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BACKROOM AIR GIRL

ISS Pamela Smith, 20, the only woman ever to study at the craft of the future. She is one of a team in the sërodyimmies de- partment of Hunting Aircraft, at Luton Airpori, working on research plane, with lets neling vertically from the whole length of the wings, to enable take off in very short distances. When Miss Smith, of Ashburnham Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, left school to become a shorthand typist at Huntings she had no ambition to be one of the "backroom-boys" of the industry. "But people had to me," she said. "So I took a three-year 10 extalata thin-s course at Halfeld Technical College and Anished as graduate of The Royal Acromutical Society. After a year in helicopters I as ed the ran to sponsor me for a two-year contese at the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield." She passed out in July and is now The only woman entitled to the initials "DC Ae after her name.

M College of Aeronautics, is working on the problems of an ill

HITCH-HIKE

PLANNING a lone hitch-hike round the world, with only £50 in

THE CHINA 'MAIL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1958.

THE QUESTION EVERY WOMAN SHOULD GET HER HUSBAND TO ANSWER

Are you still in love with your wife?

THAT songwriter got it wrong. The question THA

isn't What is This Thing Called Love? On even the foggiest night by the Serpentine it's clear enough what it is. The real question is Why is This Thing Called Love?

his socket, is ex-Corporal Clive House, Ride Brigade, of Dart

Army ford, Kent. Chre, who served in Malaya, is sill on the Reserve Hat and is Laving to obtain permission to make his Taking with him "trong pair of Army boots" he ex- jest to travel between 36,000 and 40,089 miles in four

Greece, Turkey, Syria, gebig through Franer, Linly. Yugoslavia,

In Au 1 Fran, Pakistan, and then from Judia to Australia. trala he hopes to earn enough money for a trip to America before badly singleminded stupidity, plays on us-why is it considered

rening to England.

NOT FOR FLYING

ATFIELD, the Hertfordshire hom

years,

of the record-breaking. Voet airilner, has an ofreraft that will never fly. An air- vo thy monoplane has been based within sight of the de Haviland, fuctory on the Barnet by-puss. The twin-sent Provost was bough! Aeronautical fm the RAF

Hatheld Technical College. ateity will learn their practical work by stripping the machine auf re-assembling 3. A £1.500 hanger has been built in the col

Dr W. AJ Chapman, college prineipul, said, lege arounds. wil bring reality to aircraft-servicing courses." OLDEST SHIP

Soun

1927 Was

"It

LLS Cumberland, the Navy's oldest sex-going ship in commis- lun returns to the hipyard of her birth for an alfiel visit Inziched from Vickers Armstrong yard at Borrow in 1928.

was frst commissioned on December Cumberland"

She

In over 30 years she has had u distinguished career. the Battle of the River Plate which resulted in the destrue- Me of the Geraan ontleship "Gruf Spee." In recent years she dar deva tria) cruiser giving exhaustive tests to the three-inch what -inch fully automatie guns and pre-wetting trials against bad Goa tive fail out,

DESCENDANTS

TV rare white park rattle

1he original wild cattle of Britai

have been sent to Whipsnade Zou, Bedfordshire, by Colonel Horny fator, of Woodbastwick Hall, Norwich Colonel Cator's burd of white park cattle is the largest in Britain and has been blan exitence for hundreds of years. In return Whipsnach hove sent Colonel Cator a pair of Afrienn Ankoll cattle.

SIX GOALS

And, more importantly, why is this thing-this total upheaval of the nervous system. this state of mind that verges on complete luney. this switcheroo of a dirty trick that Nature, in all her

the .K. basis for the serious, long-term liulson called marriage?

It is, as we say, more so in the West. But even in the West, driving a car whlie drunk 1. against the law Playing football on a broken leg is re- cognised on folly Planning the rest of your life while hysterical

known to be dangerous

Yel marrying whde in the full grip of a usually temporary anal Mighly romanticised emotion that is just as dissbilng as any of these ly to only O.K., It "carouraged and Is everyone's

dream

The Wonder Ly thu #210254 people do survive. They full in 12 They get married. They Kloy married. They tolerate, they like, and some even love each other.

But do they slay "in love"? HAVE YOU?

If you had to lon one of thene, which would you

choose:-

(a) Your wife?

(b) Your eyesight? (e) Your life savings, pro- ressional reputation, and job? 2 When you bave a dream

about

your wife, ta **

usually:-

(a) A nightmare, dream of taling, being held down, pric- sued, etc?

(b) An ordinary dream of

by DIE

WELLS

6 To you, does she

she 157

look:

(a) Her age, dead on? (1) Ten years older than

(e) Ten years younger?

7 Those little things-run-

ning her baths, lighting hey elgarelle, helping on with her quat, picking up thinks sho drops, Do you do them;-

() Very rarely? (b) Sometimes usually

(e) Orien?

8 Ir

wore horsts.

wishes would you:-- (a) Take

short ride, alone and ort spec, and then come back?

Martin

15 The uncapped toothpaste. 16 If the sald seriously that

Jog-along rut lacking excitement and glamour, AND YOU were offered a no-strings chance to change, which would you do;---

(a) Load a gay bachelor Htc. playing the fleld but not lotting any new woman your "mont permanently?

cros

(b) Choose a new, young wife who adored you and mado you feel more alive?

ly, feel very tempted by either but stay married to the same old wife instead?

18 You have been married

some year, Do you:

(0) Feel there's still a great deal about your wife that you can't predict

under- atund?

(b) Feel marriage is hurn- drum and boring?

(x) Feel marriage is com- fortable as an old shoe?

19. Which do you do MORE

often:-

(a) Constructively criticis, her clothes, hair-do, make-up, grooming, etc.?

(b) Compliment her her new clothes, how pretty shu looks, etc.?

20 Which label fits her more

accurately;

(a) A mysterious creature, sometimes moody, sometimes practical, often exasperating?

(b) A good sort generally? (e) An ickle-dlckle ftuff- hended erenture who needs you to look after hur?

21 Do

small

you bring her presents tweets,

when other people are nouns being in love, but not essential

sal one los glove, the

she couldn't stand it say a marriage?

handbag chatter: the forgotten more and was leaving you, If your 12

wife made some telephone message, the empty would you:- unthinking faut pas in soda typhon. Do 700:-

(a) Tell her to stop being pubile, would you:-

(a) Try doggedly to train silly? (u) Stare daggers at her her out of such habits?

(b) Lis low, counting on and scold her juter?

her changing her mind?

(a) Less often than before (c) Go all small-boy and you were married?

(b) More say you need her?

ofica than before you were mert led--or about the same?

(b) Take your wife on, an canter through carly morning the pork?

(e) Gallop off for ever? 9 She bursis Into lear

mysteriously, Do you!

CHEQUE for £45 has been recorted by Mr H. Symes, chair- me of Huddleston Town Foolbark Club, Hertfordshire, to Lay raven footballs for the club The cheque from a group e anonymous douers who prombed the club before the game against ally realistic everyday happen at her (awkwardly) and say Crown and Manor in the FA Amateur Cup that they would! present a football for every goal word by Rodderdun und

The club won the game 3-2 and so qualified stra if they wun. for seven balls

WASHING MACHINE

CIET is a display of laundry hanging out to dry at the Castle Museum, York is a 40-year-old wasting machine presented

ing?

(e) Romantic → like + movie fade-out?

In general, which of you is the more complex or diftcult to get on with:-

(4) You?

(b) Both the same? (c) Your wife?

4 l your wife:-

to the wise by a Leeds wosat. One of the foreruiners of The reader washing machines, it is a large dolly tub which revolves slowly while as poser un an articulated aria latinps the clothes | cook? up and down. A small electr!: motor drives the urn and also a wringing machine. The machine was made in the early 1920s and was in working order when it arrived at the rosen.

PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 2

BIRMINGHAM'S public buildings now, hieve a Public Eventy No. 2 #e ely cemire pigvon, now very much on the Inereuse, Public Enemy No 1 remams he stardiga, victors of n duan or more encounters with "serert wenpana" produced by the Corporation. "Pigeons are getting quite a menace alinust as bud as the starlings," a Corporation offelal says. here isn't much we can do almot it other than collect there eggs at nesting times and use the same repellent we use for starlings." Pigeona are also moving out in force to the Birmingham suburbs. A large fork of pigeons has been roasting on roofs of factories and shops.

NEW TYPE CHART

CEAMEN in the North Atlantie can now steer courses according to the weather with the help of a new kind of chart pro- duced by the Marine Division of the Meteorological Office. The new charts - one for each month - show winds, ocena currents. lee mits, air and sea temperatures, frequencies of gaics and hurricanes, and main shipping trucks. They have been compiled from a study of North Atlantic weather conditions going back many years.

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(a) Groun audibly and "What is the matter with a

(b) Sympathise (dumbly),

"There, there"?

(0) Groan inwardly and think Here-toe-po-ugal?

10 You Kobble. She cats

slowly. Do you

(a) Tap your fingers and (maybe) say "Come on, hurry up"?

(b) Try to slow down to (W) A fair-to-midding keep pace with her?

wait for her to calch up? (c) A arst rale cook?

you 11 Da

think being "in 5 which of these roles does love" -

(a) The most cerksary Ingredient of happy murztages?

she play best:-

(a) Mother-elther to you

(b) Wife?

or real children?

(b) An evanescent, dell; clous state that isn't meant to withstand the grim realities of

keeper or job-probd carcer girl" marrloge?

(b) Spring gallantly to her rescue?

(e) Pretend not to have noticed?

13 Your

wife takes a lot of trouble to cook a special dinner for the boss and other notables And it couldn't be worse soup is cold, rouffic Bags. and coffee Uke, old marinated halls. After the guests have gone, do you;—

(a) White lie and say it wasn't as bad us all tha17

(b) Shrug your shoulders und put it down to fate?

(c) Clench your teeth, Et your manly Rw, and say Burly: "Let's just NOT talk about it, if you don't mind"? 14 Just the two of you

Bt home of an evening. Which of these takes up most of the time:-

(a) Rending the papers, watching TV, playing cards?

(b) Listening to her day... what the grocer said, what Tommy's knee looked like after he fell off his scooter, the price of eggs, etc.?

day?

THOMAS WISEMAN'S

(e) Telling her about your

(b) Have to fight down blind fury or real irritation each time one of them crops up?

17 If you were mddle-aged. long married, and found your marringe a good though.

Blowers:-

WELL, IS SHE STILL THE ONE FOR YOU?

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limelight

Now what

marks your

34 OR BELOW. You're well

Good luck-but I wouldn't want around when or if you ever wake up.

off. It may not glister ko 50 the gold it once was, but you ere as much in love with your wilc au any reasonable human being can hope to be. Better, you really like her.

35-49 The eternal Romaniicl You're in love with love.

You believe what you read in the ads, what you see nt the movies, and what unmarried indy novelists write about remantle love being the key to all happiness,

Yvu will make Any com- promise, ignore all reality, and go to any lengths to preserve your schoolboy dreams Intact,

Life's more interesting when you're a villain

CURT JURGENS, one of the guttural charmers

of the hand-kissing, heel-clicking variety, has replaced Peter Finch in Ferry to Hongkong, the first of Rank's new, big-budget films for the world market.

Mr Finch, it was sald, did ducers, even as for back as not have an international name; Korda, never bothered to publi- Mr Jurgens did.

cise their stars on the Continent, The result is that none of them ere known there.

So the character in the story was 'changed from an Australian to an Austrian and Mr Jurgens, all 92 kilos of him, stepped in to save the day.

Mr Jurgens and his fourth wife were In London Au tock the opportunity to find out what it was he had that Mr Finch did not-apart from 9 kalos.

Unknown

"Who would have heard of Belinda Lee-a toothpasto per

ups?-If it were not for that unfortunate aceklent with the prince. Because you

have neglected to publicise your own -stars you are now in the predica

ment of having to employ me."

Mr Jurgens i certainly well known now, though before he married and divorced Eva Bartok there were people who might have thought he was an 2. aftershave lotion.

"DETER FINCH?" said Mr

Jurgens, What is that Established in chewing gum?" He was hot-- 1 asume-being intentionally ruda

It was just that he had never heard of Mr Finch, who, conceded, was probably a very flhe actor or cluewing gum na the cass might bn.

"Tho trouble," RAI Mr

Jurgens

MIERE la no danger of such arhistake being made now, After four Hollywood Bling, and ole French fri with Brigitte Bardot, Me, Jurgensis

criablished.

•

-says MR. JURGENS

grey hair which was once blond But they can't expect me to go and blue eyes which-prenum- to pieces over just any slip of a ably were always blue,

He can lay on the charm in three different languages-

German, French and English.

An eminently reasonable altitude. Mr Jurgens is eminently reasonable man,

CURI JURGENS

Tou

-"Some time in the

year should cut rich food and alcatol."

out

OR ABOVE: You've got the lifelong love affair that never fades, never grows state. It's very one-sided, though, and can never be any- thing but, because there's only one person Involved--you, You're wildly, head over heels in love with yourself.

Infantile beneath the sophils- licated exterior, you're often the professional indy-killer, the lucky man who haa moro women than dog has fleas. You're not the marrying kind, but if you are married, I pity the poor girl.

When I met Mr Jurgens lie and he is definitely something. Ho has no regrets about the bags was just dying off to Bavaria for under hiz cyés. They were what has been described ba."a honourably earnot, he says, slimming cure." That, he said,

was a gross exaggeration.

The film which made Brigitte. Bardot a big-time star, Atoms time ago there was a biz #1 tell you," sakl Me Jurgens, God Created Woman, could not finve been Branced K, Jurgens'n

had naras appeared on the cast-list,

He woare specially tailored trousers with a small at (to show off his sexy ankles?) and

brass button where the turn ups would normally be situated: he wears also a jacket with brass buttons, but it could not be des- cribed as * blazer. "It i modelled,"

"on a BOYS, Tyrolen ski-mult."

wood asked me to appear in 2

Just a girl....

"I am not one of these people,” Mr scandal about me in all the Con he said, "who, for the sake of

star's Ogure, 14, They made a living a flm not tiental papers.

great fuss, They said what a prepared to give up good food terrible man I am. They said and drink. After all some things how can this man be a film idol,, are sacred, the hero of the masten?

"You think I was worried?

"I think

some time in the year you should cut out rich food and alcohol. That is what Tm

To get

Mr Jurgens told me: "Holly AT that time Mr Jurgens was yes, for a moment, Then I

a name and Misa Bardot deckte that it I am such a ferri- going to do in Havarta. ro-make of The Blue Angel with was just a girl; but he does not e man and cannot be the herit. But only for a few day Marilyn Monroe, She would claim any credit for launching of the marsen- In future I you musin't overdo these things," have played the Dietrich part, Mia Bardot upon the world will play the villain. and I would have played the "Sho would have made it with→ out me." he admits realistically Emil Jannings part,

---and generously,

"Naturally I was delighted. Who Wouldn't be delighted to set with Marilyn Monroe? But when Marilyn Lacked out, I said "No, toothough they offered me

nore money".

Hg in a large, sighily portly, "I would have been delighted "Is that British pro- gentleman of 42 with thinning, to is to pieces over Marilyn,

Nostalglealty

To Bavaria

Jurgons

I don't think-aven Bavaria---that it will be possible, describo Mr Jurgens an

after

svelle.

But then, Mr Jurgone'a

reelle. "I used to be a pretty 40AT almost a well-pata

an playing the hero, and double chin has served him very bad actor, 1 was young, I was dull, I was good-looking, I was the parts are more internning. well as far, and I can te nothing. But I am Improving" And they cannot object that in no

should renmon why ho terrible man play the villain, standout it at tila stege to a Today Mr Jurgens is no longer can they? Bu you see, I am fate wornó than a Türkish bath, wo young or so good-looking- enky."

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