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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1955.
Interesting News Stories From All Parts Of The World
SHE USES LIPSTICK IN THE JUNGLE
London.
Mlehnen Denis, a stormy blonde who is known as "The White Goddess" to some African tribes, pointed · to the wall of her Bving i room and said she
would like to display the head off Ernest Hemingway from it.]
"And every other be gone; hunter who elects the head f Jinns, tigers, cker and so on,"
she prowled, "Do you know wins
Ghosts Being Used To From Greece: Play Hamlet Dressed From London: Attract Tourists.
A Famous ActressTM Will
In Slacks,
How South Africans
From Moscow: ing Corp Without From Jo'burg: Hour Big Ben Before
You
Code Cought Cotch-
'Filos'.
Londonors.
Need The Voice WEIGHTY
And The Stamina
OL
Be A Wagner Star
London.
A young Wagnerian' singer who has just become a Covent Garden they icili? Because they to the star is today far more worried about building up her figure-and her need to assert their virility, stamina-than improving hér voice.
int-
Hemingway and the uthera mus! have a irrible sense of zecurity to have to kill uimaks,"
aver
For
she points out that a to Wagnerian beraine has got face the prospect sooner or later of a five-hour ordeal On the stage.
1 feured for the Nobel Prize wither and bis taikang friends that if they brad appear t
Miss Hurshaw, a large and memus, Ma Deals ence threw a
Englewood, New Aistallous lady
a core handsome for mile mi ye at ber Jersey housewife, has just con- vinced British opera crities that husband, Armand Deas, whe
she is in the great tradition of If th hents the wild boards
Wagnerian heroines, This took Jungh armed willi
courage as well as talent and alone.
artistry for last year the same critics were a bit cool.
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A Witch Too
She has been on seven rafacis to the wilder parts of our world and is brieved to be- she wan't mnt 1.3 "Muganza" or good
of
witch, with certain powers p01-
cad by these arcerest# the Gka tribe of Afrien.
Although these
powers Ale
supplevd to bo used only for
Kl. Mra
Denis would gladly
throw them into reverse agakist
big game irunters,
"I hack to force myself to rome back for another try," she said, "and now I am gind 1 did. They were so wonderful to me
u
an
Ther apartment cluttered with native mocks, African and Australian curios Assortment
I feel it was worth all the hard work 1 put into the roles,"
So, Potato Dumplings
of
across
polato
Miss Harshaw spoke
large platter
The Wagnerlim dumplings. and
are steak-and-potato berolnes of live 3ltes the
for enters
Wagner conceived his goddesses as larger-than-life rize with the omia for such operatic five and a half hour
128 "Colterdumme- marathons
of the Gods) rung" (Twilight and The Mastersingers."
Dunkacs are preparing for the first rafuri sponsored by com- merclul television. They leave In abou; three weeks for a long swing through Africa, sending back Alm
their of
real-life
adventures.
A vast array of cosmieties is going with her.
Helps Morale
A friend had clipped reviews of her Covent Garden appear p
and nowspapers anes from
these, magazines and
neatly maikei in rei crayon, were stacked near her plate.
Lo look "I was trail
"unt I was them," she said,
ni
"Safaris
popular are now with American women, I know," she said, "so tell then to make themirelves up in the jungle as though they were on Broadway convinced they were nearly ull or Hollywood Boulevard, nl-favourable," lipstick. eyebrow ways wear pencil, and even eye shadow, It helps keep up the morale of the ratari, protects the skin and the native amply love. It."
Mrs Denis, a handsome lady in her early thirties, met Denis while the was in South Africa getting ideas for fashion design-
ing
Since then fe has been so beetle she has put her exploits a best-seller called "Leo- In My Lap" which will
in the
Into
pard
States in September,
be published
Mines."
Feople are
She
deep
In the heart What did he do?
United
Among for
to feel Some critics seemet Miss Harstraw was at long last the successor to Kirsten Flag- stad, others lauded the emot impact
her of
Brunnhilde sparing on the wings of sung through the fitantie trilogy of
The Ring" operas.
21⁄2 Hours And No Intermission
she
she were
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
7-1
7. M. Az. U. 8. Pat off Gay 195 by HZA Gervire, the.
"You were a pitcher in college, Jim! If they gave that young rookie $50,000 to sign, why don't you practise up?"
Not Marlowe, Not Bacon But
SHAKESPEARE WROTE
HIS OWN PLAYS
London.
PROBLEM
Saldanha Bay, Cape.
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It took Mr A. Lombard, a keen fisherman, longer to weigh 105 lb skate six t long and four and one-half It broad, than is took him to catolt if while fishing off the Government jetty in Saldanha Bay.
Mr Lombard cast his 34 ih nylon line and within a few minutes he had a bite. He knew it WAY "something big" and after a 10-minuto battle landed
to skate,
Then ho wanted to scales weight, but his were only good for 24. pounders. Undounted, he procceded to cut up the alant skate Into 10 pieces and finally arrived at the Agure of 105 lbs.
A to later he caught another skate, even larger than the first Bui P friendly fisherman arrived with competent scales and fle dla not have to through all
the trouble again. The second skate weighed 195 168.-Neuter,
Actress To
Play Hamlet In Slacks!
oug
an-
Epidavros, Greece, Judith Anderson, the fum-
classical actress, nounced she is going to play Hamlet dressed as a man. Miss Anderson is 57.
Sex is no problem," she said. Sho will play, Shakespeare's most difficult, male role in a pair of clock.
"Hamlet is possessed by dealre to revenge his father's death," Miss Anderson said. "IIIS-love scenes with Ophella are primarily ones of rejection." Miss Anderson, who is at present visiting Greece, said sho wanted to
Hamlet do of tiripped
historical costumes and flourish.
Simple Settings "I see it as something direct and uncluttered, with plain elevations, simple settings and colours largely black to white with grey and cream
tones in between."
The lighting will leave the stage partially in darkness, and
illuminate actors from the waist upward.
COME TO BRITAIN (Says The Travel Ads) AND SEE A GHOST
London.
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Tourism is big business you can't blame Britain for marshalling all its resources to attract oversens visitors; The competition is tough. France elaims its beile cuisine is out of this world, Italy boasts that its shrines and minshine can't be beaten.
So Britain is about to pro- molo
n attraction that really out of this world. It is ghosts!
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When it comes to apparitions of one sort and another Britain reigns supreme. There is scarcely an old tavern, manor house.or castle without a cowled monk,
transparent while lady
cavaller
.or
Q
with his head tucked underneath his arm.
Not long ago it occurred to -the British Travel and Holiday
was Association that here possible luro to tempt more tourists, They could be offered. they wished, a journey to one of these bewitched manses to derive a little cerlo tiüllation from moans, howls, and clank- ing chains,
Any Preferences?
tourist Recently an overseas called at the Association's office in St James' to talk to Mr Ray Hewolt who is displaying the latest line in ghosts,
"Ah yes," ho said briskly, "you are interested in haunts. Any preferences?"
"No", he said. "just show me the complete stock."
Mr Hewrit went some cards.
"Here are a couple
through
you can ry c for size, both in Midhurst and Kent", he said.
"The pub there, The Angel' has what they describe as
nice old lady ghost. At the old manor house nearby there's a morik lamenting the loss of his lady love, daughter of the lord of the manor, But he generally appears only in November".
"Any ghosts going kt July?" the tourist inquired.
The Black Dog
for
"Here's a real curiosity you", he said, "the black dog of Hergest. It's in Herefordshire. Centel Doyle used the story for the Hound of the Baskervilles, Of course, there's shag the
શ્રી dog only howls for the death of a member of one of the pro- minent families there,"
that long". can't walt I said, any ghost in full opera-
tion right now?"
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"Well," he said, "there's the Royal Castle Hotel in Dart- mouth. They say a shadowy rider clatters into the inn yardi in the dead of night,”
"Not bad. Any others?"
Red-faced Ghost
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"The Lion and Lamb Cafe in Farnham in Surrey-Its 450 yours old has a lady in an old- fashioned riding habit. The waitresses
say she's 'dear friendly little ghost', you want something bit more dar- wint
Vicarage ing there's the Em near Wisbech In Cambridge
It has two ghosts a red-
"Costumes will be slightly. different from normal clothes, other things she doubled
"You nocd meats like this to
but not costumlah," she said. Deborah Ker In the Africansing these roles," she said. "Be-
As Hamlet, she would wear there sequences in "King Solomon's sides 'Gotterdammerung
is 'Die Walkure' which lasts
Blacks probably. And no tights. the
Miss Anderson, who owns a sume the four and a half hours and Sleg- Dr Leslie Hotson has come up with the interesting, ranch at Santa Barbara, Call-faced bad one and Ignatius, The
five tours. world over, Mrs Denis believes. fried which takes
the
and The if unfashionable, theory that the works of William fomla, is Australian-born a pinup of Even
prologue to once showed
good
monk. The bad ghost to
retains her British citizenship. Marilyn Monroe a native Ring, 'Das Rheingold, lasts two Shakespeare were written by William Shakespeare,
Vicar's half hours-all in опај
tried to strangle the of Africa. pnd o
The blonde actress has won
wife
came along and Ignatius the night of Jan, many pizee, no intermission."
Many will disagree with him, guests on
awards and has wanted and rescued her." One of the most charming and American critic Calvin Hoffman 100). Dr Hotson found that to do Hamlet for a long time. "He gave a wolf whistle-the
of all operatic stars in Britain to opar an ancient certain characters and lines u "But now I think I am ready
And so he travelled through same
can hear on Bitable one you
ສ Harshaw conlldes that tomb which, he says, will help the play fad a special meaning for It," she said. "It has taken the list of ghosts who open doors, Piccadilly any night," she said. Miss
ghosts
who
dolefully often
wishes
gaze of the people in the possession of me."-United prove his argument that Chris- terms small
and dointy
Press, Men Live in Fear
ghosts who pass through ancient walls and a beautiful ghost, pla- singer of popular songs. Her two topher Marlowe really wiute the audience.
up girl of the haunted
world. One of her mest interesting children share this dream. But plays and sormets Shakespearo
Scated near Elizabeth white
Rosemond De CUfford, mistress Waa n visit 10 experiences
"Twelfth Night" unfolded was astern reality' cast her in a mas-ceta credit for.
Bacon Society is the handsome Virginio Orsino,
of King Hoary II who wears only village of the Asango-Meno tribe sive mould
It will have been silly for
a sheer silk gown. in the Belgian Congo. In this
me to try to starve myself to a further creating a stir with de Duke of Barcciono, who was manda that In any film bored visiting London from Italy and village the women had the men- folk completely subjugated. It sylph," she said resignedly, or
on Shakespeare play screen had made a big hit with the developed that tome ume corlier, dering apple ple a la mode...
credit be given to Sir Franels Quech. It was no coincidence Baco", Who is the society's that the leading character La cre of the wives had given a United Press. big party for other wives while
Shakespeare's the play was called the "Duke
Orsino,"
Another very
her husband, sive sald, was away
Chl a tap. Then another wife emcuncing her gave a party
trip. husband was also y B.
Then a third wife gave a party
and
The District Ofeer eventual-
deccovered that the men and
Jy
not gene a trips at all. They
had been killed and
served
up
as the main dish at the parties give by their wives, Authorities
and
OH! THE CADS
No 'Flies' In Russia?
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And the
candidate for laurels,
guest was Iussion
a "tall, Grigori
Two Million
Beggars
Less In India
.
New Delhi, Royal Command
fat"
There are about half a mil- beggars and vagrants in dozen other Eliza-Mikkhylin. He was on cavoy of Lion Half
with a population of bethans are being put forth by the Czar Borls Goudonoy, and a India scholars as the true authors of fur-hatted wonder around the 300.000,000 people.
This a deep fall," in their the masterpieces which the world court. Dr Holson has picked out
from that in 1011. has attributed to the man from several references to the Czar's number
thero ambassador in "Twelfth Night." when
WETD 2,500,000 Stratford-on-Avon.
beggars, according to official igures released here,
But the fall in number of
immediately stamped
out the
aro,
Moscow.
But Dr Hotson has como up making with
prodigious picco ♫
of
Poachers
Union.
Nyet-So They causing
a
High-pressure Job
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Among others the tourist took dircellons' to the Mermaid Pool In Staffordshire haunted uf course by a mermaid, Mr Hawelt quoted in old
rhyme
"She calls on you to 'grent her "Combing her dripping crown: "And if you go to meet her "She ups and dross you down." United Press.
LIVING ABROAD HAS ITS ADVANTAGES!
from
Parliament Square right beneath the clock tower,
of research on the play Twelfth One Elizabethan celebrity was beggars in relation to popula practice but the surviving men, "widespread use" said Mix
Mrs Denis, all live in fear. grenades, mines and dyna-Night" and he considers that no noteworthy in his absence the tion is still steeper; the number than B As I got up, she said casually: mito to catch fish in the co but Shakespeare himself night of the first performance, having fallen to less
former figure William Lord Herbert was be-eventh of
Johannesburg. "If you're going to the bath-
coming involved in @scandal
・between 101
Six thousand miles room don't be afraid of the rivers of Byelorussia, one of could have written it.
In proportion to population. London, England, Johannesburg What's more, Dr Holson
mistress, involving his
Mary meerkat. It's only a species of the 16 republics of the Soviet
Shakespeare Fitton A that convinced
refererice to the India had 0.14 per cent beggars radio listeners timed to the Mongoo."-United Press.
Night"
ird 1931 ng against 0,40 per BBC, to hour Big Bon" strico "Komsomol wrote welfth Teering over scandal occurs in the play, Lord cant. 0.88 per cent and 1.03 per the hour, almost a second earlier The nowspaper
cont in 1931, 1921 and 1911 than a - Londonar sianding in Pravda" declared that this "pro-shoulder, so to speak, was Herbert wisely stayed home, datory destruction of fish", was Queen Elizabel I herself,
"Twelfth Night," as Dr Hofson respectively-Router. "serious damage to
it, could not have been
The reason is that radio waves borders on Poland. In the West.
The speed of radio "waves" is Poaching with the help of archives in porch of documents and attributed to Shakespearo large nets was also very com that would belp him recrtato by accident, He believes it was
against sound waves which Berlin man, in many regions other than the circumstances anden, which a fast, high-pressure job, com- A Female Voice
• Berlin. traval at about 750 mile an
W the famous comedy was written missioned on the Queen's orders Around Moscow, for instance, and performed. He tells the to entity the needs of a special
In i few years 'it you go to the hour, ot court.
barbers in Berlin you'll prob». The microphone in Big Ben": ably got a hairout from a is suspended beer The 161k son And who would the Queen woman.
bell, arid when the hous Kurm ko, for a worldmantike job - Low than 10 per cent of the struck, the mikropisane pleks se
Went West
reserves in Byelorussie, which Dr Hoteon went to Italian, written by come hidden genius Shave Sir?' In
German, Russian and English
travel faster than sound waves. about 100,000 miles ecque,
Love might be the West's how Byelorumla. secret cold war weapon.
Two Soviet omcers who de-poachers have become to bold" resalta a vow book he tilld fected to the West enld they that they "carry on their duty The First Night of Tweltik Sind becaỦA PHO
the Rol Army business quite opelily, knowing ||Night? Mol·lop them would
marry that neither the police nor thë their German girl friends, local, authorities are putting up the play itd itd world, pres of plejówriting?o William students at barbers school now, the ODM ARAMA S
They brought the girls with a real struggle grainal Chess / mbard, katoes the queen, '/hée Sihakompoers, of moutes, was drare men. The rest are women. waves carry it to someone lande
Reuter
courtiers pod dikingulabest! Hotso
Juiniteich. PreK Them United Press,
ing below in the sirectam
Wiseman