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ter, how timiteci or extensive,
if you can !always stop when.
you want to, always check your
speed en the slopes — and you.
learn these things early -- .falls.
of any consequence will never
mar your days en the snow.
Physical offoat is. required,
naturally, And in absorbing
early instruction you will be re,
atthed. to work hard.. But the
tang of the ebilly air, the sparkle
of the bright sunshine on the
white slopes, and the laughter
among new friends will soon. bea
come joys hitherto unknown 'to,
those new to winter recreational
.sports. The tingle will still be
with you too, after you have re,
turned to. the classroom or the
office. Monday morning.
A hearty dinner and long eve-
ning hours in front of a wood-
burning fireplace will prepare
you for the deep slumber that
must follow a day .on the slopes,
Such things are an important
part of the skiing pictum It was
Hennes Schneider, the late Aus-
trian sin maestro, who once said:
"I never met a skier I didn't
like." And he bad met a few,
Patter of hoofs on the roof?
Don't look for tiny reindeer; it's
just the TV repairman.
Real Beauty
ROYAL FUN— The sport of queens and princesses seems to, be equally divided between
horses and boats, ludging,trom this newly released photograph of "Queen Elizabeth II
and nine-year-old Princess Anne. In riding outfits, mother and daughter relax beside the
lake at Frogmore, near. WindsorCastle.
Great Composer
Likes it Hat
Skiing. Safe
.For .Entire family
One of the .unofficial major
propeets among New Bugland's
arnall army or .reereatiamal and
resort leaders in recent years
has been a rather strenuous
campaign to convince sportsmen
and women that skiing can, be.
it safe and sane pastime,• bene-
ficial and enjoyable,
Nothing arouses a ski area
opeaater—or, for that matter, a,
devoted skier—more than those
allegedly comic cartoons. that
picture a fallen skier, To many
onlookers., it seems, skiing care
ries only the thought of injUry
engaged in by persons intellec-
tually unfit to do most anything
else.
But as any veteran downhill.
runner will tell you at the drop
of a snowball, only the careless
the showoff, the inexperienced
who is skiing out of control
leaves himself open to such un-
fortunate scenes as created by
well-meaning cartoonists,
Skiing can be fun for the en-
tire family, with no limit on age
or the necessity for an athletic
background.
Skiing can be safe if the par-
ticipant applies. the same com-
mon sense out of doors that he
or she does in the classroom or
at business.
Skiing can be physically and.
mentally relaxing if approached
with sensible moderation. There
are rules on the slopes, just as
there are on the highway. A bad
driver is a dangerous driver.
There is no need, ever, to be
injured on skis. You. will sit or
fall in • the snow, of course. But
with proper Instruction, either
by an experienced friend or in
one of the numerous authorized
ski schools, you can always
under control and be master of
any emergency that may sudden-
ly arise..
These 'words of -optimism are
written by one who has skied the
towering Alps of Switzerland, as
well as the s:eze.s. and 'tails of
New .Tanalszad.„ yea he, has never-
witnessed a accident that.
could :mat: azad should not easily
hare 'been avoided. writes Ed.
Zu-a-z11:1 in. The Christian Science
S'adiraa to the, non-athlete, is
not acquired over night. But
with jest a little `help and pa-
tience, anyone can -learn the
fundamentals and progress as far
as be or she wishes. -
Perhaps first of all, you must
have a desire to ski—that and a
certain fondness for the out of
doors in the winter. If you have
these essentials you will, with
the aid of amateur or profession-
al teaching, find yourself gliding
,down easy hills in a surprisingly
short time.
In the beginning you learn to
control your skis and all move-
ment on them. If. you always
, maintain that control, there is
never any reason to ski beyond
the range of your skills, no mat-
avoltell Saw Races
Oni autler's TV
It WaS just befOre the "Off"
of a big race at :Ascot, Thrust--
lag
-
tnrough the crowds that
milled round the Tote. Windows,
a punter slapped a pound down
and shouted, hoarsely; "Ten bob
win, and place N. 4,- mate!"
He grabbed his ticket, then
reeled back in astonishment as
a friendly voice called, "I hope
it coral up" . , and the red-,
faced racego e r recognized,
through the wire mesh covering
the window the smiling features
of Prince Philip!
Though he may not have such
intense love of racing as the
Queen (he has been known to
arrive at Ascot by State landau
and skim away in his Lagonda
a 'few minutes later, or to disap-
pear unobstrusively towards the
polo pitches of Cowdray after
the second race at Goodwood),
the Prince takes a keen interest
in all activities concerning
horses. And on that afternoon
at Ascot he had slipped "back-
stage" at the totalisator to see
how the odds are worked out
by calculating machine.
He is, after all, Vice-President
of the British Horse Society,
which takes him all over the
country attending trials and
show jumping. He is a member
of the Jockey Club and many
kindred organizations. His devo-
tion to polo is well known.
On one occasion, when pre-
sented with an electro-cardio-
graph by the City of Cambridge,
the Queen said smilingly: "I
hope this ingenious machine will
be put to good use not many
miles from here." Her audience
could hardly have realized her
meaning — that Prince Philip
would borrow the instrument
for a vet to check the heart-
beats of his polo ponies!
"All too often. Prince Philip's
failure to share all the Queen's
racing pleasures is due to sheer
lack of time, to his eager desire
to fill his leisure with the glow-
ing exercise Of physical pursuits,
his keenness for active sport-
rather than a passive role as
spectator," writes Mrs. Helen
Cathcart in "Tlie Queen And
The Turf," the first 'full, richly
illustrated story of Her Majes-
ty's triumphs and disappoint-
ments as a racehorse owner and
racegoer.
Some measure of the Queen's
enthusiasm for racing can be
gauged from the fact, that in
order to see her colt Gay Time
run in the St. Leger the made
two successive overnight , jour-
neys from Balmoral to Doncas-
ter and back, a round trip of 836
miles. She probably knows more
about the pedigrees and breed-
ing records of racehorses than
any other woman in the world
—knowledge that helped her to
be the first British monarch in
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One of the biggest "names"
in modern music, seventy-seven-
year-old Composer. Igor Stravin-
sky, was,„once .offered a salary
of 4100,000 to -write music for
Hollywood films.
'He turned the offer down. But
he likes films, and always
to the movies when he wants -to
relax.
To-day this Russian-born gen-
ius, now an American citizen,
does all' his work in a sound-
proofed workroom in which
there are two piance; a table,
paintings and drawings by his
two friends, Picasso and Coc-
teau. Between his workroom and
the hving, room are two doors.'
-Once the Workroom door is shut
no one dares- to. interrupt his
work for which he needs, in.
Mrs. Stravinsky's words, "Com-
plete quiet and great concentra-'
tion."
Like all great composers, Stra,
vinsky worries about little
things. He has a horror of
draughts. He, rarely catches cold,
-but at rehearsals is-alweys'afraid
. of doing so. Som,etimes: he, has
.appeared at a rehearsal wearing
two sweaters. •
He it ,extraordinarily modest
about hit achievements: In Ven-
ice he once. said: don't create.
I just sniff about and discovei
musical truffle;," (Trirlfles are
edible fungi which grows.a few
inches beneath the surface of
the ground.)
"I live neither in the, past nor
in the ,futnre;" says Stravinsky.
"I am in the pretent. I can't
know what to-morroW will
bring forth. I can only know
what the truth is for me' to-
day."
bush for a tree. 'It all had to 'be
left to -the last minute because
we had been so -buy picking
"chickens for Orders. We were
wet but,.they.,were. wetter still,
trudging home through .the back
lane dragging the tree behind
-.them."
Yes, Grandma remembers it
all. Remembers too that neither
storm nor rain was ever ' bad
enough to really dampen the
Christmas spirit: We didn't have
hydro in those days and the
Yule, tree was illuminated with
small, wax candles, lit for awhile
and then extinguished: During
the depression of the Thirties
presents were insignificant in
value' according to present day
•values but the love and under-
standing with which they were
chOsen, was never insignificant.
And,'no matter what,. Christmas
"traditions were always main-
tained. It was years before" the
homegrown Christmas chicken
was replaced by a turkey but
the chicken was always- just As
savoury as any turkey we have
had since. The piturt pudding
was never absent and it was one
time when there were- plenty Of.
oranges, nuts and candy. Daddy
Wasn't able to stay in the house
Very long as there were always
cheres to 'do. Not only that but
more than once a motherly cow
managed to emulate- the Christ-
mas Spirit and present us with a
calf. 'So, along with the pude
dings and vegetablet' I had to
make room on the old cookstove
.to heat water for Bossy. Hot
water on tap was undreamed of
then. A bath in front Of the
kitchen fire was a Saturday
night ritual. We , didn't realise
we were living in hard times so
there were few complaints.
Christmas came and went and
I can't remember any that were
hot happy, Now that we have
reached a life: of greater `ease we
are thankful for the expurieriee
of the lean years.
Many reader's Of our genera,
doh Will have sititilat methOtieS.
Their thildren, as do ettit, will
,„reirierriber that a happy Christ-
ma's was totriething that didn't
just-haijpen, It had ine:anitig,
Aid Yet opportunities are great-
er' today for enlarging our
of friends and a letter of cheery
card to a friend is more syin.
belie Of the Christmas spirit than
an unnecessary gift to a Orton
who has Practically everything.
Far that reason I know the mes-
sage that tend you IS as toad
as a gift. Inlay you have A IttitY
HAPPY CHRISTMAS! ' Whit
better could I. send 'than a With
!or Your hapPinesat
As L write it is a white world,
which puts me in just the right
mood for wishing everyone a
Happy Christmas. Whether it
will be white or green by the
time this Column gets into print
is something ,eIte again. Here's
-.hoping it is still white:
Anyway, Christmas is a time
for remembering — for enjoying
not only the present but the past.
The present is Coloured by
Memories of other Christmases
come and gone. No one lOoks
aheal to what next Christmas
will be . . . or the next, or the
one after that. To look forwa td.
would, be to court disaster. Ex-
cept in retrospect one Christmas
,at a time it quite enough!
Christmas is many things . . .
according to what we make it.
It is the cliinax of weeks of ex-
tra work, -Planning and anticipa-
tion; an occasion for getting in
touch once again with those to
whom we seldom write but
yet never forget. A time of sur-
prises, -some teal, some assumed
— for the sake oft the children.
time of gratitude for messages
of goodWill that Come from the
most unexpected quartere, Most
of all it is a time of -rejoicing
. . "Joy to the world, the Lord
income; let all rejoice and sing".
And of course it is the most
Popular time of , the year for a
family get-together. The pattern
changes a little thtough the
years. Older folk some in.,
stancet have paSted on; the next
' generation moves up and, is re-
placed by yet another generation
with their babies and school-age
'youngsters,
But it is Christmas a-- THIS
Christmas- — which is at first
foremost in most p e 6 p 1 e 's
thoughts, We look forward to
celebrating the day with tradi.
tional feasting and gaiety —
,everi to the, cranberry sauce!
But once the dinner IS over, the
Christmas tree stripped of its
gaily Wrapped gifts; the "Ohs"
and "Ahs" and other expressions
Of appreciation hate -been ,exa
changed, then it is, at- least for
the -bider folk, •there dorriei.
tirrie of quiet reflection. Grand,
`parents, 'Mints and nacles. on-
^change metnOries of other eleyt—
The young married folk, busy
with the dishes, catch an odd
Word here7 and there and-join in
With 'the toriVersatitni, In Our
case I teniesriber what has beeti
Said before and What, Mere
than likely; wilt he said, again
this year. "Mother, are you talk-
ing about that aWfUl wet Christ-
ina§ when there Was a thtindet
Storni elitiatinas EVe? We had
gone to town; tot last Minute
thopPing with the horse and
*id& While We Were away
bid and Hob had' tone t*i tllli
history to have twice headed the
list of winning -owners.
Her contribution to our blood-
stock industry is immense
and there was. public resentment,
when the president of a Metho-
dist Conference prefaced his re-
marks with: "I wish the queen
w ould not go racing." Says.
Helen Cathcart: "The Queen un-
derstood his sincetitY, however,
and later invited him to one of
the famous luncheons at Buck--
ingham Palace,"
In different vein, a cleric
the Islidlands amused the Queen
when he sent her a story of two
choir boys, one of whom asked;
"What have we sung the Ne-
tional Anthem for today?" The
other shook his head; so the first
choir boy added: "I suppose It's
because the Queen's horse came
home first yesterday,"
This love of horses stems from
her very earliest days—right
back to infancy when the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury once found
the little Princess leading her
grandfather, King George V, by
the beard, pretending he was a
horse as he shuffled along the
floor on his hand and knees !
A few years later, the sight
of a pony with a docked tail
would arouse her indignation.
And once, watching from her
nursery window the hacks
prancing along Rotten Row, she
said gravely: "If I am ever
Queen I shall make a law that
there must be no riding on Sun-
days. Horses should have a
rest."
Her concern is even stronger
today. Nothing is too much trou-
ble if one of her horses is back-
ward or ailing. One, • slightly
lame, was sent to Seaford be-
. cause it was thought the sea
air and salt water bathing might
suit him. Another who develop-
ed muscular trouble at the end
of his racing career was sent to
a specialist in electrical treat-
ment in order to make his re-
tirement happier. -
Nor is it only thoroughbreds
that interest the Queen. She was
once touring an agricultural
show when she recognized a pit
pony she had seen two years
before, with its leg bandaged'
where another .animal had kick-
ed it. She immediately inquired
if, it had fully recovered. An-
other time, as Princess Eliza-
beth, watching, the_ royal greys
'being bedded 'down at' Windsor,
she was amused by the way one
of them kept yawning, obviously
tired after the Ascot processien.•
The sight of a yawning horse
was too much for the Princes's,-
says. Mrs. Cathcart. Convulsed
with mirth, she went in search
of her family; and soon both
Princesses and the King and
Queen Were rocking with laugh-
ter at the grey, who - continued
to yawn sleepily:
In the past there- had always
been a certain studied formality
about the movements of royalty
at race meetings. (Queen Vic-
toria. once- declined to attend As-
cot because- the trainer Of the
royal colt, Persimmon, could not
guarantee it would win the Gold-
Cup!) But the Queen has chang-
ed that:
Soon after her Coronation
racegoers at Ascot stared in, sur-
prise* at the young woman who
leant. on the Paddock rails and
watched the horses unsaddling.
Could it be? Yes, it was the
Queen! — mingling so• informal-
ly -with other, racegoers ' that
many failed to -recognize her.
Later, at Good-wood, she broke
with convention by Walking
down the course to -see for her-
self just how the starting gate
worked. It worked well, for her
own colt Gay Tithe romped
home in, the race.
Perhaps the best example of
delightful informality occurred
orie•weekend when the Jubilee
Handicap wat run at Kempton
Park. The qtt e e rr and Prince
Philip were, staying with their!
friends, Liettt-toloriel and Mrs,
Harold Phillips,. in Leicester
shire, and when it started to
drizzle with rain Her Majesty
suggested it might be fun to
See, on television, hoW her colt,
Agreement, ran in the big race.
Unfortunately the Phillips had
no television. But John Kemp,
the butler, said he would be
honoured if the Queen cared
to watch the race on a set in
his cottage.
"Perhaps; it Is the only beed,,
Men, on or off the record, when
a Queen has sat cosily in an
armchair in a butler's sitting
roam watching television," says
the author. "The Q u e e n saw
Agreettent finish eighth, dis-
cussed the rate With keen era, k
joymeht, and did not forget to
thank her butler hoit;"
Astrakhan, the Queen's first
gift-horse from the Aga. khan:
the brilliant but ill-starred
tionaVedrif the iiiiinOrtal Aureate
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for the Oiteeti'S acute Tatee-
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By Roberta Lee
Q. When I any being introduted,
to a roomful of strangers aft
supposed to eay, '411Ow' do you,
do" toy each Pereon as- this' naMe
is Mentioned?'
A. One sincerely-spoken' "How
do, you do" theUld ..be enough, and after ' that, AuSt and
bOsy• your head slightly- to each
person as you are intioduced
with perhaps one or two aaai,
tional 'Sow do you do's" in
loVVolee,
Q. Would it be *Ott for a, single yotang shin to invite. two -
young women fricridt to Make
use of his APO* bedroom while
they are In
A. the offer itperfectli proper'
but, to still any'possible
tongue wagging, . he 'sliatild.
move out While they are thete.,
Q. When a meat dish is pateed
CO you at the "table, and the OW
thin haft closest, to you !ir too
bik, or too *veil done; or has ine
ninth fat bh it, is it all light to
search threiikh the pOrtiO*,
tit you find a suitable *Se?
A' right- if yal,
do' it without Wig
tithe Or With diSOratigitig the ."
Whale dish.
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rite of tipping' }Or,
. A. banally 26 jier' Cent, Of the
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