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PARADE

́THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, « JANUARY 28, 1956.

A COLUMN OF THE UNUSUAL ABOUT PEOPLE AND PLACES AND THINGS

BATTLE OF The "Battle of men., le bought one and used dye across Its shoulders WAISTS

the Walsts" by it as an inspiration for long Aying att above it. the Incorporated coats and also, in natural linen Society of London Fashion De- crash, as tunic to wear over a algners goes on. It started at navy sheath linen san dress for the first of the "Spring Coller- summer town wear. tions" with "The Streak" line and no waist, and "The Waist Line" with accentuated waist.

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For the past 35 years children

SHIP NEVER CAME BACK

have been call- ed to school on a tiny island In North Sea by a beil thre came to them out of the sea.

while

always

not The Job Ju pleasant. Spraying can be done hell- efficiently only with the

olt. copter's cabin door taken Apart from the intense cold, the crews often return to base on windy days smothered in the dye which has blown back.

At Sonderho, on the island of WHAT'S A When is a cruiser

MD

And

compromise—a called "The

the "Casende the

for evenings.

Q

to Mr. Dulles - and don's worry about Len Hutton i"

Then came straight tunle Djellabah" Line" (with walst)

Story behind the

to some schoolchildren found a bell visit tunle" concerns

washed

wreckage. It Digby bore the Tungler by designer

Inscription

"Oreades, Morton, who was intrigued by

Grimsby-1011," the garment worn by Moroccan eventually Installed

school.

up

and

was

the

20

thea-

"Just confine your thoughts

not B cruiser!--

A Book Review By George Malcolm Thomson

THE

W

ARCHBISHOP KICKED OUT THE BOY GENIUS

"Djellabah Fano, off the coast of Jutland, FRIGATER when the admirals Mozart read the letter which stanze, his wife, with whom he beloved little wife," Mozart is

A British Crossword Puzzle

12

13

4

5

ACROSS

1 Crams (0)

4 Dismisses (5)

7 Opening (8)

8 Consumed (5)

D Allow (6)

1) Precious stone (7)

13 Trespass (7)

15 Snuggle up (6)

18 Current (5)

19 Incidents (8)

20 Ventures (3)

21 Mild (6)

YESTERDAY'S

102

15

16

21

Acute (5)

DOWN

2 Roman marketplace (5)

3 Dwarfed (7)

4 Part of a cunt (8)

5 Shrink (8)

Did

wrong (6)

Servant (8)

12 Repairing (7)

13 Really (0)

14 Expresses (G)

1 Behave amorously (5)

Follow (0)

CROSSWORD — APPOIN 1 Apen. 4 Ruscais, o Pium, Ares, 10 Rumen, flet, 12 og 20 Lewek, 17 Deser, 19

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23 Achlove. 20 81, 27 Exit, 28 Con it. In bre, 30 Bor, 3) Kestrel, East. Down: z Parade, 3 Sparse, 4 tural, & Amulet, 0 Cuffs, 7 Learn.

12 Idea 13 Elch, is Karl, 10 Stem, 10 Averse, 20 Astute, 21 Vipers. 23 Chose, 24 Inaet, 25 Extol

From one of them. Michael LETTERS. He shared the Mozart family's

By this time Mozart was MOZART'S

Laste for bawdy language. Puchberg, a rich merchant, ho obsessed by the idea that he was Edited, Eric Blom. Penguin Lometimes he found it prudent borrowed large sums of money. engaged on his own Requiem. Books, 3s. 6d. 278 pages.

to put his remarks about pubile His begging letters to this man Ho was ill; ho believed that

are the most pathetle in this rival musician, Salieri, men into cipher.

who had given him ITH mounting in- The portrait which the lettera doction as those to his wife are hated him,

polson. He took to his bed. As dignation and paint is that of a happy, witty the most delightful,

it was finished each item of the alarm, old Leopold man, fond of playful language

Writing to his "Dearest, most Requiem was sung to him, devoted to Con- and parody,

When the mysterious stronger chil it o frigate. That sort of

by turna:

came for the third time, Mozart son Wolfgang had itved improvidently, merrily and confusion. brought about behis

in growing poverty.

Affectionate:

already cause adruirals have been lump- written from Vienna.

dead. The inst **There

his life was on movement of Ing all soria cf newstyle ships

liked wine He

and billiards struggle going on between The boy, instead of being under

Once old titles, provokes ja

attempt to indicate when the friend yearning to embrace you once

kettledruma should be used in protest from Raymond Black-grateful for the patronage and dancing. Now successors of the Anders man, editor of "land's Fighting which his Grace the Arch. Surprised Constanze and Mozart more and my desire to bring the final section

home a large sum of money."

Jealous: bishop of Salzburg

Mozart was buried in a KPOW- "I wish you would not storm so severe that none of the mako yourself so mourners had the forutuds to cheap. In my opinion follow the collin to the grave, a you are too free and pauper's grave, which later on

could not be identified. easy

tho Ships"

cruiser Norfolk

Was wea

dancing in their apartment; I

a cold day and have been trying to trace history

the bell and have of

The word "frigate" has been showing him, actually re- they could not afford the stretched by the world's navies sented being made to cat to buy rudd. heard from Grimsby of Orendes, a local trawler built in 16 Include America's 5,800-ton 1011 and commissioned by the former

with the servants ("by the even the pawaticko.s World War Admiralty in

I. end

forur

former way, the two valets sit at shop. 9,700-ton Records show that the Orcades csirt yer leaders.

the top of the table, but at util served as a minesweeper

And the maller navics

least I have the honour of its disappearance in 1915.

calling 300-1011

the being placed above frigates.

Night

patrol

arc bools

Once

went

genius

despatch

the

master would not let him give public concerta

to the pawn-

Mozart

the had

well cocksureness US

the gifts

By sharp ericism he hurt the of lesse: feelings

they musicians; avenged themselves by intriguing against him.

in His enemies were power- ful enough 10 prevent him achieving financial success.

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In days of sail a frigate was cooks") and spoke imper- small, fast vessel used for re-tinently when his illustrious bell connaissance

Now the Grimsby frm of E. Bacon

Sons, Lih And

who owned the Orcades, have asked the chlidren to return the

Among

p that It can br erected in carrying. their offer "in memory of a ship that never came buck."

and

The warships Royal Navy now calls frigates are vessels ranging from 1,000

to

tons submarine 2,000

escorts,

self: he had spoiled the child. Leopold Mozart blamed him-

hunler's. anti-aircraft corts Wolfgang had become insuffer- A most COALS THREE

im- lighter-direction ships, converted ably conceited: precocious fame ap- fleet testroyers, portant

escort had ulterly turned his hend. MILES APART

pointment destroyers, sloops, anil corvettes. As a musical prodigy of eight, which Captain Chorles Water-

he had paraded about Europe in house, Conservative MP

Should for HOW DO YOU

you powdered

wig and sword and Southeast Leicester, has to keep SPELL IT?

be in

Kent gold-embroidered court-dress; at when he returns to Britak from

and have A 14 he had

received from the la present Visit to Southern wish lo visit the village of Pove

the Order of the Golden Rhodesin concerns footbal Womenswold, take care or you Spur. In Napies his phenomenal match in which the opperile may go astray. There are at playing wus attributed to Luas are three miles apart. least nine ways to speil the 13. The big-scale survey

1 calls

Womenswold, bul

He is to throw up the ball to start

Tingle ring he wore, The Loy was everybody said-a genius with countless compositions to

Ure traditional Shrove the telephone directory says his credit. Tuesony football match at Ash- Womanswold. The parish maga Dourne, Derbyshire, un February zine prefers Wymynswold anct 14. No man la necorded this

Hastedt, the Kent historian, honour twice.

names it Wimbiingswold. Other Wymenswould, are The Duke

is variaBons of Windsor

Wymynswould, among the notable people who Womenswould,

Wemblingswold and even talented, did not bandy words have been given the privilege.

WomenJole.

with archbishops, When they

FLYING Flying "cowixys” COWBOYS who

are

Auditions

cai

Kicked out

But musicians

however

were kicked out of a room by a nobleman, as Mozart was by Count for a

Arco, the Archbishop's

new

fer steward, they did not even think Sadlers

Wells of kicking back. to be held on They knew their place.

was in the servants' room, below An advertisement

It

He had one great enthusiasm outside music:

Wis he

member passionate Freemason,

with RememberlIN

la D

do

N.N.

you

yourself once admit- ted to mo that you

inclined

to

comply too easily." 35, In 1791, aged over-worked und in

Mi-health.

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wan

Unguarded

All that was left of Mozart was a wealth of great musio, and some hundreds of spirited and Mozart interrupted unguarded letters, composing *The Magic FOOTNOTE 1-The mysteri- Flute by a sinister Biranger ous stranger turned out to be dresced In mourning, who

the emissary of one Count behalf of an unnamed Walsegg who proposed to pass

[2

A

Me

RC- patron,

commissioned

KC off the Requiem as kia own. quiem. Mozart agreed to begin the work for 50 ducats A few FOOTNOTE 2.-Salleri, on months later, the stranger called his death-bed, called Moscheley,

famous again

and said inquire how it was

plenist, puing on.

brought more solemnly. ++1 did not poison

Mozart," money.

1

of the oldest jodge in Vienna.

"The His last great opera, Magic Flute was cryptically addressed to his brother masons,

If It's Romance You're After...

H

FOORAY for galligaskins and tiffety-taffety and doxies in the stws o Lon- don and personal Interviews with Drake and Raleigh and Sir Richard Grenville,

ле

There is nothing I like better. And just in time to save from collapse among the plies of serious, solic worthy, con- temporary fiction comes a book after my own heart.

By NANCY SPAIN

Clon has

and his

been packed eff to helmet, his corselet, a in a hurry in the good ship arquebuse and picks up a deep He also picks a young Tyger because he has pinked tan, the Queen's favourite (u chap Indian lady called Rycku. called Grover) in a duci,

Grover has told Dion that Dion is only interested in his ruft and his perfume, and this annoya our hero.

routs the CAT Canadian North- AUDITION west in helicopters are rounding Theatre ap and branding herds of bison.

Dion has scarcely been on the The herds ruam over hundreds February 7.

in The Stage states: "Applicants the valets, but above the cooks.

high seas 20 days before the sub-Artile of square miles of

Portuguese pilot remarka that cap-But Mozart knew that his place fully grown and territory, and the traditional must

red hose are not suitable wear was among the immortals. Western

methods of rounding ble of maintaining dignity and

EVICTI

ven if his tellers were badly ALUD a ten-foot wall

So Dion gain It ia TUDOR RENEGADE on shipboard. up cattle by larlat and branding poise

they distractions of a full-

would still be of (Constable, 138, s.). written, despite

by 50 reaches for his rapier. them with irons is impossible.

scale

light on Interest because orchestra And

ony

year-old

mon ex-newspaper of a man of Don Tracy.

Ab, personality

well. So helicopter crews are annel audience laughter and applause the

Eventually, they land in the New World, swear- genius is precious. But, in fact, receive with a simple type of threpump. The artist chosen will

wrote the lvellest, It is all about Dion Harvle, ing awful oaths like "Icod". loaded with sheeu dye. The for his/her services uno sardine Mozart

tickets gayest-and sometimes the mast of Lord Avronbeck, on and "Damn" and on the island fiers cut out a chosen animal and two complimentary

obstreperous young gallant. of Roanoke Dion casts of his from tho herd

Improper of letters. und spray the per performance."

VIGNETTES OF LIFE

DON'T OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE –

EXCEPT IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, LIKE AN OVER-FLOWING BATHTUB,

operalle

Lucky New Year

SOD

BY HARRY

WEINERT

GET YOURSELF A HORSESHOE – IF YOU CAN

FIND A HORSE —

BE SURE TO HANG IT RIGHT" SIDE UP THE OTHER WAY IS WORSE THAN

NO HORSESHOE AT ALL.

PONT LAUNCH ANY NEW ENTERPRISES

ON FRIDAY· THE THIRTEENTH .

DON'T LET WALKING UNDER LADDERS BOTHER YOU —— CLIMB OVER 'EM.

~AND DON'T

WALK ON

THE CRACKS

IF PEOPLE'

THINK YOU'RE

ALDOING

THE MAMBO,

LET'EM.

IT'S SEVEN YEARS

BAD LUCK

IF YOU BREAK

A MIRROR- SO IF YOU'RE STUCK WITH ONE OF THOSE FACES,

· PLAY IT SAFE - USE A PIECE OF

POLISHED

TIN:

COPL., 1956 BY GENERAL FEATUNES CORP, IM-WORLD RIGHTS RESERVED.

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́IF THERE ISN'T ANY WOOD

TO KNOCK,ON-DONY GET PANICKY—USE YOUR HEAD -- ANY. SUBSTITUTE IS

BETTER THAN MOTHING.

—AND DON'T

FORGET

YOUR RABBITS

FOOT.

She has large, lustrous eyes, and her breath "carries tho same scent of

grapes as the wind." Soon his brain

18 such untranslatable hammering phrases "Savage wench, savage wench, savage wench how sweet, how sweet."...And before you can say Gloriana they are dallying in the dunca,

Ah, me. It is the year 1584 (or so the author tells us), but this doesn't stop our Dion. He seems to whizz back and forth across the Atlantic as quickly

jet plane. and often as

Indeed, I have only one thing against this delirious picture of the early colonising efforts of the English. Nobody СОСТ bothers to tell me what became of grape-scented Rycko..

The Primrose" path

DUT what of the New Elle-

Bethany Duel costs and

bowler hats are drab after

gall gasking and hosen and all that. But thero ~ta a Art novel THE PRIMROSE PATHI (Longmans, 128, 5d.) by Peter Forster, that is a real contem- porary romance.

It is all about poor silly Edward Primrose who starts the story in an insurance office.

Primrose is sacked. Soon ho gets a horrible job is publicity. Soon he has lost that too and has fallen in with degenerŝies, Soon he is a spy.

And then, poor Primrose, ho bursts in upon a secret con- ference between the Master Spy and an awfully important English figure {" Cabinet Minister or someone) so he has to be bumped off Byo bye. Primrose.

Now, this story is not all that absurd (I absolutely refuse to remind you of the strange, casa of B-rg-es and M-cl--n.)

Mark my wards, in a few. years time we shall be talking about Mr Forster na though. Nế were Mr Graham Greenie:7..

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not,

Little old joke

RE American jokes diderent. from British jokes? I think.

Consider the latest U.S. best-seller AUNTIE MAME (MUNAY 12 d.), by Patrick Dennis.

..

Ha Hittle old: aunt gets off with Benuregard Burnside, - n little old Southern gentlemaní kot

But litija Gold: Sally Cato McDougall (who has been jilted'. by Beau) arranges för poor Auntlo Mame to ride to hounds on a mad hores

Auntie. Mame (glued" to the sido sadilo) charges over-folde of com, through chicken, codpe, until the home drakts, to, dénih against a "ort food wally

Auntie Marse files dus into the”! Savannah River. "Most embala”! place of hawaónantship:14091h đid nõo,” “mys tho Little Yankoo Val