1937-12-13 — Page 8

Page

THE CHINA MAIL,

13. 1937.

THE WORLD GOES BY

A

*

*

unsympathetic.

because it

income is something that is "Incidentally, the North China serving with the Volunteer Corps "A hard, metallic difficult to live within and im-staff is accustomed to being on the that there was hardly anyone left makes the subscriber think you are

front During the fighting in 1932, to write up the possible to live without.

Chinese refugees used to sleep on Where's your grammar, asked the the steps of the composing-room. old gentleman of a little girl who The staff could almost set their Enjoining telephone operators to had spoken incorrectly. "Gone to watches by the shells of the even-1"be as courteous, voice to voice, as the pictures with granfer," was the reply

What would you call a man who deceives his wife for twelve years? asked a woman in a London court. A super wizard.

London

BY "ULYSSES"

Lord Peterborough, writing in the ing "hate" whistling overhead from "Daily Telegraph," is giva Chinese armoured train west of ing much publicity to Sapajou, the Shanghai. cartoonist of the "North China Daily News" He says:

“Sapajou" is in private life Mr. George Sapojnikoff. He was at one time an officer in the Imperial Rus sian Army.

"A friend who knows him well tells me that during the Revolution he was given transport towards Vladivostok in the same train as a Red commissar. In Mr. Sapojnikoff's words, the commissar "spied on him the first day, cursed the Jews the second, and called him Sir on the third."

on

you would be face to face, Aus tralia's Postmaster-General, Mr. H. P. Brown, CMG, has just issued a pamphlet telling them to avoid Feultivating

"An abrupt voice, otherwise the caller is likely to think you are im- patient and too busy to listen to his request.

"A Teaping inflection as if you were taking a hurdle.

"A chanting voice because it con- veys a sense of boredom..

"Exaggerated R's. A slight roll- "A dreamy voice or drawl, because

ing is helpful, but don't exaggerate it destroys the subscriber's con them to the exclusion of the word fidence in your ability to give him itself." efficient service.

"A monotonous voice because it

The qualities indispensable to good gives the caller the impression that telephone speech are given as re- The news editor used to com-you are not interested in his require-sonance, pitch, modulation, diction

and pronunciation. plain that so many of his men were ments.

THE PICK OF THE MARKET!

IRUN FRONTIER

CLOSED

Hendaye, Saturday.

The Spanish Nationalist authori- ties at Irum to-day informed the French police that the frontier world be closed until December --20.

+

was

The Southern express able to pass through last night but arrived at Hendaye only after considerable delay.

All frontier permits are being cancelled for the time being, says an announcement, and even journalists are no longer allowed to cross the frontier,

It is believed the measure is A connected with the coming Na- tionalist offensive, preliminary operations in which have already started. Trans-Ocean.

Persistent Headaches.

Persistent headaches, which či not give way to ordinary headache treat- ment and which are not caused by defective vision, are usually signs of weakening nerves, a condition brought about by an impoverished condition of the blood.

Nervous derangement of all kinds, including headaches, backaches, pains in limbs and insomnia, are best elimin- ated by tonic treatment through the blood. Most digestive troubles also are traceable to nerve weakness and thus: form part of that group of ailments which has anaemia impoverished blood) as the primary cause. Per

A treatment recommended by thou- sands of people all over the world, who have experienced its merits, is a course of Dr. Williams Pink Pills. This splendid blood-building, nerve-streng thening tonic is unique in that it con- tains elements which are easily assimil- able, and which rapidis, oxygenise the blood, thus enriching, purifying and in- creasing the supply Sufferers from loss of vitality and vigour, headaches, backaches, pains in loins, dizziness and palpitation, pallor and loss of weight, nervousness, insomnia, digestive trou bles, all results of poor blood, will find speedy and permanent relief in DE. Willams Pink Pills, the proved blood and nerve tonic - Al

AFTER SELECTION, YOUR BIRD WILL BE STORED FREE AND

DELIVERED ON CHRISTMAS MORNING.

THE DAIRY FARM

ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.

e Food Specialists