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BUDGET ALTERNATIVES
TELEGRAPIL.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1934.
NOTES OF THE DAY LIVING TOO FAST
ENDEAVOURS WIN
LIVING TOO FAST FOR The Very Ides!
OUR NERVES?
By A HARLEY ST. DOCTOR"
The heart is aimply ; a
【EURASTHENIA, a result of
.
bng of
business, social, and political wor-trained to take on, without being rtés, is said to be responsible for strained, the extra offorts often sending 600 people a year into asked of it. It, too, gets flabby Belgian public and private mental after a year of a chair and a desk, naylums."
Then It la suddenly asked to do something strenuous-such, as an active swim after a good meal.
NURSING RECRUITS. By George
DEAR George,
The week-end proved another disappointment to our over-seas visitors many of whom have spent some months waiting for a ty phoon to hit the Colony.
We shall havo to reproduce some of our old typhoon pictures in Old Hongkong to persuade
(the visitors we mean, of course.)
very
There will be great rejoicing in British yachting circles, and, Indeed, even amongst landlubbers who have no technical knowledge of sailing, over the fact that Mr. Sopwith has succeeded in regis tering the first British win againat a defender of the America's Cup In that year, Sir since 1920, Thomas Lipton's Shamrock IV won two of the five races con- stituting the serica and in clapsed time actually tied with the Keso-
These establishments new house) luto in a third. It was in 1851 that the America's Cup conteats ovor 24,000 patients, the highest bogan, the America, the, first number ever recorded and an in- This is why so many sudden racing yacht to cross the Atlantic, crease of more than 6,000 as con- ! catastrophes take place in men who them to hang on a little longor returning home with the £100 cup paced with the period Immediately are middle-aged and of over offered by the R.Y.S. for a race round the Isle of Wight. Ever since that time, the American defenders have successfully re- sisted all challenges, although Sir Thomas. Lipton made such a gal- lant attempt, fourteen years ago. Endeavour's wih 'yesterday will fill Britons everywhore with hopo that the Cup may not be won
preceding the war.
weight. I have little doubt that many bathing fatalities in such people are due to heart failure-an untrained vital muscular structure having some acute exertion Bud denly thrust upon it..
the
After all, depression in widespread just now and Colony is certainly going to be an area of low pressure if the Budget forecasts are as accurate as the Observatory reports,
There looks like being a pres- sure of recruits for the Volun teers too, now that the Nursing
picked up such Section has talent of social charm,
About a score of potential bandage windere and fodine on- thusiasts attended a lecture yea- torday complete with vanity bags
Some alarm is justified. One cannot get away from the fact that the "hurry, worry, flurry" of the presont day must have a deleter lous effect on the nervous system. The heart, like all the rest of the muscles, should be quietly and Compared with 25 years ago, the gradually trained with slowly in- back. The first race, on Satur. speed of everything has been ercasing exercise. The whole in day, was declared "No Contest," enormously quickened, both integrity of the heart depends not so so that there are still six more work and in sport. Are our bodies much on the condition of the valves, racea to come. It is early in the and minds attuned to the increas-ns was once thought, but on the day as yet to indicate the likelying demands made upon them by state of the muscle of which it is
composed. winner of the series, but the magnificent manner in which
the speed and general wear and
As they wnded through the This muscle is the most capable Endeavour was called yesterday tear of modern life?
of all of being rained and strong-Arst intricate course in bed clearly indicates that Mr. Sop-
They are not for the simple thened; when trained, if healthy, it making, the hoarse volees of in- reason that this attuning must be will stand almost anything But faintly heard over the wall of the with's yacht is the most serioue
atructors in gunnery could be challenger yet sent across "The a process of time, slow and gradual, flabby and untrained it naturally Philharmonic Society and the Pond."
wherena we have rapidly asked becomes a prey to sudden strain.
brass of the S. W. B. band. amali 4-cylinder ongine to take on the work of a big 6. Evolution is. In the building up of your ner-
Truly the recruits were having. a slow procces by nature. We have vous system and tissues the quee-thoir first lesson under wartime asked it to become a speed maniac. tion of an adequate diet is of vital conditions!
importance. Many thin aufferers from "nerves" will enormously im
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LABOUR'S GREAT DAY.
Consider the rushing motor-car, the flashing aeroplane, the flerce speed at which many a business and prove if they can put on weight. profession is carried on, with all For this correctly balanced the attendant concentration and diet is essential. It is not physio- competition the struggle to live logical righteouences to stow away and earn and succeed. All is un- as much ordinary food as one can rest. Add to this late nights and when on holiday; the digestive the present-day desire for more or system, with all its delicate nerve less exciting pleasures and the mechanism, requires a rest too; candle is being sadly burned at both for our "inside" are automatically ends.
driven by the nervous system. ·
There will come a time when a properly educated Labour can deni in practical fashion, and without shouting and bloodshed, with Capital, the fellow on the other side of the fence. But jual now, particularly in America, Labour is Impatient and Inclined to rash decisions, with consequent un picasant and costly effects. The textile strike is an instance of the temper of the times. Half a million workers on a walk-out, half a dozen of them killed in senseless rioting, and the cost of What is the counterblast to the the affair, to Labour and Capital frayed-out and Jaded nerves? alike, mounting into millions. Learn something of the science and Perhaps the Southern mill-workers art of spending a holiday. Many had a just complaint, for their people on holiday make it a time of wages were certainly below those teil and strenuous endeavour in paid to the trade in New England.tead of regarding it in the nature Even so, they were content until of a rest cure. Often they come the Labour Unions agents got back more tired than they went among them and brought them away. Into a new industrial confederacy.
and pet dogs.
A friend of mine tells me that his coolie has disappeared with several bottles of wine.
He is daily expecting the coolie to claim damages against him for allowing poleonous liquor to le around without due precau- tions and earc...
Well, well, that's all for to-day from your
Faithful,
Aunt Emma.
DUMB-BELLES LETTRES. By Juliet Lowall. Chinese BV D's.
There is no sense in getting this mechanism further carbonised- for, exactly like a motor-car, car bonisation it is. We take care not to over-all our cars, but we do not | Mr. Caspar Berger bother much about over-stoking Dear Gentle Man: the human engine.
advisory.
Musa-shiys thon able to an nounce good news of
Owing to slightly perspiring climate of Hongkong and ad- "Must keep up my strength, you incently adjoining territory, all know!" That pornicious logan those
persona abiding therein The Colonial Treasurer's mem-
has killed tens of thousande. Eat require more than usunt under- those things that go to building up shirt. Undershirt for overy day, orandum on the financial aspect with the North. Then,, feeling Glance at one or two simple the nervous system and Its billions practically inevitable. If more of the Budget indicated two their strength and appreciating physiological facts. The average of infinitely delicate cells. Glyo rat, sometimes two for day in future possibilities. Taking the the unfairness of their condition man goes away muscularly unfit the cooking stove-the curse of for the first time, they demanded and untrained after nearly a year modern civilisation-a miss as far worst side of the picture first,reform. They called on their in a chair at a deak. His muscles as possible. it envisaged a falling-off in brother workers in the North; are soft; his waistline possibly revenue and a drop in the and their brothers responded. more circular than it should be. sterling value of the dollar. In And the result is bloodshed, He is going to be thoroughly lazy! But instead of that he plunges such an event, it was stated, the National Guardsmen called out in Government would immediately Georgia and North and South into two rounds of golf a day and take in hand suitable reductions Carolina, federal troops in Rhode probably a good swim. Result eggs, cream, cheese, and all the
Island. riots, pickets fighting blacklege, shots in the night, fire, fatigue at the end of the day. wanton destruction, chaos.
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For the first time in months
Fish and shell-fish · should bo
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largely indulged in. Best of all is fresh dairy produce-milk, butter, things prepared thereform. Fruit
P.S. Because shop of Muan-shiya ahould not be regarded 118
A very small and locality obscuring, luxury; It is an essential food and prices is also, but explorer for
This fatigue goes on daily, and an important nutrient,
bargain will find in King Street. 110 reservo is laid in, At the end Sun acts as a valuable general Know by sign prominent on ex- of the holiday he is no more rented tonic of the whole, body and special-hibition over doorway. than at the beginning. Moral; ly to the nervous system. The tart your exercise gently and modern bathing dress--and the gradually increase it a little day by less of It the better is an
And so you will build up cellent health-giving Innovation. day,
fitness instead of Exposure to sun and air is one of strength and
the surest ways of building up squandering them.
| resistance to infections and
diseases.
There should be certain hours of
ex-
complete rest in the day, giving in to full relaxation of mind and Rest, relaxation of mind and
in expenditure. The other side of the picture presented as a possibility was a change for tho better in conditions generally, in which case receipts from land sales, rates and import duties would show some Improvement, cable editors have been able to with the result that the surplus write "Pence" in a story of the at the end of next year would Manchukuo-Soviet frontier. Tok not be expected to fall below yo's Foreign Ofice has intimated eleven million dollars, as com Russla with a view to extending that it contemplates approaching pared with the estimate of the sphere of the Treaty of Ports- $10,700,000. The nature of the mouth. That treaty, among other suggested curtailment of ex-things, laid down that Japan and body. That why sleep restores body, graduated exercise, correct penditure, if the worst comes to Bussia should refrain from fortify- us--all goes limp and at rest. nutrition, and long hours of sleep, the worst, was not indicated, but, ing or garrisoning the Korea- This gives the myriads of norve sunshine, and open air and you should such a situation arise, Siberia frontier. Japan may now colls their chance of building will restore your depleted nerve
seek to have the same restrictions themselves up. there will undoubtedly be applied to the Manchukuo-Soviet
cells, strong public demand in favour line. At the same time, Tokyo of cutting down the cost of suggests that a Commission be set administration, which still re- up to deal with matters of dispute mains inordinately high. Inas-between herself and Moscow. If much, however, as the Govern-Japan is sincere, she will probably ment has proceeded on extremely find Ruests in the mood to talk cautious lines in framing the about to become a member of the business, particularly as Russin is Budget, especially in the matter League of Nations. There is no of the exchange value of the reason to suppose that the Japa- dollar, it is not unreasonable to noso suggestion springs from any hope that the final out-turn will other desire than to avoid the too conform more to the second of which have caused tension in the frequently repented. "Incidents" the Colonial Treasurer's alterna- tives than to the first. If that last few months. The world will is the case, it is to be hoped that assuredly welcome any approach towards an amicablo understand- the Government will not be con- ing betweon these two great tent merely to add to the Powers of the East, estimated surplus, but will either put in hand some of the more urgent public works which have of the fall of the dollar, and had to be held over, or endeavour whilst it is true that revenue in to make some concession to rate the meantime has declined, the payers by a lowering of exlating Government owes it as a duty to taxation. It would, indeed, be a the public to restore the old rate [wise plan were the whole position as soon as conditions warrant reviewed afresh at the end such a step. Not only would of the rat six months of next residents generally appreciato year, with a view to revising the such relief, but a point which Government plans, should this be is often overlooked-the business warranted by events. If, for houses of the Colony would also example, a marked saving should benefit from auch remission, bo assured by continuation large ratepayers that they are. of the dollar at its present The Government admits, and level or by a further rise in its everybody knows, that trade has. sterling value, the Government long been suffering from the
rellot by a reduction in the circumstance, of itself, warrants Assessment. In this connection, relief from the existing burden it must be borno in mind' that of taxation as soon as such, the rise from 18 per cent. to 17 stop is shown to be reasonably per cent. was the direct result possible,
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Haven forbid. Tony Wons, Hongkong Studio: Dear Tony Wons:
I am thinking of entering school of medicine. If you pay my four years tuition, I will give you free medical care while I am studying..
Samuel Hope.
(signed).
Pago Professor Freud Advice to the Lovelorn Column
My sister-in-law is in love with my husband. Should I firt with my brother-in-law? How can 1 make him fall in love with me, and then how do I make him fall out of love after my husband falls in love with me again?
Mrs. Florence Careful.
(signed).
Home Industry.' Hollywood Book Shop, Wanchal,
Dear Sir
You asked me to let you know.
If I wanted my books bound in Russia or Morocco. What is the objection to having them bound right here in Hongkong?
Mr. Dennis Wop.
((signed).:)
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