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LUNCH ABOARD AN AIR LINER.

"'ANTI-AIR SICKNESS MENUS" ARRANGED.

With air passenger dying across the United States just like those, who travel on trains, the newest problem in dietetics has arisen-it has to do with "anti-air nickness metges,"

Passengers flying across thu Pontiarni on at Just one of the newly created air or combination air rail Unes will even have their for them by ex- food picked mat perta,

Food, secondarys it might be considered to the items of time and safety, is, important that re- cognized leaders in dietetics are Kiving serious thought ta this phase of the light. The chief reason for a special diet Is the possibilityf air sickness, which is much akin to seasickness.

Experiment With Menus In order to avoid such pleasantness, therefore, officials

of every line operating though Kansas City and others planning; to cross the country by other routes, virdoús are experimenting with

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fold menus to assure pleasant and healthful trip to the

Nisseners.

The picture above, shows how lunch is served to passen- gers nboard one of the big air finers in the new U. S. trans- continental service, thousands of feet above the earl!. Felow is Fred Burvey, rest nu. rant expert, who has been busy planning suitable menus for air travellers.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, AUGUST 17th, 1929.

afternoon between St. Louis and Kansas City and between Winslow and Kingman, Ariz, have been ehosen with the same idea in mind. These may consist of lemonade, iced tea or bouillion and cakes or watlles,

Since the amoul of food that can be taken aboard any of the air- planes is limited is about 50 prunds, including container, dishes and utensils, for all passengers, extreme ingenuity is required in preparing le menu. To allow more weight for Fed, special containers and utensils have been designed for the

purpose.

AFTER SOUTH SEA BUBBLE.

RUSE TO OFFSET A RUN ON THE BANK,

Mr. W. Martson Acres, lecturing before the London Society,, at the hall of the Royal Society of Arts, John Street, W.C., told how the Bank of England once experienced a "run" and how various subter- fuges were devised to meet the altuation. He was for thirty years an official of the Bank, and he is now engaged on research work among its records and archives.

After the bursting of the notorious South Sea Bubble in the early part of the eighteenth cen Lurs, auf Mr. Acres, a erlula 'do- veloped, and the Bank had con- akderable difficulty in mäistaining its credit. A number of ruses were resorted to in order to gain time for friends to rally to its support.

One expedient was to pay de- mands for cash in shillings and six-

· ponees. Another was for the cashiers to pay large sums to car- Lain friendly individuals who, by previous arrangement, went out at one dour with their bugs of money and returned shortly afterwards by anther entrance to pay it all. In again.

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The process of counting the small roin when it was paid out and again. when I was. returned touk siderable time and held off genuing would-be withdrawals. By, such means the Bank's store of coln was husbanded until the crisis had pass- ed.

"The Oki, Lady."

The night military guard at the Bank dated from the time of the Gordon Hiots in 1750. At first the City Corporation raised strong objection to what it deemed an interference with its control of the City and the citizens generally complained bitterly of the arrogant behaviour of the soldiers, who marched two abreast along the Strand, Fleet Street and Cheap-

The ebatainer has a compart-side, jostling and pushing people

out of their way. ment for trays to carry the food and another compartment for the silverware, dishes and napkins. The hot and coki drinks will be rarried in thermos e cntainers,

"A complete set-up will be made on portable tables aboard the planes," Harvey explains, "and served by the ship's courier in a manner approaching as closely as possible the atmosphere on the ground. We have endeavoured to aimplify the survice as nucli as possible.”

Over the "Lindbergh Line" which the Transe ntinental Airearefully worked out on their diet Transport is soon to operate in co-plan. Each lux contains, besides! operation with the Feunysylvania napkin, paper dish and silverware, a Sante Fe railroads, Fred sealed lass of iced tea with CARE OF THE DOG. Harvey, head of the company that lemon, a thermos fur of lemon ice, Fusstring of milroad restau-baked ham sandwich on white Funts througBourt the west, is sub-brend with the meat thoroughly mitting himself to food fests for dried of its grense, a chicken sand- the benefit of air passengers, Harwich of white meat with butter, an vey is a pit and aviation enthus apple, a hard-boiled egg and a fem slist himself and persojully scoffs tomato.

at air sickness as something to

That's the summer menu. For!

SOME USEFUL HINTS TO OWNERS,

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worry about. But some passengers winter a different dietary will be purtance of keeping our canine might not like the peculiar dipping worked out. and swerving of the ship; so he has! considered them in his tests.

Fatty Foods, Tabeo,

Most of us realize the

pets in the best of health. It's a simple onite you know the ropes This menu is somewhat in agree-thoroughly, and such a shame to This line goes by raff from Newment with that which Fred Harvey See a good dog being spoilt through York to Columbus, Ohio, thence by ! air to Wyn ko, Okkt, rain by rail has tentatively decided on for the carelessness or negleet!

Lindbergh Line. Grease and Falty) Ben't give your dog food at any

te Winslow, Ariz., and then by a fonds, sizes fried pork chops and hour of the day. Let him have re-

to Los Angeles,

Served at Airport-o

phan chocolate bars, are Ghocular meal times, just like baby. A Light diabes, sandwiches, salads, A competitive line going out to desserts that aren't too rich v poppy should be fed three times Los Angeles by rail and air, is mained on his men and these day until he is "grown up," after that run by the Universal Air-most likely will he, the foods pre-that twice a day is all right, Can- venient hours, for feeding are D craft Corporation, linking the Newpared for the pissingers. York Central from New York with Heavy ments will be eaten on them, and 6 pm, giving a change

these will be of foot at each of these meals. planes from Cleveland, through round, but even

See that he always a plentiful Chiengoad Kanaa City to Garden Fehosen with thought, for the pas City, Kas, and then by rail again! sparer's confort.

supply of fresh water. Change

to Los Angeles. On this line, no "We are striving," says Harvey, this frequently in the hot weather; meds will be served aboard the "for a selection. That will satisfy stale lukewarm water won't appeal planes, hut light neala will be pre- the hungry and appeal to the fasto your pet, and it isn't good for pared for passengers at airports | Lidinus and at the same time in-him! where Uz planes stop.

Inde mis, with the advice of

Flesh may be given, cooked or The Western Air Express, pro-Medial men and dietitians, which.

· mating_nidirect all-air route be will encourage the appetites of the W. It's a good plan to feed him tween Kansas City and Los An-queamish ones not accustomed to uncooked meat and broken-up geles, has for several weeks benir travel, The food above all avail three days a week, and the testing various diets for its past mast be easily digested and tend to remaining four on cooked meat, for sonking the sen. Uniler the direction of wyrcome any nervousness or hyal-using the broth Herbert Hoover Jr., son of the pre-ral discomfort on the part of the biseni. Most dogs are also fond

of fried meal. sident, Max Snyder, maltre de passenger."

hotel, and Paul Kienzle, chef of Light Refreshments Aleft,

Exercise your dog is frequently

the Hotel Baltimore, have bien Light refreshments to be served as you feed it. Let him have putting up individual" box lunches falit" In mid-morning and mid- Íplenty of fresh air regularly,

A new portrait of Billie Dove, one of the most beautiful actresses on the screen, who is starred in First National Pictures and, one of whose latest pictures is "Careers" with

Antonio Moreno and Noah Beery in the cast.

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Various attempts had been made to account for the Bank's nickname. "The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street." He thought it originated from a car- toon of that title, drawn by James Gillray in 1797. It depicted William Pht endeavouring to obtain possesion of the Bank's gold.

Gillray probably got his in- spiration from a speech made by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in the House of Commons in March, 1797, when Sheridan, referred to the Rank as "un elderly lady in the City of great credit and long standing who had unfortunately got into, bad company."

MILLIONAIRES OF OF GERMANY.

RICH JUNKER-LANDED, PROPRIETORS.

For the first time since the. War a comprehensive view of Ger- many's millionaires, has been inued by the financial department of the official statistical office. The time appears opportune, in view of the discussion in Paris of Germany's ability to pay her reparations debt.

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pessimists are having

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it all their own way, presuming, us one may safely do, that these figures

Taxes are correct, capital are assessed very carefully, and rise automatically with the market value of land, the price of mortgages, or decontrol of rents, The German millionaire was, of -course, a poor thing at the best timer, compared with the dollar millionaire, and that most envied of capitalists, ie very rich man in England. He can achieve the proud tile with A capital of £50,000. The taxation figures for this and turge fortunes are extra- ordinarily illumbating.

It is claimed officially that there are in Bermany to-day 2,235 people with a capital of £50,000 and over (pre-war figure 15,519). Of these there are thirty-threo than expitalists owning more 159,000

220): (pre-war

140 capitalists owning between £260,000 and £500,000; and 465 capitalists owning betwe £100,000 and £250,000.

Berlin has Most.

Berlin possesses the largest per- centage of millionaires, with 290 of these £50,000 and higher fortunes among its taxpayers Hamburg follows with 112, Leipzig,' a bud third with fifty-five. Frankfurt, and Cologne each possess forty- eight rich nten respectively. Munich forty-two, Dresden thirty- lx, Chemnitz and Bremen ench twenty-one, Hanover nineteen, Essen thirteen, Brestnu twelve, and Wiesbaden 1çu.

This rather odd distribution of. wealth is brought about by the fact that the rich Industrialists rarely live in the spot where their money has been made. The Ruhr industrialist Jikes Dusseldorf, the Saxon manufacturer, loves Dres- den. The great shipping million- aires do not willingly leave the porta. But the largest fortunes of all are owned by the great Junkerlanded proprietors, who form a large percentage of the thirty-three multi-mark fortunes.

PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT.

LATEST HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP. JANET GAYNOR TO BE SEEN IN NEW ROLE.

Motion picture fans who are sel to seeing pretty Janet Gaynor in quiet roles similar to those of "Seventh Reavch" and "Sunrise" are about to get a look at her in an entirely now gulée,

In her next picture Miss Gaynor | will drop her demure seduteness and became very much the dancing, Linging gadabout.

An elaborate musical comedy, "Sunny Side Up," is being prepared for her at the Fox Films studio at Hollywood. it will have lots of music and lots of dancing, and story, dialogue and songs are being made ready by the famous team of De Sylva, Brown and Henderson.

This will be a new venture for Blas nynor, who has not heroto- fore had a part of this kind-but Fox executives are confident that in her new role she will repeat her Farmer succusses,

The first full-length talking pic- ture in a foreign language to be filmed in America is to, bo mude' for Warner Brothers with Alex- ander Moissi, famous German actor, in the leading role.

The play selected for this un- usual venture is "The Royal Box" --a famous old-time play by Alex.. ander Dumas, which was first pre- sented in Paris in 1836 and which was translated into German a few years later to seure a great hit in Berlin,

Playing opposite Molesi will be Camilla Horn, a recent importa tion from Germany. A number of celebrated German players have been secured for the supporting cast,

Incidentally, two scripts must be used in the production of this play -one in German, for the cast, and the other in English, for Director Bryan Fay. An interpreter · has both scripts and checks up on the dialogue.

Janet Gaynor. will be adapted by Brucat Bajda Griffith the star: from his play of the same title.

The movies jare going in for newspaper pictures, too, following Broadway'a lead, perhaps. Anyway, Douglas Fair Other notes, pleked up at this banks, Jr., and Jobyna Ralston havo j

It begun to look as if Inn Claire, whose recent

marriage to John studio and that: Ruth Jannings, been chosen for leading roles in Gilbert 'sort of upset Hollywood daughter of the famous German Power of the Press," which

even caused one actor, is an actress, too. She ap-eton goes into production... dopesters and young actress to pull a fake sui-peared in Emil's "Sins of the William Wellman, who won elle stunt for the publicity there Fathers." Joseph E. Shea is little fame when ho directed was in it, won't have much time producing ft synchronized · film "Wlags," is to direct "Tong War,"

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to perid with friend hubby for version of "Elmer Gantry," in a new Paramount picture in which

the next few months. With her which Edward Pawley will have the principal feminine role will be first fim," "The Awful Truth," just the star role. "Saturday's played by Florence Vidor' (Mrs. getting under way, plans already Children," the Maxwell Anderson Jascha Heifetz). An important have been made for the next one. play that had a long run on Broad-part in the picture has been as It will be "Where Were You," and way, is being filmed, with Corinnelsigned to Wallace Beery.

THE BEST-OR WORST ?

EPSTEIN STATUE WHICH DIVIDES CRITICS.

Jacob Epstein, the American- born Englishman who seems to be either the world's best sculptor or the world's worst, depending on the point of view, has gone and done it ivan.

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Epstein's latest work in a huge statue done for the new ollice build- ing of the company which London's underground railway system. It is called "Night," and, like all of Epstein's other works, it las the critics divided and the gen- eral publie bewildered.

The statute shows the gigantic figure of a woman, Aeated, with a man lying in her lap.

One critic remarks that this statue, "like all his work, will re- eive its share of abuse--and will survive to be admired by future generations."

Another, somewhat wrought up, dedares:

"It has no psychological signi- ficance whatever. It is a great, course object in a debased Indo-i Chinese style, representing a creu- ture halt-Buddha, half-mummy, bearing upon her knee a corpse-like child of enormous size."

The photograph shows the new statule, "Night," which has created such a sensation in London. Inset is its creator, the

sculptor, Jacob Epstein.

And Epstein himself says: "If the man in the street does not like the look of it on his daily way to work, he can always avert mis eyes. In any case, the artist Fusses of this kind are nothing|1920 rnised a storm of protest. who considers the taste of the new for Epstein. Indeed, this one Many preachers were deeply offend. masses' is a fool and is stulitfying is mild compared with some he hased by the figure, which was not at his own art. Why ask the opinion hud.

allke the traditional figures of

of the man in the street at all? Ini Four years ago, for instance ad-Christ. The storm finally died all beauty there is an element of mirers of the late W. H Hudson down, however-and Epstein sold strangeness, of unfamiliarity, writer, wished to erect a bird the statue for $10,000.

which ordinary non-creative people memorial in Hyde Park to com-j Eaptein was born in the New find alarming.

memorate him, and asked Epateln

"In my Night there is a touch of to make 11. A wild war-whoop of York East Side in 1880, the son of the inhuman. That is appropriate attack and derision was let loose Polish immigrants. Despite the to the vast, vague idea of night, when Epstein's memorial was un-poverty of his parents, he went You could not personify such an veiled. There were demands that through the New York publie idea by an ordinary pretty human it be removed from the park. schools, and showed such talent In figure,"

There was even an argument about his art classes that a wealthy It's an Old Story.

In Parliament. Some young woman sent him to Paris, where he And do

the argument stands, vandals stole into the park one atudied under the famous Rodin. Meanwhile, Epstein is hard at work night and, daubed the thing with Completing his course of study,

he elected to make his home in Lon on a companion piece to thila statue, green paint which will stand beside it on the Epatein, however, stayed sorenciydon, and in 1910, after he had be

come well catablished, he became a front of the building and will be unmoved. called "Day,"

Similarly, his status of Christ in British citizen.

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