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Maybe this photographs kas you haffled. A blimp made the geometrical pattern seen above as it took off with Washington Monoment in the background.

Instruments of torture used by the Bargins were exhibited at Rome re- cantly, Picture shows the cage In which clergymen were confined.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1932.

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Mr. Tsuyoshi Inukai, the aged Premier of Japan, who holds his government together despite fre quent rumours of downfall.

If somebody, rocked the boat, sallors perched high atop the U. S. 5. Salt Lake City, would get an unexpected ducking. This striking view of the ship was taken as it passed beneath Brook- lya Bridge on its way to the Pacific coast from the Brooklyn navy yard.

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BEGIN HERE TO-DAY,

BV JOAN → CLAYTON:

* salespir) in Barclay's Department Sturs, lives with her mother, Molly Rossiter, her

same light

ptied. The last toy boat capsized on the lake. The Inst cross and sleepy child was dragged away

to supper.

The park grew quiet.

aten.

agine that the fact Steven Barclay had lent her a dreas meant any- thing except that he was a kind and generous man.

Some of Mussolini's supporters in

training.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. CAMPAIGN AGAINST KILLING METHODS.

What did she know of him after

A correspondent signing himself! The limousine swished to a stopall? He was rich and she had at the Casino where early diners, ldly dreamed of becoming his "Humanity" sends as a pamphlet men and women in evening young and adored wife, dreamed distributed with Overseas in which i clothes, leaned across softly light-of the beauty that as Mrs. Steven a world-wide appeal is made against restlessness that he led tables talking and laughing. Barclay she could bring into the the horrors of trapping fur bearing The pamphlet is by Ellen and her escort went inside lives of Myra and Molly and baby animals. Beautiful Ellen Rossiter, who works by day thought had left him years ago.

And that was impossible. He for iced drinks. Neither of them Mike. Dreamed, too, of herself in Major Charles Van der Byl.

thin, gay frocks, never chosen for The author points out that from ridder sister, MYTH, and her 12-year-old brother, was 67. Ellen was young enough was hungry.

pleasure eight to 10 beavera are killed for Ellen looked around with wide-utility, moving in the Mike. Irresparaïble Molly has long since to be his daughter. Almost rough-

one coat and about 80 mink skins and adds that practically all animals with paws undergo tortures in the steel traps and that if women knew these things they would never buy an other trapped fur.

band and the two girle support the family.

the rent

Ellen decides to work st night sa

a dance hall hostess until the sum in made

Dreamland.

When

spent the fortune left by her English husly he leaned forward and gave the eyed pleasure at the other diners, spots of the world with never a make one wrap,

Molly foolishir spends money saved to pay driver directions for reaching successful men and lovely, well-thought of work or care.

She stepped into Dreamland and As her eyes re- he offered dressed women. up. She goes to Dreamland and faterviews Ellen a cigarette and pulled out the turned to the handsome man oppo- ran straight into Jacob Salomon. Jacub Salmon who offers her job un co-lighter for her no one would have site her she began to feel a sing- His face broke into a wide grin.

"Hulla-you're back. And with guessed that he imagined he had, ing in her heart. Ellen begins to in the brief space of seconds, put What fun to be so rich! What the dress, too, I see. Quick work, appointment, Htevan Barclay, owner of the store, sees her and away from him a small, vague fun to be driven in a limousinekid."

dition that she supply her own evening dresses. She has no evening dress.

Back at the store try in her bitter

aka ber le come to his office. When he dream. tell him of her problems he offers to give her a dress but she retuace to accept it. He then odere to lend her one of the dresses worn by the models. She borrows a lovely white taffeta frock.

workera.

CHAPTER IV.

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whorever you wanted to go! What

fancies.

Many other instances of brutali- ty in the hunting of fur animals are given and a list supplied of firms who specialise in furs of animals that have been humanely killed.

Ellen's chin came up. "I don't smoke," Ellen told him. fun to stop at a smart restaurant "I might as well tell you," she His brows went up quizzically, because you were thirsty, to be said coolly, "that I intend to work "I thought all young girle smok- served by an impressed headwait- here only temporarily. For three Ellen half-pleased, hattodrigstened bred nowadaye."

er, to have every wish anticipated, weeks at the most." Barclay's obvious Interest in ber.”

"That's ok. by me, kld. But since At his look of surprise she ex- Care and worries drifted away plained. "You see the people we from her. The hurried, clattery you're here I suppose you won't.

igirls were Alico and Dolly and live among and, for that matter, morning with its clashing of milk mind obeying the rules like the Sunny and Anne and Mazie to him. When Ellen accepted Steven my family, too, are so poor that cans and jangling alarm clocks other girls. Or will you?"

to be "I won't," Ellen replied, Ignor- that to her.

Ellen assumed they were Barclay's offer to drive her to we must be respectable. On any seemed years away. Here there

anding his heavy-handed sarcasm. Dreamland she did so with the debatable point-like smoking for wae only peace and beauty

Salomon had not knocked but Guess this is the only one I Rame naturalness he had shown in women-we're all ultra-conserva- leisure.

nobody appeared surprised. A extending the invitation. Their tive. Not," she added still She began, did Ellen, to weave didn't tell you about."

few of the girls reached for of girlhood, friendship had made auch strides that light strain, "that I lie awake those swift dreams

80 little He pointed to a algo on the kimonas with mechanical squeals that her only hesitancy sprang nights longing to smoke. I don't those dreams that need from the vague fears which had like it really. If I did I'd smoke," substance. Although Stevon Bar-bright pink plaster wall. Ellen of dismay but most of them serene troubled her in his office, fears "I'm sure you would. But I'm clay did not guess if his own shad-read that the hostesses were por-ly continued their toilets. One that his name would be linked rather glad you don't. I can't get owy figure moved through those mitted no conversation while danc-hard little youngster, whom Salo- ing except "yes" or "no" in answer mon called Tony, deliberately pull- with hers by gossiping. fellow-used-"

ed her one-piece dress over her hori questions. She turned They drove almost quietly to to

head and stood in brief shorts and But Barclay himself had no such He broke off abruptly and Dreamland, absorbed in their se- amazed face to Salomon. fears. He moved in a different thought that there was no use ap- parate thoughts. They stopped "Does look funny," he conceded, soiled satin uplift, grinning at. world than his employees. Ho pearing in her ayes as an old fogy off Broadway. Ellen carefully still grinning. "But there's good them.

A brightly painted screen, gaudy would have been amazed had he even if he were old enough to be picked up the box which held the sound business back of it. The dreamed of the complicated feal her father. With Ellen's permis- precious dress and stretched out hostesses can talk when they're with peacocks and pagodas, con- sitting at the tables with their cealed a washstand in one corner ings of many of them, of their bit-sion they drove through Central her hand to Barclay.

room. Elien dress. "I can't tell you," she said partners. And when they're sit of the small, hot

Tho ter narrowness, of their jealously Park before going to the danco- and envy of those more fortunate. hall. Central Park in the languid breathlessly, "how much I appre-ting they order things to eat, if went behind it to

relaxed and quiet clate what you've done for me." the gents will stand for it. They quarters were cramped and stif- He was too naturally modest to Im-twilight was

ling but she did not mean to risk mostly will." agine that his comings and goings, after the fierce host of the day.

another of Salomon's unconvan- "Oh," said Ellen blankly, however trivial, were of absorb On the bridle paths there wero a Above them, through the open ing interest to scores of men and few horseback riders, their habits windows, came a clashing of "Our specialty's chop auoy," he tional entries.

When she emerged only two host- women who had nover met him crumpled, their horses an brusses and a singing of strings. continued Imperturbably, "Price Nor did it occur to him that he apathetic trot. But neither the The orchestra at Dreamland was $1-75 cents to me, 25 conta to the cases were left in the room-Tony hostoss. Thirty-five if the chop and a languishing blonde called might be subjecting a girl to the horses nor the riders appeared to tuning up.

a wicker breath of scandal.

be enjoying themselves.

"I'm glad I could do it," Barclay suoy isn't eaten but that means Anise. They shared But as Ellon sank back into the The benches were crowded with replied.

you can't mess In it with your fork, bench, where they had sat amok- soft depths of dove-grey cushions workers who had stopped on their He meant to stop there. But ho It has to be good enough to serve ing and waiting to have a first-

hand look at the new hostess. and turned her rosy face to him hurried way home to draw what heard himself saying what he had again."

Ellen looked toward Tony-and Ellen giggled. he felt a pang na of anticipated solace they could from the dusty not intended to say.

"The joint's straight," he as- met a pair of coolly hostile eyes. pain. And he believed then that groep of the park. The air was "I would like to do a great don!

don't

(To be Continued.) sured her seriously. "We ho had been unwise.

shrill with the confusion of child-more for you."

of children He had not known until then ish shouts, Scores

Ellen's heart throbbed quaerly Borvo liquor. We don't even ad- why he had boon so uneasy and so ran up and down the footpaths but her voice was steady as she mit men that have been drinking-- restless after Ellen had left his and scatterod about the lake, sand- told him that he had done a great much." office that afternoon; he had not ing out small boats on the placid deal too much already. Sho was She was a little perturbed by known why the routine business surface.

self-conscious, a rare thing for [hla cheerful outspokenness but of the store had become go aud-! Darkness drew in and lights be-hor, as she climbed the stairs she meekly allowed him to pliot denly unimportant or why the gan to pierce windows of the giant self-conscious, and, now that she her to a cramped dressing room hears had dragged so endlessly apartment houses overlooking tho was away from Barclay and what and to introduce her haphazardly But he know now as Ellen shyly park. A light breeze sprang up. We stood for, a little dissatished to the other girls, some 16 in nuth- Tel 27948. amiled at him that he felt that one by one the benches were em- with herself. How foolish to im bor. He used no last names. The

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