NEWS OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1949.
THE DAY IN PICTURES
REVOLUTIONARY — Little Mare Fresco, a pollo vietim, demonstrates in New York the case with which a newly developed one-pound iron lung can be worn. The lung permits patients to move about in wheelchairs, and It can also be used by hospitals in cases of near drowning, exhaustion, electric shock and asthmatics.
THE RIGHT PLACE TO BE-These youngsters know what to do when the temperature soars into the ninetles and threatens to stay there. They're enjoying the splash of water under the falls of a pool at Palisades Park, New Jersey, and when old Sol's rays beat down unmercifully, there's no more comfortable place to be than under a waterfall
DEFT FINGERS Ethel Smith, the organist who is noted for her down beat, returns to New York on the Queen Mary after making a tour of Europe.. She'll
soon be in a new Hollywood-film
ROUND AND ROUND-Getting away to a fast start on the merry-go-round at Steeplechase Park, in Coney Island, New York, these midshipmen from Annapolis are out to have some fun. With their fair companions, 51 of the men spent several hours at the resort and took in all rides and attractions they had time for.
ALL MIXED UP-The neighbours round Lisbon, New York, were amazed when it was announced that this little colf had been fouled by a large farm horse. The colt measured 22 inches in height and weighed 25 pounds at birth. After some investigation, it was discovered that the mother was the Shetland pony,
here seen standing behind the youngster.
A HAPPY FAMILY -- Mr and Mrs Douglas Fairbanks with their children, Daphne, left, who is seven; Melissa, 19 months, and Victoria, right, six, soem to have enjoyed the trip as the liner Caronia docks at Southampton, England. Fairbanks will make a film when in Britain.
GIRL AIRLINE PILOT Marilyn Grover, 'right, explains the workings of an aeroplane to her mother in Seattle, Washington. One of the few women com- mercial pilots in the country, Marilyn is quallfled to fly helicopters as well as
dulit-surdne planes.
VIVACIOUS-L 0.vely Lina Romay, singing star
of movies and the radio, flashes a photogenic smille for the photographer who caught her dining
New York hotel.
CITY-FISHING. Tenor Joseph Laderoute doesn't take
his family far from home to go fishing. In New York's Central-Park hoʻshows his three-yi some fine points of the gante, Chri
helps, too,
PÉGGY'S POLKA- Songstress Poggy Lee matches a white and red blouse with a flattering sombrero in- polka dots, She teams the "match" mated with a sheer návy skirt for a pretty summer.
ume.
WHAT A MAN Marian Negaard, in Chicago, Illinois, is witting on the two-storey-high figure of Paul Bunyan at the Northwestern Railway Fair. The giant animated figure moves Its arms and head, and the lips move na
vhile records are playedA