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i2-n TOE CINCINNATI ENQORER Sunday, January 28, 1368 1 Greeks Won't Marry Lt'LeapWear That if someone drops a ring or a wedding crown the service, you've a pretty poor chance of ever finding out what marital bliss can be. That you ought not to attend a funeral, a christening or another wedding until you've been married a full year. And that once married you must never, under any circumstances, during that critical first year, allow your washing to be done by a women dressed in black. Follow all these regulations, and then, provided you haven't incurred the curse of Constantinople by marrying on a Tuesday or in May or in a leap year, you have a fair chance of living happily ever after; Provided you're not caught cheating marriage superstitions, most of them quite different from those In other countries. Newlywed3 are showered with rice and sometimes with confetti, but the Greeks know nothing about lucky horseshoes or "something old, something new." And since there are practically no chimneys in Greece there are no chimney sweeps either.

Otherwise, if you happen to be planning to get married in Greece, you'd better remember: That if two weddings occur in the same family the same year, only one of the couples will be happy. That if you meet a funeral on your way to church, go back home and phone the priest to expect you another day. tinople fell to the Turks in 1452 a leap year. IF SO, It Is one of several repercussions of this event of Tuesday May 29, 1452. May 29 Is considered an evil date, the whole of May is a bad month for mar- riages (a Greek proverb says "only donkeys marry In and many Greeks try to avoid a major decision, personal or business, on any Tuesday at all.

Also, a Tuesday is a bad day on which to begin a journey. The superstition about weddings in May or any day in a leap year spreads through all strata of Greek society. Said one 27-year-old high school-educated civil servant who heads for the altar December 28: "Neither I nor my fiancee is superstitious, but we have to con church or a consulate must have a second wedding In a Greek Orthodox church If the marriage Is to be recognized In this country and the children are not to be considered Illegitimate. A recent decision by Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and all Greece, primate of the Greek church, limited weddings in any one church to a maximum of six a day. This had the effect of spreading the "burden" and the rewards for the priests.

WITH THE fashionable churches reportedly fully booked to the end of the year from the beginning of December, many couples had to schedule their marriages for churches on the outskirts of Athens, and even for monasteries. Previously, some priests conducted as. many as 20 weddings a day In "peak" periods, with guests for one ceremony being admitted through the front door of the church as those from the previous ceremony left through the vestry. The fear of leap year wedding is said to derive from the fact that Constan ATHENS (CNS) Thousands of Greek men and women won't get married in 1968, at least partly because Constantinople fell to the Turks in 1452. By way of explanation, 1452 was a leap year and so is 1968.

And to the Greek, marrying In a leap year is bad, unlucky business. Greek priests had a particularly busy Christmas holiday period, as hundreds of young people Joined in a rush for the altar. AN ESTIMATED 2700 marriages were performed In 180 churches In Athens during the week between Christmas and New Years' Day about 20 above the average for the last three Decembers. This year's total for Greece as a whole is expected to top 90,000 as against 75,952 in 1966. It happens every year before-a-leap year.

In 1955 Greece had 66,000 weddings, as against 55,000 In 1956; in 1959 it was 74,000, as against 58,000 in 1960. THERE ARE no civil marriages In Greece. Even a Greek marrying a foreigner in a "foreign" sider our relatives." THE LEAP YEAR fixation is only one of several Greek Enquirer (Hrb Heist) Photo Mrs. Raymond H. Boehringer, federation program chairman, and Miss Betty Zimmerman, assistant director of the museum and luncheon speaker.

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Appe-teaser ADD snippets of smoked salmon lots of them to sour cream along with capers and freshly ground pepper. Serve over mixed crisp cold salad greens as a first course. Pass French bread and butter. Paid Ford The Candy Man THE A pal 1 BY JOHNA RLINN NEW YORK "It was a great catering service. We started out doing box lunches and then went into the candy business," said comic actor PauUFord, relaxing backstage at the Helen Hayes Theater where he Is starring in "What Did We Do Wrong?" He was recalling the depression years when his candy-making talents enabled him to carry on his efforts to become an actor.

"I had a candy route and took along samples to try out on customers before taking orders. I'd make a few sales, then go off and see some agents. I never tried to sell them candy, though." At the time, Ford and his wife with their five children lived in Brooklyn. "We used to make a fabulous peanut brittle. I'd go down to the Washington market and buy the peanuts wholesale.

The nuts cooked right in the syrup. I wonder whatever happened to that recipe?" he said, scratching his bald head and looking like a char- or Grandmother Symbolizing Jne child 1 4.75 I wo children $17.95 Three children $20.95 Four children $23.95 Allow 2 Weeks for Delivery actcr out of a Thurber cartoon. HIS MAPLE FONDANT, he said, was a success because he used the right prop. "We poured the syrup onto a marble slab," he said, "that we got off a second hand store man. We bought an old dresser with a marble top!" "And now we can make the fondant on our $600 coffee table, interjected Nell, Paul's wife.

These days, Paul doesn't get a chance to do much cooking. "I've had to give up a lot of my hobbies," he lamented. "I don't cook anything fancy. I really hate the kitchen clean-up, all those pots and pans." "Do you consider cleaning up woman's work?" he was asked. "Not really," he said, looking fondly at his wife.

"I just don't like to think of all that effort expended on those pots." "I'd say I'm a gourmet," he explained. "I like French food particularly, and Oriental dishes." Ford defines a gourmet as "someone who is discriminating and selective in his tastes, particularly a person sensitive to nuisances of flavors. "I believe in food separation. For example, I loathe seeing gravy spread all over food on a plate. I like to dip bread into the gravy.

I like to see a little space between the different kinds of food. I just don't like to see it all mingled together on a plate. The meat and vegetables should stand alone." DOES THAT mean he objects to mixed vegetables like succotash, he was asked. "No, I don't mean foods that are meant to be mixed before they are served," he One of the most sentimental, significant gifts you can give her on Valentine's Day. Symbolizing her life, her marriage and children, the twin bands of fourteen karat gold represent Mother and Father are joined by synthetic stones of the month for each child.

7S3-81M COVINGTON Ml-im Pill and MidUo Mill pose I prefer plain corn or lima beans to succotash. That's probably a foolish fancy though. After all, the food all gets mixed together in the stomach anyway." "But I guess I have a few food quirks. I like to go into a restaurant and have a turkey sandwich with a coffee nut sundae. Invariably the waitress brings the sundae later," he said.

"I like to go to places like Schraffts, even though people say, 'The portions are so small, and so dainty'." He has a dislike for "overdone" or "over-cooked" food. "I like everything a little damp," he said, "particularly lobster, shad roe and lamb chops." HIS WIFE fixes exceptional wilted lettuce, he said. Nell laughed. "He calls it 'peculiar lettuce'," she said. Some food problems arose during the filming of the movie, "The Comedians," with the Burtons in Dahomey, Africa.

"I was afraid to eat the native fare. I suppose that makes me some kind of hypochondriac. My digestive system is vulnerable. It makes me nervous to eat food in poverty-stricken areas where the natives live at a low economic level and sanitation conditions i are poor. There's enough in life to worry about without adding the strain of possible infection." he said.

"Besides, our food in Africa was flown in. It was antiseptic food, thanks to the forethought of our director, Peter Glenville. Durlnn; the shooting of "The Matchmaker," Paul was obliged to eat shrimp cocktails in quantity. "They brought a tremendous amount and I had to eat when the dir said, then they would say 'cut' and start over again. I ended up stacking the shrimp in my cheeks," he said.

Paul Ford eventually produced some of his old candy recipes on pieces of paper that had turned yellow with age. Recipes from the Candy Man follow: APVHTIStMlNT Open budget or regular charge account JEWELERS SEVENTH and VINE STREETS 721-88S5 0 WALNUT HILLS Ml-eN Hamper Un and McMiliaa NORWOOD-31-t2M Montf MMfy ana (annatt MIDDIETOWH 422-S3U 1039 Canlral TKICOUNTY 771-JJIt MILFORD 831 4021 Shopping Cantar MT. Mchnwnt ind PlymMtli WESTERN WOODS-M1-34M Slop Winter Dry Skin Mail ana phan f4r fill promptly SHOP DOWNTOWN, TRI-COUNTr. MILFORD, KENWOOD MALL AND WESTERN WOODS MONDAY 'TIL 9 ACTOR Paul from his Ford buys vegetarian coffee in a scene recent movie, "Tha Comedians." This simple beauty hint will soon bring life and youthful radiance to a winter-dry skin. Wring out a face cloth in warm water and press it gently on and off the face until it begins to cool.

This will help to encourage better circulation, bringing a healthy blood flow to the surface to give a lovely glow to the skin. Now, to hold the good which this stimulating treatment imparts, smooth on a beautifying film of oil of Olay. Margaret Merril. 0 potter's has the blues this spring shapes you want! in the shoes with the i- replied. "Although I sup- ft You'll love the look of this duet of warm weather delights from Risque' with styling that's fresh and alive.

They're so pretty, you'll want more than one. Paul Ford's English mportant thing we sell is sal ac ft vn iV'a, MAGNIFIQUE A big, bold buckle accents the front of this shnpoly cling. Blue, Bone or Black Patent. $17.00 LINK A quartet of shining links march their way across the front of this shininq, low heel pump. Blue, Brown or Black $15.00 Matchmaker Handbag n'M $10.00 Representative Selection at All Stores.

NilN ioi2 slightly higher, vV si j. Toffee 1 cup dark brown sugar i cup white sugar i cup light corn syrup teaspoon salt 6 teaspoons heavy cream 1 tablespoon but ter (or margarine) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Few drops oil of orange (available at drugstore) 1 4 cup finely chopped English walnuts Combine brown and white, sugar, corn syrup, salt and cream in deep saucepan. Stir over quick fire until sugar dissolves. Cook over medium heat, stir often to avoid scorching until temperature registers 240 degrees on candy thermometer (or until medium soft ball forms when small amount of hot syrup is dropped into cup of cold water). Add butter (or oleomargarine), stir, continue cooking to 250 degrees for hard ball (or until a spoonful can just be moulded when dropped into cold water) for chewy toffee, or to 260 degrees for extra hard toffee, stir occasionally to avoid burning.

Remove from fire. Flavorings and nuts may be added at this time. Pour into buttered dish. When toffee has cooled, cut into squares. PAUL'S afterthoughts: "If you're making the candy during humid summer weather, cook the syrup to 265 degrees for very hard toffee; or 258 degrees for chewy candy.

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