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„THE BUSINESS MAN.
DAY.
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It is not easy for the slave of "copy", sedent ary and shy, to know that triumphant fgurs or the active, bustling world, the bunnCES. man. The business man is too busy, and can only be seen in affice hours when the scribe correcting proofs or, perhaps, not yet up writes A. B. W. in the Time. Nevertheles once nearly “the Governor of the Bank of. England. I hold the Governor to be the arche
ype of the business man. In my green ud. kuowing youth. I used to take the gentle- maa, in cocked bat and picturesque rube Threadneedle-street entrance
at
for the Governor, -but now I know better. Well, £. once nearly saw the Governor. I was on the stage. Mr. Gerald du Maurier was in the bank parlour when a servant entered and said; The Governor of the Bank of England to call on you, sir." Show him in," said Mr. du Maurier with the easy nonchalance of which only actors have the secret. It was tremendous me ment. I seemed to hear barps. in the air. And just then, down came the curtain! It was felt, no doubt, that the Governor of the Bank of England ought not to be made a motley to the view. But 1 was inconsolable. I had been robbed of my one chance of seeing the
zupreme business man. Gal Of late, however, the veil tlist.
shrouds the business man from the non-businesa aye bas bean partly lifted. The pictorial. advertisement people have gut hold of him and give brief, tantalising glimpses of his daily life. Maeterlinck speaks of "l'auguste vie quotidienne of Hamlet. That only shows that Hamlet (it is indeed his prime characteristic) was not a business man.
MORNING,
For the business mau's daily life, if the advertisementa ^agd to be trusted, is not so much august as alert, strenuous, and, above all, devotou to the pleasures of the toilet. And his toiles seems, for the most part, to centre in or near his chin. indeed it is by his chip that you identify the business man.. ***
Outside the bunk-parlour, the mart and the rachange the business man takes no risks, and at his wilet-table he prefers safety razors.
When the chin has been prepared for the business day he tries and, contrasis the several effects of it over a variety of cuitars. For th business man collecta collars, too. Hla chin protrudes with
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quiet bat firm insistence over some of the, CHINA COAST nestles coyly in others, or it may be emorges with ease from the sort designed to give sniple throat room and especially evoured by. men who seek considerable freedom, but at the same time a collar of character and distinction. Nor has be any false. Thame about being seen in his shirtsleeves, in fact, he seems to be in the habit when, half-dressed, of calling in his friends (evidently, from their chins, fellow businesa men) to see how perfectly his shirt fits at the neck and how ita thoroughly shrunk material is none the
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Once dressed and. I pass over his, inter- views with his tailor (he collects overcoats) Rochi because that would lead as far and might land us, unawares, among sportsmen or air- meri, or other non-business dressed, he is to be seen at his office. That does not mean that he is to be seen at work.
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Ichang holes, where he sees himself invested with perfect contrel and rid of all petty routine Chaugas anomalies, with-a mind free to counder que Guta
Shanghai tions of policy and the higher aspirations of his bousa. But not, in blunt English, working, Amoy oh dear no i He is pleasantly gossiping with another business man, who is telling over the edge of the desk smoking a cigarette. Now
devices and honeycombristling with patent
and then, it is true, you may get a glimp
Peak...
Tainan....
of him at the telephone. But then his tender Kob smile gives himaway. It is obviously no busi Pescadores *** ness conversation But
an appointment for Canton ... lunch with his Bancos.
Only one advertisement artist has ever Gap Rock ...
Hongkong "spotted him at work. He was addressing aro the beard. The beard all wore white Wucho --- waistcoats, the same business chin and the Hol
Hoihow same dry smile as the urutor, who with
Pakhol clenched fist and Bashing eye assured them Phulien of his conviction that increased production Tourage resulta from the bond of mutual goodwill Capes Jam created between employer and employee by Aparri the board's system of life assurance. Altogether it is a very jolly, party. But Manif putaide the world of business men it wouldn't Legasp be considered work. Really for work it looks Tacloban as though you would have to go to the non- Iloilo business man. Think of Balzac's 18 hours Surigao is day!
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After dinner you may see him, before n roaring fire, holding up his glass of port to the light and telling another business man who the shipper is. Last scene of all; | a night-piece, you have, a
of him
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TERRATURE, in the shade, is degres
Bis priamsa merrilyng with Fahrenbaite several other business man different
patterns of the same unsbrinkable fabric) hamidity of air saturated with moistars being 8. Huair, in percentage of saturation, the
sitting cross-legged and smoking 100 enormous cigars. This is the end of a perfect business day. And you conclude tiat business mon sleep in dormitories.
THE WINDOW TICKET
** DIRECTION OF WED, to two pointa.
& BORCE OF WED, according to Beaufort
76, STATE OF WEATERE, b blue sky, a detached, cloud, d drizzling in, fog, g gloomy, h hall,
bightning, overcast, p passing showers, AUTUMN SHOOKS FOR THE ROME RULE INR 3 know, 4. thunder, v vinilliky,
SHOPPER
A new ordinance has passed into force by which all shop-keepers in Rome must attach plainly figured tickets, notifying the prices, to all the objects exposed for sale in the shop windows. The idea is to promote competition. The ordinary citizen was at first disposed to hail the new law. with delight, sa letting him know at lonet where he stands when he goes on a shop. ping expedition.
But the sight of the new prices in all their naked reality has awakened a digmay
ia the good Roman. He begins to think
w dow wet.
7. Banr, in inches, & tenths and hundreds.
T. R. CLAXTON, Director. *HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.
From December Sixt to 27th, 1990.
HIGH WATKE.
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Thi many casch have undergone large increases, Boots, hats, and hosiery generally cost now naerly, the double of what the cost this We lost year. As for imported goods, t not difficult to see why a pair of Ameri cin or Swiss boots costs about 50 lire when the dollar stands at 25, and some Mon 37 m 11 33 400 lire are required to buy 109 Blea
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