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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1949,
MOMENTS
SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith YOUR BIRTHDAY.
6.18
COPR. 1949 BY KOKA BERVICE, MO. T. M. REG. JA I PRZ, OFF,
"Why didn't you tell the doctor you can't start on a diet now? Do you want to offend our new cook?"
BY THE WAY
by Beachcomber
PAGE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6
PORN today, you are kindly, sympathetic
castity led by those you love.
You will do 05 loved one wishes, as a rule, whether you think it is the best thing to do or not. If you mado your own decisions more often you would probably advance more quickly toward your goal.
By STELLA
had a great deal of money, you would become a devated patron of the arts and sponsor young, amblifous artlets.
While you are not too keenly interested in business and commerce 14 A means of moking a fortune, you
do like the expensive, luxurious things of life and perhaps for this
will rengon alone you you most
forth extreme pirt Being very fond of children,
efforts in
Youth likely will want a large family of your own.
to amnes 11
comfortable fortune so that you may spend the rest of If denied this, you would want to adopt some. Or, you might
comote work in your fe doing as you please, na info
You will want complete harmony in your which you are always with children, such as
home life child
and
should select teaching, settlement house work
a. marriage dive you this as well ag| guidance and vocational direction.
companionship.
or
Your artistle talents are many, but unless you develop them to their utmost at an early age, you may and yourself helping others to reach fame and success rather than working exclusively in your
behalf. If you Own
partner who Intellectum)
can
That,
for you,
can be the basis of a happy marriage.
To And what the glare have in store for tomorrow, select your birthday star and condi the corresponding nemgradu. Let your birth- day star be your daily guide.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 7
BORN today, your intuitions are exceptional-
ly keen. In fact, there are times when you are actually psychic. Follow your hunches implicitly and you will avoid a lot of trouble and heartache. This is a gift given to few. Those who have it L'an behellt.
Your natural judgment is good, too, and you should be able to be very helpful in post- tions of trust where wise counsel is needed are methodical and in times of crisis, You conscientious in your work and although you may be rather slow in
started, once getting you have made your decisious, you
de- termined and will wind up with perfection.
Your lastes are artistic and you love beauty in all its forms. You have the ability to make a living by the arts, too, and will
Joy
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be banner if you select something which is connecter with one of them. If you try to do a routine, monotonous, business job, you will probably fall!
You have a Creat deal of personal pride and are often aloof and somewhat dictatorial. However, you have a lovable and generous nature underneath and once your symoothies
nre aroused, there
no limits to the sacrifices you will make for those you love. Your
marriage should be a very lappy nant for you are always willing to give a little more then your fifty-fifty sharet
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To Ond what the stars have in store for tomorrow, select your birthday star and rend the corresponding paragraph, Let your birth- day star be your daily guide.
ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)—
to your kdeals. Seek ritual guldance if perplexed. There is real stimulation in making future plans..
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
You may 2)-Be warned against getting Hold A good socint day, make new friends who will mixed up in complications in prove valuable to you in time to volving large groups of people. come. Expect happiness,
Stay at home). VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)- CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan Don't neglect the spiritual side 20)-New friends-perhaps an If you are helpful to others, you of life today, for it can bring you exciting romance-enn bring you wit, in turn, help yourself. Ir
and
happiness. Friends, great pleasure. Anticipate new dealing with the public, seck bring pleasure.
ndele chicken in the year 1920 at the House
LIBRA
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. grilled with artichokes, bis- of Calounes in Andorra-la- A general improvement en all 10)-An active day for you. The Achers to principles. Personal calls and about twelve hundred Vieja.
fronts. New friends and business pleasure that new friends can integrity is important. You may and thirty gallons
Connections may bring increased bring dark
Inspiring
and receiva
unexpected gift. helpful. swordsman's wine.
happiness
Accent it graciously. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)— PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21) CANCER (June 23-July 23)— Spiritual and devotional duties If you have self-confidence and A general improvement in all can bring real suplift and know exactly what you want your affairs, both Eersonal and pleasure for you today.. Make out of He you can plan to get in business. See that you get
OUP, tortilla, trout, S
گردم
A letter from someone who was in Andorra last year set me reading my old travel diaries. The above was a meal for two
Portrait Of A
The cost was 10 peselas, Four years before that. In this very month, took place the famous march from Hospitalet over the mountains, which is still talked of in those remote valleys, unless the hearts of the natives have become unrespon- sive to dects of prowess. Faster than time
results of the ONE of the
slowing down of the earth's rotation will be plenty records for speed-maniacs. The prediction that the earth may take 47 of our present day's
A
to
more
Brave Man
(Continued from Pace 9)
to make one turn on its axis basic difference between
means that people will be able Negro and a white man.
Even the
view that racial o round and round the world about twenty times a day. With In a apparent
television to fall back on when markings are Negro, no matter how light his this form of lunacy becomes colouring. has been proved boring, how could anybody but false.
a "vile reactionary" complain?
the ace, king and queen of hearts White tells how he met Sir Miss Fowpe's new novel
Krand old science, in
Keith, and shifted to a diamond, which Arthur North won with the ace. He re-man of British turned the nine of spades, which London.
"The only way I can tell that with the inek. dummy won The king of spades was then you have Negro blood is by the shape of your eyes," Sir Arthur cashed, Then the ten of hearts
bald. was played and the deuce of clubs discarded.
NEW novel by Miss Ger- A
far more trude Fowpe is than a literary event, It is im possible to discribe "In What Frail Craft." Until a new and more vital language is invented When White looked startled for criticism, one can only re- and asked what he meant, the peat the word genlur, Genius is Scientist stared at him search every line Miss Towne writes, ingly for fully a minute, then and her dynamle integrity was shook his head.
beiter never
displayed in
than and Zol trumped. He ensbed "No--I'm wrong," he said.this tremendous study of
woman who decides to "take "If you had not told me in one
hold of
life and mould it to her that you have your letters diamond on the queen of clubs. Negro ancestry, I would have heart's desire." Nor has even seen nothing But because you Miss Fowpe ever drawn a more The last two tricks were won did tell me, I thought I saw with the are and queeN of
dication. That's un some spades.
selentine."
Now the king of clubs was led,, North covered with the ace
the king of diamonds, ruffed a
diamond and discarded the other
of
character than
Fred
subtle Slater, who "believed only in the soul's ultimate responses to the promplings of beauty."
The Strabismus drop-
SKELETON CROSSWORD DE STRADISMUS
CLUES ACROSS
1. Bart of a gate!
7. Finally compensatect.
10. Bongs of modest extraction.
11. There's no end to thia.
12. This insect's a combination of
bird and fat.
13. ́Descriptive of Ye Olde Englishe
home?
17. Dickensian pomposity.
Lace place.
22. No munition worker, though so concerts shells.
25. One variety of pike i
27. Copied from the "Cape Dally
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A Canine cries.
30. Free herda" panag.).
CLUES DOWN
1. Human bear, perhaps.
Fe jacket 7
Barrel, or sack, possibly.
4. Essentially a modern profx.
5. Wan round I
Having no leanings towards
Bocialiam ?
7. This party starts in a dry port
DI WAY,
f. Wrong is right here,
9. It's designed maybe, for ånger-
Lip control.
13, 1 om Latin.
14. Proverbially easy intters.
15. Flat from the Ribe.
16. Over there. in Hayonne,
19. Spot.
20. U.S. hlighter 1
11. Though down hero, they may
no un to mischiok.
23. Carpentier's rank.
24. Rok up.
20 PITAS into 1.
23. The sight of Bulotk
(Solution on this page)
.NANCY
One on the House
SALE
-LET-US" DEMONSTRATE
OUR SUPER HAIR BRUSHİ
fan (Whom
God Preserve) of Utrecht has invented a drop-fan, which keeps warm air circulating up an unconnected refrigerator. The fan is semi-circular when shut, and opens in sections by the pressure of a dog-sprint attached to an inverted handle, This
prevents Jamining and cases the first three sections considerably. The
ht Kantril the top of section one, which comes out last, is bigger than the others, and has to be closed before being inserted in the re- frigerator. There are no hinges, and only two catches.
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I saw dim argostes of thought
Catch
Dwor ancient
gleam,
Yet are the night her course had
Tun,
They passed into a dream. From nothing into nothing go`
Our mocking sophistries, Leaving a stain upon the fields,
A shadow on the trees,
(Myfanwy Grigson.)
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WOULD YOU
LIKE A DEMONSTRATION
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(Sept. 23-Oct. 23)---
new plans now.
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It now.
will
be
GEMINI (May 22-June 22).........
what you want.
MONDAY, AUGUST 8
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23) AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)— Disappointinents may be In 19-Opportunities for galus in Best not to plan for a wedding store, so keep up your courage, business and benefits from per- today. Pick 1 better date. no matter what happens. Post-sonal contacts are indiented Business plans turn out well. pone
writing
Important right now. Jetter.
PISCES (Feb, 20-Mar. 21)- VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23) Members of the opposite sex This can be a good day for you can bring definite benefits. Lis- Make gains. A journey by water ten to their help and advice, can bring definite business pro- Act upon it. Ats
ARIES
(ur. 22-Apr. 20) (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)- The entertainment feld is It in the recreation field, make especially favoured. Take full definite gains these last few advantage of all benefits offered weeks of summer. Prosperity to you today. should ride high.
LIBRA
You
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)— If travelling by water, should a pleasant journey.
have Business connected with steam- ship travel is favoured,
GEMINI (May 22-June 22)— Good and bad An uneven day. are intermixed. Be tactful in employment problems to get best results.
CANCER (June 23-July 23)-- Stick to routine if you want he best possible results. Don't'ex- pert too much right now.
CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS
Solution of yesterday's puzzle.
Solution of Siceleton Cross-
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. Across: 1, Longevity: 6, Our Word on this page 22)-General improvement in the
employment
picture сал be
17,-Belic:--10,-Penco;~-12,--Ċelcry;-
felt. Take fult advantage of 14. East; 16, Nance; 17, Strip: opportunity.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jani.
18, Her; 19, Steadfast; 21, O.K.;
20)-All general commodity 22. Soll; 23, Nightgown. markets are improved. I deal- ing in these products, anticipate good profts.
INTELLIGENCE TEST SOLUTION
Not a difcuts puzzle. The longer poem earns £5 15%, 24, mora than the shorter ona.
and wa get B3: the number of Unes in the Birthday Ode.
Ruta by 31.4. (84, plus tide this
Now from £4 Bs, dd, subtract 42 elevonpences and 40 threepences," and we are left with £2,
So the answer is a "stipulated um" of 42.
London Kresz Korrice,
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REGISTERED US...
PATENT OFFICE.
BUT DEAR, YOU TOLD ME
TO PUT SEEDS IN THE
ROLLS!
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INTELLIGENCE TEST
SWEATED
· LABOUR
by T. O. HARE
Nor much money
poetry” said the Poet Laureate of St. Vitus's. Ilo has just produced two Odes -one in honour of the Governor's birthday: the other to celebrate the island's tercentenary. Tha former earned him
£4 03. Od; the latter (twice the leng brought in £$ 39, 04.
bfght-
Pay is on rather a curious baris. The first 40 Ines earn a stipulated suới; each line over 40, another pence. And the whole poem carries a cast-of-living bonus of 3d. per lipo...
How much (apart from The cost-of-living bonus) ja paid for the first 40 Tines ?-
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(Between the Bank of China and the National City Bank of New York).
Gunday 11 am. Breaking-of-Dread; (for Bellevers only).
Sunday p.m. Gospel Servies, Monday 6 pm. Spacial. “ Meeting for members of the Forces at No. 12, Chatham Road
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ENGLISH
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CHURCH
(Queen's Road East, Corner of
Kennedy Road.)
Bunday, August 7th.
Morning
Worship at
12
Preacher: Rev. L. McCoy. D.A.D.D. Followed by Tioly Communion.
Evoning Worship at Preacher: Mr G. Moore,
6.30 p.TIL.
Social hour for Bervicemen at the 5 & 6 Home, at B. 'clock,
Musical
All Bervicemen invited. *Refreshmentu, Community Binging.
tema.
Wednesday at 9.30 p.m. De votional Servies at Use B & B Tome, Friday, ot 330 pm Choir Practice in the B. S'ome.
Hearty welcome to all,
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