THE CHINA MAIL
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1958.'
PEOPLE
in the news
She Was "Sold For
For Silver"
But, Says Mr Reece, I Already Have A Moustache!
By EDWARD GORING
TICKLISH problem faved A. Brian Rece
1101 was preparing to take over from Inn Carmichael in the London stage. hit Tho Tunnel Of Love at lier Majesty's.
suddenly realised that already had a real one.
Recce
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An he didn't want to part with it just so that he could put a false one on in Act III.
Said Reece, of ex-P.C. farne: "I prefer to keep it. The public has come to low moustache, und agent says I have a stupid face without H."
In ono scene he must wear with alight disguise.
Clean-shaven Carmichnof used to con u false muustaelue, A: the last minute the producers
HL
me
So he decided to wear o false beard instead.
A British Crossword Puzzle
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·TUESDAY'S CROSSWORD.—Acrom: 1 Off-set, 7'Exad, 9 Steep, 10 Nasal. 11 Prep, 18 Determined, 15 Camp. 16 Asti, 19 Administer, 22 Elfe, 24 Roma, 23 Sunny, 20 Dire, 27 Skewer. Ikov: 2 Feet, à Super, 4 T-Ann-in 6 Respects 6 Vale 8 Gurda, 13 Piper, 18 Drake, 14 Evidenco, 17 Tures, 18 Misses, 20, 21 Tinte, 29 Iria.
And Tells
The Tale
In a high-necked drasa vl dark green and embroidered
Chinese-born jackel,
Mist Janet Lim Chiu-mci (the name tners "Autumn Beauty") miles urgeting on her arrival nt Tilbury in the P. & O. iiner Strathmore.
A Weekly China Mail Feature
ALBERT WILKINSON
Albert Made A
FORTUNE
DAVID
I hit him
hit him
【 hit him again
AND THE BULLOCK
By JACK CROSSLEY AVID met Goliath aguin
For Someone Else D other day-in
By EDWARD CORING
AVERYBODY knows Albert Wilkinson. Not by nume
and not by sight, but certainly by eur.
told
For Albert, although he had not realised it until 1 him, is a national institution.
He was running his DWN A few days Inter he
imitation of painting and decorating busi- giving his
Janel, 35-year-old Matron of a children's hospitat in Singa-of port, has gone to Britain for the publication next month of her
"Sold for Sliver."
playing field at Slyfield Green, in Surrey.
But this time Gollath was a 1,2001. bullock which charged through two barbed wire fences und terrorised 10 children.
And David was the 431b. four- year-old who, like his namesake. in the Bible, refused to give the f ground.
wrs
news in St. Annes-on-Sea, Lan- ticcorator in the local golf club, cashire, when a job turned up A BBC producer was listen which led to the broadcasting ing and asked if he would do
Albert's philosophy to ti on the air. wider work.
"So Albert Wilkinson's
welt st you came to Auother Albert, who was think of was really respon
sible for arting me off," said It tells how she was sold to doing very nicoly in the meat
pie and sausage trade, called A
Zieht man
a Sangpag merchant at them in to redecorate his home. 1 faurshed him on a career
age et elght at how she csemped to be brought up in a mission schol and eventually to Wain is a unirse,
During the war, Janet was u passenger in a ship gunk in ง Japanese - ale ettrick and die| spent hours in the water,
Sub'equently, she spent thuer yours in Japonesa harul before being ably to return to Shugapore-Reuterpholo.
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OUT
OF
TOUCH
Paris. Marcel Bichery, aged 47. CSCAPEC from prison, was arrested by police at Juvisy-sur-Orge, прег here, becauso he was rid- ing his bicycle on the road and not on a special path reserved for bicycles.
Taken back to prison, ke asked for a copy of the rond lawn.
"They've been changing them while I was in pri- son," he explained. People Special.
LA LOLLO
CAUGHT
IN TAX
PROBE
FILM star Gla
Rone. Lelligda
and Prince Filippo Orsini, frict of
actress Belinda Lee.
ture reported to be at the top of a secret list drawn up by Italy's new Finance Minis- Ter, Larigi Preti, for his "Opera- tion Broom"
He plans to make a ekan sweep of movie and eufe Bociety
pople he suspects are not being taxed as they should. Tax sleuths are to po inin the budgets of the stars, high- living Bristocrats, business men, and playboys an Pred's list,
How do you get on the Ust? Explained a tax man:
"It a Alm queen admits in
ber
return to an Income of
say, 30,000,000 lire (£17,300) and then is imprudent enough lo sue a producer for double that as an 'advance on her fees for making one sim, her endre tax situation will be reviewed." -People Special.
Gina Lolip
But he can tell his own story much better than I can.
We were on the swings next to my house. Me and my pals. big black bull vanje Then through the hedge and started running about.
He was making # funny grunting noise. There was AL stick on the ground; and grabbed it other kids ran away.
and hit bim: The
The bull Just stood sill when hit him agakes.
Then he ran back in the field,
which brings hint a fortune by As Albert 'The decorator
e exploiting northern prophets of veved it, the conversation (loon. Currently he is cath cording to Albert the meat pie £1,000 a week and a share merchant) went roniething like of the prosis in I 23-week Lis
summer show at Blackpool.
He has moved to a better house in St. Annes but forsida to play-In-the-Beld decorating he still employs theagain.
"Have you banditTM1?
Yes, Why?
A pity. sinking.
Sinking?
The whole place fan owned by the prolotype of the crowded gulers of Al Read characters.
Al sate staking. Buik 011 sand. You see this wall? That'll
hove to come out for a start, And another thing. Icok ut these stairs. Have you ever had an accident there?
Er-no.
You will have. this jobs didn't I'll tell you,
Whoever did know his fou,
Quite right, monkey. The other Albert was Al Read.
Mae West
(SHE'S 66 NOW)
Will Cheer
The Lonely
Hearts
From RONALD SINGLETON
New York
MAE WEST, the sultry star
AE of the thirties. who har never admitted having a love problem, is all set. 40 go on TVgiving advice to the love- Jorts,
on
at
Sho lay
the beach Santa Monica, California, sur- rounded by handsome men, and sald: "Doll, they need me. They need my positive thinking.
"I shan't be vulgar. 11 makt fun of vulgarity. We'll Lake sex out in the open and maybe laugh at it.
"I'm in puffect shape."
Then 60-year-old Mac, who is writing
Bn autobiograpy to
be called "The Queen of Sex,"" this sample of how sho
deal with vkowa
gave
Would questions:-
Q. How do you keep in perfect shape so you'll get a guy, Miss West?
no negative thing,
A. Doll and watch what you eat.
Eoi
plenty of meat, avoid pastry, don't drink, don't smokė... never did live the good life, show food thoroughly, walk up and down the hills.
and
"And use barbells. That you'll noves góð Babky,
'Casual Like'
At Albert Wilklosan, son
of a former Mayor of Acering 10, ani J Methodist, lives in retiremem in a faultless house In the best part of Bourne- month
**Y, 1 remember going la A: Brad's old house," he said, Shoddy place. A lot of very shoddy work in it.
+ remember pointing out some danger spot and Boying, 'You'll have an accident here Lu of these days."
and I went home and told mum
it was all right for the
SO TOUGH
but
Sounds simple when a four- year-old puts it like that, then David Dulter is tough for his age.
He leads his own gong by the the kids of Old village, and ΣΑΤΤΕΙ Road call him Davy Crockett,
Tucklig a green check cow- buy shirt back inside his pants he produced a knobby 3ft. Flick
"This," he sald proudly, " what I hit him with. I tried to tind a bigger one."
His three-year-old brother Nigel, and 15 other playmates ned screaming from the field as Goliath careared towards the see-saws and swings.
Mrs Elcen ninger ran out from a house nearby to save Roy, four, and
But it was all very casual like. I built
up a high-class her children,
Jul, two. business and always pointed out faults to people.
DAVID BUTTER 'I wasn't scared'
Postman's Knock Upsets A Surrey Village
London. POSTMAN'S knock has upset a village. The village is Ockham, population 500. The upset came in a letter which said: "The Earl of Lytton has reluctantly decided that it will be necessary to dispose of the whole of the estate."
bidders.
suppose I
The reason: death duties on happen. I don't the family estates on the death could compete with other of his mother Lady Wentworth,
Noxi October the 500-acre estate is to be auctioned by "Lord Lytton has been blained for selling up. It is not hla Knight Frank and Butley.
And the people of Ockham fault. He wanted to be able to
mother's death,"
But Goliath had stopped In wonder what their future will come and settle herp after his tracks when he found young
"I think I'm the very oppo-David barring his path. dte of an Al Read type. I'm
SO PLUCKY always pretty cheerful.
you
know how
gerales.
ต
"Our Albert
פרעם
bo.
ho
But CxAE-
Now Goliath's days numbered,
"
were He is grazing again not far from the Guild- ford_abattoir.
Tho Post Omeo, Hauthor
The forester the village and even Hotel, school, where there
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Sixty-six - year - old ME will young children,
CUMA ARTIIDA TYRRELL lives in under this hammer,
He spent a seil-free Fallaga.
A.
The teacher
40 years there sa a forester, and
ne ho spoke today he pointed to tall Dougies pines on the horison which bo had planted.
Bald David's mother, 74-year- Headistress MISS W.
WILLBY has been there for 21
Hogels 2l a wook pension the of bullocks years and
school-with Mermaid roses round the door from the catata and also his old
pension. His only REC is also her horae.
"Now dad," put in his 23-old Mry Janette Butter: "IUS pear-old II, Derek, whose terrifying to think
carvering Ground in 2 play party-piece is an imitation of Ai Head, "I can just imagine round.
When you went to look at my sister's house, you pulled her place to pleers,
you.
Derek turned to me: "He's very particular. We looked at hundreds of houses before we tock this one."
"But if's just like my boy, He doesn't seen scored of duy thing."
David was rewarded for his pluck with as many choc lecz as he could cal.
And as he washed his sticky face before going to bid he told me with a grin:
"I want frightened. I c4
Albert auglied. Apart from his dialect, there is nothing of an A Read character about cows." him, and the Bournemouth-born wile, Dorothy, was puzzled by the sudden interest of the out-
side world.
"Well, faney," she said. "To think of our Albert starting Al Road off." Then she
grew
wary of publietty and warned
:
"But don't go maklių; your- self a laughing aloek.”
And Albert, who has become one of the most famous mony- mous thures in show business, stick. "No, want to do that "
Bqn,
in her sitting-room she said: Bruce, a mechanic, and his wife hop I "The school building is only live with him, " rented by the school managers than't have to go," said Arthur.
We don't on on ahsual basis.
Hopeful noto I know what will happen. should hate to leave here after all these years."
The poot's son
Hul a note of reassurance camo from one prominent member of e le communily, who said: Most of the villagers have CAPTAIN FRANCIS NEW- nothing to worry about. Their BOLT, yon of poet Sir Henry unancles are still controlled by Newbolt,
another old Act of Parlament." resident.
-former clyll And the 85 farmers on the servant, he has been the tenant estale need not worry either,
A
COLLECTION RISK of his secluded house for 20 Their rents may be raised-by
Manila.
A fiend bil Sergeant Vicente Gibano's car off when the ser-
en tried to collect a debt.
yents.
agreement or arbitration-but it "The lease expired taat is exceedingly dimcult to turn uut sold. "We test an effelent tenant-farmer theso March," he
for a new lease, days.--Prople Special. to negotiate but were told that owing to death Lady Wentworth's
We Philippine News Service nothing could be done. report sald the friend owed not notice to quit next October, Is This Serious
bano some money-less than but have been given an exten- four ahillings sterling. When alon until March 1959.
A
I certainly don't Gibano asked him for it, fie biti "But if I go to the auction:
his loft car off-People Special. į goodness
Royal Shopping Charles....... 18 6d
Anne...98 11d
Kings Lynn, Norfolk. The nine-year-old Prince of Wales bought a water Pistol on a strprise shop- ping lour of this coastal town.
The prince came to town with Princess Anne, fromą The Queyli's country homG At Sandelwahaq. where both were staying with the Queen Mother.
The pair" spent half an hour in a bookshop before sping into the joy Beverl ment where the prince bought 1784. water pistol and Princess Авде bought 9/110 hand- wenviar sot pad a rock of #loky tape.
Both paid with £1 holes. -Pepple apeojat.
knows what.. will
Or Who's Kidding Who?
Chicago.
A ban on students wearing "Elvis Preslay" plantic Identity tags to class caused a dozen girls to walk gut of the Lenga Commercial High School here and form a picket line outside with hustily scribbled signs proclaiming the school "unfair to Elvis."
The tage bear Proslay's army Korial The rock 'n' number.
roli singor is at prosent doing his national sor-
vice training,
The school director, Carey, Me Clarence
said:
“We don't want to
bo a party to pay, Elvis
Prontey
emotionalism.
We're trying to teach thozo
youngsters
to
develop poles.” -ee
Proofs Special