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a grifin, and unbroken, and I fount What does that matter? The true it or consciously helped to make it Hongkong. The procession of Russian the advertising. I get a that I really had no time to bother thoughts of Me are of no importance Some of it was made worthily. Soare musical geniuses passing through is parson gets a stipend, while the Healer about destinations. All my attention to sayons bus myself. So long as of it was not. I judge it as God will as long as two cables spliced together.gets a thank-offering. I'm going to was needed for the job of sticking on my copy makes good reading stuff judge it not as a narrow-minded These Russian.conservatoires remind touch the Boss for a thank-offering
me of bee-hives in swarming time. after this, instead of a’wage. Practically all Mr. George's great the people like to read that is all nationalist wants to appraise it
is necessary: Ordinarily, 1 It is because I feel so strongly that cleverness which I would not dream that of denying, is devoted to sticking on. would feel shy about suggesting that must put the kingdom of God
Biography should always be honest, Let me understand this. I'm a I'm rather sorry for him when I'm not what 1, perinatly might think. before and above my own nation The truthful historian, not the biassed little puzzled by the Church Notes wishing he'd get the Fi, or some could possibly interest anybody that I say such things as annoyed the courtier, should write it. In the statement of the position. thing like what. Bonar Law got.since I am a person of absolutely no preacher. I would be surprised by ease of monarchs-well, you see the
(a) signet ring and pastoral staff More scurrility, you see,
importance, whom pobody knows or our pensive opposition. but for the difficulty? The biographers have (with cheaper duplicate) will wants to know. I am, as Adver-fact that I recognize that his conto wait discreetly for a generation
cest altogether $1.650. The But what else can I do? Would sarius, a synthesis, like Pickwick, or ception of the Kingdom is now or two, till the intolerant patriots you have que a fanatie maving koream Weller, or Huckleberry Finn, and mine broad. The Church has are reduced to a naval chaplain here truths for what I so regardly with St. George, or Alfred Jingle, or failed because it put itself before the and there, whose censure is not serious vehemence? First of all, I King Arthur. But as the human Kingdom, just as Christians fail who dangerous. The new biography of haven't the temperament that kicks machine that necessarily pushes the put patriotism first and religion Queen Victoria by Lytton Straches is highly prthed. On the whole it! against the pricks I never left the pen of Adversarius, if it does interest second.
gives a favourable, a kindly apprecia lightning, I don't buy the moon. anybody to know it. I may obtrude I see that I can do no good, in amy personality, here in reply to that
I apologise for this lapse mto tive picture of her. But-it says serious way. I try to crack a jake challenge, and say that those were the seriousness. I am aware that you she was not intelligent. Of the vast
true thoughts of a Britisher, of For people must live, and life without
tween 1837 and 1897 she understood humour were a sad affair. I see that an Englishman. with a greater dedo not look for, it here, nor changes in thought and society be Dr. Bertrand Russell has been ex-votion to Truth than his rotten Fraken a liberty. My most true nothing. Her own letters and diaries
fession allows to be comfortable.
thoughts of a Britisher" however bear witness to the mental narrowness have been presented as scurrilously that (I now leam from the pulpit) ii I am, although no toady of monarchs I could, that is to say, as humorous-is scurrilous to mention."
plaining his position vis-a-vis Bolshevism. It is substantially, mine. I don't believe that Russians
are capable of creating a better civilization. I don't believe conima- nim can served. But I don't be lieve that the propaganda against
Events are
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a harcha, a great admirer of ly and as amusingly as I could pat King Edward VII. Victoria's southem. Perhaps they may have read
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on such occasion, they would un- doubtedly have treated the Sovereign" himself."
(d) owing to faraine conditions and the increasing need of moner for missionary work." only the cheaper staff, and the -ing, are to be got "at present." Just where does that leave us? At present, for the sake of the famine Piercing the ears, for earrings, conditions, etc.. only $300 of the think he was a great Englishman. less boringly than, say, the average improves the sight. So many people subscriptions will be used. Will the I have bought and read ever sermon, After this, however, I will believe. They will tell you they rest, promised for this specific object, biography of him that I saw. Cac
Talleyrand know cases (sometimes their own) in go to the famine fund? If hot, what then was disinterested or wholesome.
was not the first to say, language was which it worked. A medical officer have the famine conditions to do of the things I blame Victoria for try to remember that, as I don't believe it is good-for-you-to ret the winst up, or to be passionate was the persistent way in which she given me to conceal my thoughts, reports that in some places in the with it? How can delay help the and to stimulate yours. When United Kingdom the cars of "dull" famine-stricken? If there be a good and unreasonable or to be too thwarted his attempts to take an
intelligent interest in the things that Empire Day speakers repeat the old, children are perforated to sharpen response to (c) does it mean that the Erredchon when the political "con-
dence net" talk to yet. So I weather one day to be his chief concern old story, the old, old boasts, they do their wits. Perhaps it is like slitting guarantors in (6) get abatements. *agin" the popular outery when it Good as he was, I believe he could was rather a temerarions thing for a have been even a better man if he had not stimulate your thoughts. They the tongue of a magpie to make it tall. or does the surplus go to the famine been given a chance. Ashaugh merly encourage you to parrot re- By the stars, if you study them, you fund? If the whole outfit is to be newspaper scribe to do. justiising new line. It was a scuri feel that way about him, proud of Petitions When writers like me say may know what is going to happen got, though not at present," where something Beterodox, we arrest your to you. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle does the famine come in? Does it fots lies I'd rather be carrions hau, almost loving. I have read things attention, shock and annoy you, and has in his possession a photograph mean that as it would not look nice. tian Church Riaz By the war. Dr.sbout him in the biographies that compel you to think. If you still showing the late Sir William Chokes just now, they will wait and spend
didn't make me want to call the bio think what you merely repeated an in arm with an angel Sone it by and by ? Russel asks what hey, in any country, has the intellectual who upbers scurrilous I can face before, Four conviction is all the persans (he says, and you must re can only five by selfire his brains facts that don't please me. I think stronger for it. No harm has been member that he wrote the, Sherlock to capitalists whom he hates and can see where I picked the pre done. If you don't-if the jarring Holmes stories, and is therefore a Ltd. despises for whom he mast to work acher. It was a reference to note leads you to broader views and valuable witness) exude a vapour "Probably no discourtesy wa
Victoria's narrogress of mind. He
fit may be revised convictions--still which condenses into a sort of jelly that he knows to be cril, until cyprobably read that as an indirect no harm is done, since you thereby which has been named ectoplasma-intended by the crowds who scurried despair destroys whatever good his nature nece contained. Dr. Russell attack on his own line of intellectual adrait that you have come out of the from Greek words meaning external, out of the grounds immediately the overlooks the intellectuals alterna-ty. She was pious. I grant it. I darkness of error into light. They and plastic. fit to shape. It is ako troops began to move off but it would tive, of being scaritously amusing wondering if he would have gone said of the brilliant Fontenelle worse difusible, and produces a psychic have accorded more with the spirit of and resolving to do no evil where he for me in the same way if I had than has been said of me. because atmosphere in which a seer can see the occasion, if they had waited until capnet de good. No col for mentioned that King Edward was the fools could not see the inward what you and I cannot. Conar His Excellency had taken his de- well. not pious. That's a bit of value of all challenging state-Doyle has touched it; It writhed parture. After all it was the King's cynical despair."
advertent hambug. Im not wondering about it. "I Amour hents amusingly made. like that very like a worm. It can be produced birthday that they were celebrating and it was only fitting that the King's His chance to do good must cone, worida's. I think, if he had noticed witticism about language being useful only in the dark. These are only a Every casual stack at to aided such a remark at all. that he would to conceal though. It shocks like few of the things which, since the representative should have been a paradox, and on examination is war. you must believe or be an cat-treated with the same deference as, ness is a good deed, becense nanow have seli Alas! Ts true 'tis pity found to be fundamentally true. Sider. an ectobloke. mindedness is a bad thing, and the and pay is 'tis true," or something Woe, woe, that in Hongkong you more popularly we can get it despised like that. I don't know Mr. Statt should be still more badly off. because the less common it will become." It I haven't read nearly as much about so much language locally is employed a living hope,
Perhaps I do not entertain it as To most of the offenders these might. for easily understandable rea-bini as I have about Victoria. But to conceal the want of thought. I'm but I like to play with it as a lovely felt they were at a free holiday show. a lively expectationless simply did not occur. They spits, be a bad deed to derecnce the venture." as Elis would say, hoping that Friend Padre will now dreams, that the day may yet come If, however, there were those present narrow mindedness of Some living I suspect that he stares some of that think a bit. As a naval man, he may when men will be so highly civilized who do profess devotion to His neighbour. To refer to the manow mental cartowniss I mentioned. feel obliged to talk humbug on that the word war will sound shock Majesty, loyalty to the King. they mindedness of a long dead character Hinc ilke ANA
Empire Day. As a Padre. he should ingly indecent. On that day, we deserve the reproof, just as people do in history is different. For doing so,
talk against it. There are 365 King ever any teather of the young, any who make themselves" comfortable in a sort of broad-minded sermon Does the Bev. gentleman batedom of Heaven Days, and any one writer for the Press, any official or in church, forgetting that awe should against narrow imperialista. I see humbug as heartily as I do? Did of them is vastly more important any statesman, atters the word be dictate their attitude. But I some that I have been denounced from the he preponder well the full import of to him and to me than May 24th.
expresses the idea, the people will times think this notion of the Governor pulpit as a scamous writer. Me! his reference to.out Empire as
look at one another, shake their as the King's Representative is apt Your one and only Adversarios byword of truth. piety, and justice From the pulpit of St. Paul Chater's throughout the world" "I may not I am so impressed by the writings heads, and murmur:"How sad to be overworked. If we mean that Church-no. I've got the rare blame the Queen for any of the of the Hongkong art critics that I He was such a promising man, too." seriously and sincerely, we should. arong from the pulpit. of St. iniquitous wars we waged in her time, feel desirous of showing how I tool Then they will kindly lead him to the apply it also to others. Every police Andrew's Church. Kowloon. I'm but for the same reason I may net could do it, if I had the chance. I Hall of Euthanasy, and there take wasn't from St. Patrick's credit her with doing much to a reduced to inventing the Shauki farewell of him. For society must PULPIT INDICTMENT OF ME. build, up a world reputation for an Art Club, and its excellent be protected from rabies. Yes. I was denounced in that cer Empire's piety and truth and exhibition in the salon of Mr. Wee
Someone has sent me an Illastrat- Kowloon pulpit on Sunday as a justice since my travels about the Ping, swallownest "merchant, where **scurrions**
f waited world satisfied me that no such chiaroseura is en evidence to a gratify-ed Dictionary of Pisin English, Malay, and Chinese Languages and Versicular trembling all the week for the Sack, reputation existed, outside the Empire.ing degree.. but it didn't cerse. This moming I like to be loved, and it was a blow No. 16, a neat bit of bravura Must-Charades," printed in Penang. The (Friday) the China al 'phoned rae to me when, as a confiding youngster, rating a little girl eating a mango, work, priced at two dollars, is by cre
Why no copy ?", so apparently I believing what people like this is rich in colour and suggests that the Chia Boon Teat. The Chinese quoted me in one of his leaders last is Holiden The Malay seems- tó night. That scurrilous bit was thrown am reprieved, and must get a hastle preacher had told me, I went amongst painter has been doing it before.
By way of contrast to the above, be Malay. But none of the English of a full month ago, and wasted, as on if I am to fill my page as foreigners and told 'em I was one of usual. Maybe the -editor regards the true, pious; and just Englishmen rather admired the panel No. 81, is English. If this work really is I thought. Well, now this is the the word **scurrilous a all the world was praising. There in which the peculiar atmospheric meant as an aid to students, al point. He didn't pay me for it compliment, for it is derived from the was a queer absence of enthusiasm effects of Hongkong were reproduced can say is that Balaam's Ass said far because he didn't print it, but now Eatin word for jester, and ignores the about their reception of that. It so as to convey a vivid impression of less than Chish Boon Teat says, and that he has quoted it, do I get the bad meaning that popular ignorance took time, but gradually there filtered yellow antinacasser built of the yet gets honourable mention. The money for the part he quotes? "If. justice of that being admitted, let not, I say he is as bad as the Morning has given the word. Rabelais and into my mind the knopledge that best wool
Miss Bechedemer, who I understand as praise Chiah Boon Text. Shakspere were both scurrilous foreigners did not admire our piety,
Post people. My mind is now easier. Gordou Statt-that if honestly and writers. They are both dead, and truth, and justice as much as, well, is only 14, has a promising study of
about the Sack. I notice he refers to carefully examined, without prejudice, cannot feel hurt by my mentioning as much as we did ourselves. Some & Chinese laundryman trying to break I object to expensive experts being me as straight-speaking, not scurr my Scurrility is always Pure Morality. this. I am not dead yet, but the of them said our professions as regards rocks with a shirt. The reflections brought out to do work here where lous. So that's all right. We meet You will find that it all trends in one Rev. Gordon Statt has not hurt my these things were mostly humbug. in the water were as realistic as the it is known that the same work could again next Saturday. direction, toward the civilizing of feelings by referring in the pulpit I cannot honestly say that the Rev. reflections of the owner of the shirt. be a well done by local people. I the savage and is therefore in the of St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, Gordon Statt in Empire Day vein
Just to prove that I can find fault saw it stated in the Telegraph this week truest sense of the word Missionary to the scurrilous article by Ad- helps me to regard them as entirely
well as praise, let me suggest that that the five-story building opposite Pidjin
Mr. Toujours Revient shows the the Central Market, being put up versarius in last night's paper." I wrong, .;
same picture that he did at the pre- by Brossard and Mopin for Mr. M. J EVERYBODT BELLICOSE
hope there was a big congregation,
**STINKING FISH."
vions exhibition, and that I do not Stephens, is being "carried on under Everybody is still full of fight. I and that it included some who do not
Do I, then as an Englishman,
endeavour on his part to entitle reinforced concrete expert" I am previously exhibited by him Moonrise on Mount Parker."
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SPARE MY BLUSHES.
It is almost unfortunate that just
when I am under a cloud, as it were. charged with scurrility, and excusing myself, the Old Man should have
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want to see em all full of work. I buy the China Mail regularly. The cry stinking, fish"? No. Ludon't think it indicates sufficient artistic the supervision of Mr. A. J. Cotton, DINING AT THE HOUSE AND Homotore, SATUERAT, JUNK, 1991 want to see the Parsons (who should advertisement would be very useful. As nations go, "I am not ashamed of" Sunset on Taimoshan," what was advised that the job could be equally
be helping me to preach the brother One good tum deserves another. I my qwn, except when such people hood of all God's children) stop advise everybody capable of enjoying boast for it virtues we cannot claim.
A Sinn Fein LP. has appeared at fighting each other about dogmas, a good, breazy, human sermon-one There are no better men than my
the House of Commons. He dizes at and get to work on morals. Which that gets down to the things we are own, anywhere I've travelled, and ie better to teach internationalism all interested in preached by a real I've been almost everywhere. Even
the House, entertains there, and is and peace, or Imperialism and war? Live Man, and not a gramaphonic in this matter of national boasting feature which lifts the exhibition
afterwards removed to Brixton Priz. Yesterday's parade was a case in automaton in a surplice to go to and humbug, I will not admit that from the status of a mere social point. Crowds flocked to see.
itson, where he is nightly confined. articles. We both had the same Limehouse George simply had to hear the Rev. Gordon Statt. He is we are the worst, though sometimes function to that of a real incentive Those crowds must have included He is Mr. E-J. Duggan, who was provocation, or at least a similar one. make a trade agreement with the a worth while preacher...
sorely tempted. I am patriotic to artistic progress.
people who profess to disapprove elected for South Meath but declined He saw Rome burning, and couldn't Russians, or alienate some vainable)
- QUEEN VICTORIA, B, enough to want my people to profess
INDESTRUCTIËLE HEROINE. of war. Their disapproval must be to take the oath of allegiance or to stop it. I see civilization rotting, capitalist support. But a still more I am not going to argue with him less and be more. I like 'em. It's and capot stop it. He was a clever considerable portion of his following about Queen Victoria. No fear. My like this. An angel. (Mr. Statt must What a wife that girl in Mr. Ray's academic. It cannot be hearty at a member of the House. zan; they all adinit that I'm one. had the wind up about Bolshevism" scurrilous" reference was timely admit) is a pretty good creature. I Lost City" film would make for a Even those who agree that war is It is held up
Nero's discredit, by just as they still have in America) and apt to the occasion. It was well am not ever going to run down the poor man! He would never need wicked, wasteful, foolish, unneces-Sent to Mobolje, Erson, Dublin. He thoughtless teachers who shape and it was to help them to swallow considered. Those interested (I'm angels. I have no desire to do so. to pay any doctor's bills, for she is sary, etc., but that the time has a party to an appeal case being heard opinions for ditto boys, that his the Krassin agreement that he fal not) are referred to the Dictionary. But, if I should hear an angel (who indestructible. The picture being a yet come to do without our Service in the House of Lords, fidding was symptomatic of heart minated against Labour the other of National Biography, to the lady's fies pretty well boasting that he serial, she probably has lots more me, cannot be sincere, or they would Mr. T. Healy, who appears for his lessness. According to them, he day, thereby doing more to con- own letters, to post-Edwardian dis-(or she) beat, warplane over a level scrapes to get into, but anyone who insist on all drils, etc., being done in cleat, obtained pertaission for Mr. might have wept, or sworn, or kicked solidate the proletariat than any of closures, and to the detailed histories, course, without air pockets, and that saw her this week emerging from war, private as people brush their teeth. Duggan to coms in London to in- a cat, or made ocations expressing its own leaders have been able to do. particularly of the Gladstonian ad- because he (or she) used a better from slavery, from lions, leopards, The nation should not brash its teeth struct him. Interviews between his concern, or proposed a vote of It isn't an easy job being Premier. Luinistration. Also to Strachey's new quality of petrol, I'd be compelled alligators, and other perils to say in public. ensure on the Fire Brigade; but Mr. George inds me of the first one, which I haven't yet seen. The to butt in Fd be compelled to nothing of the perils of semi-nudity
should not have fiddled. Ought time I ever rode a Chins pony. I newspaper report does not show remind him (or her) that the per- a tropical jungle, will not doubt No evidence is yet to hand of the Houses of Parliament. Con I to write scurrilous articles when was used to homes with withers and whether the preacher referred to the forcance was achieved with the her ultimate recovery. It is imposs Hongkong cares effected by Hickson Sequently whenever the case comes liation is visibly going to pot 1 necks. I found (this was in Shanghai point about her attitude towards ordinary apparatus of an angel ible to believe that, better animal the Missionary of Healing, but I for hearing Mr. Duggan is brought Is it heartless, Neroesque, of me to do long ago) that when seated on a China Bogging in the army (which I mention Get the analogy 1. It may be scari-photographs have ever been shown gather from Church Notes that hehe House under guard and at the
was certainly not a failure. Cash guard, to prison. o? Peut-etre. But what else can pony there is nothing baf socarry ined) or to her attitude with regard to lous, but I must point out that it FETESGEAD COSSERVATOIRE 2 I do? I preach whenever I see a front of one. When I slimbed into the abolition of the purchase of com- isn't up-patriotic. I regard Britishers I get the impression from newspaper, receipts were $2,195. Expenses were After the first day be was given. chance, and it bores you. My only the saddle at Dallas stables. I missions (which I didn't) No matter as angelle people but I don't like announcements that every graduate $245.30. The thank offering paid permision, as an MP., to have tea bunce is to get a word in edge mentioned that I was going out by He asked: Could anyone think to hear em boasting and making of the Petrograd Conservatoire to Mr. Hickson" was $1,900. So the and dinner in the M.PA dining room ways that is to say, scurrilously St. George's Farm. certainly that the article referred to represented bogus claims. Our empire, like finishes, his or her musical education Cathedral was thirty cents out of On one occasion be entertained. I Fat it to you and to the Rev. thon ht I was. But my mount was the true thoughts of a Brithher ?" Topsy,
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