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ANDREWS.-On December 19th, 2030, at the French Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter R.

Andrewa, a daughter.

SATURDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1930.

the

DAY BY DAY

THERE IS A PARADOX IN PRIDE; IT

MAKES SOME MEN RIDICULOUS, BUT PREVENTS OTHERS FROM BECOMING Bo.-Colton.

Tendors are being invited for Sheung Shui Station Yard Exten gion.

The local weather forecast till noon to-morrow is:-N.E. winds, ovorcant; moderate; generally drizzle, fog.

His Execiloncy the Governor has appointed Dr. Teeung Fat-im to bo * Member of the Medical Board for a term of three years.

His Excellency the Governor has Appointed Mr. Waltor Schofield to be District Officer in the Southern District of the New Territories.

BEVERLEY NICHOLS on

WOMAN'S BEAUTY--

"Hho in

an

THE MODERN VERSION.

ER subtle nose is knotty" [noses like razors, and tiny, tri- as decorativo Angular mouths, and wispy, rat- Assyrian

a few years* ram" "Her all eyebrowe. In checks are acid-pink paonice time the eyebrows will have dis- "Her fingers are chicken-bones" appeared altogether, or be tattoo- She is the possessor of a ravish-od on the top of the forehead, and, for all I know, the nose may be are huge eggs ingly rabbity nose" "Her eyes removed tao, or, at least, havo be-

considerably attenuated Thus Mr. Cecil Beaton, in his come

protuberancorobable now Book of Beauty. He is writ-an indelicato ing about a great many enchant inx ladies whom we all know, if that the mouth will have deve- not in person, through their plc.

loped Into n rare, complex, strangely tinted blossom. Even to the illustrated papers. tures in

Meanwhile it is highly

If he had written in the days of day mouthy are more and the duel, he would already be ly-camouflaged. cornor of Hyde Cupid's bow.

vieux jen to parade ing In some dark

toe.

line, Aingle

more

an

Оле

In

extremely ordinary must slash

raspberry or

n

Mr. Lloyd George and his followers are prepared to Jeopardise Electoral Reform B by contri- buling to the defeat of the Govern ment on the Trade Union measure. Liberals must and do realise that their chances of a come-back would be very materially strengthened by electoral reform, and as the Trade Union Bill has been given priority by the Government, they may deem It wine not to obstruct Labour on this intter fasue. There is the fur- ther consideration, so far ne the is concerned, that, Government realising the likely near approach of a General Election, it may be desirous of making the Trade Union question one of its planks in the campaign, knowing full well that a large measure of support will be thus assured from the working

all these clannen, In

matters,

It is notified that a direct Ex-Park, slashed from tip to tactics play an important part.

change of Money Order between And in those more recent times Our own view, however, is that Hongkong and Maurition will come when people atuod on chairs in magenta or even a sort of purple. it were far better if this contro-into effect on the 1st Jauary, 1931. Hyde Park to crane their necks Why, then, should women stop the at the full-bosomed beauties of the good work? Why should they not nineties, he

decido versial issue were never brought

he would have been dis-

to have Mrs. Loung Ng-lien, living at 39,

bluc lipe? With borders for evening wear? forward. The Labour extremiats, of Conduit Road, was yesterday vic-tinctly unpopular, in his club.

The wax dummy alone is a suf- Ilands were lies thon, and eyce course, will hail the move, but intimised by a snatcher at Seymour

Road. She was robbed of a hand- lakes, and

Even ficiently striking example of the checks roseb.

taster have the big General Strike very many bag in which was a sum of $95. when Swinburne began to paint way in which our

to the lipя of vermillion on

dummies changed. Wax moderate Trade Unionists were The thief escaped.

Imaginary ladies, people felt that formed the most virtuous class in disillusioned, and not a few were The

from his tastes were a little odd. If he the community. Now they are forwarded relieved when the Conservative Act | Hongkong 15 the Empress had given Dolores a knetty nose terribly depraved, with their heavy

their

twisted bodies, and their was passed. Large numbers com Japan on the 27th November ar-the very Pines would have been

used to have schoolgirls

Poses. They plained at being let down by their rived in New York (St. John's shaken to their roota.

Park) and Hoboken on the 16th

Now all is changed. For bot-plexi

plexions. Now they aro weird leadere, and it was a common ex-December, having been 19 days In

ter or for worse I dare not say, and wan. Like many modern wo- perizace three or four years ago.

Beauty being AD unaccountable man, in fact. Which arouses the It is notified that the restrictions and modish a creature. But I am deep, scientine question, which to hear them declaring that never again would they participate in a imposed on ships carrying rice or little disturbed about the future. comes first, the woman or the Hongkong to the Assyrian rams why not Jer-dummy? Who is the real mistress peanuts from

If acid-pink peonies general stoppage. We see nothing Philippine Islanda, notice of which cows

I cannot answer these ques- anreasonable in the existing law, appeared as Government Nottien-why not blood-red beetroots? And

tion No. S. 357 of 4th October, chicken-bonea why not ham-tiona. industrial permits

or, for the matter of that, bones, 1929, have been removed.

calves' feet?

Beauty, after all, is an If these tastes become more quired taste. Sometimes I won- Arrested: as he was disembark-

general,

the following, without der, in gloomy moods, If It would against the State. So far as Civil terday with tun taels of prepared the diary of a social gossip in the sny case, the sense of beauty in Servants are concerned, they are opium in his possession, a Chinese, still allowed to. belong to a Trade who was brought before Mr. Lind-year 1940:

sell at the Central Police Court this persons employed by the Crown, and months hard labour. is not federated with other Unions

THOMPSON.~On December 19,

1930, at the French Hospital, which

Alin

to Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Thomp-strikes, provided they are directed

transit.

Bilk

of

he

Bold

of the altuation?

son, nrbour Qibee, a daurl-Jonly against employers and noting from the B. Kwong Sau ycs exaggeration, is a fair forecast of be better never to acquire

ter.

The

Hongkong Telegraph. Union, so long as it is confined to morning, was fined $1,000 or four

Saturday, Dec. 20, 1930.

A FALSE STEP.

Rushing in to pick up rocks or associated with any political thrown by a blasting charge, at Party. The dietum that Govern- stonebreaker, named Tang Leung, ment servants owe

undivided al-was eeriously injured in one leg when another charge exploded, at leginnce to the Crown la one which ja site belg prepared on Caroline purely cannot be seriously chal-Hill, yeaterday. He was conveyed to the Government Civil Hospital. Government, how-

4B

once

com-

strange, passing comprehension. "Seldom have I seen so many Why should an oval surface, sur- beautiful women

at the mounted with a matty substance, Duchess of 's party on Wed-pierced with two dark holes, slash- nesday night. Lady A. wased with a real opening, decorated there, with her beautiful but with a thing so odd that

bul-WIL boun nose,

and Mrs. B. B.'ala the only word for it-why chins should this singular collection of generous 88ortment of has never ahone to better ud-shapes and colours arouse mon to ring a frenzy of delight or despair? vantage. Lady C. was wearing why should the fashionable new squint, and

this netounding

I noticed that many women ware patchwork be capable of launch-

them

RB

thousand ships?

should

copying her, but they none of inga

wo Boy"The In view of its declining prestige. longed. The

quite succeeded in captur- ing the chlo

at which patchwork must be thus and thus the wisdom of the Labour Govern-ever, appears to be bent on restor-

Angle A very enjoyable evening was

Lady C. tilta her left eye. After it must not deviate particle

from ment in introducing the

the accepted rule we must all, squinting needs brains Trades ing its lost prestige with the work-spent on Saturday at the St. John's Wood Lodge Hall, 84, Boundary

well as determination.

not attempt to better it, nor play Disputes and Trades Union Bill is ers at any cost, but in doing so it Road, London, by uver GD guests

is beauty-and to be questioned. When, in 1927. seems to be placing the weapons or who came from far and near at and Mrs the invitation, of Mr. a year after the disastrous General its own destruction in the hands of Daniel O, de Silva, to bid farewell Strike, the Baldwin Government its opponents. brought in a measure to curb the power of Trade Unions, not only did it receive the support of the big interests, but also that of a very

to their ward, Mr. Monty" Elphin- stone, who in returning next week to Formosa. Japan after several Japan and the Soviet. years of study in England. Mr. D. O. de Silva, F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A., Japan has acted with rapidity who holds a position in the Sun of Canada. large body of moderate opinion, and discretion in the matter of the Life Assurance Co.

Bank of Korea's Vladivostock Spent more than 20 years in the The General Strike was, in fact, branch, the protest to the Soviet capacities, and interested himself for East, in various important brought to naught by the co-opera- Government being at the same in many branches of sport. tion of people of all classes but the time firm and contiliatory. Japan extremists. Enough, however, had † leaves the way open for an amica-

the community from the unbridled power of the Unions. So, as we Bay, when the Conservatives brought in the Act which Labour apparently now intends repealing, there was widespread approval of the step.

the

while lucking common courtesy.

"In the supper-room I noticed with it-for lots of divinely pouchy women.

All else is Lady D., who had deliciously

Yet

atill, deep in my heart of dissipated-looking rings under hearts, I feel that my soul will nover awaken at the sight of a her eyes, told me that they were) not due to late nights but to a rabbity nose, and that if I write special puff-lotion, which sonnets to my lady's eyes I shall In conjunction with a very try to find from the rich store- dark

of Naturo powder! She strongly de- house preciated ordinary dissipation, metaphor than-eggs. which seldom gave so decorative

an effect.

Bome

other

Coming out. I caught sight CHARLES GRAVES aska

of F. twine. With their

giraffe necks, their rhinoceros

hostrils, and their gaunt bow What is

lege they are bound to cause a flutter of delight in that large. circle of society who worship beauty

atrange and

virile

irie.

that

Beauty specialists, too, will be forced to follow the prevalling

with

"Society”?

At best it is an inconvenient and selfconscious tag. At worst it is, If not totally meaningless, nearly always incorrect. Having said this suppose I must try to define when the

phrase

correctly applied which brings me back to the original question.

A cynic

le with whom I discussed the thorny problem yesterday repil- ed, "Anyone who can produce his or her mother and father without embarrassment at a smart night club certainly passes the test. Goodness knows, she added, "that would eliminate Lady and Lady Dash and Lady Blank and Sir John Asterisk and Lord Whosit and hundreds of others.".

been shown to prove the danger to ble settlement, while describing ese fishery rights, protected by tho closuro order as an "unjusti-treaty. If there existed any other fable and unfriendly act." The reason for the closure of the bank description does not overstate the it was quite open to the Soviet facts. It is all very well for the overnment to make representations Soviet Ambasandor in Tokyo to through ordinary channels for a mode. Already a great many of BUT what is it. I have so often claim that the bank's existence voluntary cessation of business. the advertisements for beauty cul-wondered what people who The Soviets cannot always afford ture depict. na lures, illustrations write about "Society girls" and was contrary to the Soviet's econo to scorn internatioal usage, even regarded by our fathers with un-the phrase.

of women who would have been "Society beauties" really mean by mic and financial policy and that

affected aversion-women It will be recalled, however, that permission for its operations in Vludivostock was never alven by Labour, in opposition at. the time.. the Soviet Government. The was greatly incensed by the pass statement may be quite true with ing of the Bill and during a heated out affecting one lota the conten- scene which culminated in the whole tion that the forced closure was Party walking out of the House, both high-handed and aggressive. Mr. Clynes declared that the Act branch has been operating for a It has to be remembered that the would be repealed when Labour number of years, that it serves came into office. Ever since that very large Japanese community In time, the Trade Unionists have been Vladivostock, particularly, pressing the Government to fulfil | fisherfolk. Local authorities con- Its pledge. The pressure which has ceded the Bank of Korea certain been exerted is no doubt a factor in rights and it would be absurd for inducing the Government to bring the Soviet to argue that it has only just becomò aware of its forward the new Bill, plus the fact hourgeois character. This nccept- that it is in the sphere of domestic tod, there must be other and more politics that Mr. Hamsay Mac-pertinent reasons for the Soylet's Donald and his Ministers have readiness to flout Japan, and one latterly been most roundly criticised is fairly safe in supposing, that the incidents in the suminer, when a by the rank and file of the Party Russian patrol ship shelled Japan- Perceiving the need of placating ese. fishing vessels in the Kamchatka the critics from within its own region, give a pointer to the causes ranks, Labour no doubt hopes to of the affair. Russia has repeated- win bnck some measure of con-ly "demonstrated" ngajnat Japan- Adence by bringing forward this ese Ashing rights along the Siberi- measure. What the fate of the an ceant and the closure of the Bank Bli w be largely depends on the of Korea, atriking, as it does, di- reetly at the flahing fleets, must extent to which the Liberals are be regarded as another example of propared to go to keep the Govern- this attitude of obstruction and ment in office. It is known that antipathy. The Japanese Govern. there are Liberals who do not like ment says a Foreign Office spokes the principles of the Bill, but the man "will not hesitate to take de point to he made clear fa whether termined steps" if it is proved that the Soviet-action will affect Japan-

ROOM

The escape from the crowded city.

An American, when asked, would probably any that If a man had been to a leves or ́a woman had boen

presented at Court, ench automatically was

But subalterns and

other

officere who have boon to levers are

not necessarily in "Boulety

An Englishman might say that

royal en-

wore

in

If you were seen in the closure at Ascot you "Society, "Yet Lord Churchill, who

the

supervises the distribution of the royal badges, would probably be the last to admit that this was 80..

Thirty years ago the question of whether a person was'. In "Bocioty" or not was a fairly There easy matter to discover. were many great housan hostesses of which gave balls.. If a person was· invited to them, he could properly be described fr being in "Society." To-day ....Lon- donderry House and Bridgewater House alone remain, and Lord Lan- ¡Continued on Page §.)