Zurich Herald, 1951-08-16, Page 3•
Modern Etiquette
By
R.OBERTA LEE
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Q. Who goes first dawn: the aisle
.rrf a motion picture theatre, the
man or the girl?
A. The girl precedes. And unless
the man she is with is her husband,
fiance, or someone she knows real
well, she should turn to hint- and
ask "1s this all right?" This gives
hint a chance—should he be near
or far sighted—to suggest a seat
that is closer or farther away.
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Q. How would a bride, who has
no parents or living relatives, word
the announcements of her wed-
ding?
. A. "Miss Mary Jane Jones and
Mr. John William Smith have the
honour of announcing their mar-
riage, etc."
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Q. How does a man introduce
another man to his wife?
A. "3ifr. Brown, I should like
to introduce you to my wife" is
good form.
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Q. Is a diamond the only really
°'correct"stone for an engagement
Ting? .
A. The diamond is the conven-
tional symbol of "the singleness
and durability of Iove," but it is
quite all right to use other stones.
Sometimes the girl's birthstone is
used An,. the ring, and this is en-
tirely correct.
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Q. Should a girl place her purse
and gloves on the restaurant table
while she is eating?
.A. Never. She should keep then
in her lap. Or, she may place them
on a vacant chair if she feels sure
they are safe.
Q. Are the members of a be-
reaved family supposed to return
all visits of condolence?
A. This type of visit is never•
returned.
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Q. How would a personal letter
of invitation to a home christening
be worded?
A. "Dear Mrs. Smith: The baby
is to be christened here at home
next Sunday at' half -past three, and
we hope you and Mr. Smith—and
the children if they care to—will
come. Affectionately, Ruth J,ones."
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Q. How should fruit seedy or a
small piece of bone, be takefr from
the mouth while at the •tab1?-a
A. Between• the thumb .itr re.
Anger, Never with the nhpl in ;or
by pushing it out into a spoon.
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Q. When a bride has no family,
near relatives or guardian, who
should payher part of the wedding
expenses? '
A. In this case the bride should
meet these expenses herself.
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Q. Is it proper for a woman to
rend flowers to a man?
A. Yes, to any man she knows
when he is seriously ill or conval-
escing. Cut ones or plants are
equally suitable.
WRONG NUMBER
An elderly woman had been to
hear her nephew preach for the first
time, and she thought it a very poor
sermon. Later in the day she asked:
"James, why did you enter the
ministry?"
"Because I was 'called," he an-
swered.
James," said the aunt; looking
solemnly at him, "are you sure it
wasn't some other noise you
heard ?"
Nightmare On The IPicl&et Line—Striking phone company employees in San Francisco'showed some
new numbers in picket line garb as they turned up in early morning clad in long nightgowns.
Their costumes and signs hinted at nightmarish working conditions: Under their ,nighties, the girls
were fully clothed.
Shoulder of pork is one of the
cheaper cuts of treat—or perhaps
I'd better make that read "less
expensive." It's very fine eating
too, especially if you smarten it
up a bit in the manner of this—
SOUTHERN NOODLE
CASSEROLE
114 pounds pork shoulder,
cubed
• cup celery, chopped
cup minced onion
TA cup minced green pepper
1 cup mushrooms and liquid
11 ounce can condened
tomato soup
1 cup water
1 tablespoon molasses
2 teaspoons salt
teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 eight -ounce package
noodles
Method: Brown pork in small
amount of fat. Add chopped celery,
minced onion and green pepper.
Cook till onion is slightly browned.
Drain off excess fat, Add remain-
ing ingredients except the noodles.
Heat through.
Cook noodles in boiling salted
water until tender. Drain and rinse.
Alternate layers of noodles And
meat mixture in a greased 'two -
quart casserole.
Cover and bake in 350 -degree
oven for one hour, Serves six.
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Because it's so easily and quickly
made, this fine dessert has been
aptly named.
"WASHDAY ?LIDDING"
. 4 eggs
4 cups milk
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups dried bread cubes.
1 cup raisins
Metllad: Butter a baking dish,
spread bread cubes, in pan. Beat
eggs, add milk, vanilla and a dash
of salt, also cinnamon, and pour
over the bread cubes. Spread wash-
ed raisins over mixture and push
raisins and bread cubes below milk.
Bake in a 300 -degree oven until
firm. Serve hot with sugar and
rich milk.
I don't suppose most of you are
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No Nationalization Here—Shelves well -stocked with chewing
gum, candies and other British and American products indicate
that Iran's oil nationalization program has not yet effected the
Abadan businessman above. He did business as usual While
1.'cinion officials took over the nearby British -operated Anglo
Iranian Oil Co.
dong much baling in this hot wea-
ther. But the next time you have
a notion to "do a spot," I recom-
mend that you try this really very
tine:
DELICIOUS BANANA
NUT BREAD
1 cup beet or cane sugar
% cup shortening
2 cups sifted flour
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
3 tea poons baking powder
teasnoon salt
1 cup chopped nutmeats
2 eggs
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Method: Cz-eam sugar and short-
ening. Beat eggs until light, then
add bananas, which have been
sieved and add the lemon juice.
Blend with the creamed mixture.
Add the sifted flour, salt and bak-
ing powder. Mix all tt gether
quickly. Adel the nutmeats.
Bake in a greased loaf pan at
375 degrees for about one and one-
fourth hours, Makes a one -pound
loaf.
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One of my readers has asked
for a "refrigerator cookie" recipe.
I have published several such from
time to time in the past. Still one
more won't hurt and I think your
folks will like today's. Any other
nutmeats can, of course, be sub-
stituted for the pecans. ,
CHOCOLATE
REFRIGERATOR COOKIES
cup fat
1% cups cane or beet sugar
1 egg
2 ounces cooled melted
chocolate
1 teaspoon almond extract
IA cup milk
2% cups sifted flour
teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon salt
Pecan meat halves
Method: :Cream the fat and add
the sugar gradually. Continue heat-
ing until light and fluffy. Beat in
the egg, chocolate and almond ex-
tract. Add milk.
, Sift together the flour, salt and
baking powder. Add sifted dry in-
gredients .to the creamed mixture.
Shape the dough into long rolls
about two inches in diameter. Wrap
in waxed paper and place in refri-
gerator until thoroughly chilled.
Cut the rolls into thin slices.
Place a pecan half on top of each
cooky. Bake in a 400 -degree oven
oven for about 10 minutes.
Miechanical .fir rlrn
With Human Skills
The generation of atomic energy
in reactors ("atomic piles") has
been called "by long odds the most
dangerous manufacturing process
in which men have ever engaged,"
The reason lies in invisible and
deadly radiations that are the in-
evitable accompaniment of chain
reactions.
The nuclear radiations in ques-
tion are neutrons, beta rays (nega-
tive electrons) alpha particles (he-
lium nuclei), gamma rays, which
are much like X-rays but much
more penetrating,
Heavy shields of concrete, lead
and steel protect the few men who
venture near a reactor. Gas masks,
special clothing and ventilating
spstems are safeguards against ra-
dioactive. dust, .Best of all safe-
guards is distance.
Suppose a technician has to, saw
through irradiated metallic urani-
um to put new packing around the
shaft of a large pump near the re-
actor. He must work behind walls
of special radiation -absorbing ma-
terial, look with the aid of mirrors,
periscopes, television or special
glass window,. But the time comes
when the radioactive material in
the reactor trust he handled by
remote controls writes \ ',K, in
'I'tie New York J'inic,,
One of the most frequently used
of these remote- controls is a
manual device that enables the
technicial to handle glassware and
small .equipment: Another device,
which is an electric arm, is worked
by simple switches. A new "closed-
loop servo system," as it is called,
causes a mechanical arm to follow
the movements of the technician.
Good as are these inventions for
remote control, something better
was wanted. At the request of the
Kellex Corporation, which does
much work for the Atomic Energy
Commission, the engineers of Gen-
. eral Mills developed one. Like a.
blind man who uses a cane, a re-
mote control usually relies on
"feel" or "touch." But "feel" and
"touch" must be transmitted to the
brain, interpreted and relayed back.
Engineers decided to invent a re-
mote control which would be work-
ed without relying on "feel" or
"touch."
Versatile Device
The outcome of these rumina-
tions was what the engineers call
their Mechanical Arm, Model C.
Jt is a very human invention, which
'has a swing joint or "shoulder";
an elbow joint; a forearm; a wrist
and a hand. The upper arta may be
mounted on a crane or truck; it
will rotate to the right or to the
left; its shoulder joint will permit
it to swing through an angle of
, 180 degrees. The wrist is rigid, but
it rotates through 360 degrees to
the right or to the left. The "hand,"
of course, does the gripping. Other
"hands" can be substituted for it,
depending on the task to be per-
formed. a.
With the upper arm or forearm
vertical and the other horizontal, a
weight of seventy-five pounds can
be raised: when both are hanging
vertically from their mount they
will lift half a ton. A screw -driver
can be turned at any desired speed.
Every motion can be controlled
individually. The technician can
poor a chemical, assemble a motor
or lift an engine that weighs half
a ton. The arm is both a heavy
laborer and an artisan with a long
reach. '
Field With A. Future
For Ambitious Boys
Readers advising boys on choice
of a vocation would do well to
point out the merits of training as
a building trades apprentice.
It is a little known fact that
the average bricklayer earns about
twice as much per week as the
average industrial worker. And 'line
to modern, year-round construction
methods, he usually is employed as
many weeks. per year.
Of course, the apprentice in
hricklaying or any other building
trade does not start off .with this
advantage in iicoute. At first he
must accept less4tltan as a factory
hand. But he gets regular raises
and at the enol of four' years quali-
lies for top pay,
The lad taking apprenticeship
training puts no ceiling on bis fut-
ure, Opportunities in the trade have
never been as numerous or big
as they are today, Skilled mecha-
nics are becoming foremen and
managers at half the age of those
a generation ago. Robert Drum-
mond, president of the Canadian
Construction Association, ' started
life as an estimator -apprentice. Her-
bert C, Nicholls, president of the
National Construction Council, was
originally a carpenter -apprentice.
Apprenticeship training schemes
are offered by the department of
labour in all provinces except
Prince Edward Island and New-
foundland. Quebec uses the "open"
system, but elsewhere apprentices
are indentured to an employer who
undertakes to teach them. the trade
of their choice. Besides practical
experience, the apprentice is given
formal instruction at a provincial
school which he attends several
weeks each year, This provides a
complete, all-ronnd training that
begins to pay off handsomely in a
remarkably short space of time. --
From The Financial l',rst
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Tnpht
eria Still The Great Killer
—Prevention Necessary A.lr And Safe
Diphtheria is still a killer that
claims lives needlessly in Canada
and throughout'e,the world, points
out Dr. C. S. Anglin in the cur-
rent issue of HEALTH magazine,
During the Second World War it
was the leading epidemic disease
on the European continent both in
point of numbers of persons af-
fected and numbers of deaths caus-
ed.
In Canada there has been a
steady fail in the numbers of re-
ported cases of diphtheria from the
year 1944, when there were 3,223,
to the year 1949, when there were
799. Similarly the yearly number
of deaths has fallen during the
same period, from 309 in 1944, to
79 in 1949, according to the Health
League of Canada publication.
"The fight against diphtheria in
this country has been so success-
ful that many Canadians may never
have heard of anyone they know
suffering from it," writes Dr. An-
glin, who is a paediatrician on the
staff of the Hospital for Sick Chip
dren, Toronto. "Instead, there are
many doctors in practice today who
have never seen a patient with
diphtheria. In spite of this, how-
ever, diphtheria is still with us,
bringing suffering and death to
Canadian families who have not
been reached by safe and simple
immunization."
Deserves IVlore Attention
Diphtheria is not a disease of
the dark ages and of only historic
interest. It continues to play an
important part in the mortality fig-
ures of most countries, and de-
serves more attention than it some-
times receives.
Diphtheria continues to occur
throughout theworld in isolated
rases and flares up periodically in
epidemics, at which time it becomes
a serious threat to all children who
have not been immunized, says the
magazine, It is more common in
the temperate zones and during the
cold months of the year. The di-
sease is rare during the first six
months of life, becomes more fre-
quent between the second and fifth
year, and declines in incidence be-
tween the ages of 10 and 15 years.
Crowded conditions favor the
occurrence of diphtheria, but it
shows a preference for rural rather
than urban localities. It has been
typically a disease of schools and
institutions where susceptible chil-
dren live together in close con-
tact.
Diphtheria is spread by means
of contact with a person suffering
from the disease or with a carrier
who may himself be healthy. Epi-
demics have been traced to con-
tamination of milk and water sup-
plies, and in some instances the
disease has been spread by house-
hold pets. Diseased tonsils and
adenoids and the presence of other
infectious diseases such as measles
or scarlet fever are important pre-
disposing conditions.
MERRY MENAGERIE
„ Mo, P.M Y14..11
"There goes that kangaroo kid
sneaking out after dark again!"
6.0
Safe, Effective Prevention
"Because of the wid&spread na-
tional immunization. campaigns held
in this country it should not be
necessary to mention again that for
more than 25 years there has been
a safe and practically 100 per cent
effective preventive against diph-
theria in diphtheria toxoid," states
Dr. Anglin. "Yet as recently as
1949 there were 799 cases reported
in Canada, of which 79 died. This
represents an unnecesasry and tra-
gic loss of life from a preventable
disease.
"To completely eliminate this
disease it is essential that every
child be immunized during infancy
and receive booster doses at re-
gular intervals."
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LESS iN
By Rev. R. B. Warren, B.A.B.D.
THE CHRISTIAN'S RESPECT
FOR LAW
Luke 20:19-26; Acts 22:22-29; 23-
23-27. Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:-
13-17.
Memory Selection- Render -
therefore unto Caesar the things
which be Caesar's and unto God •
the things which be God's. Luke
20:25.
The Christian • is a good citizen.
He is on the side of law and order,.
He co-operates with those in auth-
ority in helping to put down evil -
If all citizens were Christians the
work of courts and of the police •
would be greatly reduced and sim-
plified.
What if the law is unfair? The
Christian has the right to protest
to the authorities. In fact we think
it is his duty to do so. We heard
of a man who bought a car load
of turkeys during the war. When
they arrived at his city he found
that to sell them at the ceiling price
would, be to lose considerable
money. He notified the local War
Time Prices Board of his predica-
ment and told them of the price at
which he proposed to sell the tur-
keys. The Board did not prosecute
him. They saw the reasonableness
of his plea and permitted him to
break the letter of the law.. He did
it openly and only after•;fiest in-
forming the authorities. If you
feel a law is unfair, state your case
to the authorities. Something may
be done about it.
The command, "Render there-
fore unto Caesar the things which
are Caesar's and unto God the
things that are God's," covers a
wide field. We have a duty to the
state and a duty. to God. When
these come into conflict we must
take the stand that Peter and John
took. The Council called Peter and
John and ceavnanded them not tc-
speak at all nor teach in the name
of Jesus. But Peter and John an-
swered and said unto them,
"Whether it be right in the sight
of God to hearken unto you more
than unto God, judge ye. For we
cannot but speak the things which
we have seen and heard,'" Acts
4:18-20, How thankful we are that
in Canada we have freedom of re-
ligion. Sometimes it has been
threatened in some areas. But ulti-
mately freedom wins. Should it
ever be taken from us as it has
from millions behind the Iron Cur-
tain, then we shall have to say as
Peter, "We ought to obey God
rather than men." Acts 5:29.
Meanwhile let us do all we can to
preserve freedom of religion.
Deaf: Hearts and Gentle Puppies -.Deer and dachshunds can li -`r
together in harmony — provided there's plenty of chow te, go
around. This happy "family group" on a farm near Bergen,
Germany, proves it, A German farmer found two young deer,
injured and abandoned. He took therm home, only to discover that
his y'st dor ; ' •'roil had given birth to seven little, long ones. Now,
u%1 nine pets ore growing up together,