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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1947 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Manuscript By Petrarch Found In Thread-Cutting Shop In N.J. A fourteenth century manuscript of a Petrarchian poem was traced recently to a thread-cutting shop at 728 Twenty-fourth Street, Union City, NJ. The document, a prized relic of Trieste Library, was brought to the United States from Italy by way of southern France and the Battle of the Bulge by Walter Rechsteiner, 26 yeais old, one of the operators of the shop. He said he acquired it from an Italian in Naples for two cartons of Ameri- can cigarettes and"$75 or $85." The acquisition was made while Mr. Rechsteiner was serving in Italy with the 887th Air-borne En- gineers, Mr. Rechsteiner said recently in a telephone conversation that he would like to keep the manu- script as a memento of his war travels, but would surrender it "if 1 have to." He said no person had approached him on the matter of returning it, but he admitted he in had received a written request for the document from the Trieste Li- brary two months ago. It bears the stamp of the Trieste institution. Knowledge of the search for the manuscript, now in the safe of the Union City shop, did not beccme public until recently with the ar- rival of the Italian motor liner Vulcania, Fiorello de Farolfi, as- sistant purser, said the manuscript was reported to have been stolen from a hiding place in Naples near the end of the war and sold to an American soldier, He said Trieste officials had heard that the document, a copy of "De Africa" by Francesco Petrarch, was in the possession of the Cor- nell University Library and he car- ried ' official papers Cornell to surrender it Prom Mr, Rechsteiner and Cor- nell it was confirmed that the uni- versity had the manuscript for several months, but then returned it to Mr, Rechsteiner after making an examination requested by the Union City man. Mr. Rechsteiner said it also had been examined by the New York Public Library, which had translat- ed into English the letter he had authorizing He said he had been advised by an official of the New York Public Library to retain the manuscript until "things settled down in Italy." Mr. Rechsteiner related last night that he had carried the manuscript with him when he made a glider 1anding in the invasion of southern France, He was wounded in both legs, but returned to duty in time for the Battle of the Bulge, in which engagement he carried the document in his knapsack, wrapped ollskins. Mr. Rechsteiner returned to the United States in the spring of 104), was discharged on points soon after his arrival and entered the thread-cutting business with his father. Last April, he said, he took the manuscript to Cornell, travelling to Ithaca on his motor. cycle, "De Africa," an epic poem in Latin, was written in 1337 by Pet- rarch, who lived from 1304 to 1374. Based on the conquest of Carthage by Scipio Africanus, the work was responsible for Petrarch's appoint- ment as Poet Laureate of Rome in 1339. Mr. de Farolfi described the manuscript as "the most impor- tant" the Trieste Library owned. Hospital Nursing "Duck Soup" Today Regina, Jan, 7 -- (CP)--Hospital nursing though never an easy job is "duck soup" today compared to that work at the beginning of the century, ji That's the opinion of Mrs. R. B! Sanders of Regina, first graduate of the first class of student nurses at Regina Hospital. The hospital, known then as Victoria hospital, had 25 beds. One matron and two nurses looked after the patients. There was a regular 12-hour shift but, "it usually worked out longer than that" and with the small staff "we were on call 24 hours a day," Mrs. Sanders said in an interview, Nurses were paid seven dollars a month and there was no'allowance made for uniforms. Deductions were made for laundry and breakages. Born in Ireland, Mrs, Sanders came to Canada with her family when eight years old and settled at Crystal Centre, Man.,, Young Jean- nette Taylor's ambition was to be a nurse but her mother considered the life "too hard" and for two years she taught school. But then she decided "hard or not" that nursing was the career she wanted and applied to four hos- pitals. Regina accepted and she en- tered training as a student nurse fn 1901, There were only three girls in the class. : Her most memorable nursing ex- perience was a six-month night shift stretch which she will "never forget." "I was never so tired in all my life," she said. There was the experience of being called, after only five weeks' train- ing, to assist in an amputation case. "Nowadays nurses never attend an operation until they have at least six months' service," she said. "But there weren't enough of us and we had to take our turn when needed." During the influenza epidemic in 1918 she had to take a baby patient to her home when there was no other place available in the city. Fishwife Fashions On Beach Forecast |signea New York, Jan. 8--(AP)--Every woman will want to be a fishwife next summer, after viewing Claire McCardell's new idea for beach and play wear, shown today in the first of a hectic week of New York fash- ion openings. With her usual high spirits, the ingenious Claire has borrowed a theme from the Portuguese this season, and shows colorful beach- wear of casually mismatched stripes and plaids, grouping them all under the tag of "fishwife." Most sensational is a beach dress of plaid gingham, almost ballet length, worn with a huge envelop- ing apron of a contrasting plaid. The mismatch idea is carried out also in play suits with rompers, bra and short box coat, and an as- tounding outfit of blouse and long, voluminous bloomers. Other Casual Clothes The rest' of the McCardell collect- ion runs true to form, with long, casual sports clothes in colorful cottons and lightweight wools fea- turing pedal pushers, peg-top skirts, gay cotton shirts and waist-length, fitted jackets with loose, deep arm- holes. Her date dresses and even- ing frocks have a wrapped look around the middle, and go in for drawstring necklines which may be worn off or on the shoulder. Another high spot of the day's showings was that of Pauline Tri- gere, the talented young French woman who came to New York dur- ing the war and has won an estab- Young Widow Wins Seat in Commons London, Jan. 7 -- (COP) -- Lady Priscilla Grant, 31, slim widow of a soldier, has become the 22nd wo- man to occupy a seat in the House of Commons, where other members of her sex have established a trad- ition of tireless activity. Lady Grant was elected as Con- servative member for Aberdeen South, her two young daughters being just old enough to accom- rany her to some campaign meet- ings in the recent by-election. Although the women members are comparatively few in the House with its 640 seats, political observ- ers said they have made an impres- sion out of all proportions to their umbers, n , An example is young, soft-voiced Alice Bacon, member for northeast Leeds, who presides at some Labor assemblies, goes with parliamentary delegations to Russia and other countries, and is lifted to high of- fices in the party by floods of votes from supporters within the move- ment. She is a factor in deciding Labor vyolicies. Across the floor, on the Liberal benches and usually sitting almost opposite Miss Bacon, is Lady Me-~ gan Lloyd George, youngest daugh- ter of the late Earl Lloyd George, Pirst Great War Prime Minister, and member for Anglesey. She has all her {father's fluency, but does not often speak in the House. Red-haired Dr. Edith 'Summers- kill, parliamentary secretary to the food minister, is the woman mem- ber whose voice is most often heard as she answers questions and par- ries sharp opposition inquiries on a multitude of regulations. Long active in the Labor move- ment, she is sometimes spoken of as a future cabinet minister, Ellen Wilkinson is the only woman who sits with the inner cabinet of 18 members, and as minister of edu- cation is carrying through major school system changes. Lady Davidson, member for Hemel Hempstead, is the Conserva- tive woman member who welcomed Lady Grant to the House. When the Labor Government was elected a record number of 24 women members won seats. Since then two have died and one re- . Labor now has 19, Con- servatives two and Liberals one. lished place in the American cou- ture. She shows superb long-jack- eted suits, beautifully tailored, with definitely longer, fuller skirts and vests to match, Skirt fullness is achieved by means of pleats, press- ed or unpressed, stitched down to the hipline to give the important new long-torso effect. Trigere presents a new silhouette, with dresses moulded to the body to below the hipline, flaring out close to the hemline in deep ruffles or accordian pleated frills, Many dresses are unbelted, yet the skil- ful fitting through the torso avoid any suggestion of the "potato sack' silhouette of the 1920's. Wife Preservers nsert short sections of drinking straws in pie crust slits. The pie juices will rise in them during the baking, instead of oozing out over the oven. 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