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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1931.

BY GOLLY! I'D GIVE A LOT TO KNOW HOW TO GIT OUT TO-NIGHT- 'DINTY IS GIVIN'A POKER PARTY-

THE CHINA MAIL.

Bringing Up Father

MR-DICK SHUNARY JUST PHONED AND SAID TO BEAT HIS HOUSE BY SEVEN- GET? UP-DON'T KEEP A MAN OF

HIS STANDING WAITING

FOR YOU-

WHY SHOULDI.

BE AT HIST

HOUSE?,

NOW LISTEN-DONT TRY “TO GET OUT OF IT

INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET IN WITH HIGH-CLASS

GENTLEMEN LIKE

HIM YOU TRY TO

- AVOID THEM-

IF YOU INSIST-

"LL GO-

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HOW DO YOU

DO. MR. SHUNARY?

BY JOVE. I'M GLAD YOU CALLED`MR-JIGGS-1 HAD

FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT THE BOARD OF

DIRECTOR'S ́MEETING.

TO-NIGHT-HAVE YOU

MET MY WIFE?

BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETIN'?

WE WILL JUST HAVE TIME TO GET THERE TO

VOTE ON THE

NEW FACTORY BILL- THEY : NEED OUR VOTES! AS YOU KNOW... {

OH. MUST YOU GO OUT TO-NIGHT? `THOUGHT

YOU WERE GOING TO STAY HOME

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE

TUT-TUT! I HATE THE IDEA OF GOING OUT- BUT I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS MEASURE IS

TO YOU ANO ALSO HOW MUCH!

BUSINESS YOU CAN THROW MY WAY-I'LL GET MY HAT

I WISH YOU DIDN'T HAVE SO MUCH ·

BUSINESS.

STANDARD TIMES.

Sunrise and Sunset

in Colony.

Sunrise and Sunset in Kons Kong for October, 1931, Stan- dard time of the 120th Meridian East of Greenwich) are an fol. lows:

Sunrise Sunset

2.II. p.m.

THAT GUY NEEDS

MEDICAL ATTENTION-

GOOD NIGHT- DEAR! I HATE TO GO-BUT BUSINESS IS BUSINESS-

I HATE ALL

THESE DIRECTORS' MEETINGS-

SAY! WHAT'S

THE MATTER

WITH YOU?

MY WORD! YOU'RE AS DUMB AS MY WIFE, I WANTED TO GET

OUT, TO-NIGHT- 50 1 HAD TO

USE YOU FOR · AN EXCUSE-

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TO HER-

YES-MRS-JIGGS-IT'S A LONG

DRAWN OUT MEETING-YOUR HUSBAND IS TOO BUSY. TO COME TO THE PHONE AS HE IS VOTING-

NO ONE- BUT WE'LL

HAVE TO ORDER IT

WHO WANTS LEMONADE?

HOLD UP

YOUR CARDS. SPIKE-YOU KNOW HOW I HATE TO CHEAT

WHO KEEPS

PUTTIN' IN

THEM LEAD DIMES?

YES MRS› SHUNARY. IT'S A LONG DRAWN OUT MEETIN' YOUR]

HUSBAND IS TOO BUSY TO COME TO 'PHONE ASHE IS

VOTIN, HE ASKED,

ME TO

CALL

YOU-

OH I FEEL SO HAPPY TO KNOW HE'S TAKING AN INTEREST IN BUSINESS-1 DON'T CARE HOW LATEHE STAYS OUT WHEN I KNOW HE'S WITH

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THE GENTLE ART OF WRITING. "The Story of My Life") how

How Certain Authors Began.

Of course we all know that some people don't think much of any one who makes a living by bla pen.

| G. H. Burgin, author of coupiless books, including many novels, de- clares (in, his reminiscences **Mem.

when staying with H. G. Wells. ou one occasion, Wells turned to him and said:

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beguile the inactive hours, she tried her hand at writing short stories, had Boveral accepted by # magazine, and in less than three years she had won the Pulitzer prize. Now one' should not aug. gest anything so -drastic ખું શ cracked skull and three broken ribs us being essential qualifications to literary fame and fortune. The point is, you never know what you can do until you try.

One of the quaintest reasons for "Why have you never written a taking up writing is that owned novel? Every man who has been up to by E. M. Delafield, noted out in the world and seen the world. English novelist. It seems that ought to write at least one novel."

And why not?

It Can Be Done.

on the

on a dull visit to country acquain- tances, she suddenly found herself adopting the ruse of a friend of Only the other day, a lady who hers who made it a practice to until quite recently had never escape from the company oirs of a Clubman") that when he written anything but a letter in excuse of having to work on her was beginning to write a dear old

her life before, won the Pulitzer novela purely imaginary novel, in friend of his--a Presbyterian | elder—was so pained at the

fiction prize for 1930 with a first the literal sense. To quiet a tender ́out-

Miss Delafield made a novel "Years of Grace! She conscience, look that lie was moved to prayer. Margaret Ayer Liarnes, wife of a feint at beginning romance,

"O Lord," he prayed one night Chicago fawyer, and mother of three became Interested, and to lier sur- | error of his ways and teach him Howing sons, aged 9, 13, and 15 rise found a novel taking shape

J'eITA. How did Mrs. Barnes under her hand. to do something useful.”

Advice from Experts. suddenly start to write?

There is a story of the book- Well, some three years ago uhej On the other band, Sir Harry and her husband were motoring world, which may be recalled as Johnston, noted explorer, and ad- through the French cathedral towns suggesting the things necessary in ministrator who late in life turn when they met with a nasty auto-a first novel and a "first novelist." ed novelist and wrote several fine mobile accident., Mrs. Barnes had stories including "The Gay her skull cracked and three ribs Dombeye"--a sequel to Dickens' broken. As a consequence she was "Dombeya" und Son"-relates (in || Iald up for six months, To

"Lurn our young friend. from the

Not so bad!

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well-known publisher, relates James Milne (in "A London Book Window"), was called upon by the

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