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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-03-04, Page 6yYVV TELEVISION -- STAGE RADI -- RECORDS by DICK..LEINER NEW YORK (NEA). There's a strong passibility that Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh will come to New York next season, to do three plays at the City Center. They'd do two classics—"Antony and Cleopatra" and "Romeo and Juliet"—and the play they're currently doing in London, Terrence Ratigan's "The Sleeping Prince." With the Oliviers on stage, the Prince will be the only one sleeping. 5 * 5 The TV version of ':One Man's Family" dropped by NBC in 1952, is corning back. It wasn't particularly missed by some, but what's one man's family may be another man's meat What it was, was Andy Griffith. He's the fellow from Mt. Airy, N.C., who rode to glory en a small-town record called "What It Was, Was Football." It led to a Capitol record contract, TV shows and a New York night club. What he is, is a nice young chap with a shock of wavy blond hair and a degree from the University of North Carolina, He taught school in Goldsboro, N.C., for three years—you could call him a southern Sant Levenson—before he took his monologues and went into show business. "I just sort of drifted into it," says Andy. One drift led to another until he made The Record. -To show you how amateurish it was, it didn't even have dubbed -in laughter. It used—ohl horror—real laughter. The recording was made while Andy entertained at a party thrown by the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co. So those are insurance salesmen laughing, which is unusual enough to stamp the record as a collector's item. After The Record hit the big time, Andy got the call to New York and his big-time night club debut. "The first show was terrific," Andy says. "You see, I'd done some little theatre work with Ainslie Pryor in Raleigh. Pryor is now playing the Judge Advocate in 'The Caine Mutiny Court Martial' I entertained for a party they had after that show's first night. In return, Pryor brought the whole cast—Henry Fonda, Lloyd Nolan, everybody—to my opening. Everything turned out fine for me. "But then came the black week. Monday was awful, Tuesday was awful, Wednesday was awful, Thursday was awful—and Friday was bad, I began experimenting, 1 dropped some things and added others. I changed my whole attitude. Humor is all attitude." It all ended happily. The new attitude was just what the agent ordered. The people loved him, and he loved the people. Just one thing—he gets heckled by some who say he's not a real southerner. He sure enough is. * tl V Camilla Wicks, a very pretty, very talented and very blond concert violinst, played a Sibelius concerto over a Finnish radio station on one of her European tours. As soon as she finished, she says, came a call from the great composer, asking: "Who was that man who played my work?" He couldn't believe the artist was a woman and an American woman at that. * V V Percy Faith was the conductor when Helen Ward made her "It's Been So Long" album for Columbia. Faith, noted for soft, dreamy backgrounds, had to provide an ahnost-jazz accompani- ment for the rousing Miss Ward. When he listened to the playback, he sighed and said, "Well, there go all the friends I made with 'Moulin Rouge.'" a a a The latest model electric sinus mask—a device that fits around the head and provides heat for curing sinus headaches—has a special slit in the front so you can watch TV. You gotta be careful what show you see, though—or else you'll be going from one head- ache to another. Atomic Nonsense Not long ago an American columnist made the statement that if it had not been for espionage the Soviet Union might never have got the atomic secret." It is astonishing that atthis late date some people still think there is or was an "atomic secret." The fact is, as one nuclear scientist put it some years back, that the biggest secret about the atom bomb was that it could be made at all, and the Americans broke that secret when they dropped it on Hiro- shima. Given the assurance that it could be done, and given the in- ternationally known physical dis- coveries of this century (most of them made in Europe), nuclear scientists anywhere were bound to duplicate the feat sooner or later. It was the discovery, through espionage, of some of the technological secrets of ef- ficient production that made Russia produce the bomb earlier than expected. A correlative myth, held by many people, has recently been honored by no less a figure than President Syngman Rhee, who stated: "A few atomic bombs could have freed Korea of the Chinese and assured Korea's unity." It is just as foolish to think that "a few atomic bombs" dropped on a few cities—Pyong- yang? Peking? Moscow?—would solve any of the problems con- fronting the world today as to believe that under any circum- stances the atom bomb could have remained an American monopoly. The incantatory ap- peal of the bomb is considerably greater today than its diplomatic persuasiveness. — From The Christian Science Monitor. Two boys spending a day in the country came upon a man fly-fishing. After watching him cast his line several times, one of them remarked to the other: "Oh, come on, Bill. He'll never catch anything—he's trying to lasso 'ens." Love Wins Out Jean Tanburn and her fiance, Donelson Kelly, Jr., shown above at a New York City night club last year. re- ceived good news from the court. Her great-grandfather, Abra- ham 5. Rosenthal, stipulated In his will that any relative who married outside the Jewish faith would be cut off without a cent. However, the court ruled that on a technicality Jean was really inheriting the money from her father. She will receive $10,000 in cash and $6500 -a -year for life. For Better Fitting — An inventor in Paris has created this "mag- netic silhouettor" so manufacturers can make clothes that fit like one's shadow. The customer steps into the fitting device, and in a short time, the tailor has the measurements that permit him to make garments without extra try -ons or alterations. Glum — "Curtis," the boxer, seems upset after being told that the London, England, dog show in which he was to have appeared was called off. He was all dressed up for the gath- ering, only to have an electri- cian's strike ruin his chance to show off his party clothes, She Had Mirrors By The Thousand A French scientist has calcu- lated that as most women spend thirty minutes a day in making up, preening and admiring themselves, they waste 349,575 minutes — 242 days of their lives, mostly between the ages of twenty and thirty -five ---in front of their mirrors, Yet half an hour a day would not have sufficed for the toilets of some well-known beauties. Elizabeth, Empress of Austria, was so vain over herr chestnut hair, which fell below her knees, that she once had every hair counted, and used to spend hours in front of her mirror having her tresses arranged in exotic fashion. Fonder still of gazing at her own reflection was an Italian Countess of Castiglione, She was so vain that once, after inspect- ing a full-length nude portrait for which she had posed, she took the artists's knife and rip- ped his painting to shreds in case art lovers should prefer that likeness to herself. But the most amazing passion for mirrors was that which en- slaved Kate Horvoath, wife of a prosperous Hungarian wine merchant. Accustomed to 'spend- ing hours admiring her own good looks, she entered a com- petition in which a prize of $5,000 was offered to the entrant collecting the greatest number of mirrors. With plenty of mon- ey at her disposal, Kate bought specimens from castles and mansions all over the country, and then travelled abroad buy- ing more mirrors. Then, when the time came for her collec- tion to be examined, the Turk- ish millionaire who had organ- ized the contest committed suicide, Now Kate possessed 2,700 mirrors, stored in nine of the ten rooms in her home, and when her husband died in. 1922, they represented her total as- sets, One by one she sold them to buy food, still spending hours gazing at her reflection in the others. One day, however, she tripped and fell against one mas- sive mirror, smashed it and cut herself badly. When neighbours answered her screams they were too late to help, She died a vic- tim of the strangest mirror mania on record. One only man seems to "have sought mirrors with anything like Kate's enthusiasm. Sir John Soane, founder of the Soane Museum in London, could never resist them and had hundreds built into the house in which his treasures are now housed. Strangely enough, a number of women have disliked mirrors. Lady Montague, the once famous English 'society beauty who died in 1762, never looked at herself in a glass during the last twenty- two . years of . her life. Small- pox had ruined the beauty that had once made her the toast of London. - Charles Worth, of America, was one of the opposite sex who never knew what he looked like —but for a very good reason. He was the victim of premature senility, and at the age of seven was as grey -bearded and tottery as a man of seventy. When he should have been playing with boys his own age, he was hob- bling round on a stick like a bent old man. His parents kept him away from mirrors and refused to let him see his own reflection in. water. One day, however, he did gaze into a mirror in an un- guarded moment, and the terrible shock of what he saw is said to have killed him. ABLE TALKS Many home mahers think of croquettes and the like as an easy way of serving up "left -overs," This, In my opinion, is a mistake aa croquettes, served in various shapes, are a favorite luncheon or dinner dish in countless fam- ilies and well worth your special attention. But be sure they come to the table hot and crisp; and a tangy settee, such as the one I give the recipe for, adds the crowning touch. * HAM CROQUETTES 1 cup thick white sauce cups cooked ham, coarsely ground 1 tblsp• finely chopped onion 11/2 tblsps prepared mustard 1 egg, beaten }'s cup tine cracker crumbs Add ham, onion and mustard to cold white sauce. Shape into patties. Dip in egg, then in crumbs, Allow to stand 6 min- utes. Fry in deep, hot fat until brown. „ * )1, HORSERADISH - WHIPPED CREAM SAUCE 1 cup heavy cream, whipped 3 tblsps. fine, dry bread crumbs 2 tblsps. (or more) prepared horeradish Dash of monosodium gluta- mate (optional) Combine all ingredients. Chill b hour before serving. * k * CHEESE CROQUETTES 4 tblsp. butter or margarine 4 tblsps. flour a4 teaspoon salt Yf4 teaspoon onion salt Dash ground black pepper Dash paprika 1 cup milk Yz teaspoon caraway seed (optional) ?4 cup shredded cheddar cheese - Sifted bread crumbs 1 egg, lightly beaten 1 tblsp. water. Melt butter in saucepan; re- move from heat. Add flour, salt, onion salt, pepper and paprika. Stir until blended. Add milk gradually, stirring well after each addition. Add caraway seed. Return to heat and cook, stir- ring constantly, until thickened. Add cheese and stir over low heat until cheese is melted. Turn out onto well greased platter to cool. When 'cold, shape into cylinder, cone or ball shapes; roll in crumbs, dip in mixture of the egg and the 1 tablespoon water, then into crumbs again. Fry in deep, hot fat (380°F.) about 1 minute, or until crust is golden brown. Makes 5 - 6 cro- quettes. Serve the cheese croquettes with a sauce made by adding 3 finely diced hard cooked eggs to a can of condensed cream of mushroom soup. MOCK CHICKEN LEGS 3,ra pound beef, ground 3� pound veal, ground 2 tblsps. chopped onion teaspoon sage y4 teaspoon salt 34 teaspoon black pepper ei cup finely crushed cern chips, measured after crushing 4 tblsps. fat or oil 6 wooden skewers Combine beef and veal; mib with onion, sage, salt and pep- per. Mold int p drumsticks, around skewers. Roll in coral chips and fry in hot fat until done. Serves 6. * * * LOBSTER CROQUETTES 2 tblsps. butter or margarine 3 tablespoons flour 1 cup light cream, heated 3'a teaspoon pepper 3i teaspoon salt 1'4 cups (7 -ounces) lobster meat, shredded, 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten 3 cups corn flakes 1 egg, well beaten 2 tblsps, shortening idelt butter in skillet, stir' in flour and cook until lightly browned. Add cream, salt, and pepper; cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Fold in lob-' ster meat. Stir small amount o2 hot mixture into egg yolks; add to remaining hot mixture and cook over low heat about 3 min- utes longer, stirring constantly. Spread to inch thick in greased shallow pan 8 x 9 inches. Cool; shape into chops. Crush corn flakes into fine crumbs. Dip chops in beaten egg then roll In corn flake crumbs. Ffy in hot shortening. * * * SHRIMP -POTATO PATTIES 1 can (5 oz.) shrimp, chopped fine 4-5 medium potatoes 1 egg Dash salt and pepper 1 teaspoon finely chopped parsley. +� t Boil and mash potatoes; add all other ingredients. Mix well. Shape into cakes, Fry in deep, hot fat until golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper for a minute before serving. MERRY MENAGERIE "We may have to leaye suddenly,' but lt'e the only warm place in the house!" Maybe Ws a bo By Torn A. Cullen Loudon.—Not since Stanley set out to find Livingstone in dark- est Africa has there been any- thing quite like the British ex- pedition which is now crawling around the Himalayas in search of the "Abominable Snowman." Sir Henry Morton Stanley's safari to the Congo in the 1870's was kid's play by comparison. At least Sir Henry hada pretty good hunch that he would find Liv- ingstone, the missing Scottish missionary. The present British expedition has nothing to go on but a set of footprints, a dried scalp said to have belonged to a Snowman or to his Unspeakable Spouse, and a batch of confusing reports. According to the latter. Yeti (which is the Tibetan name for the Snowman) is anything from pint-size to eight feet tall. His face is alternately described as heavily bearded, clean-shaven, or with a five o'clock shadow. Some say he walks backwards to throw people off his tracks; others say he does it to throw the hair out of his ayes. It is to settle these fine points in dispute that a nine -man team is now on its way from Katman- du, Nepal, to Namche Bazaar on the slopes of Mount Everest. The team includes a lone American, Gerald Russell, a naturalist. It will conduct most of its search at altitudes of from 14,000 to 10,- 000 feet. The London Daily Mail is pick- ing up the tabs for the Snowman expedition. It is the Daily Mail's answer to the London Times' "scoop" of the conquest of Ever- est last year. Unlike Stanley, who travelled with only a toothbrush, a butter- fly net and a change of socks, the Snowman expedition is loaded inabkk But What Is R ? down with seven tons of gear, It includes movie cameras, walkie-talkie radios — everything but oxygen cylinders. An army of 300 coolies is required to tote this equipment from Katmandu to the base of Everest. For "the best equipped scien- tific expedition ever sent to the Himal'ayas," the team's findings have been rather meager to date. .Anthropologist Charles Stonor, who is acting as "advance" man for the party, is said to have talked to sherpas "who have seen, one." Yeti's description, as pieced to- gether by Stonor: It is about the size of a 14 - year -old boy, of the same build as a man. It is covered with light reddish hair, which is longest about th head and waist, Its head is "strikingly pointed," It has a loud, wailing, yelping. call, and when heard near at hand often makes a chattering noise, Normally it walks on two legs Iike a man, but when in a hurry it drops on all fours, It lives in a rocky region above the timber- line, Members of the expedition "pooh-poohed" the idea that. Yeti could be a red Himalayan bear or a Langur monkey. At the same time, they are somewhat doubtful that they will come to close grips with their quarry. "A layman," writes Ralph Is- zard, a journalist member of the • expedition, "would possibly be astonished at the picture that a man such as Russell (the Am- erican. naturalist) can construct from ., a footprint or two, a few hairs or a tuft of fur, and droppings." With the aid of this residue Russell is expected to tell not only the animal's weight, size and sex, but "where it was com- ing from, where it was going" — always supposing that Yeti knows where it is going. Meanwhile, beguiled by the newspaper circulation war which is being fought one the world's highest peaks, London readers are looking forward eagerly to Yeti's first encounter with a Briton, Already many have pictured the historic meeting when the hairy Himalayan steps before the sound cameras .and Anthropolo- gis Stonor greets him with, "The Abominable Snowman, I pre. some,"