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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEEK-END SECTION

Of Course You Know,

But Are You

Sure?

There has been some heavy scor. the number of parts of gold in the word addict, whereupon you will ing in the past week or two, which standard gold is:--

15; 18; 20; 22; 24; 25.

shows that either the questions are enaler or we are getting to know

10. When in Rome do ns Home more things. Perhaps it's a Ifille dues so just imagine you were in bit of both—although naturally quee. Rome in the old days and tell us

that numerals MDCCC stand fort- tions which are ridiculously casy for some people are impossibly difficult for others. That must always be

1038; 1500; 1700; 1000; 200 B.C.

of thore

you

were

UNC

pronounce it:-

a-DIKT; ADD-ikt; «-DITE.

23. This is easy. How do you divide seven full bottles, seven, ball- full bottles and soven empty bottles among three people so that each receives the same quantity of liquor and the same number of bottles?

discuss;

24. Now that you've practically finished this week's test you can have However, there may be one or bright young people who managed a spell-ferret out the words sprit two questions that will trick you to graduate from the infants school Incorrectly-

Into, say, first standard, you'll know Pencil ready? Lo-day.

Well-to

in a trice that "the first King of the work in case you don't know how English" was:-- to score, take two points for each correct answer and aim at getting a 50 total. You can pass with 30, and 40 or more is very good.

1-Asbesten-that stuff they make Areproof mats out of—I was interest- ed to know-is al-

(Mr.

Sca weed; mineral; cloth; vegetable; root; timber. 2-Supposing the Plonnes and Mrs.) had had eight instead of the mere Ave, they (the children) would be referred to as, not quin- tuplets, but:---

Octaves; octoderimos; octa- hedrons; octogons; netuplets; octnmons.

3-1 reckon and I hope I'm right the plural of one of these words

Is wrong:-

Trout-troul ux-oxen; mouse- mice; stimulus-stimuli; crisis- crisises.

Egbert;

Ethelwulf; Edward

the Confessor; Alfred the Great; Canute.

1-As a point of social cliquelle It would be proper to address Prime

Minister J. A. Lyons's wife as

Mrs. Prime Minister Lyons; Mudum Lyons; Lady Lyons; Dame Enid Lyons.

13. If you can remember who the Duke of Kent married, you will now that the Duke's father-in-law

was al

Grand Duke of Greece; Prince of Holland; King of Belgium; Prince of Greece; Duke of Albania.

In a full-size Rugby football felt the maximum length and width is about:-

50 yards; 60; 05; 75; 90; 100; -110; 125; 250.

a man's

his

15. When people say 4.I didn't know until they were lastes are Catholic, they mean pointed out to me on a map of the tastes are!-

world the other day that the Falk- land Islands were off the coast of!--

Ireland; Australia; Canada; Scotland; South America.

5.-1 expect just about everybody has read Rudyard Kipling's famous school story called:-

The Master of the Shell; Toin Brown's Schooldays; The Op- pldan; Scissors; Stalky & Chi The Hill.

8. When Murgatroyd was sailing his old windjammer in the Allontie, he tells me frequently his ship was enught in the Horse Latitudes, which

are:-

Dangerously rough regions; regions of calm; regions of treacherous currents; rocky

shoals.

7. It's none of my business of course-but I really think you ought

to know that a dyne is-

A unit of force; an American coin; a drug; a piece of furniture (a dyne-room tuble).

B. Join the military and learn that a pace, judged by inilitary stan- dards, is

Two feel; three feet; 18 inches; 30 inches; a yard and a half.

9.You might know all about the gold standard without knowing that

Orthodox; religious; narrow! old-fashioned; liberal.

16--When you take home a ru- puted quart bottle of wine, I'll have

know

are taking home You about:-

Two pints; three pints; four pints; three-quarters of a gallon; one-sixth of a gallon; headache.

17-If I've got a carpet Bft. by 12t, and you've got one that's only

ft. by 6ft. my carpet is

Six times bigger than yours; four timen bigger; twice as big; much better anyway,

18.-Have a good look at the word lody before you decide it means

Servile

person; beverage; mushroom-like fungus; bird. 19.-If you are ever tempted to use the word harbinger, make sure drst that you know it means:-

Springtime; flower; a gem;

a sign: a herald. 20. You know that old metric system they used to plague us with at school-well, the prefix deka (or deca) stands for:→

One hundredth;

tenth:

one thousandth; one hundred;

len.

21.Nuturally you know without my having to tell you that the num- ber of degrees in a quadrant is:-

30; 60: 45; 75; 90; 180; 300, 24. One of these days it might be more or less essential for you to use

Dissent: disonant; dissymmetry; dissimulate. 25.-A man who - sings in the highest pitched male voice would be billed on a concert programme as→→

A baritone; a bass; a tenor:

a contralto; an alto; a crooner.

Answers on Page 3

BRIDGE PROBLEM

No. 72

J10943

+ A7

• 10 6 5 4 3

N

42

W

E

Nil

KJ8654

A 2

• AKQJ

4-10 9 3 2

West

There are no trumps. leads n small diamond and North-South have to win cleven of the thirteen tricks.

Solutions by Wednesday to Bridge Problem, Hongkong "Telegraph."

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 71

South leads a small club which North wins with Queen. North returns a small heart (trumps) which South wins South leads small club which North ruffs and wing with ace and king of trumps, on which South throws his two diamonds. North

leads diamond three which West is allowed to win with his jack, South discarding

A spade. West wins also with spade queen and must lead a second spade for South to win. South wins last trick with king of clubs.

If, at trick six, East wins the diamond trick with, the ace, South throws the king of Clubs instead of the small spade. East, after winning also with club ten. has to lend up from 9 5 of dia- monds to North's 10 6.

Correct solutions from A.E.G., D.W., "S'Easy," 58023, Mrs. K.A., Finesse.

His business might have failed

due to NIGHT STARVATION

THE HOTEL COMPLAINED AGAIN, MR,DOUGLAS THEIR ORDER HASN'T BEENÁ DELIVERED YET.

HORLICKS, REGULARLY AT NIGHT GAVE DOUGLAS NEW STRENGTH AND VITALITY.

DELICIOUS!!

I'M GLAD

I BOUGHT THE MIXER

TOO!

TAKE

DON'T STAND THERE STARING AT ME, DO SOMETHING, SEND IT OFF

NOW!

2 MONTHS LATER

HY WORD. YOUR BUSİNESSE

HAS IMPROVED HOW DID YOU! DO IT?

(THINKS

I KNOW IT'S MY FAULT' BUT I AM SO TIRED AND

EXHAUSTED THESE DAYS, I EVEN WAKE 'TIRED, I CAN'T LOOK AFTER MY BUSINESS

WONDER IF THE

DOCTOR...

BY TAKING

·HORLICKS EVERY. NIGHT, AND I'M EXTENDING THE PREMISES

NEXT WEEK!

HORLICKS

AT

THE DOCTORS

I'M TIRED ALL DAY, DOCTOR, NO MATTER HOW LONG

SLEEP

CHESS PROBLEMS

Jinsi

White

NOS. 31-32

Picces

9 Pieces

White to play and mate in Twoj

NO. IZ

Black

MR Q

11 Pieces.

2 BIKAR

White

0 Pieces

White to play and mate in three,

SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK'S PROBLEMS

Balutions to Problems No. 29-10 No. 20 R-KB

Ki-K6 or 07

No, 30 1. Q-QKIS

2. P-34

2. BжKi

Kl-Kt7 or 138

A Lay Sermon

By HUGH REDWOOD

IF the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, then its lack must be the beginning of folly. A world wise in its own concells,

permitted

God, by Shrough the march of his "science," to advance towards His eternal truths, perverts its knowledge, Its proclaims The promotion of advancement,

fools.

and says

in Its PROVERBS, ill, 35. heurt

there is no God." That way madness, lles. It is pretty obvious

thnt to-day world goes mod which loses the fear of the Lord.

Where no supreme authority is recognised, there

can be no It is then that men stability. usurp Divine prerogatives; is then that we see, in the huly place, the abomination of desola-

it is then that the tion;

earth. caught in the strife of its

D

reels to and fro like,

And it is then that the pure in heart see God. They see the signs for, which they have waited. the signs of their approaching redemption. They see the in- evitable retribation of fools, a "promotion" which

holds the scoffer aloft in his shame. But God, whose grace has been theirs in their lowliness, stands walling to crown their simple wisdom with glory.

"THE ROOT OF YOUR TROUBLE IS NOT REPLACING USED-UP! ENERGY DURING SLEER

IT'S NIGHT STARVATION]

I ADVISE HORLICKS,

REGULARLY AT NIGHT. YOU'LL SOON

GET YOUR VITALITY BACK

10.

If you wake tired, if you suffer

from 'nerves"

enervation and

that dreadful feeling of exhaustion

Horlicks is best made in GUARD

the special Horilcks mix- AGAINST er. Obtainable at all good NIGHT stores-80 cts, large size

STARVA- TION

YOU SLEEP SOUNDLY, WAKE REFRESHED AND HAVE EXTRA ENERGY ALL DAY

and 40 cts. small size.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1938

Burglary At Shrivelittle

SERGEANT DUMBELL, of

the C.I.D., engaged in the task of "tailing" Albert Hoddes- ty, jewel thief, flattered himself that he had made a good job of his disguise. Instead of the blue serge suit and bowler in which he usually made his public appearances he wore a brown suit, Imitation suede shoes, a cheap rain-coat and a hat of the genus Homburg but of no clearly defined species. He

shabby attache case.

carried a

a

Manor

INSPECTOR PLAYFAIR

EPISODE 74

neighbourhood of Tiventry. More

surprise Dumbell that, Hoddesty should elect to have dinner on tho train. When he saw the jewel-thief pass along the corridor in response to the invitation: "Sents for the first dinner," Dumbell got up and fol- lowed him. He was hungry, and he saw no valid reason why "William Smith" should not dine too.

*

Daked

And now occurred something which Dumbell had not reckoned upon. When he reached the "diner," there was only one vacant seat. It faced the seat occupied by Hoddesty. projected "job" somewhere in the

As the Sergeant paused-a little taken aback by this development precise information Jewson was un- able to give. He was pretty sure removed from the acut

Hoddesty half rose and courteously "Think yourself into a part and however, that loddesty was appear newspaper and hat.

opposite his stick to li, had been Joshun Playing in person, and that he was pro- option but to take the vacant chair. Dumbell had no fair's Injunction. Dumbell had eceding to his destination by train. "thought himself". Into the part of

"Am I Dumbell was matr

instructed

recognised?!! ho to shadow himself, as, politely thanking Hod- Surf accountant's clerk. There him. At Tiventry Station # car was, perhaps, no great necessity for would be at Dumbell's disposal, tooomclous and spoilt Playfair's

desty, ho sat down.

"Have I been this imposture, since was unlikely driven by A constable in plain that he would be called upon to ex-

But plan?"

there clothes; he would take whatever carefully-lald plain himself to anyone.

fleker of recognition In But one ought to be prepared for

steps he thought best to shadow

and to catch him, if pos- Hoddiesly's narrowly-set eyes; "After anything. As he followed Albert

Hoddesty sible, red-handed. He had eluded all thought Dumbell, "why should Hoddesty

he know me for what I am? We've to Euston, one sultry even- arrest for too long. ing in July, he reminded himself, at

Jewsun's Information proved to be never, so far as I know, come in frequent intervals, that, for the time perfectly accurate. being, he was not J. H. Dumbeil, but

Dumbell hud cantact." pleked up his trail about Ave o'clock

Thinking himself, as hard na ho William Smith, clerk to "your old that afternoon, had followed him to could, into the part of William pal," Charlie Bal

Baker,

Euston, had heard him ask for a resuspicion and no

Smith, and

betraying (he

he hoped) no turn ticket to Tiventry. He bought

embarrassment, a similar ticket himself, followed u

Dumbell consumed his dinner. The

It was essential' that he should not lose sight of Hoddesky,

Al the back of this masquerade of Dumbell's us had often been the

"Information case-lay A "nork" of the name of Jewson, purveyor of a good deal of subter- ranean intelligence, had, the day before, been closeted with Playfair.

received."

He had found out (so he averred) that Hoddesty--a well-known figure at the Yard--was a participant in al

Puzzle Corner

Cryptogram

A little help in solving cryptograms is offered in to-day's cryptic mes- sagc.

ΤΟ AID YZZQ XBCEZF YG HIJCKD LBGXOCNBIXAZBD OAIO LZBOITQ PZOOZBD CH IQG PIQNKINZ IXXZIB JCBZ CHOZQ OAIQ COAZBD FC,

Word Diamond Definitions are given below for words which are to be filled in, and which read the same acruss and down:

1, A cansonant; 2, A fundamental colour; 3, Untier; 4, A renewing: 5, Exiled; 6, A widow endowed; 7, Rain; B, A Gaelic god of the sea; D, A consonant,

Letter Juggling

Two different 6-letter words can be formed from the 6 letters given below. Use all 6 letters in each word:.

ILOP 5 T

Itow Wide?

A carpenter figured that in order a door might look well-proportioned, Its height should be to its width op proximately as 7:5. If a door is to be & feet, 9 inches high, how wide should it be?

Fun With Antonyms Ten words and their antonyms, to-day, to be paired off in the usual

way.

[1] fire

niestle energetic 14 showy

1.

Reperov 12 | zengin

ottstrable

19] coferil Imi enice[y]

„Cheerful

tlussy

Laqtiir sracezasitis

epifton artifici

TREETPOUR

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Hoddesty to the train, and climbed two men dropped into e

e desultory into an adjoining compartment. He conversation; the train service was noticed with a thrill that loddesty

it?-the dinner Was

was, like Dumbell himself, partially fairlsh-beer wasn't what it used to disguised. His acquaintances would be. Dumbell hinted, when the other probably have had difficully in spot-man mentioned racing, that he was ting him had they seen him on the ton. They discussed the prospects due the following day at Melling-

train.

Vasc.

J

Tiventry is about two hours' run for the big race, the Mellington Gold from Euston, and there is only onc stop en route, at Swanby. It did not

"Have a cigarette?" said Dum- bell when coffee was served. The train was slowing down for Swanby; "I'd better" (thought the detective) "keep him here." He handed packet of

gaspers. Thanks.

TRAGEDIES OF SHOW FREAKS

to-do

By A Showman

11

Hoddesty selected. 21 cigarette; lit Dumbell's and his own. He put a pound note on the table. "Pay my bill, cid chap, will you, if the attendant comes along. want

to get some papers from my com- partment."

That was the last Dumbell saw of

him.

in

of Thot

It was a very crestfallen Sergeant who reported at the Yard the follow- ing day. Shrivelittle Manor, half- way between Swanby and Tiventry, thief or thieves had had been

the night. The burgled the

no trace left their presence; Jewels

£18,000

worth had disappeared. business with the £1 note tricked me," explained Dumbell, forlornly, to his superior. "Everything seemed so open and above-board-It didn't occur to me, just at the moment, that he was doing a bolt at Swanby after all."

"Cheer up," answered Playfair. "I daresay we'll shuffle him yet.”

to

FREAKS, whom nature has singled out to be different from their fellow beings, are denied the social advantages of their more fortunate fellows. From the cradle to the grave they are doomed to live a life that deprives them of the joys of home life, love, and children, which Is the happy lot of their

normal brothers and sisters,

Owing to their strange deformities and peculiarities they are not able to cam a living like normal people, so those who are not born of well- parents are forced to

To to on show to earn their livelihood,

Travelling from place to place and onc country to another with freak shows they never have any home life. When not on

Hoddesty, Interrogated that after- on show they are forced to remain in their lodg noon, produced-as usual-a scem- ings. There is universal

versal rule ingly cast-iron alibl. Three of his among all showmen that freaks must acquaintances

were prepared never appear in publle if at all swear that he had not left town the possible unless on show. No

before. night

Confronted

with can" And fault with this rule, as it Dumbell, he proclaimed, with a stands to reason that if the public supercilious stare, that he had never

sce freaks

him in the street for set eyes on

before. And s0 nothing they will not pay to see effective had been Hoddesty's dis- them in a show.

Kulse that none of the attendants on An actor or actress can walk about the train was ready to give evidence the streets and it will not in any way

he had

travelled by it. Injure his or her value as an artist. In the circumstances, Playfair was A freak's value, on the other hand, distinctly lucky, to secure Hoddesty's lies entirely in personal appearance, conviction. This, however, was ot which cannot be

disguised.

difficult once he had broken the On the rare

cccasions freaks visit

on which jewel-thief's alibl. "And for that, a pleture house or my dear Dumbell," he

he said, review- theatre they have to be smuggled in ing the case some weeks later, "we and then must all remain in the have, after all, to thank you. Your most secluded box. When they have bookmaking pal, William

Smith, to go through the streets they are seems to have underrated his own, always taken in taxis. Their shop- prowess. He was on a winner after ping is done for them by their all." manager or their landladies. In no How was Hoddesty's alibi broken? circumstances Citi they attend 11

(Solution on Page Three) dance.

con

Marriage Denied

one

Owing to their hermit-like exist- ence they have not the same chance of meeting people and making love as ordinary folks. True, they often get offers of marriage from various types of admirers, but if they accept an offer it is a shot in the dark us they have no chance of getting to know each other properly.

Most of the world's famous freaks remained single, such as: Ambrose Seurat, The Living Skeleton; Thay Tim; Chung the

is that very

principal di Blant, and others. few people care for life of con-

tinuous travelling, which would be their lot if they married a freak.

It is a strange fact that the mar- rlages of freaks

furn out happily. The

disabilities foredoom the marriage from the be- ginning. The unfortunate person whom nature in one of her capricious moods has caused to be deformed cannot be an ideal mate for a normal kuman being. I have known o freak to marry another similarly afflicted. · ·

A Remarkable Dwarf

A noteworthy exception to the rule of unhappy marriages was Count Beruwlaski the famous Polish dwarf, He was only thirty-six Inches in height, and died just a century ago.

The Count

was

adopted by Countess Humleska at the of test,

age and travelled. the Courts of Europe with her for thirty years, and became the pampered pet of Royalty,

His love affairs were notorious and forced his patroness to flee from one city to

to another with him. In Paris he fell in love with an actress and used to allp out at night to visit her. He finally fell in love at forty with Jalina

Barnoutan,

a maid in the employ of the Countess This led to the breaking up of the friendship between the Countess and himselt,

The Count married isalini. They had two daughters. He turned over a now, leaf, and they were in 'very' happy couple.

that

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