The Archive · 1934

Old Friends

A warm welcome has been given to Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Dunn who have just made the long journey from Portugal to see their three daughters In the East and renew old acquain= tances for a month. Mr. Dunn was with Jardine, Matheson and Company for many years, both in Shanghai and Hankow ani he and his wit retired to England ten years ago, afterwards deciding to make the Seeder Ge ace (Sie ohh tra a eas met, Here BPRS eels!

Lastly there were a few Socialists who tried to preach sermons on the evils of warfare, mixing up. the Fund with the' glorification armaments and imperialism. To which one of my" young' friends torted swiftly, "It it weren't for men for when. we are collecting merey. very likely you wouldn't be ere—and t don't' think that would be a bad thing!" Which was perhaps a Ute crude, buy deserved.

Such incidents ore, of course, the "uty Fare exception. Yet the men= tality "of some people just now strikes "one as curiously wrong headed. I'see that @ Mayor in North Wales has abandoned his usual procestion tu the local chapel, because the minister refused to allow the sword to be carried into the chapel was pointed out that the sword was sheathed, and was carried up-vermont to show the Cross, But thy minister "declared that he would Lave no display of armaments in his chapel. S, the Idsyor cancelled. tae recession The Vicar's Viewpoint The family have returned from burch enthusiasti> over our "new eat's sermon. At the end ery simple and "Tnoving address, Rome in Portugal. Their daughters] Mrs. W. A. L. Pardoe_of Shanghai Miss Frances Dunn of Singapore. and] Mrs. L. T. Watty of Manila, are all being visited in turn, Egyptian Ball Wednesday night's party at the Canidrome" was excellently managed affair and had its amusing moments. Loud cheers and laughter Went up when Miss Preston uttered heartfelt appeal over the mict Phone to the begging them to ing rather caustically whether the men would have been quite so shy had they been "pukka" taxi-dancers Instead of merely wives and sisters masquerading.

Mrs. Macbeth's Tiffin 'A buffet tiffin, typically Scotch in all respects was given yesterday at] the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Macbeth, $92 Rue Retard, who entertained in honour of Dr. James Inches, prominent citizen of Detroit Ohio," USA. who came over for the Red Cross Conference in Tokys and is now visiting his son Mr. M. P._Walker of St. John's University.

The tifin gathered together number of Shanghai friends of Inches who is renowned for his work menu included barley" broth, had. dock in milk, Haggis and mashed] potatoes and Deoch and Dhoras, dear to the hearts of all' good Scot men: and women.

The way to take Castor tit ver 's0. that you don't taste it gut an orange in two, then fil' a table Spoon with the all, swallow it quickly muck the orange, and. you won't the all at al.

'Take alfa small teaspoonful of Lengdale's Cinnamon in water' three nimes: during. the "day.

You should take your temperature and, 1¢ above normal, take ten grains Salicine (buy halt'a dozen: packet this drug-—ten grain in each packet—and take one every two hour®, taking for more thay three doves "in all This,"Of course, {s only for fever.

From the moment the cold starts drink" quantities of YOU can. sip about two ig tumblers full at feast every two hours.

Orange juice is very good taken for lemonade, "made with lemons cut up, with plenty of sugar, into a Jug with boiling, water This can be taken instead of the pi water it you have 2 cough, Gee's Cough Linetts should be taken.

the cough is very' tiresome. at hight, a teaspoonful of yellow vaseline ets magic and. slops the cough Immediately These directions are carefully hea of for Lazy People." And th eres the rub. It is often said at the man who invents the real cure for a cold will make his fortune. Merely to put your feet in hot mustard and water and stop in. bed will cure the thing.

But, it seems so lazy to lie in bed just for a cold. You feel all right and get up. Back comes the cold, and then it may hang about you for days. That is what has been hapening to me, and what, for a warning to others, may excuse this homily.

Homes For Princes The Duke of Kent is stated to have taken No. 3 Belgrave Square for the future home of himself and Princess Marina. With the number royal palaces that are available—Kensington, Marlborough House, (which was done up for the Prince of Wales, but he dislikes it and never lives there), White Lodge, Richmond—it seems odd that our Princes do not live in them. The Prince of Wales wes St. James's Palace when in London buy prefers Belvedere, his home near Sunning-dale. The Duke and" Duchess York live in Piccadilly. But probably these old palaces have their inconveniences, and, of course, theres scope for setting individuality upon them. As they are, s0 they have been for generations.

No. 3 Belgrave Square is described as a beautiful house, the walls of the principal rooms jined with. the ight, pickled wood which {snow fashionable. There is a splendid ballroom on the fire floor. The house belongs to Lady Juliet Dum, but

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