FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1925.
THE CHINA MAIL
ONLY EIGHT MORE DAYS. LEFT IN THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
POPULARITY CONTEST.
:
New Contestants.
The Campaign is still open for grew contestants and anyone may
Bonus Closes Saturday.
"(The host bonas volg aller of the votes will be given, up to 6 pm. Campaign Will close to-morrow at [ón April 40
I p.n.
This bonis vote offer gives The ballot box will be sealed on *1001,500 extra voles for each total of 4 Tuesday, and all reserve votes held $100 komediju by a contesth. This by the different contestants should is positively the last opportunity be deposited in the hallot box as to gel extra voles on subscriptions, I soon as possible thereafter. Do it Aftur 10-monics only the regime Jose
OUR GREAT MOTOR CAR CLUB.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THOSE WHOSE NAMES HAVE BEEN ENTERED AND WHO HAVE BEEN VOTED FOR AS THE MOST POPULAR PEOPLE IN HONGKONG.. THE LIST IS CHANGED. THREE TIMES WEEKLY-MONDAY, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
Name:
Miss D. Witchell-Cox's Path, Kowloon
H. Chon-Equitable Eastern Bank
Miss Rose Lau-59, Caine Road
R. C. Bass-Douglas S.S. Co.
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OUR INSTINCTS.
COPTIC GOSPEL MS
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HOW THEY ARE SATISFIED ROMANCE OF A BRITISH
DISCOVERY."
UNIVERSITY LECTURES
The Gospel of St. John, accord The fastinct of nature for the ing to the earliest Coptic Manu
script. Edited with a translation
Frmente for this drat, Ulane?
LONDON RECORD"
the famous
LEE WHITE & CLAY SMITH
ENTIRE LONDON. COMPANY
OF
30 COMEDIANS SINGERS—AND DANCERS Lucluding Mike LKE, WHITE'S (ZONE “LITTLE PEACHES,
ths prettiest Dancing Charm in Hongkong for years, GAS FRIDAY, April 3rd & SATURDAY, April 4th at 9,15 Miss Lee: White's Latest. London Production.
VOGUES OF 1.25"
SATURDAY at 5.30 SUNDAY at 6 p.m.
WILLIAM DESMOND
RIDING PRETTY
Topical Film-Comedy. Unual Prices.
THE
STAR
but the papyrus was slightly damp: SHADOWS BEFORE. DAILY from men to start fighting again. Thated with moist cotton wool and was then gradually unbent and truce was never tried again.
opened:-
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Coming Events Advertised In The Mail.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
March 27 and 28.-Theatre Royal, The Gondollers, 9 p.m.
March 27. Star Theatre, Madeline Rossiter Company, pre- sent "Flares and Flashes, 9.30 p...
March 27.. Coronet. Theatre, "Oh, Doctor.
March 27 "Helen's Babies."
World Theatre,
March 27-Queen's Theatre. "Three Ages."
March 30-Mr. Harry Ore'a pianoforte recital at City Hall..
April 2-Concert in aid of funds for Missions to Seamen.
April 3 Theatre Royal; James McGrath, Ltd., presents for the first time in Hongkong, the famous "London Record," Revue stars, Lee Way and Clay Smith.
..SOCIAL..
March 26.Musicale at Helena May Institute, 5.30 p.m...
March 23-Annual dinner of St. Stephen's College Assocn., in Hongkong Hotel.
till
starting
MONDAY NEXT
THE CORONET
will present
ID-DAY OVIES
MID-DA
Watch for further annouceme ta.
MRS. SLINGSBY DEAD.
FAMOUS LAWSUIT RE- CALLED.
THEOSOPHY DOES FOR UB "The "China Mladland? **Surglay The rack has bounfairly fought Herald Popularity Campaign from sturt to finish and contes close tomorrow week. There are laat has had any special help At last Wednesday's public incet- only right inore days to go information that has not been ing of the Hongkong Lodge of The With the thish in sight, more than Eiren to all. The China Mail Theosophical Society an address was survival of the fittest in an over Sir Herbert Thompson. 80 and Sunday Herald. well as delivered on What Theosophy populated world working through plates. British School of Arche thirty ansin contestants ure the Campaign Manager will be more does for us.' striving neck do nerk to win öne of rhan glád to award the prizes to the
Theosophy, declared the speaker, individual psychology and terminology in Egypt. Quaritch. 255. .-_ the iwa motor pars, as well as the nenessful ones when the final count
i. coherent and ressonableating in war and a general. The very early manuscript here -other valuable prizes.
is made in the Hongkong Hotel theory of tlie universe a plain killing off about every 100 years quarter of the fourth century, and reproduced dates back to the third declaration of the great facts of was of the hypotheses therefore is of extreme importance. nature, a statement which is not to elaborated on by Prof, John Smith Its discovery was a romance in be accepted as a crued but to be
in his lecture yesterday at the Petrie states, 27 miles south of Itself. In March 1923, Sir Flinders. enough subscriptions to make up a studied, and investigated. It is a
University on the Psychology of Asyut, near an old cemetery total of $100. Many contestants definite science. It does not con- have only who or two more subecriptradies, any religions, but explains" War. and
A broken crock was found, enter the nice between "now
tions to go to make up the totálie and harmonizes them all. As aj March 31, and, by making on
The instinct, he claimed, was buried 18in, under the surface, in quality, Get in how few needed philosophy if renders lite intelligible always obeyed, although in the neighbourhood of the Roman grand jung, much, a high place.",
fat once und get back in the list if and demonstmites the justico and
or Early Coptic graves. The pot "Nominations will Pluse on your same has been dropped On love which guides its evolution. It modern war it was not always the is of red pottery painted pale buff, Posday, March 31 Jhund, no new Tuesday, March 31, all contestants reveals to as three great busie truths survival of the strongest that ruled, with a decoration in black of bands contestants upy enter after that will be dropped from the list who as scientific facts, proved and exans Bullet and shell killed indis-and spots
When the dust from the pot was trane. Any contendant whose name have not turned in at least one ined over and over again by many criminately and it was often the has been dropped front the list may † horas. Every contestant who students.. They are 1. God bravest who died first,
emptied. It was found to contain he reinstated, however, willi: his torns in at least one bonus will exists, und He is good. He is the
A inte package" of papyrus. Following are more points taken wrapped in rag, and tied with fabi voles, providing he turns in I positively win a prizo.
great life-giver who dwells" within from Prof. Smith's lecture.
thread. It was very fragile; us and without us, und is undying.
In war, for the time being, man the outer parts were dark brown and eternally beneficent. He is became possessed of a desire to and partly decayed. ་་ At not heard, or seen, nor touched, slay, but then in the course of time University College, on my remov yet is perceived by the man who the blood inst was satisfied. That ing the strips of crumbling linea desires perception. 2-Man 19 was why the desire for blood was rag in which the papyrus lay, it mortal, and his future is one never satisfied in the civilian at was seen to be a tall, narrow book whose glory and splendour have no Home. At Christmas 1914 the of leaves stitched together, which limit. 3. A Divine law of absolute, troops on both sides had had had been sharply doubled twice instice rules the world, so that euch enough fighting. A Christmas truce over, across the height of it man is in truth his own judge, the was declared but when it was It could not be opened without dispenser of glory or gloom to him. over the leaders on both sides had cracking when it reached London, self, the deercer, of his life, his the utmost dificulty in getting the reward. his punishment. These truths and all the deductions which naturally follow from the bring All people in war were sure that they were right, that the other side
The height of the manuscript nradient change into man's life started it and they felt an anger indicates that it was for Church The final attainment of Divine which was only satisfied in reduc-use, rather than as a private copy. glory, of salvation is absolute cering the other side to impotence. It appears that when too defective tainly for every son of man, what-1 One often heard it said the end for regular reading it had been set. may be his present condition justified the means. What was aside and burled reverently in the One great result of Theosophical really meant was that the means cemeterynar study is a perfect serenity, a per-were wanted and an end was Among the important differences petualcheerfulness and joy. The invented to justify them. Here the from the received text which are Must Surious fenr of death lecturer instanced the religious not due to obvious mistakes of is swip away for the man who fanatic who, in his endeavours to copyists is the omission of the understands Theosophy. Death is remove heresy and heretics, found passage about the woman taken in recognized ns the simple laying his greatest delight in torture. adultery (Chapter VII, 53; VIII. aside of our robe of flesh, repented i Dealing with the differing 11, of the English version) and of over and over again in every in-psychology of East and West the some words in Chapter IX.. (verses carnation, the fast, the inner man lecturer said the West looked with 38-39), which contains Christ's not being changed by it us life is horror on the fact that in the sayings to the man born blind. continuons, and carrying sul on East people had no regard for the The passage runs thus (words through repeated incarnations "ull fate of those outside their own omitted by the manuscript ita- we all reach the stage of the Perfect family, and the East looked with, licised):
37. And Jesus said unto him, Man the "Perfect
Christ amazement on the West as in a Theosephy proves beyond doubt time of war it set about making Thou hast both seen him, and it is
widows and orphans on a colossal he that talketh with thee.. thu fact of the Universal scale. This latter was because 38. And he said, Lord I believe, Brotherbex of Humanity. The the social laws in the West were And he worshipped him. Pent interests "s
er high and when the real selves of 30. And Jesus said, For judg identical and no man can ever the Westerners broke out it died ment I am come into this world, amuke'a vent gain for himself of the so in a way most awful and that they which see not 'might see. cost of loss or suffering to sunione, terrible, else. Through Theosophy | man's l attitude, towards all those aromul him changes greatly. It becomes ú 442120 posture ever of belpfulness, øver of 439760. deepest sympathy and tolerance. I 272100 He knows that it Youfters little-what masi believes, tu what religion or nation he bidongs, as long as he is
The success of the Between a good man and true. right and wrong the Theosophist tion of Japanese Prints in Decem knows no compromise, no matter ber, last induced Messrs. Kotor what the ignorant may say of think, and Kemar to bring Mr. Hayashi Studying deeply the hidden law of, the wall known art collector of their well known Nature he arranges bis life accord. "Tokyo "to
A Brik with Charles Dickens has ing to them, using always reason establishment in Alexandra Build-
cer been broken by the death at Park- and commonsense. Thesophy makes ings, nid the display there is
end "to the extnordinary tainly, a sight to please every avenue, Bush Hill Park, Enfeld, delusion that the body is the man, lover of the beautiful. To describe at the age of 93, of Mr. Edmund proving beyond doubt shing the true the exhibition piere by piece is im-Plummer, who was the last survivor man is the Divine Spirit in han possible for every piece deserves of the boys who were under "Mr. March 30-Lammert Bros.,, at No. 13, Knutsford Terrace -There g a Squeers" at Dotheboys' Hall, uanifesting through his son powers commendation.
Mr. Plummer retained vivid re. Kimberley Road, Kowloon, house- which grow ever reher through the collection oföld Japanese Prints process of repeated re-birth-rem- by the forest artists like collections of the time he spent at hold furniture, 2.45 p.m.
April 1-Lammert Bros., at
When the case was brought to Carnation. The sndent of Hirosige, und Toyol, ut prices rang-the school, which was situated at
The way Bay, household furniture, Jastice Bargrave Deane, after
the English courts in 1914-15 MTZ Theosophy discovers three great ing from 50 cents up to $2.000 each. Bowes, Yorkshire. He was eight No. 5, East Point Terrace, Cause- points-1. That the purpose of Every picture is a worth of art by when he first went there.
very long hearing, gave judgment life is absolute perfection, the state self. collection of ivory journey from the Saracen's Head, 2.30 p.m.
on Snow Hill E.C, where Mr. 50 pieces of manifested Divinity for all and betzukes consists of
Shaw, the master and the original March 28.-Meeting of share. that the boy was the rightful son
of Mr. and Mrs. Slingsby, everyone. 2. That ill power with itself. The collection of Ivory of Squcers," collected the boys, holders of the Douglas Steamship Confronted by a mass of con regard to this is in his own hands. by old masters like Rensai, Kio occupied three days and three Company, Ltd., at the Co.'s Office, ficting testimony Mr Justl Apart from the wealth of music Reginald Denny has been on at he has all eternity before Masayuki, Hokikit, etc. etc. 13 nights, and the boys slept at 20 Des Voeux Road, Central, Bargave Deane was impressed b to be supplied by the Surreys the road to becoming a screen
a resemblance of jaw in ME him in which to attain this per joy to look it as is the quaint coaching houses on the way.
ivory and wooden Netzukes When the boys started from the March 30-Yearly meeting of Slingsby and the boy. He called Band on Thursday next in the comedian for some time, but until fection. But the somer is it ench with history which is Saracen's Head they had their the H.K. and Whampoa Dock Co., his assistance Sir George Frampton Theatre, Baadmaster Bradshaw now the proper material and right by entering the
environment have been lacking, happier and more useful will he be an education for the lover of Art. pockets full of pence given them. Ltd., at 2 Queen's Building, noon. R.A., the sculptor, whose confirma
A collection of gold laqitered. Inro's by relatives, but when they rose March 31. Forty-seventh tion on the point was withol has compiled a series of analytical In "Oh, Doctor!"his latest picture The great day of evolution Dotes for the programme which, which
Anusdicine boxed) inchides a beanti-the first morning all the money meeting of shareholders of the doubt and who also observed comes to the Coronet stendily pressing us on, sweeping as ful decorated "alibayama" inlaid had vanished. should make the
China Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., at special distinctiveness in the left performance Theatre this evening as the ever onward and apward along the gold laquered box twelve pieces in The boys had no holidays, and Messrs. Jardine Matheson's office, ear of Mrs. Slingsby and that a doubly interesting. As the theatre feature attraction for the week-end, course that all must take sooner or all costing, $2,800 and contains their letters home
were all 11 a.m.
the child. will not be in semi-darkness, the | Reginald Denny gives a very later. audience will have the intersting 'different performance from his
In order to understand the third perfect speciniens and never before supervised.
Is a collection of this magnitude Shaw combined farming with opportunity of gathering in the previous efforts and puts himself of the great rus taught by been exhibited in Hongkong. There his scholastic duties, and when the import of the music, not merely by on record as a screen actor of Theosophy the mighty law of listening to it, but by reading what the greatest skill and resource. eanse and effect, or of the constant are specimens by Kujikawa, boys had done work for him he a trained expert has to say.
He is constantly, amusing as the
bouring farmerandum sing "I heard you singing" one of hopelessly delicate charge but who physal, but also in the emotional, cession, oochi with a wonderful
Mrs. A. M. Bowes-Smith is to young than who fancies himself a tendency of inture to readjust dis old laquered hunting scene by used to hire them out to neigh
turbed equilibrium no only in the Shorin and "Parrots a perfect. Inro
by Komel, the noble fox pro Dickens's birthday..
Mr. Plummer died on the eve of Eric Coates' delightful composi- is eventually prompted to throw tions, and "Everywhere I go off his doubts and fears by a gatal and higher worlds, we must matzuke altached and specimens of from four pastorals hy Easthope charming young woman who is wholly dissever it from the old.
gold laquer und also a fom Martin, Mrs. Bowes Smith brings acting as his nurse. Hitherto velesiastical idea of reward or
Haori ceremonial costs and to her, singing the artistry and afraid of nearly everything, he is chastisement. As we sow so shall collection of Messrs. Komor and now afraid of nothing, and to we rep, whether in circumstance Komora Chinese Art and sympathy of the true musician.
prove his courage to the aforesaid- or in disposition, as we have sown
which Mr. D. M. Richards will ́ ́sing charming young woman, he under in the remote past of earlier lives. pshades give a diaplity,
is well worth inspection. - The Ex- and three little songs by Winifred takes all kinds of reckless Under this operation of this far-hibition will be open for ten days escapades. He finds plenty reaching law every man is what he
Per C.P.S. R.M.S. “Empresa | fran 10a.m., to 8, pan, such before the film comes to lias made himself physically.
of Russia" on Mar. 25-Mr R Art Exhibition for ten days at an end, and he conquers the pinotionally, mezitally and spiritual-
Asonmal, Mt K. E. Aurell, Mr and Messrs. Komor and Komor, Alex- greatest obstacle, of all. Reginald ly, and his smaling circum-
Mrs GJ Cartor. Mr and Mrs Randra Buildings, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Denny's performance is very neat stances are, those which he himself but may also gravely affect that of Baracks Mr A Fernandez, Mr F ly contrived and he is now to be hus provided. If once one gains this others around him, he perceives his Gordon Mr.JF Goranco, Mr H Evidently junks are having a bad
de Velen Mc C. Foss, MrWM; regarded as much more than just a idea of perfect justice, the troubles weighty responsibilities. He knows, Henry, Mrs: R. Hoff, Mrs R. M. time day the fresh monsoon. The knockabout hero of the screen and sorrows of life take on quite for instance, that thoughts are Jeffries, Mr. Roza, Rey, G. C He has the lovely Mary Astor for new aspect, and thus the whole things, and that it feusily possible Lacy, Mr. Laer Mr J., Landa the cause and climax of his sudden idea of justice as connected with to do gruat harms or great good by Mr. M. J. Marcus Miss E. Max hemics, and she has seldom been users is ulisalutely removed from their means for his every thought Mr T Namikaw, Mr 2 more convincing than in this film him, all affiction being of the station act upon others W. Modnel. Mrs. C.
the payibent of a debt, well. Thus we see that Theosophy Mrs J. McNeely, Mrs and to be used as a lesson for pro- is în ne way, unra
in Neely, Mr W. J. McNe
nishas infor
Miss Elan Eca da Silva-Thoresen & Co.
Alec, B. Allan-H.M. Naval Yard
W. E. Van Eppa-Brown, Jones & Co.
Basil Fung-4, West End Terrace
Miss Mimi- Alves-6, Carnarvon Building Kowloon.
.1463900
Mrs. Molly D. Lee-5, Shelley Street
Mrs. E. E. Ellis-Hongkong Hotel
Miss G. Ellis-10. Ice House Street
Mrs. C. J. Roe-2, Observatory Villas
Doris Lee-9, Seymour Road
Miss R. Mow Fung-Gilman & Co., Ltd.
882320
W. J. Wilkinson Hongkong Land Investment Co.
056170
Miss Amy Stonham-15a, Orient Building, Kowloon
651340
C. Bond-Gande, Price & Co...
G25040
Edith H. Kee--260. Queen's Road.
543060
Miss Annie Tollan-20, Nathan Road
*10590
Miss Alice Lau-Plans, Ltd., Asiatic Building
Miss Lolita da Sousa-1, Aimai Villas, Kowloon
A. C. Greaves-3, Excelsior Terrace
Mrs. Elsie Danenberg-1, The Albany
176190
Miss Chenalloy-Nestle Milk Co.
167590
Miss L. Kenzie-Struthers & Barry
151080
C. de Mello-5, Kennedy Road
134630
James Chue--c/o American Consulate..
104380
Miss Violet Tock-Goddard & Douglas, 4a, Des Voeux Rd.
95870
Dr. John Fenton-Lugard Hall, Hongkong University
M. Rafeek-0.S.K. Co.....
Dr. Wan Yik Shing-12, D'Aguilar Street
W. Shea-Colonial Dispensary, Queen's Road Central..
Miss. M. Kent-Lane, Crawford; Ltd.
Miss Meadows P.W.D.
Misa V. Capell-Torres Building, Kowloon
Miss Julia Wong-30, Caine Road
C. F. Vas--Eastern Extension Telegraph Co., Ltd.
86760 32950 74820 13210 13140 70580 15730 14270 "7860
SEAMEN'S CONCERT.
ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME
PROMISED.
"So We'll go no more a roving!
M. Taylor. Both will have the benefit of the piano accompani ments of Mr. A. M. Bowes-Smith.
'SHANGHAI QUOTATIONS,
The following, kindly supplied by Messrs. J. Gould & Co. were the opening quotations on the Shanghai Market this morningas AL ON STORE
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FINE ART EXHIBITION,
HONG KONG'S OPPORTUNITY.
The
hist exhibi-
These same words were missing in the earliest script of the Codex ∙Sigalticus of about thesame period, but were added by a later
hand.
SQUEERS' PUPIL.
DEATH ONEVE OF DICKENS' BIRTHDAY.
PASSENGERS,
DEPARTURES.
SPORTS.
March 28. "Sunday Herald Charity Cup, football, Winner Rest, Club Ground, 4.30 p.m.
April 11-Hongkong Jockey Club's third extra race meeting 2.30 p.m.
April 4-University Annual Athletic sports, Ground, Pokufulum.
LAND SALE...
A case which interested thou sands of people both in England and America is recalled by the death of Mrs. Dorothy Warn Slingsby, wife of - Commander Charles Henry Reynard Slingsbyg of the Royal Navy: Mr Slingb niet his wife, an American in the United States, and they were married 1900.
In 1910 a boy was born, a child which 3 years later caused one o most remarkable sulta la legak history: The question, which firitt University occupied the attention of the Grand Jury at San Francisco, was whether the bay. "Teddy" wa really the child of the then Lieut. and Mrs Slingsby, and ther legitimate heir to the Slingsby estates in Yorkshire, or whether He was the child of an unmarried! mother in San Francisco foisted into the place of a dead baby, was contended by other member of the Slingsby family.
March 30-At P.W.D." Offices, one lot of Crown Land near Kellet Bay, 3 p.m.
11 a.m:
PUBLIC AUCTIONS.
COMPANY MEETINGS.
April B-General meeting of Mr. Justice Bargrave Deanes shareholders of the Hongkong judgment was reversed by the and Shanghai Hotels; Ltd, at the Court of Appeal, and eventually noon. after the against the baby.
April 8.—Third yearly meeting Mrs. Slingsby died at Oak Ba Hongkong Hotel, Pedder Street, also the House of Lords decide
of the Hongkong Engineering and Victoria, British Columbia, on Construction Co., Ltd., in the January 16 and was buried at office of Mesars. Shewan, Tomes Vancouver. & Co., 11am
MOKHTER MERTING.
› March-80.—Annual meeting of the Hongkong Automobile Assen. in the Ashch's registered office; Chafer Road (Hongkong Club Annex), 5.80.p.m. ......
EXHIBITION.
ROKOR
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS
BONGKONG, JOCKEY CLUB.
NOTICE
QRD EXTRA RACE MEETING
be held on the 11th and 13th April 1925 ANY
Altered Conditions. Firat De Handicap, 2nd, 3rd, 6h and 8th race Twickenham Handicap and Eab
Second Day, Great Metropoll?” Handicap, Hyde Park: Hand care i Kingswood Handicai NO JOCKEY