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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, APRIL

Mothers

are

proud of their Sons

heard

men you've probably never

but all

of

successes

in the eyes of their family

CHART for a baby

six months old

Average weight at twenty-sixth weck, 16 pounds; average height at twenty-sixth weck, 26 inches; average gain in weight per wock, 4 omnecs.

Diet

A

∙1937.

The London Dallý Express recently asked mothers to send in stories of how their sons made good. Some

of them are so good that the "Tele- praph" thinks they should be re- published locally.

T the age of fifteen my son started work in an his employer's attention. From that time he was promoted, worked hard, important factory in Belfast, carrying, fetching, and generally making himself useful.

He was very ambitious, and after two years spent in different departments he one day overheard one of the managers talking of the absence, through illness, of one of their travellers. Realising that opportunity presented itself, he asked the manager to give him a week's trial. My son's carnestness at least convinced the manager of his determina- tion to do his best,, and although his ability seemed doubtful, it was decided to give him a trial.

For six weeks my son held the position, and on the return of their own traveller he was called into the office and complimented on his work, at the same time receiving an offer to travel for the firm permanently:

His sales grew rapidly, until at the his job and being out of work for age of twenty-seven he was head months on end.

learned all he could, was encouraged

to submit ideas, sketches, and even had some of them used. After eight years' hard work he left, having decided to specialise in a certain branch of his work. This took him to New York, where he remained some years, survived the slump there and only came home to take up the Job hc now holds, of publicity manager to a large Arm, at £1,000

per year.

Not bad, do you think, to rise, with- out Influence or educational advent- - ages, to 'curn a salary like that at

thirty-four?

He was Chosen

MY boy, born in London, wns

Mett fatherless when he was

Traveller for his firm. Three years I myself had to go out to work later he was sales manager, receiving as a typist to keep the home together. still very young. I was practically promotion again after another two My son had practically no home Bfe penniless, and was forced to return years; and now, at the age of thirty- and no influence at all. When he was to my people. They were by no five he is managing director at the fourteen he was compeled to leave means well off and could do no more.

than give the children house-room, yearly salary of £2,800.

school to help bring in

moncy.

food, clothing and educalion et a He went to the London County Council evening classes to further council school. his education, entered for a Civil AM a proud Mother. My Service examination, and son started his career at Ave earning £600 a year with still better weeks old, earning 38, a week as a prospects.

Comedian

I

baby in touring dramas.

My son won a scholarship to the

is now polytechnic, and was then sent to all

When he was old enough he work- Won a Competition

ed his way up to being front part of cow in a pantomime. His next role was “ clown in a travelling circus.

WE had always intended our boy for the Civil Service,

n

a small post at one of the museums when he was sixteen years old. By hard work he got his science degrees and became lecturer at a salary of £250 a year. He was picked out for

join a firm

of It's work and asked to consultants in the Cliy.

He did extremely well, and travell ed all over the world as consultant,

but when he was fifteen his school- From there he fought his way master sald he would never pass the through pantomime, circus, revue and exams. My husband took him away getting many contracts. Now he is variety now, at the age of and at the boy's own wish put him on a long contract the other side of twenty-seven, he holds an important into an advertising office. He had a the world, caring between £2,000 job as comedian in one of London's natural gift for drawing and thought and £3,000 a year.

most successful musical comedies.

No one helped Him

MY son had a father who look - not the elightest interest in him, and who was continually losing

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Five feeda a day at four-hourly intervals. vegetable broth* and cereals should be introduced into the diet in addition to milk. If breast fed, baby should now be weaned if the weight is 16lbs. or over.

COLOMBO DAIREN

HAIPHONG

Day's menus for baby on modified cow's milk: G a.m., milk FOOCnow 5zs., boiled water 2ozs., heaped teaspoonful sugar. 10 a.m..HAMBURG mixture as above, with the addition of one heaped teaspoonful HANKOW of cereal. Whole-wheat, cream of rice, barley.

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Also needed every day: Three to four teasponfuls of diluted and sweetened orange or tomato juice Three drops concentrated fish liver oil.

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of phores Derlede. Tetired for us your

he would like that sort of work, but

for over a year there did litle but Never gave Up

run errands, make tea, wash up, for which he was pald 10s, per week.

Not ill be won the first prize in a competition for a sketch advertising a well-known product did he attract

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MY ton's rise to a good post

in the Civil Service is

story of courage and perseveres in the face of setbacks. He had always set his heart on being a doctor. When and with that all

his falherical career gone, le

hopes of a did not complain, but set about carn- ing sufficient for us both.

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us bath. My son then looked round Hongkong Bank Bldg.

for same incxpensive

career

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and all his spare time was spent in studying—and studying hard.

his

Picture my joy when I heard of appointment to an important ad-

ministrative post with prospects.

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Exercise

At least one hour a day baby should go down on the floor on a washable rug to klek, Place alternately on face and on back. Rattles, wooden rings and washable rubber toys should be hig companions for exercise time.

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OUR

BRITISH CROSSWORDS ·

ACROSS

1 To pursue this is neither poetry

nor dull.

9 Well-known French paper.

10 It appears immediately this. (Two words, 4, 4.)

11 The blacksmith's vehlelo.

after

12 Not sitting by the sea, though there's sea, and it certainly is

14 It might be a lot to say it's high.

Sutting. 10 Teacher.

10 Remarkably like an owl.

T

18 I divide fifty-fifty in a storm in

Palestine.

21*Thin in Shokespeare, but mostly

kind to borrowers.

Find 10

24 sungod's taste in stew is

decidedly French.

28 Room for the cat it may be.

30 She of Old Drury was sweet.

31 Unable to solve this one? Try

for this is overlooked. 32 for

33 This may be the power of your

car (two words, 3, 5.)

34 Ones and twos.

35 One of these fruits can give

many people the pip.

DOWN

2 Stirred up with inside use. 3 Thus borrowed, as being largely

used by stamen.

4 Taken- possibly in the luncheon.

hour, but not as a short cut. 5 This vehicle may be useful for

making a heap of things.

6 Gulps down with both enda

gona,

12

7 A chielten isn't, a thrush is one

(two words, 4, 4.)

8 Novice.

11 Piece of furniture. 13 Pick.

17. "The grand dem's total.”.

10 A musical word-

murgeons,

used by

20 Consumed in an idea tentatively

held.

22 Ireland,

23 The living image.

25 Not house, not fat.

27 Vegetarian fare of Turpin. 28 Wheedle,

20 Not for away, comparatively.

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