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NATHANIEL
O
said:
NCE more a beauti-
ful young girl mar- middle- ried to
aged financier has "For me it was love
at first sight."
This has happened so often that the question must be asked: "What
the qualities In- herent in middle-aged financiers that knock a glamour puss cold before the Arst
Sif aynum champagne has been ordered?"
Low
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GUBBINS Girl
Beautiful
Married To
A Financier
my England
docs
"I wish you "ad," said
Everybody knows that finan- ciers are not handsome, parti- cularly when middle-aged, England. There la something about the not seem to have changed much woman. acquisition of money for its own during the last 20 years. It sake that destroys beauty na
wus then that f wrole of a garden pest destroys a young similar observation by a magla- and vigorous plant.
trate:
education
Everybody knows that finan- AL- elers are not intellectuals. though
rend encyclo- many parding to
catch up on their tila
of inethod forcible mind feeding will never natural or give them either a
the acquired appreciation of aris,
have who
endured
Anunciers of
are
Those the society
Just a clout at twilight
When the lights are low, In the flickering shadows
A softly thudding blow, Though the heart be weary And the days be drear, I shall get at twilight
Just the same thick car, Just the same thick car..
aware that, unless you are dis. In The Train
cussing Anance, their con- versation is witless to the point of imbecility. Their voices are harsh, their eyes are hard, their hearts are told, and if you grasp their chilly, unresponsive palms
is te shaking hands with a haddock.
THERE he is again," said the
man in the train.
"Who is?" asked the woman.
the
"A million out of the blood and sweat of others," said the man The big-aded, bloated vampire.
"Don't talk so loud,” said the woman, "you might wake Im tp."
bloated, blood- "Big-'eaded, suckin' vampire," shou ́ed the "String 'em all up, that's what I say."
mon.
When the train stopped at n station I opened my eyes. A the man got out he said to the woman:
"When meat
BEHIND THE HIGH-POWER TALKS IN WASHINGTON
1
By
James Wickenden
London. nationalism.
and mistakes.
Chiang Kai-shok fauita
S Churchill and Eisen- failed through his own
hower talk, they may look back to another But America saw Moo's rise guthering not Bermuda to power as evidence of a global Communist conspiracy. The but Yalta. That conference force of nationalism was dis- marked the beginning of the regarded. America saw only difference between British Communism and the need to and American policy in Asia stem it by force. which the two leaders will try to heal.
Then Britain still ruled most
*'national
Σ was of this point that America began to fail out with Asian sentiment.
As the Korean truce negotia-
of Southern Asia as a colonial Lions dragged out, America power, while America was the appeared to Asia to becomo champion of
self- even more fanatically anti- determination." Then Roosevelt Communist. There were bluster- was able to say: "If only I make ing attacks on India, while Д suffelently large concessions to Chinese Nationalist force, the Soviet Union, 1 am certali supplied with American arms, that Stalin will work with me operated in Burma.
for A world of peace and democracy."
Asia drow two conclusions, One, that Amerien was taking
Those two American prin- Britain's place as a "capitalist- ciples anti-colonialism and imperialist" power and, secondly, Roosevelt's Grand Design, In that China had not been given
to behave cluding
properly. an almost uncritical chance ucceptanee of Soviet influence, seemed obvious to Asia that --have been consumed in the Chlua was acting in self-defence
creating a
ring of buffer cold war's ley blast.
states around her.
Meanwhile, Britain has given Independence to many peoples. and now takes America's place ✩ Asin's friend. Instead of Britain 10
The years went by and Cin America prodding derella became the
In
Held In Check
mother of grant Independence, Britain is YET these were, of course, grotesque misunderstandings, three horrible little boya, ugler seen as restraining an impetuous The conclusions that Asia is than the Ugly Sisters, ruder and blindly
anti-Communist pro-Communist America Jm- than
and their
Britain and America, grundmother
perialistic appeaser are absurd in the even more dishonest than their
It is Britain which treats the light of Communist policy. grandfather. AL 10 the eldest Communist powers with con-
For it is a fact that Com- wore an Edwardian sult and sideralion at Geneva while carried a razor. The others Amerleon politicians mutter munism has halted only before went to approved schools al on
ebout "appeasement." The two superlor force. In the West it In held in check along clearly have exchanged defined early age for petty larceny.
great powers
ilitary lincs. As places.
Moscow admitted to the Yugoslavs, the Soviet Army would
Italy have marched to and France If I could have done so.
As the ex-Prince Charming, one of Nature's bums, lost most et his unemployment pay on dogs and horses, and spent the rest on football, Cinderella was obliged to earn money os charwoman,
"
THE
Widened Rift
THEY were in complete accord In the East it is a fact that ot only one time-1047--when anti-Communist forces prevent India and Pakistan emerged as the fall of South
Korea and free nations. Since then the Formosa. In Indo-China the Sometimes her husband took
rift has widened, Since then Chinese appear to have limited It from her to bock & loser,
the troubles of Asla have their alms because of the threat sometimes her mother-in-law multiplied so that now a great of American Intervention. borrowed it to satisfy an un- fact faces the world Com-
with thirst, and
munist rule has spread from the But in meeting. force quenchable limes! her eldest воо
170 million Soviet subjects to force, Britain's policy is not co would whip out a razor and threaten engulf more than 600 millions in lose sight of nailonalism or the value of Asian opinion. The to cut her throat if she didn't | Asia and Europe.
principle of British policy Ia hand it over. On the one
The root of the disagreement still collective security. occasion when she managed to
between America and Britain is hide her money from them hor father-in-law
out
The of in
difference came
between Communist and prison, found it, and stole IL
nationalism.
some-
Cinderella was middle-aged when she found herself alone at Jast. Her moʻher-in-law had fallen down the steps
comes orf the tavern and broken her
30
2
»
Britain stresacs the patriotism Geneva
which gives to Communism much of its force.
The growing belief in London in that Britain has a new role to fill in foreign affairs and that marks its beginning. It has three objects to form a Commonwealth front in Aslą, to
with China and to
standing
She believes that Communist develop real diplomatic under- neck. countries must be regarded, first coax America nearer to tho ration next month he won't be Her husband was in prison for of all, as nations in their own British view. able to button up is fancy doping horses. All her pants, the dirty, fat pig."
"Old Big Ead opposite," said Cinderella Low
I don't
Moreover, they never seem to the man. The Sleepin' Beauty possess the spiritual qualities of British Railways. which often appeal to women; think." nor the pathetle helplessness which is supposed to excite the pity said to be akin to love.
"When you're asleep you don't look soot yourself" sold the woman.
So there they are, these wor- shippers of false gods, old, ugly. witless, sometimes bald, some times fat, sometimes both, in-
"Leave his belly be," said the capable of the tender, adoring glance, of the soft whisper that woman,
can make simple avowal
Down
=
that Asian opinion sons right, and
has been This new policy in Borstal. were
Her father can only bo won by reasonable
back. steadily pursued in the in-law was doing a stretch for persuasion.
ground of the Geneva ウロロー safe-breaking.
The emergence of Communist ference, It has reached A China was viewed in Britain as crucial stage in the Churchill-
awakening of Chinese Eisenhower talks.
It was then that her fairy godmother appeared again.
"What are you snivelling about now?" asked her god-
I'm so
DR JOHN KERSHAW, medi- mother.
cal officer of health for "His belly's bigger than ever," Colchester, thinks that
"Oh, fairy
godmother, said the man.
stories Uke Cinderella lead little miserable," said Cinderella. "I girls to believe that they have think I would be happier as a only to meet their Prince beast in the field." Charming to live happly ever after.
sound like a poem, with neither "Stuffed full of butter, sald youth nor beauty to charm the the man. eye, nor wit and galely to charm
the mind and
make their
"Well, buster's orf the ration, absence seem like purgatory.... ain't it?" asked the woman. there they are taking the pick of the world's flowers,
To them that 'as the money to pay for it," said the man. "What about the old-age pen-
loners?"
But are you sure that they are not exactly what the world's flowers want? Do the world's flowers consider
"He can't 'cly that," said the they were "born to blush unseen" in a woman. garret, talking eternally about
ort and quarrelling about “Oh, can'v he?" said the man. money?
"Votin' Imself another £500 a year while the old people go Wouldn't they rather blush short." in public, in front of envious
"Righty-ho, ducks," said her godmother, waving her magic wand.
Was
During his lecture, he added; "They don't realise until they are married that the prince and
Immediately Cinderella princess have a difficult job to turned into a cow called Daizy- do together."
bell, who won milking prizes at agricultural shows and Ilved Just how difficult it was can happily ever after. now be told for the first time.
After the honeymoon Cinder- Parody
ella went with her husband to live at her father-in-law's castle because of the housing short-
T
conference of the
nge. They arrived at the same A-National feration of old
an
THEY ARE
NO
LONGER LOST
By Keith James
TEWS that a community world is ignorant, Equally, of
Arst astonishing to others.
people has been "discover. ed" in a remote region of When Western engineers were New Guinea has thrilled the building one of their pipelines 'world. That these people in the Middle East a few years have never seen a white majority of the local people person is practically certain. had never even seen so much
as a wheelbarrow, let alone lorry or truck.
But it would not be the first occasion that such a discovery has happened in modern times.
ago, they found that tho
time as the broker's men were
The conception of transport—- taking away the furniture. Ago Pensions__Associations at
understandable since the people Brighton Mr Harry Clark, a Just over twenty years ago, lived in regions devoid of crowds in a villa on the Riviera? "Is he a member of Parlia A week later the mortgage on 79-year-old retired engineer, when an oil company was sur- roods—was a pack camel. With Wouldn't it be nicer to hear the ment, then?" asked the woman. the castle fell due, Prince said that dozena of old-ago. veying tho Saudi - Arabian in a year or two, however, the harsh voleo say: "Don't worry
camel-drivers wtre Charraing's father couldn't pay pensioners were, living in ein hinterland, their geologists were former so they all went to live in a because if they married
they advised to Wear fraditional happily handling the controls prefab. As they left, a rating would lose 108, a week from Arab robes and to grow beards, of monster 20-ion trucks or olleer handed, the old man a their joint pensions,
This was because they were tractor-trailers, and inanaging likely to be moving
418 among them as deftly
they had summons Soon after the polles
"I felt very lonely after my called and Prince Charming's
nomads who had never soon handled their camels, father got seven yours for for- wife died." he said.
Then L
clean-shaven ment, or anybody mot a 70-year-old widow who
SOCIAL SERVICES wearing European "dress, was also lonely. We have been
But it's all And shortly after World War
Othors--former goat-herds or another One, when
company shepherds were efficiently exploring the
the Maracaibo using welding torches, riveting of Venezuela, their hammers and similar modern scientista met with a hostile appliances.
Motiline
your pretty head about money, "Of course he is," said the babykins" than hear a soft man. "Look at is wicked face," voice trying to borrow half a CTOWN to buy a packet of "I've seen worse," said the cigarettes, or saying in a finan woman. cial crisis: "We're in thle to- gether and don't you forget it." "So 'ave 'I," said the man, "in gery. And who wants to talk about Madame Tussaud's. He's not art when you can talk about only a member of Parliament
It was at his trial that Cin-living together. furs and jewels?
but a captain of industry draw», darella learned that her father- right. She has her own · bed- inst farsunds a year tax-treo-in-law was not a king but a room." Therefore, when a
girl says expenses.
There'll be butter racehorse ipster who had al- she loved a middle-aged finan- comin' out of 'is cars next. eler at first sight, try to believe
roody served a ten-year sen«
"He probably ad margs like After all, you don't know everybody else during the war what sho saw first. It might said the woman. have been a diamond watch or
her.
a cheque book.
England, My England
יי.
*Im?" said the, man. "Don't make me laugh. He was lingo deep in the Black Market,"
WRE
aron
4
Which suggests a new ver- tence for receiving stolen pro sión of an old song. perty. Ited-faced, she left the court with the laughter of the Just an old-fashioned lady with Ugly Sisters ringing in her ears.
new-fashioned ways And a smile that ways "Wel-
·come, come in.”...!
That oveding the Mother, who was born in a Just an old-fashioned bedside circus tent and, was once shot
where" the `, knests' and but of a cannon twice nightly at!
prays: "You didn't go short of much Earls Court, peward it Cinder. We're not blamed for living yoursa]},” said the woman, "B««! *ll***\/zams slippers: to buy Barone Injain, s sides, he might 'ave eaten marge bottle of gin. Her son, no longer Though some may be shociced; in the Army.” SEG ANNUM paines and no longer charme" : Har door's always locked ing in a prefet, shared the bot-
Till bring in her breakfast then
As she's always sald, "My dear, Muthara's Anineteen & bob pont
· down the drain.
THE does not appear to have thMore likely in prison, said in their cups, they abused
Progarded it as improper into no armies. They do work would have embarrassed that her husband should have of nations) Importance and Ruffagiste dar porte WHITMAN U waʼras toed hebigm thumped her or the hand from wangle Government contracte. ¿X Cindeedam west by the fire oncej. tise to tline - Mr Commissioner bet he made a millon out of the muru and exiled, cu hør white da a divorce court,
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#reception from the Indlaris) living in the denso Certainly, theso particular Jungle of this region. Pho-Middle Eastern communities Indians there had had no have gained · from their in- previous contact with the white troduction to the West. Besides steady employment for many they have seen the menace of disease, faminé, and ""drought recede as social services have been introduced, en
1700.
ASTONISHING
Considering the perslätént planeering that the West has The local people need not carried out for centuries, it regret that the West has helped may seem surprising that ther to develop their a arid landa, have not long ago established Will the 100,000 contact with every "quarter" of of New. Qulies, bey they globe. But even now, in, say, ten years time" the the Da New Guines discovery keen eyed seroplane pilot spotted
over, Lbaro new people to of the show" for their & community;
"That in"už to the outside 'alònia 'customs, the rest
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