The Brussels Post, 1958-12-10, Page 3MOST VALUABLE PLAYER — Ernie Bank; of the Chicago
Cubs smiles happily in his Chicago home after being named the
National League's Most Valuable Player for 1958. Banks, 27, is
the greatest home run hitting shortstop in National League
history. He hit 47 home runs last year.
A Case of TV,Fright ...........
4rne4 I Was. a boy I Wea
stage struck. Later on •hes
came ..hoof-struck, Sq :far I have
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This was Sir Laurence
"the) worldtW' greatest gnglisiss
ke,e4ing actor," only lest WM-
mer.-:'When lie failed to get
ancial backing.' for his prOjeeted
MOMS Of "Macbeth," how,
ever,, he reconsidered thought
Myself; "Al-b. ah — this needs
a bit of 14411011g about„” 'seal
Sir Laurence last month, "Ob,-
viously I am, not suddenly go -
ins, to shoot up again in popu.
larity as a film star. I'm 51 DOW
So With, 4Macbeth' off, I
thought I'd taste something new,
Just a taste of TV, Try Where..
Try it in New York"
Sir Laurence's first taste of
TV, a '70-itimite ,:production of
lbsen's tragedy "John Gabriel
Borkman" over the British corn-
reercial network last month, was.
neither sweet nor particularly.
pungent, The play, notably bleak,
cast him as a ruined turn-of-the-
`,Cetittirss liVing us
his• embitter-
ed" w i f e and Aigten-in-law
(beautifully, IP/Vedas by Irene
• Worth and Pamela Brown.) He
spoke his • first line 30 minutes
after the show began, much of
the rest of the time he merely
hovered in the background while
the WOMen bickered. The re.'
Views were mixed, The show
"aroused expectations of bril-
tance not altogether satisfied",
.said The Times. "Disappointment
without dishonor," was The
Daily Sketch's reaction, "It was
not his greatest performance,
but it was a compelling one,
Powerful, immaculate. and to my
eyes without any 'mistakes,"
wrote U.S. critic John Crosby
who had jetted to London to see
the show.
Olivier, who had already con-
fessed himself "nervous, terribly
nervous," commented simply:
"TV is a most' exhausting me-
dium. One must concentrate
much more than on stage. There
is no audience reaction, I shall
not do it .often,"
However,. New York was still
likely to get a look at him.' Un-
der negotiation arrangements for
him to come over this spring to
star in CBS's adaptation of "The
Moon and Sixpence." — from
NEWSWEEK.'
Face The Music
Gov. Frank Clement of Ten-
nessee defended country music
with a counterblast at Billy
Rose, who, had labeled it "ob-
scene junk.
Clement said that Rose once
wrote a song called "Does the
Spearmint Lose Its Flavor on the
Bedpost Overnight?"-
Thai revelation, ought to im-
peach Rose's standing as an
authority •on irics of delicate
sensitivity.
The truth is that silly songs
have been with us for. a long
time. Maybe ,today's rock and
roll is the worst yet, but it didn't
come utterly without warning.
Before the "Witch Doctor"
there was "Binge Banga Bongo.
I Don't Want to Leave the Con-
go."
Only a few years ago there
was "Mairzy Doats," and still
further back there was "The
Hut Sut Song" and "Three Little
Fishes."
In fact, these belong to the
youth of those who are parents
cf today's youth. You who scorn
"Ting - tang - walla -walla-bing-
bang" — don't you remember
crooning "Down in the bottom
of the itty bitty poo, swam three
little fiddieS and a mornmaSfiddys
too"?
Composer Leo McCawy has,,
been surprised to find a song
he wrote as a satire on rock 'n
roll becoming a hit With the
rock 'n roll set.
Even this ha,sahapperiecl before
— songs 'which had, satirical
meaning in their original set-
ting becoming popular with"- the'
very group satirized.
Examples include "Wunder-
bar" from "Kiss Me Kate" and
"Heart" from "Damn Yankees,"
bah of which were intended to
satirize sentimentality but de-
lighted 'the "cornball" set ,
Yes, anything goes — anything
that docan't make sense.
Florida Times-T.Inion,
Judge: "You claim you shot
your wife accidentally?"
Prisoner: "Yes sir, it was an
accident. She got in front of my
inother-inslaw just as I piffled
the trigger."
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ISSUE 50 — 1958
World's. Oldest
Living Things
imagine a tree 331 feet high
arid 90 feet in circumference —
R =salve sequoia. This forest
monster Was felled in California
In 1891, and was then described
as, one of the wonders of tha
world.
A section from this tree has
just been put on exhibition at
the American Museum of Nat-
'Ural History and naturalists are
Docking to see it.
The section weighs nine tons,
is 16 feet 5 inches in diameter
inside the bark and it shows
.1,342 annual rings, proving that
the tiny seed from Which the
tree grew germinated as long ago
as the year A.D. 550.
For the benefit of visitors, each
century that the tree lived
through is marked off by white
figures on the section. This fab-
ulous "log" has been carefully
seasoned during the 67 years
which have elapsed since the
tree was felled,
Another name for this sequoia
is the California redwood. Many
years ago a section of another
• giant redwood was on view in
a Yorkshire museum.
Some redvagods have attained
an age of 3,000 years. The Gen-
eral Grant redwood in California
was stated by a scientist sonic
years ago to be the oldest living
thing on earth. He estimated its
age at 4,000 to 5,000 years and
reported that its base was 1071/2
feet round and its height 267
feet,
Three years ago 1,500 fire
fighters had to tackle forest
blazes which spread so rapidly
that they reached within a mile
of the trees in California's Se-
quoia National Park.
TWIST OF FATE — Twisted rail
was plowed up by this diesel
locomotive when it struck an
F4D-1 jet which crashed on the
tracks moments afte'r take-off
near Santa Ann, Calif. By a
twist of fate, no one on the
train was injured seriously, and
the pilot was rescued by a
trainman, A second twist: had
the crash occurred seconds
later, the jet \ma:Ad have hit
the crowded passenger train
broadside.
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a•bove Which lump el( the iviiiheli iodetiveh
Sgas aSti sass Skssvag
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Thought Marseater
Was A Ghost
Not a sound came from the
tents. But none of the thousand
or so Indian and African work-
men was asleep. They lay awake
with pounding hearts and bated
breath — for two man-eating
lions were prowling among them.
Every night for the past few
weeks the lions had visited the
camp at Tsavo, where the men
were building a bridge for the
new railway line from 3Sirombasa
into the heart of Uganda. Each
time, they carried a shrieking
victim off into the jungle.
Watches were set and traps
laid. But the lions eluded them.
Now they were back again. The
roaring from the jungle had
grown louder as the lions neared
the camp. Then it had stopped.
And the workmen know the
two man-eaters were moving
stealthily among the tents.
In the tense, nerve-racking
silence, they waited. . . .
Presently there came the ag-
onized shriek that told them the
night's victim had been selected,
that they at least had another
day to live.
Not until roll-call next morn-
ing was the man's identity estab-
lished. By now nearly a hundred
men had been lost. The morale
of the remainder was beginning
to crack.
Further progress in the con-
struction work became impos-
sible, so the men were sent back
to the coast, leaving only a band
of white hunters to fight the lions.
Eventually, the man-eaters were
shot and work was resumed.
Even after it was opened, lions
still caused considerable trouble
up and down the new ,railway
line, and were responsible for
some very unusual messages be-
tween stations. •
"Direct driver of two d.own to
enter my yard very cautiously.
Points locked up. No one can go
out. Myself, sheds-man and por-
ters all in office. Lion sitting be-
fore office door," ran one such
message.
Later the same slay, this sta-
tion- master had to send a sec-
ond message: "Extra urgent.
Points-man surrounded by two
lions. Has succeeded in climbing
to top of telegraph pole near
water tank. Immediate succour
imperative."
In parts of Africa, man-eaters
have at times been protected by
a curious native belief that, af-
ter death, human souls can enter
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the bodies of wild animals. Lions
are often believed to harbour the
spirits of departed chiefs, For
fear of offending the departed,
no steps are taken, therefore, Id
kill such man-eaters,
One of the most notorious
man-eaters of the century, who
gloried in the name of Chiengi
Charlie, was able to exact a
fearful toll of human lives
through this belief. And, to the
natives of the district where he
operated, his first appearance
was certainly ominously timed.
A powerful and ruthless chief
in the Chiengi district of North-
ern Rhodesia announced on his
death-bed that he would return
after his death in the guise of
a lion, He would then single out
his enemies one by one for pun-
ishment.
By a curious coincidence, a
man-r or did move into the dis-
trict ly after his death, and
chos first-two victims men
who had been among the' late
chief's bitterest opponents. It was
more than all the arguments in
the world could do to convince
the natives that the chief had not
remained true to his word. Ob-
viously, he had returned to car-
ry out his threatened plans!
For several months, Chiengi
endured a reign of terror, dur-
ing which the man-eater entered
villages and exacted a terrible
toll of lives. But, so strong was
their superstitious belief, the
natives made no efforts to kill or
even to frustrate it. At first, the
raids were made at night. But,
after a time, the lion became so
bold that it would walk among
the huts in broad daylight to
select his victims.
When, however, Chiengi Chars
lie brought along two more
lions and started to instruct
them in the gentle art of man-
eating, -the natives decided they
had had enough, Having gone
unmolested for so long, he had
lost much of his cunning.
Trap guns were erected along
the main paths leading to a vil-
lage he had been raiding reg-
ularly and he was soon shot
dead. Nothing More was heard
of his "apprentices."
A local official once had a
iitiractilotit escape when a lion
came in through the bedroom
WiridOW of his bungalow and
dragged hihi Out of bed. Hit
SW:outs brought servants running,
to his aid. But he had locked
his door before going to bed and
they couldn't get in,
With great presence of inind,
however, he suggested they
"Wild fire through the deer fol-
lowing hit diked-tient. Utfok,,
tanetely, he was hit in the
shoulder tit the tiOISe et the
firing Seared the lion, Which let
go of hiM and jtirriped out
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