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THE CHINA MAIL; WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1956.

Nathaniel Gubbins

T has been a bkick Gubbins miserable, would be week, particularly for better spent sending the mums of Liverpool to Blackpool for a old Harrovians who

slap-up free do. are admitting that what- ever little King Husseln learned at Harrow It cer- tainly wasn't good

nera.

man-

Ancient cricket-lovers, who for years have been saying that if everybody in the world played crickel world would follow automatically, ere beginning to have their doubts after the Pakistan incident.

FAN MAIL

REING a letter from a constant Drender who always addresses me as "Dear Pig .... Dear Plg.

Since you changed over from

I have pence one paper to another

one instead burrowed the new of the one that used to print your rubbish and am writing to say you are worse than you ever WILS.

citizen There is a worried asking in a newspaper, "Is the lion on a British emblem out of date?"

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He might us well ash it Dri- tannia, that

full-boomed girl with dead-pan face and trident, is also out of date

Each year, If you study the ut the comparative strength world's navies, you will find al is ruling fewer and fewer waves ax a harbour and may end_up_ mistress nt Dover staring follshly across the Channel.

Even 1, always prepared

WDS startled

the worst,

read a beadlines,

BAS LOST

You always was a liar, par- ticularly when you printed let-

and fill the Albert Hall if done up in packets of 100,

So unless you 'work in the Albert Hall Ï' don't know how you deal with your correspon- dence.

on

the

I have also noticed that you are atlil insulting the ladies who have never done you any harm.

Only the other week you. wrote a poem saying you would like to marry a strong country #ll you could.punch nose all day to keep you ft.

As I gather from your tripo that you are married, and as you also say you are nearly 100 years old are you a man or a beast in humna skepe?

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Well dear Plg, the answer to ters from unironla, as even o your last question is that I am child knows animols

can't à benst in beast'a stiape, as you

would find out if you saw dealing with my correspondence at Wembley Stadium and not the Albert Hall, which is rather

write, but when you said in the last issue that 75,000,000 renders wrole to you each week that was the biggest lie of all.

for that

me

1 have worked it out that cramped for the purpose. even if every man, woman,

The figure ol 75,000,000 15 child. and baby in arms in correct If you count all the Great Britain and Ireland wrote animals and birds who, despite to you it still wouldn't come to your cynicism, write to me re- Bgure as there aro not gularly from all parts of the 75,000,000 people in the country. country. Before myxomatosis What's more, according to my destroyed so many rabbits the

75,000,000 TO reckoning

letters figure was nearer 100,000,000. averaging 12in. long, including So far as "insulting the indies" pages, would almost reach is concerned. I have always from London to Birmingham if found they would rather be in- placed end on end, and if placed sulted then ignored.

Liv

"ENGLAND

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THE WIL WIN," but am now happy inform you that it only referrest to a game of pang-pong Hungary

When recovered ·

bad news

bothering

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with

from the only problem Was "What is to the to hapo now going

pulch £9,000,000 winch anually out of your money and Arab support

Lu

Legions?

Wits

The

on top of each other would be And how do you know they higher than Nelson's monument, have never done me any harm?

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"I wish some

deer leaped

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and gune over as well.

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first that

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of ten

bob each bul tax

never

little "After that," said the WHEN a hunted

boy with to death over the cliff of a

Devil relish, "the would take him back L 001t, slone quarry in Devon, man working in the quarry sald hunting lodge and give him

of good blow out

Iced cake. to a reporter:

of the riders buns, and fried bangers to keep That's him at for the next day's hunt."

The little boy what I think of stag hunting.

your His also what many

Uncle Nat, who, when he thou-

Way

his

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was

back 16

As there are about 24,000,000 Income-tax payers in the coun-

I thought share-out

would be welcome.

know that Governments

these

sands of other indignant people very young, had read the last word written about this matter and a think about this sport,

the 19th-century tile boy I once knew detested by

English Who pay their salaries and for it so much that he had worked poet Ralph Hodgson.

Hunting their

give anything

cocktail parties

mandoned

foreigners Iden.

Then I saw another headline, MISERABLE "GIVE THE MUMS A FREE HOLIDAY."

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of out the otermal punishment the stag hunters to the last detall.

As he WHS convinced they never RO 10 Heaven, would

they went however often church, he said that when huntsman died he was kept for tenting purposes like a carted stag

This referred to a plan by the Welfare Offleer of Liverpues to provide a week by the ca. without their familles. for the miserable overworked mums of the distrit

The

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Then every day for hundreds of years he would be chased by the slavering hounds of Hades Welfare Ofcer thinks and demons in hunting plak.

Satan's provided across

flaming fields, the money should be by the National Health Service. but I think the wosted

£9,000,000,

hus made King Hussein. Clubb Pasha, and

which

HARTELL

through his dark, smouldering woods, across fiery streams and brooks of molten lead until he dropped exhausted.

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"Twould ring the bells of

Heaven

The wildest peal for years, If Parson lost his seRACI And people came to theirs; And he and they together Knelt down with

prayer

angry

:

As four leading ladies

lunch... the kind of talk

never hear Moscow, Mr Malenkov!

you'd

PEGGY MOUNT

MARGARET LEIGHTON

SALLY ANN HOWES

in

ANNA MASEKY

Table-Talk Report .. by David Lewin

200 toast-

Poggy Mount said: "A really quiet wedding for me. I'm not the party-goer at all."

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SPARKLE of West, "The Inst time I was here," End leading ladies said Baily Ann Howes as she walked into the Savoy, **WS Bat around the

Askey's wedding. for Anthon Lewin Luncheon Enormous party it wa Club table-a study in con- guests red

red-coated trasting styles and opinions, master, very serious until Toni- my Trinder debunked him, But Margaret Loighton... it was such at party. elegant, poised, successful prefer something quieter

successful play, in

"Separate Tables;" Peggy Mount.... comfortable, un- ruffled, the repertory actress who, after 19 years, became n West End star overnight in "Sailor Beware,"

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A perfect wedding

JARGARET Leighton nodderf Sally Ann Howes....bub-

her head. She was wearing bling, guy musical comedy

white bee-hive hal. "Not star of "Summer Song:" that way for me, either. Maybe Anna Маннеу....Д de a big party after the honey- Fur tamed and shabby tigers, butante who began at the moon, given by someone els

I'm always so worried at partics And dancing dogs and beurs,

in "Reluctant De- wretched, And

the hostess I don't blind uit top

when I'm butante" and is now have any fun." learning her business back- Sally Ann gave her idea of wedding: "The wards-from the top down. the

ponies, And little hunted harei.

(World Copyright)

perfect

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impression of

My father (Bobby eloping...then have a big crowd you can still that sort.

the feeling af being Howes) was 40 years a star and the wonderful party when it is have all over.

Intimate without cutting any he sald you learn from the

autlence.": one."

Peggy Mount, the Intest Peggy Mount spoko with recruft to the

authority. West End final of life, said sho We looked at Anna Massey, wa

was perience in rep was invaluable, more about diet and,

perhaps because of her who, as

a debutanic, probably thinking

was the only had more experience of parties than parties, "I have lost 241⁄2st, experience, she

Christmas. Wonderful one of the group, who had no "I went to 10 since than anyone. parties in two months when I doctor I have the man who nerves about her acting, was coming out and just after advised the Queen

on diet, I and It is roughly steak my play opened too," she said, think. "Now I dash away after the five cups of liquid a day." theatre at night to be quiet."

"Five cups of sherry, could Anna Massey, that be?" asked

"Certainly not. Just liquid." sold Miss Mount, sloping tomato Julco,

Maybe it is a pity, but the old idea of an actress's life being all champagne and parties in fading out.

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"I'm not neuroile about I-I just love everything," she said. "Even on that first night in the End when my friends West warned me.

"It might have been won- derful on tour, they said, "but you wait. Here in town the first-night audience will prob ably just sit on their hands and

Margaret Leighton said: "First-night parties are hell, Anna Massey said: "Eating a only gave one, and the play was lot is supposed to be a sign of not clap at all.” a dreadful flop. I've always immaturity,"

"But instead of scaring me used that as an excuse for not

Sally

Ant Howes fought that just made me angry. I giving any others,

"You have to be careful with "In that care I'll be immature went right on and gave them a

Have either at 60. I cat what I like, when show," parties anyway.

I like." four people-or

If you

JOHN FISHER ON THE NEW GERMANY: SECOND DAY

100.

AN ARMY-OR A FARCE?

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Its officer cadets and instructional NCOs will, for the most part, bo too young to have fought in World War Two, and the conscripts (many of whom suffered from

"My dear," said Perry Mount, "you'll never have to worry. It

1 'onced

at Anna Masscy.

This young girl has had tho

Is when you have a frame like cen out front to see her show mine that you need to take care and Princess Margaret too.

Was she nervous I wondered? I'm playing this dominating woman In Sailor Beware, and my agent said to me; "You've just got to silm; otherwise you'll act hornets all your life,

Anger-not norvos

"Terribly anxious at the beginning of the run," she said. "Then I ease up and after three months it is fine, but then the nerves come back again. Now I'm always worrying if I can remember the line ahead, and I'm scared even if the next- door neighbour is out front watching the play,"

NDERNACH used to time we shan't even hear arrive with all movable parta

richly chromiummed, be a pleasant village them coming." in which to drink

The factly that the Russians Officers and other ranks wine beside the Rhine on a

have probably done well to are expected to mingle with adept the traditional German summer's evening. Today it is the headquarters of civilians in the Andernach army uniform for their puppet ment during the, war) are o surprized, "What a lovely agent and I can hear my own voice

the new German army— still one of the most con- troversial subjects in West Germany.

I drove recently down the left bank of the Rhine and turned in at the gate of this settlement of cream-painted,

Desperate efforts aro being made to see that the

new soldiers remain

an

Exchange Club. The barrack East German Army, since it has gate is guarded by a watch not only recruiting value but man hired from the local protection value too. burglary protection society -not by a sentry.

What West German would want to fire on a comrade wear- ing anything as typically Ger-

One of the questions asks the Army.

TARGARET Leighton, the undernourlah-MA

alimmest of them all, seemed expected to match up to pre- to give advice like that. Look

Sally Ann Howes, sald her nerves took, a different form. "I get that awful feeling of the saliva drying up in the mouth aroaking. It is

.But

ngony.

what can be done to stop it?"

There seems to be no cure In "strow""business-for-nervālgamalkan is just an occupational hazard. There are others too.

war standards.

at me, I'd love to be in Oddly enough, the real elite | musical. It is my secret wish, troops in West Germany are really controlled by the Ministry of

"I was in a very serious play the Interior.

ance Three Sisters, I think Ав If this were not man as an East German rig?

These are the 18,000 men of and I went along for a panto enough, all would-be recruits

I wanted so Frontier What is certain is that the the Federal

Defence mine audition.

I turned to Anna Massey and are asked a series of ques- West German policeman, with Force.

rauch to be in panto. I learned diced: "Did you meet any two

songs-

-and they told me to jealousy among other actresses tions prepared with the help his smart moss-green greatcoat,

swim-suit thing, and because you began as a star at wooden huts. Here is the

They are tough, motorised wear of a woman paychologist small peaked cap and short

wearing the famous they gave me Marlene Dietrich the top with little experiences" picture I got of Germany's and designed

black boots, is infinitely smarter warriors, to detect

than the present West German Jeckboot and coal-scuttle hel- like black stockings and high-

Peggy Mount said Immedi- new fighting force.

militarism at long range. Army officer. -

met, who have been trained to heeled shoes,

ately; "Why should she? Sho take part in large-scale manocu-

"I went on stage and when is so good,” For this and other reasons I vres.

they saw mo they just fell about believe that there will be

Not the right sort Anna Massey thought for a Arrangements have been laughing. changes in the West German

"I don't army of civilians in uniform

Perhaps it is right that mile to incorporate them into of logs, dear, they said, laugh- moment and replied:

I did Let's try packing think so not jealousy.

for the play and and to ensure that they will recruit to say whether the there should be changes so long the new army, and in the early ing away.

they will put military your tights. It was no good, I an audition

there were lots of girls there. not, in their capacity as soldiers who took part in the as things do not go to the other stages

"nap" into a force which at was still too thin, Jean Carson

So there was competition." soldiers, have any political July 20 plot to kill finer were extreme.

present seems just too polite for got the part, I believe," justified in breaking their influence

the words! Much will depend on

We moved in for lunch, and on this

any soldier'a oath.

status of the armed forces as

Miss Leighton dealt with her other German Government,

fah, followed by roast chicken So le of the history of defined in Inws which are still

with salad... Peggy Mount told The German Parliament the Hitler regime is apparently being thrashed out in the Ger-

us the first-time she got to the has refused to agree to more being taught in German schools man Parliament.

West End was playing a witch than 6,000 volunteers being that at least one recruit, when

in pantomime. enrolled, and has banned "What about July 201 the formation of any fight- earlier if you like." ing units until new laws This is one of the things controlling the new High that made me wonder: "Is this

going to $18.00 Command, and placing it experiment really

One hundred barracks are to au- work? Is it a practical pro 18.00 under Parliamentary

position in present-day Ger- be ready by the autumn of this year for the volunteers (target 15.00 thority, have been passed.

200,000, all nervices), whom it In Bonn, General Heusinger, is hoped to have in training by who is in charge of staff plan- that time, ready for the reception ning in the new

army, told of the first conscripts in the mo: "Our army should reflect autumn of 1957. recruiting slogans the spirit of the people it i 7.50 have been adopted; all the to defend." 7.50|fight has been taken out of If this is so, the new German

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"They asked me to read the MARGARET Leighton had firm ideas on the subject, part Arst. How do you read a witch?

I went ah-ga-ga-gah I don't go for this line about and waved the hands, and they talent hanging

around #ind

sold "All right dear, you're in, starving. You'll always be dia- and I was so surprised my knees covered if you've got some went wobbly and I couldn't thing," walk and they had to carry

mo oft stage..

"But all my real experience comes from repertory nearly 20 years of rep."

the right time

"I suppose it is a question of. and the right opportunity said Sally Ann- Howes. And then, on the first night at a musical, it is worth ell the nerves and the worry. There was a pause. Then There is the overture and you're Anna Massey, the youngest, there, and it is like standing turned to veteran Peggy Mount alone on a elin top with the and asked: "Tell me, is it, wind blowing through your hair. dimeult getting into rep?" and it is exhilarating.”

We, stopped eating and "MiSH. Anna Massey, mia - sadly: Masady was very serious, “Em "What a pity there is no over- trying to 100rn all the sort of luro in a straight play, to help things I didn't foar before I get that fooling:" began. I'd like to go into rep After this West End play."

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"I started in cop at 30%, 6 week," said Margaret, Leighton, “I was so bad they reduced that No, nothing after a while U

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