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THEY marry at
N Las Vegas our company played two shows n night. Dinner in the theatre' rEB- taurant was served åt 7.30, and our, Varieties opened an hour later. At 11.80 we had a socond show, '
Half an hour after midnight m shutter rolled up from one wall of the casino, disclosing a wonderful selection of hams, cold beef, chilled lobater, and salads of Infinite variety.
This was eriled the chuck wazon." This fantastic town stili usca tho outmoded phraseology of the West, Cow- baya, real and imaginary, are all over the place' in high-heeled boots and curl-brimmed stetsons.
From tho chuck worn gamblers can cat as much as thoy like for the equivalent of 108. The price includes a bottle of beer, or as many cups of coffer as they can drink.
At four in the morning the small cabaret get in the bar makes its last appearance, but the casinos have nɔ let-up. The whirr of wheels end the clotter of dice, pre the post constant background gniste of the city,
"Is there anything else here but gambling?" I asked anne-
onc.
"Sure there is," came the put reply. "There's marriage and divorce."
This is also A profitable business, because would-be divorcees must wait 44 days for their decrees, and they in this time-gambling-
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"DIVORCE. Because
midnight
here.
THE CHINA
...in the city where
the MINISTERS work in shifts
by VAL PARNELL
The London Palladium boss who introduced American variety to the West End continues his story of how he reversed the order of things, took British variety` to the Far West....
and found himself in the Craziest Town on Earth -the Gambling City of LAS VEGAS, Nevada.
specialize in quick marriage, while the bands played, the threw the dice, and One is "The Wee Kirk of the gamblers Heather"; the other: "The outside the night glowed and
itching Post Wedding Chapel." burned alke hot coal.
Both have a "host" in charge of nuptials, and both advertise: "A complete service for 10 bucks, Includes choice of minister, or judge, and music." I called at the first place.
woro a
ono Oddly too no
though all the dinner Jacket,
the most superb women were evening gowns,
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Las Vegas only waiters wear evening dress," I was told, The "host" sat at a table so I kept mine in my suitcase. under a golf umbrella outside a tiny wooden church, AL little I had arranged to open my larger than a garage, with a show in July, but another agent of my plans and he wooden steeple. This was The heard
Wee Kirk. Í sTw no Heather, opened five weeks before me at
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I had the feeling that, with bit of make-up, he was ready, able to be judge, willing, and minister, and organist an well, These "mastlage suloons" also are open 24 hours a day: the hosts work in shifts.
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favourable climate. splendid M Britain work from Monday
The Flamingo.
That show, was not popular. and diod after two weeks. Thus, when I presented myself plus performers the reception from the management was luke-
warm.
My contract stipulated that the "Palladium Varieties" would run for one hour and 20 minutes. No one believed this when they 12 Items to saw that I had
of 113 MOST theatrical shows in
rocavational facilities, and
present. to Saturday, which leaves Sun- pleasant living accommodation, day free for moving." Las Vegas B particularly deumble from atandpoint.
resident's In Las Vegas no two hotels
end their engagements on the same night. Every night there
"...If the other party is wili- ing
final ru-operate....a dǝcree of divorce may be
to
director
glumnly.
"I bet
Is a new big show in town. Our "BET you overrun," said a "Palladium Varieties"-the show included Fat Kirkwood, Richard you last two hours."
"How much do you bet?" I Betty-had a asked.
socured....without limilation on Mr Pastry) Hearne, and Wil remarriage or otherwise. Ferenson, Keppel und interested should consult their attorney for further information. six-week run.
"TWO hundred bucks you're
On the opening night, we -ended in one hour 15 minutes.
"MARRIAGE. Duc to the On the opening night Böb not done in one And a half absence of red tape in the matter Hope flew in from Tennessee hours on the opening night.” - of securing marriage licences, for . He arrived at 6.30 that of the most night and left at 3.30 next Las Vegas is one popular places in the nation for morning by plane for Chicago, weddings,... Qualificatimis arc simple....
tests no blood
ген Johnny Ray turned up. So
Louella lleence fee is five did
the Parsons, quired. The dollars and the county clerk's columnist, office is open 24 hours a day the year round."
I saw the two main establish- menis In Las Vojas
No one seemed to sleep. We were eating, drinking,, laughing. joking, meeling old friends, and
that making new ones, and all the
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The director was by my alde. I reminded him of his bet. He grinned, pulling out his wallet. "I'm pleased to pay you, Val." he said sincerely.
I replied, equally sincerely, that the pleasure was mine.
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FOR THE benefit of everybody except the Scots the Glies-family Ima left.for Scotland." It is hoped that the Scots will not take this too badly as it la not a permanent emigration but. simply a routine,
HEADS FOR THE BORDER .......
Inspection of the High lands, taking in the famous Braemar Games.
They have taken their caravan studio. with them, so hotellers may relax. At roll call before starting it was, verified that all members of the
family have Scottish. blood in their veins, ex- cept Vera, who runs mainly on aspirins. “
Larry, the one with the hair, is a fellow- traveller with a 'written agreement that at the first sign of a 'break in,
NOW TELEPATHY IS A FACT
Anglo-Scottish relations due to him he will be returned to his Lowland base toot sweet. Giles wishes, to point out that this journey should at no time be confused with a holiday,”.
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10-YEAR old girl is
walking along a quiet country lane reading a
SCIENCE
By Les Armour
geometry book... Suddenly years, collected and investigated her surroundings seem to hundreds of such cases.-* fade away. Instead of the But the more cares they col country lane there is a room. Iected, the more. baming the The child's mother is lying phenomena became.. Every case on the floor apparently was different and every
was immensely complicated. dead. Beside her is a white handkerchief.
Was it mere chance?
case
ject has predicted the appear- ance of a card before it happens, or predicted what card an ex- perimenter
is going to think about. If there is a "cause” it- is in the future, while the guess is in the present!
The second assumption many still stand, though some experi
have indicated that
the way
mechanical
Working under conditions so what is In the next room carefully controlled that they without having been there, make the experiments of most (The first, roughly, is telepathy, physicists look like, schoolboy the second clairvoyance),
There is even some, evidence `ments oxercises, and comparing his
s against the statistical that people can know what is gucssers may influence the ap-
to happen before it pearance of curda or analysis prepared by one of going Britain's top statisticians, Sir happens (A phenomena known set of dice will fall when it is What Ronald Fisher, he has established technically as "recognition."). arc the "odds" on having a by odea of millions to one that phenomena exist and The room fades away and vision like the one the little girl such
explained by the the little girl is back in the experienced? If it wasn't chance, cannot be
then how was it to be explained? ordinary laws of physics." country lane. But she is
His No one knew. To a large
experiments terrified. She runs to the
mainly of card-guessing. doctor's house and persuades extent, no one knows now. him to go home with her,
1
Her mother IS lying on the floor and the white handkerchief
ESTABLISHED
consisted
POSSIBILITIES
and
devien from
"These experiments took place at Duke University and no one in Britain has been able to repeat them so far.
The third assumption is ch viously out if anyone can tell us what la in
บ.
room
10 milos
THESE facts will undoubtedly shake selence and scientists and probably open untold possi- biltles for the future,
The effect No doubt, guessing a machine-
you realise that which his "senses could have shuffled cord from miles distant vious when science is ob- away There is just no way in
him the answer. physica is an uninspiring pastime and contemporary
final cno is a little much less Interesting than chemistry, and most of current
influences involved that you CAN establish by that assumed principles which, up to In mear the difference between now. have always proved satis
factory. chance azu cenb'ol.
Prof C. D. Broad, a
of trickier. I there Bro no
is beside her. But the doctor DUT one thing is certain--both having visions. But the point i biology is based on a handful of "Physical" it is hard to sca
has arrived in time to save her ILC.
is how the "brain" is involved, Cam
"telepathy" - and "clair voyance", are established, facts,
since all we know about brains The story is a true oŋe. It
They have been established happened in the 1880's, It was only after 20 years of dull, And after Dr Scal's hundreds bridge philosopher and world is knowledge gained in terms of the Influences of physical investigated by Frederick Myers, prinstaking experiments, mainly of thousands of experiments, acknowledged authority on phenomena, a Bul - there may Edmund Gurney, and Frank at Duke University, in North there is no doubt it can be scientific method, points out that still be some invely
involvement. Always makes Podmore, three British scholars Carolina, and London University proved that some of the results science whose reputations
un in Britain.
were due to individual control assumptions: Impeachable.
and not chance,
That nothing :: happens without
were
event.
DIFFICULTY
that scientists have alwaya
The conclusivo evidence, at
a physical couro and It is a case of "mental tele- last, comes from a sceptical, Some people (they are very that the cause is always some-: THE real difficulty for science la. pathy or "clairvoyance," one careful, mathematician, Dr S. G. few: Dr Soal has only been able thing which happene before the taken, these asmumptions - for of the most clusive phenomena Soal, Senior Lecturer in Pure to find two) can discover what That no human mind can granted, and they nearly always of the modern world. Gurney, Mathematics at Queen Mary is in "other. people's minds/*
work ahead without bothering Myers, and Podmore, over the College, London,
and some people can know affert
any material object except
If they of its own body such as its to check them at all.
vare false in Some
cases, they can arms, legs, etc.
no longer be taken for granted, 3. That it is not possible to the whole
jand
'ol. scientifle pro- gain knowledge except through cedure may have to be changed.
HOLLYWOOD'S LAST TRICK
By JAMES WICKENDEN
THE boost in records “River of No Return," and
TH
All this
means a closer
our ordinary senses" and that,
to know anything about any chThe algnificance fect, we must be in some kind
1100 In the
of explaining hitherto prychological pheno of physical contact with the ob-
mena on scine new principle. Joel. For instance, if we want Physical causes may not oxist cow, we assume that and psychologists may have. there must be some pomnge of been looking in the wrong light rays from the cow to our places all along.
To soa
tfe
from Alma may start a a a long-play collection of between the art of movies and
musical revolution.
theme music from eight music. It may lead to a demand
for a new film - type." films. They include A Perhaps it began with Place In The Sun," "Gone have to be not only photogenic The stars of tomorrow may "The Third Man," where with
Wind,"! and able to hoof a few danço Incidental music dramatical Wuthering Heights" and steps. They may need to pro-loglets have ord ly set the film's mood.
others.
The
A stream of copies The film world's growing grip followed. Currently one of on records is not condtied to this. the beat in the Brazilian sort of selection, masterpiece, O'Cangactero" (The Bandit).
MUSCLING IN.
that tho
Asuming that: the human mind is "machine," paycholo EXPLANATION
gists have been able to solve only
the tiniest fraction of their addition, most blologists and problema. most experimental phychs- But, since everything else In
"machine-like," they had brain, and that, without activity fusification for any In the brain there can be no assumptions ferce.com-activity in the mind.
that there: ard", sóma petition with celevision, the alm. Now. Prof. Broad suggests that case where it can be proved moguls, are bound to use every of the telepathy experi- that nothing "maching-lika means to keep their lead.), They siprovide strong evidence, involved,- they, have every lustis have tried three dimension that all of thesossumptions neation in the world for trying al and wide-screen tächniques, may, in certain cases, be quite new ideas, wojn
falke There' * 18- no physical
duce music diplomas bafora "mind" is some function of the the universe seemed
reaching the top.
"In the cinema's
results
Now we havó Marilyn Monroe, Now the crooning hero.may nection between the conAnthate rep the
best known
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new developments may come. the Meanwhile all of us can
that there
his Resistant, A
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their Bnding
these film music Now successes are beginning to lead as bestseller popular acting, setting up a crooner musical technique may be merged
for cheesecake be the next move, The strictly card and the mind of records.
and being successful at it. In the with straight Alma This month, for instance, forthcoming, almi "Drep In My
has been suggested that the catch up with br posible. Heart, the music is composed This may bring revolution de some kind of
the recordó bürindri.), B la-dozen best-selling/ tunes, birincha
from films"How Do You So now even ebxaraster actura J
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