HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1956-03-22, Page 3Facts -Foolish And Otherwise
The British people are great
fol. statistics.
Especially year -enol type of
statistics. There is one gentle-
man, for example, who annually
keeps The Times, of London,
informed about the most fre-
quently used Christian names
of boys and girls carried. in The
Times birth and adoption an-
nouncements.
The four most popular names
for boys in 1955, according to
Mr. J. W. Leaver, who keeps
watch on such things here, are
John, David, James, and Charles.
That's the same order (using
only The Times announcements
as a standard, of course) as in
1954. There were 159 Johns,92
Davids, 91 Jameses, and 82
Charleses. Next in order came
Richard, Michael, Christopher,
Peter, Andrew, and Anthony.
The latter six showed vari-
ations from the 1954 pattern.
Andrew and Anthony, Mr.
Leaver pointed out in The
Times letter column, crowded
out Nicholas, Robert, and Will-
iam. On the upgrade in popular-
ity, although not yet among the
!Big Ten, are Simon, Mark, and
Jeremy. Coasting downhill in
1955 were Nicholas, Paul, and
Edward.
Now for the girls. Ann (or,.
Anne) crowded out Mary for
the No. 1 spot this year, 153 to
128, although Mary won in 1954.
Then came Jane with 124, and
Elizabeth with 91. After that:
Caroline, Sarah, Susan, Mar-
garet, Frances, and Clare.
Mr. Leaver, who for some
years past has kept account of
children's names in this fash-
ien, informs us Alison and Nic-
ola are on the increase as girls'
names, while Amanda, Nelen,
Louise, and Patricia appear to
be in a slump, writes Henry S.
Hayward in The Christian
Science Monitor.
Mr. Leaver presumably re-
ceives no recompense for his
annual chore -and the statistics -
keeping involved throughout
the year -other than the pleasure
of keeping track of something
most of the rest of us can't be
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CURL CAP - You're wrong if
you thing Earl Carroll is greas-
ing his car. He's squirting
neutralizer on a woman's hair,
which is done up in a plastic
curling device being demon-
strated at the international
Beauty Show. Forty plastic
tubes lead from a "distributor"
to plastic curlers. Waving fluid
flows from the distributor noz-
*le to the hollow curlers, sat-
urating the hair and running
Into the cap at the nape of the
neck, Fluid is saved for reuse,
bothered about. Yet I have
heard: numerous people here
remark with interest on these
particular name -statistics.
Nonie and Bernard Burrell,
two other English shatistics-
keepers from Maidenhead,spe-
cialize in reports on Christmas
cards received. They also pro-
vide an anntial list for The
Times, a newspaper ' whose
letter column likewise manages
to keep score on such improb-
able items as'' the number of
double over -bumps scored in
Thames boat racing throughout
the years. (No don't tell me you
don't. know what a double over -
bump is; there's no time to go
into that here!
The Hurrens analyzed 235
cards received from all over
the world in 1955. They tell us
a holly or snow motif led the
field easily with 94-a big jump
from 1954 when whiter decora-
tions rated only 34. Crests and
badges accounted for. 24, and
nativity scenes 22. Buildings
(whatever that means) also
numbered 22.
Other topics mentioned by
the Hurrens included dogs, air-
planes, ships, and colored pic-
tures. They also classified four
as just "plain greetings." More-
over they were pleased to
report hidden advertisements,
of which they received. 13 in
1954, dropped to zero this past
Christmas. On the other hand,
they got no "dogs last year,
and 10 this year.
"The Christmas idea behind
dogs, buildings, birds, ships,
and especially colored pictures
(many of costly production)
defeats our understanding," the
Hurrens confess. They feel that
the big increase in nativity
scenes (from 2 to 221 may show
a swing to religioin.
But I keep coming back to
Mr. Leaver. Where on his list,
I wonder, do the- Hurrens'
names, Nonie and Bernard,
rata? They weren't in his Big
Ten, that I know, And while
Mr. Leaver may keep track of
Christian names, what does he
do with his ,Christmas cards?
Just ignore them? Toss them
on the hall table for the wife
to sort out?
And, for that matter, I know
it's prying, but I'in interested
in Mr. Leaver's own name,
What do the "J" and the "W"
stand for?
John (No, 1 in 1954 and 1955)
and William (declining)?
Or James (No. 3 in 1954 and
1955) and -what other "W" is
there, anyhow? Walter, Wilfred,
Walsingham (all unlisted)?
Five Exhibits to
Honor Rembrandt
One of the outstanding at-
tractions in holland in 1956 will
be the tribute the Dutch people
will pay to one of their greatest
sons, Rembrandt.
Born in Leyden 350 years ago,
Rembrandt has always been the
most popular and romantic of
the great Dutch masters; but
never before have such careful
plans been made to ensure full
honor.
There were at first proposals
to have a Rembrandt Pageant,
a Rembrandt Opera and a Rem-
brandt play. But the logical
Dutch finally decided that the
greatest honor they could pay
to their illustrious son would
be to give as many people as
possible the opportunity of see-
ing as many of Rembrandt's
works as could possibly be col-
lected and made available.
So Rembrandt Year in the
Netherlands is being celebrated
STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH - Looks like "George",
the goose, has stuck his neck out too far. But he's really in no
danger, because he's a feothered friend, of "Belle" a Palomino
snare on the Thomas Graber farm. When George tries to hog
the oats in Belle's bucket, Belle grabs George by the neck as,
nhown above and removes the goose gently from the scene.
SWiNG AND SWIG - You don't have to be drunk to sway at this
bar in Munich, Germany. instead of bar stools, chair hammocks
susplended from the ceiling are provided for customers. But just
so there isn't too much swaying by tipsy patrons, the chairs are
"anchor,ed" to the floor by a rope.
by five separate exhibitions of
the artist's works. As a result
of spontaneous cooperation of
museums, galleries and collec-
tors all over the world, two of
these exhibitions, one in Am-
sterdam and the other in Rot-
terdam, will be larger and more
comprehensive than any Rem-
brandt display ever held previ-
ously anywhere in the world.
Both will open in the middle
of May and be on view until
the beginning of August. They
will then be exchanged; that is,
the Amsterdam collection will
move to Rotterdam, and that
from Rotterdam be displayed in
the Dutch capital.
No attempt has been made to
put a cash value on the Amster-
dam exhibition, because Dutch
experts consider it will be price-
less. The most elaborate pre-
cautions are being taken to safe-
guard the treasures.
The Rembrandt Exhibition in
the Boymans Museum in Rotter-
dam will concentrate on draw-
ings and . sketches, many of
which have been garnered from
private collections and never
before been on public show.
These sketches will be so ar-
ranged as not only to give an
insight into the care taken by
the master in preparing his ma-
jor works but also to show how
his style matured and mellowed
during the years.,
It was not to be expected that
Rembrandt's own house in Am-
sterdam, which is already a
delightfully contemporaneous
storehouse of memories of the
master, would be forgotten for
this birthday celebration. Situ-
ated in the heart of the capital,
it will display from May 17 to
Oct. 20 original drawings, re-
productions and engravings of
the city in which Rembrandt
lived and worked for so long.
To give realit,, to the display,
there will also be photographs
showing that those places much
frequented by Rembrandt look
like today.
Fortunately for the organizers
of this Rembrandt Year, the
Dutch artist was a prolific work-
er. As' one Dutch businessman
has put it: "Rembrandt surely
was the pioneer of today's Dutch
campaign of productivity in-
crease."
So in addition to the large
number of the artist's works
being displayed in the three ex-
hibitions already mentioned,
there are two others with a
special appeal.
One of these is to be in Rem-
brandt's home town of Leyden,
where the Municipal Museum
will house a specially selected
collection of paintings and
drawings loaned by enthusiasts
who felt that his birthplace
must not be overshadwoed by
the exhibitions on view in the
large cities. This will also con-
tain works by his contempor-
aries.
Lastly, in the Teyler's Mu-
seum in Haarlem, the home of
that other spectacular Dutch
Master, Frans Hais, there is to
be en exhibition of etchings and
drawings of Rembrandt and his
pupils. .
Other features of the Rem-
brandt Year will be a special
postage stamp, lecture courses
for school children as well as
foreigners living in Holland, and
concerts devoted to music of the
Rembrandt period.
Tooth -brush Makes
Good Cleaning Aid
The demalr,:s of the modern
home call for a housewife tobe
a "Jack of all trades." It's a
frequently heard complaint,
from the woman of the house,
that the little irritating jobs are
the greatest consumers of time
and energy.
'One of the handiest helpers
in the home is the family's old
tooth -brushes. After their tenure
of office in the bath -room, tooth-
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ahead of them as cleaning
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survey on the care and uses of
tooth -brushes which lists 222
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nylon bristle brushes just
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were not confined to house
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directed towards cleaning tasks
around the home.
The advantages of a tooth-
brush for cleaning toasters or
sewing machines is fairly well
known. There are practically no
electrical appliances around the
home that don't have a spot or
corner that's difficult to get at
and to clean, Frequently a tooth-
brush is the answer.
The mortar between the tiles
of a fire -place is another clean-
ing problem that lends itself
to tooth -brush care, as do the
tricky corners of windows. Pic-
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with a tooth -brush, while in-
tricate -patterned silverware that
defeats cleaning with soft
cloths, seems to respond to the
tooth -brush method, When it
comes to children's toys, the
tooth -brush method again is
helpful.
Even the handle of the old
tooth -brush can be a helped
around the home.
Among the 34 jobs suggested
in the survey for the handle,
after slight alterations, were
non -conducting screw drivers,
letter openers and hole -makers
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