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PAGE SIX THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE ., DECEMBER 20, 1946 Recounts Romantic Life Of Author Marcia Davenport By CHIEF LIBRARIAN Marcia Davanpors has the kind of background which spells "glamour to the public. Her mother, Alma Gluck, was known as bg Po of he great 1yric sopranos o world; her stepfather, Efram Zimbalist, is a celebrated violinist; her husband, Russell W. Davenport, is one of the editors of Life magazine; Marcia Davenport, herself is a best-selling author and has written articles in leading magazines. Two years after Marcia's birth her mother began to work hard at operatic training and had very lit- tle time to bother with her child. Marcia began to read fairy stories and the people in them became her first companions, She was given absolute freedom in her range of reading and decided very early that she wanted to write books. When Marcia was four, she went to Eur- ope with her mother who was studying music under Arturo Buzzi- Peccia, Madame Gluck soon signed up with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York and from that time little Marcia spent many long hours sitting in the corners of opera houses while her mother re- hearsed. \ Studied Music She, too, studied music because her mother believed it was just as necessary for anyone to know his way around in musical sources as to have read the classics of literature. She believed it "no less desirable to be able to look at a sheet of music and to know what is on it than to be able to look at a newspaper and understand what the print says! Marcia was educated in the Unit- ed States, attending Bryn Mawr and Wellesley College. She then went to France and graduated with a Bachelor's degree from the Uni- versity of Grenoble. What she did to earn it, she said, was a mystery. In the fall of 1925 Marcia Daven- port began her career as a writer of advertising copy. From 1928-- 1931 she was a member of the edi- torial staff of the "New Yorker'. In 1929 she was married to Russell W. Davenport who became managing editor of "Fortune". Her first book, "Mozart", was published in 1932. 'This biography has been translated into French, German, Spanish and Portuguese. From 1934-1939 Mrs, Davenport occupied the position of music critic of "Stage" magazine. Her second book "Of Lena Geyer" appeared in 1036. 'This is another biography of a musician; this time, a fictional one. The story is told in the form of facts and reminiscences collected by a great singer's biographer after her death. Dislikes The Country Although Marcia Davenport hates paid lecturing she has made many lecture appearances in the United States for war relief. She works at her writing tén hours a day, con- {ining her recreation to week-ends, and lives with her husband and two daughters in New York City near the East River. She does not like the country. Her husband was able to induce her to live on their farm in Vermont for a short time only by giving her a lion. cub which could not be kept in the city. "The Valley of Decision" was published in 1942 and was on the best seller lists for more than a year. It was also made into a fine moving picture which recently visited Osh- awa for the second time. 'This book is the story of William Scott who came to Pittsburgh a poor boy, built the Scott Iron Works and became a wealthy and influen- tial man. It is also the story of his wife, Clarissa, and their child- ren, grandchildren and great grand- child, The second son Paul, took life seriously. He believed in the family tradition of integrity, and that it was his mission to supply jobs for many and to serve his country through peace snd war. The rest of the family thought of the business only as a means of ob- taining the pleasure they wanted, Story of One Woman This is especially the story of Mary Rafferty who was born on the wrong side of the tracks, Her father and brother had always worked in the Scott mills, She came to the Scott household as a personal. maid and gloried in the family tradition more than the family themselves. Paul fell in love with her. Labor troubles involved her brother with tragedy and she felt she must pay penance. Her refusal to marry Paul brought with it a renunciation which led to genuine contentment. She believed that Paul's wife should have the education and culture which she lacked Realizing the influence she had for stability in his family, Willlam left Mary a share in the mills. This share eventually saved the business. Paul, too, gave his whole life to the plant. His sister's child from the other side of the world finally in- herited the vision. The book is long, 640 pages, but' one dramatic event follows another with unflagging interest. Labor troubles are depicted very sympa- thetically, for the author lived among the steel mills in the same city for some time and studied la- bour conditions before writing the book. There is a certain similar- ity to Marion Chase's "Wind- i A His ook never for one loses uality of sti human interest. s So BI Rebekah Lodge, 222, Holds Yule Party Sunshine Rebekah Lodge, No. 222, held its regular fortnightly meeting in the lodge rooms on Mon- day evening. Noble Grand Sister Lena MacFarlane and Vice Grand Sister Betty McColl presided. A number of members were reported ill. A cable was read from Junior Past Noble Grand Sister Agnes Kemlo, now visiting in Scotland, extending the compliments of the season. During the meeting, District uty President Sister Gladys D- gan was escorted to the centre of the floor by the Warden and pre- sented with a white and gold even- ing bag. Sister Maude Mann, Past District Deputy President, made the presentation on behalf of the installing staff, and an address in the form of a book was read by sme of the members of the installa- staff. Following the closing of lodge at 8:30, all adjourned to the banquet hall for the annual Christmas par- ty. Santa Claus was on hand and distributed the gifts from the gaily decorated Christmas tree. There were a gift, a bag of candies, oranges and apples for each child present. Noble Grand Sister Lena Mac- Farlane was in the chair for the following program: Misses Marion Ireland and Helen Scero--military tap dance; Miss Marian Ireland-- solo tap dance; Miss Helen Scero-- solo tap dance; Masters Carl wg immy Rowden -- song, "Jingle Bells"; Miss Dorothy Cole--a Christ- mag recitation; "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks'--carol, by Misses Helen Johnston, Helen Ste- Santa then presented a gift from the Lodge to the following officers: Sister Idella McCullough, Sister Beatrice Chute, Sister Maude Mann, Sister Gladys Morgan and Sister Molly Hurlbert. A delicious hunch was served by the committee in charge of the evening, All the children were seated at a table decorated with miniature Christmas trees and red candles. Frankfort--Among letters still are riving for the International Tribun- al at Nuremberg were offers to be in place of the 11 condemn- ed Nazis, ; Consult od. oh a Forty-five girls of the Wiring and ANZ Personals Accounts of social events and of sitors to and from the y Aare appreciated b, this department ' TELEPHONES CAAA AITIARTIARD 'vv, * +» Mrs. J. ©. Blakely has returned Jo her home on Jenn Street after er recent operation in the Osha General Hospital, i the Lend-A-Hand Club held a Christmas dinner party recently, She welcomed back Sister Lett DeGuerre, and extended the sea- son's greetings to all the members who exchanged gifts, * * P Miss Margaret Clarke, president of the Overs) Club announces that memberships will not be necessary for the pre-Christmas dance to be held tomorrow night at Adelaide House. Special stunts, lucky prizes and novelty dances are being ar- ranged, * > Mrs, Chris Willoughby was elect- od president of the Woman's Auxil- iary of Holy Trinity Ctwrch last Tuesday. Other officers elected were: Honorary president -- Mrs, Hugh McLellan; vice-president-- Mrs Fred Mason; secretary--Mrs Bird Claus; treasurer--Mrs, Tom Anderson; Dorcas secretary--Mrs, Bert Attersley. The next meeting will be on January 7. * The Past Matrons Club of Sun- beam apter, O.E.S, held its De- cember meeting at Adelaide House last Monday evening. Dinner was followed by a short business meet- ing at which Mrs. Harry Shelley | presided. Games, contests and an | exchange of gifts completed the eve. ning, and the gathering joined | heartily in singing carols. | a | Christmas dion: I being held at Llewellyn . Hall, King Street East, | today at one o'clock before the | residents scatter to various points | in Ontario for their holidays. Among | the 38 persons at the'table will be the following guests from the Unit- 'ed Church offices in Toronto: Rev. Dr. and Mrs. J. H, Arnup, Rev. Dr, |and Mrs. A. E. Armstrong, Mrs, { Hugh Taylor, Dr. Winnifred Thom- | as and Miss Cranston. | Harness department of the General | Motors held their annual Christmas | dinner in the Blue Room of the | Hotel Genosha last Tuesday. After a delicious chicken dinner, the girls | provided their own program, the | highlight of which .was Lena, the hyena, and her shadow who model- led the latest 1930 styles. After- wards Santa Claus arrived with a toy for each, and a singsong and Yancing concluded a delightful event. * PS Mrs. Edward Hoagland, the for- mer Neta Reddick, was presented by members and friends in Calvary Baptist Church on Wednesday even« ing after prayer meeting with a handsome occasional chair uphol- stered in needlepoint. Mr. A. R. Alloway made the presentation ad- dress to Mrs Hoagland who had been with The Times-Gazette for four and a half years before she entered the Toronto Bible College. Rev. Mr. Hoagland is expected here for Christmas and soon afterwards the couple will leave for their new home in Wysox, Penn. Social Notices A Ainouncemente' $1.00 Marri Engagement ~ ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced of Bdythe Lillian Scott, to John Grant Webber, son of Mr. E. W. Webber and the late Mrs. Webber, all of Columbus. The marriage will take place at the end of December. ~ What Can She Be Pondering DIANE daughter of Mr, and ELIZABETH Mrs. Sydney Saunders, Celina Street. ? Ld SAUNDERS ~--Photo by Meyers Studios Coming of Walt Disney Makes New Industry Arise In Ireland By GUY RAMSAY A new industry has been born in Ireland. Catholic Eire and Protestant Ulster are both eagerly engaged in the assembly of fairy legends, fairy articles, and even maps of fairy "areas'" (one of them In Rostrevor, where 'the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea")--all of which are being col- lected against the pending arrival of Walt Disney to do research for a new film starring a Iéprechaun, Tiny Green Coats All manner of articles are in the collection: green hats, green shoes, tiny green coats about which hangs the aroma of fairy- lore. There is even an anvil, wrought in steel and weighing 8 oz, taken from a fairy fort, which a hard. working farmer genuinely be- lieves was left behind by the Lit- tle People because it was too hea- vy for them to take away when he disturbed their revels, The only "crock of gold'--far from fairy gold!--in view is the bundle of dollars in the pocket of Mr, Disney, himself no mean cre- ator of modern fairies. Fairies exist in the folk-lore and legends of every land, from super-civilized Scandinavia, with its trolls (huge ugly giants and tiny, hideous dwarfs), to Darkest Africa, whose Little Man is sald to meet you on the veldt (and to enchant you if you are not suffi- clently polite to him), Even the Redskin tells his papoose fairy stories. From beyond the grave J. M. Barrie still calls upon British children to attest their belief in the Little People in general, and Tinker Bell in particular, by a storm of applause that holds up a scene in "Peter Pan." And the late Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the ruthless lo- gician Sherlock Holmes, took photographs in his spiritualist old age of the fairfes--enchanting little creatures, an inch or two high, they seemed--at the bottom of his garden. Change Fairies are of many kinds, good, bad, mischievous. Lepre. chauns are by derivation « bblers who always cobble a single shoe; from leith (meaning half) and brog (meaning brogue), They are sald to carry a purse in which rests a shilling, Almost universally they are re- garded as likely to steal mortal children from their cradles and leave behind in their stead in- fants known as changelings. In the classic days in the Mediterranean basin they were attached to specific trees, streams, or mountains, and their activities strictly circumscribed to their im. mediate vicinity; but when they reached Tudor Britain, Puck could "put a girdle round about the earth in 40 minutes." 'Little People' Modern {industrial Scotland still speaks of anyone exalted as '"fev" --fee is French for fairy, 50 the word really means touched by fairies. In Ireland fairies live, it is said, in raths, or ancient earth- forts. Australian Dieris point to dust-whirls as the footprints of a marching fairy army. In the Highlands flint arrow. heads are still styled "fairy wea~ pons' and dipped in water subse- quently given as medicine to all. ing beasts--and, in remote dis- tricts, even humans. Fairies are almost always the Little People--which certain an- thropologists and folk-lore ex- perts believe to refer to races of now-vanished pygmies. HOUSEHOLD HINT A paper-parchment lamp shade ran be wiped with a cloth wrung out of warm, soapy water, Rinse with another cloth wrung out of clear water of the same tempear- ture. It is better to dust off the superficial dust first, If the ghade is not of good quality, it had better be cleaned with wallpaper cleaner applied very lightly, rather than washing it. Party Pinafore Christmas Greetings to One and All! Wo wt Lodge Entertains English War Brides The Daughters of England enter- tained a number of English war- time brides in the lodge room last Tuesday evening. Mrs. Wiillam Kirkbride and Mrs. George Hard- sand convened the entertainment committee, and Mrs, Henry Hurst, Mrs, Matthew Love and Mrs. Ar- thur Cockerham were in charge of refreshments, The lodge room was gaily decorated, and gifts were dis- tributed from the Christmas tree. Mrs, George Hardsand introduced Mrs, Albert Fitches, the president, who welcomed the guests, and in- vited them to write their name and home town on a card provided, and pia 3 on, 0 that all could become Mrs. Kirkbride and Mrs. Rene Whitbread played the piano for songs, carols and dancing, Master Clarence Hardsand gave scene violin solos and Miss Mildred Hardsand sang to her guitar accompaniment, Mrs, Ann Pearn gave a solo and Mrs, Kirkbride gave by request " e", Those assisting the refreshment committee included Mrs George Madder, Mrs. Thomas Murrali, Mrs, Mrs. R. E Lambert, Horton, Mrs. Archibald Black, Mrs, william Murray, Mrs, Jack McDon- ald and Mrs. Reginald Pearn, Prize-winners were Mrs. Rene Whitbread, Mrs. Ellen Brains, Mrs, W. J. Garden and Mrs, C. W, Pot- ter. Nurses Raise Fees Jan. 1 by $1 a Day Fees for graduate nurses of the Toronto Central Registry for private duty have been increased by $1 a day, effective Jan, 1, 1947, it was an- nounced last night after a ballot vote of the 1,200 nurses of the regis- try. The new schedule calls for $7 for an eight-hour day, $8 for a nine- hour day and $9 for a 12-hour day. The fees for private duty care of al- coholics, drug and psychiatric cases will be $1 additional as in the past. The question of increased fees was discussed at a special general meet- Nov. 27, when it was decided to hold a ballot vote of all members, ART A painting by Botticelli of the Ma- donna and Child realised 5,600 guineas, approximately $25,000 at Christie's. Eva Braun Teased Her Adolf, 'Newly Captured Films Reveal Frankfurt, Germany, Dec. 19-- (AP)--Golden-haired Eva Braun flaunted her shapely, scantily-clad body and flirted with other men in front of Adolf Hitler . before their eleventh-hour marriage, newly cap- tured Nazi color films disclosed to- day. : Her poses and preening and the nude daylight bathing of her sister, recorded on three of the 31 reels of movie film dug from a secret hiding place by United States Army agents, were shown at a special "matinee" for news correspondents today after Gen. Joseph T. McNar=- ey viewed them yesterday. United States officers who found the film months ago in the Bavar- ian Mountains, said they cast new and important light on the person- alities of Hitler and his sweetheart. The 10%-hour collection of pic- tures made by Hitler's personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffman, and his aides, gave intimate details of gay wartime parties at Berch- tesgaden and of Hitler's solitary walks. Coquettish and youthful, 'Eva mugged, flirted, flexed her well- developed body and displayed her gymnastic prowess in front of Hit- ler, his Nazi cronies an her family through these reels. In multi-colored bathing suits and peasant skirts she displayed her charms vigorously, carelessly and without inhibition, and in kittenish byplays she kidded but never quite kissed the male members of Hitler's entourage. Bathed in the Nude The scenes with Hitler showed her quieter and more adult, The film showed the German pFuehrer attentive but emotionless and al- most stolid. Eva's trim legs, firm muscles and well-mouled body were shown against a backdrop of moumtain peaks and lakes in their spring, summer, autumn and winter color- ings. In one sequence with the closest members of the Braun family, her sister, Mrs. Gretl Fegelien, now 31, bathed blithely in the nude under a mountain waterfall, Said one intelligence officer of Eva, reported to have died in the ruins of Berlin with Hitler after a last-hour wedding made "legal" their long association: "The shots of VA slode. show Jer 10 bw 4 Yeally beautiful woman." There are scenes in the Berghof at Borel! agaden, poy ruins, showing gazing over th sunlit Bavarian peaks, storming Himmler, Von Ribbentrop waving a magnifying glass whilg studying a map of the war fronts, Intelligence officers said that the pictures showing nervous twitches around Hitler's mouth, the constant ro gh al gh lg n 0 n o Nazi Party officials, had made a substantial contribution to the stud- ies of his character, Lt They said the films also had been used in search for wanted Nasis and identification of hundreds eof members of Hitler's entourage, Mrs, Howard Heads Philathea Class Mrs, Arthur Howard was elected president of the Philathea Class of First Baptist Church at its last held at the evening, There was a large attendance and all were inter- ested in reviewing the activities of the year, ' Other officers elected as a result of the presentation of the of the nominating committee were: Vice-president--Mrs. Fred Wilson; secretary -- Mrs, Murray Eaton; treasurer--Mrs. H. J, Weir; Dorcas convener--Mrs. Boyce Waram; de- votional convener--Miss M. Hall; press reporter--Mrs, E. Pearson. Mrs, Jessie Darcey, the ident, took charge of the meet- . The secretary and the treasure er gave thelr which were adopted and referred to the incoms= ing committee, Mrs, Weir conducted the devoe tional period, choosing as her tople, "The Golden Gift." : Mrs. Fred Van Der Voort sang "Christmas Bells" and Miss Joan Jeffs sang "Away in a Manger" to accompanim her own ent on the harp. Refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. W, P. Young and Mrs. Darcy. Mrs, Weir offered the use of her home for the next meeting which will be held in January. v Your feet will When you go formal" go ultra- feminine, vitra-lovely in these evening slippers. With a strap front in silver . . . aried heel heights $600 Gold and Silver be as light as your heart... as lovely as a melody by Strauss, in these slippers dedicated to the dance. 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