The Brussels Post, 1961-04-06, Page 4Horse's A Hen
That's Not $o . .„. Hot
It was so hot in flail the other-
day that one of Its six petapit»
ing inhabitants )treasured the
temperature.. It was Kt: degree...
Fahrenheit, Whieh is vntY 110.
Indeed •
deli ie. a tiny village ih
torn* 1.1,$.n., The •VillaPta *ea
dune IrPg.t1Pat 11.PAtw4vg-st 40 •
rarely .does the temperature
Peed 90 degrees,
• Yet . there's an arid, sunken
plain called Death Valley in
California which has a reente
temperature of 134 degrees and..
is sometimes oiled the world'a
hottest spot.
Death Valley is 160:miles long
and. twelve .rnilea wide and hsi
surrounding` hills which art
called the Funeral Monntains.
Even at midnight in summon
the mercury often hovers round
120 clegeees and, .se hot does the
earth 'become that a rock or a
piece of iron scorches the naked
hand. White • men cannot' live
long In such • a climate,
At 'another spot, the Musena
dam Peninsula at the entrance
to the Persian Gulf, a tempera-
ture of 152 degrees Fahrenheit
has been recorded, •
The , red-coloured recite are
often glowing hot and even
natives have been known to die
of the intense heat. .4 cable sta-
tion ,established there .had -to be
abandoned because some of the
f ersonnel died, others went mad
rom the heat and the rest fled.
A Londoner who went to the
hottest town in Australia, Mar.
ble Bar, claimed that one sum-
tner there,were 113 consecutive'
days of over 100. degrees and 'of
'these ninety consecutive day*
were over 103 'degreeS. The
maximum was .120.5. degrees.
"My hottest day in Marble
Bar was 115 -degrees at 2 p,m,,"
he repotted. "At 6 p.m, it was
110 degrees and at 8 pm, it was
100 degrees, Even at night there
are no cooling . breezes and the
townsfoll sit out of doors in
deck chairs, wet. and clammy
after an. enervating day. Beds
are .carried. out under the stars
and getting to sleep is almost
an. impossibility," •
Obey the traffic signs ,-- they
are placed there for.. Y 0 U
SAFETY, '
'oops1 .2 forgot to tell you; I
past came in to rest -my toot
siesh
kern Tana a 4944.7 alknItant
illotine oPeretor euie tttetit
into Individual siees.
Even at this *tag*, however,
k watchful eyes seen the noted
cerefully for anY defect.. The
poor oneS are destroyed — their
serial number duly recorded and&
correctly numbered replacement
notes inserted in the packet*,
With the job done, the printing
plates are destroyed too, But the
master plate is kept under log*
and tree for tuture reprint ca..
dere,
Mama Liked Shellac
And A Good Brush
AQUATIC AVIOMOSII.1 - Al! but submerged, this ante welts for flood waters: to subside he
- Houston, Tex. Mote then 17 inches Of min fell on thi city in lust two „day'.
support the "Accident" decnin.
tion, Learning from 1,0011, pf the
Oversight, Amend went Secretly
to the flat tWo days later to
pomplete the job, leaving his
footprint on the blood-stained
carpet.
Leon's letter to the corner, re-
produced in the Press put the
polite on the trail, A merchant
who had done business with the.
Peltzer identified the hand-
writing as Leon's, True, Leon had
no motive for killing Bez-nays,
but Armand had — for his pus.
snit of jitlie was well known.
The police •caught up with
Leon when he took fright and
boarded. the express to Austria.
Once the brothers were confront-
ed everything duly fell into
place, including Leon's telegrams
in cypher, found at Armand's
home, telling him hew the plan
was progressing.
At the trial both were found
guilty and, as there Was no death
penalty in. Belgium, were sen-
tenced to penal servitude for life.
'Perhaps it was retribution that
gave* Armand only' two more
years of, life before he died in
prison, and made Leon plunge
fully dressed into the sea ,near
Ostend some ten, years atter his
release in •1912 after he had serv-
ed thirty years.
a sympathetic admirer, not
lover, but was indiscreet enough
to start neighbours talking and.
provoke anonymous poison-let-
tees, which Bernays read, then
destroyel.
When, however, Armand lur-
ed her on a secret joy-trip to
Spa while Bernays was absent,
the nurse told her master of the
jaunt, and Bernays, in a jealous
rage, accused. Julie of infidelity.
"You should be asharned 'of
uttering such wicked lies," she
retortel. Summoning the nurse,
she slapped her face and sacked
her.
Bernays then went to Arm-
and's.apartment in the rue Jac-
obs and accused him of treach-
ery. Scorning his anger, Armand
told him. " You are a monster, no
make such charges— unworthy
to- have such an angel for a wife}
I shall come round this eve-
ning as usual, and expect to be
treated as a ',friend,"
Thinking he had misjudged
them both, Bernays relented.
But when he caught them smil-
ing . at each other across the
table that .evening it was more
than he could bear. He told Ar-
mend to get out of his.house and
slammed the door on him —
for good„
Fearful of losing Julie, Arm-
and sent for lais brother Leon,
who had settled in. New' York.
Leon .boolsed passage under a
false name, they Met in Pails
and together plotted an 'ingeni-
ous murder which would leave
Julie free to marry Armand,
In return for the service ren-
dered him over the fraud charge,
Leon would lestroy all evidence
of his own identity and bugd up
a new, fictitious one as an. Eng-
lishman, Henry Vaughan,. for he
spoke fluent English, •
While Armand returned to
Antwerp, Leon went to a' fancy
dresS costumer, bought a dark
wig and 'beard, dyed his eye-
brciws, darkened his skin, don-
ned dark glasses and English-
style clothes.
As "Murray & Company's
agent" he then toured Amster-
dam, Humburg and Bremen,
Staying at the best hotels, call-
ing on dealing firms about his
shipping scheme, deliberately
leaving ,a "Henry Vaughan"
trail which could be traced.
Then he rented a fiat in Brus-
sels, furnishing one room as an
office with thick 'carpet and
heavy curtains.
Whezi Bernays arrived by ar-
rangernent, Leon showed him in-
to the office„then aimed a re-
volver at the back of his neck
and shot, hinvdead. Then he • went
into the hedrodm, burnt the wig
and beard, removed all other
details of his disguise, left the
flat, and vanished.
One 'thing he forgot
' ping the body in the
e , prop-
chair. to
Sugar Ray Watches
Carmen And Gene
Somewhere in the back of the
xes'taurant a red-haired female
drummer pounded out loud jazz.
Along the walls, translucent
photographs of Callen fighters
shimmered as they shielded pas-
tel lights. In the front of the
New York cafe called Sugar
Ray's, the former middleweight
champion of. the world, Ray Ro-
binson, leaned both elbows back
against the bar and, relaxed and
regal, nodded his head in time
with the weird rhythms. The
king was in his court one night
last month and his world re•
volved' about him.
The music stopped, and a bar-
tender turned on a television set.
"Gene Fullmer versus Carmen.
Basilica" an announcer said,
from Salt Lake City, "for the
middleweight title that had been
in the hands of Stigar Ray Ro-
bins o n." Robinson, watching,
rubbed his hands,
Then the fight began. Robin-
son stood and Watched without
apparent emotion 'as Fullmer
and Basilic) — two men whom
Robinson. himself had beaten—
moved cautiously in the early
rounds. Robinson gave three of
the first five rounds to Fullmer;
he called two even.
"Fullmer's S t r o n g, man,"
someone said.
Robinson nodded. "The strong-
est, old buddy," he said. "He's
tough to fight. You can't figure
what he'll do. Whatever comes to
his mind, he does."
The ex-champion scored the
sixth end seventh 'rounds for
-Basilio, but • from then on, the
fight was all Fullmer's. With six
seconds left in the twelfth round,
referee Pete Giacoma suddenly
stopped the fight and awarded
Fullmer the victdry, A bloody.
Basilio charged the referee, de-
manding futilely that the fight
continue,
"Never saw that • happen be
fore in O. championship fight,"
Robinson said, casually. "He
stopped it awful quick." Then,
watching the Videotape re-run
of the final round, Robinson
grew animated. "Watch for the
right tinder the heart,','' he said,
slipping into a boxing stance,
"Watch it. 'Here it conies. Here
it 'comes." The punch came, a
right that dug into Basilio's ribs.
"That did it,"' Robinson said,
Gene Fullmet.was still middle-
weight champion, and. the TV`
image disappeared. "I'm the best
man," Robinson insisted..
going to prove it I'm willing to
fight Fullmer next week." Ray
Robinson smiled, confident, con-
tent, Behind him, the jazz
&Mined out again, He pivoted—
the 40-year-old et - champion
'whose skills have faded — and
turfed toward a Pretty girl, As
he walked, he bounced and the
sleeves. of his grey shirt
flapped jatihtily.•
PIPE "DREAM` mon:fOUte* pine .hoere114 on .tette
for thieety boys •irt Richmond, Surrey,. SnOiond. 'the pipe it
Used to ill sockets for 'horse., ..
When Antwerp lawyer Guil-
laume Bernays caught an early
train to Brussels to meet Henry
Vaughan, who had written him
from 159, Rue de la Lol, about
a £500,000 scheme for a new
Amsterdam - Sydney shipping
line, he 'expected to be back in
Antwerp that same day.
But when several days elapsed
and he failed to return borne to
his wife Julie, she consulted: the
A close friend of the family—
Armand Peltzer, an Antwerp
engineer — had been seen daily
in Julie's company, but he could
have had nothing to elo with
Bernay's disappearance and was
merely consoling the wife at a
worrying time.
Bernays, frequently at odds
with his attractive, titian-haired
wife, was not above finding con-
solatioe outside his home — or
even in it, maybe, with their
young • son's Swiss nurse, Am-
elia nester, He might be dal-
lying with sane charmer, the
police considered, and would re-
turn when the romance began
to, bore him.
A week later, hoevever,.en as-
tonishing letter reached them.
Dated. January 16th, 1882, it was
from 'Henry Vaughan -in Bale,
Switzerlind,' and was addressed
to "the Coroner of Brussels,"
though there was no coroner in
Belgian law,', '
ClIsAressed," it began,
"to leaide from this morning's
newspaper that Guillaume Ber-
nays is still missing. I assume
from this 'that my prev4chis let-
ter failed to reach yon,- and that
the terrible accident that oc-
curred at. my flat, 159,. Rue de
la Lei, on the 7th remains un.-
disceyered,"
It then. gave "the facts."-While
discussing the shipping scheme
with M. Bernay.s, Vaughan was
toying with a revolver hed
taken from the table; and when
Berney's back was turned it sud-
denly went off, killing him.
Paralyzed • with shock. h e
thought of going to the police
but realized his difficult posi-
tion. He hadn't a friend in Brus-
sels, his wife and child were
both ill, so he decided: to flee
with them to Switzerland and
since then had been half-crazy
With despair.
The police went at once to the
flat and found Berney's body in
a room used as an office, in a
sitting posture in a chair. It had
been placed there, the surgeons
decided, ,two or three days' after
death, He had been shot through
the back of the neck and spine.
In a pool of blood near the chair
Was a footprint.
But of Vaughan there was no
trace.
After week* of searching, the
police admitted that they were
completely baffled. He St r y
Vaughan had vanished.
Not surprisingly . . since he
had never really existed!
Yor a clue to the incredible
enigma We must go back 'to 1873
when Armand Peltzet wound
up a thriving huffiness in :Buenos
Aires to return to Antwe'r'p and
finance the defence of his tWo
errant brothers, teOn and James,
Who had been charged with
fraud, Belgian Sews of German
origin., the Peltzers were a fata-
lly who stuck together in
trouble, The lawyer Annelid en-
gaged to save them front ptiaor
Was . Geillaume Betheye,
After the trial.Armand' anti
terheys be Cd.hie frieridS. And
after Armand Met ter-
tiaya to decided that &Wren)
would suit him very Well: Re
built up a successful engineer-
ing business and became *regu-
lar visitor' at the Bernays'
Bearded: and nearing tarty, he
Was soOd-infatuated With Julie,.
She fell for Arinand's easy Mann
hers And flattering ebniplirnerite.
tvidelitit ithe *anted_ haft
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Mill (Omni Would be Uteith
other iedefatigable
enthusiasm was for shellac, Give
her a good brush, a saucer of
turpentine to clean it in, and
there was always a song in the
air and a thin coat of shellac on
someone's new straw hat, it he
didn't watch out. For Mama was
a homemaker supreme — and
ahellac was her favourite means
of making sure that the family
stuck together . „ . No under-
ground cavern could possibly
match the soaring stalactite and.
stalagmite forms Mama created
out of jewel boxes, lamp shades„
old pieces of velvet, picture
frames, and even the icebox.
She lo.ved to put one of the
family pictures, - sin a "new"
frame. Ours was a family which
delighted in seeing itself in all
stages of chronology,. and our
walls were as full of pictures of
ourselves as a press agent's of-
fice, Papa, the head of the group,
was Seen the most, but there
were enough of the rest of us to
eliminate the need for any mir-
rors.
So it was Papa who' was
changed into a new frame the
eftenest. A "new" -frame usu-
ally came from Mama's. -latest
bazaar, and the cheaper it was
— say, about sixty-nine cents —
the more enthusiastic was Ma-
ma about making it worthy of
Papa's image. This was both an
interior and exterior project.
Quite often her frame would be
abOut three feet long and two
feet high. Now, there were no
prints available of Papa reclin-
ing on a lounge (most of his
pictures were verticals showing
him in a Masonic chair, wearing
•top. hat and. another apron he
had just'acquired) and this tax-
ed Mama's decorative resources
somewhat, But she was equal to
.Papa found, himself.. on a
background he later recognized
as the 'silk lining, „fildhecl 'from
his., evening clothes, shellacked
and trimmed tie fit the frame,
This usually struck lefarea as too
mundane, particularly- with all
the square footage at her dis-
posal. Therefore she might take
some contrasting wallpaper sam-
ples, arrange them in a collage,
and shellac therri.' These were
then stripped and used as the
inner framework of her unique
matting for Papa's picture.
Thus, for years; particularly
when. we were very young, we,
always thought of Papa as be-
ing inseparable .from his top
hat, a background of sleazy-
looking silk with a diagonal
weave, and a foreground com-
bining the best features of a-
colourful barnyard. scene, a view
of a Roman 'villa, in the Swiss
Alps, and a .pattern of garden
flowers with, a 'cat in it, It was
quite an .,experience, to find Papa
peering out of all this foliage
and wildlife, but it was even
More educational to see his ex-
pression as he looked into it,
regarding himself with. marked.
distaste. — From '`It Was Fun
While It Lasted," by Frederic A,
Birmihgham,
Q. When mailing birthday
greeting cards to : my weniert
friends, whom my husband
knows only slightly, should I
Sign both our names, or Just
mine alone?
A. You need not include your
husband's name on your personal
greeting cards,
.).4oldtig..Monoy
A Work. Qf Art 1.
wo P1,4. renowned British.
craftsmanship endures nowhere
'1•110rer eneerbly than in inoi ee.
elleikete( ee, beek note. ,printing.
With .automation. •slowly banish-
••iing deft linger* trans. modern
enettutecteringi there is still no
-effective substitute for the „anci-
ent •engraver's 41011 in producirg,.
paper currency both 'attractive
end yet so complex in design as
to defeat the •forger,
The world bee only about 100
%nester engraver s who can cut
qngti quality • hank notes, Twenty
of them work for a 147-year. o10
British firm which with its as-
soeietee has captured over 50
er cent of the world 'market in
his - highly specialized type of
printing, It is the company
rounded in 1813 by Thomas De
La Rue, versatile 'producer of
• !,(ine, embossed stationery end
playing cards, With the appear-
ence of postage stamps, this
brilliant eraftenum secured an
ekelusivee .30 year contract to
print all of Britain's stamps.
Printing high quality paper
money began in 1800, exactly
100 years ago with 45 notes for
aletteitius:•Their'eldeat continu-
ous customer is the .government
of Siam . (Thailand) who in 1901
asked the Bank Of England to
print its money. The Bank, not
allowed to do so, suggested
La Rue. Today its presses turn
out some £20,000 worth, of aura
rency every week for 92 coun-
tries — among them, Switzer-
land, Jordan, Venezuela, Thai-
lend, New Zealand, British East
Africa, Ghana. - • -
Clients . pay about . per
thousand, for these distinctive-
ea:Rorie which leave the com-
pany's three printing plants in
meta' lined, tamper-proof crates.
highly -geared but unobtrusive
security procedures, employing
dozens of guards and the latest
anti-bandit devices,' ensure that
every crisp new bank note is
safely delivered to the client'.
government.
The protection of other pee-
pie's new m 0 nee begins even
earlier, however, A special hard
surface rag paper, 'protected by
an unforgeable water mark, and
De La Rue's own secretly mixed,
i:tks are used to print the notes.
Every last inch of the paper is
used — or burned in a well-
guarded incinerator, witnessed,'
by representatives ,of the client
if required.
To give crooked:Imitators even.
bigger headaches subtle pastel
shades which defeat the Most ece
curate colour 'photo-reproduction.
are employed. A thin, plastic
thread is "built" into the paper'
as it's being made. This is not
only a visible line to authenti-
cate the note; it can be felt by.
detecting Machines which banks
employ to show up counterfeits..
The .experienced . engravers
week leisurely but painstakingly
In roomy quarters in which one
feels an almost old world atmos-
phere. Every line of the thou-
sands which make up a. portrait
masterpiece on a bank note must
be created by them as a furrow •
in steel, And each one must be
right; one slip and- the• entire
master plate is ruined. In addi-
tion the note bears an involved
filigree of fine lines as borders
end decorations which are cut •
M the plate by a stylus govett-
ed by the myriad gears and cams
of a costly geometric lathe,
Hardly a human hand could re-
produce the artistry of these
machines. • • • , •
When the plate is officially
approved by all concerned it is
mounted in. a movable table
whete under great pressure
roller of slightly softer steel is
impressed with the design. The
troller is then used to transfer'
the design many' tithes, over on
a sheet, which is then curved
eo fit • the high 'precision cute
rency presses. Sheets of .colour-
ful bank notes come rolling off
the presses to be' accurately
ever-printed with serial Mine-
When Death Wore Fancy Dress! i•
a
Prince Philip
Quotes Poetry,
Conferring an honorary de-
gree on 'Prince Philip;. Reading
University vice chancellor Sir
John. Wolfenden quoted Dryden;
"A. man so various, that he
searn'd to roVnTot one, but all
mankind's epitome," Wolfenden
discreetly explained that he
meant it as a tribute to the
Prince's debonair versatility, but
Philip, who had, been forearmed
with a draft of the vice chan-
cellor's address, impishly picked
hint up on it by reciting the re-
mainder of the satirical passage:
"Stiff in opinion,-,always in the
wrong,/ Was everything by
sthrtS, and nothing long;/ But,
in the course of one- revolving
moon/ was ehymist (chemist),
fiddler, etatesman, and buffoon."
Q. Bow can I prevent the in-
teriors of metal or brass planters
from rusting through?
A, By lining' the planters With
aluminum foil,
Q: How can Mit hard tips on
rawhide shoelaces, belt teeing's;
ete., for easier lacing?
A, You Can accomplish this
simply by holding the, sties of
the lades In the flame of•it light-
ed thatch. Slowly rotate' the dila
of the late While doing this, arid
take tare not to char the leather,
Apply the heat 1ust tang dirangfi
to harden the'tip StifticletitlY
without 'Willing the loathers
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