1950-02-21 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1950.

PROMS IDEA WAS THOUGHT NEWS IN PICTURES

UP BY MADAME TUSSAUD

POCKET CARTOON -from Amorico

by OSBERT LANCASTER

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"You know, Maudie, there Americans are really amuzin'ly quick-I'm prac tically certain that fellow realised we were English"

By J. W. Taylor

A hundred year ago there passed away at the age of 90 the original Madame Tussaud who, as a young modeller in her uncle's Paris waxworks museum known as Marie Grosholtz, was conimanded by the authorities to take impressions of the heads of the freshly guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror, some of whom she had known and loved. This may have ac- customed her to the macabre, for in an Edinburgh prison in 1829 she "modelled the murderers, Burke and Hare, from life...

pro-

She landed

After a successful four in

· Madame Tussaud's wax-] Mayor's permission to hold

Scotland, Madame salled tor works exhibition first up- the exhibition and

Southern Ireland. A zudden peared in Britain more than menade in the grand ngale wrecked the ship within room of the Lion sight of port, with most of her 125 years ago when she ar-sembly rived in Shrewsbury market Inn, the whole place it up treasures aboard. pince one evening, with a with coloured fairy candles, penniless in Cork, and again had perform the task of rebuild- Always a showman as well as

ing the cavalcade of caravans to

the entire collection. It was give her first show out of an orlist, Mudame Tussaud's into well done that the Irish yur troduction of the promenade at lasted for four years. This was France. It was so muccess the ins exhibition was eald to followed by three more years ful that it remained for be the medium from which the

In Scotland and then larer present famous Proms first took Cover a month.

English tour lasting from 1011, The Idea of the until she settled in Baker Street their name. milling crowd on foot in

Iz 1836. ground floor rena

01 she handed At the age of the exhibition to her two sons. rounding galleries

The famous moulds of her suc- the same.

Llon Inn that cessars live survived the bl

She visited Shrewsbury again right years later on her way from Manchester and Bristol and the South, 11 was a grander affair this time, and the received the

BEAT AMERICANS

FIVE TO ONE

It was nt the

with sur- above was

Shrewsbury arst had its art fire in 1925 and the 1940 bultz glimpse of the Chamber of Tony Madame Tussauds re- Horrors idea. A Cambridge mains unchaken and supremely don had elsewhere objected to popular. criminal and savant being side by side.

So Madame Tussaud announced that "the

duly

following hithiy Interesting!

figures and objects, In con- sequence of the peculiarity of their appearance, are placed in an adjoining room"

GRUESOME TASK

She was, however, very care-

A British boat-building firm which is beating Ameri- can competitors five-to-one in the New York market - with the aid of a 13-year-old salesman-was formed withful to charge extra for admission £100 capital, and even today is only a £1,000 company.

ANCIENT BURIAL GROUND

A vast cometery dating back to the Old Kingdom (3200-2630 R.C.) has been discovered by excavatora at

to the Chamber of Horrors. I included a death head of Robes pierre

Educating

The Water Babies

For almost a 100 years the

While 43-year-old Eric "taken immediately after children of the bargees~~ |

execution by order of the Ward and his 13-year-old National Assembly of France,"

And

one of Marat, madelted as were demon-[and son Michael strating motorboats at the he lay in his bath after being assassinated by Charlotte Cor- New York National Motor-day-ale by order of the As Boat Show, Eric's co-direc-sembly. tur, 40-year-old John Willen-nodelling of these, as her cun- She dared not refure in her brock, sat in his office at the nection with the court was too firm's Littlehampton (Sus-well known. Even after she sex)yard reading the good-was thrown into prison she was compelled to carry on with her news, cables,

gruesome task as more victims, friends, fell some of them her to the guillotine.

on

Britain's "water babies"-- have had no proper educa- tion, save for a few hours

week at some scimol when their Roating home hap-

venient wharf. pened to tie up at a

con-

Even their parents, described f leading publle health by

expert as some of department the "finest, cleanest and most oral prople one could meet", have for years

been worried about the luck of adeqante From Shrewsbury she moved education for their children,

to Kidderminster,

and

for their sons and

are to benefit by n education

They told of eight boats raid New York, four by Mr Ward, four by young Michael; of more El Qatta, in the Western orders in prospect, and of a Desert, under the direction tribute from the Wall Street followed this with a grand tour but their worries will soon dis-

United Kingdom, To appear Journal to Eric Ward, "a rugged of the

from of Abdul Hady Humada, individualist

Socialist

to the show groom

Bellish daughters curator of the Egyptian Beltain who Is outselling tastes, she featured

historical such

And American free enterprise." Museum.

porary British notabilities And John Willenbrock told George III, Queen Charlotte and, o

a George IV coronation groupchool for these children at an reporter this story: "Before the war we were including the Duke of Wellin-icitial cost of £15.000, Biring-

This high, rocky site, free from humidity, was eminently suitable for burials.

fortunately, while the excava-

a small way of business. We

tions were the first to be under-dealt in radio sets. We began taken selentifically, many of the making them for yachts, tombs had been plundered by ancient or modern robbers,

It was on the southern irt of the site, where the graves were rectangular and made at devreda- brick, that the worst fiona had been committed.

In the tombs still intact, most of the bodies were stretched -out full length, facing north, but some bad knees bent, and some were in a crouching post- tion, Comins were either of plastered insite or of wood

WHEN WAR CAME

When the wor caine the Admiralty found that our xte were usable at rea and bought

"We took over an old hangar, relic of the 1914 war, and went Wo to work building boats.

rared orders for six boom beats, then for landing barges, and lifeboats.

"We began making oars for vered, it all were in had con- | ships" lirebonts. We now send dition. The bodies wore amulets out 300 or 1400 of these a week. of gold, cornelian, crystal, ruck The work is done by women amethyst, arul faience,

al 44. a foot. They make Lo £7, and even £8 a week,

CHIEF SCRIBE'S PALETTE

Most valued is a fine painter's palette of schist, Inscribed with vertical lines of hieroglyphics,

We concentrated on cabin cruisers, and when devaluation came, Eric Ward saw his chance,

"We're folut into the

glving the names and titles of American market, he told us, ihe owner, chief scribe of Klug Pepi of the VIth Dynasty.

"But WO had Ou Gnags. Taking boats to America is

Among other articles, Pro- costly risk. fessor Hamada found vases of alabaster, limestone, and pottery, conlaining wheat and barley, head-resti, ointment inblets. copper mirrors, and well-pre- served loaves of bread,

In the coming Season The excavatum hope to alg out the tomb of a certain fly, at which Inscribed slabs

limestone of already have been found.

Many Romans

found wero

older the scallered umong tombs. Some of their cylindrien burial jars had been forced in- side the anelent mastaban.

FAMILY FIRM "We asked the Exports Credit Guarantee Department to back our venture. They needed some convincing,

accounts.

ton,

Stuart,

Agures of new-style

contem-pioneered in Bi

Queen Elizabeth, Mary

John

Knox, Charles

The derelle!

to be

man-

sion, Wood End Hall, is to be converted into a residential

has been chosen because

Isinillar schools will be estab- Manchester lished in London,

Stuart the Pretender, Lord Nel- the centre of the country's labyrinth of canals. Later son, Shakespeare, Mrs Siddons. Pitt. Fox and John Wesley.

effigies of Alongside were the

French Court, and other contres. notables of the

Louis XVI. Marle Barge children will spend including

XVIII. the Monday to Friday at the Hall, Antionette, Louis Duc de Sully, Voltaire, Mira- and parents will try to arrange

to Journeys

meet the representation of their the coronation of Bonaparte. school schedule of their bairns. Failing this, the authorities will ROUGH PASSAGE

provide transport to and from the barges.

beau, and a

cimbrace

Like most other shows, it had

The scheme will eventually its vicissitudes. During a rough

of many hundreds passage from London to Scot-

who children,

would land year after leaving France, these nearly all the wax figures were otherwise have been doomed to Same- some way, damaged in

But comperative literacy.

170 of them pass Madame was able to effect com- thing illen plete repairs for the exhibition through the "cuts" of Birming-

ham every werk. opening eight days later.

War Dogs Solve Army Theft Problem

Bae commander Col William

War dogs are back in harness in Kobe, Japan, at a million dollar per year saving to the U.S. taxpayers.

training, thieves The K-9 Corps-war dogs hand at dor

estimnis $500,000. detachment to the Army cost the U. S. Army in Kobe an

the has replace largely

Riddick heads two companies traditional and often sleepy of dogs supervised by one ser soldier guard around the rennt, five enlisted trainers and "When we showed them our piers and depots at this 80 Japanese handlers, trainers

and patrollers. we chat reventing

Army supply port.

"When the dogs were on duty had built up to turnovers na high as £287,000, it convinced Collier sold his 85 German shepin Korea during the U, S. oc- Collier said, herds are not only better guards cupation there,"

many sent than the two-legged variety, "they

the additional scrambling for rotters. but they have asset of producing their owif re-we haven't had a break-in. The local thieves simply stayed away placements.

when they heard we had the "Since we started turning a We

og Icos: In each of our ware- dogs on sentry duty,"

The dog's only solution to a houses and operating a roving patrol of leashed dogs around problem is to attack, and he the depot areas last April, we've does that with a vicious lunge comca from months' of not had a single loss from theft that

training with padded and after duty hours." Cal ler sald.

of 1949 helmeted

trainer- In the four months

Japanese before the dogs were brought victims. Only the dog's own in by Capt. F. Riddick, an old handler is immune.

thic mi.

"We're a happy family frin сп Christian-nume here, ali

terms.

Whatever the team.

Incentive. "Our secret? Sheets of gold fluted closely put a labour price on each boat, over the eyebrows, eyes, and 3. £500, moutha of some maminified raves on that it takes as bonus. bodles, and in the hands of

"But that creates a problem, Bome silver

bronze coins or

Our staff of 70 will work only to pay were held, presumably

Poor with the best recruits. the ferry for the journey to the

workers would reduce earnings other world.-United Press.

for all."

K. O. CANNON

YES, MR.PROFILE.... YES, MA,PROFILE, VES. THEY'RE BOTH TAKEN

CARI OP..HO, MR PROPILS

NO ME551 ASGURE YOU..

YOU ARE AT THE HOUSEBOAT CLUB?

GOODI MING WHISPER I WELL, I TRUST?

YES, MA. PROFILE, GOOD NIGHT.

HOW SPEAK!ONE

ELIP - AND MY FINOSA SUPS)

The Riddle of the Red Domino

QUICKLY, PERÄSEN DRING MISG WHISPER INTO THE CELA....VÉD, SHE MUST) REST. SHE IS IN A VERY DEEP BLIEF., VERY DEERL

DID YOU NOTICE THAT DAGGER

OF HIS.X.D.?JUST LIKE THE ONE IN THE BODY AT OUR FLAT. I RECKON OLD PROFILE'S BEAUTY [DOMLY SKIN DEEP!

1

thief

Here

TRIPLETS MEET-Phyllis, Burton and Marilyn Mora (left to right), triplet juniors at a Chicago high school, pose with triplets Kathleen, Eugene and Corinne Pearson on their laps. The young trio have just

become pupils in kindergarten.

NIFTY Shapely Ann Williamson, at Daytona Beach, Florida, shows the sun up for the lucky fellow he really is. All he has to do all day is shine on bathing beauties like Ann.

GOING ON TOUR-These comely Viennese ballerinas, shown in Paris, are doing their daily dozen in sports clothes because their ballet costumes and slippers were held up by customs men. They are en route to the United States for a tour with their ballet company.

[THEN WELL)

SHNI HIM AT. THEI Diquseboat CLUBÍ

OFF DUTY ACROBATICS-Thousands of onlookers crowd the Imperial Palace plaza in Tokyo, Japan, to - watch a breath-taking performance by 1,500 fremen. The climax of the day, was this spectacular feat performed by 20 competitors. Climbing high bamboo ladders, they balanced themselves in various dangers

positions at the top: