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THE CHINA, MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1949.
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Betty's Message To Personality PLATTER CHATTER Hong Kong Teen Agers
For a girl who has written "Your Manners Are Show- ing" to arrive a week late in Hong KongTM. -should-my-face-be-rod!=In-fact/it's practically...
shocking pink.
Betty's Hello
RUNG HI AINE TRE
TIEN
Butt But
Betty Botz
Forgive me, leen agers of Hong Kong. When I heard about the lovely reception you had at the airport for the "missing teen columnist" I almost fell out of
It was Nocks. my bobby
Just one of those 'plane schedule mis- understanding along with a bad ense of 'flu. So please forgive me, won't you?
What do I think of teen agers in Hong Kong? Well, I'm still pinching myself to realise that I'm in Chinn. Perhaps I've seen movies, too many Fu Manchu for I really expected to see Charlie Chans and Dragon Indies all over the place instead of a modern, Westernised city.
A lot of kids dropped in at my place and right away I noticed the little plenie baskets in which you all carry your books. But other than that, these teen ngers, looked just like those back in the U.S.A.
I was delighted to hear that
VERA RÚMIANZEFF
The teen ager of the week is 10-year-old Vera Rumianzoli. Vern was born in Harbin, Man- churia.
At an early age she travelled with her parents to many parts of China, arriving in the Colony when she was about six.
Vera started her schooling in Hong Kong Junior School.
at
tha
Kowloon
She went to Australia in 1941. continuing her education at the Mosman Primary School and later at North Sydney Girls' School.
After the war, Vera returned to Hong Kong and entered Klan V School where she sat her Cambridge
Sly for
and
and matriculation.
Her favourite hobby is collect you're planning a teen canteening record albums, Hurry James that's an excellent Iden,
I was also surprised to learn that you had a teen column, and were so conscious of yourselves. as a group, just as we are at home.
I'm very happy to learn that
many of you are already plan-
ning a carcer and that you know our movies, books, and what's going on in the world.
You may not realise it, but you are living in a very Inter- esting place in a very interest ing time.
to her the top bandleader, and rank Sinatra and Dick Haymes, her vocalists: Vera prefera Frankie as a favourite, expecially when he sings "I Fall In Love Too Easily."
Vero
goes to the cinema about
three time a week. She especial ly likes musical comedies in technicolor and has seen "An- chors Aweigh 10 times.
Of sports, Vera said that she user to play hockey and tennis while in school, but now has but an academie interest in them. She swims often, though, during
It might be a little confusing but perhaps in the future you the summer. will profit by this experience.
only wish I could stay here longer so that I could got to know you better. But I shall have to be on my way to Manila this afternoon. And I wish to thank you all in Hong Kong for having been so nice to me.
Good-bye, everybody!
POP
What Soter of
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Do You ^ANT`SIR.--
Cokes, Cookies And Almost Chaos In Teen Age Party
The party for toon ogers given by Bolty Botx at the Tigor Mansions almost ended in chaos. Thou- sands of peoplo, many of whom were merely curious, rushed the vicinity whore the toon aga fairy queen was preparing to entertain hor "subjects,"
The unruliness of the crowd Chin, Lily Chin, Millie Baptista, was so intense that Betty had to Joyce O'Brien, Fatima Eca, Diana dodge frequently from room to Wright, Penny Chinten.
left the The girls spent almost two It is fortunate that the very room, and eventually
to escape hours looking over photographs first record of Capitel's History premises completely
andusking Betty of Jazz is not indicative of what being seriously hurt-she was and books can be expected of the rest of pushed to the ground no less than quezilons ranging from tips in this pretentious ECTICS,
five times-and to prevent the make-up to why boys are rude.
ΣΓΟΥΤ Volume 1, The "Solid" South, premises
being actually contains some fine Dixieland and swamped. is valuo for your money in spite is just ot the Arst platter, which use of minor casualties and not generally expects good Jazz from inconsiderable amount of damage
50 much
As it was there was a number
were
Competition
Last week's Prize winners were: Daniel Luz ($0), 21, Aus- (ib Road. ground floor; Joan Enger ($4), 5, East Block, Vic- toria Barracks.
today.
# featured Repla artist, but done to the house.
Betty As it ho Leadbelly sounds as aptly named.
Zuity Singleton's Trie contri- butes Lulu's Mood and Barney's Bounce and you hear what the titles say. Bigard's clarinet save these sides from mediocrity...
Crawfish Blues by Singleton's Creole Band is blues heard for a long while,
one of
Eddie Miller is surprisingly good on the clarinet in Cajun Love Song with his Crescent City Quartette. Nappy LaMare's kultar also shines.
soon left the place in fare of this situation as she could not steady the mob.
Hundreds of teen agera.
The prizes will be in the mail temporarily disappointed as they
Below is this week's crossword Raw Betly whisked away in a car competition. When sending-in””” But she shouted to them that she your entries be sure to accom would be back later. Some heard pany them with your names and
Others, thinking the finest and stayed.
that it WGS all up, left in under- standable disappointment,
Dixieland
Wingy Manone's and give out on The Tailgate Ramble and I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Katn. Proof positive that Manone de- serves his high rating as a Jazz truttor
Wrightsman's reputation is well established with Jazz ex- peria but not enough is known of his ability as a pianist outside of this group. His notes aro clean and crisp,
Louisiana La Mare's
Levee Loungers appear in two tapping numbers: At the Juzz Band Ball and High Society.
Listen to Wrightsman on the Arst side and the nicely restrain- ed drumming of Ray Baudue in both tunes.
too-
A welcome reissue is that jazz
An hour later Betty returned to and some teen agern, mostly late! enmers from school in Kowloon, patiently waiting. They had a happy
time together for about an cookies and hour with cokes, caricature.
Betty told the Toples that sho did not have a chance to give the party as she had planned.
Belly arrived at the party with full programme of entertain- ment. She had a box full of hots
addresses.
which she intended to have teen agers model in a fashion show. She had games and
quiz and other competitions. But all was
Aaros-1, Disteret in Kowloon, lost when the mob literally over-6. Sun god, 8. British, 9. Young ran her, tearing open the boxes, horse, 10. To choose by vote, 13. scattering and destroying their Girl's name, 14. Name of ferry contents.
boats, 18. Anti Aircraft, 19, Villain Many teen agers, about 50 of in "Othello", 20. Beer, 21. North them,
came back to town and America, 22. A very large village, called at Betty's hotel. But most 27. North East, 28, Now theatre of them thinking that Betty on Mainland.
Down-1, Wooden frame used would not return, went home.
Fifteen wise and determined on oxen, 2. On high, 3. A chart, teen agers however waited at the 4. Trouble, 5. A kind of plant, lobby until Betty finally arrived. 0. Rifio
Brigade, 7. Roman
masterpiece by Louls Armstrong which should be in overy col- lector's library: I Can't Give You Anything But Love.
Dinah Shore fans should book They were treated to, cokes Amphitheatre, 11. Sixth note of their copics of Buttons and and games in her room. Belty diatonic scale, 12. Slightly cold, Bows as the supply will ns-later caricatured for each of them 13. Each, 14. Seventh note of suredly be limited. This is cur- and signed in their autograph diatonic
scate, 16. Yellowish rently the top tune in England books, The lucky girls were brown, 16. Once more. 17 and the U.S.
Rose Wong, Elsie Wong, Frances Rhodium, 23. Texture of thread, The Wren. Gardner, Hilda Olsson, Marion 25. Fish, 28. Senior.
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