Word: hogarth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From a nearby navy minesweeper came a shout: "Where do you think you are? This isn't the Sea of Galilee." That sort of humor no longer bothers bearded Sub-Lieutenant Alan Hogarth, 33, a supply officer currently stationed near London. Since early 1970, when he decided to walk on water, he has become inured to jokes about his "Jesus Boots," the strange contraptions that make his watery strolls possible...
...present pair of watershoes is the third of a series. Two earlier versions failed to work properly: in his first attempt Hogarth simply strapped two chunks of polystyrene to his feet and promptly tipped over in a tiny, 6-ft.-deep pool, plunging into the water head first. Because of the buoyancy of the blocks, he was unable to right himself, and rescuers had to haul him to safety. Undaunted, Hogarth continued to improve the design until he achieved stability. "I could have walked for hours if my legs hadn't begun to ache," he said after last week...
...water Hogarth looks rather as if he is skiing. Brandishing a pair of poles stuck into plastic buckets filled with polystyrene, he pushes first one boot and then the other along the surface of the water in a flowing movement...
Patented Boots. Hogarth's shipmates treat him with something less than the dignity his accomplishment deserves. "I won't say what I'm called," he said, "except that it is blasphemous." Hogarth, nonetheless, plans to patent his boots, although he so far has no plans to put them on the market. Neither do his naval superiors. "We backed Hogarth." said a spokesman, "to show we have a sense of humor. We haven't thought of a practical use for the boots...
...RAKES PROGRESS, with its Stravinsky score, its W. H. Auden-Chester Kallman libretto, and its ultimate genesis in Hogarth, is one of the most interesting artistic ventures of the century. Tom Rakewell is portrayed as an innocent, even likeable young man, who is led astray by the conniving servant, Nick Shadow, and robbed of his riches and his innocence. After Rakewell has scorned his true love and taken up with the bearded lady, Shadow reveals himself as a diabolical agent, and plays Tom a card game, with Rakewell's soul as the stakes. Although Tom wins at this operatic Seventh...