1960-10-08 — Page 3

HONGKONG HIT PARADE The Dawg and I

By Ted Thomas.

THE big event of the week for Hongkong's

66 A ND so, you see, poor Babykins will be all alone,"

she moaned in tragic tories.

airily, “I've a whole lot of them at home and I'll give - hin several after meals. But do you ow something? That dog big-next door nearly died when I gave him some; do you know why?"

I sat there nervously trying tó return the glare popular music lovers is the party that will be which the object of the conversation-a great held in the Queen Elizabeth School, Kowloon mangy black hound-was directing at me. today to celebrate the passing of the four- thousand figure for members of Radio Hong-being over anxious to come kong's Chinese network programme “Mun Wui”.

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Radio Hongkong got together an all star cast reminiscent of the old Radio Clubhouse days when the station set a new pattern in big live entertainment shows which soon caught on.

Stars of the afternoon's party, records had made the are Larry Allen and Thelma Twenty or not, (and why should Toledo two famous night-club he?) has sneaked within smiling artists who need no further range of the magic 20 with his Introduction.

latest "Nice 'n' Easy". Listed The big attraction for Rock 'n this week as number 26, this Roll fans will be the personal looks like a sure bet for the appearance by "The Fabulous crystal ball. Echoes", who oblige with any-

thing from the big beat

Hit

complete with twangy guitars Nothing, it seems, can keep and vocal, to a sophisticated Connie Francis out of the rendering of the latest craze Parade. The Offbeat Cha Cha,

"Offbeat"

listed here for several weeks.

I sat as still as possible, not supposed to," she spluttered.

"Then what's it there for?" contact with those teeth.

in

I never did like Babykins

which I always considered rather

She didn't!

But she thought Babyking I asked, playing the moron. had better not go after all be

She didn't say anything but cause she didn't want me to go

to any bother.

for that!

►

(that was the beast's name gave me a look that made up inappropriate).

I said brightly, "I can hang on pretty tightly to her tal]----- See?"

She saw!

"Oh, it's no bother-No 'Sir! I'm crazy about your dog!"

I protested as she ushered me, dogless, to the door.

“I'll take him with me on the

left all "Oh, I'm dying to take you trip," she said, ignoring what that she home," I said to the dog, which I said about black hounds being

the was now eyeing me suspicious- forbidden on greyhound buses.

me

However, when my friend. Ginny, who was going out for the day, plaintively told me about Babykins being alone, I kind of felt was about to offer privilege of caring for the ly. hound and sure enough, did!

"Oh, 'er, really Ginny, I'd love to look after your dog for you, but...

"1

Stutter

she "Don't you worry about his vitamin pills, Ginny," I said

"Good," said the obliging knew you'd be damsel. "I thrilled to look after my baby for me." And she launched on a whole list of do's and don't's. Stuttering was all I couli manage in the way of protest. But I was stuck with the dog, though stuck was putting mildly.

Overcome by gratitude, Baby-

(Credit card to Antoinette Rozario).

This bath doesn't seem fun,

but the Finnish love it

at least not the OU

kind taken in other parts of the world. You take what is known as a sauna.

You don't take a bath in Finland

room. sauna

The girl with a sob in her voice has made it pay off to such an extent that almost On the subject of "Offbeat" every disc she cuts is an im- two of the stars of the best mediate candidate for a spot in selling disc "Offbeat in Hong the top twenty. Her latest Kong will be on hand to give success, a seemingly unimpres

Good-sized stones are heated Later, however, he changed a turn Marilyn Palmer, winner sive little number called "My kins thanked me by putting her and placed on the floor of the his mind and decided to try th of many a talent competition, Heart Has a Mind Of It's Own" two front paws on my shoulders

Then water is The host whipped him with a and Chico Rosa Periera is already holding top spot in and licking my face all over-poured over them. This, of piece of bush after the steaming popularly known

Hong- the United States and has been not forgetting behind the ears course, produces steam as

The process was concluded. It stung kong's Paul Anka,

sandwiching me between the bather sits or lies stretched out quite sharply. But as the switch- wall and a doggy tongue.

conftrued he sensed in the steam, perspiring freely. ing *See?" says Ginny, “ghe loves you already, don't you,

After he is thoroughly steam- wonderful glow of health come He felt pepped up my itsy-bitsy 'ittle honey-ed up someone takes a tree limb over him.

¶ with tiny branches and beats and greatly invigorated. Well, Toni old thing, thought him without it, striking his en- he also felt wonderfully elesa. tire body. One would think this this one.

would be anything but a plea- sant experience, but the Finns love it. For

one thing the switching process improves the blood circulation.

But perhaps the biggest in- novation in the whole show is the resident band, "The Jazz- makers". Broadcasting for only time they carry their second the full weight of the musical side of the show.

A big swing band in the grand Basie-Ellington style is something of a rarity these days, at least as far as Hong- kong goes,

and this

gave everyone a chance to really hear and watch the finest line- up of its type to be had around these parts. The pro- gramme will be broadcast over the English network of Radio Hongkong at 7.00 pm on Tues- day 11th October.

* *

Weenie 1. Itsy Bitsy Teenie

Yellow Polka Dot Bikini — Brian Hyland.

-2. Look for a Star

Miles.

Garry

3. I'm not Afraid - Ricky

Nelson.

4. Candy Sweet Pat Boone. 5. You Mean Everything to Me

Neil Sedaka.

Town 6. My Home

Paul Anka.

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-

7. My Heart has a Mind of It's

Own-

8.

9

Connie. Francis.

No - Dodie Stevens. What a Difference a Day Makes Joe Loco.

10. I Love You In the Bame Old

Way Paul Anka,

With the "Mun Wui" figure now way past the four thousand

11. A Kookie Little Paradise mark and leaping forward to five thousand, the club has lived

Jo Ann Campbell. up to its boast

12. Oh, My You The Ponitaus. of being the

13. Romantica fastest

club in the

Jane Morgan. Patti Page. Sweetheart Cha

growing

8ad River The Platters.

Colony. Two months ago just 14. One of Us — after its start "Mun Wui" could 15. Goodnight muster only one twentieth of Cha Enoch Light. the strength of it's nearest 18. rival. Nowadays it has en- 17. rolled well over half and is rushing on to overtake all in its 18. path.

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•

•

FRANK Sinatra, never one to

Lullaby. of Birdland Marilyn Palmer. Blue Heartaches Edwards.

19. Ita Now or Never

Presley.

worry about whether his 20. Please

D

XX Co.

Tommy

-

Elvis

Debble Reynolds.

TO -

CENTRAL

DISTRICTS

bunt"

I, let's see you wriggle out of

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The "four-footed fiend padded round and round watching me; amoeba I felt rather like under a microscope. I centred The final act of this strange my mind on a means of escape. drama consists of going out of When Ginny came back with the sauna house and rolling in the leash for Babykins, I was the snow or jumping into a cool a horse-running slashing

away with whip.

"Just trying it out," said I. "Just what do you need that for? said she, aghast.

I coolly informed her that thought people always used whips on dogs and that I'd take It along just in case.

Moron

"Let me put the leash on," I said waving away her protests. I tightened the collar as much as I could and Ginny's eyeballs literally stood out of her head as the brute gave a wheeze or two.

"I

Suddenly I let it loose. "It's Do

use!" I said, can't get to the last hole."

Ginny glared. "You're not

SO&

EACH

&

And

THE DEVIL'S

FOOTPRINTS

[N a period when the stream. Sometimes

mystery of the buckets of cold water are pour- ed on the bather. The steam, of abominable snowman still ̈® course, opens the pores of the casts a looming shadow skin while the SDOW OF cold

across the scientific world, water closes them, thus reducing the man in the street may the chance of catching cold,

A friend of mine was intro-like to know that these duced to the sauna while he was strange footprints in -the staying for a few days at a Fa-snow are by no means the nish farmhouse. After watching first recorded in history.

One of the earliest visitations several men of the household tzke a sauna he was asked if from the unknown ever record- ed occurred in England one he wouldn't like one.

wintry night over 100 years ago.

"At first he said, "Nothing do- ing. It looks cruel to me. It may be all right for you. Finns because you're used to it, but I'm afraid it would be too rugged for me."

ROX

Credit Card to Roy Fay.

It was a night that men in

long 10- will Devonshire

member that night February 1, 1853.*

Some strange creature, whose identity was never discovered— OF presence explained, $29 abroad in the fields.

In the deep mow it left a trail of footprints, the like of which no one had ever seen before.

In size and shape they re- sembled those of a large booved creature. But they preceded each other in a straight line as if made by a tightrope walker,

100 miles

The tracks passed through 17 towns for a distance of 100 miles, left the roads and crossed fields, woods and gardens, ran along the tops of fences, stopped on a river bank and resumed its course on the other side.

It even passed over farm- house roofs like the line of a pencil. No one in the area of the tracks saw or heard any- thing. For weeks, all England was puzzled by the weird foot- prints. Scientists declared that no known animal could have made them or pursued such a peculiar course.

Superstitious .souls

were

sure that Satan himself had crossed the countryside that

night.

The truth was never dis- covered.

To this day the mystery of the "Devil's Footprints remains unsolved.

-(Credit card to Robert Bax.)