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DHOTIS AND SARIS, AND COWS ON THE MAIN STREETS

By BETTY BETZ

AGE

The minute we arrived at Dum-Dum airport, I de- cided that India was a very fascinating place for an American who is not used to seeing cows wandering about on the main streets of town.

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1 couldn't get used to not carry-columaist in Calcutta. Then I had ing my own bundles. I had two another bright iden. toothless bearded men, a camera hearer and R purse bearer, who followed ne around barefooted while I shopped at the big Bazaar. n huge low building containing hundreds of tiny shops,

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i bought two lovely hand-woven silk sari's which are embroidered with gold, but it was a rough doni getting the tireless merchant down to ninety rupees, which is about US$30.

I wore my favorite blue sari to a youth rally of the Manimela, one of the few non-Communist groups of kids in India. Since the Mari is exactly six yards long, was dizzy spinning around while the teen age Indian girls wound

"Moumachi, I'll order lemon Muash and cookies for the gang and we could have a party right on the balcony of the Great East- ern Hotel How many will there be?" I asked.

"Seventy-eight

thousand,"

sald Moumachi in his broken English accent as he tossed a betel nut into his mouth. gave up the idea of

A party. remembering the one 1 throw in Hong Kong where I expected 150, and 5,000 showed up. One thing they have 10t of in the Orient, is people!

from.

Moumachi had an alternative. "Then I'll have a rally for you tomorrow afternoon and the Man- imela's will give a demonstration!"

and I he said enthusiastically.

#rally" thought...oh ah.."

and "de- monstration" mean Communism where I come

But after checking with the United States Information Service, I found that this delightful indian man has do- voted all of his time and money They oogled at my red painted toward organising 400 recreation finger nails, and told me that to centres all over Calcutta for kids, bo really chic in India, I should and his clubs are both non-politi paint the bottoms of my feet rod, cal and self-supporting. and paste a shiney sequin on my forehead.

me into my costume.

I visited many of these centres which are located in the slum areas and was amazed at the pro- ceilings. The clubs meet every handicraft. Each group afternoon for sports, games and has its own litary and the kids earn expenser by selling their embroidered blouses, knitted socks, hand-made toys, and other Indian craft.

t still can't figure out why these pretty girls with their brown faces wear Aim of white powder, but I guess my red finger-naila are equally puzzling. The standard hairdo for young girls, is one money for long braided pigtail in the back which is made even thicker by weaving in heavy black ropes of

yarn.

The sari is a lovely, graceful costume, and when I bought mine I had planned to make it into a ballerina skirted evening dress when I return. But it's too nice to cut, so I'll wear it at home braid my hair, and play "The Maharajah of Magador" until the cows start wandering through Times Square.

Each young person lives up to the ideals of "Manimela" and does A good deed every day. I was real- ly proud have been formally presented with A "Manimela badge at the rally they had for me in a local park, and I was flat- terod when they all called me "sister."

•

How funny..teen age contres are just getting started back home in America, and 1 never thought I which has been for nine

"I'd love to meet your group of kids!" I exclaimed to the ener would find one getle Indian man named "Mou- running wiccessfully machi". who is the teen artist-years deep in the heart of India!

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Topics

Miniature Engine Models

Model enginger exhibition= |purved to any desired form en leading display Its kind in world abling constructor to mount track -opened in London (August without inconvenience of indivi- 17) 0

the new August 27 ni

dual assembly. -Horticultural Hall, Westminster.

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What Is believed to be world's smallest electric motor weighing only 3 grams-so minute that 20 can be accommodated in an onlinary thimble will be one

Tiny meny fascinating exhibits." spindle ten thousandths of an inch diameter driven by commutatni measuring only one 10th of an

revolves

14 nt

thousand

inch г.p m. Another miniature engine the 0.2 c.e. hawk which weights enc ounce is claimed by its manu- facturers to be the smallest.com- mercially made model diesel on-

ne in the world.

Locomotive section is one of the prinele features of the exhibi- lion and covers miniature railway tocomotives of almost all types built to scales which range from 2 millimetres to 3 Inches to the foot, Out firm is displaying model railway track which may be

POP

Platter Chatter

Haf off to Dinah Shore for the, Bing's So In Love is dua shortly best set of current bellads of and Crosby fans would do well any singer!

to book this platter which is well Forever and Ever is the best supported by another Cole Porter

of an excellent lot which includes tane Why Can't You Behavo, So three bunes from Tales of the In Love was played on Rediffu- South Pacific" namely, A Wonder- | slon's Hit Pards. ~. ful Guy: Younger Than Spring- time and I'm Gonna Wash” That Man. Right Cuta My Hair.

- Pozky Loo has, already record- ed another fine tune from the same show (Bali Ha'i), and Peggy, too, was in fine voloe.

Of the other Dinah dises, Kina

Me Sweet นี a pleasant bouncy

number which deserved a better set of lyrics while Lover's Gold and

Till My Ship Comes in are both potential hits..

Libent tells me that Doris Day's Again and Perry Como's You're Aderable are the two cur rent. bent sellors. "Again" is backed by another good tune, Everywhere You Go but unfor- turiately this side suffers from bad recording.

Como's assist for Adorable is

Latest advances in radio con bol of seroplanes, boats and other models will be demonstrated at the Exhibition and another novel feature will be working models arena in which dally demonstra➡

When Is Sometime from the Bing tions wi be given model ship Connected Th and hydroplones, Aircraft ant miniature

racing cars

some which are capable of speeds in excess of 100 m.p.h.

Exhibit of interest and practical use to model engineers is a small light weight accumulator which due to novel design and form construction is one third weight and hall size of normal lead neid battery of similar empacity,

Working model which hns proved it is something more than cruiser is loy 30 inch cabin which has crossed to Isle of Wight from the mainland and back in one hour and three quar- ters:

ARD WE BEING ATTACKED

BY WILD OUTLAWS ?

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

THERE! DID YOU HEAR THAT I THAT'S THE END OF

SHOOT HER, EARL--AhÃ--

YOUR NAMBY-

Hmm--1 WASN'T CERTAIN YOU'D REALLY

| PAMBY LITTLE;

GIRL FRIEND.

GO THAT

FARS.

RIP KIRBY

! YOU MUST KNOW HOW

OISTASTEFUL. IT WILL BE FOR ME TO LOOK ON MY POOR

MY DEAD BROTHER, I PLACE 15 AT MY MOTHER'S) VERY GOOD (SIDE! YOU SHOULD HAVE REASON,

DIXON!

GOOD REASON FOR TEARING ME APONTI

JOHNNY HAZARD

SLINK/UG HAS HURT THE PILOT! QUICK! DO

SOMETHING ! ·---

LOOKS LIKE A PLÀIN CASE OF SUICIDE.

GENTLEMEN...

THE GUN IS

STILL IN HIG

HANDI

BANG

is a case of a good tune by a good singer failing to satisfy be cause of poor arrangement. Como's tempo is funeren!!

Hit A Dud

Vaughn Monroe's Riders In the Sky which is setting America afire is a rifle disappointing. it Is a nice platter but not doserving of the number one spot in the American Parade.

Doris Day's How It Lies falls short of the Kay Starr interpro tntion. I would give second place; | for this song to the duet by Bing

and Evelyn Knight.

OHHH! I MISJUDGED MY LEAD! THE WARNING BURST STRUCK THEIR PLANEL/

Hit Parades

Filling long felt want both Radio Hong Kong and Bedifusion have started Hit Parades. The first is from The Voice of Amer- (ca and the second was initiated with selections from this column,

Radio's "Your

our Hit Parde" will be played at 8.30 pm. on Thurs- day and Rediffusion's Hit Parade on Saturday at 9 pm.

The Hot Club

Goodman:

The accond session, of the Hot club, this evening at 0 p.m. will be made up of the following:

Benny

Stealin' Applos.

Ray Mckinley: You've Come A Long Way NOT DRINE'S

ong Way From St. Louis. "Gene

Band

to

Les Brown: I've Got My Love:

Keep Me Worm,

Boyd Raeburn: Prelude to the Dawn.

Harry James: What Did I Do?

Kenton: Lonely Womon. Woody Herman: I've Got News for You.

Joe Mooney: A Man With Million Dollars.

BEN LIGHT AT THE STEIN. ́. WAY: The series put out by Tempo Records is one of the finest both in point of plano artistry and fidelity of tone re- production.

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YES...THAT'S STUART'S LUXERI HE BROUGHT IT BACK FROM EUROPEI

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{SHERIFY, DO'YOU MIND

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THEY ARE GOING TO CRACH/

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