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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. W ATKINS
(Rtgiiier and Tribune
Syndic jl.. -.963)
Mouse and Snake: A Story
Of Two Strange Bedfellowi
"-An the lion and the lamb
shall lie down together" is
a truism that is reported ev
ery day in our newspapers,
and quite often the dissimil
arity between the two or more
"friends" is as wide and as
slartlingly unnatural as is
"the lion and the lamb."
Peculiar it is. but almost
all animals, like man himself,
cannot seem to live entirely
alone: they all want friend
ship. Many times this attach
ment between two very dif
ferent individuals that are tra
ditional enemies is nearly un
believable. Of course, we
would always suppose a lion
would eat a lamb, but the
well fed lion would actually
lie down with a lamb.
Strange as it seems to most
of us, there are some folks
that keep snakes as pets, and
apparently get a great amount
of pleasure from keeping
them.
Such a person had a pair
of corn-snakes; one, in a cage
by itself, was three feet in
length, and of a beautiful
shade of brown. The snake
lived in a large cage and gave
every indication of being hap
py and w.il adjusted.
Broke the Habit?
This snake has eaten sev
eral mice that have been lib
erated in tlie cage at aboi t
30-day intervals. Thinking it
was again feeding time, the
snake's owner placed a mouse
in the cage. The next day the
mouse was still there, sitting
in one corner, with the snake
coiled in another.
Both seemed Indifferent to
the other. The owner, at the
end of several days, began to
worry about the snake; he
must be pretty hungry. So he
liberated ano'.'-or mouse in the
cage. The following day the
mouse was gone, but a swol
len place in the snake testi
fied as to what had happened.
In the far corner of the
cage sat the original mouse.
As time went on, the little
mouse lost all fear of the
snake and ran back and forth
across the motionless form,
even seemed to enjoy the sat
isfaction of clamoring over
the reptile while he was try
ing to sleep.
Instinct and attendant hun
ger would seem to have
prompted the snake to gobble
the little rodent, but nothing
like that happened. But In
stinct was still at work, the
mouse was following his in
herent habits, even if he was
living dangerously.
The inborn desire to build
a nest exerted itself in the
little rodent, and he began
chewing up papers and
ahreds of bark. As soon as he
had accumulated a handful,
he fashincd the material into
a hollow ball with an open
ing in one side.
The mouse nest was in one
corner of the cage. Following
his natural inclination he de-
aired to sleep during t h e
day, and prowl at night. It
was a strange household, but
between these two beings had
grown an unexplainable
friendship.
One day, the snake moved
itself in beside the paper nest
in which the mouse was sleep
ing. It pushed the nest out
from the screen and coiled
itself around it.
So the situation exists to
day, many weeks after the
snake and the mouse began
living together. They are now
apparently devoted to one an
other. The man may hnve been
wiser than he thought when
he said "-In every union
there is a mystery - a certain
invisible bond which must not
be disturbed."
FINDS BIGHT PLACE
Peoria. Ill.-HPIi-An injured
swallow knew just where to
go for help. The bird, with
singed wing tips and a dam
aged leg, flew through the
front door of the Mercy Am
bulance Service and was rush
ed by ambulance to Glen Oak
Zoo for medical aid.
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MONDAY, MAY 27, 1963
A 11
Feeding the Family
By ZOIA VINCENT
rood editor
Jellied Potato Salad
Unique Party Item
A shimmering layer of lem
on aspic topping individual
(marked with egg slices) por
tions of potato salad will
prove a show piece as well as
very good eating if you're
planning on 12 servings. Ar
range tills on your very big
gest platter and arrange cold
meats, some sliced and some
rolled, alongside or at ends.
Salad Layer
1 cup dairy sour cream
nj cup mayonnaise
U cup vinegar
4 cups diced cooked
potatoes
2 cups shredded lettuce
1 cup sliced celery
' cup minced parsley
3 green onions and tops,
sliced thin
13 teaspoons salt
1 1 teaspoon pepper
2 hard-cooked eggs, sliced
Aspic Makings
2 envelopes unflavored
gelatine
t cup cold water
3 cups boiling water
2 chicken bouillon cubes
l-i teaspoon salt
U cup lemon Juice
Combine dairy sour cream,
mayonnaise and vinegar; stir
in remaining salad Ingredients
except hard-cooked eggs; chill
for several hours.
To make aspic, soften' gela
tine in cold water; add to boil
ing water with bouillon cubes,
salt and lemon juice; stir un
til dissolved; cool. Pour half
of the aspic in oiled pan
0x14x2 inches or approximate
size. Chill until firm. Chill
remaining gelatine until par
tially congealed; fold into po
tato salad mixture.
Spoon potato salad over gel
atine layer and chill several
hours or overnight. Unmold
on huge platter, mark into
serving portions by arranging
slices of hard-cooked eggs
with sprigs of watercress or
parsley decorating each egg
slice or portion.
Delight All Comers With
Coconut-Apple Squares
Satisfying-cst thing we
know to have on tap for pic
nickers, barbecuers, outdoor
eaters, indoor caters is a big
pan full of these Coconut-Ap
ple Squares. They re made
with plentiful, bargain-priced,
fine-flavored canned apple
sauce.
Carry them to the party or
yard In the pan in which they
arc baked; cut in fingers or
squares as seems indicated for
snacking or as desert to fol
low any meal. They're satis
fying but not over-rich. You
could even cut them in finger
size for accompanying straw
berries now and other berries
later. Superb with coffee and
with milk.
Vi cup butter, softened
''i cup sugar
l'i cups sifted all-purpose
flour
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon water
2 cups canned apple sauce
2 tablespoons lemon Juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon
rind
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon melted
butter
l''j cups flaked coconut
Combine butter, one-quarter
cud sugar and flour; mix
until crumbly. Press evenly
into bottom of 0x11x2 inch or
comparable size pan with
about one-half inch extending
up sides. Prick bottom with
fork. Bake In moderate oven,
330 degrees, 20 minutes. Add
cornstarch to water; stir until
blended. Add to apple sauce
with lemon Juice and lemon
rind. Cool.
Combine egg, remaining
half cup sugar and melted but
ter and coconut; mix well.
Remove pastry from oven;
spread with apple sauce mix
ture. Spread coconut mixture
evenly over apple sauce. Bake
in moderate oven, 350 degrees,
20 minutes. Cool. Cut as de
sired for 16 to 20 pieces.
Strawberry Smoothie
For two super shakes, whip
one cup chilled milk, one-half
pint vanilla ice cream, one
cud fresh or frozen sirawner
rles and one-quarter cup hon
ey in a chilled blender or
other mixer. Shakes will be
a beautiful pink color filled
with fresh fruit flavor and
loads of nutrition.
Living Is Esiic '
Wilh Paper Products
The wide use of paper cups.
olales and other paper prod
ucts Is uniquely American and
typically western. Its ever
increasing use is based upon
the homemaker's desire for
time-savers and a desire to
get out in the open with the
rest of the family. Use of pa.
per products today is o u t
stripping population trends in
ratio to former years. The
addition of coated plastic
products and new attractive
designs has shifted the empha
sis of all types of foods now
being served on paper plates
which formerly were limited
to sandwiches, cold cuts and
some salads. Handled cups
that used to carry coffee, now
are used for hot soups, sauces
and other delectables. There
are bowls for soups and tor
cereals. And other paper spe
cialties. You'll want adequate sup
plies too of paper napkins,
waxed paper, transparent
plastic wrap, aluminum foil
and other favored time and
energy saving items for fre
quent use indoors and out
doors. Poultry Bonanta. Turkeys
are a big thing this beginning
of summer living season.
Whole, half, quartered, in
pieces or in a solid roll, they
are likely to be on many men
us for several days good eat
ing roasted, barbecued, rotis
seried. An abundance of broiler-fryers
for enjoying hot one
day, cold with cucumber sand
wiches another day.
Eggs and Dairy Products.
Put in extra bargain - priced
eggs for hardcooking for mak
ing salads, for stuffing. Put
in plenty of half and half and
maybe whipping cream for
strawberries and other des
serts. Extra coffee cream for
obvious reasons. Some extra
good old American cheese will
come in mighty handy along
with some extra cartons of
cottage cheese. All those ice
cream specials encourage us
to have several flavors on
hand.
Meat Outlook. Fine quality
beef, excellent pork and lamb
are readily available at rea
sonable cest. Frankfurters and
hamburger are on practically
every list. Sparcrib nibbling
la one of barbe-cuing s great
est delights.
Produce offerings feature
artichokes, asparagus, cab
bage, topped carrots, celery,
greens, lettuce, dry onions,
Italian squash, bunched vege
tables, potatoes, spinach, rhu
barb. You'll want apples, avo
cados, bananas, grapefruit,
lemons, oranges, strawberries.
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Suit Pondered in
Riddle Mine Case
Washington - IUPII - The Jus
tice Department is consider
ing civil action to recover SI,
816,000 from the Hanna
Smelting Co., controlled by
former Secretary George M.
Humphrey.
A spokesman for the Jus-
lice Department said the Gen
eral Services Administration
(GSA) billed the Hanna
Smelting Co., of Riddle, Ore.,
for the amount but was un
able to collect It.
GSA then turned the case
over to the Justice Depart
ment's claims division.
GSA contended that the
money represented capital ex
penses for which Hanna im
properly charged the govern
ment in the price of nickel
under a stockpile contract
running from 1054 to 1901.
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Best-selling novelist
Eugene Burdick learns
the answer from some
Hollywood experts-including
an uncannily
clever Marlon Brando.
Read the Answer In the
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