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THE „HONGKONG" · TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1938.

THESE STARS WILL LAST:

FILMLAND SEER

"Garbo Will

Will Wed- Shirley's 21 Years"

From the Manhattan boat-train at Paddington re- cently stepped a bright-eyed woman of 15, whose astro- logical wisdom is the guiding star of the stars.

All Hollywood consults Nella Webb-film directors, actors, actresses, business managers, telephone her to see "if the stars are favourable" before making decisions.

Two years ago Nella Webb predicted that "in 1938 Greta Garbo will be close to marriage or will have a love affair that will surprise her as much as anyone else."

Recently she told me. "From 1935-42 Gurbo will have the greatest opportunities for life expansion, and, naturally, that will take in marriage," writes a correspondent in the Daily Mail.

"All people are predestined to certain opportunities, and 1 predict those opportunities. Men and women always have the power to say 'Yes' or 'No.'"

Miss Webb, it is said, predicted to within a few months the marriage of the Duke of Wind- sor and Mrs. Simpson.

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the sole adviser She was Marie Dresler, who was a very discouraged woman when sho came to Nella for advice. Sho phophesied seven years of suc- cess for Marle.

At the end of the seven years Marie dled.

"It was her bellef in me that gave her success," declared Nella.

MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY "My job," she added, "is to make people happy through their horos cope. Everybody can be happy with- in himself. The knowledge of ear- tain favourable influences, which is constructive and positive, can bring happiness. It also helps to know the bad influences, which can often be avoided,"

Film producers-and the mention- ed three-Charence Brown. Stanley Logan, Al Christie-And out the favourable influences before doing a Job of work. John Barrymore, she says, would cancel a dinner or any other engagement If the day was not harmonious according to the stars.

"I Hve by my own horoscope. I'd be a poor astrologist ir T the didn't take advantage of things I know.

"My horoscope told me the 18th was a good time for travelling. 'Mer- eury was hurmonicus with the bene- ficiary planet Jupiter, The Two to gether assured a good-weather trip and good contacts. In the boat from the States the stewards sold it was The best crossing they ever had. The sea was like satin."

Here are some of this year's pro- phecies:

THE STARS' FUTURE

Shirley

birthdate Temple Her coincides with Uranus. From 1435, In a cycle of 21 years, there are suc cess, growth and progress, develop- ment of talent. She shows too much talent to be just a child prodigy.

Hepburn: Progressive tendencies.

Gable: This year's pictures Clark will have financially best result in years, Will be popular with the

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public. His

contracts

neuith

will be better,

excellent. Emotionally

should be very happy.

Ivor

Novello: 1935-42 will do

NAVY'S NEW

'PLUS FIVES'

When the King went aboaril the 9,100 ton crack cruiser Southampton at Weymouth re- cently, he

Was piped aboard through a concealed loudspeaker;

Bookies

BY

Bar Man Who Always Wins

Mr. Albert Simmonds, retired licensed victualler, of Malda Vale, London, has an infallible racing system-says Mr. Albert Simmonds. So infallible that no bookmaker will accept a bet from him. Flves"loose-

Was grected on the quarter- deek by officers in gasmaska;

Saw

the

crew In their "Number Flves" their new working uniforms. The "Number fitting Jacket and baggy trousers, blue, of course, and made of washable materi. 1-100k rather like ski-ing suits.

The King Inspected them, but diplomatically made ΠΟ com-

The King saw sailors in fire-

fires proof-clothing fighting real ones—with chemical ex- tinguishers, watched A.It.P. drifl. and was particularly Interested In decontamination of mustard-

lower gas on the

drck. He saw an "operation" in the baltic theatre, then the arrival of a steam drifter (represenilug a towing ship) to take the Southampton into dry dock be cause of "bomb splinter" damage. Another thing he saw was the anti-submarine vessel newest Iying alongside. Its young com- mander went aboard to tell the King some of its secrets.

Destroyers were occupied kal- vaging all the torpedoes fired the day before. They recovered more than £300,000 worth,

Love in a

Mud Hut

In Jungle

greater and better work than ever N a mud hut on the fringe of the

In his fc.

#119

Enormous Encial in- leopard-infested bush of Nigeria.

Buenee. Should

Should watch health and 50

blood circulation.

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miles from the nearest white newly-married English 25-year-old Mrs. Kenneth Ballantine, Is going to start house-

Mary Pickford: Under favourable girl. influence for making money.

Douglas Fairbanks: Under favour" keeping-

able Influence for building up hist She will be the only white woman affairs along new lines and for inakwithin a radius of 50 miles of the

ing money. as to be extremely station of Uyo, southeast Nigeria. careful about signing papers. Must "I am very excited about it all. take good care of nerves, needs a lot I know I am going to be wonderfully of fresh air and sleep.

happy there," she says. Hoosevelt: Under very diffeuit in- Mrs. Ballantine, formely Miss Christian Hunt, daughter of Mr. J. Nella Webb makes her charts for H. Hunt, of Grosvenor House, Wey- countries from the position of the mouth, sufled with her husband from planets when they were declared in-Liverpool recently. dependent States.

Auences.

LEAN YEARS

SNAKES AND LIZARDS

Nine weeks ago she married Mr.

The chart of England is made ac-Kenneth C. Ballantine, son of Mr. and cording to the Mogna Charta,

Mrs. J. H. Ballantine, of Thetford Rend, New Malden. Surrey, who is employed by the Nigerian Govern-2 ment as un engineer in the Publie Works

Department.

She said: "England is not ander cheerful indications for 2% years in some lines. Other Ines are good. It is now under tic Influence of the planet Saturn, which tends to delays and to long obstacles in progress."

"We are very much in love and I knowl

I shall not feel lonely," Mrs. It's a great responsibility advising Ballantine told a reporter. "In fact, think life at Cro, among the people, says Nella Webb, "But its natives, will be thrilling. Snakes for their good. Doctors predict cures and lizards are the only things that for illness by medicine. I predict are causing me anxiety. At the end trends and possibilities of the future. of 18 months we shall come home

"You look nt weather predletions, on leave. don't you? And then you know what to expect. It's exactly the same thatched root."

"My home will be a mud hut with with the stars."

Who

Woman

Had 40 Husbands

Colombo.

Mr. Ballantine, who has spent saveral years in Nigeria, said: "The natives buy their wives-usually for about £5. If a man is not satisfied with his wife he can return her to her father and demand his money back."

Acid "Freezes" Auto Engine

NORTHAMPTON, Mass., While Carl Hauff; Jr., was driving

A soventy-year-old man living in his new nutomobile, the engine the holy city of Anuradhapura was suddenly "froze." Amazed at dle- gaoled for two years for attacking his covering the engine had disintegrated, wife with a knife. A police omicer he notified police. They decided a Wald the man was her fortieth bus vandal had poured sulphurie neld band. The woman left him for an into: the gasoline tank and radiator, other man, the officer added

completely ruining the enging,

been

Mr. Simmonds says he has

40 backing horses for

years-and wining!

"In 1936," he said, 1 placed bets for

more than

£30.000 with one bookmaker, and more than £800 on one rare.

Won

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Sir John Reith and Family at the seaside. Sir John has just rosigned the position of Director-General of the Bri tish Broadcasting Corporn- tion to become Chairman of Imperial Airways.

New Son For

Clara Bow

New York.

Miss Clara Bow, one-time "it" girl of the flims, has given birth to a son -her second, at Sunto Montcu, California.

The baby weighs lb. 110z. Dr. Harry Blodgets. who performed a Caesarian operation at the birth, de- clares that both mother and son are

Survey To Require 100 doing well.

Years

Canberra.

A national survey that will require

Miss Bow is 33. She married o Chicago Him actor, Mr. Rex Bell, who is now a rancher, in 1931.

Their first son, Rex Larbow, is

"As soon as the bookies realised 100 years to complete is being under-three and a half. how much I Was winning. they taken by the Federal government. Jti "I'm sorry it's a boy, because I closed my necouts. Now I have to will cover defence aspects, economic know you wanted a little girl;" tele- do all my betting on the Tole."

to. her husband. resources, soil erosion, reclassification phoned Miss Bow Last year he made £800, and he is already over £200 of soils, water conversion, hydro who is at Las Vegas, Nevada.

"I'm happy to have a little boy to graphic work, up this season,

cartography play with our first son,” replied Mr.

Bell.

profit

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