THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1991.
SMALL YACHTS START TRANS-ATLANTIC RACE.
Bobbing along toward the open sea and Plymouth, 2950 miles away, ten tiny yachts-the smallest boats over to race kerass the Atlanticmare shown above as they slipped out from Newport, R.L., at the start of their hazardous adventure. Light air and for greeted the diminutive flost in the first hours of the race. The winner of the race arrived in England about ten days ago. In the
foreground in the Mistrovs.
"Well, here we are
made it all right
...good night.
quile a crowd here to see us come in. "Wiley Pol, right, the one. eyed world flyer who had piloted the high-speed monoplane, Win- nie. Mas, on every mile of its duab around the world in 8 days and 16 hours, murmured staspily into a microphone after he and Harold Gatty had landed at Roosevelt Field, Long Island. Mean while, Mr. Port, left, who had sped to New York to welcome her hero husband, anxiously awaited the conclusion of the formalities
of interviews, broadensting and official welcome.
STAR-GAZER.
A woman astrologer manAUT- ing ultra-violet raye ranching the earth by utilizing the huge tolescope at Harvard Obsorg-
atory.
Bows in straight of thistle shapes.
NEW
FOULARD
TIES
A large range of Foulard.
Ties in new designs is now
being shown. Paisleys in
gorgeous hues, neat all-over
designa or plain Jacquard
effects-all skilfully cut to
a tidy knot and
enture
durability,
Mackintosh's
MART
The
Melody
Girl.
By RUTH DEWEY GROVES.
Author of "The Innocent Cheat," ele.
BEGIN BERE TO-DAY..
jand help me. There are a thou-j Beryl torden loses Tomonda Wilom and sand things to do." preventi, ha elopement, with her half-sister, i "I'll get the dinner ready Irene. Everett, The Intter is furious when
ન
she fails wad Beryl current lige it." Berg said, gelting out) Beryl tries to forget her hopeless me by jer bed.
going to parties with Prentis king hurt,
Ich learns P'renties in rich and tries to
wins bien from Nery).
"What do you mean?"
"I've promised to drive Tommy
Tommy's unt dies and be in all to Long Island City"
and money through her buebami. Tummy
she ex-
Leila Irene and the breaker their engagement. | jlhined. "Be can't use his com- When 'reats oaks her to emery immutation teket until to-morrow." Beryl finds him and tries in cheer him up. We planned to have dinner
atres. In drepair. Tommy drinki heavily,
Fearing Beryl will exper her derrit, tragether before he
lip away and marries Prestias.
Beryl develop a chua th
And noted specialist nyinen rent and en
lady classes," "
ton. She lanbeya when
ho bratw that
Tommy has joined ADE
Woes
to
"Well" Mes. Evereli jalted and b01leggers. stood arms akimbo. "That would
to leave them. Ster throat beeonies worke
ne. But
Dishevelled and red eyed with weariness; their faces drawn, their clothing spattered with the mud of Germany, Siberia and Canada, Wiley Poit, left and Harold Gatty, right, wers herpes of the world when this picture was taken at Roosevelt Field, Long Taland, from which they had hopped off 8 days and 16 hours provi ously. A surging crowd cheered the two airman, who are shown in front of their plane, the Winnie Mae, in a hunger at Boosevelt Field.
She #lipe out in bad weather to be how be pretty way to and she is told that her singing carrer is over, won't have it! You shan't treat old friend of irone's just the same frene could do so much in
When Tommy bears this and realizes it was your sister so shamefully. Have him that she made the encrifice he re
arage during the day. He not Beryl miany putinge togethär.
that she le coming boate,
frane wire
1'11
030
The engagement is announced of the Grand Duchess Kyrn, above, and Prince Cyril of Bulgaria, brother of King Boris. The Grand Duchess is 22 years of age, and a great grand daughter of Queen Victoria.
him
Tommy's lips went together in i and he jan't going to approve of short week.
firm line. "Yes, I know," he said "She'd open an old wound with soberly, "but we'll fasten this one. form and resolve to wo bark callers just call Toramy 1p and tell him
your slighting her." He attends night class, wurking W3
"I take a chance," Beryl no-no you're staying home."
inore compunction than she'd well at the top, and if it breaks I'll "Irene could have let us knownounced and fled framediately. She have in stepping on a spider," Beryt hang on to the part that stays up. sooner. Bory) declared. "I'm not mother's harangue. The best way Her wrist was tired with rubbing
couldn't stand another word of her whispered to the glistening glass. I won't fall again." going to brenk a date with Tommy to escape it would be to do some but she did not know it.
Beryl was tempted to tell just because she waits until the
then that Irene was coming. but last minute
Everything depended upon how this was their hour. She could not thing to in telephone
appease her, and that she's
meant doing something for Irene.
far Tommy had succeeded in for-share it with Irene. getting Irene.
She made a valiant effort and "What will I do?" she asked of was her own merry self during din- to turning the paront who had never lived for.
4 for her except in fancy. "What in his future.
Tommy was truly interested
CHAPTER XXXVII
Mrs. Everett's face was beam
ing when she handed the telegram
for the near future.
Beryl read the mosange t glance and handed it back.
coming home."
*
herself Beryl set
an-
to Beryl. On the short journey from the front door to Beryl's
Mrs. Everett, knowing it would | Irene's room inside out with room she had built magic plans de no good to argue with her vigor that her mother could hear can anyone do when something it at the table. Later, when they They talked about turned angrily way. But when downstairs. The rugs come up and they've built with all the love and danced, Beryl was certain he was Beryl went down to breakfast her were thrown out the window. The faith you have is in danger of be thinking of it. nother felt constrained to voice mattress was hauled up on the foot ing kicked over by a brainless little "There!" her mother declared her opinion of a person who cared of the bed to air and the furalture idiot?"
Beryl was forced to believe in triumphantly, Irene is coming more for an outsider than for was piled in the middle of the room
platonic friendship. She laughed at home to help us. 1 knew ahe member of the family.
She found nothing to silay her herself for her vain fancies, but the would do something!"
when Mrs. Everett came in to in-fears until she went for Tommy in tears were never far behind her "An outsider, Beryl repeated pect the work. "She only said she's coming the word. It had an odd sound
her bright and shining car. Tommy laughter. home." Beryl ventured.
She was satisfied. She did not and her gang had lately painted It to her in connexion with Tommy-see Beryl's face, for when Beryl anew.
More than ever did they well up "Now you needn't start talking Tommy an outsider! like that," Mrs. Everett returned.
when suddenly Tommy said with a "You needn't smile like that," she hastily applied herself to pol
heard her footsteps on the stairs
touch of boylah yearning, “You "I won't have you, picking on her her mother told her. "I know you ishing the window panes.
There was something about him know, Beryl, I'm through with tho while she's here. You and her don't care what I say and maybe,
that was reassuring to Beryl.rough stuff but it isn't quite the father have said enough about her. you think
think you might maka the bed In Tommy's presence it was less same. Starting out again with no other people won't And I should think you'd look critiche you but you can't
up with the pink sheets," Mrs. Jenay to Imagine him succumbing one to work for" tie nappier, since you've been so vince me that Tommy will think I've washed them but they'll have moved to amuse herself with him.swered with a trace of impatience,
Everett unid pleasantly enough. to Irene's wiles should she be Beryl pitled him, but obe anxiove to have her help us." any the better of you for putting to be ironed."
"To help you and Dad," Beryl him before your sister."
"Tommy" she said suddenly as "Oh, Tommy, can't you believe, corrected. "Pleane don't give Swiftly the smile fled from
"All right," Beryl muttered, "I'll they drove along at a fatting pace, there will be a girl some day? And irono the impression that I want- Beryl's lips. Her mather
"I'm about to turn sentimental on there's pride. Just suppose you ed her to do anything for me." pleased to the change to
Her mother went on to her own you. I might even grow mawkish, were with Pol Larkin now!" .she added wearily.
but
She had spoken hastily, but when || seriousness; but when Beryl spoke room and Beryl uttered a prayer of who Bot to say it-and it's not Her mother dropped the subject she gave her no further satisfac- gratitude. She couldn't have said
Tommy naked, "Why now?" she de- "Maybe it's measles," Tommycided in a flash to tell him that then and took up the matter of tion.
much just then. preparing a fitting reception for Tommy will understand," she A sickening foreboding had suggested. "Well, shoot, I've had Irene was coming home. "And I
..and quietly.
turned the day which for weeks she "It's this," Boryl said, and put a lipped over the nows, "that she'll be [suspect," she added as he sat tight- "We must get her room ready.") Perhaps her mother sensed that had been looking forward to into a hand on his arm, "this going back crazy to see how you've taken her she said, "and I think I'll go into the was fighting a deep-rooted dismal parody of what she had to school. If I never have another marriage!" the city to meet her. We'll be feng for she remarked, "You soom hoped. it would be. Tommy's vic big moment in my life I'm satisfied. back to dinner about sovon if we to forget that Tommy vris in love tory was overshadowed by Irene's can make the 5:54. I suppose with Irene."
return, She need not tell him of it Tom
Tommy glanced at her from the you can do the cooking. I'll make Consternation showed in Beryl's today or tonight, but tomorrow he corner of his eye. He could see a in oystor omelet for Irene when eyes in spite of her effort to face must know. Everybody would know suspicious moisture on her lashes I get home. Be sure to get some her mother calmly. "That's why then. Her mother would attend to for a second she lowered her. Ilds.
Irene.
Bec
sce to it."
was
only.
mushrooms, I don't suppose the believe he will understand," she what they must do for Irene-a
that. Already, she had talked of "I didn't know you had such nice
on!!
"No."
poor child has had one of those said. "He was in love with Ireno,
eyelashes, ha remarked, yo omelets since she left home. It's but he's changed. He's grown up of the young people In
|bridge luncheon on Thursday, a fow:] "Don't laugh at me, Tommy."
Saturday my own recipe."
now. I don't believe he could "Poor child...." Beryl was re-turn back if he wanted to."
night.
He reached over and put a hand peating in her mind.
"Well," her mother said, "I car. Boryl's heart was heavy. Her on hers. "And we ought to have ping-tainly hope he won't be interested mother apparently expected Irene apple mousse. You'd better get up In married woman. But he's an to pay then a prolonged visit and
(Only
The invi
times
(To Be Continued.).
SCOTLAND YARD
VAN RAALTE
is another
name for Silk Stockings.
It also
refers to
the
daintiest
in
Underwear.
GORDON'S, LTD.
WHITEAWAYS
SALES
A SPECIAL BARGAIN
IN
KITCHEN SAUCEPANS
W
BRAND
Heavely enamelled, brown outside,grey inside, Handy sizes useful in every house,
Sold in Sets of 5.
SPECIAL SALE PRICE
$4.50 Set.
Hardware Dept.
Whiteaway, Laidlaw 8 Go., Ltd.