1951-12-15 — Page 7

DAILY DONG GHASTLY

CONDITION OF THE POOR

! NOT ENOUGH

TO EAT

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1951.

The Ding of Dong tightens his belt

"Bring me

today's Luncheon,

menu

LUNC

1. HORS D'OEUVRE

2. SOLE

13 KIDNEYS A 14 DONOJ

4. TROUT

5 GOOSE A LA DING

6. VOL AU VENT FEL

7. TURKEY

8. DUCK AND DRANCE SAUCE

19 SALMON FUME

10. CAVIARE #OMELETTE

12. ROAST BEEF OF

OLD ARGENTINA

13 MESTINGUES

14. PRACHES

15. ICE CREAM &

Wanted: New Drink Test

By Chapman

T

THE

-

Pincher

LONDON. chain lines ng say tongue-twis- mber of this must be a test based on z tiem legal definition of "under motorists caught dry. The influence"

wander the Alarme of drink has risc sharply to more than 2,000 at the last year Probably more than 2,000,000 drive under the influence and get away with.

They

ar

Quly one definition would be accurate and fair they be- heve a definition based direct ly on the quantity of alcohol in the motorist's blood.

the men who live

ing a pint of beer are substan- tially slower in operating the clutch brake, an accelerato

With double the amount of alcohol the serves 50 percent intre real space to brake a car to a sudden stop than when cold sober

London Express Service

A Box of Chocolates

"T"

Pierre.

HE situation is "Darling. but that's

desperate, but we serious,"

said

4.1

nothing! The worst is that

Yvette sighed. "You with your ill-placed sense humour. There is the rem to pay

next week, and to- morrow is Christmas, and i 'don't think there will be walls.

anything to eat

Fifty seven francs is all have And

Bui

you say

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serious!"

For Motorists

Two tests are under con- The tests can be criticised sideration for possible adoption the as convincing evidence in British. courts: -

ha! they ground

the fart account of some people carry their

A Gret reasure

better than others #f at hui

blood in the other by Auris.

110

take that

liquen

the and

A breath test carried out by

American device

an

None of the people taking part as the "Drunkareeter." ;n Liie Trials could have been Jagnoset as under the infu- ence" by existing tests.

The reason why alobal and

dangerous mix- petrol make

call at the pub for couple intinde from Wakefield ture is clear-cut,

drink while motoring home from work.

"At a certain concentration of alcohol in the blood everyone is under the influence' irrespec-

of habituation to drink.

Forensic Laboratory have tol the Medico-Lega Society They London

who are the young Women

drive

Tron cocktail parties. They are the elder. ly couples who motor home wine in the West

End.

Books and

cath take two

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into

offer bers

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to a jury than

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UTHORITIES ke Sir Syd-

Sinith Professo of Force Medicine at Edinburgn Unversity, would fix the critiend brentiation of alcohol at B5 perven a condition half way between "dry and derent" and lighte and devilish” on the bart

Tndition of partial in- loxiation

reachet rapidly atter taking three double whis. kits.

Other authorities would fx a much lower danger himal.

apart DOLC

bare popvincing mauty to walk

For a

couple of only affeeks 10

the Taps with which a driver perate his hairs and feet also warpy has algment.

And juikament aleobel 19 a Realer

than clumsiness crashes controls

by warpeJ

cause of at the

The quack tank, which maka

fret that hie

FOLL

is not

ba 1, convinnes that it is 1. so dangerous to overtake on a bend.

Alter

n. transls rapy than

whisky

J

train.

Targe One

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te sual And they set 1 realise they were driving faster

Nobo is drives belter after Toad Hal have proved that dark Prophe win uelieve they drivers with as little no only live more spectacular- therefore merc dan- in 11 0.05 percent of alcohol their bloud-the result of deini- nerously.

ani

"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never

Pass into nothingness

"

WIDE SELECTION of

BALLOON TEST

concerned.

fo:

CHRISTMAS SHORT STORY By EDNA HETMAN

I can't execute the commis- sion of the crazy millionair. who wants real paintings as wallpaper for his winter kind at that. Do with them "Is it still the salmon we are garden palms, coconuts whatever you like, throw eating, or is it the turkey?" m- ami cacti on coarse yellow them away, I won't touch quired Pierre, taking very small

bites of his bread crust. silk But first he wants to them!" see how it looks against the If I only had a few thousand francs to buy some material and to show bin a few yards of the painting, he would grant me an advance.

sald be

"Don't be excited." Mudame Leroy . "Perhaps will send us a real present for the New Year. I think I shall give this to Madame Durand, I owe her a small present any- way, she has lent me her lawn mower several times.

is "DON'T you

"As it is, I shall lose the commission. This is why i said the situation

think the Leroys are Д little desperate, but it is not real-

Durand 10- ly serious as we still have mean!" Madame

marked to her husband. "Look of the princely sum

at what she brought me, I hate franes.

If give rieanness in people

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"I tell you what we'll do: for 10 francs they will give us some holly and perhaps a little bit of mistletoe, and will look like

So our ToOIL

for

a present to somebody, I lake

nice care to buy something Chocolates! She knows I am on o slimming diet. Do you want them!"

"Silly, don't you see It is Içe cream-there already the isn't any bread, I mean any ice cream left,"

at

Then somebody knocked the door Yvette

opened it. There was nobody in sight, bul a little parcel hung from the door-knob

Claust "Look, it was Santa And it is chocolates! Hurrah! Now we are going to have a real dessert for our banquet!"

As the imaginary turkey had not satisfied their appelltes, the in- sweets disappeared in an credibly short time.

But there I strong evilare

"This is a nice box. 1 can that regulur drinkers are

salt use it for my brushes," "No, thank you. This is the alechal so resistant to

the tissue present just good Pierre, taking nut its effects on their judgment are Christmas and smell like kind of a known

Send it paper enough to give away

"Oh, there is a letter, Christmas. Leave 47 francs over to old Mr

a fat Jerome in the quite

one Heavens! bread-and there is attle, he has fixed our wireless What a lot of money-one, two, wouldn't Three-Yvette! Tex thousand some coffee left-we shall the other day have quite a banquet! Have take any money a little imagination, sweet- heart! We shall eat bread and imagine it is MONSIEUR Jerome was quite smoked salmon, and tobster, M moved at the kindness of

driver suspec.ed of being in- A toxicated blows up a balloon atla her to the device which is small enough to be carried in

The breath policeman's pocket.

the balloon then bubbles dowly through a tube filled with purple liquid.

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If the liquid loses its colour

there must 90 seconds

be in the driver's em-ugh alcohol blood to influence his judgment, scientists maintain

Tho fact that they get "hit from a couple of drinks is pret in itself that their

judgment must be affected.

Is there a safe rule for the

to drink" driver who wants Yes.

After two nips of spirits or two pints of beer do not drive for ne hour Allow a further hour for one additional "double or its equivalent. And after that give yourself another hour for each additional mp.

-(London Express Service)

cotton

"No more for me, thanks. P've got to drive."

BEAUTIFUL X'MAS GIFTS

(In Delightful Packing)

Obtainable also at

Come

NEW DRAGON

to:

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Co., Ltd.

DRACON LIGHT Co., Ltd.

DRAGON SEED

Co., Ltd.

our

and turkey, and ice-cream, and whatever your heart desires. Nothing is too ex- for my pensive wife!"

beloved

And

franes! Oh, please, box my

ears-no, don't, if it is

dream don't want to wake up yet,

I must buy a yard of yellow

Úrst! And here Is

silk

card

"I wanted to buy you a

"My dear children," it

fan.

nice

sonic 1101

Mr

present, but I cannot find out

like. what you would really Please, buy I yourselves. A merry Christmas.

bis neighbours. How charming of the Thrands to send him a

Of course, Christmas present! he'd swoner have had cigarettes, his teeth were what they used to be, but

that. Durarki could not know What on earth was he to do with the chocolates? Perhaps door. the young people next

MONSIEUR LEROY was the painter and his wife-she PIE

DIERRE has got his commis-

furious.

Is so nice and she looks as if

sion and is painting green on coarse yellow sweet tooth but palm trees "A fine surprise, that!" she had a

would she not think him obtru- silk. he atormed. "This is just sive? Oh, well, she need not

He know who gave her the

like your uncle Lucien.

has heaps of money-earn- sent, it will be a surprise!" ed in the dirtiest possible way, I suppose--you invite

THE

pre-

him to dinner whenever he HERE are twigs of holly on comes to town, which is 1 the mirror, on the pic- about ten, times this year, tures, on the paper table cloth, and, this is his Christmas and there is even a very small present A small box of prig of mistletoe hanging from

the lamp. It looks like Christ chocolates, and the cheapest mas and smells like Christmas!

Yvette has

nico always a smile for funny old Monsieur Jerome who looks at her as if they had a secret to share.

Madame Durand cannot understand why Madame Leroy turns her head whenever they meet in the street. The woman used to be so friendly and even sent her a Christmas present-- bate does she why on earth her now?

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Poultry

AUSTRALIAN TURKEYS $4.85 per lb.

AUSTRALIAN CHICKENS, 4-6 lbs. $3.85 per lb.

AUSTRALIAN BOILING FOWLS $3.00 per lb. AUSTRALIAN DUCKS, 4-8 lbs. $3.30 per lb. DAIRY FARM GEESE $3.60 per lb. AUSTRALIAN HARES 95 c. per (b.

At the

Dairy Farm

Ham

WHOLE SMOKED HAMS,

12-16 lbs. $4.20 per lb.

DAIRY FARM CURED

WHOLE AUSTRALIAN MILD CURED HAMS $3.75 per lb.

Stuffing

DAIRY FARM SAGE & ONION

•

$2.80 per Ib. 1

DAIRY FARM SAUSAGE MINCE

$2.80 par lb.

DAIRY FARM CHESTNUT $3.00 per lb.

Cheese

ENGLISH STILTON $6.00 per ib.

ENGLISH OLD BLUE CHESHIRE $5.00 per lb.

Provisions

X'MAS PUDDING by Beechwood Morton

CHOCOLATES by Barker & Dobson:

Nesiles

Cadburys

Frys Rowntrees

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