Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
Vitamin-Packed Onion
Hat Many Uses
Would you believe that
onions are as rich in vitamin
C as either the orange or the
tomato? It's a fact,' so the
men of science say, and after
all, they are the only ones
who can hold a -vitamin still
long enough to determine
whether what they are look
ing at is a vitamin or a frag
ment of a dust mote.
The onion belongs to the
family of plants to which the
lily belongs, but it lacks the
glamour of its relative. The
garlic and the leek are kin
folk. The onion is about the
homeliest of all the garden
vegetables, and in comparison
with its stronger relatives,
the garlic and lock, is the
puny member of the clan.
The onion has been cultivated
by man since antiquity, and
grows 4 more important com
mercially every year.
Developed by Persians
You can either blame or
give credit to the ancient Per
sians for developing the first
onion. They already had pret
ty good luck cultivating the
melon, so they went to work
again and hit the jackpot.
They came up with an onion,
and nothing has been the
same since.
They stopped too soon, how
ever, or else they were so
pleased with what they had
accomplished they rested on
their oars, for the possibili
ties of the onion had hardly
been .touched. Every genera
tion of men since that far
away time has added some
thing in the way of improve
ment to this strong member
of the lily family.
Just think - it has taken
about 2,000 years to find a
comfortable and tearless way
to peel them. The ancient
Persians never thought about
cutting an onion under water
to soften the impact on hu
man tear ducts. And while
all this playful experimenta
tion was going on new ways
were found to grow different
strains and different odors.
Those old folks who ate on
ions would think our modern,
modified-odored onion is a
weak sister, or a retarded
one.
...Mildness Acquired
Today, onions come ( in
white, green, brown and yel
low, all adjusted to grow in
nearly any kind of soil, and
at the same time produce tre
mendously. Even mildness has
been acquired. This virtue is
attained to a delicious degree
in the Spanish Sweet or Ber
muda varieties.
Onions always have been
credited with possessing medi
cinal qualities. They have
been used in the treatment of
various respiratory diseases
for untold centuries. Oil, der
ived from the crushed bulbs
was believed to be a very po
tent nerve tonic. Many peo
ple, however, suffering from
a nervous breakdown claim
the onion as a cure has been
grossly overrated.
A "mess" of onions, cooked
down to a smelly pulp, en
cased in a sack or cloth, was
standard treatment for a cold
in the chest, during pioneer
days in early America. A
poultice of crushed onions,
tied up in a cloth and wound
around the neck, was expect
ed to cure a sore throat.
(Released by The Register
and Tribune Syndicate, 1959)
SALES MANAGER DIES
Sharon, Mass. - (OPD - Henry
M. S trout, 57, former national
sales manager of parts and ac
cessories for the Ford Motor
Co., died Saturday.
FIRE STORM AREA Dr. George Mixter Jr., of New York University's school of
medicine, told a Congressional subcommittee in Washington that millions more
Americans would die of burns that from radioactive falloutin the event of an
H-bomb war. Dr. Mixter uses a map of the New York City area to show the effects
of a fire storm following an H-bomb attack. The subcommittee, headed by Repre
sentative Chet Holifield (D., Calif.), is investigating probable effects of atomic war
on the U.S. '
The Family Council
' "Editor's note: Xhe Family Council consists ot a judge, a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspaper editnt a women's editor and two writers.
Each article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does
not give advice; it merely report; on problems that have been dealt
with by responsible acencin counselors.
June K. -1 want to quit
work.
Victor K-She's chosen the
worst time.
June K.-My husband and I
have been married 10 years
and have two children-7 and
8. I have worked during the
entire time of our marriage
except for about four or five
months I took off for the birth
of each of the children.
Now I would like to quit
work and just be a housewife
and mother. I feel that I have
earned this right. The minute
I mentioned this to my hus
band he flared up and said
that I had chosen the worst
possible moment. He had been
thinking of going into busi
ness for himself and felt we
ought to have some stable in
come for the next year or so.
I have been working since
I was 18 and I am now past
30. I don't feel like working
any more. My family and
friends think I'm a fool to
do it.
' "
Victor K.-.June gives the
impression that I'm a slave
driver and trying to abuse
her. Nothing could be further
from the truth. I begged June
to give up working when she
was about to have the first
baby, but she wouldn't hear
of it. She insisted we needed
the money for the baby.
Well, now June has advanc
ed herself very far in her
career, but her family has
worked her up into feeling
that she is driving herself to
death and that I am to blame.
They seem to think I am pock
eting her salary. Actually, ev
ery cent that is left over from
the expense of the housekeep
er goes to a fund for the chil
dren's education.
Now that the hardest" times
are past and I want to start a
new enterprise June has de
cided to quit. .
The Council-Yes, we agree
that June has "earned the
right" to be a housewife and
a mother.
But in view of the fact that
this right is usually won upon
marriage and doesn't have to
be earned, we think that June
is all wrong to feel abused
and accept her family's idea
that she is "a fool" to do what
she has chosen to do. She evi
dently finally succeeded in
giving her husband the idea
that she was going to go on
MAIL TRIBUNI, MedW, Or.
Monday, July , 193
working indefinitely. Natural
ly, he is taken aback when
she announces her new plans
at a moment when he has a
few of his own.
, In view of the entir his
tory of this case, we get the
idea that if June were to quit
now, Victor would take it as
a rebuke to him. June has
apparently felt somewhat
guilty at working while her
children were young and
shifted the blame to her hus
band and his lack of income.
Victor has borne the brunt of
the public opinion June has
created and would now be
shown up as having lost an
unmanly battle.
We feel that June should
recognize that she has created
this situation. If she genuine
ly wants to stay home and be
a housewife and mother she
should certainly do it, but she
shouldn't do it to prove any
thing to her family, friends
or husband.
Once June has decided what
she really wants to do, Victor
should accept it and be glad
that his children have gained
a mother. He should not let
any plans of his interfere
with this. If his idea for a new
business venture is sound he'll
probably be able to find other
ways of subsidizing it.
(Copyright 1959, General
Features Corp.)
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