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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, NOVEMBER

So this is The Modern Ladies' Man"

""

says Charles. Gordon, who has suddenly discovered that the modern Miss doesn't

want chivalry ́ any more

delighted giggle.

seems to me that the average young human female is beyond belief," And her reply was u

on the man to-day has been trained wrong lines-wrong, that is, in the estima- him hung on his every word. tion of a modern young woman.

I watched him for ten minutes. The girls round He had no manners, but Interminable mannerisms. His every b.her remark was elther n feeble parailox or a plece of parlour cynleism.

The rest of But he was having a whole of a time.

You see, so many "perfect gentlemen" have been taught by tradition that women should be us, with few exceptions, were nowhere. put on a pedestal, and that their place is at the

I was having a much needed drink to remove the effective "line." 1e was "suffering.",

foot of it; that their manners should be impecen- taste of him when I noticed another man who had an ble and their attitude one of courtly service.

With a look of dark pain in his eyes, a weariness

But does all this really get a man anywhere

I firmly believe that it does about his mouth, a slightly shaky hand, coupled with with any of you?

an effective shrug, he was explained on my inquiring. not.

What women seem to want is not a pleasant and of my hostess-as "Poor Adrian Blank" (sigh and shake bollte companion, but someone who, as the Americans of the head), "Obviously had a most tragie life. You

can see it in his eyes." any, has a "ne" of his own.

Suffer and you get there. Bring your crises to I heard a remark at a party the other day which made me long to smack the speaker. She was a pretty society for the stamp of its interested approval--or mere- a rather sweet fuce, and jy behave rather badly. That's another certain route Kiri, with a clear voice and

she had just snatched-yes, notched is the word cock nowadays to socint success. tall from the attentive young man who confronted her with a tray of drinks.

Needless to say, she gave no word of thanks. In- deed, lo companion who evidently rebuked her for her "Well, he als rudeness, she said in her high voice: like a waiter, so what can I do but treat him like one?" There was a clear, tinkling Inugh to round off this plece of social commentary.

He was a pleasant, pollte young man, I'd seen him for the past Afteen minutes pressing members of the party to cocktails, biscuits, cigarettes. Ife had a please But, quite ob- ing smile and manners beyond reproach. vlously, he did not come up ta this young woman's ex- pectations. I wondered who would, and a minute after- wards had my question answered. The girl rushed across the room to greet a man who had entered, sur rounded by a crowd,

Absurd Remarks

Unusual Features

other

Colleet n reputation for running off with people's wives, crashing in on other people's parties and inaking off with other people's money.

"An utter cad, my deur, wouldn't trust him an inch. but he's frightfully good company."

The successful cad has long been a cliche in club- tand, but he's now more than an established fact in the drawing-room.

The self-consciously autre seems to work as well. The man who has some obscure creative faculty (de wall) who talks obscurely, who grows full of beard, coraling door-knobs of macabre masks to hang on the wears a dirty jacket and sports a thick woollen tie, too.

seems to be all that a lot of you ask of life.

I've noticed, too, that two thousand a yene, and no responsibilities, help a man to success.

But the perfect little gentleman luus evidently had

His greeting to her was "Motra, that hat makes you look like a jugged hure. Really, the absurdity of the his day.

Seven Rules

By LIONEL G. SHORT

PSYCHOLOGICALLY

of Love...

stick when the

for worse, and bad times come along? - Dr. Groves, who instituted this country's first marital training course at his college, declares that obser- vance of these rules would drastic- ally reduce the growing number of American divorces.

Findings of uther university re- experis reveal some highly

facts concerning

And scientifically planned mar search riages have lately become the aim interesting

It was Indicated

Arc

As an Universersity

American

Doctor Sees it

22.

1937.

Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes of the United States Supreme Court arriving at his home in Washington, from three months' vuention in Quebec and New. Hampshire.

CORNER COMEDY

By F. W. THOMAS

YESTERDAY morning, on the

shady side of Hideaway Hill, I met Mr. Ebenezer Puffett, a farmer of my acquaintance.

But instead of farming, Mr. the Puffett was squatting on ground, biting bite out of his bowler hat, and singing "The Cows are in the Clover."

Percival Yeates, who never shut

gates,

But let all the milky mon-cowa

stray.

So he felt in arrears with his rent

And rates,

And went to the workhouse on

Michaelmas Day.

WHEAT

is another common object of the countryside of which, the average lownsman knows Wheat, believe it or not, is grown

When 1 bade him good morning nothing. Mr. Puffett stuck out his tongue ni

me and told me to go and take a run- fur the making of bread. Houps of ang jump at myself.

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the Jug and Buttk Department. So ketties, and brew ten in its welcome to soothe him I won talking agri- shade. culture, of which I know nothing.

To my surprise 1 found Mr. Put fett in an optimistic mood, and quite cheery about the future of farm ing.

his Still chewing the brim of bowler he assured me that things were just fine. Everything in the garden was lovely, including the rhubarb, and agrkulture was defin- Itely on the up nikl up.

"Rick fires la 1030 totalled Ove, while this year ve have had seven up to date, and sineteen cows have gone arstray as gainst only eleven last season.

This

is not go. Formers grow ivheat in the hope of making a spol of money out of it, poor devils, and those who forget this will assuredly come to n bad-end, Tike

Benjamin Bleat,

Jeet,

with enormous

Who loved to go plenicking in the would του

He

wheat.

and his friends about

Finttening acres of barley out And so his potatoes got the blight, And burglars burgled him nigh

After night.

Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Jay, Who went for a picnic down Devonshire way.

When it was over they left behind Six paper bags and some bacon

rind.

sardine A cardboard box, two

uns. And nineteen

skins,

Of the 145 female members elected the to the scholastic honour society since

While on the subject of picnics, "Last year," he said, "I had only won husbands. A large percentage of American college auitiorities, chances of success in modern mar 1918, it was found that only 75 had

nine plente partid in my corn, but may I beg you to take a large dust.

bin with you? It is so much t who are hopeful of changing marriages.

For instance, girls who have posi- of the ordinary girl graduates from

this year the number has increased dier. And don't forget what hap rlage from the lift-or-miss, roman-

petter Grinnell during the past two years

to eighteen, with more to come.

pened to lle sort of gamble it has always tiuns before marriage are

"bets" than those who do not work, are married, but none of those be- been into an organised business.

according to a survey made at Cornell longing to the honour society is even

those engaged. Rules for love: how to choose a University. Exceptions

If. after absorbing all this advice sultable mate; what type of girl women who were unusually active makes the best wife; and the com- in community affairs or were able and warning, a couple should be car- their parents rled away by the spell of the moon parative chances of bralny and beau- house-keepers In

ur loo many cocktails, New York iful girls getting married, are among homes.

that a mun is City at least offers one more sale..... the intriguing subjects under study by some of America's leading pro- taliing a serious gamble when he wins guard.

Unter a law just passed a "time the playgirl who, after completing fessors.

her school career, has token no res stamp" will be applied by the clerk home or com- to every permit issued by the Mor- ponsibility in the

riage Licence Bureau. And not un- munity,

til 72 hours have elapsed will n minister or Justice of the peace be allowed to perform a wedding cere- Disre- mony for the eager couple.

£10 gard of this law will mean a THE Cornell study covered fine for the person offeinting at the THE

experiences of 525 wedding, so it seems likely that the students in planning their love life couples who had been wedded for ruling will be obeyed.

It is argued that wifehood will be from two to six years. They were.

Marriage as Career

T

of prominent a number universities throughout the

United States courses on marriage

are now being offered as a guide to

the

ultimate carcer

Three Groups

the

the

for most girl divided into three groups whose mar- students and they should be educated riages had been, classified, and plain' for it in the same way as men are tops." Other discoveries ol trained to be successful lawyers, doc Cornell matrimoniat experts were: tors, and engineers.

Husbands and wives who, before- marriage, both enjoy taking

organised community

One of America's foremost advo- their cates of the look-before-you-lenp polley in marriage,. Dr. Ernest R. Part in

Mc Kosson's PETROLATUM LIQUID

Graves, of the University of North with succeed. Those The smooth and Carolina, has drawn up seven rules associated with religious groups were

of love. His formulae for wedded found to have better chances for a bliss are as follow:

Insting marriage than those 'who be-

1. Don't let yourself fall in love long to no church.

Husbands who have been consist-

safe

Laxative for

with the first person who comes

young ently employed and who show a sta- Adults. Unexcelled.

of the

ble interest in their jobs are one and

along-meet us many people

opposite sex 23 a half times more ilkely to have a possible. 2. Don't judge by party manners well-adjusted marriage. The type of and dress everyday life is dif- work has u-good deal to do with it, and those employed at regular hours ferent. 3. Study your own emotional reac- for set wages make the most satis

tions as you go along your mate factory mates. wil bring out the best in you.

but not for long.

Married couples with more or less 4. Decide if he or she wears well. the same social and cultural back- If you are bored with each other grounds are likely to have more before marriage, Link of what successful married life than those would have to be endured later. with very differing backgrounds. In 5. Decide if he or she will grow with other words, "opposites may attract,

ahead as a you will you go team, or will one of you have to carry the load in advancing through life?

she put father 6. Will he or

mother ahead of wife or husband? --look out for your appren strings

or

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T the co-educational Grin-: survey reveals the rather disconcert-

Solo Agents: fact that super-intelligent alri 7. Can he or she take misfortune ing

only about a 50 per Shewan Tomes & Co. will he or she remember that the students have marriage vow says for better or cent, chance of getting married,

There has ako been a steady Increase in the number of gates left open, the figures for the present sea- son being 20, or light more than our previous best.

yellow

banano

And Jefferson Jay the very next

day

Agents.

Telephone 28021.

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS

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Found the dickens and all to pay. His temperature rose to a hun-

dred and four. And his wife ran away with the

man next door.

.

•

"Sixteen rods, bales or perches of whent and burle have been rolled flat by children and courting couples, and the grass hai been set alight in 43 places; eleven more than in '30.

"These Bgures, sald Mr. Puffett, "go to prove that the British Public J at last taking all laterest in agri-

Personally I put it down to the culture, and I only wish it would

I am n rain hard for the rest of August and fairies. They have a way of paying!

for these things. one out send the blighter scuttling home."

great believer in fairies and with With which the poor old geatle there were more of them.

Look what happened to Robert P. man burst into tears, ran down the hill, and jumped into his own duck- Rees, a stockbroker's clerk who lived al Hornsey Rise with an artistic pond.

wife. She loved sticking lumps of

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ACROSS

1 Power with a doubt about it

(5).

4 The kind of representation that

might carry conviction (0). 8 Most of this kind of resin is

labic to go off, (7).

9 Lean (7).

10 A place for warmth, and after a century might be by the sca (4).

As there was to water in it I left trees in jars all over the house, and him there, and were went on my didn't care a dump whose trees they 11 Flood finally consumed (8).. way; musing mud upon the manners were. So-

J

going back (13), 12 A little one's little ono (4).-

10 This

and customs of the town-dweller Those people anmed Rees, broke

branches" off trees,

17 Between races, one wishes one turned out to gras, and scratching my

Pleked nil the

and flowers

could change this feeling for the mosquito bites at mused.

threw them down.

better (13). Result, they got water on all their 20 Can it form merely a light

Poor benighted souls, it is through Ignorance that they err, and maybe a few little tips on the common ob- jects of the coulryside might be a help to the greatst of our rural in- dustries.

. GATES Lor Insance,

Lota

And

knees

inst train back lost their town, Then there is FIRE. Farmers simply hate having their land set on fe. Especially in bot

connection? (4).'

21 Dral, and mostly noisy (5)... 22 Indian town (4).

of Wells imagination 20 The

brought him to Earth (7), 20 The biggest sweeps imaginable

come from here (7). ban- 27 "Green llut" (anag.) (0),

28 War followed this cross (5).

DOWN

of peoph think that gates weather. It's so frightfully bad for are put up by kil farmers for them the beetroots,

to sit on in the moonlight. Others ambs.

bullocks and

let me warn So

Who threw his

about:

those careless

cigaretta ends

got. It into their thick noddies that gates are meant be left open. people who will bum the landscape,

They are not The purpose of and beg them to

Think of the fate of Christopher most gales is to keep the cows from getting out and swarming into the

Sprout, local church, pub or cottage hosp tal. It is dreadfully annoying to a former when he foes out to collee! his milk, to find that his cows are all in the next camtry. bad for the milk.i

People who hatunily leave gates Rather than do that. Just knock open should remember the dire and at the farmer's front door and aik horrible fate of

him to lend you an ash-frny.

It is piso

Set light to the gorse, was bought

in the blaze.

And sizzled and frizzled for days

and days.

1 One who is much in the news

these days (0).

2 An engine iender (7).

3 One word suggest many (4). 4 What the lover hopes for when

he declares his feelings (13).

5 This is only a small distance

from a port of the face (4). Start with a little journcy and go on to a Mediterranean port

(7).

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7 The fisherman may carry. it as

it is, or beheaded (5).

9 Bury a kind of china fish for

fusión (13).

13 Bird that sounds as if it might

have a Bower on it (5).

11 Reading is per this (5).

(10 Mean (9),

10 A vegetable teeler (7).

10 The holiday-maker may need

bags of it (7),

20 This animal has swallowed

bird (5).

23 1 down has this beast in con-

fusion (4).

24 A branch output (4).

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