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A. FIRST NOVEL1
WHIRLWIND
THIS HAS HAPPENED."
THE, HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
By Eleanor Early.
DEFENCE OF THE MODERN GIRL.
DOWAGER LADY RAGLAN'S
REMINISCENCES,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1928.
LONDON'S LOCAL
PAPER
CITY PRESS" CHANGING
HANDS.
寻
The book, written in a, conversa-pricked by the imps of progress. tional style, explodes many of the And though it is a newspaper which beliefs regarding the "good old still keeps the auavity and good- days" and the "Victorian maiden," manners of a past generation, it and the authoress seeks to justify is, as newspapers go, scarcely mid- the modern girl by giving the Ilodie-aged. direct to those crities who say that such things did not happen in my young days."
Personal reminiscences of Court The City Press the only local of the City: of and Society happenings during paper three reigns, intimate stories of London, changed hands recent- Hmembers of the Royal Family,ly and passed into the control famous soldiers, politicians, and of one of the big syndicates. I that your father was afraid to dic. actors of last century, and a Whether that means any change in But I want fearfully to live. hearty defence of the modern girl the character of this ripe and read- SYBIL THORNE, Boston society want to see you happily married.this is the material from which able old weekly remains to be soen. girl, weary with disillusionment And my grandchildren growing up the Dowager Lady Raglan has it would be a pity for it to abate and disappointed in love, hears from around me. I've worked hard all fashioned one of the most in its charming and sturdy in-
dependence. her adored brother, TAD, the story my life. Things are just getting so
tereating "memoirs" of recont It is the only volco of the City: of his love for VALERIE WEST, that I could have a good time.
years. "Memories of Three
the only newspaper' in which, as Valeric, pink and white and Trips, you know-your mother, you blonde, completely wins the ap- and I. Europe, perhaps. I've al- Reigns," by Ethel Raglan (Nash someone has just written, "Gog and and Grayson, 218.net) Just Magog strut in their full pictures. proval's of Tad's mother, who longs ways wanted to see Paris. Couldn't
published.
quences, and are now and then to see both her children married afford it when I was a young man. and settled down. But Sybil And now I suppose I've waited too pathetically eager for Tad's happi- long. Life's like that, Sybll. We ness, la sceptient of Valerie's, baby wait too long for the good things
and then it is too late.. "You can't say a girl's an an- "Don't think I haven't been gel because she's never had a chance happy," he assured her, trying des- to be a Civil," reasons Sybil, who perately to atone for the tears he has had plenty of chance herself.brought to her eyes. "You've been "Val's a vamp, or I'm cuckoo," In good daughter to me, Sybil. And Plans for an elaborate wedding Tad'a a fine boy. Your mother and go gally on, when suddenly the have been happier than most. family learn that Mr. Thorne has We've had our little ups and downs a bad heart,
together but I guess Mother al ways understood. She's a good woman, Sybil, You'll be good to her when I'm gone? It's going to be hard for your mother"
"Oh, Daddy, Buddy!" He patted her shoulder consol- ingly..
"All right, denr. It's all right. "Nothing to worry about?" be in- Don't you go fexting bad." -
Please don't talk that way," she alated and consoled Mrs. Thorne, hovering about with pills and hot
break my water bugs. "Just a bit of imlis-berged. "You just
heart." cretion, Mother. Cabbage or pig's knuckles or something."
CHAPTER IV
Before his visit to the great dlagnostician, Mr. Thorne, after his dizzy spells, Invariably observed that he was not as young as he used to be.
Baked
more
"
It was in 1857 that William Hill Collingridge, the proprietor of the City Press, then purely a printing "We used to love gambling in concern, was interested by the re- my young days." Lady Raglan mark of a speaker at a meeting of writes. "Nap
and vingt-et-up one of the old City ward clubs, that were our two favourite games, the City of London was surely the The popular illusion that only city in the country which had the Victorian girl disliked sport is no local newspaper, and in that likewise dissipated by Lady Rngsame year he founded the weekly, lan's descriptions of her play at which has continued without inter- ericket and tennis and her riding. forty-eight years ago, there was an ruption ever since. Even when, Water-parties, when the young girl was allowed to go without explosion and a fire in the printing works; and four men were killed' Chaperone for trips and picnics (and this on
press day!). Fleet up the river in the company of Street came to the rescue, and the young men; a club for community singing and other amusements for newapper appeared as usual at the
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proprietor of the which the principal qualification proper time. A son of the founder
the was bachelorhood or spinsterhood;
and another Bon is press, jokes practical
in which destill the editor. Thus there have butantes, dressed as men,, called boen only two editors in seventy on their friends, love-making at years. dances these and a dozen other instances of the Victorian girl's freedom are given.
Affectionate Husbands,
It is also amusing, in these days, to read of the frank manner in which husbanda addressed their
City Changes.
In some ways the City Press bears the character of an ordinary local newspaper. It records the police news and mentions which people were fued ten shillings for being drunk, and hus small Items of news about local celebrities, and
Craig Newhall *phoned one beans, roast pork, red nfternoon. meats, pastries-the poor man grew. "See here, Sybll, you've got to wretchedly abstemlous. And still think of yourself, you know. You're the dizzy spells persisted, frightening as they became con-sticking around the house alto stantly recurrent. From the be-gether ten much. Let me drive you ginning he refused to give his heart out in the country somewhere, only an hour or two. I'll have you back even passing consideration, blaming pains and vertige alike en seme-for dinner."
"Ok, I can't Craig, really." Thank thin he might have eaten.
But I don't Then, like an octopus, reaching you just the same. horrid arma, the knowledge of his want to leave Daddy."
Her father heard her at the tele-wives in the early part of the cen- full reports of the meetings of the condition closed about him, tearing
phone.
tury. "My most cherished love," Corporation. Reading it more care- the peace of his soul to shreds.
"Go ahead," he urged. "You "My dearest dear," "My adored fully, one begins to amell history, Tho
appallingly great doctor, ignorant of the terror of a robust ought to get out more. I'm a regu- and sweetest fair one," Lady Rng Here a writer ingers regretfully In the face of facts, hadar old bear, keeping you cooped up an assures us, were quite normal over some memories of somebody. called "Tommy" Inkersole, who was literally frightened him out of highere all the time. Run along and expressions, to be used in public.
have a good time."
You owe it to yourself, dear," 'Golf, poker, a good cigar, a Interposed her mother mildly.
"Of all the selfiah, stupid expres- ti mua stares Death in its empty slona," Sybil thought to herself, sockets he has no joy in them.
the prize. More From all life's pleasant things he that one takes
man
wlle, i square meal and the Follies-when
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"A hundred years ago, Lady famous at the Revision Court at Raglan writes in gentle criticism the Guildhall, where each year the of modern fashion, maidenhood Parliamentary List is revised. It allured by its mystery....To-day appears that not long ago the little is left to the Imagination and parties were still fighting over the voting list, balancing claims and turned away and sat with a shinw/than any fiends on earth, I hate mystery is banished with scorn as objections, much as they must have
a poor of that prehistoric bird the dodo. Knees even ven- And the writer goes on to record blue eyes from the window of his owe it to themselves!
Sybil and her mother grated on ture to obtrude themselves boldly regretfully that since 1918 there bedroom. While In the dining room below the family gathered in each other constantly. Mrs. Thorne on our vision, and alas! só few has been no such thing as the remented her husband's proference persons possess knees worthy of Livery vote. There are only 155 gloomy conference.
such voters and the number is "We should never have sent him for Sybil's companionship. Sybil second glance......
Lady Raglan writes of the ple- dwindling. But what precisely is to Dr. Fosdick," groaned Sybil. chafed under her mother's Irritat "What he didn't know wouldn't ing little admonitions: "Edward,turesque hats worn by the first a Livery man? Perhaps if one have hurt him the way this dread-your medicine, dear... Edward, Duke of Marlborough, and aug-read the City Press carefully Idon't do that. My goodness, gests that it was from this ances every week the mystery would die ful knowledge is hurting."
Ho's never been the same since," haven't you finished your milk ter "that Mr. Winston Churchill appear. One would know at least Now then, take your may have inherited his taste for when the Worshipful Companies of acknowledged Mrs. Thorne tear-yet?
soap while it's nico and hot. original headgear."
Liverymen met and where they fully.
She knew habitual nagging
dined. fre- more
A Girl's Breakfast, The attacks came
is careful of The City Preas quently. Mr. Thorne gave up work was the curan of her father's life.
"Do go, Sybil," her mother was and became a semi-invalid. He
In one important respect the tradition. One seems to find a hint your father drow up a will and talked of what saying. "Perhaps he wished them to do after his would like to be alone with me, for modern girl and the Victorian of regret even when it says "the maid differ. The girl of to-day, cells for refractory apprentices at a little change." death. They chocked back tears as "All right, Craig," she agreed, with her starving and exercises Bridewell Royal Hospital, New for the retention of the "glim Bridge-street, had no inmates last they listened to him..
"You'd better give up the house," "I'll go."
He was there in half an hour outline," will envy the menu from year. The official statement is Apprentices committed to Bride- will be a lonesome place, when Tad in a shiny new sports' car, with which the girl of 50 years ago well Hospital by the Chamberlain
a tuneful chose her breakfast. "Fish, fried of the City of London in 1927- trick accessories, and
eggs, crisp bacon, a variety of. It appears that the Cham horn,
"Now there's a nice young man," egg dishes, omeletta, sizzling berlain has not tried a solitary op "Oh. Father Implored Sybil "Edward, stop talking like that!" approved Mrs. Thorne, "Do you sausages......hot game and grill-prentice since the war, though be commanded Mrs. Thorne. Anduppose he'll over ask you to marryed pheasanta,
he told Sybil and her mother. "It
gets married, and both of us are gone,"
him, Sybil?" then, with a great air of clivery en- couragement, "You'll be burying us all yet."
mournful.
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Rome, Oct. 7. Prince Potenziani, tho ex Gover
delicious home-
fore that trials were plentiful. smoked hams, pressed meals......
Alarums and Excursions. cold game and galantine pie, apple
But the newspaper's historical Mra. Thorne worked on the and quince jelly and Cornish sense is not altogether a question of merely ream." These items are men ineffectual piety. It is undoubted assumption that girls Their family talks were always waited to be asked. She could see tioned by Lady Raglan as forming that its influence and its fanning no reason for not jumping at any the menu for breakfast at a house of local spirit has done much to ald the City churches, and it is claimed Lady Raglan also contrasts the that the City Press was "We must have the library pa-xood opportunity to catch a nice party.
It would have been pered this Spring," Mrs. Thorne young man."
such a comfort to her to have Sybil small families of to-day with those great extent responsible for the re- might remark.
had no fewer than forty first the City companies. All of this has "And Mr. Thorne, sighing deeply, nicely married and settled of her youth, remarking that she sent technical reforms of some of not been done without controversy. would opine that he'd be dead und dawn."
Mr. Thorno smiled sympathetic- cousins. In his grave before that was done.ally over his wife's head, but Sybil The dancers of to-day will smile Only recently a copy of the paper Or Tad would be making plans read in his eyes an echo to her at the following extracts from the was publicly torn in picces by a programme of Lady Raglan's com-master of one of the companica. for his marringe.
Country "We'll name our first child for mother's question.
"Goodbye, daddy dear. I'll being-out bail:
dance, The newspaper had a famous
Now, the only place in Berlin, PUNISHED.
where nothing funny is Been in the you, Dad," he proposed, "and then
The you'll have to start a handsome home in no time at all. And I'm quadrille, valse, lancers, galop, quarrel with the Plumbers, Com-
many years going to find some nice asparagus tempote; polka, Swedish dance and pany
office of the escapado, la the ho had that editor said cotillon.
BEATEN IN UNDERGROUND Socialist Vorwaerta, bank account for him."
to whose Tears came to his father's eyes,for you and sirawborrics, too.
"They'll be awfully expensive," The uninvited guest is not such quarrelled with only one Lord
TRAIN.
staff belonged the unfortunate Herr "T'll never live to see a grand-
"A new being as some people be-Mayor, and it was the Lord Mayor
Schwarz, the victim of the kid- Berlin, Oct. 8. child of mine," he predicted darkly, remonstrated Mrs. Thorne.
As spring approached, Sybil gaily paragus is just out of sight. And leve, for Lady Raglan describes who apologised.
"It is an odd thing." the editor
If Berlin was already rocking apping oplevde. Herr Schiff, a member of the Vorwaerte staff, anticipated a summer at Wianno, hot-house fruit! We never knew the exploits of "galecrashera" of
was afty years ago."
said, "but now, when the residential population of the City has sunk to with laughter yesterday at the chanced to notice Herr Schulz dur nor of Rome, fought a duel to-day. "The crocuses will be coming up about such things when I
the latter was wounded. Boon, Daddy," she cried, "and all young."
Sybil klused her father on his
13,000, including the poople in. St. grandlose Communist broadcasting
ground.
The reason for the duel is stated the darling tulips, and those lovely
Seizing a favourable opportunity, purple hyacinths we put in last bald spot.
The beat is none too good for know I'm crazy about you, Sybil. Bartholomew's Hospital and the escapade of Saturday night, the ing that journey on the under against Prince Lancellotti, in which On Friday at a club frequented- autumn. I think we could be mov Mr. Edward A. Thorne," she as-We get along profty well, don't police, the interest in the City sequal has provided occasion for
Immediately the affair was re-when the carriage was nearly to be as follows
empty, Herr, Schiff approached Horr ing down in a few weeks now."
we? I understand you' better than seems to be stronger than over it even louder outbursts of hilarity, was before. I have had sent to this Her father reached for her hand sured them.
"Let's go out. Commonwealth any other man ever would. What office more books about London and ported to the police, a hue and er: Schulz saying: "Herr Schulz, you by the aristocracy Prince Lan and stroked it lovingly.
"Craig Newhall!" she gasped, the City in the last five years than which lasted throughout the night are recognised, and you aren't go cellotti sald that Prince Potenziani and all day yesterday was set up to "Why,
sure," he approved. avenue and through Wellesley, up do you say, Sybil?"
to the back roads," she suggested
in the whole of my life."
scure the culprit, the Communisting to slip my fingers. "Aha" re- was dismissed from his post for piled Herr Schulz sarcastically, "graft." The Marquis Bambuy, "That would be fine."
"Nothing else but," he assured
deputy, Herr Schulz, who was want you cannot do anything to me who was present, strongly resented accusation against, Prince His loving cheerfulness hurt as Craig tucked her in beside him. "Is that a proposal?"
for gross misdemeanour and
now." "You have been encaking the her. Sybli more than all his dire pre-'d like to feel a bit of Spring-
out of the reach of the police all Potenziani, and made a reply which dictions, for she knew that in his time."
"Well, that's awfully sweet of cut out for matrimony. You wanted Craig was very quiet. heart he felt he would never ace
West. One of those nice Httle The reason for the feverish haste day," replied the other, "your im- Prince Lancellotti regarded as in- "It's good to see you again, you, Craigle, but we'd never hit it to find yourself a girl like Valerie breach of the peace.
of the police was that Herr Schulz, munity protects you from arrest, sulting. their house by the sea again. Nor live to touch a crocus, nor amell Sybil," he told her gravely. I've off."
"Yes, we would," he protested, things with a lot of illusions."
"Hey!" he protested. "What's being a deputy, enjoyed immunity but not from my fists." Thereupon Prince Lancellotti challenged the missed you a lot." the purple hyacinth.
They drove in allence to the res-"Better than most. We know each He wanted her with him cen-1
marriage because like that on me? Empty-headed caught within 24 hours of the com-upon the face of Herr Schulz, yesterday, when the Marquis Bam- phacea. Prince Potenziani on hear stantly. And Tad, too, and their ervoir. And there he took her other pretty well. People make the big idea-wishing something from pursuit unless he could be the fists of Herr Schiff descended Marquis to a duel, which was fought
cles. they don't know each other, usually.ttle clothes horsel Don't you think mission of the act. Not a trace smashing his tortoiseshell specta- buy was slightly wounded in threo Herr Schulz, being a blacksmith, ing of the cause of the duel mother. Sybil gave up work to hand, under the robe that covered à botch of
It now turns out that Herr humor him and Tad hurried home her knees.
"It's going to be lonesome," he Incompatibility is at the back of all know what I want. Breins go was found of him.
"Valerie doesn't use poroxide, Schulz had selected, of all places, set about his assailant with all the challenged Prince Lancellott!. The each night.
ity, and everything else. You like
She's a natural blonde."
the precincts of the Reichstag as vigour incidental to his calling, and duel was fought with replers, and "Don't leave me, dear," he begged suggested, "when Tad gets mar-the failures. At the back of infidel- further than peroxide these days."
Natural! Persuaded you mean, his sanctuary from his pursuors, the two remained locked in confict Prince Lancellott Bustained three his daughter, "I don't want to be ried."
Sybil knew he meant it would be me all right, don't you, Sybil 7**
"You know I do. But, Craig, you alone."
old materialist, is isn't reason Anyhow I don't like 'em flossy to whom it did not occur to examino till the next station was reached, slight wounds. He clung to her more than the lonesome when her father died.
"Yes," she said,
enough to marry you simply be Painted little dolls the world's so obvious a resort. About mid-when railway officials separated the
day was kidnapped, and his place did to his wife, Sho had always
cause. I like you, I suppose I full of them. Your kind wear bot-night, last night, Herr Schulz camo combatants, who at length depart a non-political address on Satur Presently 'he began again.. even love you a little, now that ter. Sybil, I'm crazy about you out of his sanctuary, and was pro-ed amid Homeric epitheta.
ceeding quietly home by under On the previous day, the Sociallat taken by Herr Schulz, who delivered deputy, Schwarz, due to broadcast, a Communist propaganda harangue, ground, (To Be Continued) thought of it before. But I'm not you mention it. Though I'd never What do you any, dear?"?
been his favourite.
"I'm not afraid to die," he told
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"My dear, I'm not much on
her. "Don't ever think, Sybil making pretty speeches. But you