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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1958.

FROM RAGS TO RICHES by John Cottrell

Born

in a

tent

she rode

a

piano

to millions

MID the thick dust and decay, surrounding an old, A

broken-down shuck in the backwoods of Tasmania, stood an attractive, elegant woman. She looked around

her. Then she began to cry...

We were in a snug and charming London studio

visit

20

Eileen skm showed

such

**The nuns at Loreto

me for LWO clothed

fel and years,"

of Sir Hory Wood's Pro- menade concerts,

"But I did not schlova success quickly," she says, "Nothing has coine easily, 1

at concerts for two or cas and uppeared in alinnal every towny and cliy la Kugland. It was always cheap hotels, Bird-class travel und food,"

From 1030-45, Elleen Joyce toured the blitzed arcas of Britain with the London Phil- harmoule Orchestra. Since then

all over this has played

the Albert world, appeared at the Hall more often than any other artiste, made mure than 80 gramophone records, and built up the phenomenal repertoire

70 concertos.

She became the highest-puld plunist in Britain, earning much as £17,000-a-yeur.

did

La

to

New Interests Unhappily, success and money

not bring happiness Elleen Joyco. In 1942 her hus- band, o navul officer, was kill- ed in collon. She was left with their baby son.

But the past few years have sen

U new and radiant Eileen Joyce.

She is now happlly

married to

趋

Alm

Mann,

executive,

Christopher

and has

found

now Interests

to divert

from the

strain of

her mind

unending concentration On

inusic.

Says Miss Joyce: "10 has taken me years to find out that one can relax by doing other things."

In the past five years, she has taken courses in flower arrange- ment, cookery and tapestry- y Miss Joyce, "and I think making. She has begun to play that anything nice JE me has badminton and table-tennaM. come from there."

"Transcendently Gifted"

wrote in

liken up borse-riding, berome skiiful at archery, learned to drive, and has won her bronze and silver medals for ballroom dancing.

Now she is planning to have fying lessons,

dlver- Despite these many

works BIODE, Miss Joyce still tremendously hard and practises for at least five hours every day, often longer. "Every concert in e a matter of life and death,"

when Eileen Joyer, the extraordinary talent For music

at Loreto Ir great moment inspired to

n visit by Perry world-famous concert pins-that her father was

ramne during sert pe together £1 and buy the ist, described the

tenth Grainger, the fomposer," "After anvend Janno for her

hearing

me play, he the newspapers that I was the most transcendently gifted child' he had ever heard."

said she should go to the United States to study. to her.

Her next distinguished visitor-

Wilhelm Backhaus, the world-famous German planist. Eileen should go to so she did, after

Fas

·Elleen

Dri

her childhood home which birthday. reduced her to tears. The It was a fer-stained, yellow- which had Instrument fur- keyed room was luxuriously

thousand crichtend t

carousals nishel, tastefully decorated,

itut for Eilren, who by miners. crowded with photographs, had once seen her doll's prm zund dominated by

sold so that the family might rut, it was the rust wonderful inevitable piano,

Pat she had ever had.

The

to expden of the

There Wik

From that moment, the til Crews lettd alfering of former get lived only for music

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111* 45 Sear ago when Ehlern Joyce

She

Ffe also

g. And

dised me than

1AD

5:900.

Yet this was the home was the must hard-working.

popil her et worth whee Bruggle to dedermined

In Leigh 2. the young girl fame and prosperity 1. perhaps teacher hid ever known.

time 10 When the muthe entered her de soled hotly a he of all It has all the info the Premiery

anuity Musical Peace

Luitel, after her money Examination, a fatty-tale

years, ten ventet podagy Muched secretly for the imunod Fant at Poorly tothed, "Interandsafar To The rans

led, mal very lonely, her astonishtnent,

passed E atly atte it med. Was to Born in a tent new Zeehan, Joker monnuation

with us :: to Australia Temaka

It was for aken

Bu hortis pot more snake thus prople, and Baleen was a sad, rugged, baie foot gul with hitle Fear!

precious few clothes

Her

Gol

EXCIPATED S

father was a bastaman

who spent two yents making

a

fruitless senzeh for gotel in

"Go it, Freckles"

At the mint critica) moabend. We career of Eileen Joyce was

vel by a "tai y godpother"-- Max Lend Andreae, # Now Tate was

Autely conscious of Zealander who had returned to shabby clothes, and of her Legag with her husband for a may and Deskles "the biggest serinį honeymoon, you ever saw.**

"Chuldrin

Ju

Eileen met the Andreacs hy be so emel," chan a! #1 Cocent They ***There

Dr

Were gos 11eed

1 at she

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Western Australia Finally, he she reminisce gave up prospecting to work in id Ragged Ellee they used to the own daughter, begght her The mines, and the family join short And If anyone called me de cent clothes, and seat her to ed him to live in a dilapidated "Freeldes I chied a thousand the great Teichnuller for coach- bungalow in the tough gold- deaths mining town of Boulder City

Miss Joyce looked sad as she remembered those days. "WEB I look back it spens that there was no sunshine in my life, only Joneliness and unpleasantriegs The Brut eight

yours especially hard. Wr were the purest of the poor and lived on scraps of food from any uncle's

"

-reichmuller laught 1 part cucumber on my face, bul

was ter 11. Those nothing." says Miss Joyce. "I freckles blighted my life. Once hwngs thought he was paid, and

shouted Co

didn't learn the wuth untit three years ag

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Freckles' lule! was playing in

a concert.

were Today, thuse freckles

In Boulder City, she played the mouth-organ to miness tu taise pennies for sixpenny pans lessans Before school cach day she would practise for as leng as possible on the battered old pano in her unete's saloon.

bre 2

1

Were always nany prople who wer pleased 10 charityg asset to t ehle and help Eileen in her career, some attractive woman.

because they loved! music, but talent many

They were

in Boulder City, the

*:val

determination to

of the freckled-faced Joyce girl endeared in the little girl with became so well-known that an such

Falern Fund" was launched study. to send her in the Loreta cons vent t

Perth for

The Andreaes were the mast anishing generous of all. They took her England, course. Even miners, gambling to live with them v

by the salonas, contributed part art soon she marke her debut

of their warnings fo; the find at the old Queen's Hull In one

Are you on the way

to £10,000 a

1500U --

2200-

Do you see yourself as a potential £10,000. a-your man? Or if you already ara one, are you worth your "Salary 7 For those at the top, and those with ambition to get there, here, is a chance to assess their ablilties on the basis of methods used by modern,Industrial psychologists in socking out "leadership" material.

INCREASINGLY the psycholo

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Here is a short selection of the sort of questions uskech

1. If you were to slip on a banana

skin would you--

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ta) Blume zome silly fool for leaving

# there?

really (b) Tell yourself you

be more careful in future? (e) Laugh the whole thing off!

2. Which do you prefer to do at

parties?

(#) and out food and drink to the

Huests? (b) Arrange

dances Or party games?

the

try Look after the kitchen activities? 3. Do you think that the weather

Inan-

(a) is as often wrong as not? th) On the whole dões

Kool job?

4. If the weather kuddenly turns warm do you think you should-- (a) Take your coat and the oft if you

wish?

(b) Always remain properly dressed? [r] Take your cue from your boss's

example?

5. to you prefer making decisions- (a) By yourself?

(b) in commitico?

J

(e) By consulting

opinion you respect?

whose

6. Ia atranger were to be rude la

you in publie would you--

back (a) Answer him

in similar

terms?

(b) Ignore him? (e) Call a policeman?

7. At a reception do you prefer- (4) Meeting old friends

(b) Celling to know someone new? (e) Seeking out the Important people?

B. Do you

(w) Buy your own Christinus" cards? (bi Design your own?

(e) Send your secretary out to make

11.

A selection?

Would you rather work— (a) By yourself?

(b) In

In a small group of friends? (2) In a larger cheerful group? 10. As an employer would you give

sick leave—

(a) Only with doctor's certificater the If you thought the individual

eirumstances warranted it?

Tel Whatever the excuse?

11. If there were only ons seat left in the bus, the next not being åtte for 10 minutes, and someone asked you if you wouldn't mind

in taking

your

the place in queue, would you (u) Let him go ahead? (b) Quieldly see what he had to say

Arl? (c) Apologise but firmly keep your

place?

12. How well do you think you have

done in this quiz?

(a) Rather well, really?

(6) As well as mast, you suppose,

(e) Perhaps not as well as some?

year?

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1.

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This test is mainly directed at #ading the right kind of boss iti big modern enterprise. The best bosses in these circum- stances

sgem to have these qualities: Selt confidence; trustfulness;

tendency to

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Seven to 10 marks; You work betler as the second in com- mand

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Fotir

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marks

and under: If

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