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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1937.

MOMENT PAGE

Nothing ever happens

to me

A mother of four wrote this article.

Most

mothers will find in it an echo of their own lives

Y eldest boy's headmaster is retiring after twenty- five years of service at the school.

M

On Saturday morning when I read the last sentence of his printed announcement: "It has been not only may living, but my life, and the prospect of retirement fills me with dismay, I was so deeply touched that I immediately wrote him a little note. I knew neither what to say nor how to say it, but somehow I assured him of my sympathy.

And on Monday morning his acknowledgment gave me a happy beginning for the week. He said: "Your charming letter reminds me of a bygone age, when sympathy and umlerstand ing were genuine, and people had the will and the time to express them." Sometimes I think that in this metallic, speed-crazy age our hearts tend to become streamlined out of our existence. Afternoon off

Near a common:

am

WE are lucky enough to live always thankful when Nannie takes all the four boys out for a walk, so that I can get an uninterrupted hu of work, but how much more thank-

13

appealing and

adorable

that

I

PRIZES FOR CLUES

Hero is a crossword puzzle in the solution of which roadors may win doubles dress circle tickets to the Majestic Theatre. The puzzlo is based on the film, “Gold Diggers of 1937," showing at the Majestic on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Five sots of double tickets will be awarded to the sonders of the first five correct solu- tions opened. Entries should be sent to Mr. C. Goldin, managor of We bought her little scarlet the Majestic Theatro, 5th floor, King's Theatro Building, Hongkong, harness and lend, and when Nan; not later than noon on Saturday. nie took her out the men repairing the road used to call out:

"Look outt Here comes the Wimbledon bloodhound."

couldn't say no.

Last autumn, when Corn was eight months old, she ron away while out with the children on the common. She was missing for whole night, but was found by some- body and taken to the police station. next morning.

Of course, we were delighted to have her back, but I was secretly worried: I had not yet got a llence for Cora. Nannie bought it when she went down to the police station.

to fetch her, and nobody mentioned'

it.

Gave Us a Shock

A WEEK later an enormous sandy haired policeman parked lus bicycle outside and rang the front door bell: he'd just come to look at the Hcence, immediately I said: "I didn't buy it until the dog Was lust. She's eight months old, but she's such a little thing: I hadn't

realised she was growing up. I have so much to do."

wrong

My Voice trembled: It had been a mornin);

everything when

Went Two of the children woke up with colds; I burned my arm on the electric

satd grill; Nannie briskly, "Alan's an Jus uppers again, so there be three pairs of shoes to be mended, and, there's live-and-six to pay from last week; it's a pity you forgot to sonk the prunes because there are no eggs, and the greengrocer hasn't yet. The coke's getting low. What shall, we have for a pudding?"

come

GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937

You know the kind of morning, ACROSS: And then this on top of it: I'd mad

1 Circle. on the back of the form that the penalty for keeping a dog without a Heence is £5.

DANS

5 Soon again. *

Unbleached.

[DICK]

MR+AND+MR

7 Blundell's first name.

The policeman entered the num ber and date of the licence in his notebook. Cora came trotting into 10 By. Don't think that because

We both 11 Powell's first name, I men- the ball wagging her tail. tinned Nannie I keep domestic looked up at the polleeman with

15 Upper, extremity. mine tear- staff. My life is a sea of financial eloquent brown eyes: ups and downs; when we're on the filed and beseeching, Curn's friendly

rest. employ a maenie, a general and trusting. mail if I can get whe, and an ocea- sional charwoman.

Now we're in

"

10 Covered with ashes, 10 Sun-brown cutour. 19 Myself.

The policeman cleared his throat and snapped the elastic bund round 20 Indefinite article,

"Well, well, we shall 21 Public notice. trough, and his notebook.

ful I am to hear the Jingle of the Nannie and I manage everything have to see about it. She certainly 23 Behold. Baby's rein-bells announcing their between us.

a very small dog. Looks as Nannie is a treasure, s return.

Good morning.”

28 Edge. a round. neat, Jolly little girl in though it's going to be due, after 20 Comparative ending.

30 That happened three months ago. All the children have worn these this early twenties with a heart of all.

gol:1 She is always busy and al reins as babies, and the sound of the bells at four o'clock has always way's good-teinpered; we call her I hope I shan't hear any more about

brought happiness and peace to me. Tea-time is my favourite hour when.

15 Supposing that.

Still.

32 Keenly hungry for.

our Sugar Plum Fairy.

it.

i have learned a lesson: this Coro's year I bought January 1

licence on

37 To journey. 30 As. 39 Short sleep.

WE E live in the smallest and

the children are safely home and the No Calling

hardest tasks of the day are done.

Did you solve the match puzzle?

rumblest house in a beaull-

New Kind of Pet

41 Place of happi-

ness.

42 Cow call.

WE have had other peis. Once 43 Leer.

my husband proudly brought .44 50.

ful snobbish district. People in suburbs don't call on one another home a hedgehog, Ethelred, and let 45 One of two equal now, and so far the only neighbourly it sleep in the kitchen. I can only

purls. recognition we've had is a visit from say that during the night Ethelred a man canvassing an electric wash- abused our hospitality.

DOWN:

Ing machine, who said the woman in We had a mald then, and in the the big house at the corner-tald-morning she mid-furiously: "Cats-1-Vuriant-of-Ray- him to call on me as I had a house and dogs, and even babies, 1 can 2 Indians of Peru. ful of children, and also an angry put up with, but that prickly beast request on the telephone to stop our there draw the line." It was dog barking.

such a firm, heavy line that Ethel-

red had to be dumped immediately The dog Corn, a black Cairn, under a hedge. came to us a year ago. One morn- Billie, our black eat, is a dear ing my husband, who lives in a little thing, so gentle and loving. world of dreams, sald casually as She can be fierce and cruel, though, he was going off to work; "We're One afternoon, during a garden- going to have a dog: il will prob- ing craze, Max, the four-year-old, ably come to-day." And she did, came running in for a shovel, say- I hadn't wanted Cora-I felt I ing excitedly: "Bille's killed a pone had enough work with the childrèn little bird. Nannie wants the shub- und the house--but she was only ble to get it off the path; it's ever six weeks old and so small and so dend."

Arrange 24

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20 Forces ahend.

27 To place.

31 To chant.

32 Part of to be.

33 Lair.

34 Horse's foot.

36 At n distance.

38 The sun.

40 Mixed type.

42 Mother.

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ACROSS

1'Spells trouble for most people." 3 This is a real bird, not a synthetic one, and not a parrot (hyphen, 7, 4.).

8 Could be tousled, or disposed of

by lot.

The

The way the author makes u Hiving:

10 pleasant, isn't it?

11 It does not go off at half cock,

it is always fully cocked.

12 The fly in the ointment.

16 Best French river for catching

Asi

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WHEN AT HOME

Hongkong Telegraph.

.MAY BE PURCHASED

AT

SELFRIDGE'S

this

They used to make small boys

suits

from summer

A ideal for festive material:

meal.

18 Advice to the printer seen on 21 These are obviously seaside at-

many an author's desk.

tire.

23 When put before me it, certainty and it sounds a bit sombre,

sticks like anything,

24 This pattern in Style 50.

25 Air.

28 More than one of 18.

20 Stampede near a fire.

30 Goes up the chimney (hyphen,

.7, 4).

31 Out of the beaten track.

DOWN

1 This will make a hen run

(hyplien, 4, 7),

2 Goods.

3 Extract mille.

-4 Dent of music.

5 Given to me it means a head-

uchie,

6 Taint (three words, 2, 2, 3).

7 You want to follow a quad-

ruped here.

Not right, yet not left.

13 "I can't get men" to unite China

anag., two words, 5, 6).

14 This trouble may be due to a sedentary life. It begins at fifty-four.

13 Light diet for the police?

by

10 This

super duster. superseded

cleaner.

hus yet been

the Vacuum

20 Always good for pretty girls.

21 Famous for its sage.

22 This cock has not hen.

20 Looking down from this part

of

n ship the view is the noras

ns when looking up.

27 Body

28 that belongs to it.

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