1930-05-13 — Page 3

HUMOUR: ANCIENT AND MODERN.

Usher (to cool, dignified lady): "Are you a friend of the groom?

The Lady: Indeed, po! I am the bride's mother.

to-day

wife made me all that I am

Mother: "Whatever are you do- ing to Erict"

Boy: Just blowing bubbles, an' pinning them on to him, Ma

Eva: Bob has asked me to

plest man in the world."

But we mustn't be too hard on marry him and make him the hap-

the little womna, must we?"

เ

Aunt: Whatever nye you doing, Peter?"

Poter: We're playing at steam ers, and Mully is taking in coal!"

Garage Mechanic: "I think your trouble is due to a short circuit, undam."

Lady:

Neva: And which are you going to do?"

Junior've changed my mind about going to that formal dance to-morrow night."

Senior: I couldn't borrow a tuxedo, either,"

The Father: My daughter must

Well, will it take you marry a man whose income has at

least four noughts."

The Suitor Well, I am the

long to lengthen it ?"

Guest: Did you say this was a man-mine is all noughts! Correggio 1"

Host: No, & replica.”

+

Rastus: Ef yo says anything

Guest: Oh, well, he's a pretty ter inte Ah'll make yo' eat yo' words, good man, too, isn't he?"

I hear you are the curling champion of St. Davota?".

"Yes.'

• Well how about putting a pers manent wave in my hair ! "

man."

Exodus: Chicken dumplings, hat biscuits, and watermelon!"

Distracted Mother: "David, what are you doing? You mustn't shoot at his stomach!"

David: But we are playing William Tell, and he has eaten the

Before giving you my final and swer," said Priscilla, with a blush.apple." "I must refer you to father."

But, my dear," he whispered, "I am perfectly willing to take you without a reference.'

The small delivery boy was bring ing groceries to a new customer and had encountered a huge dog in the yard. Come in," said the lady of the hotse, he doesn't bite."

The boy still bung back. “Does he swallow" be asked.

Visitor (to newly-wed): "So you are not getting tired of studio life, ch 2

Artist's Wife: Good gracious, no! It's most interesting. Jim paints and I cook. Then the game to guess what the things are meant for."

is

As Grandmother was getting some eggs for breakfast. the wee granddaughter asked:

"Grandma, are you going to cook the eggs in their clothes or are you going to bump them

A little girl began the reading lesson, but the teacher interrupted to ask the child to state the page. (It was page 111.)

"I am not sure." said the little tot.

Tell me want you think it is." encouraged the teacher.

the, Page leventy-one." was

reply.

Pat, who was moving, had asked one or two of his friends to carry his chicken house round for him. Mother: Geraldine's boy friend They found this a very strenuous seems sort of put out about some-jols, but struggled on. About half- thing. You haven't said anythingway they set the coop down to have to him, have you?"

a rest when one of them suddenly Father: Not a word. As a mat-exclaimed. "Why where's Pat?"" ter of fact I haven't even seen him "I'm all right," came a voice since I handed him the bill for re-from inside the house.

I'm carry upholstering the sofa."

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TALKING

CHUTE

WILLANTS

IS TALKING HAPPILY TO

HIS FINGERS

AUNTIE SUDDENLY BEGINS CALLING TO REST OF FAMILY TO COME QUICK, BABY'S TALKING

HERE. THEY COME WITH AUNTIE EXPLAINING SHE DIS- TINCTLY HEARD HIM SAY 'DADDY'

CH WELL. HE MIGHT AS WELL. 16NORE THEM AND GO ON TALKING TO HIS TINGERS

WISHES THEY'D LEAVE....... HIM ALONE, HE WAS HAMING SUCH A NICE TIMË

1930,

By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT'S

ALL ABOUT AND GOES ON

GUROUING TO HIS FINGERS

AND HE REALLY HASN'T THE SLIGHTEST. IDEA WHAT THEY'RE COAXING HIM TO DO

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CURSE.

"LORD ROCHDALE DISPELS A "POISONOUS DOCTRINE,"

Lord Rochdale, the chairman of the Union Bank and a director

"TURNS BACK, AND CON-

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HIS FINGERS

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HUNGARIAN PRINCE EXONERATED.

"FRANC FORGERY AFFAIR.”

RULING OF COURT OF HONOUR.

Prince Louis Windischgrätz who

Army, Lord Rochdale said that he

were

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of Barclays Bank, presided at a four years ago was sentenced to dinner given to the staf four years" imprisonment in con- and branch managers of the as-neetion with the so-called franc sociated banks at the Midland forgery affair in Hungary, was ex- Hotel last month and spoke for

onerated by a Court of Honour, in Vienna last mouth. It some time with the intention of.

may be recalled tha Prince dispelling the "poisonous doe Four and a half million kilometers trise" that the banks were in Chief of the Hungarian police,

the Windischgrätz· and

former will be down this year by Soviet possession of surplus funds which Herr Nodossy, were the chief de- passenger planes of the trust Do might be used for the improvement fendants in a sensational trial in brolet, the assistant manager, A. Kuf conditions of trade and employ- which they, and several officers in Anders, has just told" the Press ment..

high positions in the Hungarian forged French 100 franc notes in here. This compares with two and

accused of having half million kilometers by the

the Military Cartographical In- same trust last year. The figures

stitation in Buda-Pest, for this one organization serve to indicate the magnitude of the growth of air communication here:

The growth is accomplished by extending existing services and by opening new lines. Two new lines have recently been opened in dis- tant parts of Siberia and the far North of European Russin. The nir route Khabarovsk-Nikolaevak Sakhalin is 1,1000 kilometers long; the route Archangel-Sitkivkar is

n

930 kilometers.

Moscow will be connected with Tashkent-a distance of 3,000 kilo meters-by a new regular air line now in preparation, and scheduled for regular service beginning in July. From Tashkent the line will .be extended into By August tho present mail line be- tween Moscow, and Irkutsk will be transformed into a passenger ser-

vice.

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wished to speak on a matter which seemed very serious to the nation at this juncture in its affairs. I revealed about the real purpose During the trial very little was this matter all those who had a of the conspirators, but it was share in banking should be fellow-gathered that the forgers intended to create money for some patriotic fighters. We were at a very dan-

purpose, probably revolt in gerous period of the country's Slovakia. existen, and it was necessary to Prince Windischgrätz spent two fight against a poisonous doctrine years in prison, after which he which was going over all the land, was released to undergo medical and was not confined to any party, treatment in a nursing home, and nad was thereby all the more dan Inter on he way granted gerous, The doctrine was that amnesty. Now he has apparent there was a large bottomless rely, applied for his rehabilitation, servoir of wealth, in the hands and Festerday a Court of Honour principally of the bankers, into consisting of five generals, every which anybody could delye as they no possessor of the Maria liked and find money for any fan- Theresa Cross (a decoration cor- ciful scheme which might come be-responding to the British V.C.) published the following declară- fore the public.

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That doctrine was held, though tion he hesitated to say so, by almbat

Prince Louis Windischgrätz, a every muncipality in the country. former major, committed no They thought there was boundless offence against the honour of the wealth which could be used by Officers' Corps nor against his them without doing any harm. cwn honour as an officer by his They thought that if the money participation in the so-called frano could be got hours of labour could forgery affair, be halved, work could be halved, pleasures and happiness could be doubled, and we could all live in Utópias

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"All of you know what the when the affair received publicity the Prince, with great self- truth is," Lord Rochdale said. distant regions and a network of You know there's no such sucrifice, took upon himself the meteorological and radio stations is boundless source of wealth, sad blame to avert the damaging con- equences for the Fatherland and that the only way this country cap the nation- being spread over this vast land.

find the money to pay for its The aviation programme, in addi- daily food is by work, frugality sons the Court of Honour has de- For these above-mentioned reà- tion, is being used intensively for and sound, methods of finance, oided that neither the moral

map-making, exploration, irrigation All could constitute themselves integrity of the former Imperial fellow-fighters both in business planning, war. on inecets and other hours and outside. They could and Royal Major, Prince Louis socially valuable work. The total show that it was a fatal mistake adischgrätz, nor his status to give satisfaction by duelling, has arca to be photographed from the io believe in the existence of this heen affected by his role in the

reservoir, and show that if the franc forgery affair, air this year is estimated До

country was to be saved from ruin

This decision restores the social 22,000,000 acres against less than that doctrine must be stamped out. 10,000,000 last year.

Lord Rochdale made a reference status of the Prince in the Hun spoke of the difficulties which had to visitors from Yorkshire, and gurian code of honour..

The struggle with insect pests in cotton and sugar plantations will be fallen on the woollen and ancillary

to a large extent air warlare.

trades. Those dificulties were Mr. Forrester gave some details largely due to this poisonous doc indicating the present position On May 1 the air routes between trine, because it had been thought of the associated banks The the Soviet Union and Western that wages could be paid out of funds now controlled exceeded Europe began to function. They this boundless reservoir of money £800,000,000, and probably made www.dit the largest concern of its kind will remain open until October 15, that did not exist.

the world. He said that The service is daily in both direcMr. P. Forrester, managing in

director of the Union Bank and hraneh managers had enormous Kendisgner dr. Birutaud, VZKraag diemilie de Chá Diy Lu, The main line between Moscow special gratitude to Lord Rochdale Is was very difficult for them and Berlin goes this year vid for his remarks, and added a to get sufficient accounts to make Smolenak, Kovno, Koenigsberg and hearty endorsement of them. It good losses caused by death and Danzig, shortening the distance by was of the greatest importance other causes.

140 kilometers as compared with the that the views be had expressed of Sir Ferey Woodhouse, moving a Riga route previously used;"

the future of this country should vote of thanks to Lord Rochdale, Another line operates from Lenin he taken to Heart by everybody recalled his first acquaintance grad vid Reval and Riga to Koenigsprosent.

with the Union Bank in 1871, and berg.

(Continued at foot of next column). Sir Frederick Bowring seconded,

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