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Stockings Good For 'Babies'

MRS Norah Watson, uf!

MR

Halstead Roud, Bit-l terne Park, Southampton, isi nursemaid to 2,000 "babics" all caterpillars. Her hus- band, a 33-year-old ac countant, breeds mothn and butterflies for his collection, one of the finest owned by an amateur entomologist.

Tho

She speads several hours' a day"

looking after caterpillars, feeding them, and ensuring that they live in the correct temperatures,

Her old stockings are used to cover plants on which some enterpillars live.

"Nylons

are best for this

purpose," says her husband, Mr Robert Watson, "because they allow more light through.”

30 HOURS A WEEK

Mr Watson began his coller- tiun in 1943. Now he has 40,000 specimens. Jasured for £1,000,

a

"I cover about 15,000 miles

specimens." year looking for

he says, and spend more thaa

30 hors a week on my hobby.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1950.

Minister To High Commissioner

hters are only a few places London Diary:

In Sentieri and Cumberlang

that I haven't visited so far in

my hint muth and nutter. Wien."

He han specimens of all the: portant British moths and butterflies. Now breedy

to obtain variations in colour-

Ing.

World Opium

Monopoly Approved

Geneva, Aug. 14,

AN

UNUSUALLY FEMININE

LOOK FOR WESTMINSTER

WI

VESTMINSTER'S Central Hall had an unusually feminine look the other day. The 2,300 delegates to the fifth Congress of Business and Professional Women's Clubs were assembling.

Imposing figure among, and cap embroidered with roses, with pleated then was Miss Margaret rust-red jacket

basque, and a muslin blouse. Hyndman, of Toronto, one

CHERWELL FOR SALE of the first women in the

University Cherwell, Oxford Empire to become a K.C. magazine, in for sale. Owner She took silk in 1928, after is Count Martyn · Gordon, of

Exeler College. The delegates of 11 coun-13 years' practice.

Cherwell

fortnightly, Mks Hyndman specialines in tries, meeting here today, approved the creation of an company law, is both barrister was founded in 1920. Its owner

is usually

an undergraduate. and solicitor. Last year the international monopoly for

cowleted a Privy Council case

But Gordon, aged 22, is an ex- opium with international in-in London. The only time Iption; he graduated witen be

was still in his 'teens. most

Gordon

spection to control its use.

The principal opium-produc-

ever wore

21

wix-and

unamfortable it was," she says NATIONAL COSTUME

ing and drug manufacturing countries, including Britain and India, had met to consider the

Bimit opium to Agreement to medical and scientific ures.

Fruner,

rovised draft of un interimlerates

Staten

Most colourful were the de- iri national costume. Vappu ALIST

Aho, from Jyvaskyla, Finland, had a finely with white India, Iran, Holland, pleated navy skirt.

musa blouse and embroidered Turkey Britain, the United

apron, and navy waistcant with silver buttons,

Fran Norway

came two in costante: Miss Anna

Gparc, restarant manager from Trondhjem, hack a suxe-blue embroidered skirt and matching lace-trimined cap, orange silk damark waistcoat

white and blouse. Miss Esther Martinus- she sen, domestle science teacher trom Narvik, wore a blue skirt

Yugoslavki, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland were re- presented at the meeting, which, allting in private, will clear the way

for the next selon of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs at Lake Success this winter.

Tho Soviet Union did not delegate, although send was invited-Reuter.

Couldn't Resist

IN Spain to finish her new film, actress Ava Gardner 'could not resist the music played by Nigel Patrick. Ava co-starred with James Mason, and will soon bo back in Hollywood after a lengthy European trip.

(Acme)

K. O. CANNON

...BECAUSE THE COUNT 13 THE MAN DEHUND THE DOPE GANG..THEN HE'S : THE ONE... WHO HUO., [FOOR NATUR.

EXACTLY!....

H, GONDOLINO

|

you will be right on top of fashion if you wear your "etary tartans in New York this sCASOTA,

Miss. Jean Saxer, tall, dark, and 20 years old, a buyer for a famous New York store, said: "Each year We introduce live new tartans to be worn for that season. The Black Walch and Royal Stuart are always we change the vallable, but others regularly."

The

new turton usually include three dark backgrounds,

Most popular last season was the red and one white. darkisti Albany with red and yellow lines. The Sutherland and Lindsay are two of the live chosen for this season.

"Cherwell plus one bought when it was in debt. will now be able to sell at a profit. He would probably accept £1,000 for it.

Editor Janica Humphry Morris Church undergraduate. has no 23-year old Christ financial interest,

Cherwell's early contributora included Evelyn Waugh, Emlyn Two Williams, Robert Graves. years ago it was temporarily banned by the proctors for circulating a sex questionnaire, STRANGER IN CLUB On his way back from Col- chester,

after

w:ek-end speech there, Mr Anthony Eden called at the Manor Park

Constitutional Club, "signed in" by his companion, Commander Perrin, central office agent

Essex and for Middlesex.

Noboxy

hum, recognised except the barman, who hurried to fetch a club oficial with the message: "Mr Eden 1 here."

was

The official did not believe him. But he came over and was introduced. "Mr Eden?" he said. "You certainly are like him."

DAME FELICITY, BREWER

Dame Felicity Hanbury, Director of the WRAF until recently, is going into business. Early next year she joins the brewing firm of Truman, Han- bury. Buxton and Co.

Why is her name already in the firm's title? Because her late husband, Jock Hanbury, killed on night flying during the war. Wis A director. Dame Felicity. who jc 30, -will herself become a director when she has learned the business.

Dame Felicity Joined up in April 1939, became an acting section. officer by August, was the first woman to receive tho military MBE for "magnifcent courage and devotion to duty," BRIGHTER RAINCOATS

To put Paris styling into Brush rainwear, designer Pierre Balmain is coming to collection of all- London with a

wool reversible raincoats, and one mannequlu to show them.

AT the beginning of August, Sir Harold Caccia, British Minister to Australia, assumed the post of British High Commissioner for Aus- tria. In the picture he is inspecting men of the Yorkshire Regiment at the Schoenbrunn Bar- racks.

George Raft Plumper

American film star George Raft has increased nearly his waistline by three inches while making

im in England. As he Ieft London Airport for home, he said: "I put on 101b, I have got

down to get my weight again or my sults won't fit

Raft han 100 sults, took 35 of them to England. His normal weight is 11st. Alb.

MATERIALS ARE 60 YEARS OLD

MISS PRICE. She models the Kings and Queens.

Miss Price's problem

is King Henry

Hollywood Caste System

Hollywood runs on the caste system, says an actor. The US$2,000-a-week upper] class even geta separate | parking lots.

Under this social organisation you can whiz into a restaurant or studio parking lot in a Cadline, but they are full if you come in s Ford,

There are A, B, and C, lists at parties, depending on whether you arc 题 Brahman OF AN untouchable. The A 1st rets steak, the C Ilst spaghetti. Executives dine in private rooms

and Lassie, the collle star, associates, only with dogs of distinction such as best-of-breed champions,

Hollywood folk are snobs be- cause they are insecure, Bruce. Bennett sajd,

"This is the most democratte place in the world in lots of ways," he said, "but some people aren't sure of themselves. They have no faith in their own value, so they put their faith in money."

WHAT SETTLES IT

The classic exumple is the old producer who called a young writer to the window during an. argument. "Show mc your ear," he salt. The willer pointed

out a Jalopy. The producer polated out A limousine. "That's mine," hei said. That proves I'm right,"

Bennett likes to tell about the time a doorman. refused to let him park in front of dressing room.

"You have to make $2,000 week to park there," the man: said. "You're not on my list."

Bennett said he would wait while 115 eligibility WRY checked.

"'I'm

sorry," the tran apologised.

"I just can't keep up with what everybody'ʼn mak- ing."

Most studios have a half dozen different dining rooms, ranging from the salon, where the boss

select guests gives ulcers, to the fountain where the stenos and workmen get a sand- wich.

TOADYING

If the boss Ukes chicken soup for lunch, everybody else orders.

that 100.

For The French

THE Liberte, newest addition to the French Merchant Marine, stands in dry dock in Le Havre, Formerly the German Iner Europa, the Liberte is 855 feet long. The French consider it the world's third most Important merchant ship. (Acme)

FACE OF AFRICA

IS CHANGING

(BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

London, Aug. 4. They say the face of Africa is changing. It sooms a literal truth in respect of the faces of Africani. Tribal markings are beginning to disappear.

Confirmation

of thi, Tanganyika, do not practise comes in the latest report by such habits." His Majesty's Government

"I a big producer were to say 'I like such and such a car, to the United Nations on I never drive anything else the administration of Tan- again, I'll bet every executive at ganyika, East Africa.. the studio would come to work in one," Bennett said.

TRAVELLING MORE

Economic developments have caused the African to

travel much further afield and more Twenty years ago, it is stated,

frequently. The African has, no self-respecting male of the generally speaking, more money why there are 60 Kuria tribe would be seen to spend than ever before, but many fads here. For a while without the lobes of his cars apparently no widespread social everybody had to be smoking a perforated and the holes dis- changes have yet been brought certain brand. Now I hear there's tended to an enormous size and about in his life.

***That's

a new digarette out that costs 75 cents a pack.

"If they cost 75 cents, they'll be the most popular thing town," he saidUnited Press.

down with weighted

heavy of the younger ornaments. Nowadays,

many generation of

this tribe do not now perfornie the cars at all.

Outside the towns, the effects of economic development are slated to have been not-fo much an Individual develop ment us a tribal one.

The Aling or removing of t:eth among other tribes is also continues to recognise no class "The African in rural areas

ANTARCTIC disappearing, as are facial scars distinction between

DOCTOR

RESCUED

Perth, Western Australia.

Aug. 14. Dr Serge Udovikoff, a young Australian immigrant | physician from the Ukraine, who

for more than three wecks waited to operate upon himself for appendici- tis on the Antarctic island of Heard if help did not come in time, landed at Perth to day from the cruiser Aus- tralia.

After

2,500-mile dashi through blizzards, the Australla reuched Heard Island, two other ships having abandoned thelr attempts to rescue Dr Udovikoff, who was the only

with an Austration expedition

physician Antarctic

Two doctors, who lunded from the Australia to replace

relieved.

عا

next

TUIE male is more difficult; closed by female skirts require Dr Udovikoff, will stay on the Balmain has been commis- than the female and Henry { wiring—is being solved by an island sinned by a London ArTn.

อย next February, ric VIII more trying than his six uncle who has come to the when the outpost. has been invited to bring his wives put together. This is rescue. Ideas because of the drabness what Miss Vivienne Price, 19- of so much of our own

At her home at Presion The Heard Island outpoot le rain-year-old Ewell girl, finds when Drive Miss Price, a Girl Guided of the two scientific obser-

at work This will be the designer's modelling the kings and queers Royal College of Music, makes Autarelle by

on her hobby of lieutenant and a student at the vation stations set up in the the Australian Din high repilcas of

royal

cince the She uses The The other is at Macquaire materials, Боте of which, Island, not far away-Reuter. are a Sutherland or Lindsay, monarchs' legs, which anen- obtained from her grandmother,

wear.

second London appearance. TARTANS FOR NEW YORK Style note for Scots: If you

of England.

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the

trouble the Personages.

THE RIDDLE OF THE ROME REBELS

THE COUNT'S A DANGEROUS MAR,WHISPER, HIS STORY BA A MURGEM GANO THAT THAJATENED HIM WAS A LIB THE ONLY MURDER GANG IS THE COUNT'S CIEN GANG → THE ROFA ·

ANCKETERNs)..

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THE CASA DEL FALCO JUST OVER BY THE BRIDGE..AN,GRAZIE, SIGNOR, MOLTI GRAZIO ....a

KEEP THE CHANGS. COME ON.WHISPER, \WERE THEKEN,

are €0 years old.

Government

WH

correct

Not Satisfied Over Kashmir.

To make her dolls to the smallest detail she copies plates from old books and Resurs public Ubraries for por- traits

with Henrietta

Lake Success, Aur. 14. Sho began

Professor Ahmed Bokhari. Anne, sister of Charles II, and Pakistan's chief delegate to the continued at the rate of one United Nations, said today month, with Queen Elizabeth, that "Pakistan is not very well Margaret of Anjou, Quren satisfied with the work of the Mary, Queen Anno, Henrietta United Nailons, particularly in Maria. Elzabeth of York and the matter of Kashmir." Queen Charlotte.

Speaking on the United Na "By now I know, the kings tions Radio in a special pÁ- and queens of England back grammo for Pakisian Indepen wards," she saya

dence Day, Professor Bokharl Final problem is what to do. added: “The Kashmir issue has with the models. Miss Pries been hanging are for such a thinks that a museum miny, ks long line, but at the same time Interested in them, and the United Nations bas takay

and

"Such cranial

clan.

The

rich and tled to his rich group give

poor: he is stil adornments." family

the report states, "are a source members of the Inf ribuld comment from largesse to the poor as a duty Africans who are unaccustomed and the poor accept it as their to them, and it has not passed right. So binding is this unobserved that non-Africans, custom that it tends to fetter at lcast those

Inhabit individual enterprise."

who

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TWO South Korean children," giv

Whitaker, of Marinette,

after the l«t CavalieDİ