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WIVES ARE THE PRETTIEST WOMEN.

LAUGHS AFTER LECTURES. HUMOURS OF UNIVERSITY LIFE. While the great British electorate is

One of the greatest of Cambridge Uni- baving its apparently immovable sanani free least of piecrust, and the pictured ersity characters was Oscar Browning, a dos of King's College, who was always representations of the excellent Mr As

known as O.B. When his portly figure quit's new motoring bonnet, which en-

was first seen enreering along the King's joys hil the fashionable qualities of a tea. Parade on a tricycle, one of the under cosy designed for those who dwell mid gendnate papers came out with a revised Greenland's icy mountains, are thrilling version of "Humpty Dumpty *:-- political womanhood to the core, let Ompty Brompty sat on a trike. who have no head for these grave and Try and imagine what it was like! important matters, turn to lesser pro- blems, writes Janes Doe in the Weekly All the Kings' fellows and all the Kings Despatch on Why They Bent Bachelor Cau never provide such a great sight -Cirks

Though. if I may so so with becoming modesty, the conclusions which I propose to arrive at in the course of this little discourse on the looks of wives versus those of unmarried women are not wholly unconcerned with the greatness of this fair country of oura,

HEST PLATFORM OF ALLA Two subjects, of course, which are ever uppermost in the hearts of all the best

candidates.

Indred, if I were as brave and brilli- ant as some of the intrepid ladies who think nothing of standing for a seat in order to sit on it afterwards, and could wear my beautiful rosette with all the aplomb of an Agricultural Hall prize winner and knew the fine art of looking commanding from a soapbox, I would frame an election. address which might serve our people almost as well as any home-truths now so liberally addressil to them.

Something Eke this it would go. 'Friends'-Nowhere in the world but

tion.

The men work for it, the wives keep it. the children glorify it.

A nation of happy homes and happy matrons and happy families will never become a back number.

"again.".

Parin FOR THE SIGHT.

A good many years ago a tuter o Trinity started a crusade against bes in the course of which he paid visits to roomis to see that undergraduates' stores of liquid refreshment were not too exten sive.

Opo man, after showing cases of every | conceivable brand of beer (all of which had been got in specially for the ccen. sion) said, "Perhaps you would care to see toy arrangements for the night"

cried

For the night, Mr. Jones?

tise tutor.

."

Why, certainly. I and myself very thirsty in bed," was the reply, and at the same time the undergrad opened his bedroom door, displaying to the tutor's astonished gate at eighteen-gallon cask standing at the bead of the bed. To it was attached a lengthy rubber subing the end of which, furnished with the tent of a baby's feeding bottle, lay upon the pillow.

THE TFT-HUNTER." There is always a certain number of in these isles and their colonies is Hometart-hunters at any university. The Sweet Home so splendid a living trudi price of these was a certain, den who when asked for his impressions of the Kaiser, whom he had met during the previous vacation (this happened lung Ab, yra before the War), replied:

ever met." quite the nicest Emperor F

Few people know the origin of the

tuft-hunting," Therefore my friends, I say it is more expression important to spend our money and use days poblemen wore a gold tassel to their and were known MA our, resources in keeping our men at mortar-boards.

ou that necount. "tufts"

The toady home, in work and security, enabling them to be free to take their good wives who was always running after them was

said to be hunting tufts. from the great army of single women whom the arian years and lack of oppor tunity may find on life's "shelf." and so carry on the great and wonderful his tory of British home-making, than to put joy into the heart and pockets of some

1924

VISITORS AT HOTELS.

HONGKONG HOTEL Mr B. T. 0, Aitken Mr E Hausermann Mr & Mrs G, S.

Archbett

Mrs B. W. Bagok Mr F, W. BarTEN

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Mr & Mrs Beale Mr G. C. Beaumont Mr B. R. Belition Mr. V. Benjamin Mr D. Bemba Mr & Mrs G. Bennet

Mr.

D. Berthan

D.

fr R. Hirkesk

Mr H. C. Brigham yo Mr. A. Brooks Mr.A. W, Graham

Browne

Mr J. A. H. Brown... Mr S. M. Brown Mr A. C. Burdin Mr A.

Campbell Capt. & Mrs Carpenter

and family Major E. Cacel MrM. H. Castillon Mr Chor Mo Lam Mr G. Charle

Mr F. A. & Miss

Clover

Mr J. R. Collins Mr Chas. Costrell' Mr T. Cundal

Mr & Mrs R. Deacon Mr B. islen Capt. Dickens M M W. A. R.

Douglas Mr E. R. Duckett

Mr & Mrs Deking Das Miss

Eccles

Mr & Mrs E. E. Eilis Mr G. P. Elsasser MrFelix Ella Miss A. Els Mr D. Falolle Mr W. T. Featherstone Mr J. P. Fehily Mr F. J. W. Fockan Mr G. D

Informer Do

• R. Gawler

Mr L. M. Gill Mr G. H. Gibson Dr R. E. Gi

At a supper party an undergraduate was bet a sovereign that be would not

M- 'clock the following bathe at seven

in the middle of the court of a certain morning in the fountain which stands famous college. He took the bet, and

Mr James Glegg *- Mrs R. Gordon Mr & M J. Gould. Mr H. F. Gray

Capt. Miss F. Hamilton Mr & Mrs H. A.

Hall

Miss A. Hamilton

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Rolshy butcher whose pride is his pro next morning performed the feat. He Mr H Hancock wess with the scalping knife.

received his sovereign safely enough, but England. Home and Beauty is my bis joy was chastened by the receipt election cry, and I shall do ail in my pow-of a missive on the note paper of the er to secure happiness, peace and plenty Master's lodge which read

for same.

THE HAPPY MATRON.

"Dear Mr. Smith, you find it necessary to bathe in the fountain, should feel greatly obliged if you would kindly choose a time when I am not dressing at my bedroom window.-- Yours faithfully,——)

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Not the sort of peroration, of course, that would get me any of the biggest headliness, but if I were lucky enough, to get elected, and still luckier in finding someone to tell me just exactly how to keep my pledge (and we all know of the

AN AMESINO SEQUEL... «miserable ill-fortune that dogs so many

of our candidates!), why, I believe that The signature was that of the Master's quite a lot of horrid problems now dis- wife, a woman of whom every one stood turbing. us would fade away like old in the greatest awe What was to be nightmares.

done? The undergraduate consulted his friends, who urged him to apologize. He dashed round to the Lodge and was Well baving by such unauthorised shova into the means made my httle tip and ran into

Oh, Mrs.groom.

be cried. "I had the parefied atmosphere of Utopia and your note: I don't know how to apolo high politics, let me to the somewhat easi-gize to you for bathing in the fountain er task of getting on with the job in hand. Note "exclaimed the Master's wife, Like a good many others who are eager in surprise." Bathing in the fountain! studenta of the day's ars, the unwar- Are you mad, Mr. Smith " raatible amount of space given over to B-b-but you wrote to me," stammered the so-called moderr" girl (just as if the luckless man. and from his pucket he any girl can be anything else but produced the note. The other took it: modern) bores me secretly to tears. as she read ber frowns gradually gave

Her beauty-particularly her self-made up beauty her fashions, her variations on the scalping theme, her conceits, and her affairs would lead us to suppose, we didn't happen to know better. that she is the most attractive and most signis cant member of her sex.

Whereas she is nothing of the sort." The most attractive and the most signi ficant is the average married woman who is presiding over one of the millions of well-run homes up and down the country, and who is mother to some splendid brood "of healthy children.

The British matron, young and old. is an asset who has redeemed her every pro-

mise

place to smiles, and finally she laughed till the tears ran down her cheeks.

She had sense of humour in spite of her reputation for severity. The femin- ne handwriting was not hers, but that of the sister of the man who had made the

bet!

Hannibal Mrs W. H Hardwick Mr G. A. Harriman Mr J. Scott Harston

Mr. P. J. van Hecky Mr'A. F. Houry

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Mr J. Holmes

Mr S. Howard.

Mr E. Hagworth

Jackson Mr F.

Mr A. K. Johnston

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and child Hesars Franklin and

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and Bamias Mr C. B., Shank

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Col. & Mrs C. Russell

Brown Miss P. W. Brown FT. 8. Bastard Mr S.D. Carotarra

Eustace

A CHESS MEMORY. Some remarkable stories (says the Medical Press and Circular) are sold of the prodigious feats of memory of the B. R. Cleland Inte John Henry Blackburne. It has to Mr R. C. Comrie be remembered that the blindfold player, Miss M. Cooper from start to finish, either sees the Mr I. H. Corma

Li Cel, R. &. Dobbia But the modern girl. for all her brilli- chessboard nor takes say notes of the

Me B. C. Duncan ant future and prospects and her great game. On the occasion," while playing sell-made good looks, is an unknown eight opponents blindfold. Blackburne, on Mr & Mrs J. Duncan quantity True, she may shed all the aspertaining opponent's move, immediate. MrW. E. Dye artificial brightness of her more materially and correctly called "mate in four," Mrs Somers Ellis

Ellis charins when she settles down with her i feat of which an average player play." Misses) man to a life that has in it no room or ing a single game over the board might Mr & Mre W. A. time for the lipstick and the eyebrow well be proud-yer Blackburne was able

Mr D.. FitzGerald tweezer--you can't kiss babies with a a to accomplish it while playing against Mr A. Forbes mouth sticky with carmine silve!

eight tnvisible opponents! On the other hand, she may fizzle out On another occasion, when engaging Miss M, Forbes and never enjoy the means to fulfil what ten such opponents, he called a move MrB.LW. Fonter is beyond all possible shadow of doubt whigh... as the pieces stood, was in MrF. F. P. Franklin the supreme destiny of wom

possible. When told of this he gave the LG.C. Frederick position of every piece on the board, but Mr & Mrs W..D.

Goodfellow this did not tally with the actual post Mr & Mrs J. AL. Gordon tion. Thereupon he cited each one of Mr & Mrs Geo. W. some forty moves that had been made on

Grey "It seems to me that ever since i was the board and the record of the game Mr & Mrs B. A. Hale old enough to sit in a roomful of people proved him to be correct, and that his Miss M. B. Hall and differentiate between the vague, opponent had not moved his pieces cor Mrs J.Hancock dreamy and somewhat unsettled eves of rectly. This showed that the great play- ar 5. B. Hawker the single girls and the calm, pleasantlyer must have retained a perfect memory Mrs W. J. Hawker preoccupied ones of the married women of some hundreds of moves in the course Mr GM, Hemaworth Lt. Coudr. G. F. Hele a fascinating occupation, this there of the ton games.""

Mr T. W. Horaby ALL Mr Howell

So let us gently push this rather for ward young person out of the news to day and talk of someone who really mat-

tera.

has never been any doubt in my mind as

to who is the most sweetly attractive.

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Mr&Mrs E. P. Kill Mr Mm A. Lane Mr & Mrs. H.

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Mr K. Larsen Mr & Mrs W. L Less Mr & Mrs G. D. Ley Miss. Leye

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Mr L. M. 8. Lloyd

Mr W. H. Lock

Mr

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Agents,

Kangkong, 17th November 1924.

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PENINSULAR * ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION' COʻ'S STEAMER

KEIV 4."

ARRIVED HONGKONG ON 30TH Nove×328, 1924,

FROX ANTWERP, LONDON, MALTA,

PORT SAID. COLOMBO AND STRAITS.

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named Vessol are hereby informį. that their Goods are being landed placed AT THE RISK in the Hongkong a 1 Kowloon Wharf. and Godowa Company Godowns at Kowloon, where each Consignme, r will be sorted out Mark by Mark and delivery- can be obtained as the Croods are landed

Optional Goods will be landed here unless Instructions have been giren to the on- trary Six hours before Arrival of the Steamer.

Goods not cleared within 3 days, including data of arrival be subject to Bent.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by as in. any case whatever.

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignes, and the Company's Surveyora. Mesa GOODAND Douglas, at IU ... on Mondays and Thursdays.

All Claims must be presented within Ten days of the Steamer's arrival here, after which date- they cannot be recognized.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods bare left the Godowa

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Agents. Hongkong, 30th November, 1924.

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ARRIVED HOSGRONG ON 30TH NOVEMBER, 1924.

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CONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above- named Vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed ar TEZIR anx in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and. Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and delivery can be obtained as the Goods are landed. This Vessel brings

on Cargo from Persian Gul er 318N. and B. & P.SN Col's.

Optional Goods will be landed here unless

Mr & MnT. A. Kaztin | Lustructions have been given to the contrary

Mrs J. McAinsh

Mr E. McGregor

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E. E. Mimmack Mr & Mr D. W.

Mantor

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Phillip

Remington

Mias Newbolme Mr W. Ogden Mr F. E. Ollerton Mr A. H. Penn Major & Mr F. H.

Mr & Mrs H. R:

Lt. Col. & Mrs O.

Sanders MY L. G Scatt Mr R. P. Shaw Dr. A. W. Shovelton Mr W. F. Simmons Mr R. H. Skelton Mrs & Mir G. E.

Stabbings Mr C. P. Starde Mr & Mrs E. F. L

Stardee Mr&Mrs P. H.

Buckling Mrs J. B. Thomson Mrs O. Thwaites Miss Thwaites Mr A. W. Tickle Lt. Col. & Mrs H.

Trevelya

1 meet heaps of pretty girls, but not what can you think of in the way of } Mr & Mr« C. J. Masolo Mr C. M. Visa

Hughes

one of them is as pretty as any of the human endeavour and relationship which Miss O. O. Jenkins pretty matrons I know.

I see many a plain female, wedded and single, but the plainness of the one who has a husband is not a patch on that of the one who hasn't,

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Nor does ago make any differente. All brides, of course, have a fragrant radiance which is incomparable, but later in life-at, say, thirty-the wife of that age gives decided points in charm and freshness to the spinster who has passed her three decades.

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As at thirty, so it is at fiity and seven In the great. majority of cases the bettor looks are found among those who wear the wedding rings.

Is it to be wondered? What other con- dition of exitenes, is so favourable to health and happiness, the two fundamen tal foundations of all beauty, as a success In! union:?

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makes for such bright eres, such serene Mr G. 8. Hugh-Jones brows, such good spirits, such inward W. & Jordan rapture, such gentleness and sweetness, Miss G. Kenardy such real comfort and such passionate Hr H. F. Key devotion as a marriage brilliantly run on co-optimist lines?

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TONIC RESPONSIBILITIES, Married life has its setbacks, its dis- illusionments, its discontents and its lim- itations but they are not in the same MrR. A. G. Barrett category with the setbacks, disilussion- Mr W. A. Bennett ments, discontents and limitations to be Mr BW. Campbell found in other less perilous, less thrill- Mr. J. 9. Coz ing and less soul-satisfying adventures Mr W. B. Ouff

in which one walks alone?

Mr & Mrs N. S. DATET No one yet has fashioned a mode of Mr A.B. P. Davies life which can so keep a woman up, to Mr H. Davis the pitch of her personally, or sharpen Mr & Mrs H. Golden. the edge of her ambitions, sweeten ber looks, quicken, her intelligence and de- velop her tender sensibilities as does the estate of matrimony.

MA. E. Hake Mr C. H. Hazlewood Mr J Jack'

Man McCaw Mr J. McDonald Mr Magia Mr

B: J. de Moore Mr M. Simpon. Mr H. Smith Capt. L. W. Smith WA. Btopani Mrs C. Biringer and

Mr G. Tulloch Mr A. J. Wadmare

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6 hours before arrival of the Steamer.

Goods not cleared within 8 days, including- date of arrival will be subject to Bent

No Fire Insurance will be effected by us iz any case whatever,

Damaged Packages must be left in the.. Godowns for examination by the Condigrees,”...... and the Company's surveyors, Messrs. GODDARD DOGLAS at 10 am, ou Mondays and Thursdays

all Claims must be presented. within terl days of the Bteamer's arrival here after which date they cannot be recognized.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods. have left the Godown”.

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,

'Agents.

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Hongkong, 20th November, 1924"

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OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.

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Optional Cargo will be landed, unless Notice has been given prior to Bosmer's ezital.

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be. examined on say Tuesdays and Friday between the hours of 1945 m. and Noom within the free storage

No Claims will be after the Goods

have left the Steamer's Godown, and all Goods ( remaining undelivered after the 4th December, will be subject to Bent

All Clans against the Steamer must be prosented to the Undersigned on or before the 18th December, or they will not be recognised.

· No Fire Insurance will be affected.

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Agents, Hongkong, 28th November, 1924.

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