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Saturday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 7, 1940.
The Man's Drink
That Women Appreciate
As the fame of that imperial cocktail, Gia and Rose's Lime Juice, spread from East of Suez to the West End of
London, it was not the men- folk alone who gave the orders. Somehow their wives and daughters had discovered that
this drink, above others, war one to keep figures slender.
And with that discovery came another, that crea 1
mere man who insista on Rose's Lime Juice tonight avoids a headache tomorrow.
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AMONG the many strange and often picturesque figures that have Alitted Across the French political stage since the last war ended, it would be
THIS STRANGE MAN (SIMPLE FARE
PIERRE
LAVAL
There, for reasons best known to
To talk to Inval alone is always understanding; his supposed hanker- fascinating. To a roomful of people ing for direct understanding with ilmself, he abandoned his habitual he may seem grotesque and unimpres- Hitter and the many examples quoted poise between opposing lines of actions ‚sive; but once let him bring his quiet by those who hate him of his and made himself the servant of the
big battalions. power to bear on you and you feel ignorance of history, geography and He emerges to-day as the political at once that this is no ordinary being world affairs.... His small twinkling eyes, making do effort to be terrible, are undoubtedly magnetle; they hold your attention with a hint of power. The voice that Issues from those thick, loose lips 1x mellow and persuasive,
*
Yel, on skimming through records of his stewardship
Was
the
Juggler relying now on the backing of alien Power rather than his own subtlety of spirit-who is trying to persuade his countrymen that he all along saw the way to their salvation. Whether he himself believes in the during dream of a "Latin union" which he Under that ragged thatch of hair. those dangerous years when Germany proposes to set against the fact of throwing off the Versailles Nazi domination, only he can say. you feel a marvellous instrument at work on you-a brain as clear and shackles and Mussolint was bursting What sort of future his wiltul des Lidy as the body is rough and disor- the Imaginary bonds of Fascist Italy, the principles of "Liberty, Fraternity, truction, at the behest of Fascism, of derly, putting forward ong idea after one finds that Laval's strongest critica another with quiet, skilful authority, of to-day often paid unwilling tribute only me can show,
Equality
bring to his people Now at last, Laval the Inscrutable In called on to lay all his cards on the table and play out his hand, for good or evil under the eyes of a dis- trustful world.
A character study of one of the more sinister influences of the Petain
Government
By DAVID SCOTT
difficult to find one more enigma- building up a neat web of argumento his skilful hondling of problema tic, more debatable. more with slight, deft touches until the not of his creating. peculiar in appearance, more most rebellious critle cannot but feel No une can DOW deny that he
contradictory Apparently
in that something convincing in being worked long and patiently to con- action than Pierre Laval, the said, and eald well.
cillate resistance to the growing ex-Socialist, pro-Fascist politi.
It is to this extreme neatness of threat from Germany with respect cian,
ex-errand-boy mil lionaire, the crafty lawyer, the mind, coupled with patient avoidance for the Lengue principles on which reputedly unscrupulous diploma- of all extremes in thought and netion, French foreign policy was based.
the
will
JEWELS BANNED
Women Must Not Take
Out Of Britain
Orders were sent to Customs of- Nelals at all British ports which will stop the rising sale of gold watches, tintnond braceleta, pear! necklace. and other valuable ornaments to women who intend to travel to the United States and the Dominions.
Officials will now demand produc- of a lienee for all jewellery tion curried by travellers--even wedding rings which have a suspiciously new
tist, the occasionally ruthless that Laval owes his success as an No one does deny that his attempt Fur valuable appearance Engnge-
be forbidden.
administrator, the anti-parlia. advocate and such success us he has to sleer at middle course between the ment rings with precious stones will nebieved us a statesman On this last verbiage of a Paul-Boncour and the be expressly banned, and diamond mentary Senator who is now
his friends and his I once more playing a leading part doubtless arver agree, and his most demned to falluge,
chemies will olence of a Barthou, even it con- and pearl necklets und bracelels will in the new destinies of France.
WON the only Export licences for such valuables impartial critics will always find it practicable course for statesman will be granted, in most cases, only difficult to pnas judgment.
with insufficient means of military to firma dealing in these articles. His "crimes"
better known furre at his command than his successes his fulife alterapt His very appearance is both sut to ronetisate Mussoltal before, during prising and deceptive, repulsive at
are
¡ first sight, yet revealing, even before and after the Abyssinian crisis; the the subtle brain in that quere body apparent over-estimation of his own began to exercise vectum cların
The true blas of Luval's
mind,
influence A diplomatic gifts that led him to oust which made him a lukewarm advocate Briand from the Foreign Ministry in of Lengue action and has ni last
Building Societies Cut Interest // P.C.
Thr Building Societies' Association states Unt, the rate of interest pay- able by must of the large and mony of the smaller societies on new share
Yet this man, unkempt and untidy 1931-32; the shiftiness in negotiation brought him forth as the puppet of investments will be 3 per cent., tox in his person and his dress, meets the of which British statesmen com- Fascial Italy in a French nhadow-free, instead of 3%. astonished gaze of statesmen.
am- plained bitterly when they met him, Government thand has made peace
The new rate, which will also up- bassadors and othe almly and, without
alleged sabotage of sanctims without bonour, showed clearly in ply to all share accounts from Sep- visible effort.
Is equivalent to u brings them under a queer, attractive "gainst Italy in his persistent pursuit the last slages of the Abyssinan gross yield of £4. 16s. per cent, with spell
of what he called Franco-Italian drama
income fax at 7. d, in the pound,
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Always have some on the meal-table.
In 15 minutes
restore your appetite
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2APES,
VIGNETTES OF LIFE
By KEMP STARRETT,
VAY IS IT THAT ALMOST ALL THE
UPPER BERTI CUSTOMERS GET ABOARD IN THE WEE
SMALL HOURS OF THE MORNING?
FOR GOSH SAKES, CANT YOU
GET SOME AIR IN HERE?,
I'A SUFFOCATING/"
OLL PORTER SOME
HEAT I'M FREEZING!
"MAMMA ---
WANNA 'NOTHER DRINK O
VATER?
AND THERE ARE THE SLEEPLESS LADS WHO DISCUSS THE STATE OF THE NATION, THE BUDGET, THE WAR AND
MERELY SUCCEED IN KEEPING GEORGE
FROM GETTING A LITTLE NAP
NOT MORE THAN ONE OUT ET KIT EVERY 3,962 OVERNIGHT 1P GUESTS FINDS HIS ORHER
OWN BERTH ON THE FIRST BUND GRAB AFTER A TRIP TO THE WATER, COOLER.
THERE'S ALWAYS" SOMBONE WHO THINKS HE WAS A 99 YEAR LEASE OU THE WASHROOM FACILITIES.
Z
STAYING NEUTRAL ISA- TOUGH JOB, THEY SAY.
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
A SLEEPING CAR THAT BRINGS ONE
THE MOST PERSISTENT "THIRSTS. ———
THE MAN WHO CAN
· NEVER GET A WINK
OF SLEEP ON A TRAIN
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