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TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1932.
DAY BY DAY
A THREE-DAYS QUEST, BECOMES A WEARINESS-German Proverb,
one
"Let Your Child Develop Himself"
"SAYS LADY, MURIEL KIRKPATRICK
Country. Then, if we look at the, extremely important issue of the iron and steel industries, the most that has been possible se far is to reach unofficial under- standings, though Canada under- takes that the tart shall not ex-
TN his eagerness to develop In-ployment that it will develop in ceod such a level as will give the
dividuality in his children, spite of difficulties. For instance, The Ben Line a.s. Benrinnes, from
a genuino passion for music may United Kingdom producers a full
Home via Straits, is due here on the over-anxious parent is in dan-show itself quite early in life, and opportunity of reasonable com-Friday.
ger of crushing it entirely. withstand any repression, and petition. Here we encounter the
"My boy sechs lacking in ori-jovercome any difficulties in the xinality," anid a mothor to the way of its fulfilment. Such cases divergent interests of the Cana-
ahe laro exceptional. As a rule, child- Three case of cholera, two from master of the school where dian and British industrialists, Victoria and one from Kowloon, one was placing her child. "I do hope ren need encouragement to try
the сане
and of typhold,
cfyou will be able to develop this in all linos of work and play before which, was obvious from
meningitis, were reported to the him."
they find out what really interests start, would be found most difl-health authorities during the week-
The man looked at her he was them. eult to compose. On the ques- end.
A father of a family becoming Jused to dealing with parents.
"I shall leave him to do that secretary of a large local club tion of Russian "dumping," it was
childron rumoured last week that Canada's
Ng Chi-cheung, a seven-year-old for himself," he replied, "for Introduced Into his study a card help me to sort and arrange these Price Complete with Bumpers,representations would, probably boy, received a fractured leg yesterday expect what he most needs is a indox file. "Will you
when he was knocked down by a taxi little leaving alone." lead to the abrogation of the In Hollywood Rond at 2.30 p.m. He As a rule, children like doing cards?" he asked of his small son Spare Tire & Tubo
Anglo-Russian Commercial Treaty was admitted to the Government Civil the thing for which they have aand daughter.
In ten minutes the boy had Hospital for treatment.
natural aptitude, and it is a safe but this is not borne cut by the
rule to let a child choose his own wearied of the job and run off, H.K.$2,960.
pursuits and wait and see what but the girl found it really absorb- agreements reached. It is clear,
ing. She asked intelligent ques- St. Andrew's happens. The new organ at | however, that the matter is par-
"I do not want my girl to grow lons about indexing, Aling, and tially covered by the article which Church. Kowloon constructed at a cost of $7,000 by Mr. W.. Charlton provides that if the United King-Blackett, will be dedicated by the narrow and one-sided," a mother all the rest, and soon devised a Dean of St. John's Cathedral (Very once complained, when she tried quick way of managing the work her to read more. "Leave her her father to his wife later on THE HONGKONG HOTELmutual preferences may be frus-ber 11, at the morning service. The dency for handwork and induce
alone," was the advice of one who "Eva is evidently cut out for trated "through foreign State ae-
had brought up a big family suc-career in my business. Aa tion" as regards any class of com-
cessfully. "When she is ready to the boy, he had better have his modity, they will prohibit the en- there is little prospect that
read she will rend." Absurdly way and emigrate; he could not try of such commodities. This would solve their problems. Italy simple as the remark sounded, it help me ten minutes without be-
has a dictatorship as absolute and nevertheless, proved to hold the coming impatient, but sce
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The
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Hongkong Telegraph.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1932.
OTTAWA-AND
Preference adumbrated with such
dom and Canada are satisfied that Rev. A, Swana) on Sunday, Septem-to curb her child's natural ten-in hand.
"That settles the matter," said
any
nation
Dean will also preach the sermon.
confront
£32
ever
the
very
for
what
ar
to appear provision would
be
as well directed as the veriest needs of wisdom, for in course of pains he has taken for the last specifically designed against
autocrat could desire. And yet time the child took to books, and couple of hours in planting out Russia, which is the one country Italy has not escaped the complex though she is still more practical those seedlings in the garden.
All boys like playing with en- in the world producing on a basis problems that
other than artistic in temperament, she|
has developed into a fine woman. gines, but the boy who will pains- of State ownership and control of countries. Hungary is
Within reason, children should takingly mend his mother's new-
will spend industry. Yet, conceivably in more graphic illustration of the be given the apparatus they re-ing machine, or
Even granted that the quire, and left to use it more or hour in olling and cleaning the some circumstances, it might be fact.
It should be typewriter and putting it into re- American people would agree to less as they desire. which, applied to
a dictatorship and that they could observed that apparatus and boys pair, has probably real engineer... through governmental agency,
find an agreeable dictator-it is are very different things. Toying interests, and should be en-
hunger should never be encourag-couraged on those lines, sought to flood the British or still unlikely that America would ed, and provided the play sense is A visitor one day observed a carefully rolling Canadian markets. In any event, find itself, forthwith, on the way always encouraged, the fewer toys woman AFTER the object is to keep out goods so out of its difficulties. Moreover, a child has the better. By ap-minute bandages.
"Has someone cut a finger, or priced as to be able to overcome while such a plan would relieve paratus is meant such things as
of cardboard, wheels, what are they for?" she asked. rea-sheets the tariffs and undersell the pro-people of some measure of
boards, crayons, strips of material, The other woman laughed.
"They are for my little girl," ' Whilst the series of agreements tected article. In either circum-ponsibility, it would at the same and all the diversity of stuffs with signed at Oltawa by no manner stance, the wisdom of this mea-time give them a too easy escape which children can make things, she explained, "for she has hardly to roll them tightly from the experience of self- either as permanent possessions the skill
W1E tre- of means comply with the Beaver-
sure is doubtful.
management, which is one of de- or as means of play for the moment.
enough herself. Sho
nhe brook idea of Empire Free Trude,
"Did they build the market mendously interested when Those who
most mocracy's chief virtues. Woodrow have been
town was saw me bandage baby's sore arm, they represent, in their main fea-keenly agitating for concrete re- Wilson once remarked that "it is place first when our
80 we decided that she should learn tures, the sebeme of Imperial
sults from the Ottawa Conference a strenuous thing, this living the built, or did they begin at
edge?" asked a amall boy. It was bandaging on her dall, and she is have been insistent on the iden life of a free people; and we can-an intelligent question for such a becoming quite efficient at the art. vigour some thirty years ago by that by improving trade within not escape the burden of our in-little fellow, and his mother saw I encourage her, for who knows that she may not have the medical Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. What the Empire, world trade generally heritance." That it is a strenuous he was really interested.
"Let us plan out a town in the instinct intent in her?"
the garden," she Every child has within himself the British electorale then, and will be stimulated. This line of thing no one at the present mo-
SU with sticks for or herself latent possibilities that again some years later, declined reasoning is not easy to follow, ment will wish to deny. And, on sand-heap in
11 certain to approve has now. been made since, under the agreements now ably be few who would wish to houses they started to work. A life possible in consequence of Bri-reached, a great part of the world escape the burden of such an in-soon, as the child had grasped the!
raised heritance. The method of tain's departure from her tratli-will find fresh obstacles
de-principle, she left him to work out parents should see to it that every side of a young character has the In the result alone.
possibility of growth, for
talent may tional Free Trade polley. The against its trade and commerec. mocracy is sometimes hard.
That little conversation settled,never knows where experiment launched at Otlawn, It may be argued that these for- times like the present, it seems
pro- his life's work, though it was not show itself. Encouragement in exceedingly slow. But its
was play is often quite na essential as sitch for
is, will il
eign countries may now show a
made burgh surveyor of a great encouragement in work, if one hailed or criticised according
greater disposition to lower their cesses, when they do succeed in until years later, when he
from
plastic the viewpoint of the commenta-tariffs against the Dominions and rising to emergencles, have, none municipality, that they realised would obtain the best results
the less, indispensable compensa-it.
most Work is the
Important unformed character. from the Britain in return for concessions tions. For the objective is tors that is, elther angle of those who believe that on their goods. What, then, be- only to perfect the mechanism of thing in life, and to Be really changed conditions call for a de-
comes of these elaborate and society, but, in the school of co-successful one must find the work
perfect the one enjoys. parture from the past order, or from carefully-worked-out preferential operative effort, to
"What a success you have been OUR NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE various individual. A way inevitably will 18 schedules that of others who hold that tarif
to an American millionaire, only
By Edward Kelly, Philanderer. flculties with which the world is
reply, "You to receive the sad discrimination by Britain against parts of the Empire? The argue found, through the current dif. in life!" someone once remarked a failure. I have confronted. That is important. mcan, what foreign trade will have undesirments could be continued ad in-
We have a new neighbour, able reactions. On which side
But it is of even greater impor-made a fortune because my father finitum, but space forbids.
And now we're going to tell you find insisted on my selling boots. wisdom lies can only be shown by thing is certain--and it has been tance that, in the effort to
have should have been a happy man if something that's so scandalous results. There will, however, be stressed by most of Britain's that way, mankind will
you, you wouldn't bolleve it. in Bri- general agreement both
leaders in the recent past-name-learned certain things and gained could have earned a pittance by that if anybody else but us told Some children have so marked Our new neighbour was mowing an aptitude for some line of cm-his lawn when we first saw him. tain and the Dominions that inter-ly, that Britain cannot afford to experience which can be added to/Painting pictures."
foreign the sum total of human progress.
"Nice lawn mower You have Empire trade should be improved jeopardise her immense
thore." we said in accents sweet and developed. Any step which trade. Let the Empire by all
and low.. leads to this desirable end, and
means draw closer together when- which has no harmful economic
wherever and
possible. ever consequences, must command the
Let no sound or reasonable oppor- approval of Britons everywhere.tunity be lost to improve and ́ex- Opinions will, however, differ on
second thought, there will prob- suggested,
streets and wooden blocks for only need development to make
be
1.0
between
Оне
pand inter-Imperial trade. But,
the point as to whether the agree in the process, let nothing be done
ments now concluded meet
conditions postulated.
tho
the which will militate against true interests of the Mother Coun-
A dispassionate reading of the try or of the Dominions. The terms of the treaties makes itchlef fear is that the Ottawa Con- clear that agreement has
ference, sincere and well-meaning
only
been reached with the greatest as its delegates have been in
dificulty. Taking
the under-
their aims and motives, may have atanding with Canada as the most chosen the wrong method of doing important of the series, It is to the right thing.
be noted that Canadian dalty pro- ducts are to be admitted free into Britain for a period of three years, after which, if the United Kingdom producers demand It,
on
Democracy in the Crucible.
Patience, in times like those, in more than ever a virtue. It is in £t de- duties may be imposed. Again, particularly a virtue
For in Д democracy in the case of certain commodi-mocracy. ties, including wheat, it is laid there are always those who stand down that the British duties may ready to place the blame for un- ba removed if Empire, producers solved problems upon the form of the government and to advocato are unwilling to offer them
some undemocratic short cut as a first sale at prices not exceeding sure road to their solution. But world prices and in suffieiont it is has yet to bo. demonstrated demo- quantities to meet Britain's needs. that the abandonment of Those provisions indicato that cracy would enabló nations to some nervousness is felt over the work economic magic. A dicta- torship in the United States, for of the naw posalbio-reactions
which there are a number of advo.... policy: In particular, on the catos just now might relieve
not
"Honry, I'm afraid it doesn't look right for you and the hang around hero só. much. You're liable to causa
I
Виссея.
and
The
one
yet
"Yes," he replied, "not bad. Do you.mow your own lawn?”
We shook our head and Baid "yca."
"Tell you what," he said gen- erously, "any time you want to borrow it, just hop in and take Tit"
When we saw our nofghbour next he was driving a car. He in- vited us for a ride, and we clambered in.
Wonderful car," we said by. way of conversation, as we bowled along the Castle Peak Road, "Had it long?"
"No," he replied, and asked "Do you drive?"
We nodded.
Take it any time you feel like
a spin," saith he.
We did not see our neighbour after then until yesterday after. noon.
"Was that your wife we Baw yesterday?" we asked over the porch.
"Yes," he replied.
"gho's Д peach!" wo sald onthusiastically.
He hesitated, and looked at us thoughtfully.
"Do you-or-ever feel lonely?". he asked, after, a pause.
Wo gulped.
"Yos, sometimes," norvously,
We Bald.
He paused before.replying and wa watched him anxiously.
"Tell you what," he said, time you feel lonely, hop in for
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