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WISE PARENTS.
PRINCESS ALLEGED TO BE A SPY.
HINTS ON PUNISHING THE CHILD.
thanks to ed.
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A BETTER WAY,
In the course of the annual meet- Parla. Princess Zizianoff, who Many parents whon punishing ing yesterday of the Hong Kong was refused a passport for America their children, are too apt to adopt Automobile Association, Mr. M. K. by Mr. Donald Bigelow, Consul and the attitude, "When I was a child Lo spoke on the local traffic regula Chief of the Passport Service, on was flogged," believing that what tlone and thought the time had the ground that she was an un- was good for them must necessarily [come. for..a revision. Particular desirable, has succeeded in causing bo good for overy other boy. reference was made by Mr. Lo to a first-class scandal..". -- *
After all, when one contea to summary arrests for "touting" and The reasons given for refusing think of it, flogging, beating, or to the forbidding of one vehicle the passport were that she was an knocking a child about is an easy passing another in a controlled adventuress and a German 'spy in form of inflicting punishment. No
the pay of the Bolsheviks,
thought is required beforehand. The meeting was presided over Wide publicity was given to the Yet infinite harm may be done by by Mr. Ho Leung In the absence case here and in America, and as creating the impression in the mind of the President, Commander G. B. a result. Princess Zizianoff took of the child, that the parent or Hartford. The Chairman reviewed action against the Consul for teacher is getting some satisfaction the progress during the year, slander, claiming heavy damages. from "laying it on." Particularly referring to the considerable The case was opened before the is this so when a child is punished increase in the number of Twelfth Correctional Tribunal, and in temper. cars, and the excellent con- the resumed hearing, was adjourn
Most of the public references to dition of local ronda the co-operation of the Captain
the subject of school arise from the Career of the Princess. Superintendent of Police and the
occasional applications to magis. trates. Director of Public Works.
Very few parents; con- The Princess, a beautiful woman, sudering the number of children Referring to the Drivers'. Res of French origin, and this fact attending school, apply for a sum gistration Bureau, the Chairman has won for her tremendous mons against a teacher for assault. said it had more than justified its amount of newspaper sympathy In They are sensible enough to realise existence not only in the number her fight with the American Con- that teachers, as a whole -have i of drivers supplied but in the mat-sul.
difficult task in 'controlling a num- ter of its influence on private driv-
She belongs to an old Breton ber of children, and some form of ere as a whole as would be seen family; her father was a distin-punishment-physical or otherwise from the very small number of ac-guished professor. cidents on
Hor champions and biographers is necessary.
dependa upon the circumstances- local roads and the high standard of driving prevail-recall, that in 1910, she married ing locally.
Prince Karaman Petrovitch Zizian- forget the point of view of
On the other hand, one is apt to off-Tzitzianoff and went with him to child. I know in some cases it is the Russia. Then began the tribulations of his often have a tremendous psycholo
The Prince died during the war difficult.
the teacher, not the child, who is Little incidents will widow.
She was one of the first victims the child.
gical influence upon the mind of
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Facilities Afforded.. The "Asiatic Motor" had been replaced by the "Autocar" one of the best British motoring journals which was sent direct to members. at the cost of $8.50 per year. As of the Bolshevik revolution. Ar- regarded petrol the year had wit-rested in 1917 she was deported nessed a reduction from 90 cents
to Siberia with the Grand Duchesscipline is, on the whole, excellent,
It is safe to say that school. din-
to 75 cents per gallon. As regard-Elizabeth and the sons of the Grand and few people had better facilities ed the Association's handbook, this Duke Constantine Constantinovitch, than myself of knowing what real had been revised and augmented to whom her husband was related. friends' teachers are to those under with more valuable information
The Grand Duchess and her re-their control. All the same, it fa both for use in the Colony and for latives were shot, and the same open to question whether the canc those going Home on leave.
fate was reserved for the Princess under such circumstances is the, Other
Zizianoff. Improvements
However, the Danish wisest form of discipline. There is effected Red Cross Mission pleaded for her, the punishment, and if the cane has a great deal to be said for deferring locally, referred to by the Chair-representing that she was only a
man, were
side in Russia.
Love of Giving Pain.
the widening and Russian aristocrat by her marriage. to be employed, to do so only when straightening of the road through The Bolshevik executioners were the irritation of the moment has Quarry Bay, also the road through brought to reason. They spared passed. Shaukiwan, the eliminating of dan the Princess, who continued to re- ger due to the position of exits to latrines in Connaught Road Cen- tral, the clearnig of corners along existence. Valiantly she strove to parents have
For two years she led a miserable Fortunately, the cases in which Pokfulam Road, Dairy Farm Hill
to be proceeded and entrance to the lower read at situation, but finally made up her are very rare. Usually, there is resign herself to her deplorable against for excessive punishmont Repulse Bay Road (made possible by the action of the Botanical and mind to escape.
some cause, such as temper, drink, Forestry Department) and the situation by obtaining possession though there are still instances in She was able to improve her or a neurotic temperament; al- vigilance of the patrols instituted to prevent thefts at parking places.tered in Copenhagen
of her jewels, which had been scat-which it would appear that a love for inflicting pain is the sole rea- appealed to
The
Chairman
motorists to use the City Hall and able raise she decided to go to thing is that in the few cases which With the money she had been son for the outburst. Tho strange Square, (south side) as much as America, and in October, 1924, she have to go to court, it is usually possible when leaving cars for any obtained a passport available for a very small child who is the length of time in order to relieve six months, in accordance with sufferer. There was the case of a congestion on other more central American law. parking places. Cars parked, in
man who hit his infant child ter-j the centre of the street should be Donald Bigelow, who, a year later, in the night and disturbed, his The passport was issued by Mr. ribly severe blows because it cried placed obliquely as indicated by refused to renew it. the white lines, and not at right
* aleep. angles to the road; this arrange Princess is that while she was in the normal person with
An allegation against the
There are also cases which to ment allowing drivera to
well- America she had created a Sovlet balanced mind, seem to be past com- centre. It was further suggested prehension. For the theft of a that she was a Jewess of low ex small article a mother took her traction.
little girl's hand and held it on the hot bar of the fireplace. When asked to give a reason for this act
without reversing.
leave
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Kowloon Conditions.
Coming to Kowloon matters, the Chairman referred to the rebuild-|
Taken to Court of Appeal.
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ing of Taipo bridge and to the sub- When the Princess went to New of extreme brutality, she replied mission by the Kowloon Residents York she opened a silk establish-It was better for the child to suffer Association and Automobile Aaso-ment with the help of manufac- little pain now than to burn in ciation of a scheme for the solu- turers, and was doing very well-eternity! The "ittle pain" deve tion of traffic direction at the so well that she decided to have the loped into the loss of the use of "Star" ferry approach and exit. visa on her passport prolonged. three of the fingers! It was to be hoped that work on
She wrote to the American Con- Hitting a child is rarely of any this much needed improvement Bul-General in Paris saking him to use as a punishment, particularly would soon be commenced.
include her in the "quota" visa, when done in an outburst of bad After referring to the possibility adding that she would apply for the feeling. That discipline is neces- of holding a motor show, which necessary document when she came sary in the bringing up of the proposition had temporarily heen te Paris in 1925.
child is obvious to everyone; the
postponed until conditions improv She called on Mr. Bigelow on lack of it may become a determining ed, the Chairman said the financial December 10 of that year, and was feature in the building of charac- strength of the Association was told that he had unsatisfactory re-ter. The wise parents, and these, sound. Whilst on the subject of
despite all that is said and written finance, it is necessary to add that porta about her.
She showed her papers proving by the pessimists, are in the the increase of work incumbent that she was of French origin. majority, usually know & better upon the Association has necessit-The reply she received was that method-the withholding of 1 ated clerical assistance and the ad-the documents were of no value,
specially-liked delicacy, the post- ditional employment of patrola,
Thanks were returned to
When the case came before the ponement of a treat, or stopping all of which will make further de-Court in April last, Mr. Bigelow a visit to the cinema. The exercise mands upon our finances.
invoked diplomatic immunity, and, of a little thought will usually lead the moreover, advanced the argument to the finding of a way, and the Hon. C.S.P. and Hos. D.P.W. for that the Court was incompetent. impression on the mind of a child kind' assistance and to the Rev. G. The Court declared itself com- is likely to be more lasting. E. 8. Upsdell for his generous ald petent, and the matter was brought rendered to the Association, also before the Court of Appeal.
to Messrs. Jardine, Matheson &
Co., Ltd, for the use of the Board
room for annual meetinga,
The report and accounts were
A foolish, misguided, or wrong action may have the worst possible jeffect on a child's mind and alter the whole trend of its thoughts, if not the course of its life. This is
adopted after which Mr. Lo rais ARE YOU LOSING WEIGHT? one of the facts which should im-
ed the matters referred to `above.) The Chairman said the Committee
tions.
press on parents the responsibility of determining on discipline with justice, and at the same time, with earnest thought.
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would consider Mr. Lo's sugges- Weight is usually an index of health. Heavy people can be sick, The following officers were elest-of course, but when a person loses For the unwise parent there is ed for the ensuing year: President, weight it is usually a sign of still the law should it become neces
malnutrition. Something is wrong eary. A friend of mine one day Mr. P. M. Hodgson, Vice-President, and needs to be corrected before was correcting her little girl for Mr. Ho Leung, Hon. Secretary; the the decline becomes dangerous. stretching across the table. Rev. G. E. 8..Upsdell, Treasurers, A constant feeling of fatigue, she gently smacked, her hand the Messrs. Linstead & Davis. The loss of strength and ambition, a child looked up with a smile and Committee was constituted as fol- lack of elasticity in the stap, short said, "Do you know there is a no- lows: Messrs. C. D. Lambert, F. ness of breath, pains and aches cfety to prevent that?"Sir Robert Meade, W. J. E. Mackenzie, C. M. that come and go, are signs that PATY, O.B.E. (Late Secretary, MA Aners, LC. F, Bellamy, C. P. Your blood is thin. Probably you National Society for the Prevention Marcel, E Grimble, E. J. Jare pale aleo and getting more
of Cruelty to Children). Spradbery, M. K. Lo, and L, G. S. nervous every day,
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