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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1929.
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Well, another Empire Day has came and weat; and Bottlethwaite 1 very angry about it. He walked a long way down. Nathan Road to Kowloon post-office with a parcel So the folks at home are shocked which he particularly wanted to at seeing ladies without stockings "Women and that big animals send away on Friday morning, and playing tennis, Wonder what they are a nuisance in fats, and are when he got there the dashed place would say about some of the girls now buying mall pets, such as was shut tight! George was indig. I see on the terry Most of them kittens, mice, and small lizards." Bant eloquently so, for the parcel wear stockings, I believe, but being I read in an evening paper. As weighed just two stamps, under a bit, short-sighted and the stock matter of fact, the Han Gloria seven pounds, and his nice white ings being, decidedly gossamer Dingdong, Lady Stagnant's daugh; pants and shoes were spattered like, official scrutineers would have ter, is, of course, well to the frost with mud, and his toper was let to be appointed before I should of the new fashions, and yesterday ting in the rain. A ban way to feel completely satisfied one way she brought six grase snakes and celebrate Empire Day," be growled or the other. But the sleeveless, an armadillo for her drawing-room. and almost -as if it were my fault. How yokeless,
akirtless George P. Bottlethwaite, too, is a do they expect the Empire to frocks--what would Mr. and Mr. devotee of this latest craze, and lourish they shut up the post- Grendy say about these All poisonous spiders now mingle with offices? There are some places in have to any on the subject is that his other guesta. the Colony that could be shut up I am annoyed-very annoyed that or shut down, not for a day, or at this time of year I am com- a year, but always, and never would pelled to wear dark glasses, and be amissed, but a post-office !" I am thus not in a position to judge tried to pacify Bottlethwaite by accurately whether I should be explaining that probably the staff shocked or not." bad been given holiday in order that they night celebrate the suspicious occasion, but George then started off on another tack What have we got to celebrate " he growled. "Here we are with out water, trade
And why shouldn't the girls wear or unwear-just what they please? They will, anyway, so we might just as well give our full approval The real fact of the
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I heard the following yarn re- lated the other evening in the cap tain's cabin on one of the best- known coasting steamers using this port. A skipper who has spent many years in the East, and has frequent touches of "liver" accord ingy, had a new apprentice on the articles. Anxious to make a favour. uble fmpression upon the Old Man," the youngster went about
war: all over to the dogs, matter men are jealous of them. his duties in a very busiñess-like
and Govern- ment House falling to pieces. What is there to celebrate. I nak you?" Not being able to think of anything else, I anid:"My birth. day, George, so we celebrated accordingly, for though the post office was shut, there were other places open.
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Mary read a little Lamb
(A writer much admired). She laid it down and said, "Ob,
damn!
This fellow makes me "tired."
manner.
"Oh sit, it's important." be ventured, timidly.
The lad sprang smartly to atten. tion, and sang most solemnly:-
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? The bloomin' "cook fell "over- board and he's twenty miles behind!"
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Yes, I know some of my renders heard that yarn fifty years ago, but that is no reason why the younger generation should not know it too.
We haven't the moral courage to walk abroad in B.V.D. attire, 50
One day, when the skipper was we must put up with the conse-busy on the bridge and in the quences, but that is no reason why throes of a deuce of a
"liver, the giris should carry around five the lad ran up to him and exclaim. or six pounds of clothes when they ed" Sir, please sir mi? can make sixteen ounces do all that "Go to blazes! Don't bother is needful. And they do it with me!" bellowed the skipper. A few. such taste hat, frock, shoes, and minutes later the boy went up to
unshade to match. We men, have him again, Apart from Bottlethwaite's own no idea of the time and trouble particular and personal grievance, the girls spead (to say nothing of I must say that there is a strange money) on matching things. A "Get out" (and other things) I happy-go-lucky system or sweet little peach went into a shop bawled the disgruntled "old man." sence of system--about the ab- last week to choose a tennis After an interval of about five "What weight do you minutes the boy went ap to the servance of Empire Day in. Hong racket. Kong. Some Government servants like aed the assistant. Is for the third time, who take a holiday, others do not; kom dee" "ming;thout weight: aid the losing what little patience he had. British firar display national Bags, girl, but it must have "green barked: Well, what the devil and others do not; some British strings.
do you want Sing it out!" ships in port were. "dressed," others were not-though the Chi- nese guabouts were ablaze with buating in honour of a British day! Several Japanese commercial houses very courteously put out the British and their own faga to celebrate the occasion. Some I have been discussing with school children had the inestimable Bottlethwaite a-plan for making pleasure and privilege of going to money-easy mency. One of us is church twice this week instead of to leave his cheque-hook in' a con- once, and I am sure will be very venient spot, and the other is to pleased that Empire Day comes take out a cheque, fill it in sig only once a year. Really, either the other fellow's name, and cash we ought to observe and celebrate it. Then the party of the other' Empire Day, or we should forget part will rush frantically down to it. The way everybody does just the bank and report the disappear what they like about it is absurd ance of a cheque from his book, and worse than absurd. Imagine Banker produces paid and cancelled American community in an cheque, but tearfully confesses bis was a American overeen possession treat error in not detecting it ing the Fourth of July in such a forgery. Bottlethwaite and myself fashion, or our French friends back-subsequently meet, at appointed ing and Alling over the 14th! But rendezvous and split" the "doing" Then we work it the here we just muddle through, and fifty-fifty. those who should give a lead as reverse way-and again the banker to what is the right thing to do will apologetically admit grave on May 9 are as slack as the rest negligence on his part in not having realised the signature had been forged. We propose to work this scheme alternately until the banker kete suspicious; then we shall in dignantly order him to close our accounts and transfer them else. where, and begin all over again,— and so on, and so on. There are Lies of motorists remind us quite a lot of very respectable We may tell a few ourselves, bankers to keep us in funda for And the smoking room may find us a considerable time. There is one "nag, howover-neither George nor I has a booking account, and people are getting so fussy now. adays that it is doubtful whether either of us could get anyone to
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of us.
Here is a nice little patriotic story which seems appropriate just now. A man advertised for an office-boy, and in due course & bright little fellow presented him
What is your nationality ?" he was asked.
"Breatish, sir," was the reply. And your father's nationality "Breetish, sir."
"And your mother, too?" "Yes, sir. Breetish." "And what is your name?"
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Tell me not in numbers vaunted
Of the miles per hour you've
done;" How few gallons you've decanted; How you climbed the one-in-one.
For I know (if true the tale is Huxley tell) I ought to take Cautiously cum grano salin
Statements motor-owners make.
Tell me not with calm preamble
How she starts Erst touch from
'cold:
How she left both Don and Camp
bell
Standing still as home she rolled.
Turning discs into twelves.
Yet, I don't believe what Aldous,
Huxley says all owners are: For he must be what he's called us,
Since he owns a motor-car.
Diary of Coming Events.
To-day.
(May 25.)
Lawn Bowls:-Division I.: Kow loon Bowling Green v. Civil Ser vice. Craigengower 1. Police, Recreio Kowloon Docks, Taikoo 1. Kowloon O.C. Division II.: Civil Service t' Craigengower, Hong Kong Electric v. Taikou, Yacht Club v. Kowloon Bowling Green, Kowloon C.C. . Recreia
Tennis:-"A" Division: Kowloon C.O.. M.B.K., Hong Kong C.C. . M.B.K., Hong Kong 0.C. v. South China, University v. Crai- Chinese Rt.0. Indian: gengower, R.C. "B" Division: Nippon v. Kowloon C.C., Hong Kong C.C. . V.M.C.A., Chinese R.C. v. Recreio, R.E. and BS. v. University, Indian R.C. . M.B.K. "C" Division: Chinese R.C.. R.A.0.0., Craigen. gower v. Civil Service, Indian B.0. v. Reercio, Hong Kong C.O. *. B.E. and R.S..
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