tem-
peratures above 100 degrees,
are common, finds that the mer-
cury in Boston has climbed too
high for comfort. She's carry-
ing a fan home for some cool-
ing relief.
It Was a sultry summer night
With stars scintillating in the
sky as .4 young couple sauntered
Woes a common on the out-
skirts of a French city.
But neither the full-lipped,
languorous girl nor her fiance
felt happy, The girl, who had a
fiery temper, was in one of hee
quarrelsome moods.
"Be kind to me, sweetheart."
he bogged, putting his arm
around her waist. "1 love you
so much — I shan't be really
nappy until we're married next
ya
The girl's eyes flashed in the
darkness. "Love' me!" she mace-
ed. "I don't believe it, What have
you ever done to prove you love
me? I shan't marry you until
you do something really brave."
Her challenge bewildered the
young man, 'How can I prove
that I love you?" he asked wile-
ly.
Pointine
°
to a disused chimney
rising 120 feet into the sky, she
declared: "Climb that tomorrow,
If you don't climb it I won't
marry you,"
Next day the young man made
the giddy ascent, climbing the
chimney by means of a rusty iron
ladder attached to it,
Just as he reached the top
the ladder began to fall slowly
outwards. But as it did so he
had the presence of mind to
grasp the lightning conductor
and clung there for several
agonizing seconds.
Then, slowly swinging one
hand and one foot outwards, he
grasped the swaying ladder.
Dragging it towards him, des-
perately, he secured the top to
the chimney again and was able
to descend to safety — into the
arms of his half-sobbing fiancée,
who had watched the whole inci-
dent.
There are countless instances
of amazing ways in which men
and women have proved and
tested their love.
A report from Bucharest said
that one girl hired a "vamp"—
a curvaceous young woman—to
prove whether or not her fiancé
was faithful to her:.
In another case, a prospective
young bridegroom was "vamped"
a week before his wedding by
C pretty girl who winked at him
in the street and later came and
sat at the same table when he
was lunching.
But 'the 'bridegroom - to - be
would have none of her wiles.
Only after his wedding did his
bride tell him of, her ruse to
test his love for her. The "vamp"
was really her own cousin.
A Belgian named Garlier once
fell in love with a. girl who had
vowed that she would only mar-
ry a very courageous' man who
could first prove his love and
bravery.
"If I walk into a den of lions
and stay there for five minutes
smoking and reading a news-
paper will that satisfy you?"
"You wouldn't dare!" she re-
torted.
He would — and did — despite
the chorus of snarls and growls
from the circus lions.
To prove, his love another brave
but very foolhardy youth lay
down on a railway line, rolled
up his sleeve and let a train
cut off his arm. It was later
revealed that he had told his
girl's mother that he would
rather lose a limb than be part-
ed from her. And he showed
he meant what he said.
It is said of the great artist;
Vincent Van Gogh,' that he once
burned his hand over a lamp to
show a girl that he loved her.
Another artist, an Austrian
named Justinus Szodan, spent
twenty heart - breaking years
ries. Cover with vinegar and let
stand 12 hours. Measure both
cherries and juice and add an
equal amount of sugar. Let stand
10 days, stirring each day, Pack
cherries into hot jars. Heat the
syrup to boiling, pour over
cherries and seal at once.
Any More For
Sparrow Pie?
Peach Pickle
2 dozen hard-ripe peaches
5 - 6 cups sugar
1 piece ginger root
2 sticks cinnamon
1 tablespoon whole allspice
1 teaspoon whole cloves
2 cups water
3 cups villager
Pare peaches and leave whole.
Boil 2 cups sugar, the spices,
water and vinegar until sugar
dissolves. Add peaches, a few at
a time,' Cook gently until heated
through, then take out of syrup.
When all peaches, are heated,
cover with the syrup and let
stand in cool place until cold.
Drain off syrup, add to. it 2 cups
sugar, cools until sugar dissolves,
cool slightly. Add peaches and
let stand overnight. Pack the
peaches into hot jars, add rest
of sugar to syrup, cook to de-
sired thickness and pour boiling
hot over peaches. Process 10
minutes in hot water bath.
Note: It is less trouble to add
all the sugar at one time, cook
pack and process the peaches
immediately, but there is less
danger of shriveling when the
sugar is added, on the installment
plan, * * •
Pickled Cherries
Pickled cherries add sweet-
sour taste to'your meats.
Wash, se ed,' and drain cher-
TOO MUCH TILT — City father.i'in Pisa, Italy; haVe appealed to'
engineers all over the world'foi.' help; to keep the famed Lean-
ing Tower of Pisa from toppling. The tower, pictured above
in a rare night photo made in 1954, tilted another 1.5 milli-
meters. during the last 12 months, This is one and a half times,
the annual rate of lean, Since it was erected, the 784-year-old
white marble bell tower has developed a lean of 4 meters, 55
centimeters and 6 millimeters (less than five yards) away from:
the perpendicular. The problem is a big blob of soft clay on
which one side of the base rests. Massive injections of 'concrete
earlier this century apparently did not help.
When you buy melons for
pickling, be sure to select those
that are too hard for immediate
use. They must be a little green,
or your pickle will be flabby
Honeydew melons make especi-
ally good pickles.
For light colored cantaloupe
pickle, use white vinegar. Tie
your choice of whole spices (you
may like a different mixture
from the one in this recipe) in a
thin piece of cloth. Let the spice
bag soak in the syrup until the
flavor suits your taste, then dis-
card the spice. For a darker,
more strongly' flavored product,
use cider vinegar and brown
sugar and put a-few whole spices
in each jar.
* *
Cantaloupe Pickle
2-3 pounds melon (honeydew,
casaba, or cantaloupe)
1 pint white vinegar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup water
3 cups sugar
1 lemon
1 tablespoon each, whole cloves
and allspice
2 medium pieces ginger rein
% teaspoon whole black pepper
3 ntticks cinnamon
Salt.
Cut melon lengthwise into 5
or 6 strips. Trim off rind and the
spongy seed pockets Then, cut
melon crosswise into from V4- to
1/2 -inch pieces. Put melon in
glass or enamelware container
and cover with salted water (3
tablespoons salt to each quart
water). Let stand 3-4 hours.
Rinse and drain melon. Taste; if
too salty, rinse again. Cook mel-
on in clear water until, almost
fork tender, then •drain. While
melon is cooking, tie spices in
cloth. Mix all other ingrediert,,ts
except lemon and 1/3 the sugar;
boil 3 minutes. Add melon and
cook 15 minutes,
Taste syrup; if as spicy as
wanted, remove bag. Cover
pickle and let stand in cool place
from 12 to 24 hours. Add, re-
maining sugar and the thinly
sliced lemon and cook until the
melon is elder and syrup as thick
as you like it, If syrup becomes
too thick before melon is cleat,
add more water. Pack pickle to
within about 1/2 inch on the top
of tapered jars; bring syrup to
boiling and pour, boiling hot,
over melon. Put dome lids on
jar; screw band tight.
Watermelon-rind pickle has
been a favorite in Most families
since grandmother's' or even
great-granamother's day, The
fact that only the rind, of the
melon is used makes housewives
feel thrifty when preparing this
sweet and spicy condiment, If
you like gingered rind, add 1
tablespoon ground ginger to the
clear water in which you cook_
the rind.
Waterinelon Rind Pickle
2 quarts preParcd rind
2 quarts lithe or salt water
4 - 6 cups sugar
1 iinart Water
1 quart vinegar
1 tablesPaan Whole allspice
tablespoon whole chives
1 stick cinnamon
tab'le'spoon crushed ginger root
Trim the pink flesh from large
pieces b'f' thick, firth Waterrneltin
rind. Soak rind in lithe Water (1
tablespoon slaked lithe to 1 quart
Water) 4 hours, or soak °Vete
Might in stilt Water (4 table.,
spoons -salt to 1 quart Water),
Lithe water gives a diaper,
pickle. brain,. tin* teaser With
cleat Water' atia boil i% heti*
Cool s then tati iii efriall pieted.
Sparrows hopped into the
news recently when it was re-
ported from Peking, China, that
these perky little birds had mul-
tiplied so greatly and become
such a pest that three million
residents there were waging war
on them.
Guns, sticks, catapults and
poison were used in an official
anti-sparrow campaign. Within
three weeks more than 105,000
sparrows were wiped out.
Not long ago, in South Africa,
too, a wild life conservation ex-
pert drew attention to the men-
ace of sparrows, He desceibed
them as "dangerous foreigners"
which must be destroyed or they
would wipe out all the beautiful
birds.
Ever since a common sparrow
is alleged to have killed a cer-
tain famous cock robin, the spar-
row's reputation has been re-
garded by farmers as pretty
shady. It 1940, the British Min-
istry of Agriculture ranked the
sparrow as Public Enemy No, 2,
a close second to the wood
pigeon,
"sparrows ravage green food
growing in the garden end green-
stuffs and corn in the fields,"
said the indictment. "They tear
flowers to pieces, take grain from
the fields, the stacks and poul-
try yards, and 'damage ticks and
thatch,"
The common sparrow has a
broad hard beak and' a black
"bib.' On the other hand, the
hedge-sparrow, a small brown
bird with a fine beak and a white
collar round his throat, is one
of the most useful insect eaters.
Anti-sparrow campaigns are
nothing new in Britain, A re-
Ceipt for sparrows' heads was
once found in an 'Old trunk in
Worcestershire village church.
During the eighteenth eehtury,
the Village Mitered a plague of
Sparrows and the churchwarden
paid for ell heads brought to
him,.
Sparrows used to be killed and
eaten in English cottage homes,.
Whete sparrow pie Was quite a
delicacy.
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