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«TO-DAY.

(Aprite)

Rotary Club Tian, Lane, Craw

ford's Restaurant, p...

Lecture on Indo-Chins by Mr. M. Gerondal, University Union As- sembly Room, 8:30 pm

thre, sales rooms, 10.30 am..

AMERICANS BETTER BORROWERS THAN BUYERS OF BOOKS.

LIBRARIES THAT BUILD UP BOOK- MINDEDNESS OF THE COMMUNITY.

Lecture on First Aid and Homo Do wo read more than our grand- American newspapers are not sim- Narsing by Dr. P. Ruttonine at parents diff Do we burn the ply models of quick information, King's College, 4-43. pam.

twentieth century equivalent of but they also draw into collabora- Lamment's Sale of Often furni-midnight oil to salighten ourselves? tion the most representative minds Do we beg, borrow or buy, the books of the whole intellectual world,'" that publishers and ambitions True, Monsieur Lehman concludes thors provide at the rate of 80,000

with a back-handed compliment, copies daily in the United States "If Americans took their excellent Our friends, the statisticians, have newspapers acriously, they would-be bean discovering for us what, how the most enlightened people on had when if ever people read.

Fearth 1'

Sanitary Board Meeting 4

pm.

Village Road Murder Trial Opens at Central Magistracy, 2.30 p.m.

King's

Theatre: "Stopping

Sisvara..?

"Queen's Theatre: nose."

Central Theatre: Parade."

Star Theatre; Night

Susan Lon-

It seems thatismoslle World: War Second to the daily papers, in the revabled an amazing amount of eyes of the American people, come? The Mad illiteracy among hunky Americans, the popular monthly and weekly strenuous effort, has been made tomagazines. One-third of the liter- reduce the number of these who are ates, it seems, read the magazines. not able to sign their "John A tabulation of monthly magazine circulation figures given in Ayer's Henry's" and to read their daily

One Romantic

World Theatre "City Lights" Ton Dances at King's Restaurant papers, with the result that out of Directory indicates that more than and Hong Kong Hotel; Dianer some 122,000,000 population the 95,000,000 copies pre published for Dances at Hong Kong Hotel, Penin United States boat at least 90,000,-fach sheet on the calendar, and that, in addition, the circulation of sul lfetol and King' Restaurant.000 who read something, sometime.

European Mail:-Outward Europe nie Vancouver BC. (Haian :Muru) 8.30.3. Europo vie Siberia (Pres. Jackson) 1.30 pm; Kurope via Sucx #Gea, Philippar)

2:30 pm.

WEDNESDAY..

(April 27.)

Feast of Passover, 7th Day. Lammert's Sale of Furnituro at Lagethsla.ad" 20, Peak Road,

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Single Copy 10

Per Month 83:

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What do they read First the the four most read weakly publica- THE ST. FRANCIS HOTEL

newspapers-nearly 10 per cent oftions, totala nearly 10,000,000.

Nor do the "confession," "adven- the DG,000,000, the centus reportë tell

"

are many enthusiastic readers of the cleverly {Hustrated, informative periodicale that furnish up-to-the- minute data on world economics, politics, achievement in natural science, modern philosophy and education

read daily newspapers and tabure" and "romance" type weigh: loids. One news about is published too heavily in the scale, for there for every third pass the United i [States; 35,000,000 copies are sold daily. "Counting the over the shoulder headline catchers,, the per- centage of newspaper readers might even exceed the statistical estimate.

What do readers find produced in this, forest of paper, these tons of

The magazine seems to catch the type, and oceans of ink They find feature or news story and to present much balighon, yes, but, they also it rained and polished, midway be are provided with columna that may tween the first rapidly written newa. well be classed as literature, with paper copy and the final crystallizn- spot news gathered literally from tien in book form of matter worthy the ends of the earth, with pungent to be preserved. Dvidence of the editorials and the "human interest' value of periodical material is S.R.Estory of the world's doings that found in the incrensing importance make history. There is no need to this class of printing holds in Madi blush for the botter clair American library collections. With the many excellent renders guides and in- dexes, periodical Ales form an in- valuable part of research material..

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Bridge and Mab-jongg drive at Club Lusitano, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Hong Kong Benevolent Society, Jumble Sale, 2 p.m..

Whist Drives: Kowloon Dock,

ip.m.; Seamen's Institute, p.m..

Hockey Club v. Jais, ground,. 5.30 p.m.

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Central Theatre: **The Parade."

'King's Theatre: Stepping Sistera,"

Queen's Theatre: "Susan Lenox," Star Theatre: "One Romantic Night."

newspaper.

"MODELS OF QUICK INFORMATION.

SOME COMPARISONS.

A Frenchman of unbiased opinion. who recently visited! wostern shores

Third in popular reading food,: World Theatre: "City Lights"

Esomewhat more time-and money- made this comment: "For an intel consuming, a triflu more difficult to Ten Dances at King's Restaurant lectual person American newspaper obtain (a very trife since the "cir and Hong Kong Hotel; Dinner aro a continual cachantment, a perculating bookshelf has been install- Dances at Hong Kong Hotel, Penin-manent carnival of ideas that are fed in the corneor store), are booka. aula Hotel, Repulse Bay Hotel and prodigiously varied and that give L. Dufus, expert book statisti

an exact, arresting, picture of life cian, says America buya two, booka. King's Restaurant.

and daily progress of all humanity... (Continued on Page 12.7

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