THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY SUPPLEMEN APRIL 29,
A wrecked railway bridge near Taierchwang, scene of bitter fighting for several weeks past. (CM.P. photo).
Members of St. George's Society who attended the ceremony at the Ce- notaph on St. George's Day. ("Mail" photo).
CABBAGES AND KINGS
Legal Advice
A well-known attorney was al- ways lecturing his office boy, whether he needed it or not. One, day he chanced to hear the follow- ing conversation between the bor and the one employed next door. "How much does your chief pay you?" asked the latter.
"I get $1,500 a year. Five dol- lars a week in cash and the rest in legal advice!"
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A Type
Vignette: "He is the type of fellow that goes into a drug store for a nickel drink, and expects with it two glasses of water, the use of a table and chair for an hour, the opportunity of listen- ing to the radio, the right to read a thirty-five-cent ́ magazine, the privilege of three ten-minute conversations over the telephone, and then complains because the place is not air-conditioned.”
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A Land Of Opportunity A little boy in an American school refused to sew, thinking it beneath the dignity of a 10-years- old man.
"George Washington sewed," said the principal, taking it for granted that a soldier must;""and do you consider yourself better than George Washington?”
"I don't know; time will tell," said the boy seriously.
Must Have Had Grapefruit
The fellow had just got back from Hollywood. He had been dazzled by the display of glam- our and greatness in the movie colony.
"Everything is done on a tre- mendous scale," he related to local friends. "I attended dinner at a movie producer's home one evening; and instead of using fingerbowls at the end of the meal, all the guests took show- -ers ***
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Improvement
"How is Duffer getting on with his golf?"
"Pretty well. He hit a ball in one today!"
-Hm-m!
Milton was asked if he intend- ed to instruct his daughters-in the different languages.
He replied, "No, indeed, one tongue is sufficient for a woman.” **
The One Thing Needful Told at an Edinburgh golf club dinner Jock and Sandy. were playing a match one day, and the following conversation was overheard on one of
the greens:
Jock: "How many strokes have you played?***
Sandy mnae sure, but I ken you've played six"
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