1936-08-05 — Page 2

T

When guests are coming (and even when they

are

not) improve your

Bathroom technique

HERE is an unkind

belief that the men among French shop

assistants are immaculate. from the shirt-cuff down.

It is a principle one often finds distressingly true in homes here.

JDE

THE TAPE ME T

WIN THIS FREE PHILCO RADIO RECEIVER

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, August 5, 1086,

INSTAL THE PIANO OF Your DreamMS IN YOUR HOME.

Why not become the owner of a finer piano than you have ever had before.

THE MORRISON PIANO

is a perfect example of the art and science of piano construction created by specialists.

YOUR OLD PIANO TAKEN IN PART EXCHANGE. Cenerous allowance made.

DEFERRED TERMS TO SUIT PURCHASER.

TSANG FOOK PIANO COMPANY, Marina House. 19. Queen's Road, C. -Tel. 24648.

You know the type: you go into the sitting-room. Perfect. The An Inch carpet beaten within

of its Bfe, the grate binck and shiny, not a speck of dug any- where. If there's a dinning-room, where you've been invited, it, too, is immaculate.

You find these

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS

12

wash-up.

to

Being invited, as opposed having bluntly asked, you expect the bathroom will be perfect. with guest towel neatly folded and the children strictly whisper- ed to F.H.B. (Family Hold Back!.

And what do you find?

You and toothbrushes lying about on the side You of the wash-basin. find the taps spattered with soap. Some one has forgotten to -dressing-gown

remtva a

hanting

forturnly from the hack

of the door.

A

take

Useful batrroom atting for those yho like to linger in their baths is a plece of detachable rubber piping. You can still use your

S

Plenty of towcla

ee that the walls are not spattered. Nothing is more, de- pressing. Yet nothing escapes the notice more,

Provide the guest with plenty u[ 133/1× 11 is maddening fo have one face-towel and one bath- towel only.

Put something suitable to read It is probably tou to turn on the tap; while the in the bathroom. piping enables you to distribute to be preferred that he read in-

stead of sing, in his bath. The water where you want I.

final checkup list before the guest

Young Christopher has carried arrives, something like this: Teddy Bear in for his last tooth-

See that all personal belong brushing and forgotten to him back to hed with him. And ings are either removed or put in since no one has ever found out specific places. what to do with aid-razor-blades

except send them to missionaries,

See that all taps are at least dry

who give them to African tribes and clean, if not shining.

men in return for lifelong friend-

ship (a nice idea, but the postage

Be definite about the time he is to have his bath, if staying the night. If you just say, "When- ever you want," you yill find the bathroom is invariably in use or untidy at the moment he chooses.

Really hot water

o matter what it costs, be sure there is plenty of hot a house-

if there is a trick to the way water. Nothing raises

is expensive), why an old blade, anything works-and I never saw hold in the guest's estimation like looks rustily at you from some a bathroom which did not have its

own special trick, over which the constant flow of really hot water. ytkxte.

Only the filustrated magazines guest spends moments in vain -the one thing you want-have embarrassment-put up an amus- been removed. Now, all this ing, brief notice. makes a guest feel far too much at home.

Make

There is, buff lists.

roum

a

Finally, remember you will be

more

If the guest is staying the night, judged by your bathroom he sure there is a glass exclusively than by anything else, although, his, a ledge exclusively his, a place the guest may appear not to notice

On the other hand, rinke it) for his toothbrush clearly identi- it.

too comfortable. lest fiable from the family's brushes, a not

which should clean comb in case he has forgot you would like.

a ten to bring his own.

technique simplify matters. I anggest

The MING YUEN STUDIO has removed to the 3rd Floor of No. 6 Queen's Road Central.

JUST OPPOSITE the Dairy Farm's Soda Fountain.

3 Silver Cups, A "Filmo" Straight-8 Movie Camera, $250 in Cash Prizes

to be won in tha

Hongkong Telegraph's 6th ANNUAL AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION

your

Make-Up News

POWDER puits that will last almost until Doomsday and will wish as aften as one likes have made their debut.

Made of a special quality rubber sponge, they can be used either for re- moving truke-up or for applying powder.

The puffs are quite, flat, and, being south, waste of puwder is reduced to i minimum,

They have a velvet-like texture that' gives a pleasantly even finish to the make-up. The handbag size beling not much thicker than a cain. It takes up 11ttle space in an ordinary flap-jack.

These pulls are obtainable in round or rectangular shapes and cost from a end-six for a special, targe one.

THIS IS THE PRIZE

The magnificent six-rulve Philco Console offered us a prize to the winner of the Competition below is now an ezhibition in Messrs. Sennet

Fiere's show window in Pedder Street.

FILL IN THIS COUPON

TO RECORD YOUR VOTE

Vote 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 in your ordor of preference. Each No. 1 vote will receive 10 points, cach No. 2 vote nine points. Your ballot MUST be eath No. 3 vote eight points and so on. marked with the figures 1 to 10.

arc

You need not necessarily choose the items given below, which have been arranged alphabetically. Other suggested items given, but you are at liberty to insert any further item you would Address all entries. Editor, "Hongkong like to record. Telegraph," marked "Radio Vote."

VOTE FOR TEN ITEMS ONLY

Classical Programmes Dance Music Daventry Relays (Dance) Daventry Relays, (Sporting) . Daventry Relays (General)

Grand Opera Hongkong Hotel Relays .Light Opera .Military Bands

Orchestral Music Pianoforte Recitals -Rotary Club Relays .Studio Talks

Variety Programmes

NAME (block letters)

ADDRESS

to

Answers to the following ques- tions are not included in the competition answer "YES" or "NO"):

Would you like to have early morning programmes from ZBW?

Would you like relays from short wave stations other than Daventry?" .Are

you satisfied ZBW'S present pro- grammes?

with

Other suggested Items for which you might like to vote are 1.1.C. Dance Orchestra: Iarlions Heritaip: Church Berviews Con tratto Recitals: Choral Musiet Folk Bong Gilbert & Hullien: Jaxx Plano Reclai Light Cancerlas Musiest Comedyt National Neertain:

Heiny Orkan Muslet Organ (Daventry): Press iulletins (Heater). Prose Bulletin Daventry); Studio Noeliala Studio Variety Itema; Sludlə Cuocerle; Studio

(Local) Talk:

Commentarfem Spartor Soprance; Bymphony Orchestra Black Hhare Announcementa; Tenors: Vietin e Critains. Vocal Gross: Weather Reports.

RULES

1.Entrants are resuired to vote for 10 items, using the numbers "" to "10" Onir one caupan may be aubraitted by ench entrant -The entrant who forecanta in thele correct unter the finn sen toma chosen by voters will why the prize. In the event of no entrant correctly fomenting the font vale, the prize, will un to the entrant whose forrani in tehneet to the congres vole.

In the event of a tie, the prize will go to the entrant win in the pinion of the two Juizen, makes the most coustevctiva Burention regarding ZUW programnice. The twer judges will dan Mr. Rakinen, Masinger In longkang for Mesura. Palico tallo -

D.DJ Ban tributors,

the Hong. Editor

هذا

konk "Telegraph”. All entrants must agree to abide by their decision, which shall be fun).

4.The competition will close at 4 p.m. on Tunay August 11 and results will haldirheel on the following Baturday,

G-The form printed in the Telegraph" must be Earle nalimaliter votes. However, a aparat sheet of paper (with entrant's zame and aditress clearly written upon

must be used in submitting suggestions for the Improvement of ZBW programmer,

6-Members of the Suffs of the South China Morning Post or Hongkong Telegraph and the relälves, will not be allowed compete.

Entries should be forwarded to the Hongkong "Telegraph," shilling for the shiniest size to three Wyndham Street, Hongkong. Envelopes should be plainly marked

"Radio Vote."

SALESMAN SAM

OH, OH! I SMASHED MRS. KRACKERS FAY RITE STATUE! POOR GEORGIE WASHINGTON! GEE, IM CERTNLY A CLUMSY-BUMSY!

Headin' For Trouble

26

18

14

$115

116

$19

129

22

24

ACROSS.

1. A vulgar entomologist (hyphen

3 and 0),

8 A West Indian.. 9 Turn of before under to turn

turtle. 10 Chaucer said that a thief of this. who had left off his craft, could keep a forest best of any man. 1 A judge is proverbially,

12 Yonder bar is where you may look for the young messenger (hyphen 0 and 3),

should

13 This railway-centre

surely not be short of hands. -14-Little-behind-time-but-i-tolls

IT'S NO USE TRYIN' TA PUT GEORGE T'GETHER AGAIN! HE'S BROKEN FER KEEPS!I BETTER TELL MRS. KRACKER I DID IT! GEORGE WOULDN'T

WANT ME TA TELL A LIE!

17 Upsets.

19 This kind of root is at the end

or at the start.

21 With no will of his own. 24 U.S.A. State hails an opera

princess. Trouble

that sounds like school- time lubricant.

20

27 The fact of a little horse hav- ing swallowed a rat seems to be putting one's teeth on edge. 28 Frill.

20 Crow's tree (anugram).

DOWN

Regiment that makes a big noise in a vehicle.

2 Grouse.

3 Experienced, but finishes in an

English river.

4 Men between two heights must

be a worrying thing.

5 Wanderer.

8 A great gun in ecclesiastical

circles?

7 Such faculties do not conduce

to gravity.

8 Their owner is far from knock- knced (two words' 5 and 4.). 13 Product of a rich store, and if he has it, you may find, him in the stalls.

15 Word appearing in these clues,

16 The archbishop has swallowed

whole

ox; that's us near as I can get. 18 Typhold.

120 He claims to give you the truth;

pleasant or otherwise.

22 Weight holding another. 23 Permit.

23 A groan will always emanate

from his Essex town.

Yesterday's Solution.

■ POCAHONTAS POP 18 WA NEEMAILININ B UNKNOWN ARTICLE P HVZ IR VAPOPETER E BON STEER MUSE RY OF SAMO ZA POR=F ENDOWED: OVATE: 0

O FARIES DEIREAM GADANA DEANCE EZ A A G ̈ÏAMANT I QED, INT {TATIE TE CREM BE 1 INDIAN A§EM BA{RG O

NO DE PALINDROME

HOLD EVERYTHING!

The Ex. Mrs. Bradford

HAS

EVERYTHING !`

By Small

√3H-YA KNOW-ER-THAT||GOSH, MRS, KRACKER! STATUE-UH, OUT IN WHO TOLD YOU?

"THE HALL?

YES, YES! I KNOW

WHAT YOU MERIN~}

WASHINGTON'S

BUST!