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Fire- Walking Is
Shown By
Television Sets
Firewalking was demonstrated in the
B.B.C. television programmes from
Alexandra Palace by Ahmed Hussain,
the 23-vear-old son of a CawnDore tooJ
maker. Earlier, in the presence of emi
lent British scientists, Hussain gave a|
iemonstration which was described to I
isteners to the home sound pro
grammes. I
Both demonstrations were arranged |
jy Harry Price, honorary secretary of
Jie London University Council for Psy
:hical Investigation. That seen by
viewers was staged in Alexandra Park,
ind a commentary was given by F. H.
jrisewood and Dr. J. C. FlugeL
A trench 12 ft. long was filled with
Durning pine logs to a depth of 9 in.,
across which Hussain walked on his
jare feet. After he had done so, a
poung Englishman, Reginald Adcock,
volunteered to cross the trench in a
similar way, which he did without in
jury.
Judy Kelly, the Australian film star,
and Sandy Tulloch, a 78-year-old Rho
iesian pioneer who was a member of
the Rhodes Column, were interviewed
before the camera in a recent edition
of 'Picture Page.' one of the regular
features of the BAC.'s television pro
grammes. Miss Kelly related some of
her experiences during her recent tour
of South Africa in the play 'The Amaz
ing Doctor Clitterhouse,' and Tulloch
described his- colorful life in Rhodesia.
The King's four Indian orderly
officers — who had a prominent place
in the coronation procession — appeared
m 'Picture Page.' and gave their im
pressions of the great event in which
they took part.
MICE DID NOT SING!
Artists from the United States of
America have also had contributions
to make to the entertainment of
viewers; the programme included Miny
Wain, an American dirt-track 'ace,'
who is at present demonstrating his
skill at Wimbledon, London, and Sylvia
Froos, an artist well known to U.SA
listeners.
Three 'singing mice' were an
attraction in another 'Picture
Page' programme.
They were brought by their respec
tive owners from Swansea (Glamor
ganshire), Devonport (Devonshire),
and Croydon (Surrey). The mice gave
satisfactory evidence of their musical
ability both before and after the
broadcast — the owner of one said that
she had been kept awake for 10 con
secutive nights by her pets' 'rehear-
sals' — but each was apparently over
come by 'microphone fright' when it
entered the television studio. ancL
though seen, none was heard.
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