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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1933.

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WORK-SHY POETS

By ROBERT LYND

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WAR

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The Very Idea!

DOCTORING OUR ILLS By Edward Kelly, M. (a) D.

it

or

all

these other disorders that. need new-fangled remedies.

For the benefit of the B.M.A. and the world in general, wo are going to list 4 fow modern diseases that aro peculiar to Hongkong, together

with their remedies.

•

X

Peak

sible wide fluctuations in the Imarket price of the motal cursed by the operations of specula- tors, but if is reasonable to assume, for instance, that the manipulation of the Treasury's Exchange Fluctuation Account I was asked the other day if 1 more tightly packed with work

could help Romeone who than any other poem in existence) THERE'S too much conser- can be effective in preventing collecting the verse of moilernto confine themselves mainly to

vatism about the medical in the present extraordinarily any phase of working-class life. I shepherds; but surely the man in difficult circumstances, it is sure- rummaged in my memory and in the iron foundry or the ship-profession in Hongkong. ly possible, within the bounds of number of books, and at the end of builder is as noble a figure as any What do they know about all tho an International agreement, Lan hour or so I came to the conclufarmer or shepherd whe was ever!

strange diseases people out in this which is an essential prelude to sion that if thera one thing praised in Greece or Italy.

Wordsworth was inspired to part of the world are subjected to?

We'll grant you that when the adoption of a gold-silver modern poeta dislike

write a poem about a worker who standard, to check movements in another It is work.

You might read through several followed so unattractive a trade comes to housemaid's knee, silver pricea, Governments be-

in- pendicitis or some other such fash- come buyers if the tendency of anthologies of modern verse with us that of the leech-gatherer, To nensica, or a broken neck, or ap-

out gathering from their contents me n shop-walker seems an the metal is to fall and seller if that any human being ever did a finitely more dignified figure than ionable complaint, they can strut la rise above a predetermined day'a work in his life. If posterity a leech-gatherer. Yet where is our/their stuff. But what about

point threatens. It may safely judges us by these anthologies it modern Wordsworth to address # be said, we imagine, that the will think that we spent our entire poem to a shop-walicer?

How admirable a theme for present price of the metal is lives in watching birds, looking at

skyverse again is the Clyde engineer, cluse to the bottom. Only the daffodils, gazing at the wreck of the Economic confer-meditating on things in general, or the silversmith of Sheffield, or ence, while is inconceivable, in with a little love thrown in-in the printer!

If I were a poet I should certain- likely to falsify this belief. The fact, idling our time away in a

world in which all the factories, ly write a poem about printers.

PEAKITIS NECK.-Peculiar to use of silver therefore as a Cr-shops and offices had been closed There are few things that give me

at rency reserve even if no definite till further notice. ratio is fixed is not likely to en-. The poets, in short, have depict. more pleasure than to see printers residents of Kowloon, where,

the harder the times, the disease becomes malign- working, and courage fears of any substantialed us as a race of slackers.

batter. I like, Indeed, to make ant. Women are more susceptible On the contrary it may I must except Mr. Kipling from loss.

ille too longingly at the Peak. The indictment. Mr. Kipling their work as hard na possible by than men. Brought on by gazing very well be, always presuming this

backward position, giving an ap- the existence of an international writes as if he really enjoyed making my handwriting as agreement, that silver purchases watching other people working.gible na possible. Like the village victim's head becomes stuck in a He has sung the praises, not only blacksmith, the printer who has pearance similar to that of a hea for the purposes of currency of soldiers and seamen, but of the handled my copy may be said to drinking. The only way to over- come this malady is to take the natient up to the Peak, where backing will appreciate. Such a engineer and of that honest toiler have earned a night's repose. possibility is not intended as an the sub-editor. Has he not writ-WAS WHITMAN

reverse action will take place. It argument in favour of bimetall-ten in honour of the wage-slaves: SINCERE? ism. Fundamentally every pro- Men like to Gods who do the 1 am not sure, however, that all finances are too straitened, a tem-

work

the works of the world would be jporary cure may be effected by tak posni advanced in the search for

For which they draw the na appreciative as they ought to ing the patient out to watch the ways and means of breaking the

be if the poets began to tell them P.W.D. digging holes in the streets. wnge? worldwide depression may Bul. apart from Mr. Kipling, what what fine fellows they were and

DOUBLE-HEADEDNESS.- unsound, but if artificial meiving poet is there who would not how they envied them their jobs, thods are considered wise and

rather look at a lesser spotted Walt Whitman exclaims in one of Thin disease is prevalent in the New practical in other directions, woodpecker than at a coal-lienver? his poems: "O to work in minus.Territories, along certain

or forging iron!" If I

Ronds, and at Repulse Bay. It there is no reason we can see DROP ROSES

miner, that kind of thing would attacks young people, and is often why silver should be left out.

FOR SPARKING PLUGS.

cars. Often "It is true

that Mr. Laurence merely irritate me, and I should contracted in motor Binyon and one or two other poets doubt the alucerity of a vagabond their heads will remain stuck to- admit and applaud the existence met who said "O to work together for as long as four or five may be re- of such people as builders; but, mines!" and yet never applied for hours. The disense

cognised by the prolonged whisper- so far as the bulk of modern a miner's job. SILVER'S FUTURE

Walt Whitman was very fond of ing that occurs. The only real cure The British, harassed by a poetry is concerned, we might multitude of rules, regulations, as well be living in the industrial O-ing about the joys of other is marriage.

ROL Nothing has attracted more by-laws, and restrictions, are conditions of the Stone Age.

people's work. He could attention in the results of the not, after all, the unhappiest Now, I am not one of those who think of a farmer without exclaim-

believe that poetry should abaning: economic discussions !! Wa-people on earth. Here are our

O the farmer's joyst To rise at peep of day and pass shington than the new-found so-called cousins, the Americans, don the old themes-love, sorrow, war and the beauty of a world t after enjoying for many years

moon and stars, forth nimbly to work. [prominence of place provided for the thrill of drinking illegal beer, sun

What he really mennt, 1 suspect. I heard a young Communist poet the silver question. Sceptics now deprived of the privilege arguing the other day that poets was

O the poet's joys! has and allowed to drink as often should cease to write about these though past experience

To risc at peep of day, look put and as deeply as they please. things and write instead about

ninibly to taught us to be, there is no doubt That is the cruckiest blow yet machinery and social organisation. of the bedroom window, see the

pass forth that America's lead has changed dealt to a proud, law-eluding I do not agree with him. If I must farmor

BRON-CHIT-IS-A discase that to drink choose between sparking plugs work, and then go back to bed

again. the entire outlook and that, in people, Who wants

Certainly, a a journalist. Ila almost universal in the Colony. At the same time it is a curious consequence, 11ongkong's inter-legal beer? They might as well and roses, I will vote for roses.

be presented with free bear. est in the World Economie Con-Human nature is so constituted thing that poets are the only should object strongly if a poet The effects are generaly noticeable ference has become specific. that forbidden fruits and fruit artists in the modern world who began shouting, "O the journalist's just after the end of the first loathe work Ho bitterly that they joys!" at me and at the same time month, and major operations are dislike to often necessary to effect a cure. Remove

can scarcely bring themselves to showed as marked a There is every chance of action juices are sweetest.

navel- hard work na most of the pacts I The operation is performed in the embargoendmit its existence. The

region of the pocket-book. The all your bans and to rehabilitate silver. Already

disease is attributed to a form of and the attraction disappears, ists, the painters and even the have known. certain steps have been taken. Under Prohibition, Americans musicians have all shown their MERCURY AND

lead poisoning, contracted through continuous association with lead the most important being, per-have weathered both the great appreciation of work. Listening ICE CREAM.

At the same time, we workers pencils.

far haps, the agreement between the prosperity and the great depresto some modern music with your

they eyes shut, indeed, you would find deserve

more appreciation three primary producers, the sion. Under Prohibition

could have weathered anything. difficult to tell whether you from the poets than we get. We United States, Canada and Mexi- Now, alas! in their new-found were in a concert-hall or a factory do more to keep the pects alive changes of temperature will bring co. This agreement covers both liberty to slake their thirsts parts that they have not quite the than all the robin redbreasts and on this complaint. With

eager may be brought to in the Ice House. remonetisation and some form of when they choose, there is same objection to work if it is in lesser celandines in these islands.perature of 1/4%, patients have danger that they will go rapidly the country or at the seaside.I do not want them to celebrate been known to collapse, but they bimetallism and it is significant to pieces. In Britain we have They like farmers and ploughmen our reckless industry, our

plications. The disease rapidly be- of the change of feeling that our Doras, whom we never tire and fishermen well enough; but morning rush to work, our re- A Sudden rise of temperature from, four hours sufficed to produce it. of denouncing, but it is our that may be because farmers and luctant evening departure from any, 1/4% to 2/-might cause corn- If they could bear the sight or comes converted into a gold, and the them of lazy conniry walks and It is also clear that the British Doras that have made us the ploughmen and fishermen remind the day's labour.

formidable fellows we are.

holidays. Maurice Hewlett in even the thought of work for a patient gains weight rapidly, add- experts have abandoned their Without their corrective in-

"The Song of the Plow and single day they would discovering many pounds during the period patient may become a talpan, or air of indifference to the fate fuence we should be a nation of 1iss Victoria Sackville West in that tram conductors are just as of conversion. If care is not taken, Nevertheless, bime-milksops. It is time we began "The Land," are honourable ex-beautiful as shepherds, and that Pau-money may set in, and the icecream cart some other way. The only hope tallism will not be adopted with to realise how much we owe to ceptions who seem to me to show the youth who steers a "Stop-suffer for the rest of his life in

In these testing days a genuine liking for work in their and-buy-one" them.

through the streets is as wonder for anyone contracting this disease out encountering strong opposi-victory will go in the long run to verac

It was natural for poets in the ful a figure as any Mercury that is a return of temperature to the

normal level of 1/3.

FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1933.

of silver,

British Bans Are Best

and

It must be conceded to the

tion. The opponents of artificial the country that has the largest stimulation of silver values and most efficient collection of age of Virgil (whose "Georgics" is was ever celebrated in verso. argue that it is fallacious to Joras, and, ns there is good rea- imagine that there is any short son to believe that our British cut to permanent prosperity by Doras are second to none in the But world, we do see that there is monetary manipulation. these must form the same body any reason to worry about the of opinion which refuses to ac future of the British people. cept the contention that mone-British bans, like British buns, tary, or currency mismanage-jare best.

ment is the fundamental cause

of the world crisis. We fail,

to see what logical objection can

Revenue From Beer

more

be raised to plans for improving

When the Beer Bill was being silver prices if the restriction and destruction of other commo-put through the American Con- dities, of which there is a glut, gress, it was estimated that the are held to be justified in the taxes accruing from the sale of quest for a higher level of com-the beverage would bring the modity prices. Why should sil- Federal Treasury approximately ver be held up as the lily white $150,000,000 a year. It begins lamb which nobody can touch? to look now as if this estimate Bimetallism has been so exhaus-were fur too low. To yield that tively analysed and re-analysed revenue, the industry would have that we do not propose here to to sell 80,000,000 barrels a year discuss its merits. The fixing of an average of slightly a ratio is admittedly a highly than 82,000 barrels a day. Dur- technical and delicate problem.ing the first 24 hours of legal which explains Mr. Cordell Hull's beer, reliable estimates put the move to curb the enthusiasm of total sales at between 1,000,000 Congress. But there is no real and 1,500,000 barrels. Natur- necessity for the fixing of a really sales wil not continue tio with gold. Silver could very anything like that volume. But well be purchased at its present even if they go on only at al market value and used simulta-tenth of that rate which is a neously with gold as a currency conservative estimate the tax, reserve. This takes us perhaps revenue will be far greater than' Into the deep waters of the specu-$150,000,000 a year. It looks lation problem. There is some-ns if the impost on beer will be a thing to be said for the view-far more important revenue pro- point that stability of currency ducer than anyone in America would be prejudiced by the pos-had dared to hope,

in

"An hour and a half for lunch! Is that helping to put

us back on our fast,"

SNOBITIS HONGKONGITIS.- A prevalent disease. Affects people mostly in rarified altitudes, al- though it is by no means confined to such districts. More casily con- tracted by people who, at Home, cannot even afford a decent ap- pendicitis operation. The disease la incurable so long as the patient remains in the Colony.

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Mussolini says that a man who takes twenty words to say what he could say in ten deserves to be shot and he who takes forty words, deserves to be hanged. It wouldn't bo a bad idea to offer him the job of writing a daily humourous (sic) column for Popula D'Italle,