1961-11-07 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1961.

WOMANSENSE

LÁDY❤ LUCK-

YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7

AQUARIUS (January 21- friends are in doubt about

February 19: A friend's unexpected arrival from abroad is likely to occupy a good deal of your time in the near future. PISCES

February 20- March 201: A friend in trouble whom you have failed to help is liable to feel that you! Are nut interested in his plight and you may lose his friendstilp ARIES (March 21-April 191

During the weekend you may form a very pleasant and luating attachment to a person of the opposite sex

TAURUS April 20-May 20

Thanks to your wit and constant goud kamuur, you are considerably in demand as a guest.

GEMINI (May 21-June 211

A great deal of very pleasant activity will keep you busy all the weekend CANCER (June 22-July 21- Your great vitality enables you to do all the things you have set out to do and do them well.

LEO July 22-August 21:: Readiness to see the other fellow's point of view makes you a very desirable person

turn

Lu when your

some future action. VIRGO (August 22-Septem ber 22: You are anxious t form friendly alliance with a person who is times rather touchy and moudy. which you may re- Kret later. LIBRA September 23-Oct

ber 22 You are to be congratulated 1711

Your

ability to know when the time has come to withdraw gracefully from dispute

SCORPIO

:October

miner

22.

November 211 Although)

NO

the strenuous sport you much enjoy is generally beneficial, there is Apeh a thing as overdoing it.

SAGITTARIUS Novembe

22-December 21:: A rom. promise in an argument

with a rather stubborn per sun will be the best way for you to disengage yourself. CAPRICORN Derember

January 20. Your arrival at a critical moment will be welcomed by all cancerned.

JEAN SOWARD

looks at the sought-

after 'stars' of the small screen commercials

What do you

think of those

TV children?

SWITC

(WITCH on your television set, tune in to ITV, and the chances are 10 to one that within a few minutes you will see a "commercial." It's evens on that the star of this tiny film, or at least a strongly featured player, will be a child. A pretty poppet, perhaps in an unearthy white nightdress, stealing downstairs to abduct a kitten from the kitchen.

Or a near-teenager in more unearthly white, prancing along a garden wall carrying a shopping basket; a glum little boy concentrating breathily on the tube of sweets his Mum may have forgotten; a small brother and sister in paroxysms of delight over their noisy breakfast cereal.

And, as

them. you watch sometime irritated but ofte

as will help to save 21 admiring, ter they are generally very unpleasant situation. pretty. OF

Or Guri

LUCKY ENCOUNTER: If children, with quite good mans

this is your birthday. aners, ow, vou ever thought meeting

with a named JUNE

have may some special significanes.

woman yourself:

BOYS AND GIRLS

MAGAZINE

Are Ponies Happy?

Knart Says Yes, But Hanid Disagrees With Him-

By MAX TRELL

ON one side of the park, there

was a sort of corral where the riding Ponies were kent and on pleasant afternoons, especial-

Bummertime, ly in the

the Children came and climbed on the backs of the Ponles and mude themselves comfortable in the saddles and then trotted up and down the riding path

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was great fun for every-

one, especially for the Ponies

or, al any rate. that's what

Knarf, the Shadow Boy with

the Turned-About Name.

his sister Hanid.

Unid

Stood by fence Kdarf and Hanid had been standing by the rail that fenced the corral, watching the Ponies and their young riders.

"But the Ponies can't be en- joying themselves," Hanid ar- gued. "Just look at that fat Boy sitting on that thin little Pony

Look at the

way he's bouncing up and down. I'm sure the Pony isn't having any fun"!

Knarf SAW exacity what Hanid

meant. The Boy was

7-27

A fat Boy was jumping up and down on the Tony's back.

saying it was wonderful fun to be giving the two little Girls a ride on his back""

"Well, really—there's to it nothing

Why shouldn't 7/!}} tiffie Felicity model too?"

; MX Quy does it Don't loud-pedal y un indutin an

Though you never guess it, is illegal.

would probabl

child modeling

But despite the Tuck that children under 13 are that lowed to work (in special - cumstances one gel permits ter stage work after 12). the how seems to

a conveniently blind eye on the multitude contemporary cherubs when Innocent sailes, knowing wriks. and beguiling pranks advertise

y anything from Soap

e detergent and--all the more fetching for being so unlikely-world-wide airlines and top banka.

and

Clamour for them

Just watch a

mother's face at an auditioning session

To earn this. the child's task tune with

100 trends.

is not arduous Roughly, he's wines would allow children of how it goes:-

any age to work under certain 8.30 am: Arrival at studio of strictly enforced conditions and technicians and adult perform chlige per nis to bank at least ers. The 45- cond commercial 75 per cent of the earnings in to be filmed is probably trade their children's names? up of 15 or 16 lightning shots. Of these, the child wilj probably feature in tour,

Work proceeds all-out to range the art, fb: lighting, re- hearse adults and generally prepare the ground for the ur- rival of child who, if obliged to wall about, gets fired, restive. and probably unmanageable.

ה

Or shokd Jze pres20 Fw remen

1 more rigidiv enforced. they making The exploitation of children by their parents impossible"

Mrs Mallone, director of the Corona Stage

School Agency, says: "I think

the regulations governing the employment children should be strict and strictly enforced. But I should

like

11 am. Arrivu) uf child with Mum if an amateur, with

to see a change in the Personally, I'm against it. Every "Duern The current edition of Inter-

if

so that we could child is a natural exhibitionist, professional present law

and I feel that to encourage this national Model has a 37-page (1.c. from an established stage supply the current demand.

the exhibitionist tendency is unkind section-following the pictures school agency). Child is whip can, and is, being done by

edvertising serlous stage school agencies Children

products of adult. male, and overweight 1ed Into make-up room.

Children models-alled

11.15 am: and

Meeting of child with complete safety the become grotesque."

ξυ and director. Director sets out child from the point of view of But we photographs. to woo child from whom, gen health and education.

Babies.

There are 88 This represents about

a thou- erally speaking -- and especially want to remain inside the law sandth part of the kids who if still at crawling o toddling instead of just outside it."

queue for the jobs.

even

For fun

their

automatic

what

A television firm director who some of the most has made charming child commerciais 1 have seen, says: "It's not the stage a performance, must be

children object to. Most ví Bewuse today, like yellow coaxed.

ther enjoy the play acting. But Jor curtains and waisted chiffon.

11:30 10 11.45 am: Work

just you go to a children's children for publicity are in"

beging in carnest, Director's ve Photographer John Cole auditioning session, and watch babes-in-arms never had anxiously on clock, since to keep thinks modelling is all right for the faces of the mothers

Who I so good.

cut of trouble, certain unofficial children if they do it perhaps bring them. You know Photographers, advertising

but nevertheless specific rules once, just for fun.

you'll see? Greed, ruthlessness agencies, and television pro-

must be observed.

"But some professional child ambition. Brrr!” ducers clamour for them.

Child, if a babe-in-arms, must models aure just Once started, the possibilities

So you thing your child could not stay more than 30 seconds puppets, like cash registers do it too? Take a look again, are endless.

at a time under the strong ringing up money which goes fond mother. I know she's cute! The baby who can smile

into or lights (and will probably scream straight the rest pull & knowing

parents can see she's a honey-as for And so it went for

face with itseif silly if mude to).

pockets. afternoon with Knarf couple

They seem hypnotised Sonny Jim, with those two front of the

dozen third-degree

by the amount they can make.'

ake teeth missing and those freckes, hearing the Ponies saying how

lamps shining in its face, and,

And photographer Peler he could probably make a little much they were enjoying them-

from toddler stage on, learn the

"Child Clark? selves, and Hanid insisting that technicalities

The fortune in the next two years. of professional

majority are not like children all her brother was hearing was childish spontaneity and simu- Child, up to five.

And there's nothing to stop the sound of the Ponies' foot-

touching late that

wide-eyed actually work more than two at all," he says. "They

talk you but the law which can be innocence with a team of studio hours in any one day. Fives to their fees like little old people.

about their engagements and workers watching, can graduate sevens work two

So there's nothing, really, but and a half

Television film fron modelling to commercials, hours provided they

producer

your own common sense. And 150 g Lindsay Turner is opposed and from commercials to film three hours' education.

to a sneaking feeling, perhaps, that children being used. "Children children should be allowed to and stage work.

To make sure a particular are used for television commer- be children while they can. Before you know where toddler will, say, take a top cials because clients want than.

London Express Service). are this child is probably of nugar out of a packet, bold ing Mummy and Daddy à

look at it, smile wl- three ningly, and put it in house, is keeping them in

a cup of square meals a day, paying its steaming liquid in six seconds, own school fees, and still putting all to a xr of music, means the something by for its, we hope, director has his werk uit out. not too premature old age.

The child may oblige instantly. It may not. If not, the

really quite fat and be bounced steps. up and down. Knart was about to agree that Hanid was right

Knart's right

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But finally a really surpris- this time about the Pony not ing thing happened. And having much fun with him on proved that Kharf was right. her back, when at that moment

the Pony went trotting by

the

Heard pony Knart distinctly heard Pony say as she trotted along "Happ-it-y. happ-it-y, happ- 11-y!

"There! Did you hear that? Knart exclaimed to his sister in great excitement.

"I didn't hear anything," said Hand in surprise, "except the sound of that Pony's hoofs as the ran past us."

"She said she was happy." insisted Knaïf.

"I heard her!

This is what happened:

Among the Ponies was

Burro

arro. "And look at that poor, poor said Hania-s pour Donkey." she pointed at the Burro.

Karl looked. The Burro

than looking not much bigger

a large Dog, was trudging along

you buy

new 11

dozen times

must not

with three little Boys and two No arduous task may be shot eight times, little Girls on its back.

"Now don't

stand there and tell me," said Hanid, "that he's having a good time!"

Burro Laughed

A child model used for photo- graphy earns two guineas un

scele

nme

models?

So there

JACOBY... BRIDGE

THE

THE code word "Arch" is hot for the sole use of declarer. The defenders should employ it Re- also.

times, a dozen times.

12.30 pm: Last take. moval of child, by adoring Mumi or more prosair Duenna.

"A" still stands for "Analyse the lead," and "R" for "Review bidding." "C" becomes "Count your winners," and "H" becomes "How can we beat this contract?"

12.35 pm; Director mops his the be- brow and returns to shooting it adult scenes wondering which

Un

the

work

hee

hour.

Taken

location, morning's

outside the studio, the fee can rise to tween six and 12 guineas.

say

d

She

And do you know what But Hanid laughed and said Burro did? It started to laugh, that that Pony didn't talk, and

"Hee-haw,

all that Knart heard was the haw," it went. sound of her hoofs.

Not happy

A few moments later, Hanid

weren't

bee-haw,

"Oh dear," said Hanid. looked around. The Burro was was laughing. laughing. Knart

saw something else that made And so, after a moment. Hanidformance nets a child up to 20 her feel sure that the Fonies started laughing, too.

"Yes," she said, themselves enjoylip nearly half as much

as the having fun!" Children who were riding on their backs.

"Just look at that poor fel- low ahe sald, pointing to a Pony who was being led slowly down the bridle path while two very small Girls were riding on his back. A young Man led the Pony by a rope while an old Man, walked beside the

two

Girls with his arm around them to make sure the

they didn't

follow Knerf was positive

But again That he heard the Pony speak- Ang as he moved past the call:

Won-der-ful, won-dor-ful,

Jood-der-ful

Don't tell me you didn't hear Thutz Bald Knark

14 C

Sound of footstops

"All" ' 1 heard," said Hanid. fars the sound of the Pony O He was just « drag-,

ho

The wasn't No wara'ji't cried 'Knarf, "He was

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the resultant picture is used for are worse cats, children, or a poster, an additional seven to budgerigars--all currently popu- East analysed his partner's

Iar with advertising agents.

lead as the normal top of a 12 guineas is paid.

A television commercial per-

sequence. Hence, declarer was If this particular commercial marked with the king of spades. guineas-and it can then sit 19 a success and, following its

A review of the bidding "everyone's back and probably rate in about release. sales figures of the

showed that South had £100 over the year on repeats. product soar, the little model

minimum opening. He may bring off an exclusivity" than a contract, This means an extra had jumped to game after North £400 to prevent the child from had given a single raise. appearing on behalf of a rival product for the next 12 months. The exclusivity contract is thought worth while by parents who don't want to run too great authorities. It a rink with tho secures a nice round mum with small tear tant, through bot seen everywherevertising wiu attract everything, the child. too muchi official notice,

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modelling, for commercial photography, for TV advertising are outside the law

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was this,” he says. Mro. Bear gazes thoughtfully at the weed. When I was young we used to find seaweed with lots of little, bobbles and we yard tu them.” she says, “but I've never seen anything like this with mucli huge black bobbles. It a quite a different kind,"

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The revival of velvet

The slim silhouette for evening has brought about the revival of velvet which lends regality to simple, slim gowns. At Jean Patou in París, black trimmed with ermine was the favourite. At Pierre Balmain, they liked it red, side-wrapped and with o train. The picture above shows Patou's simple fitted sheath in black velvet, swathed at the top with a stole of precious white ermina,

little Xtra

BY

Silhouette

For the girl who likes a high-waisted, garment, Trims you at the waist; smooths away, that spare tyre. In white and black, Small, medium, large and extra large,