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A PEKING "DIARY, [FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT, }
November 7th, 1922.
in an ordinary, shop
CATHEDRAL,
BERNARD ADDIS.
these two young people first met, and it. very soon became apparent to members of my household that the acquaintance.
Buying and selling has reached the NOTABLE WEDDING AT THE "It was in this house, I believe, than stage of a fine art, and there are all kinds of markets in various placesTM haldat certain hours an portain days, "and ashers going on all the time. These are crowded with Chinese who are intent on
It is not every day as the Hop, Mr.ship could only end in the way that it making bargains, but very often pay more for their purchases than they would A. G. Stephen remarked at the wedding has done.--(Laughter, and applause.).
**As for Mrs. Boraard, -aho has not reception--that a matrimonial alliance
been here long, but I think she has cap- In the hotels you meet buyers of jewels takes place between the historic houses of tured all our hearts in that time, short and jade for London houses, artists on Ewa" und "Wayfoong," so that it as is" Hear, hear."). I can never only-fitting-should-be as it make much of a sprech—especially, about Tadies-without dragging va the poris. the staff of illustrated home journals,was travellers with samples to sell from Europe and America. The Germans are certainly was, one of the most brilliant Mrs. Bernard always reminds me of the busy and have opened stores to sell elec and fashionable weddings ever seen in old Scots song: trical ware, microscopes and cameras. The
Chinese have not forgotten the advan Hongkong. The large assembly of guests ages that Germap traders gave them in in the Cathedral, and at the reception the old days and care nothing about the afterwards, included H. E. the Officer Ad- rights and wrongs of the War. All they ministering the Government, and Mrs. care about, economically, "is to buy their
fi
When first she'eam', tas oor toon
Her name was. Kate Mücfarlane, But long ere she could get awa
The wind veered to the North last night and morning broke very cloudy and dusty. The bitter cold is driving everyone indoors who is not forced by business to go out. The dust can make its way, howover, through the lightest windows and lay a thick coating on all your possessions. The poor who have not sufficient clothing, had no fuel, suffer terribly throughout the winter and many die from exposure and want of food.
Peking is watching the movements of General Feng Yu Shiang with the keenest interest. He does not to the man in the
She was no bodies' darlin'.' street, possess the sentimental halo that our Christian Generals at home did, goods in the cheapest market, and not Severn, H.E. Adml. Sir Arthur and Lady,
(Applause.), Lastly, she is the daughter like Gordon or Havelock who were almost be forced to purchase the accond rale Leveson Cel C. W. Dary (represcuting of the world-famed Sir Charlos audis, idolised, but the Chinese know a good goods that Japan offers them.
the G.O.C), the Chief Justice and the whom I have known very well for a life man when they see him; and heroes are not to be picked up every day in the army or in politics. A game is being prepared aside the city for the General bimself and his staff, and quarters found for his army in the barracks outside the wall has his own noise bells, gongs, trumpets, of the Naval, and Military forces, heads dreamed of an occasion like to the North and to the South...
tuning forks ant other instruments of of the principal business "firms and Laughter and applause) I am sure we torture. The Peking dialects with its high members of the Chamber of Commerce wish that the voyage there young.
people are setting out upon, together, Wa Pei Fu is creating his own "sphere pitched tones lends itself to street cries: members of the medical, legal and other will be over smooth seas and under of influence making Honnn, the Key the end in a kind of wail, sometimes, a professions and, of course, a great mur cloudless skies. They will add fresh Province of China, tau centre of bis ape- gurgle very arresting I amagine, whe-indies. A wedding is always a ladies Imatra to Ewa, and to the old house rations. He is playing a game of diplo-ther it be for "raisin enkes, hot sweet day" and many beautiful frocks were at East Point, which will renew its youth- matit chess, and moving and grouping potatoes, candied grapes and crabapples, worn
The bridegroom, Mr. Dalias Gerald with these two young heads under it. I the pivces. Feng was apparently too big piece goods, etc.. etc., etc.!
think I can assure them, on behalf of Mercer Bernard, is lessra. Jardine, a man to have in the sainé province as! himself, and so he shifted him the Foreigners in Peking have not learnt Matheson & Co.'s managing-director in on all, that they will get the warmest we did the East and head of the Hongkong office welcome from all classes of the combin Capital. The Contral Government, it the joys of restaurant teas as
their married life."-(Gregs such a term as "Government" can be used, long ago in Hongkong. They are here, of the firm. He is Vice-Chairman, this ty in declined responsibility when the Honanese but usually almost deserted, though the year, of the Hongkong General Chamber applause).
Mr. Stephen then, proposed the health here protestel ngainst the transfer of coffee and the cakes are quite excellent. of Commerce. The bridegroom is the son of the bride and bridegrooth, and the Feng from Kaifengfü. The officials pro- For one thing, the business quarter is of Mrs. Bernard and of the late Mr. toast was enthusiastically, honoured ad· tested that the change was not their tuo scattered: anal "Peking dist" Edmund Bowen Bernard. J.P., of Scake-followed by cheets for the happy pair. doing, but General Way () They must enough to make the stoutest heart quail moor, Botley, Hants, complain to him.
ou a windy day; and to one dreams of "pottering about the shops-the roads don't lend themselves to that kind of Charles and Lady Addis. Sir Charles the ladies who had worked so hard in the Addis, K.C.M.G., the well known author last few days in decorating the Cathedral rity on banking, is Chairman of the and the house, and in making all pre
The Peking people evidently like to buy Puise Judge," members of the Executive tiine, and with whom I spent my youth at their doors. for the number of hawkers and Legislative Councils, members of the in Hangkong. We used to ramble over the hills and dream about the future-but I is legion; and in the residential streets Civil Service, the Commodore and officers a perfectly certain neither of us ever there is an incessant din Every man
The Union Medical College is in the thick of its winter, term of work. A great number of the students are from
musement
this.
The bride. Miss Elizabeth (Betty). Stephen for his kind remarks: also Mr. Bernard, in responding, thanked Addis, is the only daughter of Sin
South of the Yangtze and several from HONGKONG WOMEN'S GUILD London Committee of the Hongkong and Parations for the wedding. The bride
AND
CHILDREN'S MINISTERING
.i LEAGUE.
Canton. Two of the prominent lecturers hail from the same city. Dr. Woods was in the Canton Christian College and is now specialist here in Neurology; and Dr. Howard, at one time in the "Canton Hospital, is here head of the Department of Opthalmology. The painstaking in- struction all these students receive, their thorough grounding in all the funda- methods by which they are made to think given during the year. A further state-
Shanghai Banking Corporation, Ltd.. Broom concluded by proposing the health Director of the Bank of England, of the of the bridesmaids, the pages and the PO and B.I. Companies, of, the best man, to which Capt. Neville respon
ed on their behalf. British and Chinese Corporation and of the Chinese Central Railways, Ltd.. as A group photograph of the principal RESULT OF THE ANNUAL BAZAAR. well, as President of the Bankers In-participants in the ceremony was taken stitute. Miss Addis recompanied her and the guests were entertained to rea
before departure. The following is the result to date of father a year ag an his visit to the Far bridegroom left for the Bungalow, Fan- mentals of medicine and surgery, and the the annual bazair and of entertainments East, and recently came out again by theling, where the honeymoon is being spent.:
Empress of Condu..
St. John's Cathedral was beautifully French "pavy blue and fawn crepe The bride's going away dress was of
Enter, the bride and
jand act for themselves cannot be beaten ment will be published shortly, showing decorated for the ceremony with flowers marocain. There was a wonderful serhe anywhere in the World. The "College is the final 'totals and their allocation to and paims. The officiating clergy were of enthusiasm and cracker firing from all also drawing doctors from all parts of Children's Charities at Home and in the Cathedral Chaplain (the Rer. Y. tho Indo-China, launches when the bride
the Far East, they sit at the feet here of both Chinese and Western teachers to acquire the latest knowledge and the most up to date technique.
There are not only the regular pro", fessors in each brauch, but visiting in- structors come from America and Europe. Dr. Van Slyke, one of the greatest! authorities on Physiological Chemistry, has been giving post-graduate lectures on Diabetes and acidosis., Other, well- nown authorities have recently arrived, such as Hammond and Frazier. "Dr. Ham- mond's line is Pediatrics, or as we would call it in England the "disensen of child-1 ren." Even Professor Fuchs, of Vienna. the great veteran on diseases of the eye has come all the way here, 71 as he is. Listening to his demonstrations I imagine he has lost none of his keenness and vim. Dr. Guinness, of Kaifeng, and Dr. Hayes, of Canton, are among the many who bave come to Peking especially. To take out his classes,
The P.U.M.C. is not only a college but a big hospital as well; and the wards are full and the outpatient depart wents crowded every day,
Hongkong:-
50.90 110-91
1.-Naval and Dockyard Stall
(Mrs. Grace) EM.S. Tamar:.....$2,394,60 Chute kajak Lucky Welly Live Aunt Sally... "Pickpocket Lady... Proceeds of Peter P Tableaux
drs. Peaman)...». 540.55
2.-Military Stall
* 5,90 47.25
(Mrs. Humphry).$1,886.32 Gold Fish 115.00 Fish Pond doing 37.00
Police Stall (Mrs.
Wolfe).. Bran Pie
,360.20 79.30
4.-Peak Stall (Mrs. McArthur), B-Victoria Stall (Mrs. Mid-
dleton Smith)
6. Kowloon Stall (Mrs. Cook) 7-Kowloon Dock Stall (Mrs.
Forsyth)
8.St. Paul's Girls' School Stall (Miss Woo, Staff What attracts specialists from other parts of the world are the extraordinary and Girls) facilities for research. The animal de 9.-St. Stephen's Girls' College partment is a complete section hi itself, Salt (Miss Taylor, Staff
This presided over by its own staff.
and Girls) afternoon, one of the monkeys after being 10.-Belilios Girls School Stall (Miss Clärke, Staff and experimented upon in one of the patho logicat labouratories, got loose anang
Girls) the cultures and serums, but the doctor 11-Tea Garden (Mrs. Dyer).... gave chase and pluckily grabbed it er 12-Cigarettes (Mrs. Olliver)... it could do any mischief! Which re-1-Parcels (Mrs. Hickling)
minds me of the German investigator | 14-Silhouettes (Mrs. Adams)... who was so pleased with the results hel had learnt from a dog he had bought for 18-Chinese Boxing and Fencing the purposes of vivisection, that out of gratitude to the animal he handed him over to his childrenens a pet and allowed him to die of old age!
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A new Chaplain has arrived for the British Legation, Rev. John Reynolds I don't think che Legation has over had a
The chaplain of its very own before. previous chaplains have always been men who have preached in the Legation Chapel on Sunday mornings in addition to their other work.
The chapel was originally the coach house of the prince whose palace the British bought to turn it into a Legation. Whoover designed the building as it is now was a genius in adapting old. Obina and modern Europe and blanding, then into a charming style of its own.
(St. Stephen's Boys' "College) 16.-Auctions 17.-Gate Money 18.-Donations (not, credited to
Stalis) 19-Proceeds of Quarry Bay „Children's Play god Doll's
House Raffle
Total
$3,350.00
Copley Moyle, M.A), and the Assistant! Chaplain the Per, John Taylor Holman, and bridegroom were crossing to Kowloon M.A.) Mr. Denman Fuller, F., pre-In honour of the occasion, all the
Railway Station. aided at the organ.
The Hon. Mr.A.G. Stephen. Chief Manager
steamers of the Indo-China Steam Navi- of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Bation Company in port dressed ship Corporation. From whose house the bride yesterday and the offices of Messrs. was married. acted in Inen parentis and Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd., wer
closed after tiffin. - „ gave away the bride, who wore a-beautiful gown of white and silver brocade with
a bouquet of red roses tied with red
HOTELS.
velvet ribbon. She had as bridesmaids THE ARMS FIND IN HONG KONG Mi Rosalind Liddell Miss Jemima Leveson, Miss Sheila Lang and Miss Pamela Dodwell, who wore pretty dresses of forget-me-not, blue organdie, and carried bouquets of pink roses. Master 1,538.92 Bruce Sutherland and Master David
THE CHINESE PRISONERS DISCHARGED
Beavis acted as pages. Capt. R. Neville, The prosecution' arising out of the big R.M.L.I was best man.:
seizure of arms at the King Edward and The bridegroom's gift to the bride was Palaci Hotels. took an unexpected turn 1,430.55 & diamond brooch, and the bride's pre-in" Mr. J. R. Wood's Court, yesterday, 2,323.68 sent to the bridegroom a gold watch when Mui Nau Kun, the "mysterious" To the bridesmaids the bridegroom gave white man, and his two Chinese com: 1,736.10 pearl pendents and bead bag, and to panions were discharged.
810.40 the pages gold safely pins,
1,709.75
THE RECEPTION.
The police withdrew the charge against the accused on the ground of "in- sufficient evidence."
Accused were represented by Mr. H. C...
The spacious apartment of Bank House.. St. John's Place, scarcely sufficed to L on behalf of Mr. Leo l'Almada accommodate the large number of guests 1,817.00 who attended the reception.
The two Australians, William E. "Pitts They were and Owen J. Smyth were also produced received by the Hon. Mr. Stephen and in Court.. Mrs Stephen and afterwards passed on The police asked for a date to be fixed- 879.10 to shake hands with and offer congratu. for hearing the charge against thea.
lations to the bride and bridegroom, who
The Magistrate suggested 11.15 this experienced a royal time" for half-an
morning. 1,307,10 hour or more, in the matter of hand Pitts (smiling): The sooner the better. 800.00 clasps. In another room, a magnificent I have been here several days now, and 644.28 display of presents was on view. A list have been unable to find bail.
38.85 cannot be given, for it would not be
The hearing was accordingly fixed for 162.50 complete; more are on the way from this morning.
England and a crateful arrived in Hong kong too late to be unpacked and placed
$7.50 on view.****
The
cake-a wedding
monumental 30.30
affaireñas cut and the guests gathered 878,30
85.00
HIDDEN ARMS.
DAGGERS UNDER MATTRESS.
round to drink the bealth of the bride and bridegroom in champagne. The
A Chinese who spoke English Bucally,... Hon. Mr. Stephen took the leading part and was dressed in a European suit, at this stage of the proceedings and did was sentenced by Mr. EW. Hamilton, the honours with a very happy and up yesterday, to six months' hard labour 339.00
propriate speech.
for being in unlawful possesion of two p $10,837-31 THE HON MEN'S SPEECH. daggers.
Sub-Inspector Fallon found the wea "I am sure you will all agree with pons in defendant's cabin, on the Seiya British railway returns for 1921, which," said Mr. Stephen, that this is a Mor underneath a mattress on the
more than usually interesting occasion;bunk have just been issued by the Ministry of it is not every day that a Tsipan of Defendant said he found the daggers: Transport, record a heavy fall in the Ewo finds a bride in Hongtong: on the deck. They had been left behind. number of passengers carried and in although I remember two that were fortu goods traffic compared with the previous ante enough to do so before. Nor is ity passengers. year. There is a net deficiency on work-every day that the representatives of ing amounting to £6,899,000, sa against two institutions which have had such aAngthor Chinelo dressed. à surplus of £9,922,000 in 1920.
great deal to do with the history of the European costumien val coarged with the Colony are allied in matrimony-Hear, possession of a Winchester rifle and 1687 hear." The institution I have the rounds of ammunition: bonour to be head of at present has Inspector Fallon produced a large had may important transactions with chest, The contraband, he said "was
FIT-UPINCE-NEZ
A CHEST'S SECRET.
The Legation itself has greatly extend ed its boundaries since. 1000, and mueb (of die old wall has gone. Nor are there
many left now to tell you the story of is the latest of the. Anger operated eye" wo" during the last 58 years, but no found, in the false bottom. The police that momentous time. One of the ro minders is the brass lectern in the glass mounting and has been designed to thing so important as this one-(Laugh- spent an hour trying to open the secret chapel, presented by the Americans who avoid all the objectionable features of ter and applause.) It is not for me to compartment, and finally had to smash own legation was too exposed for safety springs of the FibU prevent spring (laughter) I am sure you all have your He said he was a traveller from Panama Peking is not only a centre of Govern-breakage, and can be instantly adinated opinions on that head, as I have mine, to Hoiping. leta napln
The Magistrate said that he did not ment and political wire pulling, but also to give more or less pressure on the nose, but, as I say, it not for me to express
object to a Winchester rifle so much a a hive of industry. The manufacture of The nose alipa are of special shape toti It is very seldom, I think, that two to a revolver. It cannot be carried tarios supports many thousands of the event slipping... Fit-U Pinse-nes of any young people have set out on the voyage about to shoot the police with This serious as the pre people, and stacks of parcels go out overy. day to all parts of the world containing metal are obtainable from The Hong of life with such a fair prospect of happi- case was not so glass beads, jade, brass ware, furs, scrolls, kong Optical Co., sconesore to Clarkeen. Tas bridegroomin spite of what vious one, as defendant appeared to be a I think to be his extreme youth bona fide traveller who was through on and other ornaments. More substantial than all those are the Peking ourpote, & Co., Manalscturing and Refracting (laughter) had already made a game his way to the country, add the sale is going up by leaps and Opticians, the most competent optical and position for himself here, and he is To defendant. It is no use you Blling his great position in the firm, as saying you did not know the regulations. bounds. The favourite colours are dif-manufacturing establishment in the head of Ewo in a manner that can The fact that the arms were hidden dis.... ferent shades of blue upon a light back Colony-located in 48, Queen's Road compare with the greatest of his pre- proves that. You are fized 850 and the ground. The effect sometimes is very
(101 decessors,(Hear, hear")
farms are confiscated provisionally. Bériking.........
sheltered there during the siege is their this type of mounting. The long coil express an opinion as to which of us has the bottom,
get the best bargain on this occasion- Defendant readily admitted possession.
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them