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Glandbook to Character
This will Tell you a Lot about the People you Meet, Fall in Love with, Quarrel with, do Business with It is a Key to the Questions published On Saturday, which told you what “Gland Type" you are
HE
pre pituitary gland (situated in the base of the
Open and Closed cars skull along with the post- pituitary) is the gland of with liveried chauffeurs Power, of intellectual con-
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ELLIS-On 23rd August, 1930,
her residence, No. 2 Fly Dragon Terrner, Mrs. K. Elils, aged 01, Funeral will take place on Tucs day, 26th August. Last respects at Wing Pit Ting (Pokfulam Road), at 1 p.m.
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
MONDAY, AUG. 24, 1936.
THE DANZIG PROBLEM
It combines and integrates the activities of all the other endocrine glands.
Prepituitary types are tall, leau, have large hands, feet, and prominent bones. Greta Garbo, President Lincoln, Austen Cham- berlain are examples.
have great potentialities as divorces (and cen)..
For thymus people, love is a pro- blem. Often they write or talk well. about it because it means so little to them. The unreturned love of a mother is the only love they really understand.
W
HEN wooing Lady Pre-
pituitary, be prepared to sailsfy her imagination, her intellectual curiosity, her
hent complaints, intestinal troubles, reason. Insomnia, and nervous complaints.
Lend
Bertrand her a book by OST great leaders are plus Russell, take her to the ballet, to a
prepituliary, adrenal, lecture by Norman Haire.
in
and thyroid. Napoleon Lady Post-Pituitary must be re- had all three, but predominated assured that you are a safe
to
ful.
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in prepituitary (despite his Show her the green light. She is short stature, due pre coy circumspect, determined, faith- dominant post-pituitary in carlier life).
Lady Thyroid is affectionate and Stalin IN predominantly sisterly. Once she is yours she is yours. Lady Thyroid Pius in very thyroid: Mussolini is predomin impressionable, impulsive, takes sud- antly adrenal. But den and violent likes, may be seized ench is plus in
ail by sudden and equally violent desire for change. Once you have her, put three.
a padlock on her.
First article, this page, Saturday) told you how to set the score for each land. The land formula is made up of the five reores for example PRIS-PP80-A43- TMIÐ would be a postpitultary plus type. Where one gland scores above sixty and the others below, you have a domin unt type, of which there are five. Where scores above seventy-five, you have a dominant plus type. Three nut of every five prople are dominant types,
tint
Where two glands score above sixty, you have a hyphenated type, ic., pitul- tory-thyroid, ele. One out of every five is a hyphenated type.
Where three or more glands score hove sixty, you have a mixed type. One out of five is a mixed type, Hyphenated and mixed types have a blend of the qualities of the different glonds.
gland
The thymus
Lady Adrenal likes to think she (situated in the root of the neck, just behind is taking the initiative, or at least the top of the breast sharing it. She will fall for bone) is the Peter Pan violently or not at all.
you
Judy Thymus is most deceptive. It is the gland of childhood that prevents When she looks spellbound Into your the child growing up eyes, she is probably wondering: too soon. Tadpoles fed whether she has avertipped her hair- on thymus remain Peter dresser. Pan tadpoles, and refuse
to grow up into frogs.
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ACH type has his or her
own difculties in love. The
prepitultary man's hildish difficulties with women are due
Thymus people Immature, chi artistle, capricious, often
fascinating and talented, to his lack of time and, conse. usually
of unhappy, de- quently, mond much from others, should study.
experience. He these
matters
can be cruel and don-
Kerous if they do not have their own way,
more.
They are thoughtful, Imaginative, Inquisitive, ambitious, good planners. and successful Great statemen
are usually prepituitary high Ananciers plus. Women rarely attain
of continued effort. What and baby-eyes, snubblish nose, vel feminine flair for using her instincts. ulice unless they are of this type.
IIE, post-pituitary gland is the adrenals start, the thyroid vedy, creamy, skin, silky hair and The companionship of a sympathetic lashes, graceful movement, slightly thyroid plus or adrenal plus man. After thirty they, the fact of a post-pituitary will help the gland of emotion, of the carries on with. The adrenal is effeminate if men.
her. the starter, the thyroid is the go to sved. creative urge.
Often they are artists; especially Posi-pituitary types are shortish stayer.
It is the gland, too, of tempo, so if they develop compensating ac temperamental; brilliant lovers in the with lage heads, smalt hands: wn-
tion Mae West Like the accelerator of a car, it can
in other glands. With com- temperamental up-swing, hopeless men are petite and chic. Is pure post-pitultury plus. I. G. speed up the rate at which your burn pensating adrenals Wells, Hore-Delish, Winston Chur- up your tissues, at which you live. ballet dancers, actors; with thyroid, in the down-swing. They must learn chill have a lot of post-pituitary in In winter you burn your tissues poets and playwrights: with pitul- to control or conceal that deficiency.
fnster to keep warm; your thyroid tary, novelisis and philosophers. accelerates. In inter it slows
The prepituitary woman has quite HE thyroid gland (situated in the neck) is the gland believably beautiful, with tuby-face education and has lost some of the
When young they may be un- prate nicked up inhibitions with her
them.
ndrenals
they
become
Post-pituitary men are moody and
They have tremendous emotional down. It enables you to think faster, HYROID and post-pitui- have no diflculties. drive, are artistic, capable of deep to act faster (once your altachment to their friends and have got you started), to feel more childern, are pleasure-seekers who intensely. know how to appreciate good food and good wine, Plus types are a to moods. Drill-chasing, sick heal-
Dehes.
With larger issues at present dominating the European situa- tion, lille has been heard of the Danzig problem since the League
HHE adrenal glands (situ of Nations Council appointed a
ated one over each kidney) committee composed of representa- į
are the glands of emer tatives of Britain, France and Portugal, to follow the develop geney effort, of activity of com- ments consequent on the recent bat.
of Herr outburst in Geneva Greiser, President of the Danzig Senate. It is not to be assumed, however, that the issue will not again flare up in the near future. For many months past it has been
They are able to prepare the body for instantaneous action by mobilis- ing the sugar in the blood stream which is the body's fuel Eficient adrenals mean lightning reactions.
Adrenal people are curly-haired, darkish or reddish, have moles or
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They are quick-triggered,-soon-off Government and the Opposition parties in Danzig. As long ago the mark, good starters, but not good as January, 1935, the opinion was stayers unless they have excellent thyroids; they are short-tempered,
Poat-pituitary and thyroid women
Thyroid plus man is impulsive, tary women make the
is Ackle; both most reffable wires: thy-adrenal plus man
should acquire technique and con- Thyroid types are lean, lithe, have roid and prepituitary men the trol. regular features, hands, teeth; ever most reliable husbands,
Thyroid plus
woman tends Are brilliant. shining, and in plus
. Excellent lovers are found dinong spoll her chances by being over- types slightly pop-eyed. Joan Craw- ford is a thyroid plus type. Plus men who are thyroid plus, adrenal demonstrative. The adrenal woman's types are live wires, require little plus, and among women who are aggressiveness may have a certain
when dealing with over cep can over-eat and stay thin. thyroid plus, adrenal, prepituitary value
and post-pituitary plus. As mates Intellectualised, over-civilised Inen; natural es apart from these and the overdrink and stay sober.
Infections are thrown off easily, they require careful handling. but there is tendency to palpitation, pecially the thyroid plus types, who henpucks, it should be concealed.
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expressed in well-informed quar-explosive, physically brave, LAG'S
kings,
ters that some attempt might be They are athletes,, speed made by the German Government organisers of men (the prepituitary to reunite the Free City with the type plans, the adrenal organises, controls men, carries the plans out). German Reich. After the occu-They are well adapted to the con- pation of the Rhineland opinion stant strain of life in large cities, but
on the question are apt to overtax their was divided whether Austrin, Memel or Dan- exhaustion, even to neurasthenia.
Adrenal women are good at games. zig would be the next objective of
good sports; can be fascinating if German foreign policy. It has they are of the gamin (urchin) type;
energies to
now become abundantly evident tend to become aggressive, mascu- that Danzig la #kely soon to be-line, especially in later life. come the next point of trouble.
During recent months, minor
"incidents" have been occurring NOTES OF THE DAY
at frequent intervals. On one oc-
casion, uniformed storm-troopers
Д
man
of a revival of the associations
There have been plenty of broke up a meeting of the Consigns in the past several months servative opposition, one losing his life. A few days later which, before the Great War. Government declaration of constituted the Triple Entente. policy was published which, the We have seen, for some time past, Opposition parties allege, includ-that Italy and Germany marched ed incitements to murder. The much the same road, or at least visits of Herr Luiz, head of the wo have felt that their objectivest German Storm Troops and of wore similar, and since they have Herr Himmler, chief of the Nazi common aims it is natural to, ex- Guards and of the Secret Police, pect that they may attempt to were made the occasion for de realise them together. If there mands for the reunion of Danzig is ever any-real danger of Italy with the Reich. Despite the ex- and Germany falling out over the plicit pledge given by Herr question of Austrian independ Greiser that the Constitution would be faithfully observed in
(Continued on Page 4)
For a seri-
future, further branches have oc-any violation of her treaty rights. curred. Newspapers have been It must be remembered that the prohibited; the right of public League is in a strong position as assembly, guaranteed by the Con- against the Danzig Government. stitution, has been violated by a For, with the collaboration of decree forbidding all political de Poland, it can cut off altogether monstrations for a period of three the transit trade upon which months. In addition the authority Danzig depends. The danger lies of the League High Commissioner in a policy of drift. has been directly challenged not ous incident in that part of the only by Herr Greiser at Geneva, world might have the graves but by Nazi newspapers which effects upon world peace. There have declared that the presence of is. however, a very encouraging Mr. Sean Lester is "absolutely in- element in the situation. The tolerable and will not be tolerated state of things in Danzig bears a any more." The League, how surprising resemblance to that in over, has confirmed its confidence the Saar, a small German terri- in its High Commissioner, tory where serious friction might who has returned to Dan-have had disastrous offects. If zig. Moreover, Colonel Beck, the League. is as successful in the Polish Foreign Minister, handling the Danzig situation as in understood to have told it was in the Saar, then there cause for anxiety Herr Greiser that Poland and fuced be no the League will uphold Mr. Lester, about the future development of
this problem.. and that Poland will not accept
GAME
"ANDIES"
H
is new,
to
I've rot, but unluckily I smoked the last, last night," or "Yes, I've gol a brand new twenty upstairs in my maitress and if you think you're In going to get one you're-well mis- "handles." They have a "handle" thien" according to the speaker's
indication. for each letter. Such system. -however-expert- one-might_be_at_
The deaf and dumb
B
talk
It there is answer that
means
it, is far too cumbrous to use be- "Yes, by all means," it is so rare as neath the eyes of warders.
In the language the men use for
conversing In the prison "shops,"
to be almost unknown.
OTHER SIGNS IN
the various workrooms shoe-making general use mean "Don't speak room, bakery, and so on which are now, we're being watched," or found in most prisons-a single ges-"Come round this way when you ture stands for a whole sentence.
to say."
A touch of one's elbow with one's can, there's something I want other hand means "Got a cigarette, mate?" The fact that tobacco
A regular sign, used by criminals. as a game strictly forbidden in his Majesty's both in and "Handies" prisons does not prevent this from cognise one
-use,
jo
out of prison to Fe-
another, consists sim-
as a way of talking is being one of the commonest signs in ply in the hand held with the thumb and Arst finger apart to form a "C"" "as old as the practice
The reply, a gesture outwards with and the remaining fingers arched in of shutting men up and forbid-
hands, con mean either "No fear," a little more closely. ding them to speak to
one or "I had some only yesterday and another.
SIDE GLANCES
The hand may be hanging by the of course I would have given you side, or the giver of the sign may
By George Clark
"All right, go ahead and get married, but try to be back in half an hour"
appear to be scratching his head or buttoning up his coat-it is quite enough for one in the know,
Outside, the sign is used by thieves, burglars, cardsharpers and tricksters who want to be sure they are not wasting their time on one another. Inside prisons, it and similar signs servo to distinguish the
genuine
"logs" from those who are in for an accident, an impulse, or some offence outside the ordinary rim of criminal activities.
THE PRISONERS* "handie" language. is well adapted for its purpose. It en- ables the user to express his wants unnoticed, or to
give warnings-but it is not well. adapted to long conversations or abstruse philosophical inquiry.
Complicated information, if the prisoners have no opportunity for talking, has to be given and received either in the sung language used in chapel, or in the knock language used when the men are in their cells. The sung langungo consists Bim- ply in shouting the hymn at the top of one's volee, interspersing the words with the blts, of information one wishes to convey:-
"Oh God our help la agca past,
Old Bill goce out to-morrow, Our shelter from the stormy
blast,
He, means to do a job."
Bill's doing a job does not meas, of course, that Willam has turned over a new leat, but that he has used the months in prison to 'work out the details of a plan which is likely to land him back there be
foro long.
Tho knock language is a foborious affair. Your neighbour has to spell out slowly his message one knock for "A six for "F" and so on through the alphabet.