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THE CHINA MAIL.
INTERPORT SWIMMING. A NOTE ON COMPETITION
THE CONSUMERS' SAFEGUARD.
a look that makes you ashamed: "You are too proud to rectify your mistake there, with people looking,
SPECIAL CABLE.
but afterward you keep on wishing| SHANGHAI JAIL BETAKERS. and wishing you had done it. My
sands gat
AIDING NORMAN
the shame and the pair of it! Some- | 29RENNIAN WOMAN DENTES times you see, by the signs, that you have hit it just right, and you go. away mightily satished. Sometimes the man is so effusively thankful that
you know you have given him a good deal more than was necessary,
0. M: Necessary? Necessary for What?
YM: To content him.
0. M: How do you feel then? Y. M: Repentant.
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TRORAULA SELECTIONS.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
THE MACAO AFFAIR: A-
*PROTEST.
To the Editor of the China Mail.]
Dear Sir,-As we all recognise the
Discussing probable Shanghai com- petitors in the various events with a
Is RATS (internal) that fairness of the China Mail, my friends Caps Mail reporter the visitors' cap the prevalence of combination and I ak you to spam space for this tain, Mr. R. W. MacCabe, had a good among manufacturers and traders protest against some senseless insults has resulted in a vridespread printed in a letter in the Daily Press, from the American jail was again whom he appears to regard ar
expense. **...
égregions, person suggests that the examined before Commissioner Schuhl Shanghai's Hope" in the straight Its evidence is lately from efficial Chinese are uncivilized and de in the American Court yesterday: swimming events. Mr. MacCabe is sources. The close combinations generite. It is not proper to refer to O. M: It is my belief that you have Evidence was heard with reference to looking forward to seeing a stirring which now regulate prices. and such enlightened, and progressive not been concerting yourself in guess her bringing ammonia to Norman fossle for honours between Stemwen frequently restrict output in gentlemen as Mr. Wellington Koo as ing out his just dues, but only in while he was still a prisoner. She and Johnstone the local champion. many vital-industries are in aJohn Chinsman "--as if we were all ciphering out what would content again denied the charge. Further
In physical appearance there is a position to squeeze out of the andrymen. The Macar Portuguese him. And I think you had a self-hearing of the case was adjourned. grest disparity between the pair for consumer, not indeed more than he bave been called so many bad names
Norman is still at large. deluding reason for that.
Siemssen is short and stocky, while is able to pay, but the last halfpenny in the past that they ought to know Johnstone is slirely built. The Shang- he can afford. Competition used to how it feels, and no newspaper should hai champion, according to Mr.be the main incentive to efficiency, publish such aggravations of bad feel- MacCabe, has little of style about his It is now within discreetly regulated ings as these insults by Mr. Del of stroke but appears literally to pull limits.
Canton. There is no need, we hope, himself through the water.-
to talk of war, but if it is to be men- tioned. I would like to ask Mr. Del cen an ant fight an elephant?
I am, etc,
| charged with akling Norman' to decap deal to say about E. A. S. Sienissen holding up of prices at the consumers' by a Mr. Arthur Del of Canton. This
Y. M: What was it?
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
An advertisement of interest to members of the Hongkong Jockey Chub appears in this issue.
O. 3: If you fell short of what he was expecting and wanting, You would get a look which would shame you before folk. That would give you paix. You for you are only working for yourself. not for him. you gave him too much you would be ashamed of yourself for it, and that The Japanese press states that would give you pain--another case of the Japanese Cabinet is calling a con- thinking of yourself, protecting yourference of all commanders of Japanese self, saving yourself from discomfort. divisions for the purpose of discussing You never think of the servant once the question of evacuation of Siberis except to guess out how to get his and Shing and limitation of approval. If you get that, you get armament. Ltd. your own approval, and that is the
sole and only thing you are after."
So Mark Twain the shrewd.
--Powell"
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Rich deposits of iron ore have been di-covered in several localities of And even that is not "the whole the Amar province. Deposits of iron secret" of the tipping custom, because cover an area of 75 square miles. apart from fear of shame before Deposits of graphite have been also folke." your self approval demands found, the quality of which equals the approval of those servants even Brazilian graphite. when you tip them privately. It is unbearable that they should think you mean. or that you should think yourself a weak fool.
CAPT. EVANS AND THE "HONG MOR."
A DEPARTURE BY LLOYDS.”,
For the first time since it was in-
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In the swimming events to be held in the bath only two entrants from each Club will be permitted and in the 100 yards, the 220, the 440 and the bad mile Siemsten will be one of Shanghai's representatives. He
be mar selected for the 100 stituted in 1836 Lloyd's medal for yards backstroke and he will also be saving life at sea has been struck in figured in the diving events.
gold, for presentation to Captain E. RG. R. Evans, in recognition of b (To the Editor of the " China Mail.”]
exceptional gallantry During a
Sir,-There is now being displayed typhoon, in March last he boarded the
Tordy is a probable entrant for the 100 yards. And Brody will most likely start in both the 200 yards and the 110 yards. As the half-mile will be contested in the harbour outside the bath several Shanghai men, in addition to Siemsser, will be entered These may include Remedios, Tordy, Brown, MacCabe and Brody.
The 100 yards backstroke is one of The Chamber of Commerce and Shanghai's weaknesses Mr. MacCabe Industry in Chita-bax resolved to says, and it may be that only impose a famine relief surtax on Encarnacro will represent the visitors To get better. or at least more certificates and licences issued by the cheerful and willing service, is one chamber. The prices of food stuff reason for tipping. but to make a good at Chits have declined as a result of impression, to cut a good figure, is a the arrival of fresh supplies. commoner reason. For one man who:
FROCKS-CLOAKS-or-COSTUMES. refuses with a maquiloquent gesture The employees of the southern
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OF THE TIPPING CUSTOM.
due to the custom, He shifts his ground and proposes the much stronger argument that people. feel | bound by custom-are disinclined to break custom. In turn that is
abandoned in favour of the reason now given as “the whole secret," that
to take his change, because the subsi-section of the Ussuri Railway have diary coinage really is to him not their salaries several months in arrear worth picking op. there must be ten and, according to them, there is no who do it out of ostentation, consci- hope of receiving payment as the ously or unconsciously vainglorious..railway administration has notified So the hope of securing better them that the Merknicf govemment service is not "the whole secret" of tas no funds. the persistence of tipping, at which
WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING THIS
A
Chinese steamer Hong Mirch" from in a window in Des Veear Road. his ship. the light cruiser "Carlisle." Central, a large quantity of goods through a raging surf while the wreck from Berlin Are we white people This feat rendered practicable the big fat Germans here again, spying was breaking up on the Lamock reef. going to allow it! We'll soon have
PATRIOT
rescue of 220 men and one woman. and robbing-Your. presenting its silver medal to Com- The Committe of Lloyd's is likewise mander G. H. Brady, of the "Foxwar is over ?—Ed. C. M.]
13 "Patriot not aware that the
in this event. Practically none of B. B. Tower and three of the seamet glove,” and to Lieut.-Commander lon the others have attempted the back of the Carliste" for the fine service stroke with the exception of Siessen they rendered on this occasion.- who, as previously indicated, is a Truth, August 17. likely entrant.
Mr. MacCabe himself will, with L.
Goldman, make a bid for the Polo throwing competition and it is worth recalling that he won the event in 1909 with a throw of 67 feet 4 inches His other victories that year included the 920, the quarter mile and the half
mile events.
HONGKONG ART CLUB
DOES HONGKONG NEED BOOSTING.
ONE OF THE BEAUTY SPOTS OF THE FAR EAST.
The September meeting of this Club was held at the Helena hay Unless possessed of an inquisitive Institute on Monday afternoon, Mrs. mind and a bent for exploration the Marshall Wood being the hostess. average visitor to Hongkong will de
During the last few months three part without having really seen one Mr. MacCabe is also the only out prominent exhibitors have left the of the beauty spots of the Far East. many grumble, and but few resist. Many cases of "chuma" have But few men resist cny custom that been registered at Vladivostok. D standing performer for Shanghai in Colony, but notwithstanding this not There is no one to tell him of the they recognise as a custom, so that Meibi, head of the Medical Depart the long plang In the other diving only were there over forty pictures advances made by the colony, no another 'secret **
explaining the ment, considers the situation very competitions Shanghai will be repre-on ehow, hot the average quality of literature, ro free pamphlets setting
sented by Brown (who annexed the the pictures was very good
forth its advantages as a health or durability of this one would be ex-serious, stating that if the disease is Shanghai championship), the two For the sat ulyject namely, a rest resort, to advertising, and few pressed in man's preference for "the not stamped out before the advent of Goldmans, Brude, Siemazen and design for & fan, the members votes people that will volunteer information line of least resistance."
cold weather, there is grave danger of Remedios.
gave the palm to Hr. Edkins (junior). All the requirements for making the a renewed outbreak of the epidemic.
Mr. MacCabe considers that Stang- The decoration consisted of a plain island one of the most popular resorts hai is at the biggest disadvantage in white medallion on a black ground on in Asia are there, bat Hongkongites Scarcely a day passes without & demand for increased ages by sort the Water Polo department as Eve of each side of the fan, but to the left of do not seem to be specially desirous The subjects of the of letting the rest of the world "know" A proposa is on foot to build a branch or other of local labour, says various causes, to get away.
their first seven were unable, through the centre.
are The medallion
woodland scenes anything about them, quite content new roadway from Wuchow to Nann-the C. D. News There is a report team will be placed as follows:-Goal: depicted in silhouette, a satyr on one to struggle along on the past re
that 600 restaurant employees in
L. Goldman, Backs; Encarnacae and side and birds amongst trees on the patation of the port as a commercial Nantao and the Settlement are demanding an increase of 30 per cent. in their pay, together with a cumsha of 10 cash for each customer who is served with two bowls of rice.
ing.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The wedding of Mr. W. G. Dove and Miss Dorothy Godfrey was to take place at Shanghai on Saturday September 24.
Port.
Great celebrations took place at¦
ม
F. A. Remedios, Half beck; R. W other. A very dainty and appro" centre. MacCabe, Ferwards; Brodie, Brown Friate design.
The terminal station of the Kow- Of the other designs, that by Miss loon-Canton Railway standa as a and A. P. Goldman.
Shanghai has brought down its Bowen was very good with three landmark in Hongkong harbour, a champions in the 100 yds., 220. 440 Panels depicting Charles I figures and beautiful building which is not ap The Chinese General Chamber of and 850 free style, the Polo ball cupada fiying around, but the very ex-preciated until the explorer passes Chefoo on September 13, in conne-Commerce has telegraphed to Peking throwing and the graceful diving cellent blackberry design by Mrs. through the gates to the train plat- tion with the formal inauguration of asking the Government to discuss They were able, however, to include Bowes Smith was perhaps not quite so form and marks with surprise and | delight the garden-like arrangement of For the "Open Subject" the voting the grounds with its grass and flower It was an bistorie day for the Treaty Governor Forbes the question of the champion (E: Buss) or the runner-up was emphatically in favour of the very beds, something different, to the dirt a new breakwater, mole and gray. with Generai L Wood and former in the team either their backstroke suited fors fan,
Philippine bookkeeping Laws, while(4. E. Brown). They are without the
services, too, of J. H. McGregor, beautiful coloured pen and ink designs dust and bustle of other terminals. these two gentlemen are in Peking their long plange champion and by Mrs. Humphreys who I hear beat It seems a pity that this lime is not According to the Shanghai The new law, which requires all mer- record holder.
prepared them for sale at the coming more generally patronized by the Journal of Commerce a new exchange chants in the Philippine Islands to
Bazaar for the Hongkong Women's travelling public, as it passes through with enterprise
capital of keep their account books in either In the team race Shanghai's re- Guild and Ministering Childrens' a district of exceptional scenic beauty. tips are given to recurs better service: $20,000,000 is in course of formation. English or Spanish, is strongly oppos-presentatives will be Brodie, Turdy, League.
An automobile trip around the But they do not, and where it is the it will be known as the Cniversal ed by the Chinese.
Siemen, A.-P. Goldman and BrOWL Other pictures of note were a large island of Hongkong is one to be re chatom the customers know that they Exchange.
The North China Daily News says portrait canvas in brilliant coloure by membered. Next to the world-famed It is computed that not less than do not. In Hongkong, for instance, :
The Japanese paper Yomiuri of the Shanghai combination: "It Dr. de Carvalho, which took one's Columbia River Drive, there is 24 per centur of our newspapers where the "boys" take the tips as a Preliminary returns of the census Shimbua, in an article on the Dairen is a fairly representative team, and attention immediately on entering the nothing that can compare with it for discuss at innst twice in every thife matter of course, and "pool" then, taken in Japan last year show a total Conference demands the evacuation although there are one or two men room, & beautiful Peak landscape scenic beauty and thrills Team the tipping custom,
and and show no gratitude for them, and population of 56,961,110. Figures for of Japanese forces from Nikolayevsk one would have liked to see included in green toms with a lofty and beautiful Repulse Bay Hotel and that they hav done this do not alter their customary code of the principal cities are as follow on the Amur River even if Chits in in it but who are unable to take part, graceful plam, tree in the foreground beach has no equal in the whole regularly since
the Repeal of service except to punish those who do Tokyo 2,173,201. Osaka 1,252,983, the course of the negotiations does not it is probably as good a selection as by Miss Biriukova; half a dozen Orient. It stands by itself, a par the Stamp Act. One might suppose not tip, that cannot be the secret. Kobe 608,644, Kioto 591,323, Nagoya insist upon it." Japan must not abuse can on an average be sent away." they had exhausted all possible In the Mark Twain debate it comes 429,997, Yokohama 422.538.
Mhidden in an oyster awaiting dis amusing cartoons by Miss the temporary weakness of the The China Pres thinks that, C. Kirkpatrick faithfully depicting covery. It is the same with a trip. thoughts upon it, and that the more out that & fixed charge for
Russian nation but must consider the "although this aggregation is by no various phases of Chinese life in over the beautiful roads of the New recent comments would leave nothing attendance would not irritate; that, H.M.S. “Titania," (Captain C. S. sentiments of the whole world. means Shanghai's best, more especial-Hongkong from a youth in a dilemma Territory. Some day the government to say br those wishing to join in indeed, for many men it would be a Benning, K.K., D.5.0.), accompanied Justice demands Japanese evacua-ly in the matter of Water Polo, still about his A recent clipping" going the rounds great relief. It is not the expense by Submarines L1, 1.19, L20 and 133, tion," declares the paper.
wn of Hongkong will awaken out of its they form as strong a body as has argument at the flower stall about porn of conservatism, and fall in line (last seen in a Singapore paper) was that is the irritation, but the uncer-is expected at Shanghai from October
ever gone down from Shanghai to twenty cents; a very beautiful with other enterprising localities and headed The Secret of the Tip."tainty as to what to give. We recall 5 to 27. HMS. Carlisle. (Captain) On Monday, September 5, two compete against the Crown Colony's Siberian Winter scene by Mr, advertise its many advantages, not This seemed to offer a real tip about how commonly, on steamships pus-E. R. G. R. Evans, R.S., Ca., B.5.0.), stowaways, George Williams and T. best swimming and Water Pole ex-Trabinsky done in brown and white only industrial but those #pping, and we read it. It poke of sengers ask each other anxiously what will arrive there about November 16. Billing, proceeding from Hongkong, ponents."
men who have studied the subject amount they propose to give the The duration of the vessel's stay is in
on a dull green toned paper, two that make for profil ble the hope of getting back to for years" 23 averring that the stewards. In Mark Twain's argument, uncertain.
small landscapes of the Harbour by tourist traffic. If it were not for the "Blighty, were arrested on the P. and
Mr. Cole, besides an interesting collec- Hongkong hotel maagement, the custom will never die. It said "the one says that he would rejoice if there
0. Mapela at Singapore by Insp.
tion of water/colour sketches taken in traveller would never hear of the Hanan by Miss Bowen
motor trip around the island made Members of the Club have up till possible by the excellent work of the now found considerable difficulty in Public Works department in cen- producing figure drawings owing to structing the highway
to pay unless you wrut ta! Strange!
.
KINEMA NOTES.
THE WORLD THEATRE.
chair fare to
The
hole secret" is that people expert were a fixed charge by the servants, A number of money shope in the Williams, in charge of the marine to get better attention by tipping, even if that charge were a little more Japanese Concession in Tientsin re-police, and produced before the
nd as they will always want that, than his tips had hitherto cost him. cently advanced va ions sums, totall-Master Attendant
OD :the They persist in tipping. Although His irritation was due to the trouble ing $520,000 to thepping is an article of 400 words of guring the happy mean between wealthy Japanese
an apparently following Wednesday. They were The suma were sentenced to 14 days' imprison-
The Buffalo Motion Picture Cer-the difficulty of getting model, but it It is the same to a large extent with the reader will get no more from it the tip too much aid the tip too little, advanced against Chinese drafts prement, and ordered to be poration presents Arthur Somers was announced at this meeting that s the railway which passes through a han that, except the usual padding The argument than develops as fol-sented by the Japanese. It is now sent back to Hongkong on their re. Roche's famous story of love and class will be started on Monday next territory whose beanties, are left to That is certainly nothing like "the lows:
reported that he has disappeared and lease from catfinement in the early stirring adventure on land and sea the 3rd, of Úctober at 10.30 the traveller to discover, after he has whole secret" not the whole of the
Old Man And all about a debt that the drafte, upon examination, part of last week. The two young entitled, "The Sport of Kings," festura.m. on the Lower Verandah of mustered up courage enough to bravo matter. The subject really has con which you don't owe and don't have have proved to be forged
men were put on board the P. and O. ing Margot Kelly and Mat Moore with the Helens May Institute. All men, the trip against all the warnings of siderable paychological interest, and
steamer Jeypore for repatriation a powerful cast of twenty-three play bars who can spate the use should friends who urge him to go to Canton rude journalistic guesses of that sort What is the purps of the guessing! In order to mark the occasion of to Hongkong. Apparently it is era. It is a moet exciting picture, the therefore take this opportunity, and by the bast, so much more com- effer to real enlightenment. As a
Young Manis guess out what is the 26th anniversary, March 20, 1921, a calling for they came back to share majority of the incidents throughout make the best of it. guide to other journalists who may right to give them, and out be unfair of the National Port Office, the Chin- on Tuesday last week, were rearrested the play being of a thrilling character
fortable you know." It is very pleasing to note that want to try their brains on it, we to any of them.
It is perhaps unfair to criticize ssa Government has decided to israea by Insp. Williams and produced be. The principal scenes depict the three although a recent press article might British methods in Hongkong, ** suggest that some passages in "What
OM. It has quite a noble look-special set of Commemoration Stamps, fore the Master Attendant, who sent thoroughbreds, Sala Kersom dears the lead the uninitiated to suppose that there is little to call forth such crit man?" by Mark Twain, would be taking so inach pain and using up so consisting of one, three, six and ten them back to jail for day racing stewards, into the boiling sea, the Art Club members are not yet iciam, except in so far as it relates to Helpful. In that dialogue the subject mach valuable ume in order to be cent denominations. The whole
fleapt home and rider, Sale took sufficiently conversant with elamen-ry hidebound-conservation which eflipping is incidentally mentioned; just and fair to a poor servant to issue will be distributed at one and sad rather more closely examined whom you owe nothing, but who the same time for sale at all offices
Vivandiere to an outlaw track where tary principles of line and colour, seems to take special delight in cons – A GOOD SUGGESTION. SE than in the periodical-newspaper-dis | needs money anizti pus. How do and agencies; in no cucumstances
he was unknown, Vivaudiere's great, harmony yet there were not a lancealing, the gone thngs they have nations of it. The first suggestion you know when you hire not paid will any additional quantities be
RT: Chamberlain's: Tablets when 1800, the Voodoo doctor's confession, pictures exhibifed on Monday which under a bushel basket. Hongkong
bilims of constipated... Yis are the conspiracy in Clawson's office, and would have done credit to a London Lönetenly mind, boos that tips are given out of compassion servant laidy 1d ja q printed. It is expected they will be terrain to be much plead with them because of a whip the jockey died. Exhibition dan be classed by iko-il-puid.nezrazita in ruled out when
YM: Why, he is mirut, does not available for sede da ar about October day am angy to taldeend plastent la The tim will be screened at the artiste Ant morty st
but us snapster admits the imitations! thank you. Bumotanica fan gives you 1, 1981.
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