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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1958.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
BEST
THIS
CHRISTMAS?
PAT SMYTHE
THE DUKE OF BEDFORD
IF you could have anything in the world for Christmas, what would you choose? And where would you spend Christmas?
Eight internationally-known personalities were asked these questions. Their answers were surprising.
BERYL GREY. the seems to be the wrong prize, or famous ballerina, the only has too many rooms, or too much garden. I have to be fairly British dancer ever to per- as to lendon so we can't go formi with the Bolshoi
Devon Os far as
or Cornwall. Ballet in Moscow, is Mra But there are just one or two Svond Svendson in private spots on the South Coast that so I'm still life, the wife of a Swedish would be ideal,
boping something will come up. doctor.
"I would love to spend Christmas with my in-laws
in Sweden," Miss Grey said.
"I have always wanted to
TOMMY
STEELE, the 22.
seen real Swedish Christ- year-old rock 'n' roll star from maa, but somehow I've Bermondsey, who used to bo u always been unable to get steward on a liner before he was there sometimes because discovered playing bis
I'm dancing abread, or on guitar
tour.
a
in Sobo coffee har
by a West End задня
"In Sweden they celebrate showman, Christmas in a really big way
1 hankering
You have huge dinner os after going to Christmas Eve, and they al seu again.
to the church through the snow
on eight-my vindi ang Tagvar
yould just love that."
WI Miss Grey
spend
Sweden?
Christus
manage
思い
1978
!
"I live in hope," she said.
What would Miss Grey Hike
best of all for Christmas
present?
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"I'd like to Christ-
spend
mas on board
the old MauTO- I used taria.
to be the swim-
ming-pool at-
tendant on her,
and when
Ro
was off duty' I **!! used to down into my and
"I'd like a little house near the cabin sen on the English South Coast," practise the old the said. “We've been searching guitar until my for one for ages, but it always fingers bied.
"What I'd lice to do is to charter the liver and put all my friends on board as passengers including a member of the crew, Dick Campión, who taught me ail I knew. I'd take the family along, too, and Anne of course (Anne Donaghuo, the 21-year- old actress to whom Tommy is engaged)
at
Christmas
just don't Junow what you are away talking about when you mention but when stio Commo 'them, But here in London it is we had Christman all
different, My chauffeur knows again." a Indy who makes the most wonderful Cornish pastles, and he brings my along some from Ume to time,"
Jayne was emphatic about where she wanted to spend this Christmas.
"Whatever happens, we're "Around Christmas time I reckon we'd be somewhere in the going to spend Christmas right South Seas, but I'd still have the at home this year. We've just turkey and Christmas pudding bought a new house-it is just and all the trimmings. Christ ou empty shell at the moment, mag wouldn't be quite the same but we are going to decorate without them."
and put in a swimming pool.
JAYNE MANSFIELD'S choice was completely out of character.
JACK SOLOMONS
NEW!
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Radiogram Record Reproducers
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fires
"We are going to have a real fantily Christmas, Mike, Jayne- "What I'a Marie und me. of We'll; invite my like
most all," said Jayne people over, dreamily, "Is a and I cook Cornish pakly the turkey. delivered to me cach week for
"Last Christ- mas Miko (Mike Hargity,
C year. When I was a little
giri
Pen- hor
husband)
and 1 were nsylvania, my
touring the Far grannie used to often make me East. We spent Christmas Evo Cornish pastica
in Korea. This
and I loved Christmas them.. You
I want to have
know. my family came from Cornwall, at home." originally.
all the family
"Last year
had two Christ- said
"How I miss mases," those
pasties JAYNE-MARIE today! The MANSFIELD, people In who is soven, Hollywood "Mummy was
PHILIPS PHINSHAVEZ
ASAHI PENTAX K
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Edixa
Flex
$357.
time,
JAYNE MANSFIELD AND DAUGHTERS JAYNES KAWA "MARIE
with all the
Pat, who lives in a Glouces- kitchen furnished back tershire village when she is, not latest labour-saving devices, ond ongingorod that, by live and over jumping her way round Europe.
says that she has little hope of motion methods, the minimum Iman exertion would be getting her ideal présent, but that there is nothing like know required to operate. It. ing what she wants.
What would Jayne-Marle like to have as a Christmas present? "A prancing white charger," said Jayne Junior promptly. "Like one of those lovely horses they have at the changing of the guard at Whitehall. I used fo have a little pony, but we find to sell her as I wasn't around to ride her very much. I'm hoping Muminy will buy me an- other one soon,"
•
A savoury pastry.
A girl who has made horses her career, PAT SMYTHE, would like a new home for them for
her Christmas present,
BERYL GREY-
XMAS GIFTS
BORLETTI
automatic sewing machine
Obtainable at GILMANS
GLOUCESTER ARCADE
The prized OLIVETTI portable typewriter
lettora
Pat says she would like to spend the Boliday in the right Lake company-camping Villarien in Southern Chite
by
a
SIR MILES THOMAS,
to give upja successful career na a farmer in South Africa when he succeeded to the titio This father died suddenly in 1958).
It was not too hard to guess
whom he would like to spend his ident Christmas,
"Ta ke to go back to my farm in Africa, he said. "It is about
"Our present kitchen goes 60 miles from Capetown and I some way towards this ideal haven't been thero for a long but I have always beca firmly timo. I miss it very much!
Since the Duke of Bedford bas of the opinion that literally millions of woman-hour could to pay off death duties, amount be saved in the homes of the hg in bil toy over a millon world it time and motion study pounds, the might haver sålped were devated to the task of pot some help from Santa Clatis in merely preparing a meal but the paving off the debt-but he had
other ideas. washing up afterwards,
"I'd like a helicopter," he said "It has wonderful scenery with know that the household
1 do a great deal of the towering Andes and beauti- appliance industry is making my. ful, Jakes and rivers, excellent practical progress along these
Irayajling around Britain" and nahing and perfect peace in ideal mes, but what I havo outlined I'm so bored with British roada. bolween Woburn and the con- Would be a wonderful thing to could also use it to commute passion to one's womenfolk.”
tinent, or wherever I pleased,
mid-summer weather,
ancl
SER MILES THOMAS, chair. man of Monsanto, former chair. man of British Overseas Airways
probably Britain's best known captain' "I'd like to
of Industry, -be given a little wants to spend Christmas at estate with a
and
charming house home with his excellent children arid
grandchildren. atables," says Pat. "'d like "I doo lovely garden much travelling, with swimining during
the
pool and a ten years," ho sayt, nis court, and "that ́I always also A large make a point of barn
which being home for could be made Christmas," Into an indoor school for What would horses,
and he to for a plenty, of good prezenty paddocks, with "Although, safe fences, for domestically, grazing, and a we are very flat field with happily placed, Ideal springy turt my for a jump Christmas pro
sent would be s ing area.
A WORLD
Swiss
THE DUKE OF BEDFORD probably best known as the mahn
TOMMY STEELE
who believes half- crowna mean more
JACK BOLOMONS had: no than coronels, difculty at all in making up 'his HIA escal' mind what he wanted. Jack is home, Woburn Britain's Mister Boxing.
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Most in Bedfordshire, of the big boxing events ta Britain have a Salomons label sitracts record tagged to them. His stock-In- numbers of trade are a midnight blue oven-
half- crown
vlaftors
each suit, cigars of Churchillian year, and in-ength, and the ability to talk cludes such a money-big money all the time, tractions as a urten on the end of al-a- pets corner, a minute transatlentle telephone. Jukeboxs and "The best Christmas present I boating on the could imagine would be for a lake, as well as British boxer to win the heavy- magnificent weight championship of the collection of world" he said.
"And I would like to spend paintings,
Christmas in an archa watching But what promotion of mine “when Stie - many people do` British boxer wing the filla:"
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that he
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