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BY THE WAY

by Beachcomber

Grandma looks twenty-one years

old,

And, young men dine and wine

her.

Her areret, diet, I am told,

la frozen epos from China,, The gourmet, eating like a pod, Will find no dish that's finer (Untuna We frozen Ierland cod) Than frozen eggs from China,

Lay on, Mlackduff!

A

feast.

Nocu is as good as a

Thens words of mine so angered my father many, many years ogo in the Norman village f Berneval (now so famous) that I was forbid- den to use them dully. And rarely have I disobeyed those early instruc- tions since. But the words "sprang unbidden to my lips when I read that we npe to have frozen eggs from China.

What's puaraniced

work

From man

miner?

uct inore

a disgruntled

Not baths, not cigarettes, not

clothes,

But frozen eggs from China,

Omelette Surprise

ND will there be dried frozen egg

pewder, mates?

What makes a lady thu enough

To please her dress designer?. Not exercises, but the atug

Called Drifrozcpp, from China.

Excunt, still singing

What cures the tourist's mal de!

I

mer

4

At breakfast in the ocean liner?

'He's seen upon the bill of jaret

Outs Chinois: cuus from China.

What keeps the novelist so fit,

linery

ACADEMY SOIREE

WHEN

A shrewd Judge of thorough- bred form in more senses

thun way the one which has made him the of horses Alnce greatest painter George Stubbs,

(1724- A.R.A. 1000

.

By William Hickey

President Sir "Let's have more variation of FAND, who judged Foo Clon Wo diferent, all Pekingese dogs look

Instend of thin ALFRED MUNNINGS crops

wheat, Dyralown to be the best dog expelly alike. wheat wheat,

madness. and the council of the Royal plan for tomorrow by tenching

Let's present.

About fish Academy of Arts give # uur schoolchildren to love the There were disappointments, of party

form. Let's at Burlington House, lond, and how to

course, one stoutish lady retiring have a fish in the fandiy nowadaya can be quite a costly build more collages. But let's with the tears streaming down business. In the pel department more than 1,000 guests, lapped pet down to it now"

her checks And differences of of one London store, goldish aro up strawberries and mock

opinion, too, such as the hammer- ticketed from 259. to £4 each. cream, listened to Humper-

and-tongs argument about which Even Prusion carp, poor rein Lions

Park dog's

should be dinck's "Hansel and Gretel,"

and morely silver, cant from 10n. brushed.

upwards. took a dutiful second peek at

Incidentally, I thought the exhibitor in a green fruck with a the pictures. It was the first

lurid Chuese dragon embroidered official soiree for eight years.

across her bosom was Upstairs (later on) Kenial.

the Oriental motif little too far. But such is enthusiasm.

From winner Foo Chan Wo's cowner (who also sings in opera), I learned that

one

view al describes n. Pekingese "as. one would a little Chinaman." Which method and somewhat discon- cerling, because, whereas w. me

horsey, blunt Sir Alfred expound-

his ed to me over a nightcap views on our failure to feed our- selves.

About dogs

For fanclers with still more expensive tastra there are Shubun kins, an exotic streamlined job in carrying mauve, splashed with purple

spots.

Аессяногу

Iclude; prices Mussels and entails (or cleansing the water), 24s, dozen; South American newis, also scavengers, dinty grey and about six inches long, 303. cach; and plain sea- sand at 4s, a bag of about, lb. There are, I hardly need add, no queues.

TN an overwhelmingly feminine atmosphere (at least 30 women to every man) the Peking Palace Dog Association held its champion- slip show for Pekintese,

105 specimens of which prinked and preened and fourished thoir plum age before monocled MRS. GIF all Chinese gentlemen look quite TAMINTEAZA ARTİSTENENSE

"Let's have more sheep on the land to give it richness, to provide us with wholesome meat, You can drive for miles these days and never see one.

The Labour Government's second birthday

IT'S A LONG, LONG

WAY FROM 1945

one.

with both hands," suggest that some- thing may hangen. But two things

is because the number lost in the corresponding We are within six months of the. W years have passed since he has mil

more use for a period after the first world war precipice. Unless something happens.. a surprised but swiftly Russlans have no

British Socialist Government than Intolerant to 'cculiar people" Ukz The highbrows and the pennp-a-adaptable Mr Morrison, hearing ay have for a British Conservative the Plymouth Brethren, the unions Mr Hevin said. "he grabbed The Marshall proposa.a, which, that Labour had swept the coun-

have bere very tolerant towards the try, changed what had been ar-

Government ranged as a gathering to cele-

through 11 brate the expected gain of seats in London into a national de- anmonstration of rejoicing at the return of the Third Labour Government.'.

Dried 'plastic kippers? Not a bit,

It's frozen caps from China, Without comment

Roll out the barrel was sung Southareli Mbister, not as u kymm of praise to Bacchus, but as i adolescent play-noise.

(The Rev. H. C. 1. Hywood.)

Tailpiece

MAN was recently thrown out A

of his Job

for ringing at his werk.

reinstated, He has been probably with the warning, for once apposite. "We are not living in the Middle Ages."

Let us

see what the Government have done, and what they are doing now.

They have given us a really grad Foreign Secretary, a massive monu- ment of anlly In a world largely mad. If he has not succeeded (and

Hello Again!

forelen

In fact, they have no ure for The Government have carried must be emphasised.

Governments whatever unless they are satellite ones and they have not inuch use for them.

D

post-tvar

Thome, It is to the credit of the Government and the trade unions that they have brought us

immediate through the

such years with no

great labour have marked the upheavals American scone.

Days, lost in industrial disputes only one-tenth of the have been

Ax

THE HOLIDAY EXPRESS

ON A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY CALLS IN AT NAPLES

They don't ask for 'Lili Marlene'

THEY'VE slowed down the

traffic in the Via Roma, the Naples shopping thoroughfare where back in 1943 the newly arrived Fifth Army squandered its pay on rubbishly trinkets, leather handbags and

The American speed

cups

Bilk winter

by JOHN REDFERN.

143-44

would

now

cause the ships whcels and lanterns on the panelled walls made the joint look like a stagey bit of England, was a popular haurt.

Well, Genni's has become a private night club and the front door is kept shu. but the right sort of ap- prosch opens, it.

Soap, troubles

proved social insurance.

vast programme of Im-

Mir Marshall may propose, but Congress disposes, And not even Congress,

They are: (1) That it is only n. If the value of the legislation has "may"; and (2) That whatever linp-

not relieve been

us of the much reduced by rising prices peus will

pur house in But this is unfortunate.

if and necessity of putting when the melee curve turns down order. ward it wit be of grent benest,

The Gov:

Goveranced have nallunalised the Bank of England and the mines, and Bills for the maMonalisation of

Goods and food are produced by transport and lootricity are now with the Lerts,

labour, and the American labour Of itself, of course, nationalisation outlook is extremely stormy, settles nothing. The time for judg- ment here will be some years hence. IN all this field the Government

have been slow and cowardly. THE Government' may thus claim They have been afraid of the unions. THE

that they have faithfully and Only a low months ago, and after very rapidly carried out their main the fuel crisis of the winter, did they promises to the ckelorale at the produce their economic survey. in Election.

which first began to reveal the facts.

But the best of

a Government is not whether they carry

pledges

its

not or

ByW.J.BROWN

And the facia tre far worse to- day than they were then. We are spending at

in L whether Independent Member the rate of £650

what they have

dom is аррго- priate to, and

adequate to

the

needs of the time.

Of Parliament

millions more

per annum

annum than

we are producing. As Goon

American help slops, we shall, The one fact which dominated the unless this gap is closed; experience situation in Britain when the Cov a fall in the standard of life to that the one fact of Poland and other Continental crament took office. which dominates it now, and will countries.

conthus to dominate it for years

to come, is our altered position in the world,

The key is coal.

Another fuel crisis, another in- dustriai "shut-down," is certain next From being a great creditor no-

winter. For lack of coal, in an tion we have become a great debtor island "practically composed of coal," Becauso in- Industry is starved.

nation.

we

urc

the

In 1045 we were not producing dustry is starved we cannot attain enough to support burselves. We

export target..

the time ap- Betaure of this, WHEN we first saw Naples

not producing enough-not were shocked, being British, at nearly enough to support ourselves proaches with winged feet when we apart from further the stubbly-chins and Althy hands-day--And-there-are-no-signs-American help be able to pay for of the people, pricsis and all. We thut we ehrll be producing enough the imported food and raw materials cants about 103.

did not realise that under German to support curselves tomorrow.. That hollow-checked character rule soap had practically disappear- af sort of, alling Boris Karloff who ed. Now soap can be bought easily

stockings (only 5s, at first). find the present prices staggering that. American perhaps, ексері, then cigarettes cost ds. 6d. for 20. allowed up to 45 m.p.h. The inte The luncheon with wine at the was all military--and--one-way-Bersaglieri on the waterfront, which towards the front. Now the cars go used to cost us 30s. to E2 D head, both ways and 15 m.p.. is the maximum allowed.

Most other things have gone up:

rnektets.

chinned. The trouble now Is that they have the soup but can. not afford to buy

O

0

We need.

with the condition of the coun-

COMETHINĠ may be done by Im GOVERNMENT concerned more

proved Industrial techniques, try than with their party program- Something by the imponlation of ad- mit would have made this tact the ditional manpower from

abroad.

key to their whole policy. They Something by getting more women would have told the country the

the lights, unemployment, the little to the open air diners at the either from the shops or kerb ven-A

Bersaglier is all there. Remember dors. But the working men are how, when the Allies ontered Napis, still grubby and The San Carlo Opera House, where early in 1944 I saw "The he sung the Afrika Korps "signature black

tune" "Lili Marlene," until the Merry Widow” and Irving Berlin

with his own and nearly ran out of his ears?

He has few requests for "Lili show, is closed

Mariene" now. Perhaps that is why for the summer he is looking slightly betier. His months. But there are six dance halls most popular plece today is "Santa and 24 cinema, all Chiara," a sad little number about on Eyetle P.O.W. who comes home busy.

Nightly to and his house bombed and his trams clatter

girl In

a wanton. from Portiel, seu-

the

Oh, yes, the restaurant next av?

on the black

+

it.

Meat and Ash

market are also

too expensive for

the Napolitan labourer.

side suburo Ave the Z Teresa (Aunt Therena), Of Equil food the news is bet

facist they would have alated the at the loc.ories. But fundamental- steps ncisuary to deal with the ly this is a problem of production fact they would have mobilised the Per man-hour.

And that boils down to payment country lees tace strplj

by results. So long as the slack. Instead, the Government sought an draws as much as the energetic and got an American loan which one, so long as a man gets the flat they calculated would, tide us over 3 whalover his production may five years of defelt in production. su long there be a premium But the rise in prices in America; on slackness and

រង ophtmed failure to face up to energy.

t

miles out. Hung- still Naples's most fashióilable renler. The Fifth Army types used to the "oduction problem at home, When I see signs that the Govern- ing to the fronts, dezvous. The crowd gathers might pay is Bd. for a pint and three-ement that the loan will be ment are tackling this problem, then backs and Aldes are hundreds of Is-not as many uniforms nutto quarters local wing, toms of it exhausted in the chá of this, year. 1 shall see hapa for Britain.

fettucini alle vongole, young men alle airis intent on seeing cat

old presty mow the wine is im- Stormy Weather China Seas, Theresa's special dish of noodles proved and the price is down to 15.

and other secondhand celluloid from with musset, or any one of a dozen Chianti works out at 21. Hollywood,

other specialities, or to sit on Five miles from

Naples centrs terrace fulting is the little port of Pozzuoli, wilete out into the har in 1944, I embarked for the Anzio bour under

benchicad an L.C.L. with 120 multicoloured fairy American nurses, all wearing battle-

with strel helmets.

The shaky trams on the hattered lines are on the route of the Fifth Army. This

it edge into wny Naples In the autumn of 43. Thimi the road smelled of dust and drains, Now the smell of hair oil is quite Fensational.

Target for many is the Elderade' at Santa Lucía. But the Bount boys and girls are off to tho Glardino Degli Aranc-the Garden of the Oranges-on the slopes af Vomero. The men. wear waisted linen Jackets and dance more than

jovor like' snakes.

the

again twinkle over

lights which once dressily skinned rogamusing of "Aunt Theron si The have become young men.'

the water.

'was already

winian long

of them have no jobs to go to,

so they just sit with their backs to the wall and scratch themselves or go and could live tired, years

comb their long locks. Tímé Was when

these young potpre the war, waterfront idlers were busy "lifting". through; she fed the dermans, then ing of Allied equipment became a hat he, she way it goods from ships and depots. Filter- she fed the British and Americans; major industry, Bui now the Alles now, well over 50, she still its sur have folded up... rounded by a gloss screen like an to pinch.

There is nothing

woman British, American, Italian and

usiness!

has been seen walking around. the Swiss tourists, Naples is crawling "Pina," they tell me, the uttrue- elty with a basket on her hand. A with lire, although everyone laments lve brunette who used to help at small boy that they do not go far nowadays. the Naval Club, has married

hidden in the basket, an snatches hats from the heads of Those old soldiers who endured Engilahman and is living in London: passers-by in the crowd. Somehow the "liberation prices" in the. l's Restaurant mainly be that sounds like Naples, doesn't. 117.

Prices down

WITH the hotels crowded by idol in a shrine with keen eye to

NANCY Showing a Little Foresight

YOUR WEIGHT AND

FORTUNE

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A MILLIONAIRE

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