The Brussels Post, 1958-11-26, Page 6HIiONICLES
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11 KILLED AS JET TANKER CRASHES Fire )igliTers"Tprobe the wreckage of co U.S.' Air force
KC-97' Strototanker that crashed into 0..housin g, development in the Small town of Isle of Hope,.
Ga., killing all 11 persons aboard, :the' Plane, plowed through 'two houses, lout miroculausly
injured only one civilian. The plane, had, just ra ken off from:Hunter Air Force Base, net far
from Savannah,
"Dear Anne Hiret: I am 24
years old, and nearly a year ago
I Married my Second husband,
39, I at so troubled I am afraid
1"M -losing My Mind!
"He is forever raving about
his first wife (who divorced him)
and eay,., h- realizes now he was
at fault, and if anything hap-
pens to me he will take my little
girl and go back to her, The child
is only four, and he is sweet to
her; she is wild about gin, her
own father died soon after her
birth, If I decide to leave here
and take her, of course, do you
think she would forgive me?
"My husband criticizes me all
the time. I've always peen an
immaculate housekeeper ,and a
good cook, but if he, sees me
sitting down he says the place
is filthy and nags me to get up
and go work „ I work hard,
Anne Hirst; besides the house
and my -little girl to" care for,
we have a large garden and rots
of chickens that are supposed to
stay in their own place, but you
know how animals are. Half the
time I am exhausted just by
the physical activities, but more
by his attitude toward my ef-
forts.
"I know it sounds crazy to you,
but I've come to the point where
I believe he actually wants to
work me to death so he can
marry his first wife. What do
you think? I just live from one
day to another, and in fear.
WRECKED WIFE"
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* and in this overwrought state
* you take his remarks to heart
* and belieye• you've aound the
* underlying reason for his nag-
* ging, He may be, however, the
* type of sadist who delights
* in mental cruelty and feels a
* malicious satisfaction in see.
* in g you cringe, Weigh this pos-
* sibility carefully.
* Ask him whether he would
* be happier if you leave bin,
* and if he admits it tell him
4' you will go, It this happens,
* don't worry about your little
* girl; she will miss him for a
* while, but at her age she should
* not ffer sir long. ttt If your husband laughs at
* your fearg and denies any de-
' * sire to end the marriage, re-
* mind hind you are doing your
• beste-but if he does not show
* more appreciation and kindness
* toward you, it will be you' who
* Will arrange to leave. That
startlingause,* idea * may * give hintp
YOUNG LOVE WAITS
"Dear Anne Hirst: The girl I
love is 17 and I'm two years
older, We've' dated for nearly
two years. We told our parents
we want to get married, and
hers said O.K. as soon as we'd
saved some money; we remind-
ed them that would take over a
year for the sum they name.
"Then they complained we
were too young. Her mother de-
manded we date other boys and
girls, and we've done that for
six months but always come back
together. Now her mother says
it is best we not see each other
at all! •
"My parents agree with this,
except they don't forbid our dat-
ing now and then. What do you
think? ANXIOUS FIANCE"
* The whole adult world seem
determined to keep you two
* apart, doesn't it? Since you are
* both under age, there is little
* you can do about it but COD'
* sent as gracefully as you can.
" To keep things pleasant, why
* don't you two see other friends
* too? That would show you are
* co-operating, and the girl's
* mother may retract her latest
* pronouncement; if she doesn't,
* maybe your parents will dis-
* cuss things with her. Keep on
* saving as much as you cap, of
* course, then when the day ar-
* rives that they consent you
* won't have to wait.
• Your marriage should start
* with nothing less than the tales-
* sing of both families, so hide
* your resentment. At least they
* approve your marriage some
* day. *
If your marriage is not work-
lag out, write Anne Hirst about
it and ask her opinion. Be frank
and fair, and get the benefit of
her long experience. Address her
at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St.,
New Toronto, Ont.
Have Your Fling
With Confetti
How many pretty brides have
ever wondered about the origin
of throwing confetti at wed-
dings?
The word is Italian, but when
an Italian uses it he is talking
about those tiny sugared -al-
monds which, guests are often
given at weddings in Italy.
An early reference to confetti
in England occurred in a maga-
zine of -1860, A London news-
paper mentioned it again in 1895
in reporting that at a wedding
"people attending carried bags
of multi-coloured confetti and
flung it in the happy young
couple's faces as they left the
church."
Forbidding the use of confetti
in a North London chur,phyard,
one rector described the custom
as "an unfortunate relic of bar-
barism, when the bridegroom
captured the bride by force."
Something tells me I had bet-
ter get this column started.
Daughter just phoned that slue .
Art and family would be here
for dinner tonight. And I'm tell-
ing you when thoSe three boys,
arrive it's like an invading army.
Three little girls would probab-
ly be satisfied playing quietly
with dolls or colouring picture
Looks. But boys . they have to
be cowboys or Indians, Wild Bill
Hickock or Zorro. Even Jerry,
the littlest one, has to (tag' along
and be in, on every 'act They
were all sleeping 'when Dee
phoned so they'll come out like
giants -refreshed, ready for any-
thing. Oh well, we wouldn't have
it otherwise. Healthy, happy,
normal children , are something
to be thankful for.
Now for what's been happen-
ing during the past week. Not
too much around home, just the
odd ones coming and going. Last
Friday, however, • Was a Very
special event for our local W.I.
A birthday party was given fer
a very charming elderly lady by
the name of Mrs. Burke. She
was the first secretary when this
branch was organized forty-four
years ago. At our last annual
meeting we had trouble in find-
ing anyone willing to act as
secretary so this same Mrs.
Burke volunteered to act in that
capacity again — and does an,
excellent job." Her age — that
was' not definitely'' given but we
all know her to be ango'ctegen-
arian — as smart and active as
many women at fifty. The rec-
tor, in paying tribute to our
guest of honour 'said that Mrs.
Burke, like Peter Pena seemed
to have-discovered the secret of
perpetual yotith. Col. T. L. Ken-
nedy was :also present, having
known Mrs. BUrke since she was
a young bride. He said 'that
when he received his invitation
to the tea he promised himself
that this was one occasion he
wasn't going to miss — in' fact'
he was determined to be there
to pay his respects to a long
time friend and associate.
And Mrs. Burke? ,She came
in wearing a grey' skirt and a
pretty pink blouse,' white hair
waved around her bright smil-
ing face, not in the least fluster-
ed as she took her place in the
centre of the platform. First of
all best wishes were expressed
officially by W.I. members and
representatives of other local
organizations with whore Mrs.
Burke had worked, Then thete
where personal greetings as each
of the fifty-siX guests went tin
and kissed or shook hands with
the smiling guest of honour, The
Queen on her throne could not
have been more graeiOus, charm.
.ing or appreciative than Was our
little Mrs. Btirke. course,
there was also presentation—
a travelling . case and .„ hatf-a-.
dozen silver teaspegmt, It Wet,
a Very hanpy afternoon frig
, everyone as Mrs. Burke has been
a leader in the community for
More years than most of the
people reinetribet. She is Still
active end iriterettect ih' her
church;, the W.I., Home and
School, — Yes, arid in politita
too. Frani what I have heard
wlld horses Wouldn't keep Mrs,
Ihirke from casting her vote.
So that was one ticeasiciri *heti
"flowers Were for the living,"
that meeting. It was purely 'per-
sonal but it gave me great plea-
sure and made me realize once
again what a small world we
!lye in. We were 'having• a cup,
of tea when a very pleasant,
friendly little woman came up
to me and introduced herself.
She was a ,newcomer to'Erindale
but told me that when they
came to this district her sister
who lives quite•a distance away
said "Why, that is where Mrs.
Clarke is living now, You must
be sure to go and see her," Ap-
parently 'the sister gets one of
the papers in which this column
is published • and she is kind
enough' o be interested in what
1 write.
'• So there's my small world —
I .never know when I go out if,
Or 'when; I shall meet yet an-
other person,who is a reader of
this column.
I imagine my newest acquaint-
ance andel will have much in
common as I noticed she was
wearing a W.lamembersbip pin.
We are far apart in year's but.I
never find that is to much of
a drawback. I don't think it need
be at any time until I reach the
stage of living entirely in the
past. Which heaven, forbid. The
past I treasure, It has modelled
and conditioned me for the pre-
sent, as I imagine it does ,every-
one. But there is still the' future,
brief or prolonged, depending on
what is in store for us. There
are bound to be gray days and •
gay days, but on the whale
don't you often agree With. the
therne in "Oklahoma" — "Oh
what a beautiful morning, oh,_.
what a beautiful day. I have
wonderful feeling, everything•ssg
going my way!"
I love that song — it has
beauty, and rhythm and a
down-to-earth philosophy that
can help you along the road
when the going is rough arid
hilly. So much better than the
impulse' which sometimes makes
us say — especially wilen things
*.go "Wrong — "Why does everyg
thing have to happen to me?"
How far Away
The Stars... I
A casual elance at the stars
in the sky does not suggest an
orderly arrangement of the stars,
and indeed gronpirig of. the stars
into constelletions is almost en-
tirely meaningless, This is be-
cause in most cases stars in a
„particular constellation are wide-
ly cent-Weil in distance from tie,
and they rely look close together
because they are in snore or less
the carne attention.
But there is' an ,order superite-
posed on the disorder, If one goes
outside on a dark night,- a moon-
less One, 'in a plane well away
from lights, one can see at nein
,twin tunes of the night the Milky
Way. In the northern hemisphere
the Milky Way tuns from an
area near Orion through Per-
teas; Cassiopeia and'Cygnus to
Aqttile: and is seen best (in the
Aerated thatifier or Owner leek,
tench finer sight 'in the southern
hemisphere Where it runs tittle
Aquila through SeritpitiS, and
passes through the Southern
Cross ,an then between Sirins
and dationts, In the seitthetit
herrnsPhere it. is atcreripariied by
the Magelletlie Cloetrit, .. Many
of •'0“,#•Q'rip dtstrrr
buted hear the Milky Way; Mid
when it is examtned by any tele-
scope, even a moderate aver , the
Milky Way is' seen to be beach
richer in faint stars than are the
outer parts of the' sky,. except
for the fact that there are• dark
lanes and patches in P":1ky
"'ay where one sees practically
nothing at all. . . .
In very distant objects it is
usually tea difficult to get spectra,
of individual stars, which are
too faint: but then the colours
of the stars may be used. The
astronomer makes a "-colour lu-
minosity array," that is a plot
of colour against absolute mag-
nitude, and sees that certain stars
of a particular eclairs must be
stars of a certain• kind, and so
have a known luminosity, As
before, the apparent brightness
arid the intrinsic brightness to-
gether give the distance.... The
astronomer photographs' a star
cloud repeatedly. Most of the
stars will 'appear the same an
every occasion, but a careful
search may reveal several stars
—perhaps scores—that are vari-
able.
It is, of course, a laborious
business to estimate the magni-
tude of each variable star on
each of many plates, in order to
find out the period of the sev-
eral variables; but the labour is
rewarded by the determination
of the diitance of the star cloud.
From "A' Key to the Stars" by
R. Van "Der Riet' Woolley, As-
tronorner Royal.
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,NO' SIDEWAYS This New •York
Fifth „Avenue bus-, was thwart-
ed in', its effort to take the' stairs
to" the 'subway Three pedea,
trians were injured in the freak
The, Hope Diamond,
And its "curse"
Back through the musty page
of history goes, the story of the•
('lope diamond, One of the most
famous
af themost Ti of the e t oria
world's
tos.
gems—or
Fo O r
as old as the story itseli-more
than 300 years—is the legend
of its curse,
The story
di,p relpamel;ic,sI;o1no)ns theasln,
Washington, D.C., in the 1920s,
to the banks of the Kietna River
in India in 1642; and each time
the diamond is mentioned the
pages of history turn lurid with
murder and sudden death,
tragedy, and despair,
The story and the curse begin
with a French adventarei panned
Jean Baptiste Tavernier, avian
first brought the stone gram the,
Kistna. River mines to France.
Tavernier died penniless and
disgraced, an eihle' from his
native land and so' the- legend
goes--torn to pieces 'by a' pack
of wild' dogs.
Before his death,. gramernier
had spiel' the stone to the reign-rktredinHillioYuseoe' ofikBaOrebron!leLoiuilaLis
' XIV Pterehasedi the stone. Mr the
equivalerrt`of about $110000' to-
day)). Iii was. handed' dbwn to.
Louis; XVT and° his consort, Marie
Antoinette. Then, the curie •hit
again. Louis and Marie An-
toinette .were beheaded; the
Paris mob seized the crown
jewel's'; the dismond disappeared
The stone' turned up next
around 1'800, in the possession. of
a Dutch . diamond cutter named
Pals, who' is presumed to have
cut it to ills present size and
weight of 4116 carat s. (It
originally weighed 1121/2 carats.)
Fare son stole the diamond, and
Fals died of grief. In remorse,
the son kilTed himself.
Eventually the stone was
bought, by Henry Thomas Hope,
an English banker who gave it
its name. It passed to. Hope's
grandson, Sir Francis Hope, who
married' an American musical-
<comedy .actress, May Yohe. After
a few years• of marriage; she
eloped with another men: Sir
Francis sold the• diamond to a
New York dealer named' Frankel.
!Sir Francis died destitute; May
Yohe ended' up a. scrubwoman.)
Year by year, the trail' of the.
Hope diamond's curse• beeerrre
unmistakable:
—Frankel went bankrupt; Abderl
Hamid, Sultan of Turkey, bought
the ston e.
—Abdul
gave it to his• favorite;
Selma Zubayaba. Later, its aeait
of rage, he shot her; he himself
was deposed; the diamond went'
next to a Greek broker, Simon
Montl'iarides.
—Montharides and his wife and
child were killed in a fall from
a precipice. A French jeweler,
Jacques Colet, took over the
stone. Colet went mad.
So went the roster: Russian
Prince Kanitovski bought the
stone and presented it to Mlle.
Lorens Laduc of the Foties
Bergere, The next day, he killed
her. Kanitovski was• stabbed' to
death.
Eventually the' Hope diamond
was purchased in 1911, by Mrs
Evelyn Walsh McLean.
Mrs. McLean was the most
famous of the Washington 'host-
esses of her day. The ,daughter
Of Thomas F. Walsh, .a multi-
Millionaire Colorado• mine oper-
ator, and a reigning beauty,' she
had Married Edward Beale Mc-
Lean, himself the • millionaire
owner of. The Washington .Post.
In her possestion, the ,diamond
bee' ame'the bright star of Wash-
ington society.
The Sunday supplements were
full of the story: Would the'curse
of the (lope diamond strike the
McLeans
The year ga the answer.
Tileif Yonne son, Vinson—called
in the Papers "1(1-re $1 Million
Baby"'',-was killed by an auto,
mobile. The4 dadghlee died of
an overdose of sleeping Pills,
Mrs. McLeap and her husband
were estranged; McLean died in
a mental institution.
After Mrea McLean chid in
1947, the ffope• diamond remain-
ed in a vault until 1949, whey')
Harry Wrinstoil, New York City
leWeler, bought the entire
Lean j'ewel'ry collection.
A few weeks, ago) Winston an-
nounced that tire' Hope diamond
would' go to as new owner. tre
had donated it to the Stettin
sonian Institution, where' it wild'
0. on dTsplay in the" Eta of
Gems. and' Minerals.
If this: seemed al prosaic end-
hag to, as legend so' studded' with.
m'el'odrama;, the, way' Winstom got.
the stone to, the Sinithsoniarr
was even more. prosaic; He mail-
ed it, registered' mill. paying'
$1',5r.85-. for insurante and $2144'
for pristage
—nom) Newsweek.
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PAPAL TRIBUTE — Etched on a fragile leaf, this likeness Of
Pope Brother,
XXIII is the work of BrOther Adrian Lewis, Chr
tian who serves as head of the placement bureau; ier
Manhattan C011ege, Brother Adrian, who has been practicing
his unusual artistry for some 45 yeati, chose maple1 leaf
because Ili thee. Major points symbolize the triple crowned
*Oat tiara:.
And to my thinking that is as it
should ht.
Another thing happened at
:;n.,1?: • tjeiT;,:i r, , cL DIGGER =. ;The arid is just ca big apple waiting to tie ,0i-eile in the,apinion of bt, T.
F. Gdskell, shown, right photo,• handliritva glebe possessively in his London, Eriglandi 'office:.
The ,
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The , atief phySicist for the Blititti PetteleUrri ,Co. plans to drill a hole 10 mileS deep, far 614-1
Witrhireph inwgillnibdiiniussedde.eppetsat penetration 'of fiti planet fo date.. Painting, left, OepiCit the drill
earth's center, thought to be a mass of eo ofteniron:
eventually to drill all the—Way' to`-Gaikell believes it tilaY be pOitible'