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cf mCikx- uer. The c chant- Iy raid t0 al titli he hOna s and h himself in a Ioriy room wrtn a good north i-ght and, surrouinded by brushies and cari \asses, hre Staàrts ta painit. Th- ( uble life af Cyril J. 's haos begun. Every m-orning at 8 sharp, Ross - managing director af Swears z.rd Wells, the furriers- is at isdesk. From his thirci-floor suite the mnink-king, rules ane £8,000,000 emnpire that stretches a.cross half the world. At approximately 5:45 p.mr., he fargets business. Locked in his flot, he becomes Cyril J. Ross ;the artisi who has been "hutng"ý s*t the Royal Academi-y, ancl helýd fo(ýurteen one-mnan exhibitions. jBoth Rasses have had a record yer.Artist Ross was a seli-out at hm szLonian show at the O'Hana Galleries - and gave alilhis £4,000 proceeds ta charity. Tycoon Ro>ss, totting up re- t«:ent1y, found he had slhifted his tighest-ever total et 300 mninks 4ôïf the rails, st an average price evf1100 apiece. 1 wondered whether any of these sales had gone sour; how jnueh of the £ 300,000 was stili *wing. Not one p)enny,"ý Ross told me. ~'edon't have bad debts bcaose we don't trust anyone.! "We pay cash. And ince our pkrofit margina are sa amail, based on an enormous turnover, e expeat cash n returri. "ThIs firm started doing busi- nies that way back in 1777. The, ganie principle tii holds goad Êor me today." Rosa is a Lonidoner, but has thne >lFortlh Country bluintness ef speech. PÀs father wias a commnisssianî agent known tlfroughout the fut- iWade as "Hanest Ross." "He didn't leave any money," kays Ross, "but hia reputatian was worthi a fortune te me wlhen 1 etarted out i bûsiness." Last year, this incredible man took up navel writing, and had bis first attemrpt published -- a "take-aver" story called Pirates i Striped Ponts, i December- en his senventieth birthday. I suggested that becoming an authar must have been quite a milestone ini bis life. "Nat at al," said Ross. "I've wvritten books before. My first was published nearly fifty years ago, It's been translated intao goodness knows how mnany for- *ign languages. Called Furs and Furriery, it has run into ten edi- flans in EngLish alone. '¶Every now and again, . stili <et a royalty cheque - and it vives me nearly as big a thrill &s selling another picture." Ras's fur purchases are fabu- Iéus. Ilis standing ordeirs are for tip ta 8,000> lanbus from Australia 4r Texa,, every week. Those 300 1-2,«A sisRs zný î annual pur- cthases of rnusoash lrun ",,5close EJ,[LhoIt 'o f c\eery tan waen ii Brjtain \W"Fwarm f ur coats, get týheai frn cyril Rois Or one ol l5 îfy fur ssoiae m- paiîes wriites Sidcney Vaunuez in RI niploys 7,000 people. With shOý> and storeýs in ever major twRoss furs are displayed in nearly Iwo miles of windows. HiLc-;rca gen jus ha"s bridlged the price gap betweezt cloth garmeats and fur coats. ffis -ninks muay eafly seil by the hundred, but his fitteen-to-sixty- five-guinea lines sel] in their tens of thousands. The Ross fur know-how is ta- mous even in Colnmunist counit- ries,.lHe is a fam-iliar figure at the Lening rad fur auctions. Betore the war, thîs ilflion- aire capitalist from the West waa asked ta lecture Muscovites on haw best ta dress and prepare thei'r skins for the British mnar- Iket. The innovations he proposed saved the Soviet industry mil- ions et roubles. "Maybe as a- sort et gesture of appreciationi," be recalls, "they asked mne if 1 was interested in ,",Sinue 1 sold them lin my stores, 1 aaid 1 was. They toak me inte a huge banqtieting hall chock ful of laveiy Persian carpets - Bokc- haras and ail tha't sort et stuff. "They offered them ta me at 6s. 6d. a foot. I told them Is 4d. was more like the price. "They said the price could be discussed the next day. Then 1 wondered if I'd oftered toa muefi. Sa 1 sent a pre-paid cable te my buyer in London asking: "Wbat price Bokbara ls. 4d. per foot?' "Té answer came back pramptly: 'Put your shirt an. And your vest as weil., "So 1 bougbt the lot for £6O,- 000. Withia a matter of days after deiivery they were ail sold. 4,1 cabled Moscow: 'laeRe- peat." Tley obliged and iii inter transactions 1. spent anather £250,000 with chern betore the wvar stopped ail deaiings. "I later discovered that sain*e carpet retail. tirms used te buy these Persians in mry stores ai, the regular prîce then sel themn ý their ewn shops for four and fietlimes as much!" Rosa began pafitilig - thirty years aga -- by accident. "I commîssioned an artiat - an R.A. - ta do a portrait of my wife. When 1 saw the untînisbed picture, 1I was toolish enough tu say 1 could do better myselt." He chuckled: "Can you imagine his reaction? However, baving let myselt la for it, I went irnto an artiats' mnaterials sbop and asked how mnany colours they stocked. They said 269. Sa I bought the whole range, and becamne a paint- Cr. "My very first entry was ac- cepted by the Royal1 Academny, That was 1,500 pictures ago. "It was the saine with novais. 1 read se much mediocre stuft, 1 was çonivinced 1 could do at leat aàs well with a subject 1 under- stood - like takeovers. "Wben my tirst novel was se- cepted, it must have gone te may head. 1 wrofe aànother four in quick succession. But 1 hatveni't placed theni, yef," he added, rue- fully. "Whaf happena if ane et thesee novels clicks and becomes a be8t-. seller?" Bogs shrugged bis shoulders. "WVhaf's another fortune at my Vagp?' HEïRE W! GO AGAIN - Together agoin on a filmn set are Elizabeth Taylor and Richar-d Burton, whos, public appear- onces in Rome dJuring the filming of "Cleopaitra" creoted wrd-wide attention. They'li play husband and w.,ife in the new film, "Th-e V I.P 's," being mode at Borehamn Wood, Englünd. ~ ABETAK M\/any people remiember-(and regret the passing et) - their grandmrother's soup pot that sum- znered on the back et the kitchen range, iways hot and always ful.etfgeod fastes and samelis, and different every day because et the new materials grandrnother tound te fosa into the post. Grand- niothers of today boast that w,-hen ilheir cbildren were yeung they otten made soup "tram scratch" fer thern, using as miany as 14 vegefables in a beet brofh fhey had brewed. But then the soup manufacturera toak a hand, and de ail the preliminary work in their canned soupa and dried eoups. Mothers et today can fake it tram there and serve many kinds and types of soupa with 'very littie uwark and trouble. Juat as every country has its own saup, every homnemakEr ca hiave lier own- by combining ai- ready prepared soupa ta suit her fancy. For instance she may dle - cide just before mieaifim,,e ta mnix a can of Scotch broth wîth one et onion soup - presto! Hier very ewn Saup. Or, ta mix cream eto celery and turkey noodie soupa; or, mtinestrone anid chicken gumba. She may want fa garnis;h these soupa in ber own way, toe, wifh slivered almonda, chopped grQen peppers, shredded carrots, ehopped parsley, etc., te mnake etacb soup ber own invention, ac- cording tai Eleanor Richey John- stan in fthe Christian Sciene Monitor. * * A recent newcoomer ta the con-1 densed soup f-mily i& furkey -veg- egtable By addlng mu eooi nd thyme, this may be mâdie au horbeçi seup. Thisý is the wat do if: HERBED TUR'iKrEY SOUP 1 eau <3 ounees) ehoppeti brollIed musbreoi, draineti itablespon butter flash lent thyme, crusheti 1 eau condenseti turkey vegetable seup 1 soup eau water In saucepan, brown rimushroomns in butter witb thymne. Stir in soup and watar. ieaft. Serves 2-3. SHRIMP ANI) RICE SOTJF SUPRE1ME 2 cana (41/s'>-ounce cacis) ahrimnp i1iquarts water 3 chiceken bouillon cubes ]'a caip uncooked rice 1 cup breakfast cream 2 cups whole mnilk 1lVs teaspoons Sait 14a teaspoon curry powder 14j teaspoon monosediuYn Oguta-. mate Vý4 teaspoon freshly grateti nut- mneg 1 egg yolk, slightly beaten Drain and rnse shrimp. Re- serve a few whole shrimp for garn.-ish aend chop the reat coars- ely. Bring water 'ta boil: add boulloni cubes. Wheni cubes are dissolved, adid rice aind couk rap- idly, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until rice la soft stirring fre- quently. Combine 'with creain, milk, and. seasenings. Stir saine 1oe h of mixture info the beat- en egg yolk, a littie af n finie, then, grad,-ually add yolk mixture ta the seup. Add shrimp. Bring uoup jusf fa baiîing point andi serve garnisheti with. shrimp, ç.hopped chives or parsley. Serves 6. * * Fer aefher one-dish meal1, try cbeese-f'opped eoxt ail seup. This Ée the w,,ay tao make it. CHEESE-TOPPED OXTAIL SUPPER SOU? 1 pounti oxtait feints Sait pepper andi fleur 2 tablespous fat 2 cups water 2 alspice berrnes (whole icup diced carrots iacup diceti celer!y 1 small esieu 2 tablespeous chIoppeti parsley ,"quart water saIUce WCup stisedideti aged eheese Rol ex joints la flouir and sea- sonings and brown in fat in a deep, heavy akillef. Add 2 cupa water and aulspice, Cover andi simmrer 2-3 heurs or until mneat draps off et bones. Skim. Remove ail meat fromn bones. Return meat ta brotb. Add vegefables, 3. quart et water and the Worcesferabire sauce. Sim)mer 20 minutes or until vegetablea are tender. Serve very bat, garniabed wif h the shredded cheese. Serves 6. Perbapa you'd like aà bot and bearty soup et onions and pota- tees. Its easy to make, CREAM O0F FOTATO AND ONION SOUF 3 cups scaldeti milk 1 cup petato water 2 tablespoons flour 2 tabiespoons fat 4 msedium potatoes 4 onions 1 green pepper Sait andi pepper Bail potatees, green pepper. and oniens fogether unt il tender. Dice the vegefables. -Make t white sauce et the flour, fat and liquid; add scalded miflk and veg- efables ta the wbifte sauce. Seasen wifh sait and pepper. Serve hot. Serves 4 generausly. Muabroomai grow and are serv- ed areund the -world, ait heugh net in every area. They are used, liferaily, in everything frein soup te nuta and they are served for breakfast, lunch, dlinner, and for snacks. FeW otber vegetables can be served ini so many unusual ways. Mushrooms are deliciouis raw, or sautéed, aîmmered, or plckled. Tbey mnay be canlied,, frazen, or dried. Muabroams nmay be serv- ed raw as hors d'"oeuvres, and are delightful in salad. Here's a recipe you may want te try. - IMUSHROOMS A~ND GREEN PEAS In heavy sauce pan having tight lid, make a neat et autside lettuce leaves, dipped eut et cold wafer and stili dripping. Int o this, cenfer a pound package et frezen peas. Add a chunk et butter, a dash et sait aind pepper, and a dasb et nutmreg, freshly grbtted if you have If. Cover with m'ore leffuce leaves and cook gent ly for about fiffeen minuates. Keep liti an sauce pan aIse. When ready te serve, remo(ve ail lettuce leaves and discard thern and stir into the peas î ta Et finiely diced musbrooms, lig-tlýy sauf éed in butter. Serve from heafed, bewl. Delicieus and dit- terent. If you likge, use a 4-ounce can sliced mushreoms( drali-ed> in this serving. Salesmnas- a msan who eau convince hua wife that shie's tee fat for a usink *cet. Why TIhey Uine Up For RadioCity A cold winlld swept 4ow.ýn West 50th Stree in New York Cîty whipping up candy wrappers z soot. It was just atfter noan o01w day recently and an estiniateed 7,000 eof the faithful were Ilined up four and five abreast down 50th to Rockefeller Plaza, serpen- tîned, back and forth bDetweeui poIUce barricades, anid straggled out along 51st Strceet, Sanie couldnà't even see the shrint, Others would wait foutr hours te gain admission. But these were tenacious and dedic.ated soulg, mnaking the annual holiday pil- grimage to Radio City MusIc 'Hall1. Why do they wait, hour atter hoýur,.,ducking into the Automnat for coffee, shrllgging deeper into the.ir callars to thwart the cold? One of the caps herding the crowdl had a, theory: "They corne in from Ohio or someplace and figure they can't go back withaut being able te say they'-ve been te Radio City," The bland family fare--Jimm-iy Duranteý and Doris Day in the mavie "Jumbo," a 40-mninute stage show featuring the Rock- ettes and a Nativity scene-drew Karen Young, a teen-ager ',-am Teaneck, N.J. "I like the people in tbie casf," she said. But a classmiate, Ellen ÇGold, insisted that "hait the fun is waiting in line," Nick Buffane of Brooklyn was showing the town to a fellow atudent at the University of Okilabema, John Ems of Little Rock, Ark., and he knew About the mnovie. "I'm going in spite of it," hie reported. "I like the colo, the size, the cerniness of the. Musie Hall."' A genial, fiftyish visiter 'frqni Oxford, Ohio, cared even less about the screen fare. "I anticipate a, three-hour reaýt inside"ý he said, shu.ïffling hi,ýL feet aIgainst the CeOd Meanwhile, inside the sacnredi precincta, the theater's st4aff ef 600 began a sedate celebration of the Muse H all's 3fth annxver- sary. While "$uinbo" lhzmb.rtd s'cross the Musie Hall1 scre+e, non-alcoheli'e pu±,eh and thre. birthday cakes were censumued. In an expamýsivg moed, RUSsesll V. Domrwiing, the, Musie Hals' president, had an explaýnati-n -Mi, t o185 million dians-1 inost thie equîvalent oethtle entiy,, U.S, population-srild heineMi "A dollar andi 1% rt'aWoet of entertainjment for~ every dol- Q.When One la eatint grape at the table, flow are thse seffl properly v removeti Iem thse moutis? A. These should be remeovké as inconspicuouisly as possible with the fingers. Nyr unde~r any Circumstanices, be guilty cf dropping theni directly from. the maoutli enta the plate!. MARCH 0F DIMES 'GRADUÂTES' - Holding the original 1946 Morch of Dimes poster fo? which he wos the rwodel, Donald Anderson, Ieft', 22, shows fewý signis of the polio that ,struck him when he was two. Anderson is now tepfatr)er ta three smol-,i children and hondiez 100-lb. potatoý socks in his worehouse job. Right, Lindo Brownr 17, w-tý. just 4 ýears old when she apDeared on the 19,49 poster. Today, Linda is ai memnbei oftè Robert E. Lee High Schaal drill tecrm In 1959, the Morch of Dimnes aind its organizer, the Naotional Foundation%, j(oined bottie oganinst btrth defects and rhPumoatoid crthritis os well es polie. s