1949-08-25 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH; THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1949.

PICTORIAL

NEWSFRONT

'GERMAN SOAP BOX DERBY-Curious Berliners line both sides of Mcħringdamm strect to witness the first soap box derby held there. A total of 144 boys from 10 to 15 years of age competed in the race. The winner and two runners-up later raced in the Munich soap box finals for first prize a trip to the U.S.-

COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE-Sand dunes and marsh grass form an outdoor studio as these students take- turns modelling for the University of North Carolina's Roanoke Island Fine Arts Centre at Manteo, North . Carolina. Students get the opportunity to pick up college credits while they are learning to paint, sing or act and it's all combined with an enjoyable vacation.

BACK TO AFRICA-For the first time since the death of her explorer husband, Mrs Martin Johnson is pre- paring to return to the African Jungles to film her own exploration. She is shown with a lion she brought back to America as a cub some years ago and which is now kept in a zoo near Los Angeles, California.

SHE SAYS ITS ART Jeanette Sherman, 24, from Detroit, Michigan, has entered her decorative work at an art exposition in Paris. Jeanette studied with painter Diego Rivera, and claims her exhibit contains all the forms used in sculptures.

BACK ON THE OLD ROUTE- The Bateau-Mouche, so dear to the hearts of Parisians, is salling again for the first time since the outbreak of the war. It is similar to a Mississippi show boat and is used to show the Paris waterfront to tourists.

FOR A WEEK-Lovely Ladyce Cameron, of Chelsen, Massachusetts, is the latest entry in the "Miss Hampton Beach" beauty contest to be held at

the popular New Hampshire summer re- Bort. The winner will reign for just one week.

THE LITTLE MINISTER — Little' Rence Mariz,” in" Southampton, England, is not describing a big fish. She's showing how she goes about the business of being un evangelist. The precocious child went to England from America to see if she couldn't bring some of that ancient religion, to the British peopl

THEY'RE BITING-THESE DAYS-Rattling bamboo fishing poles add to the general confusion on a pler in Kansas City, Kansas, às sports enthusiasts get out, their equipment" for a fishing contest.? Among great American sports, this one seems to have the widest appeal.” „The Inlilal financial outlay varies, but a boy with a bent pin may do as well as a man who spends hundreds.

IT'S DIRTY BUT IT'S COOL-These youngsters are diving from the Embankment near Chelson Bridge, in London, Into the Thames River. It's permitted. only when there's no policeman in sight, but be considerately keeps out of the way in hot weather.

FROM FINLAND TO SWEDEN Two Finnish boy MAL Reino Karpio, are shown arriving on the after a 28-mile trulse from Finland:

Just 1,120,000 cyclesteps

hore of the Gulf of

ade amphibish cyclo.