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THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY JULY

PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

AT HOME:

THIS week I found a house

where the cult of Victoriana was rampant. It was the home of Roy Boulting-producer of many successful films, including Pri- vate's Progress, Brothers In Law, and I'm All Right, Jack-and_his wife Skattie, better known as Enid Boulting, the model.

The Boultings penchant for Vic- toriana knows no inhibitions. In their house at the S.W.3 end of King's Road, Chelsea, there is no chichi decor "reminiscent of the Victorian era. It is the real article, as the living-room proves with its chaises longues, fringed poufs and winged chairs. No fewer than eight oc- formidable casional tables support a collection of statuettes, paperweights, spotted cats and Toby juga..

With six Boulting children and a

poodle also in residence, the glass domes and the wax fruit live a perilous existence and only utter dedication would cohabita- attempt such a tion.

Mr Boulting dislikes modern architecture and thinks it is "a complete negation of all that stands for human individuality." This goes for interiors, too. which he described as "cold and characterless."

IT'S COSY [IS wife adheres to his Hviews, although

GLIMPSE INTO THE HOMES

OF PEOPLE WITH A FLAIR FOR INTERIOR DECORATION

TODAY: THE ROY BOULTINGS

Strictly Victoriana

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for the Boultings

BY BARBARA ANNE TAYLOR

to the 1800's and all that in her water colour studies of Victorian objets d'art.

A trance-like portrait of concerned, Mr Boulting surrounded by a sky full of wildly flapping hawks stares hypnotically over the living-room.

He seems to have one re- modern houses aren't cosy, 1 adore Victoriana. My ideal servation where modernity room wouldn't be quite as in design is

Sarah Bern- which is painting. crowded as hardi's, but almost.”

He has many fine pictures I suggested that some in his collection including fine examples of modern works by Epstein, Pasmore, interior design were to be and Bratby. "I think that with a seen in many American climate like ours one wants films. "Horrible," snapped to be cosy," she said, "and Mr Boulting.

her arguments against modern design were rather less dramatic.

THE LUXURY

BATHROOM SCHOOL

by MEL

Mrs Boulting also paints and is tenaciously faithful

Battle 100

in

%

Underneath sits a bird whose Happing days are over, and who wide-eyed through his glass box at. this small museum in the now, stuffed and groomed, peers King's Road.

Boult

Ings in thele

living room

a formid able collec-

tuettes,

spotted cats

jugs.

Teddy's Ambition

-He Wants To Ride On & Putterfly's

By MAX TRELL- NARÊ was surprised to End 1k that his friend Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, who waɛ-usually": big and rhand and fat, was st this moment no larger than small-sized peanut, aber kan

“Hr Matin, the Magnificent Magician, made me small,” e plained Teddy, "I've got a wonderful idea!"

"For being "anali?"" | Knarf asked.

"Yes, I'm going to catch Butterfly and ride on her back,” sud Teddy

hard

"Butterfies ard

catch,” said Knart, whi

“So are Lions, sald Teddy. But I'd rather catch, a Butter fy. I don't think I'd like to ride on a Lion's back."

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"Where are you going to catch" this Butterfly?". Kharf, asked.

In the park. Do you want to come along?" Teddy inquired.

Teddy patched by the

· Butterfly's broken wing,

.a

Teddy stayed on the path. When he reached the black Went alone

rock he turned in the right and Mr Boulting, who does not brought back from America.

Knarf said he didn't feel like there, standing quietly on the take snuff or wear pince-nez, Mrs Boulting's modelling often going out with Teatly to watch daisy, was the Butterly.

She had yellow wings and put a record on the gramophone takes her abroad where she hun by to catch a Butterfly,

A few beautiful big eyes. She wore which ashamed of itself for not continues her untiring quest for Teddy went out alone.

period pieces.

minutes later he was in the park, ren slippers, She carried being a phonograph--is discreet-

pushing his way through the small shopping basicet ülled ly hidden behind a curtain.

She has an incredible colles-inlades of grass that rose up all with honey cakes. tion of Victorian paraffin lampe around him like giant trees, "Design these days

metal is with curlicued sterile and stereotyped," he painted 'china bowls, sata, and quite without, plested malin' shades. originality." He wife nodded conceded that agreement, brit "it would be nice to have one modern room with tong low tables.

and skins and that sort of thing."

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POSTER CULT

When you're as small as a pea put, everything looks higher than it ever looked before..

Teddy met two or three Ants. Since Mr. Boulting had ex-They looked as big as Cats. They

pressed such strong views On modern design I asked him what kind of house he would build himself if he decided to do so.

"Of course I would build modern, what else could one do?" he replied.

As his "personal protest the Toulouise-

It was clear that Mr Boulting's Aagainst Lautrec

cult." poster

Mr views on modern living were as Boulting has joined the 19th eclectic as his home. century poster cult, and bas a

which collection large

-London Express' Service).

he

marched along one behind the other, carrying huge, seeds on their backs. The seeds looked nis big as watermelons."

Softly, very softly, Teddy crept toward her.

"It's going to be easy to catch her he said to himself.

Then Teddy pounced!

It wasn't any trouble catch-- ing her at all He had her! She didn't even try to fly sway!

She couldn't fly away. Teddy discovered why the next second. any Broken wing

"Have you fellow's seen Butterflies around?" Toddy ask- cd the Ants,

answer

One of her wings was broken. Teddy shook his head.

But they were too busy to Here at all ready to him. They marched take a dying trip on a Butter- fly's back and the Butterfly's straight on.

wing was broken.

Huge grasshopper Then Teddy met a Grasshop. per who looked as big as Horse.

So instead of taking a ride on the Butterfly's back. Teddy gave the Butterfly a ride on his ""There's a Butterfly standing back. He brought her home. on the second daisy to the right Then he and Knarf fixed her after you come to the black broken wing with a bit of paper rock," answered the Grasshop- and a speck of glue.

per after Teddy had asked him ""Thank you," said the Butter-. If he had seen one. "Just stay By, and went filtering off the

on this path. You can't miss window sill, back toward the her."

park.

Teddy hadn't noticed before "And there goes my ride on that he was on a path. But a Butterfly's back," said Teddy. now he saw that the Grasshop But he really wasn't sorry per was right. The path that about what had happened, went winding in and out among im't every day in the week' that the grass blades was about as mybody-even a plused Teddy wide as a thread.

Bear-gets a chance to ex a "Good luck,” said the Grass- Butterfly's banken wing so she hopper, and he hopped off.

can fly again!

Rupert and the Squire—24

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Britain

America The Continent

This graph shows the percentage of rotại ules of toilet preparations bought

MEN, YOU'RE BOUND TO BE

BEATEN BY SWEET-SCENTERS

THE last bastion of Eng. London fide; much tends to „lish male prejudice to hang around a man at the end of his day's work far from be stormed in the bath enticing.

room.

J

L

by man.

our strong, so the leader,

in sales is an American invader,

Old Spice, which is estimated to have 27 per cent of the market,

"I wouldn't want men to use Yardley, who entered the anything sickly or over-scented men's toiletries feld with bear's But there are distinct but there are plenty of mildly, grease for the hair in 1770, have signs of cracking in the perfumed lotions on the market." Just changed their packaging to

formidable carbolic-pun-

gent barrier of virile

'Essential

dramatic tan; black-and-white containers, but Lentheric Bick to their traditional bottles. They Paula have a useful and compact said: “I men don't plastic travel case containing and bother to put on after-shave after-shave, briliantine More than 2500,000 a month when going out with me, why Tanbark.cologne, is now being spent in England should I make an effort to ap on men's tallet preparations and pear attractive for them?" they are still a long way behind She has very decided views America and the Continent. about deodorants. "Absolutely

essential," she said firmly.

opinion which insists that Dark-haired model, "all one has to do is wash." Noble,

The totni last. Jose spent on after-shave, cologne,

tale,

Apart from the smell, after-

Perhaps the most significant pointer to the maress story of men's preparations in the fact that Simpsons, the West End store, have just brought out their own men's toilet range

Called West One It has four

deodorant, etc., was £6,500,000. shave has a genuine functional Items-after-shave, cologne, hair purpose. It rets all the Bomp out tonic and electrie pre-shave,

Big seller of your face, tones up the skin packed in black miniature

and acts as a mild antiseptic to whisky bottles.

Optimism is high in the trade, nicks and rezar sores.

One manufacturer says he ex- Pre-electric shave lotion, on

Defroster

pects it to be 215 million by the other hand, prepares your ADGET of the week in this 1002 and another scorned this 65 pessimism, The biggest seller is face for shaving by dissolving

grease on the skin, and making

weather is an ingenious

after-shave but there is a signi- the bristies stand up to be device for defrosting your frant rise 30 deodorant sales moins and to be timerator.

Dr. Zyginamit a Polish LX- involver

150 per cent up on last year,

A prime reason for the success airman with a degree in blo of the sweet anall for men la chemistry whose Ambassador women. At Caristmas and other preparations have made a size gift ocenalons they buy after able impact on the top-price- shaye and other preparations for range market.

about ther men-folk and start a habit He is very inslabent

4 quality de You have which coalinues,

grade alcoftö *-simnet.

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A portrait of Mr. Boulting surrounded by a sky full of wildly flapping hawks stores hypnotically from over the fireplace.

Rupert leans forward, and picki up what he has seen. N scklace he whapers...** What

beautiful thing I And there are

a couple of gings. Beppo, you the 14% mazal. You must have been the theff. And this in your hidey." the

hole for all the things you have?

Fabrics to Delight. every woman!

CEPEA Grafton

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