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ETERNAL SPIRIT OF

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SECRETS OF PAINTERS IN PAST CENTURIES

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SPIRIT OF COUNTRY FINDS

DIRECT EXPRESSION

(By T. W. Earp)

HEN our eighteenth-century upon reality and plunge at saco ancestors were swept by a into a world of fairy-tale. It is father, Lient John D. Edwards, from outside air, but with its own Chinese vogue it was a craze-com-known that painting on silk and was killed during the World War internal atmosphere cleansed pounded of travellerstales and paper, and wall-painting in fresco, when his destroyer collided with periodically, would offer the pro-porcelain. Accounts of voyages not only existed but reached a to China were the best-sellers of high accomplishment during the Hong Koog, Thursday, Dec. 26, 1935, the Acquitania in the Englishịtection of a vast gas mask.

Wing-Commander F. J. Hodsoll the day, and eager readers rein- Han dynasty and the so-called head of the Air Raids Precautions forced their conception of the dis Six Dynasties, following, a period Department, said that the instalia-tant land from the quaint figures from two centuries before Christ Hon of a filtering system to purify and scenes blooming on newly to the start of the seventh cen- tury, But, works surviving from the air in large buildings would imported tea-service and vase. The story of Pandora is

They built up a delightful but this epoch are very rare, while pagan legend, but it is unfor-UGE rigging terms as flying simplify the fight against gas.

SUCH terus as Grade

incorrect idea of it as an Oriental contemporary references to them Lilliput without a soul, which are obscured by a bewildering satisfied their cult of the cuziourţeland of legend.

Peace On Earth

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Topsails Are Not Top Sails

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our human affairs. Pandora spanker and topsail, mean little to COMPLETE INSULATION

was a lady who had a big box the uninitiated and the land Folson gas, a chemist pointed and had the attraction of op Thus we hear of a picture of

CAR WITH TWO

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Hamburg

is no laughter that has not a background of tears, and no crusade that does not lose it- self on the way to the. New Jerusalem. just as the old crusades did.

Berlin: A motor-car fitted with "Peace on Earth to men of two engines so that either, the Goodwill”

*

posites.

the summer sky that, made people The treasures of Chinese paint-feel hot, and one of the north for air

ing, in which the real spirit of wind that made them cold, and of A factory or building could be sion, were unknown to them. And by paintings of temperate land- the country found direct expres-those ill with fever being cured

this perhaps was fortunate, for it scapes.

Your Daily Smile!

the

Musician *Yes, our Alfie has a wonderful-ear

Tine's Lesson

in which all mamer of good lzbber. except that it does seem motives, with their gifts of pro-the topsail should be on top. How out, is an extreme case of air pel- sperity and happiness, were ever, on a full-rigged ship the sails Intion, and the remedy locked up. together with sun-second from the deck are the top-pollution is air-conditioning. dry defects of character that sails, with four other sails above bring misery and strife in the them. On the main wast, for completely insalated from bottom of the bar, When our instance, the real top sail is the outer atmosphere, except for doors left their fantasy undisturbed. There are stories of painted wayward rare was by way of main skysail, next the main royal, and air pumped in and removed while they were not ready for the dragons attracting rain cloads being born she opened the box then the topgallant, upper tupeal, through a special outlet. At ex deeper message.

during · drought, of painted • ̈ figh tracter containing bleaching pow-| and out few all the virtues and lower topazil and mainsail.

der could remove large quantities

used satisfactorily as bait for joys. But she kept it open

(of mustard gas or lewisite.

Then the Romantic Movement otters, or swimming away from too long and gave a chance for

Occupants of buildings conci-broke the prevailing mould of their silk panel when dipped in a all the contrary qualities to take flight also.

tioned in this way could carry on taste. Poet and artist. rebelled stream. A painter badly received Hence there

at a temple where he sought a their usual work during a raid, against a culture founded on and public buildings so treated imitation of the Greek and Latin night's lodging, drew a donkey on New Production In could be available as shelters.

classics. They turned to nature furniture of the temple was found the wall; the next morning thm instead, and Wordsworth, though he knew it not, voiced an attitude kicked to pieces. which is also evident in the work;

Carried To Extremes of the great Chinese landscape

One artist carried his skill to painters. His poetry, telling of extremes. In the Emperor's pre- the spiritual comfort that he sence he painted a vast landscape,

Lake District, is a key to their gateway of a cave in the picture inspiration and an excellent in-suddenly opened. He walked into troduction to their art.

it and beckoned the Emperor to Difficulties, too, that the me-follow, but the gate closed before I'm thinking of becoming a debt thods of Chinese painting would the monarch could move. The actor. What do you think of the once have presented, with its whole scene ther faded from the idea?"

"It's a good idea. All you need is absence of rounded solidity, of wall, and the painter was never practice. You lend me $5, and I let shading and perspective, have seen again. you practice on me for nothing"

{gradually been smoothed sway. For this event, as for the others. The barrier of sodity began to the names and dates of the won- grow less when Turner brought a der-working artists are duly re- ing schools had the misfortune

An Irish recruit in one of the rid-new kind of directness into Wes-corded, though all specimens of part company with his horse. Accord-tern art Since then a great deal their talent have disappeared. It ing to custom, the demanded: "Did of our modern painting, as far as is disappointing that sceptics see you receive orders to dismount?

its technical side is contamed, has in these tales no more than the I did, sor

approached nearer to the way in early historians', manner of state which the Chinese handled their ing that the art of their time was subjects. It may be said that extraordinarily successful in give fime has prepared as both in ing the illusion of real life: motion and practice, to appreciate

Six Casons the exhibition at Burlington House. Fairytale World

| side.

Has there beer front wheels, the back wheels or

for music. Show him any of those any year intervening that has both sets may be used to drive itmaphone records and strie drew from the wild scenery of the and on clapping his hands the not either seen one set of men forward, has been built at 2 away he'll tell you what's on the other killing another, or at least pre-factory in Hamburg. paring to do so? For it is a The system, it is claimed, makes sad fact that, it is impossible the car extremely useful an un-j to take for granted that all men even ground, for if one pair of are men of Good Will What wheels loses its grip or gets stuck are we to do with the men of the power can be transferred to the Bad Will? That is the actual other pair.

problem that gives work to all In addition, all four wheels are our reformers in private life steered simultaneously so, that and our statesmen in public very sharp "comers' can be taken Life. Take out of our nations with ease. The engines are each expenditure all the votes for of 15 b.p.-Reuter. Police, Army and Navy and Air

Forces, and what a fund there red suddenly in one of those would be to make distressed waves of resolve which cannot people happy, and give a better be neglected by any Govern- cheer to the lonely!

ment without calamity."

Practice

Obedience

"Where from

From hindquarters," said Paddy,

The Acme of Fish Stories

to

| Chinese ant-history is to lose hold

At any rate Hrich Ho, an artist at the end of the fifth century, had already laid down the aims (Continued on Page 113

At the moment the question During the days of en being discussed is whether the thusiasm for the first establish- “Last month I was in Sweden and Dictator of Italy will perpetrate ment of a League of Nations caught a giant fish. It was so big "a mad dog act" by challeng General Smuts said in the that they could not take it into the ing the rest of Christendom to

course of a famous speech boat." a duel for the right to fight. It

That happened to me when I went Yet to begin at the beginning of that no Lezgne could be would practically be a duel for successfully worked

(to New York on the Normandie “ unless at least the first few days of it included Germany on the New Year, till France was terms of equality how much ready to take part The planes failure would have been avoid will be scouting about and ed if that advice had been ac wireless messages fitting cepted that "humanity has through the air during the struck its tents, and is unce whole of what we call the more on the march

That "festive season," and every hope seemed to have been add warship in the Mediteranean ed to the good intentions that will be ready to weigh anchor have provided paving to the at a moment's notice.

|broad road down which all the The irony of the situation is nations have prefered to that if the mad dog would be march because a highway does fighting for the right to fight, not interfere with military pres the other combatants would be cision, and makes it possible to fighting for the right to live in march abreast

“BELIEVE IT OR NOT” by Robert L. Ripley

peace. The cynic says that no One can hardly hope that so such effort would be under-great a victory for human life taken for merely armistic mo- as a sudden and unanimous tives. To which the answer move to stop a war carried ov made has been that there is no by one of big nations will be hypocrisy about it, that the won. It is only those who have stoppage of war is enlightened little imagination that do not self-interest. That is perfectly see how it would start the true, and the standard of en-heavy stone running, down -on lightenment does not need to the right side of the hill in be very high to appreciate the stead of the wrong. But it is truth. But very few people are quite certam that it will not be willing to, take laborious action won without both wisdom and for the sake of anything but courage. And there must also their most immediate interests, be promptitude The Govern and nothing very substantial ments have no reserve of comm will be gained unless there are fidence to draw upon in fact strong and simple ideals to be they are deeply distrusted, and fought for. We must make it delay will do nothing but giv clear that this struggle is not opportunities for the cynies to only to stop waste, but to see sow more distrust. It is not that what is saved will be used possible to explain reasons for for those who are most in need delay in a way, that will ever or help. The stirring events of carry confidence. There must the last ten days have revealed be strenuous action, and a stop. that the ordinary man who page of the war, or else the rays the piper in every State people will merely believe that has made up his mind to watch there is collusion After the his own Government, and to see war has been stopped let there that it dances to the tone be a fair and just settlernent by The new diplomacy has joined all means. The need then be the old under a cloud of suspi- no hurry. that is wanted is cion. After a long period of that the apathy due to the fact that no allowed to. body could see any

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