1937-11-29 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29,

GREET PLEA TO JIMMY

CHEERS

THOMAS

HE SAYS:

"LET'S

LEAVE IT AT THAT”

Four hundred people, at- tending a London hospital bazaar recently, cheered the suggestion that Mr. J. H. Thomas should

make

political "come-back."

2

• Mr. H. II. Crabb, president of the Kenton (Middlesex) cominster of the Harrow hospita), sold he hoped the day was not for off when Jimmy Thomas would be back at his job,

"We have seen men blud- geoned by circumstances, auf- focated by venom and ditched by Intrigue, but men come back, and Jimmy Thomas is coming back," he said.

Mr. Thomas in reply said it would be kille to deny the great trials and tribulations through which he had! passed.

FELT HAPPY

"I was once at a dinner at which the Duke of Windsor was proposing my health," he said.

"The Duke said, 'Now, let's sing "For he's a jolly good fellow,!'' and

I left the dinner with the praises of the Duke ringing in my curs,

"I felt very happy as I went along

to a political meeting, and I thought

I was in for a very pleasant night, but when I stepped on to the plut- form I was greeted by a volce shout- ing the dirty dog has arrived," "

In public life one had to adopt oneself to all circumstances and to

be prepared to meet all emergencles, he added.

Asked for a statenient, he said: "Let's leave i at that,”

GOLFERS MAY SAY BO!' TO A GOOSE

TO

料好

COME

BACK"

Evidence of the good recting that recently has sprung up between Germany and Italy is shown here by the visit of these German boys in Rome, The youngsters, part the German Youth organisation, are marching out of Camp Mussolint, where they stayed during their visit, to take part in 2

review, as guests of Fascist organisatious,

Loses An Estate If He

Lets Friend Enter It

"SET FOOT" BAN

IF he allows Leonard Law to set foot on the Langrish Estate, at Petersfield, Hants, Edward Fitzroy Talbot-Ponsonby may forfeit a mansion house, two farms, and 500 acres.

Mr. Justice Crossman, in the Chancery Division, recently, held that two conditions under which Mr. Talbot-Ponsonby was left the estate by his father were binding.

Britain

Beats America

-At Biscuits

very good friend. But it was necesFRANKLIN · VAUGHAN sury to go to the courts to get the CARUS, lanky, en-

mutler straightened out.

"I must accept the judge's ruling thusiastic, has travelled 4,-

I now know that my father's condi-000 miles from Gayman,

They are that "he makes Langrish House his home, and that he is not to allow a man named Leonard Luw to set foot on the proper- ty," Falling this, the estate passes to working in a larrow garage financed a niece, Mrs. A. R. C. Gillett, by his father. He was the only son. Mr. Charles Talbot-Ponsonby, who

there is to it."

Mr.

Sonja Henie Says.

1997.

'You Learn Skating Only by Falling...

Los Angeles. You can learn ice skating only by falling..

If you are one of the thousands who are being attracted to ice rinks by the skating boom you enn take heart from this piece of wisdom next time you take a tumble.

Necause I comes from Sonja Henle, the girl who held the Agure-skating championship of The world for nine years.

"There's no royal road to success

In skating," Sonja said.

"You just 10 out ant skute and keep on skating. That's how I' became a champlon,

HER GOLDEN RULE

"I learned in the same way as all other children.

"I got out on the lee for the first

ume and promptly tell down. I kept on falling down until I learned the | tricks of co-ordination and balance." Sonja's advice to beginners, us she Have recently, will save many nches.

"Never slay on your skates for more than an hour for the first few weeks," she said.

"Then gradually increase the ne to three or four hours, or even longer If you are still getting picusure out of it.

"And that brings me to my golden rule: Never skute, either for practice or pleasure unless you feel like skating.

"Do not shate for at least two hours after a meal. I can remember limes when I have become seriously Il trying to skate too soon uffer enting."

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tions must be fulfilled. That is all Michigan, to take biscuits should be carried in H.M. Talbot-Ponsonby has been back to America from Eng- ships for supply to the ship's

land.

barristers, and I

{sportoman,

countrymen ; ought to

company" is replied to with America's biscuit is the soda The son's counsel, Mr. Wilfred died last January-he was sixty-two crucker, something like our cream befitting gravity in Ad- Golfers at the Royal Ashdown Hunt, contended that Leonard Law-was member of an ancient Irish cracker, but tart, salty Bavoured. Forest Golf Club, Forest Row, might be anybody, and it was dim-family: "une" of the best-known of It's a nice biscuil. But Mrr miralty Fleet orders....

given official cult to see how he could be kept off Probate

great thinks his Sussex, have been

meet our gingers, water biscuits and been fully considered.

The matter, suy My Lords, ins Dormission by the Conservators of the property.

But the spacv Ashdown Forest to say "Bol" to a

There are two customs he'd like that would be needed for goose if they see one on their course.

It happened like this.

to take back, tou, afternoon tea and adequate supplies, and the weght of them, make the proposal impractl- murning coffee-with biscuits.

cable, "apart from the difficulty of He

at said

Grosvenor

replenishment,"

For some time they have been dis- turbed at their play by onse wan- dering over the course from a farm near by.

The Judge: ile may sneak along į In the early morning and put his foot over the boundary.

The nioco's counsel, Mr. Charles Russell, replied that the conditions were perfectly plain.

The judge upheld him, saying Mr. George Talbol-Ponsonby,

As the secretary said recently: Charles "They peck the green about, you the testator, was a barrister and, it f know, and foul the ground."

seemed, drew up the will himself

They did so much damage thai. If the question of Leonard Lnw the club complained to the con- being allowed to enter the property servators. The cours Is on com- arose, it could be decided by the mon land, and they wanted - ta❘ cour!.

know if they had the power to turn, the geese off,

"VERY GOOD FRIEND'

The conservators consulted their Mr. Talbot-Ponsonby, speaking on clerk. People quoted the old rhyme: the telephone from Langrish Houre The law duth punish man or woman recently, sald: "I suppose it seems a That steals the geese from off bit mysterious.

the common,

But lets the greater felon loose. That steals the common from

the goo10,

But they decided that the thymne ls bad low, and announced their ver- diet: Geese can be turned off.

THEN HE

WENT HOME TO TEA

creams.

House

for your biscuits

stowing

| recently:

Those two very pleasant habits be allowed on mess decks

A suggestion that smoking might is more have done more than anything else except that your pathetically received. The Ad- biseults are so good I don't like say-miralty say that though they cannot ng it against my own country, but approve it, "on hygienie grounds," ve bother 10 much about quantity a relaxation" of the rules in special.

commanders-in-chief can "authoriko and not enough about quality,

"Our creams are very inferior to those biscuits I've been tasting -they just meil on your tongue, while your water bisculis, so plain to crisp, are the nicest biscuits I've ever tasted"

clrcumstances.

Relies On Inspiration

Mr. Carus has been biscuit tour-

Ashtabula, 0. Hng England, seeing how they are

Norman H. Moray, the composer, mude in factories, watching therm says the tunes he writes are spon- They sent Police Constable Charles from dough to carton.

They come off the machines ntaneous. "Melodies come as an in- "Actually Mr. Leonard Law is a Bourne from Gray's Inn-road Police very good friend of mine. Quite Station, W.C.. recently to direct silek us we make motor-cars, and Ispiration," he says. "I may be any- where, doing anything-or nothing, velously, from the terms of the traffic as the Duke and Duchess of can't say fairer than that," he said. when all of a sudden, a tune pops Into will, my father did not like them.

Gloucester left London for their home at Camberley.

"We did not look upon it serious. As I say, Mr. Law is my

HER BOSS SENT HER ACROSS ATLANTIC

NEW YORK bank vice-president: "Here's the day's mail, Miss Miller Deliver this one by hand, please, and wait for the answer."

Miss Miller looked at an address in London. the vice-president. He said firmly "By hand, please."

Sheepskins Go Foreign

to

my head."

Jail Strangely Inaugurated

Police Constable Bourne, plump, pigeon-toed, turned off the traffic

State College, Pa. Nights at the junction of Hunter-street:

Pennsylvania State College may and Compton-street and took up his be a new influence upon its foreign position in the road.

students, but when they finish their About twenty women and children studies, the college wants them

West Plains, Mo. feel right at home if they return to gathered outside a dairy to watch,

One of the first persons confined in Suddenly there was shout. A native lands. So, the very Amert-the new Howell county jali here was frightened horse

Galloping can "sheepskins" awarded. Foreign Mrs. Ernestine Howell, who bears down Hunter-street, a cart swaying students are being engrossed with the the name of the family which do- uchind it. It was heading straight student's name in his native language nated to the county the ground

as well as English.

which the full is located.

chme

for the women and children,

Police Constable Bourne bawled | "Look out!" and Jamped for the horse's head. He was dragged a

dozen yards, then the horse stopped BRITISH DANCE PAIR

with its head inside the doar of

the dairy.

Other policemen came up.

Police She looked at Constable Bourne turned the horse over to them and ran back into the rond just as the royal car appeared.

He Waved the royal chr 011,

places, though never so far. Wien,

That is why I met twenty- five-year-old bank clerk Miss ho says a letter's gol to go by switched on the traffic lights again,! Winifred Mary Miller in London

hand, well, you Just don't argue, and went off to his tea. You take it, recently, writes a correspondent.

She sailed that sume

thought maybe there'd be time England with the precious letter and for a look round places over here,

night for

BEAT 11 NATIONS

Berlin, Oct. 26.

MR. JOHN WELLS, of Kensington, and slim, fair-

haired Miss Renee Sissons, of Peckham, the London couple who have held the world's amateur dancing cham-

Europe in Berlin.

n week-end ente borrowed from n but the boss kept cabling the ship Burglars Laugh Last pionship for the last three years, won the Grand Prix of

girl friend.

Melboume.

with things for me to do, so I guess "There wasn't time to

1 be pretty busy." gol any clothes and It's not funny coming to Winifred Mary Jins an cngineer

A bolle company in Melbourne Amateur ballroom dancers of a smart town like London with no-husband. I nsked her what be thought they would keep away twelve nations took part. thing but your working things," said thought of

Ger- disappearing like thieves with the following notice Winifred madly, "I'd just mo to this,

pinned to their safe: "No money man couples won second and here, only books." few days after third places, won't do him the notice was put up burglars broke much good," she said. "He's just open the safe, took away $150 in cash. Each couple had got to take it, and anyway the boss and added the following to the firm's dances of doesn't employ him."

note: "We did not believe you”

Waltz,

fix the tickels, enli up home, say, I'd

be late and get going...

"Surprised? Why, not really, Lite born: has sent me lots

her

"Guess thinking

alow waltz, fux-trot, slow foxtrot, and tango,

Lost January Miss Sissons and Mr. Wells hurried straight from Munich,

to dance five where they won the Grand Prix of

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