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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1932.

This is war. Fields strewn with the bodies of the dead. Gaping ahell-holes. rain converted into a dumping ground for spent ammunition. The grim scene is embodied in this

Once fertile ter- pictura, taken on Manchurian plains in the wake of the relentless Japanese campaign against Ting Chao's forcer.

With a bullet shattered leg, a boy soldier of China is shown abovA as a ricksha brought him to a hospital in Shanghai.

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INEA

Provided the Sino-Japanese trouble continues, there may be Chinese air force reinforcementa of trained Chinese-American pilota. Those youths are studying flying in many places. Photo shows group of students at Portland, Ore, with their instructor. All belong to the Chinese Aeronauti.

cal Association of America,

.......

bdime-a-dance

girl

BV JOAN CLAVTON

CHAPTER 1 (Continued)

Among classified advertise ments, ringed in pencil, was call for dancing instructors. She knew Dreamland. She had pass ed it uften on her way to work. And, although she had never be inside, she knew that "dancing instructor" was a polite name for a girl hired to dance with

attached men at a small payment for ench dance- taxi dancer. They did, in fact, call those girls taxi-dancers,

this is Friday," affered Molly.

She had half forgotten by now that the money had been dissipat- ing she should forget H. ed by her fault, Ellen was will- Myra.

But not

plain," she said, her lips straight, I'll go to Me. Farnham and ex-

her eyes stern. "We just have to everything tili we thing's sure Ellen can't get the money again. Bart

two Tull time jobs."

cut down ou

Onu cally

"I'm not sure" Ellen begun. stopped her. "Mike could make, "It's all wrong," Myra fiercely

"The best part of it," her mother continued breathlessly, "is that you might meet a really nice man that way. I can't imagine why girls as pretty as my two haven't jevening."

mark selling papers after! school as you could dancing all

that," Molly

"Mike can't

Delegates to the world disarmament conference in session at Genera.

flocks of rich men trying to marry horsi out in alarmed haste. "He's } them. When I was young it was carrying double school work now. right in the centre group are-Vice-Consul Count Giorgio del Bono, Consul Count Ciano di Cartellazzo, Barone Photograph taken on board the Italian gunboat Liibia during a visit by Italian Consular Officials. Left to certainly different."

SAMUEL GOLDWYN

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You know what your father would have said."

Ellen was uncomfortable as she was always uncomfortable whea her mother talked that way,

"He might have said something that things are so hard for you. BUL Myra was frankly angry,

about Ellen's working in a cheap Rut I still think that at Dream- "New York fan't Ireland," she dance hall, too!"

It was an old difficulty, Molly's

Innd you might~”

Ellen checked her, "Don't be

Sardi, and Dr. Venturini.

was pathetically anxious that heling, darling,

said flatly. "Rich men muy grow in bushes there. I don't know, Partiality for her only son, She so romantic so early in the morn- But rich men in New York murrs should miss nothing because of his wished again that Molly under- rich girls. They don't meet ang

she begged and Father's death, pathetically anxious stood things better.

Molly reached out and tousled

other kind. If you're thinking that he should have what other that Ellen might meet John Astorbilt at Dreamland, Mother, it boys hud. To that end she was her son's curly head. just shows you don't know such willing to make any sacrißes She places. The only result of Ellen's saw no reason why her daughters you'll make us all rich, won't you, trying to work at night as well should not do the same.

backs.

"It was at a dance, too," sho concluded triumphantly.

*

*

our

President Giuseppa Motta... four times Switzerland's Chief Executive.

"When you get through school

NON?" she as all day would be that she would

*Then asked. break down her health. And then

troubles will be over." Before Myra's indignation could' where would we be?"

She really believed this. Mike, forco a real quarrel, Mike himself wriggling with pleasure, bursting Molly Rossiter smiled mysteri. clamorously interrupted. He was with pride, believed it, too. But ously and, with characteristic wildly eager for the freedom of as Ellen looked down at her 12- optimism, overlooked all draw the corner news-stand and for the year-old brother she thought the chance to earn his own money.time when they would all be rich "You can't tell how such thingsBut Ellen entered a firm denial was a long way off. will happen," she remarked, still and his protests died. He knew smiling. "I met your father in he could not get around Ellen. each other than sisters usually Myra and Ellen were fonder of the most unexpected way. If we She looked sharply at his eyes, are. They were proud of their both hadn't happened to be at the heavy with fatigue. same place that one night we'd

"Did you go to bed at nine last Both of them worked a great deal friendship and glad to be together. nover have met at all.

night?" she demanded. Mike and harder than most girls and be his mother exchanged a guilty cause of their mother's childish look. Ellen laughed. "Don't try to

"He was in bed," said Molly been forced to take up the burden irresponsibility they had early marry me off so soon," she plead hastily.

Sho folt she could not bear to ed. "After all," she added, "I'm

She and Mike shared the same

of keeping the family together. sec Ellen start in the way that only 20, I might be touring bedroom. Ellen know then that

she had started; to see Ellon loso Europe with my husband by the Mike had persuaded his mother to that Molly would luck at 66. That waited for an

Myra at 26 had all the maturity the freshness of her love as sho time I'm 21."

leave the lights burning while he morning after breakfast she dress week to climb to a possible $50. impossible $35 " a "I was married at 17. And studied. But she was too tired to ed quickly so she could walk the She feared what Molly had in- Myra here-

bring that up. She folded her three blocks to the subway with nocently hoped for that Ellen "Yes, I've been engaged to Bert napkin, tucked it into the heavy Ellen. All hor indignation spill-would meet someone at Dream- over since I was 17-nine years." silver ring left over from botter out out again as the two linked land? But she tried to hide that Myra conceded bitterly. "And days, and rose from the table. perhaps by the time I'm 70 we'll

arms and walked along Pinofear. "I'll go at noon have enough money

to see about street, cruelly shabby in the hot "It makes me furious," Myrn so that he getting that job," he announced summer sunshine, She felt and I can hobble to the altar."

abogan forcely, her, blue eyes blaz- In a tone that settled the matter. flerce, burning, helpless rage that ing, "that you should have to take The very

blackness of tho "I dance well enough so there jhor young slater should miss no this job, work yourself to death picture she drew was irresistibly shouldn't be any trouble. There's many of the pleasant things of Just because funny. All throo of them burst no uno arguing, Myra," sho said life. Sho felt alao a fear that "Boo" Ellen scoffed. "I'm not out laughing. For a moment they to her slater. There's a limit to Ellen at 20 would step into the an old lady. It might be a lot of were like children and Mollycutting expenses.. Wo've reached same blind alley she harself had fun, you never can tell. It would Rossiter was the youngest of the It. We can't cut down any more stepped into at 17. three.

be grand if you didn't have to without giving up eating entirely Nine years before she had work nights at the library and we When Ellon succeeded in drag and the rent must be paid. I can fallen in love with Bert Armstend. could both go." ging Mike from the bathroom and carry both jobs until we, catch She still loved him. But his job hia book, when they were all rout-up.""

"It's not fair at all," Myra por- nt the library where they both alsted unhappily. "Not fair that ed at breakfast, the aubject arone "I knew that was the thing to worked was almost as poorly paid you should miss so. many of the again. Whore was the $60 for do," said Molly in deep satisfac na here. And Myra had seen the things other girls have. Theatre rent coming from?

tlon. But a moment later she add-first rapture of love wear away parties and clothes and dances, "It was due last Tuesday. and fed wistfully, "I'm sorry, Ellen, in nine years of endless waiting.

dinners at the right places,*****

NEA

the

Jeddu Krishnamurti, Hindu student, who han Yu- nounced theosophy, saying that since growing to maturity he has "drifted away"; from the "Idom that_bala_"the Voice of the Great Teacher,"

"Oh, don't fuss Ellon was silent

80, Myra." a moment and then said casually, "Tom Shan- nenborger asked mo to marry him last night."

"You didn't, Ellen! You didn't!”

(Continued on Page 11.)

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