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r t m « â- * *-?? K* 4. * -a* I ♦ »â-  â- Â« > •< '* -r V y •* >- -♦ »• â- r â- -*- .«» ^ > < â- Â» »• ->â-  4 â- Â» tr 1 >• < A, GIVE US BREAD NOT JUST FLUFF Editor's Note: Horace Reynolds U a writer, lecturer, professor, and author of many articles that have appeared in various leading periodi- cals. This paean in praise of darker, coarser breadstuffs appeared in The Christian Science Monitor; and we pass it along to our readers %iithout further comment. When things were going well with folks, John Mahoiiey. an old Irish schoolmaster of mine, used 10 say, "They're eating their white bread now." Then he wouhi explain that the saying was an oblique re- ference to the fact that the common people of Europe had white bread only on special occasions. I remember I used to feel sorry for the poor moujik eating away at his black bread. The other day a friend gave me a large loaf of dark Russian rye, told me how to toast it. Now I don't feel sorry for the Kussians any more. Modern industrialism has ruined American bread. Pick up a loaf in its waxed paper. It's so soft and spongy you can contract it with your hands, mold it any shape you've a mind to. Take off the wrapper and eat a slice. The soft, fluffy center is like a mo.ithfttl of powder puff. The more you eat the hungrier you get. This is what Am- erica's staff of life has tome to. It's a pretty soft staff. The Rus- sians are leaning on something more si-bstantial. It wasn't always so. In 1900, 93 per cent of America's bread was baked at home, and that bread was good, honest bread, not the aerated boudoir bread of today. Now 85 per cent of .America's bread is baked in bakeries. The bread of our ancestors was good bread, too. The corn bread the Indians taught the early Ameri- cans to make was tasty, nutritious, and filling. Our foremotliers pounded corn in a mortar or ground it in an improvised home mill. Then t.iey mixed the resultant meal with water to make corn bread, corn- d.odgers, corn pone, hoecake, and johnnycake. They made this bread in tw» forms: the raised variety baked in a pan, like the corn bread of today: the unleavened variety baked in hot ashes or on a griddle or in a skillet, called ash cake and corn pone. Many a plainsman lias made many a dinner on corndodger baked in the ashes and salt pork broiled on the end of a stick. That is the stalwart traditional bread of America, of which this puffed-up varety of today is a soft and decadent descendant. In the large cities, where Ameri- ca's foreign-born congregate, one can get the good bread of Europe which our immigrants brought over with their folklore. From West- phalia the Germans of 1848 brought their pleasant pumpernickel. The Jews brought us the de- licious Jewish rye and the popular baigel. The French, the long ball- bat loaves; the Italians, their round, solid loaves with a respectable deco crust. From Vienna came the light, well - seasoned Hungarian loaf, Canadian Movie Makes Headlines Class Room Scene from the prize winning Canadian film "Family Scene" soon to be shown in theatres across Canada. The first Canadian film to deal with the personality of the child as aAected by Home and Scliool en- vironment will be released very soon. The picture was made in lamous Players across Canada. The film is called 'Family Circles." It is outstanding and won- the award £>s the best non-theatrical film in Canada at ' the Canadian Film Awards Competition last April. It was highly praised at the Inter- national Film Festival in Ediu burgh, where it was played for discriminating audiences. When the picture opens it shows a scene from a family of a geiiera- tton or two ago; the father is Head- cf-the-House; he made ceciiions, and was generous when they were accepted â€" which they always were! Put, says the film, times have tliunged. Children do not go to bed at nine o'clock and the tempo of life has changed. The modern Father asks â€" Midnight? Where's George? Time I showed that boy I'm still head of the house, he'll have to knuckle under. To all of which his wife sleepily replies, Dar- ling, this is the twentieth century. The issues raised merit the at- tention of all parents and thouglit- ful people, because they deal with very important facets of family life â€" the development and growth of a child. The scenes s!:ow the effect of four different •ypes of homes on a child's mind and de- velopment, and is a forth: ight and helpful expose v.hich does not mince matters, but presents clearly how the child is helped or hindered in 111? growth toward good citizenship hy the sort of help he gets at home. The way of the parent is not easy ill this modern age, and the lihn presents clearly where the nioilcrn parent often falls down in tlie job o.' I'.elpiiig a child to find himself, t<j meet neets which are not always obvious â€" confidence, security, and guidance. Michael Denny, Foresthill, who played Freddie, in the prize ^vinnillg Canadian film entitled "Family Circle." known as Vienna bread. From Fin- land, Limppu, baked in tlie shape of an oversize doughnut made of mixed wheat and ryt flour. From Sweden, the flat, crisp unleavened Lread, which goes so well with cheese. « * « Take a loaf of the dark pumper- iiickel. Its rye hasn't been bleached or "enriched." Its rye hasn't even been bojted. Cut off a couple of thin slices and put them in your toaster. Press down the rod which sends the bread to the bottom of the toaster. When the pieces of pumpernickel pop up, press them down again for a'Second toasting. This is he-man bread: it can take it a second, yea, even a third toasting. Butter the toasted bread; place it in the oven. As you eat it, you will amend John Ma- honey's proverb to read, 'They're eating their black bread now." When you next go out in the v.oods for a steak roast, take a loaf of French bread, cut it ver- tically into slices about six inches long, then cut these slices again horizontally in half, and butter.them. Cut the broiled stealis into slices to fit the bread; put the steak be- tween the slices and press the re- sultant sandTV'ich firmly. The juice of the steak will soak into the bread. That's bread and that's meat, and the combination is good. Or if you haven't got a steak, just a loaf of French bread, take the loaf and cut it in half vertically. J.'ow you have two pieces, each about a foot in length. Cut these two pieces into slices about two inches or so thick, but be careful rotvto cut the bread all the way through. Now you have about a dozen small slices, six ir each half. Take" a third of a pound of but- ter and melt it in a measuring cup cr small saucepan. Cut up a slice of garlic and put it into the melted butter. Allow the mixture to sim- mer a whle. Then pour the butter ever tlie bread lengthwise. Some of the butler will run into the in- cisions; some will remain on the top of the bread. * « ♦ Now put the two halve,; into a hot oven. Aiter they have become hot. take them out and eat. There is still another proverb which runs like this: "Whose bread 1 eat, his song I sing." After you have eaten this hot buttered French bread, don't be surprised if you find your- self humming. Another favorite bread is made of water-ground flour and it is eveti more solid than most homemade bread. The water-ground flour is important. Water power grinds slowly enough to allow the flour to retain much of the soil of the prain. In tlie large mills, too, the flour is blcaclied. It's a wonder they don't powder and rouge it. Mass production can't leave good food alone. It must try to improve en nature. It homogenizes it, vita- minizes it, victimizes it. It adds potatoes, honey, bananas, currants, dates â€" even sunsliine. It sMces it, wraps it: Tl:en it eitibarks on a ?1, 0(10,000 advertising campaign, as- saulting both eye and ear. Industrial .America has glorified I-.read the way Hollywood has glori- fied the .'\nicrican girl. Man does not live by bread alone, but it is the foundation of our diet, and our sliced loaves of cotton baiting are a weak foundation for anything. What America needs is bread with crust to exercise tlie teeth and stick to the ribs, bread to strengthen the Iieart for the tasks which lie ahead. Schoclboy "Howlers" ^VlR•n a group of high school pupils sat for a general knowledge e.\att;ination recently, some of them produced the following written re- plies to questions: A skeleton is a person with his insides out and liis outsides off. A sensation is that state of pub- lic mind tliat exists in a given comniuiuty when one man's wife runs off with another man. Salt Lake City is a place wliere the Morons settled. She was a sweet girl dressed, in a simple Dutch costume consisting of a white cap and apron. Typhoid fever can be prevented by fascination. A referendum is having to look at notes to see what you are going to talk about. The gelatine was used to cut off the heads of many thousands of people. Woman witness: I have no quar- rels with my neighbours. I just won't speak to them. What The Weil-Dressed Juvenile Will Be Wearing Next Winter â€" Nylon News ! Pint-sized weather protection is offered by these wonderful lightweight ail-nylon snow-suits. His Stuff May Be Corny But It's Money-Making Corn The year 1932 may be I'emem- bered for several reasons, not least for tlie debut of a comedian on an American radio progranur.e. He walked nervously up to the micro- phone and said: "Hallo, folks! This is Jack Benny. There will now be a slight pause for everyone to say, 'Who cares?'" As a result of this broadcast, letters poured into the studio prais- ing his unusual and nonchalant style, which hitherto had not been exploited by any other comedian. Today, Jack Benny is acknowledged to be one of America's leading radio funsters and every Sunday some thirty million citizens tune in to listen to his show. The "Average Man" For Eenny has perfected a char- acterization, fraught with human frailties. He is a typical ".•\verage Man," a lovable boob, mean, cow- ardly, middle-aged â€" but with young ideas! All of which has endeared him to the man in the street with similar faults and weaknesses writes David B. Williams in Tit-Bits. That some members of the pub- lic really believe in this comedian's failings is exemplified by an ad- vertisment that appeared in the clas- sified section of the "Sacremenio L-nion": "Two women about Jack Benny's age would like a small, unfurnished house. Would like to pay what Jack Benny would like to pay." Unlike Bob Hope and other con- temporaries of wit, Benny is no master of repartee. But .vhen he docs come through with an ad-lib, his timing and delivery arc perfect. On one occasion, Benny was ap- pearing witli Fred .\llen, who was talking so fast that Jack found it impossible to get a laii:4h him- self. In desperation, and to the delight of the audience, he ex- claimed suddenly: "You wouldn't dare do this if my writers were here." If anyone deserves the tag of "right-hand man" where Benny is concerned, she is Mary Livingstone who, besides being the comedienne on the programme, is in private life Mrs. Jack Benny. She is noted for her wonderful sense of humour, and Jack always relies on her keen judgment whenever he's worried about a joke or routine. -Vlthough Mary has had countless offers to be a star in her own right, she re- luses them all: "I just want, to- be ifrs. Jack Benny," she says. When they were married in 1927, Jack recalls that a big stag din- ner was given in his honour and he felt very important. In the midst of the proceedings, the Master of Ceremonies called for silence while he read a telegram. It ran; "When you come home tonight, he sure to take out the garbage.â€" Mary," George and Gracie While on the subject of marriage it might be as well to mention the George Burns-Jack Benny rou- tine. It all started when George and Gracie .Xllen were betrothed. Jack was playing in Sau Fran- cisco at the time and tliought he would rib his newly-wed friends. He telephoned them at J a.m. on their wedding night. Getting an answer from a man, Benny in- quired: "Hallo? George;' A gruff \oice replied, "Send up two orders of ham and eggs" â€" and the receiver was slammed down. Since then the comedians have always teh-phoncd each other on important occasion*. When George and Gracie were about to open at the London Pal- ladium recently, Val Parncll threw a party for them. During the eve- ning George was called to the tele- phone. Picking up the receiver he licard a girl with a Southern drawi say: "Mr. Burns? Long distance . . . one moment, plea-iol Jack Eenny from Hollywood wishes to speak to you." At the end of his chat with his fellow comic, George told his guests about it: "Fancy Jack calling all the way from Hollywood just to v.'ish us good luck!" And There He Was! He survey the gathering a smile of self-satisfaction spreading across his face. But at that moment his eyes fell upon the doorway . . . v/ere Jack Benny was stani.ing! He had arrived here unannounced, hav- ing made the journey especially for his friends' opening night, ilis prac- tical joke had been carried out with the help of film star Jane \Vyma!i . . and extension telephones! As a youngster. Jack studied the violin and at eight years old he was referred to as the "child prodigy" of Waukegan, his home town. Later he tried to obtain work with a theatre orchestra but was engaged as a ticket collector instead! The violin, much to his regret, soon became nothing more than a prop during his vaudeville appearances. Yet even today, this "frustrated Kreisler" practises in his sp".re time and constantly complains al)0ut his lost chance to make a n;.ine for himself as a musician. When Benny moved his family and radio programme to Califor- nia in 1937, the very lirst show there was an enactment of their journey west. The script required someone to play the par; of the Pullman porter encount^-red "on the train and the role was awarded tn a coloured actor, Eddie Anuer- son. He made such a good job a( of it that his one niyht aiand be- came a permanent engagement â€" and that's how Rochester was bora, Benny's gravel-voiced valet and chauffeur. It is not surprising that Benny, having made a reputation on the stage and radio, should turn ta Hollywood to reap further laurels. Since 193 J he has made over a score of films. His best known are "Buck Benny Rides Again" and "George Washington Slept Here," Counter Attack He believes in giving the public what it wants, even if it does not always satisfy the radio critics, and says: "It took eighteen years to develop the characters on my show. They're as good as my wri;ers and i can make them. Each week we've tried to inject a new situa'on. idea or character into our script and filling twenty pages a .veek for thirty-nine weeks isn't ea;.\ "So what happens? A cvic-wer comes along, says the show was Rceat, the audience loved it, the rcript was hilarious . . . BUT . . . I was the same stingy, toupee- topped, faulty fiddler; Mary wa» still snippy, Phil Harris continued as a fugitive from .Mcoholics .An- onymous; and Rochester was the same sassy burler. "Now, I've been reading this re- viewer's column for many years, «ud it's a darned good colunza. But every week, Ovety ye;iP. this columnist's style of writing is al- ways the same. Never chain»es. .'\l- ways verbs, pronouns and adjec- tives. Why doesn't he get some new things?" Farmcis, Combine Their Combines â€" .\ score 01 •guuii uciylibori." from nearby farms massed then (.ombities here recently to harvest a 125-acre wlieat field for a widowed mother of two, Mrs. Marie Biiller, Tier hitshatid was killed in this very same field a vear ago, while cutting clo\ er. JITTER By Arthur Pointer