THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1959.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SATURDAY "MAIL" FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH NEWS DESK
Forgets Rules;
'ROOM SERVICE, SOME Beggar's Prof Couple To MICE PLEASE'It's Cool, Scholars Lose
Invent Indian Alphabet
Hollywood.
THE most exclusive hotel in Hollywood
is occupied entirely by cats-the feline, not the musical, variety.
It is called Blackford's Hotel for Cals, and a purpose to to make
kure that the pets of movie ators and other woll-to- do persons will live in the sur-
expected of
Their thef position when mosters are out of town.
Colorado Springs. A YOUNG American rounds
couple has a steady job for the next 15 years -inventing an alphabet and translating the New Testament into it.
The couple, Mr and Mrs Ron- ald Manus, will do the work among Indians in the remote Amazon Basin of Peru for Inc. a Wycliffe Translation, non secturlan Kroup which works with Christian misslun aries.
"The owners at our clients,"
id Janica W. Blackford, 58, include Elizabeth Taylor, Kim
founder of the establishment,
Novak,, Mona Freeman, George Murphy, Jeff Hunter, Tra Robert Culp and Gershwin, Meredith Willson.
Hot Tin Roof
"We foel Miss Taylor-tempo-
rarily when she married Mike Todd. He made her get rid of her cats, and she cried about 11, We are thinking of creeting Manus said that the foundershot tin roof in her honour."
A surprise
of the group, W. Cameron
Townsend and 1. 1. Legter, "discovered the natives Indians recolved Christianity more readily and made better Christians if they had the Bible and ita tenchings presented to them in their owa language,
But many
them Dave of languages that are spoken and not written, au Wycille trans- Intors develop the alphabet, print primers, teach the Indians to read and write and teach them Christianity same time.
all
the
The Manuses nisu will work with the indiares as inedies and do anthropology research in the 15 years it takes them to develop an alphabet for the unwritten language and then translate the New Testament. Their Two chikiren. Reberes, 22 months, and George, six months, will arcompany them.-UP!.
It Was A Bad
Day For
Bank Bandits
San Francisco.
TWO would-be bandits
did everything wrong
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Blackford, a stender, blond- haired man who was born in Brownsville, Pa, sak It was more difficult to get a reserva- tion at his tel than at my other in the world.
"We are very snobbish," he Gajd. "We will turn down peo-
Ple it we don't like their looks. Our reservations are now book- thood, and e seven months we don't guarantee them.
"People have delayed their months until we vacations for have an opening because of the way we cater to their fellnes."
Services
room,
Among the services, offered, said Blackford, were;
Siogle
five feet wide by six feet deep by eight feel bigb. for $1.50 = day. Or doubles, triples quadruples for, çula who get lonely. Fresh linens-dicets, pli-
low cases and carpets every day.
Landscaped grounds and gardens for sunbathing. Plus reception halls for callers. ★Special
dietello foods for
|
and fa always accompanied by radio music
"We play FM only," sald Blackford. "And, of course, we have ale conditioning."
Blackford, who is assisted by his wife Edith, said that owners generally write to their cats several times a week.
"We read the letters to their
pets," he said, "and leave the stationery in the rooms so the eats don't forget their
owners'
odour. Cats go by odour."
Blackford said there were also several strict house rules:
"Kittens are restricted 10 with catnip playgrounds borders." "No
jemale
cats
may
Enter the moms of matr cats unattended."-UPI.
Indonesians
Prove Love
By Stealing
Lombok, Indonesia. It's the marrying season on this East Indonesian Island and the time of year when a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love and stealing. In neighbouring Ball, pros- peelive bridegrooms steal only their brides.
man But here, # young with marifal alma must be- come a full-fledged thlef be- fore he can get a wife who will respect him. Lombolt polles say this age- old custom causes them plenty of trouble, even though is not as bad as it used to be.
A
Anyhow
10%
look that 'mat tara, it's the comfort. And is the past week's heat in London, this Basset
•hound found his hat juist the thing.
Her Measurements Were 84-84-79!
WOMAN whose' measure-
ments once were 84-84-29)
and her doctor told her to diet or die.
told how she lost 401 pounds "I began cooking again,” she in 16 months.
said, "but this time my pien were high, in vitamins and low la calories,"
excess weight in the Arol place.
A Rooster Years ago,
a suitor had to Mrs Celesia Geyer, 58, sald it was her desire to be a good cala who want to be steal a water buffalo to con-
wife that put on much of the streamlined.
vince the girl- und her "You must remember," said parents of his affection and Blackford, "that these animals manliness, But, today, he can born to the purple and get by with stealing a rooster, have delicate tastes We have However, many youths want one feline that eals yoguri and to outdo thicks fathers,
Another takes cantaloupe mixed with Spanisli pennuts. Another will cut, only scrambled eggs. And another
were
strawberries.
in an attempt to rob as shrimp cocktail with pitted
loan office here.
"One
ملط
So, if a fellow's father stole a water buffalo to get his male, the son feels he must at leani get a water buffalo, with a rooster for good measure, A youth who does not have enough courage to steal some- time winds up unmarried be cause the girls take this steal- ing serious.
ripe plives.
cat arrived with Armed with toy, pistols, the
own deep freeze; 000 pounds of pair ordered loan appraiser Ben
en electric Elliott to He on the floor-next bull meat and
Elliott blanket."
Dining at Blackford's is on Any self-respecting girl wants the European plan-that 15. to see real proof of the love her Tubby's daily tab includes food sultor professes.-UPI.
Д
to holdup alarm, sounded the alarm.
one
of the
As they left, bandils dropped the $581 loot
and had to pick it up. He ake tripped his companion. break- ing the latter's glusses, und overlooked $2,000 lying ou counter.
2
As they fled in a stolen car, they crashed into three ears and came to a halt when they atrucks -fourth--while hooded- the wrong way on ʼn the way street.
The meg
<irections
William O'Malley, and Alur Pre- to run in opposite. Lut were collared by four policemen.--UPI.
STATE
ONNEL, BHE FADINGEMEET OF NETTAT PERSI
TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.15, 7:20
& 9.30 P.M.
Winner of 2 Awards in the
6th Asian Film Festival
"welched 289 pounds when I married Frank at the age of *23," she said, "I wanted to be a good wife so I cooked a lot. But then Fd bake a pie. Frank would eat only one piece and I'd fina mysell eating the rest. In one year I gained 100 pounds."
A
Rome. BEGGAR'S training school," which taught young men the tricks of the trade, Is ont of business be cause the professor violated one of the rules.
· Pasqualo Pugliese, a 10-year- old Neapolitary labourer, founded the school, recruited the pupils and taught them such techniques
★ Choose a crowded place,
***
Look people in the face when begging...
Maka
it evident you are unable to work.
Wear.cjaan but patched and frayed clothing; kasp hands and fingernalia - cléan, but not too clean,
Pugliese, born practically blind, kept wheel chairs, makeup kits and critches in stock and tought stúdenta “how to imitate a one- armed beggar or roll the eyco back to appear blind.
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For his lessons, Pugliese |TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW ● AT REDUCED PRICES charged each pupil 20 per cent
of a day's collection. He might still be in business if he obeyed the rule of secrecy,
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uned to expose him to the police. The pupil, 21-year-old Domenico Musane, beat up Pugliese.
While in a hospital with write and bruises, Pugliese danosinced his pupil and one word led to another. Soon, the poller, were around and the school was closed. The police
seized more. than $1,800 which Pugliese had collected
The alumni now police lat. If they are caught
are
on. 1
begging anywhere, they go w another institution—a legitimato one known as prison.
Weathered In
Buffalo, NY.
Dr James Ford was to address
She said that from seven-foot the Western New York weather ctcumference she kas reach-society Conecrolog weather ed the point where she can sensing systems, but the meet- wear size 10 and 18 dresses. Ing was postponed at the last feet tall and minute,...because Sho is five
of welchs 129,--UPL
weather, of course.—UPI.
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