THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY : (5,' · 1957; -

ZANIES

"Now don't you start quoting' logic

me."

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

GODFELLOWS HARL

LIMELIGHT takes a backward look at the people

who made an impact in Show Business

MY TOP TEN OF 1956

Mine are picked because they had MORE of something

than anyone else

one because he had LESS

For Mr Miller.

Naming the Show brain to go to her head. That Business Personalities would be a catamily-for hi

And for us. Other benulles who sauntered. wiggled, natulated and insim ated their way into the orbit of 1 column included (in order

SUXİNESH) R.1

Sophia Loren. Brigitte Bardot, Dorothy Dand- ridge, Elsa Martineill, Martins Carel and Anita Ekberg.

f 1956, the main difficulty is, picking people who have not already bery picked in 1936, 1906, or 1896. The problem is 10 find personalities who still cute palpitations but do not yet suffer from them, outstanding octogena- rians are out.

Who does thu: leuve? Ther are 10 people who have made an jmpact

of one kind or another

that

1996

could be

felt without

the and of seismograph Some of them did not make

the kindi of impel

they

had intended to

by

From among there. I woult name Loren is the PROVOCA- TION of the year. She is The most likely successor to Munro when Marilyn eventually retires.

professorship (with

THOMAS WISEMAN

doubt

in

Russian litera- ture! She is

** No.

visit the

of MY crime

"He's agreed to a divorce, but

he wants custody of the maid.""

POLISH

English' A young, penurions writer, John Daborne, went one better and sald that life stinks in play called "Look Back In Anger" and became the most CONTROVERSIAL. personality of the your.

The danger in his that having reputedly Cusc made about £30,000 out of this ne play he may find in 1957 that life doesn't stink quile to much, und go Bave nothing more to say.

2

stuna.

** All right, all right, let's get back to baircutting, shall we ?"

EMMATED

Bald Brynner is a sycosis with woman.

al the kick-bale belade and the envy

M

William Hickey

HAVE

London.

between neckties,

and 40 friend of

The outstanding HOAXER of 1950 was Hono Bruzzi who the headlines by, Arst, that he was the maintaining

Casanova greatest

since and. Chaunova

socon diy, fanatic, hus 150.

by admirably denying it all—and producing his 1st wife, Lydin, as evidence of his respectablity. It is not his two quite clear which of claims was the hoax.

equipped

take over; not only does she have shape. she is also able to quote exten- sively and e- precint VC-

make: sume, I am sure, would ty from T. S. Eliot. The others 10 continue rather not have made any im- will no paet at all; one or two of these saunter, wiggle, undulate and can confidently look forward to insinuate ad Infinitum-if making no Impact whatsoever longer ins Mr Goldwyn might

in 1957.

say).

The

most

not

.....And Mom

Another notable hoaxer was Liberaco who managed 10 convinc un

vast umazingly number of people that he was a brilliant planist.

Miss Herdsman is busy with Christmas 1958

A

● I TRY TO GET FIRST-HAND REACTIONS?..

I SEE THE TROUBLE PEOPLE TÅKE WITH

London

'I' the top of

two-flight Georgian staircase bristling with royal war- rants, in a small room clearly marked "Cashier's Office," I found the white. hairod editor of the nation's largest and Didest Christ- mas card arm.

But December 25, 1956, was a thing of the past for her. She was busy typing out 365 household hints for

1958 calendar.

In novy pinstripe. Krey woolly, and tisic, 65-year-nid Miss Nora Herdsman has now heen composing kindly thoughts and yuletide greetings, thymed and unrhymed, for nearly 30 years

CHRISTMAS CARDS

1

"It's

BY ROMANY

BAIN

19

1

worried me ever since much as any,"

y,” she said, show that's not always true," she ing me an 1890 plush fringed "I started on calendars like sald.

node! from her collection. ** the sald, showing me o

enn' let myself rip on those. The management renlised they 1920 picture of Dick Swiveller had a natural Laureate on the

Her first embarrassing moment with a wodge of tear-off dates premises, and Miss Herdsman

in the frm was caused by her below him, and 1. had to and was rapidly promoted to the enthusiasm for February 14. Me a suitable quotation for each editorship, Christmas

Demond Tuck. Card

her new boy day. Longfellow, Tennysm, Stelion,

and the Bible provided scale production ever since,

She has been in full catei her in (as he still does) Lo read her latest composition first-class literary ammunition,

alcul It vas for a card but "achoulboy

"My house is full of bits of showing a rather over-ripe mult howlers" and

paper because I never know sundas, were more

when I am going to find a batch

Burns

"kitchen hints" dificult to And.

FIRST ATTEMPT

כאן

Он the day when Dlekss yielded

Atting culinary phrase for a cooking calendar, Misa Herdsman made up her frat versc.

of vertes chưning round in my You Bre the tron отв mj head," he said.

strawberries,

And the peach on my Melba

too,

kn life, sweetheart,

That the mcctent of all is you,

would not have minded so

For each design of bibulous coachmen or firelit-doggie-by- There are many sweet things master's allppers, sho provides a rhoice of four varied greetings. They include a dignified phrase of austere pros, a humorous Jingle, and a couple of jolly much if the barber had not When fe is full of things to holly rhymes to suit every sort been lathering his chin at the

of customer.

Miss Herdsman's inspira- lighter tions ador all the birthday.

mother's day, and get-well-soon. lightest cards KR well. I think 1 enjoy writing Valentines 13

do, And things to belt and bak", Remember it'a the

That

heart

makes the

cake.

GOOD FOR BUSINESS:

THEY DIRTY EASILY

used to be 23. .1

I asked him if he has sent a dozen. I remember 30 years 30 an

invitation to his next-door ago they neighbour. He laughed: "I'd dozen." hardly dare do that."

A

2 mine,

Wes! End I went along to a hotet where the The Manu- facturera' Association wps lunching, to ind out what they are planning for us.

Mr Frederick A. Rushman, a past president, told me that a fling called the "white walk" style is what men will all be wearing som

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are

Ha Не sald: These lies rade with a bluck and white In his cas

warp

which gives High

It is the latest inner ground effect.

thing-very

the good business because they get dirty

He laughed over his joke.

it was not all done by mirrors, but with gold lame jackets and Mom.

to

the

maker

"Slim

for

of

My Top Personalities demon-

STRIKING strated their superiorliy

To him also must go the creat quickly." of the personality

year Was others in their class by having not

I the INGENUITY of the Frank

Sinatra (he didn't

didn't. more (of whatever it was that.

year when he chose to interpret striko anyone-not even me)

the the audience getting thetr they had) than

nearest but Yul Brynner who proved

Jim" (string) rival.

less of something leave his concert us and original that having than any of your rivaisin his ing ovation." I said before that tle, Mr Sidney Davis, said this: As far as CURVES are con-

to quality as one of my Top "Ties will be slimmer, and the cerned, there is no doubt that cose less hale--can abo create

Personalities the

shin the s called #

'Italian.' cerned must have more of 'Bobtail something than anybody else: narrow with a square end." Liberace had more sults,

Marilyn Monroe had more of an Impact, them than any of the other contenders in this field. On her

even the blue stocking that she has

попу laken to wearing Mr looks good. The British public when

Was excursion Into the realms

dresses.

of

No stunt

Brynner assured

I

Intest

person con-

mo I will give Diana Dors the met him that his benent of the doubt and not

Or

ROCK AROUND....

Jt's

I'm....in

the Wel End Smith Hampshire's dancing today you can pay na much n school is next door to Lambeth 25s. for half a dozen.... Palace-London home

the $400.00 Archbishop of Canterbury.

.....AFTER WORK

of

EATING-2

TILL on

the

3. You should not clothes of different colours.

wear

4. It is quite correct to allow

tline," she chuckled.

NOT IN TIME

KRONER

Nowadays

she hardened, but she still make point of standing betund customers in the shops to get Arzt-hand reactions. It shows me how careful I must be, and how much the message micans, when I see the trouble people lake. Though I don't supports they choose them for the verses only," she added modestly.

There was no mention of rock 'n' roll in greetings this last Christinas,

it had never

a lady to precede you down the Miss

stairs.

host

5 Never grec, your before removing your galoshes. 0. The hostess at 21 party should dress na modestly is

7. It is correct for a young man to escort a lady home from party--but first he must offer to accompany "older

people, Invalids, and tefchers,”

subject of possible. ND here is a plan to brighten ▷ gracious eating.... talked up the City of London at to the daughter of the oldest im- night ..........11'm glad to hear of porier of caviar the country it, too, for the City is as dewd 01-year-old Willam White. after 7 pm, as any provincial city.1

Captain Leo Ponte, a whisky importer, and members of the Wallbrook River

Club plan to stage fashion shows after work for business men and business. women....yacht

the races on Thames on

cvenings .parties on barges,,

summer

EATING-1

COME of you may remember the days when oysters cost 25. a dozen

She told me: “My father is the enviar business for 3 years still working. He has been in

and he has caviar once a week,

RECOVERED

former "He never has it with any JUANITA FORBES, thing-375

it spoils the fastā,

wife of film star Anthony "He attributes his age to his Steel, and one of the most regular His regular sleep, beautiful models in London, is regular eating, plenty of work going back to work soon... ...and caviar.

Just a few months after it was i

ri should have feared she would suppose

never mode) beneficial properties at 235. to

again. 401. for two ounces.

MOSCOW MANNERS

Miss Forbes

was taken

to

hospital with pneumonia nine

.

because, mercifully.

Hend of when

colleagues 1954.

barga

and hor

them in

And before the January storo

05C

off the

the big buyers will. have chosen their card designs for Christmas, 1957.

This year a bigger.perrentago..... of the expected 50 million cards will have a posted in Britain religious motif, and at tho moment a sophisticatedly simple card of Santa, Claus and his slelgh leads the popularity poli In the shops.

ADVICE

Special category cards nd- dressed to wives at Is. Ød, ta 7a, 6d, or teachers at 71⁄2d. ("And It's grand to have a teacher who's especially nice like you") are unfortunately expected to Utter mantelpiece and

TV tops in ever-increas- ing numbers,

months ago. I don't. But I had the fact

Tireo...months later she was reculled for me by Mr Charges HAVE discovered that the transferred to a Sussex sáng-

"Plain words, nicely lettered, - Linge, clerk of works al St

Russian)........have a. Nangs torium.

are what the public is looking Paul's Cathedral.

Mitford male one. Ho i

was warned she for," said Miss Herdaman of her And she Oyster shells have been found comrade Q. Pušis,

to taka lite very own contributions, a candidate might have under the black-and-white ready 10 condone her drastic hairstyle was in no

no includo her maritat conflicts

MAN who wan's to marble flooring at the west end of philological sciences, and a easily in the future.

But if you are thinking of I hear, that Misy Forbes, once doing it yourself and being senso a um that he shaved with husbarat Dennis Hamilton A brighten up the business of the cathedral, which is bekas good Communist. higher thought a long as

In on article published in SOLLE

sought after both a top your own bard, take a tip from sho his Bauli every morning simply among the hoaxes of the year. man's lite in London is Harry replaced by workmen,

Moscow, Comrade Puzis makes fashion and an artist's model, is an old hand. did her high-thiniding in low to save time and shampoos. He Miss Dors, however, quaines Smith Hampshire

A dance - Nothing very unusual," said these class distinctions

riot to start fashion work im- did not belleve that men had for inclusion in my list because teacher,

Mr Linge. "We occasionally 1. The loft glove should be mediately. she made the SPLASH of the

Ho I going to hold lunch. find oyster shells in small removed first. ready to to be handsome; whether

When

puttin But she is out of hospital time rock 'n' roll sessions for groups. fat, short. year.

They were used for them on start with the fert and back again in the little hairy

business men-"keep them fil” ·Sedding the stones,

。 Your dress, sult, blouse, terraced house in Chelses which loved us anyway ay The water in her Hollywood and has sent invitations to

"I suppose about 50 or 100 shirt, Jacket, tie should be his her home. swimming pool was not the all the firms around.

years ago oysters cost about dd, inno" when you go to a party, only thing on which she made àn (unexpected) impact in 1930. Whether sho fell jumped or was pushed on that highly pubileised occasion is

They were not so condone the long distances (not

worp

gmaciated,

bald

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fair, private detectives) dark, put between herself women public: seductiveness long as we were male

alatid-

to mention

that she

and her

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enhanced by

not offishness.

Withdrawn

But as the new wife of a dedi-

As Mr Brynner has estaḥ-' lished himself as a major star on the strength of one film and no hair, there may be some thing in what he says,

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relevant, at any rate it was christening that the world MESMERIC heard about and Britain, in an cated intellectual, Arthur Miller personality was Earlin Hi, austere year, gained a reputa (the year's most notable expo-, who looked We a Martian Hon as an exporter of fancy rient brains), allowanoca incognito, ang like a female goods.

of were made for her. A girl who Machiavelli and spent her free

falls in love with intellect was time, when she was not telling. Finally, tho SMARTEST bound to be

“a Ulike "with- us that she had got that lovin personally of the year was drawn.

bug itch, writing a highbrow Noel Coward who departed to

avoiding autoblography and attendir à Bermuda thus

the As a Monroe afwianado, I am Hterary luncheons,

income tax man, the petrol. prepared to be understanding: 100

rationing, and the Emog-and her story reveals that sho has The most" EXPLOSIVE per the first night of his latest Kwaya; been one character in monality of the year was

her, Buda s With Violin." He

of an author wa

413 ~ 45 › Msaman), a raixture of Madonna also averted being at the

pandable task when she and Mau, Mau who won an death-bed of his reputation as

te him, she should cling to Owear fór, her performancoʻirk, the West Jinda amarlest

But I knowwly hope that "Rome Tutton," "despite mying Thing inte

ma dom, not allow Me bitimes this Hollywoodh atánádi, de

Old

JOHNNY HAZARD

LET US SIT IN THE FRONT ROW MIRUJÁRAKI | YOU CAN BRĂMINE THE

FABULOUS STAR MACHINE | BETTER FROM THERE/ :

YES, COUNTESS NERIS, THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA

\ FOR TONIGHTI I NEAR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. TO TAKE ALY MIND OUT.

OF ITS WORLDLY

TROUBLES

WWWHILE PROM ANOTHER ENTRANCE “WORLDLY

TROUBLES" INVADE THE PLANETARIUM.

DOWN FRONT, MRUHUNTAIR WHERE WE CAN GET AN UNOBSCUR VIEW OR THE SPIDER AND

KOL HOL

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JA BREFGLANCE OF RECOGNITION 'PASSÉS: BETWEEN THE COUNTERS AND EMIL ENIOMA ||BEFORE THE LIGHTS GO OUT!)

WELCOME TO THE PARTNER PLANETARIUMEWE BRING YOU TË MANS TONIGHT OUR NEAREST AND MOST./ ROMANTIC (CHUCALE) NEIGHWOR

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"Get something of the true Ispirit of Christmas. Into every card, and if you are writing in rhyme, remember to put robin' in the middle;"

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this situation

calls for a

San Miguel

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