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FOR A

LADY FAIR.......

PERFUMES, the daintiest we have ever had in stock, put up in artistical- ty designed botiles that any mald will be proud to have on her dressing table....all ready to be given away as Christmas presents.

Call in and sea for yourself what marvellous values, we are offering this Christmas.'

DO YOUR XMAS SHOPPING

AT

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HERE YOU WILL FIND THE UNUSUAL AND PERSONAL GIFT WHICH WILL PLEASE HER.

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Est. 1841.

FOUR MORE RECORD HITS

FROM THE CURRENT. FILMS.

24253 42nd Street

Played by Don Bestor's Orchestra

Shuffle off to Buffalo Played by Don Bestro's Orchestra

(Both from the Film 42nd Street")

24365 Are you making any money

Played by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra

Ah, but is it love

Played by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra Both from the Film "Moonlight and Pretzels")

54510 Gather Lip Rouge while you may

Be Careful

Played by Bill Scotti's Orchestra Played by Bill Scotti's Orchestra

Weakness")

(Both from the Film "My

54511 The Day you came along

.

Al Uhles & His. Little Club Collegians Al Uhles & His Little Club Collegians (Both from the Film "Too Much Harmony"}

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Chater Road.

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may comprise anything from a

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1933.

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The

NOTES OF THE DAY

FRANCE AND GERMANY, ›

The week-end has seen públic acknowledgment of the width of the gap dividing France and Ger- many on the disarmament question. There is little demonstrably new in

THE STREET SLEEPERS

OF 1934

By C. V.-L. for the Telegraph

nesa

and chillincas ground.

of

the

And there is a bot bath with soap, followed by a refreshing cup of tea for everybody, What more, I ask you, can a body.

The cold weather has acttlod the situation. Horr Hitler's pro- down to a degree where it is poss posals squaro with the steady pro- paganda which has flowed from Bersible to view the work being per- n. France is as rigidly insistent formed at the Street Sleepers upon Security as over meaning Shelter at West Point against an attend- that she is not prepared to reduen ideal background. The her effective fighting forces in any

ance there has increased to a lit Important way and that she wilt resist Germany's claim to equality to short of capacity, and it needs want-within reason7 in armaments. Sir John Birane only a few more cold nights such THE CASE OF

as we have been experiencing to LI PO plans a Christmas holiday visit to the Continent, with an adjustment have all the 106 beds occupied. of these rival viaws na part of his programme. Neither is this new In any way. It has been. Britain's policy, unsuccessful enough, for the last six months.

DECISION NEEDED

There is an unreality about the whole situation. Either there will we attempts to accommodate Ger- many or there will not. That means decision and it has been deplorably lacking in British polley. The goal must be an agreed conven- tlon in which Germany will join and the observance of which will be subject to a system of inspection It la nuore likely to be achieved by a round-taldo conference of the principal interests than by putting France and Germany together and

The case of Li Po, aged 76, an The responce has been gratify-odd job coolie, may be taken as ing justifying as it has done, the epitomising what the new Home heavy amount of preliminary pre- stands for. paratory work, and demonstrating,

com-

The Very Idea!

OUR RADIO RECEIVER Sponsored by Eddie Kelly [OST of our readers

Must have wondered

why we haven't mentioned wireless in our column for some time.

Dash it, most of our' readers must have wondered that, otherwise we'd have no excuse for mentioning it to-day.

for a moonlight flit, play bridge. chess, draughts, snakes and ladders, or listen in on the radio.

Despite the fact that many of our readers have heard ZBW, we think there is still sufficient inducement for many of them to build a wire- or set, so wo have decided a help

The first thing that is necesBILTY,

What with winter drawing in,' and winter drawers on, we've got l

in convincing manner, the urgent

Since his first contact with the to think of something to amuso our public during the still hours need there has been for this form Shelter and its home-like

of the night, when they've got forts, he has been a regular bable nothing to do but go to the pubs. of social service.

tue, and at any time between 6 visit the cabarets, scrounge into the But what weighty considerations and 9 of a night, may be seen pre-cinemus, take the girl friend out and principles had gone into the sonting himself as a fit candidate scheme before evolution into ita for admission-and duly admitted. present simple, yet very practical form! Suth human complexities Casual labourer, picking up a had entered so to complicate the job here and there on the water situation ne to rank in equal im-front as chance throws it his way, partance with money and help. he has been quick to appreciate Abuses in

of the ray of comfort now being in them out. use and wastage slender resources had to be guard.troduced into his otherwise very ed against, yet discrimination if drab existence. No more sleeping it had to be exercised, must not under the verandah, with perhaps penalise the class for whom the a turned up mat to keep out the refuge was primarily designed. I wind, for him! He knows where CONSERVATISM IN FRANCE

in any event, it was recognized he is better off, and so he comes In the midst of a world which is that only the fringe of a vast and every night.

problem a period of experi- chronic

Wirs being The records from day to day show this same attachment by foundly conservative. Everywhere

And so the scheme provided for dozens of others. Yet in no sense France sees new doctrines based on the notion of dictatorship. Parti-only the most wretched of our have they been given cause to feel cularly in the neighbouring coun- vast coolie population: and if con- they have out-stayed this hospitali. tries of Italy and Germany fresh conceptions of authority and order eldered from this standpoint alone, ty. They continue to find have been, proclaimed. To these the work now being efficiently at-same welcome as is extended to

to a new faces, conceptions Is subordinated the tempted has reached out claim for individual independence. truly vital need. That claim is scoffed at as demoded.

leaving them to fight out the faane

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Hongkong Telegraph.mentation, France appears pro- touched.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1933.

HOUSE OF LORDS

the

of course, is the box. The follow- ing materials will be needed for this:

"

I pleco flat wood, 1 pound of nails, one anw, one hammer, 2 hinges, one surgical bandage.

The actual method of construct- ng the box actually depends upon the Con- individual tastes. If structor is a bachelor an empty Johnny Walker case will suffice, but doubtices married women will want their husbands to construct some thing that will go well in the sitting. The best plan is to cut the vood into six equal allocs, which room, are secured together by the hingen and nails in such a way that an empty space is left in the middle.

Usually, at this stage the novice is bound to become despondent and.

REFORM

If discrimination la exercised at all, it has been in favour of the Socialist threats of the pos- It is affirmed that the State in A WEIGHTY

blind, the lamo, and the balt, who with the very old and decrepit, are sible abolition of the House of everything, and the citizens have POINT Lords or of the emasculation of rights which are severely limited

In Not without a great deal of de-placed in the more easily accesal-Bomewhat uneasy, but he need have and conditioned by the State.

no fear. Leave it to Eddie Kelly. ble lower bunks. its powers, are undoubtedly a

France itself there are not want. bate and cogitation did the Or-

The next stage in to fill in the factor in the Government's in-ing those who are impressed by the

miscellaneous bits. It is far casior' to buy these from a shop, although, xiety to take steps for the early general movement. If there is tnganizing Committee turn down a THE FIRST reform of the Second Chamber. be international competition, whe-suggestion for some form of en- TRAGEDY

If the reader inalats, they can be trance payment. It was, rightly, Treatment of the issue is, in any ther in the diplomatic, the economie

A happy, grateful family, yet not run up at home on the sewing event, long overdue. It is well or the military domain, it is obvious pointed out by a Indy worker that entirely free from human frailties. machine. All these parts should be to recall in this regard, that the that those natons which can the applicants in the position to brought under a single direction pay the couple of cents suggested,

The first tragedy has been enact-removed from their wrappers and Parliament Act of 1911, which must possess a relative strength. would not be of the class most in/ed. On the record sheets the carefully laid inside the box.

Then ring up some wireless ex- It would seem that they can take

part of your acquaintance and decisions without discussion, and

Invite him around to listen to act energetically and promptly without opposition. The role of the citizen te like that of the soldier. Certainly volcca France advocating the adoption of a similar regime

REPUBLICAN LIBERTY

Inland in

Yet if there. are Frenchmen who share the disillusions which have are pre-occupied by the crisis, who

need of the Shelter. In effect, it other night was displayed, this would be keeping out the complete- terse, illuminating notice: jy "down and outs”—the ideal type to which it was particularly desired to minister.

"Wong Yiu, turned out for Daventry. stealing soap."

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Needless to say, when he arrives, he won't hear Daventry. But don't let, that discourage you. What you and we are relying upon in the Psychology of Radio.

We are quite aware that the expert is capable of saying, "Oh, well, I can't hear Daventry. Let's

the top of the box and exclaim, contrary, he will instantly lift off "Why can't I hear Daventry? I'll soon put this right!"

Sed our devilish cunning? Next Week: "The Psychology.of Banking."

curtailed the powers of the Peers, was originally intended as a makeshift arrangement to tide over the immediately pres- sing need of securing for the

A desire to possess soap is by Liberal Party a fair chance of

The logic of this reasoning was all means to be encouraged for tho, getting legislation on the

when unquestionable, and

the laudable intentions behind it; and Statute Book. The preamble is

Shelter opened its doors for the officials of the Home interviewed to that Act definitely stated that

first time, it began a career of on the matter, say they would it was eventually intended to

absolute philanthropy, depending readily have given it to Wong Yiu substitute for the House of

solely for its subsistence on the had he proceeded about it in the Lords as it then existed a Second

goodwill of the Community.

right way. As it was, by diagra- Chamber constituted on a popu

Let us examine what the Street ting himself, they were not sure lar instead of a hereditary basis. elsewhere prevailed, there can be Sleepers of 1934 (so far an un-he had not brought disgrace to the have a spot of bridge." On the Numerous circumstances, note.

no doubt that the vast majority of known quantity) can look forward other members of the family as

well worthy, amongst which may be Frenchmen are more than ever pro-to, granted an unremitting con- cited the decline in power and foundly attached to the regime of tinuance of the generosity they Conclusion of this survey of a influence of the Liberal Party, republican liberty, and refuse to have been fortunate enough to praiseworthy bit of humanitarian work would not be complete with- have, since arisen to prevent that relegate democracy to the limbo of receive at the outset, intention being put into effect. outworn things. In this sense

The comforts are necessarily out a tribute to the high standard The Labour Party, in its two France is more than ever essentially

meagre, but at least there is a of personal hygiene maintained by conservative. It believes that only

the Inmates, dry roof over their heads. brief spells of office, was so preby popular representation in a free- occupied with other and more urgent matters that it was never able to find the time to devote to the problem. Now it is realised that if something is not done soon to put the Parliamen tury system on a better basis, an excess of reforming zeal may later result in the creation of worse evils than those inherent in the present constitution of Second Chamber.

So

ly elected Parliament in which all views can be frankly expressed. only by a regime in which the right of public meeting and discussion is preserved, in which newspapers of all colours and complexions may be published, can the perplexing pro- blems of our times be solved and human dignity maintained. France is resolved to stick to the political methods which have served it in the past and must guide it in the future. Courage, organizu- scheme put forward by Lord tlon, discipline are required; great reforms in administration and in Salisbury, who is obviously

tho intellectual and moral sphere sounding opinion for the guidare called for: but they must be ance of the Government, bears a accomplished in conditions striking resemblance to that political and individual liberty. In sponsored by the Conservatives this respect France is deeply con- at the time of the 1911 crisis.servative. This proposed the reduction of

the

years.

The

of

the strength of the Second | ORIGIN OF O.K. Chamber from 700 to 360, the

Our recent discussion on possible members to sit for twelve years, origins of "O. K.", did not mention one-third retiring every four ono which appeals as having the Ono hundred members earmarks of authenticity. It was ware to be elected by the heredi- told by a preacher from Porila, tary Peers, 120 elected Indirect Many years ago, he related, a gent ly by M. P's, and 100 to be tradition and became the first ruler potentate of Persia Broke with nominated by the Crown, with of his country to visit a foreign the addition of three Princes of people. He arrived in England the Blood Royal, seven ecclesion with a huge retinue and $5,000,000 tics, and twenty Inw Lords and of spending money, As this monarch Appeal Judges. Whatever the could nother read nor write, his upshot of the present movement, ananciai anaire were necessarily Rut there can be no denying the Intrusted to a secretary. necessity of reform of some spending $5,000,000 by proxy was kind. The present House of not at all in accordance with the conservative banking methods Lords, with its limited powers, obtaining in England, and it was fits badly into the scheme of urged upon the wealthy visitor that things. There is obviously he learn to write at least his name, need for a Second Chamber in that evidence of his personal ap- any really democratic country, proval might appear in his business but it must be moro popularly transactions. The result of earn- constituted than the prosent eat endeavour to fulfil the bankers' Ifoune. It in needed for pur.request was.complete failure as re- poses of revision and consultat-aid finally learn to sign his initials, garde a signature, but the monarch fon, but it cannot be permitted and they were thereafter, acceptol to over-ride the representativo | as an indication of royal assent, body.

His name was Okous Kahn.

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The sardonic, fond of resuscita

CHRISTMAS GREENINGS, The other day an old pal of ours* The covers are not what may be called blankets, but they ting the idea of a Saturday night sent us along three bottles of bespeak warmth, and there are bath, will find that in this one spot "Green" beer for our expert opin- more to come when funds allow. at least it has exploded as a myth.lon. Which just shows you that We have checked up the informa- some people in Hongkong have the The beds have clean, dry tion and found it to be correct, right idea, boards, on iron frames, placed that not one of these destitutes has far above the penetrating damp-been known to refuse a bath.

"You haven't told me what you will want for dinner.”

Incidentally this "Green" beer is mado in Edinburgh, so any day now. we expect a rival to send us along

made some "Orange" beor

in Dublin. Anyway, we are going to try it now.

Any one who sends us, bour is an old pai of ears.

Shrdlucmfwypetaoin

AH FAT

ADD THE VERY IDEA.

LET IN BEER.

9 PLA.

P.S. That's damfine boori, Hic!

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CHESS SO

Edward Kelly and the richest Hongkong taipan have at least one. thing in common where their wives ara concerned. To them life is like a game of chess. With the tafpan It's nothing but cheque, cheque, cheque. With Eddle it's nothing but pawn, pawn, pawn.

ADVER (TWIST) MENTS

Lady going Abroad wishes to reli dog. Well trained, eat anything, fond of children.-Provincial Nero paper.

Lidy gives reducing treatment to ladies only. Recent patient lost £11 in two weeks,--Shanghai News- paper..

And when Tammany challenged him to prove his assertions ho glad lydiad getting first-hand experi himself Tampa (USA)

enco

paper.

Adolph Pis sufforing from an injury to his left eye. Mrs. P's slator is a gudet in their home.-Newark paper,