The Seaforth News, 1959-11-26, Page 2No Old Maids
Among The Eskimos•
On his recent Arctic Circuit,
Justice Sisson ;ranted two
divorce decrees to Janadian Es-
kimos. Thus a new step in Es-
kimo society, from the human re-
lations' standpoint, began: For
until theseactions, legalized di-
vorce didn't exist among these
nomadic hunters of caribou, seal
end walrus. They • had always
practised a code of marital re-
lations strictly their own which
produced strange results.
As Mr. C. W. Rowley, adviser
to the Northern Affairs Depart --
Ment, testified: "The happiest
igloo I ever lived in was occu-
piel by two couples, And notun-
til I left did I learn that the
couples were, originally matched
the other way round,"
After this, Eskimos may per-
haps copy Western civilization's
marriage customs. So far they
have managed very well without
any ceremony at. all. Youngsters
are often matched as prospec-
tive mates, in infancy, some-
times even before birth.
The young Eskimo male takes
the girl promised to him as soon
as he can support her. But, if
they do not get on well they sep-
arate without any fuss or loss.
of face. The wife, tribal custom
dictates, takes care of the chil-
dren. But, once children are
born, such breakups are very
rare.
Until recently, some Eekimo-
hunters maintained two or three
wives. Conversely, a woman was
not criticized if she had two
husbands. All depended on the
availability of males and fe-
males.
What mattered was that every
adult had a mate, bachelors and
old maids being quite unknown.
And, with one or other partner
sable to walk out at will, domestic
rows seldom caused trouble in
igloo life.
They Send Letters
To Juliet!
To the ancient city which was
the traditional scene of the
world's most celebrated love
affair come many letters and
notes every week addressed to a
girl who has been dead hundreds
of years.
The city is Verona and the girl
was the lovely Juliet whose woo-
ing by the passionate Romeo in-
spired one of Shakespeare's
greatest tragedies. The letters
end notes pour in from love-
lorn girls in many parts of the
world, some being simply ad-
dressed to "Juliet, Verona, Italy."
Nearly all the letters from
girls abroad ask the dead Juliet
for advice, sincerely believing
that she will help them. The
tomb of the two lovers is situ-
ated in an old disused monastery
and is of rough stone. As the
tomb is uncovered and the lov-
ers are clearly not inside it, it
is usually explained that they
are "underneath."
Historians have east doubt on
the Romeo and Juliet story des-
pite the fact that,there is a mar-
ble plaque under the "lovers'
balcony" and other tablets in-
dicating the place where they
stayed. They say that Shakes-
peare borrowed the story from
a romance inventedby an ear-
lier writer called Masuccio who
in turn had been inspired by a
story from classic Greece.
I have heard it said that the-
secret of good health is to eat
onions, but I have never been
able to understand how you can
rat onions and keep the secret.
— Sir Thomas Moore, M.P.
TOP NEWS — As much "for men only" as the ci gar, the fedora and the derby are , lifted for
the ladies this fall. Man -type hats, like these: modeled by ,Ruth Copeland (left) -ane Inge
Gruber, are becoming women's wear, continuing o.Fashlon.trend that so wthe ladies donning
mannish straw hats during: the summer.
Jazz is Jumping
In Russia!
One of the most fascinating
discoveries that has been made -
since the thaw in U.S,-Russian
relations is the size of the beach-
head that jazz has established
within the well -protected citadel'
of Marxist culture, Taped from
Voice of America programs,.
pressed on bootleg disks and
even X-ray plates, jazz has
raised such a -ferment within the
strict confines of Soviet musical
life that the Communist authori-
ties hardly know what to do
about it.
When a jazz club began to -
flourish in Leningrad recently,
however, the authorities knew
just what to do. This account
from a Leningrad jazz buff to an
American friend recently told
the story:
"The Leningrad jazz club .
was established here in Sept.,
1958 by some of the most en-
thusiastic jazz fans. They had
wonderful ideas of studying the -
history of jazz, playing real jazz
music, and.'foundsting' the Rus-
sian style of jazz according to.
the Russian school of polyton;
ality: The club has some won-
derful jazz -combos playing in all
styles from Dixieland to swing,
bop, progressive, etc. One of
them was an experimental quin-
tet including such instruments as
the violin and the French horn
' and they sounded so nice.
"The whole world knows, that
Russia is a very musical na-
tion. and they have a real . feel-
ing for jazz. The popularity of
jazz, in Russia is tremendous and
a very good example of that is
the concerts of. the jazz club
which were attended by more
than 2,500 people each day (in
Leningrad). Indeed, it was AM
-
finest jazz club in the country.
But after existing for about eight
months it was closed by the offi-
cial authorities (end of May '59).
The causes of: that were ex-
plained in this. way: They said:
Probably you do:.:a very won-
derful and useful job, but we
leaders understand nothing
about jazz and so we cannot •pro-
vide, leadership. And what can
a club be without. Communist',;
'leadership?" •
"It sounds pretty funny," the
Russian jazz buff wrote, "but it.
15 so,"
DRIVE CAREFULLY — The
life you save .may -be, your own.
LATE MODEL -- This is the latest in buggies driven by the Amish.
It has rear view mirrors, headlights, parking lights and tail-
lights, A new state law will require in addition a flashing red
light to warn naturists.
TA'BLE SAL
,
clam AWS:
Here are a few freezing
points, in case you haven't froz_
en baked goods lately. Fruit,
berry,' mince and chiffon pies are
especially suitable for freezing.
Custard . or cream -filled pies
tend to, become grainy. Meringue
toughens during' freezing .;and ;•
eheuld not be used,
Most pies can be frozen either -.
baked or unbaked; Fruit pies,
however, are 'bestrfrozen un-
" -;baked.
Do not slit the top crusts -of
unbelted -pies until just. before-
baking. 'This :prevents evapora
' tion of ;3uice - during ' freezing.
Baked pies should be cooled,
thoroughly and frozen -,at once.,
Wrap and seal with tape.
If pies are very 'fragile they
may be frozen before wrapping.
Pie • shells, either baked or un -
baked, freeze well and 'should `.be.
frozen before wrapping,,
e • i q'
One home economist who' had
experimented' with:' the addition
of 'fruit to, comniercial'mince-
meat for pies, recommended -the
addition of 1 chopped apple, 1
cup raisins, 'and -8 teaspdons but-
ter to the mincemeat for 1 large
pie. You may want to experi-
ment—you may =even want to
run a teste_test . among mem-
bers of yourfamily to determine
which filling is best for your
particular pie,
For your ' 2 -crust mince pie,
put pie in, a 450° r'F: oven 'until
edges are' -brown, then turn to
350° F. until pastry is evenly
browned.
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The ever popular apple pie
may be made more festive.' for
holiday serving if you •combine
the usual fruit with 'bright red
•cranberries. Here is the way to
make one,
CRANBERRY -APPLE .PIE
4 tart apples
114: cups cranberries,
14 'cup sugar
34 teaspoon cinnamon
i/ teaspoon salt
'2 tablespoons butter
Pastry for 2.crust pie
Pare, core andthinly slice the
• ,apples. Wash and cut cranber-
ries in hall. • Line a 9 -inch pie
.plate' with pastry. Place a layer
'of :apples .:in bottom of pie plate;
` add. cranberries; add remaining
apples. Sprinkle with the sugar,
cinnamon and salt whichyou
have mixed together. Dotwith
butter. Cover with pastry that
hes an ;opening cut in center for
'steam. to escape (if you do not
intend .to freeze the pie). Seal
edges. ,Bake in 406° F. to 425°
F: oven about 45 minutes or un-
til- apples are 'tender and crust
,is golden •'brown.
Another 'f r u i t combination
Which you, may , Want to try is
' rhubarb and raisin, Use rich,
dark raisins and you'll find .it is
a perfect foil for the bright
piquancy of rhubarb. Brown
sugar blends these two flavors
together in a way you'll like.
RHUBARB -RAISIN PIE
114 caps sugar
34 cup brown sugar
y4 cup flour
1,4 teaspoon salt
1 triablespoonnd grated lemon
is cup water
4 cups shoed rhubarb (canned
or frozen may be used)
1 cup dark, seedless raisins
Pastry for 2 -crust 9 -inch pie
Combine sugars, flour, Salt,
lemon rind, and water in a
saucepan, Cook until mixture
thickens slightly, stirring con-
stantly. Pour sauce over fruits
and mix well. Divide dough in
half. Roll one-half of circle
about 1/2 -inch thick and fit into
9 -inch pan, Roll remaining dough
for top crust, Pour filling in pan
end top with other dough. Flute
edges, Bake at 425°.1!. about 35
minutes.
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APRICOT' PIE
1 (12 -ounce package dried
apricots
2' cups water
3/3 :cup sugar
?is 'teaspoon salt
34 "teaspoon nutmeg
11/2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons cold water
Pastry for 2 -crust 9 -inch pie
Simmer apricots in the water
about 15 minutes. Add sugar,
salt,, and. nutmeg. Simmer 5 min-
utes more. gombine cornstarch -
with the •2' -tablespoons cold _-
water; add to apricot' mixture
' and bring to boil, stirring 'con-
stantly. Cook 2 minutes. Line a
9 -inch, pan With dough 'and fill' -
' with -apricot mixture. Top with
remaining crust (cut steam -slits
if you are not going to freeze
pie). Flute or press with fork'to
seal in juices.' Bake' at 425' 1's '
about 20 'minutes, then reduce to
350° F. 'and bake 15 minutes
-longer.
N • • ,
Flavor. in Pastry: For special
zip .in your apple pies, roll
grated cheese into dough. For
spiced pastry, mix cinnamon and
ginger; into. crust. • For inince pies
or cream `pies, use orange juice
instead of water when mixing,
and add about 1 tablespoon
grated orange rindforeach pie.
These Folks Don't
Like 'Confetti!
Young .lovers have 'been warn:-
ed
arn-ed . that their wedding at a vil-
lage church 'in the British Mid-
lands may cost thein £3 extra
from now oft — unless they can
persuade their exuberant and
sentimental friends :riot to ,pelt
`them•' with confetti afterwards.
To combat what they call the
"confetti. menace," the parochial
council are imposing a "we
.don't :want litter: n our church-
yard" ban. They demand that
before the •service: the bride-
groom 'shall pay a £3 "good be-
hevior" tee. This is only return-
ed to him if no confetti is
thrown.
If there is confetti, the money
goes towards the church funds.
Couples who get the idea that
confetti. throwing can 'start out-
side the church may have 'an-
other shock, far the police can
class them as "litterbugs" and
fine them. ,
One ppponent of confetti at
weddings some years ago called
it "a relic of :barbarism . and 1
Survival, ,from the,days,when the
briclegreom 'captured the bride
by force."
Hundreds ;of tons of confetti
'worth •many'thousends of pounds;
were not "only' .made, sold ..and;
disti1buted in Britain, but were
exported annually in pre-war
days. Confetti is' still in consid-
erable demand despite cone
•plaints from: vergers that the
custom of throwing it at newly-
Wrdgives'them. a great deal of
extra ;work..
Rice, is rarely thrown at wed-
dings today, but the custom was
widespread in Victorian times.
The Chinese threw rice at newly-
weds believing that it induced'
fertility: °The Romans threw
grain for the sante reason. In
Saxon times couples were show-
ered' with red and white rose
petals as they left church.
"Lt's revive this petal cus-
tom," urged a minister not long
ago. "It was picturesque,. harm- '
less and much more natural :then
the use of coloured confetti made
of • paper."
ISSUE 47 — 1959
Charlie Chaplin
As He. Is Now
The world's most famous and
most controversial -,morally and
politically— comedian was isol.
eted from the world behind what
he calls his. "wall of silence."
Charlie Chaplin seldom strayed
far from the book -filled study of
his $20,000, 15 -room chateau in
Vevey, Switzerland. Chaplin was
not, 'however, merely taking it
easy. Forty-five years after snak-
ing his first movie ("Making a
Living"), he was up to hisacro-
batic eyebrows in a project he
-thinks will prove, to be his me-
jor accomplishment: His auto-
biography, spanning 60 years 01
show, business. He is in the final
stages, and until the . book is
finished Chaplin will stay at it,
pacing pp and down, dictating in
a high-pitched voice, correcting
himself with great frequency,
In • his wood -paneled library
recently the 70 -year-old come-
dian took 'a rare. time out from
his writing to expound to News -
week's Lionel Durand on a num-
ber of subjects, 'including: His
coming seventh child, which his
fourth wife Oona, 34 -year-old
daughter of the late Eugene
O'Neill, will present him with
,around Christmas (People ask
,me if I am pleased. Of course I
am, But they should ask their
question in ten years — then it
will be interesting!"); his future
plans ("I want to do a nice big
comedy with color, wide screen,
stereophonic, sound, and all the
trimmings. I want to try it once,
anyway. It should be great fun -
to play with all these new tech-
niques"), and his favorite movies,
("I • think I liked 'City Lights,'
'Limelight,' 'Monsieur Verdoux,'
and 'A ,King in New York' best"),
"I picked' the three films for. -
the 'Charlie Chaplin Revue° be-
cause they're full of fun and in-
vention; he went on, "Besides,
composing two hours of .music
for them was an interesting chal-
lenge.
. I may bring out some,.
more, depending on 'the recep?,
tion 'Charlie gets around the
world, but I feel Imo longer have
any association with the' little
.man with the black mustache.
I keep a number of half -written
'scripts 'in the 'freezer, mostly-
comedies, and I'm interested "in,
new projects.
"Comedy,.or,at least humor, is.
around us all 'the• time. Once e
comedy director asked me: 'What,
are you'making?' I said this: 'Oh,
the same old, thing — getting
peoplein And trouble:"
For Chaplin, the business of
gettingin and out of trouble has''
often carried oyer from films into
real life.., And his 'real-life diffi-
culties have been by far the less
savory of the two. He lost a much -
publicized paternity suit in 1945.
In 1952, havingbecome a multi-
millionaire bdt not a. citizen after
'42 years' residence, Chaplin left
the U.S. in the midst of much
bacl feeling over his nutspu.ten
left-wing sympathies, hi 1950 he
got into difficulties over his Fed-
eral taxes, which he settled last
year for 6425,000,
The last new Chaplin film, "A
King in New York," waswidely
criticized as a heavy-handed as-
sault on the United States. This
picture (still to be shown in
America) of a deposed monarch
seeking freedom but finding "hy-
steria," suggested this question:
Did he ever get homesick for
the U.S.?
"No, I really don't," said .Brit-
ish subject Chaplin, bristling.
"In fact, I'm happy not to be in
the United States. I'm :ouch
freer here." He added: "X am
essentially a showman and I like
to amuse people. — I have no
messages to pass around. An .art-
ist, or a comedian, or a clown,
must comment on whatever sur-
rounds him; But I don't' shoot at
targets,
"I keep fit by walking, play-
ing tennis, and raising tulips in
my garden," Chaplin concluded
somewhat abruptly. "I can abide
anywhere, 'in almost any coun-
try. I appreciate the -basic things
of life, a good glass of wine; a
good meal, love" — and he add-
ed: "And having funt I think
that's very important. I don't
know of anything 'else more im-
portantl" —From NEWSWEEK.
AGE OF REASON
Summoned by the police to
attend court, to answer a charge
of driving a motor scooter' with..
out a driving licence,' William
-Bryant, aged ,88, explained to
an Oklahoma court that the •rea-
son he ,had not applied ,for a
licence' was 'because he thought
he had to be accompanied by his
parents.
•
GET THE POINT — From her
toes to her• .hairdo, this Pori.
,model is' in style; She sports a
"cosmic" coiffure while display-
ing a `pair of "missile -styled"
• shoes„
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