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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1933.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1933.
K.C.R. AGREEMENT
NOTES OF THE DAY NEW FASHIONS
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ROOSEVELT'S TROUBLES
There never was a honeymoon that lasted more than a fow months; and if President Roosevelt is beginning to run into a crop of Cabinet disagreements and hard words, no-one need be especially surprised. The wonder Is that the honeymoon has lasted as long as it has. Looking at the Great Experiment without bias one way or the other, it is possible to arrive at two conclusions about it! First, that it has not done us much as the Americans permitted thomsolves to hope. Second, that it nevertheless has a genuine record of very solid achievement. The depression is not over, com- modity prices are not back where they should be, labour unrest 18 not ended, unemployment sti!! oxlate, and the farmer still is baying at the moon.
BETTER CONDITIONS
On the other hand, somewhere between 5,000,000 and 8,000,000 men have gone back to work, child labour largely has been abolished, the commodity price level Is higher than it was before; and wago scales have been improved. Balance the benefits against the shortcomings and there seems to be a net gain which may be worth dis- having. It is casy to be appointed because the number of men who have gone back to work is not larger. Nevertheless, the mere fact that the purchasing power of several half million citizens has been restored is bound to have a wide and lasting effect.
TRADE RECESSION:
66
"TH
IN HEROINES
now worries me.
By PETER FORREST
The Very Idea!
YELLOW JOURNALISM
By Eddie "Northellie" Kelly, WELL! Woll! Well!"
Possibly you were one
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HERE are fashions in hero- | want to add the masculine virtues of the huge crowd who ap inca," said the film man, of combativeness and fighting plauded when we entered "and the one we are tangled up in spirit (grit and pluck have never the Kowloon Union Church been exclusive characteristics of the male of the specica) to their Hall on Tuesday night, took already long list of appropriations out six pencils, two type- from Adam's manners and modes? writers, a ham sandwich and
Possibly, a little of bóth,
a bottle of soda water, and prepared ourself for the debate.
"Beauty? We have shiploads of beauties, ranging from the dumb to the intelligent, and even the Intellectual, Logs? We have rows and rows of 'cin. Figures? A drug on the market, now even the chorus girls have learnt how to diet and discipline themselves. "It lathis curled courage business which gets the men and the women to-day; and, belleve me, the curled girls who can act as if they had a touch of D'Artag nan in them are few and far bo- tween."
And he took a deep drink or Scotch. His organisation needing another girl or two to groom for atardom, he had been searching through hundreds of photographs for a young woman who showed in her look, the cut of her face, the carriage of her head, glimpse of possessing the essen tial qualities of the new heroine.,
A tough task,
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A psychologist might detect a good deal of idealism In this now
phenomena. hernine
A statis
The subject, we subsequently tician would certainly find that the demand exceeded the supply, discovered, was that the in- just as the feminine demand for fluence of the Press had in- herole ment exceeds the supply ercased, was increasing, and (hence the vast romance industry, should be diminished. the fabulous earnings of certain Every speaker quoted the Lon- novellata and actors, and the suc-don "yellow" press as a cess of ladies' men whose clothes, why newspapers generally should looks, and mannera supply at least be sat upon, and we felt so mean the outline of the heroic illusion). about it that we decided there and In short, it appears that mul- then to prepare a plan for the titudes of young women admire complete reorganisation of the the new heroine and see in her Hongkong Telegraph on their own dreams of self-perfec- lines. tion, while masses of men look
As American newspapers are for her among the females of the the only, other ones wo read, we species and are not too pleased if have based our Plan on them. It they have been deluded or have only requires Editorial sanction doluded themselves..
now for our readers to seg some- Kemal Pasha thought he had thing like this in their favourite found, in the straight-glancing paper: young woman with whom he, as a
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different
KELLY CLICKS
DEFEATS BILL COLLECTORS
Edward Hiram Kelly, famed newe- paperman, sustained als easiest vic- tory in the Court of District Judge Ned Wynne Jones last night, when 4 motion for the dismissal of the suit by a well-known Hotel company was sustained by the Judge.
How and when, the new-type heroine drifted in nobody seems to know. Probably, if one started to trace root causes, one would conquering general in Smyrna, have to dig right back to the war. fell in love and married, the ideal NEWSPAPERMAN IS SUED BUT One is always safe in attributing combination of steel and satin, name strange new trend, some the comrade-in-arms and cher ami, revolutionary change, to the war, Joan of Arc and Josephine in one. which cleared away to mucht dead | A divorce was his laconic com- wood, cut through so many old ment on his swift disillusion. inhibitions, sowed the seeds of no
All this has happened before. many new crops which a bewilder.
ed world is now being forced to The fundamentals of human na
ture do not change so much na Beauti- the externals of everyday life; and what the latter-day expert in scientific entertainment called the curled-courage" heroine appeared in the Greece of Pericles, the Rome of Julius Caesar, the Italy of the Medicis and the Franco of Napoleon. She only looks new because she happens to be tricked out in the bizarre fashions of the third year to the fourth decade of the twentieth century.
reap.
Anyway, here she is. ful, of course. Slim, obviously. Trim, groomed to a hair. Up to date, inevitably. But the chief quality which distinguishes her is her, high courage. She carries her courage gloriously, like a shining rapier...
It also is easy to complain be- causo there has been a trade recession since the carly part of the summer. But there are two things to remember In this con- nection. First, trade boomed at an abnormal rate in the late spring, because manufacturers sought to build up surpluses be fore the N.R.A. codes went into effect. Second, while trade has declined, employment and pay. One finds her in real life. Men rools have continued to go up in clubs-bridge, tennis, golf, and which is a fact of the highest im-social-select her pluck for ad- portance. A depression as wide miring mention. This is remark- and deep as the one.the world is in able. Males used not to be sway- is not to be ended in a day, ored so favourably by young women in a month or two. It still is too who do not need their protection, early to form final judgment on who maintain a calm poise, a level the merits of the American re head, a smiling bravery, and a heart that knows not nervous palpitations."
but at this stage it cannot be denied that it has done some things,
as least. of great value:
covery programme,
REVISION Long-overdue revision of the working agreement between the British and Chinese sections of the Kowloon-Canton Railway is expected to result from the forthcoming visit to Canton of an official from the Ministry of Railways in Nanking. Actually, we believe, the agreement has INJURED FEELINGS expired, but, pending negotia-
Too much importance can tions for new arrangements, the easily be attached to the dia- relationships between the two sensions reported in Administra
tios circles. All appear to be administrations are continuing agreed upon the objectives; some on-the-old-basis. It has long conflict of view of the best means been felt that the present sys-of achieving those objectives is tem of division of receipts needs work is likely to be hampered only natural. At the same time. overhauling. It is, we under-considerably if the President's aid stand, based on the original is constantly invoked to mollify capital expenditure of the two injured feelings. sections. Although much the shorter section, the British UNFAIR COMPETITION line cost infinitely more than the Chinese to build, due mainly to the tremendous amount of
COMING tunnelling, and bridgework that gistered trade marks
AND OUR TOY DEPT IS CHOC FULL OF NOVELTIES TO DELIGHT THE KIDDIES.
was necessary. Indeed, for its length, the British section must rank amongst the most costly pieces of railway construction in the world, working out at over half a million dollars per mile. For many years, that capitul EVEN FATHER XMAS HIM-outlay has been a heavy burden, SELF MIGHT ENVY THE HUGE SELECTION WE HAVE TO OFFER. BRITISH BABY DOLLS Unbreakable in Large Variety.
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TOY DEPT.
The tone of Mr. Burgin's com- mont on allegations of Japanese infringements of British re- should be Bufficient warning. Causes of friction there are enough in the trade war between Britain and Japan without the Introduction of such reprehensible methods. The Japanese Government cannot well ignore the complaint.
HONGKONG INSTANCE
but some impression is being why direct local action should not Meantime, there is no reason made on it now that the railway taken in places where such in- is becoming a big revenue-carn-fringements are discovered. In ing department. Report has it Hongkong, in the central district
there is a shop selling material that the past year shows
marked Viyella which on examina- record profit of something in tion proves to be material of the region of three-quarters of greatly inferior quality, certainly a million dollars. This is a moat not manufactured by the firm of
No Indication satisfactory state of affairs, given of the real place of origin showing not only wise manage-Haro is where action could' surely ment, but also growing use of bo takon. the railway. In these circum-
Courtaulds.
stances, it behoves the Govern-joint sectional traffic and demur- ment to see to it that the needs rage. These total over a million of the British section, particular- dollars. There can be no ques- ly in the matter of adequate tion that this money is dus from rolling-slock, are fully met. Canton under the terms of tho Cheese-paring policies in this agreement, but efforts to get respect can only hamper the the claims met have so far pro- undertaking and might easily ved futile. It is high time this curtall its revenue-earning pos- matter was disposed of, as it is sibilities. A department which farcical to keep this huge sum is making such an excellent in suspenso Indefinitely. Either showing should bo liberally the debt must be discharged or treated in the matter of equip good reasons shown why it ment. There is one matter should not be. At any rate, which will probably come up in the pending, negotiations · bo- the negotiations for rovision of tween the two sections will pro- the working agreement, namely, vide a most convenient oppor the outstanding claims against tunity of gotting this long-stand-
of suspension of through and and for all.
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD. the Chiness section on account ing question out of the way once
What she is, in fact, is the his toric response of the species to the needs of an age of train, stress, danger and great change, when hard-pressed man feels he neods, besides sex attraction, a staunch friend and a trusty ally by his side in the battle of life.
But most frequently one finds her in new novels and on the stage.
Fattery corseted and maiden's She is sown thickly all over the blush heroines belong to the ages films. The fact that the astute which, like those of Queen Vic makers of moving pictures have torin and Louie the Sun King, taken her up is a striking proof cherish the Illusion of being per of her enormous popularity, for manent and changeless. the ideals of these experts in Even Hitleriam with ita doctring. human nature begin and end at of the subjection of women again in the interests of a warrior
the box-office.
Although unusual precautions ware taken to provent a demonstra- tion in the court-room, Sheriff Reg. B. Wood could not prevent a beau- tiful girl from dashing to the Bench and facing Judge Wynne Jones, scream "He is innocent! Ho le Innocent!" before she drop- ped in a dead faint..
Attorney Eldon J. Potter, for the defence, moved for an immedi- ate acquittal, and this wAS BUE- tained by the Judge, despite pro- tests by District Attorney John A. Fraser. SILVER PLOT:
SENATE PROBES
POSSIBILITIES
Led by Senator J. Pitman Patti- son, veteran leader of the Silver bloc in the Legislative Senate, Congress yesterday instituted a quiz Into the mysterious dia- appearance from the Hongkong Bank of a bent ten-cent plece.
Pending Congressional action, . Bank shares have crashed in Ice
Significance is attached to the rumour that secrat confabs word House street to a now low level.
in progross laat night between Congressman Michael J. Breen and Robert MacWhirter,
EDITOR FALLS IN FAINT
ANNOUNCES
protect their men. The Marlenes pull. German-girls-show-no-ten- The Greta Garbos dominate and Stato, cannot escape the powerful excel in courage and determina-dency to revert to the old Kalsor tion the men they love. The Jean ngo type-obedient, frumplsh, Harlowe emerge triumphant from slavish, gorilla struggles with terrific The heroine of the new nge males like Gable and Beery. remains a slim proud, polsed fact, Courage, endurance, fighting Sho gives her ruined husband spirit: they are as much a part new heart. She nerves her fiance of the equipment of the new hero- up to the effort which leads him WHEN KELLY ine as a ravishing exterior and a to success. She suddenly, with a perverso eagerness to go feminine little resoluto shake of her high- again as soon as the necessity for held head, decides to undertake battle la over.
somo daring enterprise. Is It because men are a littlo And always she triumphs. tired In our post-war world that And the world applauds. the girl who can stand up not only for herself, but also for hor man in a tight corner, is so ad- mired and sought
feminism-a sign
Or is it a symptom of the new
that women
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But it seems adivisable here to observe that while she remains decidedly and even devastatingly feminine there is nothing feminist (Continued on Page 4)
“Well, personally," I wish you hadn't sold your bicycla shop.”
DRY VACATION "Suffering from serious shock" was the verdict of leading Hong- kong physicians when they were called. hurriedly to the Telegraph office yesterday in response frantic telephone pleas.
The
to
medicos, проп arrival, the discovered the Editor of Telegraph lying prone on the floor of the Editorial sanctum. As he was carried out to waiting ambu- lance cars, he revived sufficiently to say "It can't be true,"
Meanwhile, Dotective William B. Shannon, city detective bureau, Instituted enquires, and discover- ed that a member of the staff, Edward Kelly, had informed his Chlof that he intended going on. the water-waggon Christmastião.
SEEKS HEART BALM PETITE PLATE
· TELLS SORDID
STORY IN COURT Edward "Killer" Kelly, diminu tive breaker of hearts, was named as defendant yesterday in tho praecipe of a suit for divorce fled 'on behalf of bis wife, Arabella. She charged repeated and extreme cruelty.
"In a voice that never rose above a whisper, Arabella Kelly, nee Whalesteeth, related the acts of cruelly. She testified that her husband ran away when she at tempted to strike him on Aug. 15, 1931, and called her "a flat-faced, cackling old hen," on the night of Jan. 1, 1988. In cross-examina- tion petitioner admitted that do fondant was drunk on the occh
"He wouldn't have dared
sion.
if he were sober" she sniffed.. Defendant, in order to seek refuge from her, had joined a Lodge, and ho had Invariably sought shelter there, whenever she was annoyed
granted.
with him. The họ
Mwan
As she left the witness stand, she said in_response to a query, by Judgo Lindsell: "I'll; navor: marry a nowspapermań again."