HIGHBROWS IN SOVIET FLATS.
ENGLISHWOMAN'S STORY.
GIGGLING AND FOX-TROTTING
FROWNED ON.
Europe Going to the Dogs.
One of our most memorable club evenings was the election of the Young People's Coppittée.
An enthusiastic young worker. was proving to me by statistics that Europe was going to the dogs.. Several burly young men were smoking is corners, In the contre of the room one of our local dandies, with side whiskers and The was holding court. pats, group was scon enlivened by the ander the Soviet are vividly pre-giggles of two stylish young wo- sented in this article by an: Eng- toying with long pearl neck. lishwoman living in Moscow, who faces," writes in the Evening Standard as follows:-
Remarkable revelations of life
I live in one of the new work men's houses. It is not quite finish- e. Only 4 of the proposed 20 blocks have been built. Each block contains about 100 flats
Our fat has large rooms, a kit chun and a bathroons, and is fitted up with electric light and central beating.
There are five adults and two children in the fat. Most fats have more tenants, for despite the rapid growth of new houses Mos cow is still very overcrowded. We live a fairly commanal life, for we share a servant, the kitchen and the bathroom...
My companion regarded the group severely,
"Of course, they are very young," he murmured apologetically.
The lecture and the elections proceeded in an extremely lively After a general appeal to the public to devote more time and energy to enltural work. it was
inanner.
decided to elect an Anti-Hooligan Committee to convert the rowdies.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1930.
FIRST
BRITAIN'S
PRESIDENT.
PRINCE NOMINATED BY SOCIALIST COUNTESS.
"GEORGE V. LAST KING OF ENGLAND?
me-
"Not Allowed to Govern," "To tell the truth, the King on the throne has not governed nearly
AIRPLANE TO CCIASE SUN'S ECLIPSE.
FEET."
so often as the casual observer FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AT 10.000 imagines. If the present King of England is the last of his line it will be because he sad bis few im Chasing an eclipse in na' airplane mediate ancestors have been auch 10,000 feet above the earth will be admirable monarchs that they have the experience of Dr. Hamilton M. made their kingship entirely super-Jeffers, assistant astronomer of the Auous.
Lick Observatory, near San Fran- ciscq on April 2
If the monarchy falls it will be in the midst of its virtues, not its faults.
I prophesy that George V. will be the last King of England. The to governe is kept as the chief The King to-day is not allowed
Prince of Wales would make an
figure in Stata processions. He is compelled to appear dressed in all admirable first President."
the gaudy reamants of military and Frances Countess of Warwick,naval glory while his Ministers, an enthusiastic Socialist, bas the in black silk hats and frock coats.
who really de govern, promenade temerity to look into the erys tal as it were-and confide her findings on the prospects of a
It only remains to add the final British Republic to a susceptible paradox, that if the Prince of American public through the Wales never is a king it will not dium of an article in the Cosmopu. be because of unpopularity. He is litoa Magazine
the most popalaf figure in "public The qualifications of Francescat-this-inoment. Countess of Warwick to declare that King George will be the last King of England are carefully set | They were "noisy good-for-noth-out by the editor of the magazine ings," she said Where was their as follows:- organisation? What about their sewing circle (where women learn tailoring and embroidery), their music circies (which gives lessons on all instruments, and in cludes a string orchestra), their cal culture eireles? Why did not warpentry, photographic and physi-
somebody get a move on and do something?
Suddenly a determined young woman in-brilliant-red-jumper elbowld her way to the platform and told the audience exactly what she thought of them:
can
Lisa, the servant, is cur great standby. It is she who takes charge of our food cards and waits her
After the election dancing to the turn in the queue for meat" and bread. It is she also who guards mitted. Foxtrots are regarded as club örchestra was grudgingly per- our two stoves, for we have no gasbourgeois. The audience, however, and do our cooking on the stove. simed to enjoy them.
Our life has just been brighten- Our two children are full of re- ed by a visit from the House Com-volutionary ardour. The younger, mitter. The committee regulates a boy of seven, plays at Red the life of our 14 buildings, ses Guards by the hour, and borrows repairs (we, too, have our hooks on ill-treated savages from plumbing troubles), issues food the children's library. His elder dards, superintends our club, kia-sister, aged eleven, is a pioneer dergarten and libraries (one for the first stage of preparation for adults, one for children).
entering the party).
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DRIVING TANK WHEN DRUNK.
...
A CRASH.
drunk in charge of an Army tank The unusual charge of being
occurred at farnham on March 14, was the sequel to an accident which
Thomas Clee, a private in the Royal Tank Corps, was fined £10.
It is planned to obtain photo- graphs of the eclipse of the sun, the totality of which will be of short duration, less than two seconds. The track of the eclipse will. Le correspondingly small, about one- half mile in width.
The uncertainty in the location of the track is such that a camera. on the ground, placed in the theore tical centre of the track, may miss the total phase entirely, und find itself in the region of partial elipse, Dr. Jeffers explained.
"However, it is expected that the observer in the airplane will be able to see the shadow a long way off, and may alter the direction of flight in such a way as to get in the shadow's track. The speed of the plane will be 10 per cent of the
speed of the shadow, and by flying
time of the eclipse a small but pro hably worth-while increase in length of totality will be obtained."
Nell Gwynn and on the other from £10 FINE FOR SOLDIER AFTER in a northeasterly direction at the
Descended on one side, frem
has always been one of the fascinat ing contradictions in English life. Oliver Cromwell; Lady Warwick
As a child, she was a favourite of good Queen Victoria: as a young woman an intimate friend of the late King Edward, and as a woman of mature years a confidante of Ramsay MacDonald and all the Brent men of the Labour Party."
"Trend of History."
Here are some extracts from Lady Warwick's extraordinary article:-
When I say that the monarchy will soon come to an end in Eng- land I am not influenced because I happen to be one who is convinced of the justice and wisdom of the policy of the present Labour Gov. ernment. There is really no de- finite reason why a Socialist should like a Republican constitution bet- ter than a monarchical one.
My prophesy that Great Bri-
Clee, it was said, was driving a Whippet military motor tank when it ran into the back of a motor-car,
knocking off the tail lamp, and damaging the body.
men were required to carry the The united efforts of three police soldier into the police station.
"Led Astray."
An officer of the Tank Corpa said Clee had been out with the tank all day and was engaged with an- other man on experimental work.
Clee, who was said to be the son of a prison officer at Leeds, claimed that he was led astray by his com
beer at Bordon.
pasted a large heading, "Tenin On one side of the room she has Corner," around which newspapertain may, soon follow the Itepubli-panion in drinking gin and ginger
The committee have the right to descend on us at any moment and see whether we are cherishing our Hat in a proper manner, One com mitterman brought with him a large green sheet of rules, which Lisa proudly pinned up in the kitchen. The eight main headings and 15 subheadings cenimand us, among other things, to call a general meeting of tenants and elect a pre- sident to be responsible for the order of the flat, to sweep and dust one. day and scrub once a week, and to forhear from rearing goats and chickens without special per-gossip much. mission.
trend of human history." can example is based on the whole
Our recent monarchs have been
The higher altitude will provide rarer atmosphere and the sky illumination will be less. A photo- graph of the corona, for this reason, hould be freer from fogging be- cause of scattered light, Dr. Jeffers said.
It is hoped also to observe the ap
the
pearance of the shadow on round, although the shadow may be found to be too intangible.
The airplane flight will take place over Napa Valley, somewhere in the region between Napa and St. Helena, California.
The "world's wettest wedding" was celebrated in Los Angeles re- sently when Miss Kate Wilson and Mr. J. F. Gutrick were married
beneath the surface of the swim- ming pool at the Ambassador Hotel. Wearing earphones and diving the most scrupulously constitutional
hoods, the bridal couple and the
sovereigns in history, and the pre-
Rev. Sheldon Shepard, of the First An insurance company has paid Universal Church, waded into the sent King is the most rigid con-a-novel claim made in Paris hy an pool. to the strains of the Wedding stitutionalist of them all.
actress. She brok, a pearl deck-March and the water rose higher lace and a pet dog swallowed the until the entire party disappeared. largest pearl. "The pearl "was re- The bride was attired in a gown covered by means of an emetic, but of pink moire, under which she it was smaller, presumably having wore a bathing suit. The bride been partly dissolved in the dog's and bridegroom were attended by stomach. The company paid the five friends, three of whom man- difference in its value before and į aged air pumps connected with the after the swallowing:
diving hoods.
pictures of workers' demonstrations and Far Eastern troops are group ed under appropriate headings. She crganises children's dramatics, collects waste material for the bene-" fit of the State, proudly sports a red Kerchief, and is never tired of arguing with Lisa about religion, "King George has always been Despite our different ages, in-ready to offer his advice as a man terest and occupations, we live to- of the world, but equally he has gether in surprising amity. Albeen ready to give way immediately though we know all about ench his Ministers have made up their other's private lives we do .net minds to a course of action which was not in agreement with the royal We are too busy
suggestion...
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