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STATUES

BLOCKING

TRAFFIC

RUSSIA'S ENTRY ENGINEERED

LONDON TAKES

STOCK

BY GLANVILLE CARÈW

BRITISH AIR CONTROL

FREEDOM FOR

AIRWAYS

EXPERT ADVICE

London.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER

Great Britala must make sure that the highway of the air is kept open and free for lawful and pencenble traille and that the threat of its use to attack Brilleh`

At first sight there is no very homes and people is one the, coun- apparent connection between light-try has the strength to meet with ning conductors, statues and traf- every confidence, Bald Lord Lon- fic obstructions, Yet in a sense, denderry, Secretary of State for in London at any rate, there is. Air, In the Air Number of the Let us begin with the lightning Loudon Time conductor which adorned the head of the Duke of York standing on his column (which is like the Nelson column) Inoking towards Whitehall,

For about a hundred years, and until recently, there sprouted from the Duke's head a whole cluster or mest of metal spikes. I any "nest" because they were useful as foundation work for the homes of the fowls of the air. On the other hand, one school of thought has nivaya contended that these things were originally designed as nothing but files on which to im pale the Duke's innumerable un paid bills. Anyhow, the Office of Works, after a century's considera-

The contribution of the British Empire towards the mastery of the air has been achieved by stondy and patient organization, Lard Londonderry suid. “Starling from the efforts of our early flyers, sus- tained at great personal danger against many failures and die couragements, we have built up an air force incomparable in tradl- tion and technique, and a system of civil air transport which la rapidly surmounting the natural disadvantages of our situation and climate and the complex problema af our Imperial communications," the Air Secretary declared.

SPLENDID ENTERPRISES. There was no more expert flying

tion, has decided that the spikes in the world than could be seen Jooked absurd and has now re-very year at the Royal Air Force

placed them by something modern and less obvious.

more

more

Display. There were few splendid enterprises than the 33,- 000 miles of Imperial and internal ir lines which British aircraft would be covering by the end of this year with regular and reliable services.

Of course, no auch vital change; could be accomplished without public discussion pro and con, and that led to the subject of London's statues and monuments in general, and that in turn came up in debate,ago seraied almost miravolous, hud. in the House of Lords,

TOO MUCH STATUARY.

Flying, which so short a time

become a common and pecessary part of the equipment of civiliza- Hom. Britain had every reason to

The fact in that Lordon is very inspired by the share British populated with statuary. Whether men and women had taken in this Any census of these effigies has transformation, said Lord London- ever been taken does not appear,

derry.

but within a narrow radius of It was natural at first to regard Charing Cross there must be has-with misgiving the sible out- dreds. Just as Westminster Abbey one of rapabilities so rapidly ex- in clutter d up with monuments whether Iraded:

to doubl nonily the inventions could be turned to good and profilable use was to disregard the lessons of history and in yield to a stultify-

people now recognized as medio- crities, so our streets are obstruct- ed by scores of hundreds of stators to folk long forgotten and long ignored, mixed, of courae, within pessimism. "Our duty is not

those of famous men,

to be afraid of our powers, but rather to elimduate the causes of We begin with Alfred the Grent enmity which lead to their exer- and come down the centuries, vise in the service of destruction," through James. I wearing the Air Minister advised.

Mr. Upton Sinclair, infa, California Democratic nomines for governor, and noted author, confera with the Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Harold L. Jckes at Washington, DC., on his trip to the nation's capital.

Roman toga and hurel wreath London's traffic is to move at all it 'which presumably he never wore must, be done.

in life; to Victorian times--that Troe, in some cases the statuer very nadir of artistic taste-when serve to divide traind streams, but our sculptors presented us with that is exceptional. gentlemen in atone frock coats.)

stone top hats and stone umbrellas. Consider for a moment the vol- jume of traille which has to be Now we have come to a point dealt with, most of it through where we put up such memorials thoroughfares whose courac is to meu nol yet even dead. That centuries old and which, short of has led a noble lord to suggest Junimaginable expense, cannot be that there should be a sort of materially widened: Statute of Limitations for Statuary

which should

enact that no

HUGE VOLUME.

memorial should be publicly sel The other day all vehicles. pass- up within ten years of the sub-ing in and out of City streets were ject's death.

TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTION.

counted. Let it be borne in Ind that the "City" means the historic aren of about one square mile. at That brings us to the question the heart of which lie the Bank of traffic obstruction.

of England and the Mansion Our former sculptors and public House. The figures are, of course; authorities, particularly those of not yet available, but they must to the nineteenth century, possessed certainly exceed those of July, an uncanny prescience which en-1933. At that count to instance abled them unerringly to select for few main points-these results their products precisely those appeared: At the northern end of street sites best calculated to Blackfriars Bridge there passed in bindor the street trame

twelve-hour day (8 a.m. of the 8 p.m.) 42,000 vehicles: at the twentieth century.

Bunk, 30,000; at London Bridge, 30,000. And there are scores of

to

Before long there must be a gon-great traffic points in London at eral sweeping away of many of furge where the traffic must be at these obstructions. There will be, least as great,

of course, & public howl against}

Our obstructivo sintues

must

the sacrileges of removing these some day and that not far ahead things, which many of the howlera-find refuge in

some sort of have seldom looked at, but if Pantheon.

Remarkable examples of the new German window display models, which are becoming the raga in Europe.

CULTURE

•

19, 1934.

AMAZINGLY LIFE-LIKE

MODELS

DOLL-MAKER'S INVENTION

ALMOST HUMAN

FIGURES

Germany Iras produced a remark- ably life-like doll. These perfect figures, which are now the sens tion of shopwindow displays of the leading shops of the big Ger- 1211111 citles and elsewhere in Europe, cna scarcely he eniled dolla. They are of the natural size of adulta and of children of overy possible nge, Their limbs have the same freedom. their facial expressions are equally natural and their enrringe has the sant ense as that of human he ings. They originate for the Koesen work-shops of the world- famous Kathe Kruse, They are nctually a consistent development of the toy-doll.

The latter once proved a vali able atimulas to a reform în doll- manufacture, eventually even in the entire toy-industry, because the individually-made doll in its perfect imitation of the real child. showed up the unnaturalness and impersonality of the wholesale article, This artistically-made shop-window doll will also sharpen the eye to the manufactured and to the artifeinlity of the typified figure which is to be seen in the same position with the same smile in all shop-windows. They are) either grotesque or sweetly-sen- timental, but they are never like the real person, be it man, woman or child. Therefore nothing that in exhibited on them, even the latest fashion can ever achieve the same efect as these very articles would on the human being itself. The practical advantage of the model-figurea lies in advertising. The advantage is heightened by the aesthetic impression of a shop- { window arrangement of some of these Kathe Kruse dolls in artistic surroundings. They are grouped which scenes

ITALY'S MILITARY themselves exclusively in small life-like

to warlike instruction and the pro-deplet in the most natural manner fession of arms."

whatever is to be exhibited in the The dever child will no longer line of new creations. The possi be top of his class at school and bilities are unlimited. take away all the prizes unless he i

CHILDREN TRAIN AS WARRIORS

MUSSOLINIS APPROVAL

The Italian Cabinet recently, under the presidency of Signor

Mussolini, approved · a detailed scheme of military training for the whole Italian nation,

The more important peints of the scheme are that boya from eight years old, and older boys who will be called upon, at the age of 21 to do their military service, will be prepared "spiritually, physical- ly, and milltarily," so that when they enter the Army they

also shows proficiency in "military Kathe Kruse's manufacture of vultu.." Children will not be dolls arose from her wish to make promoted to higher classes, or re- them for her own children. They ceive their diplomas from the were to approach as nearly as secondary schools, nor will Uni-possible in body, as well as in versity students be allowed to take features, the living child. She degrees F dilpumas, unless they has achieved her purpose and her have shown the required military seven children were her models proficiency.

for every new creation. Each

The scheme will be obligatory. mood, each disposition of mind, It will start in the scholastic year she was able to express in her military teaching will be divided

programmie of dolls.

1934-35.

The

Kathe Kruse has invented a doll into three groups for the young skeleton of amazing simplicity student, starting at elght: for the but of admirable variability. older boys, starting at about four-Bach limb can be brought into any student and higher school stud-desirable position. Every gure

teen

enis,

and for the University

The post-military phase of the training will last in casos can until the age of 55,

some

is able to sit or to stand. It can express by theans of its carringe complete relation or increased etivity and the heads are change-

able.

The unbridled vandalism of rioting textile strikers is shown in this scous in. Woonsocket, Ny after the most serious fighting and disorder in the New England texile contres. Automobiles and trucks were overturned, stores and houses wrecked and looted as the ricters stormed through the streets all night. '

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on the new value

of the

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