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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, LECEMBER 1, 1920
TRAVESTIED MUSIC:
日二十月十中庚究歲年九國華中
MYSTERIES OF MEMORY
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THE SALE OF ROSES.” ....
TO-DAY'S SUCCESSFUL EFFORT."
That the public of Hongkong is not indifferent to the pressing needs of the poor of the Colony is shown by the ready response made to-day to the urgent appeal by the Society
DEFILEMENT OF GOOD MUSIC.
Will-nobody, asks a writer in the Liverpool Pust, ridas of this turbulent cag time? Having jiggled and warried and hiccoughed its own inventions to death it is now getting busy, as our "American friends so charmingly put it, with the defilement af melodies of the great masters of music. A few years
FREAK CALCULATORS,
SOME STRANGE CASES,
A breeder possessed some 200 head | of cattle. He had risen from the position of farm hand, had never been educated either privately or int school, yet be engaged in big buying | and selling transactions
There was not only planted in his memory the important points regard ing practically every animal he had once "looked over." but also be could at once give every detail as to pedigree, prices at which each had changed hands, names of buyers and
of St. Vincent de Paul for fonds to ago Mendelssohn's "Spring Song," an carry on its good work in/alleviat-easy prey, was violated to furnish sellers. He had a remarkable me ing the distress only too common same element of tunefulness to the mory only concerning cattle. here.
Memory (writes Dr. Haydn Brown) is a matter of mental interest, applica tion, and concentration-but chiefy interest.
To-day's appeal took the silly duty called "Put me on an. He possessed it largely by reason form of a sale of roses, and few island.". Next the Wedding march of the fact that he could neither read there were he could resist the was wantonly misused for the sake anybody else's figures nor write his appeal for a contribution, however of the Wedding Glide: then the own, being obliged therefore to exer- small, when approached in street, stately introduction to the Third eise his concentrated powers all the shop, or office by the enthusiastic Act of Lohengrin was rifled to set more. lady workers who commenced their the boozy chorus of "Toddling Home charitable labours early in the day on Sunday morning more firmly on and continued them this afternoon its legs, and now the sombre opening. with unfagging zeal and energy chords of Rackminoff's Prelude With such success did the fair bave been stolen to clothe the naked. There are people possessing vendors prosecute their endeavours ness of a Russian fox trot or some remarkable memories regarding that by 1.30 this afternoon a sum of other banality. These iniquities certain subjects, however, who are $2,000 had been netted with more ought to be made indictable. also great readers and writers, and collecting boxes still to come in.
who are quite interested in a large That the final sum collected by this
number of subjects, happy means will be more than com- | mensurate with the Society's efforts there can be no room for čeubt, and the money thus collected, together with that raised by next Sunday'e bazaar, should go far in providing the Society with funds to carry on its splendid work in the coming
year.
The 3.8
ARRIYILS.
"Chaksang." Captain Courtney 1,470 tons, arrived this morning at 8 am from Singapore with 1,200 - tans, of cargo and 22 bags of mail.
The 5.5
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"Hoihow," Captain Christiansen, 896 tons, arrived this morning at 8 am. from Hongay with 1600 2029, ĐỂ COI
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This lawyer declared that it was tions came out, to note the altera quite easy for him, when new edi
LATEST SHIPPING NEWS United Services Football League are The following matches in the
down for decision to-day :--
tions in speed that had been made "Ambrose" v. RGÅ, and "Ta-) and to observe arrangements which mar" v. Wiltshires.
were designed to suit other.com All four teams are well matched; panies.... and in fine form, and the followers of the game are assured of a good gists to find examples of people who It is quite common for psycheio" exhibition of first class football at display a defective mentality as a eitber of the matches.
whole, but who exhibit surprising The "Tamar v. Wilts match powers of memory for certain things. should prove a fast and exciting † Thus a man is knoyo who is "incap fame. The sailors will by no means able of managing his own affairs" have the game all their own way if from a mental point of view but who the soldiers show the same form they has an extraordinarily five know- have been exhibidag in their last ledge of and memory for horse- three matches. · A hard tossie is racing and its statistics, yet he has anticipated, and if the soldiers take never seen a horse-race in his life. the two points at stake... things seriously, they ought to secure He caught the enthusiasm from once being in company with betting An evenly contested game is also, men who were much excited, and he anticipated in the Ambrose "v.Į afterwards watched the daily papers R.G.A. match, and if the sailors are for reports. In this instance a por in the same form as that exhibited | tion" of the brain, was emotionally tast Saturday against Kowloon, the claimed; and this was greatly exer Artillery will have a strenuous time ched, while the rest simply drifted keeping their citadel intact. In view into an idleness and indifference that of the fact that the gunners won by was equally natural and acceptable.
a previous one goal to nil în but a draw is quite on the cards encounter, they are the favourites, while a reverse is also not im probable.
DEPARTURES.
The ss. *West Niger," Captain Holt, sailed for San Francisco via Kobe at 10 am, to-day with 2,000 tons of general cargo.
The 3.5. Ecuador," Capt. Hurter, sailed for San Francisco via Shang hai at noon today, with 1,664 tons of general cargo.
The sx. "Namsang." Capt. Liddell salled for Calcutta via Singapore at 3. pin. to-day wito 2,368 tons of general cargo.
CELERANOM
The ss. "Soshu Maru." Japanese SANGUINARY "ADJECTÍVE. cleared to-day and will sail for Takao via Swatow at 10 a.m., to-mOTTOW.
The s.s. Persia Maru," Japanese cleared to-day and will sail for San Francisco via Nagasaki at 10.30 am, to-OLTOW_
The sa. "Sunning.” Br., cleared
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The sanguinary adjective is in such
LOVER OF FRIEND?
STARTLING QUESTION,
CAN HUSBAND BE BOTH?
Cas a husband be both lover and friend?
It sounded a startling question at first, when discussed over the tea table (writes a' Daily Chronicle repre- sentative), but there may be some. thing in it after all.
Why can't I be a companion to my husband, a real cham?" asked
friend.
to-day and will sail for Shanghaf at common use in Australia that the newly married: girl of her dearest
DOOT 10-MOTOR.
BIG CLUB PROJECT.
Prime Minister, when requested; to withdraw his qualification of the fie
**Probably because he's in, love direct which he had just handed to with you still," was the reply. “
"He is, tremendously, but instead another member who had criticised Irish affairs with the same hectic ad of being able to help him in his work jective, said that he had not noticed and share his worries, as I should that be had used it. A distinguished like. I seem to hinder him. When he Indian who wrote a book en wants to think, he has to make an "The following resolutions are to his experiences in England once said effort to shut me out."
TO M'ELOW'S MEETING.
RESOLUTIONS TO BE PROPOSED.
be proposed at the public meeting that he did not agree with the "Of course; bow can a man keep
in the Theatre Royal, to-morrow, etymologists who derive "bloody December 2, at 5.15 p.m. in connection from the medieval oath "By our with the big club project;
Lady and that in his opinion when 1. That this meeting approves at the Brith working man said bloody the erection by public subscript on he meant bloody he was, that "sort
his heart and brain going at express speed at the same time? One is sure
to sap the power from the other."
work. I don't want to be just But It makes me so jealous of
"You're not you're the driving
of a 7. M. C. A. building, to be man of man. Probably be went too far toy for his spare time." aged for the joint use of Navy, Army in attributing to a violent mind, so and Civilians by a joint Board of true an instinct for a violent adjec force of his life, without which he Directors
tive. It must be remembered would fail to get the most out of Fromser, E. The Governor, that the English language is himself. Sir R.E Stubbs K CM.G.
singularly blessed ha paucityBut it doesn't seem quite fair Seconder-H. E. Vice Admiral Sir of grammatical forms, and that while I can always think of A. L. Duf, KCB
that the boundaries that divide parts him, he has got to exet himself to 2. That the following gentlemen of speech are easily overitapt. While forget me. I shouldn't mind quite he could shut be invited to become Patrons of the such a language is easy to acquire 30 much if sald building B. The Governor, in the rough, it remaids true that off his work when he shuts Sir R. E. Stubbs, KCMG, H. E complicated parts of speech exist for up his office; but sometimes be Vice Admiral Sir A, L. Duff, K.CH, the purpose of guiding slow comes home haunted by some busi H. E. Major-General R. Ventris, CB. minda to an apprehension of meanness worry that I should like to help Commodore W. Bowden-Smith, RN, ing. In Japanese the noun even in him think out. C.B.E.
the nominatve is followed by a pari The problem opened up by this Proposer Hon. Mr. J. Johnstonéticle, says the Japan Chronicle. It is Uttle bit of confidential chat is one Seconder-Mr G. M. Dodwell 17; by the particle that it is known of the phases of the new sex relations That the following gentlemen for a noun, and "blood" in some ship. It suggests the possibility of be appointed a Finance Committee, classes of society is applied to every something lacking in the truest and for the purpose of raising funds for now, serving the purpose of ga and tenderest love.
the erection of the said building sea in the Japanese. This is Hum Is it not a sign of cooling ardour Hoa, Mr P. H. Holyoak, Chairman, trated in the story of the man who in a husband when be unloads his Mr N. J Stabb, O.B.E, Hon could not understand the meaning of businew worries on his wife? Does [Treasurer, Mr G. T. Edking, Hon. ONE-BEN:One Votes until it was not the true lover glory in shielding
| Mz J Johnstone, Mr. I. W Graham, HrK. E. Greig, Mr J. L: McPherson
Hon. Secretary ASKE
Proposer, Hon. Mr. H. Follo
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