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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1960.
British newsletter from Peter Burgoyne
The Kiss revisited Gaitskell faces
PRESENTS A PICTURE
OF A MAN WHO WILL NEVER GROW OLD
AFTER 62 YEARS RODIN'S
MODEL GAZES ON HIS
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Now the fingerprint
chief fights disease
London, Feb. 2.
former Scotland Yard fingerprint
export
lieves it may be possible
toll by
to
а
race. But few people have to face the implica- tions of Omar Khayyam's lines so dramatically as the old man in this picture. His name is Antonio Nardone and he is 82.
Te
Paris The other day, in the Sixty-two years ago, in 1898,
another visitor want artist's moce! in museum, he was a Paris.
met the sculptor, to see it--Antonio Nardone, He recalledt the sittings Auguste Rodin, and Rodin used
They went him as a sitter for his work. It Rodin's studio, prove to be a very great work for hours every day cometimes inderd--The Kiss,
12 hours without interruption— for six months, he said.
The Kiss has been in the news ver since it was completed. There was a furore when it was shown in Paris-but Rodin was conmissioned To execute two more like 1.
Cort-£7,500
Four years ago опе of the repticus was bought for the Tate Gallery, by puble contri- butions, for £7,500,
So now The Kiss stande in the Tate and also in the Rodin Museum in Paris.
It has been gazed upon with wonder by countless-éyös,
CROSSWORD
1:3
Across
Musical term. (0, 4)
6 Zoo animal in short (6)
@ Vexation. (9)
11. Journey. (4)
12. Veritten. (0)
13. 14quia mineral (3)
14 Allowed to fall to wasto. (0)
15 News headlines are sometimes
frat noted thus. (2,7
17 Uu to sea (4)
18 It runs between two polats, (4)
19 Admonition to many a child
(3.6)
Down
1. Where to keep the children
anused, 44, 51′′
(37 3. Balary, (0.3)
ndant worn by some woCD
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5. What the old chara bana used
to havo, (4, 4)
Cry. 19)
Tiny plece
Boy's afte
ba-
(B)
child's
10 Parte
dis-
11. Extra
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fingerprints which esses it will be prone to throughout its life.
1
With doctor friend, 60- year-old ex-Chlef Superinten- dent Jack Livings he was head of the Yard's Angerprint department until he retired month ago is trying to build up a library of fingerprints from families prone to certain dis-
Unses.
Me Livings, CJ Sanderstead, Surrey, will study the loops and whorls in the hope that he may And a connection between cer- talu diseases and certain Anger- print patterns,
Patients In a London hospital have volunteered to have their Angerprints studied.
A LINK?
Dectors engaged On similar research are showing interest in his Investigations and believe the results may help them.
Work on the possibility of a Ink between personal charac- teristics and diseasca is going on
David at Liverpool's
Lewis under Northern Hospital Cyril Clarke and at Oxford University's Genoples
Dr
Labory-
tory under Dr E. B. Ford.
or
It is thought that blue brown eyes, red hair, blood group, and the ability to taste a chemical elled PTC or to
meil Arensics may be · "sign-
posts" to disesse proneness.
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London Express Service.
Rodin
Nine children
In 1917.
died
in on
His fenale siker, who was called Carmen, died in 1052.
old Now. Nardone is an old, man. who has had nine children.
Spring has vanished, with the rose, the nightingale, and the youth that flowered in 1808.
But Nardone has the satisfac- tion of knowing that the marble, at any rate, will not change, — London Express.
PORTRAIT OF A MAN OF 19, IN MARBLE, AND
OF 82, IN LIFE.
Tate acquires a first-class 'hospital'
London, Feb. 2.
One of Britain's main picture Galleries, the Tate, in London, considers it now has the most up-to-date "hospital" in the world for cleaning and restoring valuable paintings.
Σ
Seen by outsiders for the frei Mr Slabeynski's department time, the equipment is the looks like a cross between
of Mr Stefan studio, a laboratory and a sur- dream child Slabczynski, the Tate's chief gery. His ultra-modern equip- restorer.
sment for the selentifie examina- tion and restoration of old mas- ters includes a giant "hat table." Used for relining of paintings under atmospheric pressure, this bas
Is an aluminium top and heated by an electric-blanket.
He was given a free hand to equip his own conservation de partment after tour all over Europe and the United States.
The Tate Galicry, on the north bank of the River Thames, la second only in Britain to Lon- don's national gallery, with its famed collection of world mos- lera,
The Tate houses the national collection of British paintings and specialises in modern foreign painting and sculpture.
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WAY
By Beachcomber
THE bird which, according to
THE
a report from Sidmouth,
no serious challenge yet
London (By Airmail),
Was seen by several peppio to How secure is Hugh Gaitskell in his leadership of
be flying upside down was prob-
ably the horsefinch.
Britain's Labour Party?
collides with
tass
This migrant les the wrong As secure I should say na the pure energy of lightning, as way up no that it will land on commander of a beleaguered "Emie" Its back if it falls. Au old Arab | army who knows that none of visionary minds, in Ramanich who loved riddles his serving officers is capable of once asked on English lady, taking his place.
the
"Why is swift like
A chimany in my son's house?" His position is not a happy "I'm afraid I don't Janow," re-ene. But it is a great deal more piled the haughty damit. "Be- secure than many etinmenlators cause it have a erosked flow," seem to think. said the Arab, with screams of desert laughter.
What size in
eggs do you take?
A small egg is every bit as good as a large one, except that it has no snob value,
(Morning paper,
The unhappiness of his situa flon and the so far inarticulate, challenge to his authority stem from his bid to moderate the party's socialism.
Was
But recently it was the sillen rumble of thunder that Britain heard. Thunder from across, the border.
An offelat delegation frem Northem Scotland, venturing south to see Mr Marples about the closing of railway stations and branch lines in the High- lands, had retiened in high Budgeon to their Cèltle fastness.
Mr Marples, said their lender, had been "downright rude" ta them. He had not stopped, at ex- plaining that he had no powers to help them. He had ddded "This is the last bloody Scollish delegation I will ever hear", .
When Labour went down at last year's general election Gall skell did not join the other KNEW A snob whose snob-mourners but held his peace and meaning of the bishness became so often- pondered the sive to his housekeeper that one writing un the wall. day she placed before him an The warning
elgar. estrich's egg for his breakfast Sociolicm
as a political and No border raids have been and handed him a hammer to
economic remedy was stronger reported yet. But the rumbling crack it with. How often one incdicine than the British In- grow to a roar, as, Scottish M.F. hears д supercilious female tended to stomach again. It in London planned to meet, and voice saying, "My dear, they're would have to be diluted. the angry delegation announced
their intention of protesting to, the Prime Minister.
cat
One
his
They an impossible family.
broke day When small eggs."
Guitskell with silence and told a party- ecn- Tennyson, breakfastlag
ference that socialism would "Pass me Roset!i, said,
n
briled hegg." Roasciu winces,
but said nothing. "Of course," said Tennyson uncomfortably, "I was only joking."
More Hastings, les speed Dear Sir,
White watching the flim of the recent Hastings Chess Con- gress in slow motion, it curred to me that it could have
-30
"Energetic Ernie”, who has so
have to be reshaped particu- many go-getting miracies already larly in the field of nationalisa- to his credit, scrambled elcár of tion tempers flared. The tra- the battleeld as deftly as though duonalists were furious. This it was merely another tangle of was striking at the very soul of Whitehall tape, socialism.
For Gaitskell the die was cast. The party had to necept his new philosophy. Or he had to get out.
"I certainly did not say, that", he replied perly. "Dammit, I am a London Scot myself"..
And at least every Briton now But the traditionalists of the knows, if he did not before, that party include many canny men life with Ernest Marples around been made more exciting by who realise that without a strong is never likely to be dull. applying the old Chapin leader their party, long bedevill- technique of accelerating the
asunder,
whole afair instead of slowing ect by internal stress, might split it down. This would get rid of the surpense of the audience between mores,
Thus, if Gaitskell was to be challenged successfully an alter- native leader would have to be ready to step into his place.
***
Sting of the week. By theatre critle Milton Shulman of Lon- The alterative was easy to don's Evening Standard who set Ancürin Bevan.
The Wrote "With The Lily White Colcosus of British socialism. The Boys' at the Royal Court, the man with the stature and per. British musical has finally grown sunailty to unite and inspiro the up. This will mean, of course, party.
£hat B considerable number of people will loathe it."
Jeremy Whackatraw, Putting men in their place DID not know that lechni- clans' who make electronic brains are not allowed to speak, laugh, or whistle at their work. A few words exchanged in a laboratory led to the reprimand- ing and disciplining of the chlef culprit-nd to a strike.. Inter- But Nye Bevan is a very sick
on viewed shortly afterwards
man. And it is inconceivable electronic brain said; "Workers that he will be ft for the un- of frontline who behave like human beings doubted rigours should realise that they are polities before the Labour party insulting US, A putronising must chart its new course. Emile on the face of a human worker can be highly offensive to us machines, Greetings to Sisyphus
A
CORRESPONDENT Say B "I have read your column every day for 100 years, or so Australia, New Zealand, Ti seems." Let him not to dis-
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1
By Alt Philippines, 2 pan.
p.m.
Guam, 3 pm,
North Bernen, Sarawak, 0 p.m. Jnxia, Egypt, Aden, I p.m.
By Surface
Canada, 3 p.tn.
inen, 4
Macro P
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4
By Air China, People Republic, a.m1. Theland, Cambodia, Malaya, In- donesia, Ceylon, Noon.
Burtus. Pakistan. Middle Fast, Africa, Great Britain, Europe, Noon.
Japan, 2 p.m.
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There is also an ultra-violet Inmp apparatus for the examina- tion of pictures and a special studio with thermostatically- controlled temperature,
they are spray-vurnished.
where
As the equipment could not be bought, most of it
built at the Tate under Slabczynski's direction.
信息
Mr
big
It will bring about Q speed-up in treatment of paint- ingy. Even so, it will take Mr Slabczynski and his six helpers about Ave years to work through the walling list. They hope to deal with "about 50 pictures a
year.
Okinawa, Korea, o ym. Formers, pm,
By Surface Chia, Pooplo's
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America,
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Canada, USA. 8 p. Laos, G Dm.
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BATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 De Rusther
People's Republia, 7 .. Malaya, Aden,
Creat Britain.
Philippines, Vietnam, France
Mr Slabczynski says many modern synthetic materials have eams as a godsend to them. For and ¦ exumple, they now use'n synthe-
tie adhesive on the secret list Europe, 11 m. unti the end of the war- instead of old-fashioned glue, which used to lead to dimeuitics. Polish born, Mr Slabczynski trained as an artist in Cracow, atudied In Paris and reached England via German prison camp and France at the end of the war-China Mail Special.
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and acrobatic too.
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Cooper,
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Male by We belano atactix Gary Hepburn and Maurice Chevalter." and his band. Vocal by Umay.
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that hope
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warn parents it their children
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PRINCESS QARDEN: Fiver shows by the Velthoven and Connie land, dance stylist.
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couraged, The Arst 100 years are the worst. Plod on, sir, and make the most of your Sundays. Something wrong
The walkers шете accom- panied by a representative of the Noise Abatement Society, beating a big drum.
TS
And even if Nye Bevan was available, no-one could be cer- tain that he would be prepared to take command. More likely he would use his great. Influence to parsunde Hugh Gaitskell to temper his plans,
.
or
SO
somewhere There is almost always an
stormcloud odd hovering about the head of Mr Ernest Marples, Britain's volatile, hustle- 'em-along Minister Transport.
(Provincial paper.) the Anti-Noise-Abatement Society going to take that infringement of Copyright lying Idown?
London Express Service.
of
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A visitor to London's Royal Academy, shows a painting in her party of friends, and mays, wistfully: "That was one of mine." Vieiturly, because her narsa la Mrs Clodagh Bhola» well-White, of Co, Cork, Ireland, and the painting is one of five that she sold a year ago to an Iriala desier at a price far below the £260,000 now claimed for them since they hayo beam cleaned and discovered to do a surles of masterpieces painted by the Itailan Master. Branicenco Guardi. Her visit recently was the first time she had seen the plotures sinen tho restoration Express photo.