1931-05-25 — Page 11

MONDAY, MAY 25, 1931.

· THE

HONG KONG

PENINSULA HOTEL;

HONG KONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL; PEAK HOTEL

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL; PALACE HOTEL;

HOTELS,

LIMITED

In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits, Peking.

THE HARBOUR VIEW PRIVATE HOTEL.

9-12, Chatham Road, Kowloon.

Large Airy Rooms with Full Finest Siuntion on the Peninsula. Beneal of the Cool Sea Breeses. Unequalled Culsine.

Phone

Cable Add. "Karvlow."

Tel. 36734.

Proprietress—Mrs. Gardiner,

MARBLE HALL

21. Nathan Rd., Kowloon. Tel. 57089.

A Select Private Hotel furnished with an eye to the comfort of its Tenants. Single and double suites of rooms with private bath room attached.

TYPE also is

"PART OF THE PICTURE "

y

BEAUTIFUL

PRINTING

=

OUR business folders.

unnouncements and

printing of all sorts will be more ruuliful if · typo graphically more expressive of

MUSEUM'S NEW

TREASURES.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Pottery of China and Persia.

-

CHOICE PIECES.

TEHDY

WIDESPREAD FAITH IN MAGIC.

Large Numbers Still Influenced.

BABYLONIAN SPELLS.

11

HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE.

Beef Strlola

APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.

May 13, June, June,

1981, 1918. 1914.

Cts. Cta. Ctr.

23 12

Capons Small

Butcher Meat.

484 b. 33 24 12

Chicken

K

"

Prime Cul Corned

++

30 28 11

Capons, Large

*

Ronst

33 21 22

Duck

*

Break:

W

30 .20 18

-

Soup

27 20 18

Stink

33 24 22

1

40 30 35

+1

Steak Sirloin

Sausages

Bullock's Brains

Tongue, fresh.. Tongue, corned 4

ኮ

Foad

Heart

重

Hump, Sali

The British Museum has been Astrology, divination, the use of enriched under the will of Mr. numbers, and the system of medi- Harvey Hadden, qf. Claridge's cine which were in use in Mesopo- Hotel, Brook Street, formerly of tamia in the third millennium be Vancouver, who died in February fore Christ are as much alive and last at the age of 78 years, with as active in that country as ever, some eighty-three choice speel and are held by the natives in for muus of Oriental ceramics. All higher esteem than the exact are Chinese with the exception of sciences which Europeans have de-

And about six, which are examples of rived from them.

even in Persian pottery. The Chinese England and America at the pre- range through

dynasties sent time large numbers of people which (from Han to Ching.

jare influenced by beliefs Mr. Harvey left £151,325, with were common in Babylonia four or net personalty £150,289. He left five thousand

No years ago. £100,000 in trust for his ao amount of development, culture, or Harvey,' stating that his wife and education will make men abandon daughter are

of amulets and provided for by, wholly the use settlement, and his collection of systems

divination. For of pottery to the British Museum. amulets give their wearers a sense

Mr. Harvey Hadder was a keen of comfort and protection and Calves' Head & Foot

Mutton Chop A number of the specimens included in his gift to the British Museum have been on loan there for several pseudo-science, although it has

the collection

on the Pig's Chillings years, but

com been developed entirely prices one of the most generis lines of experiment and experience!

valuable gifts made to the and accurate records. of facts. Cand

Museum for many years.

collector of ceramies.

On a Watch Tower.

Foot

Kidneys

Tail

Liver

14

Tripe

"

+4

4

*

学诚 猪

Braine.

#

#

Feet

Poultry.

!.

36 26 20

10 12 each 75 60 60

Doves

Eggs, Hon (cooking)..

Eggs, Hen (fresh)

Fowls, Canton

Fowls, Hainan Goose

TI

per set 17

11

יו

May 13, Juno, June,

1931, 1918. 1924.

Gta. Cta.

C

each 45

per doz, 33

D

40

新鮮勒密

15.

DE TET 100

TH

Pigeons, Canton

Holbow

口爆

Turkeys, Cock

Turkeys, Hen

Almonds

888998765498288891

公

each 40

•

Ib.

ы

80

là cách 30

pair 3.50

each 45

Fruits.

Apples (California)

* 金山粺菜 泰山香菇

Coconuts

*

80

30

22

21

20

24

ន ៩ ៨ ន ន ន $ 5 ≡ 2 | ≥ | |

ន គឺ ឥ | នន់ | | | | | | |

| |

35

60

་

$1.20

-$1.20

Uls. 24

18 14

20

*

18

Snipe

each

12 10

12

Pheasant

Qual?

16

10

12

"

27

20 22

Partridges

Ib. 24 18 14

6 7

་

well-being, and they harm no one.

牛仔四 羊排骨

get $1.50 $1.00 $1.00

ib,

44

26

The Use Of Horoscopes. We are told that astrology is a

Log

44 26

-

85 £ 16.

1

Shoulder

羊

40

21

34 O

20

Saddle

++ 44

Bananas bride's)

G

4

30

27

Per ect 3

Carambola

12

lb.

15

10 10

15

18

"

Lemons, China

30

20

#

each 15

10

10

Lemons (American),

8

10

J

游枝干1

86

25 30

lb.

30

Oranges (Canton)

新炸甜機

28

P

25

23

37

Oranges

**

10

40

42 60

26 21

36

1-1

10

r1

per set 0

each 12 8

#

12

12

*

ព

8

ro

26

# each 24

12

th.

25 22

Walnuta

b. 32

ED

IR

PI

90

26

20

22 20

This development does not make it an exact science, but it is impos- The specimens of Ming porcelain sible not to be struck with the form one of the most important general accuracy of the readings.

| acquisitiors, an official of the Bri- of a large number of the charac- tish Museum informed the Sunday ters of men and women which are Tinies. There are two or three based upon the readings of horo- wonderfully fine examples of the scopes. There are living among us) art. including an elegant beaker parents who have had horoscopes

Fry

Head

#

Hostt

11

#

Kidneys

Liver

H

Pork Chop

Log

*

1

+1

"

Loin Fat Lard

Heart...

Kidneys

Liver

Mutton

Saudagar

No.

Fish.

$ $

猪猪猪羊 羊羊牛乳鮮牛牛 牛羊仔仔

蛟

#.

唐您 Fish

凡肝灶 骨牌手肉廑什心肝骨牌圈油脚心肝豬油油股

魚魚子魚魚魚 魚 魚癍魚白甲花蝦魚魚魚矮芒阆鎗蝦鯊公魚鰭段 »S»KE HAI ESENCES DE CUBARSYEJASHPURAETHERN 公斑

台狗

幣為姆鯤盤

***

with two elephant handles. A male immediately after births of Sheep's Head & Foot.. VI feature of these specimens is the their children, and who bring up lovely peacock blue glaze colour- their children according to the ing clouded with green. Two directions supplied by the horo- smaller vases of the same class scopist.

Sucking Pigs, to order have a dark aubergine-violet glaze Similarly there are medical Suet, Beef with bands of turquoise, while a practitioners who have horoscopes pair of Buddhist lions, on stands, of the patients made, and who use | Vrat have three-colour glazes of the the information derived from them same character.

as a guide to the treatment which Of the Chinese examples. one they eventually prescribe for their which stands out pre-eminently is patients. a green-glazed pottery model of n

The Amethyst Ring.

Barbel Han watch tower with the guards The results which astrologers Bream leaning out of the upper storey obtain sometimes are 80 remark- with their crossbows laid in readi- able, and

Canton Fresh Water their prognostications | ness on the ledge in front of them. are often fulfilled to the letter by This is a singularly fine specimen, subsequent events

Carp that even the Comparable with

Catfish i! are four unbeliever is "something in it."... Codfish pieces of T'ang potlery with a

Amethyst, from the Greek mottled glaze.

Crabs "amethustos," "not drunken," The Suag contribution includes without

drunkenness." This admirable specimen of the beautiful stone was believed to ivory-white Tingehow porcelain, a possess many qualities valuable to Dace

dish ropying the man, and was greatly prized as an Ting ware, a small celadon green ornament and as an amulet. Some howl of good quality, a Chun ware of the ancients thought it was incense-burner with lavender-grey

called "amethyst" because it was glaze, and EL bottle with black the colour of violet wine, and pro-

Frogs Riaze splashed with golden brown. tected men from drunkenness; but

Garoupa A Rare Mark.

Pliny does not believe this, and, (indgeon The museun is particularly for thinks that the stone and the wine! Herrings tannte in regard to the specimens have no connection. He mentions Halibut representing the Ching dynasty. that the magicians declared that if Labrus They are mainly of the mono- the names of the sun and moon Loach chrome class, which was not too were written upon

amethyst, Lobsters well represented in the museum and that if it was tied to the neck Mackerel collection, and the Hadden list in with peacock's hairs and the Monk Flah creases the permanent number by feathers of a swallow, it would Mullet about thirty pieces. Some of them protect a man against sorcery. Oystera

the mature of your

an

i usiness.

We have not only the

standard types but also a variety of free and sketchy designs that will subtly

indicate qualities of hande work and craftsmanship,

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LTD.

For Better Printing,

China Mail Bldg.

Ja, Wyndham 5r.

DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.,

52

35

20

#24

15

16

7

8

10

น

14

126

·2B

29

34

39

40

13

144

146

48

50

HORIZONTAL

1-Precedence

A couple

9-Stretched tight

10-Hidden

.*12-Foam

19-Sharp 15-Polsonous serpent. 16-Designs 19-Foe (Bcot.) 20-Pronoun

21-A clerical garment -23-A U. B. coln (abbr.)

24-Title of former

rulers of Russia 25-Tumult

26-Paint of compass

(abbr.)

+27-A wager

28-An laland of the

West Indian

$1–Witchilka

34-Exist

‚85-Attracts

88-Arab (abbr)

HORIZONTAL (Cont) 189-To stoop, as flax

41-Majestic

42-Corroded

43-Join

45-Angered 40-Pours down 40-Domesticated |50–To make dirty |61-impairs

VERTICAL

1-Jump

2-Finish 3-While 4-Distributes B-Musical Instrument 6-Indefinite article 7-Writing fuld

B-A shoul

·9-Examinations

[32

33

3B

42

VERTICAL (Cont:) 14-Ensnares 16-Flasting 17-Farm anlinal

18-Twisted about |21-Ą Grecian Island In Mediterranean Sea

22-A bird (pl.) 20-Danger

29-A Mohammadan

prince |30-A sheep's cry |42-Graded

33-To be in foar

(simplified spalling)'

36-Twelvo dozen 27-An Inapot (pl.) 40-A set of workers 42-Greek god of war

44-Bind

45-A mischievous oblid 47-A province of 11-To set in responsa Canada (abbr) |12-Anything designed 40-A college degres

toʻallure fals

(abbr.)

The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's festie along with a new cross-word puzzle.)

Kintelchen

Un

Cuttia Fish Dab

Dog Fish Eels, Gangar

Fresh Water

"Yellow

are of great rarity; for instance. The man who placed an amethyst | Parrot Pich

a box with pale emerald green under his tongue might drink the Feroh crackled glaze and a small vase contents of a large vessel of wine Pike with pale yellowish-green glaze without becoming intoxicated, and Plaice

with wide crackle, and matt sur- he who drank wine out of a vessel Fomfret, Witte

face. This evidently, it was stat-made of amethyst might drink al: Pomfret, Black

ed, was an example of the copy-its contents with immunity. Worn Prawni

ing of the Sung Ko ware.

and

as an amulet it cured a man of Ray The white specimens

are not out; placed under the pillow an Rock Fish able, and include A beautiful amethyst gave the sleeper pleasant Roach Agure of the Taoist Immortal o dreams,

it improved his Salmon Hsien Ku, made in a faintly memory, and made him

immune Shark crackled cream-white glaze, evi-from poison. Some believed that Skate dently a Ch'ing version of the the wearer of the stone became Shrimps Sung Ting ware. Several spec-gentle and amiable through its in- Snapper mens bear the Ch'ing Lung mark. fluence, and that by it he was pre- which renders them of rare value.served from outhursts of temper

Another noticeable specimen in and wrath. Its presence in the Turbot

Soles

Tench

the group is a lovely white bottle ring of a bishop was thought to Torties, smals, fr. water with a slightly undulating glaze be helpful to the wearer and also: decorated with an archaic dragen to the devotee who kissed it..

-

The Evil Eye.

陕北 水

*

Π

魚魚魚魚肉

**$575822S HERNAN

22

28

18878CELETZTEN BIST

10

1b. 44 16 21

20

16

F

34

30

"

38

16

28

}

30

62

30

25

30

i

23

32

15

18993232R8258€¦¤°2286222828882228-28***** 19&PERN219882827777"-p"ag***÷ARGAREPI

8*88*888**8 SUCAASN££*5*2*58***********&&

35

30

22

30

!

:

Lichces, Dried

Pears (Canton).....

Pennuta

Persimmons, Large

Plantain Pun:elo, Siam

each 13

16. 26 36

Silic từ cách 13

4

12

#

*

科生韩蕉袖格

***

Graper

Vegetables, &c.

Artichokus

Beaus. Sprout

Long

Beet Root

Bitter Squash

Hrinjals, Green

Red...

Cabbage, Chinase

(Shanghai)

Cane Shoots, bunch

"

098 18 19 12 12 1

each 12

2

1b.

7

"

+

24

5

3

I

3

12

CoullRower (Large) .. ★STE cach

(Medium) 中梛榮花

椰榮花

B

6

Carrota

ib.

5

#

10

辣椒干

25

11

紅辣椒

10 10

8

IZ

(Small)

Celery, Chinelo

Chillies, Dried

Red

Green

Curry Stuff, Engilah..

Cucumbers

Garlic

Ginger, Young

Old

Horseradish, Shanghai

Indian Corn

Lettuce

Water Chestnuts

Mushrooms, Fresh Okroes

*

GKHUWEUKIAKERUESHEZUELN KEEVA £#Ï<#=8KEKLERE 生梅菜

竹染气凼瓜瓜瓜菜菜笋花花笋干椒 米菜 菜薯仔孖瓜 菜癈甜菜

IN

Mandirin. #

# #

43

上海炼

Shanghai

Rhubarb (Fresh)

日本

仓山美

紅街

Onions, Bombay

Green

Paraley

38

Potato, Sweet..

70

Japanese

14

American

20

Pumpidn Radish ...

44

18

10

Shallots

10

Spinach Tomatoes Toros

32

85

$1

1.09

Turnips, Pund (Long)

Vegetable Marro% ****

Water Creta Water Lily Root

SAMSOCQmalaaövoö||Ro.c.Bu.Cazal || Roola

35

א

2

f

7

20

8

4

45

1

1

8

6

10. 00

a

3

3

4

7

G

10

10

15

A 16

| | | | | | |******* ! | * * * * - ~ |- } ] } ~ 12° | | | | |

B

8

18

#

BALCHEN PRAISED. | Atlantic flight aspirants were in CONVICTS' VARSITY COURSE.

the East preparing for their Alights, and talking much about Lindbergh their preparations,

and coloured with underglaze blue. This is regarded as an exceptional

Of all the things which hove piece, having that undefinable driven man in all ages to invent something known as "quality," and and to use magic, the most potent the style which appeals so strong-is the "Evil Eye," or the "Evil BYRD'S PILOT ON MANY BIG quietly, flew his Spirit of St. ly to the Chinese collector.

Look."

We may accept thei

FLIGHTS. view, which 18 based on the

Louis from San Diego to New York in May, 1927, and took off a few days later almost unan-

"To Make Them Fit To Earn An Honest Living."

Sixteen countries have so far ac-general experience of mankind,

New York, Apr. 24. |cepted the invitation of the Cana-¦that envy can, and docs, impart to The autobiography of Announced on his epoch-making An experiment to further the

dian Government to send official re-the eya some quality

which thony Fokker, the noted aircraft Right to Paris.

rehabilitation of criminals through presentatives to the World's Grain emanates from It and works evil designer, written in collabora-

St. Louis, Apr. 24. Exhibition and Conference to be upon the person or thing on which tion with Bruce Gould, criticises "Since I haven't read the arti-higher education is to be under- held at Regina, July 25 to August it falls. But there is something the technique of Admiral cle, I can't comment fairly," taken by the State of California. 6, 1932. These countries are: else which will produce the same Richard Byrd during the ad- Admiral Byrd said to-day when A group of picked inmates of San Italy, Feru, Yugoslavia, Guatemala, effect na envy, that le to saymiral's trans-Atlantic flight and told of Anthony Fokker's au- Quentin Prison will be paroled to New Zealand, Czechoslovakia, The jealousy, "before which who can praises Bernt Balchen, who was tobiography.

wam glad to Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, stand?" as the Book of Proverbs both pilot and navigator on some have him give Balchen credit. the University of California to per- Siam, India, Portugal, Switzerland, testifies, and the "Song of Songs" of Byrd's most famous flights. Balchen is a good man."

mit them to continue studies taken Estonia, The Philippine Islands and in the words "Jealousy is cruel as

The books, placed on sale Asked recently what he up in extension work in the State Argentina. It la expected that the grave the coals thereof are to-day, states that Byrd might thought about, as he flew over prison. about 50 countries will be represent-coals of fire (which hath) have flown to Paris ahead of the the North Pole, Commander ed when the exhibition and confer-vehement flame."

At the present time more than "unscientific Lindbergh" if he Richard E. Byrd replied in part: ence opens next year.

[The above are extracts from had not delayed over what "I thought of the limitations 3,000 of the prison's 4,800 prisoners "Amulets and Superstitions," by Fokker regarded as unnecessary of those who have taken over the are enrolled in the various classes at Sir E. A. Wallis Budge, published details.

conduct of civilisation; I thought

San Quentin. by the Oxford University Pross.]

Byrd, with Balchen as one of for the first time, as in a flahh

"The arrangement, to permit his crew of hrec, flew to France of understanding, of the in- According to unrevised figures of in June, 1927.

Although he adequate results of the effort to qualified students in the prison to their education at the Department,

reached Paris, a heavy fog ob solve, not the enigmas of space continue Fisheries, salmon landed by British scured the entire district and he and time, but the problems of State University is in line with our aim to make them capable of earn- Columbia fishermen made up slight flew aimlessly about for hours, mankind..

We are en- ly more than a Afth of Canada's finally landing in

the surf at "We have improved and pro- ing an honest living. total catch of sea fah in 1980, while Ver-sur-mer.

Byrd was slight gressed and develpoed, but we deavouring to do this as quickly as possible," enys the prison educa- cod from Atlantic waters made up ay injured and the plane was have

falled to make the aeventh, the figures being, re-badly damaged.

Fokker's in- most of ourselves: we have tional director. spectively in hundredweights, 2,164,-terest in the flight was the fact explored everything xxcept

Applicants will have to pass the 636 and 1,551,253. Pilchards and

still regular entrance examinations of our consciences; we that the plane the admiral used herring, both from the Pacific, also

a horde of pigmies, selfish and the University before being per- was a Fokker tri-motored ina- made good showings, at 1,507,108chine.

envlous, each striving for in- mitted to enrol, and ill be required ewț. and 1,224,690 cwt,, respectively.

to report to regular parole officers. While Byrd and other trans-dividual supremacy."

SATURDAY'S SOLUTION.

HEAT GILL

MARJ

LEAN

BOT ASE

SHAM

JORAL

ON DIE BEST 98 PO

NE RATE

the

Dominion

of

are