European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poor Susan Here with Tony Curtis can t spell Hampshire Saga by Robert Musel up staff writer they were unkind enough to laugh when Susan Hampshire took the floor for her audition scene for it turned out she could t read the script. Now some years later Susan is doing the laughing As a Star of one of the biggest budgeted films of 1969.a Button eyed blonde with a built in smile that has taken her Over Many moment of Heartbreak miss Hamp Shire s Rise involved overcoming an obstacle rare if not unique in film history. She has Learned to live with a condition called dyslexia which Means she has trouble Reading aloud and  studying scripts has sometimes been an agonizing experience. And those who get letters from her Are Apt to find them prefaced with the charming explanation i m afraid i can t spell. And then a text which often has words like choose written Chews and sometimes a reversal such As Deb  miss Hampshire considers dyslexia Small Price to pay for other advantages which include a pretty face a shapely figure a successful career and a most Happy if unconventional marriage to Pierre Granier deferred the Well known French film  talked about it in her Lovely Lon Don House one of her three Homes the morning after completing her role in Paramount s those daring Young Menin their Jaunty Jalo pies a $12 million version of the Monte Carlo rally which co stars Tony Curtis and others. This is the latest title of the film which hashed several notably Monte Carlo or bust with those hairpin harrys and their Jaunty Jalo pies they did t know about dyslexia when was at school said the Lis some 25 year old. They thought i was  i determined at the age of nine to become an actress so i would get som respect. I took Ballet lessons till i was 15 when they decided i was too tall she s 5-feet-8 and from then on it was musical comedy the stage television and films she was regarded at first As jus another Debutante attracted by the Gla mor of the stage but she won attention in a series of stage appearances and became widely known throughout Europe in the forsyte Saga an epic serialization of Galsworthy s family his tory by the bbl which has even been purchased by Russia although it Haslet to be seen in the United states. An american company financed Parton it miss Hampshire said but it was t made in color and that s holding it up. I think it will eventually be  during the filming of the to Seri Sall members of the cast were Able to read their lines from the teleprompter except miss Hampshire. She had to memorize every  can read to myself All right she said. It s Reading aloud that s the  in 1967 while filming in France wit Hcharles Aznavour in Paris in August she Speaks fluent French and German she married the director Pierre Gran Ier deferred who has two teen age Chil Dren. They live apart during the week he in Paris she in London and spend their weekends together. The arrangement has been working All right up to now hut i think Pierre does t find it As satisfactory As he did. Our idea was that since each Hada career we would apply ourselves to it without distractions weekdays. But think Well be seeing More of each other from now  like to give in to him on these things. He s a bit older than i am and think he likes having people remark that he has a Young pretty wife. I like having a firm Man of the world As a husband. He has me in the Palm of his hand. I used to Wear the wildest clothes. Now look at me dior suits every  have no children  we have i la pretend i m Reading them fairy tales and children s stories. I won t Tell them i can t read those who have had the Hong orig flu won t believe it. Those who now ache from head to toe feel too miserable to dispute it but health authorities claim the flu now rampant in most parts of the world is a relatively mild variety. It could be worse much worse but it s nowhere near As virulent As the great epidemic of 1918 which took Many times More american lives than world. T that  As one of the  scout Foft in the history of Man. It was a Scourge equal to or greater than the historic. Black death of the 14th Century which killed an estimate fourth of the population of medieval Europe Over a period of 100 years. Neatly 21 million lives were lost in single year. Pandemic is the proper word for the 1918 catastrophe because twas worldwide. He 1918 flu first broke out i March at it. Riley Kan. It spread to Camp Kearney in California Back tracked to it. Oglethorpe ga., and then went on to other military posts. Shortly after it. Riley troops arrive Din Europe in May the flu began to spread across Europe. One of the first countries to be hit hard Spain provided the name for the epidemic which soon reached every Cor Ner of the world. In India 12,5 million persons about four per cent of the population died As a result of the flu or its complications. Entire Eskimo villages were wiped out. In one Remote Central african re Gion a British colonial officer reported he had found villages of 300 to 500 fam Ilies completely wiped out. Houses had fallen in on the unburied dead and the Jungle growth was taking Over again. By october it was running army cancelled its draft Call week 175 victims a Day died ii800 to 700 in new York and a in  widespread As the flu wort of its causes prevention ansome were sure it was Cau bacteria discovered by a Ortist in-1892 in the nasal fluids of  ridiculed the theory caused by some mysterious a pathological virus filter passer  or. Thomas Francis  University of Michigan in i firmed that influenza was Caus virus. At that time he was son Nana staff writer having circled the so to Elf in re hit its Homeland i in the then one Boston it 1,700 icon Mescure by Scien Lurenza it Wasl Sive r whatnot of j4 con i by a " a by Civ i  b to by of physician in the Hospital of the Rocke Feller Institute in new York others blamed the War. Dry Albert by gases used on the battlefields the gases from decomposing bodies of men and lower animals the gases released by the destruction of cities and am munition dumps and the liberation Ofa Large Quantity of ground air High in Carbon dioxide Content due to  j. Croft of Chicago stated arrived at the conclusion thai scientists were to make a careful i a. ___.,  eth v ii w Cal geological and meter ology Al sur vey of the countries now Affe Ted bythe so called influenza some i Rii ated condition of the atmosphere v uld be found which would account for tit cause and rapid Extension of this a lathe air had become polluted have if our chem  said lost people however recognized the flu for what it was a highly infectious disease. In new York City open faced sneeze ers were liable to fines and jail sentences. Doctors who did not report new cases and landlords who did t provide sufficient heat were liable to penalties of $250 or More. The new York Public Library cease circulating books and the new York medical society warned against hand shaking. In Boston there were Church less sundays and schools Heaters an meeting places were closed. Other cities followed suit when they Felt the full Brunt of the epidemic. Philadelphia hardest hit of majorities even adjourned the courts and cancelled Liberty loan meetings. All City streets were hosed Down by the fire department. Volunteers were needed everywhere. They cleaned Hospital floors served in soup kitchens fed the thai epidemic was one of the severest of Man scourges in the history nearly 21 million lives lost in a single year. University of Florida students Wear masks to prevent spread of Hong Kong flu. Poq9 12 the stars and stripes to Day 14, 1969 sick and even dug , Beds and coffins became scarce. Profiteering appeared nobody really knew what to do tory to avoid catching the flu. But they tried and advised everything from exercise to rest warm clothes to nudity and the usual plenty of fresh air breathing  when the cry went out Wear fresh pyjamas red Cross workers in one City joined garment workers and turned out 2,000 pairs in 24 hours. Keep your windows closed was an other exhortation. It became such an accepted bit of advice that children could be heard singing i had a Little birdies name was Enza i opened the wind Wand in flu Enza. Masks became the rage. Though som physicians pointed out the Folly even danger of wearing them masks were required in Many places. No passengers were allowed to boards Seattle Streetcar without wearing one. In san Francisco the mayor published City ordinance saying everyone should Wear a face mask. Those we Odin t Wear them could be fined $100 or sent to jail for 10 Days  discussing the flu outbreaks at military posts . Hoehling describes ill his Book the great epidemic How distraught commanders became. Rewrote if the flu was frustrating to army quartermasters it was doubly so to those in High echelons. Brig. Gen. H.  in charge of Camp Custer at Battle Creek mich., was among their number. Distraught by the 11,350 sick Soldier Sand 537 deaths in his command Gen. Laubach fell Back on one of the Oldes bludgeons in military tradition the court  threatened to bring officers sum Marily to trial who were lax in the amp s losing fight with the epidemic. He was unable to explain what he Mentor even to prepare a list of suspects . Might have permitted the microbe ingress through the armed sentries and barbed  he flu s terrible grip was Brokenly year s end. But in the Wake of its devastating attack it left an appalling toll virtually every family affected and More than a half million dead in . In fact the death toll548,000was 10times the number of . Lives lost in Battle in world War 153,513. And twas nearly twice the Battle deaths re ported for . Forces in world War ii292,131. The flu epidemic of 1957 Cost 62,000american lives. The 1968 epidemic took 57,000.lives Are also being lost to the Hong Kong flu though not at the same rates epidemics of the More vicious Type. The flu itself Many medical men be Lieve Seldom kills. It is the Strep infections pneumonia and other medical complications which can develop during the flu s attack that toll the , it is in this area that much Progress has been made. Antibiotics and new methods of treatment help id keep secondary infections under control. Unfortunately the elderly and those with chronic illnesses such As Emphy Sema heart disease kidney disease chronic respiratory diseases and some metabolic diseases frequently Don thave that extra bit of stamina needed to win Over the flu or its  them the vaccine can be a life Saver. But too often it is not Avail Able. Sometimes it is not available be cause of the great demand and Short Supply. In the Case of the current Hong Kong flu the new Strain appeared in epidemic proportions before the vaccine became available. The stars and stripes masked Hospital dietician in Philadelphia which was hit hard flu vaccine May help but you Don t have to enjoy it. Page 13