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The Brussels Post, 1960-07-28, Page 2STUDY IN LIMBS — Making a nice frame for a landscape study, Nancy LeGant, left, and Beth Lanche balance on the trunk of a waterlogged palm tree. S et=tftftol,,,editiffh4bi HRONICL 1NGERFARM eurtvioline, P. Ctealvz a 4566 SIZES 121/2-22% *NOS IN THE HAT — Roman designer Renato Balestra cuts the front brim out of •a high-crowned sun hot to leave the five inter- secting rings. They Or symbolic of The Olympic Carries vlrhleh 'open in Rome Aug. /5. Mi r NO RING RIO ENOUGH youngsters grasp brim of a huge sombrero 'in Lai Angeles, , possibly to prevent their friend Wearing it from soaring away. There Was no ring big enough to hold this fiat, not ever the' bemberatie COnVentien thy. • Iwo Male charmers. Now Act Their Ages For the first .trne In their long • careers, the world's. two Most arnOtte Continental ..charmers were, working together in the. Same. picture last month, Manrs. ice Chevalier and Charier Boyer were both in Joshua 1,4,egan'e. "Fanny,"' being filmed an .Cas, -sis. and nearby Maraeilles.., and both were playing Unglarnereue elderly types, The romantic lead was. being played, by West Gee., • manyre. 26-year-old Horst Buch hplz, How did the 'Old boys like • it? "For 30 years," said the 71e year-old Chevalier, lounging on his hotel terrace overlopking C.aseis, "I've been holding in my stomach, trying to look hand- some and young, Now, at last, I've been told to. let go„ I'm even • supposed to push it out a little bit." Chevalier, attired in black • pants and a blue silk shirt, gaz- ed reflectively out over the Mediterranean. "Charles was the French Valentino;" he mused, smiling. "He was the man with the velvet voice, and I was a fanciful .Caeanova. Now we find ourselves playing the. parts of • old men. Well, .we relax, The funny thing is. that we are still considered great seductetirs. . , . Charles is a very attractive man, of course. As tome, I have been told that I represent a mixture of Al Jolson and. Will Rogers, with a little bit of Dr, Schweit- Half-Sizes— Look PRINTED PATTERN Side-draping softly accents this graceful afternoon dress. Wear it belted or not — there are no waist seams to interrupt the smooth and slimming line. Printed Pattern 4566: Half Sizes 12%, 141/2 , 161/2 , 181/2 , 201/2 , 221/2 . Size 161/2 requires 3-yards 39-inch fabric. Printed directions qn each pat- tern. part. Easier, accurate, Send FIFTY CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety), for this pattern. Please print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to ANNE ADAMS, Box 1,• 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto,'•One, zer thrown ire *en iAn't tl,at terrific?" Chevalier was aelted how he intended to keep his profession- al charm subdued, "There" will be some of the old Chevalier ike, eide," he answered, "and it's tin-. poeSible not to have some of it showing through, because, af- ter all, the inner warmth hasn't turned to, ice yet. "At heart, I am much more a man of the suburbs than the boulevardier. The man-about- town and heart-throb — that wasn't really me, you know, but something I made myself do." From below the terrace Boy- er's deep voice suddenly boomed a cheerful "Bon soli!" and a mo- ment later, natty in gray flannel slacks, beige shirt, and blue linen jacket, he joined Cheva- lier and his visitor, The two actors have been friends for 40 years, and• the conversation turn- ed to their long-delayed collab- oration, "We weren't born to be together in one film, because we are so different," Boyer said, in planation. "Chevalier is an enter- tainer, and I'm strictly a dram- atic artist. I always considered myself a character actor, not a leading man or handsome lover type." Chevalier gaped in disbelief, but Boyer waved his hand light- ly. "I always resented the repu- tation which was built up for me as a result of 'Algiers'," he went on, "The movie was just a remake of another film starring Jean Gabin which we copied step by step. It was very borings Most of my parts I have treated as character parts. Even when I was younger I wasn't seducing anybody." Boyer asked Chevalier to join him for dinner, but Chevalier de- clined, to work on his script. With a flourish of his white straw hat, Boyer saluted and stepped lightly off for the vil- lage and a pizza pie. Chevalier watched him silently. "You know, he's 61," he said finally, "but he could still get the girl in any movie." Loves His Dog The Hard Way Viewed from under the driers in the neighbourhood beauty parlour, nothing looks better to the girls paging through the movie fan magazines than the blond young man named Tab Hunter. His films ("Battle Cry," "Damn Yankees," "The Burning Hills") leave the critics cold, but that boyish, hazel-eyed sincerity warms the bobby soxer and the matron as well. The fan mags enhance the image by billing him as an enthusiastic horseman and all-around animal lover. Who could dislike an animal lover? Hunter's neighbours in Glen- dale, Calif., however, painted an entirely different picture of him last month. For fifteen minutes, they complained to the police, the clean-cut 6-footer beat his Veimaraner dog with a strap. Attracted by the dog's yelps, the iteighlotiurs said they then saw him kick the dog in the belly and head while holding it, with a chain leash. Police, who filed a report but brought no charges, said Hunter admitted beating the dog for digging a small hole in his yard. He told the officers that a dog trainer had advised him to be stern. "I love the dog," they quoted him. He promised, with boyish sincerity, that he Wouldn't strike the dog again. A chartered accountant's wo- menfolk have more trouble than he does — keeping their figures straight. Hopei To Fn4 Lost Arms of Venus Nest to comedian Jack Benny, bearded, twinkle-eyed Mathon Kyritsis probably is the best known citizen of Waukegan, Ill, Ile is the highly successful pro- prietor of a much-admired see- teurant, On his two Lake Michi- gan fishing boats, he entertains distinguished' persons, (recent guest; Adlal Stevenson) and studies the movements of the peeeh so as to forecast the Wau- kegan winters (if the fish run deep and offshore, Cold; if close in, warm). But Mathon is an art lover who keeps a small reproduction of the Venus de Milo in the• foyer of his restaurant. For much of 58 years, like many another art lover, Mathon has brooded, over the whereabouts of the figure's arms. lVfathon, though, is a native of the isle of Melos, where in 1320 the French found the Aphrodite which they installed in the Louvre at Paris as the Venus de Milo. So Mathon thinks he knows where the arms can be found. What's more, he is pre- pared to go find them. On Aug. 6, he will sail for Melee and there at the bottom of the Aegean Sea in the har- bor at Klima, he expects to find the arms, Mathon is sure he will substantiate the Mellen tale he has heard all his life, from na- tives of the island. The word-of-mouth story goes that a farmer found the statue in a field one day in 1820. He hid it in a barn, and went each evening to admire the tall (6 FURRY STOCKING — Vicki Cooper in New York has de- signed this fake fur "stocking cap" -for casual winter wear. foot 8) and mellowed (for at least 22 centuries) marble beau- ty. His suspicious wife tracked him to the shrine and, clacking her tongue in relief, spread the word of the find. The news got to the French Ambassador at Constantinople, the story goes, and to the Turks who then ruled Greece. Both sent ships to Melos to bring off the treasure and they clashed in the harbor, knocking off the Aphrodite's arms. Scholarly research, incidental- ly, tends to support some aspects of Mathon's theory. A French poet, one Jean Francois Victor Aicard, who died in 1921, quotes unpublished documents which tell of 50 Frenchmen swapping shots and saber slashes with as many Turks in a skirmish around a cart that carried the , Aphrodite. In the melee, Aicard related, the cart upset and Aphrodite lost her arms. Aicard's account also backs up Mathon's theory that with one arm Aphrodite held an apple and. with another clutched at her hip-high frock. Scholars have speculated that the arms held a looking •glass or twirled a spindle or just groped hope- fully for modesty. As confident as a home-com- ing Odysseus, Mathon never for one moment has doubted the story he first heard 'on his home island. "We will find the arms," he said the other day. "They are there, I know." Insured Against Falling. In Love Before leaving the United States for° a holiday in Europe 'reeentIy With his wife• and their ---":;two children, an American busi- nessman took out an insurance policy to cover the family's ran- som money should they be kid- napped dUritig the three months they are away front• home. Another. American, a hand some yoting bachelor, insured himself against the "risk" of his meeting a girl, falling in love and Pronoeirig to her diking his seven week's holiday in France: "Inn susceptible and find French girls pretty cute," he confided to the insurance of fie dal, "but I darer.% marry yet, while my uncle is alive. HO hateS women and is leaVirig The most of his money if, t don't marry in his lifetime." it took a long time coming but seremer seems to be here at last sseth thunderstorms and heavy rain upsetting haymaking oper- ations for the farmer. Our main complaint is humidity but since we haven't hail too much of it yet I suppose we have no cause 4 to grumble. Anyway our family has other problems. You remem- ber I told you Daughter and family headed for the cottage last week? Art returned to Tor- onto late Sunday night leaving Dee and the boys alone. Well, on Tuesday Jerry spent most of the day in Peterbore hospital getting his arm set. He fell and broke it while playing outside. So he will be trotting around with his arm in a cast for the next six weeks. A good start for the holidays. However. he will be more content at the cottage than in Toronto. And next week Dee will probably have a mar- :led cousin and young family staying with her. Art has gone up to the cottage again this weekend so we'll likely hear m; e about the little fellow to- leerrOW. Bet our famiOe troubles are small indeed compared with those of the outside world. One is almost afraid to open the paper or listen to the news these days in case of what one may hear or read. Seems to me this affair in the Belgian Congo is the worst yet, innocent women and children being so terribly involved. And yet we go on with our everyday life as if we were living in a peaceful world. But what else can we do? This week there will be the additional ex- citement of the Democratic Con- vention in the U.S.A. It certain- ly won't mean cancellation of many good television pro- grammes because most of the summer replacements are "re- peats" anyway — even the. Perry Mason series. However, there are a few interesting "specials" — mostly on C.B.C. outlets. The programme comparing European suburban living with that of Canada was good. It seems strange that coientries with less land than Canada should somehow manage to sup- ply suburban residents with lovely parks and recreational centres. Most of our spare space seems to be taken up with gas stations and shopping centres. How they all make a living is a• mystery to me. Neighbours who have just returned from, England were telling me yester- day that one district they. re- member Eie farm land two yearn ago is stow a stilechvieion with a lovely shady park and recreae tion centre, dateplete‘ With swine, ming pool. All that in two; years: Our Cenadian COeiteadtars pub, licise big plahe for varlets' sub= divisions preSentlY in the make int But as each housing area is completed Parka a n d grrittride seem conspicuous by their absence. thit of course lovely shade trees are ineariehe ly sadrificed to make room for the liontes. I ern just Waiting to see what happens to the:much advertised "Peel Village": I sup. PoSe it all boils down tea sense Of values. Price, Canned. goods or meat cuts Very often haven't had the regu- lar stamped price changed to that week's. special. At the cash. register the girl rings in what you've bought according to the Prices stamped on the package, What else can she do? Maybe the system — or lack of system. is not deliberately .dishonest, It could be through rush of busi,. ness but it's, . the .customer that paye just the gene, .And it, could quite. easily Make up. to the store the difference for a lot prem, • .41M gifts, Gifts? , I wonder! Cats That Could Really Take It While painters were at work recently in a bungalow at Clac- ton-on-Sea they heard a curious noise coming from beneath the floorboards, -Eventually these were removed -- and the mys- tery was solved:A cat was dis- covered. She had been there, without food or drink, since the boards were laid nineteen days before, "Fluff was very thin and fright- ened," said her owner, "but soon completely recovered." It's remarkable what cats can undergo and survive. In a fac- tory at Durban, South Africa, workmen heard faint mewings from a crate containing car parts which had just arrived from Britain. Inside they found a thin, piti- able travesty of a cat. She had been in the crate for three months, living on packing paper and oil. An American cat was luckier. He, too, travelled in a crate to South Africa. But his prison held chromium plating, and this was protected with grease. On this unusual diet he managed to exist. Fish And Chips Proved Expensive Chips, as well as ships, can pass in the night and not on their lawful occasions! This emerges from the recent exploit of twenty-year-old Scottish sea- man John Jackson. While tramp- ing through the streets of Hamil- ton, near Brisbane he spotted a deserted fish-and-chip chop with its door ajar. Stepping inside, he cooked himself a meal. While he was frying, another man walked in from the dark street and, under the impression that the shop was serving late customers, ordered a fish-and-chip supper. Jackson obliged, put his money in the cash register and rang up the takings. Then another man arrived, not a customer, but a constable patrolling his beat. This copper had a special interest in the fish- and-chip shop for it belonged to his father-in-law! Jackson was brought before the local court and fined $50, which is rather expensive for a fish-and-chip supper. SALLY'S SALLIES "Good! You've just found the recipe I lost while cookIng." Modern Eticr,tette. rty Anne Ashley Q.. What is the proper nUW.^, tier for husband and wife to its.. troduce each other? A. A woman always intro(luecs her husband by his first name, or as "my husband" — never as "Mr. Wilding," The husband, in turn, introduces her socially as "My wife, Mary" — but to his business acquaintances as "Mrs. Wilding," He'll never refer to her as "the missus" or "my beta ter half," Q. When a bride is writing her thank-you notes for wedding gifts received, does she write also to the bridegroom's mother and father, and to his sisters and brothers for the gifts they gave? A. This is not necessary if she has been able to give them her sincere, verbal thanks. Q. Is it really improper for the bridegroom's mother to give a shower in honor of her future daughter-in-law? I've heard pro and con on this and would ap- preciate your settling it. A. The bridegroom's mother cannot properly give a shower for her son's future wife. The shower is usually given by one or more of her wedding attend- ants. Budget-Wise Finery r tUeLdWiteleat Give your living-room a lift. Brighten it with this filet cro- chet peacock chair-set. Peacocks worthy of your pride — quick crochet in string; make scarf ends, too. Pattern 642: charts; directions chair back 16 x 12%; armrest 51/2 x 13 inches. Send TIURTY - FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor- onto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME and. ADDRESS. New! New! New! Our 1960 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book is ready NOW! Crammed with exciting, unusual, popular designs to crochet, knit, sew, em- broider, quilt, weave — fashions, home furnishings, toys, gifts, bazaar hits. In the.book FREE — 3 quilt patterns. Hurry, send 25 cents for your copy. ISSUE 31 --`-`1960 Last Wednesday a neighbour and I had a wonderful treat. We went to see "South Pacific" at Dixie Music Fair — thanks to Partner, who offered to "baby- sit" so our neighbour could get away. We both thoroughly en- joyed the performance. Several times I wished Partner was with us — he would have liked it — about halfway through I was glad he wasn't. I got pretty stiff — and if I got stiff I knew Part- ner would have been a lot worse. Camp chairs close to- gether with very little leg-room isn't the best kind of seating accommodation for anyone with arthritis — the way Partner has it. I suppose the chairs are all right for most people — must be because the theatre was packed and the show is being held over for another week. Looks as if I am not the only one who en- joyed "South Pacific". Another "big" event last week was turning in my supermarket stamp books for the premium of my choice! One and two-fifth books to be exact, And I had been saving stamps since last November — against my better judgment. Wleat I chose was a steel-top patio table — similar to one I had seen advertised by a department store for $2.88. Eight months of licking stamps for $2.88! Isn't it teo ridiculous? A newspaper article recently quoted favourite "beefs" of supermarket shoppers — delivery carts blocking the aisles; long line-up at cash registers, and so on. Well, I've got another beef. "Specials" are advertised week by week but you have to watch or you don't get your "special"