1955-04-23 — Page 14

POCKET CARTOON

by OSBERT LANCASTER

"Why don't you settle down quietly with the paper, darling, and just forget all about the frose "

THE

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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1955.

ECCENTRIC PROPHET PARADE

WO gnarled characters out of the American Middie West are brought together by this book:

(1) Abraham Lincoln, the prairie-lawyer from Springfield, Illinois (fees: 1,200 dollars a year), child of Old England' via New, picking up, as he rode from one courthouse in the backblocks to another. the anecdotes and in- cidents he was to treasure in a capa cious memory and with telling

-usa

GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON

reviews the NEW BOOKS

effect in speech and conver- pulsion sation.

ago, child

remove,

one

He felt better with

his boots off

*

rider said: to get on,

COLUMN OF THE UNUSUAL

PEOPLE ~ AND · PLACES - AND

ABOUT

chatterens whose ONE UP FOR The finest pros- are far too scarce to be traded garrulons

constant wagging of their tradi̟-. that any even for dollara. `-- BOSWELL pert

Scotsman..could C.E. Childe Freeman, busi- tionally "stit upper lip is ever hope to see, said testy Dress managet of one of London's costing the country a packet. Samuel Johnson-who, any way, biggest exporters of vintage cars "And they're getting worse,

Uniteck to the

told the States didat, much like the breed-was

If anyone cares to argue the "If the high road leading into North American Newspaper point with the PMG be h

Allance

that Lord Lucas's, figures to back, his case, Figurus I'm England.

scrap em" loea was "just plain like these Judicrous." And he believed

Britain spent £50 there would be such an outery million on telephone develop

In 1954, £70 million; from, auto-enthusiasts that it ment would.

support.

chattiness of a nation is going Other dealers, though, feel to cost, scraething in the region that if the peer's plan ever did of £81. andilion,

To cater for this national become law, they could clean up handsomely on dollar purchases garrulity, 10 million miles of of prized vintage and veteran telephone wire will be orizged models, that otherwise would up every week this year, and just never get on to the market. 15 million mile every week

Lincoln and pilinge, took the good doctor. Jar sver wina sufficient popu- and · for the current period the

the

resourcefulness abt

His Lincoln is built up out of stirrup the a multitude

of tiny incidents. you're going Cunlongt simple; often sad— getting of "

He little knew what he was even before the war-never solemn with a grandeur that Que night.

Thousands of Scots, General starting. from belonged to the soul not to the McLellan's front the report who before that had regarded no England as it for only "plander manner of the man; embodi- came that there had been of

the sharp-tongued

since sunset. temperament ment of all

Dying of asked small town philosophers"

if there had been any at his word. They crossed the the St Soldier, hobo riding in

old The

Lrontier America; before sunset and

told border in droves to give Was (2) Carl Sandburg, born freight cars, police reporter woman-hearted; governing by "No." It reminded him about Sassenachs the benefit of their in a prairie town 77 years in New York, dish-washer instinct rather than reason; in the freak of nature "black from industry.

of Sweden at in a Kansas City hotel; the end, a nation's conscience. the hips down. What colour was their ability to make money in

he from the hips up" Black, of large wads. wanderer taking with him wherever

An eccentric in the clothes course!

thinking through life by the com- he wen: his guitar and his "put on when he was

ear and memory for ef something else," the notes he the songs of the people kept in the band of his stovepipe in "The hat, the boots he took our "50 collected flater

that his feet could breathe the two days he spent trying American Songbag").

square the circle, the two days free-verse and more that he devoted unfashion- whittling a model steamboat out

of wood. able; went to West Point (for two weeks) in the same class as General MacArthur; fought in the Spanish

A British Crossword Puzzle

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16..

17 19

20

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21

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ACROSS

1 Minister (8).

126

4" Force open (5).

DOWN

1 Without equal (8),

* Rascal (Irish) (6).

3 Cooker (4).

5 Enjoys (8).

6. Dirty (6).

7 Hard coating (6).

8 Unadorned (5).

10. Circuts of race-track (4).

12 Attired (7). ..

15 Unearthly (5).

16 Conces! (4).

19 Manservant (5).

20 Legislator (7).

21 Certain (4).

9 Dismal (5).

11 Apart (8).

13 Placed (8).

14 Protected (8).

22 Excuse (4).

17 Face (4)

23 Perfect (5).

24 Delighted (8).

25 Avarice (5).

26 Frank (6)

12 Small piece of turf (5).

18 Offer (8),

YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD:- Across: 3 Abashing, .8 Sienna, 9 Obdurale, 11 Eighteen, 13 Pert; 13' Wells, 18 Rates, 19 Envy, 22 Despairs, 24 Alliance, 25 Annexe, 26 Pheasant. Down: 1 Aster, 2 Verge, 3 Another, 4 Babe, Shun, "6 Images, 7 Guests, 18 Dealt, 14 Laden, 15 Serpent, 16 Decamp, 17 Svelte, 20 Mixes, 21 Usher, 22 Dais, 23 Sean.

He wrote poetry, now

•

to

10

Robert BUITS

In the brace of centuries since Johnson's pontification. colonies of Scotsmen have sprung up in London, showing just how right. be was.

On May 21, if the great man

SE

to establish a

•

THEY'RE SO British house-

are TOUCH wives: ANNOYING annoying the

It's a tough buel

munist, these days, Even when you get to the boss

Take British Comenaniat boss

deader asperated confidence

Emerging in the end from were still present to be prised soap-powder research men, It WN TOP Dess, being a Corp. this biography is a figure of out of his seat in Fleet Street's stems a woman's opinion of one homespun greatness, almost as Cheshire Cheese and set on a brand of soap-powder and the level, there's no guarantee that and Oliver tube train bound for the While relative merits of its rivals-just you can keep up with the party Cromwell had been united in City, he would probably for the can't be relied upon. Distinguished from a multi- one strange, stern, gentle and arst time be struck speechless. Just to be able to write some Harry Pallitt, for instance. tude of other clever, unconven inch from the dust and even annually hold their traditional ads.

brooding prophe!who did not For the London Scots who sales-catching line into their Mr. Pollitt is currently tional men dotted up and down in

consumer research men Pelting and writing a daily diary the small towns

of the nine- from the mud of the political he may games there, are all set have been harding out to house for London's Dally Worker. 6th teenth

he arena,

outscared the career- this year century because American War in the

new wives samples of their own In his first instalment he the clever

company's product and of their wrote about the glorious co- Illinois Volunteers under a became the President of the pushing generals,

men, the harsh and short record. sighted

Several hundred kilted males rivals all in plain, unlabelled struction projects" brigadier-general who had United States.

day to men of his

And

many become the biggest American.

larton-sashed packages.

future which will move moun- served the North in the

laasles will dance the first-ever

And they ask them: "Madam, talos”. Army of the Potomac.

Studying verbs and the my-mass eightsome reel. And even

BU

to save the "workers" stery

money

he had to send is prose of how they connect if the doctor could find something try them all, and tell us which Bub life, this Through

At least one paragraph Lincoln rouns, studying a man and the to say, it's doubtful if it would brand you like best."

The packages are numbered, by airmail, While it was a bla Swedish-American minstrel spoke at Gettysburg is known to mystery of how his tempera-ever be heard above the oise But that doesn't work. Research way the Chinese press has been "studying verbs every civilised man. It is grand men knitted men into a nation, of the 300 pipers who will pro- men have found out that must decided that things weren't what

how and biblical and brief. But Sand Carl Sandburg, the troubadour vide the music. and the mystery of

burg reminds us that Lincoln's with the guitar, has sung inte And just to show that they've carton consciously pick Mr Pollitt said they were at all. And, so as not to The People's Dally complained they connect nouns" and reputation was bullt has arrived at a position and state and, at last, in theorie literature the popular prade their marks elsewhere than delude themselves, investigators bitterly about "inadequrie trans

hero of an American epic.

must put their own product

lagging industry, back- vivid images

and ericulture"

the "more sus nation, by scores of where he is

lower down the alphabet. and pointed anecdotes.

"batortimate lack of planning researchers experience But never, the picious of adjectives than at result is that his book becomes

the Chinese have decided, will they label my a real treasure house for political any other time in all

Communist party. any package QT, born days."

oraters, worth a hundred hand- books on how to make a success- ful speech. For example: The fence that crooked that when a hog went in it the hog a hole come out at the same

To write

2

about Lincoln, he through picked up his pen one day "at always

up, in

was

The

30

the farm a Flat Bush, North side from which it started. Carolina, where he raises goals" • The kind judge to the ("goals don't dirty up your par convicted felon, a political ally: lour") and began: "As a grow- "When would you like to be 11g 'boy in an Illinois prairie hanged?” town I saw marching men' who • The lazy preacher" who had fought uncer Grant Sherman."

SETMONS,

the

and wrote

Long explanation being that "he got

stop."..

Rest of the Books?

London, the Scots have invited along the pipe banks of the Arab Legion and the Pakistan Army.

•

women will

cither.

Ward

On"

"For some reasoi” they say, Sweet Witch. By Richard POOR. POOR United

States

"women just don't like the letter veteran Llewellyn. Michael Joseph. GENEVIEVE

and auto- vintage 105. Gd. 256 pages. Unblushing

COURTING-Every house being built ito- So they have tried numbers. romance. Scene: Wales, Time: mobile enthusiasts-last

year Which hasn't proved helpful ROOM day abould have Napoleon.. simul.aneously

War breaks

with British out they competed

Women are notoriously a room where young members the counterparts in a round-Britain against

of the family could do thet French Fleet and King George's rully-may benefit if a Socialist superstitious about numbers.

And the Sanc goes for couring, Conseller Simon Revenue men

Among other peer's suggestion ever becomes

colours. Subconsciously women Mabaa, Houting Committee misadventures, the spirited law.

pick the carton which has their chairman, said at a Bootle heroine gets 3 proposal of For Socialist Lord Lucas has favourite colour.

10wn Council meeting. Clearly, the

Не investigators

said his committee was rage, from Beau Brummeil. told the House of Lords. "At

some time in a car's life it admit, it is a job for psychia- trying to build houses with ་ should be broken up and its trists.

Living

and a room

D'OUT that it can

where the children could do licence destroyed so never come on the road

#gain" Maybe Lord Lucas did not NATION OF The long-held their courting.

A dashing piece of nonsense.

By

*their home work and later

White Hunter, Black Heart, Peter Viertel W. H. 15s. 320 paLITE. John Allen.

It would be a better world belief that the talent and outsize ego, goes to maintenance and rimning of Throughout his vast saga

darkest to make

vintage (pre-1930) and veteran race of silent stoles, - shy--of- takes it all the gizis (boiled down now from. Six Told once that somebody. fure, regardless of his partners (pre-1904) autos has become not conversation and moling in their bay friends home, wa volumes to one; s.ill the equal could'

effece said: "Their mothers have an not" understand his feelings, hunts elephant in only a cult, but something like monosyllables, has been

tively scotched by the nation's insight and know what is going of two full-sized books), Sand- speeches, Lincoln said: "There stead. If John Hus.on did not big business in Britain.

exist, it would be necessary to ***There is even-to the dismay new Postmaster-General, Dr this are always some fleas a dog sent him so that he could be of auto-antiquaries Trans- Charles Hill." burg remains "faithful to note of casual searching

model for the "hero" of this atlante trade in elderly Bent Not only does it appear that BAM ON The 30,000 Egyptians America's memory for the truth

horse, kicking sour-sardonic study in love Jeys, Lagondas, Darracqs and the belief is unjustified; the MOSES who helped to make Cec. B. de Mue's concerning her greatest son.

caught its hoof in the hate.

Daimlers. Enthusiasts say these British, it seems, are a race of

£2,866,688 colour film, of the Life of Moses, "The Ten Com- mnatomenia," may not see tha movie: For Egypt lookalike Bamming H.

to writing and was too lazy to Wilson, Alm. dires.or of moody appreciate it, but the cherishing, CHATTEREK? British area and there would be Irwer mis-

VIGNETTES OF LIFE

SHES A LUCKY WOMAN |WHOSE HUSBAND PROVIDES

GOOD JEWELRY

IT COMES IN HANDY FOR A RAINY DAY PROVIDING HE HASAT ALREADY ·

HOCKED I

of can't reach.

• When th

out,

Good Providers

THE HAMBURGER SET

PROVIDE PLENTY.

OF ENTERTAINMENT –

PROVIDING YOU

CAN TAKE Igor Simoni

SOME OF THEM PROVIDE NOTHING

·BUT ARGUMENTS:

COPA, 1955 BY GENERAL FEATURES

CORF. 714WORLD RIGHTS RESERVED.

PROVIDING FOR HER IN THE STYLE TO WHICH SHE HAS BECOME ACCUSTOMED.

WINS WILL MAKE A MAN GET OUT AND

SOME GOOD PR

SPHINX

BY HARRY WEINERT

IT'S EASY FOR A HUSBAND TO PROVIDE

ROMANCE

́THE MOVIES ALL HAVE IT FOR SALE:

IT'S THE WIVES CONSIDERED OPINION THAT- HUSBANDS ARE AT THEIR BEST

PROVIDING AUBIS

IF YOU WANT, IT

GET IT.

Reason: religious leaders of Al-Azbar University have com demned the film for portraying scenes and people venerated by the Bible and considered oxy by, all Moslems. And the Moslem, creeat, in da sizlerest gumm, thre bias any kind of photograph, as à form of idolatory,

A sub-commatice of the power- ful ulemas (religious leader of the university) issued une ban and if it is upheld the film is

SMART DOG

谶

A

Just

shologist bas examined genius 8-year-old dog and has reached the canclusion that the dogs mongrel, betong- ing to a family on kinoda Laand. - the smartest dog in America. He can count, add, subtra multiply, and every

do roots

University professcas called In scoff at the genitis to the extent that they believe they have merely stumbled auTOES AN unparalleled case of telepatnya between master and dog. The dog mays they're quite right-

HIGH Lateries

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Broadway's

new name for cids, also called niteres. If they have trip tease als they are of course stripperses. N

And just now there it i

Broadway boom in chorus girls, They are being vanarped up not by the Broadway lateries but by TV and the gambling castr of Les Vegas, thoi sagebrodi Monte Carlo of Nevad Vegas now empinya (200

RADIO FOR A : new" "herds- COMPANY series ofšadlá broadcasts was announced this. week To the lonely herdeman in thote areas of Inner Mon- zolla's 41 radio stations would beam programmes to keep them company in the long lonely days | and nights".

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