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Show Wednesday, December 4, atm m An uiusuaQy good selection of new Fage 5 If you're planning on making a fruitcake for the holidays, youd better hurry. In fact, there are those who would say it's too late, unless the holidays you're making it for are in 1975. It is true that fruitcake should be aged (two weeks at the least , but there are as many recipes for fruitcakes as there are ingredients to put in them. The following are a few pointers for successful fruitcake and two recipes you might try if you don't have one of your own. Fruitcakes are basically butter cakes, so for best flavor use butter as the shortening. Butter will be ready to cream with sugar when itk at approx. 70 degrees (do not heat or melt). Add sugar gradually. Add eggs one at a time and blend after each addition. Sift ingredients dry together and add alternately with liquids. Beat gently and do not over films will consume the first-rat- e entire week at the Opera House, making it necessary for the avid film freak to go at least three times to see all the films that are worthwhile viewing. The week starts off with The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder, a comedy that also can be very biting at the same time. Set in San Diego, the film is about a Vietnam veteran who is at war with the veterans hospital and the poor conditions that the vets have to overcome to get the proper attention for their disabilities. The films zany nature is an excellent vehicle for a glimpse at a very real and tragic problem: the care that most of the Vietnam vets receive at the average V.A. hospital. Vrooder happens to live beneath the on ramp of the freeway, which is an unusual place to base a guerilla campaign. Vrooder is played by Timothy Bottoms, who put in admirable performances in The Last Picture Show and The Paper Chase, and does well in his portrayal of an angry vet who loves to mess up the already messed up hospital. Barbara Seagull is the nurse who eventually decides that she would rather be with a poor vet with a sense of humor than with a rich doctor who doesn't seem very human. Expect an entertaining film which also will touch on a real problem with humor and tenderness. A second comedy, Harry A Ton to, takes over the weekend spot at P.C.s finest. Directed by Paul Mazursky , and starring Art Carney and a cat, the film examines an old man's attempt to start a new life after he gets mugged once too often in his New York neighborhood. Harry, played by Carney, takes his cat Ton to, played by an anonymous cat, on his trip across the United States as he tries to find a new, more comfortable, location. During his travels, he gets to examine the lives of his sons and daughter and their personalities which he never knew. Although the script tends to be a bit saccharine, Carney underplays his role and enables the viewers to share his newfound insights about his children, and life, in general. Its difficult to resist the films optimistic atmosphere. The idea of a man who is able to leave everything he has known and start his life anew is not an unusual theme, but part of the success of Harry A Ton to stems from the fact that its not often that the man is over 65 years old. The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob is the third comedy this week. A French film that has had the French public standing in line for almost a year, the basic dot of the film deals with an imposter Rabbi who is in hiding from a group of gangsters. The film has been called one of the funniest films to be seen this year, winch, if it is true, should make die film hilarious. I sometimes find it hard to understand the French sense of humor. For example, the French love Jerry Lewis comedies, which I consider dull beyond belief. Yet, I have seen some French comedies that I felt were delightful. Maybe Jerry Lewis gains something in the translation? This is obviously a difficult week to pick just one film to see. Nobody will blame you if you cant stop after just one these films are as much by Alan Crooks ID say it at the beginning: I liked Richard Brautigans new novel, The Hawkline Monster. Against my better judgment. 1 am not his most staunch supporter; in fact, I havent been impressed with anything he's done since Trout Fishing in America . We all have our biases, and the of contemporary literature has been one of mine. However, I must admit that this new work, d a Gothic Western, has an appeal. Im not too sure why. Perhaps, like a film director mce said, a monster isnt scary after you see him on- Media. His chapters average a page and a half , his descriptions are bizarre and terse, and the whole thing is an immense put-oThe most amazing thing of all is, of course, that it works, and works well. And its very difficult to summarize The Hawkline Monster seriously. In short, its about two early 20th century frontier killers who are hired by the Hawkline sisters! twins) to rid their house of a monster. A monster who has eaten their family dog, and presumably, their father. It seems their father, a Harvard-trained scientist, was on some working chemicals and they got out of hand. Presto-changone monster. So Cameron and Greer, the two killers, armed with everything from a shotgun to a .30-4-0 Krag, agree to go into the caves under the Hawkline house to do the beastie in. But in the n. sub-title- ce. Brautigan's well-define- d, see really monster is but you never him. Even though the author personifies the monster's shadow. And my only real recommendation for the m mister's effectiveness is that after my first evening's confrontation with Hawkline, I had one of the worst nightmares Ive had in years. As usual, Brautigans audience is too. This really isn't a book for a teenage reader; its very raw in places. His audience is the with-i- t college (and over) pop group. As such, Brautigan writes in a style geared to those readers who were weaned on Marshall McLuhans Understanding film-goin- meantime, things happen. The monster has the ability to do funny things to minds. That's NOT how Cameron well-define- d, phrases it, but this is a newspaper review. Suffice it to say that Brautigan moves a bad trip to the Oregon frontier. I cant tell you too much; you have to read it for yourselves. Its great fun. My only problem is having to admit it. blend. In high altitudes omit all leavenings called for in recipes. Preparing pans: Loaf pans are greased, lined with parchment or brown paper that extends up from the sides for easy removal, then also greased. Tube pan bottoms are lined with a round of greased wax paper or foil and sides with a strip of the same. A shallow pan of water should be placed on the bottom shelf of the oven during baking. Cakes are cooled in pans fa-- one hour, then carefully g LIGHT FRUITCAKE INGREDIENTS 1 c. Raisins golden Citron 41b. Candied cherries lib. Candied orange peel 41b. Nuts 4 c. blanched aim onds Flour 4c. 2c. Sugar Baking powder 3tsp. Salt 14tsp. Cinnamon DARK FRUITCAKE 1 c. golden Ale. dark Cloves 4 tsp. 1 tsp. ltsp. 4 tsp.-- 6 Eggs 1 c. 1C. Butter 4 c. grape lc. orange Juice i Makes 3 loaves, Mix fruit and nuts together. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and spices. Sprinkle 4 cup of flour mixture over fruit and nuts and mix. Cream butter and eggs (one at a lime). Add flour For aging and storage, cakes are wrapped' in brandy or linens or cheesecloth, then wrapped in foil (for long storage, bury in powdered sugar), placed in covered tin or other air tight containers and stored in a cool place. funaschip6anddips. ltsp. ltsp. Allspice Nutmeg Eggs Butter Juice removed and completely cooled on a rack. wine-soak- 14 lb. mixed Cherries fruits and peels 1 c. walnuts A 1 c. pecans 3c. 2c. brown mixture alternately : 2 loaves. hours. Wrap degrees for and store for 2 weeks or mere. , 3-- , SYRUP GLAZE: Bring light corn svrun to boil and cook 4 minutes. Apply to ripened cake .with pastry CORN with juice to the creamed butter and eggs, beating after each addition until smooth. Pour batter over fruits and mix well. 5 Pour into prepared 9 loaf pans and bake at 275 ed Makes v ' Inrush. (ORANGE GLAZE : Combine confectioner's sifted cups sugar, pinch of saJt, 1 tbs water, 1 tbs. Curacao and 4 tap. grated orange peel. Beat till smooth and brush over ri pened cake. II This and other selections are available at DOLLY'S. the PHYPEN by P. Richman Simon Gray's Butley opened Friday night at Theatre 138 to a full house composed mostly, by the looks of them, of H.E. D. Red-fordrama students from The University of Utah who had come to have their shared secret image of the real H.E.D Redford confirmed. They were not disappointed. They loved it. So did H.E.D. Redford, who starred as modem dramas most day, Butley, who has left his wife and baby and moved in with Joey, loses his wife to .The Dullest Man in London, and Joey to a hpmosexpg),publisher at home and to the.. English Department ( Edna) at school when, in the final coup of the bad day, Joey moves to a vacant office next to Ednas. Edna, who ranks high on the English Department faculty and whose good will, therefore, would be politically advantageous to Joey, further rankles Butley by finding a publisher fa her unpublishable work on Byron. . The weight of all these slings and arrows might have quashed a lesser brute, but not Butley. And when hope rears its feathered head in the person of a possible new protege named Gardner who comes to Butley's office to read a few lines from T.S. Eliot, Butley rises above the seamy English Department politicking of his past and offensive outrageously character, English Professor Ben Butley. I loved it, too almost as much as the American Film Theatre version starring Alan Bates which came out last winter probably because I, too, - hoped to catch a glimpse of real H.E.D. Redford the gloriously put-dow- n however, the real H.E.D. Redford is technically too clever to be glimpsed on stage, even in so tempting a role as Butley must have been for him. We make a mistake if we think we are seeing Redford revealed; we are seeing Butley skillfully rendered by an actor who knows how to use what hes got, and has an enormously good time using it. It was the electricity between Redford and his audience that made the play, for me, a tremendous opening night experience. It will be interesting to know whether audiences who don't know Redford offstage will warm to the production as much. Lest I leave the impression that the play is all fiin and games, let me qualify that ty mentioning that the tun is vicious and the games are rough. People's careers and personal lives are the stakes. In short, the play is- about alienating, and alienated. Butley is a kind of fensive, superman who makes his own rules of human intercourse and loses, every relationship by winning at his own game. intellectual John Vreeke as the homosexual publisher gets a hand from the audience when he announces his marriage to Joey. Sherilyn Clemmons as Anne, Butleys estranged wife, plays the part with almost enough to be a match for Butley. Mary Bishop, as Edna, hasnt quite mastered the transition from rage to sympathy. Wendy Laws, as Miss Heasman, a student, almost real life. i his mastery of the The only mastery hes got left by rebuffing Gardners advances and ruffling the boys feathers. Gardner, by the way, is a beautiful cameo part for Mark Raymond, who makes the most of it. The grim irony about Butley is that the cleverest, wittiest, most intelligent and most engaging character in the play is also the most of- onstage. Lest anyone be fooled, The action takes place in an office in a college of London University on one bad day in the life of Ben Butley. It's Butley's office, which he shares with his protegy, roommate, and former lover, Joey Keys ton, played with believable temperance by John Ogden. On this particularly bad asserts escapes from Butley's ruthless ness unharmed, but humiliation is her weak. last-minu- te The set and direction by Ariel Ballif were accurate, apt and tasteful. Butley continues Tliursdays thru Satur- days from now 'til December , 21. j GO CLASSIFIED with USj i EverybodyS palate speaks French There is painting, and there is painting! And the painting Im talking about right now is not the creative kind. I have just spent the last few days immersed in gallons of white paint, primer, brushes, mixing sticks, and oh, how many comments, What are you doing, Salye? ! Painting cabinets and drawers involved me in an experience almost like meditation an experience of total concentration. First, the primer, and because of having n left it out overnight, it was in a state when I opened it. Fortunately, it has a water base, so all I had to do was add water to help the thawing process, and constantly mix while doing so. I felt like one of the three witches at the cauldron, yelling, Thaw, damn you. Thaw! Well, okay, now that its back to liquid state, it doesnt really matter if it has little things floating around in it . . . like solid paint crystals. This is only the first coat. Cant really paint or wield my brush with great flair with primer. Its too thin and not the superficial coat of facade thats so important. Now, all the drudgeryand tired arms from priming are finished. On to the good coats of real paint where you really show what you can do. Dexterity, wrist movement, arm strength, excellent vision these are all things that are important to the "Success of a job well-donThe first brush stroke is beautiful. At last, the real thing! But careful not to splatter on the new carpet. Took care to have protection for (kips, but my main stains usually happen as the result of exuberant stroking, and when the brush gets to the end of the piece of wood, watch out below! And to the side! And above! Im reminded of Roy Lie hens teins pop painting of brush strokes bold, primary colors, outlined in black, a satirical look at the abstract expressionists of the 50s. I think also of the technique used by a lot of contemporary artists, such as Jules Olitski, and the enviable resulting surfaces of texture-fre- e Oh, paint. to have an How many times have I looked at my work from a different angle and the light reflection showed me a place my brush missed ! It was hard but very satisfying work. My cabinets are not works of art, but storage units. The point of this is that an artist, a real artist, works very hard. The intense concentration, the discipline, and the manual dexterity merged with the unique creative process is a stimulating, tiring, frustrating experience that can result in satisfaction and rewards ... or dissatisfaction and failure. The lack of hard manual labor obviously does not mean no one at work. When an artist works, he or she calls on every bit of energy available, with the exception, perhaps, of physical force. 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