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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY,

Yet he will

not

touch my daughter's

rabbit

pet r

UEER, they are called, animal friendshipa. Take, for instance, my own dog Jack, a lurcher, bought from a notorious poacher. Compound of sheepdog and whippet, he is never so happy as when on the scent of a rabbit, pointing, chasing, catching killing, and, if I am not prompt to command, devouring it.

Yet he will not touch my daughter's pet rabbit. They sleep in the same shed.

They feed together, or, rather, I should say that Whitenose helps herself to the vegetarian side of Jack's dinner, while the dog, unbidden, walts rather sulkily until the rabbit retires. Occa- sionally the sight of a particularly ravishing bone the rabbit tempts, Jack to secure it just in ease turns carnivorous.

This comedy goes on even when Jack thinks no one is watching. We can see them unobserved from a window high above the feeding yard.

Yet the dog and rabbit have nothing in com- mon except their quarters, and a mutual hate of prowling cats,

Whilenose will stand on her long hind legs and box with her forepays if attacked by a eat. But Jack usually drives them away for her,

amount of I think that Jack gets a certain satisfaction out of protecting Whitenose, and her company. Sometimes when bored by droway human, and the teasing of my daughter, indoors, he slips away to the shed, to enjoy the quiet move- ments of the rabbit.

On her part the rabbit seems to recognise that' Jack is useful, both as a cat-chaser and as a source of food supply.

It is a question of either would grieve if separated. It is rather a one-sided mutual benefit association.

You may read of queer animal friendships

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like that of a horse and a hen, a sheep and goose, a donkey and a goat, a dog and a rat; a man and a bat, and W. H. Hudson's story of a swan that became deeply attached to a fish, which it stroked and caressed in the water.

In most instances, however, It is generally possible to trace the mutual benefit association. man to The same, directly or, indirectly, moves form his friendships, both with man and beast.

*

Even the cat that insists on mothering any small creature-day-old chick, pup, fox-cub, rat- is only gratifying her unusually strong maternal passion.

I knew of a cow that could not resist the call of a calf, and would charge hedges all over the farm in an attempt to answer several calf-calls at milker, by the She was the farm's best

once. way.

A spaniel once struck up a great friendship for a sow. Whenever the old lady went to sleep. the spaniel eagerly climbed on to her broad side, and we would find him stretched out there in sleepy comfort!

The good-natured pig got nothing out of this friendship, save company, but the spaniel seemed to appreciate thoroughly the warm glow of the sow's body.

A more beneficial friendship was that of the wasp and the sow, On hot afternoons as she lay in the sun, flies would Irritate the groaning sow by crawling over her, and tickling her skin between the scanty hairs. They were so occupied with this that the wasp was able to pick them off her body easily and rapidly.

R. M. Lockley

What do the

BB C their

N the spring the B.B.C. talked prosperity and expansion.

To-day they talk economy--- the grimmest word in the listen- er's vocabulary,

Because economy at Broadcasting Houre spells poor

programmes in Peckhani, and everywhere else, the shareholders suffer. And probably, knowing that icences bave been un the up and up (7,060,573 last year), you are wondering why.

Look at fucts. Last year the B.B.C.'s total income was £2,953,- 400-nently three million pounts.

A pretty considerable figure. And

so thought the D.B.C. Spending on boor lines seemed natural.

DURING 1930 the B.B.C.-

1.

Increased the person-

nel of three of their orchestras-the Scottish, the West Regional, and the B.B.C. Dance Orchestras. Naw the B.B.C. employ the astonishing num- ber of 123 orchestral musicians.

An average player year, while

B.B.C.

costs £500 π a tip-topper (and the bands

are

Di full

toppers) can kick-up

£2,000. So work out

Lip-

£1,500 tes

the B.B.C.

mustclans' bll for yourself and re-

member it's only one small item.

do with

money?

AUGUST 13, 1937.

RIGHT HAND

OR LEFT?

By Robert Kingman, M.D.,

TAMMERING can be far more than nu embarrassing defect; I enn be n dangerous and even fatal handicap, A good deal has been written about the relationship between stammering and left-handedness, and the public is coming to know that doctors be- leve there is a connection between the two.

Left-handedness, however, is only half the story. Stammering depends not on left-handedness, but on a right- sided brain, which is n cause both of left-handedness and of the speech defect.

Ninety-six in every hundred of us and persons have left-sided brains,

are with left-sided brains always right-handed. The minority, four in every hundred, are born with right- sided brains and are left-handed. This curious cross-mechanism plies to most of the functions of the body that right brain governing the sen- movements and receiving the sations of the left side of the body. while the left brain does the same for the right side.

ap-

crossing the To facilitate this human brain Is divided into two parts, or hemispheres, commonly call- ed right or left brains, each an exnet teplica in reversed pattern of the ather, like the left and right of s pair of gloves.

Efects of "See-Sawing"

One side habitually takes the lend In initiating ideas and movements; the other follow and assist. If there were no rule about leadership, and dominate at once, both tried to disaster would result in the body as or surely

as It does in the firm

try to family where two members

at the same time.

Imagine the confusion that would result If one hemisphere Kave the order

go downstairs at the same time that the other gave the order to go_up!

to

In certain circumstances the two sides of the brain do try to dominate in this way at the same time, and the internal contusion that results is in the hesitation of seen outwardly speech that we call stammering,

This

when happens

A naturally right-brained person has been forced, by changing from left-handedness to right-handedness, to change lender- ship to the left brain.

If he tries to talk when nervous or that the left excited, training says brain should control the words, but Nature sees a chance to reassert her- self, and insists that the right brain take its natural lead.

While the two hemispheres see-saw against one another for a decision as to which shall dominate, the In- dividual splutters and stammers. Finally, the re-establishment of co- ordinated speech shows that one or the other side of the brain has gain- ed the upper hand.

But, you may object, some right- handed persons do stammer. True, but they are naturally and mentally left-handed just the same, That is, they started off by being left-handed and

right-brained, and their right maintenance accounted for another brain is still dominant, or trying to

Engineering rost £400,200,

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Gracle Fields? Well, last time she Who's your favourite? bradenst she was paid 150 guineas. The B.B.C. can't afford that often, they say,

Do you like radio plays? Well, the average fee---straight or musical-is about £30 for the author. Not many authors con afford the time for that money. ・・・

pay's

Juck Hylton is paid 100 for a broadcast. Out of that he singers, arrangers, porters, musicians, motor-coach hire. And he is out of pocket-pays for the privilege of entertaining Jisteners.

Ilighest fees in the B.B.C. are paid to "straight" musicians conductors, singers, Instrumentalists. Occasionally, the cor- poration try to cut their fees.

was con-

Toscanini did not appear last year. Illness was the excuse; at the time of his original London date Toscanini ducting in Paris. When he broadcast in 1935 he was paid not less than £500 per concert.

Flotsam and Jetsam, who were getting £42 a time, refused to accept a cut of £10 10s, and haven't studio broadcast since. Television Anance is different. Author of a programme has to be paid out of production allocation-after artists and dress- makers have been paid.

At Broadcasting House these copyright fees are independent of production costs. Current phrase at Alexandra Palace is, "Well, another shoe string show." Also sold that they have a can't afford to heat television theatre there; but they

new

Another way the B.B.C. spend money: do you know about the mysterious and useful people under "programme contract"? This means they are paid a retaining fee of £800 a year for writing, composing, producing and so on. The B.B.C, are not renewing some of these contracts...

that

und

These things tot up. WIS the additional burden of television they become alarming.

be, even if they have

apparently learned to be more stilful with the right hand then the left.

Mental Left-Handedness

And I'm considerably afraid that, unless the Government are generous, a world where everything is adapted that modest Hitle £500,000 allocated

to artists, and to your entertainment, will be reduced this year.

I

Some babies, born left-handed Into

where

the to the right hand, and

right-handed, discard majorily are their outward preference for the left hand before it is even noticed. But while physical left-handedness can be WOULD suggest other reversed, mental left-handedness can-

the economies to

B.B.C. not. This fact explains the anomaly that affect listeners less.

of the right-handed stammerers.

Stop the indiscriminate appoint- ment of young men on low salaries. (Before me is an advertisement for yet another dramatic producer for staff reserve." Haven't we enough producers?)

Check

un these up secretarles. (Some men, £600 a year, have two.)

much

THE B.B.C. cannot, and will question last year.

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Here is an illustration which shows what really happens in cases that cease being physically left-handed but continue to be mentally left-handed. A boy used his left hand for the in school. In the first two years third grade the teacher insisted on the 1 In steadfastness is its reverse.

0 Vegetable. of the right hand. The change

use

o:

ACROSS

was enforced at home with knife and 10 Changed with a brief answer for fork and other activities. The boy carting began stuttering in his fourth year,

and continued it until his first year at college.

me in it.

11 A number.

12 Even if a man wears this the car

is still visible. 10 Consider whether this stal sol-

At this time the boy considered 13 Pigs don't feel the end of it after

eating it. lege is really necessary, (After all, himself and was considered by others how many other firms run an ex-to be completely right-handed. When 17 Edible change from 27 across. pensive establishment to teach new-be was given the special tests which 18 Courage that is not encouraged

are applied to doubtful cases, how- In the works. ||~|~|~|~|~||~|~|~ comers to earn their salaries)

ever, it was found among other things 10 This is ground for the common

beneЛt. Find out how

money is that, in spite of his nine years of well- last each year on public concerts-ing with the right hand, he still had 21 No light-handed people live

herein. 2. Bullt, equipped, and staffed n clear that he wanted to televise these conditions, on the B.B.C.'s own the Proms and Symphony concerts. | much greater facility with his left,

(Sir Adrian Boult, when asked this When he used the latter his letters 22 Might paradoxically be best. young food programmes with good artists, admission, will become worse. training college wherein

didn't know. were better formed and more rapidly 23 There's sense in this. their jobs. officials could learn

The B.B.C. made civar now there was

an mercifully outside made, while what he wrote was of 20 Part of a church. result Twenty-five young hopefuls

no money, The

not, cut down on wages, these matters.")

higher quality both in content and 37 The poet's above. work there on full salary. The col- has been a compromise-Mr. Cock

grammatical construction. The spel- 28 This part of England may be the The underpold men far outnumber struggling on somehow and lege costs £11,000 a year.

Balance the cost of contemporary ling was also better. The unnatural

responsible for bodily allment. concerts, plus the fees of modern-leadership of the left brain which had 30 A tongue that wags but feebly. 3. Opened three new high-power- B.B.C. biting their pen-holders try- those who are overpaid.

nowadays. of young Mr. Estie foreign visitors, against the been forced upon him was cramping Recently we read

33 Quash. ed transmitters (average cost around ing to cut down elsewhere.

Patrick Butler, a B.B.C. Empire an- number of people who listen to them. his style as well as his speech. £100,000) in North Ireland, Burg-

LREADY the writing is on

B.B.C.nouncer, who had inherited £200,000,

SOME rigid attention to there Root of the Trouble wall. The

that extra about £300

detalls, plus Dance Orchestra is scrapped-ą suv-

for 100,000 which I feel sure the Gov

He was advised to make exclusive a year 3 10s. a week-and

use of his left hand whenever It 4. Built a cinema organ costing ing of about £18,000 a year.

be four days a week, he works from 11 ernment are going to give to television

this year, and the B.B.C. should be would serve. The plan was started in £10,000.

That's un opera p.m. till 4

not over- out of many of its difcuitles.

October, and by Christmas his par- 5. Sent Mr. Stanford Robinson to turned, willy milly, into

with orchestra for the new opera scheme. payment.

If not then the future is grave.ents noticed a decided improvement No, the money goea in other ways. Saturation point, say be B.B.C. In In his speech. By May he had no trouble. When his right you'd prefer) the opera Last year the B.B.C. spent £223,- their annual report, is nearly reuched further and seere scheme may be dropped. Certainly 314 on their permanent orchestrus, in licences. Six out of every eight brain was allowed undisputed lender- tarlea (starting salaries, respec- no new orchestra will be formed. tively and approximately. £250, £330, £500 and £125 a year).

head, and Anglesey; laid the founda- A the

tions of two more near Newcastle and Aberdeen.

the Continent (on pay and

expenses) to watch opera.

The Theatre Orchestra

may

Or alternatively (and I wonder

6. Engaged more annouteers, which conductors, producers,

The Coronation programmes, which

our last year looked like dazzling

His B.B.C. salary is

11.M.

Rems. added

ship confusion and stammering both ceased. NOPYRIGHTS and royalties houses have radio sets.

Parents and teachers are beginning" Ninely-five per cent, of sels now cost them another £205,-

our to learn of these cases, and the an- to- kold are replacements. And have petered out 109. These two

Chil- left-handedness is weakening. ordinary gellier, come to very little less than population is not growing any larger.cient and ridiculous prejudice ngalasi 7. Increased the staff and pro- eyes and ears,

all the fees paid to all the artists who

dren are being allowed, to use the gramme hours of the Empire Ser- Into seven days of quite

entertained you (total, £591,607).

hand which comes naturally to them. vice.

Every pupil should be tested with salaries combined

features.

8. Opened television service,

t which has cost £111,500.

advent

of

the

Where the producers had expected The the order "Spend, my boy, and rake

good" they now meet grave-Inced entire programine staff came to the of men who say, "We can't afford it surprisingly amali figure of £293,- 161, while travelling, postage and Unless the Government pay ever pelty expenses came to the whacking Cock, director of television, made more money to keep television going, sum of £52,504.

And it was with the television that the B.B.C.'s Anancial draught began to blow. Mr. Gerald

Jonah Barrington

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35 An Insect here in France with father and one of the boys is looked for 37 across,

38 One thing the housewife has to 37 With anticipation.

do.

DOWN

2 She brings up really chlidish

charges.

3 He possesses something, evident-

ly.

4 This offers no easy opening. 5 It flies through the air with the

greatest of case,

Sing with pootle heart.

7 Criminals who work hand in

glove don't leave this.

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8 The beginning.

12 This can be drawn out, of course

if creditable.

13 Two beasts commence to kill.

14 Motion mostly and altogether

funny.

15 Another thing the housewife has

to do.

10 This den is not light.

20' Rotate.

25 Fish the postman may collect

28 Light excess (6),

20 This occasionnily comes to one's

cara.

31 Foreign officer elected, and not

for the first time.

32 Perfect reflection for a shop-

keeper.

34 Money-making plant,

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the four special forms of writing of determining whitch eye is the dominant for responsible positions in which this which the two hands are capable, and one.

speech defect may be a dangerous

to

all stammering

school-

with the manuscope, an instrument One of these days, it is to be hoped, handicap, and they will also be ap-

become a routing pled which tells to a hair which hemis- these tests will phere of the brain is the leader by preliminary when stammerers apply children.