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This will Tell you a Lot about the People you Meet, Fall in Love with, Quarrel with, do Business with It is a Key to the Questions published on Saturday, which told you what “Gland. Type" you are
pre pituitary
Tgland (situated in
the base of the Open and Closed cars skull along with the post- with liveried chauffeurs pituitary) is the gland of
Power, of intellectual con-- always available.
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DEATH.
ELLIS-On 23rd August, 1936, at her residence, No. 2 Fly Dragon Terrace, Mrs. K. Ellis, aged 01. Funeral will take place on Tues- day, 25th August. Last respects At Wing Pit Ting (Pokfulam Rund), at 1p.m.
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MONDAY, AUG. 24, 1936.
THE DANZIG PROBLEM
It combines and integrates the activities of all the other endocrine glands.
Prepituitary types
are. fall. lean. have large hands, feet, and prominent bones. Greta Garbo, President Lincoln, Austen Cham- berlain are examples.
and
successful
They are thoughtful, Imaginative, Inquisitive, ambitions, good planners Great statesmen franciers are usually prepituitary us. Women rarely attain high nice unless they are of this type.
Rehes.
are
heart complaints, intestinal troubles, somnia, and nervous complaints.
have great potentialities as divorces (and ces),
For thymu people, love is a pro- blem.
Often they write or talk well about it because it means so little to
them. The unreturned love of a mother is the only love they really understand.
HEN wooing Lady Pre-
W pituitary, he prepared to
satisfy her imagination, her intellectual curiosity, her reason..
Bertrand
Lend her a book by OST great leaders are plus Russell, take her to the ballel, to a in prepituitary, adrenal, lecture by Norinan Haire. and thyroid. Napoleon Lady Post-Pitullary must be re- had all three, but predominated assured that you are a safe man. in prepituitary (despite his Show her the Green light. She is short stature, que
coy, elrcumspect, determined, faith- to pre ful. dominant post-pituitary in carlier life).
Stalin is
Lady Thyroid is affectionate and predominantly sisterly. Once she is yours she is thyroid; Mussolini is predomin- your Lady Thyrold Plus is very Impressionable, impulsive, takes sud- antly adrenal. But den and violent likes, may be seized. cach is plus in all by sudden and equally violeat desire three.
for change. Onec you have her, put The
bymus gland padlock on her, (situated in the root of Lady Adrenal likes to think she the neck, just behind is taking the initiative, or at least the top of the breast sharing it. She will fall for you bane) is the Peter Pan violently or not at all. gland
First article (thle page, Saturday) told you how to get the score for each Handl. The gland formula is made up of the Ove fores for example PR45-PP80-1845- TM10 would be a postpituitary plus type. Where one gland scores above sixty and the others below, you
have
domin unt type, of which there
are five. Where that one scores above seventy-five, you have a dominant plus type. Three out of every nve people are dominant types. Where two glands score above sixty. you have a hyphenated type, Le, pltu- tary-thyroid, etc, One out of every five Is hyphenated type.
Where three or more glands secre above sixty, you have a mixed type. One! out of five is a mixed type. Hyphenated and mixed types have a blend of the qualities of the different glands
It is the gland of Lady Thymus is most deceptive. childhood that prevents When she looks spellbound Into your the child growing up" £20", shu is probably wondering too soon.. Taipoles fed whether she has overtipped her hair- on thymus remain Teler, dresser. Pan tadpoles, and refuse
in grow up inte frogs.
In adults it is a relle.
Thymus people are
immature, childish
E
ACH type has his or her own difficulties in love, The
prepituitary man's
artistic, cupricious, often difficulties with women are duc fascinating; and talented, to his lack of time and, conse
usually
der
unhappy, ace quently, of mand much train others, should study
can be cruel and dan- KETOUS have their
her.
experience. He these matters
mun,
Post-pituitary and thyroid women
trol.
Ackle; boll
over-
natural
If they do not more. PTHE thyroid gland (situated
own way. The prepituitary woman hos quite When young they may be un likely picked up inhibitions with her in the neck) is the gland believably beautiful, with baby-face education and has lost some of the of continued effort. What and baby-eyes, gubblish nose, vel feminine air for using her instincts. THE post-pituitary gland is the adrenals start, the thyroid jashes, graceful movement, slightly hyrold plus or adrenal pl
yety, creamy skin, silky hair and The companionship of a sympathetic the gland of emotion, of the carries on with. The adrenal is eleminote If men. After thirty they the tart of a post-pituitary will help creative urge.
the starter. the thyroid is the go to seed. Post-pituitary types are shortish stayer.
Often they are artists; especially with large heads, small Hands:, wo- It is the gland, too, of tempo. so if they develop compensating ac-
Post-pituitary men are moody and men are petite and chie. Mae West Like the accelerator of a car, it can tion In other glands. With com temperamental: brilliant lovers in the Is pure post-plluitary plus. II. G. speed up the rate which you burn pensating adrennis Wells, Hore-Belisha, Winston Chur- up your tissues, at which you live. bullet dancers, actors; with thyroid, in the down-swing. They must learn they become temperamental up-swing, hopeless chill have a lot of post-pituitary in In winter you burn your tissues poets and playwrights with pitul- to control or conceal that deficiency. them,
faster to keep warm: your thyroid fary, novelists and philosophers. They have tremendous emotional down. It enables you to think faster,
accelerates. In
summer, it drive, are artistic, capable of deep to
HYROID and post-pitul- have no difficuldes. net faster (once you attachment to their friends and have got you started), to feel more adrenals
tary women make the Thyrold plus man is impulsive, children, are pleasure-seekers who intensely. With larger issues at ' present Imow how to appreciate good food
most reliable wives: thy-adrenal plus man is Thyroid types are tean, the, have rold and prepituitary men the should acquire technique and con- dominating the European situa- and good wine. Plus types are prone tion, little has been heard of the to moods, thrill-chasing, sick head-ratures, hands, teeth; eyes most reliable husbands.
brilliant, shining, and in plus
Thyrold plus woman tends to Danzig problem since the League
types slightly pop-eyed. Joan Craw- Excellent lovers are found among spot her chances by being over- of Nations Council appointed HE adrenal glands (situ. fm is a thyroid plus type. Plus men who are thyroid plus, adrenal demonstrative. The adrenal won'
types
are live wires, require little plus, and among women who are aggressiveness may have a certain committee composed of representa-} ated one over each kidney) sleep. can over-eat and stay thin, thyroid plus, adrenal, prepituitary value when dealing with tatives of Britain, France and
the glands of emer- nverdrink and stay sober.
and post-pituitary plus. As nuates Intellectualised, over-civilised men Portugal. to follow the develop gency effort. of activity of come but there is tendency to palpitation, peelally the thyroid plus types, who henpeeks, It should be concealed.
Infections are thrown off easily, they require careful handling, es apart from these and the menis consequent on the recent hat. Butburst in Geneva of Herr 'They are able to prepare the body Greiser, President of the Danzig Senate. It is not to be assured, however, that the issue, will not again flare up in the near future, For many months past it has been felt that trouble would arise outį of the conflict between the Nazi Government and the Opposition They are quick-triggered, soon off parties in Danzig. As long ago the mark, good sturters, but not good as January, 1935, the opinion was stayers unless they have excellent expressed in well-informed quar-thyroids; they are short-tempered, ters that some attempt might be Phey patientes braved
are athletes, speed kings, made by the German Government organisers of men (the prepituitary to reunite the Free City with the type plans, the adrenal organises, German Reich. After the occu- controls men, carries the plans out).
They are wel! pation of the Rhineland opinion
clties, but divided on the question are opt to overtax their energies to whether Austria, Memel or Dan-exhaustion, even to neurasthenia.
Adrenal women are good at games, zig, would be the next objective of
good sports; can German foreign policy. It has they are of the gamin (urchla) type: be fascinating K now become abundantly evident tend to become aggressive, museu- that Danzig is likely soon to be-line, especially in later life. come the next point of trouble, During recent months, minor
WAN
for instantaneous action by mobilis- Ing, the sugar in the blood stream which is the body's fuel. Elcient adrenal menu lightning reactions.
Adrenat people are curly-haired, darkish or reddish, have moles
are dry-skinned, button- Katharine Hepburn is na
01'
ctant strain of life in large
to the con- adapted
"Handies OLD
LAG'S
GAME
"ANDIES"
H
is .new.
.2
an
The dent and
ali I've got, but unluckily I smoked the Inst, last night," or "Yes, I've got a brand new twenty upstairs in my
ihink mattress and you
you're dumb talk in going to get one you're-well mis- "handies." They have a "handle" taken according to the speaker's for each letter. Such
Indication, Bystem. a however expert one might be ni it is far too cumbrous to use be-
ich the eyes of warders."
In the language the men use for Conversing in the prison "shops,"
there is answer that means "Yes, by all means, it is co-rare...ns to be almost unknown.
OTHER SIGNS IN
the various workrooms shoe-making general use mean "Don't speak room, bakery, and so on which are now, we're being watched," or found in most prisons-a single ges-"Come round this way when you ture stands for a whole sentence.
can, there's something I want.
A touch of one's elbow with one's to say."
other hand means "Got a cigarette, mate?" The fact that tobocen la
„A regular sign, used by criminals
38 & game strictly forbidden in his Majesty's both in and out of prison to re- "Handies" prisons does not prevent this from cognise one another, consista sim-
as a way of talking is being one of the commonest algns in ply in the hand held with the thumb as old as the practice use.
and first finger apart to form a "C" of shutting men up and forbid hands, can mean either "No-fear," a little more closely.
The reply, a gesture outwards with and the remaining fingers arched in ding them to speak to one or "I had some only yesterday end The hand may be hanging by the of course I would have given you side, or the giver of the sign may
"incidents" have been occurring NOTES OF THE DAY another.
man
nt frequent interval. On one oc- 'casion, uniformed storm-troopers
There have been plenty of broke up a meeting of the Con-
signs in the past several months servative opposition, one
of a rovival of the associations losing his life. A few days later which, before the Great War. 1 Government declaration constituted the Triple Entente. policy was published which, the We have seen, for some time past, Opposition parties allege, includ-that Italy and Germany marched edincitements to murder. The muel the same road, or at least visits of Herr Lutz, head of the we have felt that their objectives, German Storm Troops and of were similar, and since they have Herr Himmler, chief of the Nazi common aims it la natural to ex-] Guards and of the Secret Police,pect that they may attempt to were made the ocension for de-realise them together. If there mands for the reunion of Danzig was ever any real danger of Italy with the Reich. Despite the ex- and Germany falling out over the queation of Austrian Independ (plicit pledge given by Herr
Greiser that
(Continued en Pape 4.) the Constitution would be faithfully observed in future, further branches have or- any violation of her treaty rights. curred. Newspapers have been It must be remembered that the prohibited; the right of public League is in a strong position ns assembly, guaranteed by the Con- against the Danzig Government.. stitution, has been violated by a For, with the collaboration of decree forbidding all political de-Poland, it can cut off altogether. monstrations for a period of three the transit trade upon which months. In addition the authority Danzig depends. The danger lies!. of the League High Commissioner in a policy of drift. For a seri has been directly challenged not ous incident in that part of the only by Herr Greiser. at Geneva, world might have the gravest but by Nazi newspapers which effects upon world peace. There have declared that the presence of is, however, a very encouraging Mr. Sean Lester is "absolutely in-element in the situation. Tho tolerable and will not be tolerated state of things in Danzig bears a any more." The League, how surprising resemblance to that in ever, has confirmed its confidence the Saar, a small German terri- in its High Commissioner, tory where serious friction might, who has returned to Dan- | have had disastrous effects. If zig. Moreover, Colonel Beck, the League is as successful in the Polish Foreign Minister, handling the Danzig situation as is understood to have told it was in the Saar, then there Herr Greiser that Poland and need be no cause for anxiety) the League will uphold Mr. Lester, about the future development of
this problem. and that Poland will not accept
SIDE GLANCESTM
By George Clark
"All right, go ahead and get married, but try to be back in half an hour"
appear to be scratching his head or buttoning up his coat it is quito enough for one in the know.
Outside, the sign is used by thieves, burglars, cardsharpers and tricksters: who want to be sure they are not wasting their time on one another. Inside prisons. It and similar signs serve to distinguish the genuine "lugs" from those who are in for an accident, an impulse, er some offence outalde the ordinary run of criminal activities.
THE PRISONERS' "handie" language is
well
adapted for its purpose. It en- ables the user to express his wants unnoticed, or to give. warnings-but it is not well adapted to long conversations or abstruse philosophical inquiry.
Complicated information, it the prisoners have no opportunity. talking, has to be given and received either in the sung language used in chapel, or in the knock languego- used when the men are in their cells..
The sung language constats alm- ply in shouting the hymn at the top one's voice, interspersing the. words with the bits of Information
of
ono wishes to convey:-
"Oh God our help in ages past,
for
Old Bill goes out to-morrow,
Our shelter from the stormy
blast,
4
He micans to do a job."
Bill's doing a job does not mean,, of course, that William has turned over a new leaf, but that he has used the months in prison to work out the details of a plan which is kely to land him back there be fore long.
The knock language is a laborious.. nitairs. Your neighbour has to spell out slowly his message-one knock- for="A‚" six for "F," and so through the alphabet.
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