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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1961-03-09, Page 2have perpetuated the legend of the unknown understudy whei replaces an ailing, star on open- ing night and leaps to fame, model of, understatement, NIA, Sayan observes that "such sue. oess is, rare, and always wolves a performer with some talent," "Your Career in the Theater" considers ethics, PerSeveXanc% etiquette, and morals as well ao professional subdivisions; dealf. With summer stock and Oft Broadway as 'well as Broadway, television, and Motion pictures; and delivers its author's con- sidered opinions on a number of matters, Mr, Seven writes from his background as theatrical ea. producer, stage manager, prod- uction manager, and latterly tal- ent agent. By John Beaufort in the Christian Science Monitor, LOYAL, TO MS. 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Supposedly Etru- scan pieces from the fifth cen- tury )3.C., they had been bought by the museum in Paris between 1915 and 1.9en Apprcpriately, the Etruscans are one of the most elusive of ancient peoples, For eight cen- turies they dominated Italy, from the Tiber to the Po, Herodotus writes that they came from Asia Minor to escape famine; an early Greek writer claims they were -indigenous to Tuscany and Etre tea,. No modern scholar has yet emcee-dee in traneletin the sketchy Literature thee left be- hind when their roc ,e confecleere- tion cf city-states el e-4 &wiled by Roman leeeens in the sacend century B,C, ObeeTeeee in life by the demons of a lizee..a,.rellgion of superstition and melt, the Etruscars prepared their dead for a hereafter of unending. d3- light, painting their eneereround tombs with smilirearleneers, mu- sicians, and ethIctee The .ertiets who flreed • the Etruseens, hew ever, deriv- ed tele: SuMr)ttleu. red and blaek fisures from the very real world e. -letterer struggle. In helree• battle stance, the leer ee ^'1-pound warrior stands mere than 8 feet tall, the smaller some 6 feet 7 inches. The glar- ing, helmeted head is nearly 3 feet high. When the Met bought the figures they were in 258 apparently convincing fragments, which were assembled and shown first in 1933. Experts in Etruscan archeology have frequently called the terra cottas suspect en stylistic grounds, In Rome last• week, Dr. Mario Moretti, superintend- ent of the department of anti, quities for southern Etruria, said; "We've considered them fakes for years. The shine of the var- nish, the colors, the shapes, all. indicate a .modern hand and not ancient - Etruscans." It vas technolc•gy, however, not stylistic analysis that gave the ultimate answer to the ex- perts' questions. For almost a year, Joseph V. Noble of the museum staff and an expert on 60 iltltheS Across For dining or display) 'Create a beautiful setting with this striking, circular cloth, Elegant cloth for round table —centrepiece for oblong, Grace- ful pineapples accent pointed edge. Pattern 675: cloth 40 inch- es in No, 80 arid 60 in string, Send TilIleTt-VIVE CENTS v. 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Miracle On A Railway 'Line For Mrs. Charles Moody of Wyckles Corner, Ill., it was a day just like any other in the life of a busy housewife and mother of four. With her young- est, 8 - month - old Terry Lynn, tucked safely in the canvas car seat beside her, she drove to her sister's house for a visit, stop- ped at the laundry for the wash, then turned her green 1954 Mer- cury toward home. Suddenly, Mrs. Moody's whole serene world was shattered by a blaring horn. A Wabash Rail- road diesel freight train was bearing down on the grade cross- ing in front of her at 50 miles an hour, "Everything happened so fast I didn't see the train until it hit us," Mrs. Moody said later from a wheelchair in the hospital. "I just remember a blinding pain hi my head and I don't remem- ber anything else until I was out on the ground," Bruised and bleeding, Mrs. Moody began a frantic search for her baby. wanted to find her, but I was afraid to," she said, "I kept saying: just know she'll be dead' And a man standing there said: 'Honey, you lust can't ex- peel anything else'." But a Tillie down the track the diesel had braked to a stop and the crew leaped to the ground, Brakeman AM, Polk heard a whimper, "My God, look," cried Polk, pointing to the engine. There, cradled betweee the diesel's fuel tank and a catWalk, was tiie soot-smudged figure of Teller Lynn. Miraculously, the baby had been. snatched froth the car by the iiiipaet atirl tlepnSiteti Oil the engine. EVee. more Mitadtio 110USly, She had suffered only minor bruises, rot that run-down, tey lay -Wailtifit. Our daughter must have had quite a week-end. Here was the set-up. Art, her husband, was sick, in bed; she had two guests coming for Saturday night din- ner; Dave brought a rabbit from school to take care of over the week-end — and they have a fullgrown c a, I, appropriately named "Mischief'! Well, I have just got through talking to Dee and fortunately they all survived, including the rabbit, Eddie and Jerry, just nicely over chicken-pox, were wild with excitement about the rabbit, especially when it was let out of, its cage and given the run of the house — in and out of the bedrooms, the bathroom and the playroom,. Apparently the rabbit was used to being man-handled as he would run out of nowhere in particular and come nibbling at their heels. The only one who didn't appreciate the situation was Cischief 'who isn't used to being shooed out- side or down to the basement.' Maybe the visitors were not too enthusiastic either, not being being used to children — or rab- bits. Art wasn't too happy either but he managed all eight by stay- ing in bed most of the time. Later in the evening when the boys were getting a little out of hand Dee sent Dave to bed and put the two little fellows to soak in the bath-tub. By the time they were through the bathroom was soaked too. But a happy time was had by all, However, as an aftermath, at ten o'cicck this morning Art was still sleep- ing, and so were the boys; Dee was airing and tidying the house; Mischief was snooping around from room to room and the rab- bit was lazily nibbling a carrot within the confines of his cage, We also had a rabbit last night but not the same variety, Our rabbit was sitting on the front porch sheltering from the pour- ing rain. When I put on the light all he did was hop off the steps and took up a position on the walk leading from the house to the driveway. Which brings me to the wea- ther. Last week we had every- thing — deep snow, bright sun- shine, rain, fog, and then cold, penetrating winds, I don't know if there were any flooded base- ments around here. Ours, for- tunately, stayed dry — thanks to. Partner's engineering, Last week we had quite a run of callers, including a heart specialist with an electrocardi- ograph machine, There seemed to be no hope of getting a bed. in our local hospital — that is, unless I became an emergency. So this particular specialist came out to me, It was quite a sur- prise as I had requested the date be postponed. However, due to an oversight it wasn't, which, in the long run, proved quite satis- factory, My goodness, one doesn't have any secrets left after a spe- cialist gets through with his job. This doctor was asking questions for thirty minutes and writing it all down. But he had such a qdlet manner that neither his questioning nor examination was any ordeal at all, And at the end of it his prognosis was favour- able, I was, told my future saitrt SALUis "My' linebtOcl needs something tipeetel, ilia head- alternately " **tits an& Aikido." eeeeee-eeeve health depended a lot on myself. (I was told that once before, forty years ago,) "Gradually get back to normal," said Dr, X., "find out what yen can do with- out distress but stop the minute you feel any chest pain. Da your part and then, leave the rest- to a Higher Power." In these days when there are so many agnos- tiee and atheists around,. that advice was refreshing to hear. often wonder if an atheist is truly an atheist to the end of his days. I suppose George Bernard Shaw was. What a forelorn atti- tude to carry through life. Even a Buddhist can take comfort in his belief of an incarnation. But to believe in absolutely nothing It is a state of mind that I cannot even imagine, The next day I got wind of a meeting in connection with our County Council and two hospi- tals, north and south of the coun- ty. We are interested in the one in the south which was opened since we came here. A marvel- lous place, well staffed and well run — and financially in the clear. But alas, in size totally inadequate to accommodate the district it tries to serve. Plans for extension had been submit- ted and Approved but the County Council was still unable to sup- ply 'financial aid. And yet this meeting was not publicized at all. Taxpayers were not given an opportunity to express an opinion. We got the facts only by contacting the Reeve of our township.' We were told a deci- sion had been deferred — for financial reasons, not because the need was note recognized. Debentures would have to be is- sued . . more taxes . . . im- agine the hue and cry! But people who move to the suburbs should, be prepared to shoulder these financial obligations. Wher- ever people congregate there - must be schools, ehurces — and hospitals. It is only logical it is the people themselves who must pay for them' — by direct or in- direct taxation. Yet it is a curi- ous fact that it is only increases that appear on their local tax bill that homeowners really re- sent. A government grant . . that's fine, it doesn't concern them at all! How foolish can we get? Modern Etiquette By. Anne Ashley ' Q. When eating in a restaur- ant and small butter pats are served in paper containers, is it proper to let the knife rest on the pat When not used? A, Never. The knife should rest along the upper right part of the plate — and never with the handle of the knife resting on the table. Q. I have been asked to be a bridesmaid, and the bride has already stated what I am to wear — edlonr, style and so forth. Shouldn't I have been con- sulted first about this? A, No. The bride chooses the costumes of her attendants, even though they pay for their own clothes. True, this does some- tirnes cause a little reluctance on the part of the bridesmaids-- but is the accepted procedure. Sa nitieh is written about the bride's clothes, but what about the guests at a wedding? I am never 'Sure whether I'm dressed enough or Overdressed. What is the rule about this? A. The best rule is that at an informal wedding, the guests wear conservative church going clothes and that the Women wear bats arid gloves, Q, Since I have just -broken my efigageitient, what do t do abdut gifts and money that I have received front friolitiS and relatives? Should I retiteri mitt explain the reasons for breaking my etigagebiehtl A. You, return the gifts, but it is not ,at all necessary fat yoti to make any eXplanatibri for your broken engagement. Simply say it has been ended by Mutual consen t, is it obligatory'for a gue§t ate Christening fo WI* a gift fat the baby?' A. While riot obligatory; it is customary., LATE BUT SWEET — Succe” lights the face of Esther Kauf- man 63-year-old New York grandmother whose first play is being produced, "A Worm in Horseradish," set in Man- hattan's Lower East, Side at The turn of the century, will be put on at an off-Broadway theatre. One U.S. View Of Religion In School The sound and fury surround- ing the controversy over religi- ous observances in the Green- bells -public schools largely have died dawn. But, we feel, the issue itself by no means has been resolved. A small but militant and high- ,1y vocal group led an attack on the School Board's ,policy of per- mitting the reading of biblical passages and the saying of the Lord's Prayer in the classroom. The group, spearihe‘ded by the local chapter president of the American Civil Liberties Union, held that the policy violated the historical principle of separation of church and state. We don't., agree. Let's take a look at the back- ground involved. After years of following an unwritten policy of allowing some expression of belief in :God to be made in the classroom, the board in March of last year adopted a formal statement of pOlicy. It spelled out the nature of the observances: recitation of the Lord's Prayer, a brief read- ing from the, Old Testament of the Bible, and saying oti a non- sectarian Grace before meals in' kindergarten, The Board also made it clear that no teacher would be compelled to follow such observances. After the Civil Liberties Union and a few honestly-dis- turbed private citizens made their protest, the School Board held a public hearing. The senti-, ment overwhelmingly was in fa- vour of continuing the policy. The. School Board, however, did see fit to issue a restatement of policy at. the end of last month. The new statement is more general and makes no spe- cific reference to the Lord's Prayer or Grace before meals, It is curious that the Board felt it necessary to state that the Pledge of Allegiance may be included among other obser- vances. We have no doubt that the objectors to the Board's policy are well-intentioned. But we think they are dead wrong. The founding fathers of this country in their wisdom made certain that there would not be established a state - supported church. They insisted that each man be free to worship God in his own 'way — or, indeed, not to worship Rim. But never in their wildest dreams did they imagine that their noble resolve would be twisted to give arniritt-. nition to those who would deny God. No one could have viewed the inaugUration ceremonies of Pre- sident Kennedy without being impressed by this nation's firm belief in a Supreme Being. Clergymen. of .fottr faiths invok- ed, the blessings of .the Almighty on the works of the new Admire- istratien -- a re-Statement again that this is a. nation under Gad, This question, of 'course, is Much larger • than Greenhills; but this pleasant community' by its strug- gle has served, Well to bring this issue into sharper focus for Us all, — An editorial On Station WICHC, Cincinnati, titAIFIU itillAT,s In London, English police threatened to ground crippled Alexander S'uttey's motorised' wheel Malt The rea.stitit They caught him driving while dettiak, fined him ISSUE' 10 1961 spunej ,Advice For. The Steoge4truck Nest time I am approached by a. stage-struck hopeful---nor the hopeful's apprehensive parent— about how to break into show business, I shall recommend copy of Bruce Sevan's "Your Career in, the Theater," It is Sensible, orderly, and informa- tive. Mr. 'Sayan covers the Math show business vocations—actor, director, choreographer, p r o.. doter, stage manager, composer, lyricist, pleywright, e0114hictCrrt set designer, costume designer, talent agent, and press agent, lie describes the jobs in consider- able detail and tells how to get them, His advice to the players, and others, is money well spent, Although not without interest for the initiate, "Your Career in the Theater" is addressed pri- marily to the beginner—whether talented or merely stage-struck. In either case, the beetle's plain speaking and practicality recom- mend themselves strongly. Con- sidering the hordes of inexperi- enced young people who head for Broadway every year—im- pelled mostly by high hopes and wishful thinking—Mr. Savan's handbook should meet a definite need. Here are some samples of his counsel: "When, you decide to come to New York, be sure you have a hotel reservation. . What you will need more than anything else is study, If you are not al- ready aware of the tough- com- petition that exists in the thea- ter, you will certainly learn of it when you get to New York. . . .• When you aren't employed and [making rounds) seems a dreary and exhausting chore, a part-time job is highly desirable. There are employment agencies that specialize in this -kind of work." "I usually urge theatrical as- pirants to learn shorthand and typing, and to be prepared to survive for at least their first two years without earning any- thing in their chosen profession. Many a theatrical career has been initially financed, a n d periodically sustained by the ability to wait on table. And many, an actor has developed a second means of livelihood to maintain himself when jobs and unemployment insurance both run out." On tickets: "if you want tick- ets for your own show, you must buy them at the box office. . . Passes, or any free tickets, are rare, .. ." (Hometown papers of theater folk, please copy.), On touring: "The less luggage ' you can manage with, the easier 'the transportation problems.... 'Unless you are traveling with a maid or valet, leave your dog at home." On summer theaters: "A rain- coat, boots, and umbrella are in- dispensable at most summer the- aters." On producing: "A successful producer must possess certain specific qualities. It is absolute- ly essential for him to have the ability to raise money." On piaywriting: "The proba- bility of your turning your first play into cash is a remote one. To be bluntly realistic, you will be lucky if you can get your mother to read through all three acts of your masterpiece." On becoming a composer; "The best way , to stall; is to learn to play the piano." Some of the foregoing may sound almost too elemental. Actually, it is not. The fund of ignorance a n d misconception possessed by people with theatri- cal ambitions is phenomenal. Wishful thinking and those old Hollywood backstage musicals SPOOM:tititikft Pef calf -uhr6dtlidt. d 'ctirtriatible to lake owner John spoonful' of itiolOSSeS cis def &nit the, teelineiogy- .pf ancient eera- Iniee has been Making spectra- graphic tests of scrapings from the fakes, Three months ago he was satisfied that their fames "Greek black" was not that at all. Noble's tests showed that the black glaze on the Met's figures was volored with manganese dioxide, and manganese dioxide was discovered in the eighteenth centery. Then, earlier this month, the museum's curator of Greek end .leornan art, Dietrich von Bothmer, cabled from Rome that he had strong proof of the iden- tity of the forgers, which mu- seum offieiale will not reveal until ven Betheer haeeettlaiened a echelarly expeee. Beet New York guesses give credit for the fakes to a very fine Italian hand. • Meantime, what will become of the beautiful but phony -Etre- scans? For the moment the Me- tropolitan will keep them on view, with a discreet sign (which • viewers last week did not seem to notice) pointing out their questionable origins. NO EXCUSE -'-- Georgia Tripp has no exculeefor sitting orteend in her bathing suit — except that she likes the sun In lehoenix, Ariz.