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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1955-11-30, Page 7French Minister of Public In- struction, at a price which, up to that time, had never been exceeded for a collection of an- cient goldsmith's work, The collection was put on show at the Cluny Museum in Paris, where it attracted im- mense crowds, But its origin could no longer be kept a secret. The Spanish Government, having denounced the Queen's goldsmith as - a smuggler, a bandit, and a per- jured royal _servant, made im- mediate demands on the French Government to return the treas- ure, declaring it to be part of h e "inalienable regalia of Spain." This was nonsense, The crowns had - never formed part of the Spanish regalia, and all that the Spanish government's demand die was to make the French Government withhold payment from Navarro. Then France was involved in a war with Austria — and the matter was shelved for more important national matters. - A q u i e t, thoughtful man named Domingo de la Cruz lived in the same village — Guadamur — for which the two peasants were making when they found the treasure of Guar- razar. He had read all that he could discover concerning the treasure, and he had come to some exciting conclusions con- cerning it. He reasoned that whoever had saved the gold from the Moors — probably on the very night on which they plundered the city of Toledo -- must have had a great deal more to hide than had been found by the peasants. Saying nothing to anyone, De la Cruz searched secretly in the neighbourhood of the fountain. Then one day he presented himself at the Castle of Aran- juez — twenty-five miles from Toledo — where Queen Isabella was staying. His manner was so insistent that the Queen's spokesman, Don Antonio Flores, consented to see him. De La. Cruz came straight to the point. Suppose that he were lucky enough to find any more Visigothic treasure, would Don Antonio guarantee him a pen- sion for life? "Of course," the other an- swered. "A moment, then, Your Ex- cellency," said De la Cruz. He went out of the room, and re- \turned with a treasure almost as splendid as that lost-to Spain by Navarro's greed. After a painstaking search De la Cruz found it in an old cemetery. And he was reward- ed for his trouble and astuteness by a handsome pensia; paid regularly until the day of his death. "Sleep-Wallas" Kill Mountain Climbers Mountain sickness exacts a pitiless toll of human life in the Alps. Even eXperiericed guides, like Silvia Pecleotti, of Italy, have been sacrificed to it Seited by sudden faintness While escorting a party up Bee- Mee peak last summer, he crumpled tip Withotit even a cry and pitched forward to death, in the ravine below, But novice elitilisets are, an Alpine guide points out; Most prone tO this illness. .It comes on Very suddenly. The muscles' tern to puha, the body feels ut- terly deadweight;'breathing is hard; the Victim's mouth and tided endy trickle with blood. More dangerous, istaVeVer, is the overwhelming sleepiness that' Can bailie a Men to "sleep Walk" Over a peak Or precipice. Nearly fifty immature climb eke have been killed in the Xtalian AlpS this year chiefly from Ail cause, bled a One,page letter that was no, less than forty-three fee' loog and five inches widej The man who received it oriv day in MA) spent several bout* reading it when he had recovs ered from his sprpeise„,.‘ You can see the oldest love- letter in the world at the !kit- ish MeiSetlere: Jt is a courteously worde' proposal of marriage to a lovely Bgyptian princess, arid it is in the form .of an inscribed brick, I I 4 I 1 A 1 4 PRINCE CHARLES IS SEVEN --- Prince Charles wears a kilt of Balmoral Tar ta n for this seventh birthday anniversary portrait made on the grounds of Balmoral Castle, Scotland. The Balmoral tartan is restrict- ed to members of the royal family. tat TAXING FIVE —These young ballerinas aren't just trying to get a different slant on thjngs. Theyre taking a load off their tired toes, Ballet students at the Children's Aid. Society's Jones Center, they are, from left, Debra Tamagni, 4; Candace Culkin, 6, and Debra's sister, Diane, 6. OSCAJED GIRL. FROM. SHARK, FOUND BRIDE Stella Martin's eyes widened in terror and her arms thrashed the limpid sea-water wildly as the ebariee fin approached lees than five yards from her. Suddenly the fin vanished un- derwater. Behind the pretty nineteen-year-old girl spread a wake of foam as she kicked and struck out to reach the beech, still 300 yards distant, At this moment when she hovered between life and death she saw a human head streaking through the water towards her, "Keep swimming!" a man's voice called. Then she saw him dive, Twenty yards farther on she Mopped swimming and looked back, but she couldn't see the man Who had come to assist her, Her heart froze. The shark was nowhere in sight either. A moment later, as she trod water, Stella saw a flurry of blood-streaked foam as the shark and man rose momentarily to the surface, the man stabbing away at the shark as. he clung to one of its flippers. "Get a way from here, you fool!" he screaened at her above the roar of the waves. She hesi- tated, then swans reluctantly back to the beach. Fifteen. mine utes later, exhausted, he strug- gled up on the sandy beach, Carl received a medal for his heroism in saving the girl, but his best prize he received five months later when, in a small church in Durban, Natal, where the rescue took place, Carl and Stella were married. It is a fact that love has been„ the sequel to many dramatic sea rescues. Two years ago, while sunning himself on a Cornish beach, a YorRshireman, Torn Shelton, saw a big wave sweep two children from the water's edge where they had been play- ing. Although he couldn't swim a stroke, the Yorkshireman grab. bed a child's inflated rubber tube and dashed into the water, hug- ging the tube in his left arm as he struck out with his right to reach the bobbing little heads off-shore.' By now the alarm had been given. But when powerful swim- mers reached the children, they found that Tom Shelton was holding both with one arm, heads well above the water. On the beach their widowed mother poured out her profuse thanks to Tom. Bach at his lonely bachelor quarters in Doncaster, Tom found that he couldn't get the attractive, young widow out of his mind. He wrote a stiffly for- mal letter asking whether he might come to visit her at her home in Cheshire, and received a warm letter of welcome. Ten months later they faced a min- ister together and became man and wife. One of the most remarkable rescues of the past year or two occurred in the China Sea last November when Terry O'Hall- oran, ten-year-old son of a Wis- consin manufacturer, slipped be- tween the rails of the freighter Taiping and fell into the shark- infested sea through which the ship was steaming at twelve knots. The elder O'Halloran, who wit- nessed .the apparent tragedy, shouted for help, but even as he was screaming .a 26-year-old Scottish stewardess, the only one in the ship, grabbed a lifebelt and jumped down into the frothing wake. O'Halloran saw the woman, hanging on to the lifebelt, bee gin to swim towards the'child, now more than 200 yards behind the , ship, then the child sank and, out of his mind with hor- ror and grief, the man sat down and buried his face in his hands. The ship's engines stopped and minutes later a motor-pow- ered` lifeboat was lowered, but• the woman and child were far behind now, in a sea Where no one can survive for more than a few minutes because of the man-eating sharks, O'Halloran refused to go with the boat, He did not want to' witness the recovery of hie son's body; instead ,he went to his cabin and lay down With his eyes closed, Two hours, later a SteWard knocked at the door, "Your son and Miss Mackie Are iii the doctOr's surgery, he said, For a moment the impact of the information did not pene- trate the sorrow-blunted mind, then he leapt up, thr6W the steward aside and rushed to the ship's' hospital' where he found his SOD and the stewar- tless being treated for shOck. In Sued of this Year Kathleen lYfaekie arrived in iVlilwaultee, Wisconsnl, t0 spend a three-, month holiday With the. widOW,, ed O'Halloran acid Terry. but She. wOn't be leaving again, for terry'S father told reporter's that every boy 'should have a *Other atiel"Where Could he find a better 'Mother than a girl who. plated her own life in jeopardY in Order to take a thilliati-tO-One chahte On being able to save brie! of her enitill charges? Found Fabulous Treasure Little half-starved donkeys struggling and stumbling under them along the steep and tortu- ous; passes, a peasant and his sikife battled their way home in a torrential downpour that was typical of the province of Tole- do. They had already spent three hours on the very bad Spanish road. They were soaked and miserable — the night was corn- ing on, and the dim gleam of lamplight through the uncur- lained windows Of a wayside inn made a halt seem inviting, even though the travellers were within two miles of Gua- damar, their home village. "Let's stop for a few min- utes," said the husband, "and 'warm our innarrds with some brandy." They dismounted and led the shivering animals to the old, crumbling fountain which stood a few yards from- the tavern. Of stone and rusted wrought- iron, the fountain would serve for tethering the donkeys. The woman looped the little beasts'. reins round the ironwork, then turned, towards the fountain to scoop up a draught of the clear mountain-water. As she was bending down, her eye caught the gleam of some- thing shiny which showed through a crack in the stone base. The torrent of rain, cas- cading across the muddy road, bad washed the earth away from the stones of the fountain MEDICAL PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT . 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But they retailed secret- ly, several times, always cover- ing their treasure hoard with loose stones. Piece by piece the treasure of Guarrazar—the hurriedly buried gold and jewels that someone had saved from the Moorish plunderers — was sold by the peasants to goldsmiths and an- tique-dealers of Toledo. They couldn't afford to haggle; but they were satisfied With what they got. Their wants were simple, and living was cheap in the Spain of a century ago, But it happened that a fe- l-nous archaeologist was living at that time in Toledo. Don Jose Navarro was also a preci- ous metals expert — goldsmith, in fact, to Isabella II, Queen of Spain. On a walk through the city, he was intrigued to see in the windows Of various curiosity- shops pieces Of ancient jewel- lery that his expert knowledge told him could only be of Visi- gothic manufacture. He bought all he saw; 'and inquired for more. Unfortunately, word of his inquiries got around before he could collect all the pieces. Many goldsmiths offering parts of the treasure panicked, and thyew what they had bought off the peasants into the Tagus. One of the most splendid pieces -- a golden, jewelled shrine- in the shape of a dove — is known to have been lost to the world in this way. Navarro collected most of the pieces which Ii a d not been melted down and expertly re- paired those which had been crushed together f o r easier handling. Among the pieces saved and repaired was that unique sur- vival from Visigothic Spain, the votive-crown of King Recces- winth, who ruled Spain from A.D. 650 to 672. Hung with golden chains, it was studded with reek-crystals, onyx, sap, phires and pearls. All treasure found in Spain is the property of the Crown, Navarro knew this. But, cor- rupted by the prospect of vast wealth,. he was willing to turn the treasure into a profit for himself. He fled to Paris and there sold his unique collection to the I Cal,Vert SPORTSC11:1111N Not long, ego, the getieraileerecegnized wrestling champion, Lou.e These. of Louie, flung' a challenge at WOrld 14017- weight boxing champion Rocky Marcie mite to meet him in a mixed match, Wrestler TS, bOXer,. each using, his own. form of mayhem- Of course, Mercian° ignored the challenge, end a symposium of opinion indicated this Was the smart thing far him to do, But the challenge'revived en old debate: "Can a boxer beat a .wreetler under mixed rules?" Phony efforts to test this have been made. The wrestler nearly always wan, And this writer has always believed a fighter would have no Chance against a wrestler in such an encounter. The wrestler would dive-bonile the boxer and bring him 10 the floor before the fighter could strike a blow, Once on. the canvas; boxing would be nullified and the bout would become a mere wrestling match. A hammerlock or a toe- hold would put the boxer quickly out of commission. The boxer's only chance would be to disable the wrestler hefoee his opponent could get him on .the canvas. The chances are that this cannot be done, If you ever saw a capable wrestler employ the "kip" to bring an opponent to the canvas and then swarm over him, yoti'd get the idea. Even Jack Dempsey, lightning puncher in his prime, wouldn't have had much chance with a wrestling flash like . Joe Stecher, champion matmen of the same era, Or even against a •good. middleweight. Wrestling far better defensive weapon against attacks by unarmed thugs than boxing.. A few years ago news -columns carried. a story of how a 'Wrestler was waylaid • by two would-be holdup men, He subdued both. simul- taneously, . one with a scissors, the other with a hammerlock. Wrestling in its more lethal forms, including Judo, with its deadly punches, was taught soldiers likely to engage in close combat during the .wer, being considered more useful for such purposes than boxing. Your comments and suggestions for this column Will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson., c/o Calvert House,. 431 Yonge St., Toronto. Calvert DISTILLERS LIMITED AMHERSTBURG, ONTARIO and exposed a hOle in the ma- sonry. It was from inside this hole that the gleam was com- ing. Bending still farther, she thrust her fingers inside the hole and drew out . . the first piece of the treasure Of Guarra- zar, the village in which she-and her husband had halted. Their luck had turned all right! Realizing she had dis- covered a hoard of gold she called excitely to her husband, at the same time glancing fear- fully towards the inn door in case anyone should emerge. "Get a sack from under the sadle!" the man exclaimed. "No one's about in the rain to see us." While the woman was hur- riedly getting the sack which she used for a saddle-cloth her husband exultantly pulled out piece after piece of ancient golden jewellery, letting it cas- cade on to the ground beside him, a glittering jumble of the most wonderful Visigothic trea- sure that the world had known. Out came great gleaming crowns, set with pearls and precious 'stones, their edges pierced with the names of kings and queens who had ruled in Toledo. Intended for hanging by golden chains in Toledo's, churches, they were as well preserved as if they had been in a museum showcase, and not stuffed away in a dank hole for eleven hundred years. As his wife stood beside him, holding the neck of the sack open, the man crushed the pieces of soft gold up in his Oldest .Love-Letter- Written. On Brick atanding in the witness-box in a French police court the other day, a still beautiful, middle- aged wife whose husband had deserted her, said sadly: "1 should have known that • he would not make a good husband, for he never wrote zae a love- letter, liven before we married., -his letters to me were dull and dis-passionate.'" Letters have always had fascination for woman espec- ially love letters. Sat most youthful sweethearts of to-day Just can't be bothered to sit d'OMTO, and pen passionate phrans, They prefer to record mes- sages at a cost ..of about $1,50 A. time, When the loved one re- ceives the letter, she or he plays it over a gramaphone, What a change from the old. days when grandma used to keep her love-letters locked in a lavender-strewn drawer! Women write many more love-letters than men, One sol. dier stationed in the Far East received -nearly 400 letters from his fiancee in a single ,week, She was so utterly in love with him that she gave up her job and did. nothing else all day but Write and write. The honour of writing the longest-ever love-letter goes to an ardent Elizabethan courtier. To the adorable; sultry-eyed girl he had fallen. -in love with at first sight he wrote a letter consisting of 308 closely-written pages — 410;000 words, This masterpiece of love and patience — five times as Icing as the av- erage novel — was full of praite for her beauty and virtue. Women can also write long lOve-lettees — yes, even in these hectic days. To her lover who had been called up for the Army, a senti- mental nineteen-year-old scrib- CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING BABY CHICKS, TO make the most profit out of laying hens you must have hens that lay More eggs and eat less to produce a dozen eggs. 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