CAN YOU SLEEP
IF you suffer from in-
somnia, this article may help you to court the boon of sleep. It's all about beds, and it out- lines certain rules for repose.
And repose means,
NIGHTS?
ordinary folk do nowadays.
on theira
In modem, times a consider. able amount of research has
for gone into the, manufacture
beds and bedding, as in
of
other
both men and women, spheres of commerce and In- that youthfulness- and dustry. vitality can be retained
A great deal has been dono to produce mattresses that are or, at any rate, that thoroughly conducive to plum the imprints of the ad- ber. vancing years are held at bay for the maximum length of time.
Historians tell us that long centuries ago the Assyrians and the Medes and the Persians had beds of stone, wood or metal adorned with lays of mother of-pearl, ivory, and so on,
in the early stages of their rise to power the ancient Grucks had beds consisting of wooden frames with bands of hide taccel Across them, furs and skins
being
Yet, today as through the centuries, there are certain no- tural aids towards achieving a good night's rest:
Keeping regular hours is one of them,
Another is to avoid over-
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1959.
Do's & Don'ts
For Wives
Of
Diplomats
Washington.
stimulating your mind before THE wives of the United retiring for the night, and, if Ttures foreign diple- you do find yourself lying
ins
awake, adopt a relaxed posture. matic corpa hava roseived Dismiss from your mind the writton warning not to got day's worries, and, if you have drunk or demonstrativo
cause for re-public. The advice is con- booklat
By H. GANE
channels,
s eniment tained in the now
don't dwell published by the American Department called Thy State
on
grudge.
your
to divert your Social Usage in the Foreign thoughts into Service. pleasant
Jald ovor these straps. Ln't cr Grecian beds became more elaborate, and those of the The best way to relax your well-to-do were veneered with body is to lie flat on your back, expensive woods. In the homes thrust first with one heel, then of the very rich, beds were with the other, and then let sometimes fashioned of solid, yourself go limp. Also, push ivory, and might be equipped your head towards the top of with silver feet!
the bed, then let yourself go
Roman bedstunda were also
often
highly ornamental silver, and they were o lofty that they could only be reached by a flight of steps.
But the Germanic tribes who did go much to bring down the Empire of Rome were content to sleep on the floors of their huts upon beds of leaves covered with animal-skins.
Rome, it
After the collapse was not until the 13th century. that any emphasis was laid on luxury in Europe so far as beds and bedding were concerned.
1000
slack.
THE STREET
WHERE
THEY GET AWAY
WITH MILLIONS
Stevenson,
NASSAU, BAHAMAS .
WEDNESDAY
the
man
who
bought for £40,000. My nunt told me: "You know that Bitio
hause we had whien
for
Don
Iddon's
Diary
The booklet on protocol was prepared by the Department's Service Instituto --- Foreign
career diplomats Are where trained in languages and con
AM not going to ular operations.
One of the most Important give you the sales instructions issued to the wives pitch about sun-drenched
cost a few hundred was "Acting in a dignified and proper manner will naturally Nassau- the Paradise ly tied up too, although Mr Cyrli of all corporations using their pounds well, how
thousand preclude any suggests duc Island, golden days and causing all the trouble about the gistry. So the face of Nassou every hundred."
office of re- read is premises às 'en famillarity and effusiveness Instarlit nights, romance Sir Harry Oakes ease and the has changed a great deal since. On Bay Street fiaclf, which
leader of the Progressive I was last here. and rum. You can find
oust Liberals Parties, is out
And all that in the travel them. He wins more and more
on not merely Courteous gosture Another major point was: brochures and it's all support daily from the-coloured Street. The entire island
undergone surgery, and not "In countries where it is a true. established custom for foreign hands of men to kiss the married women on introduction,
regarded this chould be
cessive drinking or of undue
To relax your face (and this is important too, especially for women) open your mouth wide, breathe in, Pawn. Close the mouth, All the cheeks with air, | public.” then breathe out slowly,
Don't worry about occasional bouts of sleeplessness. Most of us suffer from these. It sleep- lessness is a chronic condition, consult a doctor, of course,
Ensure that your bedroom is well ventilated.
Minke certain you have a good mattress.
See that your pillows are up to standard.
"And I don't want in this dispatch to write what it la-simply, a courteous about the man who got gesture."
alsq
who
are
with murder. away gave helpful This diary is about the men getting away with one's millions. This is. treasure trove ugain for this astonishing crop of new millionaires, known as the "Bay Street Boys."
booklet The foreign service wives By the 17th century, luxury in
tips on such matters as: the bedchamber had become
how
about to talk "must" in the homes of rich Europeans. The
Pillows, say the experts, have husband; 1000- years
how to drink champagne; They, must fact, have, in
been a double job to do. described as the Century of support the head about four how to send invitations and
during inches shove the mattress and Magnificent Beds, fer them a passion for extravagant at the same time provide a soft IF the hangings and trimmings spread layer, yielding easily
l over Europe from Italy. A head turns in the night and ac State bed for Scottish-born James the First, first monarch
answer them; and
how to plan meals.
Despite its complex web of justing itself. to every change of do's and don'ts, the State De the sleeper's position. The per-partment firmly emphasises that
firm it is still a signular honour of what was then the new King feet answer, it seeins, is
soft top-marry one of the men in dom of Great Britain, was made
foreign service. ut a cost of £600-a formidable sum in those days.
But the king who earned the widest renown for his sleeping arrangements
Louis the was
Fourteenth of France. He had no less than four hundred and
under-pillow and a pillow.
Happy dreams
-(London Expreat Service),
ROUND-UP
thirteen sumptuous beds in his "NO CURE FOR BALDNESS” palaces, decorated with carving and 'gilding by the finest artists and craftsmen of his time, and
draped with embroideries which
were enriched with pearls, silver, gold,
One great bed at Versailles had crimson velvet bearing a design with 50 much gold in it that the fabric scarcely showed,
Its
Convenient
CYRIL STEVENSON, "The man whe lo saming all, the fune
compares with Bond Street and Aitkens, the Sutherlands, have Falm Beach'e Mink MUC, returned annually; and al- Bay property ranges from £1,000- though they may not like the has £3,500 a foot. A foot-not on jammed streets, the crowds, the
always, in my opinion, for the acre. Is this madness or busi, noise, the business buille, they ness? Mr Sends and many of the businessmen and lawyers 1 tolerate them, and, after ell, to a very good
better,
I landed at Windsor Airfield have met around town say: "It's they are on
business, big business, good thing too. and thought we must be back business."
25
at Idlewild. Row after row of airliners was lined up, and the.. ble hall for Customs and Immi-.
socmed gration
as large London Airport's. The differ- ence here is that a uniformed thun hands you a rum punch (free) as you step off the plane, your bags are never opened, and
asked is: . The only question "How long do you plan to stay In sunny. Nassau?"
While
Thousands
AXE, WENNER GREN, £7,588,405
in island property deals.
A man of electrifying energy
All this is very' well," and while may prefer the old Bi- 11ah Colonial Hotel to the American-style drug-store build- ings that are going up, I am all, for people, making money.
However, I have kaked ans question aver since I got
Are here:
too few people, (making too much money and
far too
Hule?
many getting too.
A crusade
people, who comprise 90 per cent of Nassau's and the Such convenient laws, No Bahamas 125,000 population: income tax, no capital gains tax, But it's not just the tourist
The old: humiliation which tono personal property tax, no real trade
which the Bay Street estate tax, no inheritance tax to
cornered they British subjects had to undergo group have
Americans. walized in speak of in fact no tax-have have also put strong arm of without passport or visa has and only 45, Sands has put over the money around more. Tha combined to lure tens of millions Nassms as & Onancial centre, a vanished, dans goodness, and a greater Nassau and Bahamas working man in the of pounds of British and Ameri- little City of London or Wall can capital and turried this Street which is the clearing the local people don't care picosant land into a bustling, hotise for hundreds of "guitous whether they get paid in dollars programme, seiling sunshine, may do better than his counter- booming Island of luxury companies, subsidiaries hotels, viels, clubs, collage European and American ftrux. colonies, apartment houses, and
No cure for baldness exists according to an article by Dr David Willars in the current issue of "Family Doctor." Dr Williams states: There is much nonsenso talked about baldness, its causes and is cure. The very, multiplicity of remedies wangesied la enough to condemn them, There is only one answer. If a man does not want to lose his hair he must see to it that he is born of Dr WillamTIS
a family where the men do not lose their hair." curtains
maintains thai lom of hair, except for rare and abortive attempts at regeneration, is permanent. "I do not believe that there is shred of evidence to show that at the present time there is any procedure which will van arreat the process," he writes, "Tisera
But it's probable that Louls is, then, really nothing to be done about it by the man zolag. the Fourteenth didn't sleep on prematurely bald, except to learn to do so with as 'good a ́ETADO' that bed as soundly as "most 1 and as graciously as he may.”
Bisquit
Giti of
1 tumbler
purchase of
1 qt bottle
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FINE CHAMPAGNE
- "NAPOLEON"
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GRANDE FINE CHAMPAGNE
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Bisquik
SPACE
MONKEY
CONFERENCE
pleasure domes which, alas, re-
mind me of Miami.
I had always loved Nassau
Justice of Nassau, and Changed
and
the
the
If I were a baron-Id..spreads
Babama's
Jamaica, Barbados, of or Bahaman pounds in fact, sand and sea at prodigious part in
they rem lo prefer pounds. As prices. Backed by the Govern Cuba, and Halt, but seven, out my wife's uncle, Sir Oswald-ment In fact with blacol of eight children get only a leagues running the Govern primary education, 75 per cent Bancroft, who used to be Chief merit since the election of 1949, of all Bahaman houses have no
businessmen have made Bahamas, sald to me: "Nassau
running water, 80 per cent lack is rich, man, in the middle of a Nassau an all-year-round popu Bust tollels, and one house in
lar resort, Instead of a seasonal four hasn't even got a privy, I walked down Bay Street, property and tourist for the old colonial charm ----
boom
and exclusivo one. The rich the peace and quiet, except for the malo drug of Nassau, which will startle you."
may not like It, although· Sir Think of that, Mr Axel the darkies
other singing and
morning the the
the multiple I am startled. I have made Roland and Lady Robinson, of Wenner Gren, of Sweden, as you clink of the ico In the planters my eyes blinked
suitcase companies But what has hap- plaques
an extensive tour of the elty Blackpool, cemed quite happy sink your £9,500,000 Into-pro- punch.
the when I met them recently, but perty. The people look well, I pened? Progress, say the Bay which almost completely cover
part for days and seen pro- It is the old question of liking admit, dress well, but out of the headed Street Boys,
the outside walls of a dozen law by
It or lumping. It.
huge profits being made the perty deals and speculation barrel-chested strong
man Arms. To take advantage of the
wages could be increased to .which reminded me of the named Stafford Lofthouse Bahaman no-tax laws hundreds
approaching British and American, Canadian
great Morida land boom. I Sands; big businessman and of
standards. are now mean the one before the bust, iawyer, and also boss of the European companies
in Nassau-and-not-the-presons-one- United Bahaman Party which incorporated
their affairs are handled locally rung Nassou.
Yes, the new tycoons have got the political situation neat
and the Islands
Apring
tomething Good thing
Labour-legislation is archalc that was the main reason for the hotel strike 18 months ago
form, in
The local rich have stayed by Nassau trust companies, ac- Today a two-acre beach lot, the Oaken tamilies, the Christles, countants and lawyers who are just outside Nassau that sold for the Symonettes--and the inter-
is boing national rich, the Astors, the and there is need for vast re- required to display the names £1,000 15 years ago
the voting system, which cuts off many coloured
people from the polls and stül permits multiple Voting by "lho entrenched whites.
What about racial egtega- tion? Of course, IV's here, tehtering sore, and it's shear. hypocrisy to deny K The coloured people are not sup- posed to be barred from some hotels and restaurants, but, in fact, are: There is nothing like the intermingling asʻin Jamalca, And marly coloured people have complained to me that they got a raw deal during the visit of Prince Philip "ročent- ly. I asked the GoveÏDOR. -Bir-Raynor Arthur, about this, and he said: "Well, wa had 24 coloured guests at the ban quet. We thought everyone had a fair deal," "
But the servants at my hotel and the policeman on the 'beat add, the clerk in the store Bay: "We should have had n' much... 'bigger", shara, but the whites. cornered practically everything for the Prince. Why WOR a coloured man not allowed to be member of 'thie- security forco, and "Why does not the Governor have a coloured man on his special staff, like the Qusen has back in London?"
Tho Naa Herald crusaded weak in and work out against racial discrimination, but its "vällen, la ulittle too loud and -shrlið" tg.i^ nppeal to the mode→ TALOS
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