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The Brussels Post, 1962-09-20, Page 2brief barrister to start crimin- al 4 proceedings against Malskat, himself and Dr. Fey. This *art- . ed a police. inquiry. CAUGHT IN THE CRUSH — President Kennedy is mobbed as he tries to sign en auto- graph after nearly 300 members of.cin experiment in international living called on him at the White House, After greeting the group, the President walked among them informally and!{ soon foynd himself being pushed and shoved by enthusiastic well-wishers, most of whom'are from Inclla„.. A fr a tt d squad raidestJ Dr. Fey's &epeneliye villa and ,found. a hoard of forged "Fren&h im- pressionist" paintings. During the trial in 1954. Malshat ex- plained that he had. betrayed his accomplice because he want- ed recognition as a great artist.. Fey's defence-was impressive, "The murals mast 'be from the lath century," he said. 'They bear • a ..remarkable likeness to the Oothic wall paintings in the Schleswig. Cathedral. "An eminent critic has des- -these as 'the greatest ex- pression. of Teutonic art.' And as the Lubeele. and Schleswig mur- als show identical .brush marks, there is no doubt . they were both 'done by the Same genius."' Malskat declared: "The pro- fessor is absolutely right. painted the frescoes in Schles- wig Cathedral too!" Malskat told how he had, 'painted his murals behind mov- able panels on a high scaf- fold. One final piece of proof was bizarre in its hammer. Maiskat had included turkeys in his Lu- beck Work, but the turkey is „a native of America, and had not been introduced into Eur- ope until long after the murals were supposed to have been painted. ..., But experts said that the tur- IWYs finally proved. that Vikings had discovered America before Columbus! Dr.' Fey w e he to prison for twenty months. Then Malekat was charged with fraud, too, He fought this fiercely, show- ing where he, had put an in- scription in Lubeck church say- paintings in this church are by Lothar M.alekat." 'But -the inscription had b e e painted over arid. he was unablee to prove that he hadn't done this:, himself, He was sent to prison for sixteen months.. But he had: destroyed Fey's reputa- ton and built one for himself. Mart's Forgeries Fooled The World One of Western Germany's most successful and wealthiest. painters is Lothar Malskat. }le 4s also one of the most skilful ihoaxers in history. IIis hoaxes emlaarrassed' many .VEttrope's leading art ,experts well as the burghers. of the Germany city of • Lubeck, And ,1Malskat himself Was wont to prison,. Nobody had ever heard of 24alskat in 1951 when "Lubeck celebrated, ,00th anniversary, gighlight of the festivities 'ivas h e unveilOg of 1;ith century murals in ancient St. Mary's Church, hailed as. "the VreateA art find of the cedtury." The hero of this. discovery was Dr. Dietrich Fey, the renowned art expert. Dr, Fey told how he had uncovered the murals while repairing wartime •botrib dam- age to the church. The West German Govern- meat decorated Fey, gave hint a cash grant and issued. 2,000,000 commemorative s t amps. Dr. .Adenauer officiated at the un-_ veiling, and Dr. Fey made a lengthy speech: "Nothing is known of the genius who paint- cod these frescoes," he said, "ex- cept that he was active in about the year 1280,- • Soon afterwards Lothar sicat walked into Lubeck police station and said: "The murals in St. Mary's Church are fakes, I painted them at Dr. Fey's erders.." The police threw him out, but he kept coming back, usually with pieces of evidence. He said that he had also painted about 600 pictures in. the style of old end new mestere; all - these Dr, 'trey had sold — after officially verifying them as genuine. 'a Lubeck councillors approach.- eel Dr, Fey, who dismissed Male • $tat as ",e,., .clisgruntled, unb a le 4..nced" employee whom he had tired. The council was happy to Fey with the distinguished Dr. against Malskate Malskat's next step was to ea„ - ON WITH THE NEW — Italy contributes more beauty and talent to international' movie- making in the person of Georgia' Moll, who is co-star- red with Robert Preston and Tony Rondall in "Not on Your Life" being filmed in Greece. The 24-year-old miss speaks six languages well. Birds Sabotage Rocket Range Birds get blamed and perse- cuted for attacking almost every variety of crop frOm fields of brussels sprouts to fruit-laden orchards. Because of the habit, too, of some speciee, chiefly seagulls and starlings, of flocking to air- ports and alighting on runways, serious damage is often done to aircraft, sometimes with fatal consequences. But, in South Australia, a new charge is being laid against, the feathered invaders: that of sa- botaging the Woomera rocket range. Here, weather observers corn- , plain of high-altitude attacks carried out by hawks with vici- ous, balloon-stripping beaks, To check weather conditions in the upper atmosphere, large balloons are released, carrying meteorological equipment. To the hawks, these floating obsta- cles appear as enemies. And, be- ing pugnacious birds, they don't hesitate to attack at sight and thsee "soft-fleshed" in- truders. Recently, two balloons, in- volved in an aerial battle, fell to the ground, limp and punc- tured by several deadly beak stabs, An irritated scientist re- marked: "A human saboteur couldn't have' done the job bet- ter," How Sherlock Holmes Tales WerfLW ritten The notion of writing a series of short stories round the char- acter of Holmes came to Doyle when he read the monthly maga- zines that were then beginning to cater to the train-traveling pub- lic. "Considering these various journals with their disconnected stories, it had struck me ,that a single character running through a series, if it only engaged the at- tention of the reader, would bind that reader to that Particular magazine. On the' other hand, It had long seemed to me that the ordinary serial might be an- im- pediment rather than a help to a magazine, since, sooner or later, one missed one nuMber and af- terwards it had lost all interest. Clearly the ideal compromise was a character which carried , through, and yet instalments which were each complete in themselves, so that the purchaser was .always sure that he could relish the whole contents of the magazine'. believe that d was the first to ,realize ,this and, .The 'Strand Magazine the first to put it into practice.". His agent, A. P. Watt, sent "A. Scandal in. Bo- hemia" to, the editor of The Strand, dreenheugh Smith, who liked it -and encouraged Doyle: to go ahead 'with the series... As we -have Seen, he seldom took morethan a week to writea story. While living in South Nor- wood, where the last seven of; the Adventures and all the Memoirs were written, he worked from breakfast to lunch and 'from -five to eight in theevening,'averaging three thousand words aeday, and - many, of his'ideas came to him in the afternoons, when walking pr cricketingt tricerelini or play- ingetennis: August 1892 hefold an .interviewer that -he -was fear- ful of spoiling a ':character of which he .was narticuiarly fond, but that hehact enough material, to, carry hiniahroughnanother ser- ies - (the Memoirs);Ith'e oPening story of which., was in his view 'so unsolvable that he had bet his wife a shilling she,., would,, not ,guess the explanation. It was a safe bet: "Silver Blaze" is one of his most brilliant bits 'Of Wark.-1. From "Conan Doyle."' by Hesketh Pearson, Girle,standing beside4Wo Tex- "ans looking at Niagara Falls bet you don't have anything like that in . "No,' but we have plumbers who could fix it," Obey the traffic signs — they are placed there for Y ()tin, SAFETY, ISSUE 38 — 1962 RUSSIAN LIMES Photo Wrens a Soviet soufte shows oviet model in Leningrad in Russian-designed, knee- length tweed, suit which will-be introduced ot the Leipzig In- ternational 'Fair this fall. "SPIIRAL FLARE CASE —"In- spired by the "Gay Nineties," Jean DesseS of Paris designed this evening dress, softly !, draped around the figure. The contour of the figure is ae- conted 'With a spiral frill start- )ng from the hemline and winding to one•shotildee 'took a,t,Dicts, Mother! And Sae sari I don't know netic woman the heroine of, his greatest love story. Her capacity for love is indisputable. She had a way with those susceptible Romans. As for Antony, we are told that she fascinated him with "the arts of love." Elizabeth Taylor's attractive voice, with its trace of huski- ness, has proved useful in her film portrayal of. Cleopatra.. But what kind of voice had the Teals life Cleopatra? . It was delightfully melodious, we•a.re told. P 1,u t'a inch says: "There wes, a sweetness, in -the sound her, voice.;!„,And an-- o th e r writer `teatifies:, "Her of speech Was Rich that she won all Whb listened," It .seems' that Creepatra' al- ways- woeeei the, most alluring. eperfumes.,,,And, when , she ,jour- neyed in „a gelleyealeng the Nile e, in' hot weathee, boys, "like smil- ing Cupids;". fanned' her with brilliantly `coleureci ostrich 'tea= , thers. - Cleopatra loved luxury as welle as love-making, She „provided sumptuous„ feasts for 'her guests. There is a record of one 'visitor to the kitchens of Cleopatra's palace who was amazed to see eight wild boars roasting "Qu e en Cleopatra eVidently has a very large fitaber"Of guests coaling today'" he- re-, fnarked toeher chief chef,'' "No, only -Antony and ,one,, eta two others," was the reply., Some tell us that Cleopatra Rived riding and hunting with Antony in the desert — just to wear off some of the effects' of..:' their high living, She would renep, through, the halls of her palace with him, sags one .hietoriane Arid she en- joyed watching, him Wrestle 'and fence. • Playwrights, s Cl'p t writers; novelists' — they have all been, striving for- yearseto. fathom the mystery Cleopatra's immense ,appeal. Some have ,portrayed' 'as rtless, 'others, taking the line that for her ambition was al'- ways 111.0 Po 4tcPertant, than, love. It is thought that "she 'tried h e r powers of fasciaiallait 'oh Antony's ',final conqueror, Octa- vita — soon to become Angus- . tus,, the, first Emperor of, Rome. It is suggested that it Was be- cause he was proof' against her ' powers that she killed herself. Legend says that Cleopatra's bones still lie, with those of Antony, under a powder-maga- *Me in the harbour 'o f Alexan- dria, One thing is r certain — that when ehe pressed the asp agairist her, bosom, and killed herself, she ended a life which is today brie 'of the World's greatest re- antle legeridt. Was Cleopatra Realty A_Beauty? By modern standards, was Cleopatra 'that passionate, se- ductive and charming queen who ruled Egypt more than 2,000 years ago — really a great beauty?' Did this dazzling but danger- ous woman now- living • again in Elizabeth Taylor's" portrayal of her.. in the $30,000,000 film epic — really have a perfect fig- ure, a lily-white skin, lustrous dark eyes, coal-black, curly 'hair and lovely, irresistible lips? Legend answers "Yes." But legend may be wrong. In fact,, some down-to-earth historians assert that she was. no beauty. A few have inferred that she may even have been plain. But none deny that this "wily serpent of the Nile," as she has been called, this woman whose charms conquered Julius Caesar when she Was still a teenager, had phenomenal personality and, a mysterious allure. Caesar helped her to crush her foes, and slew her brother before eharing the throne of Egypt wi th her, later falling under the daggers of conspira- tors in Rome. Let's forget, for a moment, the extravagant praise lavished by ancient and modern writers on Cleopatra's personal a p p e a r- anee — and also the exotic beauty of Elizabeth. Taylor as she will be seen by millions in the film, wearing sixty gowns and thirty wonderful wigs. Picture, instead, "a strong-will- ed woman with aquiline features suggesting refinement rather than voluptuousness, a woman of "slight physique," as one his- torian describes her, and with vital statistics less impressive than those of -most modern, beauties. "The heads of Cleopatra on a few coins and an indifferent bust in the British Museum do not give the impression 'of a woman of outstanding loveli- ness," writes another, In one relief from the Tem- pi e of Hathor at Dendera, in Egypt, Cleopatra is shown 'wear- ing an elaborate"wig and crown. But no man today would bo- ther to give her a-second glence,. wearing even the most fetch- ing modern clothes, she could return to life and pass him in the street. For the relief shoes that her profile is not particularly at- tractive, Her neck is thick, she kicks rather podgy and has no epvioue 'sex appeal — althoughl of course; standards 61 beauty differ throughout history, and even from race to race. But let's be fair to this 'wom- an who, after Caesar had fallen, sailed in a galley embroidered with a canopy of gold to meet Mark Antony, bewitching h i m to such an extent that he lost his heart to her at once. She must have had enormous charm to thrill and` fascinate these two great men before her,, tragic end, suicide — tradition- ally by the bite an an asp — soon after Mark Antony had. killed himself, Perhaps her astonishing flair for exotic, long clinging robes helped, Her hair-does w er a robahly magnificent. - Incidentally, the g r e a t, new 'revival of interest in the real Cleopatra is already inspiring some fashion designers to evolve "Cleopatra styles" for evening wear in thee U rt i t e d States, And recently Mrs, acque i :Kennedy herself wore what fa- shion ddsigriere in Washington called a Cleopatra haired°, 'with large black bow tied Just over her forehead, In trying to sum tip the real. Cleo p a tr a, Egyptologists are pretty sure she was brilliantly clever' a it d Particularly witty and alriusing in 'the company of Men. Shakespeare Made this. Meg- WAR PAINT — Mrs'r. Cecil Walker, dressed in full'Indian itegalia, makes sonic minor make-up repairs via her farniry'S Outo mirror., She was getting set for the third annual pow- *ow at the old agehty gtoLlhds, north of Topeka. eovered by• ematie .'f WI ILDOWIA enreLP0Alti01):. Certainly it the surface tem- perature4,i are as high as some In t a :400, degrees cerl ti- ' grade sis?i! err --- it is going to "make }Minim .exploration of the, pi: net very difficult, and make Me of any kind as it is known nn earth. virt ual ly ienOdesib5. • Aneiont fvuulionle.0 used to, think inat,Ventis was two stars, since it is 'nee cbserved through, out the, night but appears in both morning and evening s'Isiee. The morning star, -so-called. since it appeared just before sunrise, was called Phosphorus, The similar-looking evening star was teamed Heepertis; Bue,eomewhere bac:4, in. the lost pages of history etn astronoe mer discovered that the White- shrnu Phuphorus was the HoSperus. planet was then niimed Venue 'for the .Roman's goddess of :flow- ers, and then of love. Man has not learned much, actuall.yeethout Venus esincee chat day. What Mariner II should do (in, the 30 minutes or so it has to, observe Venus in close-up) is answer at least some of -the mysteries about the planet that have so intrigued mankind for centuries. — Modern Etiquette Ry Anne Ashley Q. l's it; proper t- o say "thank • YoO" to a waiter and, if so, ' when? • A, Certainly eee fote any court- testes you neey think "above an beyond the e call of thity."' It 't • not necessary to` thank him' stir ,ply fqr 04 -proffering •hr any , dishes, however. „ .; Q. With a joint checking ac- count, is it correct for the wife to' 'sign checks as "Mrs. Harry Baker?" A. The correct Way for, hertte sign the checks, depends upon, 'how she hes sMped ,the ture card at. the .bank._ She' may y adopt the fb"rni."-eif "i.'s. tarry' Baker," or she may ' sign there as "Mary Gi 'Bdker." • Ott LY'S SALLIES ettcas — The Most Mysterious; Planet Before the year :is ottiohe United States, shzuld littyq on- looked .some sirets cf . its ..sh4ter..pItinot, Venus. That is, • if Mariner the la.000,000 spacecraft Tr w k• it its. 131,000.000 'mile trip to yolim pirforma as expected, Of rill the planets Venufi is the most: mysterious 'though `' the closest to the earth, and the third brightest object in, the heavens atext to the sun and moon. The reason is 'that it is COD- stantly covered 'by a dense blan- ket of clouds. Astronomers therefore have not been able to make direct" Observations of its surface, as they have of Mars, the moon, other heavenly bodies. , • e . One of the puzzling features of Venus the changeable dank and light markings that appear on its cloud layer. What do they signify? IloW...'do they origin, ate? Some people have guessed they mark breaks in the cloud cover, But they have no regu- larity, and so far it has been. impossible' to see through them, Another mystery is the length of a day on Venus. Quite a num- ber • of astronomers and space scientists believe that Venus rotates on its axis at a slow rate, possibly only ,at every 725 "earth" days, However„ it' ass iknoWn `that A Venus-year lasts 225 earth-days, that is, it takes '225 , earthedaye'. for Venus, to revolve around the ., sun. If the length 'cif rbtation guess is correct; then it ,woUld mean' " that the planet tulles only once in about ,the time - it, takes to complete an orbit. IT so, an as- tronomer's "day" on Venus would lasts a w,hole-Venus-year. Or since one side of the planet —, like the moon — would al- ways be facing the sun, that side Iwould enjoy perpetual (day"' while eh& `other would always be in. darkness'. * But not .all astronomers be- lieve it takeS. 225' earth-daysnfor Venus to make 'a spin around' its' The Soviets, for example, have , puteout a recent study on Venus indicating that their observa- tions suggest a Venus-day lasts' only about-nine earth-days. 'How- ever, they postulate this on so many "ifs" and premises. thatte they too accept the possibility of a 225 earth-day -on Venus.- - They also mention, studies eby ethers indicating. a Ventts-day may be even .,shorter 'than an .,earth-day, 2r2 hours and 11 min- utes to be exact. ' - So until Mariner II, and pos- ibly space shots, can fa- them 'the secrets of Venus, the range" of guesses as to the length of a Venus-day goes from less 'than one earth-danto•sevenTd one-half earth-inOpthS4 If Venus always presents the same face to the sun, it is as- sumed by many that the temper- atures there are either faritas- tically hot or incredibly cold. But some scientists believe that the impression that the planet is very hot comes from the pres- ence in the ionosphere around Venus of thousands of times the electron deneity of the earth, writes Neal Stonford in the Christian Science Monitor. Still others believe ' that the' high 'temperatures ire dire' to a "greenhouse" , _effect in which The sun's energy is trapped eaeath the dense cloud isirrhadon. And another theory Miles' that the suriacei sofe Venus-. is heated by friction producedeehy' high, winds and dust, clouclar." ' 'So until a spacecraft can get close enough to Venus to un- ravel soirietf '.:fife'seeneystaiese- the astronomers andeieetentistel on earth are going Oseheye to :continue to epecAeeen ein, y 'characterenus and ebmposition of On'e does not know, In fact, if the- Surface off ',Venus is ,a solid substance or Wheillage it„ is part- . 1y, at .,least. (if not completely) OOL RECEPTION hese huge denizens 'of the Arctic May be able to bear up um.] t the bear facts of life' as Rornall citizens hurl 'cool," way-out souvenirs /kVA homes