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It is a well-known fact that the Emperors used to provide for their succession before they themselves reached the age of 15 in order to ensure an heir. If the mothers of the future rulers were no older than that, the state of the offspring must bave been tragically pathetic.
"THE OLD ORDER_CHANGETE.”
Since 1769, the date of the earliest The 1920 Chinese girl or woman
is a great improvement on her fore The following gem, culled from recorded seismic disturbance
tion and keerer vivacity noticeable the San Francisco Chronicle of May Southern California, the Pacific Coast Unners. There is a superior anima- 7, has been sent to the BNB has been visited at intervals by earth about her. Her eyes have life. Why? Herald by a correspondent who also quakes. These tremors have ranged Simply because she has had educa hails from "God's own country." from the slightest oscillation, detect. tion. Her sluggish brain has been He writes: "It would seem that Northed only by seismograph, to shakes filled and dusted, and the internal transition is visible on her features Borneo has been ineffectually explored that leave behind them wreckage writes A. C. Hyde Lay (Nanking). hitherto if a secated scientist can and casualties. But the number of Before she had little or no education. the destructive shocks may be told; Even if she could read a limited heroically land on its coasts and in-off on the fingers of one brand. A number of characters she was con- mediately find tigers—to say nothing survey of the records of all earth-sidered somewhat of a prodigy. But that have occurred in now schools for girls exist in abund- of Kings, Princes and a tribe of quakes.
Southern California in the last 150 ance Improvement. moreover is Natives or that San Francisco is, in years shows that Los Angeles has rapid. In 1914 there were 108,000 places, alarmingly "wet"!"
suffered very Ettle damage from the schools or colleges in China, in 1917 An adventure in Borneo in which shakes that have visited the city.the number had increased to 120,000.
In olden days the three types of a perfectly good American movie San Francisco, on the contrary, has machine was smashed by a tiger, suffered from three destructive and girl seen by the foreigners in China who was killed by W. F. Alder, just four exceptionally severe earthquakes, were the rich, who drove past in with tinsel show as the attack was made. The animal and besides, has felt many light grand carriages,
The destructive shocks in and all that,” the poor, who walked jumped twenty feet and had died tremors. WINSTON AS WAR CURRESPONDENT. from the effects of two bullets by the San Francisco occurred in 1865, and still walk barefooted and neglect- when numerous buildings were deed, and the dancers, commonly called These figures remind one of antime he landed upon the camera.
singing girls," who sat, hands in entry in which the diarist reveals the Film Records Thrill in Borneo, stroyed; in 1865, when thirty lives High price paid for his work to Wild Life Hunt, Cannibal Viands were lost and many buildings were pockets (for the Chinese females wear ruined; and in 1906, when abon: 500 trousers), and bobbed up and down
GIGANTIC CAMOUFLAGE PLAN. " another writer-Winston Churchill, Taste Queer, Scientist's Find. when the latter acted as war corre American scientists who seek persons were killed and property in the passing ricsha. Now there
The most gigantic scheme of spondent for the Morning Post during specimens and experience in the damage estimated at 500 million is another type, the bright, eager camouñage on record has just
done by the shake | maiden, who realises what it is to the South African War. "Lord wilds of the Far East will have their dollars was
Eugenics teach us that a Persian been made public. In Paris it was Stand with reluctant feet,
planned in 1918 to build three dummy should not mazzy before his mind is Glenesk made a pretty bold bid for desires fully gratified, according to and the fire that followed it.
THREE A DAY IN JAPAN,
Where the brook and river meet.
Parises 15 miles from the real city, matere. But the reasons for early Winston," remarks Sir Henry, writing WF. Alder and Edward Laemmle,
When they are seen at their I who arrived
the Oceanic
From this record it should not be
on which German airmen could drop marriage ja China are not far to on April 21, 1900.
concluded, however, that California cottage doors, the wood smoke creep all the bombs they wasted without seek; parents wish to see their child- is in any sense the particular home ng up behind them and filling the air injuring a sont or anything but street ren safely married before they die of seismic shocks. Japan, perhaps, with delicious incense, while baby lamps of primitive pattern and vast parents yearn for grandchildren to holds the palm, as an earthquake brothers perform gyroscopic actions quantities of canvas and framework inherit the family same, and some country, and other lands, notably beside them, the pretty little maids, These other Parises were to be true superstitious parents imagine that Italy and India, have formidable their smooth pink faces in striking cities of light," while the real Paris evil spells are broken by weldings. We are told by sarve philosopher that records in this regard. Japan, by contrast to the dark, wavy hair,
very few great men are born to a official record has bad in recent times adorned with red or green artificial shrouded herself in darkness.
The inventor of this plan was an family that produces itself faster than an average of 1.000 earthquakes a
girls can be attractive. Go to electrical engineer, M. Jecopozzi, three generations in a century." Thes The skipper of a small Dutch trad-year, almost three a day. The na- ing schooner became intoxicated and tional architecture, in fact, has been any official dinner given for the and to prove its utility he constructed means that a parent should be on the The vehicle that cried Caesar wrecked the craft on a reef, compell- | largely moulded by the consideration / consul or the Commissioner of Cus. at Orme de Merly, about 15 miles average 33 years of age before he or and insisted on seeing the Am-Mr. Scott Montagu, MP. (Lerd ashore on the north side of Borace at any time. The most destructive leading Chinese official, and half way Gare de l'Est with two kilometres of It is interesting to note that Milton's British visitor one day bounced in and his fortunes is the property of ing the Americans to make their way that one's house may be shaken down toms by the Civil Governor or other north-east of the city, a complete she deserves to enjoy such ankle.
Montagu of Beaulieu), one of the in the ship's dingby.
earthquake on record occurred in through the lengthy but excellent railroad track, siguals, sheds, trains, father was 45, Confucius's 45, Bis- bassador.
Upon landing the travellers were that country in 1894. It cost 100.000 repast a singing girl will come, 'smi- engines, houses, and a neighbouring marck's 44. and Shakspeare's 40 As be could not be got out of the earliest, now rated among the most
ing, into the room, and seat herself street. It was so completely the Gare when these illustrious gentlemen outer office be was handed on to skilini drivers of motor cars. The surrounded by Kia Kias, a tribe of lives
for New Forest was head hunters, and secured respect Italy's black record in this regard on a stool immediately behind the de F'Est that French airmen Lying respectively entered the waren Labouchere.. who told him the member Minister was not in. The Briton staying at a country house, the by knocking out the chief and eight is marked principally by the great chief guest. The latter at once speaks over it by night did not know it was early marriages produce feeble zuen with greater zest abstraction, as not real. Its appearance betrayed and women in every way, and this is Minister to be put off by subterfuge party including E.R.H. According to of his warriors by punching them on Calabrian earthquake of 183, which the case may be, to the host, but to nothing of its gossamer nature, but one reason why China, with its see-
his habit, le arrived in his motorcar, the point of the chin.
wrought wide destruction; the in which the Prince took the liveliest
As a token of respect the ship Neapolitan trembler of 1857, which / potice the maiden at once is not it was all framework, canvas, and thing population, is anything but a
killed 12,300 persons and was the etiquette. Meanwhile, the other fight as insecure as a rustic village
Europe, and the Calabrian and
SIR HENRY LUCY'S MEMORIES OF
FAMOUS MEN
Toby. M.P." is a delightful but & rather disappointing diarist. Why bas be given us, in his "Diary of a From his diary of the war years? Journalist," only two or three pages Possibly his war-time diary might have paled beside some of the blar Ins indiscretions of other diarists, but it must have been--to judge from his pre-war pages-always interesting and sometimes intimate.
One of his happiest stories is told of Labouchere, at a time when the apostle of "Truth" was attached to the Embassy at Washington, A
pray take a chair."
of that kind,
Then I will wait till he comes in," he said.
Very well," said Labouchere, The bland attache, his invitation accepted, continued the writing in terrupted by the arrival. At the end of an hour the visitor, still fuming, inquired whether the. Minister was expected back. Ob, certainly,"
મ Labouchere.
on
He offered Lim a four months' en-steamship "Sonoma" after one year's gagement, at a salary of £1,000, with travel in Japan, China, india, the The term Straits Settlements and Borneo for all expenses paid. baring lapsed, the special correspond the Southern California Academy of ent's engagement has been renewed Science and Explorations and the Universal Films. As an indication of on even more favourable terms."
Another page which now reads what may be expected, the Los like ancient history records (on July Angeles men recounted the following 21, 1900) that the Prince of Wales experiences: King Edward) has made his first journey in a motor car."
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interest. An early opportunity, was wrecked scientists were then present found for an experimental drive,ed with a strange dish, which they which proved highly successful. It did not relish, and therefore ate but is quite on the cards that very shortly Fittle and were then presented with H. R. will have his own motor car, score of human heads, one of which a circumstance that will give a great was from a girl (sic) who had suffered the supreme sacrifice a few days pie impulse to a rising industry.
viously.
The adventurers then proceed d
THE SECRET SIGN. Two customs incidentally mention-
Another houred by Sir Henry in the course of his
assed, the morning caller evidently
growing increasingly impatient.
Do you think be will be back
before lunch?" he asked, looking at his watch.
"I think not," said Labouchere, in his sweelest manner." "The fact is, he sailed for Europe on Wednesday, and can scarcely yet have sighted But you know you said you'd wait till he came back, so I asked you to take a chair."
Queenstown.
diary may cause some speculation.
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tiger, and the episode was registered Dining one night on the flagship of by the second camera operated by the Channel Fleet I was struck by Laemmle, who is the nephew of Carl bluejacket entering the saloon and Laeramle, president of the Universal saluting the Flag Captain, saying: Company.
Five minutes to nine, sir!" Turn- Akter said: ing to the Admiral, the Captain is a
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flowers. Even some of the dancing
third in severity ever recorded in guests become cheerful and expectant, on the tage.
for further girls will follow. In those days Paris was suffering
CHINESE MARRIAGES.
while 86 are in different.
great power.
As far back as the time of Con- fucius, and even earlier, when the Sicilian catastrophe of 1908, when After every honourable visitor has a nightly raids by Gothas, and some wonderful Chinese script of 40,000 Lady seated behind his back, thing had to be done. It was then characters was invented, the opinion 77,283 persons were killed, according to the official records. Within the the songstress commences a that Jocupazzi came along with his of the Chinese with regard to women last 100 years seven other destructive Philomel commenced her lyric so on poles, and they were about the most 135 common characters written with melody. On one occasion the sweet plan. His signal lampa were lanterns has been far from chivalrous. Of the shocks in Italy have cost 80,000 lives.
india has been visited in recent lustily and suddenly that the man in real thing in his camouflage city. the figure denoting woman as a com- to film a tiger hunt. One of the times by the shock known as the shark's fios, jerked back in his chair Dummy trains were laid on ground meaning. Of the others, 35 are bad, front of her, who was enjoying The rest was translucent canvas pound, only fourteen convey a good huge beasts broke through the jungle great Indian earthquake ofeared and clapped a hand to his ear. So but they were as deceptive as the Do Cabinet Ministers still use a secret and attacked Alcer, who placed two which had terrific force, but centred sign on their correspondence? And well-directed shots before the animal mostly in comparatively barren te spontaneous was the act that the Trojan horse. Factories that emitted and some of the 35 are the most is the cryptic statement Five struck the camera. The machine was gions in the province of Assam and Chinese best laughed delightedly, steam and smoke were produced by disreputable words in the language, minutes to nine" still heard in the wrecked. Alder's leg was beneath the by the Kangra shake of 1905, which,mass of heavenly blushes," and, big with the rays of small searchlights and the coy nightingale became a the most primitive means and made
This Asiatic race was apparently though less severe than the Assam while trying to complete her song shining through them. His streets in agreement with what Euripides wardrooms of the Navy?
upheaval, killed some 20,000 persons. withour breaking down, made such were just rows of half-hidden lamps says in one of his fragments: "There
Lisbon, Portugal, was largely shaken to pieces by a shock in 1755, wondrous mouths that the host and in a desolate and uninhabited region. is no evil so terrible as a bad wo one of the earliest of the great earth-Party were in a perfect frenzy of All that was lacking to make the man." But it is more just and fitting plan a complete success was that to conclude with the now almost quakes studied according to the amusement.
from Morte should be it
bombed, and its hackneyed words "One gets used to little experiances methods of modern science. low voice repeated the communica of that sort in an expedition into the
The element of love is supposed by appearance was so good that the Arthur"The old order changeth, Nize in every ten houses in Europeans to be completely absent authorities decided to make two giving place to the new." tion, whereat the Admiral nodded. by ways of the world. We are The same thing happening on the returning with many rare specimens Charleston, S.C., were damaged by a from Chinese marriages. This is a other camouflage districts like i
the severe earthquake in 1886, in which mistake; of course, when an un-
cre on the bend in the Seine following night, I ventured to inquire that will be interesting to
No one Academy. These included, in addition 27 persons were killed outright and pleasant young rogue is wedded to a below Pontoise, where the river would what it might pertend.
help the illusion, and another of "On November 1 no work was seen him before, love, is naturally the time of Du Maurier's death in nightly done as far back as memory by his majesty, the King of Borneo, a result, were injured.
and the Prince.
Virginia has had many earth absent. But when a good-natured, industrial district to the east of the labourers employed under the Cal- 1896. Du Maurier, the diarist recalled, went
Those who remember Kipling's The eating of human flesh is still-quakes
handsome youth and a gentle beauty city, which nervous German airmen, catta stevedores for loading and za- died in the belief that in "The
entertainment once in vogue among the Kia Kias of
are chosen for each other, there is knowing Paris, cught to be some loading ships in the part went on Martian" he had written a book story of the which was much greater than provided for the edification of an Borneo, and every effort to stamp A large part of Valparaist, every reason for proper love to grow where about, would joyfully bomb strike. They want 35 per cent. in- and joyfully depart home again crease in their wages and other "Trilby." Forranately, perhaps, he unauthorised visitor to one of his the habit out has failed of success Chile, including the principal public out of the union.
Sir Robert Hart, until 1911 the while Faris slept in Peace. Before privileges. The stevedores are will- did not live to realise that the truth Majesty's ships will perceive a faintly The Europeans are practically safe, utility work, was wiped out and
reminiscent flavour about this in however, because the natives fear 1,500 persons were killed by a. Inspector-General of Chinese Mari- the plans could be put into executioning to give a 50 per cent. rise as the "was far otherwise.
No one can conceal or mitigate cident. Could it have been a leg reprisals if they attack the whites, shock in August, 1906, which had time Customs, has compared Western the Armistice came and stopped men seem inclined to be reasonable. the totality of its failure to Interest," pull" devised-for-the benefit of The daughter of one of the chiefs been preceded by severe earthquakes and Eastern marriages thus in the them, but in the archives of the WaIt is hoped that unless agitators in
Toby, M.P.-EL
took a fancy to my assistant, Laem in 1730, 1822, 1839 and 1873. Manila former case, it is like putting a kettle Office they still exist. mle, and the old fellow suggested has had two destructive quaker-in of hot water on a fireless stove, and that as a sop-in-law the nephew of 1863, when 1,000 persons were killed, allowing it to cool; in the latter, the Universal Films would do nicely, and in 1880, when 3,000 died. Other putting kettle of cold water on a our loot. I will travel and lecture proving that the shocks move pretty
We expressed regrets and get away notable earthquakes of modern times, burning stove and allowing it to boil. Chinese girls to-day sometimes do
'TRILEY'S" SUCCESS,
Only the other day Lady Tree was recalling the success of "Trilby" when her husband produced it in London. Here is an interesting note
on the author, made by Sir Henry at seemed quite to know. It had been to the beads, a lot of truck presented many others, some of whom died as hot-tempered girl, who has never light and vapour, tó represent the done on the Hooghly, as over 10,000'
wrote Sir Henry. "It is fortunate
for the publishers that they had re- ceipts on "Trilby to average against their takings on The Martian.' Con-
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN.
templation of the situation is, froment, but it is not impossible to may be impoe-ible to prevent an their point of view, made the more
be perpared for it Chamberlain's Pain saddening from consideration of the Balm is not beyond anyone's purse, and fact that whilst they bought Trilby with a bottle of this linimen for le for £1,000, they gave £10,000 for prepared for most anything
by all Chemists and forekeepers. "The Martian.'"
VALPARAISO WRECKED,
in the principal cities for a year and much all round the world, are: not marry till the ages of twenty-four will then make another trip, this Quito, Ecuador, 1859, fatalities 5,000. or twenty-five. Before education time to the South Seas, for fresh Mendoza, Spain, 1861, fatalities claimed them, thirteen or fourteen were the normal years for marriage.
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