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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1960-05-19, Page 6er.:C•lee 40' •Jk • _ • - ne.ge4 t... ppa esM41 HRONICL INGERFARM Gwen.ciolin.e P. Ctaxluz Applauded By All PRINTED PATTERN 4700 J4';), SIZES 9t17 aa„..ieleatafa' JUST IN TIME FOR.MOTHER'S DAY — Looking like every mother's dream of a baby picture, a Belgian prince makes his camera de:Wt. Meet Prince Philippe-Leopaid Louis-Marie, the son of Belgium's Prince Albert and Italy's Princess Paola. "Vo•ice of Britain" Has Vast Audience Squeezed into tight morning brittle eollar, and tilted silk ItOpper,. controversial Rio h a r 4 Dina) .strode into Len-, don's 'Westminster Abbey, puffed 'kp a winding, ,gray .stone stair- way to a .gaRery behind the High. Alta4 and eased his 240 pounds into. a soundproof cubicle, Then, for almost three hours, he described the pageantry of the wedding of Princess Margaret to Antony Armstrong-Jones for the largest potential audience in his- tory. The watchers and listeners were spread over six continents, To ruddy-faced Dimbleby, this was just one more assignment for the BBC where he earns $33,000 a year. He has been re- porting major news for Britons since 1937, when he perched atop Whitehall's Admiralty Arch to describe the coronation proces- sion of George He was on hand for Queen Elizabeth's coronation in 1953-- squashed into the very same cub- byhole he used for Margaret's wedding, In 1956, Dimbleby was Eurovision's English voice at the wedding of Grace Kelly to Mon- aco's Prince Rainier„ "The French had neatly tucked a telescope lens through the bent arm of a statue of the Virgin Mary," Dim- bleby recalled recena, "and when 'Vie ,' Kel1 ; -.rent with emo- tiee c: • e All the fashion world hails the wide, wide sailor collar that "capes" your shoulders above a streak of a sheath. Divine shape for junior figures — front band- 3 ing suggests Empire line, Printed Pattern 4700: Jr. Miss Sizes 9, 11, 13, 15, 17. Size 13 takes 3:its yards 35-inch, Printed directions on each pat- tern part. Easier, accurate. Send FIFTY CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADA1ViS, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont, ISSUE 21 — 1960 thumb along her hand 'her, the camera revealed, it Britain's royal lamily,, which welched the Monaco shindig, has ruled out all cameras in front of the Altar at Margaret's wedding. TV cameras will show the mar- riage ceremony from the rear. AsAsa rest*, it was up to, .Dim. bleby to provide much of the picture in words. To prepare for the occasion, he had been boning up on the history of royal weddings for the past five weeks, at his eight- bedroom house in West Sussex,. where he lives with his wife, Days, three sans, one daughter, six horses, three dogs, 30 chick- ens, and 52 white fan-tailed pigeons. He has also called on the Archbishop of Canterbury, the pean of the Abbey (to pace out the entire ceremony), and the Brigade Major Nor a brief- ing on the route of march). "The secret of an able corn- mentator," says Dimbleby, "is to possess a good deal of background so that if anything goes wrong on a show, he needn't flannel that's an old RAF term for spout- ing guff„" Dinableby's reverential, faint- ly old-maidish approach to royal doings has irritated a good many who sometimes refer to, him as "Dick Bumbleby." But there is no denying his place in broad- casting history, Son of a Thames Valley newspaper publisher, be ;"to radio work in 1936, and :verything from the Spanish civil war to the D-Day invasions, "I've been Britain's No. 1 commentator for twenty years," says Dimbleby without a trace of modesty. • "There is no doubt," one BBC producer says, "that he regards himself as the voice of Britain. He doesn't even nip up on the 8:20 like the rest of the press. He appears in his Rolls-Royce— driven by a chauffeur in full livery." From NEWSWEEK How Her Majesty Holds An Investiture Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes when the Queen holds an investiture? The investiture ceremonies take place in the Grand Hall at Buckingham Palace and are in- variably miracles of smooth run- ning. The Queen stands hatless 'and gloveless and, at .her side on the red-carpeted dais stands the Lord Chamberlain who reads out one by one the names of those to be honoured. A line of men and women begin to move fbewai'd to receive' their 'clecora- time, The-Queen carefully pins on each. award, smiles at the reci- pient, talks, fors a few, seconds and then shakes hends with him or her. Flow does she manage to do this pinning on c' the order or decoration without fumbling? "Shortly before those to be de- corated enter the Grand Hall they are conducted to an ante- room where a tiny, hook-shaped brooch is pinned on to the breast or coat lapel," we 'were told. "This means that the Queen simply has to slip the medal on to the hook." One man who attended an in- vestiture in 1953 said: "There was so much to absorb — gold mirrors, chandeliers, tapestries, carpets — that few present no- ticed that a vice-admiral, among others, showed them to their seats before the investiture be- gan. "We were tactfully briefed on our roles before we entered the Grand Hall. "An official gently reminded us that people had unfortunately applauded at one investiture in the past, adding that he knew this would not happen today." 'Night Descends On The Isle Of Skye kcwv bird voices ere hoard upon the hills of Skye, and Beim). na Cailliehe was a silent place when, one sunlit mid-summer evening, a . companion and climbed it. The- north wind had cleared away the haze, and hill and sea were brilliant. Southward, Ben More of Mull and its •attendant peaks seemed.- eleSe At hand. Upon Ben Nevis, rising far to the east, the snows glistened— for upon it alone among all the hills the winter mantle of white remained, From brilliant white the light of the sun paled through orange to deep rose colour as we climbed, and each minute Beinn na Cailliche cast a more tremendous shadow over hill, glen and sea to the east, The sudden view of the Cuillin from the crest of Beinn na Call- Halle is always a striking one, but tonight, as we looked across to the Black Cuillin a few min- utes before sunset, there was such beauty upon this great range that the hills might well have been part of a fairy coun- try, . „ The north-western sky was full of colour, In calm beauty the Outer Isles lay. In the sink- ing aun Harris and Benbecula glowed:. a sea of mist that filled. the Minch was so ethereal that it was impossible to define its boundary. From the mist-sea the hills of the Outer Hebrides rose. The rocky coast of Lewis was suspended in air. On the north wind the vanguard of the mists drifted down: . . , Pulsating and quivering, the sun sank ever lower, and in the path of its orb the western country about 'Loch Bracadale glowed in an aerial bath of amethyst, of .a wonder- ful beauty that could be painted IT'S ALL OVER — Actress Lu- cille Ball sits in court at Santa Monica, Calif., where she ob- tained a default divorce from her bandleader husband, Desi Arnaz. Miss Ball testified that her life had been a' "night- mare" for the past three years. by no artist's brush or writer's pen, At last at 10.15, the sun was gone, and the clouds alone were in its rays, An hour after sunset the west- ern horizon was aglow. Against a radiant background bars of cloud floated. . , As dusk rested upon the hill- top the beacons of the ocean one by one appeared, and the lamps of the stars were lit in the silences of limitless space. How inspiring it was to lie beside the cairn of Beinn no Calliche, and see, of a sudden, the three flashes of light from Hyskeir, which lies beyond Canna. As the dusk deepened, it seemed as though a planet shone at inter- vals on the far western horizon across the shoulder of Gars Bheinn. This, however, was no planet, but the powerful far- distant light upon Barra Head sending Out its message to ships at sea. Then appeared lesser lights—the beacon upon Eigg, the great lamp at the Kyleakin nar- rows, the row of twinkling lights that guard Mallaig, Northward the strong after- glow for long hid the light- houses because of its own bril- liance, but at length dame six short stabs of light, sending sea- ward the message of Eudha Reidh, the guardian of all ves- sels that sail the Minch. Last of all shoatred the slow-revolving lamp Of Rona and, floating in the air, the light from. Tiumpan Head in the Lewes.--Frorri "The Charm of Skye the Winged isle," by Scion Gordon, Q. HOW 'ant improvise a. Stili• stint 'tong-el' A, You can dither •USe beet Ittide. Or just rub the raw beet it— self on your cheeks. this it• fiettrileta tei the coMpleXioha arid produedS a. nice tolot'o. Have you noticed . . . the weekend invariably brings about a period of quick weather changes? I often write this col- umn in the rough on a Saturday and type it on Monday. Ten to one if I mention the weather on Saturday by Monday have to revise what I have written. This seems to be another of those weekends. As I write it is May 1. Yesterday was bleak and showery; today promises to be Much the same but tomorrow the "probs" are for warmer weather, And so it goes . . . work days and school days pleasent weather; off 4aYsnor parents arid children, cold,4vindy or wet, upsetting so many plans for painting, garden- iffg CaN, a family outing. I wonder why it' should be so, 'Is it a Nemesis for short working hours and the five-day week? If I remember rightly years ago when most people were working much longer hours, six days a week, Sundays were nearly al- ways fine and bright. Of course I have no statistics to prove. It may be only in my imagination that the weather pattern has changed. So much for that. Now here's ancither topic for, your consid- eration. Overweight — and the problems in connection with re- ducing. Remember about six weeks ago I was wondering how to take off about ten pounds of surplus? I knew it Wasn't going to be easy because I am not a big eater. But I've done it — re- duced 12 pounds to be exact. How? Well, I'll tell you — it may help some one else, First of all I started eating less of ev- erything. That didn't work. I didn't lose an ounce. My doctor hadn't put me on a diet, When I ask him how to lose weight he just said — "Use your head!" So that's what I finally did, I realized the trouble lay in what I was eating — not the amount, Of course reducing has its dis- advantages. Last fall I bought a new box-type suit. I wore it the other day and found it a bit baggy. But I really don't mind, It isn't much of a problem to deal with garments that are too big. A tuck here and a pleat there, bUttons moved in about an inch and there you have it. But if clothes are too small -1- that's another story. You can't add an what isn't there, Another dis- advantage is the meals them- selves. It takes more fussing to prepare a properly balanced meal than it does to put up something new and fancy. Incidentally just in case you are wondering how Partner fits in with this low calorie diet let me assure you he Manages very well. He also was getting a little on the heavy side so he too is glad to take off a. few pounds. Of course he is Mare active than I so his calorie count is quite a bit higher. Actually his Only concession to dieting is to eat less sweet stuff, And that is quite a concession because al- though Partner is a heavy sitiok- et' (pipe) he 'still has quite a sweet tooth, Mrs. Mck . 'Thank you so Much Lr your letter, I am de- lighted your inethee finds the needle-threader such a help. She must be a wonderful old lady. , First of all I put down an average' day's intake of food and then compared each item with its Calorie dente/It, The result was 1200 to 1505 calGries. knew that on a reducing diet the number of calories should be 1000 calories -- unless one was working hard. With a calorie chart as my guide I soon found where my diet was wrong. I got all the information from a splen- did book I got from the public library — "Stay Slim for Life" by Ida Jean Kain. I cut my bread consumption down to three thin slices of vitmain bread a day. Substituted clear or vege- table soup for cream soup; used less orange juice and more to- mato juice. Less butter, sugar and whole milk. More lean meat, fish, vegetables, salads, skim milk and cottage cheese. No mid-morning shacks but I do al- low myelf a cup of tea and a plain cookie in the afternoon, ' also a glass of warm skim milk and an unsalted cracker at bed- time, The loss in weight on that diet has not been 'Spectacular but it 'hes -been steady. I say "diet" for want of a better 'word. Aettially I eat 'practically any- thing I. fancy within reason just NO CAP? — Kathy Heinz lin- gers meditatively on the edge of a pool. The hat's not for swimming. Se long as lwep track of •the • calories — About 000 is day, also take ono vitamin cap.stile day, And, here is something I no- deed, Because it was not a star- vatien diet I was not conscious of any discomfort, .Vor four weeks I wasn't oven hungry.. But just lately,. while not exactly suffering any pangs, I am 00, when its time for. another meal, I account for it this way, rer the first few weeks my digestive system was using .an aeeklMkt- lated surplus, Now that has been reduced the battle of the • " bulge almost won — my bodily requirements are now .dependent upon the daily intake of .food, So naturally am inclined to get hungry, And I must say I feel much better no heartburn, indigestion or any other discom- fort but a lot more energy. Why not with 12 pounds less to carry around. Gold — The Age-Oki King Of Metals' Men's hunger for gold has never ceased; in search of it, as the Elder Pliny wrote with all the sententiousness at his com- mand, they explore every vein in the earth, and dwell upon her hollowed frame; and from the earliest times it has achieved a place in their economic history which (as has been well said) is out of all proportion to the as- sistance it has given in their struggle against Nature. What, then, is the force of its appeal? It is possible to list some 150 substances which at various times and in various parts of the evorld have been invested with seine universality of value, almost equally divided between the animal, the vegetable and the mineral. Of the minerals, some (like copper and iron and lead and tin) have always been prized for their practical utility. Silver, too, has always been prized, but for its decorative quality; and it is this same qual- ity which has always in the past made gold the king of metals in nearly all places where know- ledge of it has penetrated. For gold is much more scarce than silver, and it is a curious fact that, though it has been always available, the quantity in which it has been produced had always lagged behind the universal de- mand for it: even today, when output is immeasurably higher than in any previous century, it is still perfectly true -to say that 'the demand is much greater 'than the supply. Neverthelesa,, relative scarcity is not the only reason for an age-long hunger which has some- times amounted to a passion. Scarcity must he combined with pesitive beauty before it can ex- ert such overwhelming attrac- tion; and it is the positive beauty of gold, allied to the compara- tive ease with which it can be worked, which in past ages has given it a unique position. — From "Gold," by C. H. V. Suth=" erland. Meet Papa Sportswriter Tom Meany re- cords a curious summit meeting in his new book, "The Yankee Story": The day Yogi Berra first met Ernest Hemingway. Berra, the Yankee catcher who is un- spoiled by intellectualism, was introduc4d to the novelist at a New York restaurant, Meany writes: "'Well, Yogi,' said one of his party, 'you've finally met Papa Hemingway. What do you think of him?' "'He's quite a character,' said Yogi, with obvious admiration. 'What does he do?' " 'He!s a writer,' answered Berra's astonished friend, "'Yeah?' said Yogi interest- edly. 'What paper?' " Modern Etiquette By Anne Ashley it proper for Wends SOI9, live hi a distant Pity to Send wedding gifts of Ammo'. the naWlaWede? A, This is quite all right. boy (Warl.1°tilg'it"Islet414 4agleet,tesrholuuttli4 ,'Master" "Mn"- be writtell be, fore his name A, title ls 4'M cially c:Q Since :S1ls to be0:o f ::1 : n: going to e l's ngage 1ary,Ou:it be all right for You us to re .cannot properly give an announcement party, How- ever, after the engagement has been announced by the girl's family, you may give a party IN HONOR of the engagement. Q. Is it all right for a man to use only his initials when sign- ing social, coraespondence? A, No; he should sign his full name. Q. Just what is the proper way for a woman to introduce her husband? A. To friends, as "John," and to acquaintances, as "my hus, band." The two names of safety are "my .husband" and "my wife," since they arc proper no matter to whom you are talking. In business, "Mr: Smith" arca "Mrs. Smith" are quite cornet. Q. 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