Lit Wick Gazette: December 2012

Composer of the Month 

Manuel Ponce,  was born December 1882 in 

Fresnillo, Zatatecas, Mexico, but moved when 

only a few weeks old to Aguascalientes where 

he lived until he was fifteen.  He began playing 

the piano at age four after listening to his older 

sister’s lesson and played the song by ear at 

home.  From 1901 to 1917, he traveled across 

Mexico and the whole world to study, then to 

teach music, spending a few years in Germany 

and Cuba.  In 1912, he wrote his most popular 

work, a slow love song recorded by many 

artists including the Philadelphia Orchestra and 

the Percy Faith Orchestra.  His style was to 

write classical pieces with Mexican  folk stories 

and legends, and add pop song influences.  This 

scandalized some European musicians, but he 

proved very popular, and won the Mexican 

National Science and Arts Prize in 1947.  He 

died the following year, and Mexico recognized 

his contribution to their musical culture by 

dedicating a fountain in his home town to him, 

and burying him in the Roundhouse of 

Illustrious Men.  

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We must have a spirit of power towards the 

enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit 

of self-control towards ourselves. 

-Watchman Nee 

~Charity Clothespin~

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Introduction Etiquette

excerpts from Emily Post’s 1922 Edition of Etiquette

After an introduction, when you have talked for some time to a 

stranger whom you have found agreeable, and you then take leave, 

you say, “Good-by, I am very glad to have met you,” or “Good-by, I 

hope I shall see you again soon”—or “some time.” The other person 

answers, “Thank you,” or perhaps adds, “I hope so, too.” Usually 

“Thank you” is all that is necessary.  

    In taking leave of a group of strangers—it makes no difference 

whether you have been introduced to them or merely included in 

their conversation—you bow “good-by” to any who happen to be 

looking at you, but you do not attempt to attract the attention of 

those who are unaware that you are turning away.  

~The Editor~

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A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without 

walls. 

-Proverbs 25:28 (ESV)

~Isabel Delacruz~

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The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn is an animated movie based off of two of the comic books by Herge: The Secret of the Unicorn, The Crab with the Golden Claws, and a little bit from 'Red Rackham’s Treasure'.

The story is about a young journalist named Tintin and his dog Snowy. One day, in an outdoor market, he buys a model ship (called the Unicorn) that catches his eye. Upon being pressed by two men who wish to by the model, he refuses to sell which launches him into unexpected adventures.

The story has the theme of a multi-generational vision when Tintin becomes friends with Captain Haddock, a descendent of Sir Francis Haddock who sailed the original Unicorn and built three models for his three sons. There are also the themes of not giving up and doing what’s right.

The movie is rate PG. There are several fist fights and some intense chase scenes. Captain Haddock has a problem with drink throughout the movie but it is portrayed as a bad thing and he overcomes by the end.

Starring in it is Jamie Bell (Nicholas Nickleby) as the voice of Tintin with Andy Serkis as the voice of Captain Haddock (Little Dorrit). The supporting cast includes Daniel Craig, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg (Voyage of the Dawn Treader) and others.

~Eliza Bennet

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, 

goodness, faithfulness,   gentleness, self-control; against such things 

there is no law.  

-Galatians 5:22-23 

~Dawn Paperclip~

Lit Wick Paper. November 2012

Introduction Etiquette

excerpts from Emily Post’s 1922 Edition of Etiquette

   Best Society has only one phrase in acknowledgment of an

introduction: “How do you do?” It literally accepts no other. When

Mr. Bachelor says, “Mrs. Worldly, may I present Mr. Struthers?”

Mrs. Worldly says, “How do you do?” Struthers bows, and says

nothing. To sweetly echo “Mr. Struthers?” with a rising inflection on

“—thers?” is not good form. Saccharine chirpings should be classed

with crooked little fingers, high hand-shaking and other affectations.

All affectations are bad form.

  Persons of position do not say: “Charmed,” or “Pleased to meet

you,” etc., but often the first remark is the beginning of a

conversation. For instance:

  Young Struthers is presented to Mrs. Worldly. She smiles and

perhaps says, “I hear that you are going to be in New York all

winter?” Struthers answers, “Yes, I am at the Columbia Law

School,” etc., or since he is much younger than she, he might

answer, “Yes, Mrs. Worldly,” especially if his answer would

otherwise be a curt yes or no. Otherwise he does not continue

repeating her name.

~The Editor~

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When I walk through the forest glade

And listen to the leaves,

That gently rustle to and fro

Against the autumn breeze.

They speak of beauty far above

And of a loving Hand,

Sustaining all the world around

With one word of command.

I sing a song of gratefulness

To God who made the world,

And think that if we silent are

The trees proclaim His word.

~Kaylianna Selwyn~

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Pumpkin Apple Streusel Muffins

Ingredients

•2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

•2 cups white sugar

•1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice

•1 teaspoon baking soda

•1/2 teaspoon salt

•2 eggs, lightly beaten

•1 cup canned pumpkin puree

•1/2 cup vegetable oil

•2 cups peeled, cored and chopped apple

•2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

•1/4 cup white sugar

•1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

•4 teaspoons butter

1.      Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 18 muffin cups or use paper liners.

2.      In a large bowl, sift together 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 2 cups sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together eggs, pumpkin and oil. Add pumpkin mixture to flour mixture; stirring just to moisten. Fold in apples. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.

3.      In a small bowl, mix together 2 tablespoons flour, 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle topping evenly over muffin batter.

4.      Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.

~Isabel Delacruz~

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Composer of the Month 

Frank Martin,  born in 1890, was born in

Switzerland to a Huguenot family, the son of a

Calvinist preacher, and the youngest of ten

children.  He began writing music at  a young

age, but did not receive any musical training

until he went to Geneva College to study

mathematics and physics, where he took

lessons from prominent Swiss composer Joseph

Lauber.  Before his death in November 1974,

he had written 29 works, including one ballet

and an opera.

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Movie Review:

Nicholas Nickelby (2002)

Nicholas Nickelby is based off a book of the same name by Charles Dickens.  The

theme of the movie is found in one of its first sentences:

 “When a parent dies, that person on whom you rely on for only—everything, you

wonder who will catch you now.”

The film shows a young man in about 1850, Nicholas Nickelby, whose father dies,

and a year of his life in which he must find who will take care of his sister, mother,

and himself.  Will his uncle help them?  Will the Schoolmaster of Dotheboys Hall

prove generous in his employment?  Is the theater the answer?

By the end, he finds that the people who can best make his family happy are kinhearted, good people who help him stand on his own feet, and that sometimes the

sweetest times come when you have ‘caught’ someone else who needs help even

more than yourself.

The movie is rated PG for childbirth scenes, and there are some whippings shown

on screen, so while the older Dickens reader themself will not be too bothered,

their younger siblings may not want to watch this movie.

Charles Hunnam is Nicholas Nickelby, Romola Garai (Emma, 2009) plays Kate

Nickelby, alongside Cristopher Plummer (Sound of Music), Anne Hathaway

(Becoming Jane) , and  Jamie Bell (Tintin)

~Agatha Forsyth~