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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1959.
FOR SANTA CLAUS'
SECRETARY,
IT'S BUSY TIME
By GORDON MARTIN
Oslo, Dec. 16.
Children all over the world write to Father Christ- mas in Norway. The woman who answers the letters is now very busy.
Естр
Mias Elisabeth Wilhelmsen, a 23-year-ok blue-eyed blonde, is reinbrating her Bfth year as the Ar accretary to Santa Claus,
Every Norwegian child knows the year of that at this time Julenissen
the Christmas Father Pixy.
ther call RS Chris'na), is driving his rein- úver and sledge over the Arglic show in Narth Norway. But in Oslo Miss Withebuson sits surrounded by telephones, dle- toptiones and all the apparatus of a 201: century secretary.
As Christmas gets nearer, her herwever, the view from
Lakes on a fairy- window also 1: le look. Snow gilstens In the nearby big
There are
broad street up to the Royal Palace. Christmas trees in the square by the edge of the fjord.
QUITE CERTAIN
scares
Every post bring letters, and most of them from children across Sea in Britain.
of come
the North
espite a variety of addresses, they find their way safely to her fler. Some children feel quite certain where Father Christmas lives, met witte in bold block "Father Christmas, Jetivis Le
2101 Norway," Others are
nothing but leave
boy in
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Lelters also arrive from for afield as Australia, as well as from most European coun- tries. And this year, too, Miss Wilholmsen han replied to 1ttle boy called Januszek in Warsaw.
The children recrive not only letter from Father Christmas, a large book of coloured but illustrations of Oslo drawn by Norwegian schoolchildren. Nex! ver they will get a book telling Nor- than about life in the wegian forest, and the Christ- mas tree which goes every year tu London nga gift from the people of Oslo.
Santa Claur's staff, presided chief Oslo's tourist over by Mice Althil Hoydon, has many other taska, too.
scade
Norway Each yeur, several 50-foot Christmas trees ax gin to other countries, and letter- Miss Wilhelman's writing is constantly rupted by tekphone queries.
NO IT ISN'T—In mile of appearances, Mr Khrushchev hasn't been exiled to Siberia-the mechanic In the picture is in fact a technician in one of the Boylet scientifle teama carrying out oceanographical research on ice-does in the Arctic Circle-Express Photo
Stonehenge
Theory
Is Discounted In
Guidebook
London, Dec. 16.
inter Stonehenge, the 4,000-year-old stone circle on Salisbury Plain, was not built by the Druids
know A foresler wants to
arrangements for the final felling the free for Trafalgar Square, London: a shipping problem about agent has a loading the tree for Roller- dam; there is an inquiry from Roll offer of Mayor the Stranger, who this year is go- lug to the Italian port of Genoa to Ught up a Norweglan tree there.
Day By the time Christmas
Wilhelmsen will comes, Miss have answered several thousand children's letters,
W: who wrote this year on his letter "To Father Christmas for St Nicholas, At His Home, Somewhere in Norway--or Den-
Father
Christmas, Lapland,
address popular 1 another and this is the time when the
Qelr Lat
picturesque SEN Cesume gather in North Nor-
"And in the New Year," she their reindeer way briigist
says, "I love to read the letters Jads from the fjord pastures,
a little of thanks. Last year, Some children, too, want
so pleased was that Father girl in Ireland Aurr to make
with her book that in return Christmas really is there
sent Father Christmas a cor- lovely model of an Irish tage,"
10
get their leliers, A little she
boy writes from Britain:
and my a 10 years old. Iriend a school says there is no Father Christmas. But I know there is ricast write
Parents everywhere will be that she adds: happy to hear "The children are all
and tell me you really are derfully polite."-Router. there. Best wishes, John."
Mary of the letters contain
very modest requests.
A boy
wen-
in Bethnal Green, London, says CROSSWORD
:mply:
Dear Santa, I
ya happy
with
Xmas and will!
you please send me a present," At the other end of the scale. I Itte Welsh boy lists over 20 item-hut concludes with the promise I will put nice ges of wine and a piece of cake for you on the table."
Some children iTu very Lecife in their instructions, like the little girl who says: "Plare will you send me a pair of slippers. Don't forget Samlo
He would the dog.
Don't forget a like soft ball. SOFT ball. My sister would ke a surprise. I hope you are wel. love from Patricia." A boy in Cumberland explains that he wants a pedal tractor because he lives on a farm, bd ends politely: "I hope you are keeping well, and hope Rudolph is also keeping well."
Jean, in Middlesex, does not know that television has not yet reached Lapland and asks for buxea game similar fo the one played on ITV."
FROM WARSAW
And some letters show sur- prising combinations little
1. Jarobe, (W)
Across
Rein-prot (1)
13. Kind of
6. fiverside.
cold. Rest. 19
14. Supplied with weapone. (51 ID. Lon seulence. (3, 4).
17. Spanien, 17) 18. Venicis. (3) 1. Lunch or dinner. 14)
Osculation, (4)
21. Violent winda. (6)
Down
1. Part of chicken, (9)
Making ready, Lubricate. (9)
Siberian working placon, (4-8)
5. Jend aidi
9. Dance. (5)
10. Bad weather
session. (0)
16)
19 Best Pos sible exemples
American girl wants a Roy 16 Extraordin Rogers gun and a Bible,"
POLOGIDE
see dood. (6) "Patterder's wakion
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•BY THE
WAY
by Beachcomber
THE
ing of the Bank of Kogland at work, in glorious Technicolor, ralses several ques- tloss To attract the puble, the Alm must be given. some dile other than "The Bank of England." I KACE, *The Monster from Inner Space."
And it the Bim were built
Japanese Newsletter From David Gordon TOKYO IS BECOMING
FAMOUS
FOR
ITS FOOD
Tokyo (By Airmail).
round the story of a night-club Tokyo is fast gaining a reputation for being one of
singer what a march would be stolen on all the lesser banks, which rely for advertisement on smiling managers welcoming new clients, and making us ali ery with their heartrending anxiety to serve the public. A terrific idea
EAR Sir,
DEA
Has anyone suggested taking the whole of Piccadilly Circus into a gigantic 20-storey car park, to relieve traffic con- gestion? If this were successful, other open spaces could be thus utilised. For instance, Hyde Park Corner,
E. P. Driffield-Wright, Modigliani, after Harris'
AXPERTS
EX
д
are discussing ittle gem of a portrait, signed Modiliani, Some say is un alivious forgery, the Zorger having spelled Modigliani's name Others anys that it is wrong. Genuine, Modigliant having signed it after a wild night at the Brasserie de la Cigale and, example of his
being the only work signed in this way, is
is
than that artist's worth more as many Britons and tourists believe, accord-other pictures. Only Foulenough could settle the matter, since the portrait
yu another ing to an official guide-book published here.
Harris, Nor is there any evidence that some of the stones were ever used! as altars for human sacrifice another popular be
10- lief says the author,
of fessor R.J. C. Atkinson. University College, Cardiff.
He says the theory that the Druids, pagar. Celtic priests, built Stonehenge was put for- ward 300 years ago.
10 ac- It is an imposible cording to Professor Atkinson because the Druids functioned for only a few centuries just before the Roman conquest of Britain.
that "I is very unlikely there wire any Druids in these islands before 250 . C. and by that time Stonehenge had been built for more than a thousand years and may already have been parily in ruins."
The human sacrifice theory bas been encouraged by the names of two of the stones -
the! and Altar Stone the Slaughter Stone.
NAMES INVENTED
But the nines have been in- "over-imaginative vented by
Inst during the
Atkinson
antiquaries"
300 years, Professor
Soys.
for
There is no evidence at all that human supposing sacrifice was practised al Stonehenge at any time during Its long history."
The Professor confirms that the axis of Stonehenge was towards lotd out to point
the sun in the longest day the year midsummer June 24,
day,
But he does not agree that! this means the builders of Stoneberge were sun-worship- pers and that the monument was a temple to the sun,
*This arrangement
inay
be
no more then a practical de- vice for determining by ob- servation a fixed point in the
Guitars For
Tommy Steele
A letter from the Persians
DEAR congtrire of the horis,
much warter hath flode over the bridg since we rote to you. Our show is sill of kreçatin a burrow phewroar in many
kounti and
lown. Koopid's i London, Dec. 16. harrows is stil stook in Ashura'z electric guitars hart, and he stes like a northun Two worth £500 1 Tlibury, wind wen gurls arsk his horty- near here,
graff. on board the
Wen he gets home to 29,000-on liner Iberia for
Filthistan his bella barfe will be bellade the dore with Australia today,
She prowed of ruolinpinn.
They belong to rock and roll singer Tommy Steele who lies to Australia for A series of performances in February,
A
with The liner left record load of about 14,000 bars of mail for Singapore and Austraila, Much of
1 was thought to be from schders who innred post office
past warnings to early for oversens delivery by Christmas.
The Iberla will be it the Red Sea on Christmas Day-China Mall Special.
'Vanguard III'
Goes Silent
Washington, Dec. 16. The American "Vanguard Three" earth satellite, Launched on September 18, ceased transmitting radio signals during the weekend, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced today.
"Vanguard Three" transmitted
year from which e annual scientific data for 85 days. It calendar could be counted," he
says in the guide-book, publish contains instruments for men- ed by the British Government's suring the earth's magnetic field
|and Solar "X" rays, Stationery office.
(Every midsummer morning hundreds of people gather on Sallsbury Plain to see the sun rise at Stonehenge and watch the Druid Order perform_sum- mer rites.)-China Mali Special.
The "minitrack" stallon on the Australian rocket range at Woomera was the last to receive the satellite's signals last Friday night.--AFP.
CHINA MAIL ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE
FILMS
KING'S & PRINCESS: "Tukyo After
Dark. starting
Michi KODI khard Long and Lawrence HOOVER & GALA: "The Mirror
Dabkin.
Has Two Faces," Earring Ivan Deany, Bandra Milo and Gerard bury. BOXY'S BROADWAY; "The Re- turn Of The Fly," starring Vin- cent Price Droit Halsey and John
·Button. LEE & ANTOR: "TRỊ Care Of Dr. Laurent," starring Jean Gabin and Nicole CourseL
starring
STAR: "Magic
Stewart Granger.
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BETZ: "The Huccaneer,"
starting Yul Brynner and Claire Blooms. ORIENTAL: "The Atomst han,"
starring Gene Nelson
MAJESTIC "Ask Any Girl" starring David Nivca and Shirley Muc- Laino.
CAPITOL: “algom In Bell", starring
'Michio Kyo; (Japanese Alm). STATE: Wedding tells For liedy"
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NIGHT SPOTS
and
and Manolo Cuerva, Spanish Singer, Cocktail Lounge: Larry Allen at the Plano Bar MAXINH Đ Tour and Delys
· In “The Kitsial Fire Dance," CARLTONI. Marlo Francisco
Hla Combo, GOLDEN PHOENIX: CAExt, The
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10.15, Harvey!
Damon kunyon Theatre; 10.45, Bong Of The Islands
Late Date 11. Stop Press; 11.05.
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Children's Hour. Walls Time; 5.50, Clamina) Concert;
Cartoons: 3.20, Story, for Chinera 6, Sundown Berenade; 0.30, Extracti
Children-Cynthia
4.35, From Operettas; 7. News & Weather:
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Grier 8.20, CILT Large Famels Spoken Word: 8.10, Preview of the
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Albertson Los No. The Pilgrimage To Joseph Anthony, Bernard › Burke, 2560ca; 2.30, “Bhowbold"; 10, Lynne Robert Christopher, Holand Wood, Mori AV The Cellar: 35 Badio Banka Anton: 10 Harbour Com Newares de Weniber: 11.15, Muzic Til Midnight; la stidnight, Weither, Clos Down.
mRoo
Target.
19.20 Adolphe Mantu's
Gene Barry in "Patice Doctor""): 10,40,. Late Hight - Finni,
A
his success, but sex he is ori
the world's best cating places ns it offers such
a wide variety of international culinary forms -- -all deliciously prepared from locally pro- duced foodstuffs.
Already the first batch of Japan's wonderful winter straw- berries, has boen flown to Europe. These
the
گرام
truck
transporting explosives will have coming at 1 in the
opposite direction 100 gravel trucks per hour for the distince of 17 miles. Trafic on this road has been increasing at the role of 30 per cent per year Finge the end of the whr nad it now must rank is one of the most dangerous stretches of road in the world-and it is along this the starry-eyed tourist must travel from Yokohama to Tokyo.
Japan
achieved
another
are about size of n hen's azu DTKI aunc grown naturally on terraced hillsidea on the Izu Peninsula hear Tokyo. Thicke's sune patient and clever farining be- hind this. When the first sign the borry appears, it 15 wrapped in # cellophane bag piece of glazed and laid on a
le. The lo retains the sun's heat during the night, working Ikea minanture hulouse. The "irst" this week with the birth rich volenie mll does the rest. of
pair of "Evopons" at A species of tummip, growth Hanshin Zoo, The father was a Island, more allen iropurd and other a lunces. en Shode
Госся than not, weigh over 100 lb The cobs have Iconine and this is no tale of Baron
but are spotted like leopards. What is Munchauser's either.
myth is the frequently re- cited nonsense that the Kobe
massaged eattle ore
with oil. Kobe beef is also an export item nowadays, beit the len- demesa and toste come from
and feeding stall
-
gentle
handling.
With the hunting season dine tull swing, we can grilled bear's paw, goulasch Ladzer, Fast Siberian goose or
rleak. And a wild bear
for those who like to surprise their dinner guests. I noticed following items in a food store
ណ ΟΣ
the
his week:
Seasoned Snake Meat Roasted Caterpillary Fried Grasshoppers Fried Baby Bers Fried Zaza lisects Smoked Roosen Comis Chocolate-covered Ants
*
but a infanit in the decs penAirline hostesses have pores of a wikkid
uzle. See-
up,
saw for ever! Up, down,
Hospin down is our mottow. this will fined us as it leats you at pressink-A won at Laid as yore marrinors say, ho yes.
Pardonable hesitation, or
Embarras de Richesses
"Come, put your best foot for-
ward, little one,"
The centipede's mama cried to
ker 30.
And,
wondering what she was getting at,
The centipede replied:
foot is that?"
"Which
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TARGET
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HOW MAD! words of tour Jelters
or more cad
make 7001 from the letters a the
square
on the left?
01
cach word.
the Tekkers In each of the small squares may be used once only. Each word must con- in the large felter in the ceuire square, and there mit be t word in the
least one nine-lege: no foreign
List. tin
words; po proper names. TODAY'A TARGET. 30 wurd good 38 words, very good : 41 words, excellent. Solution LYHIGKTÓW.
YESTERDAY'S
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London Express Bervice.
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reputation for attracting
husbands, but Japan's
pretty sightseeing bus
8
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The latest posting Ames for registered Reticles are generally one hour earlier than the timer shows below. Partienjaza mails 1 Earding TAICE ascertkined by
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER [
Japan, 2 p.m. Philippines,
By Alt
I
Australia, New Zea
land. i. 2 p.m.
Guth, pin Okinawa, Korea, ↑ p.ru. Formosa, pr
By Rurface
Thalfand pn New Zealand, 3 m Australia, 5 p.m. Margo, & p.m.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1S By Att
Howall, U.S.A., 8. k.m. Vietnam.
Frnice, Cambodia,
guides are marrying offand, Burma, India, Moon,
in "embarrassing num- bers" BF 071€ company manager complained. No less than 28 of his guides are leaving the job get married before New Year.
Apart
to
from the passengers!
who do their own propasng, it Is not uncommon for a husband bug several and wife to ride times to assess the guide as a possible wide for their DOEL. Once approved, a "go-between" eniers the scene and makes the arrangements. Roughly half the marriages contracted in Japan, are still done on this brokerage basis,
When
a gravel truck col- with lided head-on another speeding truck with 4 tons of loaded TNT near Yokohama this week, 94 people were in- jured and 4 killed. These latter were the
drivers i
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Middle East, Altica, Aden, Great
Britain. & Europe, Noon.
Japan, 1 p.m.
Philippines, Dutch New Cuines.
Laos, p.m.
Australia, New Zealand, Fiji. 2 p.nir
Canada, V.9.A.. 6 p.m.
By Burface China, People's Republic, 7 4.0. Malaya Ceylon. India, Aden.
via Port Said!,
Egypt, Great Britain,
Curi parcel Noon.
Hawall, Noon
C.Z..
urope
Cristobal"
Cuba parecia direct, Noon.
Costa Rica, Chile, (parcels direct), Noon.
Macao, 1 p.m.
North Borneo, Br. New Guinen. 1
Pin.
Pakistan. Iran,
(Bahrain Be
Kuwait arces direct and
yla Karachi). 3 p.m.
Japan, U.S.A., C. & S. America,
Cambodia, 3 p.m.
13 p.m.
Macao, p.m.
BBLE TIRUGHE
FOR TODAY
When
he shall appear,
WB
and co-drivers. Later, the shall be like him John 3:2.
police
Bald that
people are killed on
10
We tend to become like that this which we admire and love. It
Btretch of road every
we admire and like ugly and
day through traffic ac- evil things, we will in time re- cidents.
The clever police statisticians worked out that
have
one
semble them.
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