ETHIOPIA: News from Addis Ababa

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The smart Olympia Cabaret overflows with society. In Addis Ababa British of-fleers and visiting Americans drink and dance with lush Ethiopian beauties, who bridle when they are called "Natives," consider themselves white. For the service of foreigners, an old Ethiopian institution remains intact: the practicing thief who can, on order and for a recompense, procure anything from a gas-tank cap to a tommy gun. Usual time required for delivery: about half an hour.

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