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The Brussels Post, 1951-1-24, Page 7Queer Jobs That Builders Have Had in the past builder, pace r"•ea- aiunally been employed of se,ufe very strange projects. Take for u1 iaoc, the Earthquake Preventer Pagoda. 7 his was a building ereeted iu Nahum Island, China, is the early year, of last rt Utile}', 'file ar,a I, ail-tltfereel ,t't(Tett. front a sole. nl ca1'thquakv, and nuc• malt „u the ishaul decided that if lir erected a building .large and heavy cunttt;h it %could hold clowns the heaving; earth and precool fine• titer calamities, Fortunately the earthquake, died nut• and the builder never saw his theory put to the test. • Another quaint ilea lies behind the leaning haus,: to be found at Port Said This building was erec- ted for a boy who had one leg shorter than the other. It was believed that with the house being on the slope the lame boy' would be able to walk without limping. But 'perhaps the quaintr et of all home building ideas was a round grouse built in Florida. It was erected with this shape simply be- cause the titan's wife had a beauti- ful romlcl (lining table and site in- sisted that it should fit perfectly into the dining rouui. The only solution 'appeared to be to constuct a circular dwelling In Australia -a building was once erected in honor of —an insect. It took the forst of a memorial hall and was put up by the inhabi- tants of Boonarga, Queensland, to commemorate the triumph of the Cactoblastis—am insect which had been imported to rid the area of the prickly pear. Many buildings have been erected as the result of a vow. One of the most notable 14 perhaps a chapel in New Orleans, L.S.A,, winch was built by one matt. Ia the middle of las t century a terrible epidemic brolcc out and the priest, Father 'Chevis, Crowed that if his parishioners were spared he would erect the chapel as a thanks offering. The builders of India were once given a job which must have seemed to many exceedingly strange, Their task was to erect a library to holcl—one hook. The building stands at antritsar and very costly materials were put into it, for the volume it was to house was the Sacred Book, of the Sikhs. It .Ain't Liz—Model and tele- vision actress Sheila Connolly was, as -usual, mistaken for film actress Eliza -Taylor as she arrived at Southampton, England.- 1t was because Iter resemblance to Liz has ham- pered her acting career that Sheila crossed the Atlantic to break into the movies on her own account. Tutt it seems Miss Taylor, like Kilroy; is known everywhere. Like A Silk Fac• e? _— After experimenting for three years in a Surrcv laboratory, two 'Viennese scientists—Dr. Verdier and Dr. Salfield—have made a dis- covery which will delight women who have to keep repairing their make-up, They have invented a silk face powder which does not cake, The scientists first obtained ninny bales of Chinese silk and had to Me much of- it before -they were • successful. They carefully pounded the silk into now t e world's first silt C051C11c S, includ- ing powder, lipstick and foundation, are the result, The powder looks o0 d and ad wamen who have tlsed it declare that it gives 0 natural glow• to the skin and is as smooth as silk, So in future when a young man tells his sweetheart that her "checks aro like silk," he won't be exaggerating! The silk powder does not take because it takes on the temperature of the air, And (listen carefully, girls!) it is said 16 go twice as far anti need only be put on once a day, This Hottest Age: F. N. Johnston has returned to Columbia Univer- sity library a book borrowed by his great -great grandfather in 1772, • Me Next?—Being chicken-hearted, these fine feathered friends naturally wonder what's cookin' as they observe 0 pair of their less fortunate brethren being done to a golden brown on a spit. TABLFI bane Andtiews. ;They don't seem to have defin- itely settled on a name for the bird. Sonic call it "the chicken, or to- morrow," others the "broiler -flyer," still others the "all-purpose chicken," But call it 'what you like, both here and south of the border the trend of poultry raisers is toward producing a chicken that's small and young enough to fry, plump and meaty enough to roast, and (ender enough to broil. It varies between a pound and a half and four pounds in weight, and—in my opinion—is bound to become in- creasingly popular. So the follow- ing hints for various delightful way's of cooking it will not, I hope, conte amiss, + M PAN-BROILED CHICKEN Select a young "broiler -fryer" weighing about 2 pounds. (lave it split io half, neck and back bone trimmed off (they can be used for it quick broth). Rub inside and out with sal;, pepper. and, if de- sired, very lightly witlt flour mixed with powdered sage. Melt 4 table- spoons butter or margarine in heavy frying pati, Place broiler halves in pan and cook over low• heat to a beautiful brown and well done. Serve with sauteed fresh mush- rooms and pan-fried potatoes, OVEN -FRIED 'CHICKEN This method is excellent when two or more . chickens are being fried, 1. For encs. potted chicken, blend cup flour, f.j. teaspoon paprika, as teaspoon salt, 5 teaspoon pep- per, and, if desired, ?d teaspoon poultry seasoning, in paper bag.' Shake chicken, 2 or 3 pieces at a time. to coat evenly. Save leftover flour for gravy, 2. Brown pieces of chicken in at least a -inch layer of fat in heavy skillet. If a large quantity of chicken hi being prepared, the browning will go much faster if a 1 to 2 -inch layer of fat is used. 3, Place golden -browned chicken one layer deep in shallow baking prof. 4 For each chicken, spoors a mix- ture of 2 tablespoons melted butter and 2 tablespoons of broth or milk over chicken, 5, Continue the cooking itt a mo- derate oven (350 degrees F.) until chicken is tender, 30 to 40 minutes, Turn once to crisp evenly. During cooking more broth or milk may be drizzled over chicken if it appears dry. Test for doneness, Chicken is done when meat ou thickest part of drumstick cuts easily, and no pink color is visible. 6. Serve hot or cold, with barbe- cue sauce, if desired. a, c: FRIED CHICKEN BARBECUE Follow directions for Oven -Fried Chicken, spooning barbecue sauce over chicken instead of butter and broth, Use ;n cup sauce for each pound chicken. ITALIAN CHICKEN 2% to 3% pound "boiler -fryer" chicken, ready -to -cook weight, disjointed 1/4 cup olive oil or other fat 1 thinly sliced onion 3% cups canted tomatoes or 8 medium tomatoes 11 clove garlic 1% teaspoon salt TA teaspoon pepper Method •- C0ok chicken n in hot oil until delicately browned, tinning to brown evenly. Add onions and cook until onion is transparent and gol- den. Add tomatoes, garlic, salt and itchtr..Itch...Ih tc 1 Was Nearly Crazy 170tt r discovered Dr. D. D. Donuts' amazia ly Capt Toilet —A D. D, Proscrtptlkn. World popular, this purl, 00511,5, Wield modicgtion snoods poles and comfort from erne( itl inn Oaneed "y 005Oma, vpl8t 1)ork 00)5, atatotl'9g toot and 0111 ,' 1100 o sootOo. Trial kettle, prod 4rhhoat00a. 100,1 ickA, 00011ru0, dlttclts rally. cal (telt 01 015105' back, Ask oextra Ott D,D D, uroscripum, fordteso' or esusa st,•Cnstb). pepper, Cover and simmer u•rtil chicken is tender and tomatoes are reduced to a thick sauce, 40 to 50 minutes, Remove garlic clove before sct•ving. 4 to 5 servings. 1.1 broth gets too thick, add t.., cup tomato juice, broth or water. is v: w: SMOTHERED CHICKEN Young chicken, 3 to 4 lbs. , read -to -cook, disjointed 1% teaspoons salt teaspoon pepper 34 teaspoon ginger teaspoon poultry seasoning %s cup flour IA cup fat for frying 2 cups cream or rich mill; 1a pound sliced mushrooms Method Coat chicken with mixture of seiasoniugs and flout•. C'ot4e chicken itt (tot fat until golden brown. I'lace pieces itt casserole. Sprinkle any remaining flour mixture over top. Heat cream to boiling and add sliced mushrooms. Pour over chick- .en, hicle-.en, Cover and bake h1 nit (trate over (350 degrees F.) until 1 de 1 to 1t bouts: -,5 is 6 serti_gs, BROILED "CHICKEN 1. !'lace broiling chickens, rut in half, in broiling pan. 2. (tub entire surface of chicken with cut lemon, squeezing lemon co get plenty of juice, 3. Coat with melted hatter or. margarine. 4. Sprinkle with mixture of 1 teaspoon each of salt and sugar, Ei teaspoon paprika, and `;i teat, spoon black pepper for each halt. 5, Lay iu broiler pan %not nein skin side down. • 6. Place broiler 5 to 7 inches Hilder heat source. CIcid'•t should be broiled slowly. Re.nd•,tr heart or pan pn:,i.iou so that chit:Leo just begins to brown lightly in 10 iltiiltttec, - 7, 'Turn and brush with fat two or three times during broiling to brown and cook evenly. Total r,, d- ing time varies from 35 to 50 min- utes. Serve with pan drippings poured over chicken, If giblets arc served with broiled chicken, coat liver and pre-cooked heart and gizzard with fa., sea"ou, -mid broil just long enough to brown. How A Famous Cartoonist Worked The manual labor of drawing a cartoon is one of the few things that has not changed mucli in the last half -century. .Nor is there much ntys.ery left to it. The equip- ment is usually only a bottle of int; and a pen, a piece of cardboard, an eraser—and sometimes an ides, After I had settled on this last item, I blocked it out roughly on scratch paper so that T would know where I was going to place the major figures. Then I transferred i., either freehand or by tracing, onto a cardboard about sixteen Mites wide, and went over it with black drawing ink, altering, cutting out, adding. If the subject happened to be a good one, there was no little pleasure in elaborating it ... For the major part of my more than fifty years of cartooning, I produced one every day. Each one presented a new problem, By the very nature of the job, it could not become routine. I tried to vary the subject ma:ter, to keep changing the farm and nature of my cartoons to provide as great diversity as possible Whenever I finished a cartoon which I considered good, there,was a delightful glow that made the whole world seem warm and friendly. No ordinary everyday happiness is so satisfying as that which conies from something one has done, and done well ... Even after many years of experi- ence I continued to be surprised by the inconsequential things that help to strike the popular fancy, or by the details that unexpectedly arouse comment. One Christmastime in showing a crowded street with much move- ment and activity, I drew a street- car turning a corner. To heighten the sense of motion and utalee it more amusing, I drew the car itself bending in crescent form as it trade the curve. A deluge of letters descended on ole. In the utmost seriousness ." was assured that a car did not bend when turning a corner; it remained stiff and straight, After that at reasonable intervals I again curled my streetcars around corners, and in no case did there fail to conte the reminders of my indifference to physical laws. Some- times I have felt, that•if the readers were always as vigilant in defend- ing their vested rights as they are the habits of streetcars,' the nation need Have no fear for the future,— From "Drawn Frotit Memory," by John T. McCutchean. GIRLS! WOMEN! Do you suffer distress from odaC torr cfrillikilWC*ICNISS And also want to build up Do female functional periodic disturbances make you suffer pain, fuel so nervous, weak, cranky, restless—at such times? Then do try Lydia E. Pinkham's TABLE' ',9 to relieve such symptoms! Taken regularly thruout month --Lydia E, 'Pinkham's Tablets helpbuild up resistance against such annoying distress. rod blood? 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The iris), fu1,..,re fronou, far 11.i, ,,,rt ni rlr•i^ fur rt,:err, it,,, 1' 1 Ir r 1- teal c tt ,tisi,t{ 1;, t1nj ,t t, %ire , lt' '1' a unlet:; (lore :;hick react.- at:u9tittt-t'y rt,c,t Yo t,;11- '-r.er clothes, we rio it by Lamle' Not t•,•ry long ago there was 71 tacarrcy fora caretaker of a cemet- ery iu llurhinghalnshit•'e and the lr ,ti,,n was advertised. 1 n,• r,)i' read: "I beg_toapply a,.,r the vacancy is the burial elovnd ” lle would eert'ti"lt- get fi.. ;t.,:-iti,ut one was or another. A prize effort appeared in (' ,nada v Irr,1 0 local newspaper attar ouced: "1)u' to the shortage of newsprint, a number of births' will be post- poned until newt •re•,•I'." A i i fl ,tu in Rent 1•0, .1 little: co, ;q.plir. lion for the,reuctcal of lti•, lie curt•, and in his -letter he s;tic1 "It's for beet only, itot intoxicating liquors." Only 'vestals people stopped is. speechless surprise at a 11011(0 pro- minently displayed in the window of a fur strop: "Fur coats trade from your own skins!" And was it conscious or unrati- 0 inn•; !minor that caused an ad , rti..t't' hi a Solztt•.rtet paper to sore! his tuessage as follows: "For sale, a bridal gown and veil, stock sire. Abse pair of gent's spiked running shoes"? The Annual Meeting of Shareholders :s al ank of Canada Velnn a,•y Curb On Spending Would Speed Re -armament and Preserve our Free Economy P'.ysical controls useful but no substitute for a real attack on inflation. Noss -military expenditures must be cut. Prgsident proposes four point anti-inflation programme IIow the inflationary spiral can undermine .he very basis of free Canadian democracy and the posi- tive steps which should he taken now to meet this threat were em- pttasiZed by Janes Muir hi his Presidential address e tia( meeting of shareholdersatthofaorthe Royal Bank of ('auada. The Korean war, said Mn, Muir, and the threat of war elsewhere, had posed new inflationary prob- lems on an economy already fa- tigued by the long snuggle against iitfleelott since the close of World War 11. 'We no longer have that excess capacity in capital and man- power that made possible more guns and more putter in the early years of the last struggle. "Full employment of men and resources is a syntpton of econ- omic strength in peacetime. it means however that any additional demands upon the economy can be met only by curtailing demand else- where. This means that the addi- tional demand upon our economy arising out of rearmament must be met by cutting back our normal peacetime demand for capital and cottsuntp:ion goods. COST OF REARMAMENT "This curtailment of peacetime demand is the cost of wartime re- armament. This cost cannot be post- poned. It must be met at once. And the fundamental problem of war economics is to ensure that only the least essential part of peace- time demand is thus curtailed, "In this way we can reduce the dislocation of our economy caused by new armament expenditure. If we can reduce this dislocation we can increase the effectiveness of our scar effort and at the same time we can ensure that the freedom we aim to defend will in fact be preserved. 'What part of peacetime demand can most economically be sacrificed to the needs of defence? "There are broadly three areas of demand in which cut -hacks might conceivably be made. They are (1) the demand by consumers, especi- ally for durable goods; (2) the de- mand by business for materials needed in the expansion of plant and equipment; and (3) the demand by government for non-military goods and services. "Further inflation can he avoided if the money value of increased armament is offset hy the reduced demand by consumers, business and government for non-military goods and services. CONTROLS NOT ENOUGH "Once the limits of voluntary saving have Leen reached we are forced to rely on increased taxes. and on physical controls. Physical con trots may operate indirectly through credit curbs or directly through government allocation of scarce materials combined in vari- ous degrees with price control and rationing, "These physical controls are not, properly speaking, deflationary at all. From bitter experience after the last war, the know that physical controls conceal but do not directly reduce inflationary pressure. They attack the swntptons and leave the disease itself unchecked. Their pro- per use is to divert demand from scarce to relatively less scarce goads and servicc,s or, in some eases, to provide a stole -.gap until fiscal and monetary policy can re- duce inflationary pressure through direct action. Physical controls have their use, especially in total war, but they are no substitute for de. viers that really attack inflation. TO FIGHT INFLATION "The suggestions trade in this ap- praisal of ways to fight inflation would, I think, be broadly accept- able top majority of citizens, whe- ther inside or outside the govern- ment. I would summarize theta as follows: 1. Voluntary saving through i the patriotic restraint of consumption should 11e encouraged, by the precept and example of govern- ment, business, and private citi- zens: i.e., through less non- military penditurP by govern- ment, less capital expansion by business ,and less consumption (especially on credit) on the part of private citizens, 2. Voluntary saving sitotticl be en- couraged, borrowing discour- aged, and fiscal policy made effective by allowing a continued Movement towards higher in- terest rates, .t. Taxes required to preventinfla- tion should penalize consump- tion and reward saving, whether through direct taxes on eon- suniptiatl or 'tln'ottgh income INCOME TAXES COULD BECOME TWO-EDGED SWORD The most powerful weapon in the fight against inflation is gen- erally supposed to be a stiff in- crease in the income tax. But the test of efficiency trust be that any income tax increase shall penalize spending and reward saving. Such a criterion would rule out drastic increases in corporate taxes, especially excess profits taxes, tend to encourage waste in management; and, in addition, excess profits taxes are arbitrary in their impact and inflationary in their final effect. The personal income tax is itself a blunt instrument that may bit spenders and savers alike; nevertheless it may prove' to be the only weapon with suffi- cient power to check spending, even though in the process some saving is hit as well. To minimize these faults, and to ensure fairness, I would sug- gest that any increase in income tax burdens should recognize: (1) that an effective attack upon inflationary spending can only be made by broadening the tax base through lower personal ex- emptions; (2) that equity de- mands the vigorous reduction of income tax evasion, now all too apparent outside the fixed wage and salary group; (3) that equity and efficiency alike demand the exemption from income tax, wherever possible, of the bona fide saving of the public. In its simplest form, this might include the limited exemption of insur- ance premiums and of net pur- chases of savings bonds over the year, I ant aware that to implement the third suggestion may be work for a genius in political and social invention; but, if so, the should be looking for hint, Otherwise, as tax rates rise, the blunt instrument of the income tax may become a dangerous and perverse weapon that penalizes saving even more than it penal- izes spending. The failure to exempt saving when income taxes are very high will not only reduce their power to prevent inflation in the short run, but may in the long run prove a positive danger to demo- cracy itself. The extremes of "left" and 'right" in the world today are mediated in the great democracies by a strong middle class. Tt would he a tragedy indeed if democracy should per- ish because. itt the supposed interest of its own defence, it liquidated this guardian of demo- cratic institutions, 4. Direct controls, especially in the form of price control and ration- ing, should be measures of the last resort, and should be treated as stop -gap devices, not as sub- stitutes for a true anti-iuflatian• ary policy. "Perhaps we should not ignare the possibility that, having failed to realize their hopes of capitalist collapse through post-war depres- sion• the communists are now try- ing to engineer capitalist collapse through the inflationary pressttre of a continuous armaments boons, But once the required amount of arena -'to our almost 12,000 stet. members meats expansion has been determin- (and as well to those other cur ed, the inflationary problem created ptoy-ees of the•hanit who contribute by that expansion must somehow so much to the efficiency of the be met. organization. "As aa means to this end I sltotild r T can assure the Directors andanization. like once more to emphasize the shareholders that morale is high, moral and economic obligation of I and that •ha:cver new crises conicg democratic governments to maintain come upown nS in the now-openin ordinary expenditures at the lowest iy'cnr, your staff will measure up, possible level, If democratic govern- -• tit t s e n.ailn is f to meet this obligation, they will in effect be giving a mea- sure of aid and comfort to the enemy, At this stage, the most im- portantt weapon in the whole ar- senal of war controls is the control of ordinary government expenditure.' Emphatically, the price of our General Manager Reports 2 Million Deposit Accounts T. H. Atkinson, General Manager, in reviewing the bank's 1950 Annual Report, stated that total assets of The Royal Bank of Canada now exceeded $2,497,000,000 the highest point in the field of Canadian bank- ing. Deposits had also increased materially to reach $2,337,503,468, the highest point in the history of the bank. There had also been a gratifying increase in the number of the banks' depositors, the actual number of accounts being over 2,000,000, prac- tically 1,900,000 of which were in Canada. "Since January 1, 1945, the number of accounts on our books itt Canada has increased by about 600,000, or 46%," said Mr. Atkinson. An increase of $926,895 in profits was noted by the General Manager. After providing for the usual de- ductions, including taxes of $4,012,- 000, and dividends, there was a carry -forward to profit and loss account of $3,059,725, bringing this account to $6,920,039. From this total, $6,000,000 has been transferred to the Reserve Fund, which now stood at $50,000,000. NEW BRANCHES "During tate year, 15 new branch offices were completed, in addition to which rather extensive renovation were made to 63 other offices. Work was commenced on an additional 14 new branch buildings and 19 extensive alteration projects which work had not been completed by the year's end. We have opened 24 full-time branches and 1 sub -branch. We are now operating 653 branches and 37 sub -branches in Canada." AID TO TRADERS The General Manager reported another satisfactory year for the bank's branches in the West Indies. Central and South America, and in other areas outside Canada. He noted particularly the itnportant service perfortned by these branches in facilitatiing and promoting trade between Canada and other nations. An important and necessary com- plement to the Government's trade activities "are the banking services and first-hand knowledge which our branches abroad can and do con- tribute, With our chain now num- bering 61 offices outside of Canada and with officers who have been trained alt the ground, speak t!te language, and are fully conversant with local requirements, we are in an unrivalled position to assist Ca- nadian exporters and importers and all those directly interested in the development of foreign commerce. Over the years the foreign service of the bank has offered excellent opportunities to young Canadians who have desired to make a career of international banking. Such op- portunities still exist for young men of courage who have the back- ground and preparation required to qualify for important posts in our foreign network of branches, TRIBUTE TO STAFF "The gratifying figures the have -before us today are due to a very large degree to the efficiency, en- thusiasts, and aggressiveness of the members of the staff from junior clerk up, and it is fitting that I Should say to them a formal but very sincere 'thanks' for a job well done. In the ordinary day-to-day busi- ness of the- batik, our staff continued the ]sappy tradition of friendliness always associated with The Royal Bank of Canada. For their friendly conduct of business as well as for their readi- ness to rise and meet emergencies. T express the thanks of management true, then we have e no 0110 to blault hat ourselves. If Canadian capita; is not playing a large enough part in developing our resources and ex. panding ng our industry, rte reason must be not that Canadian ca p' s! is too meagre for the job, but that in spite of the high stapes, 1'anadiat safety is not only the expenditure capital refuses to take the risk of vast sums provided by savings Front here on let us see to it that and taxes, but eternal vigilance over our vision, our energy and our risk. the uses to which these funds are taking spirit are not found wanting. put, A major defence effort has Actually view spirit of enterprise such an impact upon our economic it: abroad in the land --personally resources and our standard of living 1 have great faith itt it, 1 believe that a democratic government would this is the spirit appropriate lo the be guilty of criminal negligence if true Caoadicut character, It did not do all it cotthl to pre- It may not be too much to hope serve the free W1101113% by chain- that Canada may become, as it were, ing its ordinary expenditures to a working model of the free the absolute miltimum. economy in action, and a. constant "We have all heard it said at reminder to the world at large that taxes that exempt to 5011115 ole- 011e time or another that American - the road to economic freedom is gree the bona fide saving of the capital is taking over our ecottomy. also the shortest anti safest roati public. My reply is simply that, if this is to social progress."