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President Roosevelt, in seeking to clean up one grave scandal in the aphere of aviation, seems to hayo produced, as the chief re- sult, the exposure of another. For some time past, hints have been dropped that all is far from well with the American air force..

FIFTY LOOKS AT THE The Very Idea!

YOUNG WOMAN

OF TO-DAY

By BERNARD FALK

EIGHT BELLS AND ALL'S

WELL, WELL, WELL!

By Eddie Kelly. Boa Berpent

SEVENTY per cont of the tourists aboard the Matson

MOST attractive spot of bear comparison with her parent.liner Lurline are wimmen. A colour in any new world to

Whiut a heck of a break for the women.

What'n too, too divinely exotic time for the men.

army to take over the operation That is how pert Miss 1934, alim little or nothing about domestic of the great network of air mail

and elegantly coiffured, strikes economy, and is void of that to services has forced the truth my ageing, but respectful fandy, homely, lore so useful in sickness the minds of the most unwilling Whatever her failings, and, and in other emorgencies. Nel-

It was different when we went abservers: The tragic series of

to men. heaven knows, they are numerous ther is she house-loving like her Xab

crashes with many valuable lives enough, she remains, taken singly mother, regarding any fondness

While we menfolk roamed the and not in the collective mass, in this direction as a cramp on her mean only one Hsacrificed, can

thing, serious inefficiency, whether challengingly interesting, and for freedom. A home is a roof overens, our women stayed at home. of the pilots or of their equip all eyes, a gladsome sight. her head; an address; beyond that, Tight Inced affairs, they were. ment. AB Senator Black puts it,

Our modern young woman is in her mind, little of the old The stays, not the women. If the American army airmen can- interesting because of her glamor- significance attaches to it

OLB, self-possessed character, Mias 1934 makea acant secrot not carry air mails, of what use

rather than because of her mind, of her views. The man who Lare they likely to be in the ovont

of war? There are charges from which is rarely troubled with what marries her is not taken in called "The Eternal More often than not he wants that many quarters that the cause is Carlylio

low-quality Verities." of

Everything in her kind of wife, woman who will provision machines at high prices and the composition-outlook on life, keen live as much out-of-doors as he report of the committee which has desire for pleasure and excite-elects himaalf, will be ready to been investigating along these ment, aversion to old-fashioned play tennis, or golf, be always lines will be awalted with keen domesticity expresses and accen- prepared for a run in the car, like interest.

tuntes her up-to-the-minutenbasa cigarette over an evening cup Her squl is the same mirror of of volfeo nt some cafe, and bo fashion as her attire and, as simply crazy to see the latest film- often, free from weighty sub- typifics, 4.0 she stance. She adorns, the contemporary human scene.

the

PORTENTOUS ISSUES

Deferred Terms-Repurchase--

The sudden cancellation of all Licence & Insurance Arranged

United States air-mail contracts Full particulars on application.

without exception has naturally raised portentous questions. Some HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE

the observers who agreed with Show Room

protests of Col, Charles A. Lind. Stubbs Roadbergh that such sweeping nction Phone 27778-9

was unjust to thousands of men honestly engaged in the commer- cial aviation service have greeted the failure of the air mail without any excess of grief. Yot many feel with President Roosevelt that the general air-mail situation was so disgraceful as to domand dras- tic methods and a completo over-

Ohe

Hongkong Telegraph.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1934.

EUROPEAN UNREST

Fac-

|

to

IS SEX APPEAL NEW?

Fearless, tremendously sophis ticated, wondorfully self-assured, Young Miss 1934 preens herself on being miles ahead in fascina- tion of that blushing young crea- ture, her mother of thirty years go. What did Mamma know of sex-appeal, or, Elinor Glyn would say, of the precious gift of "I"?

As

Certainly, if one should recall hauling. His responsibility the seemingly artless wiles of the koep his Administration free from Edwardian young woman, swath- graft is strong justification of his ed in her ample skirts, there deca

But it requires, certain-

course.

WIFE AND COMPANION.

Listen ns one of these hua bands explains;

"I sought a wife, not a squnw; a companion, not a home drudge." The woman, standing by, nods her head approvingly, and re- marks: "Hurry, Jack, or wo'll be late for the pictures, and oven a sandwich out takes timal"

And 119 the wind whiffled through the stays (make no mistake about it, wo are talking about the ship's rigging now, not our women) we plunged on and on, towards the fohing grounds. For food, Ave lived upon weevila, which tasted strangely like biscuits, and any odd whale our cook succeeded in hooking during the doldrumą,

We chowed our whale carefully, na we found them full of bones. These bones were always kept on the side of our plates as the cook uned to save them to sell to corset factories, when we returned to port.

It, was no life for a weakling. Once we reached the cod banks it was work, day and night...

We caught end until wo were sick of the sight of them. My cod, it was terrible.

Our last ship was called "Ball Mald," because she had a coppered bottom.

We struck the storm just before nightfall,

our

The "Ball Maid" rolled alarm- ingly, and we thought it was all over. We thought

Inst moment had come.

"Heave to" roared the Captain. We henved, too, and then we wished that our last moment would come.

The man who is unreasonable enough to look for a home, as well as a companionable wife, had bot- ter do his selecting with care; otherwise, at night, when he finds no meal cooked and no socks darned, there is likely to be a rumpus, and some callous ruffling of an expensive permanent wave. Timo was when women used to ly, that the replacing of the con-appear to be a marked absence of

through hiu tracts by the Post Office Depart-ex-glamour. Yet the miracle in havo a maxim: "The road to a

that she was just as effective with man's heart le ment shall be made an occasion

When we came to, we were lying not for new kinds of favouritism the young men an her. far more stomach," but, perhaps, they were

subtle daughter.

Also they had the idea in bed in a strange, room. but for real reform. Fortunate-

If marriage be the average that a man loved being fuased pretty young nurse, whom we Mac West, was ly, by the vigour of his action the

wonian's goal, then I do not see over. Probably another ridicul recognised as

brow with her President has placed the working what the modern Miss has gained ous notion. The modern young smoothing our out of the subject under the by all her so-called progress.wife knows better. After he has hand. powerful floodlights of an aroused Certainly, she does not win a hus- finished work, she argues, a hus-

are wo?" we asked publie interest.

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

wrong.

"Where

band any more easily, and I some band positively dotes on being weak she replied, "Your

times wonder whether the techni-dragged out, and, if he is in bed que of the sex has not gone awry before midnight, is apt to be ship sank and you were picked up in being n little too matter-of- extremely cross." fact.

THAT WEAKER SEX.

As a wife, in the old-time sense, the modern young woman does not

EAGER, FOR MARRIAGE.

Humoured a little, and sustain- ed in her pride, which is con- siderable, Miss 1934, because she (Continued on Page. 7.)

. Whilst it is easy to take un- duly alarmist views of the. cur- rent unrest in Europe, thera can be no questioning the point that a situation has arisen which, if not carefully handled, may result in another big flare- up. The mere fact that Lloyds are quoting war risks, and that

The President's action, com- business has been done at rates

bined with the present legal re-

That, having little love for which reflect a very real fear of quirement that a company whose

In my young days, women posed domesticity, Miss 1934 should yot the worst happening, is sufficient contract is cancelled for good

reason must wait for five years as bolig over-wed by man. It show eagerness to be married, is to indicate the existence of a

before bidding again, appeared at suited them to let the great, blg. really not hard to understand. strong under-current of anxiety. first glancs likely to wipe out the strong specimens of manhood who However outwardly changed-con- The trend of events in many existing commercial companies came courting them imagine that trasted with her predecessors-

ainee the operation of air. lines they were superior in strength she is still Mother Eve's authentic European centres is creating

without benefit of mall contracts and in intollect Our mothers daughter, and, under all her pro- widespread

for nervousness,

in considered almost impossible. made a business of being the fessions of independence hates and man, ever the thought of becoming an old whilst strong efforts are, being Actually, however, re-establish- weaker

un- chivalrous in the presence of maid. made to prevent absolute failure ment of the service will

doubtedly be made without in feminine helplessness, handsome- Rather than face that prospect of the disarmament campaign, justice to operators who carried ly responded.

who would agree to do a little I see precious little of that plain cooking for her hero-that there is a growing feeling that out the purposes of the air-mail the prospects of anything like subsidy. Congress if and when chivalry to-day. When, firming is, If he wore, Indoed, a hero, and general international agreement asked will assuredly pass a bill up her determined mouth, I-hear had the constitution-to-face her

clause. the medern Miss exclaim that she cooking. changing the five-year on this issue are becoming more New companies can take over the is better without such demonstra- Nothing that modern progress remote as time goes on. tors contributing to the present existing ones by a simple re- tiveness, I have the feeling that has done for our young woman organization. Thle will clear the it is 'a case of sour grapes.. has spoilt her craving to be loved. tension are many and varied. ground for the writing of now

There are, of course, no lean, or Her goal is the same as. that at Most of them, however, can be contracta.

fat, years for women's fascination, which, from time immemorial, all Helen of Troy, the Queen

of human beings have aimed-hap traced back as legacies left over

Sheba, Cleopatra, Mary Queen of piness. Whether she plucks her from the Great War. GerTHE BROWN ORDER

Scots, each, in turn, charmed her, eyebrows, or, for the sake of a many, with her new-found unity,

as any graceful silhouette, disciplines hor When the Post Office Bopart-generation as intensely is following a policy which is viewed with misgiving in many ment in 1925, after doing the real 1934 beauty does our less spacious diet, all is to that one elusive quarters. In particular, the pioneer work with army pilota Age. And, in her own quietor, and happiness. Up-to-date, cool and planes, turned over the air simpler way, the average Mamma and trimly-polsed, she is yet wist spread of Nazi influence beyond mail, to private companies, it was was an destructive of man's peace fully human. her borders is producing dewith the expectation that the mail of mind ne ever her dainty daugh- velopments which certainly do payments would aid the develop ter to-day. not help to compose the situa-ment of passenger-encrying lines. tion. Austria's position is such Mere speeding up of the malls that she is being forced to turn hardly warranted the step. Sub- for sympathy to Italy, where the sidics wore designed to necessity of preserving the in-aviation through the formative years until it could attract a self- dependence of her neighbour is sustaining volume of travel. This strongly felt. In other quarters, is the obvious intent of the law. Italian intervention in Austris Yet for nearly five years after would be looked upon with commercial operators took marked disfavour. Meanwhile, the air mail few efforts were made France shows not the slightest to develop passenger services, sign of receding from her firm while a generous subsidy was paid for carrying the malla. It may ba stand against anything in the

conceded that much of this wont nature of drastic disarmament, for new equipment and expansion, whilst even Britain deems it but it has been shown that even wise to take precautionary mea in the early days large profits sures in the Interests of were being taken. So far was the security. And so the process goes on--no nation professing to desire war, but all, in varying degrees, influenced by the fear of wars to come. Where it will all end, no-one can tell. There is, of course, a way out, and that lies in the direction of peaceful adjustment of outstanding dif- it was this order which pro- ferences. That involves negöt- duced the emeloney of the com tations, and negotiations again mercial companies. Obviously to bring politicians into the pic-make passenger-carrying pay, ture. The trouble here is that speed, regularity and safety were essential. When the contracte there is a growing distrust of

were cancelled recently, there politicians almost everywhere. were air services carrying passen- There may be some grounds for gors at 200 miles an hour through the growing cynicism in regard all sorts of weather and exacting to political procedures, yet the no more than the railways in fact remains that the only alter-fares. Against such remarkable native to negotiation is force. achievements, the army pilots But it will be a sorry comment with army planon, oven without ary on present-day civilisation the reaponsibility of carrying if no better way than that of passengers, put up a deplorably force can be found for the ad- poor display, so bad indeed that justment of differences and mis- understandings,

original

carry

over

Intent of the law neglected that Mr. Walter F.

Brown, the former Postmaster- General, soon after taking office ordored majl lines passengers,

AND ITS RESULT

to carry

rumours of sabotage went around only to be abandoned when the truth could no longer be hidden.

“You kids hurry up and change your clo

milking time."

It's already past!

by the Lurling

"Isn't that the ship with over 300 womon aboard? we asked.

"Yes," she replied. "but don't worry. Your wife will be here.

So wa died.

Hoon."

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" had a cat at home I just couldn't get rid of," said Sorrad. gave it away, but it came back. I tried losing it, but it always. found its way back."

"Why didn't you drown it?" naked someone.

"I tried

to," replied Sorran, "but that didn't work, ofther.

filled

large : barrel with water, tied a brick around the cat's neck, and dropped it in. Then went to bed.. Next morning. I found the cat there in the barrel alive and hearty."

"What rot!"

опо protested listener. "You couldn't have put enough water in the barrel."

"The barrel was full to the top," declared Sorran, "but that: cat was clever, It saved itsolf-by drinking all the water in the barrel."

ROMANCE

He showed her the place,

where a collage "he'd

planned,

If only with him she

would care to unite,

The maiden was flattered

and promised her hand:

It was simply a matter of love at Arst site.

•

Bedtime Story

He ent dojectedly in a chair. "Darling," he said, "I'm bitterly ashamed of the way I behaved last night. This morning, when I came to my senses, I real(sod that I must have been mad. I feel like a cur when I think of what I did.

"Darling," he begged, "I feel like a worm, and want to ask your forgiveness. Tell me, ho; im- plored, "what I can do to recover, my self-rospecti"

She remained silent, apparently lost in thought. Ho fell on his kaces. "Darling," he pleaded, won't you tell me what I must do' to regain my self-respect?".

"Yes, 1 will," she said, "if you' promise to oboy mo."

"will," ho-vowed. "I'll do any.. thing you say "g

"Well then," aho whipored, "just behave as you did fast night!”: