The Brussels Post, 1961-04-27, Page 6LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES has announced the order of 12 Boeing 727 jet aircraft,
boosting to 25 'the total number of jets the airline has in operation 'or on order. The new
short-to-medium-range aircraft ore scheduled for Lufthansa's routes to the near east and
within Europe, the first six being delivered by summer 1 96 4, the balance by summer 1965.
Summer will see the German carrier operaaing jets on all long-distance segments of its five-
continent network, 50 flights weekly on the North-Atlantic runs alone.
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I have never been able fully
to make up my mind whether
certain. aspects of otter behaviour
merely chance to reaemble that
of human beings, or whether, an
the case of animals as young as
Mij was, there. is actual, mimicry
of the human foster parent. Mij,
anyway, seemed to regard nie-
closely as I composed myself on
my back with a cushion under
my head; then, with a confiding
air of knowing exactly what to
do, he clambered up beside me
and worked his' body down into
the sleeping-bag until he lay flat
on his back -inside it with his
head on the cushion beside mine -
and his fore-paws in the air. Ite
this position, ,such an attitude as
a child devises for its teddy-bear
in bed, Mij heaved an enormous.
sigh and was instantly asleep. •
Mij and I remained in London
for nearly a month, while, as my
landlord put it, the studio came
to lock like a cross' between a.
monkey-house and a furniture
repesitory. The garage roof was
fenced in, and .a wire gate fitted
to the gallery stairs, so that he
could occasionally be excluded
from the studio itself; the up-
stairs telephone was enclosed in
a box, (whose fastening he early
learned to undo); my dressing-
table was cut off from him by a
wire flap „hinging from the ceil-
ing, and the electric wires were
enclosed in tunnels of hardboard
that gave the place the appear-
once of a power-house.
All these precautions were en-
tirely 'necessary, for if Mij
thought that he had been ex-
cluded for too long,. m o r e
especially from visitors whose
acquaintance he wished to make, •
he would set about laying waste
with extraordinary invention .
There was nothing haphazard
about the demonstrations he
planned; into them went all the
patience and ,ingenuity of his
remarkable brain and all the
agility of his muscular body.
Mere usually, however, when
he was loose in the studio, he
would .play for hours at a time •
With whet soon became an esta-
blished selection of toys, ping-
porig balls, marbles,. india-rub-
ber fruit, and a terrapin alien.
that I had brought back' from
his native marshes.
At night lie slept In my bed,
still, at this time, on his back
with his head on the piltow, and
in the mot-hint he shared my
bath. With utter indifference to
temperature" he would plunge
ahead of Me into Water still too •
hot for to enter,. arid while
I shaved he would swim around
Me playing with the soapsuds
with various celluloid wad ruea.
ber ,ducks and ships that had
begun to accumulate in my
batheoorn as they do in a .child's.
— From "Ring of trieel Waler,"
by Gavin-
PETITE — Vicki Tricketi flies
in for a visit. She'll soon star
in "Gidget Goes Hawaiian!'
Mettimony is"' a procsss by
which the' gooey acqttire8 an
account the florist once had,
love to help Daddy with the
chores. Which goes to show
there is no place like a farm for
raising a family.
Speaking of raising a family I
was very interested in the eco-
nomy menus published a few
days ago by one of our evening
papers, Some of them looked
quite good. But I couldn't help
thinking what a luxury those
meals would have been in Eng-
land when we were on wee
rations. To make our weekly
ration of two ounces of butter
go further we mixed it with
mashed potatoes and thee re-
molded it into pats. A fitting
and favourite dessert 'was bread
pudding. 'Our fathily 'still likes
it. Here is the recipe. Grease a
pyrex dish with margarine, Fill
it three-quarters full with stale
bread. Sprinkle with brown
sugar, raisins, currants and' peel.
Add cinnamon and vanilla, Also
two tablespoons of margarine.
Beat one egg and sufficient milk
to cover the bread, When bread.
IS soaked blend thoroughly with
fork. Bake in 375 degree oven
about an. hour.
Good old-fahioned oatmeal
porridge instead of packaged
cereal is another budget saver. ,
If you know how to Make' it
properly, Too often it is a thick,
lumpy mess. It should be smooth
and creamy mad served with
brown sugar and whole milk,
And why should perk anti banns
always, come out of a can? Any
goad cools book will tell you how
to make Boston baked beans.
Soup? There is nothing so' eco-
nomical as homemade soup, with
rice, or pot barley as a filter,
Potatoes? Scalloped potatoes go
lot farther than boiled, And do
you know that brown sugar
syrup makes a good :dessert for
children if fruit is net available,
Bell two cups of sugar with one
cup Of Water, Add vanilla or
Maple flavouring and you have
a dessert 'as geed as maple ayrup.
Flee for sweetness but don't fors
get all children and grown-,
ups too, need raw 'fruit, vege-
tables and fruit juices.
Oh dew, it looks as if. we've
rot to face it again . . the
peaches, the promises, the pro-
f aganda that always precedes a
general election. We almost wilt
at the thought of it. Not because
we are so well satisfied with the
present government that we
want them to remain in office;
not even because we are dissatis-
fied with them and want them
out. Sounds as if we're sitting
on the fence, doesn't it? It isn't
even that. When the time comes
we shall know which way to
vote' — but we would like to
postpone it as long as possible.
Our immediate interest is the
weather. We haven't really had
a bad winter but yet I don't
know ota ani-,:year when we have
looked forward to spring so
eagerly. Last week it made me
feel just wonderful to see a red,
red robin strutting around on
the lawn. He won't be so wel- --
come later on when small fruits
are ready for picking. But have
you noticed — although ,you see
robins at this time of the year
you never hear their sweet song.
Maybe they are afraid of getting
laryngitis if they warble too
much before the weather warms
up. Most people look for an
early spring when Easter is early
but of late years there seems
little connection between Easter
and the weather. Here's hoping
this string will be an exception.
I think the children around
here must be longing for spring -
too. Anyway they make a bee-
line for our patios, front and .
back, where we have a six-foot
overhang that keeps dirt in the
planters nice and dry, making it ,, •
jut like a sandpile for the
youngsters to play in. That is
until the dirt gets mixed up
with the snow. Then they are
able to make mud pies with
which they plaster our steps and
patae. A lovely mess, I assure
you. Generally their shouts and
squeals of delight betray them so
it isn't long befeee Partner or I
chase them .home,a Their mothers
are ne.,moreapleased with their
escapade" than'. We tare because •
they go hemee': with snowsuits
plastered with med. I am thank-• •
ful it is the patid we have' to
cleat .up .and riot the kids! Any-
way, the poor little tikes have to
play amnewherea
Incidentelly, love you noticed
how times have:Olatiged the way
in which children get fresh_ air
and' exer=cise In winter? Wheri
out' two were eemall 7 used to
dress them Werrely and take
them for a •wall,.even if it was
only for half-an-houe, And I
kept them on the move,. That
way they didn't get a •chance' to
get cold or run into' mischief.
Nowadays mothers put snowsuits
on their pre-schoolers and Send
them Out to. play by themselves,
The snowsuits are .such a pro-
tection against the weather there
is little feat of 'them catching
cold. Rut what is there for the
poor little .'tires to do? Natural- •
if they dart find any nice dry
dirt they are going to play with
it. Failing that they get bored
and dome pounding at the door
for a cookie or to go, to the bath-
room. Mothers grumble because
children are tiO sooner dressed
than they want to come in again,
TO my way of thinking it is-eat-
ter to take thein for a half-
hour's walk rather then turn'
theta loose tel their own.7,:4te.r-
cise11. what. they need * and the
fresh air is good for mother too.
Of' course On a farm Childs en can
always find plenty to amuse
there. at the. barn * and` 'they
Spring is gradually approach-
ing—however, one 'skeptical in-
habitant we know of continues
to carry a snow shovel in the
trunk of his car,
DRIVE CAIIEElrLlaa' a- the
life erm save May be' eater own'
"You'll appreciate it inoeca
Daddekiee,. When you get
the Wit"
Modern. Stories
Of RagsTo-itiches
Modern Etiquette
By Attila Ashley
4. When a business letter $
a4daessed jointly JO a loan and
a woman, what Is the correct.
salutation?
A, "Dear Sie and Madam,"
Q. It a man is welkin"- with
g woman and she is carryher
Per coat on her arm, should be
offer td carry it for her?
A, This is not exPected. Q. 'What is the 'best and easi-
est 'way to introduce married
couples t each other?
A. One good way is. merelyr
"Mr. and Mese Careen. Mr, and
Mrs, Rogers," Or, "Mary and
Tom Carson, Helen and Dick
Rogers."
Q. Some fellows I've never
met occasionally phone me try-
ing to make blind dates. Would
it be proper •for me to accept
these?
A, Blind dates are dangerous,
unless arranged by a friend. In
this case you mention, it's al-
most like being "picked up" on
the street. Boys who do their
blind dating on telephones are
usually pretty poor pickings
themselves, or they wouldn't
have to get dates this way,
Scarlett, O'Horo
coirnei. Back Home;
Miss Scarlebt O'Hara. of "Gone
With. the Wind" fame came home,.
tq ,4044•La, Georgia,, , aftV 20
years. 'Of • Wandeattageatre aereign
parts, and the people took her
their hearts' like „a long-lost
daughter,
The British actress, Vivien
• Leigh, Whom the . whole • world
identifies with the. charming but
turbulent heroine of the late
Margaret Mitchell's epic of . the
Civil Wen returned fee a three-
day visit in connection with, a
revival of the film which first
made her faul,ous, The revival is
• a part of Atlanta's civil War
Centennial Celebretion,
Standing on a floodlighted
platform in front of Loew's
Grand - Theeter where "Gone
With the Wind" first was shown
32 year's ago, Miss Leigh looked
into the upturned faces of thou,
sands of. Atlantan:s crowed into.
the triangle formed by Peacha
tree and Pryor Streets (Atlanta's
counterpart of Times Square)
and told them. "It's wonderful
. , wonderful to be back.'
Her cultiveted British, voice was
choked with' emotion. •
With her was .01iVia de Havil-
land, who played the part of.
Melaine Hamilton, the gentle
and faithful wife of Ashley.
Wilkes. She also was greeted
by 'stormy applause. Only they
of the four principal stars of
"Gone With the Wind" are left
today. Clark Gable,.'the swash-
buckling Rhett Butler of the
film, passed on recently. Leslie
Howard—the cultivated but fu-
tile Southern aristocrat, Ashley
Wilkes—was, lost on a British
transport plane during World
War II.
The movie's revival brought
back a flood of memories to
Mayor Hartsfield, who has serv-
ed in his post longer than the
mayor of any other large Ameri-
'Oen city, whites Joseph H. Baird
in the. Christian Science Monitor..
It was he who welcomed the
film starts at the premiere in
' the same theater Dec. 15, 1939.
When he met Miss De Havilland
at Atlanta's new - municipal air-
port, she noted the modernistic
administration building and look-
ed away toward the downtown
skyline where 20- and ,30-story
Skyscrapers now rise where once
there were historic buildings of
the past Civil War, era, and
'observed:
"My, how Atlanta has
changed!"
"Yes," the Mayor said with a
grin, "a new city, but the same
old Mayor."
At a press conference at the
Biltmore preceding the ball, Miss
Leigh, who described herself as
a "middle-aged Scarlet," •dis-
closed plans for an around-the-
world tour with. other British
actresses and actors with a rep-
ertoire of four plays. These will
include Shakespeare's "Twelfth
Night" end' "Merchant of Ven-
ice," "Duel of Angels" and "The
Lady of the Camellias,"
After a tour of. Far Eastern
countries, the. British players-
will come to the United States
in', the fall of 1962.
- A correspondent f o und a
chance to.ask Miss Leigh a ques-
tion that always has intrigued
him: "How did you, as a British
aertess, manage a convincing
Southern drawl?"
"I just etudied it far two
weeks," she replied.
Miss Leigh said that recently
she had gen the screen teats
which she had made` in Holly-
wood before Mr, Selzitiek as- •
signed her the coveted role of
Scarlet O'Hara, and was amazed •
now that he had done it.
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of IleaKe,,ea, I bought what
other &Vie. didn't want, and.
then Made an Old building good
far another 100 years," Because
"labor is so .expensive,." lie uses
it itl; Put it in the best materials
and "beautiful things"-a-it "costs
just as truth 'to pet in the best
as put hi jut*, ao why bother
with junk?"
At first he worked largely by
• biaaself, After a night of loading
hides, on the docks, .he would
sleep "two, three hours in my
truck" then go to work on his
latest project; it took too long to
drive home first Later, with
income coming In regularly, he
learned where to find skilled
help and how to supervise it.
He's taking .thinets easier now,
but not metal easier,
The Maisin story isn't the only
one of its kind even on the San
Vraneisco docks, Several years
ago an ILWU official told me
that it has been fairly common-
place there for dock workers to
"sock away" money in old houees
and apartment buildings that
they can refurbish in off-time,
either alone or in groups invest-
ing and working together. Other
workers in other industrial areas
have found different • ways to
reach out into new areas of op-
portunity.
One in New ,Jersey "retired"
from a plant job at 65 to the •
vice-presidency of a building
and loan association. He had
been buying up its stock through
the years and had become a ma-
jority stockholder. Another in.
Michigan recently quit a plant
job to devote more time to a
chain of small dime stores he
had developed through the years.
The moral may be that while
Horatio Alger stories may be out
of date for today's youth, success
stories still have a. pertinency
for today's blue collar workers.
By Ed Townsend in the Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
Suoceas stories continue to be
told with a bit of awe And, a, note
of wonder,
Because of the changed' A.ocial
and economic tiMee, they are dif-
ferent from. the Alger rage-toa
lichee fietion. And their basis it
'troth,.
A few days ..ago a San a'aran-
else°, newspaperman,, Terri
'thews, told such a story in the •
.-Senlaearseieete Chronicle., ft's the
story of a longshoreman a,
niember of the Intereatimel
Longshoremen's & Warehou.sea
men's Union—who has managed:
to amass $1,000,000 of real estate
in two deeedea,
Alexander (Al) Maisin, the
SOP of Russian emigrants arrived.
In San Francisco in 193$ from
Harbin, China, and found a job
on the docks in 1041. In recent,
years, he has averaged about
$0,700 .a year as a longshoreman.
under ILWU contracts, He found,.
years ago, that he could live
comfortably on lase than - his •
wages. Instead of finding ways
of spending more, as. too Many
do, he put his extra dollars to
work..
A "hamburger joint" did preta.
ty well, with Mrs. Maisin run-
ning it days and Mr. Maisin put-
ting in time there when not on.
his •dock job. Then. "we expand-
ed and went broke," he told Mr.
Mathews. An attorney "kept the
sheriff off ray back until I could
• pay offs, everything, dollar for
dollar,"
The failure was discouraging
and wiped out savings, but a
year later Mr. Maisin opened a.
Christmas tree lot—working on
the docks and cutting trees in
his spare time. The profits help-
ed pay off the previous. losses.
Once out of debt, Mr. Maisin
bought a rundown apartment
house and remodeled it in his
spare time. He credits his bank-
er for encouraging him to put
money into property; he didn't
know how • easily . it could be.
done, he said. •
Once the first apartment house
was remodeled and producing
income, he borrowed • on it and
bought another dilapidated build-
ing. He has been following this
pattern since, buying run-down •
buildings, remodeling them, and
borrowing on them to buy more. •
Currently, he has 10 pieces. of
income property. and six partels
of unimproved land One of the
buildinge is a 16-story office •
building, • his latest purchase,
owned with a syndicate. The
largest piece of land is acreage
bought for $16,000 in 1956. With
"some hired help," Mr. Maisin
has cleared the land and put in
some roads. Utilities have been
run in underground, Now • he
thinks a fair price for the land
would be $180,000, and not long
ago he sold "the first house I
built on it for $70,000,"
He developed a 'single theory
For )717tertairting
TULIP-TOPS — This is the new
spring hairdo, suggesting a tu-
lip blossom, being introduced
in Paris by Janine Levesque,
left, and Anny Nelson.
More About Those
Year-Round Schools
ISSUE 14 — 1961
The possibility of a 12-month
school year has been kicked
around for' several years now.
The recent California Citizens
Commission on Education recom-
mended that the Legislattse
study the possibilities of a year-
round year.
• Educators have debated the
effect of a three-month variation
for teenagers. It has been point-
ed out that this country no long-
er has a rural- economy -- child
tabor has been replaced by ma- '
chines. Yet we still retain the
short ech6o1 year with a long
summer vacation.
S, Bryan Jennings of Middle-
burg, Fla., a member of that
state's, chamber, of commerce
committee on education, has
been an outspoken advocate of
yea?' around school use,
Jennings t advocates "the effi- •
cient use of educational facilitieg
and teaching personnel by abol-
ishing, asrapidly as possible,
the outmoded system of operat-
ing schools for nine months in
the year arid allowing our build-
ings—which represent the in-
vestment of billions et dollars—
to stand idle for the remaining
three months of each year,"
Jennings estimates that if all
of the schools in the nation
would operate 48 weeks in the
year with staggered enrollments,
the equivalent of 444,000 ackil-
Venni classrooms would be cre-
ated—equal to a construction cost
el en billions,—Mereed (Ca!if.)
Sun-Star,
••••• Attar ktirl Brehm' t hat, eyet only for` ti t
they' take in the' eighte of P.d.141, Hei5 iii the'
the filinitig' of of the 'Apcie
The local weatherman was so
often wrong in his .predictions
that he became the laughing-
stock of the community, He
therefore applied for a transfer
in another area.
"Why do you wish to be trans-
red?" came the -question from
headquarters,
"Because," the forecaster re-
plied. "the climate doesn't agree
with trie
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