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have set themselves. They have little trust and scant power of sympathy; they are ready to elan- der and to belittle-and the mar- ried ones' are often the worst offenders. Let us break down these stupid barriers of reserve and dignity we' shall be much happier if we do. Since we are

·THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1930.

WHY SHOULD MEN

PAY ALWAYS?

[BY EDGAR MIDDLETONI

woman pays. Yes. When

doomed,. some of us, to linger there is no man about. When hor, instead of treating her like

it is another story..

long in this self-selected placé off exile, let us endeavour to develop that the spirit of fraternity and sports-train or having dinner together. See any two women catchins a manship. We would be astonish--| ed by how much we should be the Watch the masterful way in which they get their tickets and order the gainers.

porter about, or their cool, collected fashion of dealing with the walter or ordering the meal..

News in Brief

The Bank of East Asia, Ltd., announce that they have increased their reserve from $1,500,000 to $1,750,000.

But take either of those two women and put her with a man. Instantly there is a transformation. She is the shy, clinging, Umorous Ittle creature unable to stir a haul for herself. The Annual Flower and Veget-It is he who is left to wrestle able Show under the auspices of with the 'porter, or brow-beat the the Hong Kong Horticultural waiter, or complain to the manager Society takes place to-day at the because her fish was cold or she City Hall, commencing at 3 p.m.

thinks that they are not getting sufficient attention. He is left all

Mr. F. L. Parton will speak on "What Theosophy has meant to mo" at the usual weekly public lecture of the Theosophical Society, Hong Kong Lodge, Mercantile Bank Building to-day at 6 p.m.

Having had a taste of jail life in January a Chinese, of no fixed abode, was at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning sentenced to six weeks' hard labour for stealing two gunny bags from a house under construc- tion in Kimberley Road.

the unpleasant jobs to do.

She chooses the time and the place; the restaurant, the show and the dance club. He pays.

A few woman' are worth it. Some are almost worth it. But by far the greater number do not even- bother to return the compliment of being entertained by being enter taining. The man docs that. The

woman takes it as a matter of course.

When two women dine and go to a show together, a popular priced restaurant and the pit are good enough. But when they go out with a man nothing less than a smart hotel and a couple of stalls will do. The evening's entertainment costs

That the man pays has become a convention a convenient conven- tion. Only the times have changed. To-day there are almost as many women as men earning a living.

But the convention persiata. It will never dle. Not so long 24 woman is woman and man goes on

Convicted on a charge of the at- tempted theft of a gold ring from a Chinese woman at Portland Street, a Chinesa who claimed to be a car office work, of tiresome Bridgementer, was at the Kowloon Magia-him £6. parties, of prattling of inconse-tracy this morning sentenced to quential small-talk at the bars of three months' jail with hard labour. our Clubs. Our brains are not as

Dr. Teh Yok-chin M.B., B.S., vigorous as they were; neither, youngest son of Mr. Teh Seow-teng, although we are afraid to admit senior Director of Mesars Chow Kit- it, are our bodies. Yet we must & Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, has plod on until we are no longer passed his examination in Dublin and obtained the Diploma of needed, lesser men than when we Licentiate of Midwifery, Dr. Teh first saw Britain slip past. at Yok-chin, who will be pursuing fur- Tilbury Docks, with perhaps a ther studies in London and Vienna small sum laid by which will en-in other branches of medicine, is a graduate from the University of able us to enjoy an inglorious Hong Kong.

existence of moderate comfort until we die.

Mr. R. V. Meyer has taken over the management of Messrs. Is it worth it? That question N. Lazarus, with which firm must have framed itself in the he has been connected: for Mr. Meyer has had minds of hundreds who have many years.

exceptionally wide experience, as an made their, domicile in the Fer optician, and is a Fellow of the

East.

CHINA & SILVER Import Duty Not to Be Levied

Nanking, Yesterday. The authorities state that they import duty on silver. have no intention of imposing an

porting on the financial situation,

The Minister of Industry, The East gives nothing; Worshipful Company of Spectacle recommends, inter alla, the

Ye-

rear-

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cherishing his allly illusion about

another human being, with a healthy

a weakness for being entertained at appetite, a love of good things, and

someone else's expense.

Woman, modern or otherwise, wants to have her cake and to eat it, too. She insists on the right to compete with a man for his job, and at the same time expects him to pay for her lunch, her dinner, her theatre ticket, and her taxicab fares; to buy ber hats and frocks; to pay the rent, and generally to keep her in leisure and luxury for the rest of her days.

In the meanwhile, to meet the occasion she has invented a charm- ing social occasion that she is pleas ed to call a Dutch treat.

This is how it works. After she bus allowed a man to take her out and pay for her on the umpteenth successive occasion, she begins to feel the prickings of conscience, or, rather, the cautioning of that still, small voice.

"Remember," she says playfully, "this is my treat to-night." And when he makes the expected conven- tional protest, "But I insist."

At least twice again during din- But ner she repeats the threat. when the time camés for the bill, aa usual it is the man who pays. Then, as they are on their way home, she will snuggle up contentedly to him in the taxicab and whisper: “I would've done, only I thought you wouldn't like it."

The number of women who still cherish this polite flotion that the man would

not like it is really aurprising. It would hurt his vanity, they D3Bure themselves. Poor dear, he would feel so dread. fully uncomfortable to be seen, let- ting a woman pay for him. They never seem to think-poor, guilelesa, Ittle darlings that they are--of putting it to the practical test and asking him.

The woman pays. But it la al- waya the man who has the pleasure

of settling the bill.

Ten Years Ago

[From the "China Mall”

March 6, 1920.] ·

To-day's dollar is worth 5/- 41⁄4d. It destroya. That is true, al-of Ophthalmic Opticians (Eng)ganisation of the monetary sys- and a Freeman of the City of: Lon-

Sergt. "Willie" Shannon of the though it may sound like a pass-don. Since his absence from Hongtael to the dollar, and prohibi-well-earned leave by the s.s. Fushim

tem, including a change from the Hong Kong Police left for Ireland en age from Somerset Maugham. Kong, Mr. Meyer has managed

aro

branches of the firm.

Lion sgainst foreign bank. In Maru this morning. He was given ■ -

Yet we have as the one consola- both the Shanghai and Singapore China issuing notes.Reuter. tion the thought that we necessary. Somebody has got to leng Kong, Thursday, Mar. 6, 1930. do the work; why, then, not

OUR

BACHELORS

ourselves?

The lot of the bachelor in the of matrimony by embittered cele/vertising consultants. He is open-tion to the end of the official term. Sgt. McAlvie. These men armed with

right royal send-off by his comrades and friends. A deputation of the Hawkers' Guild was also present at Mr. and Mrs. Edgar E. Strother

S.M.C. CHAIRMAN RESIGNS

Blake Pler, and presented, the Sergeant arrived In Hong Kong last Sunday

with bouquets of flowers. A great lot and have taken up residence at St.

Shanghai, Yesterday. of amusement was caused when, on George's Hotel, Kennedy Road, Mr. Mr. Arnhold, chairman of the arriving at Blake Pier, Sergt-Shannon The married man has a great Strather having been appointed S.M.C., has resigned from the Coun- was received by a "guard of honour" "Ist Battalion, of moral advantage, in spite of all manager of the Hong Kong branch til, not wishing to embarrass the drawn from the the vitriol poured upon the state of Messrs. Millington, Limited, ad- Council by maintaining his posi- Street Coolies," under the command of

Far East is not a happy one. Hej

ing an office in the Lew, I. & C. Bank It was reported this evening that their bamboo poles, were drawn up on bates. He is able to share his Building, Queen's Road, Central, one British Councillor may resign efther side of the pier, and on the word

of command, presented arms may have a small circle of intim-

so as to allow a defested American smartly. After inspecting the "guard perplexities with another; he is Mr. and Mrs. Strother have been ate friends and a larger number able to think of someone other residents of Shanghal for over 20 to take his place, in order to main-of honour," St. Shannon bearded the

the of acquaintances, but he must re- than himself; he has an aim in in various parts of Ching,

years and have travelled extensively. tain

customary American launch and pushed off for ship amidst quota of two Councillors-Reuter. loud cheering and firing.of crackers. main, if he is a man who does life. The bachelor, unless he is not believe in shouting his willing to act the part of a fairy the housetops, godfather, is driven to selfishness. lonely and misunderstood in П He may be rich, but spending

sorrows from

money gives him no satisfaction. often he is driven to habits of misanthropy and desires nothing better than to be left alone. Or

7

MEN, WOMEN, AND AFFAIRS

very

Victims Of Chinese Ignorance; Fo reign Ladies Kidnapped: The McBride Incident: Talkie Has Far To Go:

Magistrate's "Cenity Enemier

W

he may be a "good fellow”—one Justice. In Chinese Courts.

melancholy world of his own.

The majority of us are driven into the Far East by a multitude of impulses. It may be merely with the ambition to attain

Later, on Bubbling Well Road, Government are bent on destroying wealth; for it is a' common mis-

near Hardoon, Road, a lady was walk- what it has taken close on a century apprehension of the people at always popular whilst they have

of the unfortunates who are COMMENTING on the statement ing westward when a Chinese came to Build up, the least our Government

that "the fair administration behind her on the xum and seized her Home that the East is like the

means and position. Deep and and justice exercised by Chinese bag as he raced past. Her cries at subjects with regard to it and give

C.P.C. who succeeded in ar- tracted

us the warning that is our just doe courts to foreigners of Russian,resting the man after a short chase.. men d cavern of treasure which Alladin

lasting friendships are rare in German, Austrian and other na found. Alladin, fortunately for

The vicinity of Wing On's was the Musical Comedy on the “Talkies” this Colony. Each one lives for tionalities are too well-known to scene of the third episode early in the

of her bag to a Chinese who was soo

a few nights ago, I was impress- ed by the fact, as it seems to me, that with a fuctuating currency; his self. There is little frankness and Tiantain Times says: The lost in the crowd. The Police are.

the talking picture representation of

'can do is to be honest with their own

the fairy tale, had not to deal himself, by himself, with him-require explanations,” the "Peking evening, when a lady suffered the loss WATCHING a revus on the talkies

rose.

are impelled into these region

by the spirit of adventure which animates all healthy Britons.

gloomier picture

:

Government official once pored fault is with the inhabitants. by Chinese courts," and benefited extraterritorial connection with

|

to go before. It can seriously rival the

Solo numbers, in natural coleur close-ups, seem to get across the foot-light" pretty well, but the chorus- numbers, with twenty or more girik, give little or no impression of reality. The features of the performers are quite indistinguishable when reduced

to such proportions as will permit of

the lens embracing the fall width of

the stage, although, in fact, the figures

on the screen are probably in the neigh- bourhood of life size.

lakhs of rupees neither fell nor and camaradarie. But the worst of Breitlander case in Canton is, of again warning ladies to hold their bags musical comedy has still a long way

course, only one of a number of op under their arms Instead of swing- all is the loneliness, even whilst instances in which German Doctors ing them at arm's length, which an- Or it may be that some of us he is surrounded by a host of have been the victims of Chinese thieving elements.

stage production. fortunately acts as an incentive to Ignorance. Messrs. Carlowitz's ex- porientes (Illegal seizure of goods) Sir Miles Lampeon could have doubtless been shared by It is possible, although it may scarcely have been envisaged even many other German enterprises in SOME of the point le lost in a recent article in the "Central China Post" be difficult for their fellow Club by Dean Inge. Yet there is a re China. If it were true that the.

nationals of non-extraterritorist complaining that Shanghal had been "privileged" in receiving an explana- men to believe it, that this atolldmedy. If Hong Kong can be suid Powers revelled in the fair ad- tion from Sir Miles Lampson in re taipan and that self-conscious to be an inhospitable place, the ministration and fustice exercised gard to

"by the fact that the Ministar has since been to Hankow, the removal of their former for a similar purpose. But" over maps of the world with as Every quarter of the earth has a

A Good Magistrate 'the nationals of other this portion of the article deserves re- privileges, much excitement as possessed

distinct life of its own, where con-countries which still enjoy these production: A factor that might be IJNDER the heading "A Good Magis-

trato" the Chefgo Dally Nows, pub Marco Polo. The thrill of the first ditions vary with the environ-safeguards would not need appeale sex is that while the gentlemen he well worth the consideration of Sir

Hishes the following interesting, voyage out still must haunt ment, but Hong Kong is a Bri- from Kuomintang propagandiste negotiating with may be imbued rather, mystifying, paragraph: The every mode where is the fah Colony, and it a war the Briefrogo

with the greatest sincerity, and would magjaizate Fo Shan-hsion has of extraterritoriality, V

not drest of harm the foreignées, puck out the following pro- romance How? Is it to be found fish residents with whom we are

in their immediate vicidity, they have

They clamation.

desire of mp/control whatever over the coolle magistrato is not merely to In'd drive round the Peak, a bathe concerned in this article. They shanghal Kidnappers

element

creven officials in the Interchange names but to reform hearts. In Hepalse Bay, or a

of a round of golf to not exhibit the best virtues of

Jory The Murecent sizes to Pax: Haxidoes not fear crafty", enemies. THREE foreign ladies wore the prey master

tar slådriebla an, instance. That against whom he boldly neita. Abó at Fanling even if we do manage humanity

of kidnappers in Shanghai, laat sake in how quiet for the simple ren-lahing parstition he desirei also of made of with the handbags they had his had aukin matters to their ples to chon-To-create las

week, and in two instances the culprits so that was realized that the to be

to be constructy and to change tas and matched. The first occurred in the own handia le fed quickly fitter of unity a uplift the deathade || afternoon in Talven Road, whewan would have been and misnottidraft of strong enemies

Chincio of the lowt

to "do it in one?" The answer They have all the vicer which we must give to ourselves suburble:

They are narrow not an encouraging one. We

are merely necessities. Day after are afrai

the same routine -ord artificial circle within whi

Whing

who invade the country, and plader.

drinkama, un liba balvastly different"

gay bareme concludes his negotiations By Brethren, thhiờ, të not this very good? To Chinare, alamgarmand, Laineaniy kopáswa skali kand together

somma, certain, the Home for this works