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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1932,
HOPES ON GENEVA
DAY BY DAY
by the other Powers to the limits imposed on Germany, but that does not mean that a start cannot be made. Action in this direction will have to bo progressive, in well-
THERE ARE MANY WHO MARRY defined stages, and it will theroforo
FROM UTTER INDIGENCE OF THOUGHT, be the task of the Disarmament CAPTIVATED BY THE PLAYFULNESS OF Conference to work out a practical YOUTH; A8 19 THE KITTEN achome along these lines. The NEVER TO BECOME A CAT.-W. S WERE
pro-
Landor...
EVERY MAN HIS OWN ROMEO
BY HERBERT FARJEON
TOT long ago I came across a,that is vital and pregnant in
NOT
lendarette in which tho every syllabla.
of the fact that there is health of converted into good entortain- writer, after reminding his pubile Poor pinys, if they are to be
the mind as well as of the body, menta, require the most *prac- declared that art la the medicine tiaed players. wo take to alleviate our complicated But the better the play, the more The lady's handbag which was psychological and emotional safely it may be handed over to
DIARY OF DESPAIR
until something was done for her.
situation.
For one, thing, they save
re- pro-
nothing on the market to anthem us exnetly, will write out a prescrip- so tion as "1 murderer, 8 mothers, 2 the
geniuses, 1 leader of society, 18 heroinesand so, Bending It round to the nearest author- chemist, have the play "made up."
We
to
great point to be kept in mind is that no Disarmament Conference can countenance any schemo for equality which would involve the found In Lalt's Carnival
Shows on, troubles.
the tender mercies of the amateurs. Sunday evening bar since beeni right of any Power to re-arm: such claimed by Miss Luba
This is unquestionably true,
"Hamlet" and "The Trojan Wo- Bumann of an outcome would be totally con-
Sassoon Rond.
Just as glycerine lozenges may they can lose much and still be men" have so much to loss that be good for a sore throat,, zo trary to the whole spirit of the dis-
"Romeo and Juliet" may be good numbered among the wealthy.. armament movement. If Germany
The time, however, may come The body of an unknown Chinese, for a sore heart. To join 10 will but enter the council chamber apparently that of a mendicant, was amateur dramatic society may well when the preliminary committee yesterday found by Sergeant Butcher be the remedy for the attack of societies will be presided over by meetings of amateur theatrical at Geneva in a mood signifying a suspended from a tree by a plece of blues. willingness to face the realities cloth tied round the neck. The body
doctors or dental specialists, and found Won
One day, when about 200 yarda or realised by the medical fraternity, ing found unsuitable, will be re- this is fully when the plays now existing, bo- decisive and to work hand in hand with the Customs Path. ef rtless steer, other Powers in evolving a definite
doctors may prescribe plays and placed by others especially con players an they now smooth instantaneous plan, then we have every reason to
prescribe structed for the needs of ama- physics and ointments, telling us teurs, and containing parts writ , more room hope for practical results.
NEW START IN LIFE that a little "Evensong," takch be- ten expressly to suit the require Super springing
One of the most interesting and
fore going to bed, should work ments of stock mental casos. lower body linės
sweeter important features of Sir John
wonders, or that a good course of The performances I envisage performance
Ralph Lynn should bring the de- will differ radically from those in fact Simon's Intest declaration is that')
aired relief. everything a light Six can give which relates to an undertaking,
given by professional players, So many offers of help and And it may then be regarded as since in the amateur performances ... yet the saloon (with by the European States that they Giblett, the young woman of 27 unenlightened days patients trust-abandoned.
promises of money for Thirza astonishing that in the bad old type-casting will be completely sliding roof) costs only £295.
will not attempt to resolve any whose pathetic Diary of Despaired entirely in their own judgment present or future differences by was revealed in court at Bristof in the choice of shows,
Filling the Paris. resort to force. This is interpret- have been received by the police The doctor of the future may.)
Thus the doctor-producer, that she has been given a now however, go even than the start in life. ed as going further
further than cognising that whereas the this.
fessional theatre exists for the Kellogg Pact, which precludes re- This announcement was made
Join the Society.
nudience, tho amateur theatre sert to war as an instrument of in Bristol. Police Court when she
exlets for the actors, will prob- was again charged, on remand,
He may insist not merely that ably see to it that the heroine, national policy. The difference
with wandering.
we shall go to see certain plays, whose exquisite beauty all the nrisca from the use of the termi She was bound over for 12
but that we shall join our local other characters extol before she "force" as contrasted with "war" monther on condition
amateur theatrical society and be makes her appearance, is played that she stayed with the Salvation Army come actors and actresses ourselves. by the ugliest lady in the cast. We only need take the слзо of
If we are suffering because we The Samsonian parts he will no Japan's activities against China to The Bench said that probably the are thwarted in our desire to be doubt hand over to weak little man realise the distinction. Japan has Salvation Army would find her a ful, how much more satisfactory sical inferiority complex.
herole, or in our desire to be spite- Buffering acutely from the phy- not been technically at war with
to play the part of Henry the Fifth A New Start Assured.
Little children may be cast for China, but her use of force is be-
or of Lady Sneerwell ourselves the parts of adults, since they At the outset Supt. Baker told than to get professionals to do it want to be grown-up, and adults yond question. If the new pro- the Court that there was nothing for us! posal finds approval, and if the recorded against the woman from
for the parts of little children. There are, of course, many good
doctor-pro- And perhaps the undertaking is entered into with the police point of view.
reasons why we depend so heavily ducer, having settled the require- Thanking the Press for the ns-on the services of professional ments of his company and finding full recognition of all that it im-afstance they had given in the players. plies, a definite step forward in the case, Supt. Baker, said he had re- preservation of European peace ceived letters from all parts of the time. For another, they are will be recorded. But much
country. Money had also been much more accomplished at sent, and the police would now be job than we should be. mises will be of small avail unless able to help the girl; in fact, the. And then again, although they are reinforced by a determined help given by the Press would go may be as vain as the vaincat public opinion. In the last resort, un her feet again.
a long way towards putting her actor-manager in the history of the theatre, does not this very it in on this point that all efforts to The Superintendent added that vanity Inspire most of us with an abolish war must depend for their one old-age pensioner, who sign- uneasy feeling (60 often mistaken LIFE OF SHAME effectiveness. For unless the will, had sent 2s.
el himself "Nearer 80 than 70," for modesty) that we may possibly,
If we appear in to pence permeates the people of
public, merely After so many past disappoint-Europe, or any other part of the Jelly good!
The Chairman (Mr. T. C. Lewis) make fools of ourselves?.
By Edward Kelly, White Slaver. Nevertheless, we all want to ments, it would be quite under world for that matter, even the Supt. Baker added that the fact. It la a primitive instinct. A screaming scandal threatens standable if there should still be a most solemn undertakings will Salvation Army were ready to do And though the self-consciousness to rock England to the very bot
its social foundation. lingering doubt regarding the pro- always.be in danger of being con- all they could to help the woman. begotten of civilisation may hold tom
The Diary of Despair. sidered mere scraps of paper. It
many of us back, the strength of). It has been left to us, in far off bability of this week's meeting of
The chairman thanked those this primitive Instinct may he Hongkong, to call attention the Bureau of the Disarmament
is for the Disarmament Conference who had sent money and had affer- glimpsed to-day in the enormous this blot upon our fair name. to interpret and reinforce the desire ed assistance.
number of amateur actors all over A girl hippopotamus has been Conference resulting in the achiev of the peace-lovers of the world, "In the midst of your adversity," the country, who are now for shipped from Africa and landed at Ing of tangible results.
Yet, even If it fails, the future outlook will he told her, "there have been lots gathering in the suburbs of our the London Zoo as a mate for the making allowances for doubt based indeed be dark and gloomy.
of kind friends about who are cities and in the heart of our male hippopotamus already there. anxious to assist you. We hope villages, to make up their minds; on the immensity of the problem
were used
and the difficulties of adjusting the
you, appreciate it, and we hope what they shall act this autumn to lure the innocent victims to that in the future’you will go on and who shall undiertako the
this life of shame? Perhaps wo varying viewpoints, there does
various parts.
shall never know. The white It is difficult to determine who is quite well."
the The magistrates, added
What shall we act? That is the
work. seem ground for thinking that a mere deserving of sympathy, the chairman, were very sorry for her question. And too often the an
elavers do their vito really worthwhile effort Is to be notable personage palied upon to and the position in which
craftily and secretly, which is a she fewer to it is dictated by a mía- bit annoying, because we'd like mado to get down to essentials, ‘address an assembled school on found herself.
taken modesty which leads the
to know how it's done. The new French plan which would Speech Day, or the totally in Giblett's diary, which was pro-performers into attempting creaky Probably she was lured to appear to make a definito advance significant person
Incredible the hard duced in court was entitled "My comedies and
of a littlo Europe with the promise the bench, forced by circumstances over Experiences in Bristol Looking sketches aboat burglars in draw great stage career awaiting her on previous attitudes. and
for Work." One passage read at lng-rooms that would tax the at a circus-and what does slib clear-cut statement of British
which he has no control to simulate the last hearing stated that she technique of the most accomplish-find. She finds herself thrust into a reasonably intelligent interest in had been policy outlined by Sir John Simon the proceedings. On the whole, the Bridge with the intention of "go-the public at bay.
up to the Suspensioned professional, and even so keep a sordid Zoo with the harsh words echoing in her care, "If you want a few days ago, contain the promise notable personage hus the worst of ing over," but she had "lost her What amateur theatrical nocic-[hay, you've got to earn it!” of better things, while Mr. Buld- the ordeal, especially if he is sensi- nerve."
ties generally fail to realise is Friendless and alone sho op win's dramatic, analysis of the postive. Many an accomplished orator good Samaritan who had assisted in it is much more difruit to nee
Another entry paid tribute to a that a play with no life or depth peals to the male hippopotamus,
The inevitable happens. sibilities of future wars, unless the 'would immeasurably prefer to face her by giving her money for food. sent entertainingly than a play She falls. ncrial issua is seriously faced, an angry House of Commons, or a would appear to betaken a closer turbulent sea of undergraduates approach to the realities of the than the Sphinx-like scrutiny of a whole situation.
few hundred schoolboys or school- One factor of immense impor- girls behaving with impeccable pro- tance is the clarifying of the Bri- death, but they are far too polita
priety. They may be bored tish attitude on Germany's claim ever to indulge a yawn. Usually to equality. This claim Is now tongue-tied themselves, they may definitely accepted in principle, and be elated by the mellifluence of the the consequence of Sir John speaker's diction, and almost car Simon's outline of British polley ried away by the fervour of his is that it has served to modify any message, but they, suppress their impression which may have existed emotions with an almost super- human stoicism. The cheers, when in Berlin that Britain is unsympa they come, are models of decorous thetic towards Germany. Already, approbation, as delicately timed us before the full implications have the cheers of the villagers in been disclosed, the British state- musical comedy when the old ment has been hailed as a marked Squire says his little piece. The advance on the attitude disclosed "big noise" on a school Speech Day when the German claim was first would often give a good deal to put forward. At that time,
know what his young audienco real-' British declaration that Germany's prepared address. He can be fairly ly think about him and his carefully raising of the equality issue was certain of two things. If the ap- untimely created the impression plause is infrequent and the cheer- that the German viewpoint was de- ing subdued; he le not likely to be finitely opposed. The latest state- criticised for serving up the well- ment shows this ausplefon to have worn platitudes of tradition. been unfounded. Britain admite ko what is old and well-tried,
• Schoolboys are conservative: they the contention that German dis-especially in attempts at pleasantry. armament was intended to be the And In any event the distinguished prelude to general disarmament, but visitor can bet his bottom shilling it also takes note of the practical that, whatever he says, he and not aspects of the question. It is quite his speech will be remembered, in clear that there cannot be an im- after daya, by young Jones or mediato scaling down of armaments
Robinson.
the
Speech Days
on
to
1
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廳
"Henry's firm has laid off 28 per cent of their vics
presidents."
What foul means
And once a hippopotamus falls, it takes a block and tackle to get her up again.
The downward path opens be-
A
fore her.... Drink..... druge. Either that or she becomes hardoned and starts a zoo of her own, and gets covered with dia mends and is called "Ma." But of what use is hor gold' and inary. Other hippopotamuses nudgo each other when she passes.
Respectable lady hippopotam- uses who have realised that woman's place is in the jungle, and have reared families, - WAVE their back log scornfully when home they see her, and then go and ait in the kitchen and gossip..
Her tawdy life is but an empty shell, and she dies surrounded by diamonds and empty champagne bottles alone all the respectable hippopotamusen hav- ing died long before.
Shall this sort of this be allow- ed to go on unchocked by the' authorities and uncommented on by "Pro Bon Publico” and “Father · [of Boven."
No! No! Nal
CHIEFLY NONSENSE
H
By RODERT MAGILL TTOME-MADE blackberry Jara is not a passion of mine, consisting, as it does, of 75 per cont of pips which are still tasto- Jess however much you chew them, (Continued on Page 9.)