1941-01-14 — Page 21

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 14, 1941. MUTT AND JEFF

JULIUS, IT'S

›REMEMBER THE

FUNNY BUTTROUBLE MOTHER I NEVER TOLD HAD WHEN WE

WERE BOYS? SHE COULDN'T TELL

US APART!

MY FRIEND,”`

MUTT, ABOUT

you!

SÍR SIDNEY SENT ME THIS BEVERAGE-I'LL

·TRY IT! -- WELL,

·HERE'S HOW!

WOW! SOME STUFF! SEEMS TO BE AWFUL. POWERFUL!

I MUST TELL JEFF ABOUT THIS!

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-MAJOR

SHOCKED ARTISTIC WIFE

Differences in temperament be- tween a major and his wife, concert singer, were referred to by Mr. Justice Hodson in the Divorce Court, when he gave judgment in cross-suits in which each asked for divorce.

The petition of the wife, Mrs. Helen Marjorie Norbury, of Ken- sington Court, London,

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was

which she alleged cruelty. dismissed. Major Malcolm Nor- bury was granted a decree nisi an the ground of desertion.

Major and Mrs. Norbury, who have two children, were married in May, 1918,

Sensitive Woman

In May, 1937, Mrs. Norbury left

her husband.

Giving judgment, Mr. Justice Hodson said that Mrs. Norbury was a woman of artistic tem. perament and her husband

was

a very different type of man.

That difference in their tem- peraments seemed to explain almost everything that had hap-

pened.

10 GIRLS ON BIKES CALL OUT HG.

By A Special Correspondent

CYCLING BREATHLESSLY along miles of country lanes, ten Girl Guides, the eldest sixteen, the youngest twelve, became Army messengers in an emergency. They summoned 200 Home Guards to duty within two hours.

When the Commanding Officer saw his men massed on parade he said, "Good heavens! How on earth did we get them here so soon?" "The Guides have done it again, sir," an officer told him.

Hazel Hornb sixteen-year-old But it was equally true that up High School girl, and the 3rd. to a short time ago Major Norbury Christchurch (Hants) Company was sincerely devoted to his wife of Guides "adopted" Christchurch and actuated by the desire to Home Guard when it was form- please her and to fall in with her ed. On bicycles they toured the wish to follow her own career and countryside delivering postcards Lexpress herself musically. al-viting men to join.

though it was the kind of life with which he had no sympathy.

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"Не was not perfect, but he was doing the best he could. "Because these two people were temperamentally different, and they may have been incompatible one with the other, the wife may No doubt the wife was shocked find that she cannot live with her: at times at things which her hus-husband-indeed, it may possibly band said to her, and no doubt he be that her health has suffered by said things that were calculated to cause a sensitive woman a good deal of pain.

contiguity with a man with whom she has never been in sympathy -it does not prove cruelty."

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Since then two of them in uni- form report each night at the local drill hall for duty. They run messages and errands.

Hazel sometimes types letters for the

in Commanding Officer her father's library.

Whenever there is an emer- gency the Guides go into action, Each has her own round. They cycle to the homes of the Guardsmen, some of whom live In remote country places, and summon them to duty.

"These Guides have done great work for this company,' Major T. Woombell, the Commanding Officer told a reporter.

"Hazel is the daughter of one of my platoon commanders. When we formed the company she trooped along with her girls and rather shyly asked if they could help.

"Help! Why, they've pearly made this company. They've done us countless good turns. Two turn up every night, good or bad weather, and run messages sum- moning men to duty.

"When we had the emergency call it was imperative that I got every man on duty. Without the Guldes it couldn't have been done."

"We Like It”

Hazel blushed. “We like do- ing the work the Major's so nice!" she said.

"We keep our bikes, in good order so that we shan't let the Home Guard down,

"Our youngest girl is Betty Gales. She's twelve and a Ane Guide."

The other eight are Joan Phil- lips, Pat Holloway, Peggy Cow- ley, Audrey Chambers, Sylvia Hornby, Jean Price, Rosemary Couplan and: Barbara Howard,

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