The Brussels Post, 1962-03-01, Page 6TABLE TALKS
bane Andrews.
Prince Charles
Won't Be Pampered
Imagine a group of boys
swinging hand, ever hand along
ft rope thirty feet over a, lake,
with nothing to stop a cold-
water ducking but the strength
of their own muscles and a mea-
sure of cat-like skill.
Well, that's the kind of thing
Prince Charles will do when he
begins school as a new boy at
Gordonstoun.
There'll be nothing cushy for
him at the extraordinary Scot-
tish school where his father was
once a star pupil.
Out of bed at dawn, a quick
freeze under a cold shower, a
run round the grounds before
breakfast trying to reach peak
athletic speeds,
Then making his bed, cleaning
his shoes and doing part of the
housework — this is the tough-
ening prospect for the teenager
who will one day be King of
England.
No. Palace official has con-
firmed that the heir to the
throne will be going to Gordon-
stoun.
But in Royal circles it is well
known that Prince Philip in-
tends to let his son follow in
his athletic footsteps. Some true
blues may have doubts about
sending the Prince of Wales to
a school where games, as a head-
master s •a i d, "have been de-
throned!"
Yet Dr. Kurt Hahn, the
school's German founder, drew
his ideas from a school run by
Prince Philip's uncle.
Prince Philip went to Salem
before joining the first 'contin-
gent of forty boys who switched
to Gordonstoun.
Curiously, Gordonstoun is the
most expensive school in Scot-
land and yet parents fix their
own fees. They are asked to
decide what they can afford to
pay, from £37 a term upwards,
The. Queen can pay up to £5.19
• year for Charles. But scores
of boys get in cheaply on schol-
arships.
Prince Charles may thus chum
up with a miner's or shopkeep-
er's son, or a boy from one of
the poorer regions of industry.
In any case, he will mix with
the local day-boys, sons of farm-
ers and fishermen and railway-
men, boys from all strata of so-
ciety.
Prince Philip joined the local
coastguards, spending his quota
of four hours on chilly watch
Charles may prefer the Gor-
donstoun fire brigade, founded
since his father's day.
Later on, if he takes after his
father, Prince Charles might be-
come an athletics coach at some
of the local schools, rushing off
to his o w n physical training
groups on a bicycle.
In Duffus *village the local
smithy is manned entirely by
Gordonstoun youngsters. Farm-
ers may one day have cause to
point out machinery repaired by
the Prince of Wales.
Among more menial tasks
Prince Charles might well find
himself fixing a soot plate in a
chimney stack or carrying out
small local plumbing repairs.
"To free the sons of the rich
and powerful of the enervating
sense of privilege," is still among
Gerdenstoun's avowed aims,
Cheam Prep, Schoo I east a
sense of exclusiveness around
the young Prince, but his Scot-
fish school will adopt the atti-
tude that he's just as good as
he can make himself, and no bet-
ter.
In physical training, for in-
stance, Gordonstoun boys are
ea ch encouraged to beat their
own previous best, and not to
c a ni p e t e against each other,
writes Helen Cathcart in "Tit-
Bits."
Two years from now, if he
takes after his father, Chat les
will be able to walk five Miles
in an hour, run two miles in
thirteen minutes and do the 100
yards in 12.6 seconds,
At worst, he won't be far be-
hind these attainments, Few
Gordonstoun boys are. In the
Training P 1 a n, as it is called,
Prince Charles will conscienti-
ously tick whether he has kept
certain rules.
Has he rationed the time spent
listening to radio or watching
TV? Can he satisfactorily tick
that he hasn't "chewed" between
meals?
He's bound to discover that no
one ever checks his answers,
Yet this lesson in self-reliance
is necessary before he can be-
come a Room Leader, or climb
the rungs of the ladder to be-
come a Colour Bearer and, fin-
ally,. Guardian, the highest hon-
our of the school.
Twice a week Prince Charles
will enjoy a half-day given over
to a project of his own choice.
It may range from making a
kitchen table alone in the car-
pentry shop, to joining others
in planting a new woodland,
Prince Philip specialized in
making architectural or ship
models, a hobby he still enjoys
on rainy afternoons at Balmoral
or Sandringham.
The choice for Prince Charles
will now be wider than it used
to be. He can paint a picture in
the art room or carve new pews
for the chapel.
Perhaps he will pick up his
Uncle Tony's flair for photogra-
phy or furniture design.
He may even join the school
orchestra — and he's bound to
act in the annual school play.
Gordonstoun specialize s in
seamanship. Prince Charles nas
already gained a lot of sailing
skill. Now he'll take sail drill
with nine other youngsters in
the school's o w n dipping lug
cutter . . and later on he'll go
to sea in a schooner named after
his great-grandfather, Prince
Louis.
Commonwealth leaders have
often urged that Prince Charles
should travel abroad, sharing
o n e of h i s mother's overseas
tours.
But Prince. Charles is more
likely to sail to Norway as a
member of the ship's crew, just
as his father did.
What Charles will do at Got-
donstoun, in fact, is have the
time of his life and have the
Palace gloss scraped off him.
The Queen fully understands
the Gordonstoun system of turn-
ing a boy into a self-possessed
man and won't be surprised if
he turns up at' Balmoral, hav-
ing walked all the way.
The. Gordonstoun report lists
not only classroom results but
"Ability in the face of danger,
discomfort, mockery . . Ability
to deal with the unexpected .
Fighting Spirit . . Endurance
. . ." Few potential kings have
ever undergone training on this
scale.
ISSUE 9 — 1962
HEAD OF STATE Workman applies finishing touches to
papier-mache head of West German Chancellor Konrad Ade,
nouer for d huge cirnival float in Cologne, West Germany.
and steady, nerves for some parts
t,re smaller titan .human hair Ma
most of the parts .rtre so small
that they must be handled with.
tweezers,
lectors hove 1 e: (Mee nurnetvi:
in this country that ja.
Puivr,ophil& Club tee been
. formed, 1Viembees swop serviette!
and paper table mats with ,collec,
tars in other park of the world,
1'i yen the Peon of Canterbury
is not safe from the souvenir
hunter, -
He has lost'so many umbrellas,
to their clutching hands that he
has iceently bought himself a
lady's brolly — .complete with
blue handle and red tassel,
To date it remains unscathed.
Ihsects have no lung's. They
breathe through. tubes runeirg
ell through their bodies..
Souvenir Hunting
And Its Tricks se,*
Ashtrays, are such, popular
mementoes' with souvenir hunt-
ere that London's West had
theatres ..are • An'ectl to replace
over 5,000 at them in their bars
each year,
The British owned Avis Hotel
in Lisbon, Portugal, at one time
had speeial ashtrays made which
Proved such a successful gimmick
'that the initial order from the
makers had to be doubled,
On the reverse side of the
green and gold ashtrays eppear-
ed the words "honourably pinch-
ed from the Hotel."
By contrast, when the Ritz Ho-
iel in London decided to use
plain ashtrays in their public
rooms, losses fell almost immedi-
ately.
Deinking glasses are another
favourite "perk" of the souvenir
hunter, There is an old sailor in
Leicester who. has a. collection of
over '700 glasses taken from pubs
visited during the course of his
travels,
At a Defence Ministry canteen.
in Bonn, Germany, so many tea-
spoons were being stolen that the
spoons now have holes in the
bowl. This makes it impossible to
'use them for, guests in private
homes: aaeo.•
Visitors to Ireland were at one
time unwilling JOL'hity"sotiveriirs
marked "made in Japan," batthe'
versatile Japanese have since rec-
tified this by etaniping the'slegen,
in Gaelic!
Papyrophilists or serviette col.-
CHINESE ,SPAGHETTI — Ac.
tress ,Nancy Kwan brews up
batch' of, ,spaghetfi, perhaps
"with* her"nexi movie role in
mind, that of an Italian girl
Thpmp. Women Can't
Wear Any Make-up!
To be certain that the TV
camera taking the first close-up
'pictures of the moon does not
have dandruff on its. picture.
tube, several Garland, Texas,
women have had to give up make,,
up and fancy hairdos, 'wear white.
Orlon smocks, specially cleaned
shoes, and finger cots which look
like translucent rubber gloves,.
except that they cover only the.
fingertips. And the women must
never touch their faces while
working in the mounting depart-
ment of General Electrodynam-
ics Corporatibn, Tie Company is
making the tubes that will trans-
mit pictures from the Milted
States' first space vehicle sent
to examine the moon at close
range.
The company Manufactures.
Vidicon tubes. They are the tubes
used in TV cameras, on which the
camera's 'lens is focused. The
condition under which these
vidieon tubes are, manufactured
requires sterilization of workers;
clothes and tools. In the manu-
facturing, area all particles and
any other imaterial that Might ac-
cidentally fall or settle on parts
of the tubes thus rendering
them defective — must be kept
out, All air in the working area
is electrostatically filtered and
the • air intakes in each "clean
room," where women. assemble
the tubes. are arranged so that
no drafts can be created. At the
entrance of each room a - sticky
pad removes dust from the soles
of elle women's special working
-
Besides having their hair cut
short, women working in the
assembly 'rooms must have ex-
cellent hand-to-eye toordination
SMOOCHING WITH SPHINX — A Lebanese night club.
dancer seems to be giving a smooch to the silent Sphinx dur-
ing visit to pyramids of Giza, U.A.R Sphinx actually is far in
background. Effect is caused by use of telephoto lens,
One of the worst things that
can happen to a vegetable is to
be overcooked. The exact point
at which vegetables become ten-
der is the point to remove them
frome, heat—then they are not
only dope but they have retained
color and their often delicate
flavor. A general ride is to use
as little water as is practical to
get the best results. Strong fla-
vored vegetables such as cab-
bage, onions, and turnips are best
cooked without a lid,
When your vegetables are on,
season them with imagination.
Make your own combinations of
vegetables to serve with differ-
ent meats, and if you must serve
certain vegetables often to satisfy
your family, vary the way of
cooking them.
PROVING OF A PRINCE MAKING OF A KING ':
cheese
2 .cups corn flakes (or 1/2 cup
packaged corn flake
crumbs')
1- tableepecin butter, melted
Spread broccoli in bottom of 6
greased individual casseroles or a
2-quart casserole, reserving 1/4
cup for garnish, if desired. Beat-
cottage cheese with a rotary
beater until smooth. Add eggs
and continue beating until well
blended. Melt butter in heavy,
saucepan; stir in' flour and on-
ions. Add milk gradually, stir-
ring constantly. Cook until thick-
ened. Add 34 cup of the grated
Cheese and stir until cheese is
melted. Fold in the cottage,
cheese-egg mixture.; Pour over
broccoli. If using corn flakes,
crush into fine crumbs. Combine
corn flake crumbs and butter.
Sprinkle crumb mixture and re-
maining cheese on top of casse-
roles; garnish with reserved broc-
coli. Bake at 325° F. about 55
minutes for individual casseroles,
or 11/4 hours for 2 quart casserole,
until knife inserted in center
comes out clean. Serve at once,
as this is a souffle-type dish.
Serves 6.
Likely The Rarest
Type Of Blood
Before Lorna Birdsall, an at-
tractive' 35-year-old former nurse,
underwent a major lung opera-
tion at the Royal infirmary in
Sheffield, England, the attending
doctors checked her blood type.
Because transfusions of the
wrong 'type of blood can bring
about shock or 'even death, the
check was routine. The findings,
however, were not.
In testing the patient's blood,
the Sheffield doctors found that
it didsnot match any known type.
Quickly, while the operation was
delayed, the Royal infirmary
rushed blood samples to the Na-
tional Blood Transfusion Service
headquarters. NBTS specialists
rapidly answered: Lorna Birdsell
had the rarest known blood type.
Called Lu (a-b-), this type has
been known to exist only since
1959 — and no samples of the
blood were available at any
blood bank in England,
Fortunately for Miss Birdsell,
consultations with Dr. Robert
Race of London's Lister Institute
provided a solution, Dr, Race
immediately contacted. Dr. Mary
N. Crawford, an assistant direc-
tor of the Serum Exchange at
Philadelphia's Children's Hospi-
tal and, more important, the dis-
coverer' 'of Lu (a-b-). Where had
she discovered it? In herself and
in six relatives, Until the Bird-
Sell case, the Crawfords were the
only persons in the world known
to have this type.
Blood from Dr, Crawford and
two of ,her brothers was flown
to England and the Sheffield
surgeons went ahead with Lorna's
lung operation. Last month she
was Well along toward total re-
covery. Propped Up on a pillow'
in a sunny ward at the Royal In-
fitmary, she read an article in
the medical journal Transfusion,
Co-authored by Dr. Crawford,
the report was about a blood type
called Lu (a-b-).
THIS IS LODGE AT GORDONSTOUN, Spartan-strict prep school in northern Scotland, where.
Charles Windsor, the Prince of Wales, 13, will be quartered when he begins school in May.
Pupils begin day at 7 a.m. with a wind sprint followed by a brisk, cold shower,
THE PRINCE will make up his own iron bedstead in austere. dormitory he will share with
11 other boys. School's aim, to build character, is pursued with a rigid schedule of academic
end physical activities. The school is steeped in rigorous maritime tradition.
•
GOFtDONSTO PUPILS prepare their lessons m cheerle8s HEIR to British'thronef oW
aUbitles clearly not de s igned for cci•..,Crt They arise at 7 to footsteps of his father Who
tidily, but as a special treat m.y sleep until 8 oil Sunday. attended some' prep school
'Hoi+r Well :Da You Know
SOUTH' AMERICA?
One way of varying your vege-
tables is to serve them with dif-
ferent sauces. Combine hot vege-
tables and hot sauce lightly, just
before serving, and use about 1
cup of sauce to 4 cups of vege-
table. Medium white sauce
(made with 2 tablespoons each,
flour and butter, to 1 cup
milk and salt to taste) is the best
white sauce to combine with
vegetables. With this as a base,
here are several others,
Mock Hollandaise Sauce
Make medium white sauce.
Beat 2 egg yolks; stir in 1/4 cup
of the hot sauce, then pour back
into remainder of sauce. Add 2
tablespoons butter or margarine
and stir and cook over hot water
about 1 minute. Remove from
heat and stir in 1 tablespoon
lemon juice. Serve immediately.
Good with asparagus or broccoli.
Mustard Sauce
This sauce is especially good
with snap beans, cabbage and
- greens. Just stir 2 teaspoons
prepared mustard into medium
white sauce after cooking.
Egg Sauce
You may want to serve this
with brussels sprouts or greens.
Just before serving, add .to thin
white sauce 1 teaspoon lemon
juice and 1 chopped hard-cooked
egg.
For a convenient—and good—
way to serve green vegetables,
try scalloping them. This is a
new dish when you use more
than 1 vegetable such as beans
and broccoli, asparagus and cab-
bage, spinach and lima beans—
or any combination you choose.
Here is a basic recipe.
SCALLOPED GREEN
VEGETABLES
2 cups drained cooked green
vegetables
1-11/2 cups medium white sauce
Salt to taste
Pinch of dry herbs
la cup dry bread Or cracker
crumbs
1 tablespoon butter or neat
drippings
Combine vegetables, sauce, and
seasonings in greased casserole.
Mix trumbs with butter and
sprinkle over vegetable mixture.
Bake at 350 b F. until sauce is'
bubbly and topping is slightly
browned-20-80 minutes,. Serves
4.
Variation: Put vegetables and
sauce in baking dish in separate
layere with a sprinkling of grated
cheese oe finely chopped parsley
or onion or cooked mtishroorris
between layers. Top with IA cup
small bread cubes and dot with
fat before baking. 0 0 0
Want to make a Main dish of
a green vegetable? Then combine
it with eggs and cheese and bake
it either in one dish Or In ifidivi-
dual dishes.
DAKt))
cups Broccoli (10 oz. paeliage,
frozen) eliMilied and drained
11/2 cups cottage cheese 6 eggs
IA dirt butter
2 tablespoons grated Oil Ii
ie Op flour
11/2 'Clips Milk
1 OP grated, than,- triateigsed