1937-03-18 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 18, 1937.

Purdah 200

THE Banned In WORLD Albania

GOES BY

WITH something of a short

read the other day the

Tirana, To-day." Albanian Moslem, women will in future not only be permitted, but

required, to reveal titted to the

if a Bill submitted

ford, so long content to winsper Albanian Parliament by the Gov- from her towers the last enchant-ernment receives the sanction of ment of the Middle Ages (as jolly the deputies. old Matt Arnold said) is now bawl- ing at the top of her voice for $750,000 to extend research,

The BiH demands abolition of the heavy black veil which Moslem women in the country are forced

QUEENS

TO-DAY AND TO-MORKOW

Greek Meets Greek in a Hug of War!

Gene RAYMOND

In prim, precise accents an elder to wear in public. ly literary don of our acquaintance It threatens with prison terms confirmed the urgency of the appeal, up to six months and heavy fines as our brief conversation shows: Jany husband or father who by per- or force compel "You're really asking

for suasion, threats

their female relatives to hide their £750,000?”

features behind the veil.

The Bill is said to have been SATURDAY. sponsored by the Church, which re- gards the veil as injurious to healthTrans-Ocean.

“Yuh, 750,000 berries. Seven hundred and fifty thousand sweet smackers."

"It's a lot of money.”

"Yuh, well, see the boys figure it this way, there's a whole lot of guys about just lousy with dough that'll may be line up for a hand- out when they get live to the ides there's class to this racket, or maybe they won't."

You sound rather bitter.” "Me? I'm not sore. I just got a yen for a `dame.”

"Who?"

WEDDING BELLS IN KOWLOON

Miss Margaret George And Mr. Sullivan

Miss Margaret Olwin George and **Joan Crawford. Boy, those eyes! And can that baby roll them? Mr. William Sullivan of the H. K. Police, were married yesterday Listen I went round to the pix}

afternoon at St. Andrew's Church, last night.

Kowloon

The old story. Love generally arrivés late in Oxford, but when he does he sweeps every Senior Com mon Room like a fiery cyclone.

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The Church condemns marriages.

idless

The marriage service urges the desirability of having children.

Ministers cry out against declin- ing birth-rates.

Bishops thunder against control

birth

The bride, charming in a gown of white spotted tulle over pale pink satic, was given away by her

father

The Misses Dagma Rohel, Moira Patey, and Rosemary Am Read, were bridesmaids. They were gowned in pale pink, mauve and blue tulle over matching shaded sabin

The bride's twin sister, Mrs. W. Stephens, is Matron of Honour, wore blue moire taffeta with navy accessories and carried pink roses. Mrs. George, the bride's mother, "Caretakers for Church Schools was gowned in a brown silk crepe wanted Must be married couple, tunic ensemble.

And here is an ad; în a Home

paper:

the man to act as assistant verger A reception was held following Must be communicants of the the ceremony at the home of the Church of England and no children. bride's parents, No. 1, Minden

Avenue.

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We are used, in England, to brand new houses faked up to look as if they had been there when Drake holed out in one or the Hoe.

We have heard about the imita tion log cabin which serves as the bar on one of America's latest streamlined Diesel trains.

But one of the best things so far produced by this cult for dis guising things to look anything but what they are, is an aeroplane han- gar built to look like a Tudor cot tage with a thatched roof

There's a big epidemic of infivenza raging in Buffalo and they are get- ting desperate about it. Employers can't get anything done most of their staffs are in bed

Now the municipat have steppelin. They have tered buses and railway statio with the sign “Stop that Kis The offices in the TownI display the notice very The chief, clerk în 224

"Of course, kissing We have about three week and they see a place to practise. you know."

always say that bight-coloured walls

Cheerful

SIR JAMES CURRIE PASSES

War Time War Office Organiser

London, To-day. The death occurred yesterday of Sir James Currie, director of the Empire Cotton Growing Corpora- tion, at the age of 69.

Sir James did useful work in the treat War and was knighted for this services in 1919.

He was Assistant Surveyor-Gen at of Supply at the

resentative

American the Army

1919.

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in Town

GARY COOPER & JEAN ARTHUR.

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TO-MORROW AND SATURDAY

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BUNKERS,

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