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PRESIDENT'S

PARTY

GUESTS of President Videla of Chile at New York's Hotel Plaza are Dr Felix del Rio, Chilean Ambarsa- dor to the U.S., and Mrs William O'Dwyer, wife of the Mayor of New York.

DANCING partners the party were Colonel Eduardo

Midleton. Air

Aide to President Videla, and Jinx Falkenburg. actress, radio star, and sister of tennis ace, Bob Falkenburg. (London Express Service).

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English Flowers By Air

FTH Avenue these days I often bright with fresh English flowers and New Yorkers on their way to work stop to look at win-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1950.

Baconians Have Not Given Up Their Case Against Shakespeare

By Robert Musel

LONDON.

The Bacon Society says it will demand renewed efforts to find the tomb of Edmund Spenser to "prove once and for all" that Sir Francis Bacon wrote the plays credited to William Shakespeare.

Aroused by the first bear. For more than a century] mund Spenser, the Elizabethan Royal visit in history to they have been trying to prove post. At his death, all of Eng

that Bacon concealed his play- land's great"living poets threw Shakespeare's home in writing behind the nom-de-į manuscript poems into his tomb. | Stratford - on - Avon, the plume "Shoke-speare" because Baconians denounced the was not fitting for an adviser- Shakespeare shrine as "a to Queen Elizabeth to consort manuscripts will not show a poem by Shakespeare put will fake."

thow one by Bacon-this, they

They said it was through a "colosal historical blunder" that Shakespeare, a simple merchant and moneytender, had been con- fused with the greatest writer of them all, Bacon,

The Royal Family's visit Stratford last month was almost more than the Baconians could

CHURCHILL VIES WITH THE NUDES

with actors and actresses.

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The Baconians contended these

At the same time, they allege, į said. proving there was no down from Stratford and got a

Willam Shakespeare came writing Shakespeare. job working around the Eliza

But they hint darkly that the bethan theatres, probably n

wrong tomb Wis opened play broker. Somehow, Bacon's probably that of Matthew pen name and Stratford's Shake- Prior. to

time the Baeonians appeared to opened coffin was for someone speare were confused, and by the

"Spenser was a small man. The

straighten mutters out, the

over six feet-Prior was xlx "legend" had gripped the world. feet two," Smith said. "We know "Why." norted Valentine Where the real Spenser tomb is Smith, Secretary of the Society, if they open it." "that isn't even the house ofị Shakespeare, the moneylender, both of Shakespeare's birth and April 23 was the anniversary up there in Stratford,

death. The Baconians did not

"14 certainly isn't the cottage commemorate the day. In which lived Anne Hathaway. [

do not vejebrale the I suppose William Shakespeare, birthdays of moneylenders," son of man who signed his Smith end acidly-United Press. name with an "X" and father of daughter who did likewise,

djd live somewhere in Stratford,

British artists drenched the summer exhibition of tho Royal Academy with nudes, but a semi-professional part-But he never wrote the plays. In time painter, Winston Churchill, stole the show with group of pleasant landscapes.

On exhibit are Nubian | A Chartwell"-his country nudes, shapgirl nudes, noble home-1925. "Alt. St Victoire," nudes. Oriental nudes and 1948, and "Lake Carezza In The

Datomes," painted last year, plain beefy British mudea, getting in or out of baths reclining uneasily

on sofas and armchairs,

Brisly

For

artists seemed to be trying to prove that the British diet is more than adequate by

IT bevy Luxou

ان

timning beauties.

But the even of viitors to the 182nd annual exhibition skinuned nyer the area of painted flesh and were riveted for the most

part on the rural studies of the only living Honorary Academi- chu Extraordinary-Churchill.

Churchill set no price on his paintings, but it is considered certain he could ask the same ans as well-known arthis like Augustus John, exhibiting for the first time in seven years. who gets £2.500 James Gunn, for a portrait, and Sir Alfred Munnings, who shows come brilliant equin studies, which he is celebrated.

his will he doesn't mention own- Ing angle book!."

Smith said the Baronian case against Shakespeary Disraeli

Mark Twain were two of the famous anti-Shakespeareans --is based on evidence that he left rural Stratford at 13, after- little or no schooling, but at 18 is supposest to have written | "Love's Labour Lost," a play Alled with classical allusionis and involving a situation at the French Court known only to the highest English Royal circles.

FURNISHED

HOUSE

FOR 17s.

DANGER !

MEN

ATWORKI

BECAUSE a cobra can spit a fine spray of venom up to 15 feet, handlers George Irving, left, and Bert Tschambers use plastic face shields white stirring up one of the deadly reptiles on a television programme In Chicago. They seem to be proceeding with caution. (Aeme)

SABU'S ELEPHANT-BOY- COUSIN HAS GLAMOUR

By PAULA J. RITCHOTT

Washington's latest glamour boy can tame the savage beast but he quails when faced by his many fans.

Baba Jan, elephant boy. "Even after I leave, Shanti was domestleated in three days from the jungles of Mysore, and Ashok will not forget me," after his capture, but it took was chosen by the Indian Have a very powerful sense of Shanti,

Baba Jan sald, "Elephants mouth and ant to tame A new fully furnished'

government to bring two smell. They would be able to three-bedroom semi-detach-aby elephants, Shanti and recognise

"My friends proved that the me 15 years from way to a man's heart is through Ashok, to the United States have been known to recognise love of enting made him easier

smell alone. In fact, elephants bis stomach, ed house with bathroom,

sinco Ashok's as gifts from India's Prime any person or thing as much "all the usual offices," plus Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. as six or seven miles away."

roomy sheds and a garden already

will be has

to manage in capture. Shanti "Even a genius has to learn two fot

how to shoot

kept running away, but she is gun," Smith said. nice back "Even if Shakespeare

Since ha arrival. Baba Jan

Baba Jan said the two baby coutent enough now," genius, he couldn't draw wordsplanted "grass

been besieged by auto-elephants now Next to mudes and still life,

eating hay at Baba Jan said "America 19 the favourite subject this year French

from Latin, Greek, Italan and trimmed for you free"-all ph hunters, photographers, the Washington Zoo

the for 17 shillings a week, all circus tas,

are not wonderful," Interviewers

but he is anxious and Juni

plain the original animals chosen as to get back to Mysore. reems to be the Royal Family. languages. Nor could he know in, is the new type of Army

Nehru's gift. There is a painting of the what Queen Elizabeth thought of married

The 23-year-old mahout

"The day we left Bombay," christening of Prince Charles, Navarre."

quarters being shy before women, and finds it

he said, "my first child, a boy, with the Royal Family grouped

were was born. The Journey to this offered Service families at dllcult to speak to them with- about him, by Willian Dring

Baba country Colchester:

out blushing. A great flashing

was Ane, but I am smile generally all ho can

without

knowing

In 1938, the Society persuaded

Churchill has four canvasses among the 1,410 exhibits, Hatuty of the Royal Family the authorities to open the tomb | work strikes the keynote of at tea-United Press.

traditiondign which has marked

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Acdemy exhibits for

several years.

Two of the Churchill oils are

of his eacher periods. There is

a woods fudy date: 1020, a photographie piceo called "Snow

DIDN'T INVITE BRITISH

dows decorated with Spring | American businessmen bloms which the day before want to know why the Bri- were growing in the English1th will be represented at countryside.

They are flown overnight by Brah ternas Airway Strato.

New York Work Trade Week, which begins on May 92 under the slogan "Buy an Import.”

Foreign Trade

The National Pritis powers, too, are now Conncil of the United States has; alue to meet overseas demands (organised World Trade Week, for mare, orchida They are and France, Holland, Sweden ang the best ale travellera jond Belgium 1

Don le becture, like camels, they carry ¡nations participating. then own reserves of nwisterre-

ir "alle bulbs" above thir A spokerman for the Wort

A man in

SUBSIDISED

in Westminster Abbey of Ed-

Hula At 25,000 ft

The American airline publicity men are excelling themselves in their efforts to sell air travel, Not long age- show at 20,000 feet. passengers in a Stratocruiser were entertained to a fashion

Berish

La

to

send

two

"The first

elephants even more beautiful"

an sald with a wistful rir, leaving the baby elephants to "but Shanti, the girl, died, so they decided

Ace my son."-United Press. The first two have just beenmuster.

others." opened by Mrs Firth, wife of Major-General C,E. Firth, com-

This presents a marked con- The young trainer grinned trast manding the East Anglian Dis-claims to have

for the mahout who with enthusiasm when asked lamed an clz- about the capture of Shanti and trict.

phant that killed seven nen. Ashok.

"Usually one death is enough

Company Sergeant Major

"To capture baby elephants,

Bill Broomfleld And his wife to make everyone fear the and four children will occupy elephant," he said, "but I we usualy use th Ktochade

ANNIE FIRES LAST ROUND

"Annie Get Your Gun" has

nnc. In the other will be worked very hard with this system,” he said. "In the case taken its last curtain at the C.S.ML. Jack Kelly, his wife animal, and he eventually be of Shant! and Ashok, tive London Coliseum after playing enough to scouts were sent out to incate years and 11 months for 2,600,- 1,30+ performantes, in two 1) wid herd. Next, anali army of beaters left to forn.a 000 people, who paid £1,100,-

000 to see li where

and three children,

The houses are the conerotem block type;

came domesticated handle."

Cordon around the spot

the elephants were observed, The pront from this and its two touring shows in Britain is about £600,000.

fo

They

cost nboal

COUSIN TO SABU £1,000 each. The £150 worth of furniture was made by the

Babu Jan, a first cousin Army.

Hollywood Fourtes more houses the

nctor Sapu, will be ready

culties from a family of ele Hoon, and 100 by midsummer. Eventually the

phant trainers.. He speaks little 100 acres of War Ofice around 1

English and 1:1 constantly accompanied in Washington Ly

Embassy

carried anything that would make a horrible noise. from tim pans to crude horns.

TEMPERAMENTAL

The West End turned the last night into special occn-

ion. Everyone, with

the ex-

will have a school welfare centre hearded Sikh from the Indian in a small band to black of had seen the show at least once "Tame elephants then moved!ception of actress Iris Hoey,

ant shops including Naail. R The reheme provides for 172

Ba Jan's exclest brother any pogalb e CEVAPY by the before. houses for other ranks and 68 was originally chosen lo re- herd. Finals, the beaters let for officers. It was all hutched present

with nerve-wracking the office of the Chief word.

anci

the family

When his

Holly-

Joose

Every performer ang ped when un noite. Tint

was clap. entrance TV AH

father ob-shrieks gineer of the District, Col. Jected, Sabu was sent. Even-stampeded the herd right into as thought it

made. Every song was greeled F.C.

Nottingham.

were being heard It went tually, the older brother did go trap.

our

for the Erst time. The hrough the Ministry of Town to America for two years us

female is harder Iu At the end, amid the flowers, and Country Planning like a keeper of the elephants in a

handle than the male, Baba there were speeches-and rocket-in two days.

cireus.

Jan said.

did Annie's gun go back to the "I um referring to elephants, property department It had of course," he added. "Ashok fired about 300,000 rounds.

Sheer Voiles For

Men's Wear

By ELIZABETH TOOMEY

the latest additions to male wardrobes.

Sheer shirts, made from voiles and detted swiss, are

Trade Week Comalttee raid:

pwo years ego, when we in- Orchid gowers in Britain are 'vited the British to a shullar earning up to £500 for a rare rathering, they did not have the!

The latest is a genuine and courtesy to reply to our lusita-

Surn,stions have been male Specimen. Many bloom blunts are exported to the coun- Bon. Naturally, we

kala - hula have not ewnian

be BEA: male at that it should Bies where the onghand was dis; invited them sinee,

15,000 feet, complete with sorary airteld to be used;

when bari covered,

weather restricts grass skirtas and ukulele, Northolt's use. BOAC often carry personal

The alyport joins the main Gatwick Airport, only one London-Brighten railway presents of Aven

if they should request around Loaden withms from Gatwick West Africa ordered newly-cut be welcome. Here is an invalt step," is to be the terminat of barrier right on to the airteld.

Invitation 1 am rure they woubl

ralway

Airport Station "on 1s dour-passengers step through the r carnations fromable chance to learn something new British

Women have been hear-serious, middle-aged business London sa present for about garnering dollars."

European Air- wife,

They reached Laxes!

ways service to the Channel

Both British Overseas and ing about voiles and batistes men."

Alfred Shapiro, the head of a quite fresh.

Mr L. J. N. Blyde, sterday lalands starting next month.

European Airways designed for their warm company which makes only the British Commonweal h

Cration have booked pro-weather wear, but the idealelsure shirts for men, says Biggest cargo c!

The airport, all-the Chamber of Communer, mid:1,

on the Surrey visional entries in the transport of sending hubby off to the some of his new shirts are "so three oak trees which are now "The French, Dutch, Swedish Sussex border. has been used Faction of Qic England-New office in a Swiss volle tallor-sheer you would wonder how growing in a Los Angeles park, and other groups are subsidised charter companies since the Zealand air race in 1953.

Governments. by their

We War.

some time its The event will be a handicap et shirt comes as a shock. The traffic Is not one-way, being British, arc a private future has been in the balance. * DOAC, who should be dying. "Sheer fabrics are here to Wild Bowers are brought to organisation.

Comet jet airliners long before stay, che shirt designer said. Britain from Australia, and, at

Now that BEA are to start then, will get no advantage from "I don't know anything about operating a regular service from having the world's fastest air-made tailored shirts last year, to start a new fashion in sports They were tested in custom- He admitted that it was easier Earter, lies from Bermuda for not replying to an invitation Gatwick it is possible that the liner.

two years ago. We always try cirfeld will be developed.

Now, shirt manufacturers are clothes This year he added to deal with such thing”

breezy coplca

butions and a short collar to his An exclusive New York men's line. He also used printed voile furnishing store is featuring for leisure shirts, polka-dotted sheers in its win- dow display.

church decoration.

K. O. CANNON

AND THEN, M'SIEU, WHAT I DRENGED

HAPPENED, CHARMAINE HAD COME

DI VERY LATE.. I KLARD

HOR SOBBING, BUT SHE

WOULD TELL ME NOTHING..BUT I

KNEW ZUCCI HAD

LET HER DOWN,

and for

-London Express Service}

WITH WHISPER. IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE

WHEN I WENT TO HER ROOM AFTER BREAKFAST

SHP HAD TAKEN DRUÓS.. SHE WAS USAD !-

1.TELL YOU BASKU, ZUCCI HAD MURDERED HER AS BURELY AS IF

HE HAD SHOT HER.

THAT NIGHT I WENT

TO HIM AT PAVILLON-

ROUGE....

心悦

It inan would wear them,”

PIQUE VOILE SELLS

cautiously stitching up a few mesh volle with large pear)

FINE POLKA DOTS

Pique voile in one of the big- Kest Gellers In tullored shirts, Swiss fabrle manufacturers, who are largely responsible for "They're very fine polka dots, the sheer shirting fabrics, report not those dramatic dots used in fil.ey've been selling plenty of women's

alove dotted swls and drop-stitch spokesman said defensively. The volte to men's dots come in pale blue, navy facturers, too, blue and red, on white voile.

At first the store executives were a little nervous about the polka dots

clothes,"

"Wo've hadi

A

shirt manu-

In spite of the cool comfort, there are a couple of admitted drawbacks. Sheer shirts have to be made of good majoria】' er good #uccess with plain white sheers,"

they won't stand up to the hard ont explained, "but we were afraid wear and washings given to

*** men's clothes. men might think polka dots a

tilo....ah....dellente."

Also, some exports warn stout So far they've been agreeably

to steer clear of sheer men surprised. Several men have fabrics. Some men, it seemu, bought the shirts. The custofuat look better in broad:foth- mers were described as "very United Press,

rtc..

TEA FOR TWO

MICKEY and Mike, a pair of tame parakeets owned

by Mr and Mrs Edward Alley, of Arlington, Virginia, enjoy a spot of tea whille perched on the rim, of the cup. They take their places on the cup every morning. for breakfast. (Acme)

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