1949-10-20 — Page 2

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1949.

PICTORIAL

NEWSFRONT

TO HIS RESTING PLACE The body of silver-haired, veteran actor Frank Morgan is carried from All Saints Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills, California, It was flown following funeral services by pallbearers headed by Clark Gable.

to Brooklyn, New York, for burial in the family plot,

SKI-ING ON AIR-A spectacular jump on skis is demonstrated by expert Murray""Laird“ during the winter sports holidays on Mount Ruapehu, in New Zealand's National Park. Laird is doing a

"“galaendesprung,” a difficult Jumpvoiled broxed niblia deoms

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BABE RUTH SCORES AGAIN—Mrs George Herman Ruth, left, accepts an original painting of her famous husband from Mr Paul S. Kerr and Mrs S. W. Rindfleisch, In New York. Painted by William Metcalf, the picture, entitled "C'mon Kid," is featured in a new calendar and its popularity yields royalties <which are turned over to the Babe Ruth Foundation toonid young people,

LIGHTED, VENTILATED NURSERY-A mamma hummingbird finds light, ventilation and warmth for her nest on the tube of a neon sign outside a Californian cocktail bar.

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SHOWING THEIR GRATITUDE-When she smelled smoke carly one morning, Lady, the pet dog of tho Arndt family, in East Hempstead, New York, ran to the children's.roem and woke them. Thanking the pet are, left to right, Anne Marie, Loretta and Carolin.

STORY TELLING—A source of amusement is the tale being told by Drucie Snyder, daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury, to her audience of film stars during a party at the Stork Club, New York. The group includes (left to right) Miss Snyder, Cralg. Stevens and Mrs Stevens (Alexis Smith) and Robert Sterling.

BEDTIME BRIEF- Delicate and dainty as a nightgown should be, this bedtime brief features a pretty shirred yoke and Valenciennes Ince trim. Fnabloned of sheer material, tho. shorty has its own lace.. trimmed patch pocket,

FINE FEATHERS—Feathered and fanciful, these creations bow gaily into autumn. At top, pheasant feathers hug the head in a turban that shows Egyptian influence. The bottom cloche, in red velvet, is crowned with dove-gray feathers and wings that follow the line of the hat.

ON A ROUND OF INSPECTION==President Carlos Prio Socarras gold into a jeep driven by the recently appointed Chief of Staff, Gen. Ruperto Cabrera, to in meet the grounds of the Cuban Military Academy In Managua. The visit was an occasion of honour.

Betty Rodes

When pretty plays ball on the beach

at St. Petersburg, Florida, she makes a goometrical figure that one doesn't see in books,

MILKING UP-TO-DATE-A milking attendant at a new "milking parlour" in Libertyville, Illinois, checks the weight of a cow's milk production in the glass Jar. The ultra-modern stalls accommodate ten cows at a time, and the allotted

milking time is three minutes per cow,