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SIAMESE
Batty Bet- BANGKOK, SAM
LIFE
By BETTY BETZ
In Siam a tical is worth about a nickel, and they |
have very few of real Siamese cats...only ordinary alley cats! However, it's a beautiful country, with plenty of ancient tiered pagodas, and prices here are very low. I bought a whole armful of Siamese toys, kites, dolls and fire- crackers for only 50 cents.
Most of the kids go to school, but few speak English, The girls in private schools wear navy skirts and prime white starched blouses.
On hot days they carry Chinese iled silk parnpois unit stop of at local pusheart vendor for their
and the movements of the duner were slow and graceful.
Siamese duneer train their mas
can bend their
favorite drink, nasom, which is etes so that they orange syrup mixed with cat-hands, aure, and feet at odd an- bonated water.
gles, and the movement is so slow that you hardly realize they're Caneing
The girls in the publie sehools wear either short American style colton dresses or the long wrap- around Stumese skirt with a bare rumisolv top.
Their costumes of goki birorades, gossateer fulles, and Chinese silk in brilliant colour weigh about 30. The boys all wear clean, white ponds cach, so that might have shirts, khakt or cotton shorts, and something to do with the slow white tenais sneakers, or per-speed of the dance. haps no shoes at all. I was very In fact one dancer sut on a low shricked to see small children table for 15 minutes before she playing in the streets in their even moved a finger, and just
trilday Butts!
about when I thought she was relting warmed up, the dance was over and the gold curtains closed.
If the girls thought these dances were 100 modern, I wondered they'd think of American
The Siamese buys love sports and are very agile at sbulllecock games; Siamese noɛcer, which they play using only their hands and feet; tennis and their own style | what
of boxing. On the main shopping| jitterbuz. street, there are pingpong tables "We think it's terrible!" they set up for kids to use.
Like in Chinu, there are comic book stands in every neighbour- hood where kids may sit on their haunches and read all day for 50. satangs, which is a half a tical, or a half a nickel.
Here the girls do all the harst
work. They carry the sucks of
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chorized. "And you get so hot!" said Niwatan, who prefers the "Homwong," a popular Slamess Dance In which the partners sland two feet apart, walk, and moze their arms in a elmiler way to the traditional dancert. I got her point Glam is A tropical country, and not only their
dances, but everything
rice, huul water from the pump.
their homes
anl Coris, under as well. The inen are i "Incred you kids are more and up to prefer the Siamese 'Nam- supposed to be pampered idle, understau... Huun!
but what was so modern Wong, "We think it's terrible the about the performance I saw Inst
they've modernised our evening I asked.
waditional Blamese dancing." ! "It's too fast.
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they com- salda group of Siamese girls plained seriously. "They perform at the YWCA, which is located the croculile danes now in about in a lovely big rambling wooden a half an hour, and it used to fast house with stenty of pordhes for four days!" Now I'm begin- and talconies.
ning to realise why the Siamese
I
I attended a performance of the kids didn't latch on in the arm Siamese dancing and · thought if | ful of American recordings was quite charming. The Jewelled | brought with me. costumes were ablaze with colour, "They sound of key!" com- The musle was in the minor key,plained Thu Phin.
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PERSONALITY
A popular local teen uger of very simple tastes ls 10-year-old Lilliam Jessop whn wens hoer In Hong Kong and celebrates her birthday on February 17.
Lillian began her schooling in
the French Convent and later transferred to St. Mary's School where she left last year to take
u job.
Lillian is at present a typist # well known foenl Lugines Arm ་་1
that she enjoys her
and says work.
In school, Tallitan played netball and hockey but has left off sports sitve. She taket an interest how- laved by her Kanies
ever friends.
For
LILLIAN JESSOP
Platter Chatter
TEENTIME: Guests ot Instrure to turn on your Rediffusion week's Teen Time
want were Anual if you
to hear the his Sun, Lana Cheung, Gerry D'Al- tunes which will be heralded by mula and Sonny Law. Once the theme song A Song In Born, be selected again I remind those who desire Eight numbers will
to be guckls at Teen Time to from the following:
write
direct to Miss Norma Stevens, c/n Rediffusion,
Norm has sent me Friday's programme which ace, in a main. request items:
Daddy- by Jeri Sullivan (who Virginia Moyo in the sang for picture A Song is Born). By the Way, Jo Stafford. I wish I Knew, Dick Huymes. Too Fut Polku
Tex Again, Andrews Sisters, Beneke. A Song Is. Born, Part one Moppin' and Buppin, Fats Waller. Brush Those Tears f
Evelnykinght and Eyes, Brazil, Dining Sisters,
YOUT
THE HOT CLUB & THE HIT
Powder Your Face With Sun-
shine, Evelyn Knight, Riders in the Sky, Vaughin Monroe.
How It Lies, How
Kay Sinrr
Once In Love
John Laurenz.
Lies,
With Amy,
Qugh! Look-A Thero
Ain't
She Pretty, The Charioteers.
Ball Hui, Peggy Lee, Su In Love, Bing Crosby, Glorin, Mills Brothers. Agam. Doris Day,
"A" Your're Adorable, Perry, Como,
The last two pintlers are not
PARADE: Rediffusion is start-yet to band but I hope to receive ing two new weekly programmes. them lo time.
The Hat Club will be inaugurated{} Do not forget I wont BULLES- this evening at 6 pm, and has toos and opinions so drop a no paid this colunun a compliment] in a spare inoment!
by choosing dises recommended
rrently in Platter Chatter.
They are:
The Elks' Pande. Bobily
Sherwood.
The World is Waiting for the Sunrise, Benny Goximan, What's Thar Gene Krupni, My Huby Likes to Be-up, Ella Fitzgerail.
and 1. The Goof Hernan
The Wron.
Softball Tips Offered
As softball will soon be eining
th season, the Toples will be giving some space to the game fop yn:tiersal
the benefit to there Woody
cers who are interested in the | sport;
I'm Forever Blowing Bub
les, Charlie Ventura, Fantasy
Franzie
This bus been made pressible by friend of the Toples who is also
on the artics an authority Fodball.
1 ayusurile pustine is letter- writhig. Lillian has a large sam- ber of pen friends all over the Troin different world. A little
Welter ther
writers, teen age Lillus nukes it a point in ex-actor and netress with the same change gifts with her pen fricils preference; at favourites.
clouses then things!
reading Lilia abroad. She sends
Virhos kind and from Hong Kong in which her magazines of
romantie friends may be interested at in profess stories with
ahondavour. Fresa rerelves things which are novel to her,
Hor one malition is to travel hot fans think of this, so please To 1llion mtede is plam jazz and fe explique travelling for a write In. Hember the the, or Hille points on how to improvi and swing. She has no particular į long thre She thinks that a p.m. this evening! favourites. She also
gors to the womnir's me important ambtiner 1mvies regularly
like her is to his a good consewife. That accepts every' muidentally, is also era, Laste in Juez she
return.
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DID YOU JILT MY SON LAST
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NARDA.
ISN'T THAT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD ASK STUART, MRS. BEAUMONT? MUST. WE DISCUSS THE SUBJECT
SO EARLY IN THE MORNINGI
Johmic), Errol Garner.
Dark Eyes, Ted Health,
I would ute to know what our
If you should have any pro hiems about softball such as rule
Heldia bat or your game at write in to the Toples and you letter will be passed on to you De consultant.
The HE Parade will have wider appeal and will be put on at
Saturday night, p.m. every
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YES, WE MUST., BECAUSE STUART HAS DISAPPEARED.. AND I'M AFRAID HE WILL to SOMETHING DESPERATE!
Dusty answer
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AREN'T YOU UNDULY ALARMED! WHY DO
YOU SAY HE HAS *DISAPPEAREDT"
BY ALEX RAYMOND
BECAUSE HIS BED WASN'T İBLEPT IN AT ALL..AND HIS PISTOL IS MISSING
TOO!
OH, NO, NOI
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A LONE PLANE PATROLS THE CHINESE BORDER AREA, SOMEWHERE NEAR TIBET...
IT IS SAID A PILOTIC LIFE ON THIS ROUTE IS STREWN WITH HAZARDS! BOREDOXA MUST BE A MAJOR ONE! HOR/ WHAT IS THAT... PERHAPS I SPEAK
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