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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECFMBER 15, 1932.

THE

PRESTOLITE STANDARD

THIS CURIOUS WORLD

By MAURICE LANE-NORCOTT

i

The Very Idea!

ELEPHANTILE WIT.

By Edward “Jumbo" Kally, Speaking of elephants. (Wo weren't ................... Shut upl),

Speaking of elephant le a squaro'ammal, wh elephants. An four legs. One af ench corner, (We know that's 10. But what's that to do with you:)

That may have been important in the days of war-time ahortago but not now, when the farmera burn their grain for fuel. Re- gurding the racketeer, it is pos- sible that he will not give up without a struggle. Probably

THIS department views with of the eccentricity of the English the biggest immediate effect on

alarm the growing inclina climata?. When snow is most necă: business would be the huge sums tion among the inventive classes to cu-uamely, during a heat wave in which brewers would have to ring everything nenrer and summer-t-15 conspicuous by i13 absence. It is only on the raw, spond to modernise plants which narar

This Nearer and Nearer Move cold days, unless our memory is at have lain idle for many years. ment fret raised its ugly head in auit. that it snows in England. Summarising the situation, it Eng.and in 1825 with the invention

That tals show is quite useless The battery on which Prest-O would seem that when the "dry" of the steam engine, which, besides commercinily is beyond all shadow Lite's reputation was originalty -law is repealed, the Government raising a lot of dust, brought the of doubt. Science has yet to find

The techales! nume for an built-but given the benefit of new might expect, to get a big re- north many hours nearer to the purpose for it. In its crudo stato Improvements and discoverier venuc, employment would be im- south. In our opinion, an unwise man cannot sell snow, nor can ho phantall. This really macans that elephant in Elephantastic Elo- which make it, to-day, a better proved in quality

not and oven dangerous interferenes grow things in it or even dix it up the most fantasile thing known battery than ever.

greatly increased, the grain sur- Many of these improvements are plus would be little affected, and protected by broad, basle patents the racketeer would be dealt a which prevent infringement. heavy, but perhaps not a mor-

Let us demonstrate the many tal, blow, features which make Prest-O-Lite { batteries give you the most value pur dollar.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE

The Hongkong A Shanabel Hotels, Ltd. Incaturated in ontkant. Stubbe Rand

Happy Valley

even

Poster Nuisances

with Nature's plans.

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and burn it as he does coal. it

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Which reminds us of the time we took an elephant Hord to aes We were the captain of the ship, of course.

said. They did. It didn't,

"Put them down the hold," we

But eventually we found berthe for them. A man-elephant gave his berth to a lady-elephant. She gave birth to a baby-elephant.

This succes fou has now been unfit for human consumption, and on riephant with fantall. followed by the motor-car, the acro the modern world would be far And so it is. plane, the telephone, wireless tele- better without it, unless wo

We tell you this so that we can graphy, broadcasting, and, finally, prepared to admit that it has a alr our knowledge of fauna. A so short a while ago as last week, certain decorative valuo.

fauna is the same as a fhon; only by the infra-red ray photograph, And we, for our part, are not pre- fawner. which, to our laundiced eye. seems pared to admit that. Indeed, wo to bring the Crystal Palace right are rather sorry now that we have Into the very heart of London. brought the matter up at all. The care taken by the police stant climination of space is rapidly

We may be peculiar, but this con- The Dream House to prevent offence to aesthetic giving us claustrophobia, We some ent, Mrs. Lane-Norcott, has brought Our special domestic correspond- taste in the Taikoo district, by times imagine that everything is to our notice the very Intest thing restricting the activities of bill falling on top of us and we cannot in house-case--the windowless posters, might, with advantage, breathe. This makes morbid house with transparent walls, re- be extended to other parts of the and we begin to despair. We plete with cupboards with revolving Colony. A much more effective feel that if this old word in to shelves and doors which open by campaign could be carried out continue and it is all one to us waving the hand in front of photo both in Victoria and Kowloon. Whether it does or not then science electric cells. The plans of this Prest-O-Lite Storage Battery Sales The main streets are simply lit take everything farther and farther mitted to the Architectual Associa must do something quickly to house, we understand, were Hun- Corporation

tered with unsightly posters, a away again. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.'

tion last week. hotch-potch of colour which Once, in a fit of pique, we even

We mention the matter here be should be banished, even where started to draw up a list of the cause in a vague way it reminds Toronto, Can. the posting is done with the ap- things we should prefer to be taken us of a dream house of our own.

proval of the occupants of pre-.

Our house was a sort of binck mises so plastered. There seems

house, built on the lift principle. little consistency in a policy

and fitted with dummy chimneys which prevents, say, the Peak Tramway from making what use it chooses of its own track, which triet like Shaukiwan

from the billposter nuisance, and permits every pillar and post in the city to be covered with lurid adver-

Oakland, Cal

Made by

DEATH.

SAYCE-At No. Ls, Ice House Street, Funeral at the Jewish Cemetery nt 6.15 p.m. to-day.

first. It began:

27 well-knoten lady novelista.

Pneumatic road-drills.

when it fell down the gunwhate

Poor little thing it look fright Scrambled up the main mast, and terror. We climbed up and low- stood on the top, howling with ered it down a apar Wrapped it up in

to its pa night, and placed it by the fire.. n nork that

with but It just cried and cried. Gave it half an onlon to play Next morning it threw itrol off the bridge. So that was that.

Have you ever considered the terrific size of an elephant? Placa Fdward Kelly besides the leg of a

at 1 pm. yesterday, Kelly Sayce. protects an out-of-the-way dis- late, as usual, owing to the unspeaking bell tolled in the hall, and the fall grown elephant and what do

The

Hongkong Telegraph tisements.

..THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1932.

House of Lords Reform

advocated

We were about to add "Organ through which the head could be music relayed from Daventry," but thrust from t.me to time to look this made us yawn, so we put our for unwelcome callers. At the ap- hat on and went home, arriving proach of an enemy amall warn-

able train service.

house instinctively sank into the you notice 7 A Perfect Frost

ground and covered itself with grasy. while writing the above paragraph steel front door was that it had no "Meanwhile-for we fell asleep A delightful feature of the all- and the days shipped by unnoticed letter-box, and the usual culinary anow has fallen in Northampton. troubles were completely obviated

Here, aurely, is another example by dining out.

WOMEN AND TIPPING PROBLEM

By CHARLES GORDON THERE has been an outery in waiters,

a mere

man.

The essentially

But it is not so difficult for a

a

A speck of dust on the horizon. That will be Edward Kelly run- ning like hell,

SCANDALOUS.

Oh, and now wo

want to tell you something that's no scandal- us that if anybody else told you, you wouldn't believe it.

.

Later, an equally impecunious and scoundrelly gentleman Bought to borrow $10 from Mr. X.

"I haven't got it," said X. collected or Kelly's Xmas pru "What about the money you cont?" said the vile tempter,

thing" aald X, virtuously, "I paid "Don't be silly, you unprincipled the sweep winnings with that?"

Bak you.

Soundings are being taken by the British Government to as- BEER AND JOBS certain feeling in Parliament as

A fellow member of the staff. T

hairdressers, filling Mr. X, conducted a sweep on the Despite the recent failure of mittee on House

to the Report of the Joint Com-

the West End recently on the tation hands.. and taxicab-men final scores of the First Tost the "wet" resolution in the Unit form. There enn be little doubt Waiters, taxicab drivers, and com- hard

of Lords re- subject of women and tipping. then it will mean just so much match last week, and flagrantly. ed States Congress, renewed of the outcome of these sound their disapproval of what they have hat at £3. But the average man

cash subtracted from her though temporarily, embezzled the missionaries are unanimous in chance of securing a efforts are being made with a

dcairable money. view to securing either drastic gs. The particular reforms found to be the monner wex.

This week, tho

Bamo X took modification

will either think nothing of it or around the hat to raise funds for of the law or its have found no favour. They are is

by the Committee Actually, in this case meanness also deny himself almost anything Xmas total repeal. This course is be-

strongmindedness. On tha that those who serve may

present for us. Some- ing urged not only because it is generally regarded as cumber- whole

not thing we could use to open bot- # woman 18 for mora dub him mean, and that he may ties with, or pour liquid into. some and inexpedient. Even sensible and courageous in the not look n fool. believed to represent popular among Liberals they are reject matter of largonse than a opinion, but also in order to pred. Criticism is divided into She has an innate courage whica man

And it is very true that a wo- vent continued disrespect of the.

seldom, if ever, can Jew. One aspect of the question who hold that the hereditary two categories. There are those

man cannot help

look but ridiculou9.

She has the social which is coming into prominence principle must be either accept-

admire. now is the likely effect of the ed or rejected, and that it is not

It is courage of the same kind out of ten without a blush. And sense to carry of nine situations that will allow of her turning out tipping is one of them. wiping out of the "dry" law. It

a matter for compromise. And ing anything.

n complete hat shop without buy- is being contended in some quar- there are others who maintain timid and self-conscious male will man to be dragged from his perch. ters that if the liquor trade were that the powers of the House of buy something, even that which he and the very fact of his having again legalised, the result would Lords must be extended before does not want or cannot be more employment, increased

afford, woman companion with him leads

him to commit the most absolute. And here we've gone and spent the Now what do you think of that? revenue for the Government, a any changes are made in its com- to save his blushing face. hie u'ilisetion of farm cron sur position. The Report has cer-

of extravagance just to save one of its ob-

face in her eyes and in those of the shroff, thinking we could raire hie money we were going to give to pluses, and the disappearance of tainly achieved the racketeer. Very enthusias Jects-that of attracting atton

whoever happens to be giving ser- a few bucks on the estimates have been made on But many members of Parlie

Women don't mind them a bit. In tion to the question of reform.

vice.

the present. We the first of these points. In one ment have now come to the con

every scene there is the possibili- Men are neared still of scenes. quarter, it is suggested that as clusion that the dim:ultles are many ag two million people would find jobs in the brewing members of the Upper Chamber,

insuperable. The majority of, and allied trades. But when the there is reason to believe, are of these estimates would appear uncompromisingly opposed to to be over-stated.

recommendations In the last

of the Committee. There is no ques pre-Prohibition census year, tion of immediate Government there were only a little over a quarter of a million employed in action. The Joint Committee these trades. The country is was a combination of three in bigger now than it was then, but last Session by groups of mem-

formal committees appointed if against this we have to put the bers of both Houses. Should it fact that machinery has greatly ultimately annenr that there is increased. thus affecting the number of workers, while many a solid demand for a measure of States would remain dry even reform, the Government will TIO if national Prohibition

doubt initiate an official inquiry. were abolished. Possibly, half a mil- lion people might secure jobs, but a further point to be remem- bered is that there are large numbers of people at present

The task of "modernizing"

famous in

past employed in the speakeasies and Hangchow,

possibilities are analvend, most

revenue

the

Hangchow

were

as delivery men. In point of centuries as the most beautiful fact, nobody knows what the net and enlightened city of China, gain in the number of jobs has made steady progress in would be, but they would at least spite of burdens imposed on the bo legal and aboveboard. On municipality by the arrival of the financial side, estimates thousands of refugees from of the

which the Shanghai, whose homes Government might secure have destroyed in the Sino-Japanese been erally inconclusive. It conflict. The Chekiang provin sccms likely, however, that cial government recently began at least $350,000,000 a year operation of an automatic tele- might come in if seventy phone exchange in Hangchow, five per cent, of the people found the first system of this sort in themselves living in States the province. Other typically which are "wet." There would Chinese cities are watching the also be savings in court and gaol experiment with interest. The expenditure, in which connexion Hangehow municipal govern- It may be noted that the Federal ment also recently completed a Government has been spending modern electric light plant, and gome four million dollars annual- has begun construction of a ly on prisoners arrested for In- waterworks system, fringement of the Prohibition Inws. The belief that logallar- tion of the louer industry would be a boon to the farmer has pro- bably not a great deal to support it. In pre-Prohibition days, only about two per cent. of the coun- try's grain went into brewing.

A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

SIRIUS HAY DE LARGER THAN THE SUN, BUT HE DOES NOT RIPEN OUR GRAPES.-German saying,

A man is afaid of being thought "not a gentleman" if he does not discharge fantastic duties to head the opinions of head-waiters upon walters. A woman, with enviable

herself. Hence the outery of the unconcern, does not give a rap for

head-walters.

*

THE AD.C.'S NEXT PLAY.

The A.D.C.'s next play "Put to

ty of being an attractive contrat the Test-Tubo" is, we understand

more careful of their money than difference of a

It is well known that women are gure. And there le just the now being prepared. This plece men. In the first place they have, i publicity and a man loathing it.

woman loving is something of an innovation. Its

carefully guarded secreta as a rule, not got so much of it, and;

have I do not think that women are

been allowed to leak aut, and its in the second place, they have so actively mean in the matter of theme, which is both original and many interesting things upon tipping. They are only which to spend what they have got. men's absurd standards.

so by stimulating, is already the subject A wom- of heated argument wherever our A woman is calculating over an gives tips where tips are due "highbrows" foregather, money matters. She knows that and not where they are not. And

she gives excessive tips to she gives a correct tip.

哈豬

"Why don't you try a now personality on him? Let your

hair grow, and wear glasses.”

"Put to the Test-Tube" is an original play in several ways. For one thing, the whole of the action is over before the curtain rises! the play thus requires no cast; and scenery, product.on, accura rehearsals, and programmes are at one fell swoop dong away with. A brilliant stroket All we get is an epilogue-spoken b scientist as he con ments in a darkened

i Half- way through thero is a loud ox. plosion, which offectively empties the theatre.

• • ❤

\seudo-

experi

OUR CRIME THRILLER. Thinly borne on the wind came the baying of a hound

Sorry, but the Editor won't let

us leave it at that. Against all the canons of macabre action, we shall have to continue in our pro- vious.

The Story So Far:

Kolly, an itinerant sleuth, finds bimself near a sequestered hamlet called Aston Abbotts, which is usually in Buckinghamshire, but which on this occasion was in about twe 'cot of water.

Swimming gallantly our hero pro- tently landed on

tor a knoll kopje which he first assumed to be uninhabited. Suddonly, thinly, borne on the wind came......ote.

Now Go on from Here.

As he approached the spot, our hero felt broad-arrows sprouting from his mackintosh, But the nudi- [ence was kind, and one of the stalls told the hounds tant our hero was no relation of the Baskor villes, and would they kindly leave hlo scont alone.