1936-08-19 — Page 16

"Children are fun to watch, to

linten to, to teach

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1996.

T

HESE poor hun bands! Compelled

by their

wives to have largo

families which they

must

wear themselves out to answer. support: robbed of conjugal it is.

Here

companionship by these same Six cllkiren. sprawling families; obliged to Well, if the seek sympathy from unscrupul- parents are ous spinsters-Well, well!

I

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who

healthy, why

not? Civilles- tion has killed many of our

AuskŁY WYNAL

The Case

for the Children

CAN understand the instincts; still, in most normal

man

says:

I men and women the urge to fund

don't want children because the on life is strang. To give life is future is so uncertain, because the fundamental Impulse,

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there are not enough jobs, be- which love and companionship cause I would rather have n car for the money. I may think him hang like trimmings. It is a There is a defeatist, but I can see his point mysterious impulse. of view. The man I cannot un- danger in it. But is there not derstand is he who wails: Look also some splendour in that five at me, six children, a sick wife, thousand million to one chance of no time to spare, no money, no cariching the world by the birth of a Shakespeare, a Mozart, a privacy, no fun. Down with

Rembrandt? families!

Still, there are such men, Next, the sick wife. I move their much among doctors, and from must have

and they

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Symbol:

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crimination.

THIS

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HELEN SIMPSON

sort of life, but many may; and all, more than many do."

Exactly. Pleasures must be paid for; and to see a new genera-| tion, growing strong, fearless and sensible, is worth, perhaps, the price of a car, or an occasional evening at the theatre.

No

privacy. Well, chil-] dren do make a noise, They have themselves no great need for quiet, and cannot under- stand their elders' shrinking from din. But this privacy. which the absence of a family en- sures, how is it to be used? And is quiet so necessary, even to genius? At once I think of! Coleridge, writing his divine poetry with baby, Hartley beside him in a cradle; of Jane Austen, smiling to her- self and scribbling away at "Pride and Prejudice" in a room filled with chattering people. Does the reading of newspapers or the exchange of bids at bridge really

Englishman, demand more concentration than Williant Cob the production of masterpieces ? bett, pour, and

replies to Evelyn-Taylor's lament on the father of a

long-suffering husbands

LASTLY: the father has

of family seven His work was done

no fun. His children with his child- rob him of time,

energy and what I overhear it would seem ren all about him; he taught, money and give no pleasure in as though childlessness too had disciplined, and played with

its dangers. There is no reason, them daily. "But to do this, return. This is, flatly, not true. Children are barring bad luck, why the mother you must love home yourself; to Do not believe it. of half -dozen (reasonably rear up children you must live fun to watch, to listen to, to spaced children should end up an with them; you must make them, teach.. They are fun to love. incapable wreck.

too, feel by your conduct that you And there, I think, is the best, No time or money to spare. prefer this mode of passing the the supremely good reason for

All men cannot lead this having a family. Let me quote here a very great time.

Tapestries

By

Audrey Wrangham

to

the Rescue

deep blues, greens and buffs that make up the colour scheme. The young owner of this room places in front of the tapestry two white Chinese porcelain figures for striking effect.

When the tapestry or the rug is hung on a

Reasons why MANSION'

is so economical

'Mansion being a highly concentrated wax polish, only very little is needed to glee a mirror-like brillance, to A large floor surface.

Mansion, the preservative polish. lengthens the life of Linoleums.

Because Mansion' gives such

a lasting brilliance. floors need less frequent polishing.

FOR DARK WOODS USB DARK MANSION

MANSION

CANTISEPTICISË

POLISH

Obtainable at afl leading Stores..

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26

1.30

OUR BRITISH

CROSSWORDS

10

12

ACROSS

1 A bare chest (shag.). U Belief.

31

painted wall, it can be removed easily in the spring, the wall washed where there will inevit- ably be a dirt mark, and the rug.need not be put-o-Such bird meat is significant of up again till the winter.'

horror.

10 Give the lille mite something

to make a noise.

ANOTHER wall-covering of a more per-13 An the Jewish community

manent nature, consists of off-white

13. White In the Lords, green on

the commons. anyone here,

NE of the results of a reaction against bare, painted walls is the return of tapestry and wall hangings to British homes. ~~~Tit ̈mediaeval days this was a very necessary precaution against the chill of cold stone walls and the whistling draughts that came from ill- fitting doors and windows. Nowadays in the country, women are finding that a piece of tapes-

To break up the surface of u 14 Not much of an opening for try, or a beautiful rug hung on the wall instead or oyster linen. of trodden under foot is a warmth-giver during large wall the linen can be pleated to resemble 15 Weapon made with skill, and' the trying months of January, February and pilasters, and in 'n striking Chelsea studio-dining-10 Close up or down.

used by Bushmen. room scarlet silk cord of the dressing-gown per 18 Here you see an Oriental with In London wall-coverings are often intended suasion was nailed along the cornice and the skirt- a sailor outside the Academy, to hide cracks and stains in the new-built walls ing-board. Pictures were placed on the linen,

10 Mustn't be regarded as real

idling, just a little loaf, of flats, as in most cases no permanent wall-paint with a square of unframed glass above them, and 21 What Gaston thinks is right. or distemper can be applied safely for 18 months the glass kept in position by glass-headed nails.

March.

after the flat has been completed.

IN

the photograph a beautiful piece of tapestry, a wedding present, has been made the focus of a drawing-room in London. Only the keen eye will note the join and the darn ing which prevent it from being a really valuable possession, and there are probably many such strips in antique shops that, once cleaned and stretched upon a wall, would bring a notable air to a common-place colour scheme.

Such a room will never need much floral decoration, though leaves look well against the

SALESMAN SAM

Velvet in a soft grey-green, gold or grey blue makes a warm wall covering, as arranged in a mews flat sitting-room. This room had still the whitewashed walls of the garage it had once been, and there were pipes that it would have been costly and difficult to conceal. Now that velvet can be bought so inexpensively, such a côvering for a small, cold room would not be prohibitive, and a vacuum-cleaner would be adequate for keeping it dust free.

17. To.

|22 The goddess who went "rourid

an island in taxis, 23 Part played. 34 Fires.

20 Conveyances that carry sheep

across London,

20 Introduces a musical note.

30 Lens like a book.

31 She was not so much a fascinat- ing mystery as a great actress. (Two words, 5, 5.) DOWN

1 Fitter for shop windows this

garden herb. 2 One can say it to a goose, all

right, as read,

3 Jugs.

4 Mail net (anng.). 5 Hurries

as

number takes

cover.

14

18

125

27

128

6 There's plenty of room in this watering-place, apparently, to make an ascent.

"7"A belted heir "(anug.),

11 Here the bits are carefully kept for future use. (Hyphen, 7, 4.)

12 Send ten more as a testimontul. 20 A reasonable word this time,

anyway.

21 Three and nine being twelve, you spell this drug with Twelve letters.

25 Happening.

27 Not hungry, though more than

half starved.

28 A sly way to kill.

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DUMB EGG!

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