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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN
·ELOPEMENT.
MILLIONAIRE'S DAUGHTER AND
THE CHAUFFEUR,..
things. I never did have a chance to cook a lot of things at one-that is, to make a togajar meal and serve it, but I can cook vegetables, and I bave made sweets, and y can make ten and coffee, and I have cooked some moats. I like it. I am sure that just na soon as I get a chance to have a little experience it will all more rory onY for nie. #But.
difaulty
keeping honse wasn't the only
New York, August 23rd. Mrs. Jack Geraghty, the eighteen-year-old daughter of Mr. A. T. French, one of Ameri for Jack and me. We didn't have very much ca's multi-millionaire railway directors, who, chance to see each other, and I didn't even know eloped with a chauffeur on August 8, is relating yet whether he really tered me or not. We the story of her love affair in the New York weren't really and actually engaged until abont Evening Journal. It is a document of sur three months ago. We were ont-in-a motor car prising human interest, aatting forth a novel the day he told me, and oh, wasn't I happy!" I outlook on life of one of the jawanita members just felt that I was the luckiest gid in the world of Amerion's most exclusive social set.
to have his love.
Mrs. Geraghty writes about her childhood and tells how ahe need to love to play on the sands at Newport, the fashionable summer resort of New York society. She relates how sho and the other children used to watch the grown-ups strolling about the sands in wonder fal bathing enity that don't ge near the water We had nicknames for some of them, but that would be telling," she says. Speaking of her school days, she says
"I liked to read foolish atories and trash. I think the thing I liked best in school was the little dahs of mangal training that we did. enjoyed the clay mufelling and the basket-work anything I could do with my hands--but I never liked sowing and embroidery. It tooks so long to get anywhore with sowing, whereas with modelling you could see the thing grow right under your fingers,
"Pauline, my sistor, began to seem vory far from us now. Instead of a governoss, she had a mail, just like mother's, and she used to-drass up in the most wonderful dresses and go out to parties and things late at night with mother and father. Aud-how amazed we were to ges her picture in the papers, as one of Newport's pretty girls.
BORED BY SOCIETY.
WEATHER REPORT.
On the 25th at 11:30 a.m.-The baronetar has risen modemtely in Vladivostok, the la pression lying over N. Manoburia yesterday having moved away North-eastwards.
Pressure has increased slightly over China, and given way a little in the Philippines. It is still relatively low over the middle part of the China Sea and Pacific to the Eastward of the Southern Philippines.
The high pressure area romains over Japan. Moderate to fresh N.E. and E-winds may be expected over the N. part of the Chian Sea. at 10a.m., today, 0,00 inches.
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending
The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day is as follows:-
FORECAST,
DISTRICT
Same as No. 1.
Hongkong & Neighbourhood Formosa Channel South coast of China between Same No. L
Hongkong and Lamooks,)
winds, moderato ; fair. Hongkong and Hainan..
1
CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL
"Society women cape so much for this South coast of China between Same as No.1. thing they call position. They have their little set, and nobody who doesn't belong to that magic set in good enough to speak to They are proud of the fact that Nowport is the hardest place to break into socially that there is, and they try to keep it so. Mrs. Didule and Mrs. Glotte and Aunt Elsis (Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt), and a few others sit around and say who shall not be
"Of course, Aunt Elsie isn't nearly as bad as the rest of them, because she is always pleasant to averybody. But I can't feel the way they do about rank and class. It isn't a man's position that makes him interesting, but what he is and doen. As for those little society fools that pass for men there in Newport, I just can't stand them.
rostock There were some things I couldn't osanpo, Hakodate.
Nemuro such as standing for hours to be fitted with Tokto lot of new dresses that I didn't want and didn't
Kochi nged. And then I'd have to go to silly parties of the younger set and learn to play bridge and g
ties Nigwa such polite little accomplishment. But the
Kagoshima O-hima formality of it bored me terribly. It used to make me nervous to go upstairs and dress and Naha find a maid waiting there and have her got hijima down on the floor to put my stockings and slip Chefoo
Bonin Is.
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SHIPPING IN PORT
"TEAMMER CHANGSHA, British str., 1.760. Findlayson, 22nd Sept-Australia, Manila 19th Sept. General Butterfield & Swire. CHIBLI, British str., 1,070. F. Molterraty, 24th
Sept. Wakamalea 18th Sept., Coal Butterfeld & Swire. CHINEVA, Pritish str. 1,349. Benson, 24th Sept.-Shanghai 21st September, General -Batterfeld & Brire. CHINKIANO; British str., 1,029, W. W. Kay,
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Haukow
Then there were so many people that I must not know, and could not talk to. I used to hate that. I loved to go down town with the house. Kukiong keeper and watch her do the ordering, and then
Shanghai Gutzlaff stop to talk to the grocer and the butcher,
because they lived such different sort of lives Bharp Peak that they saw things entirely differently, and it y made what they said new and interesting to me. Taikoku
Swntow Lliked to find unt about how the grocer built
Talchu bis business and where he bought hinge and the details of running a grocery store.
up
all
CHATS WITH "FALMERS.
REGISTER.
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**But I wasn't allowed to talk to such people Cauton except when we were up in Chester, and that is one of the reasons I enjoyed Chester so mo Vist, Penk. My father has a beautiful place of about 600 acres in Chester, New Hampshire, It is more like really going fiome to get back there than
Wuchow anywhere bise wo go, and the whole family is different up there; they are friendly with erory
Hoihow Pakhoi one and don't object to my talking to people, too.
"We lived very simply in Chester, only taking orane Phulien about five or six servants, and cutting out a lot C: St. Ja of formality. We all used to go down to the
Apurri village stores and talk to everybody that came
and
in, and I just love that sort of thing. I like Alantis being friendly with every one, because then you Legaspi find out lots of things that wouldn't come inte Bicalod your own life at all. So it was always great lailo fan to go down to the store, and the old farmers Cahner would come in and sit around on barrels and Labuan. boxes and chew straws and tell about their crops $ son who had gobe a to the city, and perhaps got a job
ea tramway conductor or something. "Unfortunately, we couldn't stay at Chester and then it was back to Newport all the FBAL nud society again, Along about this time began to want amator-ear of my own I wanted big touring car to drive around myself, but mother thought it would be much nicer for me to have a little electric ranabout. And it was in one of the very electria raushoal that mother herself suggested that my Prince barming entered my life.
"I first met Juck three years ago. Mother and I had born down to bi garage to see about a wachios, and he was there. Of course, I noticed him, and I was thinking about him оп Kusicnow. British. str., 1,259, E. Forsyth 23rd the way home, when mother rprised me by Bert. -Tientsin 15th September, General-speaking about what a nice-looking cheap he Batterfeld & Swire.
WAS. To handsome and so gentlemanly in his KWANGLEE. Chinese str., 1.648, Pratt, 25 manner,' she said. After that I frequently saw
September-Shanghai 20th Sept., Mails and Omneral~0. M. §. N. Co. LOONGWOON, German str., 1,275, W. Vogeler,
Mud Sept -Snorabaya 12.
12th Sept., Bugar Hamburg-Americk MAGALLANES, Aerican str. 1,375, Adolf Irshal, 24th Sept-Manila-Jorge & Co. MONGOLIA, American str., 8,759, B. E. Morton 23rd Sept.-San Francisco 22nd August, Mails and freneral-P. M. 8.8. Co.
other shout him. We used to. most down`at
6 a, 29 86.75 ;10 u. 29.88 34 6. 29,82 73
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F. G. Frao, Director,
...lllliest. Ilhomlabasası
Hongkong Observatory, September 25th, 1911. 1 ALONETER, odced to 32 degrass Fahrenheit on the level of the son in inches tonthe und hundredths, TEMPERAVE, to the shade, in degrees Fahren
beit,
3 Hoxinter, in percentage of saturation, the humidity of air saturated with moisture being 140.
4 DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points.. 5 FORCE OF WIND, according to Beafort Scale. + STATE OF WEATHER, b blno sky, a detached cloud, d drizzling rain, t' fog. gelomy, hail, I lightning, o overcast, prassing showers equally, rain, e snow, t thunder, visibility, dow (Wit)
U BAIN in inches, tanths and handroths.
HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER.
Hongkong Observatory, September 25th
Previous On Date On Date
Day
him driving care about the streets. In fact, all the girls know who he was. They had noticed him because he was an good locking, and they found out his name and asked each Barometer
Temperaturs Bailey's Bash, for Jerk is a wonderful swim-Humidity mer, and the first that we were together mach Wind Direction was down there in the voter,
Several time
Forosti when no one else was around we happened to
Weather Bain...
21st Sept-Wakamatau 15th Sept., Coal- MONTEAGLE, British str., 6,163, W. Davison most, and tools long swims together,
Butterfel & rich, › CHIPSHING, British str.. 1,199, F. Mooney,
20th flapt-Tiesiain 14th Sept., General m Chinese
GHOSHUN MARU, Japanese str. 1.301, K
Sakurai, 23rd Sept.-Foochow 20th Bept, General-Oaks Shosen Kaisha.----- CHUNBANG, British et 1.418, J. Mattock,
17th B-pt-Charina 8th Sept., Bagar Jardins, Matheson & Co. CLARA JEBSEN, German str. 1.102, H. Tuland,
15th Sept-Saigon 11th Sept., Rice Jabran & Co.
FAUSANG, British str., 1.410. H. B. Malkins, 22nd Sept-Java 12th Sept.. Sugar-
GE SIZE Matheron & Co.
German str., 1,714, H. Frandsen, 24th Sept. 8watow 23rd Sept.. Ballast Jebsen & Co. BAYANG, British str. 1.362. J. W. Evans,
24th Sept.-Brato 23rd Sept., General--- Douglas Laprak & Co. HANGGANG, British str., 1,356. 8. Wilde, 20th Sept-Shanghai 15th Sept., Gouersi— Jardine. Mathion &
HUPER, British s't, 1,204. A Tucker, 20th Sept. Mil 14th Sept., General-Batter- feld & Swire.
JINSEN MARU, Japenese fr., 3 781, M Mash'ts, 23rd Sept. Japan 26th September, General -Nippon Tusan Kaisha.
RNB 8th Sent Vancouver via Jepan and Shanghai 5th Aug. General-Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
CRAZY FOR 'JACK.
"I don't know when ho really first began to take a special interest in me. but I had cared fer him a long time, and I NAMBANG, British str., 2,591, P. M. B. Lake, didn't know what to do, because I was 201h Bapt-Japan 16th Sept., General afraid that the difference in our position would Jardine, Mathieson & Co,
keep him from talling me, and get there were PETCHABURS, Gozman str., h364, C. Gorowisch, so many virls crazy about him that I could u t
24th Sept.Bangkok via Kohsichang 13th be sure just how he felt about me. In the win- Bapt. Rice; Meal and Teakwood--Butter-ter time we didn't bare much chance to see onch field & Swire.
•
PHRAVANO, German str., 1,021, H. C. Beher, 23rd Sept. Bangkok 16th Sept., Rico and General Butterfeld & Swire. QUINTA, German tr., 985, F. Schlesinger, 22nd Sept-Baurkos and Swatow 21st Sept., General-Sinmassen & Co. RAJAR, German str., 1,275; A. Roseber, 23rd
Bent. Fremantle, Sandalwood-Batter field & Swire. SHAOUSING, Bhstr., 1,307, J. H. Brown,
Alat SeptWakamaten 15th Sept., Coal Batterfield & Swire.
TANON MARU. Japanese etr., 1,142, Kawasaki, 19th Sept.-Nowchwang, General-Mitsui Buren Raicha, TEAN, British str.. 1,346, A. W. Outerbridge, 22nd Sept Cebu, Iloilo and Manila 19th 8 pt. General Butterfield & Bwire. - TELESACHUS, British str., 1,240, Fraser, 16th
September--Saigon 11th Sept., General Wo Fat Bing.
other, because we weren't cut riding 20 mook. Put after I really began to care and to wonder if we conld be married it came over me how of living, and I realised that. I wasn't very well great a change it would mean in my own way
prepared to be Juck's wife,
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4 p.100.
29.89-
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83
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Highest open sir Temperature on 24th 86 Lowest open air Temperature on 24ot 79
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HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.
From 26th September to 2ad October: 1911.
HIGH WATER,
eight.
OR WATEE
HARE
F'keng
Meau
Time.
Fi. in.
.
11 47
11 16 a
27
0.27 &
11 39 6
28.
1 15 a
“Of course, I believe that when a WOMEN | wants to do anything very magh, if she cares enough to try real hard, she can do it. Am I Thea 26 practice I could keep horse and eack and sew Wed, know that if I just had the change for a little
and do everything that was newgary. Every experience. I need go down town with the chaner that I had I would try to practical Thurs hourereaper marketing and watch her what Fri prions the naid. she bought and in what quantities and what
Sat. When we went up to Chester was my best! I began with making fudge (s favourite school- chanca. For there I had my own little homa, San.
giria toffee) and then, when that was successful, Mon, I very naturally wanted to go on suð try othar
29 m 0·4 6 6
No infer high- 30 m 0-39
No infer high- 1 m 1.36 6
6 4
Nointar high 2m 3 10.62
No inter. bigb-
Height:
3.1 water
2 9
water
2 6
water