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of years ago, in which he com- mended "good constructive loans
HERE THERE
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Professor Moley Speaks
Copies of the first number * of “To-Day."" the new American week- ly edited by Professor Moley, are now on sale,
"To-day" ir pro-Roosevelt and anti-Wall Street. Its cover carries
a coloured cartoon, which shows a
tosted capitalist driving a huge
nail through the bottom of the good
Soldier Of Fortime··
SATURDAY DE CEMB
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO WOMEN?
POSITION IN LEADING COUNTRIES REVIEWED
TURKEY
CHINA'S STERN DECREES
Amid the flur and fume of world afterwards. Ample facilities fare ship "Recovery." It has an article politics, what is the position of afforded for learning the domestic [by General Johnson on "Common women! Is Germany recent de arts and the most modern methods.
Sense and N.R.A." Its slogan is crees have changed the direction of of caring for children. "Keep Your Shirt On.”
women's social progress, while in The only department In which The editor's own contribution to the East strange new developments | feminism has advanced somewhat is; - an article entitled "Wolf, Wolf," "fecting women are taking skape in the professional field. A Govern It pours scorn on those doubters The Literary Editor of the "London ment decree, in fact, has consider.. who fear that the Roosevelt experi- Daily Mail" has been in touch with ably increased the number of pro- ment will end either in Fascism or correspondents "in" many countries. fessions to which women are ad·· in Communism.
Their reports, appearing here, form mitted. Though the number of Professor Moley's loyalty to his a striking commentary on an in- women students in the universities former chief is touching.
tensely interesting question:] has increased very considerably in
the last few years, women still ap pear to be loth to enter professional Istanbul. careers. de Nogales, lately Divisional Com-chief directions in which Turkish
Propaganda and sport are the two FRANCE mander of the Turkish Army, is in London. He is one of the fow re- women have developed afnge they Since the war so important, ad-- maining soldiers of fortune of the received the municipal vote and bre-vance has been made in women's old school.
gan to sit on, municipal councils: rights in France,
The women in the towns have There is small body of zealous He is by birth a Venezuelan, al- though exiled from his native coun-
taken to making missions to the advocates of women's suffrage, but try since 1901 except-according to villages, sometimes in caravans with generally speaking their claims the American "Who's Who portable cinemas, with the object of arouse little interest even among the "when fighting the Government.”.
bringing the new modern habits to women of France. -! This does not the feminine elements there. They mean that women have not taken Successively cowboy, miner, ex- plorer and soldier in many ser- give lessons in child welfare, in full advantage of all the careers vices, he began his military career hygiene, both of house management that are open to them. There is nea lieutenant in the Spanish- and of dress, and in maternity pre-great and growing number of American war on the losing side. cautions.
women doctors, and various forms
General Pedray Mendez Rafael
Paris.
The
He ended it fighting in Palestine In the towns, sport has become of social work every year attract. against General Allenby, who has one of the principal preoccupations more and more women who have. argues that the cheerful predic paid a high tribute to his courage of the women, particularly with a prepared themselves by long stages tion of lessened public expendi- and ability,
view to the improvement of their at universities and hospitals,
Women barristers are more tures will not be fulßled. A General Nogales has the adven-physique. The previously unknown Hong Kong, Saturday, Dec. 30, 1933. spending Government alwaye turer's genius for defending lost sports of hiking, rock-climbing, and numerous in France, than in any
asks för, more. Sir Ernest is causes. He lives in retirement in ski-ing have been Introduced at fa- other country in the world. cruel enough to quote a sentence the Rhineland, with occasional tanbul and Brusa, and are recruit Palais de Justice of Paris is packed from Sir Arthur Salter's book on visits to the New York City Club. ing large numbers of women for the with dainty figures in the severe black robes of the barristers and the "Recovery," published a couple
weekly outings. ***,
aame white "cravates" as the men The American plan-to-furnish
Your Daily Smile. In the swimming, diving, sailing, wear.
and boating competitions on the employment by entering upon
It must be said that none has yet large schemes of public works like those, arranged by the
UP AND DOWN
Bosphorus they are prominent. In reached any position of pre-emin- financed by the Government has League, or a man of such crea-
A learned judge anys that he mixed motor race a woman carence. The best of them are content tive vision as Mr. Ivar Kreuger." would like to see more women tak-ried off the prize, so much to the to be extremely capable secretaries not been succeeding as well or as rapidly es was hoped. Many
ing up the law. And we should annoyance of a male rival that he and juniors to leaders of the French. projects have been approved, and Plain Farmer Horace. like to see fewer laying it down sued her at court on the ground Bar. They have carved a place for money from the Treasury has
that women are ineligible for motor themselves in the children's courts, been allotted, but contracts have! Honour to the Italian Minister of
competitions.In all girls' schools and some of them are very efficient not been executed as quickly as Fine Arts! The villa on the Sabine. A man who found early rising eurhythmic gymnastics are taught in commercial law cases. were expected. The Secretary farm which he has oficially certified difficult bought an alarm clock. UNITED STATES .....
JAPAN for the Interior, Mr. Harold Las Horace's contains, we are told. At six the next morning he waA
New York Ickes, denies responsibility for twelve rooms, and "numerous bath-aroused by ́s terrifle knocking at It would not be true to give Within the last years women's the delay. His Department has rooma." Whatever archeologists|his front door. /
American women all the credit for political and worked hard and swiftly. But and eminent classical scholars may When he opened it he was con-abolishing child labour and curtail have greatly increased in Japan. - A the contractors have held back think, simple Horatians will accept fronted by policeman, who ex-ing sweated labour. But these two growing number of women are in many cases. Their difficulty gladly the Minister's judgment claimed: "This won't do you must objectives in the "New Deal" have playing important roles in the poli has been in accepting and enforc- Such a bachelor apartment, with, not annoy the neighbourhood. Take stimulated their imaginations and tical education of the people general- ing the stipulation that the "pre-say, twelve bathrooms, with plenty It inside." And be handed the caught their enthusiasm. As Secrely. Women Socialists have recently vailing rate of wages" shall be of shade, with good opportunity alarm clock to its owner..
tary of Labour Mias Perkins has become more' active, maintained in all these Govern-joccasionally to see somebody else) "Ah," said the creatfallen house-played a prominent part in
the Professionally, the ment enterprises. Their history work, would suit to a T the urbanest holder, "I wondered how the milk. NRA programme devoted to the woman now has almost as much Japanese has always been one of moving of urbanites, in his bucolic vaca-can came to be at my bedsido."
abolition of these two stigma on freedom as the Japanese man, modern industrial life. Speaking (Continued on Page 3.)
slowly. President Hoover point- tions. He loved to be comfortable.
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Mixed
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Two pints make one quart,
Four quarts make one gallon,
the other day before the Illnois League of Women Voters Miss Per- kins affirmed: "Child labour and the
|ed." Another social reform to which Miss Perkins is looking for-
Tokyo,
social organisations.
One gallin makes one intoxicated, sweat shop are practically abolith HISTORIC
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PHEW!
BABYGSNATCHING
These are the social idenis gaging the enthusiasm of American women to-day They, more perhaps
Rome:
led out, athough himself favour- His health may have kept his lips The New Arithmetic.
ing extensive works in times of from the Sabine jar and bowl of old [depression, that it ordinarily Massie; but he was the boy of boya takes about a year before their to stretch his limbs 'neath the green authorisation will result in lay-arbute tree, though we may guess ing the foundations of public that he was usually too lazy to go Answer to Correspondent buildings or starting road con- outdoors. He must have grinned Women's evening-dresses, Heary, ward is social and industrial provi- struction. It is not only in the as he wrote about "the manly brood are called creations because they slon for old age, United States that these ques of peasant soldiers 'taught to turn are made out of nothing. tions are causing trouble. In the clods with Babing hos." La- Great Britain there is increasing bour- by proxy was his delight. Ho pressure upon the Government to bad slaves to cut the firewood and Cigars, says connoisseur, than American men, are hailing the enter upon large spending schemes lift the yoke from weary steers, should not be lighted twice. There "New Deal" with undiminished ap- in order to relieve unemploy- When he was a boy, he may have are also cigars that should not be preciation, ment. It will be remembered had a strict mother; but unless, she lighted once.
ITALY that at, the London Economic was willing to bid foot and hand Conference the President of the go cold, she had to cut the firewood. Board of Trade, Mr. Runciman, Be sure that Horatiolus was never expllcity and emphatically de- an active lad except when he ran the clared that Government would away from Philippi. He knew the not encourage or authorize large value of leisure and It was pecially carefully outlays upon public works. Later pleasant to sing about the joys the Prime Minister, when chal of climbing the
hill but longed to the House of Commons, the more a man denies himself, so did a little hedging with respect much the more will he rece from to this announcement, and im-the gods." No Per plied that all projects of the kind for him, but have ever would not be absolutely ruled want and in good out. Recently Sir Arthur Salter afford to scor has been lending the weight of for he is nag his opinion in favour of enlarg and the Interests ed public expenditure on roads change. The and hydroelectric power. He him and was has been sharply attacked for "Destitute these proposals by that rigid of those desiring non economist, Sir Ernest Benn, who begone! It! accusas Sir Arthur of failing to of great explain how the Government bor. dotes on rowing for such purposes is to ba] try." paid off. Always it la promised himse that taxes will be
they hav
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HOSPITAL
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Prince of Wales Gives Approval
£350,000 NEEDED “FOR" BUILDING
Soon after. Mussolini's, accession foto power, certain limited categories was founded 214 years ago as the Westminster Hospital, which omen were granted the Fight Arst hospital to be conducted on in municipal elections, and voluntary basis, is moving from this was generally interpreted as its well-known premises in Parila- being the first step towards univerment Square, facing the Houses of sal suffrage. Not very long after-Parliament pwards however, elected mayors With the approval of the Prince were replaced by "podestas", 4p-of Wales, who has been President pointed by Government, with the of the Hospital ever since he came result that the women lost their of age, the Governors have secured Of German invention is a rotate newly acquired right before being an optional contract on a albe with- ing scale that sorta eggs by weight, given an opportunity of exercising in almost a stone's throw of the - Bince then, there has never presept building, immediately be- further mention of votes bind Thames House, on the Em-
mpany.
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