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PRAPS-PRAPS NOT!

How many stories which

were".

told In India conturies ago stilr survive in the folk-lore of Western Ireland was told by Mr. Robin

day.

It is a dish that lives entire (the prisoner) wished he had some- ly up to its name. Interesting it ono to love him, but that's easy, was, if not quite appetising. It appears, if he is in Victoria Jail. looked slippery and was, far, allp-There is generally a way out. pery than it looked. And oilyoh. And if he cannot escape he may go oily, "And it looked eany to always arrange with a friend for digest-though it proved very hard his wife and family to rent a cubicle to swallow. Also, under its sleek in or near Chancery-lano, so that exterior it was made up of many they may look over the wall at him things, all mixed together in a pro-and, I suppose, go on loving him. fessional sort of manner so that it Would have been dificult to analyse | ··

"Only the other day," he said, How difficult, it seems, an old story-teller in West Kerry that pudding. There were nuts in The Gospel. to Impress upon par- told me a tale of happenings on his it hard ones, though as a whole

sons the value of the remote Island, which I immediately the pudding was soft; and it left Press. One came to see mo the recognised as one of the anecdotes nasty taste in the mouth. It was other evening, and he remarked, in which the Jew Pétrus had heard called, as I say, "diplomatic pud-full earnestness, I believe, upon among the Arabe in the Twelfth ding." Have you partaken of it?

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Α correspondent in Of course, I agreed with him. I the way from India to this western-- Our "Pro- The China Matt has enw that he was a cleric who had most of all European lands, pos- Mounted on Steel Tube Frame

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The other day two club members "professora" of this and that-that where he roped in ong the wore watching this gaudy per- from "professory" of dancing to newspaper must rope in hundreds sonality hack his

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In view of the increasing Benefit of number of weddingS Clergy.. among Chinese which re ceive the rites of the Christian Church I have read with

merce.

A minder who was out of work: went into a public house without money, and ordered a pint of beer. The landlord served him, and was÷ waiting patiently for the money,. when the spinner supped-up and raw

TRAVELLERS' EYES. out of the house.

NUMEROUS TYPES OF

HEADACHES.

The landlord, having recovered from his surprise, ran after him, and seeing a policeman in front, he yelled out, "Hi, stop him.” But the spinner shouted, "Don't stop me; I'm racing him for a piat, and the policeman stepped to one- side.

"Why didn't you stop him?" asked the landlord.

"Aye," said the landlord, “and' he's won it too."

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interest the notes on Chinese (By L. M. Smith Clark, M.B., Ch.B.] "square" the police; it is the name family and property law which are The numerous types of head- of a shrub, though it is called after appearing in the Hong Kong Uni-aches, which cause anything from a dear little thing who, in the goodversity Journal of Law and Commere discomfort to acute pain, are old days, you may remember, was

So far as the law affects chiefly due directly or indirectly to beloved by Apollo. She got up to Chinese in the Netherlands Indles, organic or functional disorder of aome mischief and in consequence I see, benefit of clergy is, entirely the eyes. was changed by her mother into a

unnecessary. The completion of It would be no exaggeration to the marriage is effected by the act say that of frontal headaches, of laurel tree. All this, of

A woman came before a pension course, has nothing to do with running á of handing over of the bride by her aches felt in the sides and the back committee and stated that she was car, when you cannot see straight, guardians (marriage-arrangers) to of the head (temporal, parietal, aceking her "eternity" benefit.

"Your what, madam," queried No appearance and occipital), nearly 80 per cent. What I am attempting to explain is the bridegroom. that Daphne (the shrub, not the before a civil registrar, no blessing are due to eye-strain. In other the chairman.

"My 'eternity" boneft," she re- nymph) is a kind of evergreen with of the marriage by the clergy; alone words, the eyes are straining to do

affirmed. fragrant flowers which give off the handing-over of the bride gives or to accommodate themselves to

do what is beyond their normal "My dear

'eternity"* perfumes so pungent that they may the man all rights over his wife. stupify you. Now that you seg

power, and the constant strain and means your 'hereafter."

"Yes, sir; that's what I'm here. what I am driving at I will give a

The Sunday Herald effort on the muscles of the eyes

after." produce the frontal headache and concrete instance, so that if you The Modest has circularised pro frequently burning in the eye- are likely to be pulled up when | you're wells 300 know, you have

a kind of anjáțibi at hand.

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Medico.minent residents nsk-

woman

The match

re-

Tom had gone to a neighbouring“. ing for photographs ball, as well as behind the eyes.

It is important to locate the site town to the football match, as was for insertion in that paper's illus of the pain. For, while pain over his custom every year. trated section and. I am told, in the eyebrows, pain behind the eyes, over, he went into a small That incident occurred | midltion to a generally-satisfac- pain in the forehead, pain in the staurant and called for fish and' Semi- in Zurich, and this is tory response, has received gerne sides and back of the head (supra- chips. "As he was feeding, with Intoxicated, what happened. Prin- curious and amusing excuses In-orbital, intra-orbital, frontal, and evident enjoyment, he remarked to

ceas Hohenloo of Ger- stead of pictures. One, very pro- so forth) may almost invariably be the proprietor: "Ah wish ah hed: many, whilst driving in the city, minent medical gentleman replied attributed to eye-strain, pain on cum 'ere last time ah wus in town, collided with a tramcar. Along to the effect that he had no pheto-one side only, pain over one eye-"Oh, thanks," replied the pro came a policeman who, thinking graph of himself nor had he had brow, and pain on one side of the prietor. "That's very fattering." the lady had had one too many, one taken for twenty years. I can head only is rarely attributable to "Na, na!" Tom hastened to ex Hong Kong, Saturday, May 19, 1928, called a doctor. The medico want quite believe it. But he is not eye-strain.

plain. "What ah mean is the fish. ed to take a blood test. The lady going to "get away" with that ex- These latter would be due to in- might 'ave been a bit fresher then."". resisted. Then, at the back of the cuse. I know of a small photo-flammation of the frontal sinus, or car, the policeman spied another graph of him which, enlarged, middle ear disease, or brain tumour, person who appeared dippy too. would make a capital, block for inflammation of the cheek bone or the housewife to the grocer, who "I keep a boarding-house," said The vehicle was then well search-illustration purposes. That is neuralgia.

had five chickens, displayed pro minently before his door, "and' t' want you to plek me out the three toughest of those chickens."

With a knowing wink, the grocer complied.

H.C.-His Column.

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each town on our tour, we

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Surprising. it is how

ed, but instead of a jar of heart-what is going to happen. Perhaps One frequently hesre sufferers They Couldn't we all thrive

warming liquor was found a bou-ho will not like it--for I know he complaining of headaches after an Do It!

gossip. We are told' things under a ban semi-intoxicated the occupants

quet of Daphne,. The odour had detests publicity-but he is a man afternoon's shopping or after visit- of I admire, knows his job thorough- ing a theatre or cinema. In other of strict reticence-yet, somehow, the car, which was a closed one, ly as I can personally testify words, the demand on the outer the marsel gata passed on. I, too, and so they were allowed to pro and has over twenty years' sterling and inner muscles of the eyes has "Now," said the lady, opening- am only human, which is why I ceed. Thus a newspaper report. service behind him in the interests proved too great. These troubles her purse in a business-like manner, cannot help repeating the rumour It sounds good, does it not? of the sick of the Colony. More are more frequently complained of " have the other two." I heard the other day that our

over, despite having lived a jifa by persons travelling in trains or beneficent Government is exploring

A lady of the Wilbur full of hard work, he is a fine, up-omnibuses, or ships, where the devious avenues leading to new

"Is this the hosiery department?" taxation. Personally, I do not be- Gold Diggers. Players, interviewed standing fellow and makes a good rapidly receding objects prove try-

somewhere in the photograph. I am afraid he

They are asked the voice over the 'phone.. can-ing to defective eyes, lieve it, perhaps because I cannot North, alluding on the fact that not escape the pat on the back, frequently met with in children, or

"Yes," perceive the necessity for such

"Well, have you any flash-coloured the Banvard Company was

per-pictorially-administered, I have in those who accompany them, on evil aims. I think things are going

roundabouts and swing-boats.

stockings?" along quite nicely, thank you; also forming a town or two ahead of mind.

Nausea, in a more or less acute "Plenty of them," "answered "the them, held forth thus: "It was very that our administrators are too)

form, frequently results. Indeed, weary salesman. "Whaddya want scusible to entertain ideas of fur- amusing to notice how, at nearing

Among the amusing re-travellers in trains or ships who-pink, yellow, or black ?": ther grinding our noses. True

were Poor "Old plies received to the suffer from nausea should, in the we have no income tax to pay, or met with the name regret for our George circular, I am further first instance, have their eyes at The sergeant-major had invited any form of poll tax, but we have lack of entertainment by the

told, is one from a well tended to, as ocular defecte may his friends to a party. enough to put up with, what with young men." This regret, the lady known business man. He said he be said to be the major cause of "Now, boys," said he, at the high rents and an artificially high went on to day, took the form of had no photograph of himself their discomfort. If these were at conclusion of his speech, "just an explanation to the effect that available at the moment but had tended to it is probable that ima- treat the refreshments as they were the Banvard girls had raided the pleasure in closing one of a friend gination or nervousness would play your enemies.".

About a minute after ha⠀ "saw' Our esteemed legislators, place a month previous and conse-also prominent in the realms of a much smaller part in causing A Serdid I am sure, realise these quently "the poor things" that's commerce. The picture was not a mal-de-mer.

Pat O'Hara striding towards the Aimpoints. Said Lord Lovers, dear reader; men like you and good one, was on the small side, Astigmatic persons (persona door with a bottle sticking out of

hulme, after his

Iwere cleaned out. Now I know and by no means did it do the site whose vertical vision varies in de- each pocket. "Here, what are your satisfying experience in Parlia the North fairly wall, but I cannot ter Justice. The subject, accord-gree from their horizontal vision) doing? yelled the sergeant-major. ment during the war years; "There. Place the spots to which the lady Ingly, was asked directly to furnish and heterophoric persons (persons "Well, an bedad, gor, replied: is no man so lacking in imagination referred; she did not mention. better photograph. And then it whose eyes have difficulty in focus- Pat, "I'm doing as you said. "I've as a Government official, and nonames. At any rate, if this regret was it transpired that the pic sing an object) are peculiarly just taken a couple of prisoners. man, unless it is a banker, so table state of affairs was really ture had been sent without Hable to suffer, because they are Cabinet the result of the Banvard girls knowledge or consent. It was, their eyes for distant or near particularly affected when using wanting in courage at Minister."

And, a little later; it was, I would imagine, the fault fact, an atrocious passport snap vision. It would be advisable for "The British Empire is in the of the womenfolk of the towns in and had been forwarded to the such travellers before experiment hands of a lot of clerks and timid question. Do you think that any newspaper out of friendly mallce, ing with patent cures for sea-sick- clerks at that." The preacher from company of dancers or artistes The sender afterwarde admitted ness, which are not too good In soap so.. My personal opinion is "Hong Kong? No, Sir, not a bit of death to see that picture of "old ful in their after-effects, to have that the class of Civil Servant wo it! They are too well held and George breadcast throughout the their eyes tested for vision. have out here possesses sufficient would have to be astute Indeed to Colony and along the Chius coast! Generally speaking, I find travel- imagination not to inflict upon us gain an opportunity of falling for anything so sordid and grossly the charms of any female just pzas-

My remarks last advanced symptom of nausea, ef a dozen questions, not tremendously- material as new taxation. Such an Ing through, so to speak. Those act would take all the poetry out of women I wrote about last week who The Prison weak about Victoria the lines and letters of their news difficult to answer but not always local government and would con- persistently make it awkward for er's Song Jall and the fact papers running into one another of so simply-solved as may be thought,. that it was known getting mixed. They also complain appear on this page. Answers aras stitute, in fact, a grave menace to our youth to lavest savings in the already numerous uncertain Hong Kong Bank shares certainly at one time as the "Douglas Hotel that their eyelids have a burning even on page thirteen

have drawn from a correspondent feeling or that their eyes nip or bes ties of life in Hong Kong... "mow their onions, and if there the reply that it should now become irritable, 1. Who was the professional

is any "cleaning out to be done med "Len's Lodge.” It is not Migraine headaches are often billard champion last year *Not that you would they are on the job in a jiffy. And, the Lault of the officials, he says, found to be caused by astigmatism, 2. When does the Wimbledon ten- About Daphne, do such a thing but I am told, they do it pretty effl- that prisonera escape. His opinton heterophoris, or a high degree of nis tournament start? ISKANNERSKERf you want to elently.

3. Name the five Classic, Races. is that any prisoner with an atom long sight. The majority of cases of common sense could get out of would he remedied by the correc-4. What's the next big golf you ever par the place Which sounds too bad; tion of errors of refraction and the tourney at home?

"diplomatic sad I advise the authorities to see wearing of suitable glasses. Ar came to the matter forthwith. If they tigmatism causes vertigo, or giddi- ong do not what justification have we nose,melancholia, and pains in the the other for the Prisonera Song"7" Hot napep

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