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HUMOUR: ANCIENT, AND MODERN.

He used to be a slave to work-

used to,

For with his business now he's

done;

He took up golf for exercise-then Our unlucky day be made a hole

in one.

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"I want a present for a young

Indy

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26,

THE FAMILY ALBUM- -CONTINUED STORY

By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

Wilans

Two oysters thet two oysters

And they were, oysters, too." Four oysters met a pint of milk

And they were oyster stew,

Shall make some watles for breakfast, dear?" asked the wife Penderly,

So said her husband, "they" look_tun_runch" like fried crossword

Siser or sweetheart Well-puzzles!" er-she hasn't said which she will he yet."

Does your wife choose your etothis! No, she only picks the pockets,"

Oh! Gerry! my cake's fallen on the cor. Mind Towser doesn't Brt it."

He can't! I've got my foot

on it.

When are you going?" When the sun enters my room." "Isn't that very Mou "Oh, not my room faces West.

"

Customer (to slow waiter): "How Jong have you been working here

Waiter: "Almost ten years, sir.' Who was your other eastomer

Waiter: "Zoup, sir? Soup Zoup?"

Guest: I don't know what you're talking about."

Waiter: "You know what hash is! Well, znup is looser."

French Guide: "What do you think of that immense tower over there?

American: **It's quite до "Eiffel!"

An oyster met na oyster

And they were oysters two.

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It was necessary for taxation purposes to decide on which side? of the Canadian and United States order a farm, which an elderly lady had just purchased, actually lay. Surveyors finally announced that the farm was just on the Américan side of the border.

The lady suniled with relief, "I'm so glad to know that," she said.

that I've heard

winters in Canada are often terribly severe."

Bill, why the rags and tatters 7. You certainly haven't lost all your money trying to buck Wall Street, have you

"Oh, no. I know I look us if I'd bought my clothes at a rum- mage sale, but we are starting on aur vacation next Monday and my wife won't let me wear any of my clean clothes or the suits she's hadi pressed up to go away with."!

Driver: "Do you notice you don't hear that knock in the en- gine any more I'

Friend: That's right. How did you fix it"

Driver: "Oh, I just loosened up one of the mudguards.”

Laura: Why do Eileen's peo- ple object to her future husband

Vera Well, there are seven in the family and he's only got a two-

Beater.

CROSSWORD" PUZZLE.

23 24

120

27

130

116

18

28

道

33 34

336

38 139

40

42

143

44

145

148 149

150

51

52 53

54

55

156

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J.-Cap.

Horizontal.

4.-High bridge score.

8. To stroke,

i-Age.

To abbor.

13.-Amoug.

15.--Sour.

-A metal.

19. To exist.

20. To put on.

21-Marsh.

To note visually!

3. To assist.

25.-Vehicle. 20.-Difficult.

27.-To achieve.

28.--Torrid.

29.-A fruit.

30.-French for an..

51,-Marked with varied-coloured

spots. 33.-Conjunction.

35.-Sack.

38.-An organ. 37.-Spanish for river. 38.--Hastened.

10. To employ. 41-To whimper. 42.--Favourite. 43. An insect. 44.-Sun burn.

-43.-Upan.

48.-Conjunction. 47-Slang: a blow, 50-Pungent taste. 52-Russian mountains. 54.-Sheep.

65-Card game. 68-To alleviate..

37-A number

Vortical.

1-Afternoon party. 2-Part of circumference. a.-Girl.

-Part of leg.

B. Resinous substance. 6.--By.

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7.-Mensuring device. 8.-Shallow dish. 9.-Part of "to be." 10.-Italian river. 14.Feat.

16.-Smali spot. 18.-Within.

21.-Most obesc.

22. To sink in middle. 23.-Fear"

21.-Small piece. 25.-Bed. 25.-Concealed. 95.Domestic animal. 29-Recompense. 31.--Insane. 32-Caustic substance. 33.-A lubricant.

34.--Deer.

35,-Wager.

37.-Small stream,

38.-Mark on playing card.

39.-Pertaining to punishment, 40.-Not warranted.

41.-Crony.

43.-Article. 44-Narrative 46.-In the past. 47.-Existed.

48. To be in debt,

49.-Enclosure." 51.-Negative. 53.-Sun god.

This puzzle took 22 minutes to solve. See how long it will take you to solve it.

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WILFRED SUGGESTS IT MAY HAVE GOTTEN IN WITH MUSIC ON TOP OF PIANO - MAGAZINES OFTEN DO

MILDRED HAS A VAGUE

IT LESTAIRS ON HER.

SEARCHES DESK: WIFE'

IDEA SHE MAY HAVE LEFT · CALLS SHE MAY HAVE

PUT IT ON SHELF OF. LIVING-ROOM TABLE WHEN SHE WAS CLEANING UP

GOES THROUGH PILE OF OLD MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS ON SHELF!

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GOES DOWN CELLAR ON GENERAL THEORY THAT IN THIS FAMILY ANY MA- GAZINE YOU WANT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CARRIED

DOWNSTAIRS

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RDAMS MOROSELY THROUGH HOUSE, LOOK-

ING IN EVERY POSSIBLE PLACE, AND MUTTERING

REMEMBERS SUDDEN-| LY HE HID IT IN HIS DESH. DRAWER SO HE WOULD HAVE IT WHEN HE WANTED IT

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SPORT AND ATHLETICS.

ÖVERSEAS GOLF CUP..

J. E, Laidlay (6) and Sir Milsom Rees (8), who recently tied for the Overseas Cap, a trophy presented to the Senior Golfing Society by the Senior Societies in Canada and the United States, met over the Sunningdale Club's course to de- cide the tie. Sir Milsom Rees won, with a net score of seventy-three.

PROMISING NEWCOMERS IN

PENANG.

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JHANNEL ORAZE.

With two cange-shaped flouts 16 feet long affixed to his machine, Mr. HS. Perry motor-cycled across the English Channel. He left Dover at 7.35 am. on an all British machine, with pillion rider, and reached Calais Harbour at 11.10 a.m. After lunch on board a motor boat, Ee, left Calais at 11.30a.m., arriving back at Dover at 3 o'clock. Mr. Perry said that the machine acted splendidly in rough water..

THE CROYDON TOURNEY. Play in the open bewis tourna ment at Croydon was noticeable for the defeat of three champions, W. 3. Grice, the recent winner of the Lonsdale Trophy; A. E. God- sall, E.3.A. champion 1920; and A. Butcher, sen., Surrey champion 1996, who beat Grice, and lost in the next round.

In the last eight are A. F. Warner, E.B.A. champion 1021; W. T. Toms, Surrey champion 1925; T. C. Hill, gold badge finalist 1020; and A. Foingdestre, Kent champion 1919.

A record has been made at Ful-

A third rugby trial was played last Saturday, two full teams turn-i

A.A.A. IN PENANG. ing out. Heavy storms during the} week had made the ground Ideal Penang, at long last, is to have fur rugger. It is as vet too early an amateur athletic association.. ham, the championship of the club to venture to forecast what Pen- This was the result of a meeting being won for the first time by the ang's strength is this season, but held F short time back. Draft president, who this year is W. E. it appears that the three-quarter rules have now been printed and Cooper. He best H. Guest (hold. line is going to be stronger than are being circulated prior to enter) in the final 21-15. P. Miles last year. The pack is a doubtfulling a meeting.

approve them. beat F. Birkett in the handicap quantity at present. Of Penang's The suggestion is being made that finnt by 21-16, and Garland and recruits K. S. Marray, Innes-n championship meeting be held Stone won the pairs from Titch- Kerr, Whaley, Dodds and Merri-open to Pening, Kedah and Pro- march and Hayes by 22-17, field are showing promising form, vince Wellesley, three weeks before hut Dodds and Merrifield, of the Malayan Athletic Meeting. course, are not new to football in Great credit is due to Mr. Justice Malayal

Sproute and Mr. G. C. Ashworth, who are working hard to see the association through.

Face

CLOSING THE GAP,

"Miss Nuthall came so near, to closing the gap so long separat ing the game of Miss Wills from that of any rival that, given another

THRILLS AND, CRASHES IN

TRIALS. Hairbreadth escapes marked the Cister notor

trials. At Newtonards, where there is a right angle turn at the tandbagged Town Hall, enrs skidded all over the

At Comber, Lugansaltzer, the re-opportunity, she may, by her im petuous ruth, achieve the seemingly serve driver for the Mercedes team,

impossible a victory." That is had a serious crash, the back wheel the verdict of one of the leading being wrenched off the badly smash- ed car. He escaped with a severe

road.

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American critics.

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shaking. From dawp immense "In the Wightman Cup match crowde of enthusiasts gathered the English girl" he says," de- round the Course to watch themonstrated that she is a great practice runs.

match player, capable of rising to the occasion. In forcing two sets to deuce, she accomplished what no! other player has been able to do against Miss Wills in three years In fact, Betty won more games in a single match than the last four players have been able to collect together from the American in the Wightman Cup competition."

Earl Howe has decided to drive his Bugatti, while Copt. L. G. Callingham, who drove the Austro Daimler in last year's event, will drive Earl Howe's Alfa Romeo. That the Speed Kings are supers titious was indicated by the fact that there was no No. 13 in the

PACE.

RADMILOVIC RESTING.

The absence of Paolo Radmilovic, familiarly known as "Raddy," from water-polo and swimming events this season, gave rise to the rumours that he had definitely re tired. This is not so.

At Weston-super-Mare he stated that he had slowed down in order to recuperate from twenty-five years' strenuous effort. »

"The rest from water polo this season has greatly improved my stroke, and I am swimming faster he now than ever-in my career,' said. "You will probably find that I shall bob up up in the forth- coming quarter-mile championship, and when I turn out for the Welsh half-mile championship at Barry, I hope to establish a record, for the distance."

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Radmilovic's prominence water polo dates from 1904, when he was attached to a Welsh club, and on five acensions he has re

the presented Great Britain Olympic Games, thrice as captain. Since 1907 he was won sise nation al titles.

THE WOMAN'S CORNER.

SWIM TO GET SLIM.

[By A PHYSICIAN.] -

Recently a New York woman get up a world's record endurance swim of fifty-four hours twenty-eight minutes. Though she collapsed on leaving the water, she lost over- twenty-five pounds in weight in two days.

important systems of circulation and respiration.

Food bears an important' relation to swimming; neglect the food es pect, and you will not grow slims however much you swim. No sen- ible person bathes after a meal, and those who wish to reduce weight eat more sparingly after their bathe.

Women who do not usually take much exercise often suffer from cramp when swimming. No machine As so many modern women wish will suddenly work prodigiously, to keep their weight down, swim without preliminary "tuning up. ming, as a means of doing so, is Our bodies are similar to machines, worth consideration. But in order especially the muscles. Tane those to be slimming it requires training, muscles up with gradual increments like every other exercise worth the of work and they respond survel- trouble. Therefore begin cautious lously";

Some women--the anemic, the

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GHASTLY PLANE ACCIDENT.

MACHINE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

FOUND WITH OCCUPANTS BURNED.

["D.P." Special Service.]

New Mexico, Sept. 8.-Indian guides to-day led searchers to the desolate southern slope of Mount Taylor where they found the twist. ed and scorched wreckage of o Trana-continental Aerial Transport airliner which was struck by light- ning last week.

Fifty aviators had crossed the desert country for days in the hope. that when the wreck of the ucro- plase was found, it would be pos eible to give aid to some of the eight occupants.

Wreck- This hope proved vain. age of the ship was strewn for 200 Scent bottle stoppers have a habit yards, and the eight victims had of becoming firzaly wedged in, and been cremated within the cabin.

One Body Identified, world will not get them out. The mond was the only one which could all the pulling and tugging in the The body of Mrs: Corina Ray- smelling saits bottle is another frets identified.

quent transgressor.

Stopped watches found on the To obviate all this trouble, take bodies indicated that the plane a leather and rub a drop or two crashed at 11.01 a.m. last Tuesday. to the mouth of the bottle or de-being mayed, pending the holding of salad oil round the stopper, close Bodies of the victims are not canter, and place near a gentle of an investigation to determine percolate between the stopper and was something other heat; this will cause the oil to whether the cause of the disaster

the деск.

When the bottle is quite warm,

For the first five miles it was necessary to transport them by horseback.

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Department of Commerce ineper. tors are investigating the wreckage in an effort to fathom the full, cir- cumstances of the accident.

An investigation is also being made of charges that the pilot de parted on the light against orders. since a eterm was known to be coming up.-Cuited Press, ·

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EXCHANGE RATES.

(BRIZISH WIRELESS SERVICE}

RuGny, Sept. 25. Pari pement 123.865

Brussels. Amsterdam

Berlin

Copenhagen

Vienna Helsingfors

... 34.875

19.088 20.36 18.215 34.46

1927

the

Lisbon ....... Bucharest...

108.20

810)

Buenos Aires

47 7/32

Shanghai

2/3

Yokohama

1/112

New York

..4.84 27/32.

Geneva

25.155

Milan......

92.65

Stockholm

18.100

Oslo

18:205

Prague

1637

Madrid

32.815:

Athens

375

Rio

1/5 27/32.

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than atctm. gently tap the top with a wooden bride arrived at Albuquerque to. Charles, A. Lindbergh and his spoon until the stopper can be re-day, to late to participate in the moved from the bottle.

search. They departed on their retara trip eastward.

...Moving the Bodles.

LATES Bodies of the eight victims of tho wreck of a Trans-continental Aerial Transport air liner which wad struck by lightning wore brought here to-day after rescue forces had experienced the greatst difficulties in removing them from the sloper of Mount Taylor..

Iy.

They become so clantic that they very thin, those with poor circula- work without undue fatigue. Im- tion or weak hearts-should swim pose an impossible task on them

and they “atrike," or go" into coupled with daily restriction of only on medical advice.

This trouble occurs when diet, we return home more vigorous cramp, a very cold bathe is taken after for work, we can rest assured that hard exercise of another kind, such the process has been harmless.. as cycling. A hot bath ia then more! The process is a natural way, suitable.

moreover, and involves no hardship, If, by moderate indulgence in because it is attempted on holiday, this healthful form of slimming, when most of us can do as we (Continued at foot of next column), please.

Every holiday season brings its toll of bathing accidents, not so much to swimmers, bat to the unfit who should never enter the water.

But, for the great majority, swim ming is first-rate exercise for the

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