HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1962-06-28, Page 2SHAPE OF '62—Travis Hudson, who'll appear in Leonard
Stillman's "New Faces of 1962," wears one of the 100 cos-
tumes made for the show by Brooks Costumes,
REAL HUMILIATION — Charles Van Doren and his wife,
Geraldine, leave court in New York after Van Doren pleaded
guilty to lying about his appearances on rigged TV shows,
He received a suspended sentence from a judge who said
he could "read the humiliation on your face,"
Modern Etiquette
By Anne Ashley
Q, When writing a letter or
note to a brother and sister
(both unmarried), may one ad.
dress the envelope to "Miss Dor-
othy Norris And Brother"?
A. Never, The envelope
should he addressed either to the
sister or the brother, but never
to both,
Q. When a woman guest is
leaYing a Party and the men are
standing nearby waiting Or her
to make her exit, and she is en-
gaged in, conversation with the
hostess, should they remain
standing or may they sit down?
A. They should remain stand,
ing for so long as they are near-
by, It would, however, be all
right for them to sit down if they
move to another part of the
room,
Q. Please advise me the best
rule to ronow regarding the or-
der of use of one's utensile at a
dinner.
A. Use the outside utensils
first — the ones farthest from
the plate on either side- That set.
of utensils is- their left on the
plate and removed when the
course is' changed. Then pick the
outside utensils for the next
course, If, by any chance, the
outside fork is not the correct
one, it's the' table-settees, fault,
not yours. If in doubt about
whether a fork or- spoon is cor-
rect for' a' certain course„ follow
your hostess:. lead.
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personal affairs---it is only pate
ttrel, that we should---but they
ought not to be the main topic
of the letter Interest and con-
cern for the person to, wheal, we
are writing should surely come
first, also letters should be the
media ,for an :interchange of
thoughts and ideas concerning
other than, fatnily' affairs,— for
instanc,e an opiniOn about' some
Particular book, concert pr tele-
vision program, or a descrip-
tion of seine outstanding hobby
—and of course a few intelligent
remarks about the problems of
the world in general would in
we are not exactly living
in a world of our own,
I'll tell you something else I
have discovered, It is mother and
dad, or the grandparents, who
hold the family together. Mother,
in ' her friendly, chatty way,
gives you all news about the
other 'cousins, uncles, and aunts.
Without keeping up a steady cor-
respondence with other members
of the family you know what
they are doing through mother's
letters. Without realising it
mother is the central figure
within what might otherwise be
a loosely-knit family circle.
Think back, those of you who
have lost your parents, and you
will realize that what I have said
is true. How much do you know
about your second and third gen-
eration cousins? If you were to
take a hurried trip to the Old
Country wherever that may
be—would you know where to
go if you wanted to visit some
of your family connections?
I am afraid "the family" meant
more a few generations back
than it does today. Most people
took great pride in their family
name and Christian names were
handed down from father to
son. A'Family Bible was a treas-
ured possession in many homes
as in it were recorded the births
marriages and deaths—to all in-
tents and purposes a complete
family -tree. "Isn't it time' we re-
vived our interest in fainily tra-
ditions? Villages are disappear-
ing, towns becoming cities, fam-
ily names forgotten. One thing
we can do to preserve local his-
tory is to keep in touch with our
own immediate family — and
there is no- better way than by
writing letters. How •about it,
friends—what' about those let-
ters you have, .forgotten to an-'
swer?
Water Pistol Nabs
Drug Peddler ,
FRINGE B ENEFIT N e w,
fringe - tri m med outfit for
twisters is modeled by Sandy
Scott. Slacks and shouldet-
baring top are of white suede
and the fringe is of imported
silk.
We have actually , come out
of the deep freeze—and I, for
one, am very glad. The cold
winds were bad enough but
'stepping around on the ice was
even worse—to• say nothing of
the glare of the bright sun on
the snow and ice. It was almost
blinding, even if one wore sun
glasses. However, weatherwise,
we really .have little to grumble
about hi this part' of the world.
Even .at "zero mostof our 'houses
are so equipped that we 'can be
comfortable and warm. Our main
worry in bad- weather, is hot for
ourselves' but for' out iriends and ,
relations in. England. Yesterday
'had a letter from' Cicely—a
friend living near Ss‘ianage and
it was mostly about the weather.
On. Christmas Day a taxi she -had
ordered couldn't get to the house.
so the driver left -his- cab, on .the
Some Stars Move
In Families
A glance at the sky, Or better,
at a photograph of a fragment of
the sky, suggests that, hi the
Main, the stars are scattered at
random over the sky, except for
the, concentration of faint Stars
In and towards the Milky Way,
Any small bit of sky does
not look very different from
What it would if bright and faint
stars had been sprinkled hap-
hazard out of a celestial pepper.
N.' pot,
Yet this is not quite the whole
Story, Here and there groups of
conspicuous stars are to be seen,
which can hardly have come to-
gether purely by accident, Ori-
on's Belt, the Pleiades, Berenice's
hair, even the Great Bear itself
do not look like accidents, and in
Point of fact are not, it is the
existence of these natural groups
of stars that lies at the root of,
and justifies, the division of the
constellations. . , •
The members of any group,
such as the Pleiades, not only
shOw the same physical proper-
ties, but also have identical mo-
tions through space; they are
journeying perpetually through
the sky in one another's society.
As the stars of such a group are
both physically similar, and trav-
el in company, they might ap-
propriately be described as a
family of stars, . .
Let us first turn out attention
to families consisting of only two
members, Even if the stars had
been sprinkled on to the sky at
random out of a pepperpot, the
laws of chance would require
that in a certain number of cases
pairs of stars should appear very
close together. And a study of a
photograph of any star-field
shows that a large number of
such close pairs actually exist.
The number is, however, greater
than can be explained by the
laws of chance alone. The appa-
rent closeness of some pairs may
be attributed to chance, but a
physical cause is needed to ac-
count for the remainder.
We can unravel the mystery by
photographing the field at inter-
vals of a few years and compar-
ing the various results obtained,
Some of the stars which original-
ly appeared as close pairs will be
found to move steadily apart.
These are the 'pairs of stars
which, although they appeared
close together in the sky, were
not so in space; one star merely
happened to be almost exactly in -
line with the other as seen from
the earth. Other pairs are found
not to break up with the passage
of time; although the two compo-
nents change their relative posi-
tions, they never become comple-
tely separated. Each star is found
to be describing an orbit about
the other, just as the earth does
round , the sun, and the moon
round the earth, and for precise-
ly the same reason.—From "The
Universe Around Us," by Sir
James Jeans.
Pair of Leaves
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MALE FASHION NOTE
"German men do not know
how to dress properly," says a
leaflet, issued by the• country's
textile industry. So the industry
is sending out advice such as:
"When wearing a dark green
suit, always carry a dark green
umbrella."
Hong Kong police are waging
an all-out war against drug ped-
lars. And recently a policeman
hit on a bright idea• to catch a
slippery customeie=by using a
water pistol loaded with red ink.
At a house 'where drug-traf-
ficking was suspected, the police-
man handed a dollar bill in
through a' crack in the door.
A small packet of heroin was
pushed Out' and the policeMan
immediately fired his, water pis-
tol through the ,crack:
When -the door was smashed
open; 'the offender was easily
identified, among several -people
in the house, by the red ink
which was splattered over him.
The story was revealed in
court when the man, with, eight
previous convictions, was sen-
tenced, to three years' imprison-
ment,
Behind The Scenes
In High Society
At a svelte 57, Cecil Beaten is
one of the world's :ear."Ers in the
realm of chi-chi. As a young man
at the university, he was'a trem-
bling snob who wanted to know
the "best people at Cambridge,
if there are any," and he has
grown up to become photog-
rapher to the British Royal fam-
ily, the costume designer for "My
Fair Lady," and altogether as
fragrant a swell 'as ever wafted
among friendships with such peo-
ple as Edith Sitwell, Greta Gar-
bo, Pablo Picasso. Gertrude Stein,
and the Duchess of Windsor.
The diaries of such a man
from the age of 18 to 36 might
be expected to be somewhat re-
barbative. But "The' Wandering
Years" is not, and for good rea-
sons: Beaton has feelings as well
as whims; he is self-critical as
well as self-intoxicated; and he
writes about his environment
with comic insight as • well as
infatuation. He can't help being
himself, .but he knows .a good
deal about what that self is. The
result is an acute self-portrait
and a fascinating panorama of
the world of high and gasping
fashion.
Most of his 'pages read like
breathless and privileged gossip.
Parties of. William Randolph
Hearst at his California castle,
San Simeon, are intimately des-
cribed in all their heroic-scale
vulgarity. Adele Astaire devot-
edly learns new dance steps
from young Negroes. Greta Gar-
bo relaxes in an evening of the-
atrical horseplay, sighs "tomor-
row I got to work with a lot of
people .who are dead," and gives
Beaton a yellow rose "which she
had kissed, and which I now
took up the turret stairs to keep
pressed between the pages of my
diary."
Pablo Picasso surprises Beaton
by having furniture which is not
in the least chic but which pos-
sesses, its own sturdy virtues.
France's pyrotechnic "intent--
gerice, .wit, and authority"' Jean
Cocteau seems to be eaten by a
Women are to blame for niost
of the lying men do, They In-
sist •on asking questions.
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main road and walked up„ the
street to collect Cicely and her
overnight case. Another time she
wanted to visit a sister-in-law in
a hospital at Lewes but she
ccouldn't because the buses had
stopped, running—storm-bound.
And since her letter was written
I know there have been terrific
gales sweeping across the coun-
try. So, in comparison, what have
we to complain about?
The early part of the year al-
ways seems to bring an influx
of mail, And hqw I do love get-
ting letters! But then,' doesn't
everyone? Partner goes for the
mail about eleven-thirty — rural
delivery. When he, comes in my
first question is—"Any letters to:,
day?" If there are letters then.
I sit down and read them. Dinner
has to wait until I have enjoyed .
and digested, them. Such nice let-
.,
tern most of-the time' but 'some-
times they make me feel guilty.
For instance, in a recent• letter
Lillian C. weete—"I. was -so, de-
lighted to get •your nice; icing
- letter—Mut I do wish you would. •
write more,often —eyour ' letters
are always Sci-iriteresting."*Well,
that was news tame.' I didn't
know I wrote an interesting 'let-
ter. I just *rite-4:466d: Bilt her
remark' set me thinking and I
tried to analyse, yarious types' of
letters. And do you„knoW, what
I .discovered-? I found the sort
of letters people enjoy most are..
the ones that Show interest in,
the recipient's persenal affairs,
. and do not dwell- too much ,on
'the writer's own-worries, and af-
flictions. I am sure yob eknow
What I mean. Haven't you some
times had' a letter from eyour
sister •or Aunt Susie going into
detail about the trouble they've
had with Jtinior or thee latest
argument With one of the "in-
laws?" Then' at the ericl Of 'the
letterethe writer says—"I'm Sor-
ry Fred has been in 'hospitele
Hope you have all, got. overethe,
'flu , and that the children are
back to school. Guess that's 'all,
for now . . ."
The closing remarks show how
little' genuine" interest the writ-
er had in,the other•person's prob-
lems. Now I don't mean we.
shouldn't write ahout. our own
•
central unhappiness — "the per-
sonal tragedy of being abandon-
ed by lovers." Gertrude Stein
and Alice. B. Toklas are as
easy as old pairs of• espadrilles.
Mrs. Wallis`Simpson makes Bee-
ton her confidant just before her
wedding to the Duke of Windsor,
when everything is so strained,,
although the duke's equerry, For-
wood; "seemed pooped but,-alert.."
. When Beaton is finally surnmon-
ed to photograph Queen Eliza-
beth-, of England, just before
World War II; she acts like a
happy young girl enjoying a
treat: ,
In, the midst of such ga-ga ex-'
citements,, however, Beaton re-
mains a student of himself, winc-
ing at his snobbery and his early
unpopularity-. He tells how he
was bullied' at school thy a gang
led by,EvelYn Waugh), and was
some years later thrown, into a
river .by; other tail-coated •guests
•at a druid scale! Oceasion. He re-
calls how the arch-fashionable
Noel. Coward, one of his" idols,
first scathingly _mimicked him
and, then gave him advice: "Your
sleeves are too 'tight, your voice
is too high and too precise. You
mustn't `do it, It closes so many
doors." Beaton also tells profes-
sional tales On himself: How, for.
instance, veteran photographer
beat him to the front pages with
pictures of the Windsor mar-
riage,
Beaton writes exceedingly
moving pages on the death of
his father, a loving, cricket-play-
ing businessman to whose mem-
Jay the book is dedicated, and on
that of his brother, an RAF flier.
And nowhere does Beaton write
with more arresting suggestion
than in. an entry during 1935: "I
drug myself against reality by
plunging into •cvork and engage-
ments, without allowing myself
time to be aware of anything be-
yond My immediate interests , .
I mingle with too Many people;
I'm dazed by too many lights.
My sketches are too quick, thy
articles too quick-fire.. my photo-
graphs too many . I arti at best
Able to appreciate only Certain
superficial forms of beatity and
sensual delights."
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WIthoilt tipping' 'NeVerthee
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