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A welcome surprise was sprung upon the After-Dinner Clah on October 18th. 1 had, in the King Edward VII, Rooms, niet at dinner; a paradoxical proceeding which the president, Mr. Henry Arthur Jones, suggested should be followed in December by a five am breakfast at a Covent Garden coffee stall. Among those who had accepted invitations to the dinner were the Lord Chancellor, who just before the dinner began explained by letter Skata most critical meeting of Ministers is being held, which it is indis pensable I should attend." This was read with becoming solemnity by the chair. man, who, however, was able to announen that he had just received a telephone message to the effect that Viscount Birkenhead hoped to arrive at half-past nine. Somewhat after the time indicated he took his place beside the chairman, and in reply to the toast of his health made a brilliantly witty speech, in which, turning to account a remark on the name of Smith, he gave an amusing disserta. tion on the advantages of possessing that
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Mr. Henry Arthur Jones, in proposing the toast of Our Guests of Honour," said they were deeply indebted to the Lord Chancellor for having, under the 'stress of most important business, come to honour them and thraw the cloak of his authority over their anomalous pro- ceedings (Laughter.) Sometimes he felt ha was hardly qualified to sustain the dignity of being their president, but no such doubt aasailed him in the duty ha was to perform, tor who could be com petent or eminently stced to propose the health of a Smith as a Jones? (Laugh- ter.) He could estimate the magnitude of the achievement by which Lord Birken- head had escaped from the disabilities of his surname, (Laughter.) For more than forty years he (Mr. Jones) had been trying to reform the English drama, and he tras convinced it was his surname which had kept him from performing that gigantis task. (Laughter.)
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Viscount Birkenhead, who was heartily cbered on rising, raid it was a matter of very considerable disappointment to him that he was not able to be present at the dianer. In the days in which we live," he added, "and in the degree of public contempt, which I am daily informed by many organs of the Press, the Govern- ment exists, I count myself most "fortu- nate to be asked to dine at other people's expense in "any respectable company at all. (Laughter.) The name of your club some what paradoxically illustrates the nature of to-night's festivity. Your meeting at dinner is almost as dishonest as the Coalition. (Laughter.) A somewhat in teresting coincidence has been supplied by the name of Smith being proposed by one who bears the comparatively honoured name of Jones (Laughter.) I do not pre tend to believe that the name of Jores has, in the history of this country, or even in the history of Wales, played a port com- parable with the number of persons who bear it. (Laughter.) How many famous E Joneses have there been in the history of the world? But it is a positive advantago to bear the name of Smith. In everything which counts for distinction, power, and capacity to contribute to the agreeable, helpful, and majestic. activities of our national life there is no-name in the land. which stands so high and unchallenged as the name of Smith, (Laughter.) We Smiths hold our heads high, and we are entitled to hold our heads high if we are fortunato: enough to have blood run through our veins which has not been debased by alien or inferior admixture. We are descended from swarthy and worthy men with masculine power attuned to a necessary and worthy trade, and we have inherited a virile-strain-in-our-blood. If I shoill attempt to exhaust the list of the incam- parable Smiths who bave enriched our national life I should exhaust your pati.. ence and the time, having regard to three further political engagements to-night, which I have at my disposal. We who are SHANGHAI OFFICE ---- Smiths reject absolutely from our company anyone who has tacked on a double name. Anyone who bears the name of Smith and debases that name by a hyphen, however short the connecting name may be, his ported from the empany of the immortals, had no longer belongs to the glorious. family; incomparably the greatest family in the Empire. (Laughter.)
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"FOURTH AMONG THE BALY-WITA.” "I do not know," Lord Birkenhead proceeded, "that it is at all likely that Ihall be Prime Minister. (Laughter.) So far as I can discover-and I read each day the Morning Poet, the Daily Mail, and Curopese by an experianced Chinese “ANTONESE ... successfully taught to other papers-I am counted to be about teacher. Terms moderate. Apply Mr. Chan fourth among the half-wite who are en- JZOK TIEN, 205, Queen's Road Enet, 2nd floor. gaged in dissipating and destroying the resources, and the strength of the British Empire and in treacherously attempting03T One Yellow Haired CHOW DOG,
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the distinguished men who are makingO BE LET GODOWN-Spacious. Two these criticisms. (Laughter.) One can-tied Godgren, situated on the: Praya not measure them exactly. because they near Bowrington Canal and containing appro are mostly anonymous, and one never rimately 5,000 square feet on each foor... Tô bạ quite knows what they are to write about | Let to the end of the yeaz-Apply, Z, office of and how long it will last. (Laughter.) They this Dep completely disregard and wipe out anything
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Proceeding, the Lord Chancellor, said atand here to-night as one who, is quite that if he were Prime Minister he would prepared to admit that there are men in this say that it would be entirely, appropriato country of supreme and transcendental that the chairman, as he regarded the name penins, unhappily not engaged in politics of "Joms!us stigma, should undoubtedly: but happily very conscious of the defects of have a peerage. He was guing back to those who are. Day by day and week by the Rrimer Minister's house, and he would week, having no responsibility of any kind, say to him that the greatest living writer of they sot themselves to abuse and, disparage the Welsh name of Jones felt that it was every Government which is in power, and if due to him, that it was due to Wales, they can destroy thie Government, as it is and that it was due to the Prime Minister, very likely with the assistance of our own that he should immediately change: his Excellent friends they may, then they name. (Laughter.) He could not tell how may set themselves to create a new the Prime Minister would receive thats Government, which they can equally but he would put it before Mr. Lloyd destroy
George that might very faithfully, (Laugh ter and cheers.)
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