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A Son's Impressions
Of A Noted Father
Veleea in the questionable hair
filing of political funds that led,
to his downfall in 1022. He was
then still only 50.
Perhaps it is easier to under-
stand this: act of folly against
the background of the vulnera-
bility of his private life. Burl
Lloyd George tells us of 'the
many occasions when his tattler
was . unfaithful to his mother.
These sad episodes first came to
his note when he was a small
boy, and they continued until
the older man's passing. These
are revelations which may shock
many, Some may question . the
taste of a son's washing such
linen in the public, arguing per-
haps that filial -duty should have
prescribed silence. On the other
hand, once the decision to write
this book had been, taken, the
Raiser would have been lacking
in integrity if he had deliberate,
ly concealed this weakness in the
character of his father. ALL IN A DAY'S WORK-Robert Recknor, a member of the U.S Navy's ace sky jumping team,
"Cliating Stars," demonstrates how he makes his living. Another member of the exhibition
group has already stepped into air, lower left, over the fields of Minnesota. tad-Time Bands
Make Them Dance
/TABLE TALKS
,!Jaxvz Am:kw.
REMOULADE SAUCE
Cold mayonnaise sauces go well
with both hot and cold seafood,
Some of them can double as salad
dressings and, as party dips, This
one is delicious.
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons finely chopped
onion
2 tablespoons finely chopped
celery
1 clove garlic, crushed
U. cup horseradish mustard
1 tablespoon lemon juice'
Few grains salt
Few drops Tabasco sauce
CoMbine ingredients and blend
well. Chill. Makes about 11/2
cups.
SOUR CREAM SALAD
DRESSING
Substitute this for mayonnaise
if you are :fond of ,sour cream.
34 cup dairy sour cream
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1/2 ' cup salad oil
1 tablespoon grated onion
1 tablespoon horseradish
1 tablespoon capers
1h,' teaspoon dill seeds
3/2'' teaspoon paprika
1/z teaspoon salt
Few grains pepper
Combine ell ingredients in a
tightly covered jar. Shake 'well
before using. Makes about Ph
cups. *
TOMATO-CUCUMBER
SALAD DRESSING'
Tomato and cucumber add col-
our and crunch •to salad dressing.
1 cup salad dressing
1/2 cup• diced, drained tomato
1/2 cup•diced cucumber
1/2 teaspoon salt .
Combine ingredients and chill.
Makes 2 cups.
which, for sheer spontaneity,
grace, and joie de vivre could
scarcely be excelled. Looking at
my watch, I was astonished to
find I had been watching for
an hour.
At this time of the year, New
Zealanders journey to Sinclair
Head on Cook Strait, drawn by
another though somewhat less
graceful marine ballet. This is
staged by a group of fur seals,
mostly young bulls. This per-
formance lacks the rhythmic
grace and continuity of the por-
poise show I watched. The seals,
some burly and heavily bewhis-
kered types, clearly do not in-
tend to give the impression of
gay, lightfooted young baller-
inas. Harrumphl Indeed not
Devotion to their art is not
nearly so pronounced. They wag
a flipper languidly at the human
audience when the script calls
for no such languid wag. They
heave themselves out of line
when heaving in that direction
is not called for. They appear
quite indifferent about scrips.
Some roll over on their backs
and float for a bit, having had
enough of the "dance." They
glance upward with a somewhat
disapproving eye: "Who are
those people standing there
watching us? Why doesn't some-
body send for the manager?"
And what of Jo Jo? The fish-
ermen,, it is said, are knotting
their lacy nets with smaller
knots these days and probably
without those delightfully de-
corative but rather fussy bows.
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When the expressways get
overcrowded on weekends many
motorists try to recall and reach
the quaint old byways that will
bring them to their desired des-
tination.
That hobby you indulge in as a
recreation is a very serious busi-
ness to the •industry supplying
the material for it,
Strolling among the myriad.
rides, refreshment stands, and
pseudo - historical stage sets at.
New York City's Freedomland
amusement center one night re-
cently, harried parents in the
crowd of 10,000 suddenly heard
music that carried them straight
back to their own dear dead
youth. The sounds were coming
from a palm tree surrounded
bandstand in the Satellite City,
section of the park, where a pre-
Space Age hero named Benny
Goodman was leading an eight-
een-piece orchestra through his
famous theme, "Let's Dance."
In front of the bandstand, a
huge crowd was gathered on the
15,000 - square - foot dance floor
(called the Moon Bowl). Judging
from 'the wild applause that
greeted the wail of Goodmares
clarinet, the experiment in nos-
talgia seemed to be paying off;
Freedomlancl's managers, in fact,
are investing some $200,000 in the
belief that the top name bands of
the '30s and '40s will lure more
adults to their amusement park
— which almost went bankrupt
after last season's shaky start.
The ,management also hopes to
acquaint a whole new generation
with 'the music their, parents
knew so Well.
Besides Goodman the big bands•
of Woody Herman, Count Baste
and Lionel Hampton have al-
ready played Freedomland dates.
In the future, Duke Ellington,
Louis Armstrong, and 'the Glenn
Miller and Jimmy Dorsey or-
chestras will star in the Moon.
Bowl. "We don't expect to make
money on the band deals," says
Art Moss, director of show ac-
tivities. "We just want to break
even.
"Earlier in the season, the
bands played in the Hollywood
area of the park (Freedomland is
laid out to form a miniature rep-
lica of the United States) on
floor that could hold ebout 1,01
dancers," Moss noted. "When Mr"
took Benny out there he said: 'I
won't play here. The kids don't
want to just listen, they want to
dance.' So we invested nearly
$30,000 in the Satellite City area
which has room for 3,000 pee-
ple."
Goodman was clearly delight-
ed, "It's more exciting to me than
anything else," he rhapsodized
last month. But the 'great desire-
etist hesitated to predict a real
resergence of the big band in,
other fields, "Times," he sagely
reflected, "aren't what they used
to be." Y "N*W 1.1.0 ..244,4t..444•7-4t 4,4er03.4
"Wake up, Henry! TVs almost
time for you to get the
atm up!"
ISSUE 32 — 1961
"This 'is not a faithful and cc-
curate portrayal of historic facts,
but for these the reader can con,
suit official texts. I have tried
to concern myself with truth,
with the essence of things, and
with those strange wayward and
subtle meanings behind facts. It
is a broken lamp, my memory,
faulty and inefficient, but it may
throw a little light on the enig-
ma of a man who has been des-
r ib e d as the greatest Prime
Minister since Pitt," So writes
Earl Lloyd George in the fore-
word .' to his skillfully written
book, "My Father, Lloyd George"
about his father, the great Welsh-
man who led Britain to vic-
tory in World War
If the book is not a historical
record, neither is it a biography
in the strict sense of the word,
It is •a son's impressions of Lloyd
George, both as father and poli-
tician, written from within the
family circle. As a politician,
Lloyd George was brilliant, and
his son's admiration for him in
this role is unstinted. But as a
father (and husband), how great
were his shortcomings! The son
reveals them, and hisa.disap-
proval of them was, as the book
shows, a barrier to a satisfactory
and understanding relationship
between the two men. Indeed, al-
though Richard now bears the
family title, his father in fact
disinherited him.
The first great influence in
Lloyd George's life was his
uncle, a lay preacher in North
Wales, who brought up the
young David after •the death
of his father. The uncle was a
Baptist and a Radical Liberal.
The boy showed signs of brilli-
ance from the start. He would
climb to the top of an oak tree
to read Euclid, Coached by his
uncle, who had specially learn-
ed Latin and French for the
purpose, , Lloyd George eventu-
ally passed his law exams and
"put up his sign D. Lloyd
George, solicitor, iii the shade
of the walls of Criccieth Castle,
which had never more proudly
hoisted a banner." But the uncle
had- no profound religious influ-
ence on his nephew. The young
man learned ,the words of the
Bible yet remained—in his son's
Bible-
thumping pagan of his genera-
tion."
e0 — "the greatest
In • politics, he was a radical
and a rebel, as scathing as he
was .,courageous.' He crusaded
against the Boer •War in the face
of threats to his life. But by
1905, his gifts were recognized
and Campbell-Bannerman Ap-
pointed him President of t h e
Board of„ Trade in his new Li-
beral administration. In 1908 he
was promoted to Chancellor of
the Exchequer, As a minister
he was bold and intolerant of
red tape as 'he championed work-
men.'s compensation, old age
pensions, widows' pensions, the
Seamen's ,Charter and unemploy-
mera insurance: Small wonder
that the Tories, of the Establish-
ment loathed him.
When the war came and Lloyd
George moved from the Ministry
Hof Munitions the War Office
and eventually to t h e Prime
Ministership; his foes were the
traditionalists in the Army and
Navy, men •like Kitchener and
Haig, particularly Haig. But he
*never,flinched, for he seemed to
enjoy the smell of interdepart-
mental battle. -With such. tri-
umphs behind him, it is hard to
understand why, ,after the ware he
allowed himself to become in-
.
Porpoise Joio
Bugs Fishermen
"It Mlle be Jo JO. On the
other hand, it could be someone
just as smart as Jo Ja. WhO can
tell?"
This is a fair average sample
of conversation among fisher-
men recently on the Australlart
coast on finding knots in their
nets skillfully unknotted when
hauled to the surface.
These fishermen had been
trawling far shrimp, and all
knots in the lacy shrimp nets,
it was 'aid, were tied with bows.
This was not a decorative
scheme for lacy nets worked cut
by fishermen who preferred
bows. They preferred bows in
their lacy knotted nets because
bows were easier to unknot in
a hurry,
Someone — identity unknown
also found bows easier to un-
knot in a hurry and accordingly
unknotted them. Who or what
was it, down there among the,
shrimp, unknotting the lacy
nets? It seemed one of those
very simple but quite baffling
mysteries in which the history
of the sea abounds — that is,
until Mr. Evans announced that
Jo Jo had escaped to sea in the
region some years ago.
Jo JO Was quite content, it
seemed, ...as a performing por-
poise
'
and returned to sea again
only because a big wave washed
it out of its performing porpoise
pool. For, weeks afterward, Jo Jo
surfaced regularly nearby to beg
for fish. Finally, Jo Jo put to
sea and nothing more was heard
of the porpoise until the bows
in the fishermen's lacy nets be-
gan to be mysteriously unknot-
ted,
Mr. Evans explained that
Jo Jo was an expert knot un-
knotter when the knot was tied
with a bow. Since the large Lips
of a porpoise are not supple, this
represented quite a feat. If Mr.
Evans is right, Jo Jo has lost
nothing of the old skill notwith-
standing several years of retire-
ment professionally from the art
in the wide, wide ocean. Por-
poises, it may therefore be fairly
safely said, have no more rea-
son to lose their skill than any-
body else.
The smaller cetaceans, known
as dolphins, are just as smart.
Sometimes, in fact, they know
what to do without formal in-
struction. Opononi Jill, a New
Zealand dolphin, appeared in
Hokianga Harbour a few years
ago and had the highways lead-
ing to the place crowded on
weekends with the incredulous
who went to watch this visitor
from the sea play ball -with hu-
mans — perfect strangers, in
fact, to Jill.
Porpoises and dolphins cer-
tainly enjoy life. I watched, one
*runny afternoon, a troupe of the
most skillful underwater dancers
one could wish to see, riding
big waves into a sandy beach
in these par t s, Looking down
from a hillside into the clear
water, I was able to see the
porpoises swimming inside the
leading wave in groups of three
and four abreast, right up near
the crest, writes Albert E.. Nor-
man in the Christian Science
Monitor.
As the wave began to break
in spray, the line nosed over,
still maintaining perfect forma-
tion, turning a complete somer-
eault, and dived out the back
of the wave into the air, Varia-
tions on this choreographic
theme were produced to prevent
monotony in a performance
Ho Played Cops.
And Rqbhers Solo
Back in 190, boyish-faced
.Bob Roberts looked like a natural
for sheriff of Adams COunty„,
Colo,, which sprawls across 1,25Q
square miles. of gently rolling
farmland just north of Denver.
Roberts, then e7, had experienced
your years with the FBI), a
ready smile and handshake, and
a flair for telling stories about
his five.children. The cattle
ranchers, sugar-beet farmers, and
cannery workers who make up
much pf the county's 14000
population elected Roberts sher-
iff on the Democratic ticket, and
looked forward to what he had
promised — four years of pro-
fessional law enforcement.
The first evidence that.Bob
Roberts might not be exactly
the vigorous defender of law and
order that he appeared to be
came last month when one of
Roberts' own men, Patrol Sgt.
Allen J. Reynolds, told the FBI
and Denver Detective Chief Walt
Nelson an incredible story of
cops andfor robbers,
Reynolds, who said he was
afraid to goe to the county district
attorney because the DA's in-
vestigators had deputy sheriff's
commissions, swore that Roberts
offered him a chance 'to make
"some easy money" by helping
run a shuttle service for Denver
policemen who cracked safes
during their Off-duty heurs.
"It made me sick," Reynolds
said of the offer. "I couldn't eat
that night."
Investigators immediately bug-
ged Reynold's home, tape-record-
ed meetings between Reynolds,
Roberts, and three other men
(two of them Denver policmen,
the third a former member of the
force), and learned how the
sheriff ran his burglary ring.
Roberts was the outside man —
he picked the targets, usually
supermarkets, and delivered the
police-burglars to the scene late s
at night. After the safes were
cracked and looted the burglars
called the 'sheriff's office from
inside the store and reported a
disturbance at a fictious address
— an ,address which alWays car-
ried the number "777." Roberts
heard tae coded message- on his
car radio and went back sto the
scene ,to pick up his crew and,
afterward, divide the loot .
-Once, the wiretappers listened
in as the police-burglars even
tried 't6 cheat Roberts out 'of
some of the spoils. They looted
a supermarket safe in the suburb
, of Brighton, and told Roberts the
take was $1,800. Split five ways,
that came to $360 a man, The
next morning, Roberts, investi-
gating the burglaryan his official
capacity as sheriff, learned that
the loot was really $8,026, and
that he had been cheated out of
nearly .$1,300, "He really chewed
out the boys," said one investi-
gator ,who listened to a .tape
recording, -made after the burg-
lary.
Acting on the wiretap informa-
tion Denver police finally trap-
ped 'Roberts' safecracking crew in
a suburban 'supermarket and
took their evidence against them
and Roberts — to the state
attorney general. Colorado Lt.
,Gov. Robert L., Knous (acting in
the absence of vacationing Gov.
Steven McNichols) ordered that
burglary and conspiracy charges
be filed against Roberts.
"That took guts," saicl one
Denver detective whg , workecl
on the ease. "Knolls is a Demo-
crat, too, and'the Adams County
machine isn't going to forget
this:"
o• i " chlrgea against The
Roberts
was freed undr $10,000
bond and can• continue as Sheriff
until convicted) are not likely to
be the last filed in the scandal.
Investigatoes, who have already
arrested twenty lawmen, are
now reported as pressing their
probe in the four-county (Adams,
Denver, Arapahoe, Jefferson)
metropolitan area and expect to
snake e more arrests in the near
future,
Trading Stamps
Help Build Church !
There is very little, these days,
that can't be bought With trading
stamps, Some householders 'turn
them in for eggbeaters or lamps,
others save up for` trips to Nas-
sau. Out in Fresno, Calif., a spir-
ited group is collecting stamps
from friend and stranger alike to
help build a new $60,000 wing on
their church,
One evening each Month, a
dozen eager members of the 60-
family congregation gather in the
little study 'of, the green stucco
Bethany (Community) Church
to drink coffee, eat cakes, and
lick stamps. Later, by special ar-
rangement with the respective
stamp companies; they turn in
the completed books for cold cash
instead, of the Usual rewards.
Bethany's new wing will take
about 60 million stamps,
Of course time flies but it. does
seeni to pick tip a little speed
Whet.yeti park your tat at a
curb adorned with a parking
meter,
Status Seekers? Have you he-
lloed how everyone seems to be
s e e kin g pasitieda sometitnes
they're striving for the top of the
ladder; the Middle of the road;
front row in the orchestra bk the
front of the bus.
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Since the stamp project was
launched late March by the
church's pastor, the Rev Alfred
L, Silvera, they have collected.
about 1,200 books worth tough-
ly 0,000, About half the stamps'
tattle Inlet Bethany people, and
the rest were given by those who
heard about the c ai paign
through spot aritibtincetherita do-
hated by local radio and TV sta.
tine, Members of a VreStid hot,
rod club turned over250 bboket;
Stan-Vs came from as far away
as Oregon,
"There are 4,000' ear clubs
Los Angeles, tech with twenty
reeitibets," said parishioner' II.E,
Hanes last triOritli, they'd
go out two, Weekends 'Collecting.
Wed be over our goal. We're
WOrking therit now;'' A.e a for-
Met president 'of a trading-ttanip
company, - Iteintee was elettirallsa
etithUeleetle as well a§ instrtis
Mental in getting the, church to
Pioneer the- stetriteesfetabeildirig
Partietaiti,
Mee, neirries Said, as the stamps
itettit ,in, "Iee a.: great eatike
fiction to get theft, into those,
tint. none Of tier* tette
'too ,goott,"'
HO'. Far from Scotland, this bagpiper skirls fUnii,
Libya, , Noe* griCcie the instrument it made froth tritaii61' Wit
'64 Outli Oen tilayid by the ridn'taciS,
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ARTISTIC TYPE NO brush ar pencil has touched this dtciwiria:
fhe creator,. Mrs. Lucile Co uturie Of Parts, Fronde, Made the
kindsccipe with only her typewriter. She Uses tidrying pi•esSUrel
Teri the -keys id ttOkieve the Oriental4typti,
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Nowadays commercial salad
dressings or mayonnaise are read-
ily available. If you prefer to
make your own, basic recipes for
salad dressings and mayonnaise
may be found in most cookbooks.
Here are a few recipes for special
salad dressings that you may like
to try. For weight watchers,
you'll find included "Low Calorie
Tomato • Dressing" and "Almost
Mayonnaise".
ALMOST MAYONNAISE
Ordinary mayonnaise has about
I0 times the calories of this dress-
ing.
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon celery seed
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup skim milk
1clove garlic (optional)
2 egg yolks, beaten ,
Y4 cup vinegar
4 drops liquid sweetener
Few grains monosodium
glutamate
Combine flour, celery seed,
mustard and salt in top of double
boiler. Add milk slowly. Cook
and stir until thickened. Add gar-
lic if desired. Cook 8 minutes,
Add egg yolks and cook 3 min-
utes. Remove garlic and stir in
vinegar, liquid sweetener and
monosodium glutamate. Chi I I,
Makes about 11/4 cups,
FLUFFY DRESSING
Whipp ed evaporated milk
makes- an economical' dressing.
1 can (6 ounces) evaporated
milk
2 tablespoons sugar
% teaspoon salt
1/2 cup vinegar
Chill milk and whip until fluf-
fy. Blend in sugar and salt. Add
vinegar gradually and whip un-
til sugar is dissolved. This is not
a stable foam and should be made
immediately b e f ore serving,
Makes 31/a cups,
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LEMON BLUE CHEESE
DRESSING
The sharp tang of blue cheese
adds flavour interest to seafood
salads,
4 ounces blue cheese
3/4. cup salad oil
1 cup dairy sour creani
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 teaspoon seasoning salt
34 teaspoon garlic powder
Mash blue cheese well; blend
in oil, beating until smooth. Add
remaining ingredients; mix welL
Cover and chill several hours to
blend flavours. Bring to room
temperature b e f or e serving.
Makes 2 cups.
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LOW CALORIE TOMATO
DRESSING
For one third the calories, use
this, instead of French dressing.
Ili cep tomato juice
tablespoons salad oil
Z tablespoons lemon juice
a. teaspoon grated onion
1 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
CoMbine all ingredients. Beat
well with an egg beater or shake
in a tightly covered jar, Makes
bout 'e cup,
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IsittISTAttiri, MAYOSNAiSkl:
'Here's a pungent dressing which
would be ektellerit ail e flah po-
tato salad,
16 'CUP Mayonnaise
2 la,bleSPOditS prepared Miistard
2 tablespoons capers
tablepeited lemon: juice
Combine .all ingredients and
Chill, Makes about 1 tut'.
o
itIdttEtitt.l SAUCE
This adds the final touch 'to the
Lobster .Saled.
1 Clip rriayeititake
1/4 cup dairy sour eireaiei
4 teaspothis tenion, juk
1 teaSpoori grated lemon Peet
teaspoon Woreestersiiire.
sauce
'Combine all irigeeclietiti and
Chills Makes' 1.14, tupt
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