1939-06-23 — Page 3

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

*June 23

1939.

TROUNCING ENGLISH TROUSERS EMPIRE

Socks And Shirts, Too, Annoy U.S. Envoy

MR. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, American Ambas- "sador, while giving advice to business men during a London lunch recently on ways and means of increasing Anglo- American trade, had a few words to say about British styles of clothing. Here are the words:

"I have a feeling, that American men would like some of these fine English socks if they could get some that didn't come up to their knees.

Your Favourite Dream

MR. OSBENT SITWELL. often dreams of a raven with one leg, und Mr. G. B. Shaw frequently dreams lie finds himself "madly about lo walk!

"They could also use some shirts If they did not come down to the | same place, not to mention trousers which have the walat-line where God made it on a man and not in the. Kenerat

vicinity of the shoulder blades."

And here are replies from British manufacturers and salesmen:

A Savile Row firm of tailors: "The average American eustomer likes his trousers as a rule to wear with a belt.

BRACES PREFERRED

"The avernge English customer un to the stage to perform a part of wears braces-or, as the Americans which I do not know a word, or to call them, suspenders.

We always

sing un operatic role without know-ask our American customers if they ing a word of it."

These are two of the recurring dreams quoted in "The Dream World." by R. L. Megroz (The Bodely Hend, 10s, Gd.).

wish their trousers cut on the

American or English style.

The American style hangs from the hip, as do sports trousers, but if you cut an English customer trousers with straight tops he would get buffy

Sir Jolin Squire once dreamt the following times that seemed mur-with you.

"As for shirts, Americans ilke 'vellous until he woke up:

We.cut "There was a boy Tew twenty shirts cut with coat fronts. lach, yes,

Twenty inch a year,

all dress shirts with coat fronts, but English customers do not lice ordinary day shirts cut like that.

It might have made his mother. The coat front rucks away and is not

Alinch,

but

in

She was quite a dear;

Yes, she was excellent,

And she was well content

so comfortable.

EXAGGERATING

The Editor of "The Taitor and

To watch her offspring forge ahend. Cutier": "The Ambassador is ex-

his

Fecullar sphere.

William Morris Wunted for a long time to dream a poem, When at last he did he could only remember the first line. It ran: "The moonlight slept on a treuele son."

ggerating. A good many English trousers are cut higher at the back than the front. It is a matter of wearing braces and keeping small of the back warm.

"On the other hand, there

the

thousands and thousands of sports are trousers cut quite American style.

as low as

the

On the other hand, Mr. Jan Gordon, the artist and art critic, told the au-West End to buy their clothes and Many Americans come over to the thor he had dreamed vivid colour West End tallors send travellers to schemes, while Mr. J. B. Priestley America and a big business is done wrote that three of his essays were with Americans. literal records of dreams. The essays are "The Dream," "The Berkshire Beasts" and "The Strange Outfitter."

Rosemary Lane,

star of Warner Bros. Pictures, appearing In "Four Daughters"

PEPSODENT

THE KING'S LEAD "Plenty of English socks

"The

don't

Meet Dolly, world's only living two-headed cow. She's shown with her owner, Mrs. Carl Thomson of National, City, Cal, at Nature's Mistakes exhibit at New York World's Fair.

She cats with one mouth,

Squire's Wife Falls 40ft. From

MR.

Parapet

Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire.

[R. LILIAN DE VERE CLIFTON, Slim fair-haired American wife of the wealthy squire of Lytham, was recently lying parapet at Lytham Hall, on which she was walking "for a rigid, cased in plaster of paris, following a 40ft, fall from a

stunt." Specialists attended her in a St. Annes nursing home. husband, was constantly by her bedside. Mr. Henry Talbot do Vere Clifton, her 31 years-old, 6ft, din.

He raced downstairs when she fell, Helped by servants, he carried her; Into the hall.

"I am terribly upset, she is so come near the knees. Some recent still cheerful. This happened be

seriously hurt," he said "But she is ones that are worn without suspen-cause she tried to do one of those, ders do come rather high.

stunts that don't always come off. reason is that they have a band and are self-supporting. The and walking on the parapels at our "I have often seen her balancing King wears this type of soek.

"Perhaps Mr. Kennedy is accus-home, and told her that one day tomed to wearing very short shirts, would fall. She only laughed and but Englishmen have to keep them sald the danger didn't frighten her. selves warm and comfortable."

British Soldier- 7 Feet, 1

Edinburgh.

sho

"But now all that we feared has happened. We had been out flying to- gether the day before. Apart from the servants there was no one else' in-the-house.

-bed-! I was

the

"My wife had gone from her room into her dressing-room. in my room. It was early in morning, soon after day-break. You sometimes do things then that you wouldn't do at noon.

The tallest man in the British army was discovered when 7 feet 1 inch tall Capt. . B. Huxham towered Into the Edinburgh sheriff's court to give

GIN, WIDE PARAPET evidence in a motoring case. Capt. "She thought she could walk the Huxham is in the Royal Army Ser-puripet of the balcony outside her vice Corps, and has served 12 years. room. It's only about Bin, wide. She

is good at such feats, but this time she slipped,"

Chief Omeer L. J. Laird said that Mrs. Clifton has always been in-

lowered a person to the ground at terested in fire protection, and had had installed special escapes, which

5ft. a second, She had tested them herself.

Mr. and Mrs. Clifton were married two years ago in the United States. Mrs. Clifton was formerly Mrs. Lilion "Griswold, a Boston society beauty,

. When her husband inherited his estate it covered nearly six miles of the Fylde const of Lancashire, in- private houses, 500

cluding 0.000

and 19 banks. shops,

"Last summer he was involved in si dispute after losing £30,000 in ten minutes in a Hollywood poker match. Eventually, his opponent renounced his claim and Mr. Clifton afterwards said: "I have finished with gambling.. I have finished with roaming. I am too innocent.”

£3 a Week For Dog's Keep

DOG worth 150 and

WOMEN QUIT JOBS AD four other worth over 60

TO BE ROMANIES

TIRED of bridge parties and teas "with all the twaddle of women wha have nothing to do," Mrs. Helen Lucas Schwerdt and Miss Bonnie Metcalfe threw up their jobs as factory supervisor and chauffeuse, bought a caravan from a gipsy and set out to discover England.

Mrs. Schwerdt, an American by birth, who has two children, lived at

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bought their new home for £10.

"In defiance of all the pessimistic

warnings of our friends we have been

on the road since Easter and liked it," sald Mrs. Schwerdt at The White Hart, old coaching hostelry al Ford, Wiltshire.

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FASCINATING LIFE

High-Speed Divorce Judge

LOLD MERRIVALE, who'recently

died at the age of 83 at his home in "I have been fascinated by the Gray's Inn, held the record for a raving life ever since I mel some speedy decision by a Divorce Court

Judge. Romanies at Oxford in 1924,

by

guineas were sold by mistake for Tess than £2 each.

This was revealed at Littlehampton recently, when the Bench dismissed summonses against Henry Osmun Percival Davies, of Seafield Road, Ruslington, for keeping six dogs withcut licences,

Was

stated that each dog's heard and

lodging cost £3 per week. Davies guminoned the owner, Captain Rich,. in the County Court some time ago for their keep. The Court ordered that the dogs be impounded.

It

As payment was not forthcoming, the Court ordered that the dogs be sold by publle auction. They were sold at a market, and through a mis- take realised less than £2 each.

NEWS

AUSTRALIAN FUNDS IN LONDON

Canberra,

Ulumary; Sugmesod

The Commonwealth Government will probably have to call moro heavily than I did last year on re- serve funds in London.

Latest Indications are that the amount available in the overseas trade fund will be £3,000,000, which is £4,000,000 less than Inst year.

Recent heavy importations of capi- tal for new industrial developments may, to some extent, offset the ad- verse movement.

The Federal Government will shortly introduce a bill authorising the establishment of a permanent court

of air Inquiry, following recent

in which accidents

Avro-Anson bombers were involved.

The permanent court will probably be open to the public. Ilitherto in- quiries into Air Force crashes have been held in camera.

New Senplane

plane Base. Col. Street, Defence Minister, announced recently that

hot a seaplane station is being estab lished at Lake Macquarie, near the New South Wales constal elly of Newcastle, the main Australien centre for heavy industries. Two squadrons, one of them a new squadron with big dying boats designed to protect industrial Newcastle, will be stution- ed there.

KENYA

A.R.P. PLANS FOR ZANZIBAR

Nairobi.

In view of public apprehension, the Zanzibar Government has made a statement on the possibilities of air raids and particularly gas attacks.

The Government considers on attack by aerial gas bombs 20 remote as scarcely to merit consideration. Enemy gain by an air attack on Zanzibar, is pointed out, is of no military or political advantage com- mensurate with the immense risk to which the raiding alreraft would be exposed by operations at so great a distance from their base.

Arrangements for the evacuation of civilians In case of aerial attack or

likelter the somewhat

event of I brief bombardment from the sea are, however, being made. EMPIRE DAY BOYCOTT

Mombasa.

A sequel to the Indian boycott of Empire Day Is a split in the ranks. brought about by the action of a prominent Indian doctor.

Supported by two members elected for the Coast and Mombasa, ho roundly criticised the Indian leaders who are favouring a boycott.

Coastal Defence. The Kenya India Arab Bill Introduced in the Legisla- tive Counell authorities the forma tlon of companies by Indfons and Arabs on the coast for defensive pur- noses. The age limit has been xed Fat 18 to 35, and candidates must take

the oath of allegiance.

INDIA

JUDICIAL CHANGES IN

---CALCUTTA

Calcutta, Consequent on the appointment of Mr. T. J. Y. Roxburgh, Judicial Secretary and Legal Remembrancer, Bengal, as a judge of the Calcutta High Court, Mr. A. L. Blank, Legat Remembrancer, Assam, has been ap- pointed to the уделпсу.

Until Mr. Blanic takes up his new post Mr. J. Younie will act,

Mr. R. A. Dutch, additional district and Bessions fudge, Tipperah and Chittagong, has been appointed Superintendent of Census Operations in Bengal for the 1841 census. | NEW ZEALAND

DOCTORS MAY REJECT STATE CONTRACTS

Auckland.

Contructs offered by the Govern ment to doctors for the provision of maternity benefits under the Sociol Security Scheme are expected to be rejected.

The doctora favour payment of cash benefits to the patients, leaving them free to make their own ar rangements for medical attention:

The attitude of the profession bas so far prevented the Government from bringing into effect the general medical service of the sclicme.

Make Gas for

Boys Make

Eton Boys

School A. R.P. Drill

SENIOR boys on the science side at Eton College are making gas in the school labora

"Lost summer we bought this real This was a case in which he heard gipsy four-wheeler, which is probably the evidence of two witnessan und about 80 years old. It was owned francia cearty is mutes, petorics so that the whole school

gipsy who lived in it with his tioner in exactly two minutes.. family of elevea,

Now, excepting that it is spick

His average time for hearing of can get experience of anti-gas and span Inside and out with now undefended cases was six minutes. precautions. point, it is just as they used it. The 11,000 cases, during his term of 14 and it was estimated that he heard only modern amenity is gas, which in years (1019-1033) os President of the carried in a container for cooking.

Probate Divorce and "Darling, our cart mare, cost ussion.

Admiralty. Divl- £12 10s.

Henry Edward Duke, as he

hadł

Was

his

"We never handled a horse before being raised to the Peerage. before we set out on our first journey was a Devon man who bogan and knew nothing about harnessing, career on a pupil teacher, turned to feeding or driving her.

"At first we were accompanied by journalism and then to the law my two children but they had to

return to school,

_M.P. FOR 14 YEARS

The 1,100 boys take it in turns to

On April 30 the total was 310,410, an increase of 135,300 on April 30, -1938. to the public. for the first time at a Gas masks for horses were shown National Service rally at West Ham Stadium, E. recently,

go into the gas chamber in respira £2,600 For Turner

tors and rubber boots,

Lords amendments in committee to the Military Training Bil were issued recently,

Layton

were One by Lord Addison, a Socialist DAMAGES of £2,600

A peer, proposes that an employee call- awarded Turner Layton, ed up for training shall be entitled singer and music-hall artist, in to receive from his employer the King's Bench Division

immediate salary or wages payable

ly prior to his being called- up-less recently--

say of Arary

There is no comparison with the He became Queen's Counsel ›` in The amount actually oldita. Time never hangs. We 1800, was Conservative M.P." for, the... during training received by him. His lex was broken in a, taxi-crash- make our way by easy stages, pulling Plymouth division, for she years and

“ùnd allowancerou

by

in for the night at forms.or inns and for Exeter for eight years, /HOMERATAN: Way Minister said, in: in loag of contracts worth:

on April 8 last year, resulting, he

£2,320 and payment of more than £100 in hospital and medical teas. recently that the strength of the Judgment was entered, with costs, Territorial "'Army on, May, 13 var ogainst Mr. R. Grimson, of Altenburg 300,584, including about 52,000, In Gardens, Clapham, owner of this process of enlistment

meeting the kindest of people."ad From 1910 to 1918 he was Chief stated in the House of Commons *****And every day we learn something Secretary for Ireland Agil avto new," said Mins Metcalfe, “Wo have :: His heir is Captain the Hon. Edward Duke, who was secretory to his father from 1913 to: 1923,733 AROU

never fell botter. We have no entos. We don't want to go home":

"Tell me,

doctor

About disinfostants-for personal use, I mean. Surely h is unwise to use strong, staining. chemicals that have to be measured so carefully! What is good that

is really pleasant as well...??

Nothing better was ever discovered for women than 'Dettol, the modern antiseptic, This highly efficient killer of germs will not stain linen, and is clean and clear, pleasant in smell and an excellent deodorant. 'Dettol' is non-poisonous, and la gentle and tender on human tissues. Ask your Doctor --

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