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The Brussels Post, 1960-05-26, Page 2HRONICL 1NGERF.ARM Clozike 4871 SIZES 102-241/2 .$ HONEYMOON, SOUTHERN STYLE — Andre Porumbeanu, 35, and his wife, Gamble, 19, started their honeymoon in Miami, Fla., after their publicized elopement to Hendersonville,'N.C. She's heiress to the Remington typewriter fortune. They went from Miami to New Orleans to San Antonio, Tex., where Andre was issued a warning' citation for speeding and driving on the wrong side of the road. Old She Hoodwink A British Jury? in lon, at the Old Bailey, en 01-41li$11 jury' fell for a. pretty face, and 4. pack of ices. Not for the first tame or, for that matter, the last, has this . nearly combination caused art odd eevetict. in British justice. From time. to time, judges •have reminded juries that a liar is Prot necessarily a criminal. But, on the other hand, most criminals are liars, It is only a question ..of degree as to how good or bad at lying they are, For upon their ability to he depends very often their liberty and zornetimee their necks. A really good liar most haVe a very good ^nuinory arid that is undoubtedie the mark of the expert in the Oil. Elvira Berney was such a liar. She was a • IVlayfair society beauty the daughter of wealthy parents. and her activities caused considerable comment in the newspapers nn several occasions between the two wars. This (Mt:2 blonde Obutante had a succession of wild adven- tures which culminated in her trial for the murder of her lover, Michael &epluen. At that time they were 1,-10, tbeir ee!ddle • wen ties, Some years. beiore her trial lf.ivira had married a well- mown American singer and they lad separated shortly after= wards Since then she had been iving in a mews flat in Knights• ',ridge with her lover, Both belonged to a bunch of young people who were motori- Jus for making a nuisance of themselves, They gallivanted around London in highly colour- ed sports cars and called them- selves "bright yOung:things."' , They consumed vast quantities of alcohol. Th.ey, wore the most odd elothee; and indulged in ritous behaviour and absurd practical jokes.. Elvirae Barney ;had plenty •op.: money; Michael Stephen 'came from a good family but litir quite penniless, having been turned out of home by his father because of his unpleasant habits. He had no occupation but de-. scribed': himself, as a dress de- signer. His means of support,, were provided by a number - or stupid women, of whom Mrs. Barney was the princiPaf.Contri- butor. At the time of his death he had been living with, Elvira Barney for about twelve months. During that period she had kept him and they had quarrelled violently from time to time. The Subject of their quarrels was, not surprisingly, other women. In May, 1932, Elvira. Barney gave a cocktail .party at her flat. It had followed the usual trend of being noisy, very alcoholic and unpleasant. Michael Step- Half-Sizes—Relax! PRINTED PATTERN Kited to your figure -- smart. wo wear! PrettY playsuit has wide straps to hide bra, trim Shorts that flatter thighs, legs,. `E` aSy 7SevV in, cotton. Printed' Pattern 4871: Halt 2 izes 141/2 , 16 1/2 , 131/2 , 20 1/2 , 221/2 , 4 1/2 . , Size 161/2 requires 2414 yards 35-inch fabric. Printed directiens on each pate fern part. Easier, accurate, Send FIFTY CENTS, (stamps Cannot be accepted, use postal tiOte, for safety) for this Pattetri: Please print plainly S I Z E, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE 7417111BER, send order to ANNE ADAIVIS„ Mt 123 Fightednili St., NeW tOtdri to, ()tit, hen heel assisted at the party and afterwards he and Rivire, dined together at a well-known. West End restaurant. Later they went on to a nightclub, leaving in the early hours of the morn- Elvira Barney had, as usual, paid for all the entertainment that night. After their return to the flat a violent quarrel took place, and at about three o'clock in the morning shouts were heard, followed, by two shots. A few minutes later Elvirn Barney telephoned for a doctor, saying that there had been a terrible accident and . . "for Heaven's sake come at once," Stephen was found lying fully dressed at the top of the stairs, with a bullet in his lungs. He was dead. Close by, on the floor, was a pistol containing five car- tridges, of which two had been fired. Elvira Barney, hysterical and under the influence of drink was reeling round the flat, crying out, "He can't be dead! I will die, too. I want to die." The experts who were called in were satisfied that Stephen could not have taken his own life. They also made it clear that there had been a struggle, in the course of which Stephen's finger could not have been on the trigster at any time. On the face of it, it was a fairly clear case of murder, with perhape a possible defence of manslaughter, But the .trial, which opened on July 4th, 1932, was to have an amazing result, By the very nature of bar de- fence she was legally, at least, guilty of manslaughter. But the jury saw fit to disregard not only the facts, but the law as well, and to set free a worthless woman who was also an ingeni- ous liar. She was brilliantly defended by the late Sir Patrick Hastings and it is no wonder that he re- fused to see her at, any time be- fore her trial. et. The. brilliant advocate would have nothing whatever to do tvitli hfs'elient's lies and deceit, He had a job to do and he did it, wonderfully well in the best traditions of his profession, „. How did this 'extraOrditia'ry result come about? The princi- - pal witness for the Crown was a woman who lived close by in the mews. Originally she had said she heard the accused screaming just before the sound of the -shot, "Get out, shoot you," In the witness-box she changed this to "Get out, I'll shoot." She also said that she had told Step- hen some days before to leave the mews, as neighbours had complained that they were un- able to sleep because of the noise from Mrs. Barney's flat. The witness went on to say that Stephen had told her he didn't want to leave because he was afraid Mrs. Barney might kill herself, He might have add- ed with more truth that he didn't want to leave his means of sup- port. When Elvira Barney went into the witness-box to give her fer- sion of the fatal night, she said that they had quarrelled because Stephen had threatened to leave her for another woman. That was probably true. She had told him that if he did that she would shoot herself. That was a lie. At this s uggestion Stephen picked up the revolver and re- plied. "You won't do it with this." At no time did Mrs, Barney give any explanation as to how the revolver was available. Her evidence that Stephen had picked up the weapon was clear- ly untrue, as there were no marks of his lingers on it at all. at all. She had gone on to say that she had struggled with Stephen to get hold of the revolver and during the struggle the shot was fired. This explanation was also clearly untrue as it entirely omitted the question of the sec. and shot, That was her story and she stuck to it, but on the face of it, it was a pack of lies. It seemed obvious that even on her own story she was guilty of manslaughter, because if, es she said, Stephen had attempted to get the revolver away from her in order to prevent her coin- Miffing suicide, and she strug- gled with him, causing the gun to go off and kill him, then she Was guilty of manslaughter, Was not, perhaps, the true ex- planation that she shot Michael Stephen iii an alcoholic rage of jealousy? Why did the jury let her oft? Why did they, fit face of all the evidence and contrary to the law, decide to acquit her? Were they Wen over by the brilliant oratory of Sir Patrick Hastings? It is difficult to say but then the inscrutable ponderitigs of British juries have, es occasions, baffled other people apart from themselves. Instead', ;he went to Frenear tesumed her old 'wild life and died ttl about thirty Sleart tf age. Anyone Wearing a new Easter bonnet over the week-end stood a good chanceof getting it spoilt. Rain, .fog and even -thunder storms. Traditionally we look for warm, bright sunshine at Easter, just as we look for snow at Christmas. But apparently the weatherman has thrown tradition to the four winds and hands out whatever comes up at the moment. And in wet weath- er who suffers most? I would say mothers with small children, plus school-age children home for the holidays. After struggl- ing with rubbers and overshoes all winter mother looks forward to sending youngsters out to play without spending so much time dressing and undressing them. But the most she can do now is substitute long rubbers for over- shoes, and sweaters for play- suits—and be prepared to deal with water - logged footwear. Children will paddle adventuro- usly in any nearby puddle or culvert. They - are attracted to water as surely as metal to a magnet. No good warning them —"now keep away from the mud and water!" After all you expect children to he able to gauge the depth of either. More than one child has been known to come home barefoot, his rub- ber boots left behind in gooey mud. Incidentally I wonder how many mothers know that the best way 'to dry the inside of rubber boots is to fill them with field oats to absorb the moisture. Getting oats is 'no problem for farm folk nor need it be for urban mothers. Just ask father to go to any mill or feed store, ask for half a bushel of field oats and then keep it on hand for emergencies. It can be used over and over again. But watch where you store it as grain attracts mice. In summer you can feed it to the birds. Well, one thing is certain—bad weather encourages goieel yead- ing. You know, I often feel that- no worthwhile book or magazine should be discarded, But unfor- tunately there has to be a limit. Just the same I have sympathy for people whose basements and attics are stacked up with back copy reading material. It may be out-of-date insofar as the ac- tual date is concerned but the content of many magazines is never out-dated. And it is a curious fact that what might not have interested you ten years ago does interest you today. For instance sante tithe last year mention Was made on televisioh of Wild, white cattle in England, I kneW I had an article oil the Subject Somewhere but foie the life of me I couldn't find it. Yesterday, browsing thr o u g li serete back numbers of an Eng- lish magazine called "the Coun- tryman" I found it. Apparently there is only elle etel iii exist tette, roaming 1,n es'ate thil, lingnam i eoutify. The "arti,le lairds this to be e only •e+reairil g nerd h-i trita n of wild, white tattle that 114 ,6 never been. 'Crossed with a domestic breed. They are believed to be descendants of the Aurtchs, the original white cat- tle of ancient Britain. If one of the young animals -is handled by man the rest of the herd quickly kill it. In 1947 winter blizzards reduced the herd from 33 to 13 animals, Later 3 bulls and a heifer were born, increasing the herd to 16. None of the cows at that time was less than -seven years old and two-year-old heif- ers were not expected to pro- duce for another two or three years. Naturally everything pos- sible is being done to protect the herd from extinction under the auspices of the Chillingham Wild Cattle Association: I thought the story most interesting especially as I had never heard of wild, white cattle before, I wonder if any of my readers have any first hand knowledge of these cattle. Another- article that intrigued me mentioned the wild ponies of the New Forest. When I was in England in 1955 I was on a bus trip which took me through the New Forest and several times the bus driver had to pull up sharp- ly to let about a dozen ponies, some of them -mares with colts, wander safely away from the road back to the woods. The ponies roamed at will and were wild or tame according to their natural disposition. They would- often enter barnyards and accept feed from the farmer. A fellow- traveller on the bus, whose home was in the New Forest, told me one pony in particular came to her back door time after time looking for tit-bits. He became rather a nuisance so she tried, to discourage him. But the pony would never take no for an ans- wer and would toss his head and stamp his feet until he got what he wanted. The whole of Britain is no bigger than a small portion of Canada but thank goodness those in control are, and always have been, foresighted enough to pre- serve their trees and forests, and the wild life that belongs to the woods, the fields and the streams, made familiar to the, public through rural magazines ptiblish- ecl in the British Isles: Here's how to sharpen scissors — eta a piece of sandpaper to ribbons. t 'We azatime that all her:. are More About Those High. Drug Prices A fresh parade of witnesses took turns lambasting the na- tion's drug industry before Sea, Isles Kefauver's Senate anti- teust and monopoly SUb0111.1111t, tee accusing the industry of everything from wasting doctors' time to foisting worthless drugs on the Public. Dr, A, Dale Console, a Prince- ton, N,J., psyhciatrist and for- mer medical director of Squibb Laboratories, said he feared that hucksters were taking over the drug industry. "Unless sweeping reforms are instituted, a truly ethical house cannot survive," he said. In defencse of his old em- ployer, Dr. Console noted that "older, well-established, conser- vative houses once did resist many of the abuses." The harm came with "the entry of newer, solely profit-oriented competit- ors," Dr. James E. Bowes, a private practitioner who teaches at the University of Utah, criticized the industry's advertising outlay, whic he claimed runs to $210 million annually vs. research spending of $194 million. Based on the 365 pounds of mail he personally gets each year, Dr. Bowes estimated that drug- makers spent $12 million on postage alone, plus $86 million for free samples. Pharmacologist Dr. Chauncey D. Leake of Ohio State (new president of the American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science) thought drug promotion was "wastefully expensive." Nonetheless, Dr. Leake did not want any more government 'regulation. "Free men should regulate themselves," he said, adding that "we've got entirely too many bureaus and bureau- crats already," Senator Kefauver had other Ideas. He proposes th license drugmakers and get up new standards of therapeutic efficien- cy. To cap it, doctors would be obliged to prescribe geneiic 'ra- ther than brand-name drugs: , The industry is withholding rebuttal until it gets a chance to testify this month, Biit some of its arguments are already well known, The generic prescription 'rule, it says, would interfere with the doctor's right to have! the last word in prescribing for his patients. Moreover, drug-t makers say, Federal standard are much looser than those set by the makers of branded prod- ucts, who think that their repu- RETIRES — Galina U la nova, considered the world's most accomplished ballerina, has re- tired from the stage. She is 50. tation is thyir greatest asset, But Kefauver's oratory is bit- Ong home. Connecticut, New York, and Ohio are now urging — but not requiring — doctors to prescribe generic drugs for welfare patients, connecticut es- timates its plan, through use of cheaper, non-branded drags, plus new low-bid drug buying for convalescent homes, could save $500,000 a year. Michigan' also has a plan to. get doctors to give generic prescriptions to all Pf.1.,• tients. — From 'NEWSWEBIc, Why The Moon Looks Bigger At Times. Of all the tricks nature plays on men's eyes, none is as old and inexplicable as "The Moon Illu- sion," When the moon is low on the horizon it invariably appears to be larger than when it is high in the sky later in the evening — yet even the mooniest lover knows that there is no difference in the distance between the two moons and the earthbound view- er on any given night. Most of the giants of classical astronomy have attempted to explain this perplexing illu- sion by attributing it to a seem- ing enlargement of the horizon moon caused by atmosphere haze. Ptolemy of Egypt (second century A.D.) first suggested this theory, and Galileo and Kepler, among others, also held to it. Recently, psychologists have treated the moon illusion as a problem in perception, related to the muscular effort involved in raising and lowering the eyes, To test such an idea, E. G. Boring, the Harvard psychologist, had observers double over and view the moon from between their legs. He found the results incon- clusive. Last month, Prof. Irvin Rock, 37, of Yeshiva University and Lloyd Kauttnan, 33, of the Sper- ry Gyroscope Co., told the East- ern Psychological Association they, solved the problem by less contorted means, Using an old gunsight and a light source, they can reflect an artificial• but..real- -tooking moon ,ontq Aire retinas of Te •eyds while the phserver viewing, The real sky through' a piece of 'glass, In 'addition, a shutter permits them to vary the size of the"moon." With two such 'scopes, one pointed at the horizon and the other at the zenith, Rock and ,Kaufman were able to re-create " the moon illusion at will for systematic testing. The explana- tion they hit upon as a result of their investigation required no radical theories, but only a re- shuffling of Ptolemaic and mod- ern psychological ideas. Ptolemy had a second theory which stated that a filled space is perceived by the observer as being larger than a equivalent, but empty, space. Thus, the dis- tance to the sky on ,the horizon appears greater than the dis- tance ti'i .the' sky above, because of the intervening terrain. Here, Emmert's law of perception takes over: If there are two objects the same distance away but one seems farther away, then it must appear larger to the subjective brain — even though both of the optical images recorded on the retina are the same. Or, crudely put, take away the horizon and intervening terrain, and the illusion of varying size is destroyed. To brighten your rugs, sprin- kle salt before using the vacuum cleaner. It sweeps out the soot. To really clean them, work corn- meal into the pile with a stiff brush, then the vacuum. Modern- Etiquette ity Anne Ashley Should a main PMOVe. bat while taliting with a 'woneut In the, lobby of a liotelT A, He certainly should. q..$11001 a Mao allow the WO-. man with him io preCetle him through •a revolving door? A, Yee, If the door happens .to. be whirling rapidly, he slowS it dawn so that she may .enter and go 'through with ease and safe- ty. Q, Is it really bad :manners to file one's nails in the presendo of a guest? A friend and. I Are having an argument over this, A. To file a broken nail that is catching on • things is all right— but to give yourself a manicuro in the presence of guests is in extremely bad taste.' Q. Is it considered in good. taste for a divorcee to. mail out invitations to her second wedd- ing? A, No; nor, as a matter of fact, should she have a big wedding.. 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ISSUE L9 — 1960 CHAPEL ON THE MOVE Spettotore lino the way as a rtietnoridl Chapel to 'Queen Astrid of Belgium is Slid aCrtitS o road in 5.witzerizni to a fol'of dijoVe Lake lucerne. The quteit died' ihr an auto' crash near thS 'Spat iri 1935.-