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INTO THE DEPTHS The Very Idea!

OF SPACE

By REV. D. MacDONALD, S.J.

A child coming to this city for one of those groups, the one from

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SPEAKING OF FASHIONS

By Eddie Kelly EL. Cle "THE Women-God Dress "THE

'em!"

We hasten to add, however, that we aren't objecting, so long as the display is interesting.

Just quietly, Mrs, K. shakes a wicked vertebrae, and will wreck homes this summer.

And speaking of this year's fashions. We notice that the females will also brook no half measures in the matter of hair. this summer.

Either they're going to keep it really short, or really long, lens or vice veren, an the case may be.

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We were out at Repulse Bay thousandfold. Only reckless de- the first time and unexpectedly which we set out, contains the sun. yesterday afternoon. What we

the planéts, moon, and the ntors flance of realities could permit sceing the splendour of the which we see rightly in the frmn saw there convinces us that no Britain or the United States to magic mantle of starry lights ment. We find that all the sunce in one enn call Hongkong girls assent to such an amendment. that night flings lightly over us which we have been travelling with Surely Germany's commercial might easily imagine that some the speed of thought in just a great spineless,

vold with, almost .countless stor instincts should be strong enough group of stars bad in the silence colonies, or groups of luminous orta bathing costumes we saw yester No, siri All those backlona to govern the situation. The of the night stolen softly from floating therein. These star groups interests of trade and industry the firmament of heaven and are, as it were, universes within the day convinces us otherwise.

universe. They are called island depend upon international con- come down to earth at this universes. We might call them Kur

We ho-men may have a lot to fidence and confidence depends place to see its beauty for them-cities because they look to an output up with, but it looks as if our upon an end to the armaments sclves.

sider like the lights of a city by night women have to hure a lot mors. race in Europe. The British He might think that these stars, from the air. As we approach our Disarmament Pinn improves Ger- weary in their age long flight, own star clty, or island universe we many's relative status immense wish to rest here awhile and that plek out not without difficulty sur own sun, one of a myriad stars that the nothing but the grent orb of day form that group. ly even if it does not go

rtaing up from the East could whole way. Unless Germany aucceed in frightening them away, means to make use of her mili-Hongkong by night is really like a stars that is our own, we just encircle But before we re-enter this city of tary equipment, tangible equality great cluster of ntara settled on it rapidly to guage its shape and size. will mean nothing in the next hillside, valley and bay.

We find it is not a group of lights on five years. But five years Let us imagine ourselves to-night the flat like an earthly city, but lights peace and prosperity, with the taking ship in some fleet aeroplane massed like a swarm of bees flying f

of distrust such as no-mortal man could dreams close array, not, however, forming gradual dissipation and fear, would open the field apstructing on that can on globular shape like a round football

upwards and away with the speed of but rather, as it were,

star cloud for a further substantial reduc- thought, one that fears not fog nor having the shape of a round and tion of armaments down la rain or stormy winda, nor dreads somewhat flattened cushion of in Germany's level. That is what long distances, nor has any terror of mense, size, somewhat like the shauu

landing, because it lica with the of a circular watch or Britain means by equality. wings of thought and lands with the spare wheel of a motor car in its case. soft gentleness of kindly thought. The dimensions of thin immenge Let us take ship in such a machine wheel shaped or lens-shaped swarm of and rise up from this city of ours and starry orbs we nate, its width and turn our course towards the Philip-its thickness, and we jot them down pine Islands. As we got clear We for future reference. Then we enter gaze back in the darkness and all we into the midst of that swarm of After the hot-air outbursts by see is the gay galaxy of lights We luminous orbs and just at its very the Australian Press concerning have left behind. We can pick out central point we pause in our flight the very spot we started from, notic- like a hawk polsed for the plunge body-line bowling it comes as a ing that its light is just only one of upon its prey. There we gaze cut- relief to find the Australian that brilliant group of lights that wards in all directions at the lights of Board of Control tackling the marks Hongkong. After crossing a this wheel shaped floating city of question in a thoughtful and con-

veld of darkness we came in sight of stars. Looking towards the rim we Manila it is still dark and agasallace the stars in greater numbers than structive way. They intimated, we see is a city of lights umid the when looking towards the flat sides, Lun or the plait. after the first of the recently darkness, another group as it were of We see stars all round us, but is a To us, who rise to heights sel- GERMANY AND concluded cricket Test matches starry orbs come to earth. Singapore

comes next within our ken, then with vast ring shaped bolt, at whose centre dom associated with poodle-faking between England and Australia,

we are poised we DISARMAMENT

are thickly sprend that the belt just and females generally, it's imma- that they regarded "body-line" speed of thought we

to Brisbane, and so from city

cityeems

a white streak of guzyterial whether their hair is jug- Germany, more than any other to batsmen but harmful to the surface of the globe and back our star city, we

bowling as not only dangerous until we have traversed the whole

centre of luminosity. Leaving the

ged or crimped, or done up in sky- country, needs to be reminded of

pass the sun terrific speed and land softly in our scrapers. the close relationship between spirit of the game, and they have Hongkong, What we have

we skimmed with birdlike fight over

own earth and find that the white What we are concerned with is the political and economic preb-backed this up by drafting a rule the wide expanse of the darth's broad belt that we saw marking the ring of

private and personal lems of the day. Herr Hitler prohibiting such bowling. They surface were the myriad clusters of

lights of the cities in the world and our floating wheel-shaped star city our own seek the co-operation of the

was what we used to know as the marcel. may be given a fifty years'

nothing more. Far apart these clus-

The headache is quite entitled mandate, may have every good M.C.C. for its inclusion in theters were, and insignificant in their Milky W

As we alight we keep the vision of intention and a sound construc-laws of cricket and there seems sizes, when compared with the greut tive programme for internal little reason to doubt that such spaces that lay unlit wetween then the universe which we have so quick to get her hair off if she likes, but

It is like the vision of the let her keep her hands off ours. The vision our minds retain ak we

cau ask you. How forth. use, but unless he is prepared a co-operation will be

return is just that of the gleaming cities of light we saw on our first for international co-operation incoming. The difficulty confront groups of lights with which the night trip over the earth's dark surface. literary genius tear his hair in a all matters of common concern, ing the M.C.C. over the problem y surface of the earth is bespangled. Now our vision in of a universe at

starry swarm, colonies of stars, fine frenzy when his wife has been No aconer have we returned from groups or families of stars that althere before him? his hopes and his promises will is that they have never seen remain unfulfilled,

We may

the effect of body-line bowling our flight, which is but a trial run on ways retain their group formations, our new machine, than we body Each group being at immense die

In thead days of permament. recognise the nature of his on wickels such as exist in Aus- decide on a ambitious flight.

must be problem. He has risen to power tralia; another danger is the con- As we have just finished a superficial tances from its neighbours. We now waves, on a wave of reaction against fusion which obviously exists be-survey of the earth by night we now that our own sun, the earth, moon, heroine to her hairdresser, but that doesn't entitle her to take cities or islund universes.

heroic measures vast universe, in which we live.

with her hus- years of suffering in an economie tween what is meant by body wish to make a similar survey of the planeta were in one of these stars crisis incomparably worse than line bowling and the leg theory.

These alar swarms are cailed in band's hair. in most other countries. Ger. To many it is one and the same All excited and buoyed up with the Astronotty, Nebulae, ie., clouds, be And then there's our pants. many has turned to bold leader-thing, yet this obviously cannot thrill of our new flight we set forth cause to us they seem like little

Next thing that'll happen in ship in her search for relief. be so, for Ront of Worcester and in the twinkling of an eye va clouds, faint and far away. In Hongkong will be the invasion of But Herr Hitler promised more and "Farmer" White of Somer-the stars that have gazed down upon They are nebulae at various stages of the Marlene Dietrich

passed the moon, the sun and even reality, they are immense things. than he could perform. He can set have all adopted the legus nightly. As we look back we development. My comparisons speak Imagine one's embarrassment not antagonise the rest of the theory in International and something similar to what we saw a somewhat inaccurately of them but then on reading a description by we left behind the lights of Hongkong that so because we made only a super-"Abigail" of a fashion parade at world and bring prosperity to County cricket and have never

We see that theficial flashlike survey of them in our the Reich at the same time. been accused of dangerous bowlen our trial trip. Some of the illusions of his suping Austrain's suggested rule, the moon, the earth, the planets thought like trip of exploration of tean, A.D.C. first night:

And a myriad of stars from ктопр porters must be disappointed. may seem to put too much onus or colony or swarm of bright orby universe. It would be confusing if

lights of neme He cannot satisfy them at both on the umpire, but considera-tal city and that we are now let our inaccuracies go for the time ends of the scale. Singletion of the problem and the most dying across a great empty void. handed effort will not restore suitable method of treating it, Soon we pass near another immense prosperity to Germany. An es-leaves, one convinced that the group of lights, another colony of city is also like the others a nebula sential prelude to world indus-proposed ruling is, perhaps, the stars like the one we lived in and have or the remains of one. Since that trial recovery is the removal of best. international suspicions. Fai lure

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to achieve a substantial measure of success at the Dia- armament Conference, therefore, must irreparably damage the "Out of the everywhere into prospects of achievements at the here" was intended as A the World Economic Conference tribute to babyhood. But sight- and if that fails, the depression seers who were privileged to must deepen with consequences view some collections from boys' that no-one can foresee. No pockets at a recent hobby show matter how strong the hand at may have been tempted to re- the helm, economic distress will dedicate it. To attempt to sprend in Germany unless the dwell on the variety of objects Reich is prepared to play her which find their way into part in the measures now being boy's pocket would be quite formulated for setting the world futile for anyone who does not on the road to recovery. Ob-come

contact frequently into structionist tactics at the Dis-with them. But be assured--- armament Conference, prolong-whether anything can stale it or ing, probably intensifying the not-it is a variety worthy of uneasiness in Europe, will effec- Shakespearean comment. What tively prevent international har-surprises the adult, however mony when the nations come to forgetful of his own talents for discuss economic issues. It is cluttering up table drawers, highly perturbing, therefore, to cellars, attics, and most other find Germany demanding the im- available spaces-is not so much possible at Geneva. No-one the variety of things in a boy's professes that the British Plan pocket as their apparently utter is perfect. It is faulty in uselessness. The adult will tell several respects and cannot ex- you that when he was a boy he pect wholly to Batisfy anyone. too may have acquired pocket But it boldly submits figures collections, but that they con- for the first time In years of tained at least a few. objects discussion which would reduce with manning. It will be most Europe's armies by almost a tactful of you if you will refrain million men. It recognises the from making him to enumerate justice of Germany's claim to some of them. A boy's' pocket! equality and grants her sub-And the changes the years may stantial increases. It is es-bring to it. How-easy-to-slide sentially an emergency plan. back to those corduroy "whistle- It seeks to furnish a breathing breeches" days, but how difficult spell. It is, roorcover, delicate-to prove to Sonny that the ly balanced. Any amendment hoards which made your pockets violently disturbing one of its bulge have yielded you no profits parts would wreck the whole. since. For you are not sure of But Germany, unless week-end this. You cannot be. It is wwwwwwww ions and the strong moral boy's business.

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"Your father said I sholdn't mention it, but nobody re- "

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Mrs. Edward Kelly, the beat- dreased woman in Hongkong, ar- rived lanking sportive in a dash ing suit of us-fours, while Eddie stood by her side looking too, too diving in pink organdio set of by a chic bolero trimmed with "pink, Pete Watkins creat- cd positive furore in an old- world frock of flowered muslin which he assured me he had run

· up on his own sewing machine.” What we mean to say is-well, you know how it is! A man can't be too careful these days.

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A CORKER.

Middlesborough racontly, there was a sideshow at which a man, after putting a cork into an empty barrel and then blowing into the bunghole, suc ceeded time after time in blowing the cork of the cask-News item.

No doubt it was a very clever feat, but if the man had put his mouth to the corkholo and blown the cask out of the bunghola or if he had put his mouth Into the enak und blown the bunghole out of the corkhole or if he had put his cask to the bunghole and blown the cork out of his mouth, or if he had put the bunghole to his nose and blown the cask out of the corkhole or if he had put his nose to his mouth and blown the cork out of the bunghole or if he had swallowed the cork and blown his mouth out of his car or if he had put his mouth to the bunghole and blown it out of the corkhole or if he had put himself through the corkhole and blown the cask out of the bunghole or it ho had stuffod the corkhole into his mouth and blown himself out of the bunghole and filled the cork hole with the bunghole or if he -had-blown the corkhole-through- his nose and the bunghole, thum making it a blowhole or if he hat decided to blow both himself and the cork through the bunghole, it nyould have been a far more re markable performanco. .

Well, wall, well. We must look Into this matter. Abyssinia.