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The Seaforth News, 1957-04-18, Page 2Who's Your Friend Or Your Enemy? Deep down underneath the momentarily restabilized surface of this world of ours is a.change 6f such profound nature that no One can possibly foresee what it will mean to the, future. It is the fact that the three words which have classified men Ind political movements for a half century have lost their old meanings and now defy precise definition. These three words are capital - lam, socialism and communism. We have just passed through a postwar period of history in which most men classified their friends or their enemies by these three words. It is still custom- ary in the West to identify the collective enemy as communism. It is still standard operating pro- cedure in Moscow to refer to the "capitalist -imperialist camp." But can anyone say today that capitalism, socialism, or com- munism applies accurately to any perceptible political or economic movement in forward motion? There are still some well -pro- vided capitalists in the Western world — notably Texas oil mil- lionaires. But they are in serious trouble with their own govern- ment in Washingtbn right now for having raised oil prices out of the Suez crisis, and all the great corporations of America are under stern warning from President Eisenhower to help check the threat of inflation or lace the consequence of federal price and wage controls. The political -economic condi- tion of the United States has - Iong since ceased to fit the old classic definitions of capitalism. And what has happened to communism? Is it to be defined by the current system in the Soviet Union which at the mo- ment manages a faster rate of capital accumulation in private hands than does the United States or Britain, and which could be equaled only in France or in some Latin-American coun- try? Or is it to be defined by condi- tion in Yugoslavia, where Mar- shal Tito increasingly resembles a medieval prince or a Chinese war lord rather than an ideolo- gist of our generation? Go to Poland to be really baf- fled about the definition of com- munism. Poland has a govern- ment composed for the most. part of men who call themselves Communists. But their most dan- gerous enemies are grouped in a small, angry phalanx of Com- munists to their left, or right, depending on who is talking. And the Gomulka government's support comes from the vast non- Communist mass of the Polish people. The political division which counts in Poland today 1s not between Communists and the rest of the people, but down through the middle of the Com- munist Party itself, between those whose fortunes are tied to Moscow and those who have struck off on a new road which they themselves cannot define and which is marked most dra- matically by an accord between the state and the Roman Catho- lic Church. Or turn to Hungary. Who is a Communist there? Commu- nism has long prided itself on being the champion of the la- boring' masses. But in Hungary the laboring masses have done their unsuccessful utmost to break with the whole Commun- ist apparatus. Athd what is socialism? Once it was a doctrine with a deep inner emotional momentum. But where in the world today is there is, socialist party which is moving with what might be called political dynamism? It stands at bay in Britain before the eroding attack not of Tories but of plain individual people , who are willing to work harder and for longer hours than so- cialist legislation and trade - union rules. permit. Something has gone wreng with applied socialism in Brit- ain which has taken the starch and momentum out of it. It succeeded in destroying the old landed nobility. But there is a • new upper class rising out of the wreckage of the old in Brit- ain. It is made up of people shrewder and tougher than the average. Their names are fre- quently of Polish or, more re- cently, of Hungarian derivation — less often now of Anglo-Saxon background. The last success- ful invasion of England did not necessarily take place in 1060. It is being invaded by infiltra- tion today from the continent and its own youth is moving out at an alarming rate. The old concepts of capitalism, socialism, and communism have been the political lights by which men have lived for as long as any of us can remember. These lights have gone out all over the world. Governments still use them as slogans and cliches, but they have become hollow, emp- ty, and all but meaningless. They have ceased to be valid as a way of identifying the differ- ences either between individual men or between governments. On the surface, the world is still divided into a Communist camp and a capitalist camp. But apart from the question of poli- tical freedom, the divisions arise out of oil, out of strategic bases, out of trade routes and control of currencies, out of the old issue of freedom versus • tyranny, which is now more sharply defined than ever. If there is any new revolution- ary movement afoot in the world it is the unorganized movement of individuals who manage to make a• living by their wits re- gardless of the doctrines or the laws of the countries in which they reside. —By Joseph Cul- tarsch in The Christian Science Monitor. SAVED BY SHOWER BATH The pungent smell of burning caused Steven MoVicker, of Hollywood to wake up in a fright. He soon discovered that his flat was well alight. He hur- riedly 'phoned for the fire bri- gade, and then jumped into his shower bath and turned the wa- ter full on. He was still under the comparative safety of the shower when the firemen event- ually rescued him. FASHION HINT PASS IN REVIEW—Little; solemn -faced Jeff Borst might be a dignitary tipping his hat as the flag passes by. ' But the bib gives him away. Jeff is actually giving a new -type ,plastic cereal bowl a workout to test its durability. The manufacturers of the material, called melamine, claim Ws unbreakable. Determined Jeff should prove an add test. " TABLE Paths ekvae There is something strange, about eating fried grasshoppers and bumblebees — the first time,. that is, and particularly if you know you are doing it. Grass- hoppers taste like a cross be- tween salted nuts and popcorn. The Japanese have been con- suming these • Oriental dainties for centuries and are now ex- porting them in large quantities. However, at the moment they do not threaten the peanut or pop- corn market. 4 • • As for bumblebees, they taste —well—like bumblebees. popu- larly known as Yamatoni, they are sugared and placed in soy bean sauce, all of which gives a bite like a pate. Of course, only the yomeg _beds, not fully grown, are used. * * * Actually, Americans have been eating hors d'oeuvres with de- light for years but not always ' knowing exactly what the tid- . bits were. It is safe to say, how- ever, that flirtifig with 'a'canape, tray today offers quite a chal- lenge. The never-ending quest for new delights on • the part of the up-and-coming host or host- ess is now running toward ex- otic delectables. favor in many countries along with such foods as salted whale skin, smoked rabbit, smoked Oys- ters, smoked baby clams, and tangle, dried cuttlefish.• * '* * There is a cherry blossom drink which has a delightful taste and fragrance. The blos- soms are unopened and have been pickled in salt and water. For a single serving, two or three blossoms are placed in a glass and hot water poured over them. The blossoms will open, produc- ing the cherry fragrance and a new and interesting cherry -blos- som drink especially popular during the summer =tenths.. • These are not trick foods, nor are they found just in food specialty stores. For instance, Mr. Dabrow points out that his shipment .of Japanese delicacies will soon find their way to the party -foods departments in more than 800 chain stores, super- markets, and independent stores from coast to coast. Just the same. there is a great, temptation to wonder, what the Japanese reaction would be to American canned snake meat. * * * Just the other clay, for instance, s boatload of • brand-new taste- ful treats came into the port of • 3'hiladelpbia from Japan under the watchful eye of Martin B. 'Dabrow, president of Penn Foods Dist. He says, "Foreign foods, brought here from the far-flung corners of the earth and from the seven seas as well, are not only romantic in origin and fas- cinating to see, but they are, genuinely delightful to con- sums.' a * « . All the same, one doesn't eat a can of bamboo shoots or roast--" ed locusts 'without company or 'knowing what's going on." So the Japan Trade Center in New'• York was contacted. Back came the reply from Masato Yamamo- to that Japan" exports between 70 and 80 different kinds of fancy canned foods to this country and, he said, "We are sending you .a few of these delicacies to taste." (That's how all this started.) • • * Well, an optimistic entrepren- eur of rare, unusual, and exotie foods might well consume sea urchin or seahorse paste with gusto.It tastes like a cheese. spread, being thick with, added salt to give Th a measure: of sharpness. * , , The smoked or broiled octopus meat, which tastes likesalmon but is more chewy, is a fairly rapid moving product and has long since left the Greenwich Village -- Bohemian atmosphere. It ha.. come into its own and is no longer "the conversation piece" it once was. For some strange reason there is not the "struggle" with the delicately flavored octopus that there seems, to be with some import- ed fancies.* * Broiled eels are a real delicacy popularly known in Japan as Kabayaki; Theeel dines only on. fish. Europeans, especially the Scandinavians, have always held this food in high esteem.By the same token,. many fishermen in this country have long supple- mented the larder with fresh and salt water eel. • 4, Quail eggs are an old gourmet specialty in the Far East. They are mostly yolk and taste like egg yolk. They are gaining Musical Genius Paid In Ice Cream When Yehudi Menuhin, the great violinist, played to G.I.s during the war, he had to re - film occasional requests for popular songs, most of which he'd never heard. But one night, amused by de- mands for "Pistol - Packing Momma," he asked someone to • whistle the melody for him. Al- most the entire audience ob., liged. His accompanist picked it up on the piano; he joined in, and it was played as never be- fore! This was once the little San Fransisco prodigy violinist who at five played Paderewski's "Minuet" to an audience of the Pacific Musical Society, and eight months later, a concerto at • the Annual Music Week, when a local newspaper critic pre- ditced that he "would one day be a master among masters." The famous prima donna, Elizabeth R@thberg, was once asked how much she got for singing at a concert. "Well, it depends on the size of the hall and the audience," she replied. Then turning to Yehudi, she asked: "And how much do you get for playing to one of your large audiences?" "An ice-cream," he answered, truthfully. "Strawberry is my favourite." Robert Magidoff, writes in an admirable biography, "Yehudi Menuhin" that the young musi- cal genius was also preoccupied with scientific and mechanical inventions and spent every spare moment tinkering with and "improving" the gadgets in his mother's kitchen. He studied car engines, learn- ed to drive before he was thir- teen, recived his driver's licence a year later, and was made an honorary police officer of San Fransisco, with golden badge and certificate. He evolved a brake on the hydraulic prin- ciple, long before he had heard about it; had an idea for re- ducing vibration and shock by replacing standard axles with axles through the centre of the car, ` on which the body was to rest. He devised a glider with pedal -powered propeller; an aeroplane wing so adjustable to wind resistance that it could slide into the plane's body and alter the angles; a diesel - engined seaplane large enough to serve as an aeroplane carrier. Visiting a bouth African gold mine at nineteen, he was •so shocked by the underground darkness,. heat and dangers that he worked out an automotive system of mining, a machine designed to follow the vein, drilling, dynamiting, and bring- ing the ore to the surface. Dis- cussing in Melbourne a bomb- ing . range with Air. Marshal Williams in 1940, he outlined a. principle he'd worked out, only to learn from the astonished Vice -Marshal that a secret , range based on that very prin- ciple was already operating. Now Menuhin looks forward JO the time when he can slow up his concert activities and tinker to his, heart's content in workshops he hopes to set up on his California estate. No musician had a worse situation to deal with than Menuhin when the Royal Albert Hall was packed to capacity for his concert in March, 1938, and it was announced from the stage that he had left all his music in a bus On the way to the hall and that 'phone calls to the ter- minus and Seotlend Yard had failed to locate it. Would any- one with a score of any of the works on the programme lend it? A man produced one item, Menuhin's Aunt Edie another. Anyone • who -would taxi to his home and return with the score of any of the other works was then offered 25, but no one budged, fearing to miss part of the concert. Backstage, Fergus- on Webster, the accompanist, kept wringing his hands and threatening to throw himself in the Thames. Harold Holt, the manager, moaned: "How can I refund 8,000 people!" Then. Yehudi calmly said: "I'11 play unaccom- panied Bach." The concert which started -forty minutes late, was a great success. Yehudi's first mar rlag e, though blessed with two chil- dren, did not survive long sepa- rations during the war years when he was often away play- ing to the troops. The happiness that eluded him he eventually found in a second marriage to ballet -dancer Diana Gould. This book will .delight all mu- sic -lovers. It shows the human side of the great violinist, as in the story of a woman ask- ing him after a recent concert; mPlease tell me, divine young an, do you still have terrible nerves and tension before a con- cert?" "No, madame," he replied. "Now it is, the turn of my audi- ence to suffer!" "That's how your stock stands with me at market closing." Little B,oy Who Never Stops Laughing By ERSKINE JOHNSON NEA Staff .Correspondent HOLLYWOOD — (NEA) — This is about - a little boy in Hollywood who never stops laughing. His name is Richard, and he's a recently , discovered 'victim of dreaded•leukeinia. He's nine years old, with red hair and a face full of freckles. He's always laughed a great deal because his father is Red Skelton. Richard's very ,first laugh, when he was only 18 months old, meant more to his dad than the acclaim of millions. Even if Red did have to squirt ink :all over famousface and expensive clothes, and was late to -the stu- dio that morning.• At nine, Richard's stilllaugh- ing. More than ever. • His daddy wants' it that way. "What are you giving up for Lent?" he'll ask Richard. Richard replies: "My sclutol homework." - Then both fall' on the floor and roll " around, laughing hysteri- cally. There's an expensive model train set covering two ping pong tables in the sitting room outside Rod's 'bedroom. Richard, an en- gineer's cap atop' his red hair, sits on a' stool. Red wears an engineer's cap, 'too; and with the comedian at the controls, the wreckage is . something fearful.. Richard never stops laughing about it all. There's a makeup table in the Skelton home. Richard sits there while Red plays "movie makeup . roan." . Finally Richar•cl gets to look at himself in the mirror. He sees. Freddie the Freeloader, jun- ior edition. Richard never stops laughing. Richard is old enough now to stay up past his bedtime and watch his daddy's TV Show which doesn't come onthe air until 9.30 in Hollywood. Red talks back to himself on the screen as they watch the delayed kinescope, and Richard never stops laughing. Richard has become one of his dad's radio characters, "the mean widdle kid," in some home movies Red is making. Almost anything goes. There is no script. The :film supply is :endless. "Now in this scene,' Red an- nounces to Richard,"you pick up the book, throw it at the wall and then you • sneak outdoors and push a chair into the, swimming pool." Following Richard while Mrs. Georgia. Skelton operates the camera, led falls 1Fito the pool with the chair. Richard never stops laughing. "Why does a chicken cross the street?: Red "suddenly will ask Richard at the dinner table. !'To get' on the Other side," replies Richard, 'Then both fall on the floor .and roll around -and Rich- ard' never stops laughing. ' The Air Force sent. Richard one of those test pilot helmets -- the Man From Mars type. Red put it one, struts around and then tries to take it off. It won't budge. - "Daddy's ,caught again!" Rich- ard alerts everyonein the house. Everyone rushes in and for half an hour Red struggles to free himself, making it look so difficult its fabulous. Richard never stops laughing. Red' Skelton frequently wan- ders through the novelty and toy stores in Westwood Village near their Bell -Air Home. His . arms are full of packages when he returns home t hide them in a closet. Now . ofd then • Red an- nounces to ,Rieltbrd: "Here's 4ilittle present T bought for you." It's always some amusing gift, or theremarks with which Red wrap? the "packages, to make Richard laugh. Red likes to hear his only son laugh. Making people laugh, after all, is Red Skelfon's business. It's easy whenyou are trained for it. But not so easy sometimes, as any comedian will tell you. RICH( ID LAUGHS IT UP with his dad and sister, Valentina.