t Page 8, The Herald, Thursday, November 2, 1978 Charmaine Anderson pictured the quiet resignation of youngsters in this area who waited in vain for the rain to let up so they could go out Ad say. and trick-or-treat. Heavy down- pour kept the youngsters in but alsa kept vandalism down local potice \ga herpetic Interest increasing in older time pieces LONDON (CP) — In recent years there has been a revival of interest inclocks of the past. But because antique clocks are rare and expensive, most persons have satisfied this nostalgia by buying modern versions of the styles they admire. Britain's craftsmen clock- makers have been working full time to meet the home and overseas demand for replicas and reproductions. Longease clocks, first pro- duced in the last quarter of the 17th century, were once to be found in every sub- stantial home in Britain. And although such large clocks might seem out of place in the confined surroundings of a modern house or flat, firms which today are making grandfather, grandmother and the smaller grand- daughter clocks are hard pressed to keep up with demand, Even more popular than the longcases are reproductions of carriage Restoring dolls his new vocation TORONTO (CP) — Fifteen years ago Juhn Hawkshaw took ali the uld pieces of dolls he could find and assembled them iovingly into one unusual figure which he gave to his sisler as a Christmas an h "My sister was sv happy,” he says. “She has it still,” In the years since, Hawkshaw has becume an expert repairer and restorer of dolls and has acquired a vasl knowledge of their. history. Hawkshaw = also ~—s has amassed a cullection of 30 rareand historic dolls during. the years uf buying from and selling to culleectors (throughout Canada, Furthermure, he makes coslumes for dolls whuse original clothes have disintegrated. His costumes New film ambitious project HOLLWYOOD (AP) — The most ambitious movie in the history of the Walt Disney Studios is the $17- million Black Hole, now in production. The casting of the space epic is also another depar- ture for Disney. It stars Maximillien Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Jennifer O'Neill and Ernest Borgnine. None has ever been in a Disney picture. The film, with a schooling schedule of 122 days, is taking up every sound stage at the studio. It is closed to all visitors. are meticulously matched lu the time and statin uf the doll. Hawkshaw’s clientele stretches to the U.S., Ger- many and Londun. “There are a number of Toruntonians with large cullections,” he says. ‘But must don't want publicity. First, these anliques are valuabwe; —_ secund, Canadians still seem relicent about this hobby, althvugh the fever is su high in Eurupe and the United States thal period dolls are very, very expensive and often difficult to come by.” Hawkshaw said he “always had a yen for custume designing.” “Y studied pattern drafting and designing al Geurge Brown Cullege fur a while. I cuuldn’t gel a jub su f worked washing dishes, then as a warehouse stock bey, “One day I was visiting a friend who had a second- hand shop. People used to bring in all sorts of things— clothing, TV sets, pots and pans.”” ~ “There was Lhis older man why had a deal ta clean out peuple’s basements and, fur pay, lake the junk he found. He came in this day with a large basket of old dolis. My friend gave him $10 and he thought thal was great.”’ Hawshaw said his friend “began selling the dolls for $10 apiece and they went like huteakes, with word geting around and people calling for more, “We decided maybe there was some hidden guld there. We found later those dolls were worlh $100 each, many much more.” Today the dell doctur has a corner inan antique shop. He restures duljs, buys fur collectors and purchases rare dulls. clocks. These little brass- cased clocks, with glass- panelled sides and a plat- form escapement ticking away under a bevelled glass panel let into the top, were first made in France. Throughout the fast century, however, they were also turned out by many British clockmakers. Originally supplied with a leather carrying case, they were the 19th-century equivalent of the modern travel alarm clock. Today many British firms again are producing them either as replicas or in simplified versions which sell ina lower price bracket. : Other styles from the past enjoying increasing popularity in some af Britain's export market— mainly the United States, Australia and mainland Eu- rope—are pendulum wall clocks, reproductions of bracket clocks made by Thomas Tompion and _ his contemporaries In the lale 17th century and repro- ductions of the even earlier brass lantern clocks. Popular too at the top end of the markel are replicas of curious horological creations such as the skeleton clocks made in the late 18th and 19th centuries, These skeletons under their glass domes consist of delicate scrolls of polished brass between which wheels and pinions, escapements, bar- rels and strike mechanisms can be seen performing their functions. It is a strange anomaly that when inexpensive quartz movements needing virtually no attention and accurate to a couple of minutes a year are available, more and more people should be showing a preference for traditional mechanical clocks. It has been suggested that this is because mechanical clocks have a life of their own. It is clear that many people do feel that weekly winding is a small price to pay for a clock that ticks out the seconds and strikes or chimes the hours. Nevertheless, there is also an interest in quartz clocks in Britain, particularly among young people, and this interest is growing. Last year Smiths Industries launched its mass-produced quartz movement. However, this company and its com- petitors have found that their best-selling quartz clocks are those styled like French carriage clocks or in other traditional styles. Reflexology is new health fad BARRIE, Ont. (CP) — Move over acupuncture. There's another unproved treatment for aches and pains showing up. INFO HEALTH DR. BOB YOUNG A painful skin eruption is the most dramatic finding in a case of shingles, allhough the disease is, in reality, an infection of the nervous system, The virus that causes the disease is the same one respunsible for chicken-pux, and (the rash usually gues through a stage thal resembles the spots seen in the childhoud illness. Shingles are also called herpes zusler (zoster means girdle) as they are must frequently seen as a narruw band-like pattern on one side of the chest or abdumen. The nerves to Lhese areas cume from the spinal curd in a regular fashion, reminiscent of a child’s drawing of a Christmas tree. When the herpes virus encircles one or more of the budy-encircling nerves, and the skin area supplied by that nerve, the underlying Structures start to hurt. Subsequently the rash ap- pears and the diagnosis becomes evident. Usually only one side of the trunk is affected, and then only a relatively narrow strip. There is no truth in ihe , \ale that the disease is fatal “if the skin eruption encircles the body. The pain associated with shingles is «ften severe and distressingly persistent. It ~ may remain aS a pust- (after herpes) neurilis long after the rash has gone. The older a persun is when they get shingles the mure likely they will be saddled wilh a painful neuritis that may last fur years. The herpes virus may also infect other nerves, with invulvement of the ear and the eye being seen quite often, The latter may require vigoruus therapy if the eye and vision are tu escape damage. Early shingles is difficult to diagnuse as the only complaint is an unexplained pain in the wall of the chest or abdumen. By the lime of the second visit to the doctor the typical rash is present and the diagnusis is ubvious. The astute doctor will warn the patient with pain in these areas of the possibility of shingles. Only the pain = and discumfort can be treated. There is nv specific cure. In spite of the pain the disease is nut serious (except in the eye), although in very severe cases shingles may indicate ‘the presence of a serigus underlying disease such as cancer. The British Columbia Medical Association and this newspaper bring you Info- Health. Your questions are welcumed, It's called reflexology and, though it does not appear to be widespread, it is coming under attack from the few government or medical authorities who admit they have heard of it, Basically, practitioners say, reflexology can relieve pain, stress and aches by the massaging of hands and the feet, There are reflexes—so these practitioners say—in the hands and feet rrelative to each organ in the body. By massaging appropriate spots, beneficial effects can be passed on to the ap- propriate organ—hence the namee reflexology. While most medical people say they've never heardof it, those who have scoff al the idea of reflexes in the hands or feet affecting body organs. Practitioners have their own association and Pamela Holt, who says she is association director and a practising reflexologist herself, reports there were 30 members in 1976. She says she is not sure how many there now are. “Ignorance is why more people don't know about it. Education and medicine are lagging behind here in Can- ada,” She says the practice ap- peared in the United States in 1913, imported from Europe, and now is spreading slowly in Canada. It takes 20 hours of instruc- tion ~— to become a reflexologist, she says. There is a written and practical examination before anyone can be cer- tlfied with the association. Like other reflexologists, Eugene Sienkiewicz disregards the scorn his practice meets from the medical community. Sienkiewicz, who wears a white coat when he treats patients in his basement office here, says that although doctors are not convinced that massaging the hands and feet can re- lieve pain in other parts af the bady, they permit him to treat their patients. , “It is the work of nature,” he says, adding that relaxation is one of reflexology’s benefits. “That's part of the prin- ciple that the feet and hands have hundreds of nerves affecting all parts of the body, “When there is congestion and the reflexes are crushed by toxins and poisons, we must dilute them and take them away by the flow of fresh blood.” However, the Canadian Medical Association refuses to recognize reflexologists and the Ontario Medical Association and Ontario ministry of health are in- vestigating. “It (reflexology) is not classified as a medical act to my knowledge and doesn’t fall within the sphere of interest for the CMA,” said Doug Geekie, com- munications director for the association. “They claim they can cure just about every ache and pain in your body,” an OMA spokesman says. “All [ can say is the aches and pains are usually symptomatic of something more serious,” APED AND. 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