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Show j i g1 y iyjw''vj'ynu-iitiriy-ii',uii- f miymr ,riiJ,y gr i',i -- ? - r- The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, February 12, 1961 Jim Bishop, Reporter The Neighbors By George Clark For Just 3 Vi Miriutes-- An Important Person MIAMI BEACH, FLA. This was rare. Ruth Williams couldnt eat She Is a stout blonde with a beautiful face like a pale moon, and she likes food. She sat in the big rabbit warren called & cafet erla 'frsf&ff and she had a f 1 tray of food, Mr. Bishop but she looked at it and shook her head. It wont go down," she said sadly. i) -- -- MISS WILLIAMS is 36, looks 28, and works as a stenographer for a Miami Beach branch office' of a New York newspaper. All day, every day, she punches keys. Tonight she would sing opera. Tonight, in a performance of Andre Chenier at the auditorium, she would sing with Tebaldi and Borso. Tonight, for exactly three and a half minutes, she would be an important person. She would bow to the applause of thousands. The opera concerns itself with the French Revolution. Inthe third act, an old woman hobbles on stage offering her little grandson as the last of her men to die for the cause. She sings her aria in mezzo soprano melancholy. Her range is from low C to high B flat Ruth Williams had the part. blind SHE PUSHED the tray away and walked two blocks to the auditorium. It was early. Blue slate clouds hung like silent streamers in a burnt orange sunset. She thought of how long ago it was to go back to Lakewood, Ohio, where she was raised, and where a neighborhood woman heard her childish trilling and said: Ruth has a voice. She must get to a teacher. The child studied. But the breaks were small. Warren Whitney guided her for awhile. A four-yea- r scholarship at the Academy of Vocal Arts helped. So did Sidney Dietsch. But, until she got to Miami and the Opera Guild and the patient coaching of Dr. Arturo Di Filippi, her career stood still. IT IS A SLOW, undistinguished opera with uninspired music, and Renata Tebaldi, a blonde handsome giant of a woman, brought a spark to it: By the time of the second act, Ruth Williams was in a loose black skirt, a shawl, and wore split band aids over her eyes to give the Illusion of blindness. She watched from the wings. She hid her nervousness by going from group to group, wishing them well. The little boy who played Ruths grandson came close. In the third act, the stage manager studied the stage, then pointed to Ruth Wild liams. She sighed a sigh, and the little boy led her onstage for her one aria. THROUGH THE talcum of light, she could see the dinner jackets, the soft bare shoulders, the arena of culture. She died a little. The pit orchestra played the introduction and softly, hltingly, Ruth Williams began to sing. WHEN IT WAS DONE, a member of the chorus led the old lady upstage center. There was silence for a moment. Then the opera-goercame to life. Applause rang out. The thunder of approval was hit by cries of Bravo! The old lady never paused in her exit. She never turned. reA local newspaper viewed the opera the next day and spent Its superlatives on Miss Tebaldi. In the second column, the reviewer wrote: The biggest, longest hand of the evening went to Ruth Williams. deep-bosome- s An Editors Notebook VIEWS ON THE NEWS: The Teamsters union magazine (thats Jimmy Hoffa) charges that we dont have a free press in this country. According to the- - .InternaTeamtional ster, the chief purpose of newspapers is to make money and hence the publishers . . . are wont to scratch their Mr. Knight advertisers backs. Hoffas holler is that newspapers play down news offensive to big business; play up news delightful to big business and generally try to knock labor and weaken the labor movement. - I B tojr Pat Off Syedkett h Cfc , Dr. Van Dellen Slimming Plan Divided Into Three Categories' Dr. H. J. Roberts of Palm Beach used Metrecal to help more than 100 persons lose weight. The slimming program was well planned and only those who were moti- results duction of 6 and three-tenthpounds during the first week. As with all slimming programs, weight is shed rapidly during the first few weeks and then tapers off. According to Dr. Roberts, food subIf these stitutes are to be successful, they must be used by mature individuals who have been coached on what to do. Products like Metrecal, and Quota are popular because they eliminate , get the person away from the table, and satisfy appetite. THEY DO AWAY with the uncertainty, associated with the selection of food and the need for pills. Weight loss is slow enough to allow time for adjustments in eating habits. On the other hand, the plan is monotonous aad some develop constipation, nausea, gas, or apprehension. It is for this reason that the obese person is allowed clear bouillon, tea, coffee, and vegetables like lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and celery. were Of the Hoffa allegations, we plead guilty to only s low-calori- vated to reduce were allowed to participate. H i s HOFFAS EDITOR says is the reason why the press "gladly cooperated with the Senate labor rackets investigation headed by Sen. John L. McClellan of Arkansas. The Teamster magazine wants its readers to believe that the newspapers "played up Sen. McClellans findings but would ignore or bury stories dealing with business which is far corruption more widespread. this Dad! I can work these problems the way youre doing them. Counting on your fingers! one. newspaper must be commercially successful if it is to survive and retain Its independence. Newspapers endure only so long as they retain the confidence of their readers and advertisers. Unlike The International Teamster, they receive no subsidies and sing no mans tune. A AS FOR playing down which is offensive to Min-Vitin- e, p u b ished in 1 the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The plan consisted mainly of three phases. In the first, Metrecal alone was used for five days to five weeks, depending upon the amount lost. In the second phase, the formula was taken for three to four days and alternated with a mixture. 1,000-calori- THE THIRD PHASE usually began at the end of the second month and consisted diet. of a 1,000-to-l- , During this trial period, the person was educated on how to remain slim the main reason why weight was lost. There was an average re calorie-counting- weight-reductio- n news advertisers and big business, we ask Mr. Hoffas editor if he thinks the cigarette people find it delightful to read about the reported link between cigarette smoking and cancer? Or whether General Electric, Westinghouse and a score of other companies found guilty of anti trust violations thought the page one stories were underplayed In the nations press? And then we have the intricate affairs of the Chrysler Corp. If any reputable newspaper has scratched Chryslers back in this instance, well eat the first edition in Jim Alexander Smilh Carpet Mills Joins With Carpets Incorporated my Hoffas private dining room. So come off it, 'Jimmy. Youre not a bad fellow after hours, but lets have a little more fairness and objectivity in the Teamsters house organ before you presume to take us newspaper editors to the woodshed for an undeserved spanking. ing the President's order. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire charges that a gag policy has been clamped on the Pentagon. Dolo this mean, shouts Sen. Bridges, that we are entering an era of appeasement with Russia? Fair? AS with the responsibility of conducting foreign policy does not want to be undercut by bellicose, thoughtless speeches delivered by his subordinates. To achieve unity of pur-pos-e within the administration, we must have one policy and one voice that of the President. President Kennedys insistence that government officials and military leaders must reflect administration policy when speaking at private functions gets our enthusiastic approval. FOR ALL TOO long, generals and admirals have sounded off before various civic organizations as if they, rather than the President, were responsible for the nations foreign THE MAIL BAG W. Edwin Bobo of Wake Forest, N.C., comments on our statement that Laos is no place to fight a war. HE QUOTES a U S. News & World Report timetable for the Communist takeover of Southeast Asia which points to Laos as the starting point, and wants to know how we reconcile our views with those of the magazine. Actually, Mr. Bobo, we agree with U.S. News & World Report as to the Communists timetable. policy. These speeches are usually heavily larded with boastings of our military strength, threats against Russia and special pleadings for the service branch which they represent. THE RESULT has been to confuse the American public, startle the world and adversely affect diplomatic negotiations in sensitive areas. During the Eisenhower administration, this column advocated a single spokesman for the Department of Defense to avoid conflicting and often preposterous claims by the gentlemen of high rank who inhabit the Pentagon. . Our point is that after six years and 300 million, dollars in aid to Laos, our position there is relatively worse than before. As one American aid official said recently: All we are really buying in Laos is an army, impossibly large for Laos to support alone but still too weak to defeat the Communist rebels. NOTHING WAS done and the State Department suffered through many an anxs ious day when the were out of Washington on speaking engagements. As anticipated, a few Republican senators are attack Penta-gonian- THE LAOTIANS easy-going- , an . peo- peace-lovin- an Ideology with U.S. firepower. Even a military success would be inconclusive unless we permanently garrison all of Southeast Asia. I SAID on Jan. this year, No, senator. It means only that a president entrusted ONE POLICY; ONE VOICE ple who would like best of all to be let alone. Moreover, you cant fight Portrait for Today John Metcalf C. By LINCOLN I sometimes think of Lincoln as An ageless redwood tree For in its solemn quietude It has his dignity To storms the lofty redwood tree . . . Has never turned its back . . . And neither did the silent man . . . Who wore a mantle black . . . The tree can take its mighty arms . . . And weaker ones embrace As often Lincoln comforted A childish saddened face . . . 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