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TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1933.
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GREEN TROUSERS AND The Very Idea!
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RAKISH HATS
By MARGARET LANE
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men's clothing. out of the good dragons.
PETE PLAYS POKER
By Edward "Four Flush" Kally, hap
Our LARGE, ADMIRING and INTELLIGENT public. will have now realised that to us, Pete is a friend of whom we can be proud. And when we say is, we don't mean may- be, but was.
we
have
Together with Pete faced the first of every month bravely, as only the Kellys can green face situations made delicate, by
ness of their hearts, opened, a Next year, it is to be hoped, there seekers after dough in lieu of Men's Wear Exhibition recently to will be another exhibition of men's goods supplied. We have, in fact, (ACC snakes, coax man out of his sartorial wear, and a slightly more daring faced innumerable dangers lethargy, and show him just what one than this. Perhaps stocks will previous references
The Men's Wear Exhibition is an heroic effort to restore the days when man took a little pride in the colour and freshness of his clothes. DASHING, CURLY BRIMS.
:
A FAMOUS WRITER VIEWS HONGKONG
SUN, FUN, AND NO INCOME TAX
to
"
if Europe is again plunged into chaos, Britain will suffer just as other nations will. It is in or- der to stave off this threat that. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald has gone on his "Peace Club" campaign. At all costs, a fresh crisis must be prevented. To allow matters to drift will inevitably mean disaster. If France and Ger- So men are being given another colours, some of the dressing gowns many will but fall into line, in chance! Really, they hardly de-are dotted all over with designs of aeroplanes, motor-cars, billiards the spirit animating the "Anglo-serve it.
cues, playing cards, and dice-all Italian conversations, fears may They have gone on for so long most reassuringly manly.
One silk, gown, of a rich plum be finally dispelled. The alter-dressing in the same drab, careless, native is too gravely disturbing none too fastidious way that it colour, appears to be designed for would serve them right if they were convivial occasions, being sprinkled to contemplate.
condemned to modern dress, for all over with a pattern of wine glasses. The next little model is ever. Legends-Exploded but But no. The manufacturers of covered with intertwined
Significant "It is a mistake to suppose that the twentieth century merely
proud peacock he can become. be restored to favour, and coloured shroffs, headaches (female gen- destroys legends. It also starts
A hundred years ago you could waistcoats, and pleasing touches of der) and editors (neuter gender),. them, writes a Christian Science tell when a young man was in love "fine linen" about shirts; and per- and except for a loss of dignity, Monitor commentator. Some-by the brilliance of his waistcoats. haps men's dress will gradually dollars and cents, "face" and tem times it does both at once. A To look at young men now, you flatter the masculine figure rather per, we have come through them
a little unscathed. new talkie concerned with the might with reason Imagine theythan conceal it, and look
We say here and now that we romantic, Instead of merely useful.
valued Pete's friendship and the burning of Rome does not let its spent all their time at funerals.
fact that we could use his own Nero fiddle during the conflagra- tion. Thus is a celebrated le-
valued it until Saturday night, name on our chits. That is, we, All models of the new Rockne gend exploded. On the other
when, in a misguided moment of Six line are equipped with hand, the film Nero plays an in-
bon hommic, we suggested that improved free wheeling in all strument somewhat resembling,
Pete should join our Poker school forward speeds, plus synchroa lyre. Thus is a new legend They offer him flannels of a do-
(Edward Kelly rules to be strictly. invented to replace the old one. licate shade of pale Lovat green,
observed). for it is rather more than doubt-shirts of a vernal greenish-grey, ful whether Nero indulged his like the underside of a leaf, hats with a dashing curl to the brim, musical inclinations at all on which lend their own rakish level on that renowned occasion. But the acad, and ties of every gay
BY G. WARD PRICE professors are not as kind-shade known to the wiles of manu- hearted as film producers. The facturers.
Cross Gibraltar with Naples and learned lecturer who a few days The average man is a little in-you get a fuir idea of Hongkong,
We asked him if he thought the ago exploded the famous story clined to be a slut about his clothes. Britain's Colonial outpost in this Far of Dick Whittington and his cat He clings to dark colours, not be East where the next great chapter of Y.M.C.A., rules stood an earthly and their marvellous attainment cause they suit him, but dark the world's history will manifestly be against the Kelly rules, you
written, secret!-because they don't show
From the bridge of the Empress of Larwood
might just as well suggest that of fame and fortune by proving the dirt. His dry-cleaning bills
couldn't bowl out through the narrow neck of water Whittington, far from being a wife's.
known as the Lyemoon Pass, one saw thought, saw the supreme logic of poor boy, was the son of one of He clings to the same old hat for the great harbour ahead swarming this simile. London's richest burgesses, fail-years, as if there were some kind of with little sailing junks.
Apart from the fact that Pete Cautiously the Empress of Britain would persist Jack ed to suggest any alternative le- loyalty involved, and at the idea gend. Perhaps after all, however, of anything bright and gay that renched her moorings in mid-channel pot on a pair in opening a fuck
hetween Hongkong Island and the
threw in a royal routine india- the matter is not very serious. might be a little more trouble to Kowloon. Peninsula, was im-
himself he shies like a startled mediately besleged by swarms The story of Dick Whittington, fawn. It is a pity!
ofmonds because "they are my un- sampans [rative boats] filled with lucky suit", and dealt six cards RESTLESS EUROPE
though not such as to satisfy In the exhibition are a few relies women and children equipped for every time he had a bad hand, the George Washington of the of better times, when men were
maritime
mendicancy with long. Pete showed himself not only shrimp-nets which The intervention of the Bri-cherry tree-now considered
2 not afraid to set off a fine wrist handled
they possessing a remarkable workingTM tish Prime Minister in the fiction-is as accurate as
ap-knowledge of the rudiments of the the with a linen frill, and when shirta thrust clamorously at everyone
About 76,000 of Hongkong's sport, pastime and/or game, but a Disarmament Conference, taken story of Hamlet, and will perhaps really added to a man's attractions pearing at the gangway.
is rapidly population-which live as long. Many pantomimes, by a crisp ruffle in the bosom of the
ap-keen apprecition of the Australian in conjunction with the alacrity in distant years to come,
will coat. There are old beaver hats, proaching 1,000,000-spend their language in its aboriginal state. with, which he accepted the in-almost certainly continue to tall and curly brimmed, in pale, entire lives in these craft, sheltered the only by an awning of straw-matting. dandylah colours; there are vitation to meet Signor Mus-give it place upon the stage. little curly, shallow "derbics" that
HONGKONG AMUSED. solini in Rome, is invested with And even for sober historians went with Guards' moustaches, and
We found the Hongkong people more than ordinary significance the legend has its uses. If not mash-netes; there is even a "brown
by the extraordinary sug- from the fact that the atmos-evidence about the people con- Derby"-proving that, Al, Smith's amused
gestion made in a London newspaper told. is not the only one in existence.
that if the Japanese do not get their phère in Europe is at the moment cerning whom they are
Iway in Manchuria they will "blow highly charged. It has, indeed, legends are at least evidence con-
Pete said that he had always cerning the people by whom Beside these gaieties the new" Hongkong. The British popula
tion here believes it been stated that the outlook has they are believed. Were noth-"Camber hat"-evolved after six-place in the Far East be the safest been used to talking people out of not been so grave since 1918, and ing else, for example, known months exhausting research by the The fact that the Chinese share their game, but we reminded him that Europe is fast degenerating about English men and women Hatters Style Research Associa- this opinion is shown by the way in that he wasn't playing bridge on into another crisis. A variety save that they invented this tion-looks mild. It is very much which they pour into this Crown the Peak just then.
Need we say that Pete was of causea is 'nt the bottom of the legend of a poor young man who, like all the hats one sees in their Colony and its leased territories on
Six to-day! THE HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE.
Stubbs Bond
Haper Valley
Hongkong Telegraph.
TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1933.
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Pete gave us warning of im- pending trouble when he said he preferred to play at the Y.M.C.A., because the Associa- tion's rules wouldn't permit him to lose any money.
to an audience of children that compare unfavourably with bi-Britain, as we steamed in the dawn Bradman. Pete reluctantly, we
Liquor
THE "CAMBER HAT."
and
in the Chinese hinterland.
"Dark
shine, no
Pete said he worked on the belief that although the cards always speak, his voice carried further. In proof of this neighbour three blocks away rushed in to enquire where the fight was.
£1
After losing $20 Pete announc-
A
the
trouble, but they may be sum-through his own merit, rose to way to work every day, except that the mainland whenever trouble starts piqued?
high fame and fortune, it would it is cleaner.
So eager are the Chinese to invest med up by stating that there is reveal them to be at heart a True, the brim has a more lordly
which they
evening, own 90 per cent. of the property the
prompted mutual all-round suspicion and people democratic enough to re- curl, and that is a step in the right honey under the British flag that ed that he hadn't had a hand all
direction. True, it is a little longer in Hongkong.
George, who is always trying to distrust. This, coupled with the cognize courage and persever- from the front to back, and will only It is Hongkong's ambition to be usurp our position as the wag of intense national feeling which ance in individuals as warrant-tolerate being worn at musical come the Far Eastern terminus of the party, to exclaim that it was
starting at the English comedy angle. The hatters' research railway
a good piece of handiwork. has been developing latterly, ising fame and achievement.
Channel, so that through trains may students realise they must gu
Pote finally broke up DUT sufficient to cause the sparks of
slowly with the modern man. Herun here from Calais. It would only
be necessary to join up the present friendship by suggesting that we hostility to be fanned into flame To Make a Market for must be coaxed gradually into look-line to Canton, and so link on with play Manila Poker. Manila Fo- ön sufficient pretext being forth-
the Trans-Siberian, and then Hong-ker, he explained, was the game in ing presentable.
The first step towards making kong might, it hopes, become a Fer which the first card dealt was coming. The recent invasion of
man colour-conacions is in the Eastern winter resort for rich Europ- Kehl by Nazi storm-troops, and
The U.S. liquor trade is fast dressing-gown department. Here eans, having excellent hotels and all common to all hands. We felt it prompted to suggest that it had
emanated from the friction which arose between stepping out from behind the the exhibition shows us a rich and the romance of China without
riel fine
yachting, plenty of sun-probably Poland and Danzig over the screen which more conscientious sinister garment called
no frost and no income tax! Soviet, Orchid."
To these advantages are at present Discouraged, Pete put forward despatch of Polish troops to the sections of the wet cause have
added great cheapness, for the ex- the proposition that the black DOTTED WITH AIRCRAFT. Westerplatte, are incidents provided for it. Such camouflages
change value of the Hongkong dollar "reduc- symptomatic of the state of un-fas "true temperance,"
Lest our heroes should feel ner has fallen with that of silver, to sevens and red fours should be wild. We said if that's the case, rest which prevails. Germany, tion of crime" and "saving vous about wearing such lovely which it is linked.
80 are we wild. Bieter wild demanding a fundamental revi-youth" look pretty thin in the
away the next half hour by sion of the Versailles Treaty, light of the liquor trade's
telling us about Peruvian Poker, the chief advantage of which being labours under the belief that a varnished attitude toward the
that the Kings were no better tendency exists to form a united possibilities of its future market.
than the Jacks so far as the anti-German front in Europe, Now it drops any pretension of
Queens were concerned, whilst France still insists on the a desire to decrease need for "security" and views sumption of beer. An indica- with mixed feelings-any plan for tion of its intentions is a,large serious revision of the war-time daplay advertsement appearing settlement. It is obvious, how-in the Brewing Industry, insert- ever, as Signor Mussolini points led by an advertising agency, and out, that no real progress can be appealing to the brewers to take made in Europe until the mutual advantage of "half the expected distrust between France and market for beer" which they Germany is removed and ex-say "does not exist to-day." this advertise- enemy countries are raised from "Obviously,"
the
un-
con-
their present state of inferiority.ment says, "there must be a The British plans for sweeping campaign of education," and the disarmament cannot, of course, one field in which this can be have any immediate effect on the conducted is, fortunately, the situation, except insofar as their most important of all for immė- approval in principle would în-diate and future business-the dicate a pacific spirit on the colleges. They propose to satisfy part of those principally con-not only the small existing de- cerned., The efforts to strength-mand but to encourage a new and en the Paris Pact have a value, increased demand. Hardly an but here also there can be no effective way to decrease drink- immediate reaction. Much more ing and further "true temper- may be expected from the pro-ance." Of equal importance, per- ject advanced by Signor Mus-haps, is the fact that in develop. solini in favour of a Four-Powering this new market there will be understanding, consultative in available the highly potent character, under which, at any facilities of modern advertising. time major issues became 'acute If such "education" is to be in Europe, Britain, France, Ger- thwarted, either the legalization' many and Italy would confer. of beer must be blocked or at There may be those who will least advertising restrictions be doubt the expediency of Britain provided so that temperance can becoming entangled in any Con- be taught with some degree of tinental understanding, but the effectiveness, says a commenta- point to be kept in mind is that tor.
"Now, don't go smearing candy all over them Rembrandts.".
This appealed to us, and past. experience made us willing to raise the ante a couple of times on the accuracy of it. At 4.30 am. Pete had lost his breath, his money and his latest Australian definitions pertaining to colloquial Poker.
the
The game, he said, winding up conversazione in typical style, is not worth the candle. And truth to tell, we had lost those as well.
**
CASH UP NO TICK!
Another millionaire and ourself were discussing the American Lurline visitors at present giddily good-willing themselves around Hongkong.
Mention was made of the fact that most of our fellow million- aires were stoney-broke because their good American drafts were looked on with suspicion by the local money-changers, bankers, compradores, shroffs and other enemies of the public.
Pete Watkins said that, speak. ing collectively, he didn't see why these visiting millionaires should make such a fuss about not being able to change a thousand dollar bank draft. He knows Eddie Kelly and dozens and dozens of
local other
celebrities who couldn't got a ten buck draft cashed.
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