London Central Secondary School - Golden Glimpses Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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An Italian Market On entering an Italian market, you would think you were in some fair grounds. The voices of various sellers form a conglomeration of unmusical sounds. Here, a huge woman stands behind her display of oysters and lobsters which per- fume the market for some distance. Her projecting chest is covered with numberless strings of beads ranged in graduated sizes. Her sleeves rolled up to the elbow, she stirs the lobsters constantly as she calls out in a most raucous voice. In order to persuade the half- inclined buyer, she cracks the shells open by hitting two oyster shells together and invites the customer to taste them. On the latter's refusal, she promptly swallows them one after the other and drinks the juice with a backward swing of the head. Then, the proof of the delightful taste is expressed on her fleshy, red cheeks as she smacks her lips in contentment, and asserts that they are simply delicious! Often you may see a young woman carrying a large basket of eggs on her head. The Italians are in walking along with a jug nicely balanced and experts pot Or without other aid than at times a small pad. Colour, variety of colour is very noticeable in a market. The peasants, who come from the rural districts to sell their vegetable products,wear the bright- est shades of red, orange, green and blue. -- i The meat market- is very attrac- tive. Several rows of sausages hang in various sizes and shapes. The Italians also weave flask- shaped baskets around their wine bottles and hang them from the handle, in front of shops. It is really very interesting to see the great abundance of fresh, delightful fruits and vegetables and to hear the jovial shouts of the crowd, mingled with the quacking 5- '1 TI-IEREVIEW H f Italy ' Editor-Alice Der Stepanian of the ducks, the bleating of the sheep, and the braying of the weary donkeys.-Alice Der Stepanian. DEI Lago Maggiore Lago Maggiore is largest of all lakes of Italy, being forty-five miles miles by five miles. It might also be considered the most beautiful, having a host of bays all along the shore, and the three famous Bor- romean Islands rising out of its blue waters. These islands are rather fairyish, lying there cov- ered with flowers and trees and gardens. The most beautiful, though, is Isola Bella. The house was built in the time of the Italian renaissance and is ornately lovely, but it is the gardens for which the island is famous. The lawns de- scend in terraces, which almost seem to glide into the water. There are quantities of mimosa and rhododendrong at one time of year the air is heavy with the scent of magnolia, almost all summer long the roses bloom everywhere, weight- ing the island down with a wealth of glorious colour, while fountains sighing in the distance relieve the almost too heavily scented air. There are many peacocks, one of a pure white colour, strutting proudly about on the lawns, mon- archs of everything. Fishing on Maggiore is the laziest, pleasantest and most com- fortable thing to do. You can lie back in a boat that somebody else rows for you and draw a thin col- oured line behind you until even- tually something pulls on it, then you pull the something in and it 41 turns out to be a nice sized fish, delighted to be caught. There is much more to see, and to do, and to T but one could go on forever, for there is no end to the loveliness of this thin strip of sapphire blue water between snow- tipped mountains.-Szzzamze Butler DEI The Ruins of Pompeii The hectic descriptions of Lytton must not delude us into a belief that Pompeii was an exceptionally spacious, luxurious and perversely wicked city. George Sampson, M.A., described it as a normal, prosperous Campanian town, built upon a prehistoric fiow of lava, no worse-probably even better-than many a modern commercial city of the same magnitude. Its excep- tional fate invites us to classify Pompeii as an outstanding cityg but it is the ruined and not the living Pompeii that should most amaze us. Pompeii was drowned in dust from the first eruption of the now- famous Vesuvius. It was forgotten until the six- teenth century when an engineer cutting a water channel broke into the ruins. The work of excavation was not systematically resumed until the time of Napoleon. Under Mussolini energetic and scientific excavations and restorations are being made. The city walls and towers are being rebuilt, the houses re-roofed, so that we may now pic- ture life in an ancient Roman town. The streets were found to be paved with grey lava slabs, heavily scored by the wheels of vehicles. Beautiful fountains could be recog- nized at intervals by the roadside. Archaeologists have uncovered many beautiful types of homes with walls heavily decorated with historic scenery. Treasures of Pom- peii crowd the Naples Museum. .- V' ---- Qi x':- 1ef: f . ' ' . I - - r ' ' I . -QQ--1-f . . N. .' - . 4 4Q.Ifsa '- A ENN-- 33 -if' f.. l' ' Half Buried Theatre, Pompeii Market Place and Mount Vesuvius Theatre Interior, Pompeii

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40 vented by a Glastonbury monk called Peter Lightfoot, is six hun- dred years old. As well as indi- cating the time this interesting clock also tells the phases of the moon and the position of the plan- ets. To the left of the clock, high up on the wall, sits a little wooden man, dressed in the costume of Charles I's time. He is called jack Blandiver. As the hour is reached, he kicks out his legs and brings his heels against two bells. From within the black cave above the dial is heard a whirring sound and four mounted knights appear, two galloping to the right and two to the left. Each time they go around one is knocked off his horse by his opponent's sword. When they are all knocked off the tournament comes to a standstill. -Barbara Peters UU Bow Church 'I do not know' says the great Bell of Bow. In Cheapside, old London, is Bow Church, in which rings the great Bell of Bow, and all those and only those born within the sound of its ringing are true Cock- neysi Although always known as Bow Church, its correct name is St. Mary le Bow. The edifice which now stands was built by Sir Christopher VVren, architect of fifty-two other London churches, after the great fire had destroyed all but the arches on which the former building had been con- structed. The chief points of interest of Bow Church are the crypt, the bell, and a golden dragon topping the spire. In the crypt, half of which is sealed up, there are here and there some Roman tiles. The famous bell weighs fifty-three hun- dred-weight and twenty-two pounds, while the golden dragon, which serves as a Weathervane, is two hundred and twenty-one and a half feet above the pavement. For many years children have played Oranges and Lemons within the sound of Bow Bells and they probably will for many years more. V --Betty Patterson THE REVIEW OLD ENGLISH TOASTS I. May the tears of sympathy crystallize as they fall, and be 'worn as pearls and gems upou the bosoms of those for whom they are shed. II. When you are going up the hill of Prosperity, may you never meet a friend. III. May the enemies of har- mony swim down the river Thames like a brick. EIEI Madame Tussaud's Waxworks At Madame Tussaud's are gather- ed together the most famous collec- tion of wax figures in the world. In the exhibition in London, models of all the world s celebrities, from royalty downward, are assembled. The exhibition is divided into four parts: the Grand Hall, the Hall of Tableaux, the Hall of Kings, and the Chamber of Hor- rors. In the Grand Hall, there are models of the Royal Family, states- men, famous soldiers, political and literary men, all of which are care- fully arranged. The Hall of Tableaux contains many historical settings. An ex- ample is the tableau of King John, sitting in his tent at Runnymede, presenting the Charter to the barons. Napoleon's cloak and the original guillotine knife are also on display in this division. There is an altogether different side to the Hall of Tableaux. It is composed of famous figures of music, stage, screen and sports, such as George Arliss, Col. Lindbergh, Bobby jones and Fred Perry. Kings and Queens of all the Houses in English history are shown in the Hall of Kings. One of the finest is that of Queen Vic- toria. The most interesting feature of the Chamber of Horrors is prob- ably the Guillotine portraying the executioners and the victim. The clothing on all these wax figures is, in the majority of cases, the original dress once worn by the person portrayed. Standing around these Halls are wax policemen, and so lifelike are they that many visitors to the Exhibition go up to them and ask a question, only to be fooled. -Joan Cogdou DEI i English Hedgerows In travelling across Canada the landscape, in one particular, is exactly the same. Fences, either snake, rail or barbwire, bound everything-fields, woods, roads and even gardens. But, taking a similar journey in England, the countryside in this respect is much more interesting. In the first place there are the famous and unique hedgerows, and second, the hedges in no two counties are the same. In Hereford they grow high, consisting of nut bushes and vines, interspersed with hawthorn treesg driving down the country lanes one can never see out across the fields, much to the annoyance of Amer- ican visitors. In Gloucester, al- most next door, much lower hedges are the rule, with occasional grey stone walls. In Cornwall and Devon, the open moors and resulting terrific winds are very detrimental to ornamental hedges, and in conse- quence there are miles of tumbling moss and bramble-grown walls, horrible obstacles in a cross country walk. Another place for numer- ous stone walls is South Devon, where they are higher, and so over- grown that, looking from a dis- tance, one can hardly see the stone foundations. However, much prettier than these are the hedges of Dorset, in the South. Dorset is a contrast to bleak, rough Devon and Cornwall, and has never quite awakened, but likes to dream on the sunniest side of England between hedges of wild roses. Here is a very old and famous recipe: Take a moss grown bank, many wild Howe-rs, half a dozen rabbits, a red squirrel, several nut-bushes, and a blackberry bramble. Arrange in order and top with a multitude of wild dog-roses. The Result?-A Dorset Hedge. -Suzanne Butler

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42 TI-IEREVIEW With a leader of such determined ideas, and such fiery contrasts as Mussolini it is expected that there would be conflict between the gov- ernment and the Church. In insult he says of the Catholic Church: This religion was born in Palestine but became Catholic in Rome. If it had been confined to Palestine it would never have been more than one of the numer- ous sects which flourished there. The chances are it would have perished and left no trace. Yet again in contrast, he shows his pride in it by saying: The Latin and Imperial tradition of Rome is today represented by Catholicism. It forms the only universal idea which exists in Rome. Thus he established an outward peace with the Church. Thinking of Italy nowadays means thinking of Mussolini, the man who rules Italy. Discipline such as every Fascist boy and girl knows was not for Benito in his youth. About his father's smithy he heard so much of revolt and Socialism that his mother, a school teacher, had him sent to a monas- tery. Their account of him was: His set face, his dark eyes, always on the alert, made an impression on the paternal mind of the Director. - - - The boy was bright, intelligent, and had a wonderful memory. But his character was disorderly, and his total lack of submission made it impossible after two years for him to con- tinue at the school. After that he went to Normal School and at eighteen had earned a diploma per- mitting him to teach. In quick succession-he trav- elled to Switzerland, returned and became a recruit, taught school for a while, and became an editorial writer for a famous newspaper. From then on year by year he went forward, struggling through great opposition. He always stepped upward, with difficulties, perhaps f ---but also with power--- until he felt himself strong enough to as- sume the iron-fisted role of com- plete Dictator. The destruction of Pompeii was a tremendous disaster, its resurrection has been a miracle. -Rena Shed EIU Fascism and Italy Italy is Fascist. Italy is Catho- lic. It is the sum of its cities, towns, and villages. It is ruled by one man. To speak of Italy at this time is to speak of Fascism, for Italy is the land where it has been most completely developed, where its greatest orator and master dwells. In contrast to Communism, which has tried and failed to spread, Fas- cism has covered almost half of Europe. Mussolini says: The twentieth century will be known in history as the Century of Fascism, and through this he intends to bring glory back again to eternal Rome. In Fascism the virtues of ancient Rome are found: Discip- line, Duty, Courage, Glory and Sacrifice. Fascism starts with the very young. When the small Italian boy goes to primary school he finds that most of his classmates are members of the Balilla, a junior Fascist army for eight to fourteen- year-olds. If the boy does not join he is scorned. If he does join he will be part of a rigidly disciplined army a million strong-which is being trained to insure the future of Italy. Practically all Italian boys belong to it, for they soon are taught that Mussolini is always right. NVhen they are fourteen the best graduate into the Avan- guardisti. For the next four years they begin the study of machine guns, airplanes, and tanks. This system has been in force for only eight years and already there are five hundred thousand Avanguard- istn. -Elsie Seford UU Italian Idea of a Hot Dog The following is one of the many varieties of Italian hot dog. um., B, Pompeii Half a loaf of bread, long and round like a sausage, cut length- wise, stuffed with two or three whole tomatoes, two green peppers, a few onions Crawl and salt to taste: this affords a delightful pastime between meals. Try it some day, when it seems a very long time before the conventional eating hour. Method of eating: Start biting at one end and keep on until you come to the other end, half an hour later. -George Der Stepamlan UU Herculaneum C Nates from a Diary, 1934 Q Herculaneum lies on the opposite side of Vesuvius to that of Pompeii, and though destroyed in the same eruption of that fearsome volcano, has proved much more difficult to excavate. Pompeii was covered by many feet of fine, powdery ash, which can easily be removed, but Herculaneum by lava which poured into the streets and openings, and cooled into hard rock. At first I was rather disappointed after my visit to Pompeii on the previous day, for only a tiny sec- tion, i.e. part of two streets, has been uncovered, and that only within the last five or six years. You look down into a deep pit, surrounded partly by the modern city of Pugliano,partly by orchards. In this pit excavations are still continuing, and I saw a group of men, stripped to the waist, busy picking away at the lava. This must be very carefully done to avoid injuring what may lie imme- diately beneath. Then too, most of the ancient town lies thirty or forty feet under the modern, and cannot be reached except by tun- neling, or sinking shafts, as in a mine. However, the work is now being carried on very scientifically, and many houses have been re- stored and reroofed. This is not mere guess work restoration, as in many cases parts of the original ceiling, sometimes most, remain. The whole effect is even more striking than that of Pompeii. The houses are very line, with large open pillared courtyards and gardens. One house still has a row of pillars around the second