The Brussels Post, 1950-1-18, Page 7Go To Shows Like
"Regular" Folks
For her first entertainment in the
Christmas season, the young prin-
cess Margaret chose to visit Chris-
. gopher Fry's "The Lady's Not For
Burning", a poetical play which
John t;ielgnd is bringing to New
York next fall.
11 happens that I was in the
1theuter sf the same performance
as the Princess, I was, in fact, in
a stage boa, while the Princess,
with a party of a half-dozen
friends, sat like any ordinary play-
goer in the stalls, writes Harold
Hobson in .The Christian Science
Monitor.
An incident like this could not
possibly have happened in a Lon-
don theater anytime before the end
of the last war. The story of the
relationship between the British
royal family and the stage in recent
times is one of increasing democra-
tic feeling. ,
Victorian Mantle
Queen Victoria .first began to
throw the mantle •oE respectability
over stage players in the middle
of the last t:entury, when she
started the 'practice of inviting
leading .actors and actresses like
Henry Irving, the KendeIs, and
Sir John Hare to bring down their
companies to give private perfor-
rnanees at 'Windsor Castle or Bal-
moral.
It was the present King, George
VI, who started the habit of the
royal family's going to the play
instead of taking the play to the
royal family. Whereas King
George 'has held only three com-
mand performances in his various
palaces since he carne to the
throne, he has visited the theater
during the ordinary run of a play
on more than 40 occasions.
At such times the royal family
sits in a box, but in recent months
the young princesses have begun
to take seats in the stalls among
their subjects. Whereas at one
time any playgoer who had
bought a stage box for the night
would be asked to surrender it if
the royal family wished to visit the
theater, on this occasion no such
platter was ever suggested.
Much Better View
The princesses find it friendlier
and more theatrically exciting to
sit in the stalls surrounded by
other playgoers than to be in iso-
lated grandeur in a box. Besides,
one sees mtich Netter from the front
row of the stalls, which is the posi-
tion they prefer, than from a hole
in the wall.
Good News for
Lawn Rakers
A wonder machine that not only
sucks up leaves from your lawn but
"chews them up and spits them out"
as a fertilizer is the invention of en
.Atwater man.
It does array with the tedious
job of leaf raking, and also removes
BROW. in winter and grass from your
lawn in summer.
Basil. Strong, a retired sales en-
gineer, is the inventor of the revolu-
tionary machine.
Ile is now manufacturing his in-
vention at the rate of 65 a day, and
shipping them to distant cities. They
are also being used on the campus
of nearby Kent State University and
Oberlin College, as well as in ceme-
tery lots, parks and other places
where there are wide areas to be
kept clean,
"You just run it over your yard
like a vacuum cleaner when you'
want to sweep the leaves away," Mr.
Strong explains. "It sucks up the
leaves, and pulverizes them. Then
:they blow out into the air.'
•"The leaves are sucked into five
rotary .blades spinning at 3,200 re-
volutions .a 'minute. The chopped
aeaues, blown back onto the lawn,
stet .much .as a fertilizer, too, which
is another advantage of the inven-
tion. The ground absorbaethe leaves
within one week," he added.
"Blow Up Hut for
Stranded Airmen
A• frameless, cotton -fabric, four -
man quonset hut has been invented
which can be put up with a hand -
driven pump by stranded airmen in
the Arctic. The hut is really a -sort
of tent, and about 1,5 pounds, air
pressure is enough to support the
structure. The inch -thick 'material
of the hut is a two -layer cotton
fabric coated with a low-tempera-
ture synthetic rubber oompound
that will withstand extreme void:
The dead -airspace between the two
layers provide$ the insulation. Galea
of 100 miles', an hour can be with-
atood,
SALLY'S SALLI5S,
"Shouldn't I wear b Inns
atU!"
Modern Etiquette
By Roberta Lee
Q, Is it proper for a girl to walk
along the street masking?
A, This is still frowned upon by
good society, although what the dif-
fcrenee is between smoking on the
street and in any other public place
is hard to figure, However, to be In
Perfectly good taste, it is better for
the girl to refrain from smoking
while on the street.
* * *
Q. What is the proper way to ask
for a person over the telephone?
A, The proper manner is to ask,
"May I speak to Helen, please?"
And when the person replies with,
"Just a moment, please," or "I'll call
her," don't forget to add "thank
you."
5 *
Q. Should a man who is signing
a hotel register use the prefix "Mr?"
A. No; he should just sign "J. L.
Porter, Cleveland, Ohio."
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Q. Is it considered improper to
add a postscript to a social letter?
A. There is nothing improper
about it, but it is far better to in-
clude everything in the body of the
letter, thus indicating more thought
and less haste in it's composition,
•.k * *
Q. Should a girl light a man's
cigarette for ,him?
A. If she has just lighted her own
and the match is still burning, it is
all right. Otherwise, he should' al-
ways light hers.
* * *
Q. What should one write on a
card enclosed with flowers -sent to
a funeral?
A. "With Sympathy," or, "With
deepest sympathy" is sufficient,
* * *
Q. Is it proper for a divorcee to
wear the engagement and wedding
rings of her first husband, after she
has become engaged again?
A. The wedding ring should be
discarded, of course. The engage-
ment ring may still be worn, on
the right hand, if the new fiance
does not object.
* .* *
Q. Is it always proper to smoke
in another person's home?
A. Not always. It is still considi
ered bad manners to light a cigar-
ette, cigar, or pipe in the home of
a stranger when no one else is
smoking—and especially at the table
3f there is no provision made for
smoking.
Ci Course, It's the Lord's Will' — Betty Lou Marbury, cour-
ageous 10 -year-old farm girl who asked the nation to pray 10
help make her well, underwent surgery in a hospital for re-
moval of her diseased right hand. Said Betty Lou when told
that ltinputation was necessary,,"Of course it's the Lord's will.
f'n, sure the operation will help me get
' Q. Does the receivin& of, a wed-
ding'announcement require a gift?
A. NO; nor does it require any
civility beyond senting a like an-
nouncement if a marriage takes
place in your own fmily.
k 5 *
Q. If you have sent a gift to
someone and have received no ac-
knowledgement after a reasonable
time, would it be all right to ask
this person if he received it?
A. Yes, yon are perfectly jusfi-
fied in asking, as the gift may have
gone astray. And if the person real-
ly did receive it, maybe your ques-
tion will remind hint of his extreme
rudeness.
,E KSS
Yclave Andtiews.
Whenever I run across a new -
looking recipe which calls for ap-
ples, I first try it out and then—if
it suits my folks.- pass it along in
the hope it will do the ' same for
yours. (After • all, we Canadians
grow the best apples In the world,
and why shouldn't we use them in
every manner possible?)
So here's a fine recipe for
APPLE CAKE WITH
MERINGUE
Apple Cance With Meringue
Cream together
1 c. butter
1 c. sugar
Mix with
3 egg yolks
2tir in
1 tblsp. grated lemon rind
Sift together
2 c. sifted flour
2 tsp. baking powder
tsp. salt
Add dry ingredients to first mixture.
Add
1 c. dry crumbs
Blend withpastry blender, knives,
or finger tips, until the mixture re-
sembles corn meal.
Divide dough into two ' parts.
Press half smoothly over bottom of
8x12 -inch balling pan. Cover with:
Apple Filling
Peel, core, slice
4 large apples
Spread apples over pastry layer
Sprinkle with
c. sugar
1 tblsp, cinnamon
c. chopped pecans
34 a. melted butter t "
Cover with remaining pastry.
Bake in 350 deg oven 45 minutes,
Top with meringue trade from
three egg whites left from pastry;
Brown in hot oven (425 deg) 4f4
minutes. Serves 8.
You'll have to look elsewhere if
your're expecting to see apologies
for all the cookie and doughnut re-
cipes that appear here or hereabouts
from time totime, When you have
to make them so often as some of
us do, and they disappear Ito ,quiek-
ly, you're glad of any new `Twist' to
them,' So here we go,
Filled Doughnuts
Ivtaltes 2 dozen
Sift together:
Ds/4 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1, teaspoon salt
Add gradually:
15 cups sugar to
2 eggs, well beaten; mix
e Blend in
11/4 ceps gout milk
tableepoens melted batter
2 teaepoone.vinegar
Add dry ingredients; blend.
Roil ),,i inch thick on floured
board.
Place filling on cut circles.
Fold dough over filling; , seal
edges.
Fry in deep fat 350 deg. Drain an
paper.
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FRUIT COOI{IES
%s cup butter or shortening
f/ cop sugar
1 egg
1 cup Five Roses Flour
1 tspn. baking powder
JAI tspn. salt
tspn. cinnamon
Ys cup chopped pecans
%a cup raisins
1 tspn. vanilla
Method: Cream together the but-
ter and sugar. Add beaten egg, milk
and vanilla. Sift together flour, bak-
ing powder, salt and cinnamon. Add
to the creamed mixture. Add nuts
and raisins. Drop from teaspoon
onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake
at 325 deg. F. for 15 minutes on un-
til golden brown. Makes -2 dozen
cookies.
* * *
Cream Doughnuts
Makes 2 dozen
Sift together:
2'/ cups flour, sifted
2 teaspoons baking powder
34 teaspoon salt
VS teaspoon nutmeg
Add
Y2 cup sugar to
4 egg yolks, beaten
Stir iii
54 cup think cream
Add dry ingredients to eresm
mixture,
Roll X inch thick on floured
board.
Fry in deep fat at 375 deg, about
5 minutes.
Turn only once, Drain en paper.
Top with chocolate frosting, tsutM.
5 * * -
;Banana Douglitatate
Makes 3 doyen
Sift together:
5 cups' flour, sifted
4 teaspoons baiting powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg .
Add
2 eggs, well beaten, to
3/4 ottp Shortening, creamed
Blend with shortening mistime:
2.medium bananas, loathed
cup sour mills
12,4 teaspoons vanilla
Add dry ingrodldente and mux welt
Knead lightly on floured hoard
Roll 3d itch Welt, Cut.
Fry in deep fat at 375 deg., about.
30116015.
Turn only once, Drain on paper.
OW CAN 1?
By Anne Ashley
Q. How can I add weight?
• A. '!'here are many remedies for
this, but a few simple rules are: Eat
two raw eggs before breakfast every
morning. Eat boiled 'meats, fats, oils,
butter, and starchy foods. Drink
plenty of milk and water. The saf-
est plan in some cases, is to consult
your -physician.
* * *
Q. How can I remove varnish?
A. Use a sponge or a brush and
apply a solution made of one part
caustic soda and three parts luke-
warm water. Allow the solution to .
remain for a minute and then scrape
off. -
* * *
Q. How can I prevent bacon
from shrinking so much?
A. Dip the slices of bacon into
flour or cornmeal before frying.
:k * *
Q. How can I shrink cotton ma-
terials before making into gar-
ments?
A. Soak in salt water, 3.;i -cup of
salt to each gallon of water; then
hang straight on the line in a shady
place. This will not only insure ma-
terial against shrinkage, but will set
the colors.
* * *
Q. What can be clone if too much
milk or water has been added to
the confectioner's sugar when mak-
ing frosting?
A, Merely add a little flour to
thicken it. The taste of the flour
vei11 not be noticeable. It isn't neces-
sary to add more sugar.
* * *
Q. How can I make a good rem-
edy for burns?
Ay Use equal parts of linseed oil
add lime water, applied of a soft
cloth, then covered with another
soft cloth to keep out the air. It is
well to keep a bottle of this solu-
tion on hand for emergencies.
* * 5
Q. How can I bleach white ma-
terial that has turned yellow after
being stored for a long time?
A. Dissolve two tablespoons of
' borax in one quart of water; boil the
goods in this solution; then place
in the sun to dry. Repeat this pro-
cess if necessary.
* * *
Q. How can I darken brown
shoes' that are lighter in color than
I wish?
A. Rub then' with milk, to which
a few drops of household ammonia
have been added, When they are
dry, polish, with a clean dry cloth.
* * *
Q. How osn I clean the soiled
leaves of house plants?
A. Apply equal parts of milk and
warm water. Use a sponge, and rub
gently to prevent breaking the
leaves.
Ate Roasted Bats
And Liked Them!
In the remote hinterland of New
Caledonia, one of the larger le -
lands of the South Pacific, an *1-
derly English spinster is having
the time of her life today, blazing
x trail through unexplored jungle.
Clad in sensible woollen etock-
ings and knickerbockers, 68 years -
old Miss Evelyn Chessman has be.
gun another of her insect safaris,
headed for an insect "lost world"
lodged 5,000 feet up in the dark
sud challenging mountains.
When her superstitious native
'bearers tremble at the risk of en-
countering devil -devils or falter at
the prospect of meeting the primi-
tive bushnen, she goes forward
alone, just to rally their confidence
by proving she is tambu, or devil -
proof. She has been treed by wild
beasts, lost in the swamps, watch.
ed and followed by cannibals. Once,
when her native boys were too
seared of ghosts to stay with her,
she even slept in the bush alone,
comfortably curled beside the bra-
zier she uses to trap eight -inch
moths.
Once. as she was wading up a
stream in the Cyclops Mountains
of New Guinea, a torrential thund-
erstorm turned the river -bed into
a sudden tumbling flood. Half -
deafened by the noise of the water
over the boulders, absorbed in the
insects in the shallows, she did not
hear the boys' warning shout, and
the force of the water -bore swept
her from her feet. Narrowly miss-
ing a reek. she caught at a loop
01 overhanging vegetation, climbed
into it and clung there for hours.
Insect -hunting on the little
known island of \Vaigeu, she re-
cently spent 'months on a steaming
.mountainside in a hut sketchily
built of tree branches and tarpaul-
ins. The thunderstorms lasted fif-
teen hours a day and every storm
brought swarms of huge biting
'Yes and midges, fighting for shel-
ter. Characteristically she reported
with entmsiasm that they included
several new types.
No other woman—and few men
—Can have endured such consistent
hardship, discomfort and danger
for die sake of strange beetles and
huge, flies and fleas.
In the library of the Royal En-
tomological, Society the experts
speak of her with respect as a lead -
i t woman scientist wlib has helped
r o:e some of the widest gaps of
knowledge in mankind's ceaseless
War on the predatory insect world.
These was the time when, climb-
ing on to n row ledge on a ,
3,000 -foot pre, e. she found her-
self face to f s e with a python.
"It was a shock to us both," she
admits. 'Chen she swiftly realized
the baneful effects if her timorous
bearers caught sight of the snake
in a region reputedly haunted by
six -legged serpents.
Kicking a piece of wood, she hit
the snake on the head, it drew
back sharply into the deepest
shadows under a heap of faded
branches. By that time her boys
were beside her and sat innocently
on the branches for a smoke. Every
time she looked she could see the
bright shining eyes of the snake.
"The boys laughed happily when
they saw me smiling," Miss Chees-
man commented. "If only they had
known!"
Again, on the enchanted isle of
Errouanga, tate natives prepared a
feast in her honour. To her horror
she found that the main dish con-
sisted of black bats roasted in
leaves. .When she pleaded for
tinned herrings instead, her hosts
were so tearful that she changed
her 'mind. "We saved the plumpest
bats for you," they explained.
Miss Cheesman asked only that
the bats should be beheaded and
then summoned courage for the
first bite. It was quickly followed
by surprise. "They were delicious,"
she says. "Tender -fleshed with a
game flavour like duck."
First White Woman Seen
ito Dutch New Guinea she ven-
tured into regions where a white
woman had never been seen. From
the thatched inland villages the
women flocked and asked her to
let down her "grass" (her hair).
Miss Cheesman oheerfully complied
-•in return for the jewel-like beetles
they wore as necklets.
Strangely enough, Evelyn Chees-
man had scarcely set foot out of
England before she was forty. She
confesses that a youth spent io
bard work and study had landed
her high and dry as Curator of the
Insect House at the London Zoo.
Versed in the ways of everything
that crawled, she learned to handle
—and even milk -black widow
spiders and other horrors. Her big
chance came at forty-three when
she sailed as entomoogist with a
Pacific survey,
New and Useful Too
gate Ladder
Ladder combines nonconducting
properties of wood with lightness
and strength of aluminum. Side rails
are spruce; aluminum rungs are re-
cessed in the rails, secured with
locking pins. Result said to be safe,
lightweight ladder which comes in
10 -ft, to 22 -ft. lengths, single, or in
20-51. to 44 -ft. extension sizes.
* * *
Tip -Proof Baby Cup
Tip -proof baby cup, weighted at
bottom, is molded of tasteless,
tough, chip -proof Lumarith. Has
transparent disc with small drinking
and air 'holes which fits in the cup
and keeps fingers out, maker states.
k * *
Burn -Proof Oven Mitts
Burn -proof mittens, offered by
Toronto firm, are said to eliminate
all danger of hand burns, blisters,
scalds, because of asbestos facing.
Hutest dishes, pots and pans may
be handled with perfect safety and
freedom, it's stated. Come in a var-
iety of colors, trimmed with bright -
colored cloth and are lined with
non -creeping material, to stand in-
numerable washings without imptiir-
211etit of appearance or efficiency.
* * *
Zipper Comes Apart
Zipper which can't tangle in
clothes is offered. Fixed retainer at
bottom of slide is swivel case that
turns to an open position. When
swivel is opened, the zipper can be
pulled apart to untangle the cloth.
h * *
Versatile Saw
Eland saw which is also a com-
plete layout working tool, features
plastic handle on which are assembl-
ed a level vial, a plumb vail, a wide -
range protractor calibrated in 15 de-
gree stages, and outside and inside
On the isle of blalekuela, she
found that even local officials had
never visited the unexplored inter-
ior, inhabited by fierce cannibapl
Bushmen who hated whites. Of
course, nothing would suit her but
to go inland.
Inside the Secret Huts
Patiently she overcame the bush -
men's suspicions, making friends
from one village to the next. The
beating jungle drums told of her
coming. Ultimately she was per-
mitted to see the sacred huts where
the tribes kept the skulls and bones
of their enemies and then, in his
hilltop village, she met the dreaded
Ringapat himself, king of the can-
niba Nansba tribe.
Never willing to overdramatize
her experiences, Miss Cheesman
reports that she found him "amus -
in." Iu the end 'she gained Ringa-
pat's confidence to spelt an extent
that he brought out one of his
'most cherished possessions and
showed her his frying -pan. Now,
he expained, he ate "all the same
as a white man."
Evelyn Cheesmau tells the story
herself in her vividly exciting book,
"Camping Adventures on Canni-
bal Islands". As a loyal subject,
promising not to eat white men,
Ringapat wanted to send his frying -
pan to King George. Miss Chees-
man persuaded him to part with
an ancestral poisoned spear instead.
Yet Miss Cheesmau in turn re-
ceived her own tribute of her last
trip when she made a canoe jour-
ney down the New Guinea coast
into mandated territories. She was
amazed at the crowds of natives.
"They have come to see you,"
her navigator beamed. "They have
come to see the woman who walks
in the jungle!" •
layout square. Also included is a
carbon -steel blade deeply etched on
either aide of the top with inch and
metric rules, and, at the tip, a stirs
face incision point to permitsurface
cutting without necessity of boring
holes. Saw available in eight and
ten-toothcrosscut and five_and-a-
half-tooth rip.
* *
Dormant Spraying
By using fuel oil or kerosene as
a carrier for the weed -killing chem-
ical 2, 4, 5-T, brush may be control-
led by spraying during the dormant
season, Canadian firm states. In one
test last winter at a concentration
of 8,000 parts per million in fuel oil,
brush failed to produce any leaves
in the spring, it is reported. Farm-
ers will profit from dormant spray-
ing, according to company spokes-
man, because they can spray when
they are least busy with other farm
chores and without risk to sensitive
crops that may grow near the brush
to he sprayed.
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Combine and cont 13g o. finely -diced cooked
chicken, 3t e. medium -thick white sauce. Nfiz
and Gift into bowl, 2 o. once -sifted poetry flour
(or 1M, c. once -sifted hard -wheat flour), 8 tsp.
Mania Baking Powder, Si tap. salt, 1 tbs. granu-
lated sugar. Cut in finely, 8 tbs. shortening. Mix 1
beaten egg and Si e, milk. Make a well in dry
ingredients, poor In liquid and mix lightly with a
fork; Roll dough out to 341' thickness; out into 4"
squares, Place about 2 tbs. chicken mixture on each
square, near coiner. Fold dough over diagonally,
making triangles, Seal edges by pressing with
fork 'tines; prick' tope. Bake on greased pan in
hot oven, 4150' 15 nun. or until golden brown.
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