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LION GUARDS THE GATE

BULL

LION

VIRGIN

*

BALANCE

ASTROLOGY

IS RUBBISH

was

A challenge to. astrologers.

ADM stars and, by slow and patient It is convenient for them to the profit to be made out of it,

observation to learn something ignore Flamsteeds's own verdict astrology continues to flourish. about them. On the basis of about astrology, given two years what he has learnt, it is his before the Observatory duty to come into the open and built: "In 1673, besides my to declare firmly and unreserved- usual task, I wrote an ephemeris, On May 11, 1941, Mercury will ly that astrology is rubbish, a wherein I showed the falsity of be in conjunction with Venus, mere collection of empirical rules astrology and the ignorance of Saturn and Uranus; Venus that have come down through those who pretended to it." It will be in conjunction with the dim mists of past ages. Is true that he did cast a horo- Jupiter and Uranus; and it will I do not deny the antiquity scope for the crection of the Ob- be full moon.. Saturn will be of astrology. Its lineage can be servatory, but this he did merely in conjunction with Venus and traced back to the Chaldeans, for the diversion of his friends, Mercury and Jupiter will be in several thousands of years ago, and he wrote on it (in Latin): conjunction with Uranus a few STROLOGY

claims The science of to-day has gradu- "My friends, can you forbear to days previously. Mercury, Ven- us, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus that the heavenly ideas and arbitrary assumptions

ally emerged from the confused laugh?"

serious student of will all be close to the sun. bodies the sun, of past ages.

science wishes to be amused, let Let astrologers say well in ad- precisely what world moon, planets and stars. Francesco Sizzl, in the Middle him read any book on astrology. vance have an influence on human Ages, argued that there must I am sure that he will be unable effects will be produced by this unusual series of conjunctions affairs. It is asserted that necessarily be seven planets be to forbear to laugh.

We are told that humanity is occurring at about the samo

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THURSDAY at the

QUEEN'S

COUNT THE TELEGRAPHS”

EVERYWHERE

If any

The

HUMOUR IN THE

the CLASSROOM

the

to the dull depression

the disposition of these cause "there are seven windows There is evidence of the exist bodies at the moment when in the head, two nostrils, two divided into twelve great groups, time.

eyes, two ears and a mouth; so each one of which is governed of two rather violently a person is born has a direct in the heavens there are two by a sign of the zodiac. opposed opinions as to the value influence on his personality, favourable stars, two unpropiti- movements of the planets during of British occupation of Hong-

and that, by studying their ous, two luminaries, and Mercury the two hours after birth are kong to the Chinese community, birth, guidance

positions at any time after alone undecided and indifferent. said to condition the first month for the From which and many other of life; the movements during and even to the Chinese people future can be obtained.

similar phenomena of Nature, the first day to condition the such as the seven metals, etc., first, year of life, during generally.. That British enter- These claims are sufficiently which it were tedious to enumer- second day to condition prise has been able to expand extensive and startling. But ate, we gather that the number second year of life, and so on.

as llon-taming has its lighter to the extent that it has in the they do not nearly exhaust what of planets is necessarily seven. When the planets come with-JUST

moments, so teseling despite its astrology can do, or, rather,

We may smile at the lack of in certain distances of one an-soul-destroying routine, has its mo- Far East has been due very what it claims that it can do. logic in such an argument, but other, events take on a definite ments of unexpected

brightness. largely to the fact that there Discases can be diagnosed, wea it is quite as logical as astro- pattern, either of good or ill, Howiers, for instance, relieve the

exorable tedium of correcting. It

is according to the distance. was a safe base of operation ther can be predicted, suitable logy.

at least piquant to read, say, that times for sowing seeds or setting The early astrologers, unlike I have sought to find in books "British engineers damned the Nile here: safe for the reason that it eggs can be indicated, the course those of to-day, were at least on astrology some justification at Assouan," or that "plilows are put has had the protection of the of world events can be foretold. observers of the stars and for the supposed all-pervading in the bed to keep, your head soft." British flag, That this occupa There seems to be nothing how planets.

effects of the heavenly bodies In oral work, too, the unconscious ever great or however small, Though many of their inter- on human life and activities. I humour of the child's mind occasion- tion and this enterprise were not however important or however pretations of what they observed have found general statements arent antidote custom us o bomen unwelcome to the vast majority trivial, that is not controlled by were valueless, their observa- such as that there is a coinci- of the teacher's. of Chinese people it would be the stars.

tions were of great value and dence of earth events with those Consider, for example, the tonic cult impossible to argue; for the fact herents that several daily and of astronomy, just as the alche solar system (the only exempli- behaviour" means that ho "didn't go ad- paved the way for the science taking place elsewhere in the effect of being told in all seriousness that "Sir Roger was singular in his is that Chinese, just the same as Sunday papers have an astrolo- mists in their mistaken search fication given for this is that with

with women. And think of the ro- British subjects, have had equal gical column. There are maga for the elixir of life and the weather on the earth is influen- freshing helpfulncas of the child opportunities of developing in-zines devoted to it. They pander philosopher's stone, which would ced by apots on the sun), and who, thinking that Mary Smith has to the desire, inherent in many turn everything that it touched that all men are subject to the come out to complain of a cut anger,

though dustry and commerce out of this of us, to know what the future into gold, paved the way for the laws by which the earth is com Mary has really come out to complain confidentially of દી BOTC port and have not been slow in holds in store, the desire that science of chemistry.

governed,

stomach, Boys, "Please, sir, the seizing thom. Obviously it

sends people to the palmist and

I have found nothing more janitor will paint it with iodine." Astrologers frequently assert to the crystal-gazer.

that John Flamsteed, the first substantial. Surely a slender

A great deal of the humour in the would be stupid to argue that

class-room arlaca from the Imma- The astrologer will cast and Astronomer Royal, was an astro. foundation on which to base British commercial interests progress a horoscope and will loger and that he cast a horo- such far-reaching assertions. which built up this Colony were advise about the future for a scope to guide the erection of Astrology is rubbish; but be- motivated by anything but that I do not know of any astro-

fee, of course. It is significant the Greenwich Observatory, cause of human credulity and

desire to expand their trade, swell their bank balances and stay on good terms with their potential customers in China and nt Home. But it would be equally unfair to deny that the British tenure of this island and ponderously at times, to make the little strip of mainland has Hongkong comfortable not given many thousands of attractive to the Chinese as well Chinese better wages and better as to the foreign resident. Per- living condition than they could haps the fairest thing to do be- have obtained in their own fore launching into criticism of country. Moreover, since the British administration is to first British tradors set up their comparo Hongkong with the establishments in Hongkong cities of China proper.' It will there have been amongst the then be realised that the pros- foreign community persons who perity of this Colony probably have sincerely and honestly has had some bearing upon the striven to improve the lot of the steady and planned improvement native population.

in social and ordinary public Whether

services. There is one point there are all the schools and

upon which all views are likely hospitals there might be, to coincide; that is the un-

loger who is an observer of the stars; nor do I know any serious. observer of the stars who is an astrologer.

It is the task of the astrono- mer to observe and to study the

and

whether wages are all they could questionable value of Hongkong

be, whether living conditions aro worso than they ought to be, it Is not proposed to argue. There

to China at this hour. Through this gateway has poured a stream of vital supplies in spite of the blockade of Chinese ports

la always room for improve by the Japances Navy, The ment; and authority has only reason the gato was not endeavoured, moving a little closed is that a lion guards it. -

GRIN AND BEAR IT

By Lichty

Cope, 1930 by Enised tantara dyndicate Loa` 2-23

*I forgot to tell you—these streamliners go through the tunnels in

half the time!?!

ence..

which

turity of the child's mind and its consequent inability to grasp the subtleties gained only by experì- ene I once spent several long minutes explaining to an intelligent and enger class of Juniors mean- ing of the Word had occurred in П

WI sold, after sidered a a satisfactory explanation, want a sentence in which that word used." A little girl was first with her answer. "Walking along the road," she said earnestly, "we met grandma and derived twopence from ber/"

"Now,"

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**

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lesson. I

cont-

In course of time most teachers be come so much accustomed to such misunderstanding that they become impervious to its humorous aspect. During my student days I was once very much amused by an answer ob- tained by a teacher in my presence, though she seemed to regard it mere ly s

as a matter for annoyance. In- stead, she should have been rather proud of it.

ори

Endeavouring to obtain the posite of the word "success," sho struggled with a stubborn, stupid. class until she must have wanted to almout "fallure!" of them and leave them to their doom. Then apparent- ly a bright Iden struck her.

ow suppose,"

aho said, have pudding for dinner one day, and you consider it so enjoyable that you say to your mother that it is a great success. Another day you

a almier

"NOW

been

"you

cooker pudding, but it hasn't so well, and 80 you say your mother that it is a

houled

ono excited youngster with unwonted which seemed somewhat to proceed vehemence, from experience.

disgrace,"

Through engerness, children often Jump to wrong conclusions, which sometimes take even the teacher's breath

rough away we call a man who looks

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