MIXED GRILL
A Merry Miscellany Ashley Sterne
Do you stomp, my hearties? In other words, has your ordinary "Bat Charleston" technique deve loped sufficiently to enable you to essay the second,
calling him
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1927.
Professor Mulo, which has upset him very much; He has already addressed letters of protest to the Victory, The or stomping,India Offre, the Gaekwar of stup In the stomp step, I read, Baroda, the Maharajak Jam Sahib "the ball of the foot is put down of Nowangar, the Aga Khan, and flat, and the heel.stomps the floor Mr. Saklatvala. The only res- on the second beat," which sounds pouse he has yet received is a pic- ridiculously simple. But the snag ture-postcard of Battersea Park Hes in that second beat business. from the latter, bearing the legend lu most of the modern jazz stuff "As your hair grows whiter I shall it is very hard to determine which only love you more." is the second beat. Indeed, I From an altogether different doubt whether some of the tunes source I learn that Crumpett had I've recently heard have got any been kicked out of the Smuj (in second beat at all. If they have,eireumstances which shall når Then it sounds exactly like the first,ate next week), and now pur- or the third, or the fifth, or forming to become a Tákir, that matter the uniteenth. Short
of asking the band, I don't quite see how one is accurately to as Meanwhile I hope that
certain,
THE TIRCHI
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Gowns which look like mail are said to be the latest Paris fashion. Prowns which look like male doubtless greet the arrival of the bill.
A Scottish lady-doctor asserts that girls' appetites are becoming far superior to men's.. Well, of fcourse, callering herrings or vall- ing the cattle home across the sands of Dee dous increase the up- petite. But as for vir Sassenach damsels, what about it? Erato,
the management of our danceforward, please! Polyhymnin,
clubs will be tolerant with us while we are finding out.. would be simply dreadful to he chucked out of the Tipcat or Zero's for stomping on the wrong beat. It's the sort of stigma that arould cling to a fellow for life in!! terpsichorean eiretes. He would never be able to hold up his foot amin.
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Personally should like to see the dump dep strangled at birth; and the wuntp step my own in- vention substituted therefor. Ing the wamp step the heel is put down sideways and backwards (as so often happens in rinking, and the big toe there wamps the long on any heat you like, or even. ca none at all. if you should prefer it. A variation of this, called the blump step likewise my own in- vention, consists of not putilag your feet to the floor at all. You merely remain seated at a table with your partner, and periodical- I sunimon the waiter to bring two more ports. When you are an ex- pert at this step, you will And that during the course of just one little Charleston the waiter,' on your behalf, can execute at least ". six beats to the bar.
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"Many singers who are now- routert stars," says a musical critic, "took up singing merely to kill time." To which 1 can only add that judging from my own experience of the performances of many of these alleged "stara, they would rather seem to have merely taken up time to kill sing
dter you with the ukelela!
Whene'er we've dined together, it
has never seemed to me
That you had any appetite what.
ever, darling May. You eat sparingly of hors d' cùvies
--just taste of two or three,
And often you return your soup un-
tasted straight, away..
You toy in listless fashion with a
tiny serap of fish,
But you never like the entree, and
you sometimes miss the ronsb; And although you're fond of poultry oglalve n'er yet expressed the
wish
For anything more filling than a' in qual-on-taast
For sweets ton, you apparently have
very little use,
And you nibble at your ipe-cream in
a most half-hearted wash And when I chide you, you put up
the plausible exeuse That you haven't any appetite--
now, don't you, darling May? And yet some wrath lies in the Doe's
contention (see above),.
Though not perhaps the sort of truth that, she is driving at;
You believed me when I said you were my first and only love-· And you
must have got SOME appetite if you can swallow that!
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Since the Prime Minister came
out with the nerve-racking state- ment that his was the loneliest job in the world, some of the news- papers Lave been running corres- peadener to discover other jobs in the superlative entegory. One has asked, "What is the coldest job in the world? which inter alia has elicited claims from a The sin of bne of the London frozen-meat porter, an attendan: railway stations Boasts a member in a fug repository, a coastguard.. who is so strong that he can tear and a deepsea fisherman.
ing.
packs of cards in halves and break B-inch nails with his bare hands. There is no truth in the rumour, however, that he has received a tempting offer to take up a job as a aurter in our Parcels Post Office.
a long letter
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I have received from Professor Burmion Crumpett wherein he tells me that he has abandoned the idea of ever learn- ing the art of snake-charming | friend of mine suggests that from a professional samp-ivalla: these jobs are nothing as regards He has ransacked Bombay for a frigidity to that of the poor fel- tutor, and has at length come to low who has periodically to re the conclusion that the native orient the North Pole, but I can snake-charmers either
think of an even colder job than can't or won't impart their knowledge to that. What about the job of wait-
R. European, Incidentally, the peo-ing for a long overduo train over ple at the Smyl Hotel insist on an ordinary waiting-room fire?
160 KINDS OF STAMPS. the extent of from 200 to 300 per
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cent. Stamp stocks now ranged from £1,000 downwards, and there were instances where a stamp stack of £1,000 was necom- panied by a postal order stock of £800. Even a £1,000 stamp stock was frequently found insuflicient to meet in order.
Before the Civil Service Indus- trial Court which was hearing the claim of the Union of Post Office
Thero were 160 varieties to be Workers for increases in the snl dealt with in the sale of stamps, ary scnles of the manipulative and the sale of National Savings grades of the Post Office, and Certificates during the last finnn- the counterclaim of the new Post- cial your amounted to £35,500,000, master-General for reduction for Clerks were also required to have new entrants, Mr. F. J. Marghul knowledge of every new class of recently opened the case for the work undetaken by the Post Office. counter clerks and telegraphists. Later Mr. Marshall said that a He said that of recent years the counter clerk had to be converannt individual financial responsibility with 1,546 specific rules relating of a counter clerk had increased to various services. considerably; In some cases to! The court adjourood:
HUNTED & SHOT.
WHAT HAPPENED AT HANGCHOW.
TERRIBLE SCENES.
Describing scenes of wholesale murder of Northern, soldiers, and civilians suspected of being Northernors, the looting of shops and homes, the retreat of the Northern troops from Hankow and the triumphant entry of the Cantonese soldiers into the city, a Fresbyterian missionary now in Shanghai, in an interview with the representative of The Shang- hai Sunday Times, draws a graphic word pleture of Hangchow during the days when it was occupied by retreating Northern soldiers, and the first few days of occupation by the victorious Cantonese troops.
Retreat of Sun's Army.
""On Wednesday, February 16, the Northern troops began to come Into Hangehow. They had with them. About 800 Kiangsi men, for- merly constituting nu independent division which had been captured by Chang Kai-shek.
"Many of these men, who are really Northerners, wore three uniforms, including first the uni form of their independent division, then the Southern uniform and lastly the Northern uniform. They had been drafted into Mar- shal Sun's army and were well armed.
"On Thursday morning we noted the 13th. and 8th. Divisions, of about 8,000 men each, going past. The 8th. ha been doing some) Bghting, but the other division had not.
"The 8th. Northern division got to the station and found no loco- motives or railway crews. There was about 60 cars there, but no engines to pull thom. The division imilately began marching down the track, leaving about 30 men behind. These 30 men began sell- ing rice, dour and other supplies, constituting a part of their loot. Subsequently the two divisiona reached the city and camped thera that night and did a little looting.
Looting Begins.
"The following morning the soldiers went to the Chamber of Commerce and demanded money. The officials, knowing that the Southern troops would soon reach the city, stalled for time, putting off the demands with the explana- tion that money had been give i to General Mong, and that the soldiers should get their share from him.
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"The Northern soldiers prompt- ly blocked off a section of the city about three-quarters of a mile long, renching from the railway station down to what is called Big strcel, looting the shops of silver- smiths and other merchants. Gen- eral Mong, meanwhile, hadi pro- mised to send back a train for them, and did so. Following the pillaging of the shops the soldiers again went to the Chamber of Commerce and asked if the" off cials "wanted
looting aay more done. The officials hastily gave | Paris them sum of money estimated at Brussels between $30,000 and $40,000. Amsterdam
Berlin Hunted Down Like Ruts,
Copenhagen "Friday morning at 10 o'clock Vionna
the soldiers boarded the train an 1 Helsingfors, departed. Their departure was Lisbon followed by the immediate ap
Rio Bombay pearance of an army of armed
Hongkong civilians, known as the Bien I New York Bing (Convenient clothed sol
Genera diers) They patrolled the streets Milan and hunted the Northern soldiers Stockholm down like rats. Scores of North-
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ern soldiers were stili agattered Madrid about the city, preparing to leave. Athens when the Cantonese arrived.
"Those found
were butchere wherever caught. Between 150 and 200 were captured and killed. In addition, scores of civilians with a Northern accent were kill ed. One soldier was dragged into the open and heaten and trampled to death.
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Coalies Mercilessly Shot,
"The bad treatment the people.. of Hangchow received from the Northern soldiers made them long for a change" said the missionary, "and they welcomed the Cantonese. Tho Northern soldiers worked the coolies until they were ready to drop, then often shot them without morey.
Mr. Thomas W. Miller, former U. S. Custodian of Alien Property, who, at a second trial, has been found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the Government of his servico.
At South Shields a man, after quarrel with his wife, either fell or jumped head firet from a win-
"This was witnessed by a' for. eign doctor who was passing. The mob saw him and for a time his life was
in danger. Employees of the Standard Oil Company re- ported witnessing the slaughter of the 30 Northern soldiers who had been selling rice and supplies.
"On Friday the 18th, we saw the Cantonese 1st. Division march past the college. They were wall armed and well-equipped, march-, "The Southern soldiers did not dow, and was impaled on the rail- ing in an orderly manner." do much looting among the Chin-Ings below. He died soon after-
The missionary stated that can homes, but did lots in foreign wirds in the infirmary," therd are crossroads near the col-homes, although they did not harm lego and that a body of retreat tho foreignora. One forsign A Jérusalem correspondent anys ing Northern soldiers ran into the priest and several foreign women that the drought in Southern Incoming Cantonesc. The fleeing living about four miles out from Palestine is so severe
that at Northerners were killed outright. the city were showed every cour-Hebron water-tickets are being One Northern soldier's head was tesy by the soldiers, but their issued to the inhabitants and the completely blown off in full, view homes were looted."
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