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THE

They brave all for

RUNAWAY

London.

HE pint-sized sixteen-year-old girl sat back in the car and kissed her soldier boy passionately, eyes closed, again and again.

"Darling," said Ivy Rowan, "I'm glad it's over. At last we're married." Ivy and 20-year-old Derek Evans- both are from Wigan-had just been married at Greina Green. Married by Derek will special licence, because soon

be sent abroad. "And if I can't go over- seas with you 1'} count every

until we can

be together again,"

bride whispered to her husband.

There was Ivy in her blue enstame; and there was Derel

in has uniform And there were thearnabiosis.

I went to the wedding "recep- tion." Derek bought two ham sandwiches

(1s. 4d.) and two

ivy coffers (s. 2d.) for

himself.

and

Just ham sandwiches and coffee-and дл Elvis Presley record for which Derek pul öd.

by

second

the

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1959.

James Fraher and his sweetheart Freda Cohen cling together at the journey's end of their runaway romance.

LOVE

Arnold Field

in a juke box. "It's nice to have defiant youngsters would brave

music at our party," said Ivy.

all this for love.

Last week

went buck I again. And ogain

to

I looked at them. I looked Greina

"It's not pleasant to begin murcied life with only 5s. Bul I'm sure we'll manage."

A few do not need to worry about morcy-they saved up enough to slay the necessary tire weeks.

Finally, there will be those who arrive without money.I mean without even the price of cal-believing they can live on love, And love has a hard job surviving the cold reallly.

A fair proportion of all these boys and girls will suffer the

Indignity and humiliation of

being pursued by warfu muame and outraged dads.

NOT AGAIN

convince you that they will all be happy over after.

But most of them admit: "I we have children we wouldn't like them to endure the same troubles."

Two

were

M.P.8 and Church of Scotland leaders have cried out against the scandal of Gretna weddings.

When is it going to end? At last there is hope, months ако proposals published in EL White Paper which would make child custody. and ward-of-court orders en- forceable throughout the United Kingdom. Gretna Green run- nway marriages would then become much more difficult. Only in't funny.

I pay this Gretna scandal takes years to heal the breach should be stopped completely. between the runaway children Put an end now to the sorry And their parents. Sometimes episodes which bring so much they never speak again,

heartbreak to parents and prob- ably to some of the youngsters

These same mums and dads will also suffer the indignity and humiliation of brcoming that traditional figure of fun- the angry parents.

Often it

1 you talk to runaways, as themselves

I bave done, they will try to years ahead.

But they, too, have a big problem: boredom, They get tired of seeing

ather. exact

Every second of every day for three weeks.

And that often leads to s -though even when the girl

arts crying she will never go her parents home to admit to

at the surroundings. thought found a community of runaways that she has been a fool.

of the absent parents. I listened blaring of the Presley to the recurd.

the

uncertain

BANG! and

THE big man levelled his riffe at me. He took Irw some down to their lust

So they walk around all day quick aim. I closed my eyes tight and my shillings

some landladies don't.

A split second Only now they dare not sleep because

them about the house. lips started to tremble. Foto:ht there WS

hedges or teats, to amartid Want something pathetic about it all nights are end. So bitterly cald And there are few sympathetic later

shoulders for them to weep on about this that even the love-sick "exiles" --something tragic whole sorry story of Greta who have chailenged their parents and left behind so many tears, are afraid of dying in the icy folds.

Green marriages.

ICY NIGHTS

To teenagers pliming to ites over the Border to marry at Creina, I would wy in all sin- cerity: "Trunk ogrin."

Ι

Some are not as "lucky" an James Fraber and Freda Cohen, whu arrived with £2, but ex- peet friends to send them more Juny.

others? What of the

What

A WHIM

"Crack!"

A 22 bullet whistled within an inch of my elenched teeth nervously holding a slim piece of Gretna's resi-chalk which shattered from the force of the deadly

missile.

Sway--

For most of denis wish them miles over the Border. They con- demn their "misbehaviour" and "open kissing in front of our kids"

real friends the Anxi are other

only The be runaways 30

Funaways.

must warn you of the dim- cuities that awali you, especially of 16-year-old Paine Edwards if you have not got sutleient and Peter Glover, due money to last three weeks married soon?

the

"residential

before you

register of

Two Greine

years

qualilechon"

gah murry

for the

saw runways

Last year le with

about 200 young- "WER be starting

Gretna. "We sters were married at the only f. Peter told me.

weekend obout a dozen don't know where we're going This

will be visited

waiting their to live, but we're going back to couples. Coventry-perhaps one of our relatives might take us in"

ago

Best Inc.

in

hedges and fun and barns because they

"dige"-2. for

could not afford

n

the Comes

summer

and

He added: "While we've been dozrus more will be setting off heie I've earned about £1 a day bitbely Two row.fits.

"the for

of village working on a farm. But it's all samance." impetuous, gone-li all went on food,

I was shockal, I could hardly

believe bat even

ME

THAT'S ED MURROW

and

SATCHMO

BY

ROBIN DOUGLAS-HOME

"AM," confessed Ed Murrow, "a musical moron. But if I had to choose one person to send to -the Soviet Union to improve relations, in terms of

audience reaction, I'd pick Louis Armstrong.

wouldn't "He wrong, publicly He's

or

Louis put a foot maker saying that

privately, Armstrong

Saints and Thu non-political animal made up for the American tari

Tut interested conflicts.

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ideological on Swiss watches. That's good

will for you."

"He'd have a jam sussion

with anyone, and I imagine he'd

How would he describg

who

Salchmo the person?

dedicated person

get on well with Mr Khrushchev never quits trying for pertec-

--same sense of humour, same tion.

A. refusal to coast, to bo

fundness for good stories." defeated by secondary victories. He had a rough childhood. Very But there's no trace of bitterness, only an unsophisti- cated, almost childlike quality

"I'm eure he hasn't a clue If the much-aired what money ho has or

what Buying that Satchmo was happens to it.

best good will "All

und ambassador, contained more jest enthusiasm is no act, you know. than truth.

The only reason he calls every-

The grilling Inquisitor of Presidents and Prime Ministers rough. had salt to mne: "There's nothing I'd like more than to about him.

talk about Louis."

- I asked

America'

DECENT GUY

Laughter this

CON Daddy 19 be can't remember nomas."

*1

1 asited about Louis's out.

"There's a lot in it," he said, spoken attack on the bandling "And there's a. curious angle of the Little Rock crisis two

"Louis has here; Amerien must export her years ago. underprivileged.

been a crusader to trenk

never

the

"I' the beat thing we can colour-bar or anything like that, lo to improve our standing This wos just an outburst from with other countries. Folk-music a decent guy, saying what he is, vornething exportablo and fell,"

acceptable, and Louis is zome,

Who had first called him

one who's been subjected to all Satchmo?

the spcial sanctions that apply

to his people in America.

As a boy in New Orleans, Loute was always called Dipper

Would the fluslans export It was an editor of a Brhish

paper who drat called him

un Armenian chorus? Or the Satchelmouth. Louis made it

British

West Indian?

doing this we give the impres

By Satchmo

"But the best deserkition sion that we are more tolerant ever heard of Lena's voice, Was than we arY

"For instance, I once read a 'ke a the place of sounds lette fects wise watch paper calling for lis mate."

-(London Express Service).

Romance? There will also be the usual crop of cupies who are playing it strictly for kicks: couples who are not in love with each ether and never will be.

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slowly opened my eyes. It was all ove and I was still alive.

I took the remaining half of the chalk from my teeth and Chplain George 72-year-old Edwardi-Carr lowrred his smoking rille and Inughed.

"Don't worry, som, I'll do it blindfolded when I get time for practice."

for that act," ho later suld modestly.

The spotlights went out and the curtain closed with thun derous applause from an au- dience that had never witnessed such feats in their lives.

Seconds later the amazing sturunan drew up a chair and

at iniself at my table.

'What ROTI of story do you want?" he asked. "Everything you can tell me, Captain."

I smiled feebly and walked shakily back to my table.

However us I watchik the world's oldest sharp-shouter, "Well son, that would prob- stuntman eum-magician ibly take a book, but briefly I quickly recovered from my un- started derstandable attack of nerves,

Disbelief

He wheeled around

to face

working when I was eight in Canade," he said,

"It was while I was working in a shooting gallery at the ago of 10 that I met the famous Buffalo Bill.

whole thrilling year, "For a while only a strip of a kid, i had the privilege to work with "Now, Jor My It act, and watch the greatest cowboy ladies and gentlemen, from a of them all. distance of 40 feet I will shoot Through a small dress

Couples who think a fight to Gretna is great lark the audience at the Highball glamorous adventure, a whim to Nightclub. be indulged, without a thought to the consequenters,

POCKET CARTOON

by OSBERT LANCASTER

"Now please don't ask me why--just accept, the furs that the whole situation is quite, quite different!”

“Tell me, darling, who exactly is it suho, approves of approved): sukneli zmedl

why

London- sgrios iberrigs.

Tinu

of anyone who volunteers Dre, "The bullet will then cqr- tinue through the mouth of a beer bottle, out the bottom and into a target," he said confidently.

A murmur of disbelief through the audience and, the ring was presented, tain Edwards-Carr allowed bullets to be examined.

Ris

pretty

Fon

as

Houdini

That was just on 62 years ago, boy, and I've been in show business ever since.

my "in the carly stages of career I did all the shooting sceneg Jor Tom Mix and Cap. William Hart, the screen coW-

his boya.

old

"As a maiter of fact I'm

Tom's 17 your even wearing

original daughter quickly set up the

ten gallon hat right now ... target und fearlessly held the that's Bill's over there in the ring about five inches from the mouth of the horizontally held beer bottle.

All Angles

comer.

"I've worked with them all- Mac West in 1021, severni times with

Charlie the great Chaplin, and dozens tnore.

"I've been a stunt man, ught-wire walicer, a promoter and a major in the British

1

Onct

again. "CRACK!"

the bullet piss Army, .... and unerringly through the ring, "Some of the older residents through the bottom of the beer of Hongkong who lived in 'bottle and burst & small rubber the 'good old days would re- balloon before thinking heavily member me as the Houdini of

Shanghai. into a cork backstop.

Then for the next 20 minutes strongly-built, white-haired Cap- tain. Edwards-Carr, who travel-

famous led with the

Buffalo Hi at the age of 10, held the large crowd spellbound.

By

Embracation,

boss, in case you bruise your hands...

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death whizzed

past my nose

*

REPORTER DUNLEAVY quips hard and closes his eyes, as Captain Edwards-Cars, aged 72, takes aim at a piece of chalk in his mouth

Then-"CRACK!”—and a .22 calibre bullet neatly cuts the chalk in half (bottom).

(top).

Steve Dunleavy

--- CHINA MAIL REPORTER ——

Before packed

over the world

in the Orient Captain Edwards

nardances all "Eight years ago I was wear- they and especially ing glasses then one day

dropped off and I found I could Cher has thrilled spectators of see better with them off, so I every age, colour and class. have never worn, them alive,”

"I get a tremendous kick out he expirined.

don't do. It

In fact he did everything but make the ride talk. The Captain successfully hit targets from every angle in the book - Bold-

"I used to do the usual stuff tory telegram from the Sultan broke, but that's stew business ing the gun upaide down, shoot- ing with his back turned to of jumping into the sea with himself accompanied the photo- all over. the target and using a mirror handcuffs on for a guide and half-a-dozen other work.

A

KAD. went up, from

the.

audience when, blindfolded, the

Captain pisreed a small rubber

'Princess

"Once, while in Shanghai,

balloon target after selling only over challenged Houdini

a round guide-· from his -soni, - ho didn't accept," he added. Clifford

of

I

After a further series

The Captain has spent most death-defying feats be finished of his Bio during the Seco

graph,

with ሲ

the

He recalled

iBugh how, when i

heart of Borneo, he performed before tribe of beadhunters,"

Won

them

and

lio

further revealed

the

of performing. I for money, Goodness knową, secret of hla success. by, tolling how many time I'v bow how he alms.. "Both sys

open boy, just both of 'm open... none this funcy squinting," ho

"Freak"

stressed,

of

He then eased buck In his

"Mother Nature gava us both "These days I just live for eyes to ace out of and keep shooting- have nccomplished, open, and she hop not mado à

inistake in a long time." 50 such a lot of shooting tricks in Over but thoroughly that I lived with my 72 years,

I often wonder theth for 10 days in a hut," he how many more I'll accomplish chair and my eyes popped as

by the time I'm 82,

hu twirled with amazing skill, said.

"And in all those years, of his six-shooter around his show shooting and dangerous finger. hunting I've never had an "Yeah that's right, while we're accident or mishap....;.. touch on the subject of gesight, how about tryinst the chalk trick wood!" he added. The Captain freely addited now with me being blind- that his phenomenal shooting folded son?"

I gulped hard and discretion Ruth was the daugider of an oblity Hea in his eyeg which, the table a photograph of him. Indian Prince so I can always he describen" un "trunk."

Docfore my that they are dway hunkan singgah to get performing in the Buling of my proudly that huy kids have

- magnifying, eyes,” he said. -world shooting chandionstilp. Jokotwa Eulans,. A gangahula, royalty. In 'wn"

"The food was terrible

the food Where the show with a renthtaking World War and the years fol- who knows

sold with a came from?" he peat of a world championship lowing it, in tho Orient,

smile. show of spood, shooting,

During this time he has 'per- It was while he was in Irkita He placed a 'crowd of seven

on his formed on many occasion be he married his wife at present. small balloon. targeta son's head and in just tree for India's leading Maburyjahs. travelling with him,

At this sago, he flaked aprons, seconda: faf bød katset ey@TY@><

of them,

Won

After all even reporters are

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