The Brussels Post, 1960-04-14, Page 6Art Treasures
To Be Moved
It you, were asked what world'
$11/0011a London building was
once known as the 'National
CrtoetaStand," could, you give the
correct answer?
It is Britain'a National Gallery
Fn Trafalgar Square, whose en-
tire ccalection of, pictures are to
e rearranged and reining durr
ins 1960 when the £400,000 ex-
tension and rebuilding scheme,
new in progress, nears comple-
tion.
People were disappointed with
the National Gallery when it
was finished in 1e38, Many said
It was ,not sufficiently imposing
to be a fitting house for the na-
tion's art masterpieces.
They jeeringly christened it
the "National Cruet-Stand" be-
cause of its little cupolas that
look like pepper pots. But it was
hardly the fault of the archi-
tect. Rigid conditions were im-
posed on him.
For instance, he was told not to
Impede the view of the portico of
St. Martin's. Church, and to leave
a large open space at the rear.
Only £50,000 was to be spent.
The building eventually cost
£75,000,
To-day the National Gallery's
old masters are priceless. This
b
ear's task of rearrangement, the
iggest ever undertaken in the
history of art, means that the
thousands of pictures will be
better displayed and will have
More space in well-lit and air-
conditioned rooms.
Highly skilled men will move
the pictures. To drop even one
valuable landscape or portrait
In this world-famous collection
anfight cause irreparable damage.
One of the heaviest pictures is an
Malian masterpiece which, with
its great reinforced frame and
Protective plate-glass, weighs
more than fifteen, hundred,
weight,
Half the galleries of Europe
bid against each ether for some
of the gems of art now at the
National Gallery, Strange .and
romantic adventures had befall-
en some of these famous Can,
vases before they finally came to
rest on the Gallery's crowded
walls.
The story is told of a shabby
old man who one morning, last
century ,arriyeel.there with a par-
cel under his arm. lie asked to
see the curator.
The curator could not see him
because he was too busy, an at-
teildant told him, But the old
man pleaded with him and re-
fused to take "No' for an answer.
Eventually, he was shown into
the curator's room. Unwrapping
his pareel, the man said: "I would
like the Gallery to accept this
picture," One glance was enough,
It was a world-famous original
worth thousands of pounds. The
shabby old man then revealed
himself as its millionaire owner.
A dramatic story is told of how
Holbein's famous painting, "The
Duchess of Milan," was secured
for the National Gallery. Forty
thousand pounds were still need-
ed when a telegram was received
by the Gallery: "Will give S40,-
000" it tersely stated.
Fearing that it was a practical
joke, an official asked for a bank-
er's reference and was told that
the £40,000 would be paid lay
the Bank of England.
"The only condition was that
the gift should be anonymous,"
he said later. "It was made by a
woman and represented one-
third of her total fortune!"
"Jack comes to see me every
night now. Do you think that
means something?" asked a chor-
us girl of her friend.
"Either he's in love with you
or he hasn't got a television set."
France Loses Many Millionaires
As franc Loses Decimal Points
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THREE oN A MATCH — Identical triplets Kerman, Kevin and Kenneth Dodson, left to right;•Vaze
wonderingly art their first birthday cake. The boys were commissioned, "colonels" by aid «A:
B. Chandler of the state where they were born, Kentucky. The Dodson family moved*Ten-
nessee a few months ago,
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1 teaspoon salt
le teaspoon pepper
1 egg beaten
tablespoons peanut oil
2 •cups seasoned tomato sauce
Mix peanut butter lightlyWith
beef, onion, chili , 'sauce, salt,
pepper, and egg. Form into 12
meat balls. Brown in hot pea-
nut oil. Add tomato sauce, cover -
and_ simmer about 30 minutes.
Serve with cooked rice or. spa-
ghetti. Four servings.
* *
Top this tuna casserole with
oven-ready biscuits and serve
with a tossed salad fora satisfy-
ing meal.
stwiwRsT. CASSEROLE
1 101/24z. can ,cream of '-
celery soup, undiluted
1/4 cup amilk
1'7-oz. 'can tuna, drained,
-broken into „large, pieces
1 10-oz. package frozen" peas,
cooked and drained
1'3-oz. can, sliced or chopped
mushrooms, drained
Dash 'of . salt •
1 8-oz. package cheese " '
shredded (cracker 'barrel)
package=1
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, oven-ready
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Combine 'the soup and milk.
Add the , tuna, peas, mushrooms,'
salt, and half of the cheese and
mix lightly. Pour into a 2-quart
casserole. Arrange 9 unbaked
biscuits around the edge and 1
in the center. Bake at 400 de-
grees F. for 25 minutes. Remove
from the oven, sprinkle with the.
remaining cheese, and bake just
• until the' cheese is melted.
* * *
Canned condensed .creani ' of
mushroom soup provides the
sauce' base for this speedy sal-
mdn and noodle baked dish. A
main course for 6, it only re-
quires 15 minutes" baking time.
SALMON-NOODLE BAKE
3 tablespoons ' butter
1/2 cup chopped onion
1.4 cup chopped green pepper
4 ounces medium noodles,
cooked
1 can condensed cream of
by Rosette Hargrove
NEA Staff Correspondent
Paris — (N E A) — Brigitte
—Bardot, who has been getting
around 40 million francs a film,
will probably get around 400
thousand francs for her first
*aerie of 1960.
But relax, men, the sex kitten
Fs
en't lost her box office draw.
just that the French franc
as lost two decimal points.
As of Jan. 1, 1960, France's
monetary system is based on the
"pew franc," worth 100 of the
eld. Thus, the dollar is worth
443 "new francs" as opposed to
493 of the old.
Since it's just a matter of
deeimal points, the shift is no
/peat problem for economists
Sind mathematicians. But in a
country where all but the poor
are, more or less millionaires,
the psychological problems are
amusing.
Brigitte, for example, will
eta1 receive the same amount
el purchasing power, but 400
thousand sounds like so much
less than 40 million. Other en-
ertainers have the same prob-
lem of getting back to earth.
But even the average French
man and woman loved the -
sound of the world "million-
aire," even though a million
francs represented something
less than two thousand dollars.
t was sort of like taking candy
from a baby.
There has been a somewhat
more serious problem involved,
too, particularly in rural areas
where a lot of Frenchmen ap-
parently are afraid they might
be losing something in the
tahangeover. This, despite the
tact that "operation franc" was
announced by the de Gaulle
government in December, 1958,
ea part of de Gaulle's effort to
*ye France and her economy
it more solid and secure look.
But during the last weeks of
1959 banks and credit establish-
Ments reported an unusual and
abnormal activity in deposit a.
Many people feared the pres-
ent currency would no longer
be valid after Jan. 1. They re-
membered the "exchange" of
notes after the liberation and also
the time back in 1949 when
5,000-franc notes were removed
from circulation.
The authorities repeated time
and again that the "Operation
New Franc" has been organized
in such a way that there will
be no exchange or recalling of
old notes, whatever their de-
nomination. These will remain
valid without any limitiation of
time.
In fact, for the past six months
all notes paid out by the banks
have borne the mention in red
of their value in "new francs."
They will be replaced by new
notes during ordinary, if slight-
ly accelerated, rotation.
Manufacturers, stores, trades-
people have been compelled in
the last six •months to show
double prices — in the old as
well as in the new francs. This
to get people used to thinking
in terms of the new currency.
The 'French have been told
that the government will keep
a strict control over prices, es-
pecially an all foodstuffs. Just
as it will check any tendency on
the part of shopkeepers to
"round out" prices by treating
centimes as negligible.
The new French currency
should present no difficulties for
American visitors. There is one
coin, however, they will still not
find around. That is the quarter.
or 25 centimes piece.
This has been decided by
Monsieur Albert Perad, Presi-
dent of the National Weights
and Measures Bureau. His par-
ticular job is to see that the
metric system is rigorously ob-
served and applied.
And, according to the book,
all decimal measures of weights
and capacities must be capable
of being doubled as well as
halved, Voila! /in quarter.
HIGHLY ARTISTIC — Poi n ter
Thomas Hart Benton stands on
scaffolding as he works on a
mural in the lobby of the Tru-
man library in Independence,
Mo. It depicts the winning of
the West.
Pepper M a Stew
For most people, a little pep-
per goes a long way. And last
month there were unmistakable
signs that the little might soon
have to go a lot farther. The
wholesale price of pepper has
more than doubled in the past
year, to about 50 cents a pound.
Housewives have been paying 5
to 6 cents more (or 39 cents)
each time they pick up the usual
4-ounce can. •
Some reports blame the pep-
per price rise on an alleged cor-
ner in the commodity engineered
by a syndicate headed up by
Singapore's Wan Tong Trading
Co. Wan Tong, however, vehe-
mently denies the charge. Pep-
per traders 'offer another ex-
planation: A worldwide pinch on
pepper,
"The supply and demand pic-
ture is precariously balanced, to
say the least," says one pepper
trader. While India, the world's
largest pepper producer, expects
a bumper crop (some 60 million
pounds) this year, other areas
are in short supply. Growers in
Indonesia, for example, will
probably produde only about 22
million pounds, 40 per cent less
than last year's crop, because of
the country's unstable political
climate. Farmett let the crop rot
on the vines rather than sell it
at depressed prices during that
period: Since pepper takes five
-Oa seven years to mature, the
shertage it just now beginning
to show up.
Meanwhile, more countries apa
patently have acquired a bigger
taste for pepPer. Eatterri Eur-
ope, whiCh never bought much
pepper, has been demanding
More and More in recent yea-rt.
Traders and importers say .that ,
Plias artlikelY "to go even -high=
tri in the mentlis tO come. With
Aniericani a.l.r "lady *ending
about $30" million a year an the
black. Spice, that prospect is
O - 'to sneeze at. —Prom
NEWS Wb
The biggest peanut salesman
in America may be a woman.
Slender, blonde Margaret
Deeds Murphy, better known as
"Maggie," is certainly helping
to increase the market for pea-
nuts.
Mrs. Murphy, a professional
home economist, is one of the
outstanding food consultants in
this country. She helped create
the "get - America - to - eat -
more-peanut-butter campaign.
A flood of different.delicious
peanut butter recipes for sand-
wiches to go into school lunch
boxes kicked off the campaign.
Hundreds of new recipes using
peanut butter in cooking come
out of Margaret Murphy's 25
,different peanut butter cookie
recipes alone, and 'baked sev-
eral , hundred • dozen 'test sam-
ples in her own test. kitchen.
These recipes are' exciting Mag-
gie says because peanut butter
is a food so flexible, 'economical
and nutritional and can be used
in great variety.
* * *
PEANUT BUTTER
DATE COOKIES
4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3A.. teaspoon baking sdda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
le teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar, firmly
packed
% cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 cup chopped dates
Sift flour; measure. Add bak-
ing powder, soda, salt and
spices, and sift again, Cream
peanut butter a n d butter to-
gether. Gradually' stir in sugars,
beating until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and beat well.
Gradually add flour mixture,
mixing to blend. Mix in dates,
which have been sprinkled with
1 tablespoon additional flour.
Shape into 4 rolls about 8 inches
long. Wrap in plastic wrap, wax-
ed paper or foil. Chill well in
refrigerator.
When ready to bake, cut into
thin slices and bake on .un-
greased baking sheet in a mo-
derately hot oven (400 degrees
P.) 5 to 10 minutes. Makes 6 1/2
dozen cookies. Unbaked pookie
dough may be stored in re-
frigerator for several weeks.
*
FRENCH TOASTED
PEANUT SANDWICH
14 cup plain or crunchy
Peanut butter
8 slices bacon, cooked and
choPped
12 slices white' bread
bananas
2 eggs
1 cup milk
:IA teaspoon salt
Peanut oil
Strawberry jam
Combine peanut butter and
bacon. Spread each slice of
bread , with apprekitnately one
tablespoon of this Mixture. Slice
bananas and place on half the
prepared bread, Wing one-third
banana per sandwich. Top With
second slice of bread, PUttieg'
filling sides• together Beat• eggs,
add milk and Salt. Dip Sand-
Wichet in milk mixture and
brown in hot oil. Serve With
strawberry jam.` Makes 6 San&•
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MEAT tiAL4
if cap peanut butter'
4. Oland grethed beef
13!‘t cup finelY clopped;Grime
Portraits 'By-
The. Great .Kirsh..
Several Ygar heard Y.Q4,,.
suf Karsh explain his philosophy'
of portraiture., Hit mastery, cer-
tainly. came only after a long ap,
prepticeship in the fundamentals,
The, results of Kerah!a pre,
ful preparations for his life's
work are beautifully illustrated
in 'Portraits of Greatness" in.
Which he exhibits photographs of
international' celebrities who
have sat 'before his camera.
The VONMp,. was printed by
gravure 'in the Netherlands so
that, each of the 66 memorable
portraits :approximates the rich-
ness of an erieinal Kirsh print,
Karsh's photographic art is
embellished by his observations
accompanying each sitting., He
recalls the preparations, the. con-
versations and the incidents
which reveal the pertonalitiet. of
his subjects. Often, it is by deftly
maneuvering the conversational
accompaniment that Karsh can
evoke the spark that he captures
on film and which tymbolizes the
person's character,•
There .are no magical short
cuts to learning thorough dark-
room technique so as to produce
perfect negatives and prints. It
took him 18 days to make his.
first ..good gum arabic print, •a
lessen in thoroughness and per-
fection which is unheard of these
days:
The basic tool of photography
is a.:carnera. Handling a camera
should be As automatic to'a pho-
tographer as driving a car is• to
an automobile owner. The me-
chanical actions can be govern-
ed by reflexes so that all atten-
tion can be concentrated on cre-
ating. the picture in front of the
camera.
"Another basic tool of the
:photographer," Karsh added, "is
'light. A portraitist can never
learn too much about handling
light."
Light,. like a tool, can ae mani-
mushroom soup
1 8-ounce can ,salmon
]/4, cup grated processed
Canadian cheese
Melt 'butter. Add onion and
pepper; cook until onion 'is ten-
der, but •not brown. Combine
with noodles; soup and .undrain-
ed salmon. Turn into a 10x6x2-
inch baking .dish. Bake ,at •400
a--degrees 10 Minutes. 'Serves 6.
pplated with, akin. It can be '
used as is, 40(10 to, taken away,
or' joggled creatively, It can be-
measured precisely or judged by
experienced eyes, but when used
properly it Can exereaS a per-,
$0,n'4 Personality, not merely
show his physical measurements.
In his own studio in. Ottawa,
Karsh still prefers tungsten
lighting with floods and spelt.
But 90 per cent of his work is,
abroad or on location away from
established conditions, He gen-
erally travel's with four elec-
tronic flash units of 200-watt
Seconds each but may use only
one of them in conjunction with-
available light,
He begins by establishing a
key or main light to set the
mood, Then he adds fill-in lights,
as necessary,
Karsh usually uses an 8 x 10-
inch camera but occasionally
turns to a 4 x 5-inch view camera
or a Rolleiflex when portability
is a factor. He also experiments
with 33mm cameras in° color and'
black-and white, — By Irving •
Destfor in the Christian Science
Monitor.
More Apples
For Teacher
An apple tree that bears fruit.
all the year round has been de-
veloped in South Africa.
The apples are 'of good size and
quality, with excellent flavour-
and 'aroma. And there are a least.
two crops a year..
The original plant was found
in a ravine in the Transvaal and
the strain improved by a Mr. F..
Cillie. He says' that it is very
hardy owing to an exceptional
root system, so it is able to ad-
just itself easily to different soils
and climates.
Scientists at the Western Pro-
vince Fruit Research Station say
they cannot find any link be-•
tween this tree and any known
variety of apple tree.
Plans are being made to in-
troduce the tree into Canada and '
possibly Britain.
MADE TO ORDER
An amateur detective in Stock-
holm, Sweden, credited with lo-
cating 60 stolen cars, confessed
to stealing them before locating '
them.
ISSUE — 1960
tHoiders *f Notws . le Useless to turn these In before the
mai of rho They vviltektwayi b* negotiable."
10Alis IiRIMCH Cartoon, as Fra9ie Undergoes its neaeleat reed-
tlutiOn tho, franc..
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ROLL YOUR OWN — This off-beat creation keeps its passengers
going in 'circles in Paris. Painter Saivadar Dali designed thee,
transparent sphere which is called the Ovocipede, The person
inside propels it like a treadmill.
CANDY OR tANING? — 'Saint bliaholat checks with Wing Commander Paill Blackburn an e
kpheiVict of Maurice Lapointe and Sandra Herder during hit annual the sclibol aer
children of RCAF personnel at Metz; France. The question is Whether the youngsters dete ve
candy or Coning for their behaVior in ;the past yndr, The latter, fa a tradition tilaA
olatet, back to, '04 third tentuty, 'iacInilni0erdd by re Pere FOUettard (Father SWiliiii Wei;
aippeati in bdckground here, Ne6dIest tely,. his services die seldom tailed feta,