1954-02-20 — Page 14

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1954.

PRACTICAL

£1,000,000 WORTH OF DIAMONDS ON VIEW AT OLYMPIA

IN

London. shore at Orange Mouth in Africa, The Gold Const. Na specially constructed South-West Africa the diamonds Portuguese West Africa, Blerte showcase on a stand in buried some 20 feet under Leone and Tanganyika, a

the sand, Excavators will be sent to London. There they are the main aisle of the Grand seen clearing away the mand sorted by trained staffs and sold.

exposing the diamond to buyers all over the world. Hali at Olympia there will and be on view, when the "Daily bearing gravel underneath. Mall" Ideal Home Exhibi- Lion opens on March $1,000,000 worth diamonds.

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There will also be a working model of the Premier Mine, the most modern in the world and

alro visible the manner in which chatts aro nunk near the vol. cania "pipes" where horizontai tunnels are bored info 168 diamond-bearing blubground.

They will, of course, be pro- tected from mishap by the host ingenious modern methods, Apported by on Inv.s.ble ray.

It is no wonder that this gem Now, all the world necepts in termed precious since QK the diamond as the most Pre- much as 25 tons of blueground clous of Rtories; but offer origin, ita natura and of Elty use for be orushed, washed ond embellishment comparatively Httle Inknown. generally,

WORKING MODELS

Therefore, it is interesting that close to this exhibit there will be models of many kits cutkintay story end volu-

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on of the diamond. This www dasionally priceless stone is be lleved to have been formed thousands of years ogo, many miles below the earth's Sur

when pure carbon was dubjected to intense heat and pressure. Volcente eruptions carried the diamonds to the surface; the effect of weather doet many years conveyed many of these stones to the sen to form alluvial deposits. A large quantity, however, were left in what are called volcanic piper, On this most Instructive stand there will be a working model showing how alluvial de posits are mined. On the scu-

förled to recover 1 carat of amend 142 cnTMIA = 1 oz! Ar.. one tearns thus, 75% pf all diamonds mined are of such poor quality that they cannot be card for jewellery,

However, då they are harde, than any other known kub- stance they can play เค im- portant part in mining and many other Industries. Indeed, it will be possible to see how they are used in the maxing of off parts of electric motors of all soris, even vacuum eleaners,

washing machines, floor Do fishers and also in the manu- facture of cars, machine tools and ar:naments.

These rough diamonds bring great benefit to the sterling area in the form of dollars and other hard currencies and this fact is made to appear still more important when it is learned that most diamonds, which come chiefly from South Africa, Belgian Congo, French West Africa, - French

INDESTRUCTIBLE

The whole story of the dia- mond is told at this stand, from the miner's efforts to the finished work of the designers and jewellers. We discover that the diamond is indestructible, The most that the greatest heat can do is to discolour the surface and this can be polished eff, It can be split-along the

urain-end it can ho eut or sawn, but only diamond can cut diamondi and even this is a slow process.

sized stone may take from half

The cutting of an average

a day to two days and a bit. stond may tako a fortnight, The mwing in done with G water-thin disc of phosphor- bronze, spinning at 6,000 re- volutions per minute and the actual cutting is done by dia- mond dust and oil.

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It is a a grim fact that the loss in cutting a stone may be high as two-thirds. That is to say that a store may "deliver". about 40% of its original bulk even if in extraordinary flno shape to begin with.

Not the ut necesting part of this £1,000,000 exhibit is the poliching of stones and the working of them into jewellery that may continue to exist for hundreds of years.

MAKE YOUR OWN

ISOSCOPE

By JO PARFITT

ROM Parls Jean Soward faculty of showing you your

reported the arrival of face as other people son it every woman's best friend simple home-made experiment How does it work? This after diamonds of course, will give you a rough iden

Take IWO roughly the same

pocket mirrors size or two larger mirrors if you have them, Look into one of them, and wink your right eye. Your re flection will wink the left eye. There's the deception. To get the truthful image, take both mirrors.

Its came 17 Rope, but don't let that deter you, In good old Anglo-Saxon It's a looking-glass you can trust. Equatorial

Don't take chances

LARVEX MOTHPROOFS

the cloth itself

MY BEST SUIT RUINED! WHY DIDN'T YOU USE · LARVEX?

LARVEX-the greatest rame in molhproofing now brings you Ils sensational new easy-to-use Finger-Tip Spray, It's really fun now to moth-proot your woolltre and blended wodl materials,

OH, BILL-HOW STUPID OF ME

fibré and makes the cloth so distasteful and indigestible to melhworms, they'd rnther atarve to death than feed on

For, make no mistake, madam, you've been hoodwinked all these years.

You looked in the bathroom mirror, in your hoopy mirror, In the mirror in the office cloak-

room and you thought you were seeing a true reflection,

TRY WINKING

NO DECEPTION

Hold one in each hand, so that the right edge of the one in your left hand joins the; left edge of the other mirror át a

But ail the time you were right angle (80 degrees)... looking at yourself In reverse, with the left side of your face whore the right should be.

Now comes this new French mirror with the

unnerving

FACE THE TRUTH, And

done by mirrors.

place where the two edgesgneet, Now look straight into the

us if your were looking down a vertical line cutting the right angle in two equal parts.

Wink that right eye-and presto! Your reflection will wink the right eye. No dectp- tion there that's how you ap-

pear to the world.

The actual French

Floss consists of two'

looking-

ordinary

Large mirrors placed at right angles with a sheet of platn glass to make up the triangle.

NOW WHY....?

When you hold a newspaper in front of it you don't have

to read backwards as you would from an ordinary mirror.

HOMECRAFT

HILLSIDE HOME

FRONT OR BACK, Design H-61-KF' is a handsome, luxury home, designed to be built on a hill. From the back of the house (shown here) it gives the impression that it's a two-storey-dwelling. Actually, the lower level is a large basement with a good-sized recreation room.

A helpful gentleman at the Nat

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By JOAN O'SULLIVAN

O matter how you look appearances, it's a two-storey National Physical Laboratory at this luxury home, it's design, This illusion is created explains that the "new" mirtor a beauty, a hillside house though it were the first door of by the basement, which looks as reveals an old, old optical truth. that's equaily attractive the house.

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"But I can't think why any-front and back, inside and one would want a mirror like

Te..." he said,

"'s women," I said. "We like to know curselves."

you

Inside, the floor plan offers all the convenience and comfort Approach the entrance on the any family could desire.

The front entry lends in from the worst about crest of the hill and you see a

lów, rambling ranch

to the spacious a flagstone porch dwelling.

Just inside living-dining area. the door is a handy guest closet and a powder room.

Have you tried {{? How do Walk down the hillside, to the

Jike your New Look?

back of the house and, to all

What Do You Fear? And Why?

By W. W. Bauer, M. D.

We treat with LARVE WHAT do people fear walled a mile to the nearest Many fears go back to child

Móthworms not, in fact CANNOT, live and Frow LARVEX Woollens,.

has a

One of the first things that catches the eye in the combina- room is great fireplace flanked by wide windows. Op posite it, u

of windows

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row

floods the living room with Butffight.

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THE LIBRARY. WING

The dining arer has two -büllt-in china, cabinets. A door- way, here. leads to the rear for veranda, the perfect place outdoor dining. The veranda and why? What do house for help. When he hood experiences. Such common can also be resched

from the Anally arrived you fear? Are you ashamede seized him. He Becutie name fo máéch

at the hospital phobias-each of which

His horrors kitchen, a square room with

to the A good housewith knows ifè

of your fear? Would you afraid that his amputation might fear of bare blone; or of being snack corner. Stairs

the Basement 'brid

attached best to, moth roof the clothe SO QUIER! SU LABY! SO INEX- Confess to being afraid? Or interfere with his ability to in crowd out of narrow places garage are in the hall just out- itself to protect her woollena PENSIVE! One spraying with have you made a semi support his wife and chid.

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Fear of Death

dirt or

A library, which can be a it's so different and givéá' such dieanings, Washing

teacher to removes English

poison, solitude

noise, siebie,thjed bedroom if you prefer, wonderful protection,

BARVEN protection, BARVEK

Obtainable children of the King of

of the wholesome or strangers--all may have their projects at the front penetrates each tiny woolled at depf, stores and druggists. Stam, who, when she was fears. Man lives in group situate the early years. The house of separate wing, Hugo of a phobia oran Biofure winilowe command a NO ODOUR...NO WRAPPING...NO STORING afraid, whistled a little time, tions, where marty must mlogie ing

2am of landscaped grounds. WEAR CLOTHES AT ANYTIME

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CELATION

THIS IS THE FRONT VIEW of the house, to all appearances, a long, low ranch dwelling. & flagstorie walk leads to the entry." Multi-paned windows add to the exterior design, provide sunshine and light indoors. Here's a hillside house that should be built on a

large plot."

BEDROOM

BATH

-ENTRY

HALL

LIVING ROOM. [200′′x 17'-4′′

GARAGE 22+0"*25-4"

DINING ROOM

VERANDA

LOWER TERRACE

PLANNED TO PERFECTION, the home has a spacious living-dining area, two big bedrooms and a den that might double as a bedroom.

RECREATION