THE CHINA MAIL DECEMB
THE WORLD GOES BY
Strange Poker
TRANGE things happened in
Appeal
the Thames, and
eMill on
it seems to have lost its pop
Public Please do not start run especially of Japanese landings. It
The carpet slipper has followed game of poker in the "China Mail" office the other night. Twice may be fun to your repeating them, the crinoline into oblivion. in little more than two hours, equal but to us they are all just a big "straights" turned up and the pool pain in the neck.
had to be divided. In
cases a
jackpot had been called and only
two players, each of whom bought
one card, remained in. On both Xmas And
occasions the betting went to the Wife Beating limit and when the hands were
"seen," a straight, knave high, was disclosed
The chance of two such combina-
BY
"ULYSSES"
dom of
"Esquire on this subject quot the old Chinese proverb about woman being like a gong, only use ful when beaten. But you know as Now, in the cold weather, is the well as I do that even the Chinese
are wrong sometimes..
time to revive it.
It is, nevertheless, a question to be
I am reminded of the matter not only by the season of so-called good-treated seriously. will, but by the news that in United]
States, an organisation has been Never spank a woman in anger. formed by wives who are regular-That is a degrading and pitiful With the season of goodwill hang-lly spanked by their husbands for action. You must spank her ing over us, with Christmas cards their misdeeds.
thoughtfully, for her own good. peeping impetuously from the shops,
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tions appearing even once in a Father Christmases back in harness The significant thing is that these Never make empty threats. Don't and all good citizens bound for the women have been organised for promise her a thrashing and then Bargain Basement-with all these some time. They are not disrupted forget, or she'll stop trusting you. improving sights around us the by divorce. They grin and bear it. moment has arrived to discuss the
For any further information, fquestion of how and when to
One can't help wondering, if one please don't come to me. Explain is the wondering sort, how many gently to your wife that you owe Four wife.
divorces might have been prevented half your own charm to being Walloping the spouse is an old if the husband had been an old-walloped regularly in youth. That English custom of unimpeachable fashioned fellow who preferred the may convince her respectability. But, like ice on the strap as a corrective to the long Or it may not.
evening is believed to be millions to
cne
The matter is being referred the board of directors.
* *
to
Two ugly and stupid Shanghai girls desire to be invited out for Christmas, says an advert in the North China Daily News" I I were not so stupefied with whisky, I should endeavour to make a fury remark here about Hong Kong girls.
NEW PALESTINE COMMISSION
London, To-day....
The Colonial Secretary informed the Commons at question time that he expected to be able shortly to announce the character and terms į of reference of the new Commis- sion which is to visit Palestine.
There would be no avoidable de- lay in sending out the Commission and meanwhile the Government of Palestine were preparing data for its use.
The Colonial Secretary also gave information ot the House on condi- tions in Palestine which he said had somewhat improved, though sporadic acts of terrorism continue. Several gangs of terrorists were] known to be still operating and these included a number of persons from Outside Palestine, who acted as leaders and organisers. So far twenty-six Arabs had been tried by military courts under the new re-1 gulations. Combined colums of mounted police and the Transjor- dan Frontier Force were operating with great activity in the north and both there and elsewhere vigorous steps were being taken to combat the continuing murder campaign. British Wireless.
Good value 1
Better value
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value !!! The Crazy Revue
HULLO HONG KONG
at the China Fleet Club TO-NIGHT 9.15
In Aid ofnes
beat
DID I LOCK THE FRONT DOOR.
-T'LL BE A WRECK TO-MORROW
TWO OCLOCK!
THERE'S THAT DOG AGAIN!
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