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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, APRIL

Mothers

are

proud of their Sons

men you've probably never

heard of. but all successes

the eyes of their family

in

CHART for a baby six months old

A

1987.

The London Daily Express recently

asked mothers to send in stories of

how their sons made good. Some

of them are so good that the "Tele-

graph" thinks they should be re- published locally.

time he was proinoted, worked hard,

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T the age of fifteen my son started work in an his employer's attention. From that Pres. Wilson

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

learned all he could, was encouraged

to submit ideas, sketches, and even had some of them used. After eight

are lord years'

work he left, having decided to specialise in 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 he now holds, of publicly manager to a large firm, at £1,000 per year.

Not bad, do you think, to rise, with- out influence or educationni advant- ages, to earn a salary like that, at thirty-four

He was Chosen

MY boy, born in London, was left fatherless when he was

traveller for his arm. Three years I myself had to go out to work thter 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 life 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 £2,000.

school to help bring in money.

He went to the London County food, clothing and education at a

council school. Council evening classes to further his education, entered for a Civil

Comedian

When he was old enough he work- Won a Competition

ed his way up to being front part of

My son won a scholarship to the I AM a proud Mother. My Service

examination, and is now polytechnic, and was then sent to fill son started his career at Ave earning £000 a year with still better, a small post at one of the museums

when iveeks old, carning 3. a week as a prospects.

he was sixteen years old. By hard work he got his science degrees baby in touring dramas.

and became lecturer at a salary of £250 a year.

He wan

was picked out for a cow in a pantomime. His next WE had always Intended our his work and asked to join a firm of

clown in a travelling but when he was fifteen his schopi

bay for the Civil Service, consultants in the City.

He did extremely well, and travell- From there he fought his way muster said he would never pass the ed all over the world as consultant, through pantomime, circús, revue and exams. My husband took him away getting many contract. Now he is variety unil 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, earning 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.

Folp

was *

No one helped Him

MY

Y son had a father who took not the slightest interest in him, and who was continually losing

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he would like that sort of work, but

for over a year there did little but Never gave Up

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

Not till he was the first prize in a competition for a sketch advertist: a well-known product did he attract

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MY son's rise to a good post story of courage and perseverance Inf the face of setbacks. He had always get his heart or beira doctor. When his father died, and with that all hopes of a medical career gone, he did not complain, but set about earn- ing sufficient for us both.

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Diet

AMOY

BANGKOK

BOMBAY

V. M. GRAYBURN E., CHIEF MANAGER.

Five feeds a day at four-hourly intervals. Bone and BATAVIA vegetable broth" and cereals should be introduced into the diet CALCUTTA in addition to milk. If breast fed, haby should now be weaned EPOD if the weight is 15lbs. or over,

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Day's menus for baby on modified cow's milk: 6 u.m., milk 5x5., boiled water 20zs, heaped teaspoonful sugar. 10 a.m., mixture as above, with the addition of one, heaped teaspoonful of cereal. Whole wheat, cream of rice, barley.

2 p.m., whole milk (boiled), 5ozs., with one heaped tea-iroir spoonful sugar. To this add two tablespoonfuls of bone and DRE vegetable broth." 6 p.m., same as 10 a.m., but add two teaspoon- fuls of a different cereal, 10 a.m., exactly as at 6 p.m.

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

Weaning

This should take four weeks, beginning with the 2 p.m. feed, when bone and vegetable broth from a teaspoon should be given before a slightly reduced milk feed. At the end of one week substitute milk mixture to follow the broth. Then, taking one wook for each alteration, gradually introduce feeds and cereal as per menus above.

Exercise.

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

Sleep

Seventeen hours out of the twenty-four. Laughing, sing- ing and talking noises should now take the placo of crying.

*To make bone and vegetable brothHalf a pound of fine-chopped veal or beef bones. Any root vegetables such as cabbage, sprouts, cauliflower. Simmer boncs in double saucepan in water for one hour, then add root vegetables and simmer for another hour, adding green végelabics during the last half-hourgla

Strain soup through muslin and keep very cool, removing any fat from top when cold. This may be kept quite safely for three days if reheated up to boiling point each day. Give the soup just tepid to baby., Ádá no salt or 'Bayouring whatsoever.

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OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS -

12

ACROSS

1 To pursue this is neither poetry

nor dull,

0 Well-known French paper. 10 It appears Iramediately after

this, (Two words, 4, 4.)

11 The blacksmith's vehicle.

13 Not sitting by the sea, though

there's

sco, and it certainly is

Bitting.

It might be a lot to say it's high. 14 It 15 Teacher.

10 Remarkably like an owl

19 I divido fifty-fifty in a storm in

Palestine.

21 Thin in

in Shakespeare, but mostly kind to borrowers.

24 The

sungod's taste in stew is decidedly French.

20 Room for the cat it may be.

30 She of Old Drury was sweet.

31 Unable to solve this one? Try.

32 for this is overlooked.

33 This may be the power of your

car (two words, 3, 6.)

34 Ones and twos.

35,One of these frults can

many people the pip.

DOWN

2 Stirred up with insido use.

give

3 Thus borrowed as being largely

used by seamen.

4 Taker possibly in the luncheon

hour, but not us a short cut.

6 This vehicle may be useful for.

making a heap of things."", 6. Gulps down with both ends

gone,

C

7 A chicken isn't, a thrush is one

(two words, 4, 4.)

8 Novice.

11 Piece of furniture.

13 Pick.

17 "The grand dem'd total"

19 A musical word

surgeons.

used by

20 Consumed in an idea tentatively

held.

22 Ireland.

23 The living image...

25 Not house, not flat.

27 Vegetarian fare of Turpin. 28 Wheedle,

20 Not far away, comparatively.

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