MODES AND MANNERS ON THE
PEAK TRAM.
THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1928,
NEWS OF AMERICAN NOTORIOUS "RED"
EXPEDITION.
“FÉMINA” STILL CRITICISED, BUT "VERONICA"" AFTER MORE THAN YEAR'S
COMES TO HER AID.
SILENCE.
Replies to "Femina's" strictures in regard to dogs, smoking and shorta on the Peak troms still continue to come in. The lady herself, REACHES NORTH INDIA. however, remains silent under the avalanche of letters which appeared in yesterday's Telegraph. Maybe she is reserving her ammunition In preparation for a second onslaught.
Whilst most of to-day's letters continue the denunciation of "Femina's" attitude, one lady, signing herself "Veronica," comes to her
ald.
"The Good Old Days."
Sir -Your 'correspondent]
writes like a Peakite, "Femina's" letter in
"Femina"
' but does not express herself in a style befitting an inhabitant of that altitude,
Possibly Liverish. Sir, I was much amused at Thursday's It is certainly a shame. that the dear Indy Should have been
insue of your paper.
New York, May 26. A telegram has been received
here announcing the safe arrival in Northern India of the expedi tion headed by Professor Roerich, accompanied by his wife and son.
SENTENCED.
LIFE.
The Very Idea!
A New Zealander visiting Eng PENAL SERVITUDE FOR and sends to a London pewspaper, apropos of the claim of a Chelsea were at- reader that birda tracted by a particular gramo- and of. Lord phone record Tavistock's comments there- on, an account from a New Zealand paper of a lecture by Mr. Johannes Andersen, Librarian, of the Turn- bull Library, Wellington, on New Zealand song birds.
CHINESE TRIED AT SINGAPORE ASSIZES.
WANTED BY CANTON.
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This is the first news of the ex- pedition since April of last year, when a Moscow telegram said it was about to start for Mongolia.
The expedition has had various Each paragraph of her letter forced to sit next to a rude male adventures, having been attacked s who dared to smoke his pipe and by robbers, but the superiority of begins with "I strongly approve....I further object," etc., expose his hairy knees in her the expedition's firearms prevent and 24 strokes of the "cat" passed the presence of "Scotsmen in the
-as if there is no more to be said presence, on the subject. But the
Penk
ed bloodshed.
were ire-
Mr. Andersen claims that while English birds preserve no method The conviction of Wong Teck-in their singing, the New Zealand natives sing melodies of musical chai at the Singapore Assizes on phrases arranged in an ordered e- quence. He also says that he charges of being in possession of sexlitious literature and explosive has heard a bell-bird singing "The substances, together with the set-Campbells. Are Coming" (which tence of penal servitudo for life would seem, by the way, to point to by Mr. Justice Sproule, is an event locality), while phrases from well- of considerable importance in the known compositions But I rather fancy that the lady The expedition was stopped by history of Communist agitation in quently recognisable, Trams are not run for her benefit is in need of a little advice from the Tibetan nuthorities. It suffer: Malaya, says the Straits Timer.. only, and people in the upper one of the medical fraternity. In ed considerable hardship, living
Mrs. A. had a very good Chinese winter-time in summer After referring to
He gave her notice. atratum of society do not as a rule case, however, her physician has in the
assume auch a tone in writing bong knees and therefore cannot tents at an altitude of 16,000 feet. "Red" toup in Canton and the boy.
dight of many agitators from that A told Mrs. B. that she had given be approached by fer, please per-
Over 250 paintings have been to the papers.
sent to America by the expedition,city to Singapore, the journal gives him the sack. Mrs. B. believed her Aside from that, I would have mit me, not suffering, from that, nothing Le quarrel with her if she complaint, to prescribe.
I suggest a regular course of whilst reports have been made of details of the "Communist Youth" because she had bribed the boy to hand confined her remarks to smok-i ing and to the presence of degs in Krasehen, after which I think many observations with regard movement in Malaya and refers to give Mrs. A. notice, an she could
m-to Buddhism."-Reuter's American "Femina" liver would be But she touches on an old con-proved and she would Become a Service.
woman-one who troversy when she criticises a more natural man's attire. If a woman dressed would delight in seeing a man at
cars.
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in flimsy nothings and very much his case in shorts and smoking his abbreviated skirts can claim that favourite briar.Yours, etc.,
It is both sensible and hygienic La dress so, surely a man has far
stronger claims. It is a
much
more trying business to work all
day long in a hot stulty office than
HAIRLESS KNEES. Hongkong, May 25, 1928.
Sarcastic.
4
J
INDIAN RAILWAY
STRIKE.
Sir-- I am heartily hshamed of MEN RETURN BUT REFUSE
TO WORK.
it is to chat over a cup of ten or you-- gentleman-for publishing. to do shopping.
"Femina" must be very
such cowardly attacks, by your cor Vie-respondents, on a sweet," modest
torian in her ideas when she says, lady like "Femina".
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Never mind, "Femina," continue live to see you Chairman of the
the anti-
骨
Mrs.
The activity of the police in Singa-engage him herself. So everybody's, pore in tracking down the mis-[quite pleased about it! ohlef-makers.
In this connexion it states that "I fear you are sadly Victoriun,' Communist activity was suspected,don paper regarding the use of "Should we not raids were carried out wherever writes a Walford reader to a Lon- and a series of raids culminated popular terms.
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in a very effective discovery of move with the times? Let us by the local headquarters of the all means talk about 'smoke-room' For the fu- and billiarda-room." movement.
During this raid a man who held ture 1 intend to eat apples-pio and the position of "military leader" cherries-tart, and to use ashes-trays No doubt the and cards-tables. in the local organisation was
documents were coming boy will piny feetball." arrested, and found outlining the Communist plans, which may be summed up A patriotle Scotsman revisiting as rebellion and the, snatching his country accompanied by his son, of the reins of government." This a boy of eight, took him to the The poet is represented holding by the stalk his "wee, modest, crim- military leader was Wong Teck Burns statue in Aberdeen.
son-tippit" daisy.
chai.
WALK OUT AGAIN. .... the wearing of shorta is but Surely the fact that she was
Calcutta, May 25. a perversity to expose naked parts brave enough to launch an attack
After an interval of ten weeks, of the body just as are ladies' tab on smoking, shorts, and dogs should' short skirts and too short sleeves." command the immedite attention, Possibly, she is harking back to and reformation, of the parties the Lilleah workshops of the
"Wanted" in Canton. "the good old days," but thank concerned, instead of forming, the East India Railway Company were
entered the shops.
"That, my, son, is Robert Burns," Heaven, we don't belong to her topic for ill-timed, and l-mannered; reopened to-day, when 4,000) men
humour.
This name was merely his local
said the father, "Scotland's great- The workers, however, practis alias. As Cheung Kong sens, generation. it tolerated that the Chinese con your good work and I will ued passive resistance, with the re- which is his real name, he is badly at genius!"
Lastly, she says, "I ask why is troller dares" to say to the pass Peak Tramway Co. Ltd Presi-sult that the District. Magistrate wanted by the Canton Government. To which the laddie replied Kers-"Hurry up?"-And prudent of the Anti-Smoking Society ordered them to disperse if they in connexion with his Communist And is be holding a corkscrew in
netivities in China. These activi- his hand, father the Back-to-16 were unwilling to work." why not? what is there wrong or President of
The men refused to work unless, ties followed his banishment from
The bath-chairs of Bath made a impolite in that-unless Feming Fashions Society. President of the would like him to say it in best Society for the Elimination of their grievances were redresse, Sumatra, after he had served a Cockney style, in which case she is Mere Men, President of the Society but they finally left the shops, sentence of three years rigorous poor show on parade when they for the Prevention of Kondacan toon the advice of Mr. Mitra, the imprisonment imposed for organisturned out for the annual licensing welcome to teach him herself.
President of the East-India Rail-in the Medan railway strike in inspection. Twenty years ago there Enclusing my card,-Yours, etc. Animals; tegele
At the last "Femina" desirest, let me give way Company Labour Union, after 1921, when Dutch officials were were 68 of these permabulators for
adults fully licensed; ele,
you a little fatherly advice. Keep the District Magistrate had threa-murdered,.
This man had an undoubted gift inspection there were only a couple dozen, Nevertheless Buth on writing letters for the papers-tened to expel them forcibly.
Subsequently, Mr. Mira nd-for organisation and for the ex- of but, fer Sam Howdy's sake, don't send them in for publication. After dressed the workers, declaring ploitation of mass psychology, waters, though not as fashionable Truth Without Frills.
you have composed and typed the hut the District Magistrate'a a-Prior to his last visit to Singapore, as they were in the days of Mr. Sir, I think it is an absolute letters tear them up and put the tion was unauthorised and advis-which has terminated so unfor- Pickwick, still held their own, and shame the way "Femina" has been pieces into the fire. I love (sic!)ing thein to report their policy of tunately for him, he had only spent the Bath Oliver biscuit is still large- made the butt of this half-baked you so much that I simply hate to passive resistance if the work-a few hours in this port, when he ly produced and consumed by the
was passing through on his way discerning, humour of, apparently, half the you making such a fool of your shops are opened to-morrow,
The Company has decided that to China as a Dutch banishee..
Yet in 1919 he was connected males of the Colony merely be-self.
Remember, "Fem" dear, that eat anyone desiring to return to work cause she stated her views on atomius in rebun which, in your case, must sign an undertaking not to with. anarchical netivities. in thiais much less popular than in the The men of this Colony ought to Do your trips in a motor-car and so resume passive resistance.-Reu-country in consart with persons,days when, combined with a glass |
.S. W. P. Hongkong, May 25th, 1928.
matter of public interest.
is a mechanically propelled vehicle. save yourself the horrible ordeal of seating next to one of these half- naked men with their hairy, beny, ugly knees."
have more respect for ladies than to hold them up to ridicule in the newspapers. It is quite clear that they don't like it because for once
Good-bye, "Fem," I hope that they have been told the truth. It is, of course, a shocking thing you will not have the pleasure of that the truth should be told with-meeting me, for I am one of these who are usually in shorts.-Yours; out frills,
One might expect frills from ete. our sex, but "Femina" has voiced the opinion of a great many other
TIRED TIN.
ter.
IRAK OIL OUTPUT.
1927)
tr
The bath bun, one would imagine,
who, on the authority of the an.(of milk, it formed the only susten- archist paper Evangelie de la Poptance of the Rev. Robert Spalding Har (the issue of February 16, "The Private Secretary over were responsible for the a considerable period. Yet we still bomb outrage at Kuala Lumpur in meet it in the refreshment museumA 1925, in which Mr. R. Richard at railway stations, a pale reflec- the Protector of Chinese, hudia nartion, as it seems of the rich fare of one's childhood, when a bath TWO BIG NEW WELLS, row escape from death.
bun bought at the baker's shop in Upper Regent-street; was Teheran, May 25.
thing to look forward to with greedy Another big addition to the oil An interesting reference to Com-rejoicing. output is reported from irak, in munist methods in Maiaya, and to the sector of the Naftkhaneh fields, the man who has just been con
Anarchist Journalism.
some-
PS--Do you, my darling, ad- women in her courageous con- vise to wear my only pair of white
Billy Bowens had been anything demnation of odious practices. flannels to-day? You know, where two further wells, produe-damned to spend the rest of his life would not go so far as to say that raining terribly hard, and I woulding respectively 200,000 and 300, in the Singapore goul, is to be but a model boy at school, and, con "shorts" make a man appear half-like to expose my "hairy, bony, ugly on gallons per day, have been found in the following extract from sequently, an application of the naked, but I do say that they are knees."
Indecent, particularly as men do not worry, how short their nether
garments are.
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Hongkong. May 24th, 1928.
"Femina" Not "Femina". Sir-With reference to the cor- Incidentally, few of them would do well to survey them-respondence signed by "Femina," selves in a long glass before ven-appearing in the tenth page of to- turing on the streets in such un-day's issue, I shall thank you to vast inform your readers that this flattering garments. The
scarecrow look letter was not written by this firm majority make
like
brought in by the Khanoquin Oil Co., Ltd., a subsidiary concern of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.. Both wells are under control Reuter.
Bond Street. I suppose your nor by any of its members. The Viva-tonal
many correspondents hope by Yours, etc., sufficient exercise of cheap wit to
disguise the facts of the situation.j How they can hope to do so when so many living examples of the complaint disfigure the Peak tram, ferries and public streets dally, I don't know.
do
men
"Femina" has made only one! mistake. She has forgotten that the cardinal principle of the re- that lationship of the sexes is woman should Gatter the man into the belief that not only does hel know everything. but can nothing wrong. It seems to me that this sudden disillusionment is chiefly responsible for the getting their backs up because they are told the plain truth.
Why can't men show a little consideration by keeping their filthy pipes in their pockets in a confined space like a Peak tram, and why cannot they understand that when women talk of naked? knees, it is because naked kneca are not the only reason for their -disgust.
It is perhaps expecting too much.-Yours etc.,"
VERONICA. P.S.-I may mention that I am neither an irresponsible flapper, A eelf- I regard nor, would
ani righteous, straight-laced
Hyerish old censor of public be-
haviour a fair description.
Kowloon, May 25th, 1928.
I
FEMINA, Dress Salon, First Floor.
China Building.
Columbia
cane was almost a daily occurrence. the Evangelie de la Popular;
"After the banishment of their When he was leaving Billy's father comrades and the closing down of called to have a chat with the head- the newspaper (Nan Yang Critique master.
"I hardly know what to put him of Kuala Lumpur) the remaining anarchists who were not banished to," said Mr. Bowens, and I were obliged to adopted a policy of thought you might suggest some- moderate advance. Unexpectedly thing that he seems specially fitted In 1920 there was a movement in for. Sumatra to carry out a strike in an
The schoolmaster scratched his electric workhouse and to asensi-head. "Well," he said, "I think he nate the Dutch officials. The chief would make a splendid point duty instigator of the movement was Mr. police man. He can hold his hand out better than any boy in the school:" (Continued on page 10.)
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