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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, ERIDAY, MAY 15TH, 1925

SHOWING PEOPLE PARIS. THE FOLIES-BERGERES AND THE

REAL MONTMARTRE,

OATMEAL AND RICKETS.

A PROFESSOR'S TESTS. litherio a common piece of advice to parouts of young children, Mr. MacKenzie said: "I would give given me such pleasure if you would come to remarks a London paper. has been, " If a thatrrr with me, Mrs. Adam, and we you want your girls and boys to grow big would make a little parrrty and go and and strong, give thear plenty of oatmeal. dance affaterrr. Now, wherrr should weThat advice may have to he revised in got My Ferench is not very good, but something amusing---“

the light of experiments carried out on puppies by Professor Edward Mellanby at Sheffield, University, the results of which are given in a report. issued by the Medical Research Council.

Professur Mellanby states that of the cereals tested "oaties has pre-eminent- ly the worst infuency on bone form fion."

I knew the answer at once, writes P. H. Adam in the Daily Chronicle. The There isn't a Briton t'olies-Bergères. that comes here who does not think it his bounden duty to go to that theatre

In other words, young animals in order that he may be duly tensed

fest an datmeal are far more subjret to for his wickedness when he goes home.

Nowadays you've simply got to go to rickets than those fed on other sub- The cereals tested included white flour, the Folies-Bergères, and to Montmartre stances, afterwards, in order to show what an awful dog you are, because your friends wholement flour, oatmeal, maize, harley. are sure to want to pretend to suspect polished and unpolished rice, wheat germ, Of these, oatmeal, groats, or ground you of doing things which, if they re-ground oats, groats, and re

oats had by far the most intense action" ally thought you had done them, would! prevent them from ever asking you to in producing rickets in the animals. and white our had the least action in that dinuer again at home.

respect. Rice occupiest an intermediate position. The nation of wholement four The evil effects of oatmen! were easily was singilar to thag of white flour. overtone, by the use of end liver of which is a powerful, anti-rachitis. Egy yolk was also of great value:

A HOUSE IN, MONTUARTER.

My poor Briton only really became at case when we were sitting in the cellar; of a house in Montmartre, now trans- formed into a dancing room, with red trellises and artificial flowers made of retion, and a band of white men and band of brown men discoursing yncopated music in turns. Occasionally The brown ones broke into song, and told us that I ain's gonna rain no mo," or that their feelings when on the back porch wers tenderer than anywhere else, or asked us in a short of hiccough,

Whattle they do?"

Mr. Mackenzie having ordered the Champagne (without which no party can sit ut cable in Montmartre, no matter. what other beverage they prefer and are willing to pay for as highly), gaze runci "him. perceived large coveys of pretty girls willing and most able to dance, and took a bender off the deep end.

danced with them all in turn, he ordered drinks for them (at their own tables, which was a bit dull for them), he tipped them, he wore the paper head, dresses they gave him, he exchanged little coloured balls they threw at him, and, he returned Frequently to my side and said, what a good time he was having.

The rest of the party was meanwhile also enjoying itself, nor did Mr. Mac- Kenzie fail to dance with his feminine! guests. Once he said: "How beautifully that young man dances that you walized,

I answered, "He's with just now!" the pro. and you'll have to tip him

when we leave,”

Mr. MacKenzie looked, horrife: he said it wasn't done like that in England I watched the pretty young thing he ball, just left, putting away his note into her bag, and wondered what the difference

was,

I took him to a café where he had boiler Strasbourg sausages. and I had

him bacon and eggs, and pointed out that if Montmartre is not always as black

Professor Mellanby suggests that fine races of men have been reared on diets of which oatmeal forais a large part because the diet of these peuple also included most foods rich is anti-rachitie vitamin, us, for example, milk, eggs, ash of the fatty variely, including herring, salmon, mackerel.

In tropical countries, where rice, maize. anil millet are largely eaten, the "sunlight is no doubt an important factor in nnta- nising their detrimental infinence," for the experiments showed that if either the nimal itself or the cereal on which it was feit were exposed to ultra-voilet radiations the ill-efforts produced by the cerant were to some extent remedied.

What the substance in oatmeal that ences rickets is not stated, but it is pro- habiy associated with the fatty acids. It

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RELIGION BY GRAMOPHONE. Á MODEL FOR VILLAGE ORGANISTS.

Two years ago there was a novelty la cords of Old English church music by the way of gramophone dises in some re- Berd and others. The Gramophone Com pany has now gone a step farther and issues a full record of Morning Prayer ac cording to the Church of England rite.

It has heen supervised by Dr. E. H. Fellowes. choirmaster at St. George's Fort windsor, and the singing is choristers from that chapel. There are four double-sided discs, which include also the Evening Canticles.

The discs are intended for the use of church people who happen to be far fron as it is painted, it is sometimes redder, a place of worship, and also to serve as

And when I asked him

he had heard spoken since we left the, theatre he had to admit that we had heard practically none; very little Eng. fish of the home grown sort, and a good deal of translated Yiddish.

advice, The devout may and the idea strange, but will no doubt grow accustom- edo it. The gramophone may liecoine indispensable at family prayers.

The psalms are sung to chants of Garett and Walmisley: the setting of the Te Dean is by Wesley and the untheat is by

"It might be a little drrreartry, if one was searrrrious," said Mr. MacKenzie in Purcell ("Remember nut. Lord'). There saying good-night, though it should have is no sermon included,

been good-morning, "but, my worrud, It have enjoyed myself And shook his sheet-ancher by the hand and went home to pack.

KING ALFRED'S LEGS.

CANCER ARRESTED.

'SIR WILLIAM MILLIGAN ON

RADIUM TREATMENT.

"We are definitely arresting' caucer

M.P. UPSET BY A WATTS PICTURE.for periods of three, five, and seven years

among people pronounced by most com petent surgical authorities as incurable." stated Sir William Milligan, hon: secre tary and treasurer of the Blanchester and District Radium Institute at the annual meeting of the institute at Manchester.

"Questions concerning an early paint. ing by Watts. in one of the committer rooras of the House of Commons, khawing King Alfred inviting the Saxons to pre vent the landing of the Danes, were the subject of much amusement in Farliahut he foresaw the time when, with-in- ment, one day last month.

The present policy was to use the knife.

proved technique and greater knowledge Mr.. A. S. Sanderas (C., Middleton of its potentialities, radium "treatment and Prestwichy asked if the First Com- would he used instead of surgery. missioner of Works would remove the.

painting on account of its "irritating

effect" on membera.

Australia without Protection would

Bruce

Mr. G. Lacker-Lanson (Under-Seere Sath her industries ruined and her tary, Home Office) said he was not sware national lite destroyed. Mr. that the picture had the suggested effect (Australian Premier). upon members.

Ye Sandeman: Will the han, mein- berego för åve minutes and try to con- template the legs of King Alfred, and, having done so, will he try to concen

in trate on the work that is going oa the committee-room, and, having come to the same conclusion is I have, will be at least have the picture put at the other end of the room't Or, failing, all these options, would he like to go down to posterity with legs on him such as "those of King Alfred. (Laughter.)?!

Mr. Locker Lampson: I have looked at the picture this morning. I do not know whether the hon. member relises that it is a very fine exauple of the early work of Waits.

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Major Hore-Belisha (L., Devonport); In view of King Alfred's connection with cakes, will the hon. gentleman haye the picture put in the tea room? (Laughter.)

MrF. A Marquisten (0. Argyll All Orders and Enquires receive shire): Will he consider the advisabili ty' of getting picture painted for the other end of the room showing the mem bers for Glasgow resisting the invasion of Irishmen into Scotland (Loud laugh- tex.)

Mr. Neil Macient (Soc., Gavan): Will he also consider putting another picture on the side wall of the same committee room showing the member for Argyll abire being rejected by Glasgow at the election1 (Laughter.),

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