1958-12-15 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1958.

WOMANSENSE

WOMANG WORLD

JANET LIM: A NEW LIFE AFTER A STORM OF WOES

Singapore. THERE is a Hong-

kong

Woman

in

Beauty Goes With Brains Singapore who has been

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David T. K. Wong, China Mail correspondent in Singapore, writes about a hest selling author who was born in Hongkong 35 years ago

One day, her step-father anch where her step-father tried to Hal work. But he tailed, and in order to spare Janet the trek hack to the village, her parents left her in the care of a "friend."

With a speaking suspicion that grooming and appearance, 15 ful Woes. She has been

and outt pestbombed ahong toko young atti burged-con

L. I wrecked, tortured and her mother took her to Swatow

sold as a stave. She has chak faced a firing squad and come within an inch of death in a suicide altempt. Kay fint

Luden! of sclotas

dra-dry poplin shit tul maisently pleated lack w.tia olark Leather befi, bag Ki

quekly changed my views.

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YOUR BIRTHDAY

BORN

By STELLA

She lived through all those things with courage only to discover that life seemed so meaningless.

now

Her story 19 familiar to millions. It has been published as a book. serialised in British news. papers and magazines and broadcast by the BBC.

The woman i am referring to is Janet Lbs, the authorsy of thes currently

best-selling autobiography, Sold For Silver

Collins, 16 shillings).

Today, Janet has rediscovered Je meaning in te as she works happily as Matron of St Andrew's Hospital in Singapore,

"But I loved my mother very much and I missed her," Janet

said, “80 I ran away to try to find her

She WTAN

emight by ther farm and chained to the door

for a month.

MUI TSAI

Eventually she was brought to

the age of Singapore and at elght she was sold as a inui! tsil for $250 Straits.

"I was put up for sale in a private house with other girls," Janet recalled "There we were animals by ย They huggled

spreted BBC number of men over the prices.

"They said my nose was too far and I was not worth much Fur two years I was a slave In the bone of a wealthy Singapore merchant and I was lil-treated

Janet Lim smiles in spita of her harrowing past. But Just then war struck, and her introduction to nursing was broken bodies of the soldiers that came pouring "At last escaped and ran to in At that ime she was only June: was born in Hongkong the police and they put nee in 18

She spent her : orphanage."

REMARRIED

3 years marly childhoort in somewhere around When

futber ther remarried

Tין!!

&

village Swatow

the whole Ume.

There Janet went to school. and after she had completed her her grundary education, she began

her training as a nurse,

to mend the

EVACUATED

Besides her health was bad. 'The ill-treatment

and Dutch and the J. Arthur Rank organisation is considering the manuscript for film rights.

Recently Junet went to Lon-. don to publicise her book and she was given VIP treatment. She attended champagne cock- tall parties, had ton at the Ritz

ad der at the Savoy.

She recalled that it was very different from a previous trip there, when she was a miraing she had student

***Then 1 was always received left their mark and she on the outside looting in," she

from malaria sald,

hm! also suffered fou two years.

advlee.

Now, with fame and fortuno within her grasp, Jauct has only one more wish-and that is to and some of her kinsmen.

TO NURSING

11 friends advised and encouraged her to go back to oufalde, Singapore the ship was Bunding, and Janet took their Janel has not a single known bombed and sunk.

relative in the world but sho Junct

the was injured in

Cher I started nursing agam, believes that somewhere thero bombing. And she could not everything was all right," she must be someone related to her. swim But buoyed by her life said. "Then you begin to see life

TO SWATOW Jucket and a corpse under each in different light ngala." erm, she survived two days and

Therefore, In the not too dis-

to re-

Though her book is going into night in the water.

the fourth edition in England taħt future, she wants When she was rescued and and an American edition is com- turn to Hongkong,

and from brought share in Sumatra she tng out next month, Janet has there make her way to Swałow. was so I and weak that she no plans for writing a second She does not know the name of could not walk. She recovered book slowly, but when the Japanese occupied Sumatra began anew.

her

trials

VIP TREATMENT

the village where she grew up

but she believes it is somewhere around Swalow.

"if I can get to Swatow, I

I took me such a long time She was accused us a spy and (three years) and such a lot of think I can ask around and und was tortured and thrown into hard work to write is one," my way back to it," she said, prison, Eventually she was she said.

"have advertised in the nows- ordered to be shot.

papers but I have so far not Her book is also being trans- found a kinsman, But I hava The Japanese drove her to the lated into German, ara and ordered her to walk in 'Then

barked and gus collapsed.

SUICIDE BID

she

After

Norwegian not given up hope."

Household Hints

But Janet was not hit She had merely fainted. The next thing she knew she was back on the beach with the Japanese washer to tint clothing, prevent Dip up and down several times. future Somehow staining of hovering over her.

cleaning washer thoroughly they had changed their minds.

Use hot water, with a cup of

using an automatic to immerse curtains completely.

through

loods by then squeeze out excess water. Hang up to dry, smoothing out wrinkles and straightening edges.

Before

washer

taking a garment to cycle,

the cleaners, check it over ther- with a

oughly for any pairs. Unless you mend ripped NECESSARYY KE-

They threw her back in her cell and allowed her to live like detergent or soap and a cup of

bleach, an animal.

and put the

five-minute Then one day Janet decided to Wipe the washbasket After the Japanese made a end it all. She took the length damp cloth. Wipe out the lower

to the fier tub after removing the lid and landing In Singapore, she was of the cord she use died,

evacuated by ship. But 00 miles surong, made two knots in it, activator.

und drew it taut around her own neck. It would have been To keep the tape measure the end if the Japanese guards from getting tungled in the sew- hud not found her in time.

Ing basicet, tack one end on an The suicide attempt had an empty spool, roll it up and sew effect on the Japanese, for they a snap on the other. released her shortly after.

CHILDREN'S CORNER

Hanid And Purr Purr

-Kitten Learna A Lot About The Moon-

By MAX TRELL

HANID, the Shadow Girl with 11 the Turned-About Name. had taken Purr Purr, the Katte on her lap. Outside, Through the window, the Moon could be

It was big and full a en round

"Just look at that Moon, Purr Pure," Hanid said,

Purr Pure Just looked at Hanəd (with her great green

eyes tldn't answer.

Magic Ribbon

"Oh. I forgot,"

Hand. said "You can't talk until 1 put the magic blue ribbon around your neck.

"Oh, it's the ifanid told her.

same Moon,"

"1" asked Purr Purr

"Of course it is," said Hand.

"It just looks bigger."

"But it can't be the samc one, sald Purr Purr, after lak- the ng another long look at Moon

window. tough the That Moon we saw last night went away. This one tonight is

new one."

"No darling, no, no," Hanid said to Purr Purr. "I'd better explain about the Moon to you. There's

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Moon. It comes up and goes down, but it is always the same Moon. Some- umes it seems to get bigger, undi Domelines it seers to gol smaller. Sometimes-about once bookense and brought out a blue # month it disappears - You enj the pany of people ribbon. As B001 as she bark ingether. Nevertheless, it always who have similar iterents bu!

by bung this argand Pare Purr's reluns."

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SIDE GLANCES

of a

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16

BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)- This beginn a three-day period of comparative Inactivity fix you, no git back and relax.

CAPRICORN (Deo. 23-Jan. 20)- Be philosophic about everything now. Conemirate on normal hote

dulfon

AQUARIUS (Jan. 24-Fab. 10)- Get at the bellom of some rather

mysterious eptacle.

tell the true story..

PISCER

The facts will

(Feb, 20-Mar, 20)-

Hold fast to your ideals despite a towing up in ability to get on with your work.

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ARIKS (MAT. 21-Apr. Take the lead in making pencefal avertures to nomeone with

whom

yan have had a nettiderslondlag. TAURUS (ADE, 21-May 21) Rey upon your own intuitions in dealing with matlers involving the publie

GEMINI (May 22-Juno

Valk a shut-in bedsg and relieve the monotory. You will enjoy shaking the call.

CANCER (June 22-y

Itely upon your intuition

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when

Derin zekiti w problem po don'i wilerstand; Jallow their lead.

July al-Aug. #1)

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Be a little extravagant in having fun thiæ wyèning. You have earned. c.contrails

VILOO (Aug. 24-Rapt. 12) De helpful, in dealing with domestko matier, Tart and patlance

prove unmerkk

Rept 24-Oct. 23)-

If involved in a low-mill, tom your teet judgulent but don't try to rush

inara #CORPIO tott, 24-Nov. 27)-

ut the accomplish

Tuesday 13 your best day

week, say Die stars,

a great dead now.

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By Galbraith

"This is NOT the old fishing hat you throw out the morning. it's the one Ed Turnor's wife throw out!"

"hen it's made of cheese." Fur Purr said.

Honey And Cake

wh, no. Hanid.

! Isn't,"

11 made of honey and sponge cake?" asked Puri Pur

"Not honey and sponge enke, either," replied Hanid.

"Just look at the Moon, Parr Furr," said Hamid.

"Hey, diddle diddle, The Cat and the Fiddle, The Cow jumped over the

Moon' "

llasid nodded,

Keops Shining

"Yes," she said. "Maybe the Cow jumped over the moon and may be she didn't. Nobody has ever been on the Moon yel, nat Even the Cow.

12

Says

"All I know is at the Moon answered just koop solling along in the sky. 1's lovely to look up at. I always keeps shining down. The Moon la nice, round, cheerful friend who never Boything. I don't know what we'd do it it went away and lidn't crime back again, or went ice salg for. far away, getting smaller and smaller la the sky," "Do you think it will ever go sad nway? Pure Purr arket.

"Oh, no" sald Hanid. "I'm nure the Moon liken

"lee crean? Vanlila eromm" asked Pury Purr.

"Pur Purr, my dear," Hanid. "The Moon is made of rock"

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For moment or two, the mich na we like the Moon. And Kitten looked disappointed.

her

It is always the same Moon even though cometimes it is large and sometimes it is mail."

Finally, she stroked whiskers cheerfully agam as she arket: "Wasn't there once ru Caw who jumped over the that. moon?"

"Perhaps,” replied Hanld.

"But there's a poem about it." instated Purr Parr. "It begins:

Pur Purr was glud to hear

ort

the

Then Hanid toait mogle blue ribbon and Purt Purr, the Talking Kiten, be- come an ordinary, everyday, kitten again.

Rupert and the Carved Stick-38

„In 'the excitement of Rupert's This good old esrved stick_has discovery the gentleman become a

givers up its secret at fæst ! Come brisk and alert again.. " You're on, my nephews are away today. right! You at be right 1” h20

We must go ouratives." He hurrica exclaims. That laland is mine,

idwatte a path to the beach while It has always been part of the Rupert follows and tails to cantle estate. And it's rock, solid mystified pal Edward to come after rock, And see how high it Jal him ne quickly yr he zati,

RISERVEU

ALL NISINTA

seams and hom, tighten butt- tons, and reinforce weak places, even the most careful cleaning may cause further damage. Re- move any detachable trimmings and shoulder pads,

OL which can be cleaned at home,

mog

Delicious and economical When the war ended, Janet To keep plastic curtains soft, sweets can be made from grape- drifted back to Singapore, But wash them in mild. Inick suds fruil, orange and lemon peels. she was broken in health and and rinse well. For the Anal Cut peel into narrow strips, boil spirit. She had no job and no rince, add about three teaspoons until tender, then glaze In sugar

glycerine to enough tepid water syrup.

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