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Fan -Dancer Show
Can you imagine Danny Kaye
as .fan holder for a strip -tease.
dancer? Maybe not. But for a
'time he toured with the famous
Sally Rand, One night, before a
packed house of me., in Cincin-
nati, she was bothered by a
large bluebottle, and to ward
off the buzzing attack momen-
tarily removed her right arm
from where it was meant to
stay,
The audience approved but
the police and judge didn't. The
show was closed locally and
Danny, then unknown, of
course, was given the job of
holding her fans to ensure that
she was properly covered when
the show visited other towns.
He was once errand -boy for a
dentist, Dr. Samuel Fine until
Fine found him making a
needle -point design on a piece of
wood with a dental drill. He
also worked as a soda -fountain
jerker, then an automobile ap-
praiser, walking past long rows
of cars, making recommenda-
tions and appraisals until • he'd
lost the insurance company 40,-
000 dollars.
"I was not only fired,".he`seld.
"I was shadowed for monthb-by
two detectives hired by the
company to establish my sabo-
tage scheme. After a while the
dicks, and I got quite chummy.
In fact, when we all got tired of
loafing around, those nice guys
used to take me to the movies."
Years later the company's
president write to him; "f saw
your act at the Riviera Club
and enjoyed it very much. Back
when you cost us that 40,000
dollars I' thought you were
either a thief or a nitwit. It
never occurred to me that you
were a comedian and just didn't
possess a mathematical mind."
For four summers, with a
friend, Louis Eisen, he com-
bined the jobs of waiter, singer,
juvenile lead, character actor,
villain, comic and all-round fool
in the summer camps and resort
hotels of New York's Catskill
Mountains.
Often he had to amuse the
guests by falling into the swim-
ming -pool fully clothed, straw
hat and all. "I'm helping the ho-
tel manager to prevent the
bored guests from moving out
on rainy days," he told his fa-
ther. "We play games, entertain,
FOR SPACE TRAVEL -With the
"moon madness" at its height,
thanks to the launching of the
Soviet earth satellite, designer
Oleg Cassini reveals his con-
cept of milady's traveling en-
semble of the future. The elec-
tric blue suit is complete with
a silver, hip -reducing, dial con-
trol belt. A matching oxygen
helmet and handbag complete
the outfit.
and when the going is rough,
Louis and I chase each other
through the halls with meat-
choppers and make a final
graceful lunge into the fish
pond."
Later he became a dancer as
one of The Three Terpsichore-
ens, and on the opening night in
Utica had to twirl to the girl as
the music quickened up, and ro-
mantically kiss her hand.
But the twirl ended in a wob-
ble and he fen on the floor, The
audience roared. "They love it
- don't get up," whispered
Dave Harvey, the other man in
the trio.
Raising his face from the floor,
Danny said in a "whisper" that
could be heard all over the hail:
"I can't get up - I've split my
pants!" And that night a pro-
fessional comic was born, says
Kurt Singer in a first-rate biog-
raphy, "The Danny Kaye Saga"..
Travelling road -showman A.
B. Marcus, who saw them in
Detroit, engaged them to tour
China and Japan. "Marcus,"
Danny explained, "was running
a cleaning establishment in New
England a few years before and
got stuck witha ipt,,,,of stage
costumes because a ,4theatricl
unit travelling thrgh town
couldn't pay its bill. Marcus de-
cided the' only thing he could do
to get his money back was to
go out and get the costumes 'fill-
ed. And that's how he went into
show business."
Danny added that when he
• took the stage at the Tokyo
premiere the whole audience
seemed to rush at him, shouting
and gesturing. Actually it was
demonstrating with come la-
bour agitators who objected to
Americans getting jobs in Japan,
but he couldn't understand a
word, thought they were after
his blood and left the stage in a
hurry.
"The management," he said,
"committed some minor in-
fringement of the law, and our
entire cast was ordered to serve •
thirty days in jail. I was quite
upset. But they put our pictures
into jail instead and let the
show go right on. Crazy? What
• do you think?
During the great Osaka ty-
phoon the theatre light blew out,
but Danny, holding a flashlight
in each hand, kept the audience
front' panic by singing every
song he knew and improvising
a couple.
At the end of the tour Marcus
refused to renew his contract,
saying: "He can't sing. He can't
dance. His jokes are terrible!"
Years later, when he'd become
a star in "Let's Pace It," well on
his way to earning more than
100,000 dollars a year,. the call-
boys noticed that he always left
the theatre during each second
act, between his two performan-
ces, arriving back only just In
time to race on to the stage.
The stage manager discovered
that lee stepped across the alley
to a neighbouring theatre play-
ing "Beat the Band," in which
the hero bade farewell to a flock
of chorus girls as he left by train.
Danny had the unseen, unpaid
role of standing in the wings and
yelling "A1111-aaaa-board!" at the
proper cue. Then he sprinted
back to his own play, all keyed
up for his entrance. It helped to
relieve •the nervous tension of
waiting to go on, he explained.
At one of his London perfor-
mances Danny spotted a tiny
wisp of a child watching him
wide-eyed from the first •row,
invited her on to the stage, asked
what she wanted to be, and when
she replied. "An actress," got her
to sing a nursery rhyme.
"That was beautiful," he said.
"And now will you give me a
title kiss?" She shook her head
in a vehement No.
"Why not?" 'be asked, a little
hurt.
"It isn't healthy," she replied.
- and a storm of laughter filled
the huge hall.
Kurt Singer presents. Danny.
and the technique of his humour
in a masterful way that all his
fans will appreciate.
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AVA GETS ,HER BUMPS?-Ava Gardner and Spain's foremost bullfighter from horseback, Angel
Peraita-pxactice• the traditional motions of "Al Allmon", a variation of the usual bull -baiting"
with' 'a croak in which, Iwo persons handle the garment. The action, in Peralta's private ring
near Madrid, may have been what sent Ava into seclusion on her return to her London
hotel. She reportedly was butted,' upended and kicked in the neck and cheek, while trying
her hand as a matador,. Ava may have been practicing for the role of a bullfighter re-
portedly offered to her' in "a Hollywood film.
TIIL FMN FRONT
A water -trap, devised by F. L.
Watters of Winnipeg, leader of
stored product insect research
work for the Science Service
Division of the Canada Depart-
ment of Agriculture, has proved
generally superior to grain samp-
ling as a method of detecting the
presence of insects in stored
grain. Such a simple, sensitive
warning system is of vital impor-
tance to the success of a pest
control program as stored grain
insects are capable of increasing
their numbers by tremendous
proportions in a short period of
time. Furthermore, once an in-
festation is established it is more
difficult and costly to eliminate.
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This water -trap, tested recent-
ly in four 1,000 -bushel granaries
and one • 25,000 -bushel annex,
consisted simply. of six -ounce
glass jars filled with water to
within one :inch of the top. These
jars were spaced uniformly and
pushed into the grain until the
tops were level with the grain
surface. After a week to ten days
the jars were taken to the labo-
ratory and examined for pests.
Most species of insects common
to stored in grain in Manitoba
were found in the traps. How-
ever, it appears that the useful-
ness of this method of detecting
stored grain insects depends on
the depth of infestation. Fewer
insects were taken in traps as
grain depth increased.
Indications are that insects do
not wander aimlessly throughout
stored grain and fall into water
traps by accident. There is strong
evidence they are attracted to
the water -trap areas ' by the
higher moisture content. Jars
with no water in them 'were used
as a check and spaced through-
out the grain in a similar manner
to the water filled jars. At the
end of the test period the empty
jars contained fewer insects than
the water traps.
Grain temperature is probably
the most important single factor
affecting the distribution of
sect in stored grain. During
spring, summer and autumn, the
majority of these pests are found
in the upper half of stored grain.
In mid -winter, insects rarely ap-
pear near the surface but seek•
warmer regions near the centre.
Therefore water -traps are more
effective in the warmer seasons
of the year. Insect distribution
is also effected by moisture con-
tent. Invariably more insects are
found in grain with a high
moisture content than in dry
grain.
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When using water -traps in the
winter, anti -freeze should be
added to prevent freezing. Mr.
Watters also advises the use of
waxed cardboard containers in-
stead of glass jai's if there is any
danger of freezing , This will ob-
viate the risk of a jar breaking
and broken glass being mixed
with the grain.
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In Canada only one process is
used with any degree of success
in storing eggs for long periods.
It consists of immersing the eggs
in a colourless, odourless, taste-
less mineral oil for several sec-
onds, and after draining a few
minute;, immediately packing
the eggs in new packing material
and moving to a cold storage
room. These storages must be
capable of being maintained at
a controlled temperature of 30
was left unvacummed. In two 5 -
degrees F. and a relative humid-
ity of 86 per cent.
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Complaints by consumers that
oil processed eggs show a shini-
ness on the shell and in some
cases absorb a ' characteristic
odour and flavour induced the
Poultry Products Division, Can-
ada Department of Agriculture,
Ottawa, to experiment with a
new type of packaging material
(Cry -O -Vac bags) in which eggs
could be packed at the egg grad-
ing station and moved imme-
diately eo
mmediately..to the cold storage hold-
ing rooms.
Eggs used in the experiment
were obtained over a period of
three clays from a large commer-
cial flock. They were divided at
random into 12 different lots,
one lot receiving the standard
oil treatment and storage, the
others packed in Cry -O -Vac bags
in : one dozen cartons, 5 -dozen
lots, and 15 dozen lots. One-half
the lots were immersed in oil
before packing and one-half left
=oiled. In each group, air was
withdrawn from half the bags to
create a vacuum, the other half
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dozen lots, carbon dioxide,
(CO2), was added after the air
was withdrawn.
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Uniform samples of each lot
were withdrawn from storage at
monthly intervals and submitted
to ..a panel of nine tasters for
scoring in comparison with two
samples of fresh eggs produced
under conditions comparable with
•the original flock. All eggs sub-
mitted to the tasters were iden-
tified only by number. They -were
handled and cooked under care-
fully controlled conditions.
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Scores recorded by the taste
panel indicated that eggs stored
under the standard oil processing
procedure gave on the average
poorer scores for flavour and
odour than those packaged in
Cry -O -Vac bags in either one -
dozen cartons or the larger lots.
The 5 and 15 -dozen lots in Cry-.
0 -Vac packages were superior to
those in one -dozen cartons.
Addition of carbon dioxide gas
resulted in lower scores by the
taste panel for flavour and Odour.
eggs packed in vacuumized and
were not improved by oiling and
there was no difference between
eggs packer in caummized and
non-vacuumized Cry -O -Vac bags
according to taste panel results.
JUST A BAG - Playing peeka-
boo in her plastic "beauty
mask", pretty Beverly Bridges
prepares to zip closed the bag,
which is designed to prevent
smeared make-up and mussed
coiffures when trying on clothes.
The transparent sheath, re-
sembling a bee -keeper's net,
fits comfortably into a purse.
UNIM 5(11001
LESSON
By Rev. R. Barclay Warren
B.A., B.D.
Christian Giving..
1 Corinthians 16:1-14
Memory Selection: Let all year
things be done with chaxity. it
CorintJhians 16:14.
In Paul's day there was no
united appeal for funds to he
turned over to various welfare
agencies. Neither did the gov-
ernment provide social security
and step in to help in times of
disaster as is done today. To
provide charity was one of the
functions of the church. at
course, the church still ministers
to the needy in heathen lands
and in instances of special need
in our own land. But the general
picture has greatly changed.
Paul instructed that "Upon
the first day of the week let
every one of you lay by him in
store, as God hat • e ,B,rospere
him." Here is an in a eatiol1a`tha.
the Christians in Corinth met
for worship on Sunday. Satur-
day, the seventh day, was the
Jewish Sabbath. But gradually
the Christians came to make
Sunday the day for their wor-
ship. This was called the Lord'a
Day for it was on this day that
Jesus Christ arose from the
dead. Nearly three centuries
later Emperor Constantine de-
creed that Sunday should be of -
officially recognized as the day
of worship. He gave approval
and legal status to what the
previously persecuted Christians
had already been practicing.
Under Old Testament law the
tithe was the Lord's. Indeed, the
giving of the tithe was practiced
by the patriarchs Abraham and
Jacob before the giving of the
law. It is hard to conceive of a
Christian in this dispensation 01
grace being less conscious of hie
stewardship than were the pa-
triarchs and those who lived un-
der the Mosaic law. In our les-
son the measure of giving is
suggested is based on one's pro
sperity. R. G. LeTourneau was
$30,000 in debt when he decided
to honour God with the tenth.
Now nine -tenths of his huge
profits from his manufaeturinl'
plantsgo into the LeTournea'i
foundation for promoting reit
gion around the world::
The tenth is a good place t4
start. If professing Christian
gave that amount there would
be plenty for expanding oug
missionary endeavours around
the world. As it stands, mors
money was spent last year ie
USA for dog food than for txlil
religious purposes. We need 'a
revival of New Testament
Christianity.
A `national survey shows 7.
per cent of the workers of
France, land of the two-hour
hinch period, eat their midday
meals at home.
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DESIGN FOR SURVIVAL -Shown above is the result of five years' study of auto crashes by
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory and Liberty Mutual insurance Co. Designed with the sole
aim of eliminating the major, causes of pass enger injuries and fatalities in smashups, the
car affords maximum safety to its occupants without sacrificing exterior styling. Innovations
include centrally seated driver, lever system to replace steering wheel and column, padding,
seat belts or yokes and roll-over bars above passengers. Note one "dub -car" seat facing
rear. Outside, shock -absorbing material is so ndwiched between the bumpers. Telephcne
baoth_type doors and reinforced frame prevent cove -ins of the tidos in collisior,t. The car
is experimental only and not intended for production.