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THE HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1932.
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
nearer.
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F
The Very Idea!
ELEPHANTILE WIT.
By Edward "Jumbo" Kally, Speaking of elephants. weren't ... Shut up!).
Speaking
(Wo-
of elephants. An elephant is s aquare animal, with four logs. One at each corner. We know that's old, but what's that to do with you)
The technical name for ап clophant is Elephantastic Ele-
Which reminds us of the time we took an elephant-herd to sen We were the captain of the ship, of course,
"Put them down the hold," we
fringement of the Prohibition laws. The belief that logalisa- tion of the liquor industry would be a boon to the farmer has pro-
By MAURICE 'LANE-NORCOTT bably not a great deal to support it. In pre-Prohibition days, only about two per cent. of the counts department viewa with of the eccentricity of the English try'a grain went into browing. alarm the growing inclina-climate? When snow is most need That may have been important tlon among the inventive classes to od namely, during a heat wave in
bring overything
and summorit is conspicuous by Its in the days of war-time shortage
absence. It is only on the raw, but not now, when the farmera
This Nearer and Nearer Move-cold days, unless our memory is at burn their grain for fuel. Re-ment first raised its ugly head in fault, that it snows in England. garding the racketeer, it la poa- England in 1825 with the Invention That this snow is quite uselena The battery on which. Prest-0. alble that he will not give up of the steam engine, which, besides commercially is beyond all shadow Lite's reputation' was originally without n struggle. Probably raising a lot of dust, brought the of doubt. Sciencu has yet to find bult-but given the benefit of new the biggest Immediate effect on north many hours nearer to the purpose for it. In its crudo atato Improvements and discoveries business would be the huge sums south. In our opinion, an unwise man cannot sell anaw, nor can he which make it, to-day, a better which brewers would have to and even dangerous interference grow things in it or oven dig it up phantail. This really means that and burn it as he does coal. It is the most fantastic thing known spend to moderniso plants which with Nature's plans.
This succes jou hns now been unfit for human consumption, and an elephant with
fantil. Many of these improvements are have lain idle for many years. followed by the motor-car, the aero- the modern world would be far And so it is. protected by broad, basle patents Summarising the situation, it plane, the telephone, wireless tele- better without It, unicas wo Bro We tell you this so that wo can which prevent Infringement. would seem that when the "dry" graphy, broadcasting, and finally, propared to admit that it has a air our knowledge of fauna. A fauna is the same as a faun, only Let us demonstrate the many law le repealed, the Government so short a while ago na last week, certain decorativa valus.
And we, for our part, are not pre-fawnor. features which make Prest-O-Lite might expect to get a big re- by the Infra-red ray photograph, batteries give you the most value Venue, employment would be im- which, to our jaundiced oye, soems pored to admit that. Indeed, wo per dollar.
proved in quality even if not to bring the Crystal Palace right are rather sorry now that we have
brought the matter up at all. greatly increased, the grain aur into the very heart of London. plus would be little affected, and utant elimination of space is rapidly
We may be peculiar, but this con- The Dream House the racketeer would be dealt a giving us claustrophobia. We some-ent, Mrs. Laue-Norcott, has brought said. They did. It didn't."
Our special domestic correspond- heavy, but perhaps not a mor- times imagine that everything is to our notice the very latest thing But eventually we found berths tal, blow.
falling on top of us and we cannot in house-case-10 windowless for them. A man-elephant gave brenthe. This makes us morbid house with transparent walls, rehia barth to a lady-elephant. She and we begin to despair. We plete with cupboards with revolving gave birth to a baby-elephant. Poster Nuisances
fool that if this old world is to shelves and doors which open by continue and it is all one to us waving the band in front of photo when it fell down the gunwhale. Poor little thing it look fright. The care taken by the police whether it does or not-then science electric cells. The plan of the Scrambled up the main mast, and
must do something quickly to house, we understand, were Bub- to prevent offence to nesthetic take everything farther and farther mitted to the Architectual Associa- taste in the Taikoo district, by away again. restricting the activities of bill-
Once, in a fit of pique, we even posters, might, with advantage, started to draw up a list of the Toronto, Can. be extended to other parts of the things we should prefer to be taken
Colony. A much more effective, first. It began: campaign could be carried out both in Victoria and Kowloon. The main streets are simply lit tered with unsightly posters, a hotch-potch of colour which The wedding of Mr. A. G. M. che banished, even where
Philippens and Mias E. M. Witchell will take place at St. the posting is done with the ap- Andrew's Church, Kowloon, on proval of the occupants of pre- Thursday, 29th December, at a mises so plastered. There seems p.m. All friends will be welcome, little consistency in a policy which prevents, say, the Peak Tramway from making what use it chooses of its own track, which protects an out-of-the-way dis trict like Shaukiwan from the billposter nuisance, and permits every pillar and post in the city
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THE WEDDING.
DEATH.
SAYCE-At No. 18, Jco House Street, at I p.m. yesterday, Kelly Sayce, Funeral at the Jewish Cemetery
at 5.15 p.m. to-day.
The
27 well-known lady novelists.
Pneumatic road-ürills, We were about to add
"Organ
ition last week.
stood on the top, howling with terror. We climbed up and low- We mention the matter here be cred it down a spar to its pa. cause in a vagun way it reminds Wrapped it up in a sock that
night, and placed it us of a dream house of our own.
by the fire. Our house was a sort of black with but it just cried and cried. Gave it half an onion to play house, built on the lift principle, Next morning it threw itself off and Atted with dummy chimneys the bridge. So that was that. through which the head could be
Have you ever considered the music relayed from Daventry," but thrust from time to time to look
for unwelcome callers. At the ap- terrific size of an elephant? Place this made us yawn, so we put our hat on and went home, arriving proach of an enemy a small warn- Edward Kelly besides the leg o late, as usual, owing to the unspeak- og tolled in the hall, and the full grown elephant and what do A Perfect Frost able train servico.
while writing the above paragraph steel front door was that it had no
Meanwhile--for we fell asleep A delightful feature of the all- | ning like hell, and the days slipped by unnoticed letter-box, and the usual culinary now has fallen in Northampton. troubles were completely obviated Here, surely, is another example by dining out.
to be covered with lurid adver- THE
Hongkong Telegraph tisements.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1932.
house instinctively sank into tho you notico 7 ground and covered itself with groas.
WOMEN AND TIPPING PROBLEM
strongmindedness. On whole a woman
mera admire.
afford,
lock
A speck of dust on the horizon. That will be Edward Kolly run-
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SCANDALOUS.
Oh, and now we want to toll you something that's so scandal- ous that If anybody else told you. you wouldn't believe it.
A fellow member of the staff, Mr. X, conducted a sweep on the match last week, and flagrantly, final scores of the First Test though temporarily, embezzled the
around the hat to raise funds for This week, the same X took Xmas present for us. Some- thing we could use to open bot- ties with, or pour liquid into,
Lator, an equally impecunious and scoundrelly gentleman sought to borrow $10 from Mr. X.
"I haven't got it," said X. "What about the money you collected for Kelly'a Xmas pre- sent?" sald the vile tempter.
"Don't be silly, you unprincipled thing" anid X, virtuously, "I paid
And here we've gone and spent the the sweep winninga with that!"
Now what do you think of that?
By CHARLES GORDON THERE has been an outery in, waiters, hairdressers, Alling- the West End recently on the station hands, and taxicab-men subject of women and tipping. then it will mean just so much Waiters, taxicab drivers, and com- hard cash subtracted from her House of Lords Reform missionaries RTC unanimous in chance of securing a desirable money.
their disapproval of what they have hat at £3. But the average man found to be the meaner sex. will other think nothing of it or Soundings are being taken by Actually, in this case meanness cleo deny himself almost anything the British Government to as- BEER AND JOBS
the that
those who serve may certain feeling in Parliament as
not far more dub him mean, and that he may to the Report of the Joint Com-sensible and courageous in the not look a fool. Despite the recent failure of mittee on House the "wet" resolution in the Unit- form. There can be little doubt She has an innate courage which man soldom, if ever, can
of Lords re- matter of largesse than a man.
And is very true that a wo ed States Congress, renewed of the outcome of these sound- } a
mna cannot help but ridiculous. She has the social! efforts are being made with a ings. The particular reforms view. to securing either drastic advocated by the
sense to carry off nine situations Committee It la courage of the same kind out of ten without a blush. modification of the law or its have found no favour. They are
that will allow of her turning out tipping la one of them.
And total repeal. This course is be- generally regarded
a complete hat shop without buy- as cumber-
But it is not so difficult for a ing urged not only because it is
ing anything. The essentially some and inexpedient. Even believed to represent popular among Liberals they are reject buy something, even that which he woman companion with him lends timid and self-conscious male will man to be dragged from his perch. And the very fact of his having a opinion, but also in order to pre-ed. Criticism is divided into does not want or cannot vent continued disrespect of the two categories. There are those to save his blushing face, law. One aspect of the question who hold that the hereditary which is coming into prominence principle must be either accept now is the likely effect of the ed or rejected, and that it is not wiping out of the "dry" law. It a matter for compromise. And is being contended in some quar- there are others who maintain
unconcern, does not give a rap for Men are scared still of scenes. ters that if the liquor trade were that the powers of the House of the opinions of head-walters upon Women don't mind them a bit. In again legalised, the result would Lords must be extended before herself. Hence the outcry of the overy scene there the possibili- the Test-Tube" is, we understand. be more employment, increased any changes are made in its com
hend-waiters.
ty of being an attractive central Row being prepared. This place revenue for the Government, a position. The Report has cer
It is well known that women are figure. And there fa just tho is something of an innovation. Its carefully guarded secrets have big utilisation of farm crop sur-
more careful of their money than difference of a woman loving been allowed to leak out, and Its tainly achieved one of its ob- pluses, and the disappearance of jects-that of attracting atten
men. In the first place they have, publicity and a man loathing it. the racketeer. Very enthusias- tion to the question of reform. In the second place, they have so actively mean in the matter
theme, which is both original and da a rule, not got so much of it, and I do not think that women are stimulating, is already the subject tic estimates have been made on But many members of Parlia-many Interesting things upon tipping. They are only so by the first of these points. In one ment have now come to the con- quarter, it is suggested that as clusion that the difficulties are
which to spend what they have got. men's absurd standards. A wom- A woman is calculating over an gives tips where tips are duo many two million people
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insuperable. The majority of money mattéra. She knows that] and not where they are not. would find jobs in the brewing members of the Upper Chamber, if she gives excessive tips to she gives a correct tip. and allied trades. But when the there is reason to believe, are possibilities are analysed, most
uncompromisingly opposed to of the
of these estimates would appear the recommendations to be over-stated. In the last
Committee. There is no ques- pre-Prohibition Census
year, tion of immediate Government there were only a little over a quarter of a million employed in action. The Joint Committee was a combination of three in- theso trades. The country 19
appointed bigger now than it was then, but formal committees against this we have to put the last Session by groups of mem- fact that machinery has greatly bers of both Houses. Should it increased, thus affecting the ultimately appear that there is number of workers, while many a solid demand for a measure of States would remain dry even reform, the Government will no doubt initiate an official inquiry. If national Prohibition were abolished. Possibly, half a mil lion people might secure jobs. but a further point to be remem- bered is that there are large
The task of "modernizing" numbers of people at present
in past employed in the speakeasies and Hangchow, famous
of
seems
Hangchow
as delivery men. In point of centuries as the most beautiful fact, nobody knows what the net and enlightened city of China, gain in the number of jobs has made steady progress in would be, but they would at least spite of burdena imposed on the bo legal and aboveboard. On municipality by the arrival of the financial aide, estimates thousands of refugees from the Shanghai, whose homes were tho revenue which Government might secure have destroyed in the Sino-Japanese been equally inconclusive. It conflict. The Cheklang provin likely, however, that cial government recently began at least $350,000,000 a year operation of an automatic tele- might come in if
seventy- phone exchange in Hangchow, five per cent, of the people found the first system of this sort in themselves living in States the province. Other typically There would Chinese cities are watching the which are "wet." also be savings in court and gaol experiment with interest. The expenditure, in which connexion Hangchow municipal. govern- it may be noted that the Federal ment also recently completed a Government has been spending modern electric light plant, and some four million dollars annual- has begun construction of a ly on prisoners arrested for in- waterworks system.
him to commit the most absolute money we were going to give to A man is afaid of being thought of extravagance just to save his the shroff, thinking we could raise "not a gentleman" if he does not face in her eyes and in those of a few bucks on the present. We discharge fantastic duties to head-whoever happens to be giving aer-
ask you. waiters. A woman, with enviable vice.
"Why don't you try a now personality, on him? Let your
hair grow, and wear glasses.”
of
And
*
THE AD.C.'S NEXT PLAY. The A.D.C.'R next play "Put to
"highbrows" foregather. of beated argument wherever our
•
•
"Put to the Teat-Tubo" is an original play in several ways. For one thing, the whole of the actión Ja over before the curtain rises; the play thus requires no cast: and scenery, production, actors, rehearsals, and programmes are at one fell swoop done away with. A brilliant stroke! All we get is an epilogue-spoken by a pseudo- scientist as he conducts expert- ments in a darkened room. Half- way through there is a loud ex- plosion, which effectively empties the theatre.
*
OUR CRIME THRILLER. Thinly borne on the wind came the baying of a hound ......
(To Be Continued in Our Next)
Sorry, but the Editor won't let us leave it at that. Against all the canons of macabre fiction, we shall have to continuo in our pro- vious.
The Story So Far:
Kolly, an Itinerant sleuth, Anda himself near a acquestered hamlet called Aston Abbotts, which f usually in Buckinghamshire, but which on this occasion was in about two feet of water.
Swimming gallantly our hero pre- sently landed on a knoll (or koplo, which he first assumed to bo uninhabited. Suddenly, thinly, borne on the wind camo......etc.
Now Go on from Here,
As he approached the spot, our hero felt broad-arrows sprouting |from his, mackintosh. But tho audi-
ongs was kind, and one of the stalls. told the hounds that our hore was no relation, of the Basker- villes, and would they kindly lonvo his scent alone.
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