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PAGE TWELVE Kids Ignore ATLANTIC CITY PR ESS SUNDAY AUGUST 16 1959 ATLANTIC CITY Heat When Something To Eat I fir 1 i fefw hi w1 ter I 4 Wri JeMaL 'X ZrvX'V PROJECT CONCENTRATION right so Its hot" these four healthy looklng youngsters seem to say between bites "but we're too busy to let that bother us" And what can keep an active child still for a few minutes better than something luscious to sink his teeth 'jt jnMSIffi wLl A a A Tg Ob TftnErrff a dfchi VU z4j tX'z A Jrl I rM'1 Into? Perhaps yon can remember engaging in such a facinating pastime It no wonder children welcome a snack between meals especially in summer when they're on the beach or street all day participating without letup in strenuous activities that seem incapable rfiUri yw'w w4wpca faxwii Uf Wifr TX fWRxJ tTx of exhausting them Shown refueling are from left Yossi Sayegh 6 4717 Ventnor Ave nursing a king size lollipop Cathy Potler 6 407 Essex Ave tackling a giant slice of watermelon: Barry Lubin 7 14 Jack son Ave surrounding a savory hotdog and Andy Potler St i uwxvtq wr 1 zjkg aA' twill 4 xM fOOaR 9 407 Essex Ave who shows the right way to make short work of a triple decker ice cream cone tPress Photos by Herman Laesker) Top Caricaturist Oscar Berger Vacations Here With Pen In Hand By IRENE BROWN Tres Staff Writer Oscar Berger caricaturist and his facile pen have been on the beach for a week sketching the local scene Actually he and his wife are here on vacation for he loves Atlantic City but he resist the beach and the folks who show up there Berger uho has been drawing for 40 years or more has cari catured" world celebrities includ ing kings and queens actors and politicians He and Sir Winston Churchill once had a mutual sketching period as did Berger and Danny Kaye Berger has the sketch Danny made of him but Churchill kept his Berger is currently working on a book the theme of which is "Love" His first book "My Vic tims" or to 'ci fVv i I I AT Whether ac tress or politician Oscar Berger New' York caracaturist has a way of putting his subject at ease which is considered a key to the success of his work Among the Hollywood stars he has sketched is Brigitte Bardot containing more than 300 illus trations was published in 1952 The second book is expected to be published in ebruary Berger already has plans for a third hook SEL EDICATED Born in Czechoslovakia in 1901 he began drawing at an early age At 18 he went to Prague to continue his self education One of his informal sketches attracted the attention of a Berlin news paper editor and Berger was on his way Since then he has sketched his way through Europe to this country and back tn Europe He covered in caricature for news papers the UN meetings in San rancisco and New York He has sketched President Eisenhower four times for magazines His innumerable sketches many au tographed by the subject have ben syndicated televised and LN Chief Justice Earl Warren left of the Supreme Court poses for carricaturist Oscar Berger in the former's chambers in Washington WWWWISMISWM bW willi life JK a 'W 4 1 A) i I xx yj OURTH Oscar Berger who is sketching the Atlantic City beach scene for a week has made four caraca tures of President Eisenhower one of which appears in the current issue of "Editor and LATEST The most recent sketch that Berger made before coming to Atlantic City on vacation was of Vice President Richard Nixon Although most of Berger's sketches are from life he has made a complete series of all the presidents featured in newsreels as well as shown in museums throughout the world The current issue of "Editor and carries his latest sketch of Eisenhower A biog raphy of Berger and his work appeared in a recent issue of "American RECENT SUBJECTS Among his most recent sub jects are Brigitte Bardot and Richard Nixon His last sketch before the Atlantic City beach scene was of a shaggy dog in Central Park But no matter what the subject Berger has be come known for a keen eye and a masterful pencil His equipment on the beach as is customary with him is simple a few pencils a spiral bound sketchbook and an eraser 1 hat's all he needs to get soina Reaction from most of his subjects is good he said But he recalled an opera singer who sent him a threatening telegram: and Mrs Eleanor Rooeveit's re action in cm ering her face when she sees him now His severest critic he said is his wife The couple is registered at the Traymore Hotel rom there he makes frequent excur sions to sketch the beach scene The loe of people has been civ en as the key of Berger's ap proach to each new drawing Telling Story Of Life Simply Directly Aids Happiness A child ponders many things: What makes it rain? How does a ear Where do bananas But the biggest mysteries concern the human and sex Sex questions are often the hardest for parents to answer Many feel "unqualified" feel only a medical expert can of fer a suitable explanation Others succumb to anxiety or embarrassment and evade the problem They bury simple facts in fables about angels and storks Aware that improper ex edu cation crea es a distorted tew and lays the foundation for fu ture unhappiness the Public Af fairs a non profit educational organization re cently made the problem one of its projects ANSWERS AVAIIABLE Publication of a pamphlet in simple language that tells par ents how to gie the right an was the result irst thing to realize advise the Committee experts i that sex is an all embracing part of life It doesn't "Iv'gin" in ado it starts at birth Holding and fondling an in fantcaring for him when he's hurt or hungryplaying with these are the first steps in sex education They help show a child what love is build in him a capacity achieve love and affection Practical care serves another function When you change a diaper matter of factly and with out fuss you show a child the workings of his body are human and normal Instilling a child with confi dence is another step A young ster who learns to make de cisions playing dressing and feeding himself establishes a sense of responsibility on which later sex decisions can be based Children explore their bodies from the start They are soon aware and interested in the sex organs When the child is old enough to speak the wise parent uses the proper names to identity ''buttocks" and are just a normal Inxented baby talk words as and might be easier to say hut they hide reality and create mystery Proper terms estab lish a language that can grow with a child ASSET: PATIENCE Perhaps the greatest asset to a parent in sex education is imple patience Learning about as with everything is a slow oer the ears pro cess orced efforts and con cealment confused the and compromise you The best policy is to answer questions honetly as they arise You know when a child is ready for more knowledge by the amount and nature of the questions Don't worry ami don't hurry him Of course answers al ways mean words Giving chil dren a chance to satisfy their curiosity by observing pt'ts and other children's bodies increas es their understanding When sexual curiosity ap proaches the more advanced puberty and menstrua tion reproduction and child the same rule applies: Clear and simple explanations are in order Where do babies come rom inside their mothers How does the baby get out? There is a special opening for the baby to come through With a vocabulary and mu tual trust establishedwith no fantasies to dispel later revela tions come easily 1 jt KVt s3 1 Lm: Mi iJT i 4 1 I 'AtJsU i THE OLD ANO THE NEW Sex education of chil dren has changed radacally in recent years from the tales of the stork or the doctor bringing a new baby as shown in the top photo to a natural understanding of life's processes as shown in the bottom farm scene The information compiled by the Public Affairs Committee on sex education is only one phase of its work Topics range from history medicine finance family rela tions and social problems The goal is ee that important social and economic facts reach the largest number of jieople" The pamphlet on sex educa tion can be obtained for 25 cents a copy from the Public Affairs Committee 22 38th St New York 16 NY the proper word for the per formance Paisello organized a claque to drown out his compet itor's work with jeers and song with gaiety and gusto MUSICAL LAIN DRY LIST The second ad of "The Bar subject of a brilliant new record ing by RCA Victor and the Met ropolitan Opeta handsomely packed in new top" con Roof Sniper Wounds 2 BARBER SEVILLE HIS MASTERPIECE Rossini Enigma Of JMnsic World Was at Lazy Prolific Celebrated By HUGH MULLIGAN AP Newsfeatures Writer Gay and diterting as ever after 143 years Barber of remains a master piece of comic opera and its composer Gioacchino Antonio Rossini one of the real enig mas of musical history Rossini lived to be 76 but had only 19 birthdays having been born on leap year day of 1792 (the year 1800 was not a leap year) At once the most pro lific and laziest of composers he wrote 40 operas all before he was 37 His father was town trumpe ter and inspector of slaughter house in Pesaro an Adriatic seaport hut lost the post through politics Rossini became a street urchin while his father played the horn and his mother sang in music halls across Italy Apprenticed to a blacksmith then a butcher he failed at both but won local fame as a boy soprano in church choirs and at last was given music lessons His first teacher played the piano with two fingers and often fell asleep during lessons The technique seems to have rubbed off on Rossini who often composed flat on his back and uas reputed to be so lazy that if a page fell to the floor he composed a new one rather than get out of bed to pick it up Rossini already had a dozen operas under his copious helt when he dashed off Bar ber of in 13 days at the age of 26 fnr the Argentine Theater in Rome The libretto was based on a musical play of the same name by Beaumarchais a rench watchmaker and dramatist who also was a Royalist spy smug gled guns for the American cause and was one of the most celebrated rogues of history The second half of the same play provided the libretto for of igaro" and the first half already had been the subject of at least four rench and German operas NAME CHANGED In deference to Giovanni Paisello a Roman favorite who shouts a string broke on the tenor's guitar in the balcony scene the audience booed the aria and a cat wan dered on stage in the finale Despite the debacle "The W'V? I WuSr also had written a "Barbei ot Seville" and was now on his deathbed Rossini changed the name of his opera to Use less Precation But a useless precaution it turned out to he On opening night someone sent Rossini's mother a picture of the covered wine bottle known in Italy as a iasco was Barber of became the most famous 19th Century opera and made the fat amiable Rossini the toast of the musical world Beethoven Voltaire oher leading figures of the day hailed i as a masteiiiece Still a sifted singer Rossini often responded to the tributes launching into the her of Seville" gave Rossini a chance to prove his boast that he could "set a laundry list to music" He provided the maid servant with just such a list Justly famous fnr his rousing overtures 1 ie of Lone Ranger fame1 Rossini once advised a young composer that the way to write an over ture was to until the eve of the performance nothing stimulates the inspiration more than sheer necessity" He told of writing the over ture to his while locked in a room with only a bowl of spaghetti and of handing out the overture to Thieving Magpie" page by page from a locked room under the roof of LaScala on the afternoon of its debut or the immortal "Barber of Seville" overture Rossini went tamer and available in both stereo and monoral REAL NEW'S But the real news is that the opera is the most complete ver sion done in the past too years running nearly three hours and with only two minor cuts Cesare Valetti as Count Alma viva Robert Merrill as igaro Roberta Peters as Rosina er nando Corena as Dr Bartolo and Georgio Tozzi as Basilio justify the boast this is the cast The Metropolitan Orchestra and chorus under the able baton of Eric Leinsdorf provide a stunning accompaniment never more so than in the stereo ver sion Rossini would love this long to even less trouble He boi rowed an overture that already had done duty in two of his pre vious operas masterpiece is the version which RCA Victor de scribes as but unshaven His five act Tell" was open cut to three acts and fre quently only one SAN RANCISCO AP A rooftop sniper wounded two men Saturday He was captured after a brief reign of terror when a policeman shot the man's rifle out of his hands An emergency hospital stew ard was critically wounded in the chest when he ran to the aid of the first victim The original target of the sniper suffered only a superficial wound on the forehead Girl trouble was blamed for the outburst of shooting from a third story roof at Eddy and Webster Streets in the illmore district Thomas Antonio Gutienez 22 failed as the sniper complained repeatedly girl picked me up in a bar last night and took me for $10" Police Inspector George Ros coe said first target of Guitier 22 rifle was Joseph Starks 39 a passerby He was felled by a shot that creased his fore head.