The Seaforth News, 1950-01-19, Page 3geld'°s P+liggde1lo
iraestest Party
Ace thousand oapering itn99441,
those dense orelweWks, tits word e
teat organ, Beefeaters from the
rawer of Londa!, lovely aa'tiat'a
Models, aquads of pollee and Rug -
or -playing stewards—that's the •
annual recipe for the world's larg-
pa°t, craziest Naw 'Year's party, the
Chelsea Arts Ball at the Royal
Albert Hall.
Every year 11010118 leading art
schools spend months in cons•pira-
torail secrecy constructing tete
wagons and tableaux to a given
- theme—this time it's "Weather-
cock"—each trying to outshine the
others in artistry and joie de vivre.
Stuiettts and teacher's get together
in iesigning, planning, carpentry
and painting . , , only to have the
structures torn to pieces a few min-
. me, after they enter the hall.
1.:,-t year, in a melee on the floor,
a lona dancer was stripped to his
suck suspenders, and a girl posing
as ars underciad mermaid on ane
of :Le tableaux was ruthlessly
sei3r1 and had her tail yanked off.
The girl herself was removed ill
semi -collapse. Old -lintel's deplore
au !:anent of hooliganism that has
ere2t into the Arts Ball, Some of
the shocking scenes of the I121)5
• are forgotten.
Sc+ many people fell down the
stairways one year- that St. (ieorge's
1-to-pital organized a relay service •
of ambulances and treated 13 h'ae-
Lured legs, 79 sprained ankles, two
spinal injuries -and scores of other
accidents.
On one occasion, when the Prince
of \\-ales was among the costumed
throng, a Ulan has arrested for
throwing jellies on the dancers. 1 -Is
pleated that temptation was irresis-
tible—and that same evening more
tIwt..30 women were requested to
la,,re the floor because their cos-
lu,, e•- were too scanty,
• 1_en there was the occasion
when a bete of dancers elected to
aro:u' in luminous black Sennett
ba''dug costumes. in a scrimmage
ancient costumes disappeared.
Beneath then!, fortunately, the
da, -rens wore ordinary costumes.
Another was when police rein-
for.ientents were summoned be -
ca boisterous crowds had en-
d, --cel a couple of policentett. At
a 'ire court hearing the following
it 'turned out that they had
o• _ been fancy dress policemen
e..cralit
Time mart•Itc', on. In 1947, when
Y:r '!.:til tea, televised, 1lrs. 'Grundy
h:..1 a shock when a completely
1 ,ked girl •nas seen on the screen.
srw-reel companies who had filtu-
e: tier without' being aware of it
st,',srquently had to issue instrue,
timo to thousands of cinemas re
y,.< -ting them to cut the filet,
'i tt' Ball is -a costly affair. The
c•'r:nic light bill and hall rentals
a'++r.e exceed 12,000. But revellers
pay ftp to £50 for a box t0 share
tl'e fun—and year by year the tak-
er• prove that art call pay.
SALLY'S SALLIES
I.
"Is this where youtear up park
ing tickets, Officer?"
Prepare Papal
Train for Holy
Year Journey
During Rite Holy Year 1980, Pope
Pttte XII ie expected to make 41.
Spaniel train trip aet'oee Italy. lit
will he the Pope's first trip by trate
and, in fact, the first train ride try
any Pope since 1859. h'or• the trip;
the Pops! ,will use a historic, private
Papal train, built in Paris in 1858
for Tope Pius IX. The.:Papal train,
which has long rested in the Route
museum, is now being cleaned and
couditiotted•for the Pope's use, after
which it will wait in the exgttisita
railroad station built especially for
it ht \ mica, City, The ancient train
is ma::uificently decorated Inside
and out. Pine -carvings and paint-
ings of Biblical subjects by fatuous
artists adorn its 00aches. Its uphol-
stery is of the finest damask and
brocade. '1'Itese pictm•esswere made
as Roman worker's went about tate
task of rietming and polishing the
P'op's private train for early use.
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Inside the Papal salon car, a Roman woman cleans around the throne. Door at right rear leads
to the Pope's private chapel and sleeping car.
One of the three richly -decorated coaches gets a brushing up.
Note heavy carvings and historic emblems.
One of the cars is open, enabling the Pope, sitting on his throne,
u bless people gathered along the tracks to see him.
REMINDER
One day a professor walked by
a large fish store where a fine catch
of codfish, with mouths wide open
and eyes staring. were arranged.
He stopped, looked at thein, and
exclaimed aloud: ":Reavena, that
reminds me -1 should be teaching
a class at this very hour!"
LONG WAY HOME
A distrustful customer called the
grocer. "1 sent my son for two
pounds of dates, and he brought
hone only a pound and a half."
"Madam," replied bite grocer,
"any scales are accurate. Have you
weighed yotla• son?"
Wine; "Did you get any sup-
plause?"
Actor: "Yes. It sounded like a
caterpillar, wearing rubber shoes,
crawling over a Persian carpet."
Glamor -Go -1 om:ATltis 'nterrp-go-ro ntd" ntutiher is ono of t
features nt a s11ec'taCulit • new review titled "Middle of the 0,i
tory" at the. Paris nigh club, the Ba Tabarin, Riiding nt'';=
atiizt'd ,stater props, the chorines go tl rough their rou4ittee M -
merry-go-round rises from the ltooa,
Dirge From
"Cymbeline"
Fear no more the heat o' th' sun,
Nor the furious winter's ragee;
Thou, thy worldly task has done,
Home art gone, and ta'en thy
wages;
Golden lads and girls all must,
As ahinmey-sweepers, come to dust.
Fear no more the frown o' 811' great,
Tltott art past the tyrant's stroke;
Care no more to clothe and eat;
To thee the reed is as the oak;
The Sceptre, learning, Physic,
must
All follow this, and come to duet,
Fear no more the lightning -flash,
Nnr' 1h' all -dreaded Blander -
51011e;
Fear nut slander, censure rash;
Thou hast finished joy and moan,
All lovers young,, all lovers must
Consign to tIiee, and conte to dust.
No exorciser harm thee!
Nor no witchcraft charm thee!
Ghost Inlaid forbear thee!
Nothing ill conte near tltee1
Quiet consummation have;
And renowned be thy grave!
FAT WARNING
Every light suddenly went out
at the Hawkins place and Pa and
Ma went down in the cellar to in-
vesti„ate. "Put your hand on that
there wire, Maw.” commanded Pa,
"and tell etc if you feel anything."
"Nothin' at all, reported Ma,
"Good," said Pa. "Now just don't
touch the other one, or yell prob-
ably drop dead."
"Fly wife says that if I died, she
would remain a widow."
".Evidently she thinks there's not
another titan like you."
"No, die's afraid there ie."
History of Man
Written in Clay
The Story of Pottery conies very
arose to being the Story of
Pottery was one of the first
of the great crafts and today is the
only one of the great industries
which is still a craft, The other
crafts of the past exist only as small
units to produce for the few, or
have become mecitanzied industries.
Of the various materials which
man has used for purposes of utility,
or to give him the satisfaction of
beauty, none have served him so
well and so long as has clay and its
finished product—pottery, ..
Do you realize that of alt the fine
works of art produced in the Greek
civilization of twenty-five lttudred
years ago, only the vase looks just
exactly as it looked when the Greek
artist took it from his kiln? So also
does tate pottery excavated from
civilizations which preceded the
Greeks back into the hazy past five
thousand years before their day.
Not only does the clay itself re-
flect lay its response to the shrill of
the hand and the knowledge of form
and design all that the man of each
age and race was esthetically ca-
pable of doing, bel it is also a test
and a measure of his technical ttud
scientific knowledge,
The first of the technical tests
came in the bttrttiitg of his pottery,
in his ability to construct kilns and
control high temperatures accurate-
ly. Next catne'the exploration for,
the adaptation of other colored clays
and minerals to produce polychrome
decoration. Then the invention of
glares, both of transparent nature,
and of those which were opaque and
colored in themselves.
The infinity of effeeta possible by
using lite simplest of processes, or
a combination of them, has never
been exhausted.
BIT CONFUSED?
A woman boarded a train end
took the only empty seat, next to
a harmless -looking traveller. Soon
site opened a Wrap of Manchuria and
began to study it.
The traveller gazed at the asap
for a while and finally addressed
the woman in an interested tone:
"Sure you're on the right train?"
Ambulance Corps,
Does Fine Work
!'.?untag the first eleven nt ,rua.t :,)f-
1949, nearly 400 motor accident
time ware treated for iatt trues )f
varying degrees by St, ;iol a Au:)tt:
latter personnel et highway iirsf 'et,i
posts throughout Ontario. lu a•i.li-
don another several huu•lro,l, also
injured in elft?toying Mishaps was
given first aid treatment by u'aimn
personnel in two amhuianees which
ars tnaintaitted ott Ontario's Itiglt-
ways ter this purpose by the - Arlo-
ciatiQtt.
Tktis WOftil while program of higt-
way first aid was it,stitut.•d by the
St, Johtt Ambulance back in 19„7;
Today there are 67 highway first aid
posts dotted along the It gltways of
this province at carefully selected
points. These highway poste are now
jointly maintained by tate Ontario
Motor League, the Canadian ltd
Cross and the St, Jolut Aeabuta•.t:e-,
'Piste organizations also jointly
maintain ambulance patr.t!, 1't 1i1•r-te
same highways, from April :n .1):•+c-
entb,r each year. '!'hese stn,',:, nets -•v
are ntatttted by trained ?t, Jn4n
Antltulawe first aiders, o fre-
quently are senior tnedical-la•1•u,s..
In addition 10 helping 5!'.1!1.5 +91
trad1 a-ctl , tile. to 1, in-
spect the h,"uts'nv ty ht st :,.t i p0srs.
replenish the first aid equipment a +-I
supplies at these posts anal c ,u.lact
first aid training for-resid.mts - ,,)f
local areas.
This is just one phase 11 an ex-
tensive program carried on by the
St. John Ambulance for the welfare
of the Canadian publie. tither ac-
tivities include training and service
in first aid and home nursing, blood
grouping. child welfare, public darty
and training of the 51. John ("adeta
in secondary schools. All of those
services are given colon:wily and
without remuneration.
The work of the St. John \rtt-
hulance is financed solety he pub!ir-
subscription and the 1tb0 anima
appeal for funds will ire r+nth':•ei
in Mario front February o tri 25.
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Custom-built Antiques
:\ sign on art
reads, "Antiques nvtde in.! re-
paired:"
New Club Id• ea
Mrs. M.S. was the guest of !roe
howling 1511111 at a.'.tI'05l:i,t.! oft
Saturday Morning. -- Semon r ,-ut-
tv News•S!tield.
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Off To A Bad Start
Mrs. H. stayed the we,t+lmg
march from Loltengrin for the 1118-•
tension._ -Reno State Journal,
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Embarrassing Moment
The mother of the bridegroom
was attired in a soft, blue, Lasa
dress which felt to the floor. —
Raleigh News and Observer.
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Oonpahl
The regular weekly bad concert
will be held Wednesday night -
Ginnell Herald Register.
New Contact Lenses—Dr. William Feinbloont is about to place
a contact lefts weighing little more than a postage stamp ovetR+
the right eye of Adrienne Goldstone. Plastic and unbreakable,
the news lens is based on a newly discovered principle of sure
cessfully moving the control area onto the cornea, instead of
the white of the eye. This says Dr. Feinhloom, elitnittates dis-
comfort.
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