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HUMOUR: ANCIENT AND MODERN.
"I saw the mechanical man per-; form last night. It does the work of 20 men-it is almost human!"
"Not if it does the work of 20 taen
"I think Napoleon was a greater field marshal than Bonaparte."
"But Napoleon and Bonaparte were identical."
"Some men do not realize the value of an opportunity to serve their country."
"And others do," rejoined Sena-. tor Sorghum "Several gentlemen have signified a willingness to pay more for a sest in the stock ex change.'
Subscription Agent: "Would you
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1930.
GIRLS OF THE NEW CHINA.
FINE RECORDS AT SPORTS MEETING.
(CNITED PRESS.
The shy and dainty "lily-footed" maidens of old Chins have, in less than a generation, been com pletely metamorphosed into strong China and husky girls of new
"But Napoleon was more iden-like to subscribe to the local pattired in the most masculine and
tical.
"I am a son of the soil shouted the grimy park "prator.
"Yes, and I'm sorry for you," exclaimed one of the audience, "for I see you have your father on your hands."
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Lady: "No, we have newspapera all over the house."
Agent: "How about some good books?"
"Il'e're Lady:
got books in very corner."
Agent: "How about a ungazine er two that--"
Lady Sorry, hut we're swamp. Lady at Door: Aren't you theed with magazines.' woman who was her 10 minutes Agent: Well, then, what about
good paper baler Tramp: "Yes, missus. You said you'd give me somethin" next time
called.
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A little fellow, who had told a inlsehood and been found out, was Yes, I grant you that Henry being talked to seriously by his Ford is a big industrialist and Gn-wacher, whe directed her efforts to ancier. And yet he is the prime cause of one of our greatest modern problems."
To what are you referring !" "The parking problem!"
Officer: "Flag of truce, Excel Jency."
His Excellency: "What do the revolutionists want?" "
Officer: "They would like to ex- change a couple of generals for a enn of condensed milk."
"Why is Murray Rime looking 'so sad?"
"He sent his poem, 'The Memory of a Moth, to an editorial friend for revision!
"Well, what happened?" "The editor changed the title, omitted 11 verses, and rewrote the other!"
making the youngster fel ashamed of what he had done,
Judging by the interested look on his face, she thought she was making the desired impression, when the youth exclaimed, eagerly, "I say, teacher, it's your lower jaw that moves, isn't it?
"What is the difference between specialist and a philosopher? "A specialist is one who starts out with an intense interest in some one thing, and be continues to learn more and more about less and less, until finally he knows all there is to know about nothing. A philosopher is one who starts out with a casual interest in a great many things, and he continues to learn less and less about more and more, until finally he knows noth ing at all about everything,"
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THIEF FRIEND OF PRINCESSES.
AMAZING EXPLOITS OF BOGU'S MILLIONAIRE.
MISTRESS' RIGHT OF DISMISSAL.
JUDGE AND MAID'S BAD LANGUAGE.
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"It is time employers were pro- An international thief who led the life of a rich aristocrat, and tected against young women like friends from that," said Judge Sir Alfred Tobin these his women among princesses and duchesses,
at Westminster County Court res was arrested in Paris last month. cently when he gave judgment for He is a Pole named Elaztain; but Major R. Johnson and his wife, of is also known as Eugene Epstein.
Warwick-square, Victoria, ina In February last year a stranger claim brought against them by Miss | bought from Paris jeweller | Fyvie Annie Parrott, a housemaid,
diamond worth £160, which was for £3 165, a month's wages. baid for with false dollar notes. Major and Mrs. Johnson, alleged abbreviated athletic costumes, these The police communicated with the that Miss Parrott was abusive, and young woman vied with men in International Police Bureau, which that they had to dismiss her in collection of photos of inter-consequence after five days" service. demonstration of their prowess in
national thieves with "records "in They offered her £1, and paid this the Kiang Provincial Athletic various Europeau capitals. Arong into court. Meeting held at "Chinking this them the jeweller recognised the spring. They not proved thief Eksztajn, who has a black their versatility in basket-ball, record. volley ball and tennis, to which they have been accustomed in the last decade or so, but they con- vincingly showed what they could do in sports heretofore considered exclusively masculine.
only
Some 44 girls from all over the Province took part in the field and track events As this was the first time that Chinese girls has ventured into this field, naturally they had no past records to break, However, the records set by them at the meet were most encouraging considering that it was not many years ago that such girl were kept strictly at home by their mothers.
Miss Hu Jui Seng from Sun- kiang won the first place in the 50-metre dash by covering the dis Lance in 8.1 seconds: Miss Lu Such Ching, also from Sunkiang, cover- ed 100 metres and 200 metres in 16.4 and 32 seconds respectively. Miss Wa Kwang Hsing cooped the shot ptt honour by hearing the lead 6,62 metres. The high jump laurel went to Miss Yi Shao Chu, who cleared 1.09 metres.
The tennis championship went to Misses Liu Hsi Feng and Chang Chieh I, co-eds from Soochow Un wersity: volley-ball to Ching Tau Girl Middle School; and basket- ball
to Soochow Girls Middle School.
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In Prague, in 1920, he stole a pearl necklace from an hotel.
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He was at the time posing as a millionaire," and was the lover of Countess Malvina, a woman. Czecho-Slovakian origin, who con mitted, suicide on hearing that the
as she loved was a thief.
Ekeataja was sentenced to three imprisonment, and when years liberated came to France.
He was then living in great style with A Russian Princess.. The Paris,
couple were arrested
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charged with the theft of a diamond necklace.
They were both sent to prison and afterwards expelled from France.
YOUTH'S LOST BELIEF
IN GOD.
Miss Parrott said that Mrs.
plaints of her work, and rushed her· about. She told Mrs. Johnson she was not in electric machine.
Johnson made unjustifiable com
"If people are nasty to me I must bit back," said Miss Parrott,
She thought she said, when Major Johnson told her to leave, “You are a two-faced dirty cur. What do you take me for--a doormat ?
Judge Sir Alfred Tobin: Surely a mistress is entitled to say, I don't like your work. I will go for another servant."
put the working class down.
Miss Parrott: Employers like to
Judge Si: Alfred Tobin said later: I do not want to say any thing about the views of this ub- bappy, plaintiff on the rights of people in a humbler position of life. I am perfectly satisfied that she used borginably filthy" language without the alightest justification towards her employers, and that they bave done a public service by fighting this case. Unhappily there Three classes at University Colar few employers who have that lege, London, were recently asked courage. the two questions: "Do you be lieve in God" and, "Do you feel any need to believe in God?
FUTILE AND DIFFICULT
LIVES."
The answer to the first question was a unanimious negative, and to the second a practically unanimous negative.
These statements were made by Mr. C. 5. load, speaking at a meet- New York, April 8-For what Oklahoma City, Oka April 8.-
Berlin, April -The Reichstaging at Caxton Hall, Westminster, White the great oil gusher which is believed to have been the first has passed the third reading of the for the purpose of forming a society has been named Roaring Mary time such action has ever been liquor licencing bill which, among for the studs of religions.
"These young people," said Mr. Subie" has now been brought undertaken by any official Methodist other provisions, fixes i a.m. as the control once more, a new runaway body, the New York East Confer- closing hour for restaurants and Jond,
ence to las adopted a report of other liquor selling establishments. well has developed and it continues its social service committee suggest Another provision of the bill is the to shoot a high stream of crude ing that the legislatures of New restriction of the sale of alcohol. should intended for consumption on the petroleum and spray to an altitude Fark even greater than that achieved by remove restrictions upon the teach-apot, an pay-days and election days. Roaring Mary. Frantic efforts ing of birth control in the interest The bill also provides for a num are being made" to "cap this latest of morality and sound scientificer of limitations with regard to guisher.
i knowledge."
the granting of new licences.
and Connecticut
are well read in the litera- ture of psycho-analysis. They are fond of drawing terrifying portraits of the awful things that happen to you if you repress your instinctive impulses. That has given me a clue many of the phenomena in modern society:
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He added that Major and Mrs. Johnson were entitled to dismiss Miss Parrott without paying her » farthing.
This generation is suffering from a thwarting of the instinctive That is why so need to believe. many of our younger people are living futile vea,
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THOSE HAPPY MEMORIES,,seek to escape aur scourging, by
A well-kept diary is a treasure of rare price. It preserves happy memories which, in time, we would. otherwise forget. It provides us with an invaluable outlet for private confession.
A private confessional is a vital, and yet generally unrecognised, necessity. We all have secret thoughts, secret desires, and secrer' experiences, which are too intimate to share even with our closest friend.
repressing all guilt.
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But this repression-this thrust- ing into oblivion-of powerful, emotion-charged. idens can be dan- gerous. It can give rise to mental conflict which may become sovere and develop serious disorder in the mind.....
The keeplug of a diary, which in the full sense of the words ful- fils the purpose of a private con- fessional, where every experience of personal imperance, whether of happy or unhappy tone, finds can- did expression, will be worth its weight in gold as an aid to consist ent mental well-being.
Trouble causing repressions can be, and frequently are, recovered to consciousness by such means as dream analysis. Generally the mere emergence into the light of criticism is sufficient to cause their disintegration.
The keeping of a frank diary, of course, demands moral courage of a high standard.' It demands the nð- mission of much that we would. rather not admit, even to ourselves. Sometimes they are too intimate-'It implies ruthless scrutiny of mo- too "unbearable"ve to be sub- tives. It means the ventilation of ected to one's own frank scrutiny, secrets which we would fain incon- Recollection of an incident and alltinently bury that is consequent on it is hateful
They find life more difficult than past generations have done.
"The decay of the orthodox creeds of their childhood has left a vacuum. It may be said that tradito us-disturbing, revolting, frigh tional religion will all that vacuum. I doubt . Things have gone too far. The most striking characteris tie of the modern geseration is a wistful, agnosticism,'
tening.
Self-reproach is a common bug bear which we tend to evade. It burts our self-esteem, and often we
The process of confessing will
often be painful. But it will have. the advantage of yielding that sathe sense of relief which results from unburdening troubles in the ears of a sympathetic friend.
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