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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1929.
SHOPPING GUIDE
Felix Hat Shop
HATS
AND
GOWNS
7, ICE HOUSE ST.
Rolande Sarrault
MODES-COUTURE
HAS, REMOVED TO 3rd Floor, PEDDER BUILDING
* ROOM No. 3 TELEPHONE: C. 2252
A SEK & CO.. PHOTO-SUPPLIES
201, DzsVur Ro. C. TEL C. 3459
NAKAMURA
MASSAGE
No. 3, Las TUNG - STREET, 1ST FLOOR, WanchaÏ,
Hong Kong.
RADIO SUPPLIES ELECTRIC GRAMOPHONES
AND MOTORS
SUPER ELTO OUTBOARD MOTORS
RUDGE-WHITWORTH
MOTOR CYCLES TENNIS RACKETS
RUDOLF WOLF! & KEW, Aro.
54, Queen's ROAD CENTRAL.. 1st Floor.
Tel. 0. 2173.
-Mackintosh and Co., Ltd
Men's Wear Specialists.
Alexandra Bldg. Du Faux Rozd.
Fresh Flowers, Fruit
and Vegetables
The Clover Flower
Shop
10, ICE HOUSE STREET
PIGGILY WIGGILY
TEAS & REFRESHMENTS, HOME MADE CAKES
The Home of Fashion CHILDREN'S FROCKS LADIES DRESS MAKING
KAKAMALLY BUILDING
POWELL'S
Gentlemen's Tailors and Outfitters.
BESPOKE ORDERS Executed in 24 Hours.
10, ICE HOUSE STREET.
THE IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFT People Who Advertise
IS A BOX OF
SOCIETE CHOCOLATES
WILL PLEASE MOTHER, SISTER, WIFE OR SWEETHEART
ALSO
BISHOP'S HARD
CANDY
The Best for the Children at any time
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CARDS
SEALS
TAGS
YOUR CHRISTMAS CAKES
GIFTS
ETC., ETC.
The Cafe Pavilion
THE BEST CAKES IN THE COLONY.
TEL. K. 874
DER A. WING & CO. (1923), LTD. 95, NATHAN ROAD.
Madame S. LEITE Ladies' Wear Specialist
SILK PIECE LACE FOR EVENING FROCKS
JUST ARRIVED
ASIATIC BUILDING. 1ST FLOOR
TELEPHONE C. 4474
QUALITY
PERMANENT WAVING
The Most Up-to-date Beauty Shop in Town.. MRS. BETEN. Tz1. K, 683. PESINAFLA HOTEL Ex. 4.
A. YUN
TAILOR & OUTFITTER 49, FOTTINGER STREET, CENTRAL ..
TEL C. 6060.
WITH
· Hoya Kong,
Invite Inspection
of their Stocks.
R. S. V. P.
CLUB LIFE IN THE
*COLONY.
BRASS RAILS DETRIMENTAL TO OUR YOUNG MEN?.
SPIRITED DISCUSSION AT Y.M.C.A.
After a spirited debate in which "the evils of the chit system," the rounds of drinks after a game," and the "waste of time which otherwise might be devoted to for- warding one's interests in one's profession" formed the chief argu- ments for the affirmative, the motion. was carried by a narrow majority the European Y.M.C.A. on Thursday, "that Club Life in Hong Kong is detrimental to the Men of the Colony."
At
The Rev. J. H. Johnston presided at the debate.
The voting was probably in- fluenced to some extent by the con tention of the lender for the affirma- tive (Mr. P. J. Clancey) that na the resolution was worded he has not necessarily to prove that Hong Kong could get along better without its Clubs, but so long as he proved that a detriment to young men
HONGKONG HOTEL existed then he had carried his
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FOR SO LOON '681
THE DAIRY FARM
leg HOUSE STAKET
FOR PURE MILK
I
FARM AND IMPORTED FROZEN
MEATS. HOUSE FED POULTRY
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THE DEPARTMENTAL STORE OF THE EAST.
TEL. C. 4567 (6 LINES).
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ESTABLISHED 1888.
A
Tak Cheong CIVIL, MILITARY & NAVAL TAILOR
Gentlemen's Tailors, Outfitters and Dealers in all kinds of Fancy Goods
50, QUEEN'S ROAD Central
PHONE: CENT. 1317 -
HONG KONG FURNITURE CO., LTD.
MANUFACTURERS OF TEAKWOOD, BLACKWOOD
AND
RATTAN FURNITURE.
8, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
PRINCE'S CAFE
HIGH CLASS
RESTAURANT
No. 181, Qoxxx'S BOAD CENTRAL
ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED
PRICES MODERATE
.. FITTING GUARANTEED
MAIN FROT:
4, D'Aguilar St.
HONG KONG
Tel. C. 1670
BRANCH SHOP: Peninsula Hotel KOWLOON
Tel. K. eal, Ext. 28
EXCHANGE BUILDING.
AUCTION!
IF YOU ARE FURNISHING
AND WANT TO PICK UP GOOD PIECES OF EITHER EUROPEAN OR ORIENTAL MAKE AT ADVANTAGEOUS PRICE, GO TO
LAMMERT BROS.,
DUDDELL STREET
Mac's Cafeteria
HONG KONG HOTEL Finest Selection of CHOCOLATES
in FANCY GIFT BOXES
FRUITS FRESH CALIFORNIA
BOOK
ALWAYS ON SALE
& BIBLE
DEPOT..
CHRISTMAS CARDS AND CALENDARS !
Books For YOUNG AND OLD LARGE ASSORTMENT OF CHINESE LITERATURE.
2, "WYNDHAM STREET.
PHOTOMATON CHRISTMAS CARDS
Containing your Photograph may be obtained. at the PHOTOMATON STUDIO at SIX for $1.00, or you can supply the Picture and we will mount same FREE OF CHARGE on our 10 Cent Photomaton Card.
The SUN Co, Ltd.
DEPARTMENTAL STORE
DES VEUX ROAD CRÝTRAL
H.K. TRANSFER & LIGHTER CO.
FURNITURE REMOVALS. AND GENERAL TRANS- PORT BY TRUCK OR LIGHTER.
ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING
Tel C. 2639 E. 122
L. E. S. Hodge.
HAVE YOUR EYES
TESTED AND FRAMES FITTED
By
PROINTMENT
Little niceties at table show the taste of the hostess: the spotless linen the shining silver. the fresh flowers and the salt
Cerebos
SALT
Din þronomiazăreret Jaku D itwickison & Co. Hanɛ Kong.
WOMAN'S CORNER
"BOOM IN MONOCLES.
PLATY GLASS PREFERRED,
"I want a monocle." "Yes, madam. What type would you like ?"
is
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No-one would attempt to deny that in affording recreational facilities Clubs in Hong Kong were fullling an extremely valuable and necessitry service. If they stopped at that then it would be impossible to bring a case, against them. But "What types have you" he was afraid that in the course "Well, madam, er-what of the (aften, prolonged) adjourn- wrong with the eye" ment to the brass rail" subse
"Nothing. How dare you!" quent to a watch, much of the good
There is a boudoir boom in obtained from the afternoon's sport monocles. Signs of the monocle wna vitiated. This applied parti-craze, which took Paris by storm cularly to Hong Kong and the East in 1920 and 1927, are being watch generally, for at Home the "bar" did not play to great a part is sporting club life as it did "East of Suez; in fact it did not exist at all in many tennis and cricket clubs at home where the game was played for its own sake and one then packed up and went home." Club life out here was the exact opposite of home life, and although it was difficult to obtain home life here as one understood it at Home, it was possible to obtain a measure of it without irénuenting Clubs re- gularly to the detriment of one's mental calibre, not to mention one's
bank balance.
CAULIFLOWER.
As the principal ingredient of a salad. Coat the spriga (rather un- den than over cooked) with mayon- naise, sprinkle with chopped par sley, arrange lettuce leaves round and garnish with beetroot cut in dice.
In soup. Boil the vegetable in white stock till tender, rub through sieve, add a little milk to the puree, thicken with corndour and serve with grated cheese,
Pickled. Dip the sprigs into boiling water for a minute or two, then drain and when cold spread ed closely by the opticians.
them out on "Scores of women are buying well with salt. Let them remain a dish and sprinkle monocles these days," said a Lon-two days, then drain and put them don optician.
There have been into jars, Cover with boiling. monocled debutantes and monocled vinegar and tie down when cold, brides. The fashion, which was at its height when the masculine wò- men first became the vogue, is re- turning.
Most of the monocles we sell are plain glass, and frequently the buyers return with the complaint that they will not stay in the eye. When we explain that it is not the fault of the eyeglass but the eye they are hurt."
A monocle can change a face com- Women welcome the pletely.
nonocle manner as a new person- ality. They change their faces with their tracks.
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and soaked in a pint of. hot water for half an hour. The liquid is then ready for use.
How Could We Live Without You? In opening for the negative, Mr. A. Brown said it was easy to paint a tragic picture of the wailing wife and erying kids sitting on the Club doorstep waiting for the erring hus- hand. Apart from the question of the exact veracity of such a picture,
Ten leaves will be found invalu- the proportion of married men to able for cleaning varnished wood single in the average Club was if they are saved for a few days small and that aspect of the ques tion was not so important na "the "effect of Club life on single men. If there were cases of young fellows falling into drinking habits and
ate hours owing to the case with Hot water marks may be remov which a chit was signed, then he ed from a polished table by mak- did not think this buid be laiding a thin paste with salad oil at the door of the Clubs. Men did and salt, placing it on the mark not come to Hong Kong with the for about an hour, and then rub- eradle matka still on them. rendy bing well with a soft duster. to be drawn into bad habits at the slightest provocation. As the twiz is bent, the tree's inclined," and such cases if they existed were
THE HONGKONG OPTICAL CO. only the manifestation of inherent
Qualified Opticians
53, Queen's Road 0. Tel. 0.2232
J. Ullmann & Cu
High Class Jewellers Est. 1860
Chater Road.
Alexandra Bldg. ·
FRIGIDAIRE
SCLE AGINTA DODWELL & Co., Ltd. QUEEN'A BUILDING. TEL. C. 1030
BRUNSWICK HOUSE
BRUNSWICK PANATROPES
ייד
AND RECORDS
17, ICE HOUSE STREET
weakness. Broadly speaking, any tangible objection to Clubs had its foundation on the drink cuestion. And whilst the subject of Prohibition did not fall within the acare of the debate, it must be recognised that Af bars were excluded from the
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This little frock of natural Shantung will ia trimmed with uddly shaped incrustations of printed tunsor in" rote tones.
MORE RELIGION: REWER THE INQUEST ON C.Q.M.S.
SUICIDES.
CORONER'S SUGGESTION TO VICTIMS OF WORRY. "The number of tragedies lately
Clubs, this would only mean increas. is becoming alarming," said Mr. ed business far the nearest public T. R Kent, the deputy coroner bar. So far as the constructive side at a Reading inquest on a suicide
case was concerned, the tragedy.
of 'his
"
MINTY
VERDICT OF DEATH FROM SELF-INFLICTED WOUND."
body of C.Q.M.S. Arthur Minty of The adjourned inquest on the the 2nd Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment was concluded last Satur- day at H.M. Police Court, Shang-
hai, before Mr. I. T. Morris,
coroner.
to
ADVICE FOR INVESTORS.
Danker continued, he would refer "I think," he added, "it is be- firstly to the natural instinct to cause of the absence of religious The verdict was: "I and that get together," that one found feeling. in the world... If a man C.Q.M.S. Arthur Minty, of the manifested in Clubs. How could could only look at his troubles from 2nd Battalion The Wiltshire Regi- ancial life exist without the Clubs, the religious point of view he would ment, died at Shanghai on Novem- The gregaricus instinet was one of struggle to the end."
ber 12, 1020, the cause of death' man's better instincts and the fol
being a hemorrhage from a self- lowing of it was only detrimental
inflicted wound the carotid if he got in with the wrong crowd
arteries." and allowed bis better nature to from Club life, instancing the con
Major McKelvie, surgical special- be submerged in that of others.
eerts which were organised to reist at No. 7 General Hospital, said lieve the tedium and to benefit local that the deceased was suffering from When One Ought to be Studying! charities, the easy access to books sinus trouble and he was frequently Mr. A. White, seconding the which many of them provided and confined to hospital. Medical evi- lender for the affirmative, said that the organisation of other social ac-dence was then given as to the the best test of a man's mental tivities which gave a man something nature of the wounds and the Ter calibre was the manner in which he to do and interested him in others dict was returned as stated. spent his leisure hours. The great instead of leaving him to become- est schemes for the benefit of man- as many non-Club-goers were-seli kind had been worked out in centred and morbid individuals. solitude. Certainly, the atmosphere | The speaker referred to the centrali of the Club bar was not conducive |sation of recreational facilities in to the formulation of euch schemes Hong Kong as compared with those and in that Clubs were often respon-jat home where one often had to sible for detaining a man who might spend half the afternoon getting to otherwise be studying with a view & sports ground and instanced the to bettering his position, they acted greater varieties of sport which were detrimentally in many instances. open to a young man of moderate The speaker referred to the case of means in Hong Kong as compared the married man who in forsaking with their limitation at Home. home life for club fo gave way Bo far as the married man going to the weakest in his character and astray was concerned, he thought it anyone who had lived for any length possible that married men often of time in the East would agree dropped into Club life because there that the Clth habitue-the man who was no home life for them. If wasted his time at the brass rail-- women did not go to Clubs, they was usually lacking in grey matter were often away on Bridge parties as compared with one who did not. and it might be that the fault lay
át-Home and not with the Clubs. Social Activities and-Ons for the
After discussion from the body of the hall, the motion was put to the Mr. A. Laughton, in seconding meeting and it was decided-by 15 the leader for the negative referred sofea to 12 that Clubókaristamaton
Ladies,
to the many advantages obtainable | detrimental to the men of the
(Continued on next Column.) ¡Colony,"
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