HUMOUR: ANCIENT. AND MODERN.
was your stay at the
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"How "beach 1'!
Fine-but the first tan "days were the hardest."
"Auntie "How did you like your trip to Pennsylvania, Willie P
Willia: Fine, Auntie," but it wasn't all pink, the way it is on. the map !"
"Boy, you'ya been in this class for nearly a year and don't know thousandth part of what I know."
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"Well, air, you've been thirty years in the same class."
"Did you hear that Jones de earn. ing 34000 night playing his
violin 7. Just think - 81000 string!!!
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"Why doesn't he learn to play
the harp 1"
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Haude: "I give Tom credit for one thing: he gave Susie a beauti. ful engagement ring."
Reggie: "Yes, the jeweller told me that he gave Tom credit for that, too!"
you
Mother "Darling, were good boy at Auns Nell's to-day 1''
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Mistress: "Amy, what on earth are you doing **.
Maid: "Well, ma'am, I finished cleaning the windows, so I thought I'd make a good job of it and em pty the rubbish out of these 'orc 'em, boxes. So much dirt, io ma'am that things "ad started to grow in 'em!"
LONDONER'S ROMANCE.
.60 YEARS IN CITY.
Fram ofice-boy to Lord Mayor of London; preserver of the Crystal Palace for the nation; veteran of the City Corporation.
Such in brief is the life-story of Sir David Burnett, one of the best
known figure, in the City who died recently at his Croydon home in his 79th year.
Starting work as an office-boy at the age of 12. Sir David spent 60 years in the City, for 4 of which he was a member of the Corpora-
tion.
He became Lord Mayor in. 1812 at a time when the Crystal Palace was advertised for sale by auction "in one lat as a going concern."
The Earl of Plymouth, had al-
Little Larry: "Yes, I never ask-ready agreed to purchase the pro- ed for a thing at the table. I
perty, but it fell to Sir David to.
waited till after dinner and asked raise the money for its public ae for more pie in the kitchen."
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quision. He called all the local authorities together, and as a re- Clerk: "I can't help bring sleepysult of his energy $230,000 was in the office. My baby is teething collected and the Crystal Palace and every five minutes wakes me saved: " up."
Chief: "If that is so you had better. bring him to the office."
me
"My gear of office cost £10,000." he confessed recently. "It' was sheer hard labour-but it was the proudest year of my life.
Sir David, who as a lad worked
It is recalled that a great puns-six hours' overtime to earn 45., saw ter was once asked to make an ex- tempore pun.
"On what subject 1" he asked. "On the king," was the reply. "Oh, said the panster, "the king
is not a subject.'
the rise of modern London. The City he entered each morning by horse bus in those dayy was a City without motors or tubes, without" lifts or telephones and without girl clerks.
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MAURICE CHEVALIER
IN
THE LOVE PARADE"
JEANETTE MacDONALD
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1930.
THE MINUTE THAT SEEMS A YEAR
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
(Copyright, 1930, by. The Boil Syndicate, Inc);
TRYING TO GET TO THE FRONT
DOOR BEFORE UNEXPECTED CALLERS
RING THE DOOR BELL JUST
6-10
AS THE BABY IS FINALLY 'DROPPING ·
OFF TO SLEEP
CIVIL AVIATION FOR THE EMPLOYER PAYS.
WOMEN.
SIR SAMUEL HOARE'S FORECAST.
FUTURE OF THE EMPIRE
AIR ROUTES.
FRENCH COURTS AND SERVANTS' CRIMES.
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(There is a good deal of comment. in the French Press just now on the theme "The Law is on-- Ass." This comment is inspired by two outstanding cases.
GWYAS WILLIAMS
THE SILVER SCREEN.
TALKING CAMERA IN THE HOME.
The all-seeing (and hearing) eye of the motion-picture camera turns at last toward the American home, and finds there ample material in comedy and drama to produce an altogether absorbing picture. The picture, called "Harmony. At
HOLLYWOOD REVUE
all
AT THE
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's
TALKING SINGING DANCING
Dramatic
·with CHARLES KING
ANITA
PAGE
BESSIE LOVE
directed by
HARRY
Sensation · BEAUMONT
QUEEN'S
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
At 230, 5.10, 7.15 & 9,20
JETTA GOUDAL
IN
"FIGHTING LOVE"
AT THE
with VICTOR VARCONI
in a tale of Love in the Desert.
STAR
AT THE
WORLD
In this case the Court has ruled Home," adapted from the stage CURATE SENT TO PRISON.
ACCUSED OF STREET OFFENCE.
The first is that of a chauffeur, employed by a merchant near Lille, References to the recent achieve who committed an offence against ments of women flyers were natura young girl whom he met in a country road on one of his daily ally inevitable at a recent reception rounds. in the Women's Service Hall, West- minster, when Sir Samuel Hoare, that the damages claimed ought to success, "The Family Upstairs," MP., Air Minister in the last be paid by the owner of the vehicle depicts family life in a manner in which the offence tok place. Al which both the 'Jones' and the Government, gave an address to though the chauffeur was nearly "the junior council of the London twenty-five miles away from his family around the corner will re- and National Society for Women's place of employment at the time, cognize as completely authentic. the employer was held to be re. Produced by Fox Movietone and Service on The development of
sponsible for the nets of his..em. civil aviation and women's part in ployees during their working hours.
directed by Hamilton McFadden,al hours at Marlborough Street it."
There has been another case in "Harmony At Home" is played by police-court last month in hearing" Sir Samuel was careful to en-which the Supreme Court has given a cast handed by William Collier, evidence on a charge against John phasise that there was no "women's a similar judgment. In this case" question in flying and never had a concierge killed one of the ten- Sr., and Marguerite Churchill. It Patterson (33), Clerk in Holy Or- been experience at the Airants of the House of which he was opena on Friday at "the Queen's ders, of the Clergy House, Muns Ministry had convinced him some in charge...
Theatre.
ter Square, W., of soliciting, in Ramilles Place and Oxford Circus' on June 11.
All the Fun of the Fair.
Mr. Mead was engaged for sever.
Evidence was given by three police officers and two doctora
Paterson, in the witness-box, de- brought to the motion-picture nied the accusation. He said his screen. It is the tuneful whine of father was a niner, and after hold. the circus steam-calliope, and it is ing a scholarship at grammar heard in Dangerous Curves,"
school in the North, left school at Clara Bow's new Paramount talk the age of 15 and worked in the ing-picture."
office of a mining company,
years ago that the sensitive touch The concierge is of course, re- that makes her a good borse-woman sponsible for his acts before the the qualifies a woman also to be a good criminal court. But when pilot. He said that in this country heirs of the dead tenant applied A sixty-four year old wail, to-day, where 47 women hold the Afor compensation, "it was held in | familiar' to amusement-seekers certificate for pilots, one of the B. the civil court that the proprietor throughout the world, has been certificate (commercial), and of the house and the employer of. own aeroplanes, of whom 17 are the concierge was responsible, since pilots, there are more women flyers it was one of this servants who com than in any other. European coup-mitted the murder during the try, and perhaps more than in hours of his duty. America.
The jutification of this legal view He attributed this progress of is that it makes employers remem the woman flyer largely to the ber that in the selection of certain existence of the acroplane clube men for certain jobs they have re- subsidised by the Government sponsibilities to society in gener which the Air Ministry had been
al. instrumental in starting some years
ago..
WOMAN CRIPPLE'S
@ACHIEVEMENT."
HIGHEST AWARD WON FOR
LEATHER WORK,
A woman whose life is spent in spinal carriage won the highest award in the beaten leather section
Dealing with, the general ques- tion of civil aviation and with the advances likely to be made in the next ten years or so,. Sir Samuel hoped in that time to see a great development of regular commercial air services so that the England to Delhi route could be extended to Australia, another regular service be started to. Capetown via the Past Coast of Africa, and, by an improveraent and increase in bir- at the British Handicrafts Exhiba ships, practically a non-stop sertion of the Home Arts and Indus: vice established between England, tries Association in London recent- Australia, and New Zealand. ly. She is Miss E. Hope-Lucas, of. Another interesting prophecy was Cambridge, who for years has of a mail service to India running struggled to support herself by her continuously day and night, with labours. relays of pilots, at the rate of 180
In giving her the golden cross, to 200 miles an hour (the present, the premier award, the judges pro- passenger rate is 80 to 100 miles nounced her work on such articles per hour), and, through the devotas pada and blotting pads to be lopment of dying-bonts, of long-some of the finest ever produced. distance Empire services. He built Miss Hope-Lucan, who has won especial hopes on the use of flying- ¦ minor awards on previous occa-
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In May, 1929, he returned to
circus in 1885 with the Hagenback- Durham Light Infantry in 1917,
The steam calliope first joined the
At the age of 20 he joined the
Wallace show. It was a tremendous and was transferred to the A.S.C. sensation and proved a great crowd He was demobilised in 1919, joined gatherer. One by one the other the Church Army, and became a shows took up the calliope, until lay evangelist in 1920. In 1994 he now it is as much a part of the went to Australia, was ordained circus as "big-top," lemonade, deacon there in 1826, and priest peanuts, and elephants. In every in 1827, and had charge of a parish stand or town played the calliope there. provides part of the ballyhoo" by patading the streets. In circus par England, and in September last lance this is called "tooting up." year he became curate" of St. All phases of circus life, from the Mary's, Munster Square. On the action in the rings to the colourful night in question, he, stated, he routine existence of the performers, walked about to tire himself, as are pictured in the new Bow pie- he suffered from insomnia. ture. The "It "girl portrays a
The Rev. David Morse, of All performer who turns from an eques Saints, Highgate, and the Rev. trian act to a clown stunt. Richard Arlen, her leading man, takes the Henry Christian Thorns Hos part of a tight-wire performer vicar of St. Mary's Munster
Dangerous Curves" will be the
boats for the latter purpose, besions, was unable to attend the feature on the programme at the Square, gave evidenco for the de-
cause they could be built to hold exhibition, as she cannot be moved," Central Theatre to-day for five As many as 50 or 60 passengers, and Another woman winner of a gol- | days. were particularly adaptable to a den cross was Mrs E McEwen journey across an Empire like ours, involving sea communications. to her brother killed in the war, He envisaged also a service of and framed it in beaten metal and air taxis from London to the port enamel.
Usborne, who designed a memorial
of embarkation, and mentioned the The exhibition, which was held experiments now being made in at the Central School of Arta and small planes that will take off Crafts, Southampton Row, London, straight from the ground or a flat WC. was full of colour and in- roof. He did not particularly adgenuity. vocate regular passenger crxISCA INDO Our Colony where the distances are not
make avia- great enough to
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Wife and Mother and. then, by, one swift stroke
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Mr Mead said that, up to a
point, the cam was weak, and he would not
on the evidence convict on of smiling and looking back, But there was the evidence of Inspector Francis, who had risen from the
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ranks through all the shoals and VMY OR DO Y Arrangements have been made by quicksands a constable had to puss. Z.B. W. to relay the promenade It was a dreadful thing to have to
The compert commences convict a man in h
gramme in promised. at 9,30 pm and an attractive pro- tions, but he had no alternative ex-
tion distinctively superior to other In conclusion he looked forward means of communication, and for to a great increase in this country So far as can be looked ahead a tent to say that Inpector Francis | the same reason thought a trans- of private flying and ownership of Atlantic service would not be so machines during the next, dende, mportant as the longer air routes when, he hoped and believed, the he had mentioned
cost both of purchase and upkeep (Continued at foot of next column.) would greatly dorcease.
thres
the moment, a concert from the had been guilty of the grossest per Studio is in store for listeners next jury. That he would not say. He Wednesday This will he a piano sentenced Patterson to forte and violin recital by Mr months imprisonment. Harry Ore and Mr. Sit San Ma⠀⠀ Notice of appeal was given..
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