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NOW
1954
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was exactly THIS time, last year, that 1 began putting she correct date...
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1954.
AN ENGLISHMAN FINDS LOVE
in the ALLEYS OF MARRAKESH
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A COLUMN OF THE UNUSUAL ABOUT PEOPLE AND PLACES AND THINGS
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in tow.
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David Huckaby, 7. was
on operated
recently for n Then a brother, Glen, hernia.
pneumonia, re- 2, got double covered, and immediately re- turned to
the hospital with scarlet fever. Sister Dorothy, 4, soon joined him at the hospital with scarlet fever.
Then the father cut off part of an accident his right thumb in
where he at the fish company is employed. When he returned from the hospital, another son, a cotton Larry, 10, fell from dolly and ruptured a kidney.
One of them that off towards Henrietta, the motionke;s abject match as the top casualties that friends, true nid offerwise, A BRA FOR
Belg. at week-and hasn't THE ALLEYS OF MARRA- wholly given over to cultiva. In teh Leavy
good natured of a heavy wardrobe.
been sighted yet. Ile's frald white hen from KESH. By Peter Mayne, tion of the sentiments with ch wountied two and three irritations, flirtation and temp-HENRIETTA
ለ! the back home after WRONG
anny Cheet Calro his modets Presion, Murray. 151. 172 pages.
lawyer cens if he doesn't keep them, O.
arrsational the prowling wolf the her
debu! at the ARGUMENT zes, coad seller.
reinforcement was the ro-called
Ncull authority. Smithfield Show.
Naggar speak with OWN in the alleys of
"Zomble" army, 70,000 strong, of French
My dear! You ought to have thought it would be easy to get REALLY It's going to take a into this world there steps a men conscripted for home Age. It seems, tu no safeguard, A
there the
was, his client oft young American girl committed soon her...
charge of Marrakesh live Moulay young English visitor, Peter defence.
because of Anatole lange sa lie, wearing a brand attempting to kill a fellow work- HAD IT lot from now on to upset the Clarcuco 10 know Abdullah, a nobleman: Mayne, who comes
This was the picture which suleide
man with an exo. plastic spec- Sidi Haroon, a dwarf; Bou them all, nequires their language startled Colonel Raisten, Minis- France when he was 60. Looks? new brassiere in public and
All he had to show was that Huckaby family of Galveston, 1o D'Annunzio wos zs ugly as sin. pair of new red and their customs (eg, it is not fer of Defence, on
tacles, strutting about the show nobody could manipulate an axe Djema, a Negro with a re- generally proper for a Christian Europe and which he brought
Experience counts. "In love,
pons like a Hollywood film star the way the prosecution said the algher back to Mr Mackenzie King, sounding fame among the to embrace a Moslem
more than in uny other game, with an "X" certificate,
accused did. that the hand: Indeed, while a Canadian Primu Mini ter. 11
pre.tige
victory. 1s GLULES
The brosalere?
So he picked up the axe from Well, I' women; Aysha,, formerly Christian may greet a Mosiem, urcame the stuff of crisis.
He the first conquest thai tells." andset that fit snugly under the exhibit table and tried. Ralston professional fiancee but now he should not attempt
demanded
is con- Henrietta's wings. The noterious seducer
Every time took a big slice out of his car. the trained conscription of
to live up to his bed she moves from her pen she The trial was adjourned while "Zombies"
for active
automatically inks a kin of he went to hospital. service. Mackenzie reputation.
Maurois does not go very deep rubber offico date-stamp strapped theat belleving
tho bra" which
the beaut|- would split and saya little laat lu very new. through
record of SWAN Cleophe,
ful Canada, sunningly re- But he is neat and light and, on leaves a permanent
while swan who SONG her exit on a roll of ticket-tape. places
graces Trento (Italy) hini
with a
And every time Henrietta lays Public Gardens, velused to touch popular old Canadian
away down a soldier General Moc-
an ogg it rolla
after her matc chute toward a sorting bay-and food for days Naughton.
When MacNoughton
another hole is punched in the vanished.
The frightened town counel ticket-tope. THE STRONGHOLD.
areund cables cf not persuade could
spectacies? Henrietta pent The Zombles to volunteer the Xan Fielding. Seeker and War-
world. burz: 21: 317 pages. Fielding wears them because they prevent
Offers came from as far away cries moved into an scuter phase.
pent three war years in the
nerves and panic, feather peek.
York. where Until noon, on November 22, pen
It is Mountains of Crete, ing. ega eating and
(what's a New Mackenzie King was holding out White
he operating with devoted conscription: then
help worse, my dearl) eating her own recognised that the importinge of love life to a swan is not con- against received a telephone call from from the inhabitonis against the chicks.
German occupation forces. Henrietta certainly wout to fined to balicts,
Cleuphe's new Eventually, MacNaughton, "I have terrible
body Ten years later, he went back. town-there's been nothing so
flown from t news for you, Chief...
an This book tella what he found. exciting since her mother laid hubby That blow."
evening. In
one Amsterdam. Mackenzie Writing, sure End unconsciously two double-yoked eggs in ngitated Cabinel,
conscription skiifu), of the born adventurer. week and Henrietta pupped out
Seven nudes King proposed the
of one of them.
ALL OR of 16,000 Zambles.
from the London
• TALEN TO BE TOLD IN
NOTHING
edition of the THE DARK. Edited Basli
The Wear Folies Bergere" have been given Davenport.
288 LAUNCHED A 15;
in Durban: pazes. From cd magazines and SHIP-AN-A-HALF side ship sumbathing ondera
vurds the All or nothing at all." On the morning of November similar sources, Mr Davenpoet
launched cne-1 - 22 MacNaughton was told by his
400 m dizen eminem other dey
The bil it say show manegers, is military advisers that he must ellers--which the rendri-hult ships at one go.
of an 18,250 that the hot South Africa sun was the forepart enfrres conscription Br they is encouraged to adapt to
is apt to give them unburns -- ton would resign forthwith.
needs with ruthless freedom,
motor tanker being bulli in two halves for Norweging owners; and, if they wear bathing rats, ir this were to occur Mac-
be g.ven to the they will burn in patches. a nome will kenzie King's government would A SHARE OF THE WORLD.
vessel when the other half is putely girls just don't go on the estroyed; Conuila's nut osat By Hugo Chareris, Collins; 124.
and welded en later Gil, 317 pages. Charteris Fastempleted unity would be endangered.
the torn the year. So the Canadian Prime Minis- the temperament of You
The whole ship launched was ter revised his policy and the writer and some of his talents.
sces vividly, feels acutely; the meter-vezel Adjutant frien military chiefs kept their secret 14.
Austin and dislike for the the yard of S.P until they disclosed it to Bruce has a nervous
He can write Sons. Hutchison after he had written commanplace.
well and is inclined to write his book where it is printed at
THEY SAVED pretentiously, a postscript.
thread of narrative A SNAKE A trul Tals is the secret which gives
which the life runs through interest to
Canadian with : real if faltering luten- important
promises ra.her than politician-and drama to Its last ity.
suveer is,
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1 Alfresco mend (0),
3 Breet (54
# Mature (51
Fight
(0)
10 14 latave (5)
11 Nominates (5)
12 Old (41.
3 Shapes 15)
18 Swas mountain bul (8)
20 Mount (5).
22 Stable (47.
23 Quales (5).
23 View (5).
26 Thief (t)
27 Dedure (51.
28 Choose (5)
20 Protee (6),
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DOWN
Parcels (87.
2 Begin (8).
3 Persin (4)
4 Stephol
(7)
5 Advantage (7)
Concord (8).
Doctor's
puty
(5).
14 Trustworthy (8).
15 Stewed (8).
The
eming (7).
it Overheated 17).
19 Exelling (slang) (6). 21 Experiment (5). 24 Tinder (4).
never instruction the in
Tuguega love.
In spite of this selbuck, his social progress in rapid. Soon the sight of a lady walking in The street with a big key dangi- ing from her Ruger is no longer
mystery to him. He under stands the sign-language of love.
the Думмы
ex-professional Hanere, gives a party at
which of the sentiments Cultivation does not ge smoothly. Mayne confuseel about the later deve- Tupaments. How, for instance, et he explain to himself
his bedside next
Hancre of St morning of the Fuinn (Postes et Telegrapher) with a rup of mint tea and the alarming words, "I Ganee now"!
your
GENTLEMEN WEEP Soon after this party Aysha Requires an American lance and Ree to the etnern where isce gentlemen weep
tears when the ladies will not to as the gentlemen wish. "And what do they wish? Nothing a
veritable
like wish the pigs here it
kh--they wish a beauti- Tul thing called Love"
WHAT HAPPENED What had happened to bring about the voitetner?
of
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two pages.
From the afleys of Marrakesh, with their eomic and lovable in- Bubilan, Mayne takes himself and his readers all too soon. has been, while it lasted, gently, deliriously, full of fun.
MACKENZIE
KING: THE INCREDIBLE CANADIAN. By Bruce Hutchison. Longmans. 25.. 456 pages.
YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD-Across: 3 Dumb, 7 Gole,IN the autumn of 1944 Canada PIL HLst. 10 Scarict, 12 Spay, 15 Mates, 18 57%, ID Tra... 24 Crude, 22 Sail, 23 Rapid, 20 Nets, 39 Conquet, 30 Thu, 31 True, 32 Deall, 33 Meet. Down: 1 Bunch,
5 Bets. 6 Pier, 9 Larts 11 Later. 13 Peul, 14
Alarmed, 4 Unlic,
Yauk. 16 Stain,
17 Seun, 18 Sult, 21 N. dies, 22 Spot, 24 Acute, 25 Scale, 27 Earl 28 Stem,
found her elf in a strange and pala u intitary situation,
She could eenscript mea for service in Canadie bul not out- side it. Fighting in France and Italy, her divisions were suffer
VIGNETTES OF LIFE
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PROVE ITZ
PROVE
WHAT ARE
THEY
TRYING
то
PROVE
THE CONTINUOUS ARGUMENT AT THE
CORNER STORE THAT HAS BEEN GOING
ON SO LONG NO ONE REMEMBERS
WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
"DON'T ARGUE —
WE ARE NOT
LEAVING
THIS HOUSE
TONIGHT
HOW TO WIN.
WANT TO STAY IN
EXAMPLE... WHEN YOU
SAY YOU WANT TO GO OUT.
"
WHAT'S A LITTLE
RAIN AND SLEET?
NATURE'S ALWAYS
BEAUTIFUL
WHEN
HOME
"So? I'M
LOSING MY FIGURE WELL!
PRO AND CON
."BUT_"
WEATHER IS TERRIBLE AND THE FOLKS ARE HE WANTS TO BRAVE THE ELEMENTE
"
THE
Faber;
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was
And
Most Capetown Airleans
stick
BARBS
By HAL COCHRAN WHEN it's a girl, a thing of
beauty is annoyed forever!
Many motor car accidents can be burned on a loose tyre and a tight driver.
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10's Meult to And a really in- Justrious person who has a busy tongue.
that
The average ilfe of women. has jumped, saya a doctor. Right the women, when
they cross the streets.
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"More Women Taking Up
still Law"-newspaper head-Une. AL they're laying it their uur house, getting up down.
to
A school for tiny tote hus a
A style expert contends stage.
the attrage nan know very cord ng tu dancerile about women's clothes, The
the girl nie Yvonne award,
prices enought looking for a sceluded rovi-top.
In Tayour They have voted "nothing at all."
So far, however, they haven't along with Two men who had any luck. worked dawn- to-dusk shifts CHAOS AT In boals rescuing trapped pets SUNUP during last winter's great floods along the cast cast of Britain old tribal habit of have been awarded the RSPCA's when the sun rises. FARMER'S
new medal for food heroism. So, one day when the sun was By Jon O'Hara. Cres et Prex: They are Inspector F.A. Archer, hidden behind a thick overcast, in industries ART OF BEING B.. Gd. 159 pages. Short novel of Colchester,
Mr Arthur there was chaos and
where Africans ore employed. HAPPILY MARRIED. By which might fir d
ben Carnett, of Claction. have
Most of them were an hour three-uct *
play.
They spent eight days rescuing Andre Maurois. The Bod- written
they work. birds
Worse. from late for und lay Head. 8s. 6d. 128 Scene, American; basic ides, len 47 animais
early buses temillar. A snowstorm isolates flooded homes at Jaywick, the missed the usual
town. a forfultous group of people in
bungalow
The from the suburbs, and threw the out of oddest flood victim they saved transportation system an a country hotel, Twe
truck was a snake, which had wriggled gear. adulterous pair; one is
to the top of a steel tool cabinet
French OFF TO driver with home-dal lehdencies.
In a telephone exchange. Archer and Inspector
Mr VENUS? that in a flood a Garnett ony
ones that really fly. refuge on dog usually socks
But he has decided some Beating "raft," such as a
a cat bed, while
them on strings. prefers
THE
pages.
TT is easier to die for the "I".
woman one loves than
ta
live with her" (Byven). Helping Mouris with the harder tuk, pre ents a series of brief instrue
П Marise, five setnes between young wife, and Philippe, her he band. They grapple together family, with the problems
of
are
This book enn also be obtained S.x and in paper covers at 23. sixpence for cloth binding, and two shilling. for the contents
people may think those some relative values are about right.
Forever Arguments
"
I SAID NO SUCH THING / YOU SAID YOUR DRESSES ARE GETTING TOO TIGHT AND I SAID I GUESS
YOU ARE RIGHT.
SOME TIMES THE ARGUMENT STARTS
WHEN YOU AGREE WITH 'EM -
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COPR. 1952 BY GENERAL FEATURES CORP, IMEWORLD RIGHTS RESERVED.
WHAT'S A FULL MOON TITS
NICER HERE/“
WHEN THE WEATHER. IS NICE AND THE FOLKS ARE
OUTE. HE WANTS TO PÁRK AT HOME L
Esstrx
0
BY HARRY
"DON'T
SPEAK
TO ME
inventor Jean Fontaine makes flying saucers-little
WEINERT
GOSH-I DIDN'T
MEAN-ER,
I GUESS
I WAS
WRONG
ER-/
LOGIC CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE OLD
CRYING-TOWEL FOR
CLINCHING AN ARGUMENT:
DO I OR DO
I NOT NEED
A NEW
HAT ? "
Ma
WE BET SHE DOESN'T LOSE THIS ARGUMENT.
BET ROCKY COULDA
LICKED. JOHN L.
ANYTIME/ BETCHA
2 FETCHAL
THE KIDS EXCEL IN ARGUMENTS ABOUT QUESTIONS TO WHICH THERE ARE NO ANSWERS.
zz band. Well, there are times when kids should be punished.
When there's a big rush, a bar- gain sale counter ts a place where wornan can ruin one dress and buy another.
There have been a lot of on- durance contests, but noe to beat that of teen-ogers on the telephone.
Του many people much time chasing rainbows, It's a nice way
to keep says a banker.
to run into a storm,
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waste too
Any old wave of prosperity always makes a lot of swells!
A wealthy Texan tried suleide because he lost a fortune and didn't have any more than the rest of us.
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A man will go a long way fo A woman sove his face, while Just goes to the drugstore.
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Lots of all stock Investors would be better off to let wells enough alone.
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Handwriting is ♫ key to character, says a professor. Especially when found on that little piece of paper marked "Insufhelent funds."
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Eating everything with reck- tess abandon often leads to a shape like a figure ate.
Laugh and grow fat is ne unil you succeed-then it isn't so funny.
The world is so full of really good lies that there is no excuse för a poor excuse.
[
Take a tip from the man who Invested macaroni — use your noodle!
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Maybe our judges could cut down on the number of rubber- tyre thleves by giving them long stretches.
Every housewife should have a calling, says a professor. At least when they want to get the kids in for a meal.
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More and more fathers, are Anding out that azon's first year at university develops a fine sense of touch.
Overwork is the main thing that causes that rundown. feel- ing, saya a doctor. How about crossing the street against aʼred light?
It's getting so that it's easier to make your money first than
It is to make it last..
An Illinois women willed her chauffeur $8,000 for excellent servico, He drove her to it!
Staying out all night "end sleeping all day makes it pretty. hard to find your place in the
· An Arizona band leader was arrested for having twa' wives, What does he know about· kines mony 7
Lots of husbands get 'a repu« tation, "for" truthfulness, belsuan they can't think that "MOUSING