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The Brussels Post, 1955-04-20, Page 6. HRONICLES A baby was born, a green, eyed, black-haired baby. KYru began dancing almost in her cradle. Nijinsky's worchip of his little daughter had scarcely be- gun lybon World War I broke The, Nijinskys and KYra had moved to Budapest to fulfil an engagement, and found no way of leaving Hungary, In the midst of discussing plena they were arrested. Russia was at war with Hun- gary — and the. Nijinskys were Russian. He had friends at court, however. Soon kings, queens and governments were working on his, behalf. At last, Vaslas and Romola were allowed to leave for Ame- rica on parole to fulfil ballet contracts. On beaches and in lit- tle villages of the New World, the Nijihskys once again found a short spell of happiness. But, if they had escaped the war, they had not escaped the en- Mity of Diaghilev. ,Be pursued them incessantly with trdublesome lawsuits and maliciotta° rumour. He surround- ed Vaslav with artful acquain- tances who attempted to instil , strange !theories of the simple 'life'''into' his head and tried to induce him to forsake dancing and the world. Strange' things 'began to hap- pen in the theatre. Vaslo -r step- ped on;a rusty nail, "How did it happen to be on the stage?" Romola asked. "By -aceident." „One, evening a heavy iron Vieight fell from the bridge. Only Nijinsky's quickness saved* his life. Only his speed saved tee when another mysteri- ous accident occurred, and a tur- ret on which he was standing high on-the stage began to sway and fall from beneath him. Romola noticed a curio* change that seemed to be creep- ' ing over her husband. Immersed in ideas for ballet as he was; he 'seemed to draw `faraway;'' as Rembla,, phrased it. Once, while she 'was quick- ly preparing to, take Kyra for a walk, he. came onts,,,of his room with his' fack thunderous, mending"' why Mahe should be making: such, a "nOlei. , When she apologized, he-pushed her; down the 'stairs, Romola became afraid and consulted a speCialist. Not long before, her husband had fright- ened her by ' pretending to be mad. His behaviour, too, had been queer of late. The' great Professor Bleuler talked gently to Nijinsky under pretence of discussing his wife's health. In the ante-room Ramola cahnly waited. It would be all right. The hard times they had had, the fight with Diaghilev, the - it would all .end soon. The doctor ushered Vaslav out and said: "All right, Splendid! Mme Nijixisky, won't you step in for a second?" • Romola followed him, with a smile to her Vaslay. As the pro- fessor closed the door behind him, he said very firmly: "Now, my dear, be brave. Your hus- band is incurably insane." Rornola looked above h i s head and Saw dust heavily float- . ing in the sunlight. Then the room was going round and round her in a wild circle. Somewhere, back through the years came the voice of a minis- ter: "In sickness and health, for ever." . For ever! For over twenty years Romola Nijinsky watched over her husband. Sometimes hey danced. Sometimes he could watch others dance and correct their faults. But in the mental 'twilight of the insane he died -- in 1950 one of the greatest figures ever known in ballet. WISE GUY, EH? Wife"— Joe, get out of bed this minute. I heard a mouse squeak, Joe — Well what am I sup- posed to do, oil it? • Three days meet` people wont Wider tite4APP, 'Mak, sleep lets.. Tide itijne on body and brain Make* physical fines ;easier to lose .harder ,tegaiei , living, lenered weit►ork, worry—any of,thiselnig reface none l kidney tail*. When kishiefit get ink of Oidefi ekeeiiii acids arid` *late. tenlehl in. the system. 'Then ti:ekiehe, dinar bed teat, that "tired-tne:lheiii fealini' often Thill's the itisie•titlike.Diidd'i Kidney Pilli4.Dedd'i 1161661AI aaimet. OW. Then Yen feel bettiiitarlt y ,Pilli IS ' dritEininter, Ss You cant qo L ,ii: :,, -.4., ;„_ '1:Ait 4; r .:-.3 IF you:Feel DEADLY JOKE oer Proposed Marriage- 1);y. Aninterpreter „ TEA ANNE FIRST ,..„1/0444, faf ri4, at*4.6e44.— Italian police in. Milan, in re- cOnstructing an incident as the result of which a yeung univer- sity student faces a charge of Manslaughter, appears to have brought to light facts which might justify the incident being called "the accident of the pen- tnrY.” What the Milanese Inquiring magistrate, (the Italian equiva- lent of a Coroner) referred to as a million-to-one chance, is al- leged to have occurred in this way, Nobody knows how many times a certain Pair of duelling pistols changed hands after they left the workshops of a St, Eti- enne Arm of gunsmiths in the 18th• century,. The twin pistols hung with six other antique pistols in the apartment of Alberto Silbert, the son of one of, Milan's big- gest antique dealers, The dealer had bought, the pair of St. Eti- enne duelling pistols from a de- scendant of the original owner. A certain amount of rust had gathered on them,, especially on the triger and barrel, The eight 'pl,stols were the f a v . o a rite •playthings of his friends, who would, often point them at each other in fun. They did net know that a live bullet still remained, in one of the weapons. Al a party in his rooms on an evening last December, Subert and his friends were once again amusing themselves by point- ing the pistols at. each other. One of the guests; Duccio Pass- aglia, took one of the St. Eti- - enneqiistols, cocked it, snapped off the sulphur head of a match, placed it under the hammer, and, pulled the trigger. - The hard sulphur acted as a percuSsion cap. ' There was a loud bang and a miff of pungent smoke. According to the- Court report DucciO; delighted' at the joke, repeated it. He did it a third time on the arrival of another guest, Signora de Rossi. "Your money or your life!" he langhl ed, pointing the pistol at her. , She laughed at the joke, too: But after the loud bang ,sha' was lying dead on the floor; blood trickling from a wound :•'_ in her forehead. Duccio has been formally charged, but provisionally re- leased. His trial is expected to take place, in March or April of this year. His defence is that no one could have known the pistol was loaded, least of all him- self. Police spy "the two earlier bangs must have 'shaken off the rust, on the pistol. The third spark caused by the sulphur touched the • powder and fired the bullet that had been In the pistol for a 'century' ' e. dreamlike years before 'World Spring in 7314aPeat. in the War II A brilliant audience had been drawn to the Opera house by the first performance, there ' • of the Imperial Russsian Ballet. In her Mother's box, Romola de Pulszky 'leant forward eager- As figures drawn from the fantasy of carnival fitted) and leapt; acrossl thelstage,i the Young daughter ',171j.nigally'4 leading actress watched' With•parted lips. Harlequin, she remembered, had been announced in her pro, gramme as being played by Vas- lay Nijinsky. Nijinsky, son, grandson and great-grandson of a 'dancer, the greatest living genius of the ballet. When the audience rose to their feet and showered the stage with flowers, Romola clap- ped like one in a dream. In that moment her studies for the theatre, yielded to her leaping desire to-'be trained as a dan- Cer, "After the ballet company had left '• Budapest, she worked ac- tively at this new ideal. When the, company returned, she was nerniitted to =attend their te- hearsals. * ' — ,'At first she did not meet the. pale - and youthful- Nijinsky. When she.-Was at last introduced to him, he gave her a sweeping how beCauSe he had miSheard the• introduction' and,Arnagined her to be' Bildape4st'a . But from that first ,trieeting,,, Romola adored NijinskY.. Once she dared to ask for his auto- graph and he gaye it, mechani- !',cally,.I not;. appearing 'to realize '-he had' Seen her before. Diag- hilev, the maestro of the corn- , ,pany read: her heart. and 'whis•- pered, "Beware, Nijinsky is like a'stin that pours forth light but never warmth.” They were words of menace. Romola,: ignOred his warning. In the' certainty that Nijinsky was the „one man who ;Offered to her, 'shaledneci the-406;1;1' companycompanyas' ^a , special, private Then one day, as the company ;,,..104. -travelling . ',from Paris' to London, she found herself next to 'hi& in the, traireorriddr.. • She lowered, her eyes at the Arrn"*rutirly -from his ;own soft -brotiM onea, and stared foollahly ,at his feet...."Have you ever been . •to, London?" lie. asked '-politely. And Romola'burst "into' an em- barrassed .torrent of words — .her, school years, the charm of England. Too late — she real- ized that he could not under- stand , a word of the language she spoke. A few weeks later the entire ballet 'company left for South Ainerlea.- • • ; How Dare They! The ,,day before their arrival in Rio de Janero, a fellow mem-. ber of .the company came to Romola: With a ridiculously for- mal face, he said, "Romola, as Nijinsky cannot speak to yeti himself, he.has requested me to ask your hand in marriage." 1- "No, really,". cried Romola,' -"it's awful. HoW 'can yen you?" And with flushed face, half- crying, she locked herself in her cabin. They were making inn of her! How dare they! But presently'a note was pushed un- der the door. "Please let me know your ansWer," it .said. "I 'must say something to Nijinsky. I. can't keep hirn waiting like, wsdt esne dried. p' So up to the deck., From the it as Itw true! Ro seemed like a miracle. Romola'! tears put on an evening dress and shadoWs Nijinsky emerged and said, in his. broken French, "Mademoiselle, will you You anri I?" He pantorniried, indi- cating a ring on her third linger. Romola nodded and, Waving both hands, .cried "Oui, .our, They were strange lovers, un- able to speak One another's lan- guage. Friends had to be e played' iri-• as translators when anjr- thing passed beyond the "lan- guage of love. When they were Married in .Rio, the mayor asked questions in Spanish; Nijinalcy snwered in Russian, and' Romola in HIM- garian and French. • They had 1-iardlY finished their honeymoon„ before the first ' of the dar fixture :Sound- ed. .Nijinsky war disiniseed the Rtiaaiah Thia was Diaghilev'! revenge: , No. one ever understood Wag, Dedicated to the, 'ballet b hiniself,' he ...awned to eXert an almost hypnotic* o'wet .twet As scion as, he heard wedding. Ma'anger iltheW bounds:"AS' high as Nijinsky -stands now, low • ani I going to thrust he VoW, Niji nsky ;founded` - ' '" his COmpanY, §italikaway leV brought, a IaWatiiti,i attempt-, to restrain iNflinakY "Irom performing his own dances. The:, &angel-1611'1U tinder the strain; 'find Ipid to forsake' his flan lsonie' contracts. • "Dear Anne Hirst:- I am on the :horns of a dilemma, and come to, you because I am impressed with your. sincerity and your common sense, I am a widower of 65, in good health and financially re- sponsible, Some months ago. I meta widow, the mother of a 12-year-old girl. We have a mu- tually strong admiration, and have talked of marriage. She, is 2i years younger than L ^.,.,"I have told her that a man my age should not marry a much- younger woman; she contends, the,difference is not important. I fear that it may eventually lead to an unhappy union. Though I no not 'feel my years', one can- not deny them, Will you be so good as to give me your,opihion? GRAVE --ISION * I usually feel that *Ahe temperaments of the two • concerned, and their congeni- * alityi are more important than . • .. ,t, - ROOF OVER" HIS HEAD=-An ) 11-inch,, snowcap covers'. the roof that covers':this *little felloW during ea recent snowstorM.. The ' bird feedineV.statlen not "only proV!ded the winged creature - with shelter, but also with food. un-W rap I '0 any intervening years, one * cannot ,dismiss a 24-year pan * lightly. In a decade this wo- * man will still be in her prime, * while you will be, nearly 80, * enjoying, life, I hope, but pre- * ferably by your fireside. * If there were no children * involved .the situation would * still be grave. The presence of * a youngster entering her teens * can be highly disturbing to a * man unaccustomed to children. * Her mother will soon be en- * couraging the :customary so- * cial activitiesr'and expect her -* new kerne to be their center. • * Picture the ensuing confusion! Your own reluctance to en- * tertain the prospect of mar- * riage is the most vital argu- * merit against it. You could not * properly adjust yourself, I'm * afraid,-. and would, be likely to * anticipate emotional differ- * erices- which; 20 *years, ago * would. not occur to you. How could you relax completely in * atieli a"'situation, haunted by ,* unknown fear a each,coming * year? *All iii all, J agree, with you. * °)1:, INr LOVE WITH BOTH? "Dear Anne Hirst: I am over 17, and think I am in love with • two boys. The one in service writes regularly, but shows no sign that he still loves me; when I read his letters I miss the spark that I felt when we were together. The other boy is his good friend, and' he's so 'nice to me that I can't bear to hurt him. ,"I have worried so over this that my health is affected. Shall I try to forget the soldier, or wait till he comes home before I choose? MIXED UP" * Why worry yourself sick try- * ing to decide now? The soldier * may still love you but be awk- l‘ !Ward putting it into words. * Months-of service can also con- * . fuse a._ lad's mind se he isn't '* sure he feels the same toward * the girl' waiting back home. ▪ Wait means until you * two meet again; then you will * know your own heart, and his. * -Enjoy the attentions of his l!'friencl, but be- careful not to *.,encourage him-to think you ,* are -in love;„yon may be, yeu * may not. Since you need not * hasten making your choice, .it * is kinder to. .keep the friend- * ship. on a castial basis so neith- * er of you will get hurt. * •`'AliSence , prays tricks with le the human heart. A girl is apt *- to idealize a man -in uniform, lc remembering only . his finest * qualities. It is best' for both of * thein that " she withhold any *debiiion Until She -'Sees him again. -' • As years descend upon us, the prospect`. of ,living alone can 'drlde one into a regrettable mar- 'Nage. Then Is when corn- , mion sense is needed keenly. 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Send 25 cents for your copy of this new, new catalog NOW! the cats find • it warmer down in the cellar .7.— ,and ;,-we like '`the' look of" our coal-bin. But we are banking on the theory that eventually ,all things come to an 'end even storms. Unfortunately that also applies to the coal. The question is which will 'last the longer-L-the Foal or the storinv raCtfially,t'We tare cerned c)i,what,' f--;t eking ,vplacezat Negate. Tht i fercevf nature can be kii0eVast,ilig ppon occasion 9-14 e'Veri "thOrii 'gni than atomic power—and the occasions .seem to, be getting trio e requent l alYthetime" Sonietirn IS I Vionde if floitids,, storms, cyclones and earthquakes7:are signs -of Divine disnleaatre.. for atomic experi- ments, especially when phenom- enal disturbances are world- ° wide in:° ' cheracter:" ° .So many changes, — every- where and in every walk of , life. Even in the farmers' barns. • remeinber, years ago, When Paltrier Was - Milking ten or twelve- cows by -hand I used to worry • because- afterthe field work •wa ' s , dime he had,,so, much 'to do, the barn.,ut he used to say — "Well, _hat are* you 'Worrying about - — that's ray recreation!", The children and I would ,he down ,at. :the barn, , feeding the salves and helping here and there. Irwas generally qUite quiet and peabeftil and We 'we could 'talk back and -forth amongh ourselves.. Now on the , rare `'occasions,; I go to the barn I notice quite a difference. There iethe rib* of 'the motor on • the 'milking- machine; the swish, swish of' air. as Partner putsthe „milkers on, the cows, And a much louder swish as sac= tion is 'released *hen Partner takes 'the milkers- off.• -Thisi . of - course, -is. repeated With each cow tint. ismilked,. . . , Then• as the milker „is being, rinsed With 'Cola water there is a loud sucking noise as the cups drain the last bit of water - from 'the pail. And to. cap. it all there is • the radio going: Fine when Part- ner is alone but not so good When we have to shout to• make each other hear. , The^ barn isn't a •peaceful ,place any more and I never hear Partner, say new that to `cows is insi recrea- tion. ' Really Windy :INGER ARM 1..7ore.r4otirs.e. P. Clarke alusirrfil OfririL 4W4"Ore. of where, .are the geese and robins 'now? Why .didn't - theirrnattleallinatifiet Vain them to stay in the sunny!South !until winter had had its' find/ fling in Ontario. Or cculd,.it be that mi- gratory birds ,have, an Undnly op- ' `timistic•-%Pitit like' certain 'road , supervisofs:of•the'Department of Highways? -What else could cause them — the,supervisors — to have snowfences removed be- • fore the end of March?:So often , we have , storm from the east, in late March Or. early April. Not OnCeell Winter have ,snowfences° been heeded'arotind "here bnt, •, oh boy, are they needed now!. But the -Friday before the storm was such a lovely day it was 'enough, to deceive anyone. Just 'in "Case it' 'mighthe a weather-: breaker' I had :two weeks' wash- ing done before breakfast' 'that day. Ng regular 1VIenday„wash- Mg for, me— I work according lo the weather. Sp on that day was ' trying' to .get 'abciiit three days- work ••dorie in 'one. - But in the,, afternoon along . came visi- %tors. Their' visit, put a crimp in my activities so I didn't- get my shopping done: Not that I was worrying = I thought I would, slip down town Saturday morn- ing and get what I•needed. Came Saturday morning . . . anow, Wind -andlaloWing min* L"-- and , a windshield wiper that was out of commission: 'I stayed put .' . . , einergency, rations would, have 'to keep us fed until the „storm was ?Wei'. 'Arid then" bout three o'clOck.'Boli, and Joy 'literally blew in. ^I soon had• Bob blowing ,ntit,again—down town-,te,get me afeW snppliea,. „ Partner is having a, grand time' doWn at the barn dining this,-storm carrying water to the .cows. He- can- go out in the storm'' hut the cows have to be taken care of! At the same time *We.'are bdtli very busy counting our' blessings. We find we have quite a- lot of therii. During, the, „first, part of last Week we had, everything around here — wind, rain, snow and e thunderstorm. There was quite a bit Of lightning and wind darn- age in the district but the only causally here was the kitchen clock, The little motor in it Was burnt out. Then, on the first comperatively calm day a heifer, running loose in the barnyard, prOduced her first Calf, without any -untoward incident. Partner said ,the heifer and , Calf, were tine but e didn't knoW h ow he Wasgoltik tC get their' Mid the Stable. (My. help IS tie lOnger aliPrecieted.) Then on that *on- derfnl Spring-like Friday aletik'' Came, Johnny. He got ,the heifer lied tip Ind also brought in a two-weelei supply of chop. Aitd yesterday morning ,the milk - truck got throUgh -the lane. with= Out any„trouble-:--eur snow fends" is still un-a why ShOuldn't count our blessings? The' heifer Might have attired on One of . those, terrible, :4'00 ;deY.S.;- we could have been left high and dfk without chop fee the cows,' • and the lane' Might haVe be- come- impassable: Not thet, we • are enjoying'the storm *it ' n, trifle drafty tircitlild here, even" 4768 12-20 it's a "hea:rda," milt luSi.Otidiji6? hairdo.. treated -byliciir-Styllit-ViCtor Vito; lei' deSidiied With an' ear to the problem" of ,the hard-6466 ring WOrncih. At modeled by Carolyn Phillips, Chignon Ca-Peed/a batteries for the hecirintl aid; Cud iust above, earring masks ode unit Of the device; Weather "Then - all over the world •'are'intereatert in" new experiments ''now taking place' in the ,United 'States 0-find out just_ how ,high • -fast -winds can blow, weather balloon 20,006 feet over • Philadelphia ''reeenily re- corded a, 302' inp.ii; 'Wind. 7- In Great„ Britain than 200 M:01, have been, fOtind leur miles` 0.40. StiCli high winds are common four or five Mlles up in the airatoaphere.' 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