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As the young men of Spain riot against Britain, what of Gibraltar ?

Worry not! The

apes are

THE / CHINA : MAIL, -SATURDAY, FEBRUARY · 6, 1954.

still on the payroll

Gibraltar.

NIGHT thousand Spanish

E

students tried to raid

the British Embassy.

by HAROLD WALL

in Madrid the other day-manding Rock Apra appointed, tolerated-not by him, at any the latest in a series of riots The present one is Major A. C. rate. engineered

back James, RA, and he draws on to win

annual grant from the Colonial Gibraltar, that rock-post of Government of £148 for their Empfre, under Spanish rule, maintenance,

Rent

There have been other

in "Ape movements" appear rlots. Consulate and vice- omela fortress Order of the deaths, consulate

have Day, which note births, wlndows been smashed all over Spain, recently to Glasgow Zoo, and

and removals four were

Crowds have yelled and

another four, "surplus to local shrieked in a frenzy of sen- requirements,' are shortly to be timent and stirred-up sent to the zoo at Chester. intriotism.

Bering

this "Food, Apes, for the All Ostensible touch-off for this use of seems a long, long way

ex- from the riots in Central Spain. of glass-breaking plosions was the announcement that the Queen will visit Gibral- which for 250 years has been a Bellish fortress colony guarding the western entrance to the Mediterranean.

Her visit is scheduled for May, All arrangements to receive her have leng been made. All will go ahead as planned.

That, indeed, is the keynote of life on the Rock today, Crowds may riot in Madrid, Police muy be called cut

Barcelon in

Shrill cries may rond the Andalusian air. But in Gibral tar lo goes on, and the Barbary upes still scamper over the top of the Rock.

Tradition

THERE has for long

A

been tradition that the day the the end of sec opes go will British rule in Gibraltar.

Not a word

10 8,000 So it must eem

Spaniards who work In Gibraltar.

Today, as every day, these 0,000 came into Gibraltar from the Spanish mainland-from La Lines, Algeetres, San Roque, and Terifa-to work in the dockyard, in hotels, in shops.

Tonight, as every night, they with will return home, taking them their customary pur chases pf brend, Ardeerley, cigarettes and the rest.

And not a word from any of the 8.000 about the Queen, or the rights of Spain, or the pro- priety of the British being in Gibraltar at all.

The utual crowd of Britons --Army men and their wives, officials, business men — drive across the openly and legally Spanish frontier, and drive back to their homes or billets on the Rock.

That tradition has now been solidified into something mora logical. The apes-20 male, 20 female, each with a given name are on the Army strength. "So the old saying can turned round: not until the land, British Army leaves the Rock can the Barbary apes go!

now

be

the 40

Today, as every day, apes, divided into two separate

packs, got their rations.

Nobody in the Spanish hinter-

which depends so much upon the prosperity of Gibraltar for its own prosperity, has sold one cross word to them.

reported in that the military governor of Algeciras has given

Indeed, il 10 Gibraltar

These are drawn from mili- the strictest of instructions that tary supplies. In fact, so much no

demonstration "likely 10 "on the strength" are the, apes cause a breach of the pence in that there is an Officer Com- the

neighbourhood

be will

It seems much more than 300 mules from the business-as-usual atmosphere in Gibraltar to the hot air-in-winter climate of Madrid.

TRUE

All steady

RUE some British: tourists, due to penetrate into Spain, have hesitated and changed their minds.

But there has been no healin- tlon about the Spanish dancers who provide entertainment in the night clubs and restaurants huddled round the Rock.

They come in as usual across the frontier. They return, as usual, in the morning. And, as

They ural, though

may be escorted as far as the frontier, they will go on home alone.

all

01

For that is an old Spanish custom which is surviving the agitation in the streets the cities of Spain,

You might almost say it is a tradition as steady sa a Ruck.

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ERE is a young actress, beautiful and talented, to

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- whom "success" has come early. At 26, Patricin Cutts finds herself a na- tionally knowa figure, thanks not only to her stage experience, but also to her appearances on TV,

Forced by her profession to take her meals at irregu- lar hours, much sought after socially, hurrying from a theatrical lunch to photographer's studio, she has little time to think about her health."

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This is, in a way, as it should be. A girl of her age should not be preoccupied with her health, All the same, it la dificult for a young actress not to burn the cendio at both ends, and almost impossible for her to sufficient time for relaxation,

Indeed, she confesses to nu in- ability to relax, and this causes her to become upset more easily than she would be in some more placid profession. These are toll- tale signs.

Though Miss Cutts feels well in herzeit now-and Indeed, lat 11 be stressed, is a perfectly healthy person-the constant strain of having to be always at her best, the necessity to bu bright and gay the whole of the Ume, may be laying

ปริง foundations of some sort of trouble in the future.

Her day

Let us have a look at Patricia Cutts's working day,

She cooks her own breakfast (usually eggs and becon, or a dimilar meal), and starts tele- phoning right away to various people to make oppołutanents.

BUT

THINK,

MISS

CUTTS.

OF

1964

HOW TO

LIVE TO

BE 100

·TO-DAY

Patricia Catts. Age 25.

Profession: Actress.

Smoking: 20 cigareties a day.

Height : Weight: 91 81b.

5ft. Zin.

Health rating: 18,

fessional life combined with a hectic social life, the constant drain on physical and nervous energy

A

PATRICIA CUTTS She must decide

Hats And Umbrellas Reflect A Trend

·LES ARMOUR

Loridon.

7E are gratifled to nota that respectability is or the upsurge in Britain.

This piece of information comes to us by way of a maker of men's umbrolins in Stocksbridge' and the hat makers of Luton.

The umbrella. making gent plies his trade with Miss Cutie tries to make it

the dedication due to so a rule to be in bed eight full

vital a part of the British hours before · her alarm clock goes off. She is lucky. In her

way of life. And it is plain profession it does not always ene Eg

And the that his concern for the every day. have to go off at the crack of shouk make liberal 150 of moral welfare of the middle dawn.

wheat germ. (in the form classes extentis hoyond the wholemeal bread) or yeast immediate problem of sell- extract.

ing brollies.

•

In she were fled to office hours she would have to tako them Into account: whero in-

Smoking? Try to it

vitations to parties begin to after mens, and in any case, to

mount up.

The human frame cannot stand an endless succession of parties and late nights, Surcly it is better to say no onco in a while then not to be given the yes in 10 opportunity to say years' time!

Don't imagine that we era

taking a high moral tone about this. Girls should go to parties, it is an essential part of their relaxation. But constant party- going is a drain on physical and

nervous energy.

Nor

There

Moderation

do we wish to take a

He 15, of course, full of

not more than 10 cigarettes a pride because his produc day.

An interest

tion has climbed to more than 14,000 a week) (Two he was laying years ago, men off right and left.) And, ho hastens to give due As for the way she falls up Her and proper credit to Mr eight hours of leisure, the meil-Butler who so recently took cod band ingat that Patrick Cutts should cultivate an outside the tax off umbrellas, interes now, while her mind is still pole.

to

What kind of interest? Mu Cults says that it has always been her ambition

speak French and Germany.

Learning a foreign languago Ja a ready-made outside interest for Miss Cutts.

But there are counders other

high moral tone about alcohol. subjects a young girl can take is no medical reason pp. The important thing is to why a girl of 25 should not have an interest that has nching drink in moderation, And Miss to do with your workc. Cutts drinks only in modera- tion.

two-fold.

AN EMBLEM

But he is not content to stop there. His firm maga- zine admonishes: "The um- brella, being an emblem of respectability, should al- ways be treated with It should be respect. rolled with artistry, which On many days there is soms

comes only with years of kind of professional or business

experience. Never swing or starts lunch, which invariably

are the same. with cocktails, and usually

What outdoor activity should flourish or wave your um- se insiuded in those eight hours brella over to a passing bus reaches the Uqueur slago The task of the medical board around 2.30. On other days is to help Patricia Cutts, and Sho knows the dangers at of beisure? there is barely time for a snack. other girls with similar problems, spirits. They

Patricia Dulis ponts proudly or traîn." - to avoid the dangers that lle The high calorific value of to her half-hour's" walk a day We are properly abashed ahead, to preserve health, youth alcohol is a danger to the with the dog. That doesn't add and figure,

figure. And spirits are also a up to much in terms of fresh air-being in the habit of

using ours, threat to the complexion. They and exercise.

gladiator Our advice to Miss Cutts is:

gradually cause the enlarge- Do get right out in the country fashion, to clear a path which have to be done. It may think about the future. It is ment of the small blood vessels an Sundays. We should my the into the underground bc ▷ Session at the photo- for you to decide whether you

of the face. Once this unsight- some if Miss Culta were a junior want to bulk up a career of with her, agent.

Go reversing it. which will entall certain encri-

ces now. Or whether you are Therefore, wine should be prepared, in the excitement of chosen in preference to spirits.

burn A hardship? your early success, yourself out prematurely in a years of age.

Surely not, at 25 furious nowhere.

In the afternoon sho takes her dog for a walk, and then attends to what she describes 06 "various odtis and ends"

arc

grapher's, it may be a meeting wowing triumph and renown, process has begun, there is typist instead of a successful i stations.

After the theatre, dinner, per haps a dance, and bed some where between 1 and 2 a..!

That is Patricia Cutts's work- ing day. It is a heavy one, too. Her problems

that the is an actress makes her

activity

to

which

leads

actress, and a day's outing meant a real financial sacrifice.

Work, play

an

..

But let us hasten to pass oyer this embarrassing point and listen to tha hat makers of Luton. No less than the authority "Board of Trade Journal" The diet of young peoplo, It doesn't cost more than many and especially of girls

as girls spend on artificial aids for notes with satisfaction that A girl in her twenties con energetic as Miss Cutts, must their complexion. The result is British women seem to be work hard; there is every reason

keep the provide the materials to why she should. She can play them lively

Barne- or better; this is wearing hats again, and active. They nature's beauty treatment. hard; there is nothing against nced the vitamins that allow that. But she must try to get their food to the two in the right proportion, beat purpose.

be put to

Her problems are not very different from those of thousands of other career girls. The fact Ume-table different. But that is It is a division of the 24 hours vitamins she

What is the right proportion? Mrs Cutis will only a question of organisation, into three equal parts: eight makes a

Basically. the problems hours for working, tight for erratic meals, n busy pro- sleeping, eight for leisure.

The great experiment is over and the board sum up

GREAT experiment, we call in your life. At that age it is A it, when there articles start- very difficult to all it

ed. It has proved to be incre

That is why we have impress- than that. In the course of ed on all members of the panel

health Investigating the

and the need to take up an outside prospects of three women and interest now.

two men, the medical board have established a number of baslo Having chosen it, organise rules for everybody.

your wock round a sensible time-fable, so that you can. At it One thread has run consistont- into your leisure hours without ly through their reports. It is a sense of rush. the same for every age group. and for both sexes. It apples' to every profession. They at fach an over-riding importance to outside interests.

Leave enough margin in the leisure bours for regular exercies two or three times a week, even it is only walking. Younger

men and women, tend to give up ... too: derly. But games

sport

The man who boasts that, he energetic has no time for anything but violently, competitive

His work is either not telling the should be avoided by the middle- truth, or he is gambling with aged. --

his life and health.

We can't promise that every.

right

The older you get the mora one who has read these articles Important an outside interest be- will live to be 100; we can't oven/ comes, for the moment arrives promise the freedom from ill- when work coɑsos to be, your nom. But we have sot Ave chief pre-occupation. If you are dividuals on the

road with a housewife, your family grow a few simple precepts and, along up; if you are a business man, with them, countless thousands. of other who, want to make the you retire.

Them, if you have no outaide, most of their lives. Make sure interest, there is a great vacuum you are one of them.

JOHNNY HAZARD

M.GAVERT IM GOING TO: İTAKE SAATTERG INTO MY CWM. HANDRAK "THINK THE KEY H FALKENA POLEGON" "WHERE IS,

SAN HOW P.

DELJEY

Between Ave and six

Hard work, the right kind of the play a poperly balanced diet,

eight hous deep-these are the thousand people are now pooltive essentials for the 20-30 employed in Luton hat get the age help Patricia Cuits to

trades: - most of them Toquires f

sheThey

working, 28 their an point of having go on to still greater triumphs, at least one orange, a and enable her to delights on cestors did, in their Homes. generous helping of green stage and screen for very many vegetables, a pint of milk, and years to come,

YOUR THREE-MINUTE CHECK-UP-

girl : Age group The career

Tick the answers applicable to you and then read the kay, balow.

1

Am. pleasantly sleepy al bedtime. (b) 1 get tired during the

dry. (0) I am tired most of the

time.

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(b) X and it hárd to relax.

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(b) take

Tonight.

(a) 1 havaju iako

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else maksa breathless.

(b) I xet breathless fairly Breasly.

(e) The slightest exertion

makes me breathless.

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HAPS IT WILL NOT BE

IS SARY TO BOTË

“ACH WITH "/

In prewar days, nearly twice that many were employed, mostly in making straw hats. But, at the war's end,straw had reverted to animal fodder status and things looked black Indeed,

SWING-BACKUPIN

The Luton men, therefore, took to making, folt hats, but with little success. Dis

What the Board of Trad charmingly' calls "on unfortun- ate wartime and early postwar "frend”—the habit of wearing head scarves--had left them askt, were, clutching af skywg•

This trend in the manner of all Board of Trade' trends has now been "retardod”!: and the Brities woman la' rotturning? - to rospectability,

1.

This time.

artidelal stimulus from Mr Butler was required.

which

The Board of Trade credita the zezansion of Queen Elizagh one throne and the coD |'arquent - added

Interest Her Majesty has stimulated 1 fashions, and also the holding of the Artin postwar), Rories: Bonnet parade ja 18487-2

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