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THES

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY,

FEBRUARY

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SON TAKES LOOK

AT FATHER

ANSWERS TO SOME CRITICISMS

BY A SON

HAVE, of course, one of the ing the result of energy and initia- big very best fathers in the whole tive, and being given world, But not for anything chanco? By "young" I mean from would let him know it; he im-21 to 35, not the kind of person to presson the fact on me so ofton. whom Cabinet Miniators refer as From his point of view, a young-"promising" and who la rising 471 ater of 21 has no right to criticiso

TOO DIDACTIC

his parente. Indeed, he is always

me

explaining that both he and my One point which annoys mother have always done their about my father is that he is too duty by me, the Inference being didactic. Like most men of his that therefore I should be generation he did a spot of soldier- grateful and obedient son,

ing, saved Britain, and saw some- "Obedient" in this case means thing of the world. But surely divulging my inmest hopes, plans, that does not qualify him to lay and fears; I am to have no choice down opinions as to men, women, of my own becauso "parents al- and business? Naturally he has ways know better." Maybe, but had twice my experience, but ho I'd rather learn by my own mis-thinks In War and takes and pay for them. Then, at grooves. Instead of moving with looks too much like awank. He any rate, I should know I was to the times be disapproves of my thinks I'm not interested. I don't blame.

friends, says they are "too damned give him too many details about To fathers of 50 and upwards casual," and "can't understand

pre-war

The Duke of Gloucester, third son of Their Majesties, the King and Queen, is seen here receiving from the hands of the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Austraila, na inscribad address of loyalty and welcomed on the occasion of his recent visit to the Antipodean metropolis.

NEW GROUP American Bankers Association or

I would say i Why can't you modern girls. It does not seem my girl friends because he doesn' IN POLITICS

con-

realise that the day of the Father to occur to him that human nature approve of them; then he with a capital F has passed, just remains an almost constant fac-siders me socrotive. It seems so like 16 children in a family and tor; his women, friends and those very much easier to talk to my prayers at nine o'clock every of the Pharaohs and mino are mother about things that matter. morning? Victorian and Edward essentially pretty well alike. And fan parents ruled by a kind of then just because I'm not parti- Somehow she is nearer to me, and dis- divine right, part of their creed cularly demonstrative, he thinks at any rate she is not so being that a man grows in wisdom I've got no feelings.

approving. But, then, she is the - with the mere passing of the

most tactful soul alive.

Notwithstanding

yours.

all these things and the fact that at times life is not any too easy, I know

NATIONAL, UNION NOT A PARTY

AMERICAN IDEA

the coal or oil or textile interesta constitute party, despite the fact that they retain powerful lobbies at Washington," he declared.

"But it will be a union to be reckoned with by every sonator, every congressman and overy president."

The N.USJ., he went on, will welcome only those who indorso its nocial principles including auch features as annual wages for all workmen; a government owned central bank! and nationalisation of public necessities.

Further, my friends and I have little use for shams; we say what Of course, the war did a great we think to each other. My doal to knock that kind of non-father thinks that an exhibition

Detroit, Jan. 6. sense on the head, but even so the of rudeness, whereas probably it

As an organized, powerful lobby taint of it remains in family and is an instinctive revolt against that my father's happiness is and not another political party, business fo. How very seldom convention and hypocrisy.

auccess. He is the now National Union for Social| The union "pretenda. to be do you hear of a young man ronp-

I have been lucky enough, bound up in my through my father's help, to get probably torrified that I shall Justice intends to tell Congress nothing less than an articulate a pretty good billet in the City, wako a mesa of it, make an 'un- what laws it wants passed, accord- organized lobby of the people," he make ing to the Rev. Fr. Charles E. said, "designed to break down the and personally I'm happy enough.wise marriage, or fall to

Coughlin. ...

concentration of wealth, drive out The other day wo were talking good at my job. I try to reassure about opportunities, and I gave

In a recent speech amplifying the abuses of capitalism, and bulld him one example of my friends him, but I cannot change my whole

outlook and mode of life. We details of the voluntary, non-fee up legislation for social justice."

In a experiences.

special appeal to the the "An immense amount of wang- cannot put the clock back to "in union which he hopes will attract

5,000,000 members,

priest nation's youth, Father Coughlin ling docs go on even in the big-my young days"!-

Bald it would fight for a fairer disasserted that industralists had gest Grins," I said. "Bill Taylour On the other hand, I admire him tribution of wealth and profits, perverted the country into a "fin- loat his promotion because the brother of the chief cashier's and love him much too much ever and for the social principles captancial brothel house." He urged

the I wouldn't talism has ignored.

young men and women to joln fiancee was pushed over his head. to be able to say so.

"This is no new political party the "house-cleaning" which he said It wasn't a question of com- change him for any other man in

and communiam. potency, either, because Bill is a the world, but how much easier it any more than the United States must be undertaken to very useful man. He is no ale to say that to a woman than tonteel trust or the United States revolution

Chambers of Commerce or the United Press. noyed that he is looking out for man!

st

Towering towards the hunvana, above the melting plants Copper Cliff in Northern Ontario, one of Canada's most important amelting towns, is this 'immense smokestack, hollow mast of brick 500 fant high. It is 65 feet in diameter isaldë at the base and 45 feet inside in diameter at the top. Its contruction, exclusive of foundations, took a total of 15,000 tons of brick. Its total weight le nearly 18,000 tons

Reports from London Indicate that Sir Maurice Hankey, Seera

of the Imperial Defence Tongue, in amphatic in bi imalat- so that Australia and other dominions with Pacific ocean con mections abould reintroduse con- cription for the purpose of

-defending the umpira.

another post."

I don't believe it," snapped my

father. "It

counts."

ia merit which

DISTASTE FOR POLITICS

It was no use citing other cases because he just did not bellove

frequently, me. Very

too, he urges me to take a greater In- terest in what he calls "the serious things of life," amongst which is politics. Now, the more listen-to-clection-apecchos and. compare them with results after a particular party has been return- ed to powor, the less I feel in- clined to vote.

My father explains that in his young days he was a member of political clubs. When I ask him what good either he or they did for the country, and point put that it was this system which led to the war, he loses his temper. He rosents what he calls "destruc- tive criticism," yet that is exactly his attitude to most of my friends and the way spend my spare time. He denounces the "cocktail habit" with the utmost vigour, though I dare awear that twenty years- ago he knew the taste of sherry and "pink gin" pretty well. After all, it is only a question of other times and other customs. I rather gather that "business

war meant usual" during tho getting as much out of life possible in record time,

аз

Another point is that my father has fixed ideas about women. He still divides them into the two old-time categories of good and bad, the bad being apparently very bad and the good a fair imitation of plaster saints. Some- how I don't find my girl friends falling casily into either of these these categories. Practically all of them are thorough-going sports and, in the intervals of doing some pretty concentrated work, manage, to have a good time.

THREE IN THE MORNING What matters if we do run around, in small sports cars, and come home at three in the morn- Ing? So long as it is only once or twice a week and our work does not suffer, what possible harm can there be in it? And yet when I come down to breakfast at eight o'clock Dad looks at me over the paper and says, "Bit late last night, weren't you?" in a dis- approving way.

Now that Just puts the edge off my-day; on the way to the office my reflection IsWhy? Did ho nover como home with the milk once in a while?" And then I get down to work with a sort of savage onorgy to try to forget that my father is, worrying about mo Just because he cannot under-

stand my outlook.nik,

That, I believe,"

the

trouble between us. I don't come home and talk shop because, if I've done a smart bit of work, it

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