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The Brussels Post, 1958-01-22, Page 2LOST HER HEAD—The shape's the same, but when a girl finds herself with a head that isn't her own, then something is wrong. That's the plight of shapely Parisienne Vera Valmont, 22, left, who is suing a film producer to have her head put. back on her body. Vera posed for the poster, right, advertising a movie, but the. head belongs to actress Agnes Laurent, who is starring in the film. It's contrary to the terms of her contract, Vera says. . TABLE TALKS ejawi Andttews. -41 Buckets Of Water Cooled Off Suitor As the specially censtreeted wooden cage swung out on a *teel cable over the abyss, the rap inside it gaged down at, the "eke of fiery lava that bubbled stnd smoked at the bottom of one of the craters of the liawallan 'Volcano, Mount Kilauea, Nearly .4000 feet below lay tle object of his daring quest— he body of a seventeen-year- teld, jet-haired girl clad in a "night red dress. It was on the edge of the .lava lake, And close by it was the black-coated body IA a young man of twenty. The couple were victims of a love tragedy which had shocked the people of their native Ha- waii. Falling passionately in love with the girl, the young man wooed her ardently and propos- ed after less than a fortnight. But she refused to marry him. Enraged, her suitor bad ehot her and then leapt with her slim body in his arms into the crater where — according to ancient local legend—a fire god. dwells. A coroner's inquest — surely one of the strangest ever held— had taken place on the rim of the crater where members of the jury viewed the bodies through field-glasses Then the grief- stricken families of the victims discussed the possibility of re- covering the bodies. The girl's father sought per- mission from the authorities to be lowered into the crater to bring back his beloved daugh- ter, but he was dissuaded from it because of the terrible risks involved. A Japanese contractor from Hawaii then came forward with his plan for recovering the lov- ers' bodies. With men working the winch from a platform above and the Japanese telephoning ,instruc- tions from inside the age, it descended slowly, dangling over the chasm which was 3,500 feet across. He landed on a ledge near the bodies, which he quick- ly and then the ascent erOm the fire-pit was accomplish- ed, while' watchers held their breath. The cage was pulled,up to the rim of the crater with its tragic burden, The couple were buried next day and the daring Japan- ese received $1250 for his -sq., Nrices, Fortunately, few stories of re- jected proposals of marriage end so tragically. It's hard to shake off a really persistent wooer, as an attrac- tive Midlands girl discovered. Not even a couple of buckets of gold water could damp this youtli'fardour completely though it was the indignant girl herself who threw them over his head. phe also broke an umbrella over hirn because he would pester her. But he just wouldn't take "No" for an answer. He mooned about outside the shop where the girl worked, although he was aware that she had become unofficially engaged to another m a n. He sometimes turned up uninvited at her home at nights and once or twice, when he refused to leave, she had to call the police to eject him. In the end he followed her for the last time — into the court where he admitted seven charges of disturbing the peace by forcing his attentions on her. He was bound over to be of good behaviour for a year. A nineteen-year-old North of Drive With Care England man courted a girl for six weeks and then proposed tO her, She turned him down, A few nights later the young man terrified 1,0Q 0 People in a movie by threatening to jump from a forty-foot ledge, It hap- pened as the lights went up at the end of a film in which jell prisoners leapt feorn balceneee. Suddenly women in the audi- ence began to Scream as the love- sick young man was seen poised high above the stalls, smoking a cigarette, Over the screaming he was heard to say: "Prn going to jumpy' Felice were called, the movie was cleared while the young man watched calmly and in eilence. But as a ladder was manoeu- vred across the stalls he called: "Take it away or I'll jump!" At that, it was removed. Firemen were called next. Six of them holding a folded net crept alongside the stalls beyond the young man's line of vision, At a signal they dashed out, un- folding the net as they went. As they did this the young man jumped. The net, however, broke his fall. He was taken to hospital suffering from shock, but soon recovered. Persistence often pays divi- deride in affairs of the heart. So infatuated was a suitor in Mil- waukee, Wis., by a little red- headed shop-girl that he pro- posed to her eleven times but turned him down each time af- ter they had actually fixed the wedding date. "I intend to marry you what- ever happens," he then told her. "I shall propose to you every week until you decide to marry me." The girl was so impressed that she replied:: "All right, I'll marry you. Your determina- tion makes me admire you and I think I can learn to love you in time." She was right, for to- day they have a family of four and their neighbours say they are the most devoted couple they've ever known. Women sometimes break off engagements for the strangest reasons. A London typist jilted a Frenchman because he told her that when they were married he must insist upon her eating snails at least twice a week when they entertained friends. And a German girl walked on to the field at the end of a foot- ball match and gave back her engagement ring to her fiance, t he goalkeeper on the losing Side. "I can't marry a man who lets eight goals through in one match; my friends would laugh at me," she declared. Some jilted men have found relief in violent exercise after the women they loved have walked out of their loves. When a woman spurned Goethe, the great German poet, he tried to forget her by riding great distances on horseback and going for twenty-mile walks. But he found himself still sigh- ing for her presence. Then he learned to skate. This "cured" him and he forgot the woman. Later in life he said that skating enabled anybody "to throw off entirely cares that preyed on the mind." What does a young man do when a blonde young beauty rejects his proposal because she says he is not daring or manly enough? An Austrian bricklayer spent the night quietly bricking up the doors of a village police station. He was arrested and sentenc- ed, but he went to jail happily for the girl had written him a note saying: "What a daring thing to dol I love you'," Culture._ At A. Penn) *' Pay Treasury pay day, in 1.9.11, Was on the 23rd of the month, and that is why my first full month's pay, in three. golden • sovereigns, was in my teeleser- e pocket when I got- off the tram at Camberwell Green,. on a glorious afternoon, in max. •. My sight was dimmed, and my arm numbed, because I had been straphanging during the journ- ey from the Belepharit and Cas- tle to carnberwell Green, I had found that by walking from Billingsgate, over IA gado n. Bridge, past Chaucer's °Tabard Inn" in the Borough to the Ele- phant, I could' get to the Green on a penny fare, On the journey to and, fro each day, for six days a Week, this economy saved a penny a day. Sixpence h week meant a new volume of Every-. mares. Library, or a World's Classic, every fortnight. And: several other such devices might permit me to add a Nel- son's Sevenpenny Classic as well, Not only that, but I enjoyed the walk, especially in the morning, for it gave me pause, to fortify myself against the stomach-probing ordeal of en- tering the grimed and forbid- ding portal of the Custom House, climbing those eighty-- odd stone stairs, and being ale, sorbed unwillingly into the rou- tine and discipline of the Gov- ernment Laboratory. So too, on the homeward journey, that walk to the Elephant and Castle. gave me opportunity to shake off the manacles, to free my mental limbs, and . to reassure myself that, like the young Col- eridge careering with waving arms doWn the Strand, I was free "to swim the Hellespont."' From. the time I left school years earlier, I had been assailed, between the spasms of self-glory, by misgivings about intellectual equipment, This EXPELS DUTCH—Gustaf Maeng- kom, justice minister of Indo- nesia, has ordered the expul- sion of all Dutch nationals from his country. The Indonesian government also ordered the closing of all Netherlands con- sulates. must have been partly due to my brother's monitorship. He disapproved of my head-in-the- air attitude, and my tendency to claim a principality in the realm of letters. He was one for cor- rect spelling, uncleaved infini- tives, and logical sequence in presentation of ideas. So, to compensate for my de- ficiencies in academic training, I was putting myself through this course of study in the ele- ments of logic as an auxiliary to the more enjoyable and self- indulgent study of the diction- ary, and. books on words, such as those by Richard Chevenix Trench and Professor Weekley of Nottingham University (the man to Whom D. H. Lawrence owed so much). I was encouraged in the dreary discipline by the discov- ery that much philosophic plea- sure is based on the knowledge of language and ,he part played by the words theemselves in the processes of thought. I realized already that the accuracy in- volved would act as a drop-keel to my temperanient, which tended to carry too much sail, This Caliban the LC.C, tram, served a good purpose. „ It was a good friend to nee. It ear- tied me in ell Weathers, all sea., tons, to work, and brought me back again to my privacy, an- other aspect Of my secret uriie versity, For these years were of intensive study. The routine be- gan when I was eighteen, and was maintained for four Yeats, Thus it was the equivalent of a normal number of terms et a substantial university, with a year for post-graduate work. — From "The Golden. Sovereign," by ttichard Church. R . Moscow ttlevisioin Service tvll begin a course of English shortly. The Soviet radio sy'ste'm broad, casts in 80 languages within Itussia and to 84 foreign tans guageS, oh the tnost powerful transmitter in Europe,. Here is a dish that I am sure you and your family will enjoy — a combination of salmon and macaroni, that not only tastes "like more" but is very nourish- ing as well. SALMON SCALLOP Yield-5 servings. 1 cup ready-cut macaroni 1 can (approx. 7 ounces) salmon 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 44 teaspoon pepper 34 teaspoon dry mustard 2 cups milk 1 teaspoon grated onion Few grains grated nutmeg 1 cup shredded old. Canadian cheddar cheese 1/4 cup finely chopped celery 1/4 cup coarse soft bread. crumbs tablegpoon butter Boil macaroni until tender in salted water ' e drain well. Drain and break up salmon, mashing bones and discarding skin, Melt the IA cup bdtter. Remove from -heat and blend In flour, salt, pepper, dry mus- tard, milk, onion and nutmeg. Cook over low direct heat, stir- ring constantly, until smoothly thickened. Add and mix in cheese. Stir in cooked macaroni, pre- pared salmon and chopped celery. Turn mixture into a greased casserole. Toss bread crumbs with the 1 tablespoon butter and sprinkle over top of casserole. Bake in a 'moderate oven, 350 degrees, until topping is cooked and golden — about 1/2 hour. * * * It is sometime since this col- umn carried any recipes for home-made Candy, and with these long winter nights upon us, probably 'some of you will find these timely. FRUIT FUDGE 1/2 cup chopped dates lh cup chopped, seedless raisins 1:`: cup chopped, candied pineapple . n cup chopped, candied cherries 2 eggs, separated 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup sugar 2 ounces chocolate, melted 1/4 teaspoon Ismon extract 1/4 teaspoon orange extract 1/4 teaspoon vanilla lh cup sifted all-purpose flour Toes together gently the dates, raisins, pineapple and cherries. Spread in buttered 8-inch square or a round cake pan. Beat egg yolks until they ate light and lemon colored. Cream butter and sugar together. Add beaten yolks, chocolate, lethori extract, orange extract and Va- nilla. Beat together Well. Blend flour into chocolate mot- tore Beat egg whites until they are stiff and stand up in peaks. Fold into chocolate eniktette, Spoon Over fruit he pen. Bake in slow oven, 3001 degrees F. for 30 minutes. Cool in pen On• wire bake reek. Cut into equeree or pieties , This `Candy, like /reit, cute,, irreeiseVee with dee. Makes approximately h to 16 squares or pieces. CARAMELS cups sugar tx teaspoon salt hours or until ,firin, Cut squares with sharp knife, Makes -.2.1/2 pounds., t .. • , VVPOlti cup goiden corn syrup 34 ,t7a144n .g.. saltAr )4 cup water 2 P.tgai.$)oviitP teaspoon .vanilla 1 cup chopped nuts or I cup chopped, candied fruit Combine corn syrup, sugar,. salt and water in saucepan. Cook. over medium heat, .stirring con, Stantly, until sugar is .diss,olved,. Cook, without stirring, to firm hall stage (248 degrees P.) or un- til small amount of syrup,. when dropped into very cold water, forms a firm ball which does not flatten when you remove it from the water. Beat egg whites (just before syrup reaches. e48e degrees F.) until they are stiff but not dry,. Pour :about one-half of syrup slowly over egg whites, heating constantly. Continue to cook remaining. syrup to soft crack stage (272 :degrees F.) or until small amount of syrup, when dropped into very cold water, separate into threads which are hard, but not brittle. , Add syrup slowly to egg white mixture, beating constantly, Con- tinue beating until mixture holds its shape. Add vanilla and nuts. Drop from tip of spoon onto waxed paper. Makes 11/4- pounds. Staving Off Death When does the soul leave the dying body? Pope Pius XII told members of the International Congress of Anesthesiologists meeting in Rome last week that this was a matter for medical men to de- cide. In the first address' he Was ever made about borderline cases of reanimation, the Pope assured doctors that they have the right to sustain life by means of artificial respiration, Moreover they have the right to abandon resuscitative methods when the situation is "hopeless." Commenting on the Pope's message, Dr. Giorgio Mattoli, one ,of Italy's leading heart spe- cialists, explained that "death —and. thus the departure of the soul—occurs when the heart fin- ally ceases activity' either inde- pendently or through failure to respond to outside stimulus." It was up to the doctor; too, to decide when a case was hope- less. Only then could he stop. the "outside stimulus" and avoid the guilt of, mercy killing. Brush Off Worry Art 4peris are saying that Sir Winston Churchill's skill as an. artist has developed consid- erably during the past five years, "He has now attained, a skill rarely over achieved by an AM- ateur and perhaps not by every profcssionol," says one, Wherever he goes on his tra- vels his painting outfit goes with him, When he went recently to the South of France he took more canvases and brushes than ever. before, He has planned, it is said, to complete four pictures which he began in 1958 for the 1958 Royal Academy summer exhibition. Down at his. Kent home, too, the ex-Prime Minister has had a new and spacious studio built. In his old one be completed more than 500 paintings. He be- lieves painting is a sure way to banish worry. During a holiday in Sicily in 1055 he drove daily from his hotel for painting sessions in a nearby limestone quarry, He has a particular liking for painting landscapes in France and among the Italian lakes. He has also painted in the Rocky Moun- tains, Israel Greece, and in Egypt, where he once fell off his camel while painting the Pyra- mids. The modernist painter, Pablo Picasso, studied one of Sir Win- ston's canvases carefully some years ago and then announced: "If he were a painter by profes- sion, he would have no trouble in making a very good. living." A quiet little man with grey- ing hair paid $4,000 at a Lon- don art saleroom in 1949 for a picture by Sir Winston. He was Brazil's leading art ..collector ;Ind,. the picture he bought, "The Blue Sitting, Room, Trent Peek," painted in 1934, was later exhibited in, the. Museum of, Art, Sao Paulo. COULDN'T RESIST "Ruth," moaned her long-suf- fering husband, "you promised you wouldn't buy a new dress. What made you do it?" "Dear," replied the modern. Eve, "the devil tempted me." "Why didn't you say: "Get thee behind me, Satan?'" the poor man inquired. "I did," the woman replied sweetly, "and then he whispered over my shoulder: 'My dear, it fits you beautifully at the back,' " .2 cups goltden corn syrup % cup butter 13A cups evaporated milk or light cream 1 teaspoon, vanilla Place sugar, salt and corn syrup in 3-quart saucepan. Cook rapidly, stirring occasionally, to firm ball stage (246 degrees F.) or until a small amount of mix- ture, when dropped in very cold water, forms a firm ball which does not, flatten on. removal. Add butter and evaporated milk or light cream gradually, so, that mixture does not stop boil- ing at any time. Cook over me- -drum heat, stirring constantly, to firm ball stage (246 degrees F.). Remove from, heat, add va- nilla and allow to stand in sauce- pan until 'mixture stops' bub- bling. Pour into buttered 8-inch Square pan. ' Cool 'until firm enough to cut. Remove candy from pan and cut in squares with shareeltnife. Makes 21/2 pounds. • ,* • ICEBOX FUDGE 21/4 cups sugar 1/4 cup evaporated milk 2 six-ounce packages semi- sweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup .golden corn syrup 2 tablespoons butter 1.teaspoon vanilla 1 cup chopped nuts Combine sugar and evaporated milk in heavy saucepan. Cook over medium heat,' stirring con- stantly; until mixture boils. Turn heat low. Cook 10 minutes, stir- ring constantly, to prevent scorching. Remove from heat and imme- diately add chocolate chips, corn syrup, butter and vanilla. Stir well until chocolate is melted and fudge is smooth and creamy. Add nuts, mixing only until blended. Pour rapidly into greased 8-inch square pan. Spread quickly as 'surface sets , . , immediately.' Chill in refrigerator' for 1 or 2 FEELING NO PAIN —Sinning Cindy O'Hara,"MiSt Inter. national Auto Chow", bears up very well under the Strain as eleven' 'tone of truck AOIS, over her: The' Uhutudi Vehicle, which moves or9 huge, 'sausage-elloped pneumatic pillows instead Of fOriVentional whets and tires, is' Called the killigOri, The truck rt able to "absorb" rocks and' other obstacles (like Cindy) by liowintf around 11,iikii ll, It is able to carry heavy loads over rough grown PRINCESS. GrAe AND DAUGHTER—Princess Grace of Monaco,, the former Grace Kelly, is shown with her daughter, Princess Caroline, at Monte Carlo, Monaco. The Princess is expecting' another child in March. — Courtesy LOOK Magazine. ABOVE lifE kIteMilt4,4 More familiar sight' In.' counitEiSeeetlefeeee" niade from *OdiieCleVeji. the Kremlin eif Moscow' 'loses Of its grim as' when viewed tram-above. This shot. , taken from the 'heathy MdtkVd, 146164 leaps ov er the massive .walls to Capture the ,sprawling headquarters of the Russian gOvernitierit, Photo' and ta.ptiOn 'Material are from an Official SaViet source: