THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1954.
PRACTICAL
£1,000,000 WORTH OF DIAMONDS ON VIEW AT OLYMPIA
IN
London. shore at Orange Mouth in Africa, The Gold Const. Na specially constructed South-West Africa the diamonds Portuguese West Africa, Blerte showcase on a stand in buried some 20 feet under Leone and Tanganyika, a
the sand, Excavators will be sent to London. There they are the main aisle of the Grand seen clearing away the mand sorted by trained staffs and sold.
exposing the diamond to buyers all over the world. Hali at Olympia there will and be on view, when the "Daily bearing gravel underneath. Mall" Ideal Home Exhibi- Lion opens on March $1,000,000 worth diamonds.
2, of
There will also be a working model of the Premier Mine, the most modern in the world and
alro visible the manner in which chatts aro nunk near the vol. cania "pipes" where horizontai tunnels are bored info 168 diamond-bearing blubground.
They will, of course, be pro- tected from mishap by the host ingenious modern methods, Apported by on Inv.s.ble ray.
It is no wonder that this gem Now, all the world necepts in termed precious since QK the diamond as the most Pre- much as 25 tons of blueground clous of Rtories; but offer origin, ita natura and of Elty use for be orushed, washed ond embellishment comparatively Httle Inknown. generally,
WORKING MODELS
Therefore, it is interesting that close to this exhibit there will be models of many kits cutkintay story end volu-
-50
on of the diamond. This www dasionally priceless stone is be lleved to have been formed thousands of years ogo, many miles below the earth's Sur
when pure carbon was dubjected to intense heat and pressure. Volcente eruptions carried the diamonds to the surface; the effect of weather doet many years conveyed many of these stones to the sen to form alluvial deposits. A large quantity, however, were left in what are called volcanic piper, On this most Instructive stand there will be a working model showing how alluvial de posits are mined. On the scu-
förled to recover 1 carat of amend 142 cnTMIA = 1 oz! Ar.. one tearns thus, 75% pf all diamonds mined are of such poor quality that they cannot be card for jewellery,
However, då they are harde, than any other known kub- stance they can play เค im- portant part in mining and many other Industries. Indeed, it will be possible to see how they are used in the maxing of off parts of electric motors of all soris, even vacuum eleaners,
washing machines, floor Do fishers and also in the manu- facture of cars, machine tools and ar:naments.
These rough diamonds bring great benefit to the sterling area in the form of dollars and other hard currencies and this fact is made to appear still more important when it is learned that most diamonds, which come chiefly from South Africa, Belgian Congo, French West Africa, - French
INDESTRUCTIBLE
The whole story of the dia- mond is told at this stand, from the miner's efforts to the finished work of the designers and jewellers. We discover that the diamond is indestructible, The most that the greatest heat can do is to discolour the surface and this can be polished eff, It can be split-along the
urain-end it can ho eut or sawn, but only diamond can cut diamondi and even this is a slow process.
sized stone may take from half
The cutting of an average
a day to two days and a bit. stond may tako a fortnight, The mwing in done with G water-thin disc of phosphor- bronze, spinning at 6,000 re- volutions per minute and the actual cutting is done by dia- mond dust and oil.
as
It is a a grim fact that the loss in cutting a stone may be high as two-thirds. That is to say that a store may "deliver". about 40% of its original bulk even if in extraordinary flno shape to begin with.
Not the ut necesting part of this £1,000,000 exhibit is the poliching of stones and the working of them into jewellery that may continue to exist for hundreds of years.
MAKE YOUR OWN
ISOSCOPE
By JO PARFITT
ROM Parls Jean Soward faculty of showing you your
reported the arrival of face as other people son it every woman's best friend simple home-made experiment How does it work? This after diamonds of course, will give you a rough iden
Take IWO roughly the same
pocket mirrors size or two larger mirrors if you have them, Look into one of them, and wink your right eye. Your re flection will wink the left eye. There's the deception. To get the truthful image, take both mirrors.
Its came 17 Rope, but don't let that deter you, In good old Anglo-Saxon It's a looking-glass you can trust. Equatorial
Don't take chances
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LARVEX-the greatest rame in molhproofing now brings you Ils sensational new easy-to-use Finger-Tip Spray, It's really fun now to moth-proot your woolltre and blended wodl materials,
OH, BILL-HOW STUPID OF ME
fibré and makes the cloth so distasteful and indigestible to melhworms, they'd rnther atarve to death than feed on
For, make no mistake, madam, you've been hoodwinked all these years.
You looked in the bathroom mirror, in your hoopy mirror, In the mirror in the office cloak-
room and you thought you were seeing a true reflection,
TRY WINKING
NO DECEPTION
Hold one in each hand, so that the right edge of the one in your left hand joins the; left edge of the other mirror át a
But ail the time you were right angle (80 degrees)... looking at yourself In reverse, with the left side of your face whore the right should be.
Now comes this new French mirror with the
unnerving
FACE THE TRUTH, And
done by mirrors.
place where the two edgesgneet, Now look straight into the
us if your were looking down a vertical line cutting the right angle in two equal parts.
Wink that right eye-and presto! Your reflection will wink the right eye. No dectp- tion there that's how you ap-
pear to the world.
The actual French
Floss consists of two'
looking-
ordinary
Large mirrors placed at right angles with a sheet of platn glass to make up the triangle.
NOW WHY....?
When you hold a newspaper in front of it you don't have
to read backwards as you would from an ordinary mirror.
HOMECRAFT
HILLSIDE HOME
FRONT OR BACK, Design H-61-KF' is a handsome, luxury home, designed to be built on a hill. From the back of the house (shown here) it gives the impression that it's a two-storey-dwelling. Actually, the lower level is a large basement with a good-sized recreation room.
A helpful gentleman at the Nat
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By JOAN O'SULLIVAN
O matter how you look appearances, it's a two-storey National Physical Laboratory at this luxury home, it's design, This illusion is created explains that the "new" mirtor a beauty, a hillside house though it were the first door of by the basement, which looks as reveals an old, old optical truth. that's equaily attractive the house.
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"But I can't think why any-front and back, inside and one would want a mirror like
Te..." he said,
"'s women," I said. "We like to know curselves."
you
Inside, the floor plan offers all the convenience and comfort Approach the entrance on the any family could desire.
The front entry lends in from the worst about crest of the hill and you see a
lów, rambling ranch
to the spacious a flagstone porch dwelling.
Just inside living-dining area. the door is a handy guest closet and a powder room.
Have you tried {{? How do Walk down the hillside, to the
Jike your New Look?
back of the house and, to all
What Do You Fear? And Why?
By W. W. Bauer, M. D.
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One of the first things that catches the eye in the combina- room is great fireplace flanked by wide windows. Op posite it, u
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THE LIBRARY. WING
The dining arer has two -büllt-in china, cabinets. A door- way, here. leads to the rear for veranda, the perfect place outdoor dining. The veranda and why? What do house for help. When he hood experiences. Such common can also be resched
from the Anally arrived you fear? Are you ashamede seized him. He Becutie name fo máéch
at the hospital phobias-each of which
His horrors kitchen, a square room with
to the A good housewith knows ifè
of your fear? Would you afraid that his amputation might fear of bare blone; or of being snack corner. Stairs
the Basement 'brid
attached best to, moth roof the clothe SO QUIER! SU LABY! SO INEX- Confess to being afraid? Or interfere with his ability to in crowd out of narrow places garage are in the hall just out- itself to protect her woollena PENSIVE! One spraying with have you made a semi support his wife and chid.
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Fear of Death
dirt or
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teacher to removes English
poison, solitude
noise, siebie,thjed bedroom if you prefer, wonderful protection,
BARVEN protection, BARVEK
Obtainable children of the King of
of the wholesome or strangers--all may have their projects at the front penetrates each tiny woolled at depf, stores and druggists. Stam, who, when she was fears. Man lives in group situate the early years. The house of separate wing, Hugo of a phobia oran Biofure winilowe command a NO ODOUR...NO WRAPPING...NO STORING afraid, whistled a little time, tions, where marty must mlogie ing
2am of landscaped grounds. WEAR CLOTHES AT ANYTIME
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CELATION
THIS IS THE FRONT VIEW of the house, to all appearances, a long, low ranch dwelling. & flagstorie walk leads to the entry." Multi-paned windows add to the exterior design, provide sunshine and light indoors. Here's a hillside house that should be built on a
large plot."
BEDROOM
BATH
-ENTRY
HALL
LIVING ROOM. [200′′x 17'-4′′
GARAGE 22+0"*25-4"
DINING ROOM
VERANDA
LOWER TERRACE
PLANNED TO PERFECTION, the home has a spacious living-dining area, two big bedrooms and a den that might double as a bedroom.
RECREATION