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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1962-02-01, Page 2site J.- ,i. 3 (.5\venctoLinz P. Ctaxike HAVE A HEART, GIRLS—Those tears indicate that Gary Lyn Kitel doesn't appreciate the attention of two such pretty losses as Janet Schnorr, 17, right, and Marilyn Myers, 17, The girls will reign over Heart Month in February. Gary, had open heart surgery last July and he's doing Fine. flarpo. Mc,rst Rea* The matixes were poor, ct.TY pi.Vr. We were always hungry. And we were numerous. But thanks t4) the LlittnitIt; spirit of My father and my falotner, pover- ty never ntade any of us d(.,press• eel or angrar.• . . • . The. legs • food %a* had, it. seems ed, the more people we had to feed. Nobody grumbled at this, We ,just worked a little harder and schemed a little harder to bustle up a soup bone or a pail of sauerkraut. There were ten mouths to feed every day at 179: five boys, from Chico down to • ZeliPol cousin Polly, who'd been adopted: as one of us; my mother and father, and my mother's mother and father. A lot of the time my mother's sister, Aunt Haniah, was around too, And on any given night of the week, any given number of relatives from both sides of the family might turn up, unannounced but never unwelcome. This pot all kinds of burdens on Frenchie, which was what we called my father, Sam Marx. Frenchie was the family house- keeper and ccok. He was also the breadwinner. Frenchie was a tailor by trade. He was never able to own his own shop, and during the day his cutting table and :sewing bench took up the whole dining room, with lengths. and scraps of materials ove r- flowing. into the kitchen. At six o'clock he quit whatever he was wari:ing on, in the middle of. a stitch, • and stashed his professian in the hall, materials, 'LOWS, tables and all, and turned to the task of making dinner for ten or eleven 0: sixteen people. This task would have been hopeless to anybody else in the world, but Frenchie always man- aged to put a meal on the table. . How fabulous the tenement smelled when Frenchie, chopping and lading, sniffing and stirring and tasting. and forever smiling and humming to himself, got the kitchen up to full steaM!'... Of all the people Frenchie loved and was loyal to, none was more unlike him than Minnie Schoenberg Marx, his wife, my mother. A lot has been written about Minnie Marx. She's be- come a legend in show business. She was a lovely woman, but her soft, doelike looks were de- ceiving. • Her whole adult life, every minute of it, was dedicated to her Master Plan.. , Minnie's Plan was simply this: to put her kid brother and her five sons on the stage and. make them successful.. She went to work down the line starting with Uncle Al, (who'd changed his name from Schoenberg to Shean), then took up; in order, Groucho, 611mm°, myself, Chico. and Zep- po.-4'rom "Harpo Speaks!" by Harpo Marx with Roland Barber. Q. Since I do not drink al- coholic beverages, what am I supposed to do at a wedding din- ner when a toast is proposed to the bridal couple? A, Hold the drink that has been poured for you in your hand, rise, lift it when the toast is made, and then put it down at the first opportunity. SALLY'S sautes 'My husband and I are on strict diets; we only serve cocktaila.' SECRET IS OUT—The whole world now knows that soprano Rukumini Sukmanwiti is the daughter of indonesio's Presi- dent Sukarno. She had kept her identity a secret to achieve operatic success on her own, Here, she is strolling in Venice, scene of recent singing suc- cesses. Cashing In On Cockeyed History At Pointe du Hoc on the Nor- mandy coast of France,t sermal hundred yards from 0 in a h a Beach, D Day was being re- enacted seventeen years later. Five "dead German" soldiers gulped ice water flavored with Pernod, cursed the heat in their native French, and waited for filming to begin on "The Long- est Day." Behind them, a recon- structed pillbox which would turn out to have no guns in it was the object of attack by the Second Ranger Battalion, which included teen-age singing idol Fabian. Three times the dirt- caked Fabian had blown the line, "You mean we come all the way up here for nothin'?" and, with money ticking away at the rate of $35,000 a day, tem- pers were rising. Director An- drew Marton called for another take, and an eager prop man be- gan waving his smoke can to- ward the camera. "There's too much smoke," rasped producer Darrayl F. Zan- uck, "Cut!" Marton whirled around, sweat popping out on his forehead. "Nobody says cut!" he bellowed. "Nobody says action but me when I'm directing. Nobody!" Zanuck reddened, took a fierce bite on his ever-present cigar, and stalked off the set. "It's D for 'Dollar' Day now," comment- ed Cornelius Ryan, author of the best-selling book and the screenplay. From the beginning, the recre- ation of the grim realities of D Day had had a surrealistic over- tone, Filming in Corsica with the assistance of 1,600 Marines and 22 ships of the Sixth Fleet -the largest concentration since the Sixth Fleet began operating in the IViediterranean-the pro- duction was held up by a 5,000- pound unexploded bomb found in the sand. Trying to re-create a parachute drop on nearby Sainte - Mere - Eglise, seventeen French stuntmen (in American uniforms) popped out of heli- copters nightly for two weeks and, blown by the wind, landed uvim, wave hut In the 14,Avn to li, re tiwy wi suppo5k.1 Amnia lit'' movitog pa,sonnei is a arlartnen es.-patatrnopin aigued to • tiaiit two d o z.o Frenchmen, :atne of whom meo. foughl in the War, to impern- ate German soldiers, A Dlieh youth with .the scars'of a Nazi whipping nn his back wAts around unhappily in a green Web villa t uniform. Omaha Beach itself could not be used in the film, because a D-Day moim- mont bad boon erected there.• Pointe •dtt Hoc was burned, oil and shell holes were blasted, and 138 Men from the Eighth. Divi- sion were called in far cliff 3:11- lug. The movie's east is strange: Peter Lawford, William Holden, and singers Fabian, Tommy Sands, and Paul Anka; French pantomimist Marcel Marcea u, and Britain's Richard Todd, a D-Dry veteran who will play his own real-life commanding offi- cer, Maj. John Howard. Comdr. Phillipe Keiffer of the French Marines is an adviser on the film,. Another adviser was to be Comdr. Joseph Fritter, the Ger- man who strafed Keiffer on the beach and killed five of his men, but the meeting never took. place: five weeks ago Prince died of a heeet attack. "I don't think anyone's ever had to ,spend so much time put- ting so little on film." Zacuck said to a visitor, at lunch. "Right here we're spending two and a half weeks and half a million dollars for four minutes at film. Our problem is that we've got 27 principal roles. We've got to depend on history to hold it all together . Maviernaking costs so much you lie awake all night worrying about it, I'd like this to he the best picture I've ever made. But I den't know . Back on the set. dixector Mar- ton ran through a scene in which four German soldiers stagger out of the pillbox, yell "Bitte, bitte" in an attempt to surrender, and are mowed down by Tummy Sands, who asks his buddy "I wonder what 'bitte' means." Jon Heinrich, the German paratroop veteran, stood watching. "At least," he said, "it shows tnere was bestiality on all sides." Author Ryan was asked if it wasn't incongruous to see Pointe du Hoc being assaulted by tnree rock and roll singers. "Well, when you're spending X million dollars on a movie," he an- swered, "you have to take out a little insurance. Zanuck wanted popular young stars to help bring the kids into the film. Well. be- lieve me, these are the only kids you. can find in this age bracikst." Zanuck's assistant, Elmo Wil- liams, came over. "Pointe du Hoc being taken by a bunch of warblers?" he said. "I was shocked when I heard it myself. But really these kids have done everything we've asked them. Anita had to fall off a ladder seventeen times before we got one scene right." On the cliff, Anka was swish- ing the air with a carbine, its bayonet fixed. "Hey Anka,, you're some boy with that pig sticker," a U.S. Ranger called. "Yeah," said Anka enthteaas- tinny. "I love this film. Boy, this is great. This is really tun, man." Looking on, author Ryan said: "Me, I'm getting out of here next month. I want to forget about D Day for a while. I've become a kind of lost - letters box for everyone who has any interest in D Day, I'm always getting calls from somebody in Wichita who wants to know what hap- pened to. a barmaid in. Caen, and phone calls that begin: 'I say old boy, do you suppose we might have a spot of lunch some day? did want to talk to you a bit about . "You know, when we signed this deal I got a cable from Hem- ingway, It said 'Don't Don't Don't.' But, really, I've got 110 complaints. Zanuck's terrifically tense now and he's putting his oar into every phase of this Mo- vie, He tends to be a tyrant. But he's also a decent man. He's straight, and you. can reason with him." Nearby, Sgt. First Class Joseph T, Lowe of the 81st Field Attila lery watched the filming impas- sively. Lowe had landed °nit a few 'hundred yards away, . at Omaha Beach, on D. Day, Was it all realistic? "Oh, it's very realistic," he said. • Was it like D Day? "Oh. No sir, it wasn't nothing like this. Nothing will ever be like that, believe me, sir." Modern Etiquette By Anne Ashley 0, IS it alt right for a hostess to serve several dishes at a time, if she Most do all the serving herself/ A. Certainly; considerate guests wouldn't think of criticizing her for this. Q. On which arm Of bet father does the bride proceed down the aisle of the church? A, Oti his right arm: A Happy Christmas to you all!. It is not yet time for our Christmas (glory be!) because this column goes to press three weeks ahead, of the date that you actually read it. So you see what I mean when I say it is not yet time for our Christmas, However, at this season of the year it is easy to anticipate. For that rea- -son I know that in every home where these "Chonicles" are read - and in 'thousands where they are not - there is at this moment a fever 'of activity. There is prob- ably a Christmas tree, gaily dec- orated and illuminated; parcels Swift Sewing PRINTED PATTERN TWO main pattern parts, no waist seams-whip up this vers Sable juniper-dress in one day! Zips up back for smooth fit, can be worn with or Without blouse. Printed Pattern 4700: Half Sizes 141/2 , 163/, 181/2 , 201/2 . 221/2 , 241/2 . Size 161/2 jumper 21/s yards, 54-inch;, blouse rt'a yards 39-inch, Send MTV CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) far this pattern. 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Don't you sometimes wonder what any child can make of it all? Do we take the right attitude in regard to children and Christmas? Be that as it may it is not my intention to moralize. I just want to say in all sincerity that I hope this will be for you the best .Christmas yet, not necessarily, in regard to gifts but because of the inner happiness that earn e through close association with those we love. That is what real- ly counts, don't you think?' Has it ever occurred to you that memory is one of our great- est possesfions? Without it the present would have Tittle mean- ing and inspiration for the future would be sadly lacking, Natueal- ly the extent of our memory depends upon age and experience, I remember the Christmases i spent in England as a child., My father died when I was five and my mother took in dressmaking to support her five children,. the youngest born three months after my father died but lived for only sixteen months. My mother had a hard life - there was no baby bonus or hospital insurance in those days. Everything we ate and the clothes we wore all bought with the money my moth- er made by sewing. But I can't rem.ember .41 Christmas that wasn't happy. As children we hung up our stockings at the head of our beds on Christmas Eve. In the morning they were always full - with nuts, an or- ange, homemade candy and a simple toy. We didn't have a Christmas tree and the holly and evergreens around the house Were what we children had gathered from the woods, Out decorations were festoons on coloured "paperchains" the mak- ing of which kept us occupied for many happy hours before Christ- mas. Christmas Morning we were awake at dawn, exploring our Christmas stockings, 11 other would come in singing and clap- ping her hands - "Tis Christmas Day, 'tis Christ- mas Day, how happy we all should be with plenty' of toys for girls and boys And a jelly big Christmas Tree!" Then there was breakfast and after breakfast we stood around the old table piano singing carols to my mother's accompaniment, At noon we had a roast chicken dinner,-the only time my mother could afford to buy chicken. For dessert there was homemade plum pudding with a sprig of holly on top. Somehow or •other Mother always •managed to have threepotmy-worth of brandy in the house for Christmas, This was poured over the, pudding .and lighted with a mateh. The danc- ing blue flames leaping up and around .the pudding were a fas- cinating sight for us all, Christmas night we nearly at- ways had "high.tea" and friends in to share it, There was carol singing again afterwards, As I look back I can only hope that Mother got as much enjoyment out of Christmas as she gave to her family. I rather think she did as she was that sort of per- son, She lived for others if ever anyone did, After ,I was married, came to Canada and. had children of my own, memory of my mother was. my greatest inspiration at Christ- mas time, During the 'Thirties things were none too easy - as those who, lived through the de- pression very well know - but when money was scarce I would remember Mother and 'tried to do for my children what she did for us, In that I had Partner to help, whereas Mother had no one, Actually I suppose Christmas is what we make it. If we lack worldly goods we can at least provide happy memories for our families to carry with them through the years. So - Happy Christmas everyone - and happy memories . . now and always. Package Astray • In Distant Space. LOST: 350 million copper wires. Disappeared about 2,000 miles in apace.' If found, please notify Massachussetts Institute of Technology or U.S. Air Force, care of Pro- ject West Ford. Ma's missing package, a rt- .inch-long stack of fine needles embedded in naphathalene,. was launched Oct. 21 from Point: Arguello in a trial of a unique communications technique.„on the . basis of two years of elabo- rate ground tests„ technicians at the Lincoln Laberatory in Lex- ington,. Mass.,. had predicted that, the napthaieoe would vaporize within a few days. in the vacuum • of space,, gradually spreading the' whiskerlike wires (each vioi of. aninch long and one-third the thickness; of a human hair): in an. earth-circling belt 5 miles wide. and 25 miles thick. The idea was that each, whisker would act as, an antenna, capable of reflect- ing radio waves, and provide the. Air Force with a means of com- munication independent of the vagaries of magnetic storms (and invulnerable to, any possible sabs otage)t. But something went wrong. with the project (which has been hotly criticized by astronomers both here and abroad on the,. ground that a; sky full of whisk- ers would interfere with. their interstellar observations). The napthalene apparently did not vaporize and the' whiskers never' separated CM' they did not dis- perse, "We. are rerunning, many of the tests and calculations;”' said a spokesman. for Liman, Lab, "and' trying to spot the package with our radar: We have had. four radar contacts in the, past month, that may have been the. package,. but we're not sure, itts, the right, one. Seeing it is: like' being Boston and trying, to see. a. toot- ball over. Denver. We axe still looking. If we find, in, perhaps we can find' out why the whisk- ers didn't, disperse,, before any fellow-up is altenaptect?" There is. nothina- like the first horsellack ride to make a person feel better off. Fatal Lure Qf The .Bri9ht Llohts. In the tropical gardens of tha south caret of • Viti Levu, them is a brilliantly-lit square, measuring about sixty equates ytirde.. come:i from criss-cro pzftlern of wires strunic froM,104: to tree, and festooned. with htindrerla of. white neon lights, The wire; aphatter continuous- ly,• .and with each splutter there is a tiny flash. Each flash means that another insect has been oleo, trocuted, for the wires carry a. heavy charge, This is the insect o cutor, which costs about $250 in look currency, and is rapidly helping the islands solve their insect problem. However, the "fried" insects that fall to the ground are attracting giant toads. Each ,night, an army of toads arrives on the scene, to await the feast from. above, The toads were imported years ago to deal with an insect pest, but now their number has so in- creased that another invention will soon be needed to drive the toads away, Trio of Treasures 522. 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ISSUE 51 - 1961 WILL BE DIVORCED----Singer Dinah Shore announced She and her husband, actor George Montgomery, will be divorced after almost 18 years of marriage, She is shown above with her husband and her two children, Melissa, 13, and John, ROYAL PILGIIIMS—Shelterecl by huge canopies Carried by by attendants, King Savang Votharia of Laos and his wife leave a fluddhist shrine at That Luang. He hod joined other government figures in art annual pilgrimage to the Spa, near the capital of Viehtiohei :following feStiVitIoa.