The Brussels Post, 1952-12-17, Page 7tw on Ron Preview: 4
TV or Not TV? That`s England's Crowning Quentin
av RQ,9Ex'1'E I AEGROV.E
NEA, Staff Correspondent
London — One of the great
public controversies of all times
has been raging in England.
It was touched orf by the Ini-
tial fiat announcement by the
Earl Marshal's coronation head-
quarters in Belgrave Square
that the actual rites of the coro-
nation of Queen Elizabeth II
next June 2 would not be tele-
vised.
Now the coronation colnnlittee
has reconsidered, and there Is
a strong possibility that un-
counted millions throughout the
world will witness England's
most solemn moment via the
first international telecast in
history.
In, its original decision, the
committee considered the sup-
reme religious moment of the
coronation —the annointing, or
consecration of the Queen—too
sacred to be either filmed or tele-
vised.
Well-informed Britons who
sympathized with the decision
thought TV would be an added
ordeal for the young Queen her-
self in a ceremony which, even
if shorter than the customary
two and a half to three hours,
will nevertheless be a severe
strain on her physical and nerv-
ous energy.
The fact remains, however,
that never has such a decision
raised such a protest nor caused
such widespread disappoint-
ment.
Many thousands of people in
England alone who, before the
days of TV, never could have
hoped to view the ceremony,
have bought or had planned to
buy a television set for this mo-
mentous occasion, An estimated
10 million in Great Britain own
sets now; it's figured the number
might well be doubled by June 2.
The liberal Manchester Guar-
dian joined the cry in an edi-
torial which suggested that
"given a reverent approach and
sensitiveness to the personal
feelings of the Queen; • it should
be possible to present •
the coro-
nation to the world as one of the
most deeply moving of specta-
cles."
Those who did not think the
ban is too drastic fmd the deci-
sion an essentially human one.
Television, they point out,
magnifies the slightest slip-up
which destroys the solemnity of
the event. Every woman will
The Solemn Moment: This was the actual moment of the corona-
tion of the late King George VI in 1937. Britons hope they'll seta
the scene on TV when Elizabeth is crowned,
appreciate that the Queen can-
not, for instance, indulge in the
instinctively feminine gesture of
powdering her nose or using a
handkerchief .during any part of
the long ceremony,
She will have to preserve her
usual charming and serene ap-
pearance throught the corona-
tion and during her triumphant
return procession to Bucking-
ham Palace. And her makeup
must be discreet, almost incon-
spicuous,
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Elisabeth, however, is privi-
leged as few women are in that
she has a naturally "milk and
roses" complexion.
When she was 18, an expert
beautician was called to Buck-
ingham Palace to instruct her
in the correct use of makeup.
Since then, her beauty 'routine
has been simple—a skin fresh-
ener, a lightly -tinted liquick
foundation, and superfine peach -
colored powder.
She uses four different shadeee
of lipstick, including "Balmoral,"
a clear red which was created
for her wedding. She uses liitie
or no mascara during the day'.
All the Queen's makeup ingot -
diems are British products.
Television or not, the core -
nation of Elizabeth II will be b.
public holiday throughout the
United Kingdom. The proces-
sional routine is fixed and streets
decorations approved.
Stands will be erected for est:
least 98,000 and possibly 110,O6111
people. And along the route,
about a million people will be
watching the procession fronts
public and private stands, front
windows, and from toe -holds wee.
pavements 10 deep with humarlr-
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es, snd applied, can result in a
sabstantial, profit for the farmer
according to recent experiments
conducted at Canadian experi-
mental stations,
In one test 15 tons of manure
applied to the first crop in a four-
year rotation increased value of
yields in that period by $5.05 for
each ton of manure applied, Crop
values were based on the follow-
ing prices: mangels at $1,93 per
ton; oats at 49 cents a 'bushel;
hay at $11.60 per ton. -
While soil scientists are not all
agreed upon the proper time and
method of applying manure, one
point . has been definitely esta-
blished: that
sta-blished::that manure should not
be piled or stored where the
liquid part can drain away and
be lost and that the maximurtl
fertilizing and soil improvement
value can be obtained by apply-
ing manure direct from the
.stable.
Losses when handling manure
may be reduced by the use of a
specially formulated stable su-
perphosphate marketed under a
trade name. Since barnyard man-
ure contains verylittle phos-
phorus, this material adds valus
able phosphoric acid which gives
the manure a more balanced
plant food content. It also ab-
sorbs and holds ammonia nitro.
gen, which tends to escape as a
gas while manure is still m the
stable, and helps to retain the
potash in liquid manure.
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Over -grazing of grasslands was
one of the main causes for the
decline of ancient civilizations,
delegates to the recent Interna-
tional Grassland Congress were
told.
Speakers from many parts of
the world stressed that acreage
devoted to farm crops was be-
coming alasaning]y low and it
was imperative to conserve soil
and make it more productive.
Through grassland farming, feed
and food supplies can be made
more adequate and nutritious,
labor on farms can be reduced
and agriculture can be made
more stable and more capable
of serving the needs of the
world's increasing population.
Grasses and legumes, if pro-
perly managed and fertilized,
are important soil -conserving
War's Silent Pace Dazed by
sniper wounds and a grenade
burst, Marine Sgt. John Peterson
waits quietly to be removed
from the Korean battle line; The
bandages make a white helmet
almost covering the 20 -year-old
fighter's head.
crops which snake grassland
farming of direct value to our
agriculture and civilization,
Before a great many years'
have passed fabric weavers and
garment manufacturers alike
may be stitching to their pro-
ducts labels bearing the declara-
tion "Guaranteed 100 per cent
synthetic" --and by so doing ease
one of the world's. most pressing
problems,
That doesn't mean that such
natural fibres as wool and cot-
ton are going 10 be displaced al-
most entirely as, for' example,
nylon displaced silk in hosiery.
The natural fibres always will
have a place in the textile in-
dustry. The volume used May
increase. But economists expect
man, of necessity, to turn more
and more to man-made fibres.
As coifsnmption of all fibres rises,
they expect the increase to be
taken up by synthetic fibres.
This trend will not be due en-
tirely to the synthetics' posses-
sion of superior qualities. It will
be due also to the compelling
force of some basic economic
laws.
Last year, for example, the
population of Canada increased
by 420,000. The whole world
gained about 25 millions. These
additional people require food
and clothing. Not only is a ris-
ing population pressing on the
world's agricultural resources
for its food supply, but the pres-
sure is being further increased
by higher living standards. Food
requirements ,say economists,
therefore are going to gain first
priority on the world's arable
acres. Textile requirements will
have to look elsewhere.
Modern Etiquette
Q. How should one take Leave
of persons to whom one bas just
been introduced?
A. You can ray, "Good -by, I
am very glad to have met you."
To one who has been especially
interesting, or who is somewhat
of a personage you may say,
"It has been a treat pleasure to
meet you."
Q. At a wedding reception, in
what positions should the wed-
ding party stand in the receiv-
ing line?
A. The bride should stand at
the right of the bridegroom, With
her maid of honor at her right,
the bridesmaids next. The best
man and cabers do not stand in
the line,
Q. Is it proper to use the
knife to mit open a muffin at the
table?
A. Never! Bleed of all kinds
should be broken open with the
fingers, never cut,
Q. What is the correct proce-
dure when a man. picks up a'
glove or handkerchief dropped
by a woman who is walking
ahead of him on the street?
A. He should pick it up, hur-
ry ahead of het—on no account
should he nudt,e her—offer the
article to her and say, "I think
you dropped teas." She replies,
"Thank you," he lifts his bat
and turns away
Q. How doe•, a married wom-
an sign her name to a telegram
asking for reservations at a
hotel?
A. She m u s l include the
"Mrs." with her name, so that
the room clerk will know how to
address her when she arrives at
her destination •
Q. Should the tissue paper be
left in the engraved wedding in-
vitations to be mailed".
A. No.
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Television Baby—Seconds after his birth in view of coast-to-coast
television viewers, a baby boy waits for post -natal treatment,
His delivery—a Caesarian section—was the first in television's
history. Doctors at General Hospital in Denver, Colo., reported
both mother and child well, There was no report on the televiewers
Q. What is really the correct
position in which a person should
hold his head while eating at the
table?
A. The .head should be held
in an erect position, without ap-
pearing stiff. The body can lean
slightly forward, but the head
should never be bent at a right
angle,
Q. How should the acceptance
of a formal invitation to a wed-
ding. reception or breakfast .•
worded?
A. "Mr. and Mrs, Bruce R.
Campbell accept with pleasure
Mr. and Mre, William Otis
Brown's kind levitation for Sat-
urday, the twenty-seventh of De-
cember."
Q. ' Is It correct for a man to
use green ink for bis eorraspon-
dence?
A. No; his ink should be either
black or navy blue.
Q. What is 1 good fruit course
to serve for luncheon?
A. The most popular fruits
are grapefruit, melon, or a mix-
ture of fruit, cut into small
pieces.
Protect Your Roof
With "Large Ladies"
The best homes in Britain are
still being roofed the old-fash-
ioned way with slate, the natural
material that defies moisture,
flame and age. And slate is still
being prepared in the old-fash-
ioned way, almost entirely by
hand.
Blaenau Festiniog, in Ivierion-
ethshire, Wales, is the heart of
the greatest slate -producing cen-
tre in the world. The slate -
workers are the only Europeans
who bore into 'mountains for it.
The rest get it from open quar-
ries.
With the housing programme
well under way there is an over-
whelming demand for Welsh
slate, yet to -day the industry's
labour force is less thar. half what
it was before the war, when there
were about 8,500 quarrymen in
Merionethshire and Caernarvon-
shire. To -day there are. 'fewer
than 4,000.
Holing and Splitting L
Superiority of Welsh slate is
due to the ease with Which it
can be split evenly.
After -a slate block, which may
weigh several tons, has been
"holed" at a few strategic points
with a pneumatic drill, a few
sharp blows w'th a mallet will
cause it to ,split into smaller
pieces. A worker then selects•
points forsplitting each piece in-
to thin sheets, some of them
measuring no snore than one-
sixth of an inch in thickness.
They say that such slates will
last for ever. In fact. they call
them "eternals." Other slates,
according to sire, are known as
"1 a r g e ladies, "countesses,"
"duchesses."
Honeycombed with Urines
The mountains round Blaenau
Festiniog are honeycombed with
mines. In one quarry alone there
are 30 separate seams or floors
being worked, with innumerable
"chambers."
A slater, when roofing a house,
starts Isis job at the bottom of
the roof and works his way up,
using galvanized nails to prevent
rust. A. practised eye—no meas-
uring tools — ensures that the
slates are laid in a series of regu-
lar overlaps. Correct alignment
is important, as from the ground
any deviation is very noticeable.
Good slates are hara and dur-
able, do not split easily from ex-
posure to changes of tempera-
ture, or to meisture, and are
usually grey -black to blue -black
in colour, though green, red, and
mottled varieties are found.
In addition to thbir use for
roofing, slates are much in de-
mand for billiard tables, cisterns,
mantelpieces, slate p en ei 1 s,
writing slates, and blackboards.
Built Lighthouses But
Forgot To Put In Lights
"It's Massey's 'Folly!" said a
villager. Towering above the
cottages like an Indian mosque,
the church hall in Farrington,
Hampshire, was built by an ec-
centric former rector, who kept
carpenters and bricklayers toil-
ing for over thirty years on one
of the maddest building schemes
ever staged.
Perpetually planning and
tearing down, m the rector
couldn't make up his mind what
he wanted the building to be.
He lavished hundreds of pounds
on its crazy turrets and battle-
ments. In the end the village
folic turned the structure into
a hall, part school and part rec-
reation -room.
Seventy years ago, a Victorian
painter named Herkomer decid-
ed to build the finest castle in
the world, at Bushey, Herts, Tie .
spent $350,000 alone in import-
ing the right kind of castle stone
Irons Bavaria. Then he called
the place Lululand in tribute to
his wife's beauty . , . but ii was
the ugliest building for miles.
The artist decided he couldn't
live in it and the best estate
agents in Landoll couldn't find
a buyer. (Intl] recently demol-
ished for building materiel, lotto -
land had stood in rains, a try -
SALLY'S SALLIES.
"Olt dear, this is the part Itook
whit tits 1eirs cover isel"
sting -spot for local lovers.
Britain is dotted with crazy
mansions and fake facades, freak
towers and sham castles. And
marked on Admir'ality charts are
two lighthouses which have stood
for more than a century at the
mouth of the River Nene, Lin-
colnshire, and shed never a
beam of light. The builder for-
got to install the lighting ap-
paratus!
Lighthousemen waited years
for the light before the authori-
ties decided to call off the deal.
Another optimist planned the
highest lighthouse in England
for St. Catherine's Down, Isle of
Wight. Not till work was well
advanced did anyone discover
that clouds and mist would al-
most constantly obscure the light
form the sea.
Stranger still, at Sutton
Bridge, Lincolnshire, is a dock
visited by oply one ship in seven-
ty years the vessel which per-
formed the opening ceremony.
As it steamed in, the sides of
the dock basin collapsed and
the intended port of call was
never used again!
POOR 30E `
Jerry Lewis tells about the
battered heavyweight who re-
fused a thousand -dollar bribe
to "take a dive" in the second
round of a bout with a highly
publicized and overrated new-
comer, The battered pug's ex-
planation . was, "I, never lasted
till the second round vet, and
I ain't gonna start now. The
time I fought Joe Louis, 1 had
him plenty worried, though,"
added the pug. "lie thought
he'd killed mei"
Utilize .that toll -cellon of vari-
ous sized buttons you !lave ac-
cumulated by making yourself
a button belt. Shiny black, gilt
or silver buttons in an alter-
nating pattern on a strip of felt
or velvet make a really glanlor-
Ems belt.
Route Of Royal Procession: Map above, adapted from "Coming Events 1n Britain," details route
Queen Elizabeth ll wilt follow from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey and back.
UNSAY SCHOOL
LESSON
By Rev R B Warren. B.A 13 D.
Cnlmanuri — Gut/ With Us
Matthew 1:i8-25
Afclnory Selertinn: Thou shalt
calf itis mune JESUS: 1
S
i E L for he
shall save his penpie frontheir
sifts, Math C111 1:21.
The engagenfent or betrothal
was very sacred among the Jews.
When the ceremony was com-
pleted making Mary the be-
trothed wife -Joseph their rela-
tionship Was as sacred, as If they
had already been wedded. Any
breach of it would be treated 8.9
adultery; nor could the band, be
dissolved except, as after mar-
riage, , by
ar-riage,,by regular divorro. Yet
months must intervene between
the betrothal and marriage.
During the period of engage-
ment the angel Gabriel said to
Mary, "The Holy Ghost shall
come upon thee, and the power
of the Highest shall overshadow
thee; therefore also that holy
thing which shall be born of thee
shall be called the Snn of God."
LU. 1:35,
Needless to say, Joseph was
disturbed when he found that
the maiden to whom he was en-
gaged was to beat' a c'hildt but
the angel of the Lord appeared
to him telling him that "Tliat
which is co oeived' in her is el
the Bois' Ghost," The prophecy
in Tsainh 7:34 was quoted, This
prediction of the birth of Em-
manuel (God with us hart born
made more than 700 year before.
Some commentators believe that
it had a relation to the birth of
isaiali'g second son. (8:3,4i. The
Pcvvised Stnndird Version uses
the expression a young woman"
• intend of virgin" The Ilebrew
word is riot the one 119Ually used
for "virgin" but is commonly de -
ailed as "a young woman of
marriageable age." The change
by the Revisers has disturbed
many. However it does not alter
the flet of the virgin birth with
respect to. Jesus; nor the fact that
Isaiahs prophecy found its com-
plete fulfillment in the birth or
Jesus.
The miraculous conception is
the most reverent and fitting way"
of bringing about the iticarn4
t.iun. dere the already existing
Son of God entered upon a new
human experience. Only those
who would reject the +deity of
Jesus Christ reject the :teaching
of Hie virgin birth.