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Show DESERET Europe On 75c A Day: Freighters Are Fun Getting there was half the fun for Sheila Malloy, student at Eastern Washington State College in Spokane, when she set off on her iobudget trip to Europe. She describes her Atlantic crossing in this second part of a series. and the We all loved conversation, first day hadn't passed before we were atmoall good friends. The family-typand sphere made the trip very special s the very difficult. I was the youngest of the group, having just turned 20 shortly before I left home, so the crew and passengers naturally assumed I would believe any wild stories they told. well, not all of I didnt, of course them. They talked about whales and sea monsteis that we would no doubt see on the voyage, the leprechauns they knew, and the atrocities performed at sea when the captain was in his cabin. Best of all was the introduction to, and helpful hints about, the culture, money and people that I wras soon to adopt. The officers spent hours teaching us how to think in terms of British sterling. They told us what places to see and what to miss; how to find inexpensive restaurants, hotels and transportation. We talked about England and about America the social, international and political problems of each; we made comparisons, pointed out differences, and learned a lot about each other in the process. After nine days of the good sea smell, .he wind, gorgeous sunsets and a whole crew of new friends, the passage was over and we were forced to say goodbye. But before leaving my new friends, I was given the best of guided tours, warm English hospitality, and good English meals by crew members and their families. Like the greatest part of any experience, it is the people you remember, and the people traveling and working on a freighter are a rare and special breed. talked-abou- t One of tlie most obstacles to traveling through Europe is the language barrier. But, have no tear, its not nearly as bad as some people would have you believe. The most international, the most easily understood, the most easily learned of all languages is the primitive one you create yourself - the sign language. A good example is when I was traveling from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to Athens by overnight train. It was still morning when I boarded but I figured if I was to get any sleep that nig.it, a little foresight was in order. So I found myself an empty compartment shut the door, the pure luck curtains, and the windows and pretended I was asleep. Twenty or 30 seconds later a young e S H By SHEILA MALLOY " The first step in preparing to go to Europe is firmly deciding that you really are going. The next step is easy getting there. ' x .'vx& $ Several inexpensive means of transportation are available: students jets and ships, chartered jets, package deals, and so forth. To me, though, there is but one way to go: by freighter. About two months befora I planned to leave I found a little book (ome of several like it), telling the prices, dates and names of freighters that carry passengers. After deciding upon a British freighter, at a cost of $180, 1 made a reservation, bought my ticket and waited for the day of departure. The shipping company usually gives date and time of dean approximate parture. We left a few hours later than scheduled, but Ive heard that some have left as much as two weeks late. Be sure to get to the ship early enough to watch the loading process. It was fascinating to me, as Id never seen a ship loaded before. And it was fun knowing what we were carrying. My freighter (I always get possessive about the old ship) carried five passengers and a crew of some of the greatest people anyone could ever meet. It was a great old ship all around. The cabins sort of homey-likwere comfortable as one of the mates said. And we had a fabulous little bathtub, 3 feet square. We passengers were treated rqyally as we ate and exchanged tales with each other and with the ships officers all day and talked and played games at night. (I was the North Atlantic champ at a game I still dont understand called Cheat that game.) so Food was good and plentiful plentiful, in fact, that I was four pounds heavier when I disembarked than when I boarded. The meals were really something! Food that I never realized existed was served, and whatever was served had a fancy name. One day at lunch 1 asked the steward, known only as Mess, w'hat Soup St. Germaine was, and he replied in a low voice and with a grin on his face, Why its pea soup, of course, luv. The menus consisted of at least five courses, and as if that wasnt enough, the stewards were e, if No fancy luggage for author Sheila Malloy on her tour of Europe. She packed all her belongings in a knapsack. good-bye- Tuesday, June 10, 1969 Yugoslav soldier popped his head in the Bladladixmaissehmix-ks.sdkoo.sk- a door and said, (or something similar). Thinking he mst be asking if the seat across from me was vacant. I nodded only my head. To my surprise, he left to come back with seven of his friends! They were overjoyed to discover I was American and decided I needed some Yugoslav culture. Out came a clarinet, an accordion and a guitar on which they made some of the most beautiful folk music Ive ever heaid. It got a little hectic when they began dancing in the aisle, buc it approximately was beautiful nevertheless. A huge, balding man, about 60 years old, was with the group. He explained to me that his wife had died recently and he was now looking for someone to take her place. And he promised that if I grew my hair long, iied take me for his wife in a minute. The entire discussion was conducted in sign language. The music continued, and so did he, feeding me sandwiches, eggs and pickles, asking me to write him when I returned to America. (What language he wanted the letters written in was beyond me.) He even gave me a picture of himself taken when he was first commissioned into the Yugo-sa- y in Ireland, a really great crack) born. More than anything else, the experience on that train convinced me that it is truly unnecessary to be a linguist to converse with people who dont speak your language. No one person on that train spoke English, I dont speak Yugoslav, and yet we had great conversations until even though it took a bit of time they left early that evening. (I still got the compartment to myself for a good nights sleep.) You can say anything in sign language if you really try. First, you lose all your inhibitions, then you think of fairly universal symbols for what you want to say. Yes, no, hungry, sleepy, even letter and marry become simple and really fun (or, as wed say in Ireland, a really great crack) with a little effort. There is rarely an insurmountable language obstacle in Europe. English is commonly spoken in many countries and always in the best hotels. Most European countries are somewhat dependent economically on the British and American tourist, so they make an enormous effort to make him comfortable. Even the small shopkeepers go so far as learning bits and pieces of our language. But sign language is fun for both native and foreigner, and often develops opportunities one could never hope for in the best hotels. In Athens I met a friend whod been staying in a youth hostel in Amsterdam Later I saw Krushchev. I thought he at the same time I was there. We decided to have lunch together at a tiny prowould be a clown, but he wasnt. He was dead serious. He knew all there was to prietor - type restaurant. We sat at the table and looked at the menu for about relabe known about American-Sovie- t two minutes, then looked up at each tions, but he didn't know enough about other and laughed. Well, what else do farming. I gave him some good advce on farming. you do when you cant speak Greek and i, Ellender is chairman of the Senate are confronted with a menu offering or how about karpouzi? psomi, Committee and farm has Agriculture The Greek woman proprietor knew problems at his fingertips. what to do. She brought us into her just The Senator from Louisiana went tiny kitchen and gave us a sample of back to Russia this past summer and whatever we thought smelled good. Natutraveled from Siberia to Moscow. rally, I thought everything did. I found everyone friendly, he said. But my friend was not especially fond The Russians didnt try to hide anyof Greek food and proceeded to communwantme to let I thing. They go any city ed in Siberia. I even went up to the Lena icate this to the kind woman. Upon understanding this fact, some 10 minutes River, where they mine gold. later, she opened her refrigerator, gave The most important thing for the him some meat and a pan and let him United States and Russia to do is undercook his own. Now thats a rare experistand each other. We have our system. ence in the dining room of the Ritz But theirs. have to work weve They got Hotel! together. If we do, we can maintain the I was dependent upon sign language peace of the world. If we dont, there will even in the English - speaking countries. be another war. first two weeks in Ireland were spent Senator Ellender takes with him a My in total confusion. I couldnt understand a Bell & Howell camera and recently told word anyone said. (Upon my arrival Sen. Chuck Percy of Illinois, former home a year later, it took my family two president of Bell & Howell, how he had weeks to interpret MY acquired brogue. worked out some gadgets to improve the I sounded like Id just come from the bog camera. Ellender has also brought back country.) some fascinating film of the Soviet Basic language books for tourists are Union, and goes to great lengths to realso available and generally givg you a port to Senate colleagues on his trips. good base for the necessary phrases that You get the feeling from talking to the can be difficult in sign language i.e., Senator from Louisiana that if the White How much? Thank you and Where House would follow his advice instead of is the bathroom? building the ABM, the world would be TOMORROW: Staying where it's not only cheap better off. but fun. hard-boile- OUR MAR JONES Now Here's A Really Sharp Guy By HARRY JONES Theres a feeling up on Redskin Hill that George S. Odiorue is an allright guy . . . honest and sharp. of the U. of t George is the U. College of Business . . . takes the reins on July 1. But, he and his family have already moved into our beautiful Valley of Salt. dean-elec- At a luncheon on the hill the other day, the discussion got around to the animal population of the valley. There is the Vietnam war, riots, the Middle East. So what do they talk about . . . animal population. d Anyway, Dean Odiorne said that the cat population was up two and the canine population up one at the very least. How could you The other passengers were fascinating. One was an elderly woman who just liked traveling around the world; another woman was going to Edinburgh to continued her education in diplomatic history at the university there. The other two were a professor of social anthropology and his wife heading for a year of study at Oxford. Should Judge Bain Be Confirmed? By DREW PEARSON and JACK ANDERSON MERRY -GO - ROUND - WASHINGTON Sen., Everett McKinley Dirksen of Illinois has become the on Capitol Hill to eagerest eager-beavrush the confirmation of federal judges. to push the confirmaChief Justice Warren Burger up from June 9 to June 5 for fear more details would leak out regarding Burgers amazing discussion at Santa Barbara Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions at which Burger blasted the Fifth Amendment, cast doubt on the jury system, and decried the presumption of innocence until proved guilty. In contrast to Burger, Chief Justice Warren was appointed in September 1953 and he was not confirmed until March 2, 1951 Yet every chapter of his long life as attorney general and governor of California was well known, in contrast to the Burger. Now it develops that Sen. Dirksen is pushing confirmation of another judge of dubious qualification, Charles A. Bain of Chicago, to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Bain is a member of the law firm of Isham, Lincoln and Beall, which represents Sam Commonwealth Edison, Insulls old utility firm. He has been on the special-interein every side squabble in Chicago. In addition, he has a record of favoring religious segregation. When Judge Jacob Braude, for 35 years on the Illinois Circuit Court, applied for an apartment He tion of tried little-know- n at 209 Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, he was barred as a result of Bains opposition because he is Jewish. Bain was both a resident in the apartment house and attorney for the management. Bain also helped bar Phil Klutznick, head of Bnai Brith and former ambassador to the United Nations; also Dr. Morris Fishbein, former editor of the American Medical Association Journal In each case, the reason was the applicants religion. He raised so much cane with the management, Judge Braude told this column, that they finally turned me down. He was their attorney. He has been trying to backtrack now that he has been appointed to the Court of Appeals. But the facts are there, and he cant escape them. I have written to Senator Dirksen saying that I would be willing to come to Washington to testify, but I havent heard from him. .Word from inside the Judiciary Committee, of which Dirksen is a member, is that he is not anxious to have Judge Braude come to Washington. He wants to get Bain confirmed before his background leaks out, just as he pushed Burgers confirmation before his background became fully known. Note As a result of Judge Burger's extreme statements at Santa Barbara regarding the jury system and the Fifth ' the Southern California Amendment, American Civil Liberties Union passed a resolution urging a review of Burgers background regarding civil liberties. Goodwill Ambassador Ellender of Louisiana is a d little senator who cooks delicious wild game and seafood and who does not look like his years. He is 78 and has served in the U.S.' Senate longer than any other solon except Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia. Allen horny-hande- Partly because of this, partly because he figures that foreign affairs are the secret to peace in the world, he has become an unofficial traveling diplomat, concentrating recently on the country which may hold the key to peace Soviet Russia. When I first went to Moscow, says the American ambassador, Chip Bohlen, said it was useless for me to try to see anyone. They wouldnt see me, he said, and if they did, they Ellender, wouldnt talk However, I sent around to Mikoyan, president, and he saw me right away. We talked for two hours. I found him very anxious for better understanding with the United States. then YOUR HEALTH Dear Dr. Thosteson: I have seen a number of references to ethical" drugs. Forgive my ignorance, but what are unethical drugs? Can you explain? J.L.P. Answer: Can try. For all practical purposes, we could vety well discard the term ethical in U:is respect and use tlie term prescription drugs. Thats what it means. implication that all drugs which ethical are unethical is not Come to think of it, Im not altoethical sure how the term drugs came about in the first place. There are, obviously, plenty of drugs sold without prescription that are perfectly ethical. To name a few, aspirin, stool softeners, common antiseptics, and a host of ohters. If anything, the drugs that are mainly tneant by those which are not included in the term ethical would be the proprietary ones, that is, the various mixture: fchich are sold without prescription. Some of these are very useful, when used with remedies proper judgment for headache, itching, dry skin, insect bites, and other ailments. There are many, The ones about which I have greater reservations are the patent medicines The aren't rorrect. gether kta-pod- that? asked Elizllaglund of abeth relathe public office tions up there. Because I just shipped them out here, he said. let me Now explain the honest side of the good dean. He took the family pets to the Emery Air Freight in Ann Arbor. I would like to ship two cats and a dog to Salt Lake City, he told the clerk. Im sorry, sir, said the clerk. We can only ship animals to be used for experimental purposes. Now all the dean had to say was that he was shipping them to the University of Utah and they were experimental. He had his credentials. But Dean Odiorne is too honest. he said. I They are experimental, want to experiment to find out just how fast your company can get my pets to Salt Lake City. Thats how sharp the dean is. I guess that does make them experimental, said the clerk. And they came directly from Ann Arbor to Salt Lake City . . . didnt even stop in Chicago . . . less than four hours. And thats better than Dean Odiorne did! Speaking of the U. of U a young pro- fessor came there a few years ago . . . fired with enthusiasm. And I see by the papers that the tenure committee has really fired him. And with as much enthusiasm ! Back to the animal population . . . there are about 30 million dogs in the United States, according to experts on such things. The goldfish population is about double that ... 60 million. It doesnt prove too much except that you can be more popular if you dont bite mailmen! And while we are on the subject of we may not be numbers and college any smarter, but we are getting better educated. Half of the people in the country over 24 have had at least a high school education and 10 per cent have a college degree. And by 1980, the comparative figures will be 64 per cent high school graduates and 13 per cent will have college degrees. That is if there are any colleges left . . . you know, rioters and all that! ... Wit's End Did you see where the city is proposing to put the waste from the treatment plant between the runways of the airport to save hauling it clear out to the disposal grounds out west. Somehow, I just dont think the idea came for the Tourist and Publicity Council! Invitation: End Vacation And Work What Are 'Ethical' Drugs? By GEORGE C. THOSTESON, M.D. know possibly w- always following us around with snacks. After two days at sea I got a little restless, so the second mate found me a bucket of paint and put me to work on some air vents with the warning, If I find one drop of paint on the deck, its over board with ye. It was then and there that I most regretted being a girl. How I would love to be a merchant seaman for a couple of years! NEWS, By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Dpseret News Music Editor which indicate, or at least hint, that they are cures for serious ailments. I have in mind those represented as being or for kidney good for the liver, trouble, or which people take hopefully for indigestion when the indigestion may in reality be ulcers, gall bladder disease, or other condition which isnt going to be overcome by a patent medicine or perhaps wont respond to any medicine but requires surgery. These patent medicines are permitted to be sold without prescription because they are weak enough so that they can, presumably, be taken without harm. More potent drugs, or drugs in larger qualities, require prescription because the dosage must be determined on of thorough medical understanding. While the patent medicines are considered by the authorities to be safe enough for (that is without prescription) sale, the big danger in them is that some people hopefully rely on them when, instead, they ought to go to their doctors and find out what is really the matter. Too much time is wasted when the patient decides, on the basis of some symptom or other, that he has kidney disease" or a weak liver or some other vague ailment and tries to dose himself with patent medicines. Meantime too often his disease becomes worse. the-basi- s Vacations oer, and its time to get back to work hard work! This really is an invitation an invitation from Louis Booth, director of the Utah State Fair Music Comto all Utahs young musicians if they would hope to win one of the 20 prizes being offered to the winners. petition, The competi- tion will be in five categories: (1) String, (2) Piano, (3) Orchestral winds, (4) Vocal, (5) Composition. In the string and piano categories, there will be three levels of competition: elementary, intermediate, advanced. In the orchestral winds and vocal,, there will be two levels of compeiition: intermediate and advanced. In the composition category, there is only one level of competition. This competition is open to everyone not functioning as a professional composer. The compositions can be in any medium (instrument or style), and the judgments will be made according to the best and the most expertly composed piece of music, regardless of the idiom expressed. This competition will be judged by Alexei I MUSICAL WHIRL acclaimed comHaieff, internationally poser - in residence at the University of Utah. And here are the prizes: There will be a cash award to the first and second place winners in each level of each category. These 10 prizes are given by the Utah State Fair. The State Fair will also give a $100 cash award to the best musician of the State Fair competitions. There will be full tuition scholarships available to the advanced winners in all five categories. These scholarships can be .taken at the University of Utah, Brigham Young University, Utah State University, Weber State College, and Westminster College. There will be a season ticket to the Utah Symphony Orchestra concerts for the advanced winners in all five categories. These tickets are given by the Utah Orchestra and Professor Symphony Booth. Mu Phi Epsilon, professional women musicians sorority, will give a season ticket to tlie intermediate level winners in all five classifications to the Utah Symphony. Mu Phi Epsilon will give a special $40 cash prize to the winner in the advanced string competition And Mu Phi Epsilon will also present the 10 performing (nut composition) winners in its traditional recital. These 10 winners will also be to audition for Maurice Abravanel opportunity to appear as a guest with the Utah Symphony in the nacle in the Deseret Salute to Youth Concert. invited for an soioist Taber- BIG TALK d Wow! What a lot of exciting pots of gold at the end of the Utah State Fair Music Competition rainbow for those who, to repeat, stop their vacations and go to work hard enough to win. V Deadline for entries has been set for September 8. Complete details of what numbers are to be played or sung, plus the official entry applications, are now available from the Utah State Fair office. A telewill have one in the phone call mail to you. So if you are going to work hard this summer, musically speaking, you ought to be practicing the pieces the judges will hear. The judges are three college music department professors: Dr. Lowell Durham, University of Utah; Percy Kalt, Brigham Young University; Irving Wasserman, Utah State University. On June 18 BLESS THE IRISH! Charles Haughey, the Finance Minister of Ireland, will announce in the Parliament in Dublin: To create a sympathetic environment in which the arts can flourish, I will provide in the finance bill (328-585- - that painters, sculptors, writers, and composers living and working in Ireland will be free of tax on all earnings from work of cultural merit. "I've found a way to beat the Post Office. When tell my secretary to 'Take a letter she puts on her hat and coat!" I From photoa taken By Lionel V. McNeely for ttw Deseret News popular daily Baby Birthday feature. 5 |