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o (7W-g?DF0RD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, December 8, 1953 G leisure is New Product " from Italy By ELIZABETH TOOMEY United Presi Correspondent New York (U.P.) We al ready have improved tailored shirts, tomboy haircuts, sharp toed shoes and well-rounded movie stars from Italy, and now we're showing interest in a duty free Italian product leisure. At a growing number of marble-topped tables in this city busy people are encouraged to linger longer over a single cup of coffee, demi tasse size at that. A machine from Italy started this slow down a grinding, sighing contraption that sends a stream of inky black brew from a thin spouf) We began to import Espresso coffee machines after World War II, which was not surprising for a gadget-minded nation. But now Espresso coffe shops are appearing in prosperous Man hattan neighborhoods, and they are successfully selling the folksy leisure that is part of Italian shops as well as the strong steamed coffee. Umberto Romanelli is a pro prietor of one of these Espresso coffe shops here. He rwtterned the shop after Motta, a famous coffee shop in Milan, and cov ered one wall with a wallpaper mural of Venice, his former home. Then Romanelli set about slowing down his American cus tomers. The experiment began last May. "The time is right for it," Ro manelli said. "Americans get more continental minded all the time." "Sometimes they wait now for hours," Romanelli said (proudly. "In Italy it is nothing for a man to come in for a cup of coffee in the morning and sit all day. Now I have some cus tomers who sit for two hours with one cup of coffee. They are learning." When the weather gets warm er he will put three tables and eight chairs on the sidewalk, a aestalgic gesture to the famous outdoor tables in St. Mark's Square, in Venice. "It is hard to give a neighborly feeling in New York City," he confessed sadly. "But it is get ting better. And itOmust be the same in other cities. I sell Es presso machines too, and recent ly I sold three in Chicago, one in Dallas and one in California.'! Auxiliary-Guild To Meet Friday; Electior9 Planned Hostesses for the Christmas meeting of St. Mark's uxiliary guild will be Mrs. H. C. Beeler, Miss Ann Livingston and Mrs. H. C. Goldsmith. The meeting will be held in the parish house at 12:30 p.m. and luncheon will be served. Those attending are asked to take canned or packaged foods for distribution to the less fortu nate at Christmas time, and an inexpensive gift to go on the Christmas tree. Reports from retiring commit te chairmen and election of new officers fr the coming year are on the-program for the busi ness meeting, last of the year O for this group. Comedy Tickets On Sale Today Tickets are on sale a Puruck ers' Piano house. 111 North Cen tral avenue in Medford, and at The Mart, 270 East Main street, Ashland, for the comedy, "Mr. Pirn Passes By" which is to be presented by the SOC Players Deteember 9 and 10 at eight p.m. in Churchill Hall. Mrs. Dorothy Stolp is director. Further information may be obtained by calling the SOC In formation Office, phone 2-4611. Student body tickets will be honored, it was announced. Party, Election Planned by Club Election of officers will be held when Junior Degree of Honor club meets Saturday, De cember 10. The session will be at the home of the director, Mrs. H. G. Wilson, 7 Chtnut street, from 2 to 4 p.m. A Christmas party is planned and members may invite friends. TO FIND THE SffOP RIGHT Concert Set For Sunday First concert of the season for the Philharmonic Society of Southern Oregon, postponed from the first announced date, will be given Sunday, December 11, at 3 p.m. in Medford Senior High school auditorium. Richard D. Werner, director of the orchestra, will be violin soloist for the program, playing "Romance in G" by Beethoven. John Drysdale will serve as con ductor during this number. Mr. Werner will also play a group of solos with Bruno Pelle grini as accompanist, and will be conductor for the remainder of the concert. Major work on the concert program will be Haydn's "Sym phony No. 7," one of the com positions he wrote . under com missions during his stay in London. Robert Miller Shows' Paintings In College Hall ; Robert Miller, graduate of the University of Oregon School of Fine Art, has placed 11 oil paint ings on exhibition in Churchill hall, rooms 107-108, for students and interested townspeople to view according 'to Miss Marian Ady of the SOC Art Department. The artist, who resides at 514 West Jackson st., Medford, is a private instructor in painting and has visited the galleries and museums of Rome, Paris and London. o He has been actively engaged in painting for eleven years and is a disciple of the landscape tra dition prior to the modern art movement. His versatility of style and diverse subject matter are well brought out in the ex hibit, it was pointed out by Miss Ady. One work, a photo-montage, has excited much comment by viewers since the paintings went on display. The oils may be seen during class hours throughout this week and the next. One evening ses sion is planned for Monday, De cember 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. with Otto Wilda, SOC faculty mem ber in charge. College Women Plan Symposium College Women's Club of the Rogue River valley will meet Saturday, December 10, in the parlor of First Methodist church, it was announced today. The meeting was originally announc ed for the home of Mrs. A. C. Pierce. The program will be a timely symposium on "Christmas in the Fine Arts." Mrs. A. V. Hardy will open the program with the subject, "Literature, beauty and truth endure f o r e v e r." Mrs. Charles R. Adamson will present Christmas music and will play themes from the Christmas mu sic of some of the great com posers. Mrs. Annette Gray will read some of the great poetry inspired by the Christmas sea son. Vola Tolman, artist from Gold Hill, will close the symposium with the subject of art and pre sent an interpretation of a Christmas picture. CALENDAR Thursday 6:30 p.m. Lincoln PTA, an nual Christmas dinner in school cafeteria. 7 p.m. P y t h i a n Sunshine girls, Pythian building. 7:30 Phoenix Lady Lions, Oakwood motel. 8 p.m. Miriam circle of Zion Lutheran church. 8 p.m. Reames chapter, OES, Medford Masonic temple. Friday 11 a.m. Medford Truth cen ter, "Unity," Room 203 Holly theater bldg. 12 noon Phoenix Garden club, Community bldg. 12:30 p.m. St. Mark's aux iliary guild. f Public Card Party Planned for Friday Wenonah club will hold a pub lic card party at Redman hall Friday, December' 9, at 8:15 p.m. Bridge, pinochle and ca nasta will be played. I EST ARRAY AWAYJFOR BOOKS GIFTS RECORDS 117 Choose from big toy assortments many sale priced this week fx jLS' Gilbert Erector Sets-asst. sizes. Sets priced from 15.65 to 18.85 Musical Popsicle Truck push to play tune; colorful body 2.98 Jr. Deluxe Velocipede 3 sizes; ages VA to 6. From 10.45-1 1 .95 SPECIAL FREE S. 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