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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1959-11-19, Page 6TOP NEWS — As much "for men only" as the 'cigar, the fedora' and the derby are lifted for the ladies this fall. Man-type hots, like these modeled by Ruth Copeland Cleft) and Inge Gruber, are becoming women's wear, continuing a fashion trend that so 'wthe ladies donning mannish straw hats during the summer. tATE MODEL the latest ih buggies driven by the knish, has real' view mitrors, .heacIlights, parking lights and tail, lights, A rieW stale law will require in addition a flashing red Vght to warn itibtariete., GET THE POINT — From her toes to her hairdo, this Paris model is in style. She sports a "cosmic" coiffure vvhde display- ing a pair of "missile-styled" shoes, Up-to-date Fashion FIVE-DAYeA-WEEK FAVORITE — tile shirtdrese With step-ia buttoning-and, smooth lines, Alwaye 'ready ge, it's made of crisp "Orlon" acrylic fibet arid rayon checks that drip dry and let you decide the ironing. question. Printed Pattern 4640 in Half Sizes 1.41/i to g41/2 . Seri& Forty Cents for each pattern (stamp§ cannot be accepted, use postal title for safety), 'Please print plainly .ItZ1:7,, STVLE NiThlItE11, NAME, ABIMIESS. Send your' order to Anne Adams,• Box 1, l23 Eighteenth St e New Toronto, Ontario: ► they seh toters to ;mien • TO the ancient Pity which was the traditional. Scene of the Werld's most celebrated love affair Certke many letters, and notes every week addressed to a girl who has been dead hundreds years, • The „city is. Verona and the girl was the lovely Juliet whose woo- jog by the passionate Romeo Spired one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, The letters And. notes pour in from love- lorn girls in many parts of the world, some being simply ad- dressed.. to "Juliet, Verona, Italy," Nearly all the letters `from. girls abroad ask the dead Juliet for advice, sincerely believing that she will help them. The tomb—of the two lovers is situ- Ater' in an old disused monastery and is of rough stone, As the tomb is uncovered and the lov- ers are clearly not inside it, it is usually explained that they are "underneath." Historians have east doubt on the Romeo and Juliet story des- pite the fact that there is a mar- ble plaque under the "lovers' • balcony" and other tablets in- dicating the place where they stayed. They say that Shakes- peare borrowed the story from a romance invented by an ear- lier writer called Maeuccio who In. turn had been, inspired by a story from classic Greece. Traffic Lights A Century Old In a recent statement that more traffic lights are soon to be installed in smaller provire dal towns in Britain a spokes- man paid tribute to what he call- ed "this life-saving invention of the twentieth century." But in actual fact, it was just a century ago this October that the first working model was tried out. The story really begins in Bradford when a mill-hand had the bright idea of controlling traffic by means of coloured lights. He invented a device with oil lamps worked by a shutter, Armed with this invention, he reached London one October anorning and hawked his idea through various Government of- fices. Although his miniature model worked well enough, the notion did not impress the powers-that- be. 'In those days the volume of horse traffic was easily controll- ed by a policeman on point duty. The ingenious mill-hand return- ed home disappointed. A few years later the famous engineering firm of Saxby, who became pioneers of railway sig. palling, brought out a much more up-to-date device. It was, In fact, the firs t- ever street trossing light in the world. three fixed gas lamps were set In a lantern which rotated et the top of a twenty-foot pole, And a policeman swung the light to Stop or Go as the stream of traffic required. The same device also had semaphore arms which were horizontal for Stop and dropped like a railway signal for Go. It was first installed near the Houses of Parliainent, at the junction -of Great George Street end Bridge Street. The 'reason given was "to safeguard M.P.s as they crossed the busy streams of traffic." People flocked from many parts of London to see the new discovery. One enterprising man ran coach trips from Finsbury Park, and did a brisk trade at sixpence for the return journey. Refreshment stalls were set up ^ ^ ^ near the traffic light; and the pollee were more concerned abaut the ct'laWcl of sightseers than about the -traffic which the new lights were intended to con- trol. The invention was popular with the police, and the inventors publicly announced their hope. that it would soon be installed throughout the , busy parts of London and all other great Officials from New York, Paris, and aerlin came over specially to see how the new gadget was working, Then came the first setback. A party of mounted troops were riding out from Buckingham Pal- ace one night when the lights suddenly turned ;:rorri red to green. A trooper's horse took fright and bolted. The reFt of the party proceeded, until yet an- ether horse refused to pass the mysterious light, which by now had changed from green to re again, In the words of a cone:moor- ery account of the incident: "Toe dignified cortege was quickly disordered and the sceen took the appearance of a rout. Some of the troopers dismounted and had to lead their horses past the flashing light," • Soon afterwards one of the gas lamps exploded, badly in- juring a policeman who was working it. As Asa result, the Gov- ernment decided that the project was too risky. It was abandoned and London had to wait many decades for its next set of traf- fic lights, It was not, in fact, until 1927 that a second, more permanent set of lights were installed, No Old Maids Among The Eskimos On his recent Arctic Circuit, Mr, Justice. Sisson granted two divorce decrees to Canadian Es- kimos, Thus a new step in. Es- kimo society, from the human re- lations" standpoint, began. For until these actions, legalized di- vorce didn't exist among these nomadic hunters of caribou, seal and. walrus. They had always practised a code of marital re- lations strictly their own which produced strange results. As Mr. c Y. Rowley, adviser to the Northern Affairs Depart- ment, testified: "The happiest igloo I ever lived in was occu- piel by two couples. And not un- til I left, did. I learn that the couples were originally matched the other way round." After this, Eskimos may per- haps copy Western civilization's marriage customs. So far they have managed very well without any ceremony at all. 'Youngsters are often matched as prospec- tive mates, in infancy, some- times even before birth. The young Eskimo male takes the girl promised to him as soon as he can support her, But, if they do not get on well they sep- arate without any fuss or loss of face. The wife, tribal custom dictates, takes care of the chil- dren, But, once children are born, such breakups are very rare. Until recently, some Eskimo hunters maintained two or three wives. Conversely, a woman was not criticized if she had two husbands. All depended on the availability of males and fe- males. What mattered was that every adult had a mate, bachelors and old maids being quite unknown, And, with one or other partner able to walk out at will, domestic rows seldom caused trouble in igloo life. COUNTY CHOW — Martha Ann , DeBorger, 35; of Son Francisco insists she may be eating "county chow" for a long time. Air Force Maj. Arthur DeBorger, 38, divorced her recently but she refused to reveal where she had 'hidden his $20,000 life insurance policy. A judge put her in jail to refresh her memory, Jazz Is Jumping In Russia! One of the most fascinating discoveries that has been made since the thaw in U.S.-Russian relations is the size of the beach- head that jazz has established within the well-protected citadel of Marxist culture. Taped from Voice of America programs, pressed on bootleg disks and even. X-ray plates, jazz has raised such a ferment within the strict confines of Soviet musical life that the Communist authori- ties hardly know what to do about it. When a jazz club began to- flourish in Leningrad recently, however, the authorities knew just what to do. This account from a Leningrad jazz buff to American friend recently told the story: "The Leningrad jazz club . was established here in Sept., 1958 by some of the most en- thusiastic jazz fans, They tied wonderful ideas of studying the history of jazz, playing real jazz music, and 'foundsting' the Rus- sian style of jazz according to the Russian school of polyton. ality. The club has some won- derful jazz combos playing in all styles from Dixieland to swing, bop, progressiee, etc. One of them eves an experimental quin- tet including such instruments as the violin and the Vrench horn and they sounded so nice, "The whole world knows that Russia is a. verly musical na- tion and they have a real feel ing for jazz. The popularity of jazz in- Russia is tremendous and a very good example of that is the concerts of the jazz club which were attended by more than 2,500 people each day (in Leningrad). Indeed, it was the finest jazz club in the country, But after existing for about eight months it was closed by the offi- cial authorities (end of May '50). The causes of that were eX- pleined in this woy. They said: 'Probably you do a very won- derful and useful job, but we leaders understand nothing about jazz and so we cannot pre- vide leadership. And what can A club be without Communist IeattershiP?" "It sounds pretty funny," the Russian jazz buff Wrote, "but it Is se." I have heard it said that the steret of good health is to, eat 'but have never been able to understand how yeti can eet onions and keep „ the secret. Sir rthOris Moore, M.P. Here are a few freezing points, in ease you haven't froz. en baked goods lately. Fruit, berry, mince and chiffon pies are especially suitable ,for freezing, Custard or cream-filled pies tend to become grainy. Meringue toughens during freezing and should not be used. Most pies can be frozen either baked or unbaked. Fruit pies, however, are best frozen on- baked, * Do 'not 'slit the top crusts of unbaked pies until just before baking. This prevents evapora- tion of juice during freezing. Baked pies should be cooled thoroughly end frozen at once. Wrap and seal with tape. If pies are very fragile they may be 'frozen before wrapping. Pie shells, either 'baked or un- baked, 'freeze well' and should be frozen before wrapping. * * One home economist who bad experimented with the addition of fruit to commercial mince- meat for pies recommended the addition of 1 chopped apple, 1/2 cup raisins, and 3 teaspoons but- ter to the mincemeat for 1 large pie. You may want to experi- ment—you may even want to run a taste-test among mem- bers of your family to determine which filling is best for your particular pie. For your 2-crust mince pie, put pie in a 450* F. oven until edges are brown, then turn to 350° F. until pastry is evenly browned. ,, The ever - popular apple pie may -be made more festive for holiday serving if you combine the usual fruit with bright red cranberries, Here is the way to make one. CRANatelRitle-APPLE PIE 4 tart apples 114 cups cranberries 34 cup sugar teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter Pastry for 2-crust pie Pare, core and thinly slice the apples. Wash and cut cranber- ries in half. Line a 9-inch pie plate with pastry. Place a layer of apples in bottom of pie plate; add cranberries; acid remaining apples. Sprinkle with the sugar, cinnamon and salt which you have mixed together. Dot with butter. Cover with pastry that has an opening cut in center for. steam to escape (if you do not intend to freeze the pie). Seal edges. Bake in 400° F. to 425° F. oven about 45 minutes or un- til apples are tender and crust is golden brown. Another f r it i t combination which you may want to try is rhubarb and raisin, Use rich, dark raisins and you'll find it is a perfect foil for the bright piquancy of rhubarb. Brown sugar blends these two flavors together in a way you'll like. RIIIIIIAltR-ItAISIN 114 cups sugar cup brolen sugar 14 cup flour 1/1, teaspoon salt 1 rtafribtliespoon grated lemon '544 cups cup W s et evil thhberb (earthed frozen May be used) 1 tte.tk, seedless raisins Pastry for g-trust 9-inch pie Combine sugars, flour, salty lemon rind, and water in saucepan, Creek until mixture thickens slightly, stirring con- stantly, Pour sauce over fruits arid Mix well, bivide dough in half. Roll one-hall of circle about 1/4 -inch thick and fit into 9-inch pan, ttell teriettinitig dough tor top enest, Petit filling in pets And,f,OP With other &Ugh. Flute edges. Bake at 425' F. about 35 minutes. APRICOT PIE 1 (12-ounce package dried apricots 2 cups -water -3/3 cup sugar 1,/,; teaspoon salt "Vs teaspoon nutmeg :11/2 tablespoons cornstarch 3 tablespoons cold water Pastry for 2-crust 9-inch pie . Simmer apricots in the water about 15 minutes. Add sugar, salt, and nutmeg. Simmer 5 min- utes more. Combine cornstarch with the 2 tablespoons, cold water; add to apricot mixture -and bring to boil, stirring con- stantly, Cook 2 minutes. Line a 9-inch pan with do-ugh and -fill With apricot mixture. Top with remaining crust (cut steam slits if you are not going to freeze pie). Flute or press with,fork to seal in juices. Bake at 425° F. about 20 minutes, then reduce to 350° F. and bake 15 minutes longer. * Flavor in Pastry: For special zip in your apple pies, roll grated cheese into dough. For spiced pastry, mix cinnamon and ginger into crust, For mince pies or cream pies, use orange juice instead of water when mixing, and add about 1 tablespoon grated orange rind for each pie. These Folks Don't Like Confetti! Young lovers have been warn- ed that their 'wedding at a vil- lage church in the British Mid- lands may cost them £3 extra from now on -- unless they can persuade their exuberant and sentimental friends not to pelt them with confetti afterwards. To combat What they call the "confetti menace," the parochial council are imposing a "we don't want litter in our church- yard" ban. They demand that before the service the bride- groom shall pay a :a3 "good be- havior" fee, This is only return- ed to him if no confetti is thrown, If there is confetti, the money goes towards the church funds. Couples who got the idea that. confetti throwing can start out- side the church may have an- other shock, for the police can class them as "litterbugs" and fine them. One opponent of confetti at weddings some years ago called it "a relic of barbarism and a ,eurvival from the days when the bridegroom captured the bride by force," Hundreds of tons of confetti worth many thousands of pounds were not only Made, sold -and distributed in Britain, but were exported annually in pre-war days. Confetti is still in consid- erable detnand despite cons plaints from vergers that the custom of throwing it at newly- , weds gives them a great deal of extre work. Rice is rarely thrown at wed- dings to-day, but the custom was widespread in Victorian times. The Chinese threw rice at heWly- weds believing that itt` induced fertility: The Rornaris threw grain for the same reason Ter Saxon times couples were show- ered with red and white rose petals as they left chittch. "Letts revive this petal cus- tom," urged a minister not long ago. "It was picturesque, harm'- less and much More natural than the- use of .'coloured` confetti made of tepee." ISSUE 49-61 Charlie Chaplin As He Is. Now — — The world's most famous and most centrogersial—mOrally and. AP tett iff raPlal Th the lovriol re lcd1 abne ;ivi)acis I,Ni,shoal t- he calls his "well of silence," Charlie Chaplin seldom strayed far from the book-filled study of Isis $420,000, l5-room .chateau in Vevey, Switzerland. Chaplin was not, however, merely taking it easy, Forty-Ave years after mak, ing his first movie ("Making a Living"), he was up to his acro- batic eyebrows in a project he thinks will prove to be his ma- jor accomplishment: His auto- biography, spanning 60 years of show business, He is in the final stages, and until the book is finished Chaplin will stay at it, Pacing up and down, dictating in a high-pitched voice, correcting himself with great frequency, In his wood-paneled library recently the 70-year-old come- dian took a rare time out from his writing to expound to News- week's Lionel Durand on a num- ber of subjects, including: 'His coming seventh child, which his fourth wife Oona, 34-year-old daughter of the late Eugene O'Neill, will present him with around Christmas (People ask me if I am pleased. Of course I am, But they should ask their question in ten years — then it will be interestingl"); his future plans ("I want to do a nice big comedy with color, wide screen, stereophonic sound, and all the trimmings. I want to try it once, anyway. It should be great fun to play with all these new tech- niques"), and his favorite movies ("I think I liked 'City Lights,' 'Limelight,' 'Monsieur Verdoux,' and 'A King in New York' best"). "I picked the three films for the 'Charlie Chaplin Revue' be- cause they're full of fun and in- vention," he went on: "Besides, composing two hours of .music for them was an interesting all- lenge, I may bring out some more, depending on the recep- tion Charlie gets around the world, but I feel I no longer have any association with the little man with the black mustache. I keep 'a number of half-written scripts in the freezer, mostly comedies, and I'm interested in -new projects. ',Comedy, or at least humor, is around us all the time. Once a comedy director asked me: 'What are you making?' I said this: `Oh, the same old thing — getting people in and out of trouble'." .For Chaplin, the business of getting in and out of trouble has , often carried over from films into real life. And his real-life diffi- culties have been 'by far the less savory of the two. He lost a much- . publicized paternity suit in 1945. In 1952, having become a multi- -millionaire but not a citizen after 42 years' residence, Chaplin left the 11,5, in the midst, of much. bad feeling over his outspoken left-wing sympathies, In he • got into dialculties over his red, eral tales, which he settled lest year for $425,000, The last new Chaplin film, "A King in New York," was widely criticized e.s' a heavy-handed as- sault on the United • States. This. picture (still to be 'shown in America). of a deposed monarch seeking freedom but .finding steria," suggested this question; pici• he ever get homesick for the "No, I really don't," said Brit- ish subject Chaplin, bristling, "In feet, I'm happy not to be in the United States. I'm much. freer here," He added: "I am essentially a Showman and I like to amuse people I have no messages to pass oround. An art- ist, or a comedian, or a clown, must comment on whatever sur. rounds him. But I don't shoot at targets. "I keep fit by walking, play-, ing tennis, and raising tulips in my garden," Chaplin concluded somewhat abruptly, "I can abide anywhere, in almost any coun- try, I appreciate the basic things of life, a good glaSs of wine, a good meal, love" — and he add- ed: "And having fun! I think that's very important. I don't know of anything else more 1M- PortaM!" —From NEWSWEEK, AGE OF REASON Summoned by the police to attend court, to answer a charge of driving a motor scooter with- out a driving licence, William Bryant, aged 88, explained to an Oklahoma court that the rea- son he had not applied for a licence was because he thought he had to be accompanied by his - parents. TABLE T ICS eau, Ancttews.