A LADY OF LEISURE
WHEN Mr K. C. Fung, an extremely rich, but
slightly plump merchant, began to court Ginny Tam, tongues started to wag.
Many were certain that slim and pretty Ginny would not marry the 44-year-old widower.
arise.
How could she even THINK impossibility of getting three of such a thing? She was only other "legs" for a game would in her early twenties, and a favourite with the boys. She was charming and attractive enough to "hook" any eligible young bachelor she wanted.
No, Mr Fung did not stand a chance!
But Ginny thought otherwise, "What if he IS a little over weight?" she mused. “He has a good character and will treat me well. Besides, I'm tired of working in a stuffy old office for a measly $300 a month. Why, if I marry him, I would become a lady of leisure!"
out,
Before the year was Ginny was quick in learning the art of living in leisure.
a
that was
Whenever this happened, she was content in either seeing movie-anything- showing at allar telephoning
· an “interesting” friend to change all the latest spicy bits of gossip with her.
HANDY
ex-
Rediffusion
even-
came in handy for dull
The radio and
stories carefully. Her ings. She would follow all the reaction to them would have gladdened of hearts of the producers, for she would cry or laugh at pre- cisely the right time,
She usually got up at 11 a.m. in the morning and had her
After three years. the strain breakfast in bed. Then came of living as a typical Hongkong the reading of the newspapers. After picking out every scan- dalous report she could find, she Would yawn sleepily and shuffle into the bathroom.
INTERESTING
"lady of leisure" began to show Itself. Her friends were ap- palled at the amount of weight she
had put on. But Giany ignored their good advice:.
"Ho-hum!” she would yawn. "I'm too lazy to exercise. And
· PLEASE don't mention dieting I love food too much.
K.C. doesn't
to
was The in-
Her afternoons and evenings to me! were more interesting. Mrs And besides," she concluded Fung soon discovered the plea- happily, "dear sures of playing mah-jong, and mind, so why should you?" often invited her friends over
So her friends left her in for a "short" game, lasting an peace, and Ginny continued afternoon and an evening, or a live in ease. "Jonger" one, continuing till A year afterwards, she dawn. Mah-jong. became a quite unrecognisable. passion with her. She was al- evitable had happened! ways ready to accept invitations
No! This fat, giggling to "mah-jong parties" no matter middle aged woman just when, where, or with whom.
couldn't be Ginny!-but she Mrs Fung realised, one day, that a lady of leisure's after- noong are sometimes extremely boring, for now and then,
the
was.
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—Credit card to Linda Ann Wu, Hongkong.
Cüsey
Yippee! We've finally got those white settlers off our hunting grounds, Dad!
-Credit card to Casey Sung, Hongkong.
WHAT IS LOVE?
I's spending many a sleepless night
With continued loss of appetite. It is feeling sort of paralyzed
When he looks into your eyes. Seeing beauty you never saw before,
And you're always seeing more. Being in love, well I must confess,
Is continuous joy and happiness! Your head is in a dizzy whirl
'Til you find he has another girl!
Credit card to Ricky 'Chan, Hongkong.
THE HI-FI
SCHOOL
by MEL
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'You may find the tickin.
Toscanini's
of
little
watch
distracting in the quieter passages
London Express Service
The, Teen Commandments
1.
Reel Corner
You
KATE
OREILLY
YOU have often soen Steve Reeves in films depicting
ancient Greece and Rome; -- he always played strong man. His films are exceedingly popular in Hong kong; one will be showing at the Hoover and Gala in week or two, it is called “Giant of the Marathon.”
If you take a look at picture above, you Steve fits the bill
can
*
this think that when I was 16,
see was still a skinny kid I wea as tall then as I am now, but E weighed less thận 12 - ̈stone.”. Steve Reeves, the man who Now he is 14 stone of solid bo found fame es Hercules, is
A and muscle! quiet young American who went TOP and think before to Rome to appear in one film, liked it so much that he bas you drink.
stayed on to make it his home.
STOP
2. Don't let your parents down; they brought you up.
3 Be humble enough to obey; you will be giving orders yourself some day.
4. At the first moment turn away from unclean thinking at the first moment.
He has a small farm just out- side the city where he keeps half a dozen horses, exercising |them cowboy style.
This is no gimmick, for Steve, who was born and brought up on a farm near Glasgow, Mon- tana, plans to retire eventually to a ranch to breed horses.
Three short years ago, 34- year-old bachelor Steve lived in obscurity. At the begininng of his acting career he appeared in
several stage productions. In New York, in which he was re- quired to do little but flex his
5. Don't show off driving.
If you want to race go] biceps. to a race track.
6. Choose a date who would make a good mate.
:
Hollywood, too, gave him small parts without words.
A break came in "Athena." starring Jane Powell.
He was at last given a speak- ing role. This changed his
7. Go to church faithfully. career, for Italian director, The Creator gives you Pietro Francisci, who was look- the week; give Himing for an actor to play Her- cules in a forthcoming produc- back an hour.
tion, saw the picture and knew he had found-the man.
8. Choose your companions carefully; you are what they are.
9. Avoid following the crowd. Be an engine- not a cab.
Content to stay in Rome for
the time being. Steve once said of himself, “It's funny to
is your name Scarlett?
MÅDE FAMOUS BY * GONE WITH THE WIND” SCARLETT :
·WAS ORIGINALLY. AN OLD ENGLISH SURNAME WHICH MEANT: \"A RICH RED.
1959 TSS
12-4
Reach for the Sky
10. Or even better-keep Reach
the original Ten Com- mandments.
Credit card to Ricky Chan, Hongkong.
DEPARTURE
far yet so near is the day That I'm going to depart in
May
But mother dear I'm not going to leave you in dismay,
For I'll be back in a glorious
way,
So cheer up and be gay.
Slowly, the ship sails away
from the pier,
While I lean on the railing stained
with my face
with tear,
For I'll enter a foreign land with a heart full of fear,
But God will surely hear The prayers I offer wherever
I may be.
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Credit card to Rita Lau,
Hongkong.
-Credit card, to Robert Bau, Kowloos