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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1936,

SPARE MOMENT PAGE

Has your nose

THE most beautiful nose in

the world is situated on Edith Sitwell,* the_most_profit- able one belongs to Schnozzle Durante.

Author Hector Bolitho sometimes uses his to play the plano. Sheik

been read?

Jelai Quraishi, of Mecca, has, in- tiveness, snub noses luxurious habits, sured his nose for £2,000, because "If I lost my sense of smell I should cle-like ones grasping tempera- inent. Aristotle wrote that, and he have nothing to live for."

was substantially right.

Noses are, in fact, important. •

Playwright Walter Hackett says: Nine successful men out of ten "My experience has taught me have big noses. A big nose usually that if a young person lins not a indicates intelligence, caution, de- prominent nose and a short upper termination.

Roman nosca conquered the lip, he or she stands little chance of success on the stage."

world; the Jews have done pretty Sharp-ended noses indicate bad well. Napoleon had a big nose, but temper, thick noses lack of sensi- It never stood chance against

*Says Gertrude Stein, another part.

Wellington's.

A

"We would rather see the Duke's

Are you good at

Making a parcel?

ANY one can make a good

parcel who will take the A Lay Sermon

trouble to master elementary knots. It takes just a little con-. centration to learn, but it's worth while when you are read- ing the instructions to follow the diagram closely.

of

The most common knot In the "rect" knot. It owes its me to the nautical custom

*taking reef," or shortening all; A knot is required Uhat can be made quickly and securely, and that can be easily undone. The knot is a elmple inter- tocking of the ends of a piece of string in two loops. When properly made it will hold the heaviest weight engily to the limit of its breakage capnelty, 11 the 'simplest to unfasten.

By merely raising the weight the two loops can be eased towards each other and the knot is untied, The secret lies in the way the ends of the string cross one another for the second time. If the cross la in- correctly made the result is the knot usually made by most people, no easily tied but the most 'diffleult to undo. Sailors call it "granny knot.

Using one end Only

ANOTHER method of tying up a parcel is where only

By HUGH REDWOOD

ALL

who question whether Pentecost is for the present age and the gift of Lic Boly Ghost for men and women of to-day should read St. Paul's words very carefully. They are addressed to them as surely as to a church whose carliest mem- The earnest of hers, when the our inheritance. apostle first Ernestass, 1, 14. visited the,

had not even heard of the Holy Ghost (Acts. xix. 2).

St. Paul explicitly states that the gift in the mark of the Christian's Inheritance, Read thes in conjunction with Jalín. 1. 12, and John xiv., 15-17, 20. Receiving Christ, we are sons of God, and the gift is the proof of the new

It is, relationship, moreover, pront to be con tiqued "until the redempilan of the purchased possession," Lc., until Christ gives the final proat by taking Ill own to Himself.

Let this be remembered wheu we are told that Christendom has nothing to offer wherewith attract the modern world Christianity can still offer the Spirit of promise, the wisdom, the guidance, the God-control which can set men free of their fears and their fetters. The

fallure to do. It.

great nose in the fight than a re- inforcertent of ten thousand men," wrote Captain Kincaird on the eve of Waterloo.

Schoolmasters often try to Im přess their pupils by speculating! how different history would have if Cleopatra had had an ugly hose. The truth is she did. It was too long.

Poets do not seem to grow very excited about notes, perhaps be- cause

they shine. Noses appeal more to the funny men, though the beautiful nose in Solomon's Song was likened to "the Tower of Lebanon which looketh towards Damascus," it is rather difficult to know how to take this.

men

Philosophers and literary have long, straight noseS, Women good at crochet have short, thick, straight ones.

Scandalmongers have long, thin. pointed noses. Wide nostrila betray low animal puasiona.

Roman noses conceal artistic and rather sensuous tantes. The pug hose stands for pugnacity,

Generally speaking, length means caution, breadth quick and sound Judgment, height Intellectual, and spiritual qualities,

SIDE GLANCES By George Clark

Ww

"He says if I give him a slight increase in his allowance he

is almost certain to be voted the most popular boy in hia

class."

Give your meals

the proper background

YNICAL people say that a way to a man's heart is through his palate.

Truer and far more romantic is a principle to which modern psychologists are returning with the evidence of a significant num-

Simon, the modern authority on cat- Ing and drinking, will tell you.

But the important thing to remem- ber is that it is un art of ritual, not of appetite.

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ber of case histories: namely, that the dining room is the foundation #ruce. Yet you should bring up your of the home. Moreover, they are finding that when in our modern children to say It. homes we try to economise by not having a dining room, we risk one of the oldest and mosì elemental principles on which family happi- nesa is built.

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For when we sit down to eat, we should pause. 11 is amazing thing, this replenishing of our life forces. We should be thankful for There is a greater tendency to if every time we can do it. nervous... disorders... in.. people who Many man who has learned_in

NAME CHART habitually cat in snack bars and depression what hunger is has come

tragedy lies in is so frequent Symbol:

THIS is

ELLEN

A woman carrying] a lighted torch, sun name and signifies nobility of soul, benevolence,

Sunday is the day when good for-i tune smiles on you, and the hour be fare noon and the hour before sunset are the most favourable, and the beat day of the month is the 11th if your name is Ellen.

tuck it round and loop through once and charm of manner, one end of the string is required, more and the knot is made. Το The best and most emclent loop unile, simply ense through which to pass the string is through the loop.

a tiny "bowline on a bight," as it is known to sailors, Tied in this man- ner the bowline cantiot give way, for Its end is jammed against the "stand- ing part," and the stronger the pull the more securely it jams itself.

the end back

Holds Hammocks

ONE

NE of the most generally used yet simple knots is the knot used to secure a hammock. This is made by passing the rope round a hook and back over itself again.

restaurants than in people who sit to know what a spiritual rite this down quietly to spend at least a half "lowly business of eating" is. hour over their meals.

It is a point which deserves seri- ous attention when selecting building a house or flat to-day.

IT

is significant that indigestion

is a strictly modern disease,

on such widespread scale.

If you consult a stomach specialist TODERN space limitations

about this-why we have indigestion suggest that every room be although cating less, and our fathers of use twenty-four hours a day, escaped with only a gouty foot after Rents are too high to allow for any an eight-course dinner-he will tell room which is used, only fifteen or you that it is not what we eat, but All shades of yellow are harmonic twenty minutes at breakfast, twenty how we eat it, that counts. with your nome, from the palest minutes at lunch and another twenty primrose

Most of us, get through Christmas to the deepest shade of minutes at dinner-under an hour a

dinner without much indigestion.,It orange. These colours express your day in all. personality and are good to have Moderns who still like the idea of is because we eat slowly, we are in about you.

a real dining room try to compromise, festive mood, we are relaxed. The topaz is the gem assigned to with a sort of alcove called a dinette. We moderns would be wise to try you; it brings true love, and is a It is better than eating on a tray or to apply this principle to our homes talisman against unity and revenge. bridge table in the sitting room, but to-day: to preserve the festive spirit, Your Bower is the yellow chrysan- even the dinette tends to hurry you to alt in harmony with one another In the room which is essentially, are one and ten,

Lucullus. It still is, M. Andre most vital to us; the dining room.

For securing a parcel expertly There is no actual knotting at all; and yet ensuring that the string is the method is known as a "hlich." It caslly undone,

the "clove hitch", will not only bear a man's weight, is most satisfactory. Simply turn but a much heavier weight, for an the end of the string over the join indefinite period without even slip-themum, and your lucky numbere Eating was an art in the days of

In the diagram, pull through tightly, ping,

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Bringing Cargo from Marseilles via ports etc., arrived Hongkong on Friday, 11th December, 1930,

Consignees are hereby that their goods with the exception of Oplum, Treanure and Valuables are being landed and stored into the Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Co. Lidą. Kow- loan, whence delivery, may be, ob- tained immediately after Ianding.

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· Damaged Packages will be examin» ed by the Company's Surveyor Messrs-Goddard and Dougins in the presence of the Consignees_at 10.00 am, on Thursday, 17th..........Do- cember, 1938.

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G. E. HUYGEN

Canton,

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS

ACE088

1 Temporarily making provision

with a friend.

10 Lays stress on the money in

little accounts.

11 A notice (anag.).

12 Either a loud noise, or turned

back half an army.

13 This cross comes at the end of

a line.

14 Sucks closely even when given.

rub the wrong wax,

17 This worm, prominent

-in

"A.D. DC, is" allent now, yot one might imagine one heard ft on the links (unag.).

18 Not the flower of the flock (two.

words,

19 Medicament

label allowance, 21 In the wood there's a row about

the doctor.

25 Sown in the wrong order,

20 Go back, taken by the hand,

and cast loving glances.

27 Boat-race business,

30 Sultabib colour for fans,

31 Slim enough to take in the man

who parts with his money,

32 Take her pet on grass for them.

DOWN

2 Dielt is as well-to-do as he is

unyfolding

3 May produce wine, especially if the first letter be doubled.

4 The whole of this bird is skin.

15 Otherwise a French ángel with

the pip.

o A German would pronounce

this river AI,

7. You want, plenty of time for

this

8 Make-ups unsuitable for truth-

ful actresses.

Where the enthusiastic fish- monger keeps his skates,

15 One. takes them to be partial. 18 May, hold water, as in a wine

store. 20.Showing the good that may bo

derived from a beef tin.

22 A conceited lout in a jumper. 23 If ever you should mix up this

drink, don't use an 18,

124 Eastern waters (two words, 3,

3.

28 Facial expression. 29 Goes round holes.

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