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The Brussels Post, 1962-03-29, Page 12FOR WARMER WEATHER FIRST ONE — Bobby Glair ‘ 6, seems resigned to his fate as he helps entertain his 1- year-old quadruplet sisters, who ore, left to right, Annette, Bernadette, Celeste and Denise. and s ou resigned yourself to be played upon as he would. The bright security of his look told you that he trusted. you, that you could not fail him. You shared his ecstasies too; and they were ecstasies! No matter what Dan did to his We, its air of wistfulness always conquered thee pigments. It was the face of a grown-up child rather than a mete wail many traces. upon it of early struggles. Fur he began in the poorest way. aecompanying his parents as a :stroller lien' t nen el town. end knowing every vicissitude. This fete. with its expression of pro- feneei earnestness. pointed iris jokes irresistibly. 1 recollect one eong in the patter to. which tend latterly hir sags tlem mostly prate rl he mentioned a fireuerk explosion at heave that elle fed beta his parents through the rya. ,ha'' always rein !nix r it." he said, gravely. while his lace !it earl] triumph and satisfaction. "twee Ise it was :he only tare thse father and mothar eve`:' went out together." That is quite a goed specimen el his manner. with its hint of pathos underly- ing the gigantic absurdity. Irish (of course) by extraction, his real name was George Gal- vin: he took Leno from his step- father, and Dan from an inspired misprint. His first triumphs were as a clog-dancer, and he danced superbly to the end, long after his mind was partially gone. But he will be remembered as the sweetest-souled comedian that eves swayed an audience with grotesque nonsense based on na- tural facts. From "A Wanderer in Londee" by F. V. Lusts. Tines. Have Changed In Tin Pan Alley Richard Rodgers Wrote ins iirst song for a Broadway musical when he was 17. Forty-two years later he got around to compos- ing his first lyrics. "No Strings," a new musical with the novel phenomenon of Rodgers words set to Rodgers music, opened a few weeks ago at 54th Street Theater. Mr. Rodgers, his fellow pro- fessionals, and the public re- garded his decision to try on a second hat as venturesome. There are 12 musicals currently on Broadway In only two others has a composer dared to double on the lyrics. We do indeed live in the i_ge of the specialist. And when a composer and a lyricist — Fred- erick Loewe and Alan Jay Ler- ner, according to the legend can walk into a Rolls-Royce showroom and casually write checks for two $23,000 cars, who will dare suggest that he alone can fill both their jobs? Is any man worth two Rolls- Royces? At the turn of the century a singing waiter named James Thornton wrote "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" for a profit of $15, which — to make the vehicular comparison — might have brought him a new bicycle. If he had been so rash as to split the fee with a lyricist, he could barely have afforded the rear end of a second-hand tandem. Behold the rise of the song- writer, from rags-times to riches. Fifty years • ago — remember those bad film biographies? — he was the mart in the striped shirt with elastic armbands and a derby hat, thumping out musi- cal illiteracies on a battered up- right. His qualifications as a lyricist were based on an instinct for sniffing out new rhymes • for moon and June. One imagines, him writing about that moon shining above Folks who come to our house for dinner always ask how we cooked the vegetables, because they are invariably crisp and tasty, full of flavor, never flabby or overcooked, limp or watery. "We cook them with lettuce leaves," we explain, "and with- out water." First requirement for this is a heavy east - aluminum saucepan or a casserole (glass or ceramic), with 'a tight, heavy cover, writes Edrie Van Dore in the Christian Science Monitor, the r.emit:t ovc.- 'he cowshed, and itu4-ugh other pastoral and romantic ex- ercise's while he faees the blank wall of a Broadway airshaft. The window shade is fly-specked. The smell of cooked cabbage rolls in waves from the hall- way. A cepie-entative et the Philistine public bangs the red- lator downstairs whenever the composer-lyricist tests a phrase against a melody on an out-of- tune' piano whore black keys stick. Time fox-trots on. (Calendar leaves flip ea Ow s.'reen. The sound track advance. from "Tut.- key Trot" to "Charleston,") In one short generation the image of the composer is trans- formed into a debonair colleg- ian who begins by writing fra- ternity musicals while studying law (Cole Porter), engineering (Vincent Youmans), or architre- tecture (Harold Rume). His working quarters are the Ritz, a Riviera villa, or a re- constructed new England farm- house, writes Melvin Maddocks in the Christian Science Moni- tor. The scores of Broadway musi- cals are musically eorrect, even demanding. The 32-bar song is an antique. The lyrics ara sophisticated. The day has long since passed when grammar teachers smirked over titles like "Alone Toge- ther." Only on the Twisting fringe can they find targets as ripe as the aforementioned Mr. Thornton's "It Don't See Like the Same Old Smile." Today's composer measures himself against Leonard Bern- stein ("On the Town," -West Side Story"). Today's lyricist competes with a Pulitzer-prim poet (Richard Wilbur, "Candide"). Tin Pair Alley has become an apt dead phrase, applying to a world that has largely cea:ed to exist. No one has contributed more than Richard Rodgers to this so- cial, economic, and stylistic revo- lution in songwriting. Now he has returned in just one respect to the older jack-of- all-trades tradition, and a New York reviewer solicitously won- ders if •double duty is "using up some of Mr. Rodgers' .composing energy?' - It is,„ ironical enough to sug- gest one of those gently disillus- ioned songs that Mr. Rodgers writes so well . .. with lyrics, of cobrse, by somebody else, DRIVE WITH CARE! IN THE SWIM — Keyhole back is an added attraction to popcorn stitched suit, done in red orlon knit for 1962. ye cup pickle relish 6 frank buns cut lengthwise Butter IA cup prepared mustard Combine celery and pickle rel- ish. Spread buns with butter and mustard. Place half a frankfur- ter on each bun. Spread celery- relish mixture over frankfurters and top with a strip of cheese. Place buns on broiling rack about 5 inches below heat source. Broil until cheese melts and edges of bun are brown—about 3 minutes. In Memory Of A Great Comedian In Dan Lena England lost a man of genius whose untimely and melancholy end was yet an- other reminder that great wits are sure to madness near allied. Not that he was precisely a great wit: rather a great droll; but great within his limits he certain- ly was, and probably no one has ever caused more langhtei or cleaner laughter. That was, perhaps. Dan Leno's greatest triumph, that the grimy sordid material of the Mush' Han low comedian, which. with so many ?singers, remains grimy and emend. and perhaps even becomes more grimy and more sordid tn his tefining hands berome radi- ant, joyous, a legitimate source of mrth. In its nakedness is was drunkenness, quaerelaimeness. petty poverty; still eungees ever. crime: but such was tee native deepness of this esieur. sympathetic observer end reader of life, such was his eaa of -haw- ing the comic, the anexpecied. side, that it emerged the tnest suitable, ihe gayest joke. He might be said to have been a crucible that transmuted mud 'o gold. It was the strangest contrast— the quaint, old-fashioned, half- pathetic figure, dressed n his out-landish garb. waving his battered umbrella. state:ring iris impossible hat, revealing tire most squalid secrets of the slums; and the resultant effcet of light and happiness, laughter irresisti- ble. and yet never for a moment cruel, at anything, t at always with it. The man was :alma- eulate. In this childlike simplicity of emotion which he manifested we can probably see the secret of hie complete failure in New N.'crk. In that sophisticated eas his geniel elemental raptures eetened trivial. The Americans looked for cynicism, or at least a com- plete destructive philosophy such as their own funny men have at their finger-tips — and the gave them humour not too far removed from tears. He gave them fun, that rarest of qualities, rarer far than wit or humour; and, in their own idiom, they had "no use" for it. In the deserts of pantomime Ise was comparatively lost: his true place was the stage of a small Music Hall, where he mid get on terms with his audience in a moment. Part of his amaz- ing success was his gift of staking you into his confidence. The soul of sympathy himself. he made you sympathetic too. He address- ed a Hall as though it we: ene Intimate friend. He told you his farcical troubles as earnestly as an enquiee soul tells its spiritual ones. You had to share tnern. His perplexities became yours,— he gathered you in with his inti- mate and impressive "Mark you": Don't Let Lobsters' Feet Get Singed! The human is the most compas- sionate animal on earth with the possible exception of some tame, lovable pet.. , . The rest of the earth's creatures kill or main, eat each other without a qualm, . . As New Englanders. we love to dine on lobsters, crabs and clams. Our common habit is to bring a pot to a rolling boil and toss them in.... We excuse our- selves by the thought that they. are among the lower forms of life -L. but, they do feet pain, ob- viously. This pain to crustaceans . al: needless, according to au- thorities! They point out that the large crustaceans, who inhabit our cooler sea waters, die quietly, peacefully and autematically if the temperature of the water should rise slowly to about 100 degrees — a temperature that is only warm to human hands. . . . So, the recommended method is to put these creatures into cool, fresh w ater and tat them stay there for a while. This. itself, eas an anesthestic effect, since the fresh water dissolves the native salt from their bodies. Then turn the heat on and bring the water to a slow boil and then cook to the recommended time. According to authorities, there won't be a quivering sound come from the pot. As an added touch, they recommended that a metal mesh be put at the bottom of the pot, so that the feet of the lobs- ters or crabs cannot touch the sudden, quick heat on the bottom of the pot.... Here's to more. humanely home-cooked crustaceans. — Ar- lington (Mass.) Advocate Lady on the Bus: "I didn't know what this pay television business was all about until we got the first bill from the televi- sion repairman." ISSUE 15 — 1962 MOON HAT—Felt hot resem- bling a half moon is displayed for Spring in Florence, Italy. Melt butter, or bacon drippings in the container — or use salad or cooking oil if you prefer — about two tablespoons or more. Place vegetables (frozen or fresh) in the casserole or sauce- pan, add seasonings but no wa- ters and cover completely with washed and dripping wet lettuce leaves — at least two or three large ones, enough to cover com- pletely the other vegetable. I use the outer leaves. It's important that they be wet, for this small amount of moisture provides the steam necessary for the cooking. Now put the lid on, and set the pan over low heat, or the cas- serole in a slow (325'F.) oven, for about 45 minutes. You need to practice this method a little to learn your own timetable, but the results are well worth the effort. Peas. beans, corn, or any other vegetables are delicious this way. e Before they were being packed, frozen, in combination, we cook- ed our peas with fresh diced cel- ery in this fashion, added shred- ded onion and green pepper to the carrots, or celery and green pepper to the corn. And here's a secret: a surpris- ing texture is added to sliced cooked carrots if you add dieed raw green pepper and slivers of crisp raw onion just before serv- ing. The color accent is pretty too. Incidentally but importantly, do you plan your meals in terms of color? It's so easy and such fun to think of vegetables espe- cially in terms of their color value, and it's nice to have a guest or husband remark. "That looks delicious!" Probably, if the truth were known, that's how the well- known team of peas and carrots got together, hard - boiled egg came to be sprinkled on spinach, and a blob of sour cream depos- ited on the plate full of borscht. . . We never serve carrots at our house with sweet potatoes, or cauliflower with mashed ones, for iln s t a n c e, but vice versa. Cauliflower looks better on a plate with yams, and carrots nestle nicely heel to mounds of mashed potato. The interesting thing is that when you choose How Well Do You Know CENTRAL AMERICA? ISSILE HOUND -- Repdrter Doh Cosgrove n interVieWs" Ingo, a five-year-old Weirticirdtier trained to trodk -down mall Missile parts which bury thernslves in the sand at hite Sands Missile Range, .The parts are sprayed with *hark liver ail before the missiles are launched. vegetables for color, you usually get a contrast of texture, too, and teen your guest or husband says, "It tastes as good as it leeks!" „ Strudel is made by rolling a special pastry paper-thin, spread- ing it - with filling, and baking. Traditional strudel made this way is superb: but so is a strudel- like.cake made with yeast-raised dough. The Fruit-And-Nut La- den Roll below is a fine example, and far easier for the home ba- ker to turn out. Its sweet dough holds' a delicious filling of rais- ins. -cherries-end almonds. The recipe was developed to appeal to strudel fans and home bakers alike. * One tip: Roll the dough out on a floured cloth. Then, after spreading it with filling, pick up the long side of the cloth and hold it so that the strudel rolls easily into shape. Then pinch the seam and ends well, so all the filling stays right inside the dough where it belongs. * FRUIT-&-NUT LADEN ROLL Yield—One Cake, 16 Servings 2 cups (about) pre-sifted all- purpose flour cup granulated sugar te teaspoon salt 2 tableseoons chilled butter 1-e cup lukewarm water 2 teaspoons grannlatel siker 2 envelopes active dry yeast 1/4 cup milk 1 egg separated 2 cans (15 ounces each) sweet- ened cherries, well drained 1 cup seedless raisins 1 cup fine dry bread crumbs Ise cup granulated sugar 'M. cup finely-chopped blanched almonds 1 teaspoon almond extract 1 tablespoon butter, melted 3 tablespoons granulated sugar. Combine the flour, 1/4 cup su- gar• and salt in a mixing bowl; cut in the 2 tablespoons chilled butter finely. Measure lukewarm water; stir in the 2 teaspoons sugar. Sprinkle with yeast. Let stand 10 minutes, then stir well. Scald milk: cool to lukewarm. Beat egg yolk. Add dissolved _ yeast, lukewarm milk and egg yolk to flour mixture and mix well, adding a little more flour, if necessary, to make a soft dough. Turn out dough onto floured board or canvas and knead until smooth and elastic. Place in greased bowl. Grease top. Cover. Let rise in a warm place, free from draft, until doubled in bulk.— about 45 min- utes. • Meantime, combine the well- drained cherries, raisins, bread crumbs, the la cup sugar,. 2/2 cup of the almonds and almond else., tract. Punch down dough. Turn out onto a lightly-floured canvas . and roll out into a 16-inch square: Brush With the 1 tablespoon melted butter. Spread .cherry mixture over dough to within inch of edges. Lift canvas at one side and roll dough jelly-roll fa- '4shion. Pinch seams and ends to. seal well. Place roll, seam_ side down, diagonally on a large greased cookie sheet, Brueirwith egg white, sprinkle with the re- maining chopped almonds and the 3 tablespoons sugar. Cover. Let rise in a --warm placer free from draft, until almost. doubled in else-tie 1/2 hoof: Bake in a Moderate oven OW degrees) 30 to 35 minutes, Serve. Aratrd or cold. i • - • Herd it art oven recipe" ftit frankfurters and &Wee.' It is served asciperi-faee sandwich. HOT kitAMittitit grk, ckEIFSE *NS' 1 pound. frankfiirteit, Olt lengthaviSe 4 Slices cheese, cut itittil striei . • each cup finely" ditiajled Marg. Russia Orbits New Satellite In these days of manned space flight, the launching of a modest earth satellite carrying only sci- entific instruments would ordin- arily be an unremarkable feat. But. nor"when •thee Soviet Union does it: count on it for surprise and mystery. Casually interrupting an ac- count of the Soviet space pro- gram at a meeting in Mnscow last month, Premier Khrushclicv announced from a seat in the back that "we launched another one at 3 p.m. today." Later, the Soviet news agency Tass issued a communique stating the new satellite would study cosmic and solar radiation, the earth's mag- netic field and ionosphere, global cloud patterns, and would check out the "elements of space-ve- hicle construction." The orbit of the vehicle is con- sistent with such a program of study; at its low point the new satellite comes within 135 miles of earth, and at the maximum altitude of 609 miles, it swings into the lower regions of the earth's radiation belts. But the Russians uncharacteristically withheld information on the weight, shape, and dimensions of the new sputnik. Moreover, the low-latitude path was an un- precedented one; the inclination of the satellite in relation to the plane of the equator is only 49 degrees instead of the usual near-polal' inclination of 65 de- grees. According to Western observ- ers, what seems to be up is fairly obvious, For the Russians, almost four years had elapsed since the last sputnik raunthings; meanwhile, the United States has been garnering a rich harvest of knowledge in space. The Soviet program had reached a stage where-it must be active again or suffer consequences in its manned space efforts. The new sputnik spears designed to col- lect this vital information. Why, then, the secrecy about this benign satellite? Apparent- ly, IthrusheheV the showman and cold WarrieT wants also to create a sense of the sinister lit A Week of terieWed rocket-rattls ing. The new flight path, It should be noted, passes OVer Washingt0ii, Geneva, Berlin, and Peking.