The Brussels Post, 1955-02-23, Page 2•
II le Richest ,Woman
In HollYwOod
mu2lrlelciart Of me :4$k MY right
arm,
.19Y1 does a wen= of her age
keep up so killing an athletic
Pace • night after night?
,eq^-04,-Hovr"comer"ntlrSlieleekS*.0
yew's younger, maintains an ape
parently inexhaustible supply of
stamina, weighs 108 pounds,
and, boasts the provocative fig-
ure of 44 gitf-Of 10? The secrets
of Sonja Henie's near-perpetual
youtkl these; She lives 'On
raw meat and raw eggs, She
takes daily, Vitamin shots. She
aldePS" hoUrs a night. She
avoids _hard liquor, She is per-
ennially enthusiastic. She em-
ploys a masseuse to massage her
body and face. She practices her
ice-skating at least two hours
eler'''„ re-. ,day. Occasionally she ,
sorts to such stimulants as oxy-
gen end:ecloastnpagne. When,eveF,
she strains a muscle she takes'
immediate., injections ,to deaden
Some time ago, Sonja Henie
was lounging in the living room
Isere? of her suite at the Sahara Hotel
. Las Vegas chatting: with a
reporter, It was 2:00 am. and,
Te-CTITcl
show, the pert, apple-cheelced
ice-skater was mildly annoyed.
"The stage here" she remark-
ed, .too small my best
skalf14,"
"Besides," she added,. "ell Pm,
getting is $25,000 a week.' 1337 the
time I pay everyone off,,thete's
not riinchleft," *•=1•-• ,
This obsession with her career
and the monetary' freits' thereof
is responsible for snaking:Sonja, ,
Henie today the richest and
most fabulous woman in show
business.
At 42, after 18 years of pro-,
lessioneq skating,. =she „:
stiir the biggest narne in 'the
world of ice.
Possessor-o&r.persoriarqor4'",-rtileValfirfilid rgoerright on skat-
ing, Hardly ever does she per-
.imitrherself the luxury of a va-
cation. She is more interested
'than in men, Conse-
quently, her worries are fewer.
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from, cloth such as fl our or or:
•
•A.-.Ctec.iVegit'41,1Wdli4 x4VuOg.1.10cpayri:i
allo
r
with cold water, naphtha- soap •
t%T:1:1ten4tP3'?' 41"rinPinntTell,4.1t112irli.
to
W 'a!)Sahi.l
for
If
there is „still, seine calor, put: in
c.old" water, naphtha,. soap :and,. a
keresene, and boit, again,
o7:10444.7.10 .
one
t tk
noise .of n
i
wishes ,to- .as as 1),(0-
1 Able?. ' • f ! •
I •
A. place,lhe =typewilter -OVer,
• thick ,folds- of newspaper and it
of,, the noise.
s.'t1,41114:49.10170. 077!
A. "'oak small Objects. 'hi kerb-
serie, for several' days if it is
- necessary, ' 'end' "Sinebtli"'with
r. steel weal • or. enierY"paper.-••': ' "4 '
Q. How can I keep washable
• „articles from
.,A, '4,1011 pettade,, when :pew,
if dipped into a sointien„roade
of two table.spoons-Salt, one
tablespoon. "of • ammonia; • one.
tablespoon of turpentine, ;and a
gallon Of. warm - water. Dry
without • rinsing, • • •-!, • '
How, j. Can' remove ink
stains tcom ,a ,rug?: •
"' A If the stains have become
dry; 'rub there -with milk,. using
beconie's inky; then
`wash the 'spot' with illnitiefila
.water to--'remove the•grease.''
Q.- Should'. milk..te:' hot :When
„drieking it for - tired . nerves?::
Yes; heat. it 'te,the •,scalding,
add a, little salt y and
drink it as libt"as" Possible". This!
prbducer.'
,
'
Q. Blow - can. I teiiieve• white
...water . marks from' highly pot,
". .,Ct.
A.„Aub,„with,,,a, cloth moisten,
• _„kereserne„ et.; equal.
parts Of„.linseed"olt and' alcohol.
'•-,After rubbing • ,'Vigareii'aly wipe
cityp"apPly,ftiriiiture-Oil and pot-
ish with a damp chamois. .• •••- •
Q. How can I clean pipes?
A. Buy. a good cerripeund', in e.
drug- or grocery storeto" 'keep
- the. pipes , clear. :;Do
; the .compoend _becanse,...they,
.• ••usually' contain- 'acids. and lye
"and: "and: Will 'burn. "" • •
IQ; show can T"easily" cut par-
-Parsley well: be much
easier ,to..eut• if it is ; washed..
„let water instead of 'cold,
. • „
can forioVe- paint •
Oder from a 'robin? • '
• Try placing '"a '-paper 'bag'
•••gontairiing--,7Seyeral-2 -.pieces , of -.
ehatceal in .the room .and
the, .door up. tightly. Another
.reinedy),:i.S an Onion • sliced inte-.
pierCes and lint into sous=
'ket •Of 'Weed'', in the robin.
Although finpan haddie is now
a werld-famous food, its origin
in Ocoiland Caine abOtit quite F 'accident niany ,'yeats age. A
large quantity lhaddoclf 'had
' been:stored. in:a betiding ,in -Fin-
den, :Scotlad. , tome, .wood in
the building caught fire., and
-When the flames haddied away,
the haddeak hed lakerE'oen a
. rich, golden :htie. Those- fortun-
. eite ,enough to taste it prpriOunc-
ed it "bonnie," Asa result, this
smoked' haddock became known
as Finden Haddock, And was a
big boost' to the fishing trade,
• You don't have to make a trip
to the ;Lend =0' the Heather to
enjoy this delectable and r=econ-
omical fish, for finnan haddie
froth 'Canadian haddock is avail-
tune estimated somewhere be,
tween $10,000,00,0,41-4 $1,5,000,e
000, Sonja continues. to 7 Vain-
•storm the world 12 rrionths a,
year setting nave* 'attendance
records wherever she performs
and amazing a lie.*;genetatUire'•,..
of spectators with. thezincredible•
perfectien;.ofi her,,Aikatingi4vitv• • • ardry.
In 1953 Sheeteuregthe,1,Inited
States and SCandinaVia. In Oslo
she made 33 ,•appeaeances,in :324
days before '360‘,000 -faiie She
grossed $521,090, of which she
netted apPtoiciniatelf 420314-60-=.,..
not bad for a long, -. month's
work. r- . :1!',"1.6!•,•
In 1952, appearing in ,New
York's Madisen2AFIPare ...G'arden;D:
she grossed $92,000 in a single.
This year, touring small and
medium-sized cities in,..the
west; she has 'alreade' grossed
$300,000.
Ever since • she turned profes-
,:f.SP4.10%;;kTe:,4,06,T.59niajlenie )hasi..
been minting these astronomical
trtiounts.$ of tniorie-Y;" • MoredVer,
her ice revues and. motion pic-
tures have been seen by more
than 250,000,000 fans, bringing _
her the following` inateriartrich-,'
es: a tremendous mansion in •
Landoya, Norway,..which, ,
";•,:iVerd-a;OFfieTt-'-eitiairleitinisloand—
Winthrop - Gardiner, "makes the
like a shanty"; another ram-
bling $500,000 , inariSion in , Bev-
erly Hills, California, .4e.qtiipped
with swimming pool, tennis
court, boxer dog and paintings- ,
by Rubens, Reynolds and
;•iiiiiri--
ber of apartment 'houses, and
"'other real estate holdings in •
Chicago;,A,,.liquer distributor-,
ship; Judge"-84.'RolPit ',the,'
same cityiese.$4500,99A, collection
of jewels referred. to by mem-
bers titlier tretiPenS!,"tlieS-tOck'
pile"; a novelty • conipeny;,. two „
Cadillacs; stock ••'Irr's'eVeral•—
arenas, and 4,,7,00 acres
erty in OceOside.,1. Pali
. One wouldethink thatAVitli all '
this wealth,. Sonja Henie„,might
now be content to;k1rgif quits;':'
to rest On llerflaurela..aridirloying,. .
tuna, to sett* cfAtyn'' 'arid liVe"
the geRdoniid: ;1.iengeful life. But
Sonja insists she is cenatitetion-
ally incapable of retireitient:OVy
inactivity. _,P0' i,
"I'Ve been skatifil'ilrice,'I Was'
eight" she points .'out, "and I
0111 kte it. I knotv hard to
.explain„ to-q)aoplett,g4i. would.
•--,titthet skate then ,:..q.fanythttri ..,
I just can't' give,: it' up. It's as:
;. Here's a Newspaper
Written By- Ghosts 1 ,, .5° r irt . `,
haddie on a square, ,of aluminum
foil or in a colander. Brine Up
corners of IOU pinch -' to-
getherileaving openings; nnd
foil-wrapp.eVfish.or fish
r r$e - =in colander, irer beilieg water.'
Cever. and let fish steam ahout
15 'ininuteeuVitil 'andePhut '4111
flaky. tfirinkle With pePperland
-,sserve' with' :lenion 'butter sauce.
.:r,SerVes Aite,w lf5 whole.,:,finean
,isikesed„ reineye,hones
and 'akin after 'Steaming -
;Jtt;e‘.* qIE, Melt 3..33')..•7
it To..imake,:LemonButter =Sauce:
.Melt 3 tablespooeshuitter
Ad juice of halt 'a leinOn`."
(Consume;,tested ,recipe pier-
ITJSy Fisheries Council Of' Can-
'. 'Ada. ' Fisheries
Council of Cariada)-:ne
-able in most parts of theeoun-
,7 try" all' year otottrid''The''Scots
;knoW a:good btitAnd this bone-
less, wasteless fish," with its
mild, smoky flavor, is onepf the
best.. It requires , very little
cooking, is, ideal for dinner-inn-.
You can bake finnan had-
:die in milk in n 'very hotoVen
(500°F. 'for 15 _mina) or ' you
may steam it to,rnoist perfection
as ,,directed below., Instead, of ,the
lemon butter sauce, a perfect
foil' for finnan 'haddie, you
, might wish tte Serve"; a'' cream
sauce to which you -have added
sliced' hard ,cooked,.., eggs, and
chopped parsley, chili sauce, or
zesty dry mustard.
Steamed Finnan Haddie
Place one pound of finnan
and staged a two-night figure=
• skating, exhibition. It drew. $33,-
000; and-Wirtz knew he had dis-
covered: a good thing, All he
needed, he decided, was "a big
name" to carry the Show.
In' those • days there was only
one, such 'name:. tonja • Henie..
.. Following the 1936 Olympic
Games, Wirtz cabled Sonja:
"Will you turn ProfesSional for
three thouSand dollars a night?"
Sdrija Cabled right back: "For
three thensancr dollars" 'a 'night
anyone will turn 'professional."
• - A. few Weeks later Miss: Henie
was skating in .Chicago :Sta-
dium =earning., $12 000. for • four
.perforinanceS. Mere „important,
'She began' 'an 'association With.
.Wirtz that- Fated "To-
:gether; :,ons a :50'450 .1pesisli they
••organized .-the Henie,
,Revise, bought variOus proper-
=ties„, took oven the Center The-
titer Ybik'S',,Radio 'City,
(installed' •'''Anotheil fabtilotisly
opi-ofiteble dee shOw there, •arid
.=,•rari it ,for,:a i decatle• during which
.,..,,tinertorija „made_ only,. token
appearances r, •
In. 16 years 'under...the Arthur
Wirt '''aegres the various frenie
•lee athieired inedinatfon-
• al faniwand grossed;nn estimat-
ed ,45(13000,990.eAtiat;,•why -Wirtz
and Sonja severed: their s triut-
, relatiOnsinp, the
:41ttle blond ice-skater refuses to '
-diVtilge. "It Was ,rstiSt bile of
'Iliose'•things"IS-411 She Will Say,
Although half Of :the ice: te-
vue money went to .,Wirtz from
1936 to 1,952, Sonja retained 100
per .cent of then. Hollywood
earnings in this seine 'MHO. • •
Nothing is more indicative of
this show-woman's great shrew-
ness than the way in -Which She
first crashed' ,notion pictures:
In 1936 she and her parents,
came out to the movie capital,
rented. the Polar Palace, the
Only rink in town, hired a goo&
orchestra, a eortmetent lighting
staff and the flashiest ice skat-
ers available,
was deterreined," Sonja
says; "to Make Hollywood ice,,
conscious and to get the best
movie contract I could,"
It cost' the Henies PAO to stage
their, daughter's California skat,
ing debut, but the investment
reaped the desired` rewards. 'The
revue not only 'returned a ter.,
rifle profit, but in Sbrija's
"Hollywood offer's fell
into our lap like ripe fruit ' T.
took the one I :wanted. Meat-,
With ,0th derittity-Fox',"
Darryl : 2antick, the studio Pto,,
ditetiort thief, surprised at Miss
bargaining acumen;
agreed to a long-term dear at
$1136,60 Plettite, totija, also
dettianded Plenty ,,of free time
le 'taut with her Me revue. the
. got it
Q1' 1.i. - 13'
The 'little` 'town Of . Camerino
-is...known 'as the Smallest •tini-
versity town :in Italy. Now it.
has , Another distinction,. For
';that is where '1_,'Aurota' 'is, Pub-
lished — the only newspaper
I 'in-; the 'world written by' ghosts'.
'L'Aurora' ' " issued by 'r
spiritualist society of seven. Its
inspiration was Professor: Gies-
-epper iStoppolopi, the ,=•head of
the" 'faculty of 'eeterinary ape-
' rtodiY"at- the iiniverslif,"and an
• arclentpirittialiSt ,for
,,;`years. When,.Stoppolonit found-
the its
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ea; Unfit/he S'itted" 'seh'sation:-
seekers from theterealiy!rinfer.
,ested, and reduced the number
to veven... t
twice,
„. week; on TiniradayS and Satur.-
'1 dayi,i in the'.rifoifse of the- 1661d
liflianle Manager, ,'.N.Ired'ilarrin',7the
•,=(•ionlVellunlination,.tgloWsreri'Mhe
darkness; in 5(a, corner standsa
tape recorder. „Then,,the .seance
begins with the ineditini, Reone
Bocci, afrig'ilitO'a tifiece..
The results ;are claireed to be
eXtrah'idiliVey. r.lheFliPirit of
Dante
mark a bhlaegz, anipVeeaftreerigclielsAlr,lloil,-d?Oee-,
, haver the, ghosts, of ;Other great
' literary figtires,, such as the
:.-1:56eta" lebPdrdit ''and Isgsc011' 'not'
tethered theria.
/ f WAS thie ,aecurntilation .oPliteri-
ery-,taleet which decided the
groupUpon publishing ,`L'...Aut. ora.
Althinigh its production ig
naturally in • the hands of mor-
tals, it has MI single earthly
contribetor.
thiguiShed, writers "Alesseri
dro,". who has not, apparent.yo
diVtilged his surname but WAS-
Serried to be the novelist Ate's, saridre.
is 41-Orri tante,: however,
that most is expected. He, Or his
Spirit; lids told ',them, that he is
working. Oil 'a, long nattatiVe•
peeni called "FtOrn Earth TO
. -'Heaven,"' pbelii tra take its
plate ,With his. "Paradise" and.
"Inferno." What is more, he Is
dictating the poem, to the tape
recorder, • .1.
Alas, for the,.groUP;they have,
Inditred seVer a dioleaatio:
from, the Tha' r f6cal
Clerked afithorities took a poor
'Vie* of theiractivities froinethe •
tirste.and eiiiithedAhein to
The Warning was unheeded,,,,
the resttlt•haS been that at iev--
'inetribeta 'haVe been except,
Not -eiten.
deterred The"
'keancea: ,Oantiriue, 'L'AurOa'
*111 iegulaylY pabliAed4 and lit
.,-gria calve' they''tiv111-give to the'
irerld Datite'a . rieW poem.
Meanwhile, the ciltiee;WAW
• 3 1. • .„3
teV
Sri
is
-
• i:40 elle
qe.eusrat!
-:cameraman an excuse
lot; She's
ciirli'ing kitty anciiiii;e9s11:;!,,r,n".an-
ic if; ti 6 On fl'a tt;'?,0 t • fe pass
'Cqt.7 Cbritree
f
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Mart Birdtt :;
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'T: E. El:Well01AS: reason
to 'think seagulls are 4-rxiotig the
Most_ intelligentei birds. He has
proVed that .tWo' he',knoWS pos-
ses reasoning' poWet and acting
•' •
For some time Mr. Elwell,- of ,
Ramsay, Isle of Man, has been
in the habit of :feeding seagulla
from his ,Recently he
noticed a oee-legged- gilll at-
tempting to get its shate of the
crutribs and ,fish scraps he left
on the window - sill. But its
handicap put it at a disadven-
tete; and evert when it managed
to get to the food the Othet
birds pushed it Out, of their
w Then if was noticed' that the
cripple did not come during the
day when other birds'. were
around. It eared instead at dusk,
and Mr, ElWell watched for
it 'and "gave it good ota on
its own.
• Oh one occasion, hciefever, he .-
realised that the cripple was ac
tually ariether *Mat
WaS acting a part alighting: On
brie leg and keening' the: othek,
'Welted- beneath. iti
Now' Mr; EliVell hat tO
closely to Ae'd iviiithef the
tars seagull whidi arrived for
evening' Meal' is tee*,
er,e-Legged bird' or "a never
Masquerader:
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lifth &he, tilk fraeilie Oldefii1101 Allay tc,111 , q01,00: The bigger a man's heed getso
the easier' it is his ahoes;
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Odd Happenings
At Ship Launchings
Milky cocoanuts instead of
bottles of champagne Were, used
when two 10,000-ton ships were
launched at Hamburg, Germany!
a little while ago. Said „ari oftia
cial, Of the shipping: line': "They
were just as effective and more
economical than champagne,”
1.1sin,g! abottle -4 Of wino to
jai eat cs m'a-:1114pyceaanrshaagvoe aitsi-:vdormawai;
at Plythouth tOok such a bad
' that the bottle struck a
,spectatorikIIp demanded and nh-
tained, from. the Admirallty com.
pensation for his head
Ever since, the bottle has been-
r"Sectirely tied to the" ship's bdw.
I= tORP ClydeSido shipbuilders re-
call many e queer' happenings
;'v,chen ships have .been. launched,
chipt.,1 ,A Chinese Od down the
ways in, 1934 to'the acCorepani-;
Merit 'Of 'aputterifig,citnekers —
'Chinese ir'eligtoin:', deSighed to'
,ward Off' evil spirit'S:
A resolute woman who 'missed
.hittine,Anether,ship with ,a bot-
tle, of wane ,actually pursued the
runaway vessel into the water,
bottle inhand. - -
During 1 in the
United States, shipbuilders had
'to' abandon the 'Practice " of
",chtisteiling new 'ships. 'With
champagne; The owners -of one
:new steamer, broke a ten-pound
jar of,tiee;creant over her bow,
The, Japanese` still foliate the
Picteresque.custom Of releaSing
a cage of songbirds at,n•l: ship
christening, - --
In ,the ruthless days of the
Vikings, wher; a ship was
launcheoli a
the
was always
bound -In' the shipv:;a3/:' and so
,sacrificed to the "sea gods."
Three ,yearS"Ago ' three-
POund O
a-
f fee a
Greeeland glacier was wed, to
christen-,,a new shin,for, the Den-
mark-Greenland ,route when she
was launched at Aafboig
yard. .
Accidents at 'ship' laifiiclings
are-fortunately rare. Thp. wprst
Aloc;ornredwlaisn419.8r198017.vei
The basic-
,wash. swept, l aWaY. PeOple
in fre, a platetn.and fifty were
ded:'itern " •"" • 7.
MERRY, 'MENAGERIE' „•
ript,,absent-minded eat-
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• • - Tne•secrets of her lasting suc-
cess,howevertt reay be attribut-
' e&teariother set of virtues; tale
ent, thrift, acumen, showman-
• Sonja, as every sports fan '
.t *news, "."7waS .born in Oslo, Nor-
way. At eight she was given her,
-A174.-Paq of ,,skates. At nine she,
'won -the jailor competition of
the „gsle,Sl5ating Club. At 11
she won the Norwegian Na-
tional Championship and con-
'24iired4d her father that one day. 4=
she ....planned—tokeeerric "the.,
ir•IfeTtegfirgure:skater - in the
world." •
• ~Admiring his daughter's am-
bition, Wilhelm Henie decided'
to further her career. He 'hired,
the best skating instructors in
• Ogle ,tb4etieli'ller.
At 14, „Sonja ,Henig won her
`first world championship. In the
ensuing:42. ,years, she= captured',
nine additional World titles plus
the Olympic nhampionships of
108; 1932' and 1936. No other
figure skater has ever equaled
thia.phenomenal record, and it
--iriffilikelY 'that any ever will.
„her etmative years
k, =SOW a4• 4-was 4eso ;F, us winning
championships that her formal
education was taken over by a
-group of private tutors. When
she was 18, she expressed an
interest in "ballet and her par-
ents quickly sent her to London
to study under the famous Ma-
dame% Karsevina.
rt was this interest in danc-
ing that gave Sonja the idea of
putting .ballet ,on ice skates, an e
idea, incidentally, which is now
the ,basis i,for l• practically every
IW:revue in existence.
TotArthur, Wirtz, however, a"
brilliant Chicago real estate
operator,-,..goes the credit for in-
diking Sonja to turn profes-
sianafr
In..,1935,„Wirtz found himself I
Vtlia.....owner'',',Of three hockeY 1'
,teams and four midwestern
.arenas: "After the hockey -
season is over," he asked him-,
self,„"how,„arri I going to fill 7
VtlieSe. staditnns in Omaha, De.:.
troit, Chicago and Indianapoll 'I
is?"
One night, after watching a :r
skating exhibition at Ahicago's
Hetel,iShermen, i Wirtz.got an
,.ided&e 1114-Walygrotip of pro- -
'fessional ice-skaters for $3,500P
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a Paul' metal tube Of
*die and toathbrUth io Stir up interest in Ciiildrete. behtaf
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