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The Seaforth News, 1955-08-25, Page 2TABLE TALKS ey dam Andrews. Many mothers find it difficult to get children — lots of grown- ups tool — eat enough salads and othe healthful dishes, Quite often an attractive garnish will make all the difference — using what the advertising geniuses van eye -appeal"; and I hope that the following garnish sug- gestions will be helpful, * * GARNISH IDEAS Vegetable slices or sticks, such as slices of unpeeled (or peeled and scored) cucumber, elicumber cubes, green pepper rings, onion rings, tomato slices or wedges, carrot or celery sticks, cooked beet or carrot slices or cubes. Also raw radishes, cauliflower florets, scal- lions (trimmed to 2 inches). * * * Fruit sections or slices, such as slices of unpeeled apple, fresh or canned peach or pear, lemon, lime, or orange; sections of orange or grapefruit free from membrane and split, if thick. These may be grouped in fans, overlapped, or linked. Fresh mint sprigs combine well with these as do small bright berries or cherries. * * * Small fruits, such: as berries, cherries, grapes. Use with stems or in clusters if possible. Maras- chino or minted cherries may be whole or sliced into rings. * * * Cut fruits, such as melon balls, oval or diagonal -cut banana slices, pineapple wedges, rings or half -rings, quarter or half -slices of orange or lemon. Combine these with mint leaves or with other fruits. • * * Eggs, hard -cooked, in slices or stuffed and sprinkled with pap- rika or minced parsley, rings of egg white, sieved egg yolk on beet slices, ete. These may be combined with greens, tomato wedges, green pepper, to make a substantial garnish for en- trees or salads. Pickles, olives and pimiento, such as whole green or ripe olives, whole stuffed olives or slices. small pickles or slices, GOING "COURTING" — Legal robes are the style this year for Mrs. Sybille Gabler, Free Germany's only female state prosecutor. She is attached to the Wiesbaden District Court. pimiento strips, dice, or cut- outs. ,t * * Crisped greens of almost any kind, such as parsley and water cress sprigs; leaves of lettuce, escarole, romaine, chickory, fen- nel, spinach, endive, dandelion; tops of carrot or celery; shelter- ed greens and cabbage; light- colored greens combined with dark greens or sprinkled with bits of chive or parsley, Neat lettuce cups of mayonnaise, sprinkled with paprika or bits of chives make a practical gar- nish accompaniment for salads. Salad greens may be sprinkled lightly with French dressing. * * * Radish Roses. Use round radishes, Trim off all but a few small leaves. Cut o$ root. With a sharp, thin knife, cut 4 or 5 thick, red outside "petals" from tip almost to stein, leaving white center. A second cut may be made half way down petals. Chill in ice water to curl. * * * Curled Celery. Use inner stalks of celery'. .. Cut 3 or 4 inches long. With sharp knife cut each piece into thin strips, stopping 1 inch from the end, Or cut from both ends to with- in an inch of center. Chill in ice water to curl. * ;:* Cheese Carrots or Apples. Work grated processed cheese until smooth. R o 11 small amounts into carrot or apple shapes. Insert bit of parsley for stem of carrot, a mint leaf for stem and clove for end of apple. Dust side of apple with paprika. * * Frosted Grapes. Beat egg white until just foamy. Dip small bunches of green grapes in egg White, then in powdered sugar. Let dry on paper. • :} * Pickle Fans. Use sweet gher- kins, Cut each in thin parallel sections almost the entire length. Carefully spread out like a fan. VOICE CULTURE A long-time inmate of a Dis- placed Persons camp finally got his visa and sailed off for Ameri- ca, faithfully promising to send for his wife the moment he achieved a respectable bank balance. Unfortunately, he for- got all about her until he re- ceived a letter from her some six months later. Unable to read, he persuaded the neighborhood butcher to divulge the letter's contents to him. The butcher, who had a voice like a foghorn on the Queen Elizabeth, opened the letter and read horsely, "'Why haven't you sent for me? I need some money right away. Minnie," The immigrant snatched the note from the butcher's hands, stuffed it angrily into his pocket and forgot about it until a month later when he found himself dining with a gentle young rab- bi. Again he asked, "Will you read my wife's letter to me, please?" This time it was the soft, modulated voice of the rab- bi that echoed. "Why haven't you sent for me? I need some money right away. Minnie." The immigrant nodded with satis- faction. "Anyhow," he remarked, "I'm glad to notice that she's changed her tone." To all, to each, a fair good -night, And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light! —SIR WALTER SCOTT SCOOT 'N SCUD — Lots of fun on little gas that's what these West Berliners get from their tiny, three -wheel autos and even smaller motorboats. Small gasoline engine propels the water scooter, shown strappedatop car, foreground, Rider straddle; craft,, steers with bicycle type handlebars. 'Top speed — about 10 miles per hour. Fashion Hints e . THE "JUMP SUIT" ideal for either working or relaxing around the home is shown here in acetate silk blend shantung. Styled along the romper line, it zips closed from neckline to below the waist. Contrasting fabric is used to form the cummerbund and bind the collar and cuffs. Easy to wash, this garment requires little or no ironing. Ad -Man's Brainstorm Nothing stands still for very long in this crazy old cosmos and the advertising man is jumpier than most things. Well aware that change is the only constant, he is forever headed off in some new direction, striv- ing to be a leap ahead of the other gazelles. His latest inven- tion? A tiny billboard sign that can be mounted on parking meters. The parking meter will never replace the home town paper as an advertising medium, though it might offer some speci- fic usefulness. If the mechanics could rig up a trigger that would trip when the violation sign went up they might sell a flash- ing neon sign: "Need cash to pay your fine Easy loans: No collateral! Unlimited Lenders Ltd." From "The Printed Word," RADIO BONERS In a round -up of the funniest radio "fluffs," Joe Bryan awards palm leaves with clusters to: Jerry Lawrence for "When the King and Queen arrive you will hear a twenty-one sun galoot." A commentator from Korea for "This brings back memories of the Bulgian Belch," Mel Allen for "It's smope_ piking time." Ken Allyn for "Visit your nearest A and Poo Feed Store." Andre Baruch for "Good eve- ning ladies and gentlemen of the audio radiance." Fred Utal (first prize!) for "Have you tried Buppert's neer?" SALLY'S SALLIES "f8 your wife doesn't understand you, who ,does -.-except me?" C i--tbiedMon irnent Dake A flay Summer visitors to London are once more climbing the 345 black marble steps of the 202 - foot Monument, the finest iso- lated stone column in the world, which was built to commemo- rate the Great Fire of London, and cost $45,000. For six months the Monu- ment was closed for repairs to the steps which are climbed by at 1 east 100,000 people every year. During that time the golden flames above the Monu- ment were regilded at a cost of $750 , with 100,000 gold leaves. Most books on London say Sir Christopher Wren designed the Monument but in recent years this has been disputed by some London historians. Mr. William Kent, for instance, says that Robert Hooke the City Surveyor of the period was re- sponsible and that it came to be ascribed to Wren in 1706 when the diarist .Tohn Evelyn referred to it as his in a book. Says Mr. Kent: "Hooke was then dead and Wren was proba- bly piqued at not having his design accepted. Indeed, his contemporary, Aubrey, said Hooke designed what he called the 'pillar of Fish Street Hill,'" Whatever the truth, the Monument remains one of the wonders of London, although crowded in to -day by high buildings. The greatest diame- ter within it is only fifteen feet and the view from the top on a fine day is breath-taking—like the climb up! Down Billingsgate way they still talk of the feat of a young fish salesman, Len Starke, who, in 1926 for a wager ran sixty yards from his place of business to the top of the Monument and back again in three min- utes, fifty seconds. A short, stout man climbed to the top of the Monument every day for nine months in 1923 for the sake of exercise after hit doctor had told him he was too fat. He always did it in his luncheon hour, before lunch, but used to say that the eertion made him hungrier than ever and that his wife had to come up to the City daily to see that he did not overeat after descending. In the end he lost only two pounds in weight. You Can Be Lord Of Your Own Island Would you like to be lord of your own freehold island para- dise? If you don't mind a fairly wild and outlandish location, there's a genuine bargain In the market at the moment. The Three Isles of Quiet in the Outer Hebrides, fifty-four miles westward across treacher- ous sea from the Scottish main- land are being offered for sale. For the last eighteen years, the property has been the private possession of an elderly. woman. But new, anyone with $18,000 in spare cash can acquire this group, become chieftain of his Own domain, devise his own by- laws and decide what duties shall be paid. These islands have many note- worthy features. For instance, Mingulay, the largest, covering 1,517 acres, contains a ruined village. All the inhabitants fled from the place in 1909. On Bernera, measuring two miles by one, there is a light- house, a prehistoric fortress and a Loch Ness type monster which was last sighted four years ago. Pabbay, the smallest of the lot, was a burial ground of Scottish monarchs. Lobsters, seals and basking sharks abound in the surrounding swell. And a few scattered families of fish- ermen and shepherds are the only remaining human beings. To tempt the prospective buyer a modern villa and a boat are included in the deal. But so far no rush of applicants has been reported. This remote, self - contained realm is one of many lying off the shores of Britain. And most of them are privately -owned by sturdy individuals who cherish their independence and do not welcome visitors. One of the strangest islands in the Hebrides is Iona. It is six square miles in area. And the few inhabitants are so well-be- haved that nobody has ever troubled to build a prison, nomi- nate a magistrate, or appoint a single policeman. This crimeless community is visited only Once a week by a constable who ventures across the stormy straits in a small boat from Mull. His arrival is regarded with disdain by these dour, isolated folk. But, to provide formal proof of his visit, they conde- scend to sign and date his note- book. Within living memory no resi- dent of Iona has ever been found guilty of theft, drunken- ness, bigamy or murder, And there is no record of any road offence, simply because bicycles, buses, cars and highways do not exist. In the sunny south, in Big - bury Bay, South Devon, is the twenty -acre luxury holiday re- sort of Burgh Island. One-time haunt of smugglers, it was sold recently by private treaty, Another privately -owned par- adise, which is almost self-sup- porting, is Caldy Island, off the coast of Pembrokeshire. It is only 1?L' miles long and s;i of a mile wide. The lucky islanders can keep their own earnings. They pay neither rates nor taxes, And they all respect Mr. A. Grigg, the official who undertakes manifold duties during his busy day. He is the postman, telegraph boy, radio telephone operator, coastguard, officer in charge of life-saving 'apparatus, registrar and bread carrier for these in- sular households. Loaves are baked for the population by monks of the Cis- tercian monastery, who also or- ganize their own farm and mar- ket. garden. On the East Coast there is a man who is never likely to be troubled by noisy neighbours. He is the lone watchman super- intending the picturesque Priory of Lindisfarne on a rocky isle near the shore of Northumber- land. He seldom sees other human beings except in summer, when curious tourists sail from the mainland t0 inspect the sea-girt relic. Yet he is delighted with his hermit existence, with the cry of seagulls and the moan of waves for company. But even more remarkable is Mrs. Gwen Bond, For over twenty years she has lived alone on Gugh Island, two -and - a -half miles by launch from St. Mary's in the Scilly Isles, off Cornwall. She leads an industrious life and never misses human com- pany. Her companions in her ten -roomed granite home are a cat and a dog. And she keeps 100 head of poultry. For a livlihoed she grows flowers to sell on the mainland, And her recreations include woodwork, fishing for plaice and mackerel, collecting gulls' eggs, shooting rabbits, reading and listening to a battery radio. Gaining Ground In Battle Against TB In a single generation tubercu- losis has dwindled dramatically as a cause of death among Can- adians. Although 1,800 died of TB in 1953, an additional 10,000 would have died if the death rate of 25 years ago had still prevailed. Even in the last 5 years the rate has dropped by two-thirds, and TB now accounts for many less deaths each year than such causes as birth injury, Nephritis or traffic accidents. Nevertheless, TB remains an im- portant disabling illness, requir- ing lengthy institutional treat- ment and absorbing a substan- tial proportion of Canada's health services. Each year about 20,000 are admitted to sanatoria for treatment averaging nearly a year in duration. P CTURE-NUTTY — "Chipper" is squirrely about having his pic- ture taken — just can't get close enough to that lens, The pet of Gay Beauman, the little orphan is being raised on a doll -nipple - equipped aspirin bottle. - HARNESS MAKER — Mrs. Merton J. Hirsch has a tight reign on both her pet parakeet, "Pinky," and a promising business. She makes harnesses such as the one which Pinky's wearing for the sociable little bundles of feathers.