VIENNA HONOURS
THE BEE
Order And Efficiency Envy Of Humans
HAVE.CORPORATIVE STATE
Vienna,There's one social or ganisation of faithful labourers that Austria's new constitution has not altered at all-pèrhaps because they had worked out an authorita- tive state on a corporative basis long before Austria was even heard of.
They are the bees, which Vienna has just been honouring with An exhibition in one of the largest museums, Visitors have been given
a glimpse into a world of order and efficiency which human beings
might well envy.
THE CHINA" MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1935
One learned that there are 12,000
President Roosevelt stands with his milltary side under a special shelfer from the storm at Arlington Ceme varieties of bees, only four of whichry, Washington, an the body of the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes is lowered into grave.
produce honey Think of the
astounding achievement of those MAN WHO WAS DEADĮ
four élanca of workers!
11,996 Wayword Types
FOR 22 MINUTES
POLICE RESERVE Orders for the Current
LITERARY NÓTES
TELLING PICTURE Alec Waugh Tells About Women
OF TWO WOMEN
Character Drawing Of High Grade
"SUSAN AND JOANNA”
Short Stories Of Interest
"PAGES IN WOMAN'S LIFE"
veals the reason for the chivalry of-three British sailors marooned on an island with a governess.
Elsewhere we learn, the how and why of "going native" from ~ the modern woman's point of view. Not
"Pages in Woman's Life" is ob- much attention is given to pay Miss Elizabeth Cambridge, who an entertainment, and a light one seem plausible enough. (Cassell;) viously intended by Alec Waugh as chology, but most of the stories" wrote the excellent "Hostages to at that. Each of the stories con- Dymock's.) Fortune" and not so good "Syca-cerns a critical moment' which, wo more Tree," now gives us her third are assured, comes to every wo- novel: "Susan and Joanna" (Cape, man, either bringing frustration or 78. 6d).
LOOKING BACK ON THE YEARS
"Do You Remember?” J. J. BELL'S LAST WORK
lending on to fortune.. Susan, daughter of a retired and On several occasions Mr. Waugh retiring K.C., and Joanna, daugh finds his setting in the South Seas, ter of the vicar, lived in a remote where deciding momenta are apt, village. Susan, charming without worldly ambition, had re-results.
and it seems, to produce more dramatic turned from a prolonged education
Do you remember the songs of There is one tale of how a dusky long ago? Mr. Bell (who died tho abroad; Joanna, not so charming, maiden's" modest aspirations in other day) here recalls those of stuffed as full of books as a roast directly assisted an American mil- the eighties and nineties, and odd goose is full of sage and onions, was liner to marry an English peer, and things connected with his first looking forward to clearing out Mr. Waugh links up his chain of hearing of them, things that can and. finding a "career."
Causes and coincidences very amus-not be revived even by the B.B.C.- Marriage came to them both. ingly. Another South Sea tale re-golden Aames of gas in crystal Susan went away with a penniless medical research man; Joanna re-whe surround them are brought to be sucked before entering the globes, "Prince Albert Cachous to mained, wife to a local aquireen, life, How Suean came, almost hap A white mare, a ginger cat, and smoking a cigar.
drawing-room it you had been hazardly, upon happiness, and how a young pedigree bull are hardly Joanna, leaving nothing to hazard less important to the development memories that can
The rest of his book concerns but drilling her days as vigilantly of the story than the human been common property. Holidays can never have Summer Uniform
as a sergeant-major, drills his men, characters. Summer Uniform will be taken
came to the brink of dark disaster: these creatures and particularly (night alone on a rocky islet; where Miss Cambridge secs in Iceland among the whalers, a into general wear by members of
that is the framework on which the cat--as clearly as she sees the each time, he got to his feet the the Hong Kong Police Reserve,, as
Miss Cambridge hangs her novel. smear their faces with nectar and business man, sat in a Minneapolie from April 10, 1935..
Warning must be given to the
men and women. It is notable for the quiest assur-
Bea birde rose on the wing. in. reader not to be antagonised at the ance with which she secures her changing life of the year: out of shrieking their curses at the in-
Human beings, Chinese Company
animals, the thousands, swooping and flashing, He was under gas. Suddenly the
Training Course-Part II. All beginning of this story by the effects. The village as an entity these she has made a book which trader." Something, perhaps the dentist realised his patient's heart recruits of the Chinese Company
over-emphasised "white is made to live for us; and no lesa presents village life with unhur-freedom of the sea itself, gives a the irresponsibilities of the ather had stopped beating
who have not yet passed Part II of man's burden' atmosphere. When sharply the two women and those ried, convincing force: used Training Course will attend at the the book really gets going it amply
fina swing to these chapters. res-Chinese Company Headquarters on repays attention.
Then there are the 11,096 'way- ward types of bees that go fiting and buzzing about "romantically i stretching their wings in the''ex- hilarating rays of summer suns, with but litle care for coming daya of need. They serenade other race hilariously from flower to flower, go wading in dewdrops,
one an-
turn every moment into a holiday.
Yet the wonderful, work of four kinds of been more than redeema
scurry
Punch Under Heart Brings Him To Life
DEATH IN DENTIST'S CHAIR
New York.
Hollywond
John O. Douglas, Don
dentist's chair.
Two doctors, and a
nurse
11,996. See what they accomplish for Austria: Not only do they adrenal in pulmotors and other about and make tong of toratives without success honey, but hy, assiduously carrying) pallen from flower to flower, they death certificate to be made A German doctor ordered
Week
Orders by Mr. D. Burlingham, Inspector General of Police..
NOVEL OF THE SOIL
BUT DIFFERENT “CREATION'S CRY"
RETURNED EXILE TRIES AN EXPERIMENT
rather
Tuesday, April 16th at 17.30 hours their departure for England from Tho Cotles are on the eve of the for instruction.
Harbour Patrol.
the Tha-Chaung Basin, where for All members
out.
are prime factors in the production Then, just to make sure, he gave taking this Course will report at/lour years Tony Cotle has been en
He listened, heard nothing
of 210,000,000 schillings worth of Douglas a punch under the heart. fruit yearly. And that's $40,000,- oon. There are 85,000 bee keepers in Austria with 400,000 hives, They are organised in 1,100 locul societies united in a federal union.
The "king, bee" of the exhibition) Was a veritable neroplane with ai
Then he punched again, harder, fand listened again.
hear
A
He was astonished to faint beating.
The other doctors were recalled, wing span of three inches. They worked feverishly again, and tiniest was one tenth of an inch Douglas recovered completely.
Jong.
MAN WHO REFUSED A BURIAL
Undertaker Declines To Have Funeral
“NO. GABBLING OVER MY BODY"
For 50 years Mr. 'Alfred Edward
Leggett was an undertaker. Hel
Wright.
Tsim Tau Tsui Police Station at gaged in an ideally successful de 17.15 hours on Wednesday, April 17 Yelopment scheme. Years of buy for instruction under Sub Inspector strengthened his ambition to settle |ing, improving, and selling land
down finally in England-and-put 'Inspection Parade.. All ranka of the Chinese Company will parade at
his theories into practice. Central Police Station on Thursday, Ardles, his new home in the West Big Ideas teem in his head. April 16 at 17.30 hours under Sub Country, offers the perfect materini Inspector R. J. Hunt for a general for experiment. Cotle has visions That was seven years ago. The inspection of equipment etc., by the of sweeping away the obsolete Man Who Was Dead now says: "Company Commander. Dress- didn't even know I'd died, yet I was White Uniform. Cap. with White ing what he considers a confusion Imethods of farming, and of weld- dead for 22 minutes.
Cover, Belt with Brace, Truncheon of jealously independent units into "I saw nothing, and lots of it. "Pocket Policeman", and note-book was the happlest man in the world to be carried. The Equipment Off-scientific planning, and profit-shar a coherent whole. Co-operation, when I learned what I'd been cer will make a point of being pre-ing-these are to be the main fea- through and found myself back in sent. the land of the living."
tures of his scheme. **
.
Indian Company
But the way of reformers is Mr. Douglas had just heard of the Inspection Parade. All rapke of hard, and Cotle, blessed with a experience of John Puckering, the the Indian Company will parade at clear head Englishman who died and lived Central Police Station on Wednes- vision, admits that deep-rooted pre- as well as unusual; again.
fday, April 17 at 17.30 hours under judice and tradition are too much Sub Inspector R. J. Hunt for for him. We leave him working general inspection of equipment etc., out his cherished plans on the by the Company Commander. Dress more fruitful soil of Rhodesis.. -White Uniform, Cap with White Obviously this is not a novel for Cover, Belt with Brace, Armlet with those who toy with their action. the 24 hours Badge, Truncheon, "Pocket Police-Yet from what may sound Intract-
LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES
founded the business when he was The rainfall for
21 in the Fulham-road; it develop-ending at 10 am: to-day was 0.01man" and note-book to be carried.able material, Mr. Jordan has forg- ed into one of the largest concerns inches. The total since January The Equipment Officer will make a ed a stimulating and absorbing
of its kind in the district.
1 is 7.95 inches, as compared with point of being present. Nearly every day of that half- 8.20 for the same period last year. Handling of Revolver. Instruc-
century Mr. Leggett attended a
. duties.
......
Flying Squad
The In-
book.
ONE OF CARLTON DAWES BEST STORIES
funeral as part of his professional| A whist drive in aid of the Shek-given on Wednesday, April 24 atl.
tion in Handling of Revolver will be ROMANCES OF THE lung lepers will be held in St. 17.30 hours at the Folice Headquar-j But when he made his will he Patrick's Hall, Garden Road, this ters Gymnaalum. Only those de-
SECRET SERVICE directed that his body should be evening at 9 o'clock: The launch talled will attend. cremated, the ashea scattered to Dayspring, will leave the Police
"Leathermouth" Series the winds, and that no religious Pier, Kowloon, at 8.30 p.m., and Instructional Patrol service, or ceremony of any des-return from Blake Pier at 11.80structional patrol for members of cription should be held over his P.m
the Flying Squad will take place on remains.
The Supreme Court offices will fall in at Central Police Station at Friday, April 27. All members will pen daily from 10 a.m. to 1 pm 17.15 hours. during the Easter vacation, except
Dress-White Uni- public and general holidays, form, and Cap with White Cover. when they will be entirely closed. The vacation begins on Friday next and terminates.on
the following Thursday, both days inclusive.
Mr. Leggett died in August; his will was made public & abort time
ago.
The reason for Mr. Leggett's ban on services was explained by one of his relatives:
"It must not be thought that Mr. Leggett was not a religious man. He was a Non-conformist.
"But he often told me that he did not approve of the hurried way in which many funeral services were carried out.
Distorted
The R. M. S. Empress of Asis
left Yokohama on Saturday and is She will leave for Hong Kong on due in Vancouver on April 26.
May 4 and is due here on May 22:
"He was perturbed by what he
Sentence of six weeks' hard la called the rush to get the service bour was imposed on Chan Sung, a over and to get the person into the 85-year-old unemployed, who ap grave as quickly as possible. peared before Mr. E. 1. Wynne "His view was that a beautiful Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy form of service was completely dis-this morning on a charge of steal- torted by the haste to get it over. Ing an electric fan from Wong Sun,, "He declared that he would an unemployed Chinese living. at never have burial sentences gab-No. 139. Shanghai Street. bled over his body because, in his
Leathermouth's Lack-By Carlton Dawe, Ward, Lock, London. Emergency Unit Reserve
7/6. Riot Drill. A Rlot Drill will be reading Carlton Dawes Leather- To say that one always enjoys carried out by members of the mouth series would be putting Emergency Unit Reserve on Friday, things very midly. One has come April 19. All members will parade to look forward for the next. The outside Queens Pler at 17.20 hours arresting manner in which Mr. sharp. Dress--optional,
Dawes pens the adventures of D. L. KING,
Colonel Peter Gantian, otherwise D.S.P. (R) Leathermouth, is a distinct work Hong Kong, Monday, April 15, of art which has undoubtedly plac 1985,
ed the author among the foremost, detective writers.
AMERICAN DANCERS AT THE QUEEN'S Successful Opening Performance
Torn from his retirement by his old friend, George Mayford, Assist- ant Commissioner at The Yard, to help the Secret Service in watch-| ing over the person of Paul, King of Istania, who, with the notorious Madama Kariin, is making a secret The popular American trio, Ukia
visit to London, whither Queen opinion, they were often uttered The . M. S. Empress of Britain, Brown, the "star" of steppers, mouth finds enough thrilling ad- Lee. Den St. Claire and Hank Sardia and a number of the King's enamies have migrated; Leather- automatically, without any sin-continuing her round-the-world acored a great success at the cere emotion or regard for their cruise, arrived at Yokohama yes-Queen's Theatre yesterday, when ventures to fill a book. deeper meaning.
terday. She will leave for Huno- they made their debut on the local forming the job allotted to him and Leathermouth- succeeds, in per- "That was why he gave these lulu on Wednesday, arriving there stage. 'instructions.
on Wednesday week. She will then Rythmic, tap and soft shoe dan this, with the assistance of his man, “We carried them out. The re-leave for San Francisco on April ces featured the display given by Albert Floyd, and his old Ameri- avoiding scandals, but how he does latives were present when his ashes 26. were scattered in silence.SAVA
Ukie Lee and Dee St. Claire. "A few days later we held a For stealing a motor jack from some of America's leading night one of the best novels Carlton Hank Brown, who appeared in lington, is very ably described In can friend, John Christophers Wal- memorial service in a chapel. car No. 266, belonging to Mr. Hill, clubs, was also warmly applauded, Dawes has ever written W.H.C.
Mr. Leggett left £10,000 He of the Hong Kong Electric Co, his performance being featured with gave his American organ, songs Leung Kan,, 18, was sentenced to novelty, soft, shoe, tap and stairy Ca and pinsle to his son George, fell three week's imprisonment by Mr. case tap dancing.
ing sure he will value came in Q. A. Macfadyen at the Central Th
memory of bygone days."
Police Court this morning,
the screen
Metro-Goldv
pearing at all May conjunction with
star
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