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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1959-12-24, Page 2Making Clothes for Danny Kaye Because everyone on the staff loves Danny, he ran do r, \\Tema, And he's genuinely inter- eeted in costume. When we're at the deciding stage, he's dead serious, It goes like this, Say we're working on costumes for The Five Pennies, the story of Red Nichols.. We have the place set up like an art gallery, costume sketches propped up around the room, bolts of tweeds and caeh- mares, rich fabrics a man with means would wear. Red Nichols started out poor, but became a successful man, and since the period of the picture is the 20'e and 30's, today's clothes won't do, Danny arrives with director Mel Shevelson, producer Jack Rose, the cameraman, art direc- tor, color consultant, etc., and they march around the room studying each sketch and fabric seriously, Shevelson and Rose are more interested in how an actor looks than in how an actress looks. In Houseboat they were per- fectly willing to stretch a point and have Sophia wear clothes more glamorous than she would have worn applying for a job as housekeeper, because it made her entrance so funny. But in this instance, what Danny wears influences his interpretation and that's important. Danny leads the parade around the room, his hands deep in his pockets, dead pan, dead silence, studying each sketch, each fab- ric seriously, intently, not a word — not at all the Danny Kaye we know. After he's ex- amined each thing with care, he sits down. . . . Danny discusses and we decide on each costume for each scene tt KNOWS HER ROPES — Judy Scott gives the old Indian rope trick a new twist. She's making magic, aided, we must admit, by some photographic focus- pocus. of the picture, There's not a trace of zanyness, it would - be in the way. Once we've decided, he explodes "Food!" he yelp. "Food, food, food!" A few minutes later, beaming happily, he's sitting cross-legged on the floor eating. It's the change of pace that makes -him so funny, and funny is what this man is, in spite of the fact that he is basically a handsome man (who works hard at not being a handsome ' man), In The Court Jester, in tights, black velvet doublet and plumes he could have looked magnificent. Only his acting saved him. In Me and the Col- onel only his moustache saved hire. The nearest he and I ever catee to e struggle was when The Court Jester called for a suit of armor. "A nice comfortable suit of armor?" Danny said. I must have looked dubious. I knew some tricks but they don't include comfortable ar- mor. "Let's drop the picture," Dan- ny said and meant it. Director`-producers P a ri a tri a land Prank looked at me in des- pair: It was tip to the; and fin- ally, with the help of modern ecierice, I was able. to entice Danny into a twit of flexible aluminum,--- Frain "The Dress' Doctor," by Edith Head and Jane Itestier Ardmore. TWENTY-NINTH BIRTHDAY — Bright-eyed Princess. Margaret smiles softly in an official photograph for her 29th birthday. She wears a five-string pearl necklace in this study made at Windsor, England, by Antony Armstrong Jones. t cee'slet3",f, /14.Ve;v4a° INGErtr„ ran even.dolitNe P. Clarke 13 a Ir., r,.-.,...-. ..w, 4. Wenn. . Have Many Uses 929 "But my- dream boat usually gets lost *somewhere, some- SALLY'S SALUES • • * A Real Genius of Perfection Josef Haydn (1732-1300) Was a genius of perfection in Music, I-le exemplified, the spirit of the eighteenth century in, the charm, orderliness, and simple poetry that were the virtues of the age, His own life was serene and unperturbed by tragedy. Ife had -''a difficult childhood: in the lit- ' t16 twit of Reh'rriu in lower Austria where he was born, but soon he was sent to Vienna, where he applied himself to earnest study under favorable circumstances. Still as a young man, he was fortunate in se- curing a position as music di- rector to Prince Esterhazy in Eisenstadt, There he composed some of his greatest symphon- ies, string quartets, and also a aeries of pieces for the teary ton, a now, obsolete bass viol, a string instrument favored by Prince. Esterhazy, who played on it himself. Haydn is popularly known as the Father of the Symphony. Cautious musicologists are un- willing to support this designa- tion, for it is •seldom possible to establish a priority on any mu- sical form, and there were sym- phonies written before Haydn. But there is no doubt that Haydn gave the firm outline to the classical symphony in sev- eral movements that became the model for composers of a later day. In chamber music, 'Haydn's historical role is great. He cre- ated the string quartet, which has 'the same formal consisten- cy as a symphony. Haydn's string quartets show an amaz- ing development of counterpoint; ,like his symphonies, they be- came the models emulated by his successors. Haydn was so prolific that he himself could not remember how many' symphonies he wrote and the catalogue that he com• -piled is very incomplete. As a result, • musicologists inetil this day cannot agree on the authen- ticity of numerous works at- tributed to Haydn.- One - of the items recently' taken— off the Haydn list is the celebrated "Toy Symphony," the .score of which includea, a ,trumpet, a drum,, a wristlet a triangle, a quail, and a cuckoo. It now seems certain that the - work Was' Written 'by Mozart's father, possibly'in ' laboration with Haydn's brother, Michael. Mastery and supreme profes- sionalism combined in Haydn with gentle humor. When Prince Esterhazy made up his mind to disband, his private orchestra, Haydn accepted the princely de- "Pear Anne -first: I ale varer 30 this year and I am one dis- couraged female, I want to be married, of course, I've Wed to, be the kind of person a man is supposed to want — sympathetic, intelligent, with a keen sense of humor. I have never had any trouble attracting a man (four have seemed in love with me) but not one has proposed, "Since I graduated from col- lege I've always held responsible positions where I met men of superior intellect and talents. Those I dated spared no time, ducats or affection, but in about six months something always happens. The man seems bored, and that puts me on edge; I ap- pear at my worst, and soon he joins the group of those I liked and lost. e "Don't think I yearn for a knight in -armor; I'd settle for a decent, interesting male who is normally affectionate, compat- ible and loyal In return I do not think he would be disap- pointed, I still hold the old ideal of marriages — for keeps. "My father was a brilliant man, and they say I take after him. I keep well-informed but I'm not a blue-stocking. I am certainly more interesting to know than the average woman who can only talk about food and babies and her husband's faults. Can you judge by this brief sketch what lies ahead for me? "Do you believe that destiny controls our lives and struggling to change it is futile? Could it be that I am never to have what most women get? DEPRESSED" * Some people believe that • what is to be will be, and feel * it's useless to flight against pre- * destination. I do not. A wo- * man these days knows what * she wants, and .believes she * should make heiselfAthi:of " it and then use her ingenuity * and common sense to pursue • the search. Succeding experi- * ences with men show her what o not to do, and if she honestly o admits her mistakes she makes * fewer of them. • In her eagernese. "to"oblige a • man, a girl often yields to his * love-making too soon; this is • not smart, for he decides he * is not the first-male in her life e and the idea offends his ego. o Other women snub a man so • thoroughly that he decides she * is incapable of emotion; some * can decline so graciously that * he feels he does not appeal to • her but she has too much res- • pect for them both to encour- • age him. Too many forget that * womanliness, a willingness to * listen, judicious flattery and a * sense of humor are qualities Week's Sew-Thrifty PRINTED PATTERN Coot-top dress plus cover ideal When the sun plays hide, and-go-seek. No waist seams, no fussy details — quick to sew 'n' iron. Choose Olen eaten,- Printed Pattern 4506: Chil- dren's SiieS,2, 4, 6, 8,..10. Size 6 dress takes 1% yards 35-inch; button-on bolero ee yard. Printed directions on each pat-' tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FORTY CENTS (400), (statnpsecerinot be accepted, use postal not for safety) for this pattern, Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STAB' NEBiltElt, Send order to ANNE ADAMS, 'Beet f, 123 Eighteenth Ste New Toronto,.Ont. that soften the Masculine • heart, just as good dinner She • Prepares can dissolve his will * power. When Man is low in, spirits he turns to the girl he feels at ease with, who fits his mood instinctively, and who at the right moment grows sympa- thetic and tender, She is the one he events to come home to, and when he senses that, the rest should be et-30th sailing for her ship of dreams. So examine yourself as though you were somebody else, hon- estly and critically: and it is likely you will find the answer. When a girl has had your ex- * perience of failures and then * one day the right man appears, * we like to call it destiny . . * Never give up hope. Your * greatest comfort is the know- * ledge that wee never know * what joys will come with to- * morrow's sunrise, * * HE DOUBTS HER "Dear Anne Hirst: For about a year I've been going steadily with a high-school boy. Several months ago we broke up because I was seeing somebody else, al- though I still preferred him. "Lately we met again. I'd like to go back with him. He says he still likes me, but he's afraid I might play him as I did before. How can I convince him that this time I will be true? EVA" * You two can avoid such mis- * understandings by agreeing * that you and he are both free * to see other, friends. At your * ages it is,much more fun, and * keeps your friendship far more * interesting. * If the boy doesn't care * enough to take a second chance, * there is nothing you can do • about it. Perhaps, later on * when you have both. matured * somewhat his interest will re- • awaken. Meanwhile, content • yourself-with seeing him casu- * ally. * * Some of the most satisfying marriages Anne Hirst has known of are those made by women . well past 30. Don't despair. Write Anne Hirst your problem and have faith. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Monkey Business In Radio Station The day begins at 5:30 aim, with the recorded mating call of a bull ape. After that, for 14 hours, Florida radio listeners within range of Jacksonville's WAPE are assaulted by the monotonous beat of rock 'n roll. A three-minute trickle of news every two hours is the only re- lief; every station break is loud with the love-sick ape. The con- tinuous uproar is so hypnotic that few who hear it seem an- xious — or able — to turn . it off.. Last week one-year-old, WIPE finished its fourth month as the top-rated station in a highly competitive nine-station. town. Many a listener has been moved to visit WAPE's white- marble building just south of Jacksonville on U.S. Highway 17, to see the source' of the noise. Most come away convinc- ed that mare than one odd crit- ter is loose inside, Station Boss Bill Brennan, 38, a hillbilly- talking* Harvard-trained electri- cal engineer, directs operations in his bathing suit, but he pre• ,fers to escape to his plush apart- ment (separated from the office by a gilding panel operated by, a hidden push-button). There he can toy with his bar and his "Play Pretty," a frosted-glaes wall behind which coloured lights flare and flicker in time with the transmitted music. "On low notes," Brennan explains, "the low part of the panel lights up, and so on, When there are chords, the whole wall goes crazy." Disk jockeys go about their labours' beside the building's( dolphin-ehaped pool, which tails off into the lobby. (Late-arriv- ing employees often enter by way of the diving board.) Sta- ll o n engineers' are given to dressing in at ugly, hairy-ape coeturrie and dashing about with another WAPEster in hot our- s u i t, brandishing a rifle, On calmer days, a costume ape May stalk outgo the highway thumb a ride. Evert WAPE's checks ate decorated' with the sirreiteri image — along with a brief message frorri the keepers: "We will welcome your saving this check aS 'a "ScitaVenir • nistead of cashing it." In Los Angeles, police teareli- ed for a man who held tip a Salvation Army store, growled At his victim i "I'Ye donated to the salvation Arrriy quite a bit. Now give nee all the bills you have." So the Queen, after -.all this time, is going to have another baby. Isn't that wonderful newse More remarkable still is the fact that she was able to stand up to the exacting demands her Canadian tour made upon her. Nene can help but admire her courage and fortitude. She is a queen in every sense of the word. I am sure we shall all be wishing her well in the months to come and hope that a happy, healthy, normal baby • will be the 'final result. Boy or girl, I don't suppose it will matter too much. Locally, our news is much the same as it has been for the last six weeks — hot, humid weather with no rain at all. This aftera noon it turned quite a hit cooler and rained for about five minutes. It was grand to feel a fresh breeze coming in through the doors and windows. Of course we are bound to have some rain soon . . . with the C.N.E. coming on! Did you ever know it. to fail? Well, there, has to be a first time ,for, everything — and last Saturday night we certainly had it. Partner. and I 'undertook the care of Ross and his five months' old brother while Bob and Joy had an evening out. They left the boys here ,about five o'clock' and said it might be midnight before they got home. That was al] right with 'us, five grandsons having given us plenty of experience with baby' sitting. Ross was iw trouble at all, nor was the baby up to seven-thirty. At that time I was feeding him when he sud- denly started to yell. I went through the usual procedure of burping, holding him against my shoulder, ier turning him over on,. his tummy. But still he yelled. I put him in his bug- gy and walked' him along the road, He simmered down a bit but started up again; every time I stopped walking. However, it was getting late so I came back to the house, That made things worse. His crying woke Ross Up three time but forturiately he didn't make it a duet. In- steed he got interested in our record-radio and took all the knobs off, Partner offered to do this and that to help quieten the baby. Finally I said,' "Well, all right, I'll put him in his buggy again and you can take him for another walk." He did just that and by ten o'clock the baby was asleep. We were afraid he would wake up if we brought him into the house again so Partner took baby, buggy and all into the garage and stayed Out there with him, In the Mean- tithe I was just about all in and had to lie down for awhile. Two arid a hall hours of solid yelling was more than I could take. And the reason, fair all the fuss? the baby had had a needle the clay before and imagine it was some sort of re action that was bothering:him. His arm was quite inflamed anyway. Generally.. he is the happiest little soul and easy to look after. But as.. I say there has to be a first time — and under the circurtistances I hope it will be the last such occa- sion,. Next eimeewe do any baby- setting I'll inqUire if they have been given any needles recently. Another reason for the trouble might be either that the 'baby is too .young or I. am too old for us to understand anc ac• cept each other properly. Be that as it may I spent most of the next day recuperating — with the help of a mild seda- tive! We ran into a dieeerent situ- ation with Taffy. Instead of making too, much noise he was making too little. For nearly a week he practically lost his *bark. A squeaky little noise was the best he could do. Either he had an attack of laryngitis or a cricket got stuck in his throat. He wasn't sick and didn't - mist a meal so I didn't take him to the vet. He has 'quite recover- ed but I am still wondering lerhat, was wrong. - Would any of my readers like to help me make -a' decision? 1. , am intrigued with - the 'des- cription of "F.M." eadios...It- all sounds• too' good to be -tree. 'Is - it actually possible 'that an "F. M." set operates ;without coM- mercials? And are the -pro- grammes such that :one -would feel justified hi- the' extra out-. lay — with a good' redid al- ready in the house, I imagine one would still need an ordin- ary radio anyway — for the news and commentaries. Nettie- , ally we 'couldn't, do without Gordon Sinclair and Jack, Deh- hett. Sometimes we get hop- ping mad at Sinclair but we still continue listening to him. The same applies to television We often get fed up with the prue grammes but yet we etrouldeft do without it. "Tabloid" Used to be one of our 'favorite' feat- ure programmes but now Joyre Davi dson teems kri have lost Much of her sparkle and'h'er laugh sounds forced and un- natural, Percy, of course, is still tops.in our estimation If it were not for hint the ..programme would often fall tlat eoti its fade, STOP PRESS, NEWS. tax bill has just collie in. $40 'higher than last year.„Miete" about that next Week. Yes, indeed hutch more, Seised' by Newark detectives for smashing a , store Window and taking a rnahhildh clad '6 wedding dress, a 'young Mae eet, • planted he had only done sa, lie tcib causeod. attired he wanted 'in proper ted h raiment bride-to.be to When their ritipital knot Wee ISSUE 36 tOti clsion with regret, and as a final contribution, composed and, performed eci Actclloer dii g , the Lu "Farewell Syrn p : structions in the SeQrep the Mu- scn iocliapnisetigtheirpar left, n on by one, untila fter only the conductor remained an aethr:destsidt,aae,pge4,rtle)diew.,)10.14ultwth;stcearnhelazle; was touched by this spectacle, pia)nosadi:arst5idrcrteaoleilfi dhmelidvas4n:toay14,1a9rkieletee iinwneornsoltitlitnee eminently ontraul sic to order. Such was the per- fection of his technique that he never had to wait for ininir- V°huis tinuscioc was uniformlyme;andthe quality One of Haydn's commissions was the compesition of the Austrian national hymn, which remained in force until the fall of the. Austro-Hungarian Empire, By Nicolas Sleminsky in the Chris- tian Science Monitor. Q. What is considered the proper time of day to snake a call of condolence? A, This type of call may be made at any time of day, ty fame. Wluzat The spider-web design is so effective. These three small doilies— an introduction to it. These 'doilies are such easy crochet that you can do one a day. Pattern 929: round doily 10 inches, square 9, oval 8 x 111/2 in No. 50 cotton. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to LAURA WHEELER, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. Send for a copy of 1959 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book. It has lovely, designs to order: embroi- dery, crochet, knitting, weaving, quilting, toys. In-the book, a spe- cial surprise to make a little girl happy — a cut-out doll, clothes to color. Send 25 cents for this 'book. • E. 'Lf.)1IRST oun, 1cutiA4 izettiamd&A. -itArd WITH tt."You' ledd :.„;oy to Water, but' you kee p him out of on a 'Sdareiling', day,. Mike McCann', It hiataks old, takes the Oittletf, uh,- Clothed way to beat the sWarhpish heat,