THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1932.
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By Olive Roberts Barton,
Are we interested in what our children are doing, .or more interested in what concerns our- solves?
By "selves" I mean those things concerning the children that re present us farther than them.
For instance, the other day at a junior high-school commence-
ment in which a 12-year-old girl Look part, this happened.
All wook the child had studied her part. She was too much ex- cited over plans for the great day to eat her meals.
When the girls contesting in aquatic sports at the Olympic Games weren't in the swim itself they still held the crowd's atten- tlon with their official Olympic pyjamas. These pyjamas, fashion- ed from celanese jersanese mater- inl, were a two-pieco affuir, They were white, gaily trimmed in red and blue.
TO-DAY'S RECIPE.
ELECTRICAL FIRST AIDS.
Worn Flex.
If a flax covering begins to look worn at any point, it is wise to pro- tect it immediately. There are many branda of adhesivo Insulating tape on the market.
Bind this tape on the damaged part, remembering to bind each atrand of the flex separately. Bind woll boyond the affected area.
If the wire seems to be partly broken, it is safer to fit 1 now flex immediately.
If the flex near the handle of an electric iron shows signs of wear it is best to shorten the flex or fit a new one.
Preparing a New Flex.
?
Cut off the required length of flex, being certain before you do so that the flex is suitable for the purpose required.
Take a sharp knife and gently cut a ring around the wire cover- ing, about an inch from each end, Be careful not to cut the wire it self.
of
to
A gentle pull will now remove all the covering, leaving an inch bare wire. Twist the wires "bunch" them. Clean them with the edge of a match box. Prepare each of the four ends in this way. Fitting Flex to a Plug.
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Apricot Meringues. Cut a sponge cake (Genoese) into squares, triangles, or diamonds,
Undo the obvious screws on the and force some meringue mixture
plug.
There will generally be two. through a pastry tube over eachThe plug will fall into two parts. piece, and bake in a very moderate If there is a hole in the top part, oven till, firm.
jalip the flex through it.
Double over the end of one of the
it
For the meringue:-Put the whites of Gegge, 1 lb. castor bared flex wires and thread
baking through the "eye" on one of the sugar, 11⁄2 tonspoonful powder into a sacucepan, standing brass pillars. Turn the screw to this in a larger vessel of cold fix it there. Fix the second flex water, and whisk till the water wire in the other pillar.
Be certain that there is no boils, and the meringue is thick)
possibility of the bare wires touch- and glossy.
ing each other. Fit the two parts Remove and stir till cool, then of the plug together again and re- Every second she was out of the add some vanilla flavouring, and place the screwa. class room she was in the audi-
use as described above. It may, torium watching the decorations when baked, be covered with any Fitting Flex to a Lampholder, being tacked up. Every secondlaze. The following glaze would Unscrew gently the outer rings she was at home she WAR going be suitable:-10 ounces cooked of the lampholder. Remember how over her speech. talking about
apricots (tinned or dried), the parts fit into each other.
the programme--what this one was ounces caster sugar, pint syrup SEA
going to do, what that teacher from the fruit. Boil all together said, what pupil had forgotten his till the fruit is soft; rub through lines at rehearsal.
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Her mother was working on her dress. It was of simple plain white with a little white tape over the shouldera.
During fittings this is a sample of the conversations.
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Slip the flex through the hole in the dome. Double the bared ends of the prepared flex and thrend
a nieve, thick and clear, and when one through the "eye" of each cool it can be used.
brass pillar. Turn the screws to fix them there.
NOVEL WALLET.
"My, but I'll be glad when this
A wallot that will make 'n special is all over! If it weren't that you could wear this dress all summer appeal to the traveller is fitted with for good. I'd never bo bothered a small torch and pencil. It is made of brown leather, and one side forms making it."
"But you want me to look nice, a note book, while the other con- taina hank notes, letters, and other don't you, mother! All the girls necessities. The small, roundad ure wearing white."
electric torch is fixed in the contre "Oh yes, I want you to look of the wallet in place of a hinge, nice, of course. But I just think and the pencil appears at one end, It is all nonsense having this com-jest above the small bulb
mencement."
A Selfish Parent,
-
"But I look better with my hair But it's such fun, mother, We pisin. I look awful in waves." feel so big and grown-up com- "You'll do as I say, my dear. mencing, you know. All the boys You must look your best." and girls are having such a good time.'
"All right," assented Betty. "Is that all now? Is the fitting Then a terrible thought struck over? If you have a minute won't her. "You're coming, aren't you. you please hear my speech to see mother?"
If I know it?"
"I haven't time now."
"Yes, I'll be there. I want to
sco what kind of a dress Mra, Me- At last commencement day Kee made for Grace. She's talked care. But Betty had the feeling so much about it, it must be won-that her mother was not in the derful."
"It couldn't be any lovelier than thie, mother.”
least interested.
Even when it was over, the only thing she talked about was the dresses the girls wore. this Are we like thin? Do wo live
"Well, I hope not, after all my trouble. When you
Wear
dreas, Betty, I want you to curl selfishly in our children, or do we your hair. I'll put it up in those live their loya and their dreams Hittle wavers I bought the other and their plans with them? day."
"Too often not. I am afraid.
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
Be certain, that there is BO
bared possibility of the
wires touching. Arrange the two small "fixere" to pinch the flex tightly in the hole of the dome. Screw back the other parts.
Remember that a projection in one part fits into a groove in an- other.
A highly enamelled compost- tion is used for this bag. It is made in sections at the top and bottom for pllability. This one la black and white.
The Teicher!
186
Across
1 A rose by any other name?
Here's a revised version of white one.
6 Itching for a~~~,
1
Get
on by leaps and bounda..
A
10 Often found on a ticket to let
in.
11 Narcotic with a hint of greater
anxiety.
12 Kind of gun,
13 Hurried in transit."
16 Near-in fact extremely close. 18 Poet preferred by the British
Lion.
19 In excess and so becoming a
taxer.
20 There's at least one idol in this
temple. 22 Fur.
24 Centre portion of a chantry. 26 A vehicle that always carries a
writer.
27 A bit taken out except but for
bit 4 put in. 30 Fial.
31 All wrong, isn't it?
What the Down 13 Across.
33 Feline waifa (two words).
Down
1 No longer picked by thieves.
2 Miss Bright's Christian name? 3 Hol Dogra (anag.).
4 A kind of confused air-sob you
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come across in weather reports.
6 would not we-it to bits, and then remould it nearer to the Heart's Desire." (Omar Khay- yain).
7 A note in reminder should help you to preserve your balance,
8 Part of S. America,"
14 The part of Walton Heath tha
in-Hampshire.
16 A scrap, in a meal becomes
adherent
16.The dean starts being inventi 17 Part of a yoRr.
18 Tribe half Danish. : 21 You
may
woll
"ho wate
anagramatic ally with such terminable talking.
23 Welrd.:
24 To estimate the position of liner at the bottom of the tum cd seas. ed
25 Such exaggerated nervousn
is largely a mistake.
28 The young lady who had a
Acrosp.
29 Teeth big enough to hold
Welsh river.
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CAN YOU REALLY TEACH ALBERT "TO GHAKE HANDS
FRECKLES
WHY, SURE... DR. JONES SAID THAT WAS ONE OF THE FASISST TRICKS TO
TEACH..... COME ON, LET'S GET STARTED, ALBERT !!
SAY TO HIM,*SHAKE HANDS"-THEN YOU. BEND FORVARD, HOLD OUT YOUR HAND, HEAR HIS RIGHT FRONT LEG, AN, WITH THE OTHER - HAND, TAP THE LES; PROM BEHIND, IN YOUR DIRECTION
BUT WHAT IF
HỂ WOHT DO IT THOUGH, FRECKLES. YEAH..... WHAT IF HE WONT
DO IT
DON'T WORRY—KELL. DO IT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO HAVE PATIENCE......COME ON, ALBERT.. SHAKE HANDS!
ANY KID CAN TEACH.
·HIS DOG TO DO THIS
IF HELL KEEP TRYIN.......
CONG ON-SHAKE
HANDS!!
HE'S DOIN' IT...HOORAY!! I TOLD YOU ALBERT" WAS A SMART_
DOG...SEL! THATS SWELL!!
GLAD TO MEET YOU ALBERT!
BELLE. PAT. C
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