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"I'm A Good Boy Now, Mummie!"

FENG YU-HSIANG.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1929.

HIS CHRISTIANITY "CALLED INTO QUESTION.

Most children are naturally good. Even when playfully ins Miss Mildred Cablo, author, or chieyous, as all healthy children joint author, of several books of must at times, they mean no harm.travel, such as "Despatches From The screams and tantrums of North-West Kansu," and "Through the "bad" child almost invariably Jade Gates and Central Asia,”

arise, out of phy- and who writes from an experience

WOMAN'S WORLD

FOR OUR LADY READERS.

sical conditions of over two years as a member of They Say in Paris-

Wool Jersey is coming back intu | favour; and a great many sports and travelling costumes are being made of it. Favourite colour combinations are brown, yellow, black and white, yellow and red and white, beige and brown and navy-blue and white.

calling for sym- the China Inland Mission, has re- pathetic treat-cently thrown Important light upon ment rather than the present policy and "work of . Long scarves are much smarter for punishment. Marshal Feng.

than square or three-cornered The administra-

ones, and the Parisigane ties hers It is -atated or authority tion of a few

now in a huge bow just ander the which Miss Cable regarda aschin, sometimes pinning down the Baby'a Own sufficiently trustworthy that in long ends with a-brooch. With Tableta in most recent interview Feng, when tweed costumes, a scarf of the such cases will naked 8.5 to his present at same tweed, with fringud ends, is correct the dis-titude towards Christianity, aald, good. order in the "I desire my Christianity, to bo child's little In-judged by the things I do. It is alde which is the so easy to say, "I am a Christian,' cause of its naug.but to bo one, that is the need of htiness, and then to-day. I know that it is freely said that I have recanted. So be "I'm a good boy tears and tan-it. If my actions belle my pro

now mummie" trums speedily fession, then my profession is of give way to happiness and smiles. little value." in those provinces Baby's Own - Tablets STO an of Inland China which have come

under Feng'e jurisdiction the "The Tuck-in Blouse hna definite- absolutely pure and enfe specific slogan everywhere was "Postpone ly arrived, made in white or pale for Infantila inalgestion, constipa-preaching."

colours of organdie, crepe or fine tlon, colle, teething pains. They "Passing through the lines linen. It often displays a jubot quickly cool feverishness, allay of his Nationalist' Army," or frills in front, sometimes laced- croup and colds, expel worms. writes Miss Cable, "I saw soldiers edged. But the novelty is the way The "children like them because giving bread to the needy, helping the problem of keeping the blouse they are pleasant in taste. Of travellers in distress, and dis- in place is solved, now that we chemists, or post free, 60 cents mounting to assist peasants whose don't wear corsets or tight belts. per vial, from the Dr. Williams beasts wore in distress. Every-The modern way is to carry it on, Medicine Co., 60, Kiangse Road, where there was evidence of a into a neat little pair of knickers! wave of altruism." But it was And oyer this combination- Shanghai.

observed that in many respects garment, you slip on your skirt, the energetic efforts towards re The idea has long been in vogue BABY'S OWN TABLETS form were failing of their objec- for riding clothes, but is only now

tive, and it was felt that per-coming into general use. manent results would not be achieved until something deeper than the mere strength of the leader's personality is brought to bear upon the life and consciences

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of the people. Another writer de-quarter length. On the other clares that the Chinese powers hand, the jackets of tailored suits 30 that that-be are not pleased with Feng, have become longer, whose plain living is a reproach to

neither very short nor very long their extravagance. To live in a coats are soen. mud hut adjoining big official re- sidences is disconcerting to the in-

Watch-pendants are the latest habitants of the latter. Intrigue form of jewellery, and are so much has produced accusations against liked that they are threatening to him which are believed to be false, oust our beloved watch bracelets. But Feng is declared to be a sick They are exquisitely worked, most- man, and the rumour that he in-ly in brilliants, onyx, or enamel, tends going abroad seems probably and hang from a tiny bar brooch true.

"BLUE SKIES.”

'FASCINATING LOVE STORY AT THE STAR.

In "Blue Skies," the main fea- ture at the Star to-day till Satur- day. Little Delmar is called upon to laugh and cry in this screen droma of life in an orphanage and his father Watson' taught him to shed real tears and laugh natural- ly by use of his cigar lighter.

"He promised Delmar he could flash it if he cried and told him he might blow the flame out if he laughed.

Delmar, by this method, was taught to weep or laugh with- out effort. This accomplishment secured for Delmar his assign- ment to the picture after 30 or more youngsters of about. the same age had failed to meet re- [quirements.

"Blue Skies" is an adaptation, by John Stone, from the magazine story, The Matron's Report," a fascinating love story with life.in an orphanage ng a background. It was written by Frederick Haz- litt Brennan,

Freddie Frederick, a seven-year- ofd child actor, and Carmencita Johnson, a little girl of six with much screen experience, are fea- tured in the first epizode, while Helen Twelvetreca, well known on the speaking stage, and Frank Albertson, a clever juvenile pro- minent in pictures, portray the principal characters in the second episode. Others in the cast aro Ethel Wales, Rosa Gore, William Oriamond, Evelyn Hall and Claude King. Alfred directed the production.

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FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

UNCLE HARRY

AND FRECKLES

ARE ABOUT

TO START UP TO

TAE RANCH

WHILE BACK HOME TAGALONG

IS ALL PACKED, AND ITS ONLY „A” MATTER. OF A FEW HOURS BEFORE

THE LONG TRAIN

RIDE STARTS

AND ALL ANY... STUFF IS PACKED IN THERE, MOM?

BOY! I JUST [KNOW I'M GOING TO HAVE A BIG

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Modern Portraits.

FACES THAT CHANGE WITH FASHION.

feminine types is presented by Velazquez, the painter of Spain's great ladies in the 17th century, and our own Reynolda und Gains borough in the next century. In "The Lady With the Fän”— familiar to many of us becausa it

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OUR NEW BRITISH CROSSWORDS.

Across

1 Coarse yarn.

7 Church table.

12 Farthingale.

13 Mention.

15 Figure on an escutcheon.

16 Gallinaceous birds.

barracks..

17

Shop

18 Beasts of burden.

19 Mixture of metals.

21 Part of the verb "to have."

22 Large

23

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on for extracting ore..

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31 Sicken.

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34 Highland bonnet.

85 Important.

37 Rate.

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42 Walk affectedly.

44 Smell.

48 Captures.

61 Period of English history.

4-winged fly.

biscuit.

65 Corrupt.

66 Compound proposition.

57 Begin again.

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59 Instruments of mastication. 60 Mimickers,

Down

2 Practical joke.

1 Pulsate.

3 Blooming.

On.

6 Mizzle.

6 Fig-meat.

8 Reluctant.

9 Negotiater.

†10 Alcoholic drinks.

11 Tears.

13 Stop.

14 Stratum.

20 Sought legal decision

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instrument.

25 Becomes vapid. 27 Small-heros.

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Green-room

29 Giva

back.

31 Emmet.

32 Loose.

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Having left a will.

39 Ruin

41 Collection of fatty acids,

43 Not cut,

45 Healed.

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Knots. 47 Stalks.

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50 Gael.

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Faces change less violently than is in the Wallace Collection AIR MAIL SCHEME. fashions. But, since the expres-Velazquez has portrayed the digni- sion of the face reveals the inti-ty and rigour, clearly denoted in mate character and life of an age, the eyes, and the stern repression SERVICE BETWEEN HOLLAND RAILWAY STATION GODOWN

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the numerous portraits in the in the rest of the face which were galleries of England and the Con- the outcome of the life women led tinent show a variety of types in his day. This makes a startling

Amsterdam, Sept. 12,

Shanghal, Sept. 12. almost as great as their infinite contrast, with the charm, grace,

A fortnightly air mail service and vivacity of Reynolds's picture

A big fire broke out at Pukow variety of costume.

of Mrs. Carnac, also in the with the Dutch East Indies was in- Railway Station this morning and Modern women will go down to Wallace Collection:

augurated to-day, a triple-engined completely destroyed the No. 2, history in their portraits as alert,

Fokker plane leaving for Budapest godown. The full extent of the candid, active types, wide-eyed Homely, Motherly Characters,

on the first stage.

damage is not known, but it is be- and athletic-looking. You could Again a complete contrast are The Ministry of Communications lieved to be conalderable.--Nam find no greater contrast in type the frank, homely hausfraus who states, with reference to the in- Chung Po... than those of the last century. appeared so frequently in the auguration of a regular air mall Look at Wnterhalter's portraits, great Dutch exhibition at Burling- service with the Dutch East Indies, en route, but only consent to trial for instance, showing the sloping ton House. The ruddy faces, that it has been impossible hitherto flights until January 1.. Negotia shoulders, the gentle expression, stout figures, and knotted hands to get a general permit for landings tions are proceeding-Reuter. the general lack of freedom of these old Dutchwomen, whom oharacteristic of Victorian times. Rembrandt and Franz Hals loved An Interesting Experiment. to paint, exgressed, as clearly as It is difficult to say exactly how the swept and garnished tiles of much of this change in "face their well-kept houses the homely, fashions" is actually due to differ motherly character of their time. unces in costume and hair- The Portrait Painter's View, dressing. A few months ago I The pleasure of portrait paint- happened to be acting as judge ating includes the interest and the ball given by the Royal Society charm, of the new sitter, arrang- of Portrait Painters, when moderning the composition of the new girls were dressed to represent portrait, choosing the dress," the various famous pictures of the attitude and lighting, which is all past. Some of those girls throw conducive to the best possible re. themselves into their parts so com- sulte.

pletely that they looked almost Although I spent much time in incredibly like the originals by arranging the portrait of the 18th and even 19th-century Misses. Essex and Valerie Trench, painters. Still, I do not think you and although I never became dis would find many girls of to-day satisfied with it, how many times who, dressed in Victorian clothes, during the sittings. did I see won. would look Victorian, There are derful poses and arrangements; subtle differences in build and in which I would have given any expression,

thing to have painted as well.

FLORA LION.

Almost as great'a contrast in

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