we The telephone rates high amongst the many blessings of this modern age, but I was tempted to think otherwise the other morning. I had guests coming for tea in the afternoon, two of whom would be staying for supper. I had planned to give them a lamb curry, which I would .pre- Pare in the quiet of the morn ing, for it is a dish which re- quires thought and a certain atmosphere. But oh, those plans of mice and men! That telephone rang incessantly and many were the knuckles which rapped on my front door—I really must re- member to buy a proper door knocker. And then it was lunch time, and having guests is no excuse for depriving a husband FEBRUARY 19, 1959 for Tea by Sylvia Walton nanton, ginger, cloves, curry, ah, now it is beginning to take shape, and the smell becomes enticing — next comes an ap ple, also — oh dear, some more knuckles on the door, two more guests, and my kitchen, being one of those expanding affairs, accommodates them nicely, (I don’t really want this known, assessments are high enough as it is), Now, where was I? Oh yes, introductions, and then, once more unto the breach . . . How did I first learn to make Indian Curry? Well, that takes }me back quite a Jong time. Be- fore the Second War anyway, }when the gardens and foun- tains in front of De ‘Havilands’ were floodlit, people walking in the cool of a summer's even- ing, some in bazarre and lovely of his lunch ,so, dutifully, and | costumes, for people came from with feelings of “nil desperan-j/remote places of the world to| dum” we ate. At last, I washed | the dishes and started the | curry. | The onions were just brown-| study aeronautics here in Hat-} field. Many amongst them were Hindus, and they hrought an exotic note to the English ing nicely when the phone rang|scene — the ladies in their again, how very fortunate thai|beautiful saris, the men dark I can hold the receiver with/}and aristocratic, and it is from) one hand and attend to the pot/these delightful souls, many of with the other! If only some-|whom became friends of the one’s knuckles don’t leave their | family, that I learned to make skin on my front door, I believe | curry, and I often think of them I can still cope with the situa-|as I check through my stock of tion. So, holding a polite con-| spices versation, I pop the lamb in/put the lid on and let it sim-) to braise — ah, now we are|mer gently. Shall we come getting on, just another half|into the living room, what about hour or so and, Eureka! the rest|a cup of tea? will be easy. And now the te-| And ‘as we sip, and talk, the eeiver is back on the hook. I|aroma rises from the pot like assemble the other ingredients |some beneficient genie of oid, for this ancient and aromatic|to bless the company with the There! now I can|| dish, turn the lamb to brown on | the other side, when lo! knuck-| les on the door! It is my supper guests, ior- tunately we are old friends, so I welcome them into the kitchen where they find pencil and paper and prepare to take notes Well, this can still, be fun, I think, if only — “A taxi has stopped at the front” says my husband, and vanishes out of the back door. I wipe my hands and open the front door in welcome, it is the first time the lady has been to my hoi T can’t very well leave her lonely state in the living room.) so, “do come into the kitchen, I am just finishing a curry.” make the introductions, and Proceed as if this were just a normal everyday situation, Now let me see, nutmeg, cin- warm fragrance of spices. incense on the altar of friend- ship! All social life, stabality, pro gress, depend upon each man’s confidence in his neighbor, a reliance upon him to do his duty. - A Lawrence Lowell CREDIT UNI Whit rock w locat- riff’ Ave., ub-headqgarfers at Sunnyside . 88287, Mrs. Secretary-Treasurer, { Professiona! Directory D. A, Crawford, R.O. ti OPTOMETRI: a f 15229 Pa J (between| Johnafon an F treet) Tele.: . 8-9474 Hours: Tues#to S to 5 Closed Monda! EYE EXAMINATIONS COMPLETE VISUAL CARE W.D. 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