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DAILY CROSS- WORD PUZZLE.
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)
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ÔTHE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE
MORIZONTAL (Cont.)
41-B Inactive
VERTICAL (Cont.) 11-Gheated
43-Fine rock partiles
12-Dlacontinue
44-Rinda
13-Persian poet 14-Perche
15-Half
HORIZONTAL
1-Legislative
enactmenta
4mJagged protuberance;
8-Be preeminent
9-Expert aviators
11-Judgad
13-Offensive
15-Native
18-Egyptian monument
18-To clear cotton of
seeda 20-Terminato
40-Wither
47-Young goat
pang)
48-Soft part of a bone) 17-White 'mineral
19-Makes clear profit |50–Physical. distinction[21-Sheltered, as horsee
(pl.)
51-Leave
23-Pronoun
63-Famous statesman 125-Foghorn
22-Proceeding from the 57-Try
66-Barbarous
66-Substantive
Bun
58-DoaJon
23-Detest
VERTICAL
24-Encounters
28-State of equality
1-Goddess of
27-Earliest
28-Wading bird
30-Tree (pl.)
31-Aggressive displays
of boldness
13-Panted
34-Prophet
37-Foraign
39-Liquid measure
(p.#bbr.)
27-Runs away
29-Statute
}80–Goddess of dawn
182-Lie in warmth (33-Harvesting machine
35-Argue 36-Tip malicious mischief 38-Deposited 2-Collection of tents 8-Cardo with three
spots anch
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zenith
39-Saucy
40-Not progressive 42-Paradise
44-Reduces
45-Hage
B-Bour and sharp *B-Farced 7-Man's name (abbr)149-Plum
-One who dispatches 52-Placed 10-Sweetene
(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle
will
appear in Monday's issue along with o new cross-word puzzle.)
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NEW BOOK ON CHINA'S GREATEST SAGE
"Confucius and His Quest", by Maurice Magre; Thornton Butterworth, 5/~]
MODERN ILLS
SOME SUGGESTED REMEDIES FOR THEM
"Not This Man. But Barabbas,"
Curtis by W. G.
Morgan;
Cecil Palmer, 7/6.] It is not easy to classify this The story opens in a little Welsh book which is an attempt by the village, Sharon, near Swansea, at distinguished French poet and the home of Sir Richard Selwyn, Sir Richard had been novelist to illuminate the per- Cwmdda. sonality. of China's greatest sage knighted for public services dur- rather than an exhaustiveing the war, and had purchased chronicle of his life, an imagina- this estate, the old home of the tive reconstruction of the ancient Cymric Princes. David Selwyn, Chinese world of thought and fan- the son, has fallen in love with a tastic imagination. We certainly pretty widow who, unfortunately learn much about the character of for his mother's ambitions, is poor Kung Fu-Tsze, and more than a and the daughter of a local gar- little about his older contempor| dener. Sir Richard and Lady ary, Lao Tsze, but whether we get Selwyn do all that is in their power correct impressions is z moot to prevent the marriage, as also point. We do not think many does David's great friend, Riva Chinese would agree with Mon- Siva, who visits Cwiddu. sicur Magre's findings.
The wedding takes place and the In spite of quaintness of phrase newly married pair go to London and a
strong effort after local but receive no help from anyone. colour and Celestial naiveté. the In London things go from bad to flavour of the irony is more French worse; the small stock of money than Chinese and the tone of the gradually dwindles; and David is philosophy rather Gallic
than forced to go out playing his be- Eastern. The author seems to loved violin to the theatre crowds. think more of Lao Tsze's abstract By this time they are living in a philosophy than of the practical squalid slum. Then Mary, the ethics of Confocius, and in one wife, develops consumption and sentence we see his estimate of dies, leaving her son in the care of Confucius whom he describes "as David, and a slum friend, Rosie. accurate as justice, cold as moral- Riva Siva finds David and helps ity, inexorable *as boredom." him to obtain work, at the Lon- Again, as a result of the austere don docks, but in a fight with a David is rule of Contacius as prime minis-Bolshevik strike leader
into the dock and ter in the ancient Kingdom of Lu, thrown
His mother, we get: "Happiness diminished as pneumonia follows.
to his bedside prosperity and morality increased. relenting, rushes Boredom, fack of initiative, and only to and he is dead. the absence of motivating force Thus ends the first part of the engendered stupidity. Virtue book and the actual appearance of reigned in the Kingdom of Lu." the Selwyn family in it.
The second part, under the name of Riva Siva, analyses the life of that gentleman and shows how it was influenced by the painful ex- periences of his friend David. Riva Siva incets a Lady Pace at Princetown with whom he falls in love, and to whom he outlines his scheme for World Peace. This he means to establish by a Nordic. Confederation, and he explains í to Lady Pace at great length,
Our author, while not withbold- ing his meed of admiration, con- sider China's venerable sage as a bit of a bore. Thus "He had a deep sense of justice, but his con- ception of. It was inevitably tire- some. He professed the sincerest love for his fellowmen; but his love had a buckler of obligations and rules which rendered it al- mos: as odious as hale." In short Mons. Magre regards Confucius as a kill-joy. On page 145, where we read of the sudden fall of the sanctimonious sage, the author puts forward some of his own ideas: "In a single night was pull ed down everything that Con- The second part of the book fucius had built in the course of leaves one with a far more cheer many years. For it is building on ful outlook on life than the first, sand to assume that morals are which is merely a catalogue of the foundation of society. That failures. Considering the length, one is foolish who does not feel:888 pages of fairly close type, this the hidden beauty of passion, the
virtue of disorder, the creative force of pleasure; who overlooks the fact that there is no more satisfying food to nourish the soul, and to uplift it; than love-the simple love of man and maid."
and
He finally marries Rosie, the slum friend of David Selwyn, and as she is living by this time in the house in Wales, settles down there.
story is enthralling, mainly be cause it points out several of the most pressing of modern evils, and does suggest quite reasonable remedies.
ريبا
FROM THE CLASSROOM
The book by no means heavy reading, and has many amusing as. well as a
A little Filipino, who was learn- few pathetic passages.ing his history from spirited A picturesque, profound,
American manuals vibrating with stimulating book.
liberty, was told to write an essay on the cow. He gave the follow- ing: "The cow is an animal with four legs,
each corner. The cow gives us milk, buf as for me give me liberty or give me death."
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"Why do you ask?" "Well," said Jimmy "they'll want to know when I get home.”
1.48 p.m.-Weather, Report. 5.30-6:30 p.m. - Programme of Chinese Music. (Beka Records sup- plied through the courtesy of The Canton Trading Association Ltd.).
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"When a man has two wires it is called Bigamy: when he has only one it is called Monotony."
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"People who go to football matches are called expectoratora."
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"Why are you late Johnnis ?TM" asked teacher.
"Please, mum, it was late when I started from home."
"Then why didn't you start earlier?"
H. G. WELLS
“KING WHO WAS A KING"
["The King Who Was a King," by H. G. Wells; Benn, 7/6.] Dressed in an elaborate cover this, the latest of Mr. HG. Wells's contributions to our litera- ture; is perhaps the most original that he has ever written. He deals with the film industry and the production of a Alm that is of practical use to the world în general. There is a two-fold ap- peal-one to the great army of film fans
ard the other to the novel reading public; and to both this book must be more than in- teresting.
The story is such as Mr. Wells une written usually produces, round a central theme which in this case can be summed up as "can one man be allowed to bring millions of others to misery and horror"? In a way it reminds one of Anthony Hope's stories of small Kingdoms, but the simplicity of style, and the detailed directions so necessary since this is a film scenario as well as a novel, make. a world of difference; in fact, they cause this to be perhaps the most peculiar book that has been produced for many years
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The introductory chapter is a clever and well written analysis of the film industry, its growth, its defects, and its influence modern thought. This alone is a splendid example of Mr. Wells's uncanny method of putting before us probleme in an interesting
manner.
Should this "Book, of a Film" ever be screened it will be a won-. der film, and will also, if its les- sons are taken to heart, do good' in a world that is undoubtedly tir ed of strife and profiteering, since it is against both
MEXICAN LIFE
CAPTAIN'S, QUARREL WITH BRIGAND
["The Sentinel of the Desert," by Jackson Gregory; Hodder and Stoughton, 7/6.]
This fascinating story of Mexi- ean life describes the adventures of one "Captain Hawk" and his quarrel with a brigand Blondino. Hawk arrives, one evening, at a place named The Hidden Hacienda,
which is a gambling den run by El Topo. Here he meets Bloudino and, during the course of a game of cards, threatens him, and finally escapes taking with him a considerable sum of Blondino's money. In escaplug he meets a beautiful girl, from whom he ob- tains much valuable information of the regarding the movements ringleader of the gang running the gambling den, Acting upon this information he goes into the desert as far as the Blue Smoke Hills, where gold has recently been discovered.
Blondino and his gang also ar- rive and the little camp becomes a theatre of war. Twice does Cap- tain Hawk save Blondino from be- ing lynched, and also enables him to escape. Later he runs him to earth in his headquarters, which place he has taken La Guera, the girl who gave Hawk information.
to
The end of the story is quite conventional, being the usual triumph of right over wrong, but the story itself is unique in many ways and is well worth reading.
stomach. Inside my stomach is chocolate, mush, rice, tewed. prune, toast, etc."
Teacher to absent-minded scholar: "What is the use of the reindeer?"? Boy (blushing) "It makes every- thing in the garden lovely, Miss."
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The Vocative of Cat is Fuss.
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Little Tsaac, brought home a pro- "Please, mum, it was too late to blem from school which asked: start early:"
"What is wrong with the follow ing sentence: Moses Ikestein was Now children," said the teach-a successful business man. He
Isaac er, "each one is to write a short failed to make money'." essay Don't try to write grand senior didn't even have to think. stuff. Write just what's inside He promptly placed a comma
after the word failed. In due time Tommy produced the following Inside me there's a heart, a liver, two lungs and a
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April 26, also at 8,30 p.m. |ỚN
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