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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1957.
The most inspiring Silvester faces a strict PHILIPS
story of My Week...
by
NANCY SPAIN
tempo boycott
PREDICT a trek of strict
Palais
with to
tempo band leaders, metronomes in hand, to the gramophone recording studios. For there are signs that the pom-tiddly-pom music market will no longer be in the exclusive grip of that Prince of the Victor Silvester. "What
Are prayers
best?" CHILD in pain; a child dying. These are
By an asked Gabby, and did not wait the two most terrible things in the world. for an answer. Not those of a the Bank Organisation Few people have escaped them. Indeed, man who is being killed and open danking schools at Odeon and Gaumont faced by the inability to help a sick child we be just prays because of that." come children again ourselves. That is why
Theatres all over Britain, THE STORY OF GABRIELLE (Michael Joseph,
the Keeper of the Sacred Bent has angered the little 10s. Od.) is so important.
man of ballroom dancing -- the locul dance school teacher.
A
It tells how Catherine The child was right. It was She before Christmas, Gabrielson, a mother with fust iwo children, Deirdre made (eight) and Gabrielle (10), known as Gabby, first learn ed that Gabby would die of
cancer.
And it tells how she and her daughter managed to make a life together until Gubby died.
High spirits
NOW, at first sight I am sure you will think this
must be a sad story, a hope- less story. You are wrong.
I think it is 1t isn't. masterpiece.
IL
uftting up in
at her family presents bed. The pala it
Was so bad "hospitalised,"
continued, until she had to be
That was the night that Mrs Gabrielson dreamed that Gabby died, "How can you stand it?" said the prople in her dream,
to stand
breatise I have have two children,"
said the mother.
lier description that now tulined
of
the
for mother and daughter in the hospital is
naked truth; comfortable,
simply the elinical,
Umental, and unsparing.
Why pain?
on,"
Then one day
the summons cane. "Whatever was golug Fays the mother, "was such a gentle, Inevitable, peace- ful process, I felt ashamed for R." trying to interfere with Her funeral too was beautiful.
"But why am I telling you all this?" The mother asks her doughter. *You must have been there-us you are
neve in away. Otherwise how would i have been able to walk away so flooded with the light of your strong and vibrant spirit, more able to Hye fully than ever before?"
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A
Lovely book
A
LAST word for romance. lovely novel by one of my Favourite writers, Martin Boyd, called OUTBREAK OF LOVE
(John Murray, 128, 8d.).
35 all about
German
pathetic
and A exploration when her worst Blasa, a high-born lasly. Wolfie
I think
mother every father
bas In the world who ever faceti slekness and pain beside their children will and "The Story of Gabrielle" 4 tremendous inspiration,
The book is written by Mis Gabrieleon wo though to her daughter, You were nihe that 2summer," I begins. "You had abundant energy and an extes ordinary capnelty 10 euch day as though it were your first or last."
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agreement
"Unfair competition," cries the little man as he business slump. sees his And prepares to boycott the his records of Silvester in studio.
Do not consider this a trining theat, it is the dance teachers and their pupils who buy many of Silvester's record output,
Leading the trull of the maestro: who hope to At the record gap left by the boycott is Phil Tate, le offers, the sirklest of
An- triet lempos, niversary
Waltz and Our Love Affair (Orlole 78).
'Classical' Atwell
comic, musician FTER the first exploratory called Wolfe who is married to
There were call»uses on the awful lady-friend, a tip of the brown fingers that brass-haired person called Mrs held the curacao and cream, The
fingernails
and cracked word split.
teari were confirmerl the mother asked why her daughter did not die right away, why should she have lo suffer any But more pain?
she realisect eventually that this was wrong thinking.
its an
Montaubyn.
a very
Wolfie's wife.
Mrs M. wants to rise in ligh Society and
Pianist Winifred Atwell toll she gets hersell Invited to
grund ball.me: "I am going a little tired Alus, she gets drunk and insults of the hard work of success, I'll give myself another year in the business and retire." Meanwhile, on the side, Dinna
at quietly and
She looked her bruised strainedly in love with a char- [ fingers and suld: "If mer called Russell Lockwood, ease up soon I'll be playing M. Is so awful at with my knuckles,”
even plans to
"What I discovered later," she writes. "'is la l life, every minute of it. is beautiful and
and exciting always, is fulling sayour precious
no matter what the condition of the body."
Gabby WIN
enchanting Gabby determined not to sur- nine-year-old, full of love and render herself to the "goings- high spirits. She had great gifts, on" (her mother's phrase) in- she whole rather good poetry, side her, And with her mother Thru one day the got alck she watched the starlings, the and had a bad fummy-ache. A lights of the airport, she read reulty bad tummy-arlie. Sud- favourtie book denly she went and sold: "No one in the world will be able to eme me of this. I will die of this pain.”
("Winged
Pharaoh," by Jonn Grànt, with Its marvellous message that 10 one need fear death), sald her prayers.
When Mrs the ball. Diana leave Wolfe,
ze.
But then the First World War starts, and Diana And, that she cannot desert her sad, foolish, talented, thoroughly ignoble lite musician. So shed a tear fur midhilfe-aged love so often and
romantically co unhappity.
VIGNETTES OF LIFE
DUMB-BUNNY ——
HE HID THE EGGS
SO WELL, THE KIDS CANT FIND 'EM —— AND NEITHER CAN HE.
ended
I don'
Winifre: Atwell can retire in luxury. Her weekly earnings seldom fall below £2,000. Much or the big money she has made since she came to Britain from Trinidad just before the war has been wisely Invested.
RECORD ROUND
are preparing to move. house to one in Harley: Street, W.I,
CLASSICAL
Mr Mason, who spends much of his time miming to the voices of other singers in the Jack Enrilent of all famous comic Jackson TV exconi, show, has operas is Pergolesi's The Mald put his own voice on record As Mistress (La Serva Padrona). Round and Round (Parlophone An Archive LP captures the au- thentic flavour, with merry bass
by RAMSDEN GREIG
78).
1 reckon the Income from singing by Marcello Cortis.
should pay the fret
ARTHUR JACOBS London Express Service, S
d:essing salon ("we, siraighten this one out the crinkle in coloured girls' month's rent, hair") or in her make-up bust- news ("we make special creams and powder for coloured giris"). There would be an occasional concert "classical stuff, you me to do now. They want
classical conceris,"
Which Miss Alwell consl20:5 a highly ironical stato of affairs. So do I when i recall that she oome to Britain to make her nelassical pianist and name as only turned to boogie und rag- time when she was lold thero was no place in Britain for a coloured concert plantst,
Meanwhile her record output soars. Ready for issue next. month is Jane Street and Space- ship Boogle (Deere 78). Despite the callouses, it bounces like a ping-pong ball.
Religion ban
Give a record a religious slant and more often than noL the BBC slaps a broadcasting ban on it. And then for some in- explicable reason the recordings of it shoot
into the Hit Parade,
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ACROSS
Subject (5).
4 Drudges (8).
Malciom happened
of the Vaughan's St. Therese
That recor reached Rues, third position in the Hit Parade.
Me Vaughan's latest effort is!
8 Part of the foot (0). 4 Piect called Chapel of the 10 Fire-raising (5).
12 Amr Roses (HMV 78). It has a re-
Amphitheatres (8). ligious lunt. And the singer 14 Proposition (7). is wondering if he will have the 17 Back of the neck (4). good fortune of hearing that the 10
Vest (7). BBC is going to ban it,
Scorn (7) Medicinal plant (4). I must disappoint him. The 23 Fruit course (7), Keepe; of Gool Taste at Broad-27 Grieve (a). casting House has told me: "This 20 Australian bear (6). one wo have pasted.**
90 Gift of money? (0), How spiteful can the BBC get? 31 Required (6). az Come in (5).
Paying the rent
The wages of song generally include a fashionable address.
Gien Mason ond Ronnie Carroll, the two guy bachelor How would she spend her buys of the record businesa who retirement? Mostly in her hair- share a fint in Shepherd's Bush,
Easter Eggs
ISN'T IT ENOUGH TO BE DECORATED LIKE AN EASTER EGG —
› MUST YOU HAM IT TOO ?“,
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1 Twirl (5).
DOWN
2 Imitation Jewels (5),
3 Lucid (5).
5 Spare (4).
6 Bondman (8).
7 Short poem (0),
9 Take the chair (7).
11
Wanders afeld (B).
13
Famous (7).
15
Call
(4).
10
Trial (6).
16 Fruit (4).
20 Make gloomy (6).
21 Console (6),
24 Condition (5).
25 Happening (5).
28 Teacher (5),
28 The game's up, chum (4).
Tool, 9
FRIDAY'S CROSSWORD-Across: 3 Sparkled, 8 Imitated, 11 Moderate; 13 Meto, 15. Maritime, 18 Essaying, 19 Best, 21 Superior, 25 Shepherd, 28 Seem, 27 Sunshade. Down; 1 Stem, 2 Goad, 4 Puma, 5 Rite, 6 Lithe, 7 Dodge, 9 Irale, 10 Items, 12 Orate, 14 Tan-go, 10 Issue, 17 Eased, 19 Basis, 20 Sheen, 21 Shah, 22 Prod, 23 Idea, 24 Romp.
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