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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEEK-END SECTION

AND SWEETHEARTS PAGE

WIVES?

BRIDE AND 'GROOM ABOARD

THE MEDWAY

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The bride made a delightful picture in a Marie Antoinette period costume of silver groy moire at the wedding this week of Mrs. Gloria Monroe (nce Kahler) and Liout Robert L. Chave, R.N., of H.M.S. Regent. Kobra-nagy took this wedding- photograph-of-the-week aboard H.M.S. Medway, whare the reception was held after a simple ceremony at the Registry Office.

He's a happy healthy

Ovaltine Boy!

Let this Festive Season be one of good health and full enjoyment. All mothers know that the very foundation of health is correct nourishment and that there is nothing like 'Ovaltine' for meeting the nutritive elements of rapid growth and development. Its supreme merit is such that it is the food beverage most widely recommended by doctors. Every 'Ovaltino' child drinks his cup of 'Ovaltine' every day, and that is why he is such a bright, happy little person.

Delicious 'Ovaltine' in the perfect food baverage for children. right kind of nourishment needed to build them up body, brain and norvos — and It is rich in just the keep them full of energy and vigour. Make ‘Ovaltino' the daily boverage in your home.

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By Whose Hand? (Solution)

Where had the whisky come from? No bottle, pocket flask or receptacle of any kind was found.

The unknown stranger correctly presumed-by-Ployfair- to be Simon Maggiees' murder- er-had taken his flask away with him leaving behind owing to sudden panic-the evidence of his presence in the room.

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Week-End Problems

PROBLEM I.

A WALK IN THE PARK

1,588 yards 600.0681320.440,

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PROBLEM II. WORD SQUARE

MOLE O VID LIM E

E D E N

Permanent Waves

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We use the finest Cluster Curl ol

of Lavender, non-ammonta solution.

HAIR-DRESSING

MANICURE & FACIALS EXPERT TREATMENT,

MODERATE PRICES Appointment Tel. 07122,

SUI LAN BEAUTY PARLOR 523, Nathan Road, Kowloon.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1987.

Should Hongkong "Ladies" Haggle In Shops?

WHEN summer cruises came

Need For

Little More

into force some years ago and people who had never before been out of their own country were able to visit places which previously they had never even dreamed of seeing, the criticism was levelled against them that they appeared to be under the impression that entirely now rules of behaviour came into about her good fortune in getting force the moment they donned their cruising outfit.

It was sald that they went ashore and in the streets of Tangiers or the shops of Barcelona and behaved as they would never dared to behave in their own home town.

Whether that criticism was entire ly just or not, I cannot say, but I do zay that here in Hongkong one tre- quently sees Europeans' behaving as they would surely never behave in their own country.

"In Rome do as the Romans," and, having presumably been told that every "native" is a robber and that in the East you should never buy anything without first arguing about the price and getting it down, they proceed to do likewise to the great humiliation of anybody of their own nationality who happens to be near Absurd, isn't it?....Is it honest? verandah the whole of-hls neatly "Come along.. What's ten cents?"

No "Thank You"

Non

I

be-

the

TOR do they restrict their

haviour to perpetual and unrea- sonable bargaining. They never by any chance say either "please" or "thank you," invariably treat Httle Chinese shopman, who is doing his best to be helpful, as though his only aim in life was to "do" them, and adopt an attitude of superiority which, in view of the fact that John Chinaman is probably doing for them what they cunnot do for themselves, is ridiculous.

When one slops to think about it, liuw dependent for our comfort we all are on those obliging little shop- men of Nathan Road or Rond. Whether

Queen's it is loose covers and cushions you need, a maitress re-made, a suite of furniture of

your own designing, new ratton, a favour ite dress copied or pair of shoes made to measure, John Chinaman is always there to turn to always "can.do and, when he makes a promise, rarely lets you down.

Something for Nothing

URELY

he is worthy of

better

Streatment than he frequently re

ceives?

I suspect that, coupled with the modern desire of getting something for nothing, it is the very fact that things ARE so cheap that tempts the menn-minded shopper who likes to drive a bargain to try and get the price all further down. She (men are by no means exempt, but women I am afraid, the chief offenders) are, has been told that mattresses in Des Voeux Road are very cheap. "You can get a new one for $2.50" says her friend.

So down to Des Voeux Road she goes and when the mattress-maker quotes $2.50, says she will give him $2. She knows that even at $2.50 it Is cheap compared with what she would have had to pay for the same thing in her own country, but ir de- lermined to get it still cheaper.

Politeness

her mattress for so little,

"Only two dollars, my denr. Absurd, Isn't I?....Is it honest? Do people who always pay less than keeping down the standard of living they need to, realise that they are of the poorest paid members of the community?

Inconsiderate

THE anime woman, If she has no Mahjong engagement and is at a loose end, will allow a Chinese youth, I who pedals laden and perspiring to her bungalow, to unpack on her verandah the whole of bis neatly packed stock, merely for the pleasure of looking at it and comparing his prices with those of his confrere's, who was there a few days previously,

Have we not all heard women say: "Here comes the pedlar. don't want anything. I haven't got any money to spare, but let's see some- to unpack the whole of his stock on thing-and admit John

willing the chance of selling even 50 cents worth--the wwful haggling prices begins.

"No Can Do"

over

9 Absurd! I'll give you one" po and in reply to his smiling "Solly, Missic, no can do" assuren him and everybody else who happens to be there, that she has never heard of anything So ridiculous. She knows that in Tientsin you can get it for half that price.

Of course you can, but we are not In Tientsin, nor is John Chinaman a man anxious to earn a living. charitable institution. He is a trades-

of excuse, that the oriental loves bar- I have heard people say, by way galning. I wonder....

Perhaps he does when it is done in friendly fashion as in the "souks" of Morocco, the bazaars of Cairo, where the customer is offered a cigarette being no object, seller and buyer en- and cup of coffee over which, time deavour to arrive at a price agreeable

to both.

In any case, even if you can't agree. you would never tell him, as I re- cently heard an woman in Nathan Road, that you had arrogant young never heard-of-anything-so-out--| rageous and, when his English proved unequal to your voluable expostulo- understanding anything. flons, that he was a fool incapable of

Not A Bad Fellow

the contrary, considering that the lule shopman is probably quite illiterate, albeit a clever crafts- man, it is surely remarkable that he manages to learn sufficient of our language to be able to do business with us at alt for we never bother to learn any of his. That he is a simple fellow and lives on so little a day, is no reason for compelling him to sell to you at so small a profit that he his present rate. can never aspire to anything above

It is not unusual to licar a Euro- pean who has succeeded in getting the price down and down, yet can- not gei it pass the last ten cents, say: "Come alone. What's ten cents?"

Probably nothing when it comes out Exactly. What is a ten cent piece?

of the woman's purse, but when it goes into John Chinaman's, com- plete meal.

If she succeeds and, if trade is bad and real day near she may, she will

In every country both in the West and in the East there are tradesmen get into her car and drive home re- who will try to benefit from the joleing, ready to tell all and sundry ignorance of the newcomer or pass-

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ing tourist, but, if you have made it your business to find out, roughly, what you should pay for certain article, then it is unreasonable and immoral lo attempt to get the price below what you know you ought to

pay.

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OREOVER we should do well, now and again, when considering whether we are getting good value for our money, to give a thought to the actual people who

tho make us what we require: the serious faced men sitting over ratiling sewing machines all the long day so that our drawing rooms may be gay with chintz covers: rattan so that we inny sit in comfort, the patient women weaving endless

If we use a little imagination, pay what we know we ought to pay and but this is more difficult, try to be ns courteous as is the Asiatic himself, we shall enjoy our purchases all the more when we get them home.

D. C.

Week-End Problems

PROBLEM I

A WALK IN THE PARK

Lord Umph has a magnificen! park. in shape a perfect circle. It is exactly one mile in dia- meter. At Its centre stands a summer-house, and from here, in Various directions, grassy paths run in straight lines to the circumference of the park.

There are also numerous other paths running in various directions. But all of these, also, follow a perfectly straight course.

-One day I was walking along one such path, which traversed the park from circumference to circumference, with retired schoolmaster named Calculus. We had walked, we reckoned, just 600 yards when we reached a clearing where our path inter- sected one of the paths leading to the summer-house. "Ha?". exclaimed Calculus. "I know This summer-house Is exactly a quarter of a mile away."

this spot.

"So what?" I said, not much Interested.

can

"Why." said Calculus, "we How work out the total length of this path along which we are walking."

It took him about two minutes to do so.

What is the total length of the path?

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PROBLEM I WORD SQUARE

My firat Is

bullding-a blemish-a fur-coated animal too;

My next is

a world-famous poet-an expert on love (as some know It);

My third is a tree-ond it's also A substance that's something like glue:

And my last is a garden-or river-or one of our rulers might do!

(Answers in Column 4.)

Here are a few ideas for

SWEETS

&

SAVOURIES

OR a cold supper sweet you can't FOR something, to end up with try Shredded

beat Banana Cream.

Slice three banones and put them in a glasa dish. Sprinkle with the juice of a lemon sweetened by ene unce of castor sugar. Boil the lemon rind In a tumbler of milk with oz. sugar and pour it into the beaten yolk of an egg. Return to the saucepan and stir over n gentle bent for five minutes, with boiling. When cool, pour over the bananas and leave till cold.

Silce another banana very thinly, put it in a basin with the white of the egg and a dessertspoon- ful of castor sugar, and whip 1 it is like thick

Pile it on top of the custard and serve.

creum.

CUT peeled bananas in halves. Smear with raspberry jam and roll in desiccated coconut, or rover with melted chocolate and sprinkle with chopped raw apple or blanched almonds.

At lunch time a always eary to make fruit salad with bananas, grapes, oranges, apples, or a green salad with nuts and bananas to flavour.

Wheat Savoury. Crumple up some Shredded Wheats, one per person. Damp them with a cup of milk. Mash one banana per person and spread on top of the wheat. Break one egg per person and let float on top.

Sprinklo over some grated cheese and a few little kiloba of butter. Bake in a fairly hot oven t!!! the eggs are nicely net.

AND here are two bareng sauces, one for sweets

and one for savouries,

1. Peel some bananas (not over ripe). Put in a saucepan with a little water. Add a bit of a bay leaf, one clove, a dash of cayenne pepper, and half-teaspoonful of red-currant felly. Doll together for a few minutes, then rub through a fine seve and arve hot or cold.

(2) Peel three bananas and rub through o aleve. Boll three-quarters pint of water 2 oz. of loaf sugar and a strip of lemon rind. Add the banana pulp and reduce à luttle. Toas in a plats of marsala or sherry. Boll up again, train," and serve hot with your fritters or whatever.