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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1960.

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

How they hate England, these au pair girls!

IN

their flighty, frip- perish droves, with a flurry of chatter and gesticulation, they descend on sober old London each year-the Continental "au pair" girls. They come to "perfect" their English and, I regret to say, they are bored to death by Lon- don.

How are we to amuse for months on end the gay foreigner who loves to dance, not only on Saturday night, but every night un- til two or three in the morning?

A startling exception was "La Poubelle". (The" Dustbin),

friends.

After a few visits,

YOUNG and 20

by

MAUREEN

you'll know most of the people CLEAVE

anyway.

In either place, you may meet Laurent, who at 19 is that rare thing a completely cheerful beatnik.

He is a Left Bank ladykiller in a peaked cap, and the Eng- lish girls are swooning, too.

After three months in Lon-

don, I thought, he might speak

A little English.

"Non, absolument pas," said

Laurent firmly.

Did he enjoy eating English food?

He

“Non, absolument pas." has eaten nothing but spaghetti since the day he arrived.

He likes jokes, travelling and girls. He is happy in London, happy anywhere. He wants no part in 20th-century civilisation. Ha "Non, absolument pas." explained kindly, was for "Lea Snobinards.”

'Chalypso'

THE CHALYPSO it's the

new beat that's sweeping America now. Twenty-two- year-old, Oklahoma-born Jerry Keller, has just brought it over here with his latest record "Now Now Now,"

As you can imagine, it's a mixture between a calypso and the cha-cha-cha.

Jerry, who replaces the late Eddle Cochrane in Larry Parnes's summer touring show, is a compendium of American charm-steady gaze, ready smile and firm handshake. He tells

Between Prestwick and Lon-

don on the air journey over here, he wrote A Girl Like You on the first bit of paper that came to band-one of those brown paper bags you're sup- posed to be sick in.

Sumannah

BLONDE, gamina BLONDE been chosen

by Twentieth Century Fox to play the female lead opposite Kenneth More In the film Greengage Bummer. It will be shot in France and produced by Victor Saville.

play a sort of gawky Gla

• character but there's a drun- ken scene which a worrying me," she said. "I never drink so don't know what it's like." to

me he is by no means married At 19, Susannah, married and loves English girls because they are more like girls,

In spite of his healthy con- ventional appearance, he claims to be a "cookie." This, he tells me, means being more like your=

SO Great Marlborough Street, self---being ever slightly Here you must go if you want modestly hep. It also involves an invigorating shot of real that un-American activity of Continental follity. If stays being alone.

In

open until 3 a.m. and will cost He likes to be alone when he you 10s, 6 a year to join,

writes his songs. (He made his But 1 advise you to hurry; name in the pop world with because the proprietor, 25-year- Here Comes Summer.) I am closing the English membership. not failed him in inspiration. old Louls Brown is thinking of proud to say that Britain has

"They put the others off," he sald accusingly. "This place is really a home for these foreign people. We have a tremendous moment, they get off the gerçe reputation abroad, and the

plane they come straight here.

"All the noblesse of France," he concluded grandly, "have been in my cellars at one time or another."

So you can only go if you aré prepared to look lively and at They are not particularly the same time inconspicuous, it interested in the theatre, and you are prepared to sit in ex- pageantry soon palls. They are treme discomfort, huddled pro- bared with the English week tectively over your coffee end, bored with us.

un. coke, or if you enjoy kicking They And English girls friendly,

your feet wildly in front of you Their dresses are in a dance walch is mildly sug- pretty but they don't fit, their gestive of "Le Can Can," but is famous complexions rouse no curiously known as envy, obliterated as they are by Charleston."

layers of make-up.

On the subject of English Top marks

boys, they are even more em-

phatic. "They are ungallant,"

sald one.

and we don't know

At weekends, there is an ex-

who

Another searching cellent band led by Bechet- for the right adjective, said, trained Lionel Kerrien, "English boys are tired."

As a race, I learned, we can't claims to be the only soprano dance, we go to bed too early, rest of the time, there is a juke saxophonist in England. The

ourselves. Only our puddings French records, collected by Mr to enjoy box churning out the latest meet with approval.

Brown on his monthly vislis to Paris Paris.

For I'ambience" und "l'atmosphere," I give La Pou- belle top marks,

Clubs

56 when it comes to pleasure, what do these poor girls do? When you've had enough of it What is certain, they don't learn all, you can go next door to "Le English. They make straight Trognon" (The for the Continental clubs of and eat extremely good and in-

Apple-Core)

Sobo.

expensive French food, in peace- ful blue and green surroundings designed by the architect Peter Glynn Smith.

The majority of these I found quite unexotic. All that can be said for them is that they abound in other foreigners-all O you can sit for hours over fascinating compared with us. a cup of coffee chatting to your

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horoscope

SATURDAY, MAY 21

AQUARIUS (January 21-

February 19): Greater, at-- tention to the details of your financial position will prevent your finding your self suddenly worse of than you thought.

PISCES (February 20-March 20): If superficial conver- sation with people you are not likely to meet again bores you, don't accept the invitation to

social gathering for tonight.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19); By putting your sincere de- sire to be helpful to others into frequent practice, you are creating a circle of lifelong friends,

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If your partner develops an outside interest and tanda to neglect you, don't suffer. In silence but have it out. with him.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): If you feel at times that you would like a change in your routine, think back to when you would haye been grateful for the work that now seema dull,

CANCER (June 22-July 21); A person of the opposite sex whom you met recently may at first seem rather on the weak side, but on closer acquaintance you will find him quite capable of standing on his own feet.

|LEO===(July 22-August 21) –

Although your minner at times may seem unneces-

sarily stern, those in your care will eventually beneft by your good intentions. VIRGO

(August 22- September 22): Although you may think that your decisions are always the right ones, give way ones in a while and let others in your family feel of some importance.

LIBRA (September 28- October 22): On hearing of a friend's trouble, don't shrug the matter off lightly as being inevitable, but try and do something to get him out of it.

SCORPIO (October 28- November 21): If you find your partner, slackening bis efforts, a gentle push will not do any harm and -may apur him on to greater

activity. SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21): Your does present occupation not seem to give you auf- your ficient scope for capabilities, and you should be on the look-out for some mare congenial work.

CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20): A dormant talent of which you have hardly been aware is likely to become active through a stimulating mesting with sa artist.

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