Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 21, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press february 2l 1979 pages 4156 pick a number and chances Are mentalist Mike Mandel knows what it it takes some but Logan snares Marlon Brando for eat drink and be merry How to beat the blahs photo by Gerry Cairns Georgina lots of these folks know what freezing is so you think youre say hello to Georgina who sell lottery tickets from a Kiosk at Portage and an unheated bundled up in enough clothing to prompt second looks from a store Georgina Hawks tickets every Day from 10 to about four along with the Job lot of Long 1 Johns and draw Erful of sweaters and shirts she Georgina wraps her legs in a fur lined she has couple of warmers a burning Char Coal briquette in a Case for her feet and Why does she do it its a Job that about the size of every Day i finish is one Day closer to a team of eight police flouts the weather every night and walks the Portage and main there out there for eight with a half hour off for a police says John Community relations officer for the Winnipeg will weave in and out of Coffee shops and bars on the talking to owners and grabbing a cup of Java Here and there to warm rookies used to be they did this for three or four Hinton a Rookie is on the beat for less than a in a Rookie will get some work on Cruiser cars in the first newfangled parkas and heavy clothing have replaced the fabled Buffalo Hinton says were getting the skins were getting expensive As and the ones they had on hand were getting pretty so they auctioned the Bunch of them unlike Stan Doest Gripe about the he Doest com Plain about having to stand on a Street Corner when its minus silently waiting for someone to approach him and inquire about his magazines or his he Wel comes the Job As he does the Inqui Stan is one of the members of the Jehovah witnesses who ignore the weather and stand on Winnipeg streets with their copies of watchtower and awake or solicit support from door to we follow the principle that Jesus Laid John Davidson he preached from City to City and from Village to and his disciples went with we follow the same some slam doors in their faces but others invite the witnesses into their Many More pedestrians ignore Stan than talk to but he Waits standing almost motionless with the magazines held to his when he gets Stan ducks into the Bay or the bus he wont let a paltry thing like wind chill interfere with his i dont stay for he says i stay for my by Joe Rubin and Ritchie Gage As the longtime Winnipeg Ger said to the newly arrived Winnipeg is All providing you can take february Cal lit what you will february Cabin fever or Winter wearied about this time of year a certain melancholy creeps Over Many caused by too much Snow and too Long psychologists recognize the mid Winter doldrums As a real and sometimes acute Winnipeg psychologist Arthur Herscovitch said the two main causes of the Winter blues not to be confused with psychiatric depression Are shortened hours of Daylight and the bitterly cold weather which forces us to stay contributing to a caged in we tend to go to work in the dark and go Home in the dark and spend the Daylight hours working he William a Psychia try professor at the University of said Cabin that feeling induced by pro longed cold is very it is a combination of ones sense of losing control Over usual daily activity much like a prisoner coupled with an increasing sense of isolation and loss of social we have no sense of a clearcut end to All this Snow and we know its going to get better after several months but theres no certainty about the next several the one remedy suggested by her Scovitch is not to sit got to make the Best of the situation by getting out and getting involved in things such As Cross country or Community school make most of it Larry a Winnipeg Psychol said people should take advantage of Winter rather than treat it As an enemy if you dont like the he work on yourself or your taking the advice for Cou pled with a Strong desire to stay we braved the wind chill to come up with the following blah beat ing suggestions and heat generating Weddington suggested talking about the Weathers Foulness can be beneficial i never believed that old saying that its better to Light one Little Candle than to curse the dark i say Light the Candle and curse the darkness As for a Nice warm casually mention to your neighbor this is Miami Beach compared to the Winter of it was so cold Back then that the thermometer at the old James police station dropped to Joe Rubin left and Gus below if that thermometer had been an Inch longer wed have Frozen to or you Call this Snow in March of 66 there was so much of the White stuff that people downtown spent the night at that talk plus the Joy of telling returning defectors to the South not to mention your descendants that youve sur Vived a Winnipeg Winter will warm a Frozen psyche any warm clothing so now your psyches what about your toes a cold snap restrict your movement outdoors just ask Karen who Sells Long Johns at United army surplus sales on Portage theres an article of Karen to keep every part of you Winter she comes in several knits and although the warmest underwear is Many people opt for the fleece lined variety because Wool Thermal despite its warm is bulkier than fleece lined and ranks third in terms of warmth with Cotton tagging along at the especially popular among the photo by Wayne Glowacky Uhmann try a steam sporting set is fishnet its very Good if you Cross country ski or Backpack or engage in any strenuous activity where youre mov ing your Karen if theres any Justice to Man will develop Dow filled pockets in his until that Happy Day we must Content ourselves with Down filled parkas which Are especially popular with nurses stationed up Karen says and balaclavas sinister looking masks filled with 90 per cent Down and 10 per cent Feath its like having your body swathed in a Feather socks and gloves spun from Metal Lic threads and worn under Standard hand and foot gear Are innovative Winter the theory is that the threads reflect body heat keeping your tootsies warming food allow Omprakash Hooda to set your taste buds on every few Days the chef at the India Curry whips up a Batch of Chicken a pleas an sounding dish capable of bringing tears to the there not tears of look at some of Vinda Loos ingredients ground cumin Chili Salt White and dry Pepper Black and tartaric sauteed Long organic a teaspoonful of Vindalon will set dormant taste buds aflame and fog up your it opens the like a steam says the for the Chicken Vin Dalbo it can be made with too comes in mild or but More than 60 per cent of our customers like it Hooda the restaurant leaves a Pitcher of water at the table to Cool the taste and theres another eve ready Supply of antidote to neutralize the effects of this Sauna in a bowl cucumbers floating in warming drinks what better beverage to accompany Chicken Vindalon than a steam ing drink laced with a touch of Alco hol Louie who tends bar at Hys suggests a Lively cup of hot Coffee made with half an ounce of Pernod yes the potion is topped with a Dollop of whipped another Dandy Winter Router is hot buttered rum into a Mug toss one half slice Lemon spiced with two one ounce of Lemon 114 ounces of buttered rum and a Tea spoonful of add boiling float a Pat on butter on and serve with a cinnamon still another fancy Imbi Bable is warmed this is not merely a drink but an impressive pour Beer into a heat a poker red hot and then thrust it into the holding it there for a add a shot of Tabasco and a dash of Gin Ger Byette prefers a cold Beer in this its got to go with the body he warm relaxation leave Winter Trade in that Dow filled Parka for a Terry Towel and get ready to about five places in town offer Sauna and steam Bath facilities to melt the ice cubes in your veins and get rid of a few surplus couple the heat with a Sun lamp treatment and a few laps on the stationary Bicy Cle and youre ready to face Winter everyone from pro wrestlers to soviet pianists have soaked up the steam at Uhmann for minister of tourism Norma Price drops by regularly As does la Russ Doern one of the old who is usually there on the old timers do More business Here than at the Gus Uhmann they talk More once they get their clothes animal House looks like Home to local frat boys by David Haynes for Many local fraternity Broth watching Pinto and d Day stagger across the screen in the film animal House was like watching Home they help i know him or we do that All the some Brothers be Lieve How much the movies Delta House reminded them of their own frat houses in fort Phi Delta Theta Brothers have been holding Toga parties and danc ing horizontally for More than 10 although the antics in the National Lampoon movie showed them nothing they still found it Brothers at Delta Upsilon have never bothered with Toga parties but they have been known to toss the occasional television through a closed window at a social function their current set is padlocked in a steel their place is the nut House and Treyve been known to stage parties a some what Raunchy variation on taif having nothing to do with very punchy punch both the nut House and Phi deltas rat House feature huge party rooms with necessarily indestructible Furni Ture and sound the House drink in both places is punch made with hightest 180 proof usually imported from Quebec or Down the punchy punch Hast caused any trouble with but there have been sporadic complaints about parking and loud frat Broth ers out for a Good time encourage creativity As opposed to stupid awards Are handed out annually for but acts committed by for the dus Delta Upsilon a social Calendar highlight is their coffin an announcement is made outlining the death of a frat at the subsequent unknowing male friends and girl friends Are asked to sit near the coffin on display at the House while the Brothers deliver fairly rude eur at an appropriate the brother rises from the dead shocks the daylights out of one or two of the More Gullible a party rats go a lashing for the As Phi deltas Are affectionately a highlight is the annual fishing trip to a cot Tage no fishing apparatus Al the emergence of the movie Ani Mal House and its television clones has been both beneficial and harm Ful to local frat it has sparked interest in Frater nity making recruit ing but it has also brought problems from outside some after seeing the have developed the false impression that the houses Are there for destruction at parties and open to anyone wan Dering off the the rats have been forced to limit parties to members and approved guests while the dus Are being More careful about who gets into their there of a serious Side to with traditions Dat ing Back local fraternity chapters Are chartered organizations with elected budgets and they schedule All merry making Well away from important University tests or Phi Delta Theta is a Mystic order with its own secret initiation and meeting rites while Delta Upsilon is the Only no Mystic fraternity in the still adhere to set Laws and both groups make an Effort to keep parents of pledges Novice members in touch with the House activities through teas and Church its important to let parents know their sons Are in Good older frat Brothers keep in touch with House activities in several the executive organizes formal Din dances and Stags to keep alumni up to Date and let them know the new kids Are keeping up the they also get together to play hockey or sit around trading one of the founding 1926 pledge class still comes by to see the Delta Upsilon annual Good deed the rats try to do at least one respectable thing a lately Treyve been helping a childrens Aid society at Christmas by taking some poor kids for a Day of to bog food and the kids love it and the society asks annually for the rats but All that respectability cant explain How one former a prominent Winnipeg could ride through an entire Preshie Parade on the rat sitting on a toilet with his pants around his All the time waving and smiling to the crowd maybe that just part of their tradition ;