Zurich Herald, 1957-05-23, Page 7Greek Island Of
Do It-Y'ourseif
The man who likes to make
furniture, or models, or dreams
of a small house raised by his
own hands, would have the time
of his life if he could visit the
Greek island of Mykonos. For
here every householder — or his
father — designed and built his
Own dwelling, every piece of
furniture in it, the attached
family chapel, and — if a towns-
snan — a country house besides.
Wurtherrliore, the younger gene-
ration is following the same pro -
tram, as the young people of the
Wand grow up, marry, and need
J Omes of their own.
Of course, homebuilding be-
gan like this, and many primi-
tive people still put together
their own houses. But here on
this eight -mile strip of granite,
halfway between Greece and
Turkey, some of the lost beauty
of the ruined temples of Delos
nearby may have come to rest,
and some of the craftsmanship,
too. Anyone, no matter what his
Income and possessions, would
be proud to own one of these
miniature mansions, for each
one is a work of art and a su-
perior design for living.
Yet to a stranger, this is not
at once apparent. Passing up-
ward from the jetty he notes
what is almost an absence of
architecture in the clustered
houses. They seem to have
sprung up of themselves, follow-
ing no street line, no plan or pat-
tern, oftentimes coming to-
gether like old companions to a
chosen spot.
The stone -paved ways are full
of surprises: a tiny square with
a well and a blooming jacaran-
da; carved wooden balconies
crossing from roof to roof, trail -
ling vines; a relic from Delos
set into the plaster. What tex-
ture, what variety of design this
masonry can take upon itself,
and how adaptable to every
need But how was it possible,
the visitor wonders, for a family
to be reared in such limited
space?
WINNING "HORSE" — Rosetta
Sinclair poses proudly after
taking a first prize in the tra-
ditional judging of the "horses"
on the island of South Ronald-
say in the Orkneys. During an
event which can be traced back
more than 100 years, girls and
boys are judged for their sand-
. plowing prowess and colorful
costumes. The children wear
real hosehair tails.
NAILED IN RUNDOWN—Braves` catcher. Del Crandall tags out
Giants' Red Schoendienst after the latter was caught in a run-
down. Play developed when pitcher Warren Spahn threw to
first trying to pick off Willie Mays (shown arriving at third).
Schoendienst, who was on third, broke for home and was•
caught in rundown and tagged out as Mays made it safely
to third. Watching action are umpires Stan Landes (at third)
and Bill Baker (foreground). Braves' pl'fyers are Johnny Logan
(at third) and Eddie Matthews.
He learns that nearly all the
male inhabitants were fishermen
who had fashioned, fitted, and
rigged their vessels for genera-
tions. When they set foot on
shore they knew quite well what
they required for dwellings,
what was absolutely essential
and what must be dispensed
with, accustomed as they were
to living months on end in quar-
ters exactly suited to their re-
quirements, with not a foot to
spare.
And on Mykonos, too, both di-
mension and design were deter-
mined by the frugality of the
islanders' lives and the building
materials available. For, because
this bleak little island could
nourish almost no timber -pro-
ducing trees other than olives,
fruits, tough Mediterranean
cedars and stunted pines, no
house requiring wooden rafters
could exceed a 12 -by -18 mea-
surement.
And yet this is hard to be-
lieve; the massive appearance of
each dwelling or oratory puts,
these ,.,.figures to the , lie. The
thick walls, the best defense
against heat and the fury of the
wind, the heavy tiled roofs, the
gigantic outside staircases, the
broad openwork pigeon cotes
magnified by their proportions by
the milky whiteness of their sur-
faces, and by the perfection of
their lines, writes Elaine Westall
Gould in The Christian Science
Monitor.
This whiteness, almost unbe-
lievable yet utterly natural seen
against a background of foam -
capped waves, must be one of
the secrets. The fishermen, all
masons by tradition, raised their
houses by hand, each according
to his own personal notions, but
according to tradition, too, since
.the modest needs of seamen have
changed very little over the
centuries. And because they are
proud of their handiwork, the
houses are whitewashed every
week with lime made from
powdered shards brought from
the ruins of Delos.
Thus, ascending one of the
narrow, twisting streets is like
moving in a wonderland of
whiteness. It is all white, white
as fresh lilies, softly luminous
from the sun, with smoky bluish
reflections from sea and sky. The
stones underfoot are white, too,
the well copings, the benches in
tiny squares; and whenever a
vista opens up the gray -green
hills and valleys beyond gleam
with spottings of white wind-
mills, more white chapels, white
pigeon towers where all the
circling birds are white. There
are other colors, but these actual-
ly intensify the white that holds
everything else — tile roofs
blooming in cerise and vibrant
blue, and everywhere along the
way, the soft, mellow glow of
golden brown from the patina of
fruitwood doors, shutters, carv-
ed railings.
Inside, every stick of fittings
as well as of furniture has been
made by the master of the house;
a stove of baked brick and tile,
body -high for ease in tending;
niches in the walls for charcoal,
water, and oil, salt, meal, and
pottery; perhaps two chairs with
straw seats woven by the house-
wife; a fruitwood chest. These
are the irreducible minimum.
Beds are often folden against the
wall, under jutting balconies, and
a room may be divided so, thaten
in stormy weather when the
man is at sea his spouse can im
mure herself in a windowless
portion where the wind cannot
be heard. Some houses have no
windows at all. Daylight comes
in through the Open upper part
of the door.
It is all so shipshape, each ob-
ject so perfectly designed for its
function, made to last for gener-
ations by hands that knew in-
stinctively, from long practice,
just where it needed to be
strongest, what would be ex-
trinsic and what essential in the
construction and how it ought to
look. Not an inch of wood could
be wasted; even such a small
room must appear spacious and
uncluttered.
No wonder the beauty of these
interiors seems inherent, not only
in the shapes of utensils and
chairs, the colorful, hand-woven,
hand -dyed mats and cloths, the
bright tiles and ironwork against
the white walls, but also in the
arrangement of these things.
Everything is so absolutely
right that its very placing con-
notes art, as indeed it should be,
when one considers the Greek
genuis, which surely was the
property of artisan as well as
artist.
ACTOR GETS PLASTERED—The "suffer -for -my -art" theme takes a strange turn for actor Gianni
Esposito in Paris, France, as a life Mask is made of his face for a forthcoming film role. In
first picture, technician starts to brush 'on layer of sticky modeling plaster. Tubes in the actor's
nostrils permit him to breathe. Second pictu re shows t h e "plastering" about completed.
Actor lies immobile until plaster hardens, afterwhich it is lifted off his face, as seen at right.
Cast from the faoe is used as a mold from.. which mask is made.
GREEN
THUMB
1, Gordon Smith'
KEEP GOING
There is no great trouble or
work involved in having a clean,
well growing garden if one
spends a little time on the job
now weeds are small and easily
destroyed. The soil is moist and
quickly cultivated. Thinning and
transplanting are done with a
minimum of worry and effort.
A few minutes witha cultivator
or spade at this season of the
year will save hours later on.
With both flowers and vege-
tables, the best plan is to have
the bed thoroughly cultivated or
dug before any planting is done
and the soil worked up to the
finest possible tilth: In early
spring this is soon done and par-
ticularly before the seeds are
sown and have started to sprout.
After this thorough preparation
it is a comparatively simple mat-
ter to run over the whole plot
or bed once a week with a light
cultivator and this routine will
keep the garden flourishing.
THE NEW HOME
There is a lot to be done when
one moves into a brand new
house but still it is possible to
have a good garden and have it
this season too. Even those
who rent and move every few
years can also have an excellent
garden. In these cases, of course,
we rely on annual flowers rather
than perennials which must get
established. And it is amazing
what can be done with annuals
exclusively. We can get vines
that will cover a porch in a
matter of weeks, things like scar-
let runner beans or the modern
and vastly improved morning
glories. Or we can use window
boxes filled with trailing nas-
turtiums, and semi -trailing pe-
tunias, marigolds and zinnias.
In the place of permanent
shrubbery, we use big quick
growing bushy annuals like cos-
mos, giant marigolds and zinnias,
delphinium, ornamental sunflow-
er or tithonia. Annual flowers,
it should be remembered, come
in all shapes, colours and sizes.
All these particulars are listed
in any good Canadian seed cata-
logue and a little study will give
you almost anything to fit your
own special likes and location.
MOST FROM A LITTLE
One of the great advantages
of gardening is its adaptability.
Unlike a lot of other recrea-
tions it can be fitted to any
individual requirements. Take
size. So far as pleasure and in-
terest are concerned it doesn't
make a great deal of difference
whether we are gardening ten
acres or ten square feet. We can
even get a lot of fun out of a
window box and many enthusi
asts really do. If space is limited
we simply make a more intens -
:Ilse garden.
Of course, with only a small
backyard to work in, we will
not try and grow all the family
needs in potatoes, pumpkins, or
corn. These vegetables are a bit
bulky. But it is really amazing
how many fine meals of beans,
carrots, lettuce, beets, tomatoes
and other compact growing vege-
tables one can take from a few
rows only a dozen feet long.
Music With
Menaces
Australia, the land of sunshine,
was once famous for outlaws as
wild and romantic as any of
America's West.
One of them, known as Cap-.
tain Melville, on one occasion
bluffed his way into the draw-
ing -room of a wealthy farmer,
confronted him with a loaded re-
volver, and explaining that he
had heard of the musical talents
of the two daughters of the
house, demanded an evening's
social entertainment.
With Melville's loaded pistol
under his nose the farmer had
no alternative but to agree to the
audacious request and when the
pretty girls entered the room he
explained the situation to them.
The outlaw bowed with easy
grace and politeness.
"If you will be so kind ..."
One of them moved to the
piano and softly played a Chopin
nocturne.
"Charming, charming!" sighed
Melville. "Now would you oblige
nie with a song?" This request,
too, was perforce granted and
then, almost sadly, Melville
asked them if they would play
"Oft in the Stilly Night." As
the strains of this lovely song
flowed from the piano Melville
joined in with a clear tenor
voice. ' Then he moved over to
the piano himself and played a
Merdelssohn melody.
Suddenly, through a window,
Melville saw police troopers at
the garden gate, and with a hur-
ried but gallant farewell, the
outlaw leaped through a back
window, caught his horse and
disappeared into the night.
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SENATOR Dunlop, Harvest King Straw-
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By Anne Ashley
Q. How can I sweeten cream.
that has turned?
A. Cream that has turned
slightly may be sweetened and
used for coffee without curd-
ling, or tasting sour, if a very
small quantity of baking soda is
added to it.
Q. How can I remove rust
spots?
A. A remedy that seldom fails
to remove rust spots is lemon
juice and salt rubbed on the
stains; then place the article in.
the sun.
Q. How can I decipher faded
inscriptions and dates on coins?
A. Heat them and gradually
the inscriptions will, unless en-
tirely effaced, make their ap-
pearance.
Q. How can I keep the skin
of lemons from hardening?
A. Place lemons in water un-
til they are wanted for use. The
skin will not only be kept from
hardening, but the flavor will
be improved.
Q. How can I mend scratches
on kid pumps?
A. Apply liquid court plaster
to the scratch and it will be
hardly visible.
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and gas mask to protect the
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