ARTIE....
24
"And if you're not a good licile boy-Stirling Moss
will get you ! Į "
The
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1956.
jungle
warrior
turns to jingles
London. Chindit Johnny Johnston
HE Tin Pan Alley proceeded to extend his boy song - plugger knowlege of jungle-warfare went to war and by returning to Denmark became a major in the 14th Street and starting in busi- Army in Burma. War over, ness for himself.
A British Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
3 Glistened (8).
8 Difficulty (6).
9 Approximate judginont (8)
31 Spotted (8).
12 Repair (4)
13 Feature (3)
18 Finisher (5).
18 Entice (4).
22 Gives up hope (8).
25 Speaker (A).
24 Awakening call (8)
28 Disagrees (B).
YESTERDAY'S
16
... but he wields
a mike instead of a
studio,
machete
For, no longer a minstrel for a broadcast in a merchandising others' Bongs, he has achieved suc- fronts simul- cess on four
All at one time
JOHNNY JOHNSTON: The song-plugger who want to
the Izviewer's
of
George Malcolm Thomson on BOOKS
MR CRONIN'S FLAT-FOOTED
CRUSADE
CRUSADER'S TOMB, By "'1
A. J. Cronin. Gollancz, Pater!" 15. 351 pages.
T
any, what'a lark,
But Cronin's novel is not concerned with such frolics. THE DESMONDES have Long, flat-footed, Hmp as a lived in Sussex ever cliche, It pursues Stephen Rinco they took off Desmonde, the rector's son, from the Normandy beaches himself intended for the with William the Conqueror. Church (and family living), After 800 years or so, they but nursing a darker ambi-
Stephen have become (or Cronin is tion. unjust to them) the most paint!
bores In the pompous England of Edward VII.
They address one another, choking with self-approval, in language of indescribable majesty. They seem not to
Wielding microphone in- stead of machote, Johnston has in these past few years
"Burma was a rest-camp With ory hacked himself out an as- compared with life now," he tonishingly sizable piece of said
bricklayer happily. We were and shop- territory.
talking between rehearsals girl fo the
BBC Western Hemisphere turning with the dow and precision
vocalist,
I corn that chik jazz Instruments. must be held high and his spirit in four weeks the Torme record thick has cold over 1,000 copics -- the John- indomitable to survive the
waxen flood of rank bad ballads good for a 12-inch LP. So per- singing that weekly flows br.
haps the word is already getting through century to praise two records that have studied reached me recently whose merit
in and artistry make Bang
car perk up with delight.
They are by a man and "Jazz Scerv: 1058," traditional and | speak but rathr to hand out who, it quality and modern; both laped last Febru luminated addresses on indivkludity still count, must ary at Festival Hall. On the
Thus, Arker Bilk,
taneously.
$2
he is...
Music publisher: He is a partner with Billy Cotton
Apart (5).
DOWN
2 Commonplace (5).
3 Ghost
(7).
4 Nuisance (4)
a Ineursion (4).
Idler (8).
7 Fears (8).
16. Lukewarm (5).
14 Heavenly being (5)
In Annealy (7)
18 Over-ulorned (0),
1 Longs for (8),
20 Merriment (5).
21 Take without right (5).
22 Plunge (4).
23 Narrow opening (4).
21
28
CROSSWORD-Across; 3 Adjourns, Ached, Advocate. 10 Allege, 13 Deplete, 15 Dene, 17 Endured, 18 Protesi, 20 Once, 21 Tirados, 20 Retire, 27 Enlarged, Thong, 2 Settlers, Down: 1 Salad, 2 Whelp, 3 Adage, 4 Obor, 8 Remper, 6 Sceped. 9 Detest, 11 Learn, 12 Elate, 14 Entire. 15 Duca, 10 Never, 18 Posers, 10 Oceled. 22 Rests, 23 Divot. 24 Senge, 25 Oml.
He explainext ston Brothers' technique. "I went some old 15th manuscripts and the way they
NEW RECORDS by KENNETH ALLSOP
Gregorian chant." To Blustrate his point the (hindi chanted a
few bars of Greensleeves.
It is therefore a real pleasure
woman
50071
the blunted
around.
THESE, TOO
1 also like:
Tempo's twin 12-inch LPs
becume names es familler first, the Sinatra and Horne. The man Lightfoot
McRae.
Bertrum Terry vellum. and Dave Carey Desmonde, rector of Still-
the Vic Ash
Group, Jacz
Jar. in the firm of Michael Reine, which had four hits last year including "Friends and Neighbours" and that bit of anthropological tt - search, "Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo."
The jingles joggle to life Composer: of best-sellers while he is driving up to xuel
"The Homing London each day BIN
in his
Cun' Get Started, ' Waltz" and "The Love Of Daimler drophead (with Remember April and as other My Life".
Boxer dog Windsor at his tunes with similar loving cis side).
his half crimination, as li For he.
every note French half-Russian wife, has been combed out anew,
" modern in None. Anci 10-year-old nexion; both use their votees wick). daughter have
unison. That's what we do is Mel Torms, the girl Carmen bands: on the second, the New water (the family living).
Both records are 12-inch LPs Quartet and the Tubby Hayes speaking to his son:
"Your grandfather was a On Mel Torms A! The Crescendo band. "Big Bill Blues" (Vogue): (Vogue-Coral) this one-line 12 blues from Bill Broonzy
good man, Stephen. A true Artic Shaw
old school negro folk- English gentleman. of the makes vocalist
One "Black Magle," "Blu Moon" singers.
could wish no finer epitaph." and a pack of others sounet fresh ⚫ "Roy and Diz" (Columbin). and crisp as his edal Request two sharply contrasted trumpet-fringe: Desmondes who go Norman Granz brings together True, there is u rafsh
(Bru Miss McRae sings styli
On
Special
Performer:
as arranger and leader of the vocal groups the Johnston Bro thers, the Johnston Singers und e Keynotes who provide the music for Take It From Here and
TV shows, and who, with their record of Hernando's Hide- away No. 1 in the Top Ten for four weeks, and with others selling briskly, com mand Decca's deepest votion.
(le-
gone rural,
As well as a St. John's Wood flat they HOW have three
cottages at Huxmoor Herts,
Haze, jungit-wasfare valinuos
The
trim "Grass to cut.
the raw,"
John 1 Nature in
thrusting
kis jaw. ร said, "Keeps me in the ga zove for this sort of thing." and he returned to sing some unisce l'ey-nonny- nots with MN microphane brothers in "The Keeptr," "au
old Warwickshite folk-zang.”
Jingle Writer: for Johnston is plunging into jingle-warfare - he is re- third sponsible for about 23
Current Jhnson Brothers of those toothpaste tone record: "No Other Love" and poems and cereal serenades "Flowers
Forgiveness"; Keynotes:
Mean next issue by the
that nag at us on commer- "Let's Go Steady" and a British cial television.
novelty, "Chincheringhee."
Both have
17
ki
48 aram-
Eldridge and Gillespie.
to Lord's;
General "Let's Go To Prez" (Philips); Lester Young's cool sax laced Desmonde ("tall, straight- through four hot Basle numbers. featured, erect "Sweel and Lovely" stream-rol" who says: lined and smartened by
the Ralph Sutton Quarter (Bruns-
"I thought we might all go to supper at Frascati's."
Colonel UP and Mr. DOWN... by Walter
264
Happy Father's Day
VIGNETTES OF LIFE
"I'LL PAY FOR IT SOON, DADDY-
SOON AS YOU RAISE
MY ALLOWANCE /*
"HAPPY FATHER'S DAY !
WAKE UP DADDY --
WE'RE TAKING YOU
ON A PICNIC / *
"ME TOO,
DADDY/
ON FATHER'S DAY HE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO TUNE IN AND ENJOY
HIS FAVORITE TV PROGRAM.
NO DAY IS FATHER'S DAY
WHEN HE VENTURES. AN OPINION ABOUT. RAISING THE SPROUT
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE
AN EARLY START
TO ASSURE HIM OF
A DAY HE WILL NEVER FORGET.
WEINERY
"LOOK? I'M - RUNNING THIS. DEPARTMENT-
YOU GO
FLY A KITE OR
SOME
THING
1
OPI, 1954 BY GENERAL FEATURES
SRP, THWORLD RIGHTS RESERVED.
THERE ARE TIMES, EVEN ON FATHER'S DAY, WHICH.
REMIND A MAN MOW ONCE
HE CONSIDERED REMAININGA: VE BACHELOR;
BY HARRY WEINERT
SOMETIMES IT'S A CONSPIRACY TO GET HIM ...
LOOKING LIKE
THEIR IDEA OF
„THE WELL-DRESSED MAN.
HABITUAL POSE OF THE AVERAGE FATHER-ACCORDING
TO BOTH BACHELOR
→
AND FATHER.
EVER NOTICE 'HOW": FATHER, AS SOON AS HE GETS COMFORTABLE, IS BLACKMAILED INTO
GETTING UP AND,
HELPING WITH
THE CHORES 7
JAMES
means to
HILTON
After being caught handing a 5 note to in erring maid- servant, he flees from Church ateliers of and fainly to the
Parks.
Unfortunately, Stephen has no stomach for the goings- on of his Kellow-students ("raucous voices and gross camaraderie aroused in him a distasto") and la only chilly partly consoled by finding that one of them, an Englishman, has preserved the instincts of a gentleman
"One doesn't mention these but sinco things, Deamonde,
you've caught me off guard It's the "Albert Medal. I'm afraid they gave me it of year ago."
a couple
But, when it comes to priggishness, Stephen (not a Desmonde for nothing) ein give most mis a start and a Beking. **No artist,"
proncances, "should paint for the applause or appreciation of his fellows. He should work only to listy himself."
*
Cromin's incredulous re art naked to believe that Stephen is faithful to his artistic Ideal through poverty, penecu tion and tuberculosis. He is a kind of Sussea
Gauguin-a Gauguin with whey in his veins platitudes on his lips and "chilly distaste" instead' of creative power. Coughing he Lives just long enough for his genius to be recognised.
His old father, the clergyman, is bewildered by the whole business In this emotion ho will
ecration.
be joined by vast
Of this novel it may be justly said that, in its moments of pro foundest bathos, its author can
always and language to match
theme;
Vivid Inspira
fuis
tion," revolt of A wounded spirit," "burring desire to ex- press the Intense flow of com- position" and so forth.
So in "Crusader's Tomb lot us reverently inter the fifty heap of ashes which is the mortal remains of A. J. Crain's literary reputation.
TIDY LIFE
DR SCHWEITZER OM by
Nina Langley
(Hirap. London 7/6).
This new blography of De Albert Schweitzer,
by.. Nioa Langley has been written for the new generation,"
One larms to the inside flag to learn that this "short blo- graphy (ices than 100 pages) has been specially written to give young people a simple and clear Impression of his achloviments of Lambarers, the famous itper
hospital in the African Junge >^
In
the new leper
the book is,
is not mentioned in detall until the last chapter, and stand more properly,
early
Schostible bio,RUNG
FOT
children
of Dr.
It is Aljablo for youngsters
from about 11 to 14, though a inoro sophisticated teenager may
And the writers sppziell a
too condescendit
little
A number of - good tiona pre
are
included,
Bad
thero
pomo • i. excellent ✨ excerpta e from Schweitzer's sermóna" to Sije mission the Africatis"; at
hospital, which should appeal immensly to young minds Pigue
There is one sentenco that 'fa' rather carelessly expressed and gives rise to ambiguity, but on the whole Miss Langley has written a tidy little story whleit gotma do cover Schwelle mare important.... zonal life quite
mented on this little, book, i Faye Food, Holid
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