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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1952.

HOTEL HONEYMOON

NO PEACE FOR ANTHONY EDEN

World Copyright. By arrangement with Daly Ruralk

Sitting on the Fence.

•

by

Nathaniel Gubbins

doesn't

60 matter

as if it had been Hued in ....

by u hundred displaced personu..

should think,

dresser

On, a Queen Anne (probably phoney) stacids charming reading-lamp which frequently goes out becauso somebody la always tripplug

over the wire.

On one wall there is a fly- blown mirror in carved wood VERY woman should type wine (they are all

(painted!

which often denly give a party at least which), a quarter-bottle of gin: visitors because the nail is half- on the heads of unwary once a month, not only and two or three bottles of fizzy way out of the plaster.

to keep up her morale and lemonade. Mix together, shake managed to have one peck

and add bits of

into Nat's "den," full or old newspapers, cigarette entle, and

circle of well in ice, increase her friends, but to help "hubby" fruit, such as sliced rings of the

bruised apples nobody will ent. unanswered letters, before I to establish friendly 'rela- Serve from shaker

columnist.

tions with influential busi- décanter grandmother gave you was thrown out by the amiable -into very small glasses (some ness colleagues,

dipsomaniac might wint ASK AUNT MEG

"Atomic Meny a man ewes his pro- another), and call it motion to his wife's charming Fruit Cup.

-- TROUBLE

with the boy round

This will get a laugh, parti- friend? Aunt Meg solves all smile when she hands the cocktails and the little bits cularly from those who have problems, answers

taken the first_sip, and start lions. As we all can't afford cham- your party off on the right Dear Aunt Meg,

of things on tonat. pagne and smoked salmon, here note. are scme hints on

*

THINGS ON Mach liver-usage and cheese spread into mastied mixture of margarine, mayonnaise,

curry meat extract, and

YOUR PARTY COCKTAILS: For eight to 12 powder,

all'

ques-

people-Buy a bottle of British- squashed tomatoes. Then mash At meals, he reaches across

THE NIGHT A KING

A

TICKED

OFF

PRIME MINISTER

HAT do you think

W

re-

I do on holiday? Why, read about parliamentary porters! Busman Barkley, that's me.

What interests me about the parliamentary reporters mentioned in Harold Nicol- book, "King son's new

George V," is that they hold other well-paid posts (Huh! What has the union to say about this?) and that they have the most exclu- sive readership imaginable. Just

reader apiece. There's unpopular journal- ism for you; there's classy circulation!

one

These men are, in fact, parliamentary reporters by

to appointment the So vereign.

To get the job you have at the same time to Prime Minister.

Biggest boob

ASQUITH

BALDWIN

Parliamentary Reporter

In

of

1823, reporter Baldwin but it might be a breach tried his hand at an account of privilege for the King to base oll-night sitting. By a written representations upon coincidence reporter Barkley, them. In the end, the King fhen a novice, was trying his gave way, hand at the same thing up-

WILLIAM BARKLEY

discovers two unexpected *colleagues in not-so-ancient

history

"The Prime Minister replied," says the blographer, "apologis ing for the oversight and pro- mising that it would not occur be again,"

MR NICOLSON tells us

I

lotter

Was

Lord Stamfordham's offend- stairs.

withdrawn. Barkley got his re- ing port printed in on But in doing so Lord Stam- evening newspaper and tordham wrote: "The King it was the only creden- could not help thinking that his tial he had in his

hand when he walked subjects generally would not be Into the office and surprised were they to know asked for a fortnight's that the information conveyed job. The fortnight has gone on to him, be it official or not, had ever since.

been commented on in Such Reporter Baldwin Wis nat terms as those of my letter." nearly 50 auccessful with his

The subjects ken nou as the reader. Не informed his

Scotsmen soy. Majesty that "an all-night sit- ting of the House of Commons has come tu resemble James's Park at midday-MPs lying about the benches recumbent positions,"

in

Absurd episode

COME now, what do you think?

When I frEL

boy met my TOABT: friend he had lovely manners. Now he never answers ques- tione, turns the radio on when my father tx speaking, and tells my mother to shut up.

the table for food without say ing "Pardon me," and never passes the condiments. When he has eaten his fill he never asks to be excused but pels up from the table and sprawls in my father's favourite chair, parting his stomach und yawn-

it all up into one disgusting heap,

Add salt and pepper (though arsenic would be à more merci- ful death) and serve on little bits of tonst with your most winning milo,

Write and let me know if popular "hubby" gets promotion after this.

POSTBAG

HERE la just one letter from millions sent each week to Sis- ter Ivy, the untrained nurso who writes dur Babycraft Calumn

Dear Sister Ivy,

our meat

that

Do you think he is cooling off or

something preying on his mind?--Fuzzied,

No. Puzzled. I think he is. just common-Aunt Meg,

LEISURE HOUR

FOUR O'CLOCK in the after- noon, and time for you to rest Aly so, aged six months, these swollen ankles

on the wells all day and most of the divan and have a cosy cup of night. He has an enormous op- tea. petite, despises baby food, and Breakfast things washed-up, and rocms turned out, floors scrub- cats most

nest of bacor

ration. He is also fond bed, beds made, carpets swept, of gorgonzola cheese and plc- shopping done, your mucky kled onions.

little lunch paten, and every- lle snorca louder than

his thing cleared away.

But in these days of expen- father, and already weighs over 40 lb. He is growing a double sivo clothes, curtains, and act of teeth, and chews my furnishings there is still some- husband's tobacco. His first thing for those busy fingers to words to his Mummy

were do What shall I curs, dear, but I don't think Rabycraft will help. Your boy needs Monstercraft,

a

this

BEAUTY HINT

you get, and look through shirts to see if trayed collars and cuffs need turning. Perhaps there are little frocka to let down, grubby little pairs of serge knickers to mend?

*

As you are pouring out your second cup of tea (cold now); perhaps your all-seeing eye will fight upon the hole the cat scrutched In the best arm- cháir.

So,

"How can I get rid of wrin- kles?" So many readers ask me question, (writes May Fayre, our beauty expert) that I get sick and tired of giving the same old remedy.

Here it is again:-

Smother your face and neck

up you get again, and try In hot porridge and allow to to remember all you have read cool as you do the housework. in our Self Help Column about This will fill out the ines by home upholstery. nourishing your skin, partien- larly if you add milk and sugar STATELY HOMES

is it proper for M.Ps to adopt Mr Nicolson records:

"The recumbent positions, particularly King instructed Lord Stam- when there are ladies present? fordham to write to the Prime Was Baldwin right or wrong- Minister stating that such what would

Council n Press unseemly behaviour ought not to have to say about him—In

with levity, treating such

a matter

with

to taste.

When you have pulled the made horsehair out and have the patch to cover the hole, the hungry boys will be home for tea.

by Peek-a-Boo

What a joy it is to see their the bright, cager faces round PEEK-A-BOO is always pok- table, and what a joy to hear |ing her long nose tato other them clatter out to |people's houses. Here she gives

treated If I were to miss two uproars be and one book-throwing, I don't "Members of Parliament," the levity?

play 50 that "think" I would enjoy a week-letter went," "now"include ladies,

Mr Nicolson end with my principal reader, and such a state of things as This absurd episode did not ly home of Nathaniel Gubblas, out of the cabbage and run up "nomments: everybody a peek into the love. You will just have time to peet the potatoes, plek the maggots you describe seems to not to say my only one,

his arise from any wish on the part No conventional decor in the some new curtains before the Majesty hardly decorous or of King George to undo the dining-room. In

fact,

you key turns in the lock and A worthy of the tradition of the work accomplished by the might say no decor at all.

voice gruff, well-loved The Glorious Revolution of 1088, but

walls are Mother of Parliaments."

mushroom Dinner ready yet?" was an Instance of his constant colour (ike dirty white top of and the off- preoccupation with the levels of the mushroom)

white doors, are off-white be- public life and conduct"

cause they peed

↑ Alas, that for more than century it was the practice access

Mr

to

of

Nicolson, with these

tells flies, of the reporting intervening Primo we come to

His trouble bates to the King or Queen; was that he made jokes in his but Edward VIII was long сору. enough on the Throne to knock this old custom on the head..

of the Prime Minister of the us nothing

ability day to send a nightly report of the parliamentary de- Ministers until

once

It seems Asquith committed the biggest boob in the history of parliament- ary reporting. On Novem- ber 11, 1912, his Govern ment was defeated on

Stariley Baldwin.

Lord Stamfordham added that Baldwin should show this letter to the Speaker.

Show the King's secretary's ictter to the Speaker?

"His Majesty read your report with the interest with which he

sudden "This surely was a "always follows the graphic and

often amusing accounts of the challenge to the sacred principles; debates," the King's secretary, established by the Declaration Lord Stamfordham, wrote to of Rights," says Mr Nicolson, Baldwin in February 1927.

"The Prime Minister imme-

"But On this occasion you take a less serious and, I sup- diately despatched his privata Sir Ronald Water- an pese, more 'House of Commons secretary.

Irish question. On Novem- view than does the King." house, to Buckingham Palace

ber 13 he moved to rescind the vote.

with a demand that Lord Stamfordham's letter be with-

Baldwin's report drawn

An Ulster Tory, Ronald McNeill

(later Financial Secretary), threw a book at WHAT happened was that the

bate twice in uproar,

the

for

Reminder

a Liberal Minister called Late King George VI and the Queen Mother, then Duke and Winston Churchill, The Duchess of York, had left

Best CIR NONALD brought with Speaker adjourned the de- Australia to open first Shim

the draft of a com- and Federal Parliament to meet in

Canberra. Mr David Kirkwood munication which, in the event and Mr Ammon, two Socialist of Lord Stamfordham's letter King George got to hear A protested at the expendi- not being withdrawn, the Prime turo on what they called "a Minister would feel obliged to pleasure trip."

algn.

threatened to resign.

of these events, somehow, possibly from newspapers or in private talk, and in bis own hand from York Cottage he

wrote to As- quith:-

"My Dear Prime Minister, i

"This

a now coat of

It may, of course, have been paint. that Me Baldwin saw nothing The nondescript faded cur- wrong about politicians taking taing, made when fabrics were up a recumbent position,

scarce, and dropping off the hooks, give a pleasing, bomoly touch to a room which looks

---(London Express Service)

Eva's

critic in the Flea

Paris.

LONDON

BOUND

asics:

"A woman's work is never

done,"

But all of it's such frightful

fun

When days are long and even-

ings drear.

No more to do?. Look harder,

dear.

..

—¿London Express Servica)

") shops Market

RRIVING in London Paris Newsletter.

soon by air from Paria

- Mrs Fleur

Cowles, pocket-size, dyna from Evelyn Irons

mic associate editor of the American magazines Look and Quick.

word

Mrs Cowles disregards the tag about speaking no ill of the dead. "Eva Feron was an evil woman," she said roundly,

"And the Perop evil, too."

furniture and old china for her new house in Connecticut.

Where did Mrs

She tras been ordering Provencal

her shopping? To the Marche

Aux Puces (flea market) at St Quen, on the northern boundary of Paris.

She says she went to the 3 was at the flea market, on

of

European on holiday. Yet I found thon who remained were unwilling to

had three

I was surprised when Mrs that the pali Cowles told me Mrs Cowles's vitriolic

only 40 dollars (about £13101) regime is for a Provencal wardrobe. book on the Perons, "Bloody Precedent," has just been published in London.

(It is open Saturday, no idea Sunday and Monday only). At Baldwin's report treated the

the customers 70 percent of When I saw her in Paris Mr Argentine with communication ro matier lightheartedly. The minded the King that one of the Cowles (pronounced Coles) had writing a book about it, "But least

stulis. crammed

ed with china. King's secretary continued:—

The spectre of power in s carllest historical objects of the her ash-gray hair slecked back I was forced to do it by what I were American tourists. At the furniture and bric-a-brac, mer- House of Commons was to ex-back ribbon bows. Her brown that country haunted me."

smoothly and tied with two saw.

chants complained that

business "Though Parliament may dis- clude the Crown

from Inter eyes are intense behind heavy

Recently, Mrs Cowles and her WAS bad. Many the count, these utterances da the fering to

9,000 Its proceedings and born-rimmed glasses. Sho

publisher Gardner stallholders who crowd the mar trresponsible babble

the concluded by quoting. Erskine wh her black and white

'toured the Philippines, ket on normal days were absent know how busy you are, but I extremists of the Labour Party May (the authority on parli spotted dress a spray brooch Japan and Korea. cannot help feeling that it is for the consumption of their mentary procedure) as laying composed of a huge black pearl

On their presont

have only due to me that I should be constituentą, 'his Majesty takes down that the King cannot take and diamonde, work of the holiday they kept informed of all important a graver view of these

notice of anything said or done] famous events in Parliament.

in Faris and the London visit is alzo scheduled to last nine days. allusions to his Family, And of the House Itself “I musk remind you that I

In London they hope to see the Ring objects to his Family was never informed by you of

being made a target to be shot Lord Stamfordham Inquired

Mr Churchill. the defeat of the Government on at by members of the Labour whether the daily parliamentary This was the brooch she wore “ Mr Eden, and his bride Monday. Equally, I was left un- Opposition, unrebuked by their reports from the Prime Minis when she dined with the Perons return from Portugal in time, 1 monkey orchestra of nine aguro

in saxe china, perfect of its kind. Informed by you of the serious leader and undefended by any ter to the King were now to be in Buenos Aires two years back, should like to

see them, too, but not antique, The price was end deplorable Occurrences in members of the Government, regarded as unconstitutional. "Evita wanted it," sald Mrs said Mrs Cowles. "I think the House of Commane

"I took it off and Church Times articio on their £76, and the salesman, would Wednesday the Queen and I

Sir Ronald Waterhouse's reply showed it to her. But I did not slavenson is suffering similar The flea market, started in

not budge from 1. disgrace... marriage

Was tick-of are very glad that you and Mrs

poser was that these offer to give 1t. She spoke -bo repor- to that Asquith are coming to Windsor to an unsatisfactory

long through ter is fled RAK 2007,2. It reports

General Feron, criticlams in the Bible Belt in 1891 by scroungers in the Paris wage Engilah. But as the end of next week."

be assumed now to be who did, commented, "That's ·United States.""

the crowns the story that these two miglit

dustbins, is as famous a centre That letter is filed at Windsor wild revolutionaries have today part of the unwritten Constitu- one thing she won't get to me The King might alludo that was a very significant spot- —RAK-404,12 (Royal Archives: become the sioble Lords Kirk-lon [*King):

wood and Ammon,

to them in private conversation, light on Evita's personality,

on.

2 graver view of these mutung in the House but by the report fuberge Russlan Jeweller days in Switzerland, nine days cut their prices,

That

monumental

Cowles.

The

I watched an American, father. buying a present for bla 210= Year-old daughter. It was

in Paris Mrs Cowles has done for tourists as the Eiffel Tower. no fashion shopping. But the The bar and restaurant, adver has been buying other things, tixes "hot" dogs" in English.