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...England, have blossomed even in its sacrosanct drinking clubs. Bookies, permitted to operate from betting offices for the first time since 1853, report that business is up from ten to 25%. But for well-heeled Englishmen, the law's most welcome provision is its restoration of chemin de fer* to the British scene...
...under-developed towns of Cannes, Nice and Monte Carlo, long lines of unemployed and untrained people stand around roulette wheels and chemin de fer tables hoping for financial aid and technical assistance...
...audience with an expression like the can't-win cat in a Tom and Jerry cartoon. Best line belongs to Sellers. "Four years we've been gaoin' together," his girl (Liz Frazer) in forms him indignantly, "an' what've oi got to shaow fer it? Nothin'!" Replies Sellers with a smallish smirk: "You've been lucky...
Sandy-haired, sad-faced Francis Schaef fer, 47, and his handsome, mission-raised wife, Edith, 41, call their house L'Abri (shelter), and in the 4½ years they have been there, an "Abri Fellowship" has grown up to unite their former visitors and supporters. The Schaeffers depend on contributions; they accept no money from their church, and the young people who come are guests of L'Abri. For this reason, Missionary Schaeffer does not advertise. "There's no sense in turning this chalet into a free home for ski bums," he explains. News of the mission...
...Crutch for Kids. The Schaeffers' guests spend most of their weekends in discussion sessions led by Francis Schaef fer in the chalet's big living room (where he also conducts a brief Sunday morning service), with a hike for exercise. The talk may begin with any subject, from skiing to space flight; Presbyterian Schaef fer, Bible in hand, trades dialectic with the best of them, as the air grows blue with cigarette smoke. "We don't sell sweet religious pills in the discussions," he says. "What we give is the truth." Missionary Schaeffer's conception...