European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 07, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Jack and his Bonnie Bess fur Lou 1uie English had their own Bonnieann Clyde in the 18th Century. That s when daring Jack Sheppard and Devilish Edgeworth Bess were cutting up As the most notorious Crim Inal pair of their time. Just like Clyde Barrow Sheppard i supposed to have tried to go straight As a Carpenter s apprentice. But his impoverished background too made the lure of loot too great. So after being arrested As a runaway apprentice he was quoted As having said i fell to robbing almost everyone that stood in my his boyhood had been spent in a work House in London where he was born in 1702. He was to live Only 22 years and was hanged on nov. 16, 1724. But he has lived on As the romantic hero of period novels and modern films. Daniel Robinson Crusoe Defoe was particularly fascinated by the wily High Wayman and his escapades. He penned the definitive a narrative of All the robberies escapes etc., on John fifteen years later in 1839, har Fiona Lewis plays bosom barmaid Bess the Bonnie of her Day to 18th Century Clyde Tommy Steele. Rison Ainsworth wrote Jack Sheppard a romanticized version of the villain s Brief life. Jack May Well have served As the Model for Mac Heath in John Gay s the beggar s opera produced a few years after Sheppard was hanged. Mac Heath is better known these Days As Mac the knife thanks to the adapt ing talents of Bert Brecht and Kurt Weill who turned the beggar s opera into the threepenny Heppard was particularly adept at escaping from London prisons. It has been noted that during the first six months of 1724, the same year he was finally to go to the scaffold he escaped twice from free he was said to have been responsible for an almost daily robbery in or near he was again captured near the endow july but Edgeworth Bess his bosom barmaid Moll was Able to arrange his escape from his death cell. Sheppard immediately resumed his crime spree but two months later hews Back in the nefarious Newgate Pris on chained to the floor of his cell. Again his Houdini ability saved him As he shed the chains and climbed through the Chimney to the roof of the prison then lowered himself into an adjoining Laid Low for a few Days but his brashness led him to a drinking Boutin a local tavern. He was taken into custody hopelessly drunk. A his time guards were assigned to a round the clock watch on hits cell and he kept his Date with the Hangman. On the set of where s Jack a motion picture starring Tommy Steele in the title role director James Clavel was asked is this the Story of a Crim Inal Clavell responded was Robin Hooda criminal in comparing Jack and Robin Clavell explained that to a lawyer both might very Well Only represent men who broke the Law. But both have become heroic legendary Sheppard Clavell continued Wasa tragic figure yet he was witty and frequently funny. To depict just one Sid of his astonishing personality would be a serious mistake. You be got to presenta three dimensional Man not a Tilhou from press dispatches the person who wrote that millions of american House wives Are largely responsible for the shortage of Domestic help hit the Nail squarely on the head. 1 have done housework for 20 years and i d like to Adda few words. It s not Only the ridiculous wages women pay household help it s what they expect inthe Way of services. Some women who hire housekeepers on t know that mowing grass raking leaves washing the car putting on and removing screens shovelling Snow Nurs ing care shortening hems and sleeves Are not is chaff touring kids repairing plumbing and Sham Pooing the dog. What some women expect a maid to do is unbelievable but that s not the worst of it. They Way they treat Domestic help is nothing Short of insult ing. I worked in a place where the woman of the House complained so bitterly about the Cost of food 1 Felt guilty every time i ate a Mouthful. Madam used to put notes on things in the icebox such As leave this Salami alone Irma it s for Lucli that same Page 14 evening they d have three couples in and drink up $30 Worth of please Tell your ast read ing audience that if they Are having a hard time finding Domestic help it s largely be cause they did t treat help right when they had it. I know because 1 quit housework seven years ago and i d starve before d go Back to it. . Dear . 1 received a Moun Tain of mail from former House keepers who said the something. You said it Best. Thanks for writing. If there s another Side to this Story i d like to hear it. I was married last year to Aboy i grew up with. He was very set in his ways but i assure i could live with his stubbornness. I do love him but need some advice on a serious problem. My grandmother made her Home with us when grandpa died. 1 was 11 at the time an grandma was just wonderful to us kids. Now that 1 am married and have a Little Bungalow of my own 1 have invited grandma to come visit us for a week. She lives 200 Miles away. We have a Lovely guest bedroom and adjoining Bath and she would t be in the Way at husband told me yester Day he can t stand old people and if grandma accepts the invitation he is going fishing with his buddies and it will be considered his summer Means the vacation we planned together is 1 told him i thought his attitude was disgraceful he said everyone has a pet hate and old people happen to please Tell me what to do. Nell dear Nell so he has a pet hate and t happens to be old people what does he think will happen to him when begets old will he ask someone to shoot him your husband has a lot of growing up to do. Tell Hisiu you Hope grandma accepts your invitation and if he wants to go fishing to go. Confidential to Ace of hearts please Don t Send your picture. And 1 Don t want any if you Are that handsome and desirable How come you need help from me copyright 1968, publishers Hall Syndicate the Star and stripes Copenhagen is City where a tourist can still Haw a Ketchup for about 36 cents. Sparkling red and White hot dog stands Dot the Gay scan final Gateway City where Busy Danes and inquisitive Travess heat a poise the danish boiled or Fried hot Dos 1 no of the poise Man s Ever present radio blaring anything from n Tho Ven to the beatles. S i Yin not poise men Are the equivalent of new York taxi Drivers or a Ney tinkers Lively talkative and prepared to discourse on subject from soccer to politics. In the Pride of their profession they have even invent Pri a Cial Slang. To be in with the poise peddle you Don t Mustard but for det Gule the yellow or Del Rode bread in t bread but in Kage a cake. Copenhagen has allotted about 200 spaces for the nols throughout the City. The Job goes Only to physically disabled each application weighed by the City authorities in co operation with the rehabilitation Center e in addition to the poise stands Copenhagen has Hundred conventional cafeterias and restaurants Many featuring to open face sandwiches the nation is famous for catering to the limited budget. In summertime Many of the inexpensive eateries pop up in the downtown Tivoli pleasure gardens. Here there is music with Thel meal too concerts and other entertainment All free Are of Witlof Tivoli s daily fare. I Copenhagen s boisterous amusement Park Bakken in Thel Deer Garden Section of town also features a wide Range of Low-1cost snack bars. While Copenhagen s culinary attractions could keep one Busy All Day Long there is any number of sights to be taken in at Little More than the Cost of shoe leather. Everyone in Copenhagen native or newcomer takes a stroll to Roget the mile Long shopping Street exclusively for pedestrians1 crammed with Snappy shops poise stands and miniskirts. The Side streets off St Roget Are lined with antique shops packed with bargains in brass furniture and old weapons Well Worth an afternoon even if Only to rubber neck. About 10 minutes by foot St Roget is Amali Enborg the Royal Palace. Every noon when the King is in residence there is a changing of the guard Clad in flashy red and Blue uniforms to the accompaniment of rousing March music. North along the Copenhagen waterfront the Little Mermaid of Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale Fame is perched on a Rock j overlooking the bustling Harbor. It s a View of the Pride of Den Mark and it does t Cost a cent. London is the dutch Royal choral society maastricht or Staar and the Raf Central band will give a concert in j London s Royal Albert Hall june 22.the Maas Trichter Staar group is appearing As a Mark of esteem for the part played by the Raf in the liberation of the Netherlands during world War ii. Goren on Bridge both vulnerable. West deals. North a a v j652 0 kq987 k2 West East a 10 984 aq76532 v a 9? k 10 3 oj1052 043 10 7 6 4 j 3 South a
