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Advice To Brides Be Sure To
Wash Your Hubby's Feet I! !
Beautiful Capri
And The Blue Grotto
The great excursion from. Sore
xento must Always be that to
Capri, only an hour away by
steamer. Starting in the Morn-
ing at ten when the boat Comes
in from Naples, a whole day
may.be spent on the island and
the return made at four o'clock;
but no one who gives thus but
few hours to Capri pan really ex-
pect to see anything with pleas-
ure, not even the Blue Grotto,
Capri stands but three miles
from Capo Campanella, and, as
Pliny knew, is about eleven
miles in circuit. It is, like the
mountain range here to the south
of the bay of Naples, of which
It Is indeed a part, formed whol-
ly of.limestone, a great precipit-
ous limestone rock rising.abrupt-
ly out of the sea, and in many
places to a considerable height,
especielly in the western part,
now called Anacapri . where
It attains at least 1,600 feet. The
eastern part is a vast precipitous
hill especially steep toward the
mainland, and between it and
the western highlands Is a sad-
dle upon which the little town of
Capri stands with its two land-
ing-places, the only ones on the
island, east and west.. . .
The most famous spectacle
upon the island, even more fam-
ous than the Villa San Michele,
is the Blue Grotto, usually visit-
ed from the steamer, and there-
fore as good as not seen at all,
for it requires time to enjoy it,
and that is just what the steamer
will not spare.
The best way to visit this
beautiful cavern and to avoid
disappointment, a disappointment
most often due to hurry and a
noisy crowd, "is to engage a boat
at the Marina any tranquil after-
noon and to row past the Baths
of Tiberius, whose vast ruins
may still be seen from the sea,
to the Blue Grotto, a journey of
something under an hour. The
arch by which one enters the
cavern is scarcely three feet
high, and it is therefore neces-
sary to lie down in the boat as
it passes through the low and
narrow opening into this cave of
marvels,
At first nothing remarkable
will appear, but little by little,
as the eyes accustom themselves
to the light, the wonderful col-
our of the grotto will be seen,
and after about a quarter of an
hour the whole cave will assume
an exquisite sapphire blue, espe-
cially if the entrance be blocked
by another boat.
The grotto is about 160 feet by
100 feet, and at its loftiest some
40 feet. To the right is a plat-
form leading to a broken stair-
way and tunnel,. in the rock,
which of old led up to a villa of
Tiberius above, or so they say. —
From "Naples and Campania Re-
visited," by Edward Hutton.
Sy WARD OANNIR.b.
Newspaper Enterprise .Assn.,
NNW Yic)13X — .(NNA) The'
bell rings,. The whistle. blows,
The return-trip ticket is punch,
std and the honeymoon is over,
lt is, the season of the newly,
weds at 'home filled with
thank-yous, adjustments and dis-
mal 'statistic& Most arguments
this year will be over money.
One marriage in three will fail..
And like that, •
But it Can all be avoided, ac-
cording to the. advice in a manua
el called "The Goodman or-
Paris," If the words seem a lit-
tie awkward, it is because they
were written 600 years ago and
now reprinted in the Viking
Medieval Reader,
And if the instructions seem
unshod before a good fire. To
lave his feet washed, To be
given good food and drink, To.
be well-bedded in white sheets
and nightcaps. And the next.
rlay, fresh shirts and garments.
"Fair sister, such services
make a man love and desire to
return to his home arid to sea
his goodwile and to be distant
with, others. Wherefore I counsel
you to snake such cheer to your
husband at all hiscomines and,
stayings, and also to be 'peace-
able with him.
"For remember the rustic,
proverb Which sattb: there are,
three things which drive the-
goodman from his home, to wit
* a leaking roof, a smoky chim-
ney and a scolding woman.
"Therefore, fair sister) I be-
seech you to keep yourself in
MIXED-UP KIDS IN GERMANY — The nightmare of every parent became a reality in lianou,
West Germany. Two families discovered that their daughters had been accidentally switched
17 years ago. Now "unwanted" Gudren Reuthe, left, does not know where to turn. Mean-
while, her father, named Splithoff, right, wants to keep his "accldenta l" daughter, Heidi, whe
likes thing's as they are.
CAUTION WARNING — Truck
driver Frank De Lucca has come
0Ap with an Interesting safety
Idea. He stuck light-reflecting
tape on the edge of the traffic-
tide door of his car. At night,
and even In daytime, an opened
door gives a warning.
foolishly simple, it is because
those were the good old days—
too good to last.
"Fair sister," the chapter on
Care of a Husband says, "love
your husband's person carefully
and I pray you keep him in
clean linen, for that is your busi-
ness and because the trouble and
care of outside affairs lieth with
men.
"So must husbands take heed,
and go and come, and journey
hither and thither, in 'rain and
wind, in snow and hail, now
drenched, now dry, now sweat-
ing, now shivering, ill-fed, ill-
lodged, ill-warmed and ill-
bedded.
"But naught harmeth him,
because he is upheld by the
hope (that) his wife will take
eare of him on his return — of
the ease, joys, and the pleasures
which she will do him. To be
the love and good favour of your
husband, Be gentle unto him
and amiable and debonair.
"Have a care in winter to have
a good fire and smokeless. In
summer, take heed that there be
no fleas in your chamber nor
in your bed.
"And thus shall you preserve
and keep your husband from,
all discomforts and give him all
the comforts whereof you can
bethink you. And you shall look
to him for outside things. For if
he be good, he will take even
more pains and labour therein
than you wish.
"And by doing what I have
said, you will cause him ever
to miss you and have his heart
with you and your loving ser-
vices.
"And he will shun. all other
houses, all other women, all
other services and households."
Spinach For
Broken Legs
From Sheep to Coat
In Less Than A Day
A new record has just been set
fee transferring wool from e
sheep's back to a Alan's back
in the form of e coat.
On July 15, 1811, this priacesa
took 13 hours and 20 minUtes
between ,sunrise and sunset. On
,latee 18, 1960, at pltlochry, Scot-
land, the time for the job was
reduced to 6 hours and la min-
lutes,
The 1960 assault on the old
record began at 8 o'clock in the
morning when I w Scottish
sheen-shearing champions, Ian
end Leslie MacLaren, cut the
fleece, from six sheep, A little
after two o'clock in the after-
noon, Blair C, Macnaughton, di-
rector of a Pitlochry tweed
manufacturing concern, donned
iris new charcoal grey kilt jack-
et and was piped away to the
tune of "The Garb of Old Gaul."
Thus did the "Pitlochry jack-
et" join what has been known
for nearly 150 years as the
''Throckmorton coat." It's inter-
esting to recall the details of the
manufacture of the original coat.
At five o'clock in the morning,
on that day 149 years ago, ac-
cording to a poster printed at
the time, two sheep belonging to
Sir John Throckmorton were
sheared by his own shepherd,
Francis Druett. The wool then
was given to master manufac-
turer John Coxeter, at Green-
ham Mills, near Newbury, Berk-
shire.
Mr. Coxeter "had the wool
spun, the yarn spooled, warped,
loomed, and wove, the cloth bur-
red, milled, rowed, dyed, dried,
sheared, and pressed by four
o'clock."
The cloth, says the account,
then was even to Issac White, a
tailor, of Newbury, whose son,
tames White, cut the coat out
end had it made up within two
hours and 20 minutes.
Mr. Coxeter then presented
the purple hunting coat to Sir
:,john Throckmorton, "who ap-
peared with it on before an as-
siembly of 5,000 spectators who
Arad come from far and near to
witness this singular and unpre-
cedented performance complet-
ed."
The successful attempt to sur-
pass the "Throckmorton record
of manufacturing celerity' et
Pitlochry followed a similar pat-
tern. Mr. llacnaughton wore his
new jacket at the 125th anniver-
sary dinner of his company that
evening.
One of the referees was Nich-
olas Throckmorton, heir to Sir
Robert. Throckmorton, descend-
ant of Sir John. The original
coat, faded but still serviceable
and still the property of the fam-
ily, was on display, writes Hen-
ry S. Hayward in the Christian
Science Monitor.
That coat is described as a
man's hunting coat of deep pur-
ple, double-breasted and high-
fronted, with turned-up cuffs
and long tails. Sir John had of-
fered a prize of 1,000 guineas if
he could dine by 8 p.m. in a coat
that had been on a sheep's back
at 5 a.m.
He wore it at the Pelican Inn,
Speenhamland. The Southdowns
sheep from which It came were
roasted whole and distributed to
the spectators.
The difference between 1811
and 1960 was that the earlier
Processing was done entirely by
hand. However, even the new
record seems somewhat in doubt.
For, as the Guardian of Man-
chester slyly pointed out, in 1981
in. Yorkshire, a three-piece suit
*as completed from shearing to
wearing in 2 hours, 9 minutes,
and 461/2 seconds.
done to get the best results in
appearance, flavor, and texture.
There are five basic ways of
cooking chicken. Broiling, fry-
ing, and roasting are dry-heat
methods, usually chosen for
young, tender chickens. Braising
and stewing are moist-heat
methods used for cooking less-
tender chickens.
Many of the recipes in this
column today call for braising
the chicken. This means coating
the chicken and then browning
it in hot fat, slowly, to develop
flavour and colour, then slow
(looking in moist heat until it is
done and tender.
HERB CHICKEN WITH PEAS
ai cup butter
1 3-pound frying chicken,
cut into serving pieces
WA teaspoons salt
teaspoon leaf tarragon
41 teaspoon ground thyme
1 tablespoon chopped chiveS
tablespoons chapped parsley
1 tablespoon lemon juice
34 cup sliced ripe olives
1 4-ounce can button mush-
rooms, undrained
cup water
13'/2 cups light cream
2 tablespoons flour
1 10-ounce package frdzen
green peas
1 15 1/2 -ounce can.smali onions,
drained
Melt butter in a 10-inch skil-
let. Brown chicken pieces on all
sides. Combine 1 teaspoon salt
with the tarragon, thyme, chives,
and parsley; sprinkle over
chicken. Add lemon juice, olives,
mushrooms, and water, cover
and simmer until tender—about
30 minutes. (Add more water
during cooking, if necessary.)
Combine cream, flour, and 1/2
teaspoon salt. Pour over chicken
mixture and cook slowly until
cream gravy thickens. Add peas
and onions, cover, soak' just un-
til peas are tender and onions
warm,
Scientists in Belgium have
made a discovery that could
bring quick relief to people who
break a leg or, an arm, and save
them many weeks of discomfort
from the irritations of having
plaster on the offending limb.
They discovered that if the pa-
tient is fed on food containing
liberal• ingredients of vitamin K
— spinach, tomatoes and -liver
are three such foods — the
limb mends much faster than
normal. •
A series of experiments on
rabbits and rats convinced the
scientists •of the value of their
discovery. Half the animals were
fed on 'vitamin K and half on
normal food. Those who ate the
vitamin were seen to make
quicker recoveries from broken
limbs than the others,
Sweet young thing grabbing
a taxi: Maternity Hospital and
don't rush — I work there. •
broth (add water, if necessary)
10 minutes, or until tender;
drain. Arrange noodles 'in shal-
low baking dish; pour .on chick-
en; sprinkle with Parmesan; dot
with butter. Brown under broi-
ler. Serves 4-5.
* *
CHICKEN CACCIATORE
2 2%-3-pound broiler-fryers,
cut up
6 tablespoon fat of sal ct oil
1 cup minced onion
% cup minced green pepper
4 minced cloves garlic
1 No. 21/2. can tomatoes (31/4
cups)
1 8-dance can tomato sauce
1/2 cup water
3% teaspoons salt
542 teaspoon each, pepper and
allspice
2 bay leaves
% teaspoon leaf thyme
Dash cayenne
In hot fat in large skillet,
cook chicken until evenly
browned. Add onions, green pep-
per and garlic; brown lightly.
Add rest of ingredients; simmer
uncovered, for 30-40 minutes or
until chicken is tender, Serves
S.
In a country where parts of
the wilderness have been found
tamed within the memory of
those living and where the pio-
neer tradition is strong, it isn't
strange that a "Wildlife. Dinner"
will draw 200 guests.
During the past five years the
high school biology and conser-
vation classes at. Forest Lake,
Minn., have brought together ed-
ible foods from nature in the
Wild, and for the past two years
have invited their parents and
Wends to dine with them on
these wild foods.,
Some of the foods, such as
basswood blossoms, had to be
secured In their prime. These
blossoms were picked during
early 'July and carefully dried.
Crayfiish were boiled, shuckled,
and frozen; carp was smoked
with applewood until it tasted
like smoked ham. Black walnuts
and butternuts went into nut
bread and fudge, and bear and
moose meat went into roasts. All
together, 59 different dishes were
prepared, writes Gertrude P.
Lancaster in the Christian Sci-
ence Monitor.
The menu was too long to re-
peat in its entirety here, but just
sample is a strong reminder
that "civilization" is not the
source of all the good things in
human experience. Nature, all
on her own, can provide the fol-
lowing: Wild strawberry salad,
tossed dandelion greens, inky
cap and shaggymane mushroom
gravy, cold stuffed heart of ven-
ison, roast western antelope,
roast porcupine, roast mallard
duck, fried northern pike, brais-
ed snapping turtle, wild blue-
berry pie, ground cherry jam,
sassafras tea.
* e *
There are probably hundreds
of ways to cook chicken and each
family seems to have its own
favorite.
There are some general rules
that apply to cooking chicken
no matter what recipe is used,
and the first is to use low-to-
moderate temperature. This
helps retain juices, reduce
shrinkage, and also cooks the
fowl throughout uniformly. An-
other rule Is to cook it well
What on earth will members
of today's younger generation
tell their children they had to
do without?
ISSUE 31 — 1960
BOXED IN— Tear off this box top and you'll find actor Paul
Newman inside. He's taking shelter from the sun while filming
"Exodus" 'on the' Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
1/2
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CHICKEN A L'ALMONDE
2 packages (12 ounces) frozen
asparagus
2 cups cubed cooked chicken
4 tablespoons butter or
chicken fat
cup finely chopped
blanched almonds
4 tablespoons flour
teaspoon immosodline
glutamate
1 teaspoon .salt
Dash White pepper
chpuic)h mickilekh stock
1
:c
Paptika
Cook eeperagus according to
package directions;: drain. Ctit
1-inch' pieces and arrange in
shalloW 'baking dish, Layer
chiekeri on top of asparagus.'
Heat ;better Or chicken fat in
saucepan', add a:1111.611k gelInlet
a minutes, Add, flour, monoso
dium glutamate and pepper,
Stir Until Well blended: Retncive
from heat. Add thielten stock
and Milk sietely, stirring to
keep smooth. Cook over niotiere
ate heat; stirring constantly
til mixture thickens and comes '
to boil. Boil 'gently for 1, minixte.
Palle Weed oVer thielten and,
span agtie: Sneinkle with Petri--
,
ha. take at 375 degteeS abetti
.26 Minnie&
CHICKEN TETRAZZINI
1 3-4-pound roaster, cut up
2 stalks celery
1 medium-sliced onion r.
1 teaspoon salt
".4 cup chicken fat
2 tablespoons flour
V/ teaspoon salt
Speck cayenne
Chicken broth
1/2 paund sliced mushrooms
1 egg yolk, slightly beaten
3 tablespoons light cream
1 cup fine noodleS
2 tablespoons grated
Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon better
In advance — place chickee,
celery, onion and the 1 teaspeon
salt in kettle; add boiling wa-
ter to half cover. Simmer, cov-
ered, 1-11/2 hours or until fork
tender.. Cool chicken and broth
einiekly (lift chicken out of broth
and ascii oh rack; put pan coil-
teining broth hi another pan
arid run cold water around it 1.0
cool.
Refrigerate both chicken and
broth: Hen-if:We skin and betide
from thicket; cut meat into
strips. About 30 Minutes before
serving, skein Ve cup chicken fat
from broth. Iii ciiitible boiler,
melt 3 table'spoon's ohieken fat;
stir in flour, 1h teaspoon sale,
adyenne, 1, dip' thicken 'broth;
Cobk stirring Until thickened-
'Sate nitislitOorria / table-
spoons chicken fat. Into sauce,
slOWly stir egg yolk and cream,
torribinect Add chicken, mush-
rooms. Heat, hibahWhile, cook
noodles in retnaihirig chicken
ACROSS THE CHANNELUNDEIR. WATER Ready to make the first trtry at sWiniming the En 'list;
Channel under water, it Mra, kn. ilcilcia4atio. •the erieady. holds twei tinderweter tecords.
begin training in London'this month.
NO ROCKETS TO FLY OVER PACIFIC . soviet rocket scientists
iiihriblinted that Russia planned to launch powefful carrier took=
aifi in the ;Centro, Pacific (Maltese .6-66t locates area where reek,
*3 will be next month. The .CititiOUnierrierit Came, as Pre'
Wee KhrtitIitheV Areoored to depart for a .nine-day visit to
AtisitIO.- The *it will be the second Soviet series this year in
area the US: Ont. toriSideted ifs "private preserved' for
eelentille