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verse matters as child welfare, the traffic in women and children and prison reform, call in each case for treatment by experts. They agree, however, that re- organisation in other directions is desirable.

APRIL 15, 1933.

THE GROSS BEFORE CHRISTIANITY

By E. L. ALLEN

BULLS AND INNERS

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Good news for the.Scottish com- munity. Two of its mombors have boon promoted to be full- lieutenants.

A contemporary novelist tells City was dotted with two sets of in one of his books of a tourist crosses, those which the Invaders who is conducted round a quarter had set up behind them and those in Athene in which the spade of which had been receiving the the oxenvator has been at work worship of the people for contur Browing! The guide points out the ruins of fest

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If a man doesn't like certain-

The latest cooking utenail, for

man who said it was a proof that in his garden. Christian'. the human heart in naturally

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European Tension

The world is still without just as the scratch golfer clue to the Hitler programme in sometimes mistimes his tec- foreign affairs; though French an ancient church, and draws her The cross in Yucatan, was Bald

attention to a crucifix which has to be associated with the raingod.ZBW programmes, there's no need shots, so even the expert

alarm remains as vociferous as been discovered there. It belongs Those in other parts of the word for him to laten, says a reader. motorist occasionally mis-

ever and suspicion has entered to the fifth century. How In-are usually supposed to symbola But judges gear changing.

into more than one English mind. tereating!' is the comment, now of life and fertility. There may He doesn't know our next-door not on the new Vauxhall Cadet

The focus of Interest for those will that be B.C. or A.D. We be some to whom it comes as a bit neighbour. with the Synchro-Mesh gear.

| are supposed to think of that ques» (of a shock to hear that what they box. For Synchro-Mesh cor- wondering what sort of world tion as an absurd one, but it may had thought was through and

is about to arise in Europe has bo that it is by no means as absurd throngh Christian had been count rects all errors and gives a faultless, silent change every-

now shifted to Rome, where we might think. For the Crossed sacred for centuries before the preparing small meals, is known As a saucepanette. It's meant, of -leaving aside,, of course, what first Good Friday. Personally, time. There's magic in it.

We are always delighted to Signer Mussolini is endeavour-distinguished a crucifix from am not in the least disturbed by course, to be used on the stovelet

common simple cross-is by no means an such discoveries, I rather rejoico in the kitchenette of a flatlot. demonstrate Synchro-Meshing to formulate a

to experienced Fascist policy, with a Four-Po-The fact is, it is one of the oldest Christ came into the world, not exclusively Christian symbol.in them. I like to think that particularly drivers.

wer Pact as its basis. Italy's objects of worship in the world. like a meteorite suddenly dropping

Lancashire in secretly manufac 26.33 six-cylinder Vauxhall

intervention is well-timed. It

A cross composed of two lines on us out of the blue, but as the turing a newly-invented thread. Cadet Saloon £295.

may also be regarded as a safc- cutting one another, ona vertical light towards which we had all A kind of mystery yarn. guard. Mussolini, it is assume and the other horizontal, sometimes along been groping, as an answer

0 0 standing by itself and sometimes to what had been stirring in our ed with confidence, will insist on enclosed within a circle, can be minds since the very beginning of Lots of the smaller banks in the fundamental principle that traced right back to the earliest things.

America wanted to reopen the while prepared to support the civilisations. In some places, to The early Christians had the other day, but the Secretary of demand for Peace Treaty revi-be sure, we need not suppose that same problem when they found the Treasury Woodin let 'em.

It is anything more than an that the heathenism around themı sion, he will not countenance the ornament, but there are times had not a few rites and beliefs

มือ employment of force. France when the presence alongside of that were remarkably like their

Seventy Russians have been Italian relations are difficult, it of human or animal figures own. Some said that this was a charged with planting weeds on shows quite clearly that it has bit of the devil's trickery, a grain farms to spoil the collective but Italy is no more anxious for some sort of religious significance. counterfeit to put people off from agriculturo plan. A Peakito says war than any other country,

MINOS

Insisting on the real article! My some of them must have been in though she fears that unless the OF CRETE

sympathies are rather with the Hongkong last summer practicing big Powers do get together away, from the turmoil and "intrigue" the story of King Minos of Crete, Most of us were brought up on of vested interests, and small who kept in his labyrinth a mons Power votes, the cause of world ter called the Minotaur, which

consumed n annual meal of PHIPPS Protesis At peace will be in jeopardy. It is Athenian youths and maidons, till felt that if the big Powers can the king's daughter, Ariadne, fell HOMER AS BEST-SELLER reach a common understanding, in love with Theseus, giving him a clue with which to find his way settle details of their own arma about the labyrinth and a sword CHILD WELFARE ment problems, they might well with which to kill the monster. wire and double): Hongkong, which has in lat- afford to risk unpopularity with We had always thought it a mere ter years been concerning itself the smaller States. France is fairy-tale, tili one day the palace with child welfare, should find blamed in Italy for the present very labyrinth was brought to much of interest in the League impasse, though Britain is also light! In that palace of a civili- of Nation's activities on this criticised on the score that her patien so lost that men refused to believe it had ever existed, crosses- subject. The annual session of representatives give way were found. The same emblem ap- the Old Boys raised a unanimous ed that even.at a Sassenach water- ing-place, there's a nip in the air! the Advisory Committee which easily to France's "war panic" pears in early Persian pottery, beaker.

accept the and sometimes It has been found How Greek has evaded the

0 - is entrusted with this problem, and have failed to

on designs, crowning the mast of vigilance of the N.S.P.C.C. is a is now in session, and amongst logical consequence of the recent a ship. Curiously enough, carly mystery to me.

Until she saw the Australian the subjects which figure on the assertion that Great Britain is Christianity seems to have been

Delicately nurtured youths are contingent of the Hongkong Volun- agenda are reports on several en- not a continental Power. Mean-slow to make any use of the Cross whisked away from home, shot teers, a certain local lady "never for artistic purposes, but some-Inte some dim academic compound before realised that kangaroos quiries which the Committee is while, a new factor has

where about the end of the second and given great lumps of Homer, had feathers." undertaking. One of these is an introduced by the "interesting" century it is to be found all over

Even with a library of cribs it! takes them years to hack their way enquiry into the legislation in visit of the Austrian Chancellor the Roman world.

When in 1519 Cortes landed on through the dank reviving

jungle of various countries governing the to Rome. This is

Yucatan, he unfurled

a banner Athenian best-sellers. of Austro-Hungarian which bore the inscription: admission of children to cine- rumours

Plato, Remosthenes, matograph performances. In plans for re-unification and the Friends, let us follow the Cross Euripides, Aristophanes as each they even have down under!

and under this sign; if we have view of the allegation that restoration of the Hapsburgs faith, we shall conquer. True to is desperately digested, another to The opportunity scems to be Sig- the manner of his times, he pro- rises in his place like a spectrs, juvenile criminals are said get much of their inspiration for nor Mussolin's to do historic posed to combine personal-enrich-dripping with diabolical idioms

ment with patriotism and to make and eccentricities of style.

Somehow the years roll on, the their exploits from seeing cer- good or harm in Europe.

a trio of motives by adding to

of the back of the lexicon (and its tain types of films and yet there

these the conversion

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Thongkong Telegraphi.

SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1933.

too

been

of King Minos was dug up and his

Outlook for the classies (Noon

"I believe that Greek is com- pletely played out," (The Earl of Midleton, in a speech at the Taunton School Old Boys' ‚Á‚850. ciation dinner.)

A sentimont to which I trust

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Eschlus,

is a considerable divergence of THE INFLATIONISTS heathen Mexicans. On landing owner) are old and bent, and at

♫ splendid building giving, the tears rolling down

of their

Well, what about engineering, y

boy? What about sales management? What about law?

What about them?

They're all Greck to him.

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Closer Settlement

His car is small

And with my knees in There's barely 'room

For Jim to squeeze in And not much chance

To anocze

Or freeze in;

And right throughout The winter season

Twas never cold-

And Jim's

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McWhirter apparently discover-

D For her furilier enlightenment, the Australian member of the staff wishes to inform her that

That the local nudists claim the right-of-way over a portion of naked truth. A cul de sac might the Shatin Valley seems to be the be more appropriate.

Children of to-day are

taller

Mrs. Kelly says that Edward is getting absent-minded. Last night. he put the candle to bed and blew himself out.

The way things are shaping. generally, the earth won't be worth having by the time the mock in-. herit it.

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When Mary sings. I think of things

Not often in_my_mind

I'm in a daze

Her vocal waya

So often do remind

Me, not of della

And fairly upella

Of Belds that go for miles

As poets dream—---

I only soom-`

To think of: cute on·tiler.

tu the neighbourhood of an Indian long last the victims totter broken- opinion amongst experts in

What may turn out to be an town, he made his way into the ly from the plaudits of a prize- Great Britain as to the best

important movement is at pre-temple, means of protecting children

sent going on among a number several stories high. Passing into their scamed and coarsened Tnens than those of the last generation. the inner court, he started back and falling quietly, on to their But their parents are much from the effects of harmful or of Conservative members of Parin amazement-there in front of brand new diplomas (or whatever shorter. tundesirable films, an enquiry of liament. For some time many him stood a cross of stone and fatuous talisman they have been this kind into the experiences of of them have been in favour of lime, 'ten palms high', the chroni-given to remind them

feler says. His men came crowd-slavery). other countries should throw currency reform, with the idea ing round. What!' they exclaim And then? some valuable light on the proof making this the spearhead of od, in the remotest West, in a blem. Other problems that are

dark haathen temple; the Cross of an expansionist policy. They our Savious is waiting for us being investigated by the com- have not hesitated to put this The same emblem was to be found mittee are the welfare of blind Idea forward in the various de-almost everywhere after that, and children, and in particular their bates that have been held on the line of march upon Mexico physical education, and problems unemployment, and they have affecting illegitimate children.now decided to arange a number Of a different order is considera- of meetings which, it is hoped. | tion of a report on Youth Hos-will bring together all those tels. In view of the fact that interested in the aubject. The this movement is growing, this group is said to be alarmed by report, too, should be of interest the attitude of the Government, to those who feel that the Youth which is that the consideration Hostel movement is a healthy of such a proposal cannot he and desirable one. The protec-undertaken until the World tion of children of migrant work- Economic Conference is held, ers is to be dealt with by the and it will do everything possible Committee at the request of the to get the Cabinet to take the International Labour Office, and initiative instead of waiting for is a matter which has obvious co-operation from abroad.. The international bearings. One of movement is by no means con- the most important matters fined to members of Parliament, which the Committee has to and has behind it the support deal with at this session is the f à number of Influential people question of the complete rein the City. It is, incidentally, organisation of the committee an Interesting fact that the itself. This will be considered Ministry of Labour is giving de- at a joint session with the Ad-tailed consideration to the visory Committee on the Traffic scheme put forward by Sir Har in Women and Children as the old Bowden for using the dole to proposal has been put forward subsidine. employment. This that axingle committee should be proposal may quite possibly be set up to deal with all social ques-raised when the Ministry meets tions coming under the purview representatives of the employ of the League. This idea doca ers and the unions to discuss not, however, find favour with "the method by which the ab members of the Child Welfare sorption of workers into industry Committee as they bellove that might be examined In a prac- problems relating to such ditical way."

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America's motto:-"Ingot trust"

MacWhirter is slow on the move. Especially when It's his turn,

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Now that summor is approach- |ing, the nudists will be getting into

their strides.

"Abigail"" says that the present indications are that women will wear still lean clothing, and dresses will gradually get shorter. It looks as though the end of stock: inga is in sight,

An educated man lacno who knows whether they're fighting | now, yet, or again up in the North.

There's no admissión charges to mont of these art exhibitions: But it usually costs something to: come out.