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1932

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1932.

The Compliments of the Season

to our many patrons

The KOHINOOR SILK STORE

Ghristmas

Mrs. Beten's

Beauty Salon

1933

GET A NEW PERMANENT WAVE FOR THE CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR SEASON

UP TO the present, Mrs. BETEN

has done 3,876 permanent waves, all of which have always given satisfaction; defying any contradictory statements

Phone for an appointment to-day

PHONE. 58081-

PENINSULA HOTEL ARCADE

KING'S

THEATRE HONCKONC'S FINEST CINEMA

Christmas Attractions!

To-day and To-morrow

WILL ROGERS

In

"BUSINESS AND PLEASURE"

also on stage THE

AUSTRALIAN

·TRIO

in Musical Numbers

JAMES

DUNN

SALLY

EILERS Dance Team FOX

PICTURE

Starts Wednesday, 21st Dec.

Commencing Xmas Day

AT WING ON'S

Marlene DIETRICH

BLONDE VENUS

HERBERT MARSHALL CARY GRANT

JOSEF VON STERNBERG

The Management of the King's Theatre takes this opportunity of Wishing all their patrons a MERRY XMAS and A PROS- PEROUS NEW YEARS

CHRISTMAS 1932

CHRISTMAS CRACKERS

AND NOVELTIES

KUNZLE CHOCOLATES

TOYS

WINES, SPIRITS AND

PROVISIONS FOR CHRISTMAS PARTIES

Hundreds of special gift bargains In every department.

The WING ON Go., Ltd.

PHONE: 26671:

KOBZA'S ART EXHIBITION

Hong Kong Hotel 1st Floor

·Dec. 17-

21.

ALL ARE WELCOME

WET DAYS IN THE NURSERY

Yet it is so easy nowadays to nyoid boredom and fretfulness. For there is now on the market a great variety of amusing and en- grossing things, to be obtained. at a very small cost, e

All children like messy fooni- putions, they revel in construction

Wet days are so often worry days for mothers and nurses. Through out the sunny days they have been able to feel themselves repriered by and destruction like. Anything to the fiue, weather, Irom the duty of do with water gun, and scissors finding or inventing amusements gives themiinits, pleasures. So for the small people

to-day gaily coloured sticky paper is used in any forms for nursery occupationmes and toys vegeta

Driven back into the nursery by ralus, the children tend to become fractious, tire of their old toys, and damour for "something nice to do."

Transfer pictures are enjoying renewal of popularity in the hur

sery::

ALWAYS

WELCOME VISITOR!

POOR MAN'S CHRISTMAS

-BY: "A.S.R."-

Jones slept on through the peace- "Sabia must have left me two by ful dawn of Christmas and he mistake, like twins,"

explained awakened happily to hear the thin Joyce. I think Dorothy was for note of a wind. instrument sighing ine, hecos. I asked for one with in the Christmas mora. The lone golden curls so Lulu must be coroller was unconventional and Gwennie's." was shabbily dressed with a

Gwennie Tooked uncertainly at turned soldier's badge in his coat the man who was to decide the vital lapel. Jones tossed him a florin matter. He tried to repress the and wished him a merry Christ-pity that was surging out of his By that time there was a heart for the little girl whose great deal of noise coming from moher had had no watch to sell the children's balcony. They were

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both in one bed when Jones went

"Why, that must be it, Joycie,

out, comparing the mysterious he said as though the truth had spoils of the night. They bombard- just dawned on him. Give Lulu ed him and dragged him in with to Gwennie." them.

So the little Erunette doll Was handed over and clasped tightly in "Look, Daddy, look," they cried, the crook of Gwennie's arm. She showing him all their toys, keep walked slowly to the doorway then, ing the best to the last as the looked back at the three of therd biggest surprise. "And Joycio's who were watching her, and smili got two dolls," broke in Phil Joyce ing shyly through joyful eyes. Mies hald them both up. to prove the ran into the backyard round behind astounding fact. Jones lay with the castor oil plaat, where she had an arm around each little pyjama her cubby. There was no Lone, clad figure while they pressed nuts watching her there, so she lay Lulu on him and exhibited the prowess down on the worn grass and beside of all their toys. Suddenly they her she placed the ba penny and were both silent looking at each the two moth balls, then sitting other questioningly and chuckling back on her heels she gazed at all to each other. Then Phillipped her new possessions, She pulled his band under the pillow and up Lulu's dress and carefully ex brought out clumsy little parcel amined her underwear to see when which they both held in their ther it all came off.. Then stroking chubby handa One, two, free! down the frail clothes tenderly ale counted Phil, then they both be flung herself on the ground and gan, keeping almost together: Ta with one little brown arm lying dear Daddy, wishing him a merry across Lulu she whispered inttie Christmas with love from Phil girl talk into the china ear, and Joycia"

**

For the children the Day, was, They watched him eagerly as he God's best, gift of the year and at untied the much knotted string dusk they were tired out and al- and at last he brought it to light ready asleep, for himself, it had T6 was a big gilt watch chain with been happy, too, Jones thought as a coloured glase drop suspended he took his pipe into the compara- from the middle. They didn't wait tive cool of the overgrown" back? for him to express his surprise but yard. Everything was quiet- now, jumped at him hugging and kiss and still, and as he walked up the ingreal-

weed-grown path his foor kicked the discarded doll, Lulu Ho pick od it up and saw that it was soiled: Another excitement came in com and the china face clacked" but paring their new toys with those of what of that thought Tones, it bad the other children of the residen lived in the heart of a little tene tial. One problem arose and they ment child for one dayLab came running in to Jones to solve mission had been fullled, for hom it Gwennje, a little girl from one was born in the heart of one is of the back rooms followed shyly girl that some day again a mi after them and looked at Jones would come out of the From-ho cover of a chalÉG. IT WAS HOW MONTH ONS TEX BUDA

min only go aha'penny, and two doll in the defcrted back moth balls in her stocking!" they now hopa auleted his E bara outrJones looked sarionas fachere" must havós bõen Jasminta Ze Daddy: Barite wouldak wốn ha