THE HONGKONG Telegraph, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1088.
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But Once A Year
WHAT A FESTIVAL
James Agate likes to get
USE
CARLYLE! thou shouldst
be living at this hour: Christmas hath need of thee! For the old dyspeptic is being our first authority on Christmas! The Divine clothes, would probably in- Birth being its source and ins-struct us wisely in the mat- piration, it has gathered to it-ter of Christmas presents. self all the love and tenderness Mention of the old gentle- of childhood and of motherhood. man, and the hidden reference to two of England's major poets, The simple gospel story has set me wondering what pre- given its setting and circums-sents at Christmas, or the pagan would have tance the Mother, the Child, New Year,
wished on say a dozen of the the manger, the cattle, the
earth's greatest. Here are sheperds, the Magi and the gifts few of my fancies:--
these in their course down the ages have gathered round them an aura of tenderness and senti- ment, with their own benignant ritual and song.
Christmas
stockings, bells] and carols, roast goose and turkey, little fir-trees, mistletoc and holly all these and much else Christmas has gathered to itself.
The season in which it has fallen adds to its strength by contrast; the festival shines out like the cheerful 'windows of an inn midway along the dark road of the winter, where there is warmth and company and re- freshment. The sober reality may be a Hongkong heat-wave, but in the ideal Christmas of our childhood the ponds are all ringing with strong black ico, there are four inches of snow upon the ground, powdery and fine, with the fields buried deep below the dazzling mantle.
one
A
1. Carlyle-A new digestion. 2. Milton Restored
eye- sight.
3. Wordsworth-Daffodils. 4. Alexander-A new world
to conquer.
E L LESS
Christmas
presents
"I'221 not going to
put up with one of
those things, so you
might as well not
unwrep it."
Herm, where he used to spend the summer holidays with ten brothers and sisters. Herm was of all islands the most glorious, the most glorious of all being Jethou, "which we all thought must be much better than Herm because there were only two houses on it." Now comes my golden sentence: "The next year we went to Cromer or some stink- ing hole!"
Woe to the parent whose off- spring should write in Inter years: "We all wanted to go to 'Cinderella. But father in- sisted on taking us to "The Glass Slipper or some stinking fan- tasy !!
But to return to our books. Here the matter is largely one of age.
Boys up to the age of twelve should be given what- ever is the modern equivalent of the school stories of Talbot What I do want and am give children yearning to possess ist-
children's books. Baines Reed and the adventure Dr. Johnson know about this, as yarns of G. A. Henty. 1. Pair of budgerigars,
we sec from Mrs. Piozzi's From twelve
fifteen 2. Blackpool Tower in cork. "Anecdotes":—
the masterpieces which they 3. Smoking-suit in purple "Babies do not want to hear will read now or never—such corduroy with tangerine about babies; they like to be masterpieces as "Robinson Cru- lapels.
told of giants and castles, and soc," "Westward Ho!" "Tom 4. Tie-press in mother-of- of somewhat which can stretch Brown's Schooldays," Master-
pearl.
and stimulate their
little man Ready," "The Last of the When in answer I Mohicans,' "King Solomon's and celluloid buttonhole would urge the numerous cli- Mines," "Treasure Island," and
5. Tortoiseshell walking-stick minds."
for evening dress.
6. Pagoda for poodle.
5. Cleopatra -- Pearls
some vinegar.
und
7. Poodle for pagoda.
6. Mr. Pepys-Knowledge of
his future fame.
7. Henry
wife.
VIII. Another
8. Horace Walpole-A fresh
scandal,
9. Marat-A lock for the
bathroom.
10. Napoleon-A change of
warders.
11. Florence Nightingale-A
new lamp.
to
tions and quick sale of Tommy anything by Jules Verne. Prudent or Goody Two Shoes: From Afteen to eighteen the "Remember always (said he) Heart of Midlothian,” "David Fair,"
8. Silhouette of Marlene that the parents buy the books, Copperfield," "Vanity
Dietrich in seaweed.
and that the children never read "The Cloister and the Hearth,"
9. Portrait of Abraham them."
Lincoln in wool.
10. Hookah. 11. Howdah
phant.
12. Model
Theatre.
for white ele-
THE
"Adam Bede," "Barchester Towers," "Many Inventions,"
HE same thing applies "Kipps" and "The Old Wives
to plays for children. Talc."
When I was a child the kind of From eighteen to twenty-one of National pantomime I liked was the I recommend "Tom Jones," grown-up sort. I doted on one "The Vicar of Wakefield," "La- in which the Principal Boy, at vengro," "The Ordeal of Rich- BUT the people really tired in tights and top-hat, ard Feverel," The Mayor to be considered are slapped her thigh and sang a of Casterbridge," "Almayer's Here the rule is that rousing ditty of which the bur- Folly," and I venture to suggest one Gissing and one Henry For I'm a man of the world, James. A man of the world am I!
the kids.
12. Dickens Time to finish they must be given things den was:
"Edwin Drood.".
1. C. B. Cochran-A wow. 2. Greta Garbo-A passage
home.
which fire the imagination. The
And, of course, any age from
the
Then what about people living bitterest moment of my boy- to-day? Here I suggest:-
hood was when a hard-won First Prize for Proficiency In I cherish an undying admira. fifteen onwards is right for for the late Macdonald Boswell's "Johnson" and the Science turned out to be Dar- tion
Diary of Samuel Pepys. win's "Formation of Vegetable Hastings. For many reasons,
About girls, I suggest the Action of though Mould through
one golden sentencé Worms."
must suffice. This occurs in his same curriculum, with the ex- ception of "Tom Jones," which Mac is But let me begin with the "Memoirs of a Child."
they will not understand, and tots. Never, never, NEVER talking of an Jaland
"Many Inventions," which they will dislike,
The fireside is a seasonable pleasure which our ancestors set at its true value and which our more travelled generation is apt to misprise. Especially, is it a pleasure and a benefit when it unites the family group round its most ancient altar, the hearth, at the festival dedicated time out of mind to the child, the the mother and the family.
3. The
sabre.
ex-Kaiser-A
tin
4. Mr. Hore-Belisha---Toy
soldiers.
5. Mr. Thomas Farr-14lbs.
more punch.
6. Mr. Littlewood-A swim-
ming pool.
7. The Japanese-Sanity. 8. Any Spaniard-Ditto. 9. The English Team Guts.
Cricket
10. Gracie Fields-Another
"Sally."
11. Strube-Another twenty-
five years.
12. Gordon Richards-A Der-
by winner.
COME now to the most
matter of Christmas pre important principle in
sents. They must be useless. Thus Christmas gives to man-for which I, personally, should Here is a list of useful presents kind these beautiful homilies of any "Thank you very much," kindliness, hospitality and the and then immediately dismiss giving of gifts, of charity, of them from mind:-- friendship, and of family love.
Life would be a sadder pil- ** | grimage without It, and after the trials which havo afflicted our Homeland these last fow months, and the tribulations through which our great and friendly neighbour is passing, we hope it will bring a rich mea- sure of blessing and consolation.
1. Radio licence,
2. Bed socks.
3. The Works of Longfellow. 4. Gramophone record of the
Quins,
5. Garden roller. 6. Loofah.
7. Bulbs for window-boxes. 8. Skid-chains for
car.
9. Horse-muzzle. 10. Beetle-powder.
Asparagus tonge. 12, Goloshes..
motor-
called
GRIN AND. BEAR IT
By Lichty
UNDER NEW DANAGEMENT
1338 United Tentare Ti~>5° 156, 106.
"Nope, I didn't sell it—fus!` got married!""
IN the matter of toys I am inclined to think that boys should have some- thing corresponding to modern air- Invention, which means planes, motor-cars and speed- boats. I am not in favour of traine, because father will play. with them and the child rever get a look-in.
As a thorough fogey and were I the father of two child- ren, I should give them a chess- board of nobly-smelling leather and a set of weighted chess-men of the dignity which suits the game.
In my view, nothing is bettor for an afternoon at this season than a roaring fire, an old- fashioned sheepskin hearthrug black for cholce, a supply of oranges, and a set of chess men. You play the game on your stomach, and instead of chang- ing over the pieces at the ond of the game, change places on the hearthrug and so get the other side scorched!
Little girls still, Í suppose, like dolls. In my day demure maldens of six required a wax effigy which opened two china- blue eyes and said “Mamma {" Now I shall reluctantly concede that they prefer a badlzened (Continued on Page 5.)
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