1952-02-16 — Page 5

The Blonde Whose Name Is Taboo

By MacDONALD DALY

who has just returned from a two-months tour Judging at Aouth American agricultural and Hvestock above.

rome

JUAN Behind It all is the RESIDENT

PERON of the Argen- throbbing undercurrent of fear. tine, who recently told Britain she must pay double last year's price for beef in 1952, was blufling -- bluff.

At one end are the people who are atraid to mention Eva. At the other is Eva herself.

Eva

can frighten them cally. A man apake against her. She ruined him in five minuter by ing in a big way. For the ing her bedside phone ond Argentine is on her knees, saying:

irtle

inperior has "Nature and the Govern- found cookroaches in his fac- ment." as one cattle-breeder toy, I will not tolerate it. The put it, "have combined to place must close."

nin the unruinable."

a

He meant that a com- bination of Peron and three-year drought has de- feated even the fertility of 12ft. of good black earth. Corn is short, grass is short, calves are short.

To understand the Argen- tine you must know that the people will never think in the British terms of "When a man is down, help him get up."

They whisper

When a man is, down in the Argentine that is the time to kick him to death.

In the luxurious Jockey Aires, of Buenos Club where one-time society now kathers to lick its wounds and whisper about Peron, they tell you: "There is only one thing we subscribe to-and that is his ruthless- ness. If we were in the same position we would do the same to him."

The Perons are ready to A duck out any day now. vast outflow of wealth which has crippled the peso on the exchanges of the world is secreted in Switzerland in the names of General and Senora Peroni,

Forbidden

. Lonely

But her own fear, and the fear of the clumay soldier her side, is the fear of death,

by

Rarely does the city see them li pubile. In their palace they sit at a lonely table eating food which has first passed through a corps of food-tasters.

There Was

one

a sensation nt British the Embassy night before Eva's when

mess the

President and his lady In- sisted on their tasters sampl- ing every dith dinner

ring A with

the Ambas-

sader.

Even Eva's

poodle has food taster.

BUTLE

BUDGE

Feed

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1952.

For

Pago B

GOODNESS

ko sake...

"When you say "Well DONE,' do you refer to Mr. Builer or us?"

London Express Séruten)

Babies For Sale-a Profitable

T

LONDON. HERE'S a shortage

of babies in Britain today babies for adoption. And be-

cause of that the way has Eva Peron

been opened wide to one of Over all the dizzy descer of

the gravest social scandals the the Argentine's fortunes in

ever the black market in world's markets

the Inoms figure of Juan babies. lient, sinister Duarte, Eva's brother.

"There is now по black market in the Argentine," sal

Brazilian friend. "There is only Juan Duarte."

♫

Racket

By JACK THOMAS

untarnished.

She would not have cried 50 much. She would have had

traighter limbs."

The poison went on working. Today she hates the sad-eyed child whose only erhne was that born to. the wrong Steep? Yes--but the fee covers in feeble health. The husband, it was not only maternity services. It a man of 70, was blind. Their other. Includes the quick "dispasal" of only income wes their joint old-

These are cases taken almost nage pension, 'Nevertheless, they the unwanted baby-with

from my notebook. questions asked. Middle-class did what they could for the at random families pay gladly to keen an haby boy. In due course, they They could be duplicated over - Unwilling to wait to adopt a ring daughter's "respectabilly" became so fond of him that they had over by any welfare work- applied to the court for permis- er. And they have, this. com- mon factor that it is the child sion to adopt him legally,

_who_suffers most. In the end.... view of their ages and "In circumstances, the court refused the adoption. But the child is

t with them. Unless

proved and the latter is un- until neglect or cruelty can be

That is why responsible adop the local likely-not even

tion authorities throughout Bri- thority's children's officer has tain are determined to wipe out power to remove the boy from the scandal of undercover" their care.

adoption. It is why the subject

child by legal means, Rome women are paying cash-in- undercover deals which end in heartbreak for all concerned excopt the unscrupulous go between,

are

Pezon's ranchers cannot psy for the bulls they bought al action in Scotland last year. Recently I talked to Scottish are still waiting Incuders who for their moneynd are not parting with their bulls till they ing a baby in her arms, at art it,

The Argentine banks cannol release the money because they do not have the sterling.

They scream for, sterling

As they scream for

lously

09

the

Senora Peron? I almost, by habit, hesitated to mention her, For no one dots in Buenos Aires, dollars,

Here is the forbidden name.

And intelligent men in "The Lady," "Mrs You-Know,"

ure asking, with "Our Blonde Bombshell, they Argentine

"How long But not ever "Eva" in greater insistence:

ense the tax can the blug ga on? driver, the

say.

chambermaid,

or

the waiter

is an informer.

Meanwhile:

(From the news)

Yet YEU E Argentine had its first-

cannot

turn

right or left

without sceing her name and

"Peron

ever meatless day on February 1. You could not

even buy a hamn sandwich.

her pictures on shop- walls,

St. John's Cathedral in window 3,

and Buenos

Aires, houses,

bas received even corpora- orders from the Peronist Party tion dust carts. to pray for Senora Eva, still ars convalescing after her operation. Eva" appears on the murals Meanwhile, British residents are angry about a new Peronist "Peron-Eva" is repeated on regulation forbidding the chris- the posters round the unfinished tening of bables with other than housing estates which line the saint names. zoals to Buenos Aires.

Juan Peron at the airport.

"Peron-Evg" sang 1 pro- cession of white-robed 15-year- olds as they marched through the centre of the city.

Above me, as I did my shop- pingnt the world's cheapest Tale down the Argentine's Bond-street, the Florido, there Inred มิ gigantic scaffolding, Soft. high, the whole street in length, chronicling the virtues of Eva and her man.

Fear

The Peron bluff is the biggest since its tried his hand at power polities. It may be even bigger if it can "tool Britain,

Most of Buenos Aires today is on the pattern of Berlin in 1933, -helmated troops, huge fings, hysterical" marching adolescents," on accent on athletics, and very particular hatred. of: Britain.

Every year in Britain, about 20,000 children

legally adopted. But it's safe to say that for every childless woman who is given the thrill of hold- least have to go on waiting for that supreme experience.

-But the proprietors of the homes get

a double pay-off. The woman to whom the child is given will be ready with an- other fee and it will be paid in crisp £1 notes which cannot be

traced.

Two-fee job

Now consider the plight of the domestic servant or factory Says pne adoption society girl who has "got herself into official: "For every baby girl trouble." She may be living in who comes into our care, there one-room lodgings, for from are 18 eager, applicants; for home. She may have no rela- Every boy, least 12 would-be lives to whom she can turn in mothers are waiting." Another her distress. She is too ignorant tella mc: "We have 10 applicants or too frightened to approach for every girl, eight for avery the welfare services who would bay. The supply just doesn't be only too glad to help her. keep pace with the demand - ezpecially since the war."

Refuse to wait

and

nu-

What is the future of that unfortunate youngster likely to be?

Unprotected

will figure prominently, at their conference, in May.!

For even when one of these Listen, now, to the events in unrecognised transactions works a certain hospital a couple of out happily and they do, some

ogo-and their con- times-legally the child remains years

unprotected. Unless the adep- sequences.

ilon has been recognised by due In the maternity ward, two process of law, the child has no women lay crying — but rights of inheritance or security. very different reasons,

Inconsolable

for

There is always the shady. midwife who will assist her for ri consideration-and guarantee that the embarrassing child will,

"Ada's" baby. "had died at birth. be found a good home. Once again, it's a two-fee job. For Ada was approaching middle-, before she commits herself, the. would be blessed with another age. It was unlikely that she

customer for the

that's Now in some ways.

there are more than 50 of a cash

'afford them can

Lo be welcome baby.

It is unofficial parerils die, it may be thrown on the world penniless ond unwanted-an unhappy charge on the com- munity at large.

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a good thing. Adoption socleiles midwife will make sure the uns child. Naturaliy, she was in- For Comfort, Convenience & Economy

consolable.

Elsie was young. Her 74b. British, Canon Guy Marshall, "choosy." They can take time

these I saw the end of one of

baby girl was the. picture of to ensure that the right home

cases 1 few days ago. The

health. But Elsie was unmor- is found for every child.

'mother' would-be

a woman ried. The man who had father- child with plenty of money. Her al ed the child had deserted her. But thousands of hungry women refuse to walt tempt to obtain a child from an Su, her pretty face disfigured

failure.

with fright and grief, she re Many have already been turned adoption society was down by adoption societies be- The shrewd officials knew that fused even to Tool at her baby. cause they're unlikely 10 be she wanted a child as she would

or. a lap-dog. It Now the doctor was a young good parents. So they'll go to want a doll

of his two patients was any lengths to acquire a baby would be something to pamper, and sentimental Celt. The dis-

while it was tiny and appealing. tress

more than he could stand, He they can call their own. And, unfortunately,

the simple She let it be known that she took what seemed desperate

unmarried mothers only too anxious to and was prepared to pay for a child and togleal way out, He gave homes for the

bubles they without awkward questions. Elsie's baby to Ada.

Before long, she got her desire. daren't keep.

A buxom, middle-aged "nurse" arrived with a few-wecks-old baby. The woman poid.

or Harolds.

No more Williams

POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER

"After all, Willy darling, what HAS she got that I haven't got?" "Meat 1"

NANGY

Leaping To Conclusions

JUMP

JUMP

aro

thousands

It remains only to bring the parties

And the go- together. botwcens are there, At one.

Too late she discovered that end of the scale, you'll and ashamed relatives of the erring the baby was stone-blind!

together with

over

timental doctors, nurses and · midwives. They don't want payment for their services. But

in the other end are the harpies who have found

Ід baby

Disowned

Here's another ease.

It's in

stay at

WINNER HOUSE

the hotel which caters for the Businessman, Tourist & Resident,

Easy of access

How are the two women feel- ROOMS from $11 per day.

ing today?

Elsie, after months of brood- ing, developed what psycholo- gists call a "guilt complex." At the back of her mind, always, Is the thought that she sacrificed her baby to pay for her own 'sin. She is bitter, unsure of

herself.

traffic a sofe and profitable the records of one of the big ever-wrought state, just to feel

racket,

gest adoption societies in the'. country.

And Ada? At first, in her a living baby-any baby-in her arms was heaven enough. But A teen-ago all in a Northern as time went by, she could not Talk to adoption socioly off- cials. and welfare workers. town had an "albir" with a help dreaming about her own They'll tell you about discreet married man. Her family dis baby who had died. The child nursing homes with strangely owned her. Sick and distracted she had adopted so willingly no

www high charges for inaternity she handed her baby, shortly longer satisfied her. CLSCS. They maku no bones after birth, to the old couple in ****** about Admitting unmarried whose house she had found "It my own little girl had mothers but their fees for shelter. Then she disappeared. lived," she could not help think- ing, she would not have had straight hair like this child's.

aceing the birth through may be

£100, £150 or £200.

JUMP

The woman to whom she gave the child was 60 years old and

By. Ernie Bushmiller

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