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THE CHINA MAIE,
SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1959.
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THE RUSSIAN for
SARDINES
★ WHERE EAST MEETS WEST THERE IS A NATURAL SETTING FOR MYSTERY. AND FROM THAT SETTING COMES ANother stoRY TO KEEP YOU GUESSING. IS IT FACT OR FICTION?
T was Oktoberfest in the Zoo in Berlin and the whole Tiergar- ten had been turned into a Carnival. East mixed with West for this occa- sion. It was easy to pick out the Easterners not only by their clothes but by an air of uncer tain bewilderment.
The small quesis for whom I senting at the entrance Was near The Bahnhof am Zoo were late. I stax there watching the milling crowds, trying to See Tomas, Gela and Barbel. At last they came--not running exeit- edly as most of the children were, but sediately, cautiously Barbel,
vichest with the motherly eye on the in younger
ones.
The
guards
They waved gaily when they raw me, and, looking carefully Tron right to left, rusher? across the street to me. "We were held up! The guards at the barrier, made its take a text in Russian! That's their latest? That's why we're late Fried Gela.
You're talking too Jolly!" way.roved Banel nasionay, Tomas, the youngest. soud wathing his eyes * 4 the fats and banners in hunnur at lie Mitoberfesì,
The children bad Toine ten frem a small village Kdometres from Berli: 5 Hussians Zeme. Each of them a special pass-card occasion.
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DID IT HAPPEN?
Breathless we all hung over it. It came very slowly to rest on Berlin.
"You've won! You've wen!" the children serenmed joyously.
"Try again?" asked woman anilingly. "Or will you choose your prize first? Here's your prize voucher."
"We'll all try againi" sald. This time Barbel won on Leipzig. After that Gela or Brandenburg. All of us had
-by FRANCES
FAVIELL
A WIDELY Traveled painter,
Frances Faviall spent savan
and a bell prers in Germany with
her husband in the Control Commission--much al in Bariin, which supplied the material for her first book, The Dancing Baur, She is now writing marelt. Har first was A House on the Xhine, and she has just finished a second one sat in Brittany, She lives in Kensington and has a son at St. Paul's School,
These last were the very top nizes, we were told, and look a great
vouchers. These many were any amount of chocolates and tapets,
The map
The child bad East Get- mat marks, and although I had my for them they wanted the excilement l changing
them themselves at the samal kinsks up for the purpose. They ww.e disappointed at having to give up liv of the East marks for each West one.
The gadety of the noisy crowds, the stummy October afternoon, the balloons made, streamers and everywhere excited them, and we set of to try nur hick at some of chance the many games
skill.
hoplag that the
vouchers fur prizes except little Tomes.
pro
*They from
the East?" usked the woman. When 1 nod- ded, she sadet,
"One can tell at once. This Oktoberfest is a special one 10 help the Dast. Many of the shopkeep ers and farge
Aans have given goods. East Germans
will win them." She lowered her voice "And 1, for one, see that they do. Come little Tomas, here's a free try for you. What tawn will you have?"
ani The child looked long carefully. "Hamburg," he said firmly
up to watch fted Tomas the ball. He wore a little green
of felt with Bavarian hat
His jacket was feather in it.
brass buttons. The green with woman looked at me and then at him. The ball stopped right on Hamburg.
"You've won! You've won!" serenmed his sisters delightedly "Now we've all got a prize."
Our prizes
The zum was crowded with gay
When it came to choosing the Visitors, nid with the conned
prizes I was astonished at the music of merry-go-rounds munster gliders and chairo- The one we liked best was in children's choice. Ignoring firm- planes. Only the animals in their the charge of a fat, motherly by the boxes of chocolates held included At woman. Set in a huge circulai out to them they asked anxious-
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all the important ly if the vouchers
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were
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nepressed. seemed every booth and stall Jetteries and exciting games of towns in Germany. Each person groceries. They chose tins of skill and chance. The prizes chose a town and received
In Pxchange. The were out the kind we that in voucher
a lever in Britain:
the released similar fairs
they woman mast which set a ball in motion as in cusished ut food for the Jurt.
rouble At whatever town the ball stopped the holder of its voucher won a prize.
There were fans of milk, fish a groceries and meat. Kilos and Cellophane packets display-
I chose Berlin. When ing the scaleist charms of other towns had been clickens, ducks and even persen
th ball was fel ja
all the allotted motion.
A British Crossword Puzzle
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3 Pastime with plenty of kick
In it (8),
It may go to the head of a noble lady (5).
8 Pebbly allment? (8).
10 Card game with a vehlele in
the
centre (8).
13 She has nothing
to lose to
remain a young lady! (7),
15 Eye amorously (4).
17 Source of oil (7).
18 They wear livery (7).
20 Famous dean (4).
21 It makes people Jatel (T),
20 Space travellers? (0),
27 Residents (0),
28 Is often lot of (5).
20 Girlish pair
branco (8),
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I A trusty mount? (6).
2 If she turns up her address
will,,be the same (5).
hungry deliberately?
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(5).
4 Wilte man's wigwam (4). 5 Assert (0),
4 Put into a estalogue (6),
9 Got the ball out (8).
11 The cleric wlli finish before
long (6).
12 1erary (5).
14 Of one dimension (4).
15,Rosie's twig (3).
16 Agreement to occupy (6),
10 He's sometimes
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milk, packets of margarine and butter and tins of meat. I asked what I could send their mother with my
voucher, suggesting cigarettes or chocolate.
They looked at me with large, "Oh no That serious eyes.
We would be a terrible waste. need food--not luxuries."
"Well," I said, "what shall it be then?"
"Sardines! Sardines!" shouted l'omas. That's what Daddy wants. He's got a bad cough and needs cil."
and Tomas
haps If I sit quietly here I'll think of it,"
me.
I looked after him in surprise, It seemed that he had bumped luto me purposely. He wasn't German, I knew that from his accent.
"What'
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He took the blit and wrole something on the back of it,
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Tomas and Gela raced off juy fully, but Barbel stoyed with
the check-barriert Weren't we Her high round forehead' was wrinkled with unzlely and
I lucky? Not clumsy man"
many people gol a look of said, "I've seen him somewhere all their food through-but we I hated to see such
The guards made us tell Su before," said Burbel in a puzzled did. apprehension and worry on young a face.
way. "Look. Tante Frances, he's them the names of everything please, left a piece of paper on your in Russian. One of them, a big
man, seemed to know all about! mokes plate!" check-It was the bill for his beer. us and our afternoon at the Zoo. and on the back. he had drawn He kept on tensing Tomas, say- there were in penell a sardine. Its eye was ing dut he knew
under half-closed in deliberate wink! Russian sardines hidden Above the fish he had written his half the word sardine In Russion: letters.
Try and think of it, Tante Frances. If Tomas one of his scenes at the barrier it'll be awful!"
The word
I was almost time to take to the station. I had them promised to put them on a cer- Lain train. There was not time to go hunting for a dictionary.
"What was the the word? What is the Russian for, sar- dine?" I groaned loud.
joyfully. Of course! It's almost the
as in
same
"He and all the other guards kept on laughing as if at some
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I was n tittle worried, although great joke and asking us: 'Whol
ericd
Or is the Russian for sardine?' Barbel course!
thought I bad seen the big man exactly
somewhere before he wasn't at the check point when we passed German!"
through earlier in the afternoon. I've seen him somewhere besides at the barrier-but I just can't remember where."
Authority
At the next table. a rather ugly, big mon with high cheek- Had he been a Russian? He wearing elvillan bones and attractive humorous had been
of eyes had been watching us for clothes, but he had an alr
He was sipping a authority, even importance. some time.
I saw the glass of beer. Finishing it now, Shortly afterwards he stood up, took the bill from children oft the waiter and after paying it took a pencil from his pocket and wrote something on the back of the bill.
A week later I gol a letter from Barbel. It had been opened by the censor but nothing han been deleted. After thanking me for the afternoon, and sending her love my young son who she went on: was in England me,
"We got all our things through
as be
He smiled to himself did so. As he passed our table he brushed heavily against then excused himself in German.
JACOBY BRIDGE
THE ordinary bridge player THE
would go down one at six this hand. He no-trump with would win the queen of spades with the king, go over to dem- my to take the diamond finesse arid eventually lose a spade trick
also.
We got three tins of sardines The expert would note a bet- He would cash the was overjoyed. The fer play. kind woman offered to look after ace of spades and note the drop the things for us while we tried of the ten spot by East. our luck elsewhere and visited some of the animals.
Golden trees
We then collected
our prizes and repaired to one of the many open alt cafes for some refresh- ment. While we were sitting sipping raspberry juice
enling hot frankfurters I asked the children if they would have any trouble in getting the food
the back through
Eagl-West Check-point. They showed ine the labels on every article alating that the commodity was a prizel won in the Oktoberfest.
"See? We'll be allowed most of these--not all. It's a special day! We got passes for it. The guards may give us another test in Russian, it's compulsory in our schools!" said Gela. "But it won't be difficult. They'll ask us the names of all the food in Itussian-f we know the words they'll let us keep some them.'
of
"And do you know them?" I asked.
They began reciting the Russian words for each thing in
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DID IT REALLY HAPPEN?
YES NO
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WRITER says that genius fetch another, which he pierces must be forgiven for ab- while the brushing is going on, sent-mindedness.
thinking at Wagner, The Suet filing plan prt.bibly who, if he liked what he saw on his neighbour's plate,
speared THE report of the committee i with his fork and abstracted it.
appointed in 1954 to inquire Into Charlie Suct's #1-point plan for rationalising the Grant- He had lost the grace to carry Armitage fling system is pub- lished today. The most impor- it off with a laugh, ilke the gentleman who, overcome with tant finding in the 334-page
banquet, seized 2 greed at a
document is the following: "The falled to having chicken off n lady's committee,
of the at wing of Then plate, remarking: "I say, that comprehend any
pronounce locks delicious. I could do with points, is unable to
The on the scheme, which in its pre- it If you're not using it." lady was too astounded to reply, sent form reaches much a degree much less to defend her fodder, of complicated unintelligibility She put up no fight at all. So that it becomes, for all practical he followed up by commandeer- purposes, completely useless." ing three of her four potatoes, The animals hit back Then she sale sarcastically: "I must dine with you some time. Just the two of us."
he would win four club tricks, discarding his deuce of diamonds and take three hearts stopping in dummy
By that time West would have dis- carded down to nine and one spade and king and one diamond. South
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Partis late iar dichord of New!
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hand at the Wht Club many years ago. He their high childish voices and I knew all about and pays and saw several people at neighbour- managed to set the hand by discard- hi twa kaw diamonds on the ing tables looking amused. They a
after
to wasn't
Harold's king but
knew them all-Tomas was made Now declarer could have made the. to repeat each one
hist by drouing at all the cards. sisters. But when they came to He till tried for the end play and the most important prize--the Harold set the hand with the thir-
sardines they couldn't think of
the Russian word for sardines, And neither could I!
teenth heart:
♥÷CARD Sensok♦
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We sat there under the golden trees whose leaves were dropping | North' on to the check tablecloth, | 1 a we thought and thought--but Double rewarded none of us could remember it.
Despair wa
the children's faces. It was hard to realise that the loss of the sardines would be
10 Monstrous female (8). 22 Effeminate person (5).
23 Forever a traffic light (5).
24 No friend of mine (5). 25 He won't talk} (4).
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YESTERDAY'S', CROSSWORD-Across: 1 Bather, 5 Skids, "What is it? What is It?"
9 Mecca, 9 A-don-ts, 10 On-set, 11 Tours, 12 Fits, 13 Earls, cried Barbel. "I know it quite 10 A-verse, 18 Posera, 20 Discs, 22 Cala. 23 Turpa, 25 Harem, well-but I can't think of it," 20 Timing, 27 Tenet, 28 G-lass, 20 Delete. Down: 1 Brad-for-
Their faces were so gloomy D, 2 Two-stepa, Emit, Re-solve, & Scorers, a Kansas, 7 D- that I was in despair. 1977 well, 14 Relative, 15, Strangle, 10 Amumes, 17 Erupted,, 19] "Go' and have, a ride' on thei
Octete. 21-416'll, 24 Bite.
auto-rucor!" I Miggested. "Par-
· TODAY'S QUESTION
Agali East has overcalled your partner's opening spade bid with two diamonds,"Tista, flame you holds
$1043. WJD27 415 SAKIT
What do you do?
Answer on Monday,
Comme il faut
A CORRESPONDENT asks if
like
I cannot be induced to do something about people who overfeed animals at the Zoo. In zoological circles nobody hangs In fact, THE gentleman in a novel who on my lightest word. THE
"brushed her lips with his, any wards of mine addressed to
the Fellows would pour first removing his cigar," set an example for all gallanis. Very champagne off an actress back. rleh men have private secre- Occasionally, belleve, the torles to remove the cigar. animals resent the implication "Mason, hold my cigar a ma- that the officials do not give ment while I brush this lady's them enough to eat, and well Ups." 1r the lady dallies and meaning crowds are driven back shows reluctance and the clgar under a hall of spent buns, bls. goes out, the secretary ruru to cults, and other dainties.
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