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CORRESPONDENCE.
THE PRAYER BOOK.
[To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.]
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
REFUSAL TO SAVE COMRADES.
"THE SEA IS TOO ROUGH."
· Liverpool, Dec. 17, An allegation that rescued mem. bera of the crew of the Spanish steamer Delflua, which was wreck- ed on the Skorrics, off Anglesey, yesterday, refused to go to the help of their comrades was made by the chief officer of the Delfina when the crow were landed here
Sir, When I replied to "Dio- genes" first letter I thought he and I had something in common, but his reply leaves me in doubt, for he now sounds like one of the generation of vipers! I hope he is not, and until I am convinced to-day. he is one I will try to correct him, When the Huntsman approach and we will exchange cards whened the Delfins in response to an the correspondence is ended if he S.O.S., the chief officer and 17 of is willing to reveal his identity.
the Spaniole crew of 34 rowed He asks why I want to spank through mountalaoue acas towards the Bishops? The Bishops wasted the Huntsman. tens of thousands of pounds over the Deposited Book before it was rejected, and now they are throw ing good money after bad in an effort to save their faces.
FANLING HUNT MEETING.
THE CHANCES OF THE PONIES DISCUSSED.
[By "Ringtail.")
All ronda will lead to the Kwant! racecourse this afternoon, when the Fanling Hunt will servo us with one of their best offerings in the form of an interesting steeple- chase meeting.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY
*HEALTH LECTURE.
MR. CLARKE IRVINE TALKS
ON SANITATION.
19, 1929.
The Very Idea!
Some startling toilettes have re- cently appeared In Paris. Ono woman was seen in a pala slik frock covered with a lightly etched design, which turned out to be a map of the city. Amid the tracory of the boulevardes and avenues with their Notre Dame, Arc de Triomphe, and outstanding foatures-the Louvre, so on-the palo green Seine looped the loop across her back, winding from the city island to the Bois do who owns a racing stable, was In Boulogne. A handsome woman, white silk, upon which were em- broidered, in colours, horses and jockeys racing towards a winning- post. A professional dancer had her own figure in airy pose paint- ed on the border of her flounced skirt, and sleeves.
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stand for?"
"What does the formula A.S.203
"Er... of my tongue.
I've got it on the tip
"Well, spit it out quick--it's arsenici"
Likening the human organism to la steam boiler, and picturing its various functions which at normal will produce perfect health, Mr. Clarke Irvine, who is in Hongkong Presenting "The Birth of a Flower" interesting health lecture in the especially for schools, delivered an Theosophical Society hall on Thurs day evening, on "Health." He is the author of a book on this sub- His Excellency the Governor stressing the need for humanity to ject, and quoted at length from it, and party will be present and to practice bodily sanitation "through add to the success of the meeting, the four great sanitation depart by kind permission of the Comments, the lungs, pores, kidneys and manding Officer and Officers of the intestines." The captain of the Huntsman King's Own Scottish Borderers the "Banitation prevents death," he called for volunteers to return to Regimental Band will submit a stated, "and if you are internally the Dolfina for the remainder of well-selected programme of music unclean, your body becomes a the crew, but the 17 Spaniards, on the lawn in front of the garden of gorms which speed an un. the chief oficer said, shrugged Members' Stand.
Quite the best of our performers with ashes clogging the firebox is Limely-end. The picture of a boller After the second rejection of the their shoulders and said the sea Book by Parliament, the Bishops was too rough." The lifeboat was over the sticks will be in action true with the human body. If you issued a statement, the exact manned by the chief officer of the and as nothing seems to be sticking do not remove the results of com- meaning of which was marked by Delfina and a Huntsman crew. out, punters. should have a good bustion of food, old cells, waste, obscurity. It will be asserted that "I have never taken part in a day generally.
poisons, etc., they will remove you. this post-rejection statement by rescue in Buch trying circum The principal, race of the day So eliminate regularly via the four Lambeth is not a ruling of the stances,"
Quartermaster should evoke considerable interest great sanitation departments: the Haid Bishops, but only a basis of fur-Owen, of the Huntsman.
by reason of the superiority of the skin, by perspiration from exercise ther discussion with the elergy and "We went back to the sinking | ponies engaged and the fact that ar work and air bathing; the lungs, people. The long-suffering Bri-ahip," he added, "and brought off six out of the ten entries aro re by conscious full deep breathing; Lish public would accept this as the remainder, including a 15-presentatives of the K.0.8.B.'s who the kidneys, by plenty of water sumption if the rejected Book were year-old cabin boy. When we got are camped alongside the race drinking, and the intestines by not being printed in various at almost alongside the Delina we course and have had lots of oppor-natural raw foods, which make two tractive styles which are obviously were in danger of being washed tunity of getting their ponies wise or more natural, normal actions Intended for use in public worship on to her deck. The Delann look to the course, Ace of Spades, daily.
James Pigg and Dumbell are the The skin and lungs do most of It this action of the Bishops, ed like going down bow first.. which strikes so many people as
We were about six hours in most candidates amongst the breathing. why jesuitical, and which is creating so. mach 1-feeling.
thought our #feboat would have should provide a good deal of air. Stite either and the refuse in imagination. Magistrate---He capsized. It was most difficult excitement around the pari-mutuel goes back on the other organa. is a poor sort of policeman it he has We all agree that the Bishops' work getting the Spanish sailors in an effort to get a humble bet on Your radiator, the skin, and your none. task is a sorry one, they have non board, but we succeeded in the fancied one,
"absorber," the lungs, must be kept large number of unicorns in the bringing them all off and getting Dr. Reidy, who rides with great clean. ranks of the clergy who are good back to our ship safely."
judgment, looks to me to have a The kidneys filter and throw out Agliters, and even among the lay-
very good winning chance in some acids and other wastes. Use them, men there are many who can give
of the races if past performances don't draden them with drugs and their Lordships a good deal of
can he a guide, and the chances stimulants. Drink plenty of pure trouble. Even if one concedes
of Mr. Shillington also look rosy water and cat lots of fresh watery that the Bishops are acting in the
if the accident which happened fruit and leafy vegetables-mostly way they are in the interests of
while schooling, a pony last week | raw-or only gently steamed. the people, because they realise
does not cramp his style.
Beverages ruin these delicate and that the inferior clergy and hity Paris
The train which leaves Kowloon highly important organs. Butter 'need a great deal of education to New York
94.91 at 1.50 will get racegoers to the and other animal fats work a handt- extricate them from the four and
Brussels
25.22 course in time to see the first race, cap on them also, confusion which has followed the Amsterdam
Geneva
.12.00 which should prove a very interest- Parliamentary fianco of 1928, one Milan
.92.70 ing affair FB same stock pur- cannot agree that they have Berlin
20,395 formers are engaged in this event. right estimate of English mass-Stockholm
.18.146 Buses have been engaged to paychology. The British public do Copenhagen
,18,185 | meet the train at Fanling and will not like such methods..
Vienna
34.485 | convey passengers to the course .163% for a small charge of 10 cents. 1923 | Soldiera and sailors in uniform are 23.71 admitted half-price to the public 110% enclosure. My, selections' are:
.375 .808
January Plate.
Husband at Tottenham-I was taking my baby to church to be christened. Magistrate-A splen- did occupation for a married man.
Man, summoned at Highgate for assaulting another man-Didn't you hit me back? Complainant-No, I had not time. I had to go to work,
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making the rescue," he said. "Wo entries, which means that the race need plenty of eunshine and fresh man-I hope you are not indulging HONGKONG REALTY & TRUST
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EXCHANGE RATES.
Surely the Bishops are trying to Prague serve two masters, and the result Helsingfors will be liturgical raonstrosities, to Madrid say nothing of canonical Sianiese twins.
Lisbon Athens Bucharest
"Dlogenes" takes me up on the Rio question of superstitions, both Buenos Aires legal and legal. I am re-Bombay
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ligious man and know the dangers Shanghal of becoming superstitious, but I Hongkong prefer to err on the side of super-
Yokohama Silver (spot)
stition rather than that of pro-Sliver (forward) fanity. Therefore why trouble about the Rejected Book? Simply bbcnune it goes too far on the superstitious side. That is why it was rejected.
London, Jan. 18.
.121.05 4.86 1/18
1. Aristophanes, 2. Durham.
3. Caviare.
6.29/32
47.12/32 1/8.1/82 ..2/0/ ....2/0
1/10.0/32
.26.3/16 .28.5/10
1 Newfoundland.
2. Target,
British Wireless,..
The P. and O. 9.8. Naldera,, from Hongkong, arrived at Marseilles on 18th January at 8 am.
Again, "Diogenes" says have not answered his opinion that "the, breach is widening Into a re- ligious naught." I did not take it up because the meaning was not never seems to occur to nome of clear. It is true that "The windyour reviewers is to say quite sheep look up and are not fed, simply whether they enjoyed but the sheep are hungry and there themselves, which parts they un- la a greater demand for true re-joyed the most and why. They ligion in the world to-day than could also draw comparisons. ever. If "Diogenes" means that They have no doubt heard of other the fact that the mass of the works of art, seen other plays, people lie outside any form of and read books. Christianity is
We should get, if not much of that "the breach is widening to a re-
an idea of (say) the play, at any ligious naught" I must disagree, rate a view of the reviewer that with him, for there are surely re- might be interesting. sons to believe that the Spirit of Christ is found in very large com- munities of people who have nothing to do with organised Churches for the dogmas of the
Church.
evidence
When the revival comes it will come through These men who can say "I was no prophet, nor was. I a prophet's son, but the Lord call ed me."Yours pte.-
SENEX Hongkong, Jan. 17th, 1928.
not sug-
Another aspect of this sad uniformity is that all perfor- mances are usually treated alike, whether they be the struggles of a band of amateurs or the well- rohearsed work of experienced professionals, 1. am gesting that there is anything to complain of in such reviews as were given, for instance, of the local composers' concert the other night. These, on the whole, were interesting and well-informed, but the other shows have been less fortunate. Is Hongkong such a nursery of amateurs that its Press Chould emulate the columns of a purisli magazine?
New Year Maidens.
3. Bay Rum.
Winter Handicap.
1. My Lady.
2. Siang River.
3. Lock Rannock.
Grand Military Cup.
1. Ace of Spades.
2. James Pigg.
3. Grey Eyes.
Good Resolution Stakes,
1. Mowgli.
Blotting Paper.
3. Social Call,
The Diet Question.
"The Intestinal tract is a long story--about 30 feet long! Ment putrefies here. So do bad food com- binations. Paste, starchies, white bread and cakes, stick here. Eat simply, naturally. The finest foods are cheapest. One kind at a time is best. This long tract, or hall, must be swept clean daily. Live food murkes live people. If you are going to eat animals, eat 'em alive, not dead and putrefying, for decom- position sets in immediately after death. Every piece of meat is swarming with bacteria which grow in all dead flesh-and which form polsons in the body. Dict is your way to health?
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"Do not torture this delicate in- testinal membrane with cathartic or laxative salts, oils, enemas, dilations or wrong foods as inorganic salt, pepper and hot things which must only be eliminated, not used in the. body anywhere: The result is achieved, and the movement takes place, but at a terrifié atrain and a robbing of the blood of its mole- ture, Medicines do not really act upon the bowels so much as the bowels act upon the poison to save the life of the user, for, if they were allowed to remain and be absorbed the person would be kill ed. Bowel action is most important. Ninety-five per cent. of Europe, America and the world has con-
Mr. C. Harris, a Chicago res taurant owner, has petitioned for a divorce from his wife. He com- plains that she refuses to stop chew- ing tobacco,
struction, pleaded that she was only A woman motorist, fined for ob- buying a new hat. This was said to have taken three-quarters of an hour.]
A lady is buying a hat.
How long should she take about
that?
It's no simple malter, Consulting a hatter, With his whims about brims,
And the headgear that "slims," And the kind flint will make you
look fatter.
Though her car may be standing
outside,
And policemen will not be do-
fled,
Why should damsels who's tarried
Be hustled and harried?
The force should, of course,
Have some kind of remorse, Since its members are frequently
married.
I claim that the verdict is wrong That calla forty-five minutes
too long,
Any maid would deny it
Gave felguro to try it. It's unkind, to my mind,
That a girl should be fined Who can manage thus swiftly to
buy it.
heart's
Sandy was learning the bagpipes at home. Proudly he paraded to and fro in the kitchen skirling to his content. Eventually his patient wife ventured a mild pro- Lent.
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"That's an awfu' noise yer makin', Sandy," she said.
Sandy sat down, removed his
his parade.
II.M.S. Kent, flying the flag of stipation to day! We are fully two-boots, and once more commenced the Commander-in-Chief China thirds out of balance for we cat Station, left Labuan on Friday for three meals and more a day and Kudat. H.M.S. Berwick left think we are in condition if we Nimrod Sound this morning for eliminate the ashes only once a day! Shanghai,
(Continued on Next Column.)
BERTO
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THE MACDONA PLAYERS. Sir-The close of the "season" of Bernard Shaw, with which the Macdona Players have been enter- Not so very long ago our local taining us for the past fortnight, actors and actresses, performing seems to offer a fitting occasion admittedly mostly for their own for bringing to light what seems pleasure, were reported on to me a weak point in most of the though they were Gerald, du Press notices. The review's of our Mauriers or Gladys Coopers. artistic productions, whether of Yet when a little while later painting, music, or drama often Moisevitch brought his world. suffer from a most depressing fumer art to our theatre, few uniformity. Hongkong reviewers people went to hear him and as possess a stock of phrases which for reviews he elther received ean only be described as general, none at all or (except in one case) One particularly violent speel-encomiums of a cool superiority men is the "capable performer" compared with these bestowed on phrase. How often do we read it? the artists of any "Tom Jones." "So and so gave a very capable Let us,
therefore, not allow performance." “Capable" is the Macdona Players to leave word that should be permanently our shores with the impression barred from all reviews. "Ade-that some of the Hongkong re- quale" is another. One can think views are all that we think of of half a dozca more. The effect them. We may not all see in of most of these reviews is to give Mr. Shaw 11 messenger us no idea whatever of the subject political philosophy or even n reviewed, but a very strong one of satiriat of a very high order, but the reviewer as a condenser, which for pure fun he is hard to beat: characteristic Is, we feel suro, far This the Macdona 'Players from applicable to the hard- evidently appreciate and for the working members of the Hongkong pleasure their experienced Press,
restrained performances have given us, they have our grateful thanks.Youra, etc.,
But what, they may say, are we to do if you deprive us of all our adjectives? The one thing that (Continued on Page 10.)
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