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The Brussels Post, 1960-12-15, Page 2Jiffy Toe-Cuddlers 972 LItTLE PLACE is* tHE, StA — President-elect Kennedy Will vciCatiOn this itifAriier hortie. his. father, Joseph P. Kennedy; lit hearts Beach, Fla:, PRINCESS WILL MARRY HABERDASHER — Norway's Princess Astrid, 28, shares a smile with commoner Johan Martin Ferner, 33, as they announced they would be married January 12 in church in Asker, Norway, right. Astrid will lose title of her country's first lady when she weds Ferner, junior partner in an Oslo haberdashery and a divorced man. .4* • . "........11r1WWW:Wrilfger*-.. ....:4".."4..."'"=lit.t.114. Rytii Tgok Back L::15 Of Sotivenirs tOttclatr,r the subjee .iket astir,; m the nature of e, lea footnote to Premier Klerushe 'els% recent visit to these slier = it /night be worth nonce that his trip. was not M vain on all fronts, As the .Khruelschev party left . they tools with them to Bus- 541, the following mementos of. their sojourn in Manhattan: One .air-conditioned Cadillac. One black Oldsmobile. One blue Comet station. wagon. Portable television sets; Room air conditioners.. Sets .ef automptive tires. Several auto batteries. A large supply of anti-freeze. And enough assorted personal items in the clothing, appliance, and luxury goods fields to fill a station wagon, a seven-ton truck, a limoueine, and a 36-passenger bus. In short the Soviets made good use of their shopping time, if nothing else. The big question is, if and when Communism ever gets around to burying Capital- ism, a s Mr. K, occasionally sug- gests may happen, where will the comrades then buy all of these products needed to make life in Moscow more bearable? —Toledo (Ohio) Blade reavi.e.Wkegg. Gay, jiffy - knit slippers that keep toes cozy all winter! CANDY CANE stripes add charm to stay-put slipper socks. A flat piece done on 2 needles, plus cuff. Pattern 972: directions children's sizes 4 to 12 included. 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This does not mean that these losers are necessarily stupid peo- ple who wouldn't detect a plug- ged nickel if they saw one, In- deed, it has been found that the confidence man is much more likely to seek out a victim of reasonable intelligence — his line of reasoning being that such a person will readily grasp the "possibilities" of his little ven- ture. For this reason it is more dif- ficult to track down the swind- ler, since many of his victims re- fuse to report the crime, This silence comes from no desire to protect the guilty, but because of the victim's shame at having been tricked, or his fear of dam- aging his reputation as a man of reliable judgment. Confidence men tell the story of a steel executive who was swindled out of $700,000, but re- fused to disclose his loss for fear of losing the trust of his board of directors. Assistant Attorney General Malcolm R. Wilkey says there are many in this same category, A retired official of one of the nation's largest corporations, he states, is reported to have been taken for $45,000 in a swindle, The Justice Department is help- less in such cases where there is no charge on which to pro- ceed*. But Assistant Attorney Gener- al Wilkey, speaking before a conference of law officials re- cently, told of one case where the worm turned, It happened in 1919 when a prominent Texan, by the name of Frank Norfleet, swindled out of $45,000, not only tracked down the criminal, but ended up by writing a book about it all, The devices of the swindler are simple, and many of them timeworn. Some of the older ones are the "goldbrick scheme," JUST A PEACH — Meet Mary Peach. The British actress is on the London set of a new movie, "No Love for Johnny." the "green goods swindle," and the "Spanish swindle," It seems incredible that any- one would fall for a goldbrick story, but according to informa- tion reaching the Justice Depart- ment, several Texas bankers did just that, as late as 1939, for a loss of $300,000, writes Josephine Ripley in the Christian Science Monitor. The "green goods swindle," as one might suspect, has to do with counterfeit money. But it is palmed off as money produced from a die stolen from the Treasury of the United States. "The Spanish swindle" is bas- ed on the fiction of a wealthy man jailed in Mexico who is willing to share his fortune with anyone who will put up money to bribe his jailers and obtain' his release. A common swindle today is that which goes under the title of the "boiler room." This is the place from which confidence men operate either stock or horse racing confidence swindles. The term is derived from the scene of such operations — gen- erally a loft in a large building. Here salesmen peddle millions of dollars' worth of worthless stock by telephone. For reply, the department has this advice: "just say to the would-be salesman, 'give me the name of your stock, the address of your firm, arid your name and telephone number so that I can discuss this matter with my broker or banker,' " You will be surprised, say these officials, how fast the caller will terminate the conver- sation. A recent development particu- larly distressing to the Justice Department is that involving schemes aimed . not at bilking the rich, lent the poor. These ins elude the sale of vending ma- chines by promising grossly ex- aggerated profits, and the sale of home-type knitting machines by haidine, out the false pros- pect of substantial returns from sales of home-produced knitted goods. Another scheme is promoted through an advertisement its lo- cal papers suggesting possible earnings of $100 a month.. if the reader sends one dollar for "in= structions a n d information," This brings only a mimeograph ed sheet advising the inquirer to seek envelope - addressing eme ployment by soliciting firms in their own cominunity. The :Justice Department is eager to publicize the "riot so gentle art of swindling," as Ae- sistent Attorney'General Wilkey puts, Se that the public may be Warned of the various guises under Which-these rackets ish, People then would he in a better position to Cooperate with the authorities in exposing these latter-day racketeers, Well, we have survived 'the 1960 Grey Cup, What do I know about football? Absolutely noth- ing. But I have come to know something about Grey Cup ma- nia. Just imagine, the latter part of last week Canada was faced with a nation - wide railway strike. Negotiations got under- way between management and labour without bringing any def- inite result, Was the public wor- ried? Not so you'd notice it. The big issue of the day was who would win the Grey Cup. Day- time activities centred around the broadcasts by radio and televi- sion of the mammoth parade and the game itself. Children used to ,an afternoon nap were allowed to stay up and watch the parade on TV. At game time every ruse possible was adopted by enthusiasts so that the game could be followed. from start to finish, Work schedules were changed if possible and meal times disrupted. The timing suit- ed farmers to perfection. Many farmers now have radios in their barns so cows were milked to the accompaniment of the Grey Cup broadcast. Delivery men carried transistor radios around with them. In many stores, big and small, a radio was somewhere in the background with the sales- clerks having one ear open to the radio and the other to cus- tomers. Which didn't worry the customers at all as most of them ward quite willing to stop for a minute and listen to the latest score. Office workers were the most fortunate, Having Saturday off they had only to regulate home activities so as not to con- flict with the television broad- cast of the game. Some small store keepers had a TV set rigged up in their store. The same thing happened during the World Series. And the women - folk, what about them? Well, I suppose there are many avid sports fans even among the women, who fol- low the games whatever the sport. But for the most part I find the majority of women can be described as "tolerant," They are far from being spoil-sports. They realize that watching these games has become an important issue• in the lives of their men folk — so, they act accordingly. After all, all that is required of them is not .to interrupt with small talk and 'to keep the chil- dren under control, So, what happened here? Much the same as happened in other homes I imagine, I had to go to the village some time during the day so I went in ,the morning as I, too, wanted to Watch the Grey Cup Parade, Generally Partner and I have "forty-winks" after our noonday meal. Saturday we settled ourselves comfortably in front of the TV to /enjoy the pa- rede instead„ And we did enjoy it. But it was too long and we both fell asleep. Four-thirty was game time so I left Partner to it and went off to the den for a session with the record player'. Towards the end of the game I fine only present that olio offered me wall has gto of kabl" isstE l -" set up one snack table in the living room for Partner. For his supper I took him wieners and rolls, tea, cheese and applesauce. If I had put canned dog meat in between the rolls I don't think he would have known the clif- ferencel I had my supper in the kitchen. Not understanding foot- ball it irritates me to watch it. But far be it from me to spoil Partner's enjoyment, And. I know better than to talk to him at that time. It would be useless any- way, I find men lose themselves more completely in any kind of television programme than wo- men. Maybe they have better powers of concentration than wo- men. I don't know. Anyway women don't seem to have a one- track mind. Perhaps it is be- cause women, when they are watching or listening to broad- casts have to have an ear and eye open to what goes on around them . . . to what is cooking on the stove or in the oven, or lis- tening for the first cry of a wak- ing child, Anyway the Grey Cup is over —now perhaps more interest will be taken in a small matter like the threatened railway strike. It also sounds as if we might, at last, have a little bad weather to worry about. And Christmas . . oh dear! For you who read this column it is almost upon you. Are you ready for it? We still have a few weeks of grace. But when I think of what there is to do in that few weeks I get the Christmas jitters. But then the same thing happens 'every year and so far we have survived. One of my friends suggested cutting out an exchange of gifts this year. I agreed. After all when it becomes a burden it is time to quit —especially when the num- ber of children that have to be remembered increases every year. Older folk are just as well pleased with a letter most of the time. Except perhaps from the immediate members of one's family. From them it is the per- sonal touch that pleases. FAMILY CONCERN A tombstone in the village cemetery in Velika Plana, Yugo- slavia, bears the inscription: "Here rests Zdravko Paunovic with his first wife Stanojka. The tombstone is erected by his third wife Dolka, from the money of his second wife, Zivkat." "What's your definition of a budget?" asks a reader. A man's attempt to live below his yearn- ings. She RQre Twins Twooty-Two lima* Two sett> 9t borin,v twins have, been born in rieVen n'oriths to it, Canadian mothe!•; pretty, dark-haired M. 'Connell) Yorke,. of • -Toren lb. The first set ttr., wive were Sherry Anne and her brother Steven, The second were also a girl and a boy, Mich:lf ehaele This tends to upset a recent "discovery" by a twins research .exeeet in the United States that when a woman twice has twins, the first sot are usually a boy ganirci ls.a and the second set are usually two boys or two But it tends to confirm his statement that double-twinning seems to occur more often when the births are a short time apart. In County Mayo, for example, an Irish mother has three sets of twins, two of which were born in twelve months.. Twin records are a fascinating study. The wife of a Yorkshire coal miner gave birth to twins for the third time in 1925, Mrs. John J. Walsh, of Quincy, Mas- sachusetts, set up a world rec- ord in 1943 when it was an- nounced that she had had three Sets of twins in slightly less than three years - — each set. in the month of Octdber. Another kind of twins record Was achieved by a Sicilian wom- an who in 194'7 had her twenty- second. set. Her closest runner- up is an Indian woman, of Dur- ban, South Africa, who had five sets of twins before she was thirty years old. Most mothers of multiple twins are country women. Doc- tors say that twins are common- er among country people be- cause they are hardier than town dwellers. Twins are more prevalent for this reason in the Scottish .Highlands, Ireland and in Norway and Sweden. The tendency to have twins increases after the age of thirty. Fingerprints To Beat. Art Forgers Wealthy art collectors think nothing of spending $50,000 for a painting by some great master. But they are dismayed if they -suddenly discover their "master- piece" is a clever fake — worth $50 at most. Yet the risk of this happening to a buyer in Britain is growing every week. For this country is being flooded with phoney pic- tures from France.. Sotheby's of London, one of the world's most famous auc- tioneering firms, recently had to withdraw a landscape from a sale at the last moment. It was allegedly the work of Signac — among the highest - priced of French painters — and might have fetched around $25,000, But a final 'check revealed it' as an uncannily skilful imitation by some unknown, valued at about $10. Had it been sold as the real thing to an unwary col- lector it could have ruined the firm's international reputation. The Society of London Art Dealers has alerted its members to the menace. They are'now co- operating with Chief Commis- sioner Georges Clot, of the Paris police, in a desperate attempt to check the flood at its source — the Parisian artiste' quarter of Montmartre. There, in dozens of dingy, un- swept garret studios, the fakes are being manufactured by the score, First the artist buys a cheap old painting arid scrapes off the original colours. On this genuine its' then pitints hix ofIht• ma,,terpitee, blown up phntoraph ee a .1% ql houri forging is great tutiAt's sigiature. Then he rolls the pr: to produce the .crashed. (live it; the paint that is supposedly a wear, Finally no will "bah" it for ffveml. tl:tys in a waem sevens, which teases Zlity traces of. new, nas out of the picture. Tin' artistic forgot' ott-. no. more than $25 or $30.• for his. trouble. But the ring of art rack- eteers to whom he sells his wark hope for:— and frequently p t thousands of dollars. Why do they pick on Britain to clump their wares? Because London is,. at the moment, the world's leading centre for art sales, But London's lead In the art market will be shattered if auc, tioneers unwittingly palm .farg- eries off to buyers. It's their re- sponsibility to see that onls the genuine stuff gets past. 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