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This Space Evory Day

Women

BEAUTY ARTS

By LOIS LEEDS

Posed for Lois Leeds.

Here are some suggestions to the Teeners. "DEAR LOIS LEEDS" Der Lois Eceds-1 in sixteen years old. Please suggest a gift for

me to give my girl friend at birthday party,-SUE."

Why not choose

a little zippered purse kit, containing a comb, a brush and miniature clothes prush.

her

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1947.

More Lourdes Pilgrims DUMBBELLS

Expected This Year

BY DOROTHY RUSSELL

(United Press Stan Correspondent)

PARIS-Some 100,000 Frenchmen, women and children are expected to make the traditional national pilgrimage to Lourdes next July.

In pre-war years, an average of 600,000 persons of all nationalities visited the Lourdes shrine annually. The pil- grimage to the miraculous grotto of St Bernadette, which continued throughout the war, last year. attracted some 60,000 faithful despite extreme difficulties of transporin- tion. feeding and housing.

Father Ives Jilbert Losienu, secretary of the Notre Danie

NEWS FROM Salvation Association and or

WALES

By J. C. Griffith Jones Six members of the Russian Supreme Soviet delegation on a apecial visit to Britain spent two days in South Wales. The party, which included the Prime Min- ister of Latvia and the President of the Soviet of Nationalities, went down a coal-mine in Glam- organ-the Penallta colliery, Ystrad Mynach, one of the most up-to-date pits in Britain.

The Russians talked through in- terpreters to Welsh miners at the cont-face and in the colliery canteen

teen years of age. It would mean hours to be spent at the hairdresser's and it costs quite a bit for proper "upkeep." And if it isn't done pro- At the special lunch given in hon- perly it is a dreadful sight! Any our of the visitors M. Vandy Kuznet- bitached hair requires lots of home soy, leader of the Party said:

arv to prevent its getting that and the British miners

So think friends. The friendship was couso- Araw-xke" appearance.

well before you get into the bleachi-lated during the war and it must

Teen Ager of my acquaintance re- ceived one like this recently and she loves H

care

"Drar Lois Leeds-Is seventeen

Krow."

wwe olit

The Russians were welcomed by years old too young to wear a long the Lord Mayor and 600 people at a eventing dress at a night wedding re-elvic reception at Cardiff City Hall. ecption? JEAN

They enjoyed Welsh harp inusle and choral singing so much that they were loath to leave, and nearly missed their midnight train back to London.

"Dear Luis Leeds-Con dandruff be brushed out of the hair?

KELLY"

No. Seventeen wonderful age No, true dandruff is a disease of the scalp. The white flakes, which to begin to learn how to wear even- are often called dandruff, can't being clothes and to look pretty! "brushed out" either," Brushing "Dear Lots Leeds-Where should cleans the scalp and hair because i a small watch, an apin, be worn? stimulates circulation. Massaging the scalp is helpful, as are frequent shampoos.

"Dear Lois Leeds-Are Treners wearing longer skirts now?

--MOTHER."

Yes, le longer now and much smarter they look, too. You may bitve to "yell" your Teen Age daughter on the idea, but it's worth

TH

-LUCY"

Wear it on your coat lapel or on

your belt,

FIRE SAFETY

FOR YOU

Modernising Induitry

Although the £60,000,000 scheme Jar modernising the steel sheet and South Wales tinplate Industry in

at awaits the final approval of the |National Steel Board,

are being made to launch it.

ganiser of the pilgrimage, estimates that nearly twice that humber will attend the pilgrim. age, which takes place from July 21 to 27 this year.

Among the tasks involved in or

the pilgrimage months ranking ahend are planning special tenina, orranging for speelal food alloentions for the town during pilgrimage week and lining up hotel accommo- dation. The

pilgrims must take their own food tickets with them, but, even so, the Food Ministry has to arrange for special food supplies to feed the influx of visitors.

'morc

Hotel accommodation Is less. dificult. Lourdes hos for hotels and boarding houses than the average

small French 'provincial town. Even so, the pilgrims usually have to double up two and three to

room..

"Miraculous" Curos

hecom-

The usual number of sick persons will accompany the pilgrimage the hopes of achieving miraculous cures, but they are limited to 3.200 to each pilgrimage, as the hospitals in the little town emot modate more. The rick are chosen from among the very poor and cost of their trip to Lourdes is paid by the Notre Dame Salvation Asso- clation. Special "yellow" and "white" trains are organised for them.

the

the

Before leaving for Lourdes, sick are subject to a careful medical examination They undergo another while there and a third after the ceremonies. That is to ensure that any claimed cures are really genuine.

are

"The doctors preparations

strict," Very Father Loiseau said. "Nerve all- ments that disappear do not count, because it might be claimed that they were cured by auto-suggestion or faith."

the

The biggest part of this develop- ment. which will make Wales largest steel and tinplate manufac luring centre in the world, will take Here on un burns" place at Port Talbot. bad taste for a sixteen-year-old girl says the U.S. National Fire Protec-extensive site on the Margem sand tion Association in urging house-dunes the strip mill. equipped with most modern inachinery, wives to think of their spring clean-the

Dear Lois Leeds-Would it be very

to have her drab blonde hair bleach- cd?-BIG SISTER."

I think that it would be a shame

to start bleaching her hair at size-

Minute. Makeup 4 GABRIELLE

Take Just One Minute a day to keep your skin smooth and soft! Just spread a thick layer of vanish- ing cream over face and throat. Leave it on for One Minute, by the clock! Remove with tissues, Tha cream carries away all dry, com plexion-dulling bits of scaly skin. Your face will feel softer. It will have a mat smoothness, to which your makeup will cling!

SIDE GLANCES

"A clean house seldom

ing chores as a good time to get rid will be erected. Complementary cold

of the many fire hazards that lurk reduction plants will be locuted at

Llanelly, Swansea. in almost every home,

and probably

In

spring clean-up and Newport. sponsoring

Rx-up for safely and fire prevention, It w take Ove years to complete the Association calls attention to the preparations. Thousands of workers common fire breeders which are will be needed for the constructional

tragic largely responsible for the

effort and thousands more will be

The

toll of 7,500 lives in home freegularly employed when the glan!

every year.

works are ready to operate. Most of these fatal and destructive fres could be prevented by these Part Talbot borough council is al

randy plannings new town to nh- simple rules of good housekeeping the workers who will be en

Don't permit accumulations of old newspapers, magazines, rags, aged in the new enterprise. Three discarded clothing and broken pieces sites, each of 300 acres, have been of furniture in closets, attic, base-cheduled for housing developments.

Clean them out be-

National Theatre

cleaning fluid in preparing winter country beset by traible to both

or

Na-

Last year 12 "miraculous" eures were confirmed.

HANDY WIRE RECORDING

DEVICE

A new method of recording speech or music, developed by a firm of electronic engineers in Britain, will be revealed at the British Industries Fair which is to be held from May 5 to 16 at London and Birmingham.

AN OLD SALT

LIKE YOU MUST KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT GEOGRAPHY!

WELL, IVE BEEN

ALL OVER THE WORLD BUT WE NEVER PUT INTO THAT

·PORT

AMBITIOUS

ROYAL AIR

FORCE SHOW

On Monday, April 28, ble Royal Air Force will invade the theatre to stronghold of the bring to the British public an entertainment different from anything seen before.

With n cast of 300 performers and 20 spectacular scenes, they will see and hear at the Opera House, Black- peal, the moving story of the history of the RAF wtih all its drama, its lunur. and its romance.

The object of this presentation le to stimulate recruiting, and the RAF into a contract with has entered Ralph Reader, who has offered his services to devise and produce this spectacle. The script is being written by the celebrated poet-author, John Pudney, and the elaborate scenes are being designed by Charles Reading.

This ambitious show will after- wards tour the country, and prin- cipal cities in England and Scotland will have an opportunity of witnes- sing a completely novel form of en- tertainment,

The cast is practically complete. It will contain some names already famous in the world of the theatre. The majority of the civilian actors will be cast through the medium of the Reunion Theatre, the official re- habilitation organisation of the thea- tre, some of whom are ex-RAF. The remainder of the cast will be drawn from a new unit of the RAF called Unit. with a the Theatre Pageant strength of 150 airmen and 70 WAAF. -Ratpro.

ARMY HELPS TO RECOVER TREASURE

A treasure hunt sequel to the Japanese invasion of Mulaya in 1942.has just been successfully concluded.

near

ment or garage.

When the Japs were approaching. fore they become under for a stray:

Brigadier Robert Meir, Commander spark, or entre a fire by spontaneous

For many years, Welslimen have

of the Feilerated Malay Slates Vol- combustion

The medium employed Is a steeunleer Forces, put his valuables and 3. Never

permil

Inflammablet-the-need for a Welsh National The problem always hus

wire, four thousandths-of-an-inch in his wife's jewels into a cash bux and cleaning fluids in the Jause. Be Theatre.

mountainous diameter. A two-hour L

programme burled them under the hedge sure you use a safe non-flammable een that Wales is

problems, occupies a spool four inches in dia-headquarters at Tanglin, two miles

meter and weighing eight ounces.

outside Singapore and now the Head- storage. Over and has no town clothes for summer

Asla Land quarters of Southeast 20.000 fres in homes are starled cach North and South where a

Recordings do not deteriorate with tional Theatre could he established.

Forces. year by Bammable fluids.

Of late the idea has grown that repeated playing, but nevertheless, 3. Repair or replace frayed

any recording may be erased when worn cords on all electrical appli-the only effective method of creating

no longer needed, and a fresh record- ances

and clean dirt and dust away national drama movement is to

Ing made. Reliable, robust and simple from fuse boxes.

build up groups of the most talent-

in action, with no recording stylus falling 4. Spurks

weather-ne Welsh amateur alors who will

er playing needle, recordings may bentes, flammable roofs stand third travel the country to give perform-

of home unces under the direction of profes-be made in the absence of the owner. among the major causes

One such group In this way, for example, radio pro fires Durlug spring fix-up, replace Aional producers.

selected actors from both grammes that would otherwise be weakened and leaky roofs, with comprising

now missed can be recorded and stored Arc resistant material, such a North and South Wales, has asphalt shingles.

been formed by the National Coun- for future enjoyment. oil of Social Service.

on

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5. 90,000 fires originate each year in dirty and defective heating plants and chimneys. Clean the chimney flues, repair or replace broken parts of the heating system.

DOPR. 1947 MY NEA SERVICE, INC) T. NG RED, U, B. PAT. OFF, 1.

By Galbraith

Tonight I wish you wouldn't repant those atorios about the good old days when the saloons served free-lunch- do I go around reminding everybody how old we are?"

will Enllre operas, symphonies, or other Next summer the, company perform Welsh plays in a number of favourite programmes can be tran- towns and villages in North Wales. scribed from normal recordings into At the end of the tour the actors continuous playing, and the addition will give three special performances of a microphone for "live" record- to Welsh communities in London.ings offers unlimited possibilities for Next year the movement may be parties, sub-standard film commen- extended and promises to become the taries and many other applications.

professional training school for

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Welsh National Drama Company.

Vicar As Ferryman

The histor C town of Monmouth faced a new siege recently.

For a

Five

When he was captured, Brigadier Molr took with him a hidden skelch map showing where the treasure was buried. He was held for a while at Chang, and while there smuggled the match-box to his wife who map in was imprisoned in Changi gaol. Bri- gadier Molr was removed to Formosa and then Manchuria, and was flownz home when he was released.

Mrs Moir was liberated in Malaya and set off with some police officers to search for the jewels, but without treasure hunters were unsuccessful. Brigadier any luck. Several other

Moir decided to esk the Army to help.

Sapper John, Leary, of the 54th Field Company, R. E. of the 2nd Division-the famous Cross Keys DI- vision-got to work with a mine de-

TOUGHER NYLON tector. His first "ping" resulted in a

STOCKINGS

Attention, office girls who

and waste

week 800 people were marooned in their homes owing to floods. streets in the centre of the town desks, chairs were under water, live to six feet hazardous to nylon stockings. In depth, when the rivers Monnow

and Wye overflowed Many families

the

And

baskets

The Sun Oll Co. of Philadelphia, district.

that sheerer und more clambered out of reports

were durable stockings are being produced their bedroom windows and taken in boats to their relatives or through the use of new nylon pro- friends in other parts of the town. Cessing oils it has developed. from Stockings produced

these are smoother and pliable threads

The

Shire Hall was tuned fito

emergency hostel.

an

1

People who remained in the food-less inciled to break when, the ed arous had their milk and food wearer brushes against a rough ob- hoisted up to their bedrooms in bas | Ject.

kuts. The Town Council provided

a ferry service in the main streets.

One of the volunteer boatmen was'

the, Vicar of Monmouth, who ferried

snowed or frozen out this winter

that several clubs are already in

a postman on his rounds in a rub-debt, and may not be able to carry

ber dinghy.

on next season."

to

Welsh MP's are being asked press the Government to remove the ban on mid-week games where, it can be proved that industry will not Buffer.

Miners Mias Football Welsh League soccer football has been hard hit by the Government *ban on midweek games. Most of the players, of course, are amateur,

What this severe winter has done and include a large number of min- ers who are morning shift workers to sport is vividly illustrated by the and therefore free in the afternoons experience of the Llandudno soc. cer club. Soven times they had and evenings. They feel they are

their Scalor Welsh Cup match being done out of their sport.

Public attendances at mid-week dwyn (Port Talbot) postponed. On Welsh League games made little or the eighth occasion they travelled to Ave. no difference to Industrial output South Wales and got within anyway-a "gata" of 2,000 was ex-miles of their opponents' ground be- ceptional. But the clubs will miss tore mow and floods blocked their even this limited gate money. So way. After all that, they have had many Saturday matches have been to withdraw from the competition.

the

The

metal pipe being uncovered; second produced rusty nalls. third was successful, and diggers. fetched up a rusty cash box with Mrs Moir's jewels, her husband's medals, a gold cigarette case and other valu ables,

Rupert & the New Pal-29

George, the tortoise, hesitates when he sees what Rupert has brought, but after a while he climbs slowly into the trolley." We had better aim for the high ground." says the little bear, so that George can are a long way." The party seir off towards the common with Rupert carefully leading the way. while Dill and the black cat bring up the rear. They don't go quickly but George gets very excited. This is wonderful he chuckles. "I've never travelled as fast as this!**

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Greer Garson Walter Ridgeon

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Directed by MERVYN LOROY Produced by SIDNEY FRANKLIN

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with

HENRY TRAVERS » ALBERT BASSERMAN KOBERT WALKER. C. AUBREY SMITH DAME MAY WHITTY, VICTOR FRANCEN ELSA BASSERMAN. REGINALD OWEN YAN JOHNSON MARGARET O'BRIEN

Screen Play by

Paul Cibern and Pay119, Romeov Based on the Book "Madame Curie,” by Ken Curlu,

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A young

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The previous night they had slopt; woman. In Houston, in a bus station, and she had left Toxas, climbed into a taxical and her husband and the baby in a gave the driver on address. Before movie theatre. Sho said he must the cab started she swung a bottle not lunow what she had against the cobby's head. The blow do.

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