Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1951 — Page 11

®e & 0 ¢

Dw \ 2a gid

with pique Gray with teen sizes

inside Indianapolis By Ed Sovola

INTERVIEWING Divena underwater was fun but I didn't get much work accomplished. Too many distractions, - Nannette Parker, the gal who. has a new twist - to the stripping: art at the State Fair, was responsible’. for the new twist in interviews. She insisted I ask. questions in the tank.

“Why do I have to get out of the tank when-

ever a ‘newspaperman wants to. talk? Why can't you do your work in the water?” Those were tough questions to answer. There aren't ‘many of us who carry swimming trunks 80 we can jump into tanks. I told Divena I'd be back in 30 minutes. We would talk on her home grounds. BEFORE 1 hopped into the 700-gallon tank, I knew we weren't going to get anywhere. Divena was rolling, twisting and turning in the water. She had just finished a performance and then continued to swim for her own amusement, I felt silly with my pencil and paper. My first question ‘was: How many performances. do you give a day? Divena smiled, ducked into the water and did a couple of loop-the-loops. The tank is only 5 feet high, 4 feet wide and ‘4 feet long. She couldn't get away from me no " matter how frisky she became. The water is clear and visibility is excellent, could see her lips moving. Ever try talking underwater?

hha “WAT DID YOU Say?” I gurgled. had «changed. Off Divena went with me at her heels.

My voice

1 sud-

denly remembered that I had stopped breathing,

ALL WET INTERVIEW—"Mr. Inside" takes notes on Divena’ on the bottom of her tank.

It Happened Last Night

By Earl Wilson

NICOSIA. Cyprus, Sept. 4<T waited till 1 got safely out of Egypt before writing about King Farouk who may go down in history as “Farouk the Fat.” He’s the first king with a job I've encountered on this round-the-world hop, and I haven't actually met or seén him, since he’s still honeymooning in France and Monte Carlo, squandering a fortune, while many of his subjects want for bread. You have to listen hard to hear a good word spoken for Fatso in Calro and Alexandria. ‘The plump playboy imposes a strict press

censorship which keeps his people in ignorance

of how he gambles, rents whole hotels for his entourage, and “bars” whole countries from ever ‘seeing His Lardship again because they weren't humble enough. “o . 6 © LIFE MAGAZINE is barred from Egypt because of an article about him; Time Magazine is heavily censored with scissors. A recent issue of Time appeared on the stands in Cairo with three holes scissored in it.

But whole coples do get in and are passed .

around. And occasionally, about him is heard in Egypt. Farouk, who's 81—but looks fatter—battles constantly with press photographers because he and his Queen are sensitive about their weight. Rather than reduce, the King insists that his double chins be kept out of the double trucks. “There's the King's palace; please, you're not allowed to take a picture of that, » 1 wae told twice in“Calro. Ana he has Other, palaces. &. “ILL ADVISED] is the polite term used for his honeymoon. He departed just before the strict fast month, #Ramadar,” and thus got away from fasting. Moslems, who are forbidden by Mohammed to drink alcohol, are agitated over reports that the King “drinks a little.” It’s still whispered in Cairo that he owns a - piece of a cafe once operated by an ex-girl friend. Supposedly a figurehead shown signs of “interfering,’ of the politicians nervous. Farouk’s not the retiring type at any time. _.He-eats caviar with a tablespoon just to show you he's got Plenty more. 3

monarch, he has * thus making some

IN EUROPE, he and his Hawkshaw bodyguards, who surround him constantly to keep the reporters away, are getting to be a joke. In his dashing about on his honeymoon, He and his Queen aren’t always together. On one recent move from Cannes, the King did the unhoneymoonish thing of going by yacht while the\Queen went by car. Nancy Choremi, who figured in the headlines in New York and was subsequently acquitted on a morals charge, has been seen occasionally with art of the Farouk party. She 1s well-liked: in gypt. A couple of years ago, before he was married,

$50,000 Worth of Wine, Women and Song—

Fabulous Party Even Dazzles Babs

stilts — the {gathered in groups to show. his- with the dawn, but the champagne

scenes depicting most unknown Spanish million- the 18th Century.

By HAYNES THOMPSON United Press Staff Cofrespondent

VENICE, Italy, Sept. 4—An al- torical

walking on

aire gave a fabulous costume

Divena stopped and 1°

Something D i Herents Underwater Interview

“rem

which isn't good.* Divena can swim underwater

.over a minute. A snorkle was what I needed.

© Divena takes air without stopping her fancy routine,” As she executes a backward loop her face breaks the surface of the water for an instant. From out in front it -appears ‘as if she doesn’t breathe for the full eight minutes of je ‘performance. “How ‘many times a day do you do this?” 1 bubbled. peo, Obviously she was having fun and wasn't taking the interview seriously. She repeated her answer three times. I still didn’t know how many performances. BoD IT WASN'T until I gestured and threatened to kick the glass out’ of the tank that Divena counted out 20 with her hand. . On ‘the bottom of the tank are bars which Divena can grasp with either her hands or feet and remain submerged and motionless for special effects. I.grabbed the bar and decided I would have Divena come to me. She didn’t. Divena kept right on with her routine; throwing big, wet smiles in my direction. I found it difficult to ignore her in such close quarters. oo» oe oo “WHAT ARE SOME of your body dimensions?” Divena wiggled her forefinger at me and began to cut more water capers: We took several trips around the tank. I had the chance of grasping Divena by the shbulders and pushing her out of the water. I repeated my question quickly. “Five feet two inches tall . . . 35B bustline . . .” I let go of Divena and went for the bottom of they tank. Much cooler at the bottom. Eventually I learned she is a native df Detroit and is an expert swimmer. She was winning swimming events at the age of 9. Her -hair is specially treated to withstand the constant’ soaking. Underwater her long locks look pretty. They're not so hot when she comes

out. But whose hair is, except Esther Williams’? oo & ow N: NNETTE has been Divena for two years and she said she is the original. There are four

others in the couatry doirdg a similar act. There was no need to ask her if she enjoyed

her work. When you swim between performances it's love. Of course, I sort of enjoyed my work, too. From inside of the tank you can't see the

audience because of the lights. Some comedian tapped on the glass, pressed his face against it and made threatening gestures. I assumed hé wanted me to get ouf of the tank. Can't say that I blame him. My legs are pretty horrible. <n & 3 DIVENA has ambitions ‘of becoming a successful singer. If she could fing underwater, which doesn’t appeal to her, Divena could make a million: Her” manager said Divena was easy on the eves. ’T don’t know abouf that. Mine feel strained right now. “It could be that they're allergic to water. Ha.

Farouk Givina Kinging Business a Bad Rep

Farouk visited Cyprus with 13 or 14 girls in his party. However, he still looked with great interest at waitresses and girls behind counters. Farouk is giving kinging a worse name than

it used to have, and his conduct is good ammu-- s/

nition for the Communists,

oo oo o

v BUT THERE'S not much you can do about it in Egypt. Outside of his getting slapped in the kisser by somebody who objects to losing his girl friend to him, or getting mowed down by a hit-and-run camel, nothing much can happen to Tubby except a long, happy life. So Egypt needn't worry-—in only another 50 years or so, it'll have a new King.

THE MIDNIGHT EARL IN N. Y.: Investi- . gators of the House Un-American Activities Committee who were in Hollywood last month, lined up 150 named for future questioning. ; . . Author James Michener is taking his first fling at film writing—just signed with Paramount. ., . . A bit . of scandal is shaping up for the Department of Agriculture.

¢ & .6 TODAY'S BEST LAUGH: At a cocktail foreign radio news party, Nat Cole overheard a

rm) wife say to her husband, “Don't take another drink— your face is already getting blurred.”

” ” ” WISH I'D SAID THAT: “Today,” notes Bill Stern, “if a guy came over to America on a cattle boat he'd be a millionaire, not a pauper.”

= ” s EARL’'S PEARLS: A wolf, remarks Geene Courtney, is a fellow to whom a girl whispers sweet nothing doings.

=” ” v B'WAY BULLETINS: Rudolph Bing returned from Europe . . . Lola Albright followed Jack Carson abroad . isn’t there some internal strife in the Oscar de Mejo (Alida Valli) household? . . . Dick Killmar’'s finished the lavish, 4; new decor for .Larue’s room : witHin a room, the Plush Room . Beverly Lawrence of “G and D” and Champ Butler were a midnitem at the Simplon... Glen Davis is set for a sports TV: show in'the fall ... , Business in the Catskills has been no worse since 1916 . . . Sugar Ray Robinson's, considering a role in a French production of “The Respectful Prostitute’ . . Shirl Conway now plays the Yvonne Adair role in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” Girls who get dinner dates because other girls have broken them must be SUP-stitutes . . . That's Earl, brother.

Miss Conway

e Indianapolis Ti

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1951

The Roving Camera—

Conservation Display Is Fair Hit

BATH TUB BUFFALOS—These fish with the wide-open mouths are called buffalo. Their mouths are open to take in oxygen and water. The water is strained through their gills, the lid-like

guests | out the night. The Scotch ran out

in flowed on. | Four 24-foot long buffet tables

life

Lady Diana Duff Cooper, wife held caviar, pate de foigq gras,

baji today that WI So oolwert of the former British cabinet hams, fowl, pastries and salads. Ys 'member was dressed as Cleopatra+- ‘Waiters in battalion strength

wish I had his money. »

Don Carlos Charley” De Beistegui Y Iturbi her escort, gave the party to “warm” newly purchased $1 million marble ceremonies. palace. Approximately 900 other | millionaires, counts,

to help.

Chilean Millionaire Artruro Lo-| princesses, \noz attired as an 18th Century marguises, movie stars and other.Chinese ambassador to Venice celebrities pitched in with a will was carried into palace and the

pageant on a litter.

4 | —complete with breast plates.|flitted through the crowd serving Good Time, French Count Federic Cabrolle, refills. Ushers in costume were was Anthony. They|everyplace throughout the house his were the master and mistress of

ready to do the guests’ bidding. Outside the palace 25,000 Venetian® townsfolk a n d peasants danced and sang. Free red wine flowed from demijohns carried by palace servants. Once the flow (lagged. and the chant went up

“Billed as the “party of the century” ‘it lived up to its name.

Movie Stars Gene Tierney, dressed as a peasant of the pe-

“yino, vino, vino.” It came and the crowd drank.

CHAPTER TWO "By WILBUR A. YAUCH THOSE HOME-MADE WONDER KIDS

The most common mistake parents make is to tell their children that they “will learn to read as soon as they get into first grade. : In one case, this led to an unfortunidte attitude on the part of a child I know. When she returned from school after the first day in first grade her mother asked her how she liked school. . “That school's no good at all.” she replied. “I didn’t learn to read today.” ® oa HER ANSWER reveals more about the parents than it does about the child. Imagine the

| child’s disappointment after the

- barge to the palace on an ankle-

It was said to have cost $50,000. We arrived in gaily festoonedand Orson Welles were there. gondolas ‘and motorboats at a; Mrs. Winston Churchill, dressed bedecked barge in the canal be- in evening clothes, came for a fore the flood three-story half: hours The former wartime palace. prime minister of Britain, vacaOur feet never toushell. the tioning here, refused the fovite: ground as we walked from the tion. | Barbara ‘Hutton, ° her fingers deep Dive rug. gleaming with jewels was dressed © Up the sweeping staircase. to as a young’ “Mozart,” in white “She sadond 00% We We ei wig, bla black- shoes Si fold » buckservants—garbed

riod, Irene Dunne, Joseph Cotten,| Hundreds of” gallons | of wine were downed. The Aga Kahn, whose Moslem

followers once gave him the

diamonds as a birthday present,

palace: -

tion in London in 1902 and King George's in” 1911 and the parties that went with them. But I never Mie them

equal of his ponderous weight in| summed it up as he left the

“I saw King Edward's corona-|

careful build-up of expectation! It has been my unhappy experience to deal with many parents who have committed all the errors in the book. Perhaps if I pass on to you this sad tale it may help you to avoid some of the tragic results, In the first place, don’t he in a hurry to send your child to school. Some parents have been known to falsify their child's birth date in order to get him off their hands a year earlier. Others may admit that their child is underaged but plead for special consideration on the grounds that, #Johnny already knows his ABC’s and can count to ten without a mistake.”

eM on BELIEVE ME ‘when 1 makes no more difference than if Johnny can do somersaults, or balance a glass of water on the end of his nose. Learning ‘by rote to Tesite ‘the alphabet

vet

is be

just a men tal trick. It can taught to any normal child

SAY it.

half circles ahead and a little above their front fins.

How Good Is Your School?

Parents Err When They

EDITOR'S NOTE: Dr. Wil- - bur A. Yauch of Ohio University is an experienced edueator who served for many years as a school principal in Cleveland and New York City. He also is a father himself, Here, Dr. Yauch invites . American parents to take a fresh look at our school system in_early autumn at the start of a’ new term. This is the second of a series of six articles from the book, HOW GOOD “IS YOUR SCHOOL? just published by Harper & Brothers. .

of two If you have enough time and patience. ‘ Some parents try to teach their child t5 read before coming to school. Parents excuse themselves on the ground that “Susie just. ingisted I teach her.”

Usually I am inclined to be a little suspicious of this remarkable Susie. Chances are that the mother has built up in Susie an artificial desire to

read so she can get a head start on the neighbor’s child.

There are children under six who are entirely capable of learning to read, but I would rather leave the decision concerning the matter to a good prstgrade teacher. ” ” ~ LET YOUR CHILD grow up naturally and normally, with out ary hot-house forcing of artificial learning. There will

be plenty of time in the next = gix years for the child to learn

the thiggs he needs to know in order to succeed in high school and college. An early start is

no ‘assurance of a successful 5

finish. : oar re pis Thani

“PAGE 11

Times photos by John R. Seickiemire.

AW, GO ON IN—The beaver doesn't look busy as he perches on his dam and watches the water birds. The birds seem to be hesitating about entering the water. Actually, they're on the alert for food. Note how intently they're being watched by the rail-leaners outside the new State Con- ~ servation Department Buile ing at the Indiana State Fair.

a! |

Times photos by John R. Spicklemire.

"HEY, POP, LOOK AT THE BIRD'—The candid camera catches John Pearson of Elwood and his two sons, Thomas and Wilbur, as they turn to watch the antics of a bird in the exhibit.

until you go. to school. They will make you mind.” The “they” in this case becomes a terrible bogey-man that

will set the child's mind against the school even before he has had a chance to find himself. If the children ask questions about: what school is like, try to give the impression that it

With this series,

another 16.

ONE—There is plenty of floor space not taken up by

niture is modern, movable,

are equipped with the following items: THREE—Bulletin boards, filled with children’s work.

FIVE—A filing cabinet where the teacher keeps her records

items are listed for you to check on your visit.

and comfortable. The rooms

By ROD REEL di

ONE of the big hits at the Fair this’ year is the new C0 of ste Building. It is easily one of the most interesting buildings on the grounds. 2 : Located just inside the 42d St. gate, the building may be located from any part of the grounds by the nearby 80-foot fire tower. The tower is a replica of those scat»

tered over the state and manned by fire watchers.

THE MAIN ROOM OF the new building is 65 by 160

feet and has an extra high ceiling. One side of the room

is lined wih 28 lighted aquariums containing the various species of fish found in Indiana waters.

The balance of the building is occupied by displays illustrating the works of the Conservation Department in

sources and state parks.:

the fields of forestry, entomology, geology, water re-

T IS decorated with pine branches, ueated with fireproof

material.

One end of the exhibit room is an auditorium with a

small stage for lectures. shown.

Motion pictures also can be

A series of pens are outside the building. They con-

tain birds and animals common to the state. Outside also are several pools for unusual fish such as the spoonbill

catfish and sturgeon.

= s 2

» » =

BY FAR THE MOST complete and up-to-date conservation display on any state fairgrounds in the country, it is hoped that plan will be developed to maintain the building.on a year round basis. With no zoo available nearby, the new Conservation building offers an outstanding chance to teach children about fish and animals, plus the all- important lessons of

conservation.

- And conservation 5 a 52-week-a-year job. Read Rod Reel’s fishing column. in the sport section

of your Sunday Times.

Su Hy

Push Reading

it a place where many wonderful things will happen, a place where the child will love to go.

o »

AFTER YOUR child has begun his school there is one common practice of parents that ought to be prohibital by law— comparing his progress with that of another child his age,

NEESER TERRIER REET ERENT ENTIRE ERT RRR RR IRRRRRRRRAR RAR RTRRe,

Check These Points—

When you visit your school, you won't be able to learn whether the teacher is teaching the best way. But there are many factors you will be able to judge. HOW. GOOD I8 YOUR SC HOOL? 100

Here are

tools, rulers, n otebooks, books for study, books for

enough things to work with and learn from. TWELVE-—The temperature of the room is not too hot or too cold. THIRTEEN—T here

lighted with modern fluorescent lighting.

and asking him why he can’t be like that good little boy. Next comes. the awful crime of comparing notes on the progress of your child with Mrs.

Jones’ over the back fence on

wash day. Never to her face will you admit that Mrs. Jones’ little boy is brighter or farther ahead in school. But, deep down, there will be a resentment against your child for having caused you to feel ashamed of him.

2 a 3

THE BEST PRACTICE is to keep constantly -in mind the fact that no two children are alike, or grow up in exactly the same way. The early start of Mrs. Jones’ child may be then overcome bv your child's steady development

upils’ desks and chairs. pleasure. t DO The children’s fur ELEVEN-—Generally, the over the years. Many a bret elec ene x children seem to have beginner has burned out ar

become a case. of arrested development. When you take your child to school on the opening day, re member that this is one of the major events in his task- of

Up-to-date maps plenty of light, either by growing up, and act accord FOUR—A reading corner natural sunlight or good ingly. : with special furniture for electric light. ‘T have seen doting parents, easy reading. FOURTEEN—The room Is unwilling to recognize that

Johnny has now become a big boy ard capable of some independent action, actually cling

FIFTEEN—When you enter the room it gives you a

SIX—Ample cupboard to the child for fear he isn’t

to a child whe oa

and storage space. SEVEN-—Space for. children to hang their wraps. EIGHT--Book shelves for the room collection of books. NINE-—A private office for the teacher where she “can hold parent conferences. TEN-—The children have the following supplies to work with: Paper, pencils, ‘scissors, cardboard, wood,

fajite, brushes busts, Mink 5 woodworking ry

feeling of being in a .pleasant workshop for ‘learning. SIXTEEN—This is the kind of room in which you ‘would like to spend five hours a day yourself. Don’t try to use this list as a rating scale. You should not expect to find your: school 100 per cent perfect. You-do have the right to ‘expect it to be good. You -owe it to your child 0 see

fener and Jo

Het A000

going ‘to miss them when they leave the school. It is only natural for these children to play their part and to put on a howling: good act over the mother’s attempt to depart. The best procedure is to take the situation calmly. Let it be known to’ Johnny that he is now on his own. and that you him to act like a Frown You will save Joursels: Ihe Johnny tears and