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HUMOUR: ANCIENT AND MODERN.

Waiter, bring me an ice with-

out wafers.

"Excuse me, sir, wo have no wafer."

"Has Archie proposed yet?" "No, but last night I saw a fol. der on Niagara Falls in his inside pocket,

"How mun!"

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many in your family,

I have six children but they are all girls. It's a light wash,"

A faherman walking across a hay-i field in the country met a farmer. „**' Is it an offence to catch fish here?" he asked.

"Ofence ?” replied the farmer. "No. It's a miracle.”

"I'm certain there's something wrong with this loudspeaker. I've had had reception all the week."

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 114, 1929.

Ned: "I've got to see Jack shout one-twenty."

Ted: "Well, I'd like to sco him about two twenties and a fiva"

Father: What! You want more money? Didn't I just set your hus band up in business?"

Daughter: "Yes, Daddy, but now hubby wants you to buy him out.

".

"How did you persuade your father to send you to college for Another year?"

"I told him that, if he didn't. thought he couldn't afford that." I'd get married, and I guess ho

Mias 1999 entered the shoe shop.

ie by your catalogue," she said, "that you have just received 2000 pairs of the latest ladies' shoes.

"Yes, madam."

"Good. I will try them on!"

Have yon, dear! That reminds "I always encourage my hus. me. I saw baby toddling round fill-band to recline in an easy chair ing that trumpet thing with pieces and put his feet on the mantel- of coal, the darling!"

A golfer, out playing by himself,

Piece"

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"When he goes to bed, there is was being followed by a small boy.ally some small change left in

the chair,.

This finally irked him so he map- "ed: "Young man, you never will learn the game by following me. The boy replied: "Yes, sir, I can see that, but as soon as you dig up some more turf I'll have enough worms to go fishing,"

A very small boy had been placed in a Sunday school class, but the teacher somehow did not learn his full name. When he told her his name was Jack, she said. "Jack what?"

Oh, just Jack," came the

answer.

"Yes, but what is your other name" she persisted, only to be told again that it was Jack.

Finally, she thought she had it, and said, "But what does your mother call your father?"

"Sugar," he replied.

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A lawyer thus illustrates the lan- guage of his craft: "If a man ware

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give another an orange, he would simply say, 'Have an or ange. But when the transaction is intrusted to a lawyer to be put in' writing, he uses this form: I bere- by give and convey to you, all and singular, my estate and interests, right, title, claim, and advantages of and ia said orange, together with all its rind, juice, pulp, and pips, and all rights and advantages. therrin, with full power to bite, cut, suck, and otherwise to eat the same cr give the same away with or without the rind, juice, pulp or pips, anything hereinbefore or hereinafter or in any other means of whatever nature or kind whatso- ever to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding."

CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

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Horizontal.

1.-Ceremony.

3-mark of wound. 9.-Note of dove.

12.-A metal,

13.-Tractable

14.-Residue.

15.-Conjunction. 16.-College officer. 18.-Chum. 20.-While.

22. To have being.

24-Glided... 27,-Stride.

29.-To rant,'

31.-Part of to be. 32.-Prongs.

"34.-Titles of knights.

36-Prefix: again.

37. To whirl.

38.-Robbed.

41.-Article.

42-To disembark, 44.-Bland.

45:-Cushion.

47-Large serpents.

40.-Winter vehicle.

Bo-Killed.

32-Self-satisfied.

84.-Comparative ending.

55.--Saare.

57.-Excited.

59-Type measure. €1.-Conjunction. 63.-Baltic seaport, 06-Girl'a name... 67.-A worm. 68.-Belgian river. 68.--Compassion,

Vertical.

1-Spanish for river.

2-Unreasonable. 3-Part of infinitive. 4.-Finish,

5.-Sten,

6-Painting.

7-Part of to be 8.-Corded cloth. 2-A flower. 10,--Bone.

11.-Exclamation.

17-Spanish article.

19.-Bince.

21.-Transmitted..

23.-Bad.

25.-Sacriligious.

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26.-Transferred, a real estate. 97.-Thongs.

28.-Ta ring cheerfully

30-Love god.

33. To pierce.

$5.-French coins.

38-Man's name.

10.-Story-

43.-Hari. 46.-Depressions.

48.-Sweet substance. 51.-Pronoun.

53. To depart.

56.-To attempt.. 58.--Opening. 00.-A month. B),-To exist. 62.-Pronoun. 64.Exists.

G6.-Symbol for nickel.

THE FAMILY ALBUM-RETRIEVING

By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

IS ALL READY TO START

TROTS BACK FOR IT

WHEN WE REMEM- BERS SHE LEFT HER LITTLE BLACK BAG ON

HALL TABLE

AT DOORWAY WIFE CAUS IT MAY BE THE PIANO SHE LEFT IT ON

ROSES WINDOW. WIFE "HAS JUST REMEMBERED IT WAS THE MANTEL PIECE SHE LEFT IT ON

1SLYAS

MOMENT LATER WIL- FRED APPEARS WITH WORD THAT IT'S UP- STAIRS ON HER BED SIDE TABLE

WILUNTS (Copyright, 1929. by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)

SPORT

JOHNNY HILL'S LOVE FOR

HIS MOTHER. Johnny Hill was a just and upright man, and his character was as straight as that straight left of his that was so often used with such wonderful effect.”

This passage formed part of a striking tribute by the Rev. George Scanlon at Strathmiglo, Fifeshire,

6CES UP, MILDRED AR- RIVING IN LOWER HALL to SAY MOGHER THINKS" ITS ON THE DINING - ROOM RADIATOR

IN MIDST OF SEARCH HEARS HALLODING FROM CAR

TEN MINUTES LATER „ TROTS BACK WITH UME BLACK BAG WHICH HE FOUND ON KITCHEN

CABINET

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AND ATHLETICS.

ADELLA'S GREAT STAND

AGAINST TAYLOR.

OUP FOR CARDIFF OTTY. Cardi City won the Welsh Chal- lenge Cup at Ebbw Vale when they

There was some excellent boxing goals to one after a rather acrappy defeated the home side by three

at the West Bromwich Risk Athle- game. The match had been held | tic Club when Cuthbert Taylor, of over from last season owing to the Cardiff, after a brilliant fifteen- inability of the various clubs to round contest with Lud Adella, of complete their fixtures.

Cardiff, who included in their Liverpool, for the coloured banlaiu- several side several first team play-weight championship of Britain, ers, were more polished than the was awarded the victory by the re-

at the graveside of Johnny Hill. home team, and their combination, feree, but he certainly did not win

the British and European dy weight boxing champion, who burst a blood vessel while training for

his fight with Frank Genaro, the American, and died few hours before Genaro landed in England.

The Rey, G. Scanlon said, as the coffin was placed at the side of the grave-Nothing that was mean or unworthy ever found the sligh- test place in his nature. He al ways fought fair. Beautifully deep and tender was his love for his mother and his home.

Jesus now."

Some, perhaps, thought that Johnny Hill had been counted out" at last, but he had not," for the final words spoken to his mother were, alother, I will soon be with The entire population of the villago assembled at the graveside. Representatives of the Masonic Lodge of St. Cyr, of which Johnny Hill was a member, and other, Ma-: sonic bodies attended.

Among the boxers present were. Frank Genaro (America), Tommy Milligan, and Tancy Lee (former holders of British titles), George Mackenzie and Billy Shes. of Wales (Hill's sparring partacr).

particularly in the early stages,

was good. "Munro, their centre for the fight. Taylor, who was describ ward, opened the scoring by headed as the coloured bantam" cham- ing a clever goal from a corner pion of Wales, and as ex-amateur and this lead was increased soon afterwards by a smart goal from fy-weight champion of the world Moore.

The Cardiff wing men, of the last year's Olympic Games, Thirlaway and McLachlan, were opened in a whirlwind fashion. He continually dangerous. outpacing gave a display of the fastest and the home men, who were only saved cleverest boxing seen in the mid- lay their defence.

lands for years, He hit rapidly

Ebbw Vale showed great improve and freely with both hands to the ment in the second half, Jenkins, head, face, and body, but to the who filled Ellericgton's place at surprise of everybody, after he had centre half, playing a splendid dealt four stinging straight rights Zame, Johnson reduced Cardiff's

to Adella's face in as many seconds lead by kicking a penalty goal, in the fifth round, Adella stood up but soon afterwards Jones, the Car- and fought back with such a terri- diff inside left, beat the home goal-fying series of shart-arm jabs to keeper with a simple shot John- the body that he had Taylor physi aon missed a second penalty kick cally distressed. The whole sepect awarded to Ebbw Vale near the of the contest then changed. Adella end.

became the attacker; and in the seventh round he scored in a be- sutiful toe-to-toe stand-up fight, Approval was given at a meeting and he won the eleventh and twelfth of the Middlesex County Football | rounds easily. He punched Taylor Association to the formation of a all over the ring, but Taylor ralli- new country schools competition for | ed in the fourteenth round, and boys under thirteen, and the offer made a gallant effort to fight back, of the president, Lieut. Colonel but his strength was fast failing, C. D. Crisp to give a shield for the The fifteenth round undoubtedly competition was accepted.

MIDDLESEX SCHOOLS SHIELD.

went to Adella.

THE WOMAN'S CORNER.

WOMEN'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.

EPIC STORY OF THEIR EARLY STRUGGLES.

"

SERVICE IN THE WAR.

The story of the French Revolu- tion is not more stirring than the story of the fight of the British pioneers of the Women's Move- This puzzle took 23 minutes to ment. Miss Elsie M. Lang tells it solve. 'Bee how long it will take in "British Women in the Twen- you to solve it.

tieth Century" (18%), recently published by T. Werner Laurie.

The history of how women, first one here and one there, then little groups, then formidable bodies, fought for freedom which the mul titude of women rushed in and seized with both hands when the gates were opened in 1814 is a reve lation of fortitude and courage that have never been surpassed. It is an epic of heroism.

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despised for attempting to obtain, scarcely realised. Miss Lang re- the things which are calmly accept corda:- ed as matters of fact, to-day-of Josephine Butler, who fought against the terrible punishment of women victims of men's vice, of Mrs. Chisholm and Maris Rye, who organised, on human lines, the emigration of women and girls to the Colonies. There are the stories"

of Mary Somerville, the first wo

man scientist, and Frances Bus fighting for the better education of women; of Sophia Jex-Blake, Jessie White, Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Garrett battering with the strength of giante against the concrete barriers of the medical profession and winning through to become honoured throughout the world; of the magnificent band of women, of whom Mre. Pankhurst Was the heart and her daughter Christabel the head, sufering de feats and humiliations such as no Christian martyr was ever called on to bear.

"

Within a few hours of the de- claration of war, the elaborate organization of the militante was converted to the service of the country. Their own aims were entirely shelved. They lent their offices for recruiting, and plung- ed into cvery form "of war RC tivity.

The suffragiste were even more alert. Before war was officially declared the executive committee of "the National Union of Wo- mon's Suffrage Societies decided to suspend all their political ac- livities and devote the organis- ing capacity to the country's aced.

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· Army's Tribute, : They equipped tens of thousands of women for war service. Dr. Elio Inglis, Dr. Jarrett Anderson, and Dr. Flora Murray organised a splendidly equipped unit, but when Dr. Inglis offered to place it at the disposal of the R.A.M.C. she met with a rebuff: 'Dear lady, go home and keep quiet." So they offered themselves to the French fted Cross, and the unit. developed into the Scottish Women's Hospital, which contain ed 1,885 beds, and for which they raised £128,005

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-THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.

Wilderness to Victory, Every chapter leads from grop- ing in the wilderness, through great struggles to victory. The only plot There is the fight for equal rights with an anticlimax is the medical In education, in the medical pro- one. There the triumphal progress fession and the legal profession, had a setback in the recent deci for parliamentary representation,sion of five great London hospitals and for the general welfare of wo to accept no more women stadenta Their work at length wrungnd that, if fools will laugh, wise hen. There are bald descriptions The chapter on the war reveals from the Army authoritics tho ad-

of how the pioneers were rebuffed,

impeded, frustrated, mocked, and

It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicula; or, which comes to the same thing, to be conscious thoroughly that what we have in in of noble and delicate is not ridiculous to any but fools,

and summarises activities which mission that they were worth their - men will do well to let them~Dt. even the people living at the time weight in diamonds.?!

Arnold.....

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