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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

THEN AND NOW.

THE DUCHESS OF YORK.

ARE WE HAPPIER TO-DAY?

SCIENTIFIC

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LOVE-MAKING.

The modern youth and maiden engage themselves in the pursuit of any new excltement in their striy- ing for pleasure," said the Rev. II. A. Wittenbach, moving the resO- lution that "the days of Merric England were happier than those of the Y.M.C.A. Literary and De- bating Society.

"Happiness," he said, "is peace and contentment, but there is no peace and contentment today. The wold days, when young men and women were happy to dance round the Maypole, care-free and un- restrained, have been replaced by a atriving for speed and yet more speed. The care-free yokels of the old days have been replaced by blase young men,, who go through life perpetually bored."

MODERN INVENTIONS,

Modern inventions, "he erged. hud not tended to make life happier. Nothing was more fray- ing to the nerves than the mo- dern telephone; the motor-car had introduced a few more liars into the world; and steamships had drawn folks away from the family circle, which in the days of ald, sitting round a leg fire, con- atitated one of the greatest scurces of happiness.

With modern inventions, includ- ing divorce, all the romance has gone out of life, the Rev. Witten- bach continued. The swain of old serenaded 'his lady love from be- low the window. The modern young man breezes. round and dins out a mournful pote on his motor- ear or motor-cycle horn, so that even love itself has become a scientific process.

NO HAPPINESS.

'The Duchess of York' is here seen chatting with Mrs. Fore- man, who wears her dead son's medal, when on a visit to Ash- ford to lay the foundation stone of 2 new hospital.

"THE SEA BEAST."

REALISTIC FILM AT THE ·

QUEEN'S.

It is to be doubted whether any more thrilling or realistic filming

COAL DISPUTE.

SETTLEMENT ARRANGEMENTS IN SCOTLAND.

London, Nov. 25.

0. a storm at sea has ever been Satisfactory progress is being seen than that figuring in "The made in Scotland for the settle- Sea Beast," the Warner Bros., pro-ment of the coal dispute.. isduction now being screened at the

"Always the modern youth striving for pleasure and because he is striving, he can never find happiness.

In further plea for the days of the past, the Rev. Wittenbach men- tioned that to-day some people were striving to restore the old folk dances into the antional life with a view to recapturing the spirit which prevailed in the old days.

."

Mr. W. L. Walker, who second- ed, stressed the point that modern

Queen's Theatre. The story has

to do with the love and hate

Matters have been left in the

of hands of a small Joint Committee, two half-brothers on the whaling which will submit terms to each Officials of ships of the early forties, together side for ratification.

Cheshire with the capture of a huge white the Lancashire' and' whale known as Moby Dick, which Miners'

Federation discussed

in its time had taken a Heavy tell terms with the conlowners and of human life. Needless to say, a these will be submitted to the strong love interest is maintained, miners conference in Londen to- with the half-brothers as rivals for morrow-Reuter, the same girl.

The picture can be described as remarkable one in several re- spects, notably for the fine deting

inventions. meant dissatisfac- of John Barrymore as the hero anding

tion all round. The mo.

dern man was, expected by his employer to become a cox in

the really splendid photography. Life aboard the old sailing ships is.

the wheel of a machine which admirably portrayed, whilst there grinded continually. The modern is throughout the film plenty of

MORE MEN WORKING,

London, Nov. 25. There were.428,000 miners work-

to-day.-Router.

AGREEMENTS BEING REACHED. -

Later. Scottish conlowners' and miners'

employer was seeking to find the colour and innumerable thrills representatives have arrived at an secret of perpetual motion in crder In other respects, there are a few agreement which will be submit-

to keep his men's noses to the flaws and fakes which somewhated to both sides. grindstone. There was no in- detract from the general excellencs

It is understood that it provides

dividuality in work, and a man was of the picture. None the leas for an eight-hour day at a nominal"]

unable to take pride in it.

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an

THE OTHER SIDE

"The Sea Beast" is well worth see- ing and should draw big houses to-day and to-morrow.

minimum wage of 9/4d..

The Northumberland Minera'

A lengthy conference of the Cannock Chase coalowriers and miners at Birmingham failed to reach an agreement, but the great majority of the men are working.

Router.

Appropriately enough, there Council has decided to recommend Mr. Sapsed and Mr. T, V. Har figures on the programme a Prizma an acceptance of the owners' terms, mon were the mover and seconder colour picture giving an. Insight including a 7% hour shift for he respectively of the negative. Mr. into modern whaling expeditions,wers and eight hours. for other Sapsed, despite a succession of which is extremely interesting and workers. halts through passing buses, made informative.

excellent ples on behalf of modern times." He pointed out Vienna. Oct. B.--Two well that the great strides made in the known Vienna scientists, Dr. Her education of the masses," in the mann Michel (Director of the past few years, had given every- Vienna Museum of Natural one an opportunity of fullytory and Docent at the University! appreciating the joys of the world. and trof. Dr. Gastay Ricul, have The telephone enabled a man to devised a method of distinguishing talk to his wife. The receiver was artificial pearls from real.

pearl, or its counterfeit, is placed useful if she tried to talk back.

in a special instrument the chief The motor-car enabled man to work in the city and to be able features of which are two electros magnets. The natural or real

The ROW AT FISH-STALL.

to get out, into the country. If peart gives no reaction; the arti-) the motor-car broke down, well Acial pearl un casily visible reac some people were never happier tion. than when investigating A machine's inner works.

"When Friar Tuck' wanted ham Mr. Harmon pointed out the

freedom of comparative

the and eggs, he just took his weapon average man of to-day as com and crowned some-one for it: pared with those of the Middle Those days must have been far Ages when there were two classes, superior to those of to-day." the poor working class, and the nobles. The men working in the fields in those days rose at day break and worked til sundown, and then were happy in the sense. that they were able to go to bed. They slept and worked, and when occasionally a national holiday came round they pranced round a

Maypole.

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QUESTION OF SEX OF A CARP.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1926.

DINNER DANSANT

To dine and dance at LANE, CRAWFORD'S

is to spend an evening happily and well. There is always an inviting menu – good music-and that exclusiveness which

bespeaks good taste,

Next Dinner, Dance

Saturday, November 27th.

Tables should be booked.

LANE, CRAWFORD, LIMITED.

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A customer calling, at a fish-

BIG GAME HUNTER. Mr. Squires have been into lower Annam and Cambodia, with Saigon monger's stall at the Central Market yesterday, showed some:

for a jumping-off place. The sec-. discrimination in his purchase. MANILA SPORTSMAN'S TRIPtion west of Hue has been barely He was asked if it was a "male or female carp" that was required.

Mr. G. D. Squires, prominent touched because it is difficult of The customer replied that he Manila sportsman" and big game access. Only one scientist has preferred a male carp, and when hunter, is going on another ex ever made a collection from it and

With that was in 1795. handed what, appeared to be one, pedition into Indo-China.

"A man cannot take pride in did not take it, but threw it his brother, Mr. R. W. Squires, and

The expedition will leave Hue screwing one nut on a Ford car; back into the tub. Whe-Mr. T. L. Wright, both of Shang- I don't know what he can think of ther male or female, it was a dead haí, Mr. Squires will start with guides and a few cargo boys the finished article.”

Ash that was returned to him, the from Hue, the isolated ancient about the first of the year and will "Letter-writing gives everyone fishmonger alleged, and he entered capital of Annam, about January work toward the mountain range happiness-when its finished." into a dispute with the customer. 1 for a four months' absence in in the west. A new camp will be 'cstablished farther into the in- Matters developed into a fight, and the wilds.

round terior after the country "Some-one spoke of gramo the customer was injured and sub-

The expedition, this time will about each base has been scoured phones, but he cannot possiblysequently removed to hospital with live in, the Y.M.C.A."

an injured spleen. Two other men not be after big game, but for for specimens. "Old music was beautiful and are stated to have helped the fish- the collection of bird, animal and Mr. R. W. Squires stated that SOME EPIGRAMS.

romantic: jazz is merely passion-motiger in the fight. 1

plant specimens for museums In the United States. Mr. T. L. Wright the party hopes to cross the moun- Other nice points made duringate distortion."

A sequel to the affair was the is an experienced collector and tain range and descend into the the evening were:

The voting was very close, the appearance of the fishmonger at versed in the preparation of speci-valley of the Mekong River, which opposition gaining the verdict by the Central Magistracy, this mor mens. Mr. R. W. Squires will take 17 votes to 15...

ning. Major C. Willson was in care of the botanical end and Mr. Mr. A.S.D. Cousland occupied formed by Inspector Marks that C. D. will do the shooting. the chair, and at the conclusion ex- the injured man was doing well in pressed pleasure at the excellence hospital, according to the sur of the debate. He was glad to see geon's certificate... that it had been treated in light The hearing was adjourned for wein by some of the speakers. a week.

The dignity of the minuet may have been suitable for those days, bút give me the graceful, poetical one-step."

A man just back from Home tells me ho had to go the whole afternoon without a glass of good British beer."

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comes down from Tibet and has a Water-shed so large that the Phil ippine Islands could easily be con tained in it. Ocean going ships The three men are venturing can go up the Mekong for a dis“ Into an unexplored territory, little Lance of 400 miles from its mouth.. nowa to hunters or scientists. The crossing of the range would be The three previous expeditions of a feat of no little importance.

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