"Children are fun to watch, to listen to, to teach

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1936.

T

HESE poor husbands! Compelled

by their

wives to have largo

families which they

must wear themselves out to answer. support; robbed of conjugal it is.. companionship by these same

Here.

Six children.

the

sprawling families; obliged to Well, if seok sympathy from unscrupul- parents are ous spinsters-Well, well!

healthy, why

not? Civilisa

tion has killed many of our

AVOKEY WYNHL

The Case

for the Children

CAN understand the Instincts; still, in most normal

I who says: I men and women the urge to hand

don't want children because the on life is strong. To give life is fundamental impulse, on future is so uncertain, because the there are not enough jobs, be- which love and companionship cause I would rather have a car hang like trimmings. It is a for the money.

There is I may think him

But is there not a defcalist, but I can see his point mysterious impulse, of view. The man I cannot un danger in it. derstand is he who walls: Look also some splendour in that five thousand million to one chance of at me, six children, a sick wife enriching the world by the birth no time to spare, no money, no of a Shakespeare, a Mozart, privacy. no fun. Down with

Rembrandt? families!

Next, the sick wife. I move Still, there are such men,

they

their much among doctors, and from must

and

Is

have

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HELEN SIMPSON

sort of life, but many may; and all, more than many do."

Exactly. Pleasures must be pald for; and to see a new genera- tion, growing strong, fearless and sensible, is worth, perhaps, the price of a car, or an occasional evening at the theatre.

No privacy. Well, chil-

dren do make a noise. They have themselves no great need for quiet, and cannot under- stami

shrinking their elders' from din. But this privacy which the absence of a family en- sures, how is it to be used? And is quiet so necessary, even to I think of Kenius? At once Coleridge, writing his divine poetry with baby Hartley beside him in a cradle; of Jane Austen, smiling to her- self and scribbling away at "Pride and Prejudice" in a room) filled with chattering people. Does the reading of newspapers or the exchange of bids at bridge really

Englishman, demand more concentration than William

Cob the production of masterpieces? bett, poor, and

family of

replies to Evelyn Taylor's lament on the father of a

long-suffering husbands

seven.

LASTLY: the father has

no

His

His children work was done with his child- rob him of time, energy and what I overhear it would seem ren all about him; he taught, money and give no pleasure in

andi played with as though childlessness too had disciplined, its dangers. There is no reason, them daily. "But to do this, return. This is, flatly, not true. barring bad luck, why the mother you must love home yourself; to Do not belleve it. Children are of half a dozen

(reasonably rear up children you must live fun to watch, to listen to, to fun to love. spaced children should end up an with them; you must make them, teach. They are incapable wreek.

too, feel by your conduct that you And there, I think, is the best, No time or money to spare. prefer this mode of passing the the supremely good reason for

All men cannot lead this having a family. Let me quote here a very great time.

Tapestries

By Audrey Wrangham

Rescue

Reasons why MANSION'

is so economical

* Mansion being a highly concentrated wax polish, only very little is needed to give a mirror-like brillance, 10 11 large floor surface.

"

Mansion, the preservative polish. lengthens the life of Linoleums.

Because Mansion gives such

In lasting brilliance, floors need

less frequent polishing,

FOR DARK WOODS USE DARK MANSION

MANSION

ANTISEPTIC":

POLISH

Obtainable at all leading Stores,

Sole Agents: Imperial Chomical Industries (China), Ltd.

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS

12

19

to

the

deep blues, greens and buffs that make up the colour scheme. The young owner. of this room places in front of the tapestry two white. Chinese | porcelain figures for striking effect.

26

20

30

NE of the results of a reaction against bare, painted walls is the return of tapestry wall hangings to British homes.

When the tapestry or the rug is hung on a and-painted wall, it can be removed easily in the spring, the wall washed where there will inevit ably be a dirt mark, and the rug need not be put up again till the winter.

In mediaeval days this was a very necessary precaution against the chill of cold stone walls and the whistling draughts that came from ill- Sitting doors and windows. Nowadays in the country, women are finding that a piece of tapes- try, or a beautiful rug hung on the wall instead of trodden under foot is a warmth-giver during the trying months of January, February, and March.

ACROSS

Abare chest (anag). ----

@ Belief.

such bird meat is significant of

horror.

10 Give the little mile something

to make a noise.

ANOTHER wall-covering of a more per-12 An old wie Lords, green

nature consists of off-white

13

White in the on the commons.

anyone here. Not much of an opening tor

used by Bushmen.

15 Weapon made with skill, and

114

16

cover.

128

126

127

7128

0 There's plenty of room in this

watering-place, apparently,-to- make an ascent.

7 A belled heir (anag).

11 Here the bits are carefully kept for future use. (Hyphen, 7. 4.)

12 Send ten more as a testimonial. 20 A reasonable word this time,

anyway.

21 Three and nine being twelve, you spell this drug with twelve letters.

25 Happening.

or oyster linen. To break up the surface of a large wall the linen can bo pleated to resemble pilasters, and in a striking Chelsea studio-dining-10 Close up or down.

half starved. room scarlet silk cord of the dressing-gown per 10 Here you see an Oriental with R sailor outside the Academy. 10 Mustn't be regarded as real

idling, just a little loaf.

In London wall-coverings are often intended ́auasion was nailed along the cornice and the sitirt- to hide cracks and stains in the new-built walls ing-board. Pictures were placed on the liner,

17 To.

21 What Gaston thinks is right,

of flats, as in most cases no permanent wall-paint with a square of unframed glass above them, and 22 The goddess who went round or distemper can be applied safely for 18 months the glass kept in position by glass-headed nails.

after the flat has been completed..

the photograph a beautiful piece of IN

tapestry, a wedding present, has been made the focus of a drawing-room in London, Only the keen eye will note the join and the darn- ing which prevent it from being a really valuable possession, and there are probably many such strips in antique shops that, once cleaned and stretched upon a wall, would bring a notable air to a common-place colour scheme.

Such a room will never need much floral decoration, though leaves look well against the

SALESMAN SAM

Velvet in a soft grey-green, gold or grey blue makes a warm wall covering, as arranged in. a mewa flat sitting-room. This room had still the whitewashed walls of the garage it had once been, and there were pipes that it would have been costly and difficult to conceal. Now that velvet can be bought so inexpensively, such a covering for a small, cold room would not be prohibitive, and a vacuum-cleaner would be adequate for keeping it dlust free.

an island in taxis. 23 Part played. 24 Fires."

26 Conveyances that corry sheep

ocross London,

29 Introduces a musical note. 30 Leap like a book.

ing mystery as a great actress, 31 She was not so much a fascinat-

(Two words, 5, 5.) DOWN

1 Fitter for shop windows this

garden herb. 2 One can say it to a goose, all

right, as read.

3 Jugs,

4 Mall net (anag.). 5. Hurrics

03

number takes

27 Not hungry, though more than

28 A sly way to kill.

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It's A Small World

I'M GLAD YA "THINK THE LAD IS OK, LADY, 'CAUSE TH LAST FELLA THAT WORKED FER ME WAS A PRETTY

'DUMB EGGĮ

SO WHAT? THAT GUY'LL NEVER BE ABLE TA SAY THAT ABOUT ME!

SAM!

MIGOSH! ITS DUZZI

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