THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1938.
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'N the matter of love it self to her husband's limitations is commonly said that as to succeed, to all appearances, youth calls to youth the in making herself and him rea-
sonably happy. whole world over, and, how- But such young women would ever regrettable this may seem to be rare. And in the seem to some of us elderly case of the few who have como folk, it is doubtless true. within the range of my experi- But to be old is not necessarily ence, the Inbours which under- to have ceased to bo vocal in this lay their success could only be respect. Men and women of the described as herculean. most advanced age are not infre-
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"Madam desires only five years removed to-day-she's in a ter- rible hurry."
marriage of this sort AN ENGLISHMAN SIGHS
FOR NEW YORK
by Don Iddon
had
been an open book to her
.
I
AN Englishman in Lon-glish goods. Specially imported,"
don, am homesick for in the windows.
New York. Three months now The salesman will say respect- since the skyline that Americans fully, nimost with a touch of
vanished in the haze of the At-England, sir." Inntic.
will never stop talking about awe, "This cloth was made in
Three months since a taxi.
driver called me "brother," siner
coffee-
Yes, they like us.
The
newspapers devote co- to English lumns of space
(I was born in Preston) when
Final.
I don't think there is a friend-
they are often prompted, by one between a most attractive girl of those whimsical dispensations who had been a grent popular for which Nature has such a favourite and an old man whose LOUREIRO-On 19th October, 1930, genius, to choose their income was enough to dazzic
Eduardo Jose Loureiro, son of the late Jose da Silva Loureiro partner someone considerably anyone. She was an exceeding and of Mary Loureiro of No, younger than themselves. The ly businesslike and experienced
and recent marriage between Gypsy
Smith, a man
What is a psychologist to say about such unions as these? young person. It would be safe!
case of an old woman who to say that the mind of the male
I ate a hot dog or a hamburger, affairs. British football results dismissed in a few words. If from the age of 16.
since I walked into a movie
are printed in the Sunday papers. the man of her choice is a nor- But what I saw of her every-
The Test match is always mal male her chance of success day life never failed to move me (cinema) at 2 a.m. to find the
programme just re-starting.
good for half a columa in the is practically negligible. She to sympathetic admiration.
No creaking overhead railway New York Times and Herald has a dangerous rival in every She had literally no personal woman her husband sets eyes liberty whatever. Her husband to lull me to sleep now, no ducky Tribune."
clearly regarded her as a sort of Harlem here where I can watch
In the cinemas when the news- reel shows a picture of King Initially handicapped as she is highly prized jewel which he ten tall, tan, terrific The spirit that broods over by age, she must unceasingly was at pains to surround with coloured girls doing the Susy-George and Queen Elizabeth or Palestine becomes daily more fight to retain her happiness, the most perfect setting und
I want to walk along the chew-their children the audience claps. SYMPHONY bitter. The death roll in a re-with the odds relentlessly in- wished to have constantly at ing-gum-studded pavements of I once started a burst of ap-
cent outrage is the highest creasing against her. Her only land for his enjoyment.
Broadway, to take a peek at the since the outbreak of strife. hope is to select a partner of The extent to which this flat-dime-a-dance halls, to sip a cock-plause for Preston North End
tail in the Rainbow Room atop variety. But tering possessiveness dictated Since August there have been the "tame cat" Magic Flute (Mozart) Variations on air from Beethoven thousands of casualties in the the prospect is undeniably a dis- his treatment of her was almost Rockefeller Centre, 60 odd floors the newsreel recorded the Cup ·
mal one in any event,
unbelievable. From morning up, and watch the parade. Holy Land
I want to slip into the Stork lier people to the English in the Where the husband is the until night she never left his
J. Club and see head G-man
Cer- Wherever he wished to go The Technical Commission folder, on the other hand, it would side.
tainly I know of no friendlier which broods over the problem almost seem, on the face of it, she must accompany him, and Edgar Hoover, sitting at his world than the Americans. that his chance of success if he had a headache she must quiet table in the corner.
city than New York. of partition is silent. There is
lie down too.
I want to eat A "Sunday might thereby be increased.
Can you wonder that I want no indication what netion is to
He had the normal man's dis- breakfast"-a five-course meal,
land where the Son of Peace was
of people and things, a good ping; so that whatever she (Everyone in New York sleeps
Even if I feel blue now and born and died.
whether working philosophy, and an in- bought,
or in on Sunday mornings.) And Every
creased measure of tact. bomb outrage new
jewellery, must be sent round to want to drink a mint julep in then, thinking I am 3,000 miles from home and mother, I can makes the chance of an ultimate
Moreover, a man as compared the house for her selection and its carefully frosted glass. peaceful settlement less likely. with a woman, is singularly for his approval so that he might be You get the idea? I want to remedy it in New York.
There is a Plccadilly Circus And there is a further urgent tunate in his capacity to wear spared what he regarded ng go back.
well.
In all the essential attri- boredom. consideration. In the present
Now it doesn't sound patriotic. restaurant just off Times Square Her life, in fact, seemed to me But if you knew me you would fumed oak, more English than critical state throughout the butes of his make-up it may be
with everything, including the world, which is galloping madly said that age in but the guinen, to be little better than that of an know that I am. Very.
we trouble to be. towards the chasm which spells stamp: a man's a man for a' excessively highly paid nurse, First thing any Englishman
There is a great block of flats She was a healthy and indomit- should learn in America is to be called London Terrace, with the doom to civilisation Britain's that. attention must not be distracted Youth Wants Variety and for four or five years her
able young creature, however, English. "
I found that out on my first policemen. by disturbances far afield. Order
porters dressed up as London Helmets, buttons, must be restored in Palestine without delay.
BUT the psychological husband undoubtedly got more trip there, digested it thoroughly whistles, but, alna! outrageous
differences between than full value for his money, during the year and a half I Brooklyn accents. an old man and a young woman But their union could scarcely lived in New York.
So I am packing my bags and STOP THESE
are none the less inescapable, be described as ideal.
Always use the broad "a" sticking Even under the most advan- when saying can't or aunt. Slip labels.
on the Transatlantic Youth longs for excitement and JOY-RIDERS
variety,
tageous conditions, however, in an occasional "Jolly good!" I shall find the cost of living That is the time to try every where the husband is in every or "Cheerio." - thing once, "to tire the sun with way understanding and gener-
a little higher than in London. Americans like it, talking and send him down the ous, there are many subtle pit-
Rents are dearer, garaging a car sky," to live carelessly
But being English has never is absurdly expensive, servants falls in such marriages as these. prevented me, as it does some demand, and get, bigger wages. forced draught, and to be cease- I remember another couple English people, from enjoying,} lessly thrilled by the mere fact who will admirably serve
But, then, my income tax will So said a Magistrate in the of existence.
even revelling, in America. illustrate one such source
be only 10 per cent., and I am Kowloon Court last week.
They treat us better, you allowed 2,500 dollars (4500) tax Age, on the other hand, inevit- difliculty.
know, than wo treat them. "Cases like this are getting ably brings
free as I am married-before The man was a A distaste for
hearty and very common. There have been novelty. The first line thrill has highly intelligent fellow of about
Go into any hotel or store and that is levied. NAVY, ARMY AND AIR FORCE UNIFORMS number of cases of Europeans gone out of most things. 65 with a great sense of humour speak with your English accent, I can get my favourite cigar-
taking cara away like this.”
To expect an old man, how- and a magnificent zest for life. Which, of course, you can't help etten for 74d. a packet of 20, A similar remark in the Cen-ever hearty and virile, to be a His bride was 22.
doing, and you will find how an- whereas they cost me is. 6d. tral Magistracy yesterday. wholly satisfactory companion They were unmistakably fond xious and delighted everyone is here.
It is up to the Magistrates to for a young and ardent woman of one another; they had a host to do everything possible for stop talking and commence is to demand that which of friends; there was no short-you. action in these cases.
be taken to bring peace to the brought him a wider knowledge taste for the delights of shop-heavier than a lunch, at midday. to go back, spend a few years
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"The practice of atealing cars and smashing them up has be come much too prevalent and fines appear to be an insufficient deterrent."
on a
dresses
to
ot
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there?
Shoes, shirts, hats are cheap. Taxis, alcohol, good food cost about the same as here.
Spare A Dime ?
THERE are lots of
paychologically impossible. The age of money and they enter- Fines have proved no deter will may be there, and even the tained a good deal.
They Like Us rent. A car is as much its energy, but the task is super- For a year or so all seemed
WA
VALK down Fifth owner's property as are his other human.
well with both of them. Then
Avenue or Fifty- personal belongings. If a coolle So long as human nature re- gradually, but insistently, the Seventh Street, New York's
changes I want to steals or borrows a trivial article mains what it is, the gulf which fly in the ointment began to re-great shopping thoroughfares, see. When I sailed on a bitter- he is sent to prison for alx separates youth and age
veal itself in the shape of the and you will ace bold announce sweet day last June, Wall Street months and, in many cases, will always be one which it is characteristics of their respec-ments on printed cards, "En-was diving, night clubs along the. banished from the Colony. impossible to bridge.
tive friends.
Great White Way-no longer Let our Magistrates impose It is true that to the super- With the best will in the world
white, but blue and green and red similar deterrents on people who ficial observer a certain measure to be hospitable her friends much greater justification, found with neon blaze were closing borrow cars without the permis- of success may sometimes ap- struck him 4.8 wearisomely his friends wearisomely, proay down. alon of the owner, and not walt pear to be obtained in such childish and empty headed. It and dull.
The number of tramps in the until one of these maniacal pil-cases.
is one thing, if you are an elder- Such martyrdom as this, how-streets ("Brother, can you spare ferers force sterner measures by A woman is essentially a home ly gentleman, to enjoy the ever cheerfully it may be ena dime for a cup of cawfee") killing some innocent pedestrian, maker. Her instincts prompt childish prattle of the young dured by each for the sake of was increasing. The more fact that a car thief her to prefer security to adven- Indy you are in love with and the other, must inevitably prove
The rich were firing their big drives along Hongkong's busy ture, and she is endowed also quite another to be forced to almost intolerable in the end.
guns at Roosevelt. thoroughfares without a driving with the inestimable gift of an listen to the same kind of out- And it is inescapably inherent in
Mayor (I am the Law) Hague Ilcence is sufficient, reason, why.|extreme degree of adaptability, pouring from someone who is in auch unions as theso.
was dictating to Jersey City. he should be sent to prison. For this reason, if an old man no way thus privileged as an Marringo is undeniably an ad- Since then Wall Street has
The present ridiculous fines is rich enough to make it worth entertainer.
venturo in any circumstances. been on the upswing. Billy Rose, make it cheaper to "borrow" a her while, a lovel-headed and But if he found her friends But for youth to ally itself with the showman, has brought to car for an afternoon than to pay I capable young woman may con- somewhat trying on this account, age is to do little less than de- New York a new sort of enter-
trive so far to accommodate her- she, in turn, and doubtless with liberately court disaster.
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