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...Burmese youth is taught to show respect for parents and elders by prostrating himself when he leaves their presence. And a son is never too old or too important to kowtow to his mother, as the 61-year-old statesman demonstrated last week at the Rangoon home of Daw Nan Thaung...
...probably consulted an astrologer over the timing of his current business deal, or of the next union with his wife, should an heir be desired. Burma's bustling Socialist government employs a "Board of Astrologers" which similarly advises the nation upon the timing of significant events. The respected Daw Mya Yi (Madame Loving Emerald) recently set the date of her daughter's wedding after consultations with her personal astrologer; her husband, Prime Minister U Nu, did not object...
Seesaw, Margery Daw Jacky shall have a new master. He shall have now a penny a day Because he can work so much faster...
...Francisco's Chinatown exchange, where operators answer with a cheery "Gay Daw Ho" (number please), speak many dialects and know most customers' numbers by heart, a walkout of all the regular operators caused a wonderful confusion...
Agent Myron Selznick was divorced by ex-Cinemactress Marjorie Daw. She got custody of their daughter, a settlement of some $1,200 a month...