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The Brussels Post, 1958-12-17, Page 2'TABLE TALKS eiam Andrews. % "a . • 4 WANTED — The reward may be fabulous for this unidentified beaCity who's being sought by a New York modeling agency. "Miss X" sent this striking close-up to the Conover TV agency but forgot to include name or address. TOiritibetit.le fair letat. al slit ritecoiat will teli4oa.. So whoa Leslie Meierve fited at ens fa 1101111; Pfetne,, the Thil-htill Unit dOirii from his tree as bopped the Minter oft the heat. MeeolVe tesldenistiy, dhiebeaptill *MA *bifitor WINN* Boiling mad couldn't describe the feelings of Young Robert Golden, of Newport, Ky. He was' standing near the kitchen stove when a bullet rolled off th e shelf into a pot of boiling water and exploded. Robert was shot near the rear burner. Dancing Along the beach to, wards her sweetheart's camera.; a pretty Beat Coast bathing gir1 heard him yell to her to stop, In the foreground he had spot- ted a rusty old object like an oil drum, looking .much too un, romantic for the holiday scene, The photographer took a run- hing kick at. the object and then turned dizzy when he realized what it was, "Call the policel" he shouted, A. short time later an Army miniature atom cloud of sand unit arrived on the. scene and exploded another live mine in a and shingle. Thirteen years after the end of World War II, teams of Royal Engineers and civilians are still clearing up the seaside mine- fields. On one of the last —a stretch of shore-line near Trim, ingha.m, Norfolk — nearly 500 mines have been detonated in the, past few years, Bomb disposal men have been bloWn up themselves, so hide- • ously real are the risks. Some of the sappers have been dec- orated for gallantry, Yet the campaign is still in .progress — and it may be 1960 before the War Office gives the all-clear. Cliff falls have shifted and reburied the mines, making the task still more difficult. The War Office wanted to fence off one danger zone and abandon it as a bad job, but local councils vigorously pro- tested at the hazards to holiday- makers. One young honeymoon couple were sunbathing on a lonely beach when an Alsatian dog- sniffed around and then sat down near by An instant later they were surrounded by wor- ried soldiers. The dog was one of a group trained to sniff out mines and then sit, indicating with its paws where a mine is buried. At onee resort the police erred Lover's Lane Was "Live" Minefield Whitt* tartar, of indionaipollei lad* evil taken Aback when he stirs a neighbor's Kuhl delyind fa reverse Mite his Mee, Preen lawn. He itopped the car and bulked .04 the driver; Tinder- "*. the lier's doe, lraiL., aht In Mount Clemens, Mich., Harold Dukes wavidlowing his 6-year-old daughter how to really swing one of 'those hula hoops. The instructions abrupt- ly were postponed while he re- euperated hi the' hospital from a dishicated backbone. Interlude PrlenAS would return from tine Hawaiian Islands with en- Iharitment in their eyes. And you would say, °Yes, I suppose What you tell rtle of these an- bent Polynesian lands is true." It takes a visit there to discover tow authentic the lyries are, Here is that languorous and even-tempered breeze; here the white clouds tug ever at the Kreen jutting mountains, Here the sudden brief shower drops i rajlt 9NY into the Misty up- land valleys, Here the lingering ahant of. Aloha and soft Music echoes on the thought, even as the scent of frangipani blossoms meets one at the airport along with the garlands of leis, Here, Ehakespeare, is another jewel, Set in a blue, blue sea, As is the case with just about everywhere, Hawaii too is grow- ing in population. Right after World War II there was an out- migration; now it's an in-rnigra- ton, and the local birthrate is high. Since 1950 Hawaii's pop- ulation has increased from 500,- 000 to 582,000. Honolulu has a new suburban shopping center and the housing subdivisions are marching up the narrow valleys to seize the mountain slopes. To one looking inland from Waikiki Beach in the dark of night, these distant housing developments Sparkle like stars scattered on the mountainsde. One can foresee a time when more Americans will come to Hawaii and its 70-degree tem- perature to retire, but not, thanks be, in such numbers as throng California. Land is too expensive today on Oahu, the central island. There is still room on the other isles, which the quick tourist hasn't time to visit. The purser on our Pan Ameri- can Airways stratocruiser was enthusiastic about the tourist possibilities when the jets swing in on the trans-Pacific run. "When you can reach Hawaii in six short hours instead of ten from Los Angeles, people won't mind whether they ride a little closer together in economy or tourist class," he observed. Even now, a GI returning from the war years will find more hotels along the ocean fronts, new shops everywhere, more industries, and Honolulu's business streets traffic-jammed at lunch hour. Still, the unhur- ried pace and the feel of unclut- tered loveliness have been pre- served to a great extent in the regions visitors Ii a u n t. The honky-tonk has moved in on only a small fringe. Hawaiian tourist boards and chambers of commerce will need to see to it that this island atmosphere is kept unspoiled. For Hawaii is a unique and beauteous coincidence of many circumstances: the near-perfect climate, the ocean with its surf for riding, the scented breeze, And the mingling of- many races In harmony, which new and again produces blooms lovely as 'the hibiscus. The pretty sales- girl where Hawaiian shirts are sold under the stars is proudly 2urasian: Korean, English, and Irish. Caucasian Hawaiians I met, once from California and Minnesota, number among their close friends Japanese arid Chinese families, play golf with them, sit on the same develop- ment boards. But at that level there is very little inter-marri- age, writes William H. Stringer in The *Christian Science Moni tor. For the visitor there are many natural masterpieces to be glanced at; the "blow hole" on a rocky shore, an orifice in the rocks through which water BY ED NA Met,,ES This is the best time—tiOit now—to check on both your pie- ture,taking teehniclue and equip- meat foe the Christmas holidays. More than any other holiday of the year, Christmas is a family affair. And most families want to record their Christmas, either in movies or in stills, in color or black-and-White, or both. But last year's pictures may serve as a guide-to improving those for Christmas, 1958, Those blurred and fuzzy, stills, those Monet:Moue movies of the family mugging straight into the camera,. Would be a lot more fun to look al if more thought went into the domPesitieti"of the piettires. Remember, if you want natural and lifelike pictures, you must ask your subjects not to stare at the Camera. See to it that they're doing something, whether it's trimming l'i eriti.de:tcOhr tshaerigiiinngacetgigenti6.tboann'cti et then.' Wave at. the' earrierii o r in self-consciously. ' As for equiPinenti take It to y'en:l'etrincei6aor .$ t eithiera !hoti if OU're in doubt about' Oa tiPerat‘ Or, treat yourself id a brand 11 ew, latidgetePrieed they'd Maker A teid=aiidAvliite ease JO that Ott tan keett,ei' fail record et oar tAinnrit Clirktrinsit spouts like "Old .Paithfur ev- ery time a big wave rolls in, In the hills there is the water* fall which actually reverses it- self—blown skyward in a plums of spray by the strong winds which clash against the moun- tainside. For the visitor also there is the international mart with its shops and teahouses under the palms. Here are the vivid Ha- waiian shirts—and every male in town seems to have bought One and to be wearing it, Here, too, "muu muue for sale—those voluminous "Mother Hubbards" which cover women of all ages with chaste prints or louder blooms, the most relaxing fash- ion ever designed, a true sack to fit a true mood. Here one buys wood bowls made from the monkey pod tree, a carved carabao from the Philippines, jade from Hong Kong, Japanese silk. Here are caged myna birds—not for sale —and the tourist agency lady coos to one of thorn: "My, but you are a silly dear thing, aren't you?" And the myna bird, some- thing like a diminutive black crow with yellow trim, puffs out his chest, darts a sidewise glance, and proceeds to say "meow," fo'llowed by "bow wow." If the.-visitor will look about and project his imagination, Hawaii is a land of ancient myth and mystery. In the museum are the Polynesian loit canoes, reminding one of the incredible sea voyages which carried these seafarers from Asia far beyond Micronesia and. Melanesia. See the mysteriously terraced hill- sides and you wonder if they were really wrought by the long vanished nienehune dwarf- men. Immerse yourself in the warn ocean and think of all the seagirt lonely atolls of the South Pacific. Mark Twain called the Ha- waiian Islands the loveliest flo- tilla anchored in any sea. One is tempted to agree, sitting at the hotel supper tables on Waikiki Beach, with the flaming torches lighting the star r e d darkness, the pulsing orchestra and its electric guitar making lilting music, and the white surf just visible out beyond, where it will be hissing and breaking all through the night, Twelve Thousand Lost Babies Fourteen thousand children separated from their parents in the chaos of the last war are still a major problem for the West German Red Cross. An intensive search is still going on for the parents but the task is becoming more difficult At one time 600 cases a month were solved, but recently the rate has dropped to little more than half that. The situation is made even more heartbreaking by the fact that the Red Cross also have on their books 12,000 parents who are still looking for their chil- dren, But the Red Cross can be proud of the work they have done. Since the war more than 100,000 children have been re- united with their parents or other relatives. He returned home to find his young wife in tears. "You know that lovely cake, I made from mother's recipe," slie cried. "Well, I put it out to cool and the cat ate most of it," "Never mind, dear," he com- forted. "I know someone who will give us a kitten." • She's. ready fee Christmas ."Eve picture akin/. *RR' a :itihite- iintli•gold camera, that comple silents separates by. Toni Ciwei4 Skirt is off-white tweed snrin , Med with burnt orange Vitiol Jersey is' burnt erahge.- fiying Ship TO • Beat Seasickness Could you believe ypvr eyes One day, you were to see an ocean-going liner "skimming" the See at high speed as if It were about to . take-off? • Impossible? Then congider this recent - prediction by pr,. va.p.nevax, latish, one-time. diree, for of the H,S, Office of Selena- lie Research ands' ,pevelopment! oln a, -few years' time," he seys, "There be hydrofoil craft cif Many types and designs fly- ing about the coasts, When that occurs, progress will hecOme au- tomatic and irresistible," Sceptics have long ridiculed the possibility of designing a ship capable of skimming the waves without actually leaving the water. Yet, fantastic though it may seem, this possibility was transformed into a reality, on a small scale, as long ago as the turn of the century, when the Scottish-born inventor of the telephone, Dr, Alexander Gra- ham Hell, incame interested in the idea. In overall design and shape the hydrofoil ship is basically the same as any other ship, but it is equipped either with under- water wings or with thin, lad- derlike strips of metal attached. in vertical tiers to the hull. In motion, the wings or foils • gradually force the ship to rise out of the water as speed in- Lovely Julie Newmar displays the latest in timepieces, a jew- eled garter watch, in New York. Julie's a Broadway chorine. creases, until the ship is speed- ing along on the lowest metal strips. Water resistance is then so small that the ship moves at speeds up to 80 m.p.h. The power t o"lift" large ships almost out of the water as they travel is possible, however, only by using aero-type engines, with airscrews threshing the water. Several countries have experi- mental without complete success, the greatest progress being made by Italy. And today Italy is one of the few nations suc- cessfully running a hydrofoil ferry service, Some of these ferries are used between Italy and Sicily, crossing the Strait of Messina in a fifth of the time it takes ordinary ferryboats. Al- though only small ships, about sixty-severi filet long, they can carry seventy passengers, maxi- ,mum speed being about 45 knots, Not only can the hydrofoil ship travel much faster than the conventional ship, but it also rides so smoothly that few pas- sengers are ever Seasick. Even when conventional craft are harbour-bound by rough seas the hydrofoil can put to sea knowing its mode of travel will enable it to escape the worst ef- fects of the storm, "Dad, what's that big building up there?" "I don't knew." "Then what's that big sign. for?" "How should I know?" "say, Dad, you're not angry at Me for asking so Many.. ques- fibre" "No, son. It's the only way you'll ever learn anything." Two Proner Bostonians re- turning froth an evening at The Club stopped to peer into a lighted window. Said ohe: "That girl is not a bit shy, is she?" "Well, rid," his companion re- plied, "But she's certainly 'te- tiring." Each festive season calls for a varied array of sweets — cakes, cookies, and candies, and no household ever has too many or too great a variety. Here are a few choice recipes which some readers, at• least, may find dif- ferent and delightful. APRICOT STICKS 20 dried apricot halves (large) 1/2 cup moist shredded coconut (cut fine) cup finely cut candied pine- apple. Sugar Wash apricots, pour boiling water over them, and let stand five minutes or until softened a little. Drain and dry well with a paper towel. Combine shred- ded coconut and pineapple and mix thoroughly. Flatten each apricot half, skin side down, and spread a portion of the coconut- pineapple mixture over the sur- face. Roll like a jelly roll. Place on a tray to dry at room tem- perature. When dry, roll in fine granulated sugar. Store in a loosely covered container at room temperature. Yield: 20 can- dies. MOLASSES POPCORN BARS 1 large mixing bowl full of popped corn 1 cup sugar Dash of salt 1/2 cup water. )/2 cup molasses — preferably light golden type 1 heaping tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon soda Stir together all ingredients, except soda and popcorn, in a large saucepan and cook to the firm ball stage. Remove from fire and stir the soda into the syrup. When syrup is foaming well, pour 'rapidly over the pop- ped corn and stir thoroughly. (Use a large enough pan'to,per- mit easy mixing — a dishpan is good.) Turn into a well-buttered, large cake tin and lightly and quickly press flat to about one- half-inch thickness, Cut into bars of desired size, * ORANGE SANDWICH. COOKIES % cup butter 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 3h teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon grated orange rind 11/2 cups sifted cake flour 14 teaspoon baking soda 1/1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans Creel.. butter, add sugar and cream again until light and fluffy. Add well-beaten egg, then stir in vanilla and orange rind. Add sifted dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in chopped nuts. Chill dough thoroughly (over- night, if peasible). Roll out very thin on floured pastry cloth and cut with cooky cutter of desired size. Bake on an oiled cooky sheet at 400°F for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned, Remove at once to cool- ing racks and when cool spread one-half of the cookies with aihei., pie confectioner's sugar icing mixed With orange juice instead of milk. Top with remaining half of 'cookies and press to-• gether for "sandwiches," Yield!• about four dolen Cookies, depend, ing on size. a • * PECAN-DATE SLICES 3 Cap sugar 1 cup Milk 1/2. teaspoon cream Of tartar tablespoona butter 1 package (7 oz:)' dateS, cut 1/z cirp chopped pecans 20 itiaraSchino cherries (op- tional) Boil together Stigary milk, and creaM 61 tartar to the soft-hall stage, stirring occasionally, Add in listing a. suspect floating oh, ject as just an old rusty moor,. ing buoy. The children went on throwing stones at it, • Visitors Prodded it, Then the police had7' second thoughts and sent for 4 naval expert; The old, buoy was in reality rare type of sea mine And eiglity. people were evacuated' rom their homes before it could be ex- ploded, The mines are so touchy that some can be 'exploded by a high- pressure water let, After twene ty years' absence one man sigh• ed, happily as he took posses* sion of his seaside villa. Hav, fi zt,ogm ditshineteirrio•endi. fgoau:d bno, ox nuest gave it a clean bill. All the family came to stay for a holiday—and then., a chick- en scraped up metal—just an undiscovered part of a mine this time, in the back garden. The family left hurriedly, The sappers returned and again gave the ground the once-over Fifty neighbouring gardens were also examined just in case a square inch had been overlooked. The only discovery was an old tea- pot, stuffed with the remains of several old-fashioned watches, perhaps part of a former smug- gler's cache! Even on the South Coast a forgotten mine-field, practically covered in bluebells, was found in a romantic lovers' rendezvous,. Many people had ignored the. "Danger" notices and picnicked there, Courting couples had even sat on a bench beneath which mines lay, No plans of the minefield ex- isted. The officer who led the mine-laying party in 1940 had, been, killed, and the plans he was carrying were blown up, with him. Years later a rabbit detonated a mine .. . . and un- locked the secret of a clifftop minefield where more than 100.. mines were later disinterred, A co-ed is usually the gal who didn't catch her man in high school. • butter, dates, and cherries and beat until dates are well mixed; then add nuts. Continue beating until too thick to stir. Turn out on damp cloth and form in a long roll. Roll up in cloth and lei. stand in cool place until hard. Slice about one-quarter- inch thick, Yield: about 30 slices. « • * FROZEN PUDDING 14 cup candied cherries, 1/4 cup seedless raisins, chopped 3 tablespoons chopped citron 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts 14 cup crushed pineapple, drained 34 cup sugar MI cup pineapple syrup (front can of crushed pineapple) 3 egg whites; stiff ,y beaten 1/8 tablespoon lemon juice 1 1/z cups whipped cream Cover raisins with cold water and bring to a boil, Simmer five' minutes and drain. Add cherries, citron and nuts to raisins, then stir in crushed pineapple. Add pineapple syrup to sugar and cook slowly together until thick. Pour slowly over egg whites to which salt has 'been added, stir- ring as you pour. Combine' egg mixture with fruit mixture and add lemon juice. - Fold in the whipped cream which has been tinted with green vegetable col- oring. Pour into refrigerator trays and freeze. Yield: eight portions. Easy Rules Focus Yule Photos STARRING ROLL — Quick-frozen art adds a decorative, touch to an automobile hubcap. Water splashing off the highway froze so fast that it formed a star effect while the wheel spun. Dame Fortune Slept Through These Zany Mishaps Strange accidents that "just .couldn't happen"—but did—are recorded in the 1958 roundup compiled by the National Safety Council. Some of the goofy things that happened to people are illustrated, below, in a collection of cockeyed catastrophes more embarrassing than tragic, Charlotte, N.C., neighbors fig- ured at last they could tell apart identical young twins 'Richard and Robert Galloway while Robed wore a cast on his brok- en.arm. Then his brother got busy. Result: Identical breaks, identical plaster casts. b4uOliil Val4 'kits fro' a CideliA6 wins' the Oity hattit-te-iiitdher award. audit Baleen toppled, fresh it second- etory whidoW, histinti# Oa a Cialhetline . rind landetl ri,girt- .1t16-pp`la her °Wit babY buggy Woe perked roar...nmsx rev.