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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH;

SAVING A MASTERPIECE.

By ROBERT POWER

TWO-MINUTE TALKS A Dally Tonto

IN THE MAZE.

What a charm there is in the last to the centro of the labyrinth

Leonardo's "Last Supper"

Doctored.

Leonardo Da Vinci's "Last Suppor is once more in the hands of the restorer, and thoro

MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1924,

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

"Save it with Ice"

old-world gardon of the great Cunningly contrived, made by now every reason to believe YOU WILL BE MORE THAN REPAID

mansion; or the myriad flower Italian designers, emblematics that this pallida umbra" of bode, rookeries, and lawns, add perhaps of the subtle mind of what has been called the greatosi dolight in plotura In the world, on the wall ing to the magniflcance of some those who took s lordly palace. In auch, you will fashioning them to confuse the of the refectory of 8. Maria dotte find the maze, the last quaint wanderor. It was said of the Grazie at Milan, will be unfo for touch of those who fashioned maze at Hampton Court that all time, though its delicate state horinosous glorios.

King Henry VIII. lost his way will still require unceasing and "was exceeding tendar oare. The Corriere della It was a whimsical fancy to therein, and mako a mazo. It lay balind The wrathful." Kings do not like to Ser contains a highly intorosting Wildornose. The wildornoes was fool they have boon made to look article on the subject. the wild garden, contrasting with foolish.

The causes of the rapid decay of one of the great masterpieces

the sot cultivation running into Somo of Lifo's travellors are in of the world, long romained Many patterns:

the Dutch the maze. Bailled, bowildorad, obscuro, but they have new boon garden, made famous by William perhaps many angry, they pross reduced to two-the damp due to of Orange, prim and savero; the forward only to find the path the position of the picture, which Italian, a delightful medley of turn back until they realise they is painted on the wall itself, and many styles; the Old English, are where they started. On once the mothods used by Leonardo in dream of sweet flowers, small more with frosh hope, until again his passion for experiment. No shrubs, and tangled growths, the brought to a stand, the bitter till 16 years ago, when Luigi French, audacious, rioting with truth is grasped that they are no Cavounghi was put in charge of colour, and patterned with the nearer the goal. No matter what the caso, were the measures for fountain, paved walks, and bril-

the objectivo-position, happiness, Hant miniature hodges of box. wealth, or power, they are in the saving to pieturo placod tur a thoroughly scientific basis. Thon finally-the Maze

maze, consciously trapped by oir Clearly the first thing to do was It was a fancy of those won cumstancos.

to get rid of the damp. It at once: dorful old dosigners of great

that the gardons to place the maze beyond If you are in the maze of life became apparent

Wae perfectly! the Pleasauriou. The sonsus wore you must have a guide. Truth cause of this entranced by all the wonders of will find the road where Deceit simple, consisting in the differ flower and foliage, sweet smelling misleads. It may be a difficult ence of temperatura Palwoom the shrub and aromatic bush. Over path, unattractivo, and hard to rofectory and the room hehind it, all played the fountain, while the tie foot. But it leads right, and which made tho. moisture con- peacocks struttod and screamed that is what matters. If you are dense on the picture as it doos uit by the stone wall. Then came consciously in the labyrinth, a window-pano in winter. Thu tho Wilderness, unkept and entangled by various painful and moment an electric stove was riotous, and imperceptibly the irritating circumstances, do what installed in this room and an way led into the umbrageous is approved by conscience, and aperture made in the partywall

you will be led right.

fundor the picture, all traces of Within the maze, struggled the Are you entangled? However damp vanishod. unwary, bowildered by the turn winding the nazy ways you and oroHe turn, the path that travel, there is a path that loads doubled back upon itself, the to the centro of all, difficultios, way which surely must come at Truth will find it.

mazo

THEFT OF GRAMA- PHONE.

ANDERSON MUSIC CO. ROBBED.

The other troublo was mora difficult to deal with, for it proved to be chronic and yielded only temporarily to regular treatment. Cavonaghi carried his secreta with him to the grave, but his Enccessor, Signor Oroste Silvostri works openly, making no attempt, to hide his methods. Indeed, he may be seun tenderly manipulat- ing hisdelicate patient any day on his scaffold. Whethor his method is a rediscovery of that of! A Kowloon resident, Mr. F. X. Cavenaghi Or one entiraly

MISSING COOK.

AND DISAPPEARANCE OF DIAMONDS.

A very cool theft. committed. Ribeiro of 1, Carnarvon Villas, original, it is proving squally reported to the Police last night successful, and the Corriere gives the disappearance of $1,065 worth a most valuable description of it. of jewellery, including diamond

at the Anderson Music Company was reported to the Police during

the week-ond.

A European or Eurasian, it was stated, entered the shop on Saturday and, after selecting a gramaphone and four records, asked those to be done up in a parcul for him. Whilst the as- sistant, Miss Marsh, went another part of the shop to fetch a catalogue he had asked for, the man walked out of the shop with the goods.

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The value of the gramaphone was $30.

MACAO NOTES.

GIRL VICTIMS.

Conditions In India.

DIFFICULT WORK.

earrings, a diamond and peari The work is ticklish in the ax- ring, diamond marquiso ring, treme, as it consists in securing gold locket got with one diamond, to the wall the small pieces of and several gold trinkets.

|Leonardo's paint which are con- The family were sway from tinually becoming dotached from home during the afternoon, and it. Oddly enough, the method raturne i to find the juwollory employed is distinctly medical in missing also the cook-boy, who character, the principal instru- is now being soarched for.

ment being a hypodermic syringo.|| The surgeon insorts the needle of his syringe between the thin strata, and the wall and ejects Brom it. An essence of petrol, which spreads about and satu There are about 2,000 girls rates a broad area of the painted under 13 years of age in housos of surface, thus rondoring it, by ill fame in Calcutta, the intention capillarity, able to absorb a soc- being to employ them in those ond injection of moist resins, piacos whon they are a little: This pliant, elastic substanco older. The Modern Review, an restores the adhesive quality of INTERESTING ITEMS. Indian-edited monthly, makes the section of the crust which is

an carnost appeal for their in danger. (From Car Oun Çarrespondent.} {

As soon as the adhesive matter whothor by Christian roecue,

The editor holds firm, the portion that has Great interest is being shown or other agency. hore in the opening of the faoilmil donounces the double standard been thus prepared is hauted by season, the number of teams com- of morality recognised in India, an electric process: it is then elsewhere turning to the ironed, so as to strengthen and poting this year being much larger than last.

A silver cup special causes of prostitution in latton it, after which the bright has been offered for competition India, he says there is a close polish of the varnish is sponged by the Opium Farm, all teams,ssociation between this evil and off. Then, in order to strengthen the work still further, Signor including the military, being child-widowhond: -.

"The vocabulary of Bengalis Silvestri odgon each section as ho eligible to compete. The Cup which was presented last year by as it is spoken by the massos completes it with a minute stucco H.E. the Governor will again be supplies an irrefutable argument border, using the very finest in- In this way thoro in favour of this view, of which struments. fought for.

A tologram has boon received the truth can also ha demon-can be no doubt of the security of A.strated by investigating the por- the pieces restored. The picture is Francisco A. da Silva, Senator sonal history of woman of ill then carefully dusted with the and rustic finest of brushes to removo any which he famo, in in Macao, to

saine word adhoring particles and the orude staton that the Contra! Gov. Bengalie the

Ué on] to denote aploces of white stucco that appear ornment has now granted pormis-is

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A now brick factory has ro- cantly hoon startad, with offices on Praia Grande whilst it is rumour ed that a second factory will bo commenced. Nows of this kind is encouraging as it will moun

Woin the Burface are painted so as to believe almost the same word is harmonize with the whole.

Any iden of restoring this used in Hindi, too; in the same sotso advocates of social purity wonderful masterpiece to any must noods, therefore, also he thing approaching its original advocates of the remarriage of condition has, of course, been out widow."

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In Caloutta the conditions aro The full vigour of healthy man-

that locally made bricks can now specially bad as the male ro-hood has long vanished from it

be used for building instead of sidents are twice as Canton bricks.

as the fomale.-Ex.

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