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Robert Lynd's Saturday Essay

Is It

Right

If You Play Bridge

SATURDAY

MARCH 6, 1937

Girls' and

and Boys' Corner

Dear Kiddies-Lots of you went in for last week's Competition, but a few had some difficulty in filling in colouring, the lady's face. The though, was excellent all, round. After carefully going through all the entries and taking age and Food the work into account, I find that best Senior effort was that of Yeung Kit-wa (aged 12), 18 Bonham Road.

Little David Asche (uged & years) wins the Junior prize.

Will the winners call. at the "Tele- graph" Omce for their prizes?

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Games?

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vicar, the lax in lending has countenance

to darts, which was condemned

Rev. John Penrose, a few months ago on moral has arrived in grounds by the Hornsey Bur- the Kesses' Association, when Brixton, preaching, not local borough council decided only a very old Gospel, but to provide a hut for dart- a fairly old interpretation players.

of the Gospel. The Gospel is good, but I am not so sure about the interpretation of

the Gospel.

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"Darts," declared the Horn- sinister Burgasses, "is a gathe in which lurk possibilities of gambling."

That, oddly enough, is exactly the same objection that

to. me

Mr.

Stop acting so innocent, Graddock!

well what signals-

You know

From the "New Yorker"

theatre-

to more

The vicar condemns many Penrose has to cards. "Cards," things which to

people he says, "lead to gambling, seem innocent enough-among which is bad."

If cards are to be con- them, dancing, films, theatres, cards and smoking on the part demned on this ground what of women. He declares that about darta? And what about. "no Christian woman would football and golf? There is no use make-up." And he is ob- denying there is a far greater

of having done many dangerous vice than viously

indifference of belting on

And convinced that the amount

football pent

things, but never-not even going. pleasures and practices which than of gambling on cards. To he

I lose of having done soolal injustice has done condemns are inconsistent condomn a game merely be when

harm to the world than playing with Christianity.

21192 thousands of people win this. and lose money on it, however,

It is evidently the belief that cards.

in its most even scem?

unreasonable. gambling,

It seems to me that Christi- is vicious that anity should be wide enough to I am willing to admit that if Must golf be prohibited be- trifling forma,

Penrose to prohibit embrace both the, card-player people

perfect saints, cause some players bet on the leads Mr. were like St. Francis of Assisi, they result of the game, if it is only raffling for cakes. When I was But I believe that they do a still would have no time or interest to who shall buy the drinks a boy raffling for much costlier and the non-card-player, both custo- the beer-drinker and the tec- for films, cards

things than cakes was at the 19th hole? or dancing.

mary even at bazaars get up by totaller, both the film-goer and They would be indifferent

Presbyterian churches. I never the film-loather. most of our amusements-even Even as regards gambling. heard of anyone's tracing his As for women's "make-up" to cricket and knock-knock. 1

↑ have never been able to downfall to the purchase of They would be absorbed in understand on what grounds raffle ticket at a bazaar. Yet and other and more serious things. many

people declare that the raffles were suddenly stop- matter? This does not mean, however, gambling is essentially and in-

ped.. Was anyone morally the but I that these things are sinful for evitably un-Christian. I can better for this? I doubt it. something that has as ordinary human beings. It see that gambling to excess is And I doubt whether it will moral importance as the choice means merely that saints can immoral as eating to excess is ever be possible to persuade the of a hat.

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such things, what do they

I do not like them; regard "make-up" as little

been

in the

do without most of the inno-immoral. But gambling as a ordinary man that taking a All I can say on this point is cent recreations that help to game-gambling with money make life pleasanter for or that one can woll afford to lose dinary people.

Seems to me as innocent as other Mr. Penrose himself admits the indulgence in any

for form of the need of recreation

luxury, whether a ordinary people. He is in dinner in one of the best favour of tennis. pientes, baga- restaurants or motoring her

pleasure. telle, table tennis and darts.

I confess I never feel more Well, as for darts, it is diffi-

than when risking cult to imagine St. Francis innocent Betting out to become an expert what, for some reason or other, at the game. And, apart from is called a modest sixpence on a this, is not Mr. Penrose a little game. of backgammon. I re-

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ticket in a raffle is either that some of the noblest women immoral or un-Christian. He I have known have "made up," is as incredulous when he hears and that they have also raffles condemned ns sinful as extremely particular when he read a few years ago choice of their hats. that a well-meaning lady had got up at a meeting and de- clared that "cake weight- guessing competitions had be- come a national menace." can no more believe this

can Telieve that roller- skating hus, become a national menace, or that stamp-collect-- national has become 12 ing menace.

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than

ROUND ABOUT by

The Showman

MERICA has been bestir- ring herself. I did not imagine that she would let It is well to remember that

Spain monopolise the attention of amuse- almost every form of

the civilised world for long. And ment has at

time or now all the resources of modern another been condemned, by science and human. interest have somebody. Novel-reading, for been employed to re-establish her example. I once knew a clergy- In The News. man who thought it was wrong for a Christian to read novels. When he was GO, his son per- suaded him to read "Q's" ad- mirable story, "The Splendid Spur."

As a result, he became a convert to novel-reading, And, strange as it may seem, he remained as good a Christian n's before..

Now, I am willing to admit that novels, theatres, films, cards, smoking (for men as well even women), betting and

BS

Wire and radio have flashed the picture of a woman with two black eyes from Los Angeles to Ficel-street. fier husband died suddenly, Oh, boy, ok, boy! Wadda story!

milionaire's son-say, fellas, hoidja spell luxury? I wanna put t in the headline. LUC-K-S., AW, shucks, t'e too long anyway/-a millionaire's son, who asked an actress to become his fifth wife when he to divorced, is photographed shaving."

Now, don't get me wrong, youse guys. We gotter havs real live newspapers. me pity is that some British Influence Bill persists. Sticking Plaster Boon

football do a great deal of harm. SOMEONE has had a pretty good idea. I read that "a charming plece of sticking. greater deal of good in making woman" wears human beings whose life is plaster or her forehead when playing for the most part no joke-in-tration forming lines. nocently happy.

And it seems to me that the object of the churches ought to bo to make people good enough Christians to extract as much of the good as is posal ble and as little of the evil from these pleasures,

golf

provent the frown of concen.

Mr. Baldwin, who merely introduced

the craze for sealing one's lipa with. sticking-plaster. must feel envious.

But now that the avenue has been explored I feel that whole masks of Instead sticking-plaster would prove a great blessing to our public men. of speeches they would only have to make faint buzzing noises, and none of their emotions would be betrayed.

"The Minister's nose twitched slightly beneath his sticking-plaster. "That would be all; and even

It is no use making sins of then would probably be nothing things which are not sins. The more than au imprisoned sneeze.

is

real sins are bad and numerous: enough. Cruelty, which means causing suffering to others,- worse than taking a ticket in a raffle. Solfishness is a more

'Quoted as Written

"They are guarding many secreta,

* Grand news blaki. Inter." Blast, by all means. But why the - delay7+

queline Matthews, Ada Foster, Elga discover; then make a neat list and Xavier, among the Seniors; and the nud your name, age and address. following Juniors: Vivien Halston, Don't forget your age.

There will gain be two prizes- Lobo one for children from 10 to 14; and

Daphne Griffith, Margaret Chuter, Freda Stephens, Orlando A.

the other for those under 10. Ad- (Macon).

Now, children, here's a Competi- dress your entries to Uncle Eddie, tion which will test your powers of e/o "Hongkong Telegraph," so as to In The sketch shown, reach him not later than 4 p.m. on hre observance.

concealed animals and Wednesday. Now, get busy, Kiddies. Diana Warren, Maggie Alves, Mimi how many

UNCLE EDDIE.

Last Weck's Senior Winner. Commended for good work

da Roza, Ho Shuk-chun, Ho Man- birds can you find? Study the pic- Lots of love. chun, Nuno Xavier, Alice Silva, Jac- ture enrefully, and see what you can

JACQUELINE MATTHEWS,

he SNAPSHOT GUILD

The

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WHEEL PICTURES

machinery. And every one of them, when pictured in a photograph, tells power; they are witnesses to mun's some kind of story of human interest.

Wheels tell you tales of speed and Inventiveness and ingenuity; from the wheels of the ox-cart to the Janding wheels of an airplane, they symbolize the history of man's pro- gress; new wheels tell of life and und activity: old wheels, broken abandoned, spell obsolescence, decay and the end of things. What a stl- mulus to philosophie reflection pictures of wheels!

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are

Wheels to photograph may be found everywhere-in junk heaps foc- and formyards, in streets, In tories, in your own home. Photo- graphleally, their many patterns and the shadows of their patterns offer variety of fascinating studies. Wheels are easy to photograph. You can be leisurely in your preparations, unless, of course, they are wheels on a moving vehicle; As still subjects, you have an opportunity to use time exposures on them if needed, not forgetting a small stop opening for sharp

for detail, particularly shadows. Wheels provide subjects

for striking angle shots, especially when they form a part of masses of machinery in factory or engine room.

Pictures of wheel call for close- view ups. They should fill the Ander. Often when the impression of size and strength is desirable, the print may be trimmed so that the wheel crowds the pleture space to the Bmit.

When

The motion of the farria wheet was stopped at 1/100 second at 1.8. The exposure of the still locomotive wheel was 1/10 second at f.16. The wheel of the barrow was taken at 18, exposure 1/25 second, after a long study

wheels are in revolution, of lights and shadows and much shanging of ozmera position.

don't think you should always use There are so many kinds of wheels a fast shutter speed. Blurred spokes "The world is a wheel."

In the photograph will give the sense wheels, spinning, wheels, of motion just as they do to the eye. WHEELS-man's first invention. -wagon

wheels, locomotive make photographic subjects automobile

Try some pictures of this intrigu water wheels, steering ing subject; and may the wheel of of absorbing interest. There is a lot wheels, of fun in making a hobby of wheel wheels, cog wheels and the thousand fortune favour you.

JOHN VAN GUILDER.

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