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The Brussels Post, 1961-08-10, Page 6Birthday Charmers Successful Ways To Dry Flowers. nerW114.1 and sold its palled tusks tq 4tirope as unieVrt horns, Some reappeaeed, as bishop's, croziers and others as the wands of magicians, SOPPOseOlY•1.4vc$t" ed with poweee to heal the sick, Then,during hglerope'e violent religions wars lre the fifteenth century,. all links.. between the Viking colony and the Continent were severed. The colony died .out, The ilsltirnos took over again in their 10,000-year-old homeland. Now the land is yielding treas- ure. Zinc and lead mines are being Worked on the east coast; good coal seams lie in the north- west and Ivigtut has the world's. best eryolite mine, Gold, mar, ble, nickel and 'silver also await exploitation. • Tuberculosis, whiO h, once threatened the population, has been conquered. The people are building new harbours and using modern transport, such as heti, copters and motorcycles, Big Circulation But No Profits Next winter when the white monotony of the landscape be- gins to make you feel low-spirit , eel, take out those boxes of sum- mer and fall-dried flowers you've Made, and place your prettiest arrangements about the house. Your garden . will bloom .again with the same gay colors of quiet summer day.s, gayly spring through autumn as the time to start gathering the field and garden flowers which appeal to you. Work with a . small Mount at a time so the task is not tiresome, but enjoy- . able, The secret is in gathering Perfect sPeciments at the heighl, of their COW' peals—wlin h- is just before the flower bursts into full bloom. Flowers should be gathered when moisture is at a minimum, usually at midday, and the drying process started as soon as possible, Here are two methods of drying 1 have found most successful— Meet and Borax Method — Thoroughly mix one part pow- dered borax with six parts of White corn meal, and cover the bottom of a carton or box with an inch or more of this mixture. Now in its 1 Both year, the United States Army takes to charme — as well as arms — in celebration, • Barbara Whiten, above, holds the Army's new M-72 rocket grenade. The "hip pocket rocket" is mode to order for guerrilla warfare. Barbara does better with a typewriter at Army Ordnance Missile Command. • Terri Janssen, left, Miss California of 1960, is "Castle Girl" of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at El Monte, Calif, ;TABLE TALKS Jam AnctheN,vs. money and, two months ago, the publishers began to sound out prospective buyers. Among those interested, at a reported asking price of $1.5 million, were the Murchison oil-rail family and the MacFadden magazine chain owned by radioman Gerald Bar- tell. A .florist's corsage box lends it- self nicely to the processing of . shoet,sternmed flowers as .the narrow base requires less mix, ture and the flexible sides per- mit free use of your fingers. Through trial and error I found this is the best way to keep the ;'bane and color of such flowers as zinnias, marigolds and 9k4een. Anne's lace. Held flowers face down and lightly•fielff •the mixture under, up and around them until they are barely covered. Lift -out and put them in another carton. or arrange, on wax paper. For perfect jab, place the flowers so they do not touch, anti only one layer to the box, Let stand in a dry place from one to three weeks, depending upon the flow, ers :leech This •mixteeee may be used over again for ninny years. When gathering flowers or other material for drying, place •them in a small amount of water to keep fresh in transit, Be sure to remove, or dry tier °uglily, the wet riem before treating. -Winging Method--Tle flowers in loose bunches and hang, heads down, in a dare, dry, 'well-ven- tilated place, In three a ecks or less they will be tho,'oaghly dry and may be stored in boxes, even between sheets of wee paler or ne. cellophane e.nveiopee. Put them in a dark piece until they are needed. Space is saved by using wire coat hangers teem which several bunches may be suepended, To easily tie and hang them, wind rubber • bands several times arcune the stems, loop over the hanger and catch in the stem ends, In this maener, the bunches may he easile re- moved with a slight tug. There ate many ether floweis available for drying, You will not only find pleasure in seeking them out and exparanenting for yourself, but will doubtless make same interesting discoveriee of your own, By Charlotte D. Herr- man in "Horticulture" Q. [low can l remove grease stains from plastered walle and thus prevent their bleeding through . newly - applied w a I t- emper? A Tape e pope poclue over each stain and fill this pocket with some fuller's earth, which should in fairly short time ab- sorb the grease. store in refrigerator. Chill. Cut into 1/2 -inch slices; bake at 375 degrees F. for 15 minutes, e * * e r e is my favourite and much used brownie recipe; fa- vourite because they please guests and are quickly and easily made, The melted butter in the baking dish gives a tasty, crisp crust to the brownies, while the inside remains moist and fudgy. I often serve them with whip- ped cream as, a dessert," writes Miss Sue Oldham. BROWNIES 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 3/4 cup butter 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 tablespoons cocoa 1 cup flour Melt butter. Combine well the sugar, eggs, a n d vanilla, Silt flour and cocoa together. Add to of melted butter to sugar- egg mixture, Mix and gradually add flour mixture, continuing to stir, Place remaining butter in an 8-inch square baking dieh, then pour in brownie mixture. (Encourage melted butter to run over top of batter), Bake in 375 degrees F. oven 20-25 minutes, To counteract the rumors, Coronet publisher Arthur Stein steadfastly denied that a sale was imminent, His editors, how- ever, were already out looking far other jobs. Shortly after he arrived at his Madison Avenue office o n e morning last month, Lew Gil- lenson, the husky editor of Coro- net magazine, unexpectedly sum- moned his eight top editors. "I think I should tell you," he said, "negotiations are under way to sell Coronet, If they fail „" Despite a current record cir- culation of 3,137,000, the pocket- size monthly has been losing money for the last two years ($600,000 in 1960) and has been a serious drain on Esquire, Inc., which also puts out the profit- able Esquire and Gentleman's Quarterly. The reason; A large, long-term, cut-rate subscription list ($10 for five years) built up to offer advertisers a high cir- culation rate base. Unable to complete as a magazine geared to the male market (a 1959 story tile: "Men's Taboo Gland"), the editors of the 25-year-old monthly decided early this year to change it to a magazine for women (a June cover line: "Glamorous! Fast & Fancy Cook- book"). But the 35-cent-a-copy magazine continued to lose Beauty Pa.r.au.rs..... Replace, Igloos Greenland, long: regarded as et ,remote,. from 'wilderness in. habited by a sparse, population of Eskimos, is rapidly. becoming. Aefrigorittion plants, fish canneries,, new mining pro, leas, santorla and schools are springing up all over this, the world's largest island, which has an area of 80,000 square miles —four times the .size of France. Science is bringing a new and less ,ciangerpps life to the island, trs. In, place of crude processing systems a modern eod filleting factory has been built at Chris, tianshaah, operated by skilled local staff, • Igloos. and old turf huts. are vanishing; In tiny towns, two- storey .seln-service stoees are ap- pearing, along with up-to-date schools, technic.al, institutions, li- braries and even beauty par- lours,. complete with all modern equipment, This mighty island with the least ice cap behind its coastal mountains supports only 32,000 people. Ninety per cent are Greenlanders, a people of Eskimo origin, but interbred over the centuries with almost all Euro- pean nationalities, particularly. the Danes.. The largest town, Godthaab, has only 1,300 inhabitants, but it's certain to grow very SO011.. No income tax is paid, but . spirits and tobaeco are • dutiable. This revenue helps to finance the island's welfare services. Curiously, the Greenlanders, though now equipped with mo- tor fishing vessels and using radio telephones even in prawn- fishing boats, catch less than a tenth of the total haul in West Greenland waters. French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian and German trawlers capture the bulk of this imenen- rely rich sea harvest. Soon even the kayak, the age- Id hunting craft, may disappear. Greenland was a Viking colony tor 500 years. From the year 985, the Vikings lived in two large eettlements, supplying furs and Ivory to Europe. They caught the Greenland After 10 Years Of Tranquilizers Comes A New Drug — Also New Problems By WARD CANNEL Newspaper Enterprise • Association "You won't find money grow- ing cn trees," states a philos- opher., If you do, there's been some grafting going on. NEW YORK — (NEA) — It is now 10 years since a rhesus monkey in. New Jersey swallow- ed the first dose of a compound called meprobamate and shed his Irritable personality in favor of FASHION HINT lie drugs like sedatives, anti- histamines, ulcer powders, appe- tite depressants, On muscle - relaxant - with - tranquilizer alone we spend an annual $15.5 million. How did it all happen so fast? Research turns up three big reasons. First, obviously, because a PSYCHIATRISTS AND NEUROLOGISTS General practitioners more Psychiatrists and neurologists tranquilizer appears to be a non- habit-forming compound which reduces anxiety withre affect- ing conscious perception — the way sedatives might. In short, It's the perfect drug for the hare sled householder who sleeps all right at night but who tosses and 50 TO 64 YEARS• turns all day at the office or PTA. Put onto the prescription shelf for the family doctor, general practitioners have been given the tools to treat emotional stress (or even illness) without relying on a specialist, thus making them one of tranquilizers' best friends. And third, with laboratory scientists turning up new varia- tions of basic formulas that ap- pear to hit only target symptoms, the market continues to grow. Schering, for example, aims one of its tranquilizers at heart ailment patients, and others at beef steers, chickens and. tur- keys (nothing like a tranquil animal to put weight on and keep it on). Well, if tranquilizers feel good to man, beast and family doctor, you can imagine how they feel to the drug industry, Miltown, which tranquilized that rhesus monkey so few years ago, is still on sale, So is Thora- zine, which turned the tide in mental hospitals six years ago for the first time in history, But today, both these pioneers hold only a Part of the booming mar- ket; there are 30 competing tran- quilizers marketed under 70-odd names, That they work is proved daily as discharge rates in mental hos- pitals continue higher than ad- missions. But how do they work? In one hospital experiment where a ward, was taken off tranquilizers for a while, one attendant reported, "it was just like the old days —bedlam." To the casual observer, it was as good a description of tranquil- izers 10 years after as you could find: equal parts of hope and despair. 0 '10' 19 YEARS ' 'TO 49 YEA would not roll out properly, so these marble cookies are the re- stilt." CHOCOLATE MARBLE NUT COOKIES he cup butter eie cup sugar 1 egg 1 tablespoon milk 1 teaspoon vanilla lea cups sifted flour en teaspoon baking powder la teaspoon salt 1 cup chopped, walnuts 1 square unsweetened chocolate, unnielted Cream together the butter and sugar; add and mix in thorough- ly the egg, milk, and vanilla. Sift . together the flour, baking powder, and salt and stir into the first mixture; add the nuts. Divide dough in half and add melted chocolate to one half, making a chocolate dough, Put the 2 doughs in the same bowl and knead together to make a marble effect, Form dough into balls the size of walnuts; place 3-4 inches apart on a slightly greased cookie sheet. Flatten balls with the bottom of a glass dipped in flour to 1/2 -inch thick- ness. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 10 minutes. * "For those who like to bake cookies, I send this, one of my treasured recipes," writes Mrs. Olive Armstrong, of her butter cookies. You will note that she gives a wide choice in the amount of butter used — her ingredients call 'for 3/1 to 11/2 cups of butter. "Butter is a must in this recipe," she writes, :ICEBOX BUTTER COOKIES 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup white sugar 3 eggs, well beaten 1 tablespoon oilman-1On 10 IV.: cups butter le,pound chopped pecans (1!.1 cups) 1 tablespoon baking powder 5 cups sifted flour Cream butter and sugars; add eggs and mix well. Sift together flour, baking powder, and cin- namon several times, then add to first mixture, mixing well, Add nuts, Form into 4 loaves. Chill Iii refrigerator until firm, Slice in 1/4 -inch cookies and bake Me a greased cookie sheet at 375 degrees F. 10-12 minutes, * * * Mrs, Armstrong also sent a recipe for chocolate nut cookies that, it seems certain, would be good for freezing, CHOCOLATE NOT C00.1cIES te cup shortening 1 clip sugar 1 egg, unbeaten squates unsweetened eliotettite, incited !`e clip thopped tuts eups sifted flout 1 tCaspooii baking powder i4 teaspoon ealt talikspaolie tilihc • Cream together the shortening and sugar; add egg and beat well, Illend in the melted cho- colate and nuts„ Sift together the dry ingredients and add to first mixture elterhately with milk, Mix well. Shape into 2 rolls. Wrap in waxed paper and Some young homemakers were talking about keeping their fa- milies supplied with cookies — cookies for between-meal snacks, for picnics, for after-lunch de- serts — and they agreed that the best way yet found was to make large recipes of family favour- ites and freeze the dough not used in the first baking. That way, future bakings are done in a jiffy, "I use one of those recipes that says at the end, 'Serves 50,'" the mother of four children said. There was a chorus of laugh- ter, but they agreed that was the way to keep the family cookie jar full. "I always like to make the refrigerator type of cookies be- cause I can shape the dough into a roll, wrap it, and freeze it.' Then, when I take it out of the freezer, I can slice it without thawing and bake as usual — but you all know that, I'm sure," said another mother, All seemed to agree that refri- gerator cookies are the easiest to keep and to make, since most other loughs must be thawed or partially thawed before baking. One of the young homemakers, however, declared that in her opinion baked cookies store most conveniently for the busy cook. "It's easier simply to thaw when a crisis occurs than it is to bake," she said, "However, you do it — freez- ing the cookie dough or freeeing the baked cookies — either me. thod is a great convenience in bringing up a family," she de- clared, with a chorus of agree- ment. "I have had many requests for this recipe. I would like to share it with my friende. I would appreciate it if you can find space in the Christian Sci- ence Monitor so that all may have it," writes Mrs. M. P. Hodg- don. T-Tere is her drop cookie recipe, DE LUXE DATE NUT COOKIES ea cup butter I cap light brawn sugar (packed) 1 egg, unbeaten 1 1,e2 cups flour teaspoon salt :!e. teaspoon soda 1 min shredded fine, sweetened cocoanut 1 cup walnuts in Large pieces 2-ounce neekage broken walnuts poiind dates, eeetled and cut fine I teaspoons 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice Preheat oven to 300 degrees E. Cream butter, add sugar, and beat wail creamy, Arid egg. Sift together Itiur, salt, soda, and add to first mixture. Add nuts, dates, cocoanut, and vanilla, Add lemon juke last, itirop lay tea- speorifuls on tingteettecl tookie sheet; bake 045 * "I would like to Submit this recipe < it chocolate -.marble nut edoltitie writes Mrs. Joan Linde etiY, "It Wee developed to avert a ciellnaree disaster while _making chocolate pirtiOeols, thill dough ISStIt — 'WHO 'TAKES tlitivif Most tretiqUilieere lire ffirestribeit for *ntelettal, everyday' iitototio0 gitgest users Art to their laird 20sy WHO PRESCRIBES THEM? than other doctors together. prescribe only 11 per cent, glorious adjustment to his labor- atory environment—thus giving the T.I.S. a new drug, a new word, a new way of life. The new drug, word and way; tranquilizers. In this frantic decade since elinical work began, the tran- quilizer has burst like a Fourth. of July rocket over the Ameri- can scene, bestowing: (e Dramatic hope on the phar- maceutical industry, family doc- tor and Average Desperate Household, se Revolutionary tools for psy- cbiarty, agriculture and enter- tainment, • New problems to replace the old ones now washed away with the daily gulp of water and pill, Today, the U.S, spends an an- nual $250 million on tranquil- izers—and only one-fifth of it is spent on patients in mental hospitals. Most of the rest of the tran- quilizers bought wiled up in the family medicine Chest, and the average family's at that. Psychiatrists and neurologists preecribe only about 11 per cent of all tranquilizers used, Over Wl per cent are prescribed by general practitioners. But even these figures don't tell the whole story. In addition to the $200 millioc we out-pa- tients spend on outright trap= Ottilization, millions more go for Combinations with other speci• SURGEONS INTERNISTS ALL OTHERS OSTEOPATHS GENERAL PRACTITIONERS $4% 65 YEARS AND. OVER