The Seaforth News, 1947-11-27, Page 2Old Custom Is Revived to Get
Food to Starving Europeans
The"schnitzing bee," which is
to German -Canadian farriers what
the corn husking bee of an earlier
day was to Anglo-Saxon pioneers,
has been revived in :, Waterloo
County, after an absence of 12
years.
In the past Waterloo's schnit-
zers had a mercenary idea in mind,
but this time they're . schnitzing
for charity. The apples they
schnitz into quarters for drying
will go to the Afennonite Central'
Committee headquarters at Kit-
chener to be shipped overseas to
ease the hunger of Europeans,
The term "schnitzing" is actu-
ally an Anglicization of the Ger-
man word "schnitz," or "schnit-
zel" (pieces). Also it's not far
from the verb "schneiden" (cut)
as pronounced in some dialects.
Old -Fashioned Equipment
Schnitzing bees were last popu-
lar in this area when farmers ga-
thered at the farm of Walter
-
Sltantz, -southwest of Kitchener, to
prepare- dried apples for Western
Canadian farmers. When the de-
mand for the product disappeared
so did the bees, but t h e old-
fashioned equipment is still on the
Shantz farm, ready for use in aid
of Europe's hungry.
Of course many an apple ended
up in the saute small schnitzel in
the intervening years, but that
was strictly for home consump-
tion and no bees were held. The
idea was revived recently when
Mennonites in the Pine Hill area
derided to prepare dehydrated ap-
ples to send to Europe. As well as
being nutritious food, they could
be nibbled on like candy and would
provide. a treat for the recipients.
From Far and Wide
Frain far and wide Mennonites
came to the Fltantz farm. Josiah
Baer rI the New Dundee district
brought s["1et<,sh Reds, Joseph
Good front I"satt-vdlde brought
Pippin.. Friends and neigh!) .re
front Bleolmiin Mennonite Church
area fI.r+:ked to the farm to till
the dry- house with schnitz for
Europe,.
Four hanid.dri.en peelers kept an
equal uuriher of nteu working in
one building to supply apples to
the scllnitzers in the farmhouse.
Peels are removed in one piece„
then the apples go to women and
melt in the house. who cut the
apples into quarters and take out
bad spot..
Everybody Happy
Conversation at the bees never
stops. Women in white lace bon-
nets chatter happily, usually in the
Mennonite dialect, while the
younger generation runs through
other topics, with generous quan-
tities of Canadian slang thrown in.
Older men usually discuss crops.
and 'farming.
Product of the evening's work
is placed in long, wooden trays
in the dryhouse, where a stove
burns night and day. Two days
later the dried apples- are sent to
Kitchener to •be forwarded to
Europe.
When the bee breaks up, the
children are called in from the
outside. While women prepare a
lunch the girl's choir from the
Mennonite Church practices for
a school concert, with David
Bergey conducting, using a par-
ing knife for a baton.
English as Spoken
By Railroad Men
"So we tied the pig onto 40
reefers, the head shack bent the
iron into the main and after the
brains gave me a highball from the
strawberry patch I pulled the plug
and we rolled out of the garden on
the advertised," reports Newsweek
Magazine.
This in theory and w.th a nice
regard for railroad vernacular, is
how a freight train engineer might
say: "So we coupled the locomotive
onto a train of 40 refrigerator cars,
the front-end brakeman opened the
switch into the through track, and
after the conductor gave Inc a go-
ahead from the caboose, we left the
yards on schedule." -
More likely, however, it's what
you'd read in the pulp magazines
published for railroad fans. - Few
railroad nicn would express them-
selves in such eloquent jargon. But
the gaudy Iexicon of the "high Iran"
has enough foundation in fact to
be occasionally valid.
State of Europe
The r rrent toile of discussion in
America suggests ttcre is a need
on this side of the Atlantic•tr' make
if plain that Europe is not a derelict
continent likely to prove a con-
s'ant lib.hility to the New World,
but is the home of 4n0,n0n,n00 mem-
bers . f the human race. endowed
with a g"eat variety of skill and
masters of both an industrial and
agricultural economy of signal im-
portance to the world at large, It
is to be hop'e'd, indeed it is essential,
that Western Europe shall be con-
sidered as a g->nd investment rather
thrn as a -wreck to be salved or a
political mercenary to be pensioned.
—'The Times. London.
The tips of airplane propellers
moving at top speed often surpass
the speed of sound.
Beet Harvesting—the Easy Way -This newly -developed beet
harvester lifts beets out of the ground with shovels, picks them
up on the huge. spiked wheels seen in photo, cuts off the tops
with knives, and loads the beets on a truck ---all in one operation..
FUNNY BUSINESS
By Hershberger
.y read his paper, so he thinks they should help pay for i 1"
Princess Elizabeth's Wedding Dress --This is a drawing of Princess Elizabeth's wedding dress. The dress is a princess gown
of ivory ducltesse satin, cut on classic lines, with fitted bodice, long tight sleeves, and full falling skirt. The broad, heart -shap-
ed neckline of the bodice is embroidered with seed pearls and crystal in a floral design. From the pointed waistline, formed
by a girdle of pearl embroidered star flowers, the swirling skirt is ]land -embroidered in a design inspired by the paintings of
13otticelli, representing garlands of white York roses carried out in raised pearls entwined with ears of corn minutely etn-
broiderecl in crystals anti. oat -shaped pearls. Alternating between the garlands of roses and wheat and forming a final border
around the entire hem of the skirt are bands of orange -blossom and star flowers appliqued with transparent tulle bordered
with seed pearls and crystal. The full court train is 15 feet Ire ng, of transparent ivory silk tulle attached to the shoulders, and
is edged with graduated satin flowers, finally forming the deep,. c,. der at the end of the fan -shaped train. A voluminous bridal
veil of crisp white tulle is held by a tiara of pearls and diamonds,
Iir! Orchid
Fora&ohmvo
By
LILLACE MITCHELL
Marianne clasped her -hands
tightly beneath the oiled silk
shampoo apron. It was useless to
get Wally's telegram out of her
bag again. She already had nlentor-
ized it,
Wally was passing through Chi-
cago on his way to a new job in,
Hawaii, That was all Mariamne
needed to know.
Every penny she had in the
world went into this sudden beau-
tification. Every cent she had in
the world except Grandmother's
twenty -dollar bill She couldn't
break into that, Grandmother had
sealed it in an old envelope and
told her:
"Emergency only! illind, now!
It's never to be spent on anything:.
unless you're right down to hardpan.
-
Nothing fess than emergency!"
Wally almost kissed the heart'.
out of her in the station. Then,
"You're looking swell, Mariamne.
Swell, Flow's the job?"
"Oh—grand," she lied. ,`Forty
a week only—but they promise me
a raise pretty soon."
They were walking now, shoal.
der to shoulder, along the ramp.
"And your new job, Wally," she
was asking him. "fell ine a bots
it."
"Not much to tell," he replied
"Manager of a auger plauta[irn,
Five thou'sitcl a year and maintnt I
once. They let me out of the ol1
job Thursday and I clicked with
this Friday."
He had stopped before a flor-
ist's window. \\'ally always ad-
mitted he couldn't pass a florist's
window. In New York every time
they passed a florist shop, Wally
insisted on stopping in to buy her
a single orchid,
"Gardenias are just as nice—and
so fragrant," Mariamne always told
him.
"5a -ay, yr u must take me for a
piker! An orchid for Mariamne,
nothing less, woman!"
Now he stopped, true to form,
staring -in the window. There was
a display of orchids with the price
marked $1.75. And a box lined ivith
creamy gardenias marked, too.
Special 25 cents each,
"Conn on," he sale, "We'll have
to have a—flower, honey."
Inside he drew a twenty-five
cent piece out of his pocket and
flung it on the counter. "A gar-
ria for the lady," he said. "A
alt onel"
The clerk selected a very fresh
One, "Twenty-six cents, please.
Penny sales tax."
Wally flushed, He patted his
pockets. '—er- I — llfariatnne.
honey—have you a penny change?
I—I_"
Mariamne made a pretence of
opening her 1 arse, She knew there
was no penny there. But this Was
an emergency. She took Grandmo-
ther's old envelope and broke the
seal. "I'll need change, anyhow,"
she said to the clerk.
Outside on the boulevard again,
Wally was silent, red-faced.
"C'nion, Wally, tell Mamma —
II" said -]Mariamne quietly, "You
-haven't a jolt,"
"That's right -. you're ris-1111"
he exploded. "But 1 dial have. Got
it Friday like I told you, honey;
but an hour latertheygot a radio-
. gram that the plantation had been
flooded! No job."
"And. that quarter was your last
cent. And you'd spend it on—ine:'
Tears were in leer eyes.
"Yes, just a cheap skate—that's
me," 11e admitted. "Orchid for
hfarianne, I always said. But I
got down to a gardenia!"
"A liar," she said accusingly.
"\Vc're both liars. Me, I have a
job, ycs. fourteen dollars — not
forty—a week, Filing, And I've got
nineteen dollars and ninety-nine
cents, Nally. 1111 buy the 11 -
cense—"
"What iicense?" he asked,
"Marriage license, darling' she
said gently.
"You mean you'd marry me—
and rile with no job?"
"1,Vould I1 You mean will I—
and—thank you, sir, Sees. What's
the matter?"
"'There's another florist shop,"
he said huskily. "This is a moment
that calls for an orchid, darling.
Gil -me some money for it."
Condensed
The young reporter was told
over and over again to cut his
story to the bare essentials. So his
next story came out - this way;—
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at the \Vallick Hotel this morn•
ing to see if the lift was on its
way down. 7t was. Aged 45."
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