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A British Crossword Puzzle

1 Able (0).

ACROSS:

(4).

7 Expletive

9 Boundary (5).

10 Fruit (5).

11 Female animala (4).

19 Determination (10),

15 Stringed instrument (4),

18 Damsel (4).

10 Condensed (10).

22 Calm (4).

24 Stadium (3).

26 Woo (5).

20 Printing instruction (4).

27 Quiet (0).

DOWN;

2 Swellings (5).

12

3 Of first importance (5).

Solaces (8).

4 Distant (0).

1

Put away (4),

8

Extreme suffering (5).

12 Mount (5),

13 Souvenir (5).

14 Out of use (8),

17 Scratch (0).

18 Horries (0),

20 Surpass (6).

21 Refeet with disdain (5).

23 Grain (4),

YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD.-Across: 1 Cocker, 4 Harsh,

7 Ponder, 8 Mimle, 10 Trip. 12 Aviator, 15 Grave; 10 Tore, 17 Lune,

20 Sisters, 21 10 Enter,

Leader, 25 Ogres, 26 Spared. Down:

Sent,

13 Toreador. 14 Restored, Ofling. 22 Koop.

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1953.

A COLUMN OF THE UNUSUAL ABOUT

NANCY

PARADE PEOPLE AND · PLACES AND THINGS salutes

mistross

MANY ARE For background, there are A BOBBY'S huge marble staircases; neon CHORES lighting: an aquariumi withi

town

SPAIN

ELINOR GLYN

MIGER SKINS and with her head to the mag-

who first

IN BENITO'S In the villo "But," said the broadcaster, Old Swan Inn "when the current . MOONLIGHT. A shamefaced

where

Vonice LOVE NEST,

to hit you le strongest against the com AGAIN Benito "the lady is likely Mussolini used over the head and take your petitors." And it was 10 ba

council-an- SPAGHETTI: to entertain his money."

rowed in the heavy, awkward pounced that the new red, blue, green, and yellow floodlights you can have cham-

ferry boals of the day, pagne, cavior, and spaghetti-at

which play on the Grand Canal

roses these were, netia North. She lived in Britain's police- Now, it is run with the US $840 a throw.

side palaces will be turned off when

the chosen props of a house that was a replica no and the boats could scarcely the moon is high. men will

Elinor Głyn, fabulous of Marie Antoinette's, in longer be allowed ferry a tea cup. Gono, too, are

watermen's The lights brought a flood of femme fatale of English which each room was named to wash bodies, the multi-coloured

the thronging protest from art lovers and lotters. Queen of the risky for a season; of the year, tropical fish; sliding doors, and collect taxes or supervise ferry costumes and

mobs who amused themselves young couples who like to drift romance, she reigned from white telephones. Outside, the boats.

least, there will be among by ducking their fellows in the down the canal in rondolas 1907, when her best-selling Rudyard Kipling,

Elinor, together with the late big swimming pool is still filled and ready; the tennis court is the prohibitions a bobby must Thames while waiting for the the romantic moonlight.

Snapped a painter: "Shame THREE WEEKS (now re- mentioned it in a short story, neat and trim.

If the committee which boats to pass. obscrva

turned issued by Duckworth, 78. invented "It" have

for sex appeal) been mulling has

kind of Conry Gd.) first astonished n and handed it over to Clara policeman's lot for the last three

Bmw,

the film actress. Elinor years has its way.

puzzled Edwardian public. directed nine films, wrote 91

Elinor

books, would give advice to any- October 17, 1804. She was one on poise and grooming. She tnught Rudu.pl: Valentino how

"romantle," to act

and told the younger daughter of a Canadian engineer called Gary Cooper not to turn hus Sutherland. Her sister was tous out when he walked. the no-less-startling dross designer Lucille.

In the luxurious lounge is the pack of cards with which Benito and Claretta used to while away the evenings and the fan Claretta kept beside her on, hot nummer days.

All this because Cleonto Peluzzi, the man who runs the

Rome altport restaurant, spent yours striking a deal with the now

hard-up Pelocci family (Claretta's relatives).

open to

covered

over..

the

COOK'S

You an yout Venice, Into

П

Berating the cook. Island," The conclusion is that the SURPRISE a pastime which has almost reached policeman's lot is, indeed, not a happy one. In fact, had SL the status of a national sport in GAY William Gilbert done tho rounds with the committee, he back at weeked a sharp set- WAKE Cervia, Italy, went to

mirror men

There is only one room not

the eaters--

bedroom Mussolini's bald

at

Antonio D'Agostini of his grave in a donkey would probably have added

-drawn cart- followed by a band more than a few verses to that. The Grand Prix of the Cercle playing a 'waltz.

Pirates of Gastronomique de Belgique old song in "The Penzance."

want to a hotel in Taunton.

When he died, aged 79, he left The committee found polico- Not, Indood, for any ngghen- a will which cut his family off

other things) eration

frogs

and without a lire unless they burled" legs (among

him that way. roast where acting as town crlers; scrubbing toasted snails-but for a

doubling duck and an apple fart. The pate was re- police station floors;

appeared all the. water bailiffs: Inspecting phenomenon

more startling when the hotel PROFITABLE If you dial the

the cook had

right revealed that

number FAIRIES been trained by the RAF.

in Amsterdam, Mrs Jan van der Klift will tell you a fairy story. Dial another The box number and Jan himself will which tell you a joke. drop

A ped behind up his part time job

flected to the infinite. family

never to show it.

The as

made Peluzzi promise fertilisers, cattle pounds, sea men's lodgings and greengrocers scales; and last, but not least, receiving, washing and embalni- Ing corpses.

He wanted to call the villa "Chez Cloresta" but the family objected. So it will be "Pelazzi's Restaurant.”

Now, if the Home Secretary NOW IT CAN takes the committee's advice,

was bora on

.

swore

The two girla Lauriched

on a defenceless London society by way of the Channel Islands, where they observed Lily Langtry, and Jersey Lily.

Read Aloud

of her own work. She read

He was a passionate admirer aloud from it even at the

Court of Imperial

Russia. (Rasputin was on holiday at the time.) Once she kept a major, Both were glamorous and who had arrived to requisition fascinating. Both married her house, pop-eyed by a 3- reading of Three Weeks. into society: Lucy eventual hour Medical student, Jan gave ly capturing Sir Cosmo The house was rot requisitioned.

Elinor Duff-Gordon,

Ram-rod straight Elinor was at her sub- justice of the peace from then more than 70 and

Essex called Clayton Glyn, dy for the Nazis."

sude WILS a loaded revolver

。

the pollerman must spend more BE TOLD TOUGH Maltese men emigrat- time keeping his eye on the DEPARTMENT

ing to Australly were burglar whether he's a-burgling the German lines one day during theatre usher to sell the service BABES

warned in a Valetta or not.

the war sent soldiers scuttling to Amsterdam telephone radło brondeast-warned to stay

back to their commanders and scribers. For 30 cents a month away from Australian girls.

Mailise men,

bar, they respond and offer to

escort her home,

YOU DISMBUnted by A POOL-IN YOUR HAND WAS AN EGG BUT YOU WERE

DISAPPOINTED TO

FIND IT CRACKED

the subscribers are entitled to one

fairy tale or one joke a day.

Stories and jokes are recorded

when the number is dialled.

that they were witnessing everything they could think of.

.

•

A

Both built legends

was

new

commanders hot on who put it seems, are DOGGETT'S Spectators

telephones to headquarters. the watched

Three Weeks is a wonderful polite and chivalrous. When a DAY 24 23 Signs,

Inside the box was a mass of Capitals, 2 Consigns, lady makes conversation-in. a

groups of stal

wires on tape and play automatically around themselves in their story. I shall always love every 3 Even. 5 Agilates, a Suitor, 9 Ovens, il Pretence, 12 Avers,

wart young men rowing up the ashing lights, tangled

and strange dials.

lifetime, simply by writing word of it. It has already sold Thames

elegant In

feather- weight

studied Electronic engineers boats the other day

to the papers to deny them. 3,000,000 coples and a would probably have been sur- it for weeks, repaired damaged

At one time tiger skins edition is out this week. It i tested It for

cludes a preface by the author, prised if anyone had told them circuits, and

WHITE Ndolu

(Northern would arrive daily through who implores us not to "skip." Rhodesto) got Eventually, they decided it MAN'S

its the parcel post for Elinor. As if we could. lrst England's oldest annual sporting

lights who traffic WAYS

seldom photo- event. So would the man who was worthless.

recently and they started it ali

"Preposterous," snopped had he been

the quickly proved too much

for graphed without one. allowed to come back for a high command-and sent it

of the African policeman in charge. to better brains. They began

Flustored, he switched lights whig, anew-and came up with the

in both directions red. After and sometime joini same answer.

cars had piled up for several and

brains better Bigger manager of the Drury Lane

Nazi minutes, a European policeman the the Theatre started race for Fuzzled until finally

The African hurriedly switch-ELINOR was no modest knows instinctively means "Im- "Doggett's Coat and Badge" in technical 1710-probably in an effort to hausted.

violet. She was red perial Highness." speed up the watermen who It WAS a hoax-the first of ed both lights to green.

The resulting snart took half haired, alabaster-skinned, laboriously rowed him back and, many,

an hour to untangle. forth across the river,

THIS

IN A

BEAUTIFUL MEADOW YOU

FOUND A FINE WHITE HORSE,

YOU MOUNTED IT AND

GALLOPED OVER MILL

AND DALE

DREAM

MEANS:

The fine white horse which you mount in a beautiful meadow and gallop over bill and dale symbolises the rich, eventful, emotional life-with its peaks and valleys-which you are now enjoying.

When you dismount (and your Joyful ride is over) you are disappointed with the cracked

er. The car symbolises, among other things, future possibilities and the germ of things lo you come: the egg is cracked, so evidently have some misgivings about your future and the outcome of it all.

There may be a tiny element of gallt in your make-up which leads you to expect great joy to be followed by disappointment and re- morse. Anyway if you don't expect too much, you can't be disappointed.

VIGNETTES OF LIFE

SEE YOU LATER DEAR-AND

KEEP THE SHELLS

OFF THE.

FLOOR "

JUST

DOUBLE HEADER —

GIVE HIM A BAG OF PEANUTS AND TAKE THE DAY OFFS

BATTING

AVERAGE ?

DO THEY

GIVE THEM

A REPORT

CARD.?

THE MAN WHO ATTENDS A

BALL GAME TO RELAX

mas D'oggett,

resource was

ex-

The story comes to light in

In any case, he offered "An the preface to a new book by orange colour livery with a Murray Leinster called "Great badge

shouted at him.

street.

ono

policeman

Her Cat

It is all about Paul, a dumb blond Englishman, who meets a hypnotie alabaster-skinned lady In Switzerland. He falls for her in a big way. She is a queen all the Ume, really. Her servants address her as "Imperatorzkoye, which Paul, though dumb,

Far From Calm

72

WELL, Paul sends her a tiger

green-eyed. This famous hair was allegedly dyed and she dyed her daughters' hair went to arrest to match. She hired only Adolf red-haired maids. "They un-

skin and then goes round to up Bettel on a Gifhorn (Germany) derstand my temperament," see her. She throws him a rose,

she said.

remarking "I am not safe Loday," and Paul bites the rose 'She wore a marmalade in half, "Beautiful tiger," BOYK coloured, hair matching Madam to the skin. "I know cat round her neck, all your passions" And she

quivers like a suake. took practised hypnosis, two hours to dress,

representing Liberty to Stories from Science Fiction." RHETORICAL A be rowed for by six watermen." A half dozen electronic QUESTION In his will he left 08 shillings a engineers in Britain, he says, year to cover the cost of the were assigned to dream twelve-ounce sliver badge, the gadgets to battle the enemy.

In the cont and a tip for the clerk of

Then he remembered Beticls ensuing gume, they the Waterman's Hall.

managed to tle up many timos was officially listed as dead, Ever since, the Fishmonger's that number of German His training in Germanic his ald. have arranged the scientists. Even after the first thoroughness came to Company race. But things have changed. one proved a hoax, the Germans Without further thought, he put Originally the race was to be decided they

tako no his first question: "Are you not from London Bridge to Chelsea's chances.

dead?"*

SAFE!

TICKETS

WAITS

S IN LINE ALL MORNING BUT IF HE WAITS FIVE MINUTES, FOR DINNER-OH BOY

Batter Up

NOBODY

IS SAFE AROUND

HERE

could

KEEP AWAY FROM THE FLYING-MUSTARD-AND-POP BOYS

7-19

CON, HIJ BY GENERAL FEATURST CORF, THEWORD RIGĀTS RESERVING.

"ANOTHER HOMER?

"GO ON HOME

YOUR- SELF.

THE DEMON FAN HE BRINGS A GA PORTABLE RADIO TO THE GAME AND BROADCASTS THE PROCEEDINGS.

BY HARRY

WEINERT

AND IN NINETEEN-FIVE -RUBE-WADDELL--WON-

TWENTY-SEVEN

AND LOST

TEN

-ETC.

-ETC."

THE GAL HE WAS GOING TO

IMPRESS BY EXPLAINING"

THE FINE POINTS OF THE GAME.

" HOW MANY

WILL YOU

GIVE ME FOR

TY COBB ?

REMEMBER WHEN ?

THE GUY WHO ALWA

WHO MISSES, ON STORS ONE HIMSELF

slept. "It is not difficult to imagine,"

remarks Elinor complacently, "that Paul felt far from, calm " ́during" this" scene,”

Well, Madam has to go back to her throne. And she has an her. And the king, who is over so nasty, is suspicious, "It will be a joy to kill thee he says, and plungesa dagger_in_her_ heart.

with

As a result of all these goings- on, Paul has 'brain fever. Ho recovers in dimo to attend Prince Paul's fifth birthday party. Prince Paul wears "bluq

trimmed velvet heavily sable." He is very, proud, So la Paul senior. His heart, which has evidently been in a curious stale since his Diness, full of "Icebergs of grief and pain" has “melted for ever."

2

You, Elinor. Glyn was wonderful woman I cannot estimate her Impact, an itera- ture and her family circle. And now her grandson, Sir Geoffrey Dayson, has borrowed a corner of his grandmother's clonde,

UND

Anaemic

INDER the pen name Anthony Glyn he has written a novel, ROMANZA (Hutchinson, 83.

dd.), also out this week. How can it fall to seem anaemic after the glorious, full-blooded swaah. buckling of Three Weeks?

Girl meets boy. Girl breaks off engagement because · she doesn't know boy well enough. They meet again (in Switzer- land, oddly enough) where boy's Oktet for violin, viola, 'cello clarinet, and

double bass, ed. Boy, has

hom is to be

lost the band parts. Girl helps him copy them. They make remarks like: "A B Flat clarinet sounds B Flat.”

I wonder what Granny would have thought of that sample, of the love talk of 19531

A Quick Flip

Along The Shelves

THE HOLIDAY. Constantine FitzGibbon (Cassell, 78.8d.).||| Pessimistic, slick short, novel 'about an American who loses his traveller's cheques in Italy and gets tores, to; pieces by the locals. Not gay. "

PERSONA: GRATA Ceoff": Benton -- and Kenneth Tyna (Winpate, -- 218); (A, hundreri contemporaries caught like filos by photographer and eritie. To mykidby, Maynon, mys" Sir Chabert Sitwell "brose in like Fan, unheated athedral