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ALICE
DROUGHT
"Don't you DARE; wash behind your ears!"
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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY:43, 1954.
MISS MANSFIELD SLEPT PARADE
ABOVE THE COW-BYRE
Katherine Mansfield. By An- tite for life, pretty 19-year-
tony Alpers. Cape 21s. 376 pages.
W
IT a small allow-
from
her whee
New father, เ Zealand banker, an untried talent for writing. and a vast, uncritical appe-
A British Crossword Puzzle
old
one
lily Olrous to Middleton Murry. Wern
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their temperaments
And whenever DITI
A COLUMN OF THE UNUSUAL ABOUT PEOPLE AND PLACES AND THINGS
TRAINING The Soviets are pour some ale on the nichouse HOVER
bench and sit on it. If, when MAN. BANANA
seiling hand- ARMY
picked ex-Wehr- he tried to get up, his breeches macht officers muck, the brew passed the tent. the innkeeper might ruited to the strain of marriage? to Prague for training to lead a If not, ingeniucus young editor of Kathleen Beauchamp
weird Latin.
American Com- have to drink as much of the promising, penniless review, shu It is doubtful. She said: "It is arrived in London
suggested that he should rent a fearfully hard for me not to feel worst host pray plotting the bad brow as possible and then rest poured over his For a time intense, August day in 1908.
room in her flat,
head. Almost at once, she began to the relations of landlady and Jutense, I am a little bit false,"capture of the Panama Canalin have the
formal. "Golden Ile was a young man in constant event of war.
Today, Excise officials super- all hersett Katherine Mansfield, tenant were
to was going
This ghost
ormy 19 It was the first step in the con- days," Murry called them. He fear that fe
"Caribbean Legion," with lead- vise brewing operations In
and Descha wrote
is breweries They
The question, which might quarters in Panama. 11 quest of fame. Soprelimes, the lay on the floor in a blue fisher-rap" him,
jersey, made in terury man's
to number 18,000 strength of every brew. ircies would call her "Yekuter articles together: "The history have been solvedt painfully, wna estimated
Communist indoctrinatexi witis h Rive An exotle,
tives, ine."
ranging from Siny effect.
pickers to bank clerks.
filends the
The enger young New Zen- 1.der threw herself stimul- taneously at love and literature. A sedimental attachment for a A "Caesar" young 'cellist known was followed by a graver
DUN-
len for Gesal's twin brother
who played the violin.
But Katherine was
looking who would respect her right to be an artist
for someone
reine her the
creation
brather satisfied
A devoted!
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ACROSS
| Ceare (4).
4 Raised walk (7)
B Praise (4).
Slupor (4).
10 Hangs around (7).
11 Copy unfairly (4).
12 Lake (4).
14 Plighted (7).
17 Dodge (8).
19 Upset (3).
22 Place of entertainment (7).
26 Object of worship (2).
27 Nabieman (4).
28s (7).
29
(4).
30 Expertinent (4).
31 Make downhearted (7).
32 Hustened (4).
2 Gardening implement (8)
DOWN
3 Deposited (0).
4 Flower (3).
5 Fit to eat (0)
Sun (5).
7 Hew (5).
12 Thaw (4).
13 Discourteous (4).
14 Grating (4).
18 Overcast (4).
10 Welcomes (8).
20 Helmsmen (0),
2: Loll (0).
23 Pull (A).
24 Colour (5)
24 Relieves (B).
YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD.-Across; } Poplar, 5 Cigar, 8 Megan, Trupie, 10 Rural. H. Delni 12 spy, 13 Means, 16 21 necess, 18 Chesel, 20 Sates, 22 Kiwi 23 Aspen. 25 Cello, Notice. 27 Elite, 28 Aulde, 29ght, Down: 1 Patterns, 2 Pro- 5 amet, tuures, 7 Again, 11 1 Amid. peri. 3 Aspiring. 15 Sediment, 18 Bissole, 17 Cements, 10 Healed, 21 Abets, 24 Noel,
und
THE
NEW. BOOKS
by George Malcolm Thomson
browi
when of art has been the misunder- in fact solved tragically,
by 7 Katherine developed consump tanding of a minority
tion and had to live majority." etc.
After trying most cures, she fetched up in the establishment Russian at Fontainebleau of a inyalle named Gurdjieff, who, among other forms of
1."
treat-
She led there in 1923 an:1 was given an interment of the eventh class in the real Pro- festant cemetery.
the
12-
banana
the
rising
Setting up what is belloved to be a new British Empire. glid-
over
Tho first
Ing record, a New Zealander (Mr B. H. Georgeson) has just reached a height of nearly five miles in a German machine.
Released at 5,000 feet from a Tiger Moth, Mr Georgeson and his glider floated
seeking all Canterbury Province
air currents, current he picked up took him to 18,000. Switching on his oxygen he found another cur- rent which
him on even to oyer 20,000 stronger "lift" to feet where his canopy feed up and he had to begin navigating by compass alone.
Finally, at 25,000 feet, gilter Georgeson decided he had had enough. "Particularly as 1 be gon to hear popping noises and
that suspected
was it
my oxygen tube fracturing."
When he got down to earth
For 40 years horticultural
been trying
SCENTED Ex-Hifler officers and non- CARNATION cominissioned officers picked to COMING BACK experts have head up this ragtag and bobtail
to produce a carnation that is n Rghting force are mainly
joy to smell as well as to see. veteran officers with prewar
The perfume was lost long ago experience in
Latin America.
as bigger and belter blooms Most speak Spanish and have
were created. Now, however, an intimate knowledge of Latin
success is in sight, states Mr customs and the Latin mind.
John Waldron, 1 lending At Prague they are hurried specialist in carnations.
Says
"One of that the popping hadn't Mr Waldron: through a six-month "refresher
difficulties
wert
hin oxygen thing to do with and briefing"
bring the course lo
supply. It was
merely his up to dalc
Latin against was the scarcity of the on
Another watchglass splintering at low
thetics and strategy.
U.S.
Wo
up
again. Mr Georgeson found
air pressure.
any-
Suddenly Katherine saki. eal necessary
Caesar's "Why don't you inake me your As only part of risicoss Murry, lying on the this formula, she married a sing- floor, waved his legs in the air. ig teacher named George Bow I feel it would spoil every-
farm over the cow-bye, so that American developments and to old, evented varieties. den, 11 years her senlor. In- thing he replied. So dent, made her sleep in a plat-the
aid Katherine. Yet the mag The might benet by the exhala-orient them on new Communist was that as soon as we started to peltous Katherine had been
varieties marry the old and new tuplmoos Kri
willing War
lons from below. England just six months.
we kept losing the scent when Alve he teannt unother ebunce. She left
She was not disappointed.
we sought to improve the colour
A new sideline in of PASSPORT and form. Now, after years of experimenting, we have had a RACKET thefts in bringing big measure of success. The new
fortunes to German criminals. scented varieties have been The side-line is the simple one given old-fashioned names, such
of stealing American passport its Faith, Hope, and Charity. We
and selling them to Soviet hope to have them back on the d
agents who will pay up to (and market within a few months,"
sometimes over) £100 per pusn- port. This rate of exchange Inakes the passport racket con- Greece
siderably more prostable than inventions trading in cameras, watches or
sun- jewellery.
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woman frieni put note in the young bride's dress- ut ease, "Bear up." What in- on the bridal Buence this had night can only be conjectured, his All that is certain is that his wife's "sudden and com- come ng a pain. plete frighty"
surprise
lefi Katherine Next morning. h; within a week she was de Caesar' brother
playing in the orchestra of a light opera
Catching up with his wife at lust. Mr Bowden arrived at the and naked-half flat one day
they wanted 10
death Cood looks and early with the Katherine, Jokingly---| party.
true but Burw casy tanner of a born hostess, helped her
them. talent to the recognition Losing for asked him After a few Schumann songs at 11 merited on its own accuunt.
which
to Mr Bowen, the piano, Mr Bowden left. Six Her wayward, tormented He tal
Liverpool. WHITT
pany.
Was
cost-
a few years, she would b famous ay the author of collec- tions u short sales
like Bliss net 1pular
Se 18
the divorce went later. rough and Katherine married Luty
(still Letters.
to hold the interesting enough
through Mr. render's attention Alpers's pedestrian pages.
LIBRARY LIST
of fost, Love Layman's By G. M. Trevelyan, The O. M. Longmans 11s. Od. 125 Gorden Party. considered by Радев.
as good a
with rume critics lo be
Dr Trevelyan writes nnything the Ruslan or French
enthusiasm about ΑΓΚΙ The more charm masters bail one.
who have dis- books and writers enfriendly did not carry
He defends Jaragement beyond noting her given him delight.
(Browning, Scott, Jus heroes "dellente and fullle felicity."
Kipling against recent critics A book which will make many readers for other booke.
Cold water
But towards the end of 1900. the hope of the Engilsh short
Thai Yew Tree's Shade,
ᎦᏙ ᏗᎨ 222 pages.
agents intelligence
in Munich - the Raleway 10 Prague report the "Caribbean Leyton" has been strengthened and reorganised since t 11- starred effort
Hall to storm from bases In the Domingon Republic.
by
This comic invasion, launched Irresponsible Treebooters, angered Moscow. Soviet agents purged the Legion and ordered
GREEK
From
it to le low until its training CADGETS list and equipping is completext.
La Legion Because the scattered throughout the Cen- tral American backlands, it is called "the jungle army."
•
with a pinch of humour of complication, and a wealth the new adventure of Schuyler Cole and his nimble-witted Teatimant, Lake Speare, is just the Hea the article. in New York
THEY ARE famous De Vecch! diamond missing, but its owner Mr Gud- PAID TO lee, zeems to be more concern- | DRINK BEER lest was neces
about his daughter's un- fortunate elopement,
• Christ Nihon
Re-crucified.
Br
Kazantzakis.
Cassirer.
158, 470 pages,
Greek villagers in Turkey are the story planning to re-enact
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U.S. Intelligence reports that 11 the in
large city every American zone there is at least
"contact"
man
working for A stroel corner
Де
stolen.
pass
1954. First Lor glasses without glasses. Tiny
pulled by Venetian blinds cord attached to the spectacles
instead.
Next--- used
one the Soviets. rubber shoes
or cows, sheeu
the m and gouts. According
moeting,
agent Inventor this will increase milk port proffered and the
Produces
abundlo of crisp, brand-new West German mork billa and no questions asked,
to
For
the
for
first five
output by
years,
сол-
COWH making the
in- comfortable. Also moro vented is an "electric wallet, You press a button and the re-
sory to decide who shall be the quired banknote pops out. City of London's four ale con- ners. The appointments mode at Guildhall at the mid-
Wenn
is
Pupils at Ham-
Why tha demand for pass- poris? Because the Russions simply remove the photo, re- place
ce it with a picture of one of their own agents, do some first- cless forgery in the description column and a new "American citizen" is born.
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summer day elections recently. ROCK TO Seven candidates offered them- KNOWLEDGE mershol school story was singing in an opera
selves for election.
(Denmark) sit through their chrus in Liverpool, Later in By Cyril Haro. Faber. 10%, Ud. the year, finding that she
Ale conners in the city date classes in rocking chairs. Tho story
idea of Christ and His Passion when
the headmaster's. He An excellent detcelive becoine ft mother
from the days of William the going
a procession of refugees--also
the blessing is received
of the THINK If you're thinking of was no! in which, once again, that willy (although Mr Bowden
Francis Grecks-escuping from u Tur-Conqueror, and although it
local school board for his in- AGAIN becoming a geologist going become
Father). prid charming lawyer,
kish massacre arrive, begging no longer their duty to con beer
novation and explains the rock- Katherine Jeft for Bavaria, Peltigrew, comes to the aid of
The officially, they are sull paid to the ruth- Superintendent Trimble.
help and protection where she underwent
a Ing chairs with the comment; that you're not in Africa where and receive "drink" "beer" village La Christianity of
children álways tilted every would-be geologist must less water-cure of Pastor Knepp
water), Drax the Dack. By Stephen put to a heavy and trugle test. salary of £lo a year. All pre- The
Now they have completed: Chosings with ice-cold
sent holders must be freemen of their chairs anyway, ambitious long, rumbling, and Tater had the misfortune 10
can rock to the City,
their hearts' con- its of novel with the dignity lose her baby,
in days of old one of the tent without making disturbing those who while
theme and a vitality of its own. talking One evening.
tests of the ale conner was to noises." -(London Express Service) under the Eros statue in Picen- detective stories
1
Ransome, Gollancz. 9. Od. 189 pages. For
A
like their well written,
VIGNETTES OF LIFE
*DON'T YOU DARE SET THAT THING OFF AROUND
HERE...
"IT'S ONLY
A LITTLE
ONE -
AN
AN'
AN
TRY TO ASSERT YOUR INDEPENDENCE ON INDEPENDENCE DAY AND THERE'LL BE FIREWORKS OF ANOTHER KIND,
"00000!"
*GEORGE-
GEORGE... CALL THE
DOCTOR?
"CHON, FOLKSH
LESA ALL GET ÎN AV
CAR AH DRUV
OVER T
TONY'S Y
"FORE
THOSE FAKE GIANT CRACKERS LOADED WITH CANDY AND
3 GRADE-A STOMACHACHES.
COPA, 1950 BY GENERAL FEATURES CORP, TM.WORLD RIGHTS RESERVED,
AND THERE'S ALWAYS A NICE,QUIET GOLF COURSE...WHERE YOU CAN VIEW PIN-
• WIEELS, SKY-ROCKETS AND EVEN ROMAN- CANDLES IN BROAD DAYLIGIT.
FIRE WORKS
Safe and Sane Fourth?
KEMP STARRETT
BU
"OH, YOU POOR
DEAR! DID YOU
GET BLOWN
UPS
SOMETIMES WE SUSPECT THAT POISON IVY.GARDEN TOOLS AND LAWN MOWERS. ARE NO SAFER, THAN FIREWORKS.
(No!
NO!
NO!
"WHERE'S TH'
BANDAGES?*
"NOPE! GARDENIN'.
HORNET'S APARTMENT.
YOUTH WILL FIND A WAY.
GET THE JODINE
1.
then be thankful
A University course. feld 2. Three years'
EX- perience.
3. At least 10,000 miles — on foot.
One such budding Evologist who has just about compleicd his apprenticeship" is Mr Tom Johnston who has всел срела- ing mouth after month tramping across Central Africa with a tell-tale milometer on his leg.
He reports that his most far oc- aw word moment so sired when he was taking bath in two inches of muddy water in the unexplored coun- try between the Zambesi arid the snake-like Great North Road
which
winda
ОСТОБА Rhodesia to Tanganyika.
"I was malding the best of my bath when I heard giggles and handelapping behind me. Star- ing at me a low feet away were
Group of African
1
women. They seemed to think they had found a vaudevillo show. My only solution was to act as they had."
TV BEFORE Entertain- BATHS
rather ment than cleanliness TV seta rather than bathtube --is becoming the new basis of lito in West Germany today.
Statistics revealing that the Germans would rather go dirty than miss he latest thing on the television programme have just been released by the North- West German Radio, West Ger many's largest notwork pioneer- ing television.
A team of 160, fou Interviewed the owners of 18,000 television sela, and dis covered that over a quarter of them were making do without bathroom in order to have TV. From the survey. It also ap peared that Germans today pro fer television to the telephone. One television owner, summed ·· the position up: "If you have a iclevision pat you forget about having a bath and a telephone only interrupts the programme!",
THE A £20,000 master- BRAIN mind computin
dan machine hos mig boer causing a stir Ide the past few weeks at the Hayden Pline
arium in New York, BelonginE to the
division of
the
the
mathematical volving billlons
For the
exhibition)
OR YOU CAN
GO FISHING