Tientsin, the n&me of the Chinese treaty port which has been in the news so much lately, means “ Ford of Heaven.” Horses’ skulls, which were once regarded as protection against lightning, used to bo built into church towers for that reason. Aged only 10 years 7 months, a Bengali girl has just passed the matriculation examination of the University of Calcutta. Three out of four women employees leaving a big London store to marry asked permission to continue in their jobs afterwards.
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Evening Star, Issue 23375, 19 September 1939, Page 10
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82Untitled Evening Star, Issue 23375, 19 September 1939, Page 10
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