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BEAUTY ARTS
By LOIS LEEDS
Posed by Louise Albritton.for Lois Leeds,
Business Giris, take note of Lots Leeds' suggestion!
"DEAR LOIS LEEDS"
"Dear Lois Leeds-What exercise can i do to get taller? I am 5 feet, 2 Inches and I hate Itt £ weigh 104 pounds. LUCIE."
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1948.
400,000,000 Tons of Debris Estimated As Air Toll In Germany
Some 100,000,000 tons of debris is the toll of the air war on German towns and cities in the four occupation zones of Germany. That is the totul estimated by Ger- man experts, although even now exact statistics are not available for all the places that were attacked.
In the American Zone, after the collapse of Germany in 1946.
PARIS FILM rouchly 40 percent of dwelling
VOGUE
Perbans it is because life is so difficult today, a Frenchman remarked recently, that France is enjoying a vogue of films laid around the turn of the century,
"
A skilfully arsembled collection of nnelent new shots, assembled by
Nicole Vedrez, and wonazi,
titled "Paris 1900," will be shown to the public shortly, 11 covers the period
1900-1014.
ago show
a
houses and apartments were found destroyed.
In je British Zone, 1,000,000 dwellings were destroyed and 1,- 100.000 dwellings damaged but in a state capable of repair.
The Rusalan Zone before the war contained about 4.800,000 dwellings of which a relatively small propor- tion, namely 433,000, were destroyed or greatly damaged. The smaller proportion of damaged dwellings to due to the fact that the air war was mainly confined to the manufactu- ring cities of southern and western Germany and Berlin.
Shots taken nearly half a century. Roughly half the destroyed
the "conversation in Luxembourg Gardens between Patt housing in the Russian Zane can be
Trepaired. Valery and Andre Gide, the painter
of
Renoir, and the police capture of a in the French Zone, the Bix "desperate" anarchist. Maurice large towns were almost totally "Dear Lola Leeds-What Is the Chevalier, Mistinguette. Sara Bern-destroyed. Before the war, they contained 187.000 dwelling of which best foundation for a normal skin?hardt and Lucien Guitry, father I leave home at 8:30 A. M. and am Sacha, also gure in the fim. Claude by the end of the war no fewer than
Dauphin is the commentator.
176,000 or 47.5 percent were bravity
damaged and unusable. Mme. Vedrez is written books on the cinema, but this is not her first
Kone until 7:30 1'. M.-SUE."
Use a cake foundation. This gives
a very insting linish. As your day
and
during
the
Even older ins will be assembled i
Official Statistics
Oftal stotistles give the fol-
by Georges Seoul, leading movie lowing picture of destruction in Ave historian, who will collect a number learling cities:
Height cannot be gained by exer- cises. Every now and then we hear is, to long, why not have a benutyro. of someone who guins height by ex-kit at your place of business crelse but I have never seen these freshen your makeup results. Make up your mind to be lunch hour or rest perlod? your type, to dress for it and cult-
feet. vate your "five sonality. It is useless to waste time in wishingi
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per-Next-Do Your Know?
"Dear Luis Leeds- mn 59 years old, have my own income and home. Every time I buy dress in any- thing but black my marrivi soUS
hald
meeting. frivolous and an do you think?--
and daughters
saving that I am
"old fool. What
MAL."
I think you have a mean and in- grateful set of sons sul daughters, Buy Just refuse to listen to them! any entour that you like and culti- vate friends of your own uge. Just don't even visit your Rugratefu brood, Have a good time?
"Dear Lois Leeds is cold water as effective for refining tissues as is askin lotion?-K. T. M."
No. An astringent has certain blended ingredients which are very effective for stimulating circulation) and refining" the pores.
Minale Makeryer
4 GABRIELLE-
It's a Night and Day makeup that. you need when you makeup by day. light and dine under the stars! Carry a bit of rouge and powder -and a Night-Red lipstick to touch
up your daytime makeup.
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gather th
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Though femine mterest
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"New bank" clubes is 100
de rom, the Board of Trade are keen Hidcotin,* Kays Secretary Parliamentary
Beichert.
This i-ime of the dresses as a' Landon «bow which many women Rked. but which made a Board
official raise her
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brows
By Galbraith
COFR, 1947 BY HEA BERZICE, 1990, Y, KL. REG. U, §. PAT. OPT.
*The Perkinses called off their party because the children have chicken pox, so I'm having all the guests over hord........... I don't want that whole aftemoon I spent in the banuty shop wasted?"
le movies made around 1895. of They were taken by French camera-
Inhabitants Berlin: 4.330.000
meters men sent all over the world by Lousi 1939: 70,000,000 cuble
French debris, or 16 cuble meters per per- Lumiere, our of the early
Nlm Inventors. The lm will be ap-son. propriately entitled "Fin-de-sicete."
£5,900 FOR R.A.F.
CHARITIES.
DUMB-BELLS
REGISTERED US PATENT OFFICE THAT CHICKEN | NO GOOD! YOU SOLD WUKY THAT
ME FOR
BIRD WON DINNER WAS NO GOOD!
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By WILLIAM E.
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Frankfort: 550,000 inhabitants in F039; 12.000.000 cubic metres of de- bris, or 21.6 cuble metres per per-
son.
In
of
per
MCKENNEY
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I have NUS is not the Best time
players naich that sometimes inhabitants in Stuttgart: 450,000
complain of hard luck on a hand of metres enbic 1030 5,000,000
meires per when pour bidding or misplay debris, or 21.6 cuble
their part was the real cause of the person.
trouble. But that was certainly not true with today's hand, which was played at the Mayfair Dridge Club In New York. This club is owned by Harry J. Fishbein and Mrs Ralph II.
Schellenberg. Fishbein is one of the country's strongest players, but Mrs Schellenberg seldom play: bridge except to fill in occasionally.
Jnhabitants Over £5,900 has been received for
Cologne: 772,000 Royal Air Force chartlies
as a re- 1930: 13,000,000 cubic metres
metres sult of a number of RAF stations be- debris, er 18.8 cuble ing at pubile durinst Battle of Britain Week
Dresden: 030.000 Inhabitants
metres of 1939: 25,000,000 cubic
metrus per
last year.
home to members of the person.
This amount has been divided debris, or 16.0 cubic equally between the RAF Benevolent person. Fund and the Royal Air. Forcés' Association, whose appreciation and thanks have been conveyed to atl concerned,
JAP ROMANTIC SUICIDES
(Continued from Page 2)
focal ward office and have his wife's
from the family nane struck cords.
FO-
Problem At Worst Hamburg has only 52 percent of its prewar habitable dwellings, but its population has only de- clined from 1,712,000 to 1,400,000, causing an acute housing shortage.
Towns where the housing problem almost dropped the cards.
include Bochum, is worst burk. and Munster, where Tabout one third of the
remained.
She picked up today's hand white glancing around the room to see if the games were started and if any- Somebody one wanted her place. said, "It's your bld." When she took a look at her hand (South).
Wurz-
she
ifer great maestro had taught her only that on a hand in which there was dwellings a sure game, she should open with she A two-bid, which she did, and proceeded to bki the hand very well.
destruc-
Despite the widespread
urban The
population tion, been increasing stendily since
A few years ago, a Tokyo wife end of hostilities. returned unexpectedly
and found her husband
has
West considered doubling seven the hearts but decided against it. When Frankfort, for he led the four of diamonds. Mrs
to the city example, has increased its popula- Schellenberg turned to him and said,
by nearly with an- tion
40 percent from "If you had doubled, I would have
other woman. Apparently the hus-311,000 in July, 1045, to 433.800. In redoubled." band thought he could find happi-June, 1947. ness with his new love dily in the: next life. The husband and the "other woman" took poison In a double love suicide.
NEW RECORDS
GI and his OOD
An American Japanese sweetheart
singing is to be found in poison the folk took
sonks, "Foggy Dew,"
She called a small diamond from myand-when-East-trumped, you Mrs Schellenberg gasped, "Do mean to say you have no diamonds?"
"No diamonds." said East.
A club was returned. declarer
and died together in a small Shinto The Plough Boy" and "Come ye played the queen, and West trump-
shrine.
not from Newcastle," sung by Petered.
an
an
Now Mrs Schellenberg had good In another esae, a Japanese girl Pears with Benjamin Britten at the
MU reason to complain of hard luck. poisoned herself and her American plano (HMY DA 1873). Woody Her-
scheduled to man accompanied by the Four Chips Down two on 8 band that actually boy friend who was
The vies with Frank Sinatra in his ver had 10 cold tricks, and against return to the United States.
my desire," and sions of "That's only way she could hold him was sore is no greater love." (Colum-ace against a seven bit!
opponent who refused to lead to lake him into the next life with bin DU 2350). And you will enjoy
had You will notice that If West Dorethy Squires singing "I'm in the Mood for Love" and "I'm Gonna led the ace of spades, declarer would Hold You in My Arms," with an or- have made seven-odd....so I think chestra directed in grand style by you will agree that this is perhaps
the greatest "hard luck" hand Billy Reid. (Parlophone F 2257).
ROBERT TREDINNICK 1017.
her-United Press.
Check Your Knowledge.
the
1. What country produces most gold in the western hemisphere? 2: In what country were Hispano- Suiza automobiles manufactured?
3. Name the largest desert in the world.
4. Name the only king in Europe | who retained his throne throughout World War 11.
5. When were submarines Intro- duced into the United States Navy?
6. Name the least densely popu lated country In the world.
(Answers on Page 4)
CHESS PROBLEM
By A. L. BOTINJAN.
Black, 7 places.
White, 0 pieces.
White to play and mate in two. Solution to yesterday's problem:
1, R- KIG. 2KX P; 2,
Rupert's Silver Trumpet-10
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APPENDIX
A Norwegian proverb says that a hearty laugh brings health. In tho, case of the station master Ulsberg. central Norway, ✡ hearty laugh brought acute appendi
citis.
Blotto Profundo
critic
First
self-appointed music
the choir of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Long
A heard!
si
too
Beach, California, disapproved of it and expressed his opinion with pistol
Some motorists spotted a
young shots. reindeer near the railway station and pushed the amiable animal into
A
The choir was practising when a
tenor joined them in the back of their car. They took the quavering
chorister was a
Hittle deer to the railway. station.byman. Investigation disclosed the pinced him in front of the booking uninvited office, knocked on the class and his profundo", leaning from
unu themselves quickly,
The station master was so, amused when he gazed into the reindeer
"blotto an open
church window.
The choir resumed its singing.
"
a
baby's liquid eyes that he burst out when the inebriate shouted: "No, no, laughing and could not stop until he that ain't the way it goes." So
chorister shut the window. felt a terrific pain in the stomachi..
Tho merrymaking motorists drova The drunk fred a shot through the the station master to the hospital, window. Nobody was hurt, and the where he was operated on
the im Intruder disappeared bafore mediately-Associated Press
police arrived.--Associated. Press.