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THE CHINA MAIL MARCH 23, 19

The Stormy Petrel

Of Fleet Street

Lady Hay Drummond-Hay Collecting Material For Second Lecture Tour

by uisuta

Jeffries

There are few women fighting foccasions. The Riff War found her for a spot in the professional sun,on the fighting line with the late and especially those in journalism, Spanish Dictator, General Primo who do not envy the exciting and de Rivera. She went through the full career of Lady Hay Drum- entire Ethiopian war-indeed, there mond-Hay

is hardly a spot on this earth which The late Lord Northcliffe, owner this indefatigable correspondent and publisher of a number of lead- has not covered, and hardly a figure ing publications in London, once in limelight that she has not inter- said: "To attempt to take Fleet viewed. Street by storm without instruc- tion is like taking a long and, com- plicated journey across country in the middle of winter without first consulting Bradshaw.” It was his belief that writers are made, not born.

-AMERICAN LECTURE TOUR”

When I called on Lady Drum- mond-Hay yesterday, she was knee- deep in trunks in preparation for her departare to Manila. She has only recently returned here from Shanghai, where an attack of bron- chial trouble caused her to cancel her proposed visit to Tokyo, and

While I am not prepared to argue with Lord Northcliffe, believing every bit of what he said to be only too true, I cite the success story of Lady Drummond-Hay as one out-rush South. standing example of a writer who

"Tam gathering material for my Tour,"

Lady DrumMOZ The picturs.

here with x United States

hostes

did take Fleet Street by storm with second American Lecture T FOR A WEDDING OR

out? instruction!

That was fifteen years ago when, as a young bride of a retired British diplomat living in Egypt, she began

she said, and informed me that her subject would this time deat with the Pacific Situation.

In 1937-1938 when she gave her first lecture tour in the United

to write about happenings there, States, her experiences with Dicta and was soon recognised by lead-tors formed the subject of her talks. ing British dailies as a writer of heaven-born genius with the ability to wield 2 conquering pen.

To-day, Lady Drummond Hay known as "The Stormy Petrel of Fleet Street," because she can

From Manila, Lady Drummond

Hay will fly across the Pacific to New York She will spend some is

time there and hopes to fly her own al-plane before returning to London, and the routine cares of her own ways be found wherever there are private newspaper Syndicate. Yes. riots, wars and revolutions, and in Lady Drummond-Hay runs her own addition to her journalistic feats, syndicate, besides working she is also known to the world at special correspondent to the Lon- large for her participation in epoch-don "Sphere," making air events.

"FIRST WOMAN”

air

of

Lady Drummond-Hay's first record was made in the summer 1928. The "Graf Zeppelin was then making its first Atlantic cross- ing, and she was the only woman on board and, therefore, the first wo man to fly from Europe to America

The following year, when the "Graf Zeppelin" circled the globe, Lady Drummond-Hay went with it, and again established another re- cord as the only woman to have ever flown entirely round the world.

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A TENNIS PARTY

Cool Fruit Drinks That Are Really Delicious

and the North American Newspaper. Alliances on 3 the other side of the Atlantic.

Claret Cup

1 bottle of claret

1 wineglassful of brandy. 2 pint bottles of soda-water. 1 lemon.

A piece of cucumber (about 2 or inches),

Ice.

2 sprigs of borage

Ib

of

Cut the lemon into four. Slice the cucumber. Put both into a

After a brief spell in London she will be off again, this time to Germany, where in June she will travel by the new Zeppelin over to America, and her lecture tour.

So what with running her own jug, add the sugar, soda-water, office, working for other newspapers claret, and brandy. Stir it round - and giving lectures, Lady Drum-

til the sugar is dissolved. Add the mond-Hay's life is a very busy

borage. woman journalist one, but what wouldn't like to change places with ber?

She went as correspondent SPRAINS & STRAINS

of the Hearst press and her dis- patches were sent to newspapers in every corner of the globe. She was

Used Tea

Leaves

good liquid polish,

them in a

at the end of a week pour over them a quart of boiling Leave for one hour, then strain and bottle the liquid Used on windows, mirrors or glass of any kind, it will give excellent results and leave them with a lustre of shining crystal.

"Varnished wood, doors

cek-stained can also be cleaned and brighten-

Liquid Just

dowa with it, and

It will remove. dust without

ides giving

Your Health In Springtime.

The spring time of health dis Cover the jug, and stand on iceturbances for many men and women. for about one hour. Then strain it, in the East

ily due to the fact Break up about a pound of ice into that the blood has become scanty and When the blood is în tsmall pieces, wash it well, and add impoverished.

this condition you feel listless, depress- to the Claret Cup Serve at once.ed with no enthusiasm either for work,

or play, and are pale, nervy, irritable, only be and whilst not perhaps actually ill, yet

far from being in usual health.

There are many causes of thin blood; wrong diet, persistent constipation, poor ventilation, lack of exercise and fresh air, to mention but a few, but, whatever the reason, in order to regain your normal good health, treatment 1 small wineglassful of curacao; must be directed towards building up

Note: Claret Cup should Sprains require rest; they also made for immediate use. also the first woman to fly the respond to the application of plenty South Atlantic, across the Equator, of cold water, followed by gentle for she was once again on the "Graf massage once the worst swelling has Zeppelin” when it made its initial gone down. < flight from Spain to Brazil.

Fruit Cup

1 pint of cider.

6 lumps of sugar. Juice of 1 lemon.

Sliced banana, grated pineapple,

Sliced orange and apple, grape

(peeled and stoned).

the blood.

What is required is ontdoer exercis plain, wholesome food, regular hours, and to supplement nature's core, couse of the world renowned blood and nerve tonic, Dr Williams Pills, the

physician

Treat a sprained ankle by resting In newspaper circles, however, her the foot, with a fairly hard pillow vent journalistic feats rank even higher placed against the sole, to than her aerial exploits. On the strain on the ankle-joint and to keep death of her husband she adopted it from moving. Then, twice a day, journalism as a career and found its hobble along to the bathroom and thrills and risks much more fascin- place the joint under the cold tap ating than a monotonous social life for two minutes, Begin gentle mas-

the blood pla It was not long before she found sage on the second or third day,

Rub the sugar on the lemond rind, and strength, an ber place in the sun and was on hand according to the degree of

the then crush it and mix with the purpose of enrich the blood wherever there was a big press job sprain, and you

days la

cider, also the curacao and lemon quality and quantity. to do, whether it was crashing foot normally

Mirezt a sp

rist or should-jice. Ice the cider and also the With new, zich, red blood fo

par veins you through forbidden gateways to

er-joint by

the weight fruit by surrounding them with

rest in life, col the offices of dictators

gling, and follow the crushed Sce

cheeks, depression. mingling with riotous mobs of the arm

With the in Cairo, Damascus, and Peiping. cold wate

ften easiest Wars were as much her daily diet shoulder joint,

ions. She has to apply

as riots and reb been in wa

China on three must be changed frequently.

the

When ready to serv place son

fruit in glass gob pour cider over.

Obtainable

for the