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Cliff Is The New Teen-agers' Idol The sun never sets on Cliff Richard's musical empire. Clift was born in India, lives in Eng- land, and wil sing just about anywhere -- with an American accent. His discreetly pulsating records were among the ten best sellors last week in Holland, Hong Kong, Israel, New Zealand, Nor- way, and South Africa. Last month, 22-year-old Clift was singing in Kenya, ending an African tour. Flicking a micro- phone cord across the open-air stage of Nairobi's Mitchel Park Stadium, he reduced a young audience of 10,000-teen-age Afri. cans in patched pants, Asians in saris, European boys in school blazers to a shouting, squealing pandemonium. After 33 minutes of such Richard specialties as "The Next Time" and "Dance On," he galloped past a police cordon, jumped into a waiting car, and headed for a hot bath in his cottage at the Norfolk Hotel. Five years ago, this poised pro- fessional (his only sign of ner- vousness is a slight cough before going on) was an ersatz Elvis Presley with one hit record ("Move It") and an uncertain fu- ture. A television producer nam- ed Jack Good took him in hand. "Shave your sideburns," Good ordered, "and throw away your guitar." Richard gave up his pel- vic twitch and his liking for white sharkskin suits. Last year he was judged one of the ten best-dress- ed men in England, though his tight jackets, slim trousers, and pointed winkle-picker shoes still raise eyebrows in Savile Row. Last year he was also Britain's top box-office star. And last year, as a result of all this, he earned close to $400,000. Understandably, Richard is eager to differentiate himself from Presley. "My singing," he explains patiently, "is not basic- ally bluesy. I'm more happy than Elvis. I sing ballads the way Pat Boone may sing them. It's a cross between Ricky Nelson and -- oh, I don't know." Whatever components go into his smooth, essentially bland vocal style, Richard has few il- lusions about the durability of his success. "I got my chance," he says, "because teen-agers have an idol, the new teen-agers com- ing up don't like to take what's left over. But I hope to grow up with my audience." And what are Clift Richard's plans for growing up when the time comes? "I have an acting ambition," he ad- mits modestly. "I'd love to play Hea theliff {in 'Wuthering { eights'. Vast Empty World Above The Snowline Wherever they may be--in the mountalns or on the plains--the lands which lie above the snow- line are the only uninhabited regions of the Earth, Except for a relatively few recently estab- lished scientific stations, which can hardly be regarded as per- manent settlements in the nor- mal sense of the word, there isn't a single permanently occupied human habitation in all these lands. Yet they comprisa almost ten per cent of the land area of the world. Man has pushed his living sphere into all other parts of the world, even across the deserts and up the slopes of ac- tive volcanoes. In all these places he has modified the face of the Earth and made it bow to his will --mostly by taking something away without replacement. He has spread his cities across the plains and over the hills and has tied them together with steel, asphalt, and concrete. With his plow and ax and his flocks and herds he has even attempted, rather successfully, to destroy the Earth's capacity to give him sus- tenance. So far, the world above the snowline has remained invi- olate. It has not yet been sub- Jugated, though man is trying his DRIVE CAREFULLY -- [Ihe life you save may be your own. best to do it. Regardless, however, of man's increasing power, resulting from the ever-widening horizons of science, for a long time to core he will be at Nature's mercy, be she holds the ice everywhere above us. It might be her whim to lower it slowly upon us, en- larging the size of the uninhabl- table area and destroying many of man's puny works. Or she might raise it higher, as she seems to be doing now at this fleeting moment in her long lite, giving man more of an opportun- ity to push forward his attack upon the land. -- From "The World of Ice," by James L. Dyson. When The Whale Was Held In Honor The primitive man, clad in coarse wool, who began scratch- Ing the rocks on Roddoy (Nor- thern Norway) in about 2200 B.C., could not have known that he was probably the first man in history to depict a Cetacean, All we know of him is that he lived in the Stone Age and that, metal being quite unheard of in his day, he must have scratched the rock with a sharp piece of flint. His drawing shows a man in a boat, close behind a seal and two porpoises. On the right of the picture there appears an elk which obviously does not {tit in with the rest. Other drawings discovered on Norwegian rocks portray various species of dolphin, probably ani- mals that were washed ashore, and a drawing from Meling in Rogaland clearly depicts the en- counter between a whale and four boats. Another drawing of a whale, dating from about 1200 B.C., was discovered near Knossos, on the island of Crete, the site of the famous Palace of Minos, This drawing, however, is no longer prehistoric, since it dates from a time when Mediterrancan peo- ple had known writing for more than 2,000 years. The ancient Greeks (approxi- mately 2000 B.C.) were well ac- quainted with Cetaceans, and many of their vases, coins and buildings were decorated with whale and particularly with dol- phin, motifs. These animals also played an important part in many Greek legends. We need only recall what happened to Arion, the famous lyric poet and musician, when he returned to Corinth from Italy where he had obtained immense riches by his profession, When the sailors re- solved to murder him for his treasures, Arion begged to be al- lowed to play one last tune, and then threw himself into the sea. His music had attracted a num- ber of dolphins, and one of them carried him safely ashore on its back. This theme recurs in a great many Mediterranean fables. Though the Greeks were ac- quainted with Cetaceans, which are also mentioned in various Biblical passages, it seems that the ancients never hunted the bigger species, While some Me- diterranean people caught dol- phins, others thought it was a sin to kill or to hurt an animal that had played so large a part in the sagas and myths of yore. Being the sailor's constant com- panion on his long and distant journeys to every part of the world, the dolphin was for long regarded as sacrosanct. Odysseus proudly bore a crest with the dolphin device, and a dolphin always accompanied the god of the sea -- the Roman Neptune, the Greek Poseidon and the Fin- nish Wellamo. The dolphin gave its name to the heir to the French throne, and even in our own prosaic world, its image can be found on an Italian five-lire piece, -- From "Whales," by E. J. Slijper. Translated by A. J. Poemerans from the Dutch. MELODIOUS ANAESTHESIA Pierre Savineau of Cannes, France, had his appendix out without anaesthetics. Instead, he listened to a recording of a Tchai- kovsky concerto. SINGER MARRIES -- Singer Paul Anka and his bride Anne a Zogheb pose after their civil wedding in mayor's office In aris, France. [EER Rah) Nd ot COLD? -- Edith Rosenau doesn't have a cold in the nose, but she does have a cold nose. To check her problem, she dem- onstrates latest in cold weather garb, which Is a mask that heats air breathed by means of battery operated heating element. It's helpful to persons with respiratory ills. This Is a Real Floating Palace Their Majesties Go To Sea In Style The royal yacht Britannia was on her way to Sweden with the Queen and Prince Philip aboard. Crossing the North Sea, she ran into some of the roughest weather the crew had ever encountered. But the yacht ploughed on val- iantly through the rough seas, rolling and pitching heavily as she was buffeted by wind and waves. A succession of giant waves smashed into her and the yacht gave a particular violent lurch. There was the sound of a loud crash from the Queen's cabin on the topmost sun-deck. The Queen woke with a start and switched on her cabin light. What a sight met her eyes! Her dressing-table had been wrench- ed free of its bulkhead hooks and had shot across the cabin ot crash into the opposite wall. Her hair brushes, hand mir- rors, powder bowls and scent bottles were scattered ail over the place. Elsewhere on the yacht, cups, plates and glasses had been smashed by the dozen. Several of Prince Philip's favourite long- playing records were damaged; too. But, despite all this, the yacht is one of the safest vessels afloat, and the Royal Family have lit- tle to fear from the 'cruel sea." Britannia is fitted with every conceivable aid to navigation -- asdic, radar, four radio outfits, a ship-to-shore telephone link for use in harbour, as well as spot- lights and a device for protection against mines. She is the biggest and most luxurious private yacht in the world. She is also, almost cer- tainly, the most controversial royal possession since King Charles flaunted Nell Gwynne around town! Every few months someone is sure to enliven proceedings in Parliament by bringing up ques- tions as to the yacht's cost and seaworthiness. How much did she cost? The original estimate was £1,750,000. By the time the vessel was ready for sea this had gone up to £2.- 139,000. A further £200,000 was paid in overtime in the rush to have her ready to pick up the Queen and Prince Philip at Tobruk at the end of their Commonwealth tour in 1954. The first year's maintenance costs were around £83,000. A routine refit costs something like £50,000. She has been sniped at as "a costly toy" and sneered at as "Philip's Folly" -- which is a trifle unfair on the Prince. While it cannot be denied that he suggested several expensive alterations, adding pounds to the bill, the idea of a new royal yacht to replace the old Victoria and Albert had reached the blue- print stage even before the Queen came to the throne, Britannia is used only by the Queen, Prince Philip and others of the royal family. And the truth is, of course, that she is no more a yacht than Buckingham Palace is a house. She is a miniature liner , . . a floating palace with a range of 2,400 miles and a speed of 22.75 knots. The vessel is so easy to man- oeuvre that on a previous trip to Australia she was once berth- ed in four minutes flat from ap- proach to tie-up -- a record for Sydney harbour. Guests attend- ing dinner and cocktail parties aboard the royal yacht Britannia during the present royal tour of New Zealand and Australia will almost certainly have the greatest difficult yin' remem- bering they are afloat -- once they descend the wide, grey-car- peted mahogany staircase which leads down to the royal apart- ments, They could just as easily be in one of the stately homes of Eng- land. In the yacht's vast, luxurious royal drawing-room, scarcely a nautical note intrudes to mar the hushed, regal atmosphere of tur- quoise walls, hyacinth blue titted carpet, gold curtains and chintz- covered armchairs. And when the mahogany doors between ante-room and drawing-. room are folded back they form one vast, waterborne reception hall stretching the entire length of the superstructure in which as many as 200 guests have been en- tertained in comfort. The ebony-edged, horseshoe- shaped table in the dining-room of the yacht can seat up to sixty guests at one time. It was originally designed to seat only thirty-two people, but Prince Phillp thought this in- sufficient. So he had removable wings added capable of seating another twenty-eight. The royal yacht's furnishings are a cyrlous hotch-potch of the old and the new. The dining-table was spe- cially made, but the Hepple- white chairs around it and the four mahogany sideboards in the dining-room all came from the old royal yacht, - Victoria and Albert. Prince Philip was determined that everything should go off without a hitch the first time a state banquet was planned aboard the royal yacht. He is never a man to take 'chances, and so insisted on a full- dress rehearsal beforehand. . Staff of Buckingham Palace were transported to Portsmouth for this "dry run.", There were chefs to prepare the banquet, footmen to serve it -- and even make-believe guests to eat it! The royal bedrooms -- they are far'too luxurious to be classed as mere cabins -- are on the top- most deck of the royal yacht. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip occupy adjoining rooms on the starboard side. To port are two more rooms in which Prince Charles and Princess Anne sleep. For'ard of the royal bedrooms are the wardrobe rooms, cabins for the Queen's personal maids and another for Prince Philip's valet. No one else sleeps on the sun deck. A glass-enclosed sun lounge is to the rear of the royal bedrooms, looking out over the stern of the vessel. Here, the Queen and her husband breakfast each morning by a large map on which the yacht's daily progress is record- ed, writes Graham Fisher in "Tit- Bits". A lift connects this private sulte with the decks below. On a lower deck are the royal sitting-rooms, which also double as studies -- each with its own desk, tele- phones and Dictographs enabling the Queen or Prince Philip to summon anyone from any part of the ship. There is a striking contrast be- tween the two rooms. The Queen's room is softly feminine, a rest- ful place of white panelling, moss-green carpet, silk-shaded RRR Rte wall lamps and curtains of rose- bud chintz. Philip's roorg is le 1 A more wo, oh i mascu ae. The walls are teak panelled, the floor carpet grey. A model of the frigate Magpie, which he commanded during his days in the Royal Navy stands in an {lluminated case above the electric fire at one end of the room. The royal yacht measures 41% ft. from stem to stern --- nearly halt the length of the liner Queen Elizabeth, And the height of her main- mast caused quite a problem when the Queen was to open the St. Lawrence Seaway. The mast was so tall -- 123 ft. -- that it wouldn't pass under the bridges of the seaway. The problem was finally solved by inserting a hinge 17 ft. from the top of the mast. Britannia is a yacht which has everything. There is a specially strengthened stretch of deck on which a helicopter can land and take off. There is a portable swimming pool. The panelling in the dining room conceals a cine- ma screen and there are twin projectors on which both ordin- ary films and 3D movies can be shown. Forty-one more cabins on the . main and lower decks provide ample accommodation for royal servants, secretaries, officials and guests, There is a garage amidships to 'house the royal Rolls-Royce, when the Queen takes it abroad with her. A whole fleet of small craft is stored elsewhere -- the ornate royal barge, 40 ft. long, a 32 ft. cutter, two motor boats, two mo- tor dinghies, two sea-boats, two sailing dinghies and a mammoth Inflatable raft. Prince Philip has never lost his love of the sea and always enjoys a spell of open-air life aboard Britannia. Frequently, while the yacht is at sea, he will make his way along to the wheelhouse to take personal charge. On one occasion in the Antare- tic, when Prince Philip went BE amma ashore to visit am Isolated sure vey party, he found the walls of the survey hut decorated with a collection of snipped-oft n ties. Naturally, he asked what they were do He was told that they were souvenirs left behind by other visitors. "Then we'll leave one, too," said Philip, grinning. But it turned out that neither he nor any of his party was wearing a necktie. Prince Philip was de- termined to leave a souvenir of some sort, so he yanked out the tartan shirt worn by one of his aides, snipped off the tail and left that! : The royal yacht is crewed by men from the Royal Navy. There is never any shortage of volun- teers for the job and when the lists were first opened more than 1,500 sailors rushed to put down their names. And there are always plenty more ready and waiting to take the place of anyone relegated to ordinary naval service -- the normal punishment for misbe- haviour. But the volunteers are so care- fully vetted and selected that there is very little likelihood of bad behaviour. The crew of the royal yacht go about bareheaded at sea. They are then technically "out of uni- form," and are not required to salute if they run into a member of the royal family. a. Britannia is easily the most silent ship in a traditionally '"sil- ent service." No one clumps about the decks in heavy boots. Soft- soled pumps are worn instead. Those who seek an excuse for all the money spent on providing the Queen with so luxurious a yacht can find it perhaps in the fact that this floating palace would become a floating hospital in the event of war. 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