Amerikai Magyar Szó, 1983. július-december (37. évfolyam, 27-49. szám)
1983-09-01 / 32. szám
Thursday, Sep. 1. 1983. AMERIKAI MAGYAR SZÓ 11. Greece lives on the Danube A szem a lélek tükre A régi bölcsesség úgy tartja, hogy a szem a lélek tükre. Valóban, a szemen észrevesszük, ha valaki örül, szomorkodik, a szemből sugárzik a jóság, vagy a harag. A szem ezenkívül arcunkon a legfontosabb funkciót tölti be, ezért kell rá vigyáznunk, s mivel lelkivilágunk kifejező eszköze, szépítenünk is kell. A múltban a kozmetika az arcon a legnagyobb figyelmet a szájnak szentelte. Évek óta azonban, az ó'si kultúrák mintájára s a ma élő keleti népek példájára is, felfedezi ismét a szemet, s erre helyezi a hangsúlyt. Ha a nö felfedezi szeme körül az első szarkalábakat, legtöbbször szerencsétlennek érzi magát. Hogy az ilyen jelenségek ne mutatkozzanak idő előtt, azt a szem tájának megfelelő kezelésével kell megelőznünk. Az első feltétel az, hogy arcunkat esténként mossuk tökéletesen tisztára, a napközben rárakódott por, szenny legkisebb nyomát is távolítsuk el. A szem tájékát még külön is lemossuk egy finom borvizes vattapamaccsal. Egy további vattapamacsot pedig, miután átitattuk borvizzel és gyengéden kinyomkodtuk, körülbelül öt percre becsukott szemünkre helyezünk. Langyos kamillateával váltogathatjuk a borogatást, de vigyáznunk kell, mert a kamilla más kitűnő hatása mellett kissé szárit, ezért a kamillás kezelés után minden esetben óvatosan, ujjunk hegyével maszirozzuK be a szemtáji bőrbe egy kevés lanolinos krémet vagy olívaolajat, amivel a ráncképzódést megakadályozzuk. A kamilla a szem körüli bőr ernyedését, lazaságát, esetleges puffadtságát ellensúlyozza. A masszázásnál ügyeljünk arra, hogy ujjúnkat sose huzzuk végig a szemtáji bőrön, mert az igen érzékeny és könnyen kinyúlik. Mindig csak finom veregetéssel dolgozzuk be a krémet a bőrbe. A szem fáradtsága ellen igen ajánlatos a szemtorna, melyet a következőképpen végezzünk. Nézzünk először a távolba, majd egymásután többször erősen hunyjuk be szemünket majd nyissuk tágra, meresszük ki. Utána körözzünk néhányszor szemgolyónkkal balról jobbra, majd jobbról balra. Végül szemünket lecsukva szemhéjunkat finoman nyomkodjuk meg. Ami a kikészítést illeti, nappalra a világosabb szemöldököt és szempillát kifejezőbbé tesszük azáltal, hogy s'ótétebb festékkel vonjuk be, estére pedig a szemhéjak különböző színezése (a bőr és a haj valamint a szem színe szerint), a szemvonalak meghosszabbítása és a müszempillák használata teheti szebbé, ragyogóbbá szemünket és egész megjelenésünket. De legfontosabb tennivalónk, hogy sose feledkezzünk meg lefekvés előtt a szépi- tÖszerek tökéletes eltávolításáról. m BY PRUDENCE HELLER Associated Press Writer SZENTENDRE, Hungary - Greek-style music pouring out of amplifiers permeates the center of town. But the sunshine, if there is any, is nowhere near as intense as the Greek sun. The waterfront is not the Aegean or the Adriatic, but the Danube. The announcements that alternate with the music are in Hungarian. The town is Szentendre, population 17,000, about a dozen miles upstream from Budapest. Why the Greek music? One could chalk it up to the almost zany reality of Szentendre that makes it a sort of New York Greenwich Village on the Danube. It's a very active artist' town, with museums galore and stores selling all kinds of craft- work. But this is also a medieval Greenwich Village, whose narrow, cobbled streets, many open only to pedestrians, baroque and rococo houses in all colors, and churches of many architectures, including the Orthodox "onion dome," carry centuries of history into the present. The Greek music isn't as zany as one might think, either. For the Greeks played a role in the history of Szentendre, as did the Serbs, Bosnians, Dalmatians and Albanians. They all fled to the region from the advancing Turks in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. The Serbs particularly were a dominating influence in the town's artistic heritage, although only a handful remain in the area. Dear Friend, In the time it will take you to read this letter, the world could be engulfed in a nuclear holocaust. That's all the time we have, because that's how long it would take for Russian missiles to reach and utterly destroy every American city and town with over 5,000 people... Or how long it would take for the missiles launched from just one American submarine to destroy the 240 cities in the Soviet Union with populations greater than 100,000. Pershing II. missiles, scheduled for deployment in West Germany, could hit Soviet targets about the same time you finish reading this page. Insanity? Yes. Incomprehensible? Yes. Impossible? No. Even more frightening than the prospect of all-out nuclear war is the fact that it could happen by accident. No sane person would ever push the button to end the world, but when the computers and radar that direct our retaliatory forces can mistake a full flight of geese for a massive Soviet attack - how safe are we? Together, the Soviet Union and the United States have more than .,50,000 nuclear weapons. With each new weapon added to the arsenal, the risk grows of accident... of a faulty computer chip... of an insane mind... of holocaust. A young American writer, Jonathan Schell, has spelled out what that could mean... A darkness in which no nation, no society, no civilization will remain; in which never again will a child be born; in which never again will humans appear on Earth - and there will be no one to remember that they ever did. Szentendre - named for the apostle St. Andrew - first appears in records in 1146. The first church, we're told, was built in the 13th century. Until the early 14th century, the town was owned by the bishops of Veszpre'm. The people of the region grew fruit, especially grapes. But even then, some arts and crafts were produced. In the late 19th century, blight hit the grape crop, and Szentendre turned to small industry - but also became Budapest's fruit bowl, growing a wide variety of fruit for the nearby city. But for the average visitor, it's the center of town and the banks of the Danube that are the focus of attention. Hungarians pour into town for a jaunt on a weekend by train or on the Danube riverboat from Budapest. Their T-shirts with legends like "University of Georgia" and "San Jose, California" contribute to the Greenwich Village atmosphere. So do all the handicrafts for sale, including those draped across the front steps and front door of one of the famous churches. And so does the fact that people spend so much of their time just walking around and looking - and, of course, eating. The restaurants tucked into the baroque houses often have back yards for dining al fresco, and serve Greek and Serbian as well as traditional Hungarian cuisine. A band may set itself up outside one of the eateries. And on summer evenings, there may be an outdoor play on the main square. Right this very minute, you and I and every man, woman and child are a target of a Soviet nuclear weapon - and every Soviet citizen is a target of an American weapon. That stark reality won't change with Star Wars'-style laser beams aimed at Soviet missiles. In fact, President Reagan's proposal, which he called a "defensive" system, would constitute the largest escalation of the arms race in history. It would be many times more costly than the unneeded missile without a mission, the MX, and even more threatening to peace than that missile Ronald Reagan's script writers dubbed the "Peacekeeper." The nuclear arms race is the gravest threat to our nation in history, even if we never fight a nuclear war! It is destroying our economy... keeping interest rates and budget deficits high. It is destroying our cities with the slow- death of decay, because vital resources are being spent on new weapons systems that will enable us to kill more Russians faster. President Reagan wants us to spend two trillion, seven-hundred billion dollars in five years on defense-related matters... $2,700,000,000,000! And to fund that unprecedented arms buildup, we are asked to cut hot lunches for hungry school children, deny benefits to disabled workers and reduce funds for education. We are distorting our values as a compassionate nation to pursue a policy of MADness, Mutual Assured Destruction. If the bombs don't destroy us, paying for them - and the systems to deliver them - surely will. THE THREAT OFA HOLOCAUST EXCERPTS FROM A LETTER BY SENATOR ALAN CRANSTON
