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The Brussels Post, 1955-08-31, Page 7A great soul prefers moderation 5 74 C .A 'C $ $ the Tiottse .of,sectgram. Men who thigh of tomorrow practiee moderation Ioday Her Books Sold By Tens Of Millions parent} robe, perpetually on Bola}'. '111101140 adVerse Influences? on they always pick a /mall ngrnt for all infant who la Itricken with serious illness,; It is geaerallY helieved that the new eheke will hying better health to the unfortunate Plite* EurOpean gipsies declare that a baby should never be named af- ter a dead brother or. sister. Ac- cOrding to ancient Romany lore, parents who are feOlish enough to do so ,are inviting bad luck. The Chinese have the oddest notions of all when selecting a name for junior. In certain provinces if asked how xneny.offspring he has, the Chinese father of a boy and a girl replies, "I have only one This extraordinary viewpoint is explained by the fact that baby girls are regarded. as infe- rior to boys, Therefore, they are not considered worthy of,a proper name, but are simply e-ferred to One, Two, Three or Four, according to their order Of arrival on, earth. "COMES OF AGE"—Princess Margaret holds her pet dog as she pose's for an informal '25th birthday portrait in the garden of Clarence House, London. In royal circles, a princess "comes of age" when she is 25. 4 have felt a few years later When the novels of Marie Corelli burst upon a startled, world, Like a dazzling meteor this unknown writer sent her works soaring into the blaze of publicity and became the famous author whose sensational books were the talk of the world, Queens, princes, prime minis- ters and bishops, all were tre- mendously impressed by the thirty-one novels s h e wrote. Their subject-matter ranged from disembodied souls to ab- sinthe addicts in the Parisian underwqrld, and her imagination was so powerful that everything she touched was charged with rich emotion. Is it any wonder her world sales could be reckoned in tens of millions, and her earnings £10,000 for each book? But behind this astonishing success story lay years of grind- ing slavery for the sake of two worthless men. One was Marie's philandering father, Doctor Mac- kay; and the other his rascally son Eric. As soon as these jackals real- ized what a money-spinner they had in the young Marie they allowed her to support them in idleness for the rest of their days. Eric was a particularly nasty specimen; fat, flabby and lazy, he had been a sponger all his life. Blind to his vices, his step- sister financed his shady affairs, and permitted him to escort her to the various social functions she attended. On these occasions Eric dis- played such devotion towards her that tongues began to wag. It was whispered, they were lovers and even secretly mar- ried. When, later, Eric showed his true colours by boasting that it was really he who had written all Marie's books, she did at last turn against him. Among Marie's many admirers were the Prince of Wales (after- wards Edward VII). and Mr. Gladstone. When the latter vis- ited her one day he brought Mrs, Gladstone, who was obliged to sit outside the • house in Earl's I I .4 When the WoMan who had thrilled our grandparents with the magic of her pen died, the cry went up, °Who Waa Marie COrellir Everybody was eager for the truth that lay behind' the mystere built up around this queen Of best-sellers. But it was not easy to die- cover. One newspaper stated that Marie Corelli had been found one wintry night, a blue- eyed baby with £10 pinned to her shawl, en the doorstep of a certain Doctor Charles Mackay, who had adopted her, Another _announced the finding of a 'birth certificate proving without doubt that Miss Corelli was the daughter of Thomas Cody, a Marylebone labourer. And yet a third paper entered the fray to publish an account of a romantic meeting in a Stratford-on-Avon church be- tween Doctor Mackay 'end Maria Coralie Gonealez, a beautiful Italian countess. Hence the name "Marie Corelli," they suggested. Marie herself always declared she had been adopted by Mac- kay. But a lifelong, friend in- sisted that the doctor was the novelist's legal parent. Research has proved this last statement true, %IRA ' although Marie was born on May 1st, 1855 (thus the centenary of her birth fell this year), Mackay couldn't marry her mother — an Englishwoman named Mills — until 1861, after his first wife died. From a letter found after Marie Corelli's death it is clear she did not know the truth about her birth until 1889, when the decease of her father revealed the facts to her, , But she managed to keep the secret for the rest of her life, putting busybodies off the scent not only by declaring she was an adopted child, but by deduct- ing ten years from her age to make the story more convincing. While yet in her teens Marie started to write, but she could not find a publisher. One editor even declared that fiction-writ- ing was obviously "not her forte." How furious "he must How to. Name for Baby Strange as it .may seem, .there ,are more ways of finding a name for baby than 'by calling -a fames sly conterencet thinking about CharacterS in ;films end fiction, or by sticking a pin in a list, For instance, Whet Hindu in- fant will eventually be veiled often depends upon the bright- ness of a. flame, The mother's .choice of name for her ..offspring is usually proved, But tf her husband de- sires something different, each .suggestion. is written on a .sep, sep- arate slip of paper, On the twelfth day after the birth, two lampe are placed over the two. names, And the flame which burns more brilliantly de notes which "label" the child shall. bear, InEgypt, three pieces of paper resting under three wax candles are used in a similar .ceremony, But, in this case, one of the three names under consideration is al- ways that of a god or martyr, And the candle which lasts the longest bestows a name on the iittle one. Mohammedans have for cen- turies employed an even more unusual system, which prevents any possibility of argument. The five most-favoured name suggestions, inscribed on se,pare ate .squares paper,. are .placed between the pages of the Koran, the sacred book of the Moharn- =eclat's. Then after an interval a priest is invited to bless the book, ex- tract the final choice and reveal it to relatives assembled round the child, More curious still is a custom observed by the Aires, inhebi- taets of Northern Japan, who do not name a child until he or she is five years old. When at last the auspicious day has dawned and the father gravely 'announces. his decision, he also explains that he needed time to ponder over the problem! In some Japanese regions a baby's name is changed four times, with irregular periods in- tervening. This wily plan • is adopted to confuse evil spirits. who may be plotting to harm, the youngster. In German rural districts, too, HARD TOP — Yep, that's a tur- ban she's wearing — turban squash, that is. Mrs. Ralph Kramer, brought the seed from Vermont and raised the turban squashes in her garden. Courtin:an open carriage for over two hours while her hus- band chatted and laughed within. Marie Corelli, was presented to the Prince 'of Wales when she stayed in Germany, He `gave a dinner, party in her honour 'at which he commented upon the smallneSs of her hands. "Out of small things what wonders arise!" he exclaimed admiringly. This was followed by a lunch- eon in which Marie was intro- duced to "my son, Ge'brge, is well acquainted With your books." When, eventually, the deaths of the two Mackays relieved her, of much responsibility Marie moved to Stratford-on-Avon. Here she became so great a leg- end that more people went to stare at her house( with its cas- cading window-boxes, than to Shakespeare's birthplace. Coloured postcards of her were- on sale in all the shops, and one tourist was overheard to boast that she had seen "Shakespeare's daughter"! But Marie was no heroine to the townsfolk. She threw her weight about too much and was not above telling the shopkeep- ers how to arrange their goods. She drove around in a tiny car- riage drawn by Shetland ponies, with a footman perched up be- hind, and even bought a gondola to glide upon the Avon with a gondolier specially imp or t e d from Venice. To hit the headlines was ever Marie's aim, and she went to great lengths to keep ,her name before the public. "Nothing suc- ceeds like excess" was her motto and she kept inventing more fables to keep the interest from flagging, S h e refused to be photo- graphed, and all likenesses of her had to be faked. She announced that, she belonged to a secret re- ligious sect not allowed to wor- ship in church and that she could speak Hebrew fluently. There was no truth in either statement But so well did her self-adver- tising work that if she visited the Memorial Theatre the audi- ence rose to its feet as though she were the Queen; and when 11111111114 .14 IMPRESSIONISTIC ART — Sculpture affects people in different wags, as witness young Ray Plummer. "Migrant," one of the art)ltreasures exhibited at the Bement Centennial; inspired Ray to make like a bird. The Theodore Roszack creation is valued ' at ;$7500. How You Can Slip Those House Plants Most house plants have, a way of getting too large for their assigned spots on the windOW shelves, at which time new plants are propagated from the ,old Some people don't want to bother, They prefer to throw out the old plants and buy a new set, Yet there is satisfac- tion in raising a few plants one- self, Also, one grows fond of a plant—perhaps because it was a gift from a dear friend or be- cause A came froth some in, teresting place,-and one likes to keep it "in the family," A Christmas cactus originally brought to the United States from Norway, later passed along through a friend, has been in our borne many years (and has supplied plants for many others. Some plants, like the Christ- mas cactus, the Sansevieria, the Pearl Aloe, can be propagated easily by division, In repotting the Christmas cactus break the clump papart where it naturally separates and make two or three plants out of it. The Sansevieria, Aloe, and plants of similar growth will usually be found to have side shoots or baby plants beside the parent plant, which can be potted separately. The decorative Spider Fern that sends down pendant little plants on long stems, will keep within bounds itself, while pro- viding plants to give away. These baby plants sprouting from the long stems will root if set into pots of their own and kept moist until established, writes Millicent Taylor in "The Christian Science Monitor." A great many house plants may be propagated from stem cuttings. Right now in the late summer garden you probably have geraniums and coleus that can be "slipped" to make house plants for winter enjoyment. Take young nonflowering stem tip from such a plant, in- cluding two or three sets of leaves. Cut it with a sharp knife or razor blade just below a node, or' leaf joint. It is at this joint or node that' roots will grow. Remove all leaves to within two inches from the bottom of the stem. Large leaf cuttings, such as some varieties of coleus, need to have more leaves removed— about half—to send the activity into rooting. Sand, peat, or vermiculite make the best rooting mediums. Slips like wandering Jew and philodendron will root readily in water. You might try coleus and some others in water, too. Bottom heat will encourage root- ing. There are also commercial products, „fore the purpose, Keep the sand or whatever you use moist but not soppy. If you are rooting in water, change it fre- quently and keep a piece of charcoal from the fireplace in it to keep it fresh. Certain other plants, like Af- rieen violet and Rex begonia, will root from leaves. Stick the Santpaelia leaf, stem down, into the moist sand not over half its depth, counting the stem. The Rex begonia roots at the ribs of the leaf. Cut the ribi at inter- vals of an inch or so and lay the leaf, right side up, on, the moist sand. Leaf rooting needs moist, air. An inverted glass jar can be used. A deep plate filled with moist sand makes a good rooting con- tainer, or a box with high sides so a piece of glass can be put over the top fora lid and moved to let in air. The trouble with the latter arrangement is that while it helps keep the roots moist, it is difficult to, provide air and light. Such a propaga- tion box, horrie-made Or pur- chased, is filled with only about two inches of sand. Press the cuttings firmly into the sand when planted, and sprinkle un- til thoroughly mist. Keep the slips shaded for about two weeks, then give them more light, but do not let them dry out. When the roots are an inch of more in length, trans- plant them into a mixture of two-and-a-half parts loam, one part leaf mold or peat, and one- half part sand. Be sure the pots are not too big for the plants. Nothing between humans is one to three. 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YabioO r 50 "PRETTY PLEASE""—Yan k's p ho to- genic catcher, Yogi Berra,. is caught with an angelic expres- sion on his face as his prayers are answered with a neat snare of a pop foul at New York's Yankee Stadium. the poetess, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, called upon her, she knelt to kiss Marie's hand while her male es- cort stood behind her with bowed head. . Little wonder the novelist was not amused when the following' limerick was circulated: "There was a fair Siren of Strat, Who narrated the Sorrows of Sat., She'd a gond. On the Av., She was everyone's fav,, Though she used Shake's trus- tees as a mat." Perhaps one of Marie's most ardent fans was Sir Thomas Lip- ton, and she often ,went yachting with him. But during the first World War this friendship land- ed her in a spot of bother. At her request Sir Thomas sent her quantities of sugar for jam-making and the incident was reported to the police. The re- sult appeared in prominent head- lines: MARIE CORELLI CON- VICTED OF FOOD HOARDING. She was fined £50 with twenty guineas 'costs. When Marie Corelli was fifty- one she fell in loVe with a well-' known 'artist who was already married. For her it was a deeply emotional affair, but to him no more than a passing flirtation. She was blissfully happy until he dropped her like a hot coal: Then she poured out her soul into her private journal. This Was published, after her death, tinder the title: "Open Confes- sion. To a Man from a Woman." During this affair!' she was startled one night by shots in her garden, A young-.man was arrested, the smoking :"evolver still in his hand. He had fired through the window of Marie's music-men . e . "only to see Miss Corelli and bring her out to speak to me." He Was found. insane, and Marie sent his mother a generous Cheque. In January, 1624, Marie Cot: ell! had a heart attack and, for four Months, sat propped in a chair, tine day, She asked for a window to be opened so that she might hear some thildreti sing- ing, and as a result She eon- tracted congestion of the lungs. As actress Eller: Terry placed a Wreath of lilies tiPeri the grave Of the evoinati WheSe books had I fascinated SO irony she Wee heard to whisper, '('God bless the darling," MERRY MENAGERIE LANDRACE boars for Fall delivery from our imported Goval Ingrid sow and daughters of imported Goval Elsa, sired by grandson of the famous boar Bluegate Polarid, Write: Fergus Landrace Swine Farm, Fergus, Ontario. Phone 405 4,000 ARBOR Acre White Rock Pul- lets, disease free. Howard Rump, Carp, Ontario. Phone 618 R 22. THIRD class refrigeration stationary engineer for cold storage plant in Eastern Ontario. Must be able to do building maintenance work., Please give age, marital status, education and salary expected, Box 134, 123 Eight- eenth Street, New Toronto. SEW? Homeworkers urgently needed. Full or , part time projects. Write: ADCO SERVICE, 561, Bastrop, La.