1947-07-05 — Page 6

PAUL HOLT

Thinking Aloud

"WEST wind came to blow the winter away. The birds their absurdities, Ce began rulling their neck feathers and skittering from twig to twig like children at hopscotch.

In the night there was a roaring of waters, and a pink fuzz of buds runde the tree- tops hazy. The earth moved.

Holt across the earth, in Chleago, a physics professor numed Dr Ed ward Teller, was writing about An- other Wind. He was dismissing the atom bomb we know is a weapon okin to the arquobus, re croc bow or the blunderbush,

BY THE

WAY by Beachcomber

MAN applied in person to a certain department for a licence, "flave you already ap plied?" they asked. "No," and he. "I am applying now, as I naid."

He sees the aggressor of the future (the near future?) launching radio- Active products into the upper air where "reliable westerly winds" will carry them to their objective, Suffl- clently strong radio-activity, the professor knows, will kill all flving Ursue.

A careless atomic aggressor, ho thinks, might be too cute, poison-

ing the wind too strongly: so that it swept right around the world and caught him in the back of the neck. But even this obstacle is not in

With the proper chalce superable.

ensure that his victim he could

destroyed, while the would be radlo-active products would have decayed by the time the west wind brought them round to his Gwn country.

O Western Wind, song the poet, when will thou blow that the sinali rain down shall ruin... 7 The earth moves uneasy already at this coming horror, not yet indignant.

Woman-cheat

IN Regent-street there stands

man with a tray selling dapjacks. They are nearly all, on view, bul four, wrapped in tissue paper, he keeps to one side of his tray. When

a woman stops to look he tells her that the price in 12s. 6d., . . "But those" (pointing to the tissued ones) are stolen goods, madam. They are

303,

The police say that four women out of ave. buy the stolen, igoods, What they do not know is that the sceret flapjacks were not stolen at

the ones on open view, having been bought round the corner at a whole- saler's not an hour before.

There was a search in the Ales, *We have bat ho apphention," they said. "Can I not apply here. They are exactly the same as and now?" he asked. "Only after filing in the forms." Have you the forens?" You must apply for Liem,

Very

well. I apply for them." cannot issue them without an

The police have told "the hawker,

politely, to stop his tark, but they know that the whole problem is too

option", "Can I not make my big for them to tackle.

here and now?" "You It is not the Inwlessness of the must apply first. If you wish to apply now, we can issue the forms, deserter, the housing shortage, the but only after application," This, restless demobbee that makes crime Lodny so fearsome a part of our shouted.

поз application. lives. It is rather the secret desire Give me the forms." "Sorry," they of us all to break the law, to cheat have had no upplica- the restrictions, to get something we enid. "We tion."

are not entitled to.

he

Sweet reasonableness

Her heritation in this song was too

deliberate.

SHE

the

were

and

Women, being predatory by nu- ture and individualists by instinct, lend this sorry parade. If they had better wits we should be worse of still. (Music eritle). was probably waiting for

Age of innocence talking. audience to stop

INGELA BRAZIL, favourite writer Many years ago Sir Seymour Icks of schoolga storica for peneca- was singing Tha msical comedy tions died at Coventry, aged 74. Her Two ladies in the front row of the age was the age of walled-up inno- having a discussion. Sir cence, when girls talked of a cho- #talla Seymour stopped singing and wild, colate os "a pick-me-up" "Sial Anish my

Will you song, or two ladies finish your discussion less of lemonade was a debauchery Her schoolgiris were divided "Whichever you please." answered sharply between the worthy young une of the Indies, "it's a matter of one and the supposedly roffish young complete indifference to us."

stronger whose experience had In- cluded a visit "abroad." Invisible photography TODAY I print the Arst invisible photograph, the latest triumph of science. designed to economise pace. The picture you cannot see here is of Ludgate-hill looking to wards St Paul's. In the foreground you will not notice two buses, nor will you see the man who is run- ning for a taxi.

Prodnose: But if it is invisible, how do we know it is there?

Myself: As usual, you take my

word for it.

Inopportune

DEADING of a man who claims to be able to swallow the con- tents of

boxes of two "without I effects," I fell to mus-

chusen

THE HONGKONG "TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1947.

THES

Poor John-someone's written and blamed him to not feeding our racehorses as well as the French."

STANLEY

MATTHEWS

SALOON BAR ART COMES TO CHELSEA

By JOHN SHIPTON ALOON Bar Art has come to Chelsea,

..

In

the same room at the historic Six Bells in the King's Road where, it is said, King Charles the Second had clandestino meetings with Nell Gwynne, oil paintings, water colours, and etchings now hang on the walls. They are the work of artists rich and famous,' struggling and obscure, who live and work in Chelsea's bohemian quarter. Exhibitors includo such woll-known. figures as Alex Akerbladh, Bernard Adams; Alan Bowyer, Henry Carr, A. Egorton Cooper, Stanley Grimm, George Hill, Joseph McCullogh, Frank Potter. James Froudfoot, and Harold Workman.

Chief credit for Saloon Bar Art, it is general-. ly agreed, goes to Mr George Hill. He dis- cussed the idea with Mine Host, Mr A. Spong, licensee of the Six Bells and formerly of the Two Brewers off Leicester Squaro, and after a series of meetings, in which Egerton Cooper, Bernard Adams, honorary secretary of the | National Society, took a leading part, Saloon Bar

Art was born.

tells why he is known as

The wizard of

HAVE often been asked to explain my success as A dribbler,

Now, while there are some fans who enjoy watching me there are others who are stern critics of my style..

Some say I am not a match- winner and I have not the scoring capabilities of an Alec Jackson, Cliff Bastin or Joe Hulme.

Others say I do not get suffi- ciently “stuck in."

My reply to the first allega- tion is that I always try to play pure football, to confuse the op- posing defence, and then make. an opening by which a' colleague in a more suitable scoring posi- tion than myself may finish off the movement.

Her definition of her desired heroine was as follows:

"Irene Beverley, when she first To the second comment I say left the shores of her native land,

particularly Was

lighthearted, that if my career had depended jolly little Britisher, not at all on just how well I could get bookish, and

accustomed to not worry her head over any of the "stuck in," I would have retired deep affairs of life, but ready to from football years ago. have a royal time with anybody of similar tastes and inclinations."

The gusto quite wonderful, All the middle aged mothers of today will remem ber her with a lightly passionate affection, and mourn that their | daughters lack so cheerful a men-

tor.

of her children

was

matches Domestic details ing on human vanity. What a time A BATH is desirable, but not es-

that man tras

for such

hobby. I suppose he would be still more vain if he could swallow two packets of cigarettes as well. One day, with a touch of malice, due to a shortage of his favourite food, he will begin to gobble up lighters. Marginal -note

YET

another advantage which French ins have over others : that the directors do not show you un eight foot by ten scene of the heroine's face. They have a sense of proportion,

WILLIAM

The science of football is to beat your opponent by superior skill, speed or tactics.

The player who chooses to stoop to tripping, ankle-tapping, or follow through with his boot after he has tackled is admit-

sential, replied Thingee (Sufting he has not the craft to folk) rural council, refusing to let meet the opposition on equal

a corezer build a bathroom.

My confidence

alarm clock that will all people A Chicago mon has invented an and legitimate terms. to sleep with sweet chimes. When a convict in Alcatraz who lind asked for a correspondence course In English wrote that he was study ing the language to write a bookt

Alestraz, exposing

tho prison governor confiscated his lesson books.... A boy of six, brought

the most

dribble successfully essential factor is supreme con-. adence to beat an opponent,

If I even entertained the possibility

before Hastings juvenile court by that I was going to lose the ball when his father, was stated to regard him- self as "the man of the house." tarkle I would be a failure.

HICKEY

I know I am going to beat the hall-back or full-back, or both. If I can "show" the man tackling me the ball by taking it close to him, ond' then whip it post him, causing - him to lunge, when

dribble

So I concentrated on dribbling in

such a way that it would throw the opposing defence out of gear,

To perfect this I spent many, weeks practising with a ball at my feel and' stakes in the ground.

Important rule

This is a

Cause

Most of the exhibitors havo had pictures, accepted by the Royal Academy. Mr Egerton Cooper, for example, tells me he has only been out of the R.A.

sartous five times in much more

years. He has offence than allowing the defence a been in tine same Chelsea studio few seconds to get into position, ba- for 23 years, had a portrait of does not Winston Churchill accepted and the forward who study the position, of his colleagues "hung" by the Academy. in 1943, and his chief contribution passing is throwing away

to the King's Road show is a portrait the advantage to his own side by

of Miss Green, daughter of the Chel conceding a free kick that right sea frame-maker. He is 63, looks 20 lead to a goal against his own team. years younger, and his hobby is

rabron Ashing.

before

Bolton disaster

ON SECRET MISSION George Hill, who claims to have in which Augustus John's original Trafalgar MOST trage match

ever played was the Bolton Studio, was "hung" in the Academy He was on a secret mis- Wanderers-Stoke City

Cup tie at this year. Burnden Park, Bolton, on March 9, son during the war, lived and studied in France for 25 years, and 1040, when 33 spectators were crush-hd worked with meny famous ed to death and 500 injured as a painters. result of several hundred gate- and two landscapes in the exhibi. Alan Bowyer, who has two ships crushers squeezing into the Bolton

THE stakes, of course, were ima- ground.

ginary opponents, and although

it was easy to dribble round these "dead men" knowing they could not tacitle, I am convinced that my spell among the sticks served me admir- ably later in my career.

Another important rule for a win- ger to remember is to aim to centre to the fur post.

I shall never forget the day these words of Soccer wisdom were passed

on to me.

I was sliting in the Stoke dress ing-room, a mere lad of 10, when Billy Meredith, the old Welsh wizard, and acclaimed by old-timers as the 'greatest of all wingers, approached me and said: "You show promise of becoming a good 'un, lad. Don't lose your head, and remember to place your centre for the far post,"

Every footballer has one or two secrets. Another of my favourite tricks is to take the ball down the wing, close ta the touch-Ine, and when challenged by the back, in- stead of turning in towards the goal, I flick the ball with my right foot to his left, and then sprint past him. Here I must emphasise the secret of success lies almost entirely in timing.

Some believed it was scandalous to allow the game to continue while the-send were fald out with coals covering them.

Mr George Dutton, of Warwick, the referee, was criticised. Let me state right here that it was the only sensible decision to make.

I would not like to have been the man responsible for stopping the Fame. Such action might have' ui- creased the casualties from hundreds to thousands.

It would have been a case of an

be

tion, has been in Chebes for 20 years. He joined the Navy in 1940, was two years in merchant ships on It was the blackest Saturday in the aid-to-Russia route, and was com

missioned in

in 1942. His painting of t the history of the game.

the Asiatic Steam Navigation Company Mediterranean convey was sold in Calcutta, while his painting of the Georgie in distress after n Mediter ranean action, bought by his captain, Navy now hangs in the Merchant Club in Colombo. !!

Another of the exhibitors, Henry the has had portraits of Carr Archbishop of York and the Lord Bracewell Mayor of London, Sir

Academy. Smith, accepted by the Alex Akerbladh le another well-

having known Academy exhibiter,

times, been accepted some forty while Frank Potter's floral study, now hanging in the Royal Academy, was one of the first pictures to sold,

JUST HER WAY This story would not be complete without reference to Mrs Eleanor Hart, agent and general adviser to Lamous most people in Chelsen's colony. Despite the inflated prices now charged for accommodation in all parts of London, Mrs Hart is still renting studios to artists at yearly rentals of £80 to £100. Her studios include

workroom, room, kitchen and the bathroom. It is just her way of keeping Chelsen to the forefront in the art world.

Visitors to the Spldon Bar Art hibition go to drink a pint and dis cuss the merits of the various works, which

are valued at στης €2,000, and the success of the show can be Judged by the fact that in the short time it has been running a total of £313 has been paid for some of the paintings. They have been sold at prices, ranging from £5 to £100.

exclted mob belleving they had been denied their rights.

There might have been a riot.

How did the players react? I think I can speak for all when I say that within a few minutes of returning to the field after the hold-up of 20 minutes we had forgotten that men who a little earlier had been cheering us, were now lying dead.

I muy be necused of hardness when I say our minds were soon on the game again, but it is the truth.

For one thing we did not realise the disaster had just how serious been.

It was not until I was motoring to Blackpool that evening that the shadow of the grim disaster descend

It is essential to hold on to the ed on me, holl until the last possible split- second before the back comes at worse. I you.

IT I

DOES HOW HE

-British Movietone News Rim.

Under his nose

THINK I can speak for most win- gers when I say the wing for ward likes the back to come. at him.

However, there is not any need cornered me, I will soon have caused instep, and if all goes well I'should who does not tackle at once, but in be alarmed when faced by a back THE flowers are once again It was when I shot at him, cooked an inferiorily complex from which be clear.

blooming in Whitehall's up beforehand, some highly agricul-

wolts for the winger to make the window-boxes, But only tural questions about crop rotation, my opponent will not easily recover.

first mistake." geraniums..

Flowers in Whitehall he thinks he had push the bill forward with my left

I doubt whether there is in it the slightest political significance, but for those who care about such matters I report that red geraniums adorn the Treasury. War Office, Privy Council, and Ministry of Heath. Whereas those outside the Home offico, Admiralty, and foreign

Office are coyly pink.

At the Colonial Office: no flowers. By request?

THERE flew into London to visit B recently a burlyy - greying. Frosh-faced farmer who hails from Connecticut. His place back home lina the pretty name of Honey Hill,

was

in 1750

that he began to take evasive action.

At the mention of combine harvesters, his own superiority complex.

A successiul drifibler must devoiop be delivered. himself of a cautious! "We-e-clb" head met my request for his opinion

A sad shake of the:

about chemical fertilisers,

Next to confidence I rely on ball- control, niness, an easy feinting

There and then I felt that, as N farmer, this one would make a pretty trick, and a natural swerve. - good opera singer. Which was not Hail in aid of the Lord Mayor's bod guessing. He sang at the Albert National Flood Distress Fund. It dribbler.. was Farmer LAWRENCE TIBBETT.

#

What of speed? Speed as a rule is not essential to be a successful

The requirement is quickness off the mark, and for this I suggest the OCAL newspaper at Leamington would-be dribbler should practise

reports that a render, having printing laps of 20 yards. token delivery of a new car, came

Eddie Hapgood once said I dribble for the sake of dribbling, and am In this case the best plan is to not content to beat a man, once, take the ball un to him-right under

Eddie drinks I like to beat the his nose. same opponent several times to demonstrate my skill to the crowd.

This is not true, I dribble to get on top of the defence, hoping to 'destroy the confidence of my oppon-

enia,

All that is left for him to do is to make a desperate late tackle. When

should be simplo. you got a tarck in this state, the reat

This move requires years of prot- tice before it is perfected.

The inexperienced winger who lampts to hang on to the ball will Bad himself qukkly dispossessed.

Next move

[NCE, masters this

Once I have the opposition in two minds, the path is clear to make openings for my own colleagues.

My answer to those critics and though it blogise for his umbesed, efective, but for exporting, because if I can outsprint my wit in and score more coals is that O ciel, the will and is invaluable,

plate the dashboard This method is part of my train- who understand why I do not modernity: that is, compared with Isolated ease? Board of Trade amelal opponent to the ball. I am confident our medieval standards,

said:

I can quite well imagine that I can outwit him once the balls like to

to preserve the nolloit some oars which weren't absolutely Al Americans

ans have that we all live in would not be passed for the export at my feet. Tudor

manor houses, stiff with onk market. But I wouldn't like to my beams and warning-pans and four-whether they could be sold, on the poster beds and ennåle misfers.. home market."

the lush gold-and-groenry of

his hotel suite, he and I talked-

farming.

He had raised, so he, told" PEN to offers for a coast-to-coast mo, some dun elegant

hall and farewell tour of US es for the spples Brow Boy-18-year-clad Sir MARRY LAUDER, you should just get your teed into at present at he Lanarkshire grey

"Esmond, Imprsion: “Lauder: Ha?!

* Of Livestock, he

one of those are owns two working love to tour America Apulp a woo borsen, Alve dow, and 100 poultry, 58,7, tro might, but / 15 sheavender, on BÓ TODO et his friends ever goes short stripping. = I've no fancy beforkayi of tatter and eggs.

F

Favourite trick

aback is running alongside me teint him into running in the wrong one of my favourite tricks is to direction by turning my right foot.

on a young player I did cut in, and The next move is to take the bail

did score goals.

well, down towards the goal-some-

times in within a few feet of the

nut to make good foul lin

at Stoke that my one aim was to get This may start my critics scream-

as many goals as possible, and at ing period I was among the club's lending scorers.

But then I thought to myself that

I um sometimes accused or wast- ∙ing time and, giving, the opposing defence plenty of time to get into but my is that from

in, and causing him to bellove I am a winger, who could make scoring a position impossible to wanke going to turn to his right openings for the centre forward and an offside pass.

WIDE

This movement is usually micient Inside men would be of greater value Think back how many

cause the back to hesitate for a to the team than the winger whohreakaways are cut short by an aplit second, but without stopping I Wants, to do the scoring himself.

sat

The shock next morning was even down to breakfast, but when I picked up a Sunday newspaper and read the tragle facts, I pushed the food before me aside. I felt quite sick,

Next week The back I could not boat

bod

Although commercially minded these days, Chelsea's bohemians are Huile removed from the happy-go- lucky crowd of a bygone era; and Saloon Bar Aut in the picturesque Six BT, Whege Widder and Ros- settl discussed the art problems of their day, is forerunner of further exhibitions.

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