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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1931.

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS.

MARCH

2ND, 3RD,

3D, 4

TH

These are going to be

important days in

connection with

GORDON'S

Due notice will be

given in this space on

FRIDAY & SATURDAY

February 27th and 28th.

Morton's Cocoa

DRINK

NOURISHING SUSTAINING REFRESHING

IT

MORTO

AND FEEL THE

DIFFERENCE

Obtainable from all Provision Merchants,

Sole Agents:

The CENTRAL TRADING Co.

St. FRANCIS HOTEL

BEGS TO ANNOUNCE

THE

EXCLUSIVE SALE

IN HOTELS IN HONGKONG

OF

STEEL COULSON'S

1

FAMOUS

DRAUGHT ALE

Guaranteed to be free of any

chemicals and impurities.

on

INSIST Seel Coulson's

FOREIGN CLOTH IN

INDIA.

jeular weekly paper, Gandhi ap- pents to milk-owners to take foreign cloth from the merchante

GANDHI SUGGESTS MEANS OF and give them cloth woven in their

ITS SUPPRESSION.

Ahmedabad, Feb. 23. The boycott of foreign cloth is the greatest problem before indin. according to the latest pronouner- ment of Gandhi.

Writing in Navjvan, his verna-

milla in axchange. He suggests that the mill-owners might dispose of the foreign cloth in foreign countries, burn it, or keep it until warn has been attained, when hey can ask the new Government

compensate them for any loss. I -Rentre,

WOMEN'S WORLD

FOR OUR LADY READERS.

-DANCING TO THE GRAMOPHONE.

A dozen complex dancing on the four of a medium-sized room pro. duce so much noise with the mar

nur of their voices, the rustle of frocks, and the swish of feet thist gramphone which seems loud enough when playing to a grom) of fireside. listeners sectjs very subdued and

dull when an interval of dancing in the hoore virele is desitud,

Here are sume tested hints that will help to overcomo the difficulty: Set the gramophone as high as possible, preferably with 110 aperture level with the dancora' head. The sound frost a gramo phone set low is out only less able to fill the whole room, but it is often almost blutted out by dancers who pas in front of it.

Set it in the middle of one of the two longer walls and about four in- ches away from it. The close wall will net na a sound board, and reflect, and sometimes even amslify – Un volume of

Above all clar,

avoid a background of curt sie un olber draperica; they abonn romul rather than reflect it.

The worst place to set the gramzi phone is in the middle of stis sem. It set low, the sound is that in lg the daucers; if set high, the

Pusses over their heads.

i

If wheless is installed in the beuse, electr'ent seprodueria, of 12.... dance music

psule, and

will yield great clority of time and volume of semil; if tint, the use or curefut

Joud tume [/e_und n

selection of records in exiled for.

Besides choosing a record that is reasonably loud, select one that hat lee right tempo, This mast not be confused with rhythmm; it is simply the number of bars of music to the minute. It is important to chooni dance records of the right tempo, for the latter cannot be altered by isterensing the speed of rotation of the record.

experts

Rich Fabrics Used in Pyjamas.

As luxurious na any gown are the hostess pyjamas pictured at the left. Chantal makes them of silver and yellow lame, with blouse in green mousseline. Another of her models, shown at right, is of heavy green crepe de chino. The blouse is of Hoft, light beige, and the only trimming to the jausty outfit is found in the red buttons.

YOUR CHILDREN.

By Olive Roberts Barton.]

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125

120

110

Across

In this union a mall is driven backwards.

5 Put by round the margin of n

-stream and fad a stimulant,

10 This slender shoot has scarcely

11

begun to grow before it comes

to an end

A distributor of alms. 12 Here the pan is obviously six

and

three-quarter

in length.

inches

13 "And the stately ships go on To thelr-under the hill." Tenty-

15

non. "Break, Break."

Part of the eye.

17 What the dish did with the spoon

according to nursery informa tion,

10 Thin treg that flourished--and

at grows on Mount Lebanon. 21 A suburb of London.

23 Prior to an ancient Chinese ilynasty. #game of cards in vaguely coming into view.

24 Related on the father's ride.

20 Three-quarters of an inch that Inoks like instructions to the gardener,

28 The tail end of wink

31 What ceclesiastical vestment

may be relied upon to hold its own successfully ?

12 This pose will mediate.

33 It is a drama. Shall I arrange a

rehearsal? (hidden).

port

A wise mother will not take too much notice of any temperamental 30 Pertaining to the Muses. ahortcomings anong the children 37 Showlly. turing the holidays. She will say to herself, "It is only temporary,' and be too seriously concerned

not because her children have developed all sorts of odd forms of behaviour.

But at the same time she might

At present dunce records de not have the

the tempo marked on thom, so that a preliminary test with the re cort and a watch is useful if fairly even dancing speeds are to be main tained through the evening. For slow fox trots, dance

Now of us behave normally under recommend 44 to 48 hara of common high pressure. We enn go through lae per mute, this tempo rising nu pot day quite enally and to 48 to 51 for fast fox-trots and calmly, proud of our ability to rise look into conditions little. Is the Charlestons. Yale blues nerd only above trying circumstances, but it house itself demoralized? Are the 3% 124 bars a minute, and for

some way, often quite unnoticed by ours the same? The meals bnes of three ourselves, we show sigils of the time? Are the nerven and tempers Waltzes 6 to 17 quarter time per minute is most amin. satisfactory.

Control does not always mean all they should be Nothing is of the older members of the family J.N.T.L.

calmness.

Children have not learned this are apt to affect children than lesson of control no we have, and the emotions and behaviour of their

elders. "quickly show signs of tension. The strain may not be an unhappy one,

Of Gardenias.

seen

One of the most beautiful, Hicevas

recently on. * hostess gown of dark velvet had a graceful, wide cuff cover- ed entirely with white gar- denias. One gardenin Was won at the neckline,

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There can be happiness without

but no matter what the cause of it,nfusion. And if the children are causing alarm by topsy-turvy be few children van weather many days haviour, a little readjustment higher

might help a lot.

of chaos without some sort of storm

The way such nerve sms have of breaking depends on the uinture of the child. Ân nuhappy child by tature miny go into spedia of crying or melancholy. For that matter even a happy child, upset by con- tinued deviation of contine.

may ery suddenly or become ill and This meals. Another type child my suddenly dy off at a tun kent and have temper tantrum,

ir

STOCKINGS.

We can wear cheap stockings expensive stockings to-day, anzi we consider colour, be ultra- chie in either. The flesh gluro and yellow shine, that draped our

and the motor type who is merelyers in past seasons, are completo- healthily mischievous may now go out-of-date. They increase the

to extremes in his experiments that he would not think of doing wader normal cheum-tances.

size of the ankle, and who could hose is now coloured and design- cultivate slimness in them? Our

l to suit the seasons.

The new shndes are darker than ever, more beautiful, consequent- ly. Browny, especially those of the

rule the roost.) nigger family,

Nerves Must Renel. When children are out of school, with the regular renting of their dove unset, at the emotional strain of the holidays is on, it would be Then, there is a shade of fight very unusual

suits they behaved reddish-brown that

ther norinally for an unlimited period. subtio curves of feminine calves,

and helghtens the graceful, slim silhouette.

A mother now may be puzzled by demonstrations of conduct Ahwoințe ly out of the ordinary. But she inust remember that nerven are physical things, not pinay strings, and their protest in altogether likely to take a form she is entirely unfamiliar with,

A new tint is the oak that of the genuine nutumn landscape glow. There is a new brown, the brawn of the earth, and a shade twixt brown and umber, and a pinkish brown concludes the list.

38 Fledglings de this in the first

30 Pressed down, but with plenty

showing-

Down

1 "If we are only na the potter's clay blade to be fashioned as the —-— wills."—Holmes. "Rights?”

2 When the first is of great second, the whole is a source of great pride to niany.

STICKERS

The above face of a grandfather's

clock has letters instead of numbers on it. Start counting at the proper point and count a certain number around the circle, clockwise, and check off the let- ter. Continue doing this around and Around the clock, checking off a kiter at the same interval each time, until you have checked all the tellers. Then, if you have picked the right starting point and the right interval, you will kare spelled out an appropriate word.

JB

Moxiest pernons do themselves these.

not give

Tnekle that the curate fastens at the back.

This Parliament pleased Crom- well, if no one elas.

7 The city against which Jonah

preached,

8 Many a pirate has been depen-

dent on theme,

This bird was whito until Apollo turned it black.

14 A mischievous person who has

only one arm visible.

16 Stops.

18 A

county of Scotland."

20 This animal may become many

fish.

21 Thoro is only one in a fender,

although it has two.

22 Household utensil

25 These owe their existence to an

unele.

27 The opposite of 21 down. 28 Foolish.

20 A smaller anchor,

30 Heren beam in bed makes a

discordant noise.

34 Sutiofy.

36 A town in Galway.

Yesterday's Bolution.

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TEFFEMINATEL

EUROPEAN NAVIES.

BRITISH MISSION GOES TO FRANCE.

London, Feb. 29, Mr. Arthur Henderson with Mr. A. V. Alexander and three of. felals of the Foreign OMcs, Messrs. Cralgie, Walford and Selby, loft for Paris this morning to confer with the French Cabinet on the naval question.

This is regarded as indicating that a Franco-British arrange- ment whereby France will agree to a smaller margin of superiority over Italy is practically cortain to be concluded.Reuter,

Yesterday's Solution

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FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

URODONAL

THE DEFINITE REMEDY.FOR

RHEUMATISM

AND ALL

URIC ACID TROUBLES

SOLE AGENTS FOR HONGKONG

CANTON & MACAU

THE PHARMACY

Asiatic Building, Tol. 20345.

HE PLANG

*THAT

FRECKLES HEARD

FROM THE HERMIT'S

_CAVE, HIGH

UP ON THE

MOUNTAIN

SIDE, APPEARS

·OVER THE

0.14. RANCH....

THERE THEY ARE... WHEE

HOH ELMER!!

HERE THEY

COME.... UNCLE CLEM MUSTA

FOUND FRECKLES

#

Alley in Person

WHY. THAT AINT YORE UNCLES MACHINE... HUST.

BE SOMEBODY ELSE...

CATHIAMINO

By Blosser

RILEYS THE 'NAME'... WHY... HELLO OSCARL'||

TELL FRECKLES A

FRIEND IS HERE

"TO SEG HIMU

WHO COULD

IT BE

WHY.WHY. GEE! VIHATLL HE SAY WHEN HE FINDS

OUT WHAT'S HAPPENED, ELMER?

I'LL TELL HIM-

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