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James
Agate
starts an
argument about the:
"THERE'S 170
arguing about
lustes," said George.
"Oh, isn't there?" I said. "The six best things in life are food, drink. exercise, work, play, sleep."
"Rot!" said George.
a part of death, not life."
"Sleep is
"Nonsense," I replied. "Shake- speure calls il Chief nourisher in life's feast.'"
"Rubbish," said George. "Mae- beth was dead-nuts on it being The death of each days life." Anyhow. we won't argue. Sleep's out of the question. You must find something
Finally we agreed on the arts as being. in spit bent thing in life.
LITTLE Later id: You're too sweeping.
rall cock.
to
wh.
to bre
HWAY
Yona promenadas
with
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tarke, Vini en't Events in South Chin Are shrive is best things working out in accordance with down my throat and get it. Take general expretation. Chan Chai
food, now. Which are foods? tong has been forced to how to your six-best the inevitable, and before long Suppose you are
desert island and for we may expect to hear that the rest of your life choose al. your Chung-jen and Pei Chung-hsi, must The Kwangsi leaders, have rol meals from six dishes
only." lowed suit. The resignation of Chan Chai-tong has simplified' matters and greatly lessened the Any likelihood of civil war. effort by the Kwangsi faction to hold out against Nanking must. in the circumstances, be fore-
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"That's easy," I said, and recled off i Hist beginning with oysters au gratin and lobster a l'Americaine, and going ou to pigeon en casserole Khelab a la Grecque.
Six Best
things in
LIFE
palace of the League of Nations with and Michael-Angelesque cartoons of pener
and war,
sense.
My nwn 1t was mere modest, only wanted top-
Win the Fell Race at Grasmere Sparts,
Win the Open Championship at fulf.
Score a century in a last and deciding Test Malch.
First choice ofhand was: food, drink, exer-
cise, work, play, sleep.
Would you agree?...
parents had already produced an Evelyn and a Hilary.
Sering my bits of paper Noel de- munder to dock a feminine eye at be at the plea that an article, RA Posin, is all the better for the fem inte touch. 1 quickly gathered my lists together and asked Noel what she would mest desire to eat and drink 1 throughout the rest, of her life. She had no hesitation whatever, and I give
Her foods werezen har two lists.
Chocolate erinirs, Strawberries and eretin.
Bent Alechine at chess. Edit . really confic paper. Win the Harness Championship. irt Olymipla.
S to the arts,
AS
You might as well try to invent tierge eyed me with eck dis n aesthetic costume for policemen,"
aid. "If we are talking to doomed to failure. By persist-favour. "Doesn't it occur
let's go the whole hog. Ruskin's list ing in an ill-timed and tact-you that you would get sick of would have been--patient schoolmas
these in three days, never mind tering, wise statesmanship, honest we should like best to a lifetime? The only possible low-giving, skilful engineering, devot: following five things and in this selection is:
Had and all..
Grilled herrings,
Bacon and eggs.
ed doctoring, and sober tending."
"Ruskin," said George, "was an old order dadderer who died of softening of the jer
lis prose is the grand organ of English speech!" was my reply.
Boiled mutton. Pruses and rice. Bread and cheese and "I AM
What about agreed to
George's list of ambitions :-
"And he had the mind of a village celery..anist! Let's get on with the next matter begin-
IN the
of play ning to enjoy
differ. This
less movement, mainly, directed against Chiang Kai-shek, the Southern leaders merely dug! their own graves. For many yours the South has been playing a dangerous game, the culminal. ing point of which was reached when, under the pretence of aim- ing at national salvation by this," said George. stiffening Nanking opposition to drinks?" Japanese penolitation. starred campaign Wis set foot. with disastrous con- to those behind it. sequences Faced with such a situation, the Nanking Government took the only stand consistent with the preservation of its authority and self-respect, and it emerges from the crisis all the stronger, with
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"That's a sitter," I said. "Bol linger 1928, Meursault Goutte d'Or 1915, a Clos de Vougeot...
"Stow it!" interrupted George. The only possible drinks to go with my bill of Tare are:-
ww
Water. Mik.
Tea. Coffee.
Becr. Whisky."
WE
E did not fight
a lot over the!
were walking, riding,
its prestige definitely enhanced. best forms of exercise, which we Indeed, it can be said that the decided Southern agitation has turned digging a garden, climbing moun-
tains, swimming, and rowing.
out a blessing in disguise, with China's, reputation abroad now;
L
The question of work was not quite su easy, though here, I think, I turned
very materially increased. It the tables on George, who for some
remains for the central authority
to clean up the Canton mess and
old
reason wanted to decorate the
assume full and definite control a beneficial effect on Chaton ex- of the Southern provinces.
The tremendous dis- change. When that is accomplished, we
parity between Hongkong and may look for better times in the
Canton currency in recent times South. A major problem is that
the has proved disastrous to of currency reform, but it should
trade of both centres. Such not prove in any wise insuper-
trade will be immensely im- able. How much paper money
proved once the currency posi- there is calling for redemption. tion is placed on a more satis- and in what state Canton's
factory and less unstable bastis. finances generally are, remalas All in all, the situation looks to be seen. The situation in this respect will require close study. Moreover, the methods
more promising than it has. for very many years. Momentarily, there may be some slight dif-
of dealing with the problem will ficulty in re-adjusting matters,
need to be such that they will
WC may
but, once the transition period:
not inflict undue hardship on the has passed, the position should people. Eventually,
kassume a definitely brighter out- hope to see some effort to bring Canton's currency into line with look.. to the mutual benefit of Nanking's; already, the prospect Hongkong and of South China as of such a development is having whole..
To climb Mount Everest.
we agreed that be the
A moet like. Shakespeare, Arumposer ke Mozart,
A mister like Manet.
An actor like Irving. A
emulator ke Toscanini.
fees.
Chocolate peppermint erevums. Peche Melba.
Panched egg,and chips.
And these wore her drinks
Trs.
Port and lemonade.
Orange juice. Sweet champagne. Creme-de-manthe, Sonic more ten!
Noel's favourite exercises were:
Dancing.
Lawn tennis, Hiking Sun-bathing. Being motored, Bring rowed.
ND then came surprising
This left the sixth pince venit, and for a long time we debuted be wern an architect like Wren and a conversationalist like Dr. Johnson, thing, Or, rather, something We we finally decided on the latter for which should no longer surprise was the renson that, while Johnson could
To beat Malcolm Campbell's record.
have preached in any cathedral, no one, heing nothing less than the eatherfral has any table-talk.
incatenlableness of women. Noe! frankly declined to consider work, as separate A that moment play, and the arts
George's girl entegories.
To win the Schneider Trophy. To scure the winning goal in friend blew in. She is called
"I either want to do a thing or I The Cup Final.
Noel. Once, when she was asked don't," she said. "You can't make
To knock out Schmeling
To win the Derby.
to explain this, she said her me bate a thing by calling it work,
SIDE GLANCES By George Clark
"The doctor says it don'tsound serious! Bring her over here where he can hear it."
or like a thing by pretending it's Islay"
I proceeded to browbeat. Noel. She has the prettiest brow, and it is a pleasure to beat it! What six women in the world's history would she like to have been? Without any pause to think she gave me for answer:-
Eve.
Cleopatra,
Any Roman empress.
Mrs. Langtry.
Melbn.
Sarah Bernhardt before she
lent hor leg.
And of
women living to-tiny? queried. "That's easy!" said Noel, and gave me these
Schiaparelli.
Ginger Rogers.
Betty Nuthall. firace Moore. Any Mollison, Gertrude Lawrence.
"In other words." I said, "the thing you most desire in life is to lly an airplane to New York singlehanded, alight from it inmaculately gowneil, and spond the afternoon beating Helen Moody, the evening in neting and sing- ing our Gertie and their Grucie off the stage, and wind up in the smail hours by taking the floor with Fred As- taire 36
"You've hit 1" said Noel. must have jewels and furs and scents and motor-cars and airplanes, and every moment of the day to waste on idle pleasures, And that is why am proposing to spend my life tied to a dog-collar in some filthy hole down Stepney way."
I forgot to say that George in a Teurate, and that they are being mar
ried next week.
J
LATE that even- ing, sitting in front of the fire, George said: "I've altered my mind, old man. The six best things in life are all Noel!"
"There's no arguing about tante,” I said. "Good-night."