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WHITE looks to BLACK
Tis a strange paradox that, in A gold-run world, the greatest of all goid-producing countries should be in danger of Anding itself in Queer Street, And that the standard of severity-ve per cent. of its white people should be so low that "It is quite likely the white race in South Africa will lose that stamina and virility so casen- tial for the maintenance of a white civilisation."
The quotation is from H. O'Kelly Webber's The Grip of Gold (ulchin- Ron. 188.). The author has lived i South Africa 'for forty-eight years, and knew all the people with were worth knowing and many who weren't. But he does not seem to be at all optimistic noul El Dorado's future.
"All South Africans," } SAYA. "should we themselves whether they are preparing for the corona whleli will face them when the gold-mining Industry begins to show signs of lan- gulating.
As Mr. Wobber sees things, South Africa in content to drift, and to inake ittle or no use of its most wonderful
And this wet? No, not its gold, hut its black population.
South Africa must always have a vast. binck proletariat, nay's Mr.. Welber. He wants 10 seg throse coloured folk treated more generously, given better opportunities for reif-ad- vancement. But he also dusista that they must be in permanent subjretion to their white masters. And the better treatment is only a prelude to exploit- atton on a far grander scale,
Well, this Bdülh African is nothing If not frank. I admit that Soutir Africa is not purely n white man's country out that its voloured people are essential to a prosperity, Irut Bever, never ngalu must it be a black man's country! Yet he dors not
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GREASURE TREK, by James Stead (Reutelge. 12a, OJ). Reminiscencea
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of an optimist who has nearched the world's add corners for gold As Sinbad ays in his preface, this book has e ABC TEST CASE. by "Ephesian" Jarrolds, a Od 1. Trauring that unusual amatetit detective, Mt. Hawkes, in his first full-lengths novel. Racing crashes, murder, psychology, thiko-and thril THE RETREAT FROM 'REASON; by Lancelot Hogben (Watth. 29.). The toxi of this year's Conway Memorial Lecture. The author is a leading social bioingia and his subject is "Society." Provoca- tive and stimulating.
mean to be tronient when he saya: "What a happy country the Union of South Africa' would be if there were no racial enmitiest "
Shall we leave.it at that?
To many, perhaps most, of the
English, people, who tempor- arlly make their homes there. India is a kind of patchwork rug, soft to the feet-Just that and nothing
more.
Mark Chanuing found it an Indian Mosale, the title which he gives to his latest book (Harrap. 8. Od.).
If you want to try and reach the heart of India, read this volume. As a mosaic it may be lacking in plan, but the pen plectures are accurate, penetrating, sympathetic and vivid. And for that alone it is
worthy bookshelf companion to Bengal Lancer,
For Mr. Channing. like Mr. Yeats Brown, has soldiered in India. He went there after the Boer War, a junior subaltern and a self-confessed anob. 'He learned to love what at first by hated. Maturity brought 'n broad- mindedness unconimon among those to whọn Social Convention is as onered as King's Regulations.
"I would no more have thought,” he any of those early days, " of "playing - tennis with an Indian or of 'allowing myself to be seen going about with one than I would have walked into the Mynkhuana club stark naked."
And afterwarda? "I stood looking down at the white wake of the vessel. ... It was India that I did not want to leave; the India nt strange temples und gentle peoples; the India that had once incant exile and that had become my home."
Indian Mojale lifts a corner of the Easteni vell. Those who reng It will be waiting for Mr. Channing's next.
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Speeding Up
Up the Breaststroke
Upper-Brie Rademacher, German Star, Shown the Arms Beginning Their 'Powerful Puli, With the Legs Relaxed Completing Their Drive. Lower-Johnny Weissmuller Shows How the Legs Are Doublesk Up in the Old "Frog Kick," Causing Resistance on the Front Surfaces of the Legs. Head Shouft be Painted Forward and Not to the Side as Shown Here. The Feet. Should Point,to the Rear.
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"To execute another stroke Im- mediately," said McDermott, "is to encomter much resistanco in separat NTARS of the present day are speeding up the breaststroke, ing the legs. We coasted until de swimming higher in the water and, eliminating the coasting creasing momentum reduced-resist- nnee. However, the boys' seem to be phase, it is stated by Michael J. (Turk) McDermott, who in his getting away with it." day was among the world's greatest competitors in this style of swimming.
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In this
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8. May denote one's carriage.
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down.
In the old "frog kick" of the breast- stroke, the legs were bent at the knees, brought up under the stomach, They are not changing the fundamentals of the stroke, but then shot out and back at divergent they are transferring some of the emphasis from the legs to the sales to reach the V position, and then driven together. Coach William arms, and increasing the number of strokes used to travel u Bachrach, who developed McDermott,
11 Seldom has to be stopped, this
sort of person} Robert Skelton, John Farley and 12 One of Mary's joints. given distance.
other stars, evolved an After observing John H. Higgins winning the 200-metre on this He figured bringing the 15 Dealing with a better stock, breaststroke championship, at the America National A. A. U. would be well to avoid. The frog
knees up was a resistance motion it 16 Gilve one a right.
17 Such ambitions are not confined championships in. Chicago, McDermott said:
kick requires three movements, P, 20 Facsimile.
to the air-minded. out and in. Bachrach reduced the For the Sarre, Karl ties_bipuself............
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23 European, but you may find it 27 Deserve (anagram).
a mail, point upwards.
DOWN
"Higgins used the orthodox stroke, tian, and thy are more or less captions-to-two, avoided---resistance,
had his arms working all the temptuous of resistance. I don't know and put the feet into a better posi-23 Lime, and swam so high in the water whether they were endowed with tion for propelling traction.
broke across his chest most of the these mighty motors, or developed This new style of kick in the breast tine.
it takes a mighty powerful thein; anyhow, they've got them." stroke has been chilled the "fish-tail
to swim like he did, more motor powerful than the old system re-
The arms in this stroke start from ing, are separated directly to the 29 Passing strange.
Hip." The legs, relaxed and undulat- quired. However, all the stars are the forward position close tret, position, and then flipped back toge swimming the strenuous pace, now. The palms, fint on the water at first, ther. The whole motion is like indays. Erir Rademacher of Germany are rotated facing
outward. Then started, and the Japanese with the arms are swept outward at full pale of eels, or whips. The logs are Yoshiyuki Tsuruta and others went reneh until they form
fine reated at the hips so that the soles straight line him one better,"
across the shoulders. Here
of the feet face each other when they reach the end of their effective pull, the whiplash and puts a paddle on are extended bark. This elongaten In the old system, which may look though songs
follow the same as the present to the une through to the hips with them. The the end which gives the lug gelion finitinted, there is an interval of arms
The tremendous propelling power, ave then bent at the elbow.
swimmers
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Lenasting with the arms extended hand brought together under the
together in front of the head. This chest, and shot forward under the legs must be paramount in any swing- Inasmuch as either the arms or the comes just as the arms are recovered surface of the water, to the advanced ming, stroke, MeDermott and the and shot forward and the legs com- position. plete their propelling drive,
ixi swimmers of his day put the emphasis
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and with antiquated rifles charge the British yelling like ends.
ቲነ ነ This arm stroke, applied with some the legs. This meant they not Having been driven together, the elevating pressure, brings the body only put most of their power into the legs are held close together. The high in the water, during wideles, neglecting their arms inore or
Doctor Chen in charge of the Em- likewise being held close Lo- period air is inhaled through the less, but they to relax the legs arms
longer due to gether, the body is in the position mouth.
their great effort
bassy during the absence of Mr. Quo gneoinilering the least
Hence the coasting phase developed
Tai-chi told Reuter, "I have fre- resistance from the water.
It has also received As the arms complete their sweep, by fastest breaststroke swimmers.
quently protested to film companies. its maximum propelling impulse The the legs are separated to a V posi-
They are always meat willing to const is to take advantage of this lion, and as the arms go forward in phasis to the arms, seem to be put Modern swimmers, shifting em-
Tamdun, July 14. meet our objection. China contains The Chinese Embassy is appealing other things besides bandits. lowered resistance and maximum. pro recovery the legs are driven together ting less energy into the legs and to Gaumont British Film Company,cently Chinese students drew atten- - Re- pulsion, and to relax the arms and in wedging motion. This leg they do not need to rest them with now intking & film entitled O.II.M.S., legs.
action is a powerful propellant, and a const. Those who are mustering against a scene in which British Madame Tussauds.
to Chinese opium den at I wrote to the "Nowadays,"
if properly done the body lunges for the stroke, however, would do well troops cross a river and attack Chin directors, McDermott, ward in the
who readily removed it. "with the powerful motors they've piling up against the face, breath is ting, plenty of relaxation, hetween Forest ponies most nearly resembling their Chinese pirates. Oriental des. water, With water to learn the slower rhythm first, get-e pirates who are mounted on New Perhaps Gaumont British could call got, they don't seem to need relaxu- exhaled under the surface,
strokes.
Chinese ponies, wearing straw hats, perndoes."--Router.
tion
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