The Seaforth News, 1960-02-18, Page 2Princess .Angie
Makes. Debut
Princess Anne and her bro-
ther, the Prince ;of Wales have
had their biggest day since the
Coronation of Queen >flizabete
II in 1953, Princess Anne has
made her debut as a bridesmaid,
It was at the wedding at Rom -
Hey Abbey of Lady Pamela
Mountbatten to Mr. David Hicks,
Snowflakes falling like confetti
made it difficult for the young
Princess to maintain all the dig-
nity„ she would have wished.
Bounding through the snow,
she "made a boisterous entrance
to the church porch of the snow-
covered abbey for the wedding.
Raving braved the harshest
weather of the winter, however,
the young Princess quickly as-
sumed a solemn air which lasted
for the entire ceremony,
The Princess was one of five
bridesmaids, the youngest of
whom, five - year - old Princess
Frederica of Hanover, was car-
ried from the car to the abbey
door in a blanket because of the
falling snow. All the maids• wore
long white dresses with large
fiches and pink sashes, pink
shoes, and floral tiaras. At the
salon where the dresses were
made I was told they were lined
with flannel to keep the young
wearers warm, writes Melita
Knowles in the Christian Science
Monitor.
The Prince of Wales, in dark
suit with long trousers, stood
near his sister during the cere-
mony, neither giving a hint by
glance or word, that they were
aware of each other.
The young Prince was begin-
ning to relax at the reception
later and to talk to a friend of
the prospects of tobogganing on
the morrow, w hen the lights
failed in the great drawing room
at Broadlands, home of the Earl
and Countess Mountbatten, the
bride's parents,
The Prince of Wales followed
Earl Mountbatten to find candel-
abra. Candles were placed so the
bride and bridegroom could re-
cognize European and other roy-
alty, Oriental potentates, and
BOO other guests waiting to pass
down the receiving line.
In moments of crisis the young
Prince was seen to walk up and
down with his hands clasped be -
bind his back, in the best quar-
ter-deck Manner of his father,
Prince Philip,
It was probably in the hope
of catching a glimpse of the two
soya) children that residents of
Romsey and the villages around
waited for hours in the bitterest
weather to meet the royal train
from Sandringham on which
they were travelling. Some of '
them even brought stepladders
to get a better view.
Witch Doctor
Showed Up Thief
Filming for TV in the forests
of the Belgian Congo. Michaela
and Armand Denis found more
witch -doctors than in any other
part of Africa. At Sokorugudo,
Terence Adamson told them of a
strange incident when he was on
:afari with a doctor friend whose
watch was stolen.
A witch -doctor, summoned
from the next village, arrived in
paint and feathers with his para-
phernalia, and the camp follow-
ers were ordered to stand in a
circle around him. He eyed them
±lercely, made incantations to
east a spell over them, then, tak-
ing a handful of powder from a
gourd, danced slowly round the
circle, throwing a pinch of it into
each man's face.
The next day one of them had
an eye so badly swollen that the
whole eyeball was protruding.
Quaking with fear, he confessed
to the doctor that he'd stolen the
wateh. ide handed it back plead-
ing for mercy.
The doctor let him off with a
caution, but the swollen eye per-
sisted, For two days he tried to
cure it, but failed. Then Terence
remembered that the spell hadn't
been removed,
Again he sent forthe witch.
doctor, who merely uttered a
single incantation. The swelling
began to subside so quickly that
the astonished doctor was able
to watch it returning to normal.
Within an hour or two it was
completely cured,
A favourite witchcraft story' •
related by Michaela in "Ride a
Rhino" was told to her by a:dis-
trict commissioner, When a jun-
ior, he was out on patrol with a
native troop detachment. Rations
ran short, and he decided that a
beast must be shot for food,
While an antelope's carcase
was being divided among. them
an elderly native appeared and
asked for a piece, but one of the
soldiers rudely pushed him aside
and told him to be off, The old
man mumbled some dark phrases
and hobbled away,
He had scarcelyvanished be-
fore the soldier suddenly col-
lapsed
ollapsed in what appeared to be an
epileptic fit, frothing at the
mouth, his eyeballs rolling up-
wards until only the whites were
visible.
Four, men had to carry him
back to camp. For four days and
nights he lay groaning and
helpless. On the march he was
carried on an improvised stretch-
er, but this hindered the patrol,
so the commissioner established
a small base -camp, left him un-
der guard there and .went on
with his depleted party.
Some hours later he saw the
old man hobbling along the
track. "Wbat did yo do to my
soldier?" ha demanded. The man
thought for a moment, then
broke into a chuckle. •"Why,
imagine that," he said. "I'd for-
gotten all about him. But may-
be that will teach him a lesson."
He mumbled a few words and
bobbled off.
On return to base -camp he
found the guards jubilant , and
the sick soldier eating ravenous-
ly from a bowl on his knees, ftt
as a fiddle. His sudden recovery
had occurred at almost the exact
tine of the lifting of the old
man's curse.
Widows For Sale!
Many mail order firms in the
U.S. conduct a profitable busi-
ness by supplying lists. The lists
cover almost every category of
the human race, and range from.
butterfly collectors, owners of
private zoos and cage -bird chain=
pions, to millionaires, philan-
thropists and retired clergymen.
One firm in New York does a.
flourishing business by selling
lists of widows.
James C. Sargent, a member
of New York' City's Securities
and Exchange Commission, was
interested is discover how it
worked. He got in touch with a
member of the firm and was
promptly offered a list of 50,000
widows, with assets of. $50,000 or
more. The list, he was told,
would cost him $2,500.
"Is that your best list?" he
asked, "Oh, no," was the answer.,
"our most expensive list costs
$5,000 and itbrings the best re-
sults." This list also gives the
names and addresses of 50,000
wealthy widows, but with this
very important difference. It
deals only with "current' wide
ows", When the Commissioner
asked what was meant by a
"current widow," the firm's re-
presentative replied: "One who
has enjoyed her status for less
than six months."
STOP OFF — President Eisenhewer, en.route. to California for
his, first major political speech of the year, stopped off in
Denver to leave Mrs. Eisenhower for a visit with her ailing
mother, Mrs, John E. Doul. Here the president and Mrs. Eisen-
hower are greeted by personal friends.
ROYAL RELATIONS — Princess Basma, 8, and Princess Alia, 4,
step out together to a children's ,party in Amman, Jordan.
Bas•ma, the young sister of Kerig Hussein, is Apia's aunt. Alla
ins Hussein's daughter.
TABLE TALKS
POTATO SALAD
10 med. potatoes
ys ib, bacon
2 med. onions
a/z c. vinegar
1 c. water.
4 rounded tbsps. sugar
1 c. cream (sweet or tour)
pepper to taste
2 tbsps, flour
Boil potatoes in jackets until
tender, adding tbsp. salt to wa-
ter. Meanwhile make following
sauce; Dice bacon and fry slow-
ly stirring. When crisp, remove
half bacon crumbs and reserve.
Add flour to fat in pan, cook and
stir for a minute, then add vine-
gar, water and teaspoon salt.
Bring to boil and add cream and
simmer like gravy. ' Peel hot
potatoes and slice into bowl,
using alternate layers of potato
slices andchopped onions, cover-
ing eaoh layer with .sauce, Mix
gently. Sprinkle top with;reserv-
ed bacon bits. Serves eight,
Recipe may be 'halved.
SALMON SALAD
1 large can salmon
1 c: cabbage cut fine
1 c. celery cut fine
14 tsp. salt
? tsp. paprika
Mayonnaise
Flake . salmon fine and mix
with it cabbage and celery.
Sprinkle lightly with salt and
paprika then chill mixture. Mix
with mayonnaise and serve on
lettuce leaves.
PEACH SALAD
6 eanned peach halves
1 3 -oz pkg. cream cheese
whole : cloves
paprika
salad greens
salad dressing
Drain peaches thoroughly,
Divide cream cheese into 9 cubes
and. roll each into a • little ball.,
Stick a whole clove inone end
of each for stem. and dust one
side slightly with paprika, Ar-
range 2 peach halves and three,
cheese "apples"' on eachgarn-
ished salad plate. Serve with•
salad dressing. Serves 3.
* * *
CHEESE — FRUIT SALAD
2 3 -oz. "pkgs. cream cheese
1 ib. fresh or canned pears
9 tbsps. french dressing
salad greens •
mayonnaise or French
dressing
Mash cream cheese ,then add
Fnice from pears and 8 tbsps,
rench dressing. . Beat with a
hand' beater or electric beater at
high speed until smooth. Pour
mixture over pears which have
been cut into thin lengthwise
slices and arranged in bottom of
freezing tray. Chill until firm
enough to cut into squares. Ar-
range on salad greens and serve
with french dressing or mayon-
naise.
ayonnaise. n
PINEAPPLE — CHICKEN
SALAD
Combing
2 c. coarsely diced cold cook-
ed chicken
e. well drained crushed
pineapple
Sprinkle with:
:4
e. thinly sliced celery
'A. 0. halved toasted salted
almonds
Toss lightly until combined.
Season to taste, cover and chill
for half an hour, Add sufficient
mayonnaise to moisten. Toss
lightly again.
5
STUFFED EGGS
4 hard cooked eggs
2 tbsps.'$oft blue cheese
1: tsp. prepared mustard
1 tsp. snipped chives
a, tsp. rosemary
2 tbsps. maymmaise or
cooked salad dressing
salt and pepper to taste
paprika
Split' hard cooked eggs length-
wise and remove yolks. Combine
yolks with cheese, mustard,
chives, rosemary, • mayonnaise,
salt and pepper.' Mix until fluf-
fy. Use to :fill egg whites. Top
each with 'a little paprika.
Knock -Out Punch
For Rabbits -
New Zealand is winning her
war against wild rabbits, but
without help of myxomatosis.
Every attempt to introduce this
disease has failed. Scientists at-
trili'ute it to the absence of a
suitable 'carrier, ' such as the
European rabbit flea, which
spreads the disease 'naturally In
Britain and Europe,
Says Mr. C. F. Skinner, New
Zealand's Minister of .: Agrieul-
ture: "The total acreage in New
Zealand carrying a heavy or
medium population of rabbits Is
now less than a quarter. of what
It --was eleven years ago."
War against the rabbit is rag-
ing -over a'2,000 -mile front, en-
compassing 34 million acres. No
more than five million acres re-
main to be brought under con-
trol.
Farmers reap bumperrewards
because of these clearance
schemes. In the Bay of `,Plenty
for instance,'rabbits c a us ed
severe and costly coastal -erosion
besides denuding the pastures..
Often 100 rabbits were seen
cropping ,in a . small space.' But
now the furry hordes have van-
eshed,
New Zealand's Rabbit Destruc-
tion Council is working towards
complete eliminationof the wild'
rabbit: In 1956 the Government
passed the Rabbit •Amendment
Ace.which prohibited' the'' export.
from New Zealand of rabbit
skins and carcases and barred
their sale inside the country.
Ii, their all-out rabbit offen-
sive: New . Zealand's pest con-
trolieels are making good use of
aircraft. Over the past three
years their 'planes have dropped
anaverage of 4,500 tons of poison
bait a year.
Rabbits are also killed by,
fumigation'and mass attacks are
made on their 'burrows and
covers Trapping, shooting and
the use of dogs play only a minor
role in their concentrated cam-
paign.
The rabbit was introduced to
New Zealand in the 1840s as . a
game animal. Settlers from Bri-
tain brought stocks with them.
Hear School • Bell
350 Miter, Away
Cbildrenin Western Australia's
outbacks are' now' "tolled" to
go to school by a bellwhich
rinks 350 Miles away, The bell's
chime are transmitted by the
"Flying Doctor" broadcasting
station at'Meekatharra, 500 miles
north-east of Perth, Besides con-
ducting a first-class medical res-
cue service, the s t a tion also
operates Western Australia's.first
'ischoo) of the air" for outback
children.
Kiddies living in these scatter
•eel -districts run to their desks'
when theyhear the hell Then,
they. eettle down to the, work '
listening to their two-way radios,
' transmitted by thele 'school -mas-
ter back at base.
Mighty Bridges
Old And, New
It is curious that the original
Seven Wonders did not include
a bridge, for bridges are among
the most splendid material ach-
ievements cf mankind, Flung
across rivers or gorges, they are
an affirmation of man's victory
over, natural obstacles; building,.
them often calls for the highest
qualities of skill, daring, endur-
ance and resource; and they are
usually beautiful. My second
self -chosen wonder will there-
fore be a great bridge.
The Golden Gate Suspension
Bridge is a mile -long platform,
ninety feet wide, hanging from
graceful loops of steel, slung
high across the blue water at the
entrance to San Francisco har-
bor. The towers which support
the giant cables rise from the
sea to a height of 946 feet, more
than half the height of the Em-
pire State building, Of all the
material creations of twentieth-
century man, the Golden Gate
Bridge is one of the loveliest, fit
to stand.. beside the ancient Won-
ders;'
But before we look at it we
should also consider its prede-
cessors, for from the day when
some primitive man threw a log
across a stream, bridges have
helped' mankind along ,the path
from barbarism to civilization,
They have admitted peoples to
territories hitherto inaccessible;
They have opened up trade
routes. Their existence, or the
lack of them, has meant the dif-
ference between defeat or vic-
tory in war. One recalls Caesar's
bridge across the Rhine; or that
more wonderful structure, built
by the Egyptian engineers of
Xerxes, which the Persian arm-
ies crossed from Asia into Eur-
ope; the bridge across the Hel-
lespont dehcribed by Herodotus.
Across that bridge marched an
army of nearly two million men,
for seven continuous days and
nights without a break. Modern
man, admiring the Sydney Har-
bour Bridge, or the Golden Gate,
would do well to remember that
earlier structure, built by Egyp-
tian engineers more than two
thousand years ago.
Even today there survive
bridges built nearly twenty cen-
turies ago: still in use and carry-
ing their full load of traffic. In
Rome, a bridge built by Lucius
Fabric i u s, Commissioner of
Roads in 62 B.C,, still stands al-
most intact. Known as the Quat-
tro Capri, it has two main arches
and links the island of Aescuia-
plus to the left bank of the river.
, But perhaps the most im-
pressive iionian bridge still
standing is the Alcantara bridge
of the Tagus, in Portugal, built
by Cetus Julius Lacer 401, the
Emperor Trajan nearly" two
thousand years agog..,,
Lacer's bridge straddles a
rooky canyoj, with, the river Ta-
gus running beneath one of the
two centre arches, each spanning
98 feet. Even the mountainous
landscape cannot dwarf these
mighty arches, separated by
granite piers 30 feet square, built
on the solid rock and support-
ing a bridge which stands neat-
ly 110 feet above, the river bed
- higher than the Fath railway
bridge in Scotland. Such is the
precision of its building that no
mortar was needed to cement
the huge vot,ssoirs, though when
the bridge was repaired in fair-
ly recent times, the restorers had
to point the joints.. How the Ro-
mans built it is still a mystery,
— From "Wonders of the
World," by" Leonard Cottrell,
Sugar and Spice
For tine first time since thug
Grocers' Company was founded
in the year 1128, a daughter of
the company's master has been
married from Grocers' Hall, in
• London, England.
Mr, John Hale is the present
master, and his daugter Susan,
recently received, with her hue:
band, the traditional gift of .a.
hundred -weight of . fine sugar
following their reception in Gro-
cers' Hall.
The Grocers' Company started
as the quaintly name d' Pep-
perers Guild. The minutes of the
first meetings were written on..
the skin pages of an old blacks
book that was fitted with a lock.
It was agreed that no one
should be admitted to the Era-
ternity "unless he be of good
condition," paid an initiation fee
and kissed his fellow, members•
all round.
The company's records show
heavy fines and imprisonment
for unjust weights in those far-
off days. A notorious offender of
the Grocers' Company -was dealt
with drastically for selling "vari-
ous powders made of roots of
rape and radish in a putrefied
and unwholesome state."
He was made to stand in a,
pillory in the City from eleven
to twelve noon for three days
' in succession. "To mak e the,
punishment fit the crime," we
are t o 1 d, "his false powders
were burnt under his nose,"
ISSUE 7 — 1960
FASHION HINT