1950-03-11 — Page 4

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1950.

WICKSTEED

and

THE LION

Bornard Wickstood in Darkest Africa

TSAVO NATIONAL

PARK, KENYA. HAD an experience this

week that was rather unusual. I was bitten on the behind by a Híon. Cireus trainers put their heads in lions' mouths and live to tell the tale, but I went into the mouth of this lion back- wards and lived to sit down.

The lion, or rather the lioness (they're more to be feared than the male), made this barefaced attack on the Press at a place called Tsavo, You may have heard of it, because there's famous book culled **The enters of Taavo” that every red-blooded boy in my day practically knew by heart.

the chance, Hitle guessing that back in the dust with a purring he'd got a descendant of the man- tion on your chest. eaters staying with

pot.

bin as 24

The warden net me at the railway and drove me back to his camp. As we pulled up at his tent two dogs and a lion came bounding; out to meet us.

I don't know If you've ever been welcomed by n friendly Hen, but it's a thing you don't Jorget.

"Take no noller" said my host pleking up my hat and dusting

1. "It's only Iola. She won't hurt you. Down, Jola, down. There's a good tion."

Iola is almo mouths old and weighs 170 lb. She was brought Man-up on toned-tailk, cod liver oil,

vitamin tablets and calcium in

étions. She cats about 30 lb, of Bat at a meal

The original man-eaters lived here at Tsavo when the railway was being built

GREETING

** Glad to know you... I think,"

2. WARNING

"They'r much the same to bring up as babies," said the war- den, who is a family man himself. "When she'd Buished 11 bottle I used to put her over my shoulder get her wind up."

with

.10

As

kittens,

Hons intended for pets

must be house-trained. How do

You you house-train a lion? squirt the great beast with an insecticide u uniil he learns to behave.

Lion's game

JOLA was brought to the house when she was five days old. A native ranger found her alone in the bush crying like a lost child.

Lionesses are good neighbours. When one

out for the meat the others will look after her cubs. In Iola's case something went wrong with the cub-silting arrangements,

Life is full of little surprises when you live in a comp with u 12-tone kitten at large. You may be sitting at dinner when something under the table starts cating your foot.

A

Lion's fore

Tdurit the warden had the A native servants light a fire in front of the tents and another at the back.

"You ought to have been here tast night," he said nonchalant- ly. "An old Hon came and stoot ve yards in front of the tent and roared at me. I want to sleep tonight.

res"

I've lighted the

conversation After this, the turned, not unnaturally to lions. Here are some of the facts I

earned-

LJONS have more bacteria in their claws Ban their teeth, so Khun its better to be bitten

clawed,

LIONS like to eat J'A feet first, and leave your head tilt

CALE

FISH

HONG

"One couldn't mind 'em losing four and a half million pounds if a dozen eggs were a dozen eggs when they arrived.”

THE

ast, though they may erew

d'oeuvres,

Na cargo ship outward bound across the At- lantic passengers and commented on the

eat your ears as hurs Jumazing likeness of

like charming grey haired

LIONS don't

Ares,

became

So bold they

lay down in front of

them to eat their victims,

I can't think why, but after this conversation I didn't sleep very well.

Lion's spring

ROYAL

NOBODY

enjoyment that 82-year-old Queen Mary gains from the

-London Express Service.

FAMILY KNOWS

-by WELEN CATHCART

David. He is, indeed, such a great merchant banking house

the family-seat at St Paul's Countess of Mary's brother is perhaps

with nothing more lethal than as the Earl and

Granville, yet penknife, and stoked them up

truth leaked out. The friendly again.

and vivacious lady was none other than the Queen's own sia-

adore

R

battle

fer.

When

11

was

at

some

11

Royal Intimate

of

the

were

'Uncle

or

£2,000 worth" of personal Jewellery tucked up safely at home. A colleague of hers tels me there is nothing topside

stagey in sharing

packet lunch with Princess Elizabeth's cousin. Two of the Queen's nieces, fair blue-eyed and

David-like his namesake-is during the

but the original Scotswoman to the Queen. man-eaters of Tavo Although she seemed to

be some ten years older, the company of her brother, Fred mannerisms And kindly just seven years her junior? Or of the King's great fondness for glance were unmistakable.

firm favourite that he became of Edwant de Stela nnd Π his quiet and retiring brother-

ttle Prince Charles's godfather director in eight other cem in-law, Michael, a kissman even

and was one of the first guests panies, ranging from Cunard to "It's just a family resem gloser to him in age than the

at Claretice Ilouse. The n prominent firm of linen

Patricia daughters of blance," the little lady said with Duke of Gloucester?

reference, of course, is not to drapers, Michael, a twinkle when the point

Michael Bowes-Lyon-had their Was Hose, Frederick,

Frances, David and

the Duke of Windsor, whom the On the pas- Mary

coming-out party in door-length Naturally his income is large white gowns, but now they in Princesses have scarcely seen THE Bres died down, and as raised at dinner. THE

everyone else was asleep Isenger list the and her sallory several others....meet the un- Pr

this dozen years, but to the enough to enable him to keep up turn are taking a secretarial crept out in my bare feet, armed six-footer husband were entered known--Royal Family, Queen Queen's youngest brother, bare

work. ly two years her junior, the Waldenbury where, incidentally, course, ready to ge! down to gradually the familiar as the Earl of Athlone, Tion. David Bowes-Lyon.

King and Queen Bowes-Lyon, after

betrothed. His wife, Rachel. is

Nevertheless, it seems unlikely entered recently

niece of the Astors and Joint that they will work in Vice- life publie Some time after this n leopard

the

heiress to the great Astor fortune, Buckingham Palace or any other Lieutenant

Bedfordshire. of I didn't

One day, the royal family's con of the royal 'offees, for family approached the camp,

Mory Frances, the Queen's

nections will thas extend from influences rarely count in these see it, but the dogs did and woke

Is a royal in Buckingham Palace every one up. Leopards

to Broad matters. ldest sister, is better known as HERE, again, the ship's engler

Their mother, Betty, way, where the Astors them wants to pop eating dogs and baboons, and, heard by radio that he had be- Lady Elphinstone. But, by and timate-n fair-haired, lean-

own a for instance is the Queen's for all 1 know, newspapermen,cume a proud father, she

large, these intimate members of Jawed Scotsman-who la pre- £2,000,000 skyscraper block.

sister-in-law and actually went circle family too. Instead of shooting It, the inevitably asked

the royal to be

Ile newsworthy. are eminently

to school with the Queen. Yet, warden drove it off with

The once worked anonymously of

same time, and seldom recognised. Their names mother to the baby

are rarely in the news, Beltind the famous Kew Gardens as

the war, she did part- thunderflash (one of those things smilingly consented. If one ean-

time work in an ordinary and gardener and gave the weddings like giant squis

Queen probably among the mont leftish we used to not have a queen as godmother, the scenes

fuelory and goodness knows make

his of all royaltics. "The day bangs

day-to-day report With at

of that many women In her shoes queen's sister is undoubtedly other great events, they enjoy schools).

without everyday problems. He is one privileges is flafshed," he instance,

all the fun of royalty next best. In this

Lady

once might have claimed that the task Not long of rateing four children took up After that we all went to bed Granville is also wife of the the heavy burden of responsi- of the few members of the royal told news reporters.

circle to have lectured la the ago

ago, it is said that he planned sufficient time! came I Governor-General of Northern bity.

U.S.A. This was during the to speak on a Labour Party again, and when dawn thought the worst was over. But Ireland her husband holds in- of the

war, when he headed many of platform, but the news Ever-Welcome behalt oh, no. The servants filled a vestitures on

put and he had to stay takes a

keen canvas hath behind my tent, and, King-and she

fare campaigns. "Whoever get euracteristically be follow unaware that I was being stalked deligh; in her sponsorship,

TAVER-welcome guests at Royal would think that such a nice his bent. In the Marylebone by the playful lola, I took off my

have Lodge. Balmoral, and Sand-d

could district Yet how many people

of London, working single member of this 'royal clothes and bent down to feel the

ever heard of Aunt Rose, even ringham, they share many of the speak so forcibly and marshal class folk know him as the man heat of the water.

though Princess Elizabeth and privileges of royalty plus

so many facts!" a member both everyday freedein which their the audience commented after Princess Margaret have stayed with her in Belfast? How Majesties can never enjoy. What wards,

fuss there would be, instance, if the Queen milked a 'Uncle David," however, Is cow! Yet the Queen's sister, mauy-sided. He adinirably Lady Elphinstone, milks the balances a good head for bust- cows herself on the dairymald's ness with his private

familly day off.

reputation as a seer. Equally. though one сап news came to Glamis that his Lyon attends the meetings of Glamis behind

Ind her, Elizabeth imagine the uproar if the Duke brother, Michael, had been kill the Marylebone Housing Arro- Elphinstone, the Queen's of Edinburgh were ever hauled ed in France, but David insisted ciation, drawing up plans for could have devoted

hersel through the police courts, the this was not the case. "I have the new homes to rise on the pleasure-seeking and fashion. Queen's favourite nephew, seen him twice." he declared, sites of bombed and derellet Instead, she elected to become Andrew-the

about the 35-year-old Master "wandering

property. With local officials he a trained nurse, sperding long of Ephinstone--was fined for with his head tied up in a plece talks over temporary housing years on the wards in humble speeding with seant publle com- of cloth. Michael is not dead." plans for families who vacate the duties. ment. It was over the Elphin-

Sure enough, Captain Michael

Indeed, the nt Clarence cousin, a prisoner-of-war in Germany, House or the Polace. It is a clected to live in the slummy

fate which kris nephew, democratic and effective Andrew, shared in Offag 10 in bination of circumstances. World War Two. On the King's

Forgetting for the moment It's a lion you try to kick it off, and that is taken as a signal that you're feeling playful too, and would like a little game.

In a flash the table's over-

And that was the moment she sprang. Everyone but me thought

"Now listen ....... I'm trying to work," turned, and you're flat on your it frightfully funny.

3. ATTACKING So you want to play... OH!"

from Mombasa to Uganda. There were two of them, and they ate 28 Indian coolies and scores of uncounted Africans. Before they were finally shot by the engineer in charge they had caused a three weeks' strike on the line-not for more pay, but for fewer man-enting lions,

many folk know of the

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE DIAMOND HORSESHOE

keen a

Black-out black eye

THE other day I picked

up the telephone to call-

Eleanor, and it was almost

by

half a minute before I BILLY ROSE

remember my number at home.

"And, not long after.

he

to

4VELL, as often happens when

was that he was standing on

strange loop.

a

an

for

stone estate that Princess Eliza.

beth chot her first start....and

Britain's secret economic

ordinary-looking

man

of

Years ago

castle

leaked

who has helped to provide over 1,500 families with new homes.

New Homes

Simple Truth

E simple truth is that every family that anbody knows' feels pledged to set an separately example. Lord and

Lady Granville spent long years-one might almost say in exile-on

the

that

Isle of Man, acting as overnor and lady' in ored for

might be properly HEN the day's work in the their important role in Northern W cuy is

(Anished, David Bowes- Ireland.

eld slums. Then home he goes

Or

Bowes-Lyon was soon reported to St Paul's Waldenbury,

perhaps to dinner

com-

With the wealth of

to

Queen's Liitan Bowes-Lyon,

own

East End

of London, visiting homes and hospitals for incur- ables until last year she herself

vowed never again. Much more "Afraid to ring the bell, he would have been made of this I imagines if it had into

incident, the backyard, der found an open window, holstea occurred at Balmoral,

To this day, 100, people are side, members of the royal His 19-year-old daughter, died of on lucurable disease sho hitself through, then recog-

to leap to wrong con- family are not permitted to Davin, too, has been working had contracted. Our Royal Family nising nothing, stopped to puzzle

in business. Exempt as a Junior grade civil servant, has always fostered the spirit of out the situation. Who was het

from these restrictions, David very much one of the crowd service, and meets cager reply what sort of inan would climb

has she Uncle Bowes-Lyon is a partner in the even through the window of

some in these royal kingfolk. house? Only a Inirylar, of

sirange

he must

be a course. Ergo, burglar. And so he tiptoed up- stairs, entered his wife's bed- room and began stuffing her Jewellery into his pockets,

"At this point, his missus walked in, told him to stop play- ing cops and robbers, and began badgering him at the top of her over-sized lungs.

At the time this memory tapse married the daughter of a net

work executive, bought a home didn't

worth brooding in Scarsdale seem

and decided about, but last night I happened settle down. to meet up with a well-known paychiatrist at the Stork, Club, and over a jigger of ginger-beer I told him what had happened. "It was probably a mild attack

a girl has too much dowry, of amnesia," he said. "As a rule,

his wife did most of the setting the victims ure folks who, con- for him. She made him ex- sciously or unconsciously, want change his friends for hers, als to escape from their routine fun for hers and his life for hers.

"After chores, and every now and then

two year of being missus, their minds blank out as a pro- yeminered at by his test against doing the same old Jerry came into her was having "BUT Jerry, the burglar, in

and said that things the same old way."

D stead of melting into the trouble with his memory-that "What kind of pills should I it was blacking out on him every carpet, belled her one right in

the eye. Lake?" I went

"That's all there

They are now in the Chlengo Natural History Museum, stuffed with sawdust instead of people.

So you can see that, if you have to be bitten by a Hon, Travo is the place to choose.

Of course I didn't go there for exactly

that purpose. because in time to comme Tsavo is going to be famous for some- thing more than man-cating lions. It is going to be one of the few places in Africa where your grandchildren and mine will be able to see elephant, rhine, and other big game outside a ciréus

or 200.

Lion's welcome

THE wild life of Africa is being Toughtered at such a rate to make way for ground-nuts and Bettlers, and to satisfy sportsmen, that unless something is done about it soon ranny species will become extinct in our lifetime.

So Tsavo and an area round 11 as big as Kent and Surrey pur together have just been set aside as a national park where the animals can live at peace with man if not with one another. At the moment this area being run by a couple of men and two boys of 10,

is

with

One of these wardens asked me it I'd like to stay lim at his camp. I jumped at

Now and then.

anci

was to it.

clusions when they hear that engage the favourite unele of the two

certain Princesses is n

MRS.

though

F.D.R. 'CAPTURES' TV

Drawing-room tea parties replace Hopalong Cassidy

From FREDERICK COOK: New York.

"plugs,"

Audiences ted largely on u

startici

In Detroit one dealer i tak have 30,000 square feet of park- ing real estate, fur coats, radios, ing opace, Toughly three- cabin cruisers and jewellery as quarters of an nere, down payment,

This would cost millions, oven

In Oregon a distributor bor- if the land could be found in rowed on elephant from a tour- tightly packed Manhattan ing circus to give u free show

In theory, everybody outside his shop,

favour of new Broadway.

as a baby-sitter while they are

of

Most of them

La in theatres for

1

In Florida people who tele. DESPITE the commercial

They would like

are Victorian "the pictures dict of Hopalong Cassidy have phone to say

programme managers to come in and look around in style, ornamented with plaster "I asked him some questions Somehow, he got back to New of foaming glasses of beer with a cascade of letters de- find a car sent for them and a angels and gilded tassels. Not about his home life and when he told me what it was like I York, checked in at an hotel, and the vaudeville come- manding more. And they are high school girl delivered free one bag been built for 23 years.

Mrs Roosevelt is when he woke up hladians, American television to get ft. advised him to

a long series standup to his

has finally grown

uping

of which away. wife and it necessary, slap her amnesla was gone." down occasionally. He told me. "UN pills," said the mind-

"Did you tell his wife that her courtesy of Mrs Eleanor she will preside and pour the medico. "Buy yourself a quite seriously she wouldn't husband wasn't himself when he Roosevelt. Her new series teu for her guests.

a set of water stand for such a thing. sailboat or get

clipped her on the cyc?" I of "salons" direct from her NEW CAR, FREE GADGETS colours and learn how to paint."

jown drawing-room is hailed

will

"And supposing I don't?"

are nothing "Chancen happen. On the other hand, there's always that the spells may get longer and more frequent. That's what happened not long ago to a good friend of yours."

"What's his name?”

asiced.

advised my

"Are you suggesting

11

over each

the

In

But

If anybody planning a theatre has to buy a plece of New York most dealers mid-New York land for a park- have hugo signs abolishing down ing space. It will be many years offer corn for a whole week-end sees a new one,

altogether. payments

Some more than that before Broadway

out.

SOLD £2100; HIRED 29600

UESTIONS are

in Washington being asked

about the for £9,000

CAR PARK, NO THEATRE SENATOR Desmond has intro worth of crop-duating.

duced a Bill into the New

widow had men like Senator at all you not only had to pay York Upper Chamber requiring

black market prices,

hire of aeroplane

The psychiatrist smiled. "Of here as the biggest thing que

man who wants to buy free, so that you can try them course not, and what's more, I since vision was added to

new car in the boss of patient to

the alluation again in America. keep

Showrooms are full and scene the old the possibility ONE morning several months mum. Jerry went home to a big sound.

used car market is in panic. later he came to my ofce reconciliation

story-and ever It worm-lums

As guests on her first pro- quite a tale. and told me

the more spine he has

the

Two years ago, to get a car President's gramme,

It has been said that the very seems that on his way home the since, night before be had had an shown the more quiet his wife attack of amnesia, and when he has become."

but you that any theatre built bereafter aircraft rented by one Govern Brien McMahon, David had to buy hundreds of dollars' came to fifteen hours later his

Lilienthal of the Atomic worth of gadgets whether you in New York shall provide 200 ment department at this figuro off-the-street had been sold not long ago by of was in a New York hotel room.

what with no Idea of

Dr wanted them or not.

parking for every ten people in another-as war surplus for Energy Commission,

£2,100. Robert Oppenheimer, of the But no more. The dealers the seating capacity. the atom bomb project.

are stil pulling the gadgets ON. But now they point out Along Broadway they are say- Einstein was not there in that you get them all for noth- ing it is a fine kies, but will person, but bo made an ing, it only you will buy the not work.

insert carat a bargain price.

Bucha The sakymen are back to all

law, experts point same type human affairs in the atomic their old tricks, and have found out, would mean that a theatre using at all.

with 1,000 scals would have to

"I don't think he'd relisi ce- happened in between.

bad

and hang a shiner home Eleanor's eye?" I asked.

On

"In your case," said psychiatrist, "I doubt it it's necessary. However,

if you

I'd

Ing it in print," said the psychia- "I phoned his wife, and from trist. "Jerry-and I'm sure you her story, managed to put the know the Jerry I incan-used to pleces together. Jerry's memory be one of Broadway's leading had snopped os he got to the have any more trouble remem juveniles and stay-up lates. door of his house in Scarsdale bering telephone numbers, Five years ago, as you know, he perhaps in protest against the suggest you invest a few dollars and joined in the discussion of put away his half-oil and got a stuffy people his wife had in in a water-colour set." job producing radio shows.

vited to dinner-and all he knew

7

Appearance an

-{London Express Service)

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some new ones,

squaro

feet

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bought 05 brand new lofties agency has been found to have when it already had 217 of the

which it was

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