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' freee DE teri oh aed al 16 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tussdey, September 6, 1966 LA NOUVELLE MODE "La Nouvelle Mode" ts the apt name of this sophis- ticated and elegant Mr. John Jr. hat from his new autumn and winter collec- tion inspired by the paint- ings of the famous artist, Henri Matisse. Tone on tone gives dramatic and eye- appealing importance to this bisque beige French felt with frost pearl fox fur trim. It complements Mr. John's in-town en- semble of handwoven matching tweed also shown here, and carries out his top-to-toe "'look". --By Tracy Adrian Laurier's Diminutive Protegee - Montreal Pianist Writes Memoirs By CAROL KENNEDY LONDON (CP)--"You must write it all down, Ellen, you must," American publisher Max "Reinhardt told the cele- brated Canadian pianist at a New York party. Ellen Ballon has finally taken his advice and is start- ing to write her memoirs. When the book is finished, in about a year's time, it wiii portray a remarkable musical career and an even more re- markable array of celebrities who have been her friends-- euch historic figures as Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Toscanini and Somerset Maugham. Its pages will distil the es- sence of a vanished style of living which this tiny, viva- cious, black + haired woman still pursues with undimin- ished zest. "T ghall be going back to Montreal to start sorting through the family papers-- such an enormous task I sometimes feel like giving the whole idea up," said the Montreal-born pianist, sipping a glass of Vichy water in her London apartment while urg- ing her guest to dispose of a heaped silver dish of caviar and a bottle of Bollinger champagne. "T have a big bundle of the most wonderful letters from Sir Wilfrid Laurier--I was his protegee, you know." Laurier, who died in 1919, was enchanted by the black- haired moppet who began playing by ear at the age of 3% and gave her first public recital in Windsor Hall at Montreal a year later. One of a family of seven gifted mu- sical children, Ellen and a sister and brother, all under eight, iormed Trio." ENCHANTED MAUGHAM At six she moved to New York to begin a series of studies under great teachers --one of whom had been a pu- pil of Liszt. Later she played at the White House for President William H. Taft, who suc- ceeded Theodore Roosevelt in 1909. She was the youngest pianist, and the first Canadian pianist, ever to give a recital for a U.S. president. In 1934 she again played at the White House, this time for President Franklin D. Roose- velt. As Ellen Ballon, now in her mid-60s, floor apartment overlooking a leafy Knightsbridge square that she and husband Lt.-Col. Theodore (Ted) Bullock rented for the summer, the memories came welling up. Somerset Near, Pe wie oe. captivated when Edna Ferber, author of Show Boat, intro- duced him to Ellen in Roches- ter, N.Y. "phat girl has candles be- hind her eyes," the writer told his hosts. "As soon as I met Willie, (Maugham's nickname), I felt an immediate rapport be- tween us," recalled Ellen. "All this horrid stuff that has heen written about him lately --I knew nothing avi ins side," she continued, referring to the cruelly outspoken ac- counts of his homosexual rela- tionships that have been re- cently published in Britain. "T knew another side of Wil- lie, I think he was different Reve e than.he-was with He was very . ear " she said, searching for the right word. "T think he felt safe with me. 'You know, he was a very lonely person and I have al- ways been very lonely at heart, though perhaps you wouldn't think so." MUST BE PERFECT Maugham gave her the manuscript of The Colonel's Lady, inscribed to her, as well as a first edition of Liza of Lambeth, his first novel. Dipping at random through the years, she recalled a sparkling European tour of 1928 when she gave private recitals for princesses, was presented to King George V and Queen Mary and domi- nated concert platforms in Vienna, Amsterdam and Ber- lin, swathed in dramatic cloaks like something out of a Goya portrait. She has always relished brilliant clothes and de- manded perfection in them as in everything else. "Valentina, who used to design for me, called me 'The Duchess,' laughed Ellen, her lustrous dark eyes spar- kling as she sat in a brocaded chair in a striped silk ankle- length dress of vivid pink pink shades, topped by an embroidered yellow jacket. Ellen, only four-feet-eleven, has the smallest hands of any noted concert pianist in the world. They can barely | stretch an octave, yet her | playing has a tumultuous | power and fire. The late Jacob Epstein did | a bust of her, with hands poised one above the other. She plans to lend it to Quebec House in London, where she will give a recital next May for 45 "special guests," Ellen Ballon's roots are in Quebec--husband Ted Bullock was also formerly of Roxton Pond, Que. --and although her "headquarters" now are in New York, she remains | deeply attached to McGill and | inteneely mrond of the doctor- | ate the university gave her in jj 1954. WON CAMPAIGN She was a pupil of the Mc- Gill Conservatorium at five, winning to director's scholar- | ship, and after the Second World War, when to Conserv- atorium seemed on the verge of closing, she began a 14- talked in the fifth- Maugham was | shades for Fall. 610/612 BOTANY WOOL SWEATERS Dylanize* FOR MACHINE WASHABILITY PULLOVER--A Kitten raglan sleeve classic in 100% superfine English Botany. "Dylanize"® for machine washability. Mothproofed. All the latest Sizes 34-42 fashioned shades. Each 10,00 LONG SLEEVE CARDIGAN--Here's the perfectly matching partner! 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The McGill campaign cul- minated triumphantly--in the teeth of opposition from some powerful academics -- in a huge, glittering benefit per- formance to launch a perma- nent endowment fund for Martlet Scholarships, The om bird is McGill's sym- |} Ellen and seven other piano played at the benefit, and the whole ground floor of Moat- real's Ritz-Carlton Hotel was flung open to accommodate the 350 guests who each paid $100 and stayed until dawn. But Ellen Ballon found the sweet taste of success soured by jealous reactions from some musicians and academ- ics, She says her memoirs We Slip Occasionally will mot lack controversial disclosures. AURA OF GLAMOR Most of her musical friend- ships, however, have been richiy rewarding. Villa-Lobos, the famous South American composer, wrote 'his first piano cencerto for her and she eg its world premiere at io de Janeiro in 1946. A great regret is that she never met Rachmaninoff-- "the mann IT admire shove others,' One of her most treasured possessions is a ogc and ruby bracelet fashioned like the opening bars of the score of Rachman- inoff's second piano concerto, given her by "an admirer." Touches like that have been typical of her life, Every- thing she does is burnished with the style and glamor of bygone days. At the dinner parties for which she is fa- mous, the flowers, food and wine are always exquisite, the name - cards are deco with Uny nana-made scaiia birds and the silver match. | Continental French Buffet Hicw RECOMMENDED The Rih Room Will Be Closed Sundays For The Summer Served Daily 11:30 . 2 p.m, -- 5 to 8 p.m. GENOSHA HOTEL BUT... (P1e can ane ee OT fe 5 | « ro] 8 J ae Co There is a antiquity which says... 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