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THURSDAY, Árul 28, 1932.

PROPAGANDA NEEDS

DAY BY DAY

The Empress of Canada, arrived at Vancouver on Tuesday at 10 p.m.

speech, went even further than merely dealing with the prebent outbreak of meningitis. He throw cut a most useful suggestion by urging the creation of a Health I'ropaganda Bureau under the aus-

THE TRUE RULE, IN DETERMINING plecs of the Sanitary Department.TO EMBRACE OR REJECT,, ANYTHING, We are convinced that this idea is NOT WHETHER IT HAVE ANY EVIL in well worthy of aerious conal- IN IT, BUT WHETHER IT HAVE MORE doration by the authorities. By EVIL THAN GOOD-Lincoln. the printed and spoken word, the messes can gradually be taught 10 learn the underlying principles of good health, thus conducing not The fifty-first ordinary general only to their own good but to that meeting of shareholders of the Canton Insurance Omco, Ltd., will be held at of the general community as well. the offlecs of Measta, Jardine Mathe- For some inexplicable reason, how-on & Co., Ltd., (General Agents), on ever, the nuthorities never have Thursday, May 19, at noon. taken kludly to health propaganda, and we had the same attitude re- flected at Tuesday's meeting of the Sanitary Board. Maybe it will take an epidemic of unusual pro- portions to rotse them from their lethargy.

Ottawa and Dublin.

BRAILOWSKY SECRETS OF HIS CHARM

THE GENTLE GRAFT OF THE GRAPE BRICK

W

at

By AN AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT TITH the aid of a length of, prohibition law and the company rubber tubing I have just voluntarily" abandoned its prac- finished

an amberler. Henceforth, Its customers By phoning liquid from an onk keg into some must buy their apo juice and

avmain perpetually surprised three dozen bottles.

The key is labelled "non-alcoho-the miracle worked upon it when lie grape boverage," but a glass of they taste it a few months later.

Some people buy not grape juice the contents, wilch I aumpled a moment ago with considerable re-but concentrated grape bricks. Tho lish, gave that warm glow of com- bricks have the consistency and fort which non-alcoholic beverages appearance of home-made fudge. Each brick is dissolved in a gallon completely fall to supply.

are

Was

of the

The physleal glow was accom-of water and caro must be taken Among the passengers sailing for Panted by a spiritual glow due to to drink the produce in less tha

the realisation that I was, nato dnya, otherwise there is danger the North by the Blue Funnel steamer breaking any law, but was ea of formentation.

"The natural ferments of the Hector to-murrow will be Mr. C. M.

gaged in an operation encouraged | McDonald, News Editor of the South by the Administration of the Lai- fresh-grape," says the legond on

proceed- China Morning Post, who is lng to Peking, where he will act as ted States which, always solicitous the cover, "are retained intact and even fermentation is only suspended correspondent for The Times, the for rural populations, has South China Morning Post and other aided the grape growers of Call-while the bricks remain undiluted.

Farm

"When the proper quantity of newspapers.

fornia by the grant of a Board loan.

water in added the ferments netivated and rapidly convert the When the A.P.C. tanker Murex arrived in Singapore from Hongkong, When the keg was delivered to mixture into a clean wholesome revenue offers from the harbour me some three months ago by or-produci. In thirty days these per- will The spadework for the Ottawa division of the Monopolies Depari dinary express delivery the legend fectly blended grape bricks

perfectly ne produce finished beverages to Conference is nearly completed ment made a search and found 1,045 non-alcoholic was

taels of non-Government opium, valu-

most discriminating and the Governments of the Britished at $12,000, hidden in the port side curate. It would have been legal satisfy the Commonwealth are now looking ex-

euffer dam, an empty tank between to transport anything containing | tastes."

more than one-half of one per cent. To be perfectly frank, however, to the formal two full tanks. pectantly forward

of alcohol. It would have the product of the grape brick illegal had I, of set purpose, manu-bears somewhat the same relation opening. This applles even to our

factured wine from the contents of to the grape julce product as friend, Mr. De Valern, who was

lemonade made from crystals bears the key which I received. prompt in despatching his nccept-

Keeping my mind free from any to that made from fresh lemons. ance of the invitation, getting it in

such intention, I could sit back before proceeding with his treaty

with perfect legality and watch The grape juice bought in kegs repudiation campaign, which cather suggests that the Irish President Brailowsky's charm la lis

One of the secrets of Alexander the hand of God, to use the legal is also "concentrated" to a certain or degree. That is to say, some of phrase, manifest itself. Two exthree days after the keg was de- the water has been evaporated. does not know exactly what he does traordinary personality, one of livered the sides of the keg nearly according to the advertisements want. However, the conference the most irresistibly magnetic per-urs After twenty-four hours of one arm bacteria hampering the may save the U. K. Government sonnlities to be found among the fermentation censed, leaving a work of micro-organisms which from some embarrassment in its ng pianists. He is the epitome pleasant aromatic amell which It cause fermentation are killed so that the whole process is speedod relations with the Irish Govern of an audience's mental image of self soon disappeared.

The result is not a vintage wine, up. Artificial aging is helped by ment. The Conference will settle what a pianist should be. In a

day when successful artists aroit is true. In fact, to be absolute-the addition of charcoal.

Both the grave juice and the. the destinies of the British Empire apt to look more like stock brokers ly on the safe side, I must des- in general and Mr. De Valera will than musiclans, he has been aptly cribe it as a non-intoxicating fruit grape brick can be purchased in have to decide whether he has any characterized "the passionate poet juice. Yet had I been given it to various wine flavours-muscatel. genuine interest in its labours. of the piano." Tall, dark, slim, drink in some rural district of the tokay, sauterne, rhine wine, port,

romantically stooped. he

has Continent and had I been told that claret, burgundy, and also Vir- The Conference has long been the

fascinatingly slender hands, hair it was the vin du pays, I shouldinin Dare. This last, apparently main theme of discussion in the which falls over a high forehead, have lapped it up with the appre- the only native American wine, is girl a gentle courteous manner com-elative comments suitable to such called after the first white The fact that the meningitis Dominions and, looking through o

from. Canadian, bined with a "Chopinesque alool-censions. It is certainly a great born on the soil of the United epidemic iş abating may possibly pile of cuttings

As deal better than the bulk of the States. New Zealand, andness." It is his personality,

Virginia was a grand-daughter account for the disinclination of Australian,

sold in the smaller his much as

great art, that vin ordinaire the Sanitary Board, after Tuesday's South African jourun, the spirit hypnotizes an audience and draws Paris restaurants.

of John White, despatched by Sir Like every other wine it is, Valter Raleigh to lead his second discussion. to accept Dr. Basto's of goodwill which animates every it back again and again to hear

on the subject is him.

moreover, "non-intoxicating in colonising expedition. She motion in favour of more effective | pronouncement

He is a great reader and never fact." That is to say, I can drinkborn on August 18, 1587. In 1591 measures being taken to combat striking. There has been nothing

like it since the beginning of the travels without a portable library, it without becoming drunk and am when White returned from a visit the disease. None the legs, we

has hi grand-daughter or cannot but regret the oflleial atti-Great War when, to the amazement usually of Russian books. with therefore protected by Section 29 to England he round no trace of tude on the subject. Dr. Pope of the world without and of moat which to beguile the long hours of the Volstead Act, which

on the train or boat. He speaks been interpreted by the courts as Colony.

which the What the wine is like Libernis. rather ridiculed the idea of pro- of our philosophic

the French, German, Spanish, and Eng-permitting the drinking in proved them-lish as well as his native lan-home of fruit julces even if they commemorates this tragedy I do

I shall be able to des paganda being of any value, argu- Dominions at once

H English is excep contain more than one-half of one not know. ing that the coolie class would not selves willing to make any sacri-guage.

"I tearned It per cent. provided that they are cribe it better three months fron understand it. The dbvious ans- fice of blood and treasure for the tionally good.

originally in London." he Hays, not so strong that a jury would de-now. wer to that point is that they must preservation of the Imperial Cam-re I playet a great deal and cide they were intoxicating. be educated up to the

of monwealth. At Ottawa the word

I cannot give any to my friends, How I have the chance here every hygiene; and how else can that be "sacrifice" must be strictly taboocl. season for a few months to im however, except in any home nor this ignorance of the publie is to sometimes drops a briek in his well-familiar Tre the dominating factor. we moaning way, must refrain from time tables, restaurants, hotels, of the Volstead Act, to which the A FRENCH VIEW

fof what is an alcoholic beverage! might as well cease all attempts any nd misericoriam references to and concert halls than with yourne-half of one per cent, definition

literature!"

#pplies. to spread knowledge of disease the sacrifices British workers are Two years ago he bought one

"GE may say that the English provention.

prepared to make. The official pro- of the historie chateaux of France. If I had wished to be absolute- is certain that the keg's contents Whilst it is true that there is gramme of this pivotal Imperial Last year he sold it because "it did not ferment, I should havebay things that they would not they would not way." still a great deal to be learned gathering is to make business bar-was decorative but damp." Instead on most careful not to place it write and that the French write

things restless young man sufficient is gains to the mutual advantage of the

in an even temperature of not about meningitis.

(Pretty!) bought three houses, one in Brit-lower than 70 degrees for two known to be'ahle to guide the pub- all parties concerned.

As a first glimpse of a portrait lic along certain elementary

lines less, if need be, a good den) win tany, near St. Malo, one in Commonths, and then should have been of ourselves as others see us, this, piegne, near Paris, and the third equally careful not to move it to must be admitted, invited fur-

the Auvergne and thus assist in preventing the be conceded---extra-officially, as it in

a cool spot for another month: her inspection. The portrait in Scourge from spreading. Thus in-were-to help ensure the future "Homes are like music," he ex-Tut to have neglected there prequestion is a book by a French- tensive propaganda, as advocated prosperity of the predominant plains, "there must be variety to cautions is not a criminal act.

man who knows us thoroughly and by Dr. Basto, in the press, by pospartner. The commercial arrange,

who is as generous as he la witty, In music Brailowsky prefers For a time one particular com- fors and by public lectures, would ments proposed will not be discuss the

Let us make a little collection romantica"Chopin, Schu-pany with great boldness would

of his observations. obviously have a value. Because ed by the Dominion representatives mann. Liszt, bul especially send a man to look after the kegs,

The Englishman's respect for meningitis, in the present outbreak in a spirit of commercialism. From Chopin."

nd bottle the product when rendy. has not produced anything like the the purely commercial_point of Brailowsky is to appear at the it became difheuit, however, conventions and traditions may, he night maintain that the grape juice was suggests, be a little out of propor mortality of tuberculosis, Dr. Pope view. Reciprocity with the United King's Theatre to-morrow

not sold with intent to violate the ion to the Intrinsic worth of the said conventions and traditions. seems to think that too much fuse States would always have been ad- at 9,30 p.m.

Thus, one Briton would rather be has been made of the epidemic.vantageous to Canada. Neverthe-

chopped Into mince-meat than be What we have to consider, how less, this policy has invariably in-

seen playing tennis in braces. ever, is that meningitis is a much volved the political suicide of the more deadly disease and much

party lenders who adopted it, how- more sudden in its attack than ever safely entrenched their party tuberculosis is. We all know the

Even those citizens seemed to be. terrible death-roll from tuberculof the United States who are well

Colony, something losis in this

acquainted with "John Canuck" can like fifty deaths a week, but this

never understand why it should be To even rate is fairly constant.

80. It is this John Canuck himself, hint that we must wait until

not the Canadian Government, who meningitis mortality reaches some-

took the initiative in calling the thing approaching that figure, he Ottawa Conference and will repre- Jore becoming unduly concerned. sent the senior Dominion in its is absurd. For various reasons, deliberations. And there will also there can be no comparisons bebe present the essential Australian. tween the two complaints. One is

the essential New Zealander, and a deadly disease, liable to spring the, others. It will be a family up suddenly and develop with party, breathing what an overseas amazing rapidity; the other, we journal calls the "ozone of just Im- have always with us. We are per-perialism," If the British represent- feclly at one with Dr. Pope when Lives choose to make it so. If they The urges the necessity for housing don't an opportunity will be lost

reform, and are quite prepared to

that can never recur; the last of the hellove that meningitis largely orl Sibylline books will have vanished: ginntea in filthy, overcrowded

laws

done except hy propaganda? If Mr. J. H. Thomas, for example, who prove it. Though I am stift more can I sell them any, for I should ENGLISH FOIBLES-

with the vocabulary of then be infringing other sections

hovels. The same remarks apply,

None the

of course, to tuberculosis. But

The new Rifle Range at Kowloon housing reformi is a very slow pro-Tong presented to the Hong Kong ress in Hongkong, and the ques-Rifle Club by the Government, and roady tion arises what we are to do in which is now completed and

for use, was inspected by the Pre- the meantime. Something, wesident of the Club, Mr. I M. Dyer, contend, can be accomplished by and the members of the Committen, propagandu work in these congest-on Tuesday evening, and all were their pralso of the ed city quarters. It may be alow unanimous in

manner In which the work of con- in taking effect, but eventually Itstruction, under the supervision of would be found to have a cumula-Mr. G. Duncan, of the Kowloon Dock tive value. In any case, however Co., had been carried out. The open- small the results they would being day was originally fixed for Satur day, May 7, but has to be postponed better than a policy of inaction until a later date, which will bo fixed

Dr. Basto, in the course of his, as soon as possible.

prevent satiety."

Mountains.

"He would have been in better shape for that party to-night, If you hadn't taken him to the movies this afternoon."

66ENERALLY speaking, ong

•

The most horrible of misdeeds, in English eyes, is one that is so difficult of performance as to be rarely or never seen-namely, the eating of peas with a knife. He board warnings against the tempting of this fent, but never actually witnessed it.

Menu French

at- has

The young Frenchman is begged to resist the tompíntion to correct the French of the menu, which is more often than not ridiculous and always contains words miespelt.

But he may, without offending his hostess, add salt to his soup and may pass salt and pepper to is neighbour. In France the Indy of the house is always a little hurt when she sees attempts at improv- ing a masterpiece.

The law of the survival of the fittest is observed not to apply to cooks in England. A Frenchman Judges an hotel by its kitchen, an Englishman judges it by its drains. Whisky is not natural to the human species, but is an acquirod taste. It has inspired great, pas- sions, but, unlike wine, no poetry.

In English justico It is an. cle- mentary principle that the accused Is considered innocent until he le proved guilty. "But if he is pre- sumed innocent, why on earth ar- rest him?" English society is ex- clusive, yet not absolutely 80, RS lo shown by a letter from a woman to a friend:

"Poor Mr. X is doad. Ho was a most kindly man and a great help to us in many woye Of course, poor dear, he was quite vulgar, ao we could not know him (Continued on Page, 8.)