HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1962-05-24, Page 6TRANCE. -- Dorothy Meod contemplates the work of a I fel-
low artist in a London, Englond, gallery. Work is tided
"Reclining Figure" and is done in painted plaster,
LEAP. SPRAY — Gretl Batter displays hair ornaments which
will be:worn this season, according to fashion authorities.
Sprigs of gold leaves are 'scattered on hairdo's sides.
Look Girls! Here's
A Bachelor Worth
His Weight In Gold!
were turning blue. Ridelco Ica,
tgQi, snackbar waitress in a near-
by restaurant, wept 'that her
Customers were refusing to buy
any milk because it had turned
blue. Hicloko's, uniform 'turned
bli"Steo,ottiooinanager Shimada was
surrounded by a flock of maid-
ens waving one;-white hand-
bags, shoes, blouses, even hard-
boiled eggs - all of them now.
Pa.I0 blue, Shimada sent his girls
off to a puhlie bathhouse to
clean up. The water came out
blue and so the girls returned
bluer than ever,
Sorely beset, Shit-nut:1,
the police, But the police switch-
board was jammed, While Shi-
mada was trying to get through,
barber Tadashi Imai was com-
plaining to the police that when
he tried to shampoo a customer,
the water, 'the basin, the custo-
mer's 'head; arid, his own hands
had ,all turnedoblue:. "Soap won't
take it off," wailed barber Imal.
"Is it poisonous?" The policeman
said probably not, but Imes cus-
tomer grabbed the phone and
yelled: "So you say, but, are you
. sure I won't go bald?"
Then, someone suggested that.
the phenomenon -was the result
of shi-no-hai . (the ashes of
death), the Japanese phrase for
atomic fall o u t . Immediately,
there was panic - and the:police
dispatched fire trucks to hose•
doWn the entire area. But every-
thing,. the water touched turned
blue. Police loudspeakers"were
moved up and crackled "Please
keep rnovirig or you'll* be 'con-
taminated."'
In his tiny flat 4. miles 'away,
Shigeru Izumizawa, 61, an 'im-
poverished mpateur inventor, sat
disconsolate-Ile had saved 4,000
yen '($11.20) and bought two
sacks of rew• -Material for his.
latest invention, But early that
morning, one sack _had "fellen Off
somewhere along the way and
its content's scattered 'to the
Wind. It • was mot until they
knocked 'on. ,Izumizawa's door
later that day that Lien police
learned justewhat-it'evas the 'in-
'ventor had .teported missing: A.,
6-pound sack of papththel blue-
black pOwered dust with which
Izumizawa- planned to, .produce':
"a -revolutionary powered in • -
stant• ink —7 easy 'to 'carry and
easy to-use."
"Just, think;" he said when. he
.heard' -the- awful news, •t`The
'Parker ' Pen 'Co.' turned mew
down."
Highway Safety
:Overrules Chivalry
Highway safety has forced
those who set rules on etiquette
to retreat somewhat from their
rigid rule3 on masculine chival-
ry.
It is no longer necessarily eon
aidered proper procedure for the
male driver to open the outorno-
bile's front door, allowing his fe-
male passenger to precede him,
while he goes around the car to
get in from the traffic side,
which can be dangerous,
According to a Chrysler Cor-
poration booklet, although the
polite thing may be to hold the
door open for the girl, "it is
neither smart nor safe for the
driver to open his door on the
side away from the curbing."
Lack of chivalry thus is no
longer the reason for a driver's
crawling into the front seat
ahead of his female companion.
The 14-page booklet, called
'Do You Have What it Takes to
Drive Like a Pro?" stresses the
basic rules - look ahead, think
ahead, and don't compete - but
co-operate. Co-operation with
other highway users follows the
accepted, pattern of many inter-
section signposts: "Yield the
Right of Way,"
The booklet gives young
drivers something to think about
when they get behind the wheel,
It sets up a chain of reasoning
that goes like this:
Drive with extra caution when
rain starts because oil, mixed
with water, makes a slick, slip-
pery covering.
If the engine starts to sputter,
ptill off the road, go into neutral
gear, and feed it -gas to dry off
the engine with its, own heat.
It is good driving practice to
turn on the low-beam lights at
dusk in rain or fog, or when
there is arising or setting sun
behind your car. In these. situa-•
eon's visibility is greatly dimin-
ished for oncoming motorists,
writes W. Clifford Harvey in the
Christian Science Monitor.
If brakes get wet or will not
hold; drY' them out by applying
alight pressure to the. pedal when.
the car is In -motion, while at the
same =time compressing the gas
pedal.
When in traffic where cars are
parked - , at the. right curbing,
drive. as Jar, to the left as You
carestifelyeteavoid the possibility
of `'someone`darting from behind'
the:-'perk d'vehicles,
Don!t. rare- to the next traffic
signal: Time- yourself to arrive
there when the flight has turned,
in your faviar. A 'green light 'a-
head does not mean that it will,
stay` green. Don't -race to catch
it. The next -one will probably 'be'
against you, anyway,
Save,gas, brakes; and wear and-
tear on the driver by timing the
flow of traffic an& the pattern ,of
stop lights to, maintain a steady;
oven,, and moderate speed,
Left-foot braking c a n cut
stopping time almost a half sec-
ond in emergencies. At the same
time, it minimizes the 'possibility
of the right foot, in moments of
haste,' from striking the gaS pedal_
instead of the,. brake, a common
failing in 'emergencies,
Some people are like blotters.
They soak 'it all in - but get
it backwards.
sonar and community bYgietle.,
For in. Pakistan the average tile-
span is only thirty-seven years!
When tradition forms a wall
between his desire and the prac-
tices of his people, he exercises
his power, carefully,, as a father
correcting a child. 'For irnstancee,
he has forbidden them to sleep
on the floor of their small homes,
where insects abound, and dust
and dirt carry disease-
Karim has set as his goal a
home for every Isroatlian family.
His determination has already
borne some fruit with the com-
pletion of several new housing
estates. lie' has promised more..
When the Aga Khan is, visiting:
a town, there is dancing and,
singing throughout the night and
into the bright morning, The
shops close and business comes
to a standstill. So he is soon
forced to journey on,
It is a lonely life,
Indeed, the possessive attitude
of his people leaves him no choice
but 'to live outside an Ismaillan
nation. Otherwise, the land of his
choice would boast of his pres-
ence as a direct visitation from a
deity!
The Aga Khan is probably best
known - apart, from the racing
fraternity - for the annual
weighing ceremony,
It is traditional for Ismailians
to contribute a fifth of their in-
comes, if they are able, This is
written in the sacred books; and-Z.:..-
banks and lending agencies proe
vide gold ingots, platinum,, dia-
monds.
The Aga Khan sits on one side
of a massive balancing scale
while the precious metal and
jewels are heaped on the 'other.
Naturally, Karim. 'does not re-
ceive •as much as his weighty
grandfather did, but it is still
substantial.
None of the money from the
weighing ceremony goes into the
pockets of the Aga Khan. Al,
though he exercises direct con-
trol -over its use, every penny is
earmarked ,for hospitals, schools,
housing developments; and public
'utility. services.
The last weighing, of Karim's
grandfathet, which • netted $9.,-
000,0110, was used • to build a
modern hospital idu Nairobi.
Karim's; Weight will also consti-
tide a pound-for-pound •value ba
educationy, mediae) treatment
and electrical power for his psO-
...Karim has 'displayed a talent
for helping ,individuals as well,
A little New with tuberculosis,
, girl whose legs ant• twistsed from
polio, and old man whose eye..
sight is , failing, ,are brought to
him for blessing.
Ho adnainisters the ritual '-
then 'creates, a fund for their
proper treatment.
Karim has a private fortune,
which includes _vast land hold-
,ings;. investments and racing
stables, and was given to birreby
his; father and 'grandfather.
'These, plus his personable mari-
ner and good :looks, make him
a. wonderful', catch for any
woman.
"After alt." 'Karim adrOlts;
'what man dOesret want' to get
married? And I am a man."
But he believes helms little to
offer except duty and travel .
constant travel.
When he. does choo.se,,his bride
can be of any nationality; so long
as sshe adopts the Ismaaian
faith.
A wife could be ortremendnus
help- `116 Karim in many ways.
But doubtless her most important
service vrofild be to provide him
with a son, ,to become one day,
perhaps„ the fiftieth Imam.
7n/
!BMA 21 1962*
ers as Mr. Khan and to his school-
mates simply as K.
He• soon became an expert
skier, and last winter was a
member of the British ski team.
It was not until 1960 that• the
new Imam visited his people, the
Ismaili Moslems, who are a pros-
perous minority in Africa, Asia
and the Middle East. In many
ways, they expressed their- ador-
n.
has been said of the; youth-
a t i I ot
feel Karim that his. heart is in
the heavens, but his feet. are. on
•the ground. He is: dedicated to
bettering his people's position in
in this world, while tending spe-
cifically to their spiritual needs;
Soap and water, medicine,
beds, 'peace are the bases ,of his
sermons - if sermons; they are.
Theologically, the Imam is not.
a god. • But the blood of Wham-
' med the, Prophet is believed to
flow in his veins.' FOr his peoples,.
that is enough. What pleases.
Imam, pleases sod.
"-• " 'A 'smile from Karim of Ihrs-
S'aini:Shialt has the same depth
'of meaning to them as a draft
of Pure, clean water would have
to a man dying of thirst.
Yet the Isrnaillans ,are not
thirsty' for religion.- They live it
daily. They pray' often at pre-
determined hours. And they are
content in the belief that no harm
can come to them. , -
If it does, then nothing could
prevent it, anyway!.
Karim created' the city of Kar-
imabad, a few miIes south of
Karachi. It is' a haven of peace
and quiet 'Or' reftigees 'from In-
dia. And, the •people% there lover
him.
On his first visit in 1950„they
pushed against his• car, kissed „the
windows, wept, bowed to •'the'
ground "Ind sought blessings from
the great new Aga Khan.' Karfm
aceepted their devotion with, a
modest understanding and sym-
pathy, writes Lee Miller in "Tit-
Bits".
Foremost in his mind is the'
need ' for education among, his
follower& They' must grow in
knowledge and better themselves'.
through !. it. -Much money 'given
into the faith, •finds itsisway into'
the establishment of schools.
Karim Age Khan talks to them
about education'and urges per,
Karim Aga Khan, is the
world's most, eligible bachelor as
well as the spiritual 'leader of
12,000,000 Ismailians. Yet at
twenty-four he is still single and
heart-free.
Perhaps it was the late Aly
Khan's hectic love life, with its
many affairs and divorces; which
has made Karim determined to
be' right first' time. For Karim is
quite the opposite of his playboy
father,
He dees not haunt the race-
tracks. Gambling casinos and
'nightclubs have, no magic charms
for him. He: 'neither drinks al-
cohol nor smOkes.
It, was five years ago when
Karim • learned' that his grand-
father, the',fibulous Aga Khan,
had passed over his own two
sons,• Aly , and • Sadruddin, and
-named Karinf.',as ,A1-e forty-ninth:..
Imam. The young man immedi-
ately -began to prepare himself
/or the heavy responsibilitieiVith
'which he had been, burdened, At
Harvard Universityln the United
States he worked hard, passed
with honours in history and •dis-
played a fine strength: of charac-
ter.
Although his grandfather had
left him close on $800,000,600
he did not even b wn a car
and went without many things
that would have made elite more
comfortable!
Karim- also excelled , at hockey
and' soccer. One of his best
friends, with whom he roomed
at college,'was John Fell, son of
Adlai Stevenson, U.S. representa-
tive at •the United.,Nations.
Many people liked the direct,
yet shy, 'manner of this tall
youngster with light brown hair
and eyes a, legacy from
his. English mother, Joan Bar-
bara Yarde-Buller.
One of his official addresses
today is his mother's estate in
London.
When his, parents were di-
vorced in, 1948, Karim was given
Into ',the custody, of his father,
thelate Aly -Khan: and was sent
to• a prep;school in Switzerland,
where•he was !mown to the mast-
•
of hospital. And what do you
think he wanted me to do? Go•to
Florida, no less! He• said if we
couldn't both 'get away I should
go by myself -just to finish out
the month of May. He was sure ,
it would do me the world of, good.
•and it I went onceehe wouldn't,
mind betting we', would both
pick up. and ,go every winter
from now 'on. Well, I'didn't go
for that advice' at all. For one
thing I haven't the least, 'desire
to go to Florida, and, for another,
thing we can't: afford it - not
with accounts: coming in from
three doctors! Partner iS, of ,the
same'yopinion. He says - "We
have worked hard all our lives
to , get a 'comfortable home so
why walk out and, leave it?," I
suppose the truth we are. both
home-loving folk. We are. glad
.to visit nearby friends, . and to
have them •visit tit bittl•.,w,e. don't
need to leave herne ie. be enter-
tained. So often we are• invited
by the .Senior Citizens' Club' to
their' meetings but 'we never ac-
cept 4s the meetings are 'at night
and we much 'prefer to be* "at
home,
Two of our -friends in similar
circumstances to, our ,ownehave ,
a lovely home in the C'aledon
Mountains. 'Yet' they are, often
away. Right now they have .just
come; back from a trip and are
.planning to' be away again this
whiter.. Mrs.: F. said tame --
"You • know, Gwen, 'time :is get-
ting .on and, if we want to do
these things - we've got to go be-
fore: it-is too, late.? That struck
me as being ''a • curious 'attitude,
to take, especially as: we thought ,
they •both • looked, GO tired -after
their •Caribbean sight e seeing:
tour. I wonder what other' re-
tired farmer folk think about
the subject that is"„
or staying. comfortably 'at home.
Of coUrseevee are not supposed
to think of, anything these- days
except ,party politics, and who • is,-
going to win: the next election.
,Six weeks Of propaganda - how
can we starictit?:To ma ,an
lion is a necessary' evil. But of
course 'I am interested in' what
:takes. place 'once the government
is in office.
Ah: now I see something that,
is 'really interesting. Our .cock-
, pheasant is strutting around the •
lawn; After, watching hint' for
shout five minutes it ,seetried:,as
if something startled hint' and-he
crouched down and hid 'hithsell
in a 'water furrow.
Well, I Was interrupted at
that stage by Dee,. Art and the
'three boys coming' in. They had:
'been for • a little hike in the •
Credit Valley and 410-dtight • me
trilliums and wild violets. Thank
goodness there are a few places
Where wild life is left undisture
bed. It almost broke my heatt
last 'week when I saw letilldoeer's
levelling what is know as Staring'
bank, Road Where a natural
spring coiner gushing, through
the side of the hill. I believe it
has been there stride the time of
the'Indian 8ettleiti brit,
is
Symbol of ;Cotirt*7..uond. Faith .. ...
..............
Another week has. passed and
there are, a few more leaves on
the trees - but not many more.
Of course the forsythia is in
bloom everywhere and makes• a
pleasing contrast to the other
practically lifeless trees and
shrubs. However, there is some
hops ,as I 'see. there are tiny, buds
on the lilacs .and flowering crab.
I can hardly wait for them to
come into .bloom, And we have
a climbing honeysuckle vine that
has actually survived the winter
after being killed out twice be-
fore. 'We are so pleased with its
progress that Partner is now
busy building a wooden trellis
for it to climb on '- along one
side of the back patio. Some-
thing else: that delights me is the
fact that a number of cotton-tail
poplars appear to be well estab-
lished anclegi-owing fast. I love
the poplarsebecausee they reminf,
me of the farm and, they -real-
ly do melee nice shade trees. But.
Daughter doesn't like them,'at
all.
Well, since we haven't had' too
many nice days - so 'much cold
wind - I haven't done too much
outside myself. But I have been•
cleaning. What I: have been doing
cleaning. What ihave been doing
is going over's, lot of stuff that
has never been unpacked since '
we left the farm - especially
picture frames. Several of the
-pictures are oil paintings' that I
had actually =forgotten. Now
they are seeing 'the light of day
on our livingroorn walls. I have
also, 'entirely rearranged my 'own
room. -- a' combination of den,
workroom eand bedroom. One of
my •neighbours said -'"You are •
always changing things around
why do you do it?" 'Well now,
that's quite a queetion. The truth'
way
I often think I have things •the
way I want them and then I look
around while I ani lying• in bed•
and figure out 'other ways of
making it"more convenient, as a
workro'om. This time. I have
shifted my bed around so I don't
face the light.. That is a great
improvement. I expect to be do-
ing quite a bit of historical re-
search in the near future and
for that job a filing 'cabinet is
a necessity. I had a section down
in the basement so that had to,
be rooted out 'and a place found
for it in my room.
In the' middle of this activity
I went to the doctor for a Check-
up - the first since I carne out
"How do you sell these, byi
the pound?"
, 4.4..z.,`, •
Frei
UPPORTING ROLES Girls dressed as Druids on Chap,
ham Common in London, Englandt llft a colleae Student
‘Ittid carry hien off to be sacrlfiCid 'part of' d fun, at
di carnival. if stelgeei to raise funds for city youth work.•
Blues
Over in
It WAS 't-'windy' Tokyo tititifile
trig and itititag6t Minoru gifi-
iiiada. had just opened the iron
shtitters of the tete Blibehikti
department store near 'trend
Park when he heard a chorus
of screams: The iatesgitit iii
charge of aprinklitig down the
sidewalk cried 4ried that' it was tint.,
ing blue Then, the girls wiPing
,the with dant'
cloths reported that the cloths
this new just completed; cathedral _has been reconstructed
on the tart* Site' of WO' destroyed 600-yeari-Old StruCh4rei,
Ancient Coventry Cathedral;, blasted into a burned-dui shell
by Kati bombers 'dating' the blot of 1940 which almost co ne-
.pletely deitroyed the Br
i
tish lodoitriOl. city of Coventry, liars
been rebuilt of pink tanditone: It was consecrated on May 25.
• Cost of ihe new
m
$3,500,060 edifiee 'it being paid' by the
Scup was of anc ient Coventry Cathedral rose' 16610/ British ' government,. subscription 614 throiiiii
tibtivd. oundt of Charred ruble after the raid 15)., Nona finni-iiidiifiduiali all over the world:
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Modern Etiquette
By Anne Ashle,y
Q. Is, it really considered pro-
per foe a woman .to' use scented •
stationery, and if so, ;how may
she best produce,:this scent?
A.' This is .in quite -good tester
and ,the best way to >do it is to
,put 'a sachet hag •the. drawer
:or' box .in which the ,stationery
is 'kept.
Q. I've been told that a person
should always keep' looking at
-another person while •talking
with him. Is this true?
-A. You are, of eourse, imply-
ing closer attention to what the
other -person is saying, if 'you
loOk at bim• -- but be sure this
doesn't become a fixed and by-
Tnotice stare that could•rnake the
other' person Jecl uncomfortable.
Q. We' are the, 'married chil-
dren of parents ,who soon
be celebrating „, their "25th wed-
ding 'anniversary, and we 'would
like to give them some sort of
,, party. What kind of party should
this be, anti whom 'should we.
illvite A. You can makelhis party a
reception and, above •all, be
sure to invite THEIR , `good
friends, not• just yours.
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