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"THE POETS IN CAMP” TA FAIR DAughter and a
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A TALE OF ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS. WELL
AND ALL MERRI
The "most Honourable Chief Inspector of-Station ” being, «. many and a fathor himself was not unmoved by this aristle. Of course nothing could be done officially, but one is glad to know. that the young lady was rescued front tha hardsume young man of Bupeh at Hankow and restored to her sorrowing Fattoned up a pound of rice, and killed father, who, being short of life.stne, it in honour of the occasion. C. Daily News.
THE TOMBOLA.
This is the title of a volume of } clever and witty verse which E.. W. H.," author of "Gas Attacks. has just put on
theSituated close to one of the collegiate market with the intimation that stablishments with which Shanghai and
any proceeds which may result
ita environs abound is a tuckshop, where from the sale of this book will be years honourable service in foreign en- an aged Chinese, who has seen many devoted to War Charities." Aploy, spends the remaining years of his charitable public would regard the life dispensing the Chinese equivalents YOUR EYES
doubt implied in this sentence as of ginger pep and doughouts to the The community has generously hor of modesty had not the poet "tudents. Amongst the children that SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTEL himself in his prefact made it taler had blessed many years of married life responded to the call for gifts for jably clear that it was a conclusion doted. Some of the neighbours sod to some very valuable gifts have been was a daughter on whom the old fellow; the St. George's Day Tombola and At the first symptom drawn from sud experience of the remark that he was absolutely foolish contributed, and it is hoped that the of eye strain you should sale of his Gran Attacks. But of patience at times. It is even possible public will be equally generous ir
over the child and even his wife got out consult us. We test E. W. His not in the least that the daughter also became bored their support, in buying spills.
with the continual stream of adulation eyes scientifically and fit downhearted. He finds it an en-that the old man maintained. For one Among the presente received are glasses to individual re./bling thought that 1-27,000th of Ane day she disappeared with the hand; the following ----Diamond dragon-fly!
quirements.
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some young risa of Hupeb.
The distracted father applied to his brooch, large diamond bar brooch, authenties for assistance in recover turquoise and pearl bracelet. thick
his runaway daughter. They were very the percentage who are made nice about it, beard his story and asked solid gold bangle, amethyst pendant, him to call on the morrow. They kept heighter and better by the present on doing this sad at last, despite the gold chain bag, gold fountain pen, collection of venes will be much fact that he lived outside the Settle gold links, wristlet watches, quaati- larger and that, es result there men bo decided to spproach the ties of cut glass, innumerable silver inspector of a neighbouring municipal articles, two pianos, gramophone, will be a goodly sum available for police station. War. Charities.
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A HUGHE COURT:
The verses which give the title to
Ha decided to send in an appeal for the booklet" Poets in Camp-document in English himself, he called redress, and, unable to write the make an appeal to all members of in the aid of a promising young student, the Defence Corps, and though they
with the fellowing result and many other pieces in the book let were originally published in the al newspapers, there are doubtless inany who would like to have them in this more permanent and attrue five form. The "Poets in Camp
1. P. Thursfield are very cleverly and amusingly utilised. We have space for but one example, which it will be recognised parodies Omy's faunus Elegy:--
Here rests his head upon the lap of
earth
"
A youth to whom ul hardship was
unknown;"
|
sewing machine, typewriter, clocks, incubators, dozens of pictures, curion hundred War Bouda. and fancy goods and also several
"A CHURCH OF ALL CREEDS."
A NEW AMERICAN INSTITUTION.
AN APPEAL FOR A ELDRESS. To The Must Honourable Chief Inspector. of Station, Sir-1 beg to ask your bighest honourable favour,
My Dear most respected dear sir, to extent soine help to a poor and good-for-nothing-servant, who carna only a few pennies a day and who live ***
In Americs recently there was opened Church of All Creeds" at Camp in." $ thorough frock band-to-hand pton, an institution which ainus is thoroughly ruined. I cannot live any the earstial things which are fashion. Oh, my dearest sir. my family symbolising the unifying of religions on longer, if
if affairs of my pour fabrily con~
above
am getting much older and weaker the opening of the Camp Church, to be physically as well as mentally. I am known as church headquarters. The But for the sake of keeping the wall were represented in the exercises. unable to do any hard and heavyworks Catholic. Jewish and Protestant faiths of starvation from my door, and for children and I myself, I have recent-
General Johnson stated that such a
are, represented by a symposium of Verse which sets down what might TAKASHIMA OCHI MUTA BE, have been written if some poets huddition is not repaired, may, if vengeance, creeds. I was the message of Brigadier. is not made for me. I myself is a poor General Evan M. Johnson, acting com KISHIDARE YOSHINOTANI, been living in Hongkong last Decor. wretched being, helpless and lonely, mander of the Metropolitan division, at HOJO,NAMAZUTA, SAYO KANADA), bor. The respective stylus of
Uliterate as well as beggarly. SHINNEW, KAMIYAMADA, BIBA) Walt Whitman, Tenasson, Grag. &OYUBARI COLLIERIES.Į
Edgar Allen Poe, Walter Savage Landor, Browning, Clifton Bingham, Bret Harte, Rudyard Kipling and supporting my poor cld wife and a fox church is possible only as an outgrowth ly for few years, opened a small of war conditicas, when a great upheaval tavern, in fact it can bardly be called unifies religious thought sad tarns the a tavern, in which I received a stranger minde of men to the One who is above or two, who happened to come to cat & all reeds and who recognizes the good few dishes. I have got uften scoffed by in all men. them, if there is anything unpleasant to
It it altogether true that war in tbear. Oh, my misery is very, very great and unbearable!
Oh, would that hell." said the general. When we hear may die soon, so that the sorrow of of the terrible, sufferings. the outrages this world may be forgotten in the world of unknown !-Ob, good gracious on women and other such things we what can I do, when my young daugh- think of war us such, but there is much tor, the daughter whom I loved ever so" of good which comes out of war. Nothing dearly and sweetly, the daughter who is is fluer than a man laying down his life all the world to me, has been robbed for his
Self-sacrifice and awny by a Hupeh rascal. This man bas a wife, who has already got children for asteminuness are two of these things. lum. He is really unfaithful to his wife. · PHOTO OF ARMY's NOKAL SPRUT. and his parents, or else I think or I may anticipate be is trying to sell away my division, when I consider that out of Fam proud of the moral spirit of this precious daughter to some had place, for the sake of gaining dishonest wealth 10,000 men only 53 have had to appunt This case has been happened for a week; before a general court-martial, and caly hat still there is no hero who is kind. 12 of these for criminal ofences. And and brave enough to help me. My wife, when 22.000 men are stowed to go to the being a member of the weaker ser, could city, and practically every man is found enly sob. anh, and sob; whereas I The verses on the Camp, how. myself, being a poor man dare rot and his place, it refects the influence of cannot take back my daughter to her those agencies which are represented in ever, occupy but nine out of a tota! legal mother, although the convicte the YMCA.. the Knights of Columbus, of 8 large pages. The others are place is pretty near my bonse. I have the Jewish Welfare Board and others. mostly on subjects of locul interest repeatedly petitioned to the Magistrate: Tacro are forty creeds in Camp Upton.
shameful to any that owing to the but very sorry to say-in het very.
"At first you may have held aloof frami itching palm habit, which is the canker of the Protestant, the Catholic, the Jew, government in China, my petition was the Confucian or the Mohammedan here, rejected with a piece of paper, which gave but you have learned they are men like a lot of excures. I know that the fursign
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These clever travesties of standard poetry, together with "A Song in Camp form in themselves for members of the Defence Corps un interesting souvenir of the Camp at
Lowu.
2.1
country.
As the
gentlemen-are-heroic in every out and urselves. War down's show the petty speech. They are kind-hearted as well things of creed to divide men.. насы
valrous They are the enlightened, commandant of this eamp I never could sons of the West Spirit of Chivalry" have looked, fasarably upon this church that 4 "the
respect and kind. If fo was to advance any propaganda, any
SERVICES WILL BE VADIED.
There is, for instance, "A Ballode of Hongkong which begins: Men are giver but mortal sight,
Save maybe in the case of a seer Who on the past can throw some, lights Or into the mist of the future peer. If such a one there should be here,
Questioning him I fain would seak Where are the dollars I had last year?artner towards the weak and creed
sopressed Although I am man vi Where is the tiger cute Peak the East, I am sure, they will kindly gladly help me to get back my precious. The weather in May in Hongkong honestly and taithfully and camnestly. Central Presbyterian Church. Brooklyn, daughter, if 1 will just beg and beg the Rev. John F. Carsen, pastor of the In presenting the church to the camp forms the subject of two or three I do not went to cause the convict to be amusing exersions in verse, and very severely punished. But all that I sad that the sole object of the church "Preverted Translations," Nurcan hope for, is to get ary darling was to be of service to all the men who sery Rhymes of Hongkong," and daughter back into the arms of her have given their lives in the mighty miserable mother, so that we can again TUSCULUM, Barker Kond, 153 Peak.ESIDENTIAL FLAT in Prince's the monologue of "The Fireman enjoy pence, although I am it man of holy struggle to save humanity,
will be found highly entertaining. 'Apply
poor pecuniary condition. Oh, most Rev. William Adams Brown, of the Union Apply to
Part II of the booklet is devoted honoured sir, ob, most kind and Theological Seminary, secretary of the THE BONGRUNG LAND INVEST;] to more serious poetry much of which magnanimous "hero of the hour" may I wer time commission of the churches..
MANT & AGENCY CO., LTD. is of high merit, including some honour your hnnner who is my
have the privilege to be helped by your presided. Hongkong, April 8, 1918. 300 Chinese Studies. The war finds patron and deliverer. I can only be greatest
The church auditorium will be used un echo in this part of the book in protected by rour honour Oh would for Protestant services of all denomina
that my earnest petition be graciously tiens. Cathelie cenfessionals and
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In stirring poem on St. George, from which having regard to the nearness appropriately quote the concluding of St. George's Day we might
verse:
Today the battle ranges Against a baser ice,
Whose arms are fooled with murder,
Who naught of honour know.. And many give their life-blood.. While one may give but gold. To keep our hosuur stainless
As in the days of old.
86, till shall be our warry'
St. George for Merrie Essland, In this out sternest fight
And God defend the right !**
The booklet in well printed and bearaan attractive cover designed
IMMEDIATE ENTRY four very by Mr. H. W Bird. It is published
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and thanks to my deliverer, if he will will be open for private worship end and kindly accepted Oh, with a thou and Jewish synagogue services. Is eiso clutches of a family of rehbers. Your kindly save my daughter from the Honour, being kind and able nikl heroic enough will certainly be glad enough to institution has conference rooms, whep- save me-men good for nothing, wretch-iains offices und living quarters. The ed and unfortunate creature in this
Indition to the auditorium the
world : 1f your gracious honnur will, stucture was erected at à coat of $20,000, help me, I am at your command.
contributed by various denominations.
I remain, Most obediently yours,
My dear respected Sir.
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