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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-04-21, Page 2Loyalty Visits P Fashion Show A green halo hovered over the willows. Crocuses spread a pur- ple and gold carpet beneath the almond trees. Burgeoning park- land set the spring scene for the visit of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and Princess Margaret to a stately home at Osterley Park here recently. The royal ladies were to see a show of spring and summer clothes which would probably influence the Princess in her choice of a trousseau for the royal wedding May 6, In the long gallery of the six- teenth -century mansion, built in the reign of the first Queen Elizabeth, the Princess saw mod- els from London's 11 top cou- turiers. Americans and Canadians, too. will have opportunities to see most of these clothes. "From Tweed to Tiara," designed by members of the Incorporated So- ciety of London Fashion Design- ers, will be presented in New York on April 20 under the sponsorship of the Fashion Group, Inc. British mannequins will show the clothes at a gala dinner in the ballroom of the Hotel Astor, New York. Subsequent showings will be at the British Embassy in Wash- ington, in Los Angeles, New Or- leans, Toronto, and Montieal, and at the Fashion Group's other branches from coast to coast of - North America. it is interesting to meditate on the contrast in setting and at- mosphere between the news - world presentations and that for Princess Margaret in the coun- try house built by Sir Thomas Gresham, founder of the Royal Exchange in 1577. In tradition- haunted Osterley Park thought was centred on clothes for a royal wedding. "What will the Princess ehoose?" Many of the visitors in the long gallery pondered this as they sat on small gilt chairs ander Grecian goddesses stitched into priceless Beauvais tapest- ries. Flowers filled the pewter bars of white marble fireplaces where oak logs have sparked through the centuries. An Adam -style door opened. (The Adam Brothers restyled the house in 1771.) The audience waited expectantly. Eeveryone stood up, The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret entered. We curtsied, The model girls curtsied. The royal visitors took their seats. Soft music played and the man- nequins formed the moving pat- terns of a fashion ballet on the dsis which stretched the length of the long banqueting hall. Each model from Norman Hartnell (whois designing the wedding dress) and Victor Stie- bel (making the going -away reit) was considered as to whe- ther it would suit the petite fa- shion -conscious Princess, writes Melita Knowles in the Christian Science Monitor. Would a Royal Princess who has broken with tradition to marry a commoner, Antony Armstrong -Jones, strike out and choose a new color -range for her trousseau? How about that sumptuous emerald satin semi- formal with its dramatic em- broidered jacket outlined with mink? Or the cerise satin with Spanish -style mantilla and pill- box hat? Or any of 22 ball -gowns a orn with tiaras? Since the New York showing is m gala occasion, there will be less tweed and more tiaras than at Osterley Park, Mrs, John Hay Whitney, wife of the United States Ambassador to London, is ISSUE 16 — 1960 helping to choose the.collectisin for New York. Meanwhile talk of weddings Is in the spring air over London, The tulips are coining Into bleonz, making patches of erim- sen in the royal parks. The forsythia scattersold over bare brown branches. The tall gilt - tipped railings outside Bucking- ham Palace are being refurbish- ed. The Joneses gather together to give a wedding present to Prin- cess Margaret and the man who has shed such distinotion over the clan. The gift will be handed to a charity, Surprisingly, the ini- tiative comes not from Wales, traditional home of the ,Toneses, but from Scotland. And in the secret recesses Of Norman Hartnell's workrooms embroideresses ply their needles on samples of embroidery for the royal wedding dress. How much will these be influ- enced by the stately elegance of the spring presentation at Oster- ley Park? The Mute's Last Joke Gabriel Germaneau stomped in from the barnyard on his farm near Poitiers. "Girls and their parties," he snorted. "All this chatter and confusion. All this money for new dresses just for a costume ball." "But Papa," said his slaughter Yolande. "Am I not beautiful?" She pirouetted before him and smiled her prettiest. "And Papa, look at this," said another daughter, Giaele, She put on the mask she would wear at the party and blinked her dark eyelashes at him "C 'e s t b i e n," Germaneau grumped. "But behave your- selves. And don't forget to say good -by to your sister Laure." "Of course, Papa," they said. They pecked Laure on both cheeks, "So sorry, ma chore, that your Bernard could not take you tonight," they told her. Seventeen -year-old Laure did not hear the words. She is deaf and ahnost mute. But femme understood. Her fiance, 20 -year- old Bernard Binet, had relatives visiting, and of course he couldn't come. Papa Germaneau settled down with his pipe. A younger bro- ther, Gerard, read. An hour passed. Then suddenly sounds like gunfire rattled the win- dows, "We are being attacked," Ger- ard gasped. He slammed the front door tight and then bolted it. "Robbers!" cried Germaneau. He loaded his old rabbit gun and shouted for the intruder to leave. No answer, Germaneau tiptoed to the attic and peered from a small win- dow. In the shadows he saw a man with a white mask over his face, Again, he shouted a warn- ing, But the stranger gave no answer. That was enough. Ger- maneau raised the gun to his shoulder and fired. The man at the door pitched forward, By the time the fallen man's mask was removed it was too late. "Papa;' sobbed Laure, forming her words painfully and slowly. "My little Bernard is dead." Bernard, who was as deaf as Laure and completely mute, had meant it all as a joke. He had bought firecrackers to startle the family before making a grand entrance to announce that he could take Laure to the costume party after all. But because of his deafness Bernard could not hear Papa Germaneau's stern warnings. And if he could have heard, he could not have replied. THE BRIGHT CHILD -- Love won a victory over culture in the ease of 4 -year-old Alice Marie, a youngster with a near•genius I.Q. of 138. The New Jersey State Board of Child Welfdre ruled that she could remain with the only parents she has ever known, Mr. and Mr:, Pirhord Combs of Old Bridge. A public outcry against the be,aro was aroused when it tried to coke Alice Marie From rl,e Carib., maintaining that their hence didn't hove the preeer terle.red atmo_phere, THE FLOWER QUEEN — Tall, brown -haired Paula Pace, 18, will rule over 350,000 flowers as queen of the 1960 International Azalea Festival, ',TABLE TALKS If you like a dessert to serve warm, try this chocalte chip meringue pudding. CHOCOLATE CHIP QUEEN PUDDINGi 3 cups 1/2 -inch cubes stale cake 1/4 cup sugar 34. teaspoon salt 2 eggs plus 2 egg yolks 3 cups scalded milk 1. teaspoon vanilla z/z package chocolate chips 2 egg whites Dash of salt 4 tablespoons sugar Place cake cubes in greased 81/2 -inch casserole. Add the 1 - cup sugar and Y4 teaspoon salt to the 2 eggs and 2 egg yolks and beat slightly. Add milk and vanilla. Pour over cake and mix well. Bake in 350° oven about 50 minutes. Sprinkle chocolate chips over pudding; cover with meringue which you have made by beating egg whites with the dash of salt until foamy then adding the 4 tablespoons sugar gradually, beating after each ad- dition until sugar is blended and mixture stands in peaks. Return pudding to oven and bake about 12 minutes. Serve warm. Serves 6-8. s „ Another serve -hot dessert is souffl€, Here is oat using coco- nut. COCONUT SOUFFLE 11/2 cups milk 1/2 cup granulated tapioca 1 tablespoon butter 2 egg yolks, well beaten ?�s teaspoon vanilla I% cup sugar ?f teaspoon salt 1 cup coconut, shredded 2 egg whites, beaten stiffly Scald milk in double boiler: add tapioca and cook until clear; add butter. Combine egg yolks, vanilla, sugar, salt and 5/4 cup coconut; add milk mixture and mix well, Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into buttered baking dish; place in pan of hot water. Bake at 350° F. for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with remain- ing coconut; bake another 20-30 minutes, or until souffle is firm. ✓. 7 R This made -beforehand dessert uses lady fingers and is seasoned with lemon juice. It should chill for about 8 hours. LEMON REFRIGERATOR HALO 24 marshmallows 1 pint whipping Cream 1 envelope plain gelatin 2 cups water ?`a cup lemon juice lee cups sugar 2 (lawn lady fingers Soften gelatin in Se cup cold water. Cut marshmallows fine and soak in whipping cream for 3 minutes; bring sugar and re- maining water to boil. Add sugar syrup to gelatin mixture. Add lemon juice and cool. When gel- atin mixture begins to stiffen, fold in marshmallow -cream mix - tore which you have beaten stiff Line a 0 -inch spring form pan with the lady fingers; pour in mixture and chill. If you're having a family din- ner, here is a dessert that serve: 16. This, too may be made the day ha"ore serving. ANGEL DELIGHT 1 bottle (R -oz,) maraschino cherries 1 package (4 -ns.) marsh- matlnws 1 e,uu (9 -oz.) crushed pine. apple 1 tablespoon gelatin 1 cup milk 1 phi( heavy cream, whipped 1 cup Alred, blanched almonds 1 Mint 1) assert food cake • eiee and • cut mach- : times ete -mall pieces Drain t.'.;se e11• 1nd rere bine with cats; e coil -:hrnni• lows. Let stand for about 2 hours, Soften gelatin in 1 cup cold milk, Heat remaining 1 cup milk and add to softened gelatin. Refrigerate until gela- tin is partially set. Add fruit mixture and almonds. Fold into whipped cream. Slice cake hori- zontally into 3 equal -sized lay- ers. Spread fruit filling between cake layers and over top and sides of cake. Chill until mix- ture is firm, Refrigerate until served, 'N5 5 This dessert has a nutted cara- mel center enclosed in vanilla ice cream in a melon mold. For the caramel, use the new caramel chips. CARAMEL CHIP BOMBE 1 pint vanilla ice cream. softened 1/2 cup caramel chips 3 tablespoons water pint whipping cream '/z cup chopped nuts Line a 1 -quart melon mold with ice cream. Freeze until firm — about 1 hour. Meanwhile, combine ,.caramel ,.chips ..with water in a saucepan and melt over low heat. Cool to room temperature. Whip cream. Fold melted chips and nuts into cream. Spoon into center of mold. Freeze until firm — takes 4-5 hours or overnight. TJnmold to serve, Serves 6. Where The Curfew din&s At Nine Every night at 9 o'clock, 365 days a year, year after year, for 95 years the historic curfew bell at Bristol, Conn,, has clang- ed 99 times. From atop a belfry of one el the Wallace and Barnes Com- pany buildings, the old bell has a cord stretching to the ground which a watchman on his rounds eaoh night pulls 99 times, just as it was done in the curfew -law days. The curfew was a warning for children to get off the streets into their homes. When the cur- few was abolished, the custom of ringing the bell was continued as a Bristol tradition. An official of the Wallace and Barnes Com- pany said it will con:finue to ring, The Dunbar bell was first used to start and stop work at the factory. Subsequently the police asked that it be used as curfew warning at 9 p.m. Teen- agers in those days who were found wandering beyond the allotted time were escorted to their parents and given warning pot to meander again after they heard the bell ringing. Ringing the bell as a starting and stopping signal to workers was given up years ago. Every Family Should Have Onie It will be known as "The Freedom Room," Measuring 8 by 12 feet, it will be empty — ex- ecipt for a mat and a punching bag. Off and on, the cubicle will also contain one angry youngster, who will be encour- aged to "punch" out his fury and so avoid a tantrum, Designed by Dr. Jerome Schul- man, a 35 -year-old psychiatrist, this novel "treatment room" for psychologically disturbed boys and girls is planned as part of a $5,5 million addition to Chico go's famous Children's, Memorial Hospital. "The Freedom Room is not for punishment," explained the Bronx -born Dr, Schulman, di- rector of the Child Guidance and Child Development clinics at the hospital, "It's simply a •place for a child to work off his aggres- sions," One of the big problems in child guidance is that of the disturbed child who throws a tantrum and so disturbs other children. "Some children con- trive tantrums so they will 'get something,' " Dr. Schulman point- ed out recently. "Others have been treated unfairly at home, They 'are spanked, and it doesn't work. Now, if we handle their aggressions in the manner to which they have become aoeus- tamed (by punishment), it tends to produce other aggressions. So we have created this room in which there is nothing destruct- ible, and the child is permitted, in fact, encouraged, to do any- thing he likes. When he feels like it, he leaves, But if he acts up after he leaves the rooms, he is taken back," The Freedom Room is primar- ily for disturbed children. But, says Dr. Schulman: "I have had about two dozen adults come ask me if they'll be allowed to use it, too. He Makes Noodles In The Lord's Name • In the courtyard of a Tung Wah hospital in Hong Kong one afternoon recently, several hun- dred refugees from Red China lined up for their weekly quota of noodles. Children, a few men, and mothers with babies slung on their backs filed slowly by to pick up the 5 -pound bags bearing the legend in English and Chinese: "A gift of the peo- ple of the United States. Distri- buted by Catholic Relief Ser- vices — NCWC." At one point a middle-aged refugee dressed in the usual dark rags timidly approached the heavy -set priest supervising the distribution. "Father," he said in Cantonese, "I want to tell you how grateful I am. Each evening when I come to the roof- top where we live, my wife waits for me anxiously. In the past, if I turned up my palms to show that I hadn't been able to make my $5 (88 cents U.S.) that clay, she'd sigh and the children would go to bed with- out supper. Now 11 I turn up my hands she pulls down the noo- dles — and we all have some- thing to eat. We can go to bed feeling that tomorrow's another day" Behind the gifts, and the lift in spirit which this food brings to thousands of refugees, is a 59 -year-old Roman Catholic priest who is responsible for con- verting more than $15 million worth of surplus foodstuff from the - U.S. into g o o d, nutritious noodles. An extroverted Mar y k n o 11 missionary front New Rochelle, N.Y., Monsignor John Romani- ello virtually lives and breathes noodles. He shamelessly solicits contributions ($100,000 so far) for his refugee relief program from every visiting American he can reach — including the crews of Navy ships in Hong King for rest and recreation. On the golf course, he has been known to insist upon playing for 10 pounds of noodles a hole. He glories in the title of Noodles King at Hong Kong and any time at all he's likely to break into his "theme song" to the tune of "Sugartime"( "Noodles in the morning/Noodles in the eve- ning . , Just try Rocay's noo- dies/You'll choose them every time," Roney, who went to Hon Kong in 1957 to head the CRS there, says his concern about this ancient and popular Chi-- nese hinese food stems from a flaw in the U.S, relief program; Even though surplus foods from the 11.5 reach Hong Kong regularly, they come in unfamiliar or un- usable forms, Milk powder anti• corn meal, for instance, are ells - tasteful innovations to the Ori- ental palate; wheat flour is welt lilted but requires mere space for processing than moot refu- gees are living in (3 feet by 6). "One day," he says, "1 saw• a little girl going to a bakery' with a gift sack of the flour to have it turned into noodles. Na- turally, she paid for the service. So I thought: Why can't we make noodles ourselves?" With, the help of the CRS and the Hong Kong Junior Chamber ad Commerce, Father Romaniello set up his first factory in 1957. Today there are nine in Hong Kong, and others in the Philip- pines, Macao, Taiwan, Vietnam„ and Korea. "Romy's noodles" are made of 75 per cent wheat flour, 20 per cent corn meal, and 5 per cent milk powder. A few con- sumers complain that they turn, out mushy and that corn meal and milk powder spoil the atste. Romy's are, to be sure, unlike the Cantonese product — usual- ly flour, water, and egg. Still, the rate of consumption indi- cates that they are not too bad. "For centuries," Father Ro- maniello says, "my Italian fore- bears enjoyed spaghetti, the se- cret brought from China by Mar- co Polo. Now I'm returning noo- dles to the Chinese at the rate of about 5 million pounds a year." — From NEWSWEEIK. Alphabet Soup! Seldom has any good been said about the American bureaucratla habit of making alphabet soup out of the names of Government agencies. But, at least to one who speaks English, our alphabet soup makes more sense than the Ger- man variety. The West Germany military has decided to abbre- viate titles as a means of cut- ting down communications cost. And it has come up with some beauties such as Ofap, Ostbtsm, Pzfu, and Pzpi. These stand for, in order, Oberfeldapotheker (ni e d i c a 1 corpsman), Oberstabsbootsmann (chief petty officer), Panzer - flanker (tank radio operator),. and Panzerpionier (armored en- gineer). Still, maybe it's not so bad. Looking the thing over carefully, the alphabet soup is as easy to pronounce as the full titles for those who can't speak German. — The Milwaukee Journal, SOME DiSH — A gift intended for Princess Grace of Monaca, this hand -cut crystal bowl le displayed by a beauty in Parte. ARTIST'S SHADY BUSINESS — Umbrellas do more hon keep the rain off Giusseppe Scardovell`tt who LI!! . bits of broken bjmbe'shoots to form ort works in Rome, The 45 -year-old painter calk his new creative idea "umbrellism."