1959-05-19 — Page 2

KING'S A PRINCESS

FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY

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“PICTURE OF THE MONTH”

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STDON WEYAN SPOLUGTOK OF

The Matchmaker

SHIRLEY ECOT-ANNONY PERKINS SHIRLEY MCLANE PAUL FORD

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Jaber Milani laps, chas the Puppy Thornton Wikler

TO-MORROW

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JON HALL

FORBIDDEN ISLAND

CSUMERA COLOR

with NAN ADAMS

COMING SOON

B.B.the Screen's Most Talked About Actross, in Har Most Daring Rola, Is Rapidly Putting Monroe and Lollogrigida in the Shado!

BRIGITTE

BARDOT

DANIEL

CELIN

in

MAM'SELLE

STRIPTEASE Directed by: Marc Allegrot

A French production with English dialogue

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WITNESS TO MERERA.... BUT SOME METRÍ TI

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Moment of Indiscretion

BOOK

Produced by EDWARD J. DANZIGER MARRY LEE DANZIGER Slip prated by MAX VARNEL

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TO-MORROW MORNING SHOW AT 12.30 PM. CENE KELLY in “THE HAPPY ROAD"

} THE CHINA. MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1959.

LOCA

SLANT

The Man Who

Lives On Shadows:

His Silhouettes

Take 45 Seconds

By DAVID LAN

Yip Fook-lam lives on shadows.

SUSIE'S RED

CARPET TRIPS

TO HONGKONG

By JOANNE BLAIR "Goodbye averybody! See you soon!” colled Mrs Susie Gross to the group of smiling women as they disappeared through the departure gate at Kai Tak.

The women, all members of Susie's Red Carpet Tour, grinned and waved.

Later, Susto put hor foot up in her hotel saom and relaxed. It was the ninth tour to Hongkong that she had arranged in the past yent.

Success dates back two years ago when this attractive 59-year-old American widow went to live in Okinawa with her daughter and son-in-law, a captain in the US. Air Force.

Second Trip Successful

Realising the need for Army and Air Force wives to act away from the narrow confines of the Island, Suale began bý -chartering a plazzo and isking 50 women to Taipei. A second trip to Japan proved en sticcessful that he decided to include Hongkong in the itinerary.

The tour la row so effectively organised that she can bring approximately 25 women from Okinawa to Hongkong on an eight- day trip for US$205.70 Including the air farn

Ono

"The women adore coming to Hongkong." remarked Susic, and so do I even though I've made so many trips here." She can think of only two Improvements to the Colony. is to have English-speaking pollcontent posted at either end of the ferry to save them hunting up "red taba" and the other concerns The small taxis which will only take ibres passengers.

"It's pyschologica),” says Suzie. "Tourists nearly always fravel in two or fours. But never in threes."

So far, Susie's travelling schemes have been profitiess but she is hoping to alter that shortly.

Bubbles With

Enthusiasm

It would be hard to find a woman who is happier in her Job. Bhe fast bubbles over with sniðuxlasm when she discusses platus for business expanalon,

"But not forever," she exclaims. "When I reach old age

I'm going to return to my farm in Lonoke, Arkansas, alt in my

In exactly 45 seconds, he made a silhouette rocking chair and give lectures."

And

of a man's head out of a piece of black flannel paper.

he bas been cutting | corners, He is for the contours. thousands of them for a living. As he puts it: "Who in the world

has a sharp nose after all?"

Thirty-three-year-old sil- hovelle artist Yip works only four and half hours a day to

just

nuchh

as-or

carn

AN

rather more than many white collar workers in Hongkong.

With a pair of scissors and u bundle of fannel paper costing a few cents each. Yip earns over $400 a month.

He works his way through his clients at the rate of one every 45 seconds,

He Wanders

He doesn't like customers wenring hats and glosses. The two items take him an extra 15 seconda to cut at no extra charge.

bwn

He learned his

by studying his thedow and cul- ting his

Image countless limes.

art

His speed then was two to

"On what and to whom?" I enquired.

"Oh, on anything at all and to whomever will listen!"

ORGANISING

A FLAG DAY

three minutes a piece. By the Strolling through Victoria or Kowloon next Saturday

end of 10 days, he was ready for przelice In the public places,

looks

like the subject depends on the

Whether a silhouette

number of characteristics t possesses. The more the belter. Three Sizes

morning, the Hongkong citizen will notice pairs of school children standing on the street corners.

Tha rattle of their tin boxes will draw his attention to the cardboard sign. "St James Settlement" he'll road and dip into his pocket for same coins. A clank of metul, a tag fastened to his lapel and he'll pass on his way.

are

It's 10 to that he'll know fold to be on the job promptly to what organisation he's made Silhouettes are cui in three his donation

st o'clock in the morning. but the chances The sizes; tho

final arran ente big size measuring are practically nil that heʻli | tho Like a gipsy Yip wanders Ave and half inches by three have any idea of the planningquires 16 of these situated

depots, The Colony re- from place to place, mostly from inches selling at a dollar that went into placing cud strategic one end of Nathan Road to the piece, the medium one, two and vassers on the street for four

hours.

Yip Fook-lam at work. The silhouette artist, is shown completing a profile for a customer cut out of black flannel paper. Time taken for the job-45 seconds not.--China Mail Photo.

uther and from Western District haif to Wanchal,

There are only four artists in the trade, two in Canton and two in Hongkong.

Over R cup of coffee, Yip told me, about his art.

"It's no art at all but butchery," he said. "But don't murder your client by cutting at the throat immediately.

However, ona person who knows only too well Kr

J. C. McDouall, chairwoman of the Flag Day committee for St James Settlement.

"The frat dificulty," says Mrs McDounll, "iles in getting a flag day at all. There are only 12 fing days plus Poppy Day per year, no it's not as pasy aa one might think."

Once acquired though, ii in an indication thaă the organi- Kallon in question is well worth pubilo support. Behind the scenes, small armles of volunteer workers

|

al

positions where the children return their boxos. Each depot is alaffed with four People-two Chinese, and Europeans.

Ends Midday

Iwo

The collection ends at midday. Not a newcomer to this sort

of work, Mrs McDouall speaks very highly of the generosity of Hongkong people.

"They've always helped; in the past," she said, "and 1 know they'll support us. Four hundred thousand dollars may sound like o great drol of money but we badly need it for

sel about to address and stamp a permanent settlement house.”

appeal letters, organise boxes and print cards, fings and letter heads. In this case, the St James Bettlement printing shợp went into action in order to help keep costs down.

Appeal Letters

Just under 3,000 appeal letters were sent throughout the Colony.

Co-ordinated with this gelivity is the Appeal made to schools

for canvassers. All schools in any way connected with the organisation (in this case the Anglican Church) are approach- ed and asked to support the drive.

Monastery

Now School

Kallipong,

N.W.. India, May 18. The Chinese have converted Tibet's largest monastery -- Drepung, near Lhasa into a

school where. Tibetan children are receiving Communist educa- tion, a Drepuna monk suld here today.

The monk said only 3,000 of the monastery'a 8,000 monka were still in the building which

Inches by one and· half inches at 50 cents each and the

Mrs McDouall feels very small size, one and half inches strongly that these youngsters he escaped on April 3, square, at 30 cents each. The should be encouraged to help last two are the most popular. out. Often, she says, there is The othurs had either es

not enough support.

caped or beun arrested. The Actually 1,500 children are monastery' itself was hit three needed for full canvassing work, or four times during the fighting Mrs McDouali has managed to in Lhasa but was not badly get 1,300,

damaged.

For sharp contrast, silhouettes in black or maroon are mounted on white cards.

They are good for decora- tlon, gifts, mailing to friends, "Divide la profile up into bookmarks, under a desk glass three parts: his forehead, his or on a wall

nose, his lips and chin. Observe his characteristics as far AB ro:sible and size up their pro- portions.

the

"Then starling from chest, with nimble Angers, steady hands, and grim deler- mination, your cut right along his Adam's Apple, taco, fore head, hair up to the nape,"

"Notice the concave and con- vex lines and memoriso the characteristics in the right pro- portions us you cut along. You won't be far wrong," he added.

Two, Schools

·There "are two schools of silhouetio artists so far as Yip know: those cutting round corners and thom quilling sharp

POP-Time log

IF YOU DON'T NEED ME ANY

MORE "THIS MORNING,

The children, by law, matkaš The monk sold tha Chinese not be under 18 years of age. | had burned down Kundeling They are all afven insirker and Chomeling monasteries.—- lique' on how to osuties Sad Reuter

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