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• A small, stocky, heavily -muscled
youngster weighing 157 pounds broke
into the National Hockey League opening
night of play. His name, Henri Richard.
His age, 19 years. His weight, 157 pounds
His background, junior hockey only.
Henri Richard is a younger brother
of the famed Rocket Richard. He's known as the Pocket
Rocket, And because of his poundage, there were those who
feared the hard-hitting major league would be too' much for
him But how much must an athlete weigh to make a place
for himself in top company, in a heavy contact sport? Is
size everything?
To confound those who stress the necessity of weight in
hockey, there was Aurel Joliet, one of the great left wings
of all time, Joliet weighed 155 pounds when he joined
Canadiens back in the 20's. He was pale, sickly -looking,
suffered from stomach -trouble throughout his career of 16 •
full seasons.
But Joliat had a high competitive spirit; he had glittering
skill in handling the puck, and he threw a shot that, while
not hard, was always delivered with deadly accuracy to a
corner of the opposing cage.
Then there was Ken Doraty, a close approach to the
midget division. His weight' was around 125 pounds. On the
night of January 16, 1934, irt.Ottawa, when the teams in the
NHL played overtime, Leafs and Senators were tied 4 -all.
Into the overtime picture, stealing the thunder of the giants,
the midget raced through fdk 41 'ee goals in 10 minutes over-
time, a modern record. Anelit • was Doraty who, on April 3,
1933, broke up a scoreless Stanley Cup battle between Leafs
and Bruins after 104.46 minutes of overtime, by scoring the
Only goal.
Rabbit McVeigh of the old New York Americans was
a midget, too, Balding Normie Himes of the same team was
a lightweight,
The Good Little Men — they've starred in all sports.
Spirit, .and the will to win are evidently more important
than weight.
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When Isa Whale
Not a Whale?
When is a whale not a whale?
When it's a fish. That, at least,
Se the answer the magistrate at
a Bergen court gave in a case
which recently came before him.
Yt has caused a lot of interest
and amusement there.
A stall -holder in the market
place of the town was accused
ed selling whale meat despite
the regulations forbidding the
sale of meat from an open stall.
He said he had been selling it
tier twenty years without pre-
vious complaint. "Besides," he
said, "It's fish."
That started it. Norwegian
food experts who were asked for
a definition said the whale was
a mammal and its flesh must
therefore be meat. The trader's
lawyer then pointed out that
this food came from the sea.
Could it therefore be anything
ether than fish?'
The prosecution said: "But one
always speaks of whale meat.
How can it possibly be fish?"
At this, the accused man played
Ms trump card. "Open the Bi-
ble!" he cried. And the Clerk of
the court read out: "Now the
Lord had prepared a great fish
fe swallow up Jonah."
"Ah, yes!" replied the prose-
eution, "but the 'great fish' might
not necessarily have been a
whale."
But the defence lawyer had
ready a reply. "Look up Mat-
thew, chapter twelve, verse 40,"
vk
he said, "Jonah was in the
whale's belly."
The court decided at last that
whale is "not meat in the ordin-
ary sense," though "not there-
fore necessarily fish."
So the street trader was dis-
charged, and left the court con-
gratulated on all sides.
Dummy Posed For
Queen's Portrait
It was a perfect summer day,
and after lunch the Queen was
free of official events. The Duke
of Edinburgh joined the children
in the grounds of Buckingham
Palace but despite her afternoon
off the Queen had to go to her
dressing -room and don full ev-
ening dress, including jewellery.
"Her Majesty has a sitting.
What a pity on a day like this,"
Said a lady-in-waiting. But to
the artist who eagerly awaited
her in the Yellow Drawing Room
the Queen gave no hint of her
regret at deserting the garden.
For nearly an hour she sat
motionless, maintaining a diffi-
cult pose with but two brief
respites. Instinctively she knew
when to chat to afford the artist
relaxation ... and when to sit
completely silent and still while
the painter worked in deep ab-
sorption.
A week seldom passes, indeed,
but that the Queen quietly takes
two or three hours of her spare
time in Order to grant a series
of sittings to a painter or sculp-
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But it's not effective against burglars, so after hours, the air
current is, switched off and a steel and glass night door is bolted
In place.
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locomotives to salting down pickles is the story of a number of
obsolete railroad water towers along the Union Pacific line.
They were bought by the Dreher Pickle Company as pickle vats.
This tank is being torn down at Sylvan Grove.
tor. Pietro Annigoni's wonderful
study of the Queen in her blue
Garter robes entailed as many
as fifteen sittings, totalling twen-
ty hours, and even this was no
record.
When James Gunn, the Scot-
tish artist, was commissioned to
paint the State portrait, her
Majesty surrendered part of her
summer holiday at Balmoral.
Then, months after the picture
had been publicly exhibited, the
artist still felt he had not com-
pleted the portrait to h' satis-
faction and the matter was
brought to the Queen's attention.
Unhesitatingly she agreed to
further sittings in London.
Fortunately She need not be
present at every session. James
Gunn worked for months with
the Coronation robes draped on
a dummy; and Annigoni bor-
rowed an old plaster model
reamed Rosie which happened
to have almost the exact pro-
jportions Of - the Queen. When
Prince Charles and Princess
Anne were shown into the room,
they almost ignored their mo-
ther's picture but were delight-
ed to shake Rosie's hand.
Then there was the charming
sidelight on royal portraiture
when Ulrica Forbes was execu-
ting a crayon portrait of Prin-
cess Anne. When the drawing
was half -finished, the little girl
asked, "May I see?"
"Not yet, Anne," said Miss
Forbes. "Wait until it is finish-
ed." The Princess never asked
again until the artist offered to
show her. The Queen, too, often
walks Over to examine the pro-
gress of a portrait after a sit-
ting. But she never makes a
comment.
Douglas Chandor, America's
highest paid portrait painter,
arranged a mirror so that the
Queen could watch his work.
When he made a false brush
stroke, he knew that the Queen
knew. But he found that no sit-
ter could be more helpful.
Simon Elwes, that most emin-
ent Of portraitists, also knows
of the Queen's deep considera-
tion. After falling ill with par-
alysis, he struggled along the
high road of recovery and was
commissioned to paint t h e
Queen's portrait, But the Queen
insisted on departing from prey
cedent and visited him in his
studio in St. John's Wood for
sittings.
It was a tribute -to his won-
derful struggle. The paralysis
affected his painting hand ` so
that he knew he could never
paint with it again. Yet this was
a battle that had to be fought.
Elwes tranferred his brush to
his left hand and ultimately
won with it the mastery he had
enjoyed with his right.
The royal portrait was finished
and, to celebrate it, Mr Elwes
staged a party at his studio
Once again the Queen broke with
precedent for she went as a
guest and stayed over an hour
It was to Simon Elwes, too
that Princess Margaret once gave
a sitting lasting five solid hours.
Often, a royal sitting may ac-
tually mean a fatiguing standing
position. Every year a dozen or
more portraits of the Queen
alone are made at the behest of
city companies, Comn,enwealth
authorities and the like, and all
members of the Royal Family
regard "sittings" as very much
a part oftheir job.
One artist likes his sitters to
listen to music. A lady-in-wait-
ing—always .present tothese
occasions—is entrusted with the
choice of records. The Queen
ISSUE 50=1955
readily puts new portraitists at
ease by talking simply of "my
husband," "my sister" or "my
children."
Pietro Annigoni, as a matter
of fact, gave her an awkward
moment for he originally posed
Her Majesty looking towards
the darkest corner of the room.
But with infinite tact the Queen
mentioned that as a little girl
in that room she had always
enjoyed watching the people and
traffic from the window.
It was an inspiration. Anni-
goni instantly suggested *
change in her pose and so se-
cured the warm expression and
clear lighting.
When Dorothy Wilding photo-
graphed the Queen for the new
stamps, expert care was needed
to see that Her Majesty's fore-
head or chin did not seem to
protrude unnaturally. It was
the Duke of Edinburgh who
first suggested the half -profile
—a break with formal tradition
-found on the postal stamps
of today.
When photographers first went
to Buckinham Palace years ago,
it was suggested that the cam-
era would save all the time
lavished on artists' sittings. But,
of course, camera posing has
proved to be just an extra chore,
requiring no less care. Cecil
Beaton took no fewer than sev-
enty pictures of Prince Charles
to secure seven which he con-
sidered suitable for submission
to the Queen.
On one occasion, when he had
spent over three hours photo-
graphing the Queen Mother, he
was rebuked by a Palace super-
intendent. "Do you realize a
man from the Office of Works
has been in the next room for
four days? He's been waiting to
see Her Majesty for two minutes
about the colour of the walls
to be repainted in the Throne
Room."
In the days of King George
V, no photographer was allowed
to take pictures for more than
twenty minutes. Press photogra-
phers at outdoor events were
even more unfortunate, for they
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