THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
for the Christmas Feast
Have you Booked your DAIRY FARM TURKEY?
This is a D. F. Turkey!
We have a specially fine
selection of:
CAPONS,
GEESE, DUCKS, CHICKENS, SUCKING PIGS AND GAME.
Game, Meat, and Pork Pies, Hams Bacon Prime Joints, Sausages, Sausage Meat, etc., etc.
Be well advised, and:- PLACE YOUR ORDER EARLY!
The Dairy Farm, Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1927.
135 "WEEKS" IN A YEAR.
AMERICA, THE LÅND OF FLAG DAYS.
"SOME" QUEER OBJECTS.
'Ono hundred and thirty-five "Special wecks, are now celebrat- el regularly in the United States éach year by the long-suffering citizens (says a correspondent of the Manchester Guardian.) They are sometimes puzzled by the neces sity of observing simultaneously "Anti-tobacco Week," and "Smoke More Cigarettes Week, but do the best they can. These weeks in- clude those dedictated to bread and milk. grandmothers, honesty, lino- leum, pranes, and truth.
Among the weeks which are celebrated at the same date each year are the following, listed chronologically:-
January-National Thrift Week. February-Boy Scouts' Week: National Drama Week;
Truth Week.
March-None:
April American Forcat Week; Be Kind to Animals Week; Better American Speech Week; Belter flames Week; National Boys' Week: Health Promotion Week: Reindeer Week: National Negro Health Week: National" Garden Week.
May-Clean-up Week: Girl's Week International Buys Week: | National Music Week. --
June-Chamber of Commerce
Week
July--Sune. August--None.
September-Constitution Week. October-Girl Senut Week; Man-! agement Week: National Fire Pre- vention Week; National Apple Week: National Picture Week: Pharmacy Week.
November--Better Speech Week; Book Week: American Education Week: Canned Foods Week; Children's Book Week: Father and Son Week: War on T.B. at Christ- nax Time Week,
December-None.
The Movable Feasts."
Those weeks which come ander
¿ the herdling of movable feasts in-
clude
Achievement Week: American Indian Week; American Legion Week: Art Week; Art Poster Week Apple Growers Have An- other Week New York State.).
Baseball Week; Better Home Lighting Week; Better Mailing Week: Bundled for Near East Week: Better Farm Equipment Week; Bread and Milk Week.
Community Week: Cancer Week:/ Christmas Week: Coin Week; Com-j munity Chest Week; Conservation | | Week: Corn Werk; Courtesy Week:|
Cranberry Week,
Dairy Week; Dental Hygiene Werk; Disarmament Week..
Efficiency Week.
Find Yourself Week; First-aid Week: Forest Protection Week: Forest Preservation Week; Furni- ture Week.
Grandma Week: Garage Week; Good English Week: Good Health Week; Good Roads Week: Go to High School Week; Co to School by Parents Week.
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Home and Social Week; Honesty Week; Humane Week,
lee Week (Ontario, Canada) International Peach Week.
Know Your City Week.
Law Enforcement Weel; Library Week;
Locki Lighting Week; Hospital Week; Linoleum Week.
Milk Week: Mother and Daughter Week.
Pay Your Bills Weeks. National Bicycle Weck; Na- tional Highway Week: National Laundry Week; National Managers Trade Week: National Narcotic Education Week: National Song Week: Nature Study Week: Naturalisation Weck; New Eng- Find Cigar Week.
Omaha Made Tyre Week; Orange Week; Own Your Own Home Week.
Parents Week; Patriotic Week; Pay Your Bills Week; Pennsylvania; Week; Physical Education Week; Poetry Week; Pride In Appearance Weck; Prune Week.
Refrigerator Week; Red Cross. Roll Call Weck; Rotary Week.
Safety Week; Self-denial Week; School Exhibit Week; Safe Invest ments Weck.
Talk Oakland Week (Oakland, Cal); Temperance Week; Thanks- giving Week: Tree Planting Week. Virginia Week; Visual Educa tion Week.
Washington-Lincoln Week; Walk and be Healthy Week; World Court Wdek.
Y.M.C.A. Week.
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All this takes no account eighty-one "days" celebrated cach year. They include Groundhog Day, Race Relations Sunday, Father's Day, Mother's Day, Peach Day. World Goodwill Day, Flag contest."When the he cut my lip. That shows he Day, Americanisation Day, Red the Paris edition of the New thinks the Prince of Wales.is a Prince crossed with us," he said, knows a great many more tricks Cross Sunday,. Tuberculosis Sun- York Herald states that George better boxer than Mayor Walker, he took his daily work-out, and than Mayor Walker, although the day (not to encourage tuberculosis, but to aid in its elimination), and Golden Rule Surday. Mason, the well-known director of and could "put it over" on the boxed with me frequently. Once latter is no slouch.""
A message from New York to the
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gymnasium, latter in
Sincere's Suggestions
For
Christmas Gifts
MEN'S WOOLLEN WEAR
At value giving pricea, The guld a son is indeed lato this year, Yet there is no reason why woollen wear should not be wale me hy men. Inta of new style knit ted garments buve como to hand and we have priced them na specially low basis.on acenunt of the weather.
BALLANTYNE SWEATERS $9.50 to $13.50 JAEGER SWEATERS $11.00 to $34.50 PULLOVERS $5.00 to $15.50
CUTEX THAT GIRLS LIKE The Marquise Set in a
Beau. tifully decorated metal box, containing the principal Cutes preparations.
$4,00
The Botir Sét is llustrated $4.50
LADIES HAND BAGS Exquisitely inde, Real m rocco in various "enticing colours. Lizard grain, m-1 tled or ead as pict fial design. Unde arm style
$14.50 lo $30. Also many chenper kinds froris $3.00
"Buy Her a Bottle of Scent" Here's listed a few of the loveliest perfumes from our comprehensive range. Car's Christmas Night.
Narcisse Noir Boubigant s Quelques Fleurs
Indda in Shrine L'Origin de Coty
FANCY SILK NECKTIES For Gentlemen
The newest designs and most popular colours,
Good quality Open End Ties from $1,00 Ties with Bhodkerchiefs to match......from $1 75
ARTISTIC CHINESE DESIGN PHONOGRAPHS
Lacquered wonder enses, pictorial or mottled design, curious claring colors" Best Swiss made motors and Found boxes. Nickel-plated reflectar. Double Spring.
$27.50 $28.50 $30.00 PHONOGRAPH RECORDS: Latest popular song and dance hits. Also, inusic for kiddies. VICTOR CAMEO CAMEO-KID
...10 $1.80 ...10
$1.26
7 $0.en
ACCORDIONS
Best Gorina muake. Hand- somely designed. Satisfue Lon in every respect.
$6.50 to $27.50-
SANTA CLAUS STOCKINGS
Special value! A wonderful display of Tom Smith's and Caley's stockings, filled with nicely Selected toys for boys arid for girls. Our specia). purelia u has made our prioda unbeatable,
From 30 cents
GIFTS FOR "STUDENTS All sorts of school supplies varying to suit any student and uny purse.
Water
Boxes
Colour
....From 35 ctk.
Pencil Boxes ... Fountain Pens.... Turning Pencils,
66 ets. 56 cts.
$1.00
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