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The Brussels Post, 1960-03-17, Page 6ABLE TALKS ekme Artdmws. Ak..Z. 4. ?). • 4i.M ,4 seetreek* igOV:h ,4.1.0244 He Says, Never Act Again! POI WARP: .CANNEL. NeWePee• Enterprise AV". NEW .17()IM (NEA) — In this testament an unearthly chill Itieite. three Americans :actor 'phalli Free, evangelist Billy .,srehem, and a young student who must remain anonymous— :end convinces a Swiss bank to. put 12 million dollars on faith, To begin with. actor Free: "In 1953; I had finished a WeVie and a TV series and went some to PaIlae to visit my n- ly, It was a very hot day, I Iecall, and we were going ewims ening when I noticed a. billboard announcing a Billy Graham So we went there instead. '"1 don't know what happened ie me, I can't describe the feel- ;trig. But that night, I came back eo my mother's house and began io• work writing the scenario of Christ's life, It took me more Phan a year te do the research and get a first craft done, "It also cost me more than #40,000—and I had to sell my ...pother's home and a Perm we • owned." At that moment, a young stu- dent far away in North Carolina e — but listen to his own words: "It was as if a cold chill had leriPPed me—colder than any wind I had ever felt. It was a old cloud over me directing my every move. I had to read, pray, Think. And every place I looked 1. saw the word 'Rome.' "I announced to my friends and family that I had to go to ttome, even though I had no iuoney at all. But the cold cloud was urging me, "And then a strange thing happened. I received an anony- en,ous gift of $1,000. I do not know to this day who sent it. But I took it and went to Rome. And when I came back to North Carolina, the chill and the cloud were gone." By this time actor Free had finished a workable scenario of the story of Christ, and took it to evangelist Billy Graham. "Billy was visibly moved," actor Free said. "He bought me breakfast the next morning and picked up the tab." That night Graham brought Free to a rally of ministers, and told them: here was a true Christian, a man who had given rep all to do Christ's work — without being subsidized by any church or congregation. Billy Graham said later that he had stayed up all that Mehl, to pray for Free'e scenario. Within three years, Free had polished the script and had gain- ed the approval of )enders car every church, with only One adamant condition attached: this actor whe played the part et Jesus would have to remain anonenous—not only in the film, but for the rest of his ca- reer could take no other Parts, "I was then ready to go out and look for production money," Free said, At this moment, the young student , but let him tell it: "The cold chill returned, I had no warning, and it descend- ed again and hovered around me without relief, "Then one day I picked up the newspaper and read that there was to be a motion picture call- ed 'The Son of God.' It had ale ready been scheduled for pro- d ection, "I called home to North Caro- lina and asked my mother to pray. "I don't know why I did that. But my mother called a friend, and the friend called a friend and the htree of them prayed. r have letters from all of them re- porting the same vision while they- prayed. I was shown on a cloud in heaven talkin to thou- sands of people pelow . ." Meanwhile, Free says, "I was getting the okay from a Swiss bank for a 12 million dollar loan to make the movie." Arid at the same time, Billy Graham said: "I shall join you in prayer that the choice of an actor to play Christ will be a divine choice." "With no knowledge .of what was going on—or even that they needed an actor," the youny stu- dent said, "I called Mr. Free." And from Free: "The minute I saw him I knew." The movie will be made in Jordan. Tickets will be sold through churches. And the young student has signed a contract that restricts him from acting for the rest of his life. A new recruit had been strug- gling for hours trying to master the intricacies of a Bren gun. The instructor waited for some time: "You know, there's one thing you and a Field-Marshal have in common." "We have?" asked the pri- vate, "What's that?" "You've both got as high as you'll ever get in the army." When you're in a hurry, here le a quick cake recipe sent by Mrs. Robert C. Jagel. "It is an easy-to-make chocolate cake that is always moist," she 'writes, QUICK CHOCOLATE CAKE 2 ounces chocolate 1 cup boiling water lh cup shortening 2 cups sugar le teaspoon salt 2 cups sifted flour 11/2 teaspoons soda lee, cup sour milk 2 eggs, beaten Heat chocolate, water, and shortening in top of double boiler until chocolate is melted and mixture is glossy when beaten slightly. Remove from heat and put in mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients in the order listed. Beat vigorously for 2 minutes. Batter is very thin; do not add more flour. Pour into greased and floured pans and bake at 350°F, for 30- 35 minutes. Makes 2 9-inch layers. "I am enclosing a recipe that has been tried by my friends as well as by myself, and we have found it most satisfactory as welAaeedelicious," writes Erma Fifehe- Here is her cake, LAZY DAISY CAKE WITH BROILED-ON ICING 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder le teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon butter 1/2 cup milk Beat eggs; add sugar gradu- ally, beating constantly. Add vanilla, then flour which has been sifted with baking powder and salt, Heat milk and butter together; add all at once to flour mixture. Bake in an 8-inch greases cake pan 30 minutes at 350°F, Topping: Combine 3 tablespoons melted butter, 1 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons cream and 1/2 " cup coconut. Spread over baked cake. Put cake • under broiler flame 'until icing bubbles; —just a few minutes. "The following recipe is a very old one and is very good," writes Mrs. Olive V. Armstrong. SPICE CAKE 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1 cup seedless raisins 1 teaspoon each, ground cloves and cinnamon 1/2 cup lard or vegetable shortening Jee teaspoon each, nutmeg and salt 2 cups flour 13,4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon soda 1 cup nut meats Combine sugar, water, short- ening and raisins and simmer ' for 3 minutes. Set aside to cool. Sift together the dry ingredients. Add these to first mixture. Beat until smooth; add nuts. Bake either in loaf or layers at 300' F. (I use white 7-minute icing with this cake, flavoring with either vanilla or lemon.) 0 0 Cranberry Upside-down Cake makes a handsome end to almost any Meal, writes Gertrude P. Lancaster in the Christian Sci- ence Monitor. To make this cake, meet 3 ta.blespoone butter in a fry pan and stir in a cup of sugar, Pour over this 2 cups cranberries and remove from the heat. Cream together' Ye cup short- ening and ee cup sugar; add a well beaten egg, then 1/2 cup milk alternately with a mixture Of cups sifted flour (gen- eral paltry will do nicely); 11/2 teaspoons baking powder, icy teetteeen vanilla, Mix thoeoUgh- ly, and pour gently over the cranberries. This Will net Make a Oleic Ceating, but ytyour fry pan is no Wider than 9 inches, it will suffice if you spread it cereful ly. Delte iii a 350' 1, overt about 35 minutes, possibly less. When the cake appears done, remove from oven and serve warm with a dab of whipped cream (or ice cream if you prefer). I find it better to cut serving pieces from the pan and then turn them upside down, rather than toying to turn the whole cake out whole, but the latter can be done if you are skillful. "Ghost Ship" Saved Fishing Crew When a new fishing vessel was launched along the Yorkshire coast recently, one of the crew was seen to place a coin tinder the mast. Asked the reason, he replied: "Ins a charm to make sure we have good catches. The coin will be kept -there permanently." Britain's fishermen are shed- ding in 1960 many of the centur- ies-old superstitutions in which their forefathers believed, but some of these quaint beliefs still You can skill encounter bronz- ed old fishermen who swear it's unlucky to meet a woman wear- ing a white apron ashore. Some even consider that the name. White is unlucky in a fishing vessel. White stones are invari- ably thrown out should any be found among the ballast of a boat. One of the odd superstitions held by fishermen was revealed in a Lincolnshire police court where the mate of a trawler was charged with disobeying orders. He explained that he reached the clock late and found that his ship had already started up the river. He was ordered to go in a tug to join her, but refused to do so. "Why did you refuse?" quer- ied the magistrate. "Is it unlucky to go in a tug?" "No," said the man, "but it's always very unlucky for a fisher- man to join his Ship after she has once sailed, I felt that I simp- ly daren't do it." He was fined ten shillings. That happened some years ago, but this queer belief still lingers. One crew was saved by, super- stition some years ago. They went to sea on a winter's day, and were making• a good catch when several ce the men, peering through the gloom, spied what ithey'fbought must be a phantom ship. They quickly decided to make for the shore and had only just beached their vessel ,when a great storm broke along the Irish coast. During the storm other fishing vessels still at sea were over- whelmed and many men drown- ed. Pigeons Pretty Persistent Pests London, England, suffers from pigeon and starling plagues, es-: pecially near Trafalgar Square and now it's the turn of Washington D.C. Having read of London's un- successful efforts to scare them. away, the folk in Washington got down to some hard thinking. And these are some of the ideas they concocted: Electrically charged wires have been hung along window ledges and under eaves. Some buildings have been proofed with a paint abhorrent to birds. Others have been bombarded, with high-frequency soursti waves ihaudible to huinane. No success, in, feet the 'Weds eeethed id increase in /Umbers. So bade to their blueprints Went the experte and came tip With this scheme, ii recording of a heWkis cry' to seam the day, lights out 01 those birds. That WOrkedi,, but it also attracted a horde Or haWksi Next the bright boys eiredUe- Nelson Ate One • Too Many Steak The quality .and kind of food. we eat Is the most important factor influencing. our health, Professional fighters, who use an enormous amount of energy dur, ja$ a bout, need wholesome,, nourishing fare to give them the polder . they pack behind their punches, Jack London, the celebrated. American novelist; once wrote a story about a boxer, who, lost an important fight merely because he hadn't the price of a pound of steak to tuck under his belt before going into the ring, Steaks have always formed the major part of a fighter's. cliet. Usually, after a weigh-in at mid- day, they go to a restaurant where the proprietor knows the kind of food they require. He cooks them a steak that covers a large plate and that sets up. the inner man for the • tough. business that lids ahead later on in the day. Sometimes a fighter has a diffi- cult time making the weight for the' championship contest. He may have to semi-starve himself during the last week of training, But immediately he has paseed the scales he hurries off to make up for lost time. But you can have too much steak! Battling Nelsen, that old- time tearaway lightweight cham- pion; could fight at top speed all day. Whenever he had a title fight they billed it eor 45 rounds. None of his opponents lasted that long. He loved steaks. One day, of-' ter weighing-in, he went into his favourite eating house with a number of friends, all of them whom ordered large steaks. As he knew Nelson was very hungry the proprietor hurried the champion's along and the Battler attacked it with great gusto. By the time the other lunches arrived Nelson had finished his and pushed the plate away, The waiter, seeing the empty piece, put down another steak which the boxer set upon with the same exuberance he had shown when polishing aft the first, His manager, who had to wait for another to be .cooked, was naturally peeved. "Do you think that's being clever, Bat?" he asked, somewhat testily. "No harm," mumbled Nelson with his mouth lull. "it'll give Jimmy Britt something to punch at." It certainy did. The first real blow his rival landed to the body made Nelson wish he bad never seen a steak; the second: made him vow he would never eat another, He had the .hardesli, job to keep on his feet to this Anal bell and lost the dee When' Ingmar Johanson was training for bis sens?tionat bat- tle with Flyod Patterson, he startled the American boxing writers who visited his train. ing camp by depleting hon.: the orthodox when it came to eat- ing• To their immense surprise, sometimes. be went without steak. "You can get bored with the same food every day," he ex- plained. "That means your stomach can get bored, too. If do not vary my diet my body may miss some of the very things that are good for it." They went away and told the world that it was "in the bag" for Patterson. It was, but not in the way they imagined, Inge produced his bingo punch with- out the help. of outsize steaks; • and the champion was knocked out cold after three rounds. Torn Monneaux, the American Negro, was not so wise. A few hours before his famous bare- knuckle battle with Tom Cribb at Thistleton..Gap, Leicestershire, in 1811, he ate a whole boiled chicken, then a huge apple pie and washed it clown with half a gallon of ale, He lost the fight. Len 'Harvey was another who studied his diet, realizing the importance of looking after his bodily needs. When he was matched to • box Carmelo Oen- del in Paris, he thought the French cooking might upset him, The Customs officials who look- ed through his luggage were surprised to find half a leg of lamb, a few pounds of potatoes and a large cabbage, "The mi•ssus is going to cook this for my lunch 'before the fight," explained the British champion. "I'm very particular what I eat, so I'm making sure of getting something that will suit me." His caution paid oft He snuff- ed the Conde] in five rounds. "Could I see the burglar who broke into our house last night?" aeked a caller at the police sta- tion. "Why do you want, to see him?" asked the officer in .charge. "I'd like to ask him how he got in without waking my wife," ISSUE 12 —,1960 WINDSOR'S THE NAME — The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, arriving for a stay in New York, extend glad-hands simultaneously to welcomers. SOUNDPROOF — Oil-filled plas- tic.-earmuffs protect the ears of this postal employe from the roar of jets at the airport in Dusseldorf, West Germany. The earmuffs are used by postal workers at all the country's jet airfields. ed a mechanical owl which perch- ed on a window ledge, flapping its wings. That put the wind up the birds — for a while, But then they started roosting on the owl's head! Footnote: Paris is considering covering monuments and build- ings with a type of itching pow- der to tickle the feet of pigeons and encourage them to move off! WILLIAM FREE: "I can't describe the feeling." NT es THE DUST — Novice matador Bombifa tunibles headlong gpon ,frii cape after being' nudged by the bull he was fighting. ''wasn't serious thought tombito rase again to clefs:et the !bull` in Valdemorillo, Spain. 464 FOLKS IN ITALY seem to be getting excited about the forthcoming Summit meeting of Big Four leaders in Paris this May. kbove, a puppet show in Viareggio presents a very happy meet-, ing between, from left, President Eisenhower, President De Gaulle, Prime Minister Mac- millan and Piemier Khrushchev. Below, clothes make the man — although these 'men are just cardboard replicas. In honor of the Summit meeting, tailor Angelo Citric° of Rome creates new suits for the famous men — Eisenhower, Macmillan, Khrushchev and De Gaulle. He hopes the beaming smiles will be duplicated by their real-life counterparts after May.