THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 26, 1938
MEN WHO ANNOY ME
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scores of his favourite football game and a hockey match; and
hope you never will.
The chap who used to have a pellucid mind but (again) has met The Only Girl and can talk of gothing but how cute✨ she is, no matter how cute you happen to be, yourself. The husky who takes a cold shower every dawn and tells you about it, as if he'd invented the idea
the
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"My own way is to blow up, after some adverse thought waves at the the man who can't, so to speak, let I've stood about enough, and then man who in the restaurant at 2 his remarks stand on their forget it.
a.m. does tricks like eating the legs. To "But the man who keeps
be sure, this type of you roses from the centre-piece, add-man often gives forth the kind of waiting fifteen minutes!" She re- ing salt and ketchup; and the man conversation which hasn't a leg to sumed the subject with energy. "I in the swimming pool who happen to be a punctual person, tends
pre-stand on. he's a whale, splashing myself. I get there ahead of time everybody.
"It's one of my pet dislikes,” rather than late. Since I leave the
Loretta said; "you'll hear a person "I like to be helped up and down make some set each day at five, I reach
remark, whatever it. studio at 8.45 in the morning in
curbstones," said Loretta-"What's may be, and then add-comment- more, I don't like the man order to be sure to be here by nine:
who ing on what doesn't help me
he's just said 'Oh, that sort of thing.
into a car. that was so silly, wasn't it?' Pro- don't care to be left to climb. "The man who trials into view a unassisted. I think, if I'm going case, why not let the poor remark in bably it was. And if this is the "And the man," said Loretta, 'quarter of an hour after he's sup-to ride in his car, he ought to see go without calling attention to its who'd been nodding and frowning posed to arrive is really madden-that I get settled into it comfort- feeble-mindedness? Because what sympathetically, "who talks in the ing! I say quarter of an hour beably." cinema. They talk about Women cause he figures fifteen minutes talking! Well! The other night I had to move to another seat to hear what the picture was about. Why the man behind me had paid money to come there, I can't see. He gabbled without a pause.
isn't long enough for him to call
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can you reply? You have to smile Irksome Conversationalist sweetly and murmur, "Not at all." up about and say he won't be on or their personal
Men who talk about themselves Next time I'm going to answer, time.
interests don't 'Yes, it was.'' bother her The Man Who Is Unpunctual
so much, but there's "And," she added as a parting one sort of conversationalist whom shot, "I "Yet it's long enough for you to she finds thoroughly irksome. He's waltzes to a fox trot!"
don't like the man who grow sick and tired of wondering "Love is a beautiful thing, but whether he's forgotten the date. you don't
have to buy a theatre Probably the most undiplomatic| ticket for it. If that young man thing a man can do is to let a girl
had been economical, he'd have stand around tapping her foot and GOING ON
stayed outside where talk was not, thinking about the other men with only cheap but perfectly free.
whom she could have gone out ex- "Still, don't get the impression cept for her date with him. that I disapprove of men as an "It's the uncertainty that does institution," she explained; "the it. Will he show up or won't he? average man is pretty thoughtful, My advice to the man who's going don't you think? And these silly to be fifteen minutes late is to call little irritations don't count a lot. up and say so. It may save the But all the same" her brows day. More important, it may save twisted in good-humoured protest the date."
"it gets so tiresome, having to. Our research into life's darker wait with your cigarette. You moments brought forth black know, the man who offers you a thoughts for the man who becomes cigarette and makes you ask for a match.
"What's more, I don't like the man who holds a grudge! Or the woman, for that matter." Her eyes began to sparkle.
Worth Noting
Have your tea-towels a habit of leaving fluff on your glasses after polishing? If so, try rinsing the towels in a solution of salt water after washing.
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volunteer host in somebody's else house; I recalled an instance when one of this species, flinging open the ice chest, regaled my guests with snicks and snacks meant for to-morrow's lunch. Then we sent
SALT
You have it at your elbow at the meal, table. You have it on your kitchen table when you're cooking? You think you know every way it can be used. BUT-
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Do you use it when you're mak-
Did you know that you will finding coffee?
fish much easier to scale if you dip It doesn't matter whether you
boiling water for a few This will save you a lot
them into minutes? of time.
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Nail a piece of strong elastic across the door of your cupboard or wardrobe to hang up your belts and ties. You will find they keep much straighter than when they are rolled up in a drawer.
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use a percolator or make your. coffee in a saucepan, the addition of a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt brings out the flavour and you'll earn a reputation for mak- ing good coffee.
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cracked eggs-IF you pat
Do you know that you can boil
salt in the water?
some
The salt prevents their bursting
LEAVE?
WHY not cold store all your rugs, furs, car- pets, books, linens, etc., and clothes you will not require at Home?
This method of storing is rapidly finding favour with the public who appreciate its sim- plicity and certainty.
Cost is absurdly small-rough- ly $1.00 per month for an aver-
age cabin trunk, and everything
and running out. This is useful is kept in perfect condition.
Always use really good soap or to remember, because you can often soap flakes when washing woollies. get new laid eggs cheaply when Never have the water more than they are cracked, and you needn'ť lukewarm. Swish the woollies gent-use them all for cooking or frying. ly about in the water. Never rub
them. Rinse them in warm water Do you clean your frying-pans that is just a trifle soapy. Squeeze with salt? and shake them out-never wring them..
Sounds odd, we know but if you put salt and vinegar into the pan and put it over the gas for a while, and then rub it with a piece of paper, 'you'll find all the stains
We find that narrow velvet for our underwear shoulder straps is much better than the usual ribbon, are gone and your pan will be like as it clings and does not slip.
To remove a deep driven splinter press the part over wide-mouthed bottle which has almost been filled with hot water.
Here's a new use for an old beret. Thread a tring through the double edge and slip it over your polishing mop. It will last a long time, can be washed easily, and will give
pod polish.
a
new.
·MARKING BLANKETS
Here's an easy way to mark your blankets.
Cut out a small piece of coarse canvas and tack it on to the corner of the blanket.
Then work your name or initials in cross-stitch On the canvas. Quite simple! When you have finished the threads of the canvas can easily be pulled out.
RING
We will collect from
you and deliver to your residence when you re-
turn.
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Ice & Cold Storage Department
THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD
STORAGE CO. LTD.