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PARIS. August 19th. While the publication of Mrs Ramsay Marlwall's letter completely surprised political circles, it is authoritatively learned that M. Herriot had previously, consented to its blication."
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NORTH CHINA · FLOODS.
CHILLING MANDATE,
THE COLLEGE GIRL.
{BY ROSITA YORDES, IN THE LONDON **DAILY TELEGRAPH."
Some years ago, when I first visited the
THR PATRIARCHAL FAMILY,
I forgot my rhetorie concerning the ways THE BEST GAME. of shikhs, and stared at the delightful The American woman is very often a
youth around me. • Why! I asked,
When cricket reigns at Lord's and business widow during the week and a We too much of men in Leeds and on every village green, when golf widow on Sundays, 10 in, self- defence she is abliged to find other inthe daytime to dream of them at night." all the courts in England are too few for laughed a girl who had just graduated those avid of hawa tennis, when the com terests. Her children provide her with from coucational State college, but gestion of the gulf links is greatest, it the greatest, for niotherhood is a wonderer contains were inarticulate, and in requires a certain detachment of mind, fit thing in Americà, The tie, is the closer for the lack of servants in all but another witte the conversation had says the lily Telegraph, to anumuned the best game the States I wrote of, Americans, 1 love the society of the great cities The smallswung round by way of soul, which ap. that Rugby football is " their vitality, cheerfulness, good-nature, town, or country mother is obliged to luckparently is a man respetable subject heart and mind of man has ever invent- Than sex, to the great controversy heed." But the Bishop of Gibraltar could optimism, their interest in life, of which after her family herself. While the solitary kwiet the Fundamentalists and the certainly give very good reasons for the
Trish maid op coloured girl doos ber
faith that is in-hini, and many weighty Realistse their gracious hospitality is'n part, I
worst with the laundry or the cooking.
men will be on his side. He will not, Nothing must be ariginal in America, love their air of health and finishy their There is no such thing as a defnite riur-
however, carry the country, and when enthusiasm, and last, but not least, theirsery in the ordinary American house. last of all your religion. Faith is in such convictions as these are vehemently The open-toe system allows the children tangible and born of each man's spiritual plumbing and their vegetables." Now to use the whole house as a playground, abour, but in the States it must he declared heat is apt to be generato
The natural mar believes that the game should be inefined to epitomise all the and they are brought up to be always fastened to a board and dissected to we.
may make them to which group it belongs, for the Church which interests him most is the best qualities and say E. Jove American precocious, but it solidifer family life is a business proposition, and no rival which was ever unvented, and he does wonien A few days after I came to It seems do me that while marriage is merchant of salration may enter its not like to hear it consigned to a posi New York 1 Funched in
fragile tie in the States, the family is cates. So at a thousand tables miracleation of interiority. That is taken to imply a purface on
patriarchal in its stability. Wenith, are discussed with the salad and ortho Fifth Avenue, and lach was very late property, interests, and responsibility dogy with the coffer from which of a great extent, coarse, the stimulating cairine has berh The awe mundale is ambiguous, “unt | indeed, because the debutante' daughter "eem to be common to
had not reappeared after dancing til: and where the idea of a young English | removed].
couple is often to get as far away as
PEXING, August 20th. A Chihling andate approves the aug-
Finance to gestion of the "Minister ve institute Customs like surtaxes in the provinces in aid of "Hood relief and inform the French official quarters tend to mini-anthyrizes the Ministry to ruise the importance of the letter on the organisation concerned.
round that it merely reiterates the British Government's well-known stand- point. The French official attitude is in-
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spired by a desire to avoid compromisingly says the Customs, and not the five that morning. 'Everyone waitesi possible-frons the paternal meste, na the present excellent Anglo-French rela. 1 Enikuan, prepnably owing to the fact patiently and sympathetically, except American ons will settle within a stone asked, What is your message for strenuous, We have heard veterane plaj-"
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EVACUATION, WITHOUT ISPIDENT, The Ministry of War announces that the occupying treaps were 'withdrawn, from Offenburg and Appenweier yester- day, without incident.
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ANOTHER U.S. VIEW. EVANSTON (isors). Argue 19th. General Dawes in a speech have said that with the experts' plan inaugurated, all Europe had turned towards n now, peaceful life. The United States penuld » be saved from the depths of the inevit
able great depression in industry and agriculture which the contined chaos and misery in Europe sould have 'en tailed The whole world has entered on a period of peace and prosperity. TROUBLE IN THE SOUDAN. FIGIPTING AEROPLANES ARRIVE.
Young brother who suggested that the throw of their in-laws," and be in and It is that the exterritorial governments haremaiden might still be asleep. He was out of the family house all day
promptly buked, and about two o'clock, impossible to stay in an American house with a flurry of high heels and French bald without morting & quantity of re- not yet sanctioned the rustenis' siftax,
skirts, Beauty ran in and demanded alations, all of whose interests seeru to drank amidst gay murmurs of apology the family. cocktail. She was given thre, which she hound up in the rising generation of
[BY COURTESY OF THE DAILY BULLETIN." A SHANGHAI CAMPAIGN FOR RELIEF FUNDS.
vigarette-cns.
SHANGHAL, August 19th- The Chinese and Foreign Famine Relief Vommitted of Shanghmi have decided to raise $200,000 for food relief by, holding a cumpargo in Shanghai, which is to betion of hen frock initiated in a few days.
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The American Red Cross has donated $100,000 to the flood relief, fund.
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a low estimate of his knowledge of sport, dreadin stur, and, what is even worn. a tow opinion of his personal prowess. On the other hand, men who sing the praises of the fiercer, faster games souse-à tities become impatient with those who It was in Tinois that I began to be clair serious consideration for the less the Middle West is determined not to be ers of Rugby make very painful remarks left behind in the race for heterogeneous upon the devotion of the young to the culture. All day and every day its grune of golf. There are those who have wonten affend lectures on commonplace lait, little honour for any game which is Suggestions thats subjects, for they had it user to listen not played by teams. to other people's ideas than to form their tawn tenais should be encouraged at the It is curious that money, while public schools have roused good men to Now a cigarette! said the gorgeous!
will buy any amount of other people's furs e're how. If it is possible to errature, who must have been nearly six
Except among the very rich, which is experience, wens to be an insuperable imagine an impartial judge appointed to fret tall and glowingly Junesque Even the feminine portion of the lunch party the class most in contact with Europe, tarrier against nequiring your own. decide which really is the best game, the fumbled for matches, while the male and from which, therefore, most of oue, That. I suppose, is why Americans rarely first question he would put to the rival proffered every known form of as on perica are formed, there is travel, they just tour in a congruial claimants would be to ask in the socratic Shall we go in, dear femarkably little luxury in this country, group, which hurries by tenia de lase mater for definitions of that disputes in ensured by the personal or unimod strumer from one inter word," jest." Rugby football my he the
10 another.
The wal best if all gunes."hut it is not a gine Polo," suggested the hostess, tentatively, und Comfort Beauty swept us along in her wake,pervision and often the personal labour itional hotel dazzled by the mange tint of her lips, by of the mistress of the house," who, what traveling must be used to loneliness, for anybody much over thirty.
ever her social status, has been taught which no American can endure, and he according to Mr. Kipling, who, as we the scent of her orchids, and the revelous conomies but simplicity is must be poor. Then he will wander afoot know by his scorn for the flaupelled Teanty ate heartily, when she wasn't enjoyed by the old Puritanical spirit and on horseback, by tramp steamer or fool at the wicket and the muddied oak at the goal is hard to please, must be smoking, and her conversation was un-which still rules the America to which yawt his saddle his pillow, a native hat
But The further West one is hotel, from one odd corner of the accounted supreme among games. A meeting tombirow will decide the intelligible to the stranger, since it con-it gave birth."
sisted entirely of Christian names and goes the narrower is the outlock, the more earth to another. I believe America prs the anaher of men who ever have a relationships sanctified by the Social rigid the ends of life. There are many fers to hear about civilised tourism, which chance to play it is smal Games of in- details.
Register. Halfway through lunch I began connunities which would enforce religion it can follow in the light of reelection dividual prowess, such as lawn tennis to wonder if 1 weer in New York, or if by law, just as they have enforced pro- and anticipation. ratherthan exploration and golf, have a quality essentially dif I had strayed back to Paris or Vienna hibition of liquor,, and, in some States, and adventure, which make it feel hot ferent from those in which a man has to If the judge. by mistake. Before I had solved the of cigarettes, and closed Sanday concert and thirsty, and give it a horrible doubt play to and for other nien.
as to whether its leg is not being pulled should admit a majority vote
as evi- question of environment we were playing balls and cinemas. bridge for ten-out points. With a dozen Moreover, moury is rapidly censing to Nevertheless, America always says the dence; there can be little doubt that the telephonie interruptions this continued have any value in 1.5.A.. because it can right thing at the right moment, and first place would go to Association fout- till sven, when Beauty, good-tempered produce sa little confort. I have staged says it eloquently. I remember one of ball. No other game in our country is throughout a run of bad lock went off in six-rooted cottage and helped in my chairmen remarked. In this townplayed by so many people and watched to be massaged before the evening's ball. the cooking, to discover afterwards that George Washington was told that only by so any people. But we confess that
modesty equalled his
purnge on questions of quality majorities are not "By the way, what's going on in Eng-my hostes had an income which would his
Perhaps the judge land!" she asked, with the warm interest have" enabled her to live in Mayfair Madam, only your eloquence equals the always in the right. her country women manage to infuse into should the translate her dollars into courage at which we gues, but of which woul take into considemtion changes of their simplest questions. I said some pounds. It cost a young couple of my you have said nothing." America has the opinion. It is well known that while most thing about the Labour Government, but acquaintance 73.000 to build a very smalt gift of specs. Apy of her citizens cui games have become vastly more popular, Branty interrupted. Has Mah Jong house, which they subsequently shut up sive a good extempore address apparse hare herensed in popularity at a quite cut out Fridge? Satisfied on this because the found that, even with an ently on any subject, but fluency is the much greater speed than others, Foot- point, she asked: How do you k electric range, an automatic dish washer stumbling-block of most of her orators ball in one form or another has been America looked round a room which a hot-air dryer, a stern hat system, and In the Middle West I have listened to played for ages. But who ever heard of was a panelled copy of an old French a refrigerating system, which boiled or loquent discours after the huge hockey till the other day! Lawn tennis manor. hasn't seen it yet," said, froze side by side, a vacuum cleaner with official lanches in which its hospitable not so long since dil not ask to be taken Now Rugby internationals FLIGHT.
The next day I left New York, which the intelligens of a Robot, and a laun-and gregaricus soul delights, and found seriously,
tarr in hockey in the height of their Une famous publicist.
faiae and the world resounds with the. ZANNUS MACHINE WRECKED. AT struck mas a most attractive and in dry that worked by pressing three bottons, that nothing whatsoever has been said in
What teresting expression of a hundred difer they could not afford sufficient labour them. HANOI
European axperts, and 1 went to to, rug it. Consequently, everyone lives speech was supposed to be concerned with glory of lawn tennis champions.
spoke for half an
will be the best game to-morrow? The America
in apartments which yearly grow higher obsolete customs."
answer of the just judge will pronounce Hay
ugust 19th."
and higher, till there is no room in the hour about the two useless buttons on frout Major Zauni's aero
! lectured on a certain night ja erity streets for the compressed layers of a man's coat-sleeve. The subject fascinat that there never was a best game and over-turned
ed him, and he couldn't get away
never will be. The audience listened, with the of the big girls' college, and, after I had its inhabitants. this morning. when taking off for Ca..
propounded the Arab mind and Ara My second day at the big girls' college was rendergi sodden by politics to several hundred maidens, aged was spent in attending, some
of the most-good temper, it always does, At Cheltenham. Kent Jed Gloucester- The ground
but then I think Americans are the best- is to adjourned to the president's classes. After I'd listened to lectares on shire on the first innings oucester, in henvy rains.
Major Zanni “and his mechanic, are un-use, where we sat on the floor and dis anthropology, abnormal psychology, and tempered people in the world. Perhaps the first innings only made 47. Freeman
essed Life with a big L. I wanted to scientific, telepathy. I asked my mentor, this is why they all look so young, in
they lend. weathed, int the machine has been ren- | know why all these lovely young creatures who had insisted on my breakfasting spite of the steam-heated," airless, lives taking wickets for 20, Kent replied dered" useless.
gave up the four best years of their youth at 6.00 in order to niake the most of the
It was in a Western train that I first to studying subjects which were unlikely day's opportunity, what good all this
saw the notice, "Keep your temper. No- with 74 oerster, at the stond mat-
In be of much service to them in the learning was going to do her. sine sa body else wants it. A few days later future. Of course, a certain number of
mining already engaged to
Baited express teppt, male 175 for 9 wickete and de-
then were going to be teachers, doctors, engineer. Oh, well! it's good to get was "travelling on or business wonen, but half the senior to the root of things, don't you think!" which is the aristocrat of trains, and a clared. When stamps were drawn. Kent
class were already engaged
What are you going to be asked she said. That is what American youth thief walked the whole length of a Pull- | Institute of Patentees at the Hotel Cecil had scored 67, rus for the loss of 4 win
kets.
KHARTOUM, August 19th.
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BRITISH NAVAL TOUR. SQUADRON AT QUEBEC.
QUEBEC, August 19th.. The Spezial Service Squadron has ar Four fighting eruplanes arrived here rived, and was enthusiastically greeted this morning, whilst four other and resessels in the harbour and thousands maining at Athari.
of cheering spectators lining both" banks Nine arrests were made at Port Soudan of the river. yesterday in congestion, with a minor dis- turbance, which the police easily con
trolled.
THE WORLD'S SPORT.
HOME CRICKET "
LONDON," August 19th,
At Worcester, the home side gained first inaings paints against Northants. Worrester made 170 and 167; their op-
: pepents, senréd 124 and 166 for 5 wickets,
ARGENTINIAN WORLD
· LATEST
CABLES. FRENCH TRADE "RETURNS.
Paurs, August 19th. Imports of the first seven months of 1921 totalled Frs, $1,472,000,000 (221,000,000 tons). Exports totalled) Fry, 24,196,000,000 [(10,000,000 tons).—laras,
EARLIER CABLES. (REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE, At Bradford, Farkshire best Leicester BRITAIN AND THE WORLD'S
by de runs.
Yorkshire scored 1:9 (Astill
8 for 45) and 202 Leicester male 71 (Macaulay 7 for $1 and 150."
At Bournemeth, in the match betw Hampshire and Essex; the former led on
COMMERCE.
REMARKABLE STATEMENT BY U.S. ADMIRAL.
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WILLIAMSTOWN. August 19th. Remarkable charges were made by Rear Admiral Rodgers, of the taited the first innings by one run. The scores States Navy, in the sourse of an address were: Essex 204 (0'Conner 73), Hamp-in the Institute of Politics. shine 205 (Tempson 67).
- rey, at Taunton, was drawn.
made 25 for 6 (White 6 for 30).
strong navy
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
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the nearest bobbed hair student.
I want to be an reonomist," she an swered, firmly.
"Can a woman be that?" I retorted.
Has the husband nothing to say on! the subject 1
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WONDERLAND OF WIRELESS."
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT.
That science in the domain of wireless will provide unlooked-fur surprisce was the view expressed by scientists and in- ventors who spoke at the banquet of the
on July 16th. The occasion marked the
things, but it must be a scientific rool stretchers just inside the curtained advent of a notable advance in radio in-
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wants--io get to the ultimate root of man sper. tearing down as he passed. the clothes which were hanging on the Practical, good-tempered, and eminent berths. There was, a wild commotion in Sir William Grey-Wilson presided, and sane, a little commonplace because it not gifted with much imagination, the the morning, because nobody could get in proposing Inventors, Past and Pre- Of course, they bave to be in this youth of the States in frightened or to up, but after an hour or so a crowd of sent, in Radio Service," said that the ecuntry-except just in society, I mean:"hing but sentiment. It is the fruit of perfectly amiable people descended, clad scientihe world was merely working on There was a certain scoru in her voice nation, sexually starved; therefore it is immaculate coats, and hats, but with the outskirts of the fascinating proposi-
extraordinary nether zynents, obviously tion of wireless. (Hear, hear. He be It's the woman who has the spending self-conscious and diffident at heart, and lent by firemen and waiters. Expressing lieved that the day would come when power in America. She gets the man's clothes the nakedness of its ideas in my sympathy to a charming girl who scientists would show as how to extract
Coo many words."
had draped herself in a rug, 3 remarked electricity from the earth with as great. weekly earnings, and it's she who ar ranges the family budget, whether it ruus
that if sich a thing had happened in
case as we now put it into the earth by into tens of dollars of thousands."
England there would have been "
"Oh but is it worth the medium of every truncar and electric. Youth is an American college is neither terrific ro"
The invention they were celebrating It's not his job, and he's too busy feminine nor inasculine, but curiously while 1 asked my fellow passenger, and rain after they had done their work.
lefone wondering.
that night was one of the most useful and to interfere. Why, in lots of towns they sexless. "We treat them just the same,
one of the most "far-reaching in relation to wireless at the moment. (Hear, bear.) have women's conferences on the subject, said the president of a co-dugations! with lectures and pamphlets showing the university. In fact, we really forget
Coupling the names of the inventors, Mr. BISHOP OF LONDON'S of sliding-scal household whether they are boys or girls. I had almost forgotten it mysel! by the time I
G. V. Dowding and Mr. K.. D. Rogers, QUESTIONNAIRE. › economy The meetings are crowded."
with the toast, Sir William explained that There was a pause, but before the even had supper-dyster patties, torp mush, ice-cream with half-a-dozen girls of ing was out learned that American
Writing in his Dinerion Magazine, the the invention enabled valve receiving ap women were fully alive to their economic the campus".., in a charming café
of secluded ppl green corners, where Bishop of London says that be bax asked Paratus to be efficiently operated wilbout He declared that Britnin dominated the responsibility, and that, while men were
spent week-ends every Nura! Dean, to summon a Ruri the hitherto essential high voltage or
H.T. battery. (Hour, hear." In applica Beginning to tire of illicit politics, any relations and beaus The match between Somerset and Sur-ington Conferences in order to prevent pitiful aspect of Americ
world's commerce, and inspired the as women were auxioua to improve this most as visitors... We were talking of modern | Decanal ronference in the autumn to co-
literature, and the stricture of the clear-sider the question of a division of the tion, however, besides eliminating the mani Diogene. Each conference will he asked more obvious disadvantages such as the Surrey the United States having a sufficiently "But is college life a good preparatíos | eyed, permanently-waved, well
"There's too the following questions:-(1) Do you risk of burning out expensive valves, it to protect its merebant for marriage?" asked at last. reinem cured group was sever.
bering the antistics i had seen, which much about souls is your English novela," wish the Diocese to be divided at all! (2) effected a great simplification in both fa- Pure reproduction and greater marine. America's limitation of actus-proved that the average college man and gibed an 18-year-old student of chemis Are you in favour of asking the Church, stallation and operation of valve receiv
"I'm not sure that they exist to Assembly to get established a new Pro-ers. ments had played into the hands of woman married late and had few child try
begin with." remarked on the number vince of London consisting of the London freedom from distortion and extraneous
jamming 4. Britain, who hoped indirectedly to limit n.
"It widens one's outlook, and it makes of volumes dealing with psycho-analysis dioceses and its neighbours? (3) Do you noises resulted, and the tuning-in of the became much easier by the ginployment E. Tyldesley scoring 100.
the competition of the American merana capable of choosing one's own in on any American bookshelf! Oh.. yes; see any way short of a Province by which required stations through
swer. The European stuff is senti be preserved 7
"Unidyne." Running costs and the At Derby, the home side led Notts og chant fleet by direct aston on the Ameri- terests," said a girl with a determined but that is all scientific." came the as the unity of the Church in London may of the invention, which was known as the
thin..
It may be noted that London used to ean davy. His added I that it was alleged Since the suivention of American mea mental."
greatly reduced by its use.. In fact, add- Then the incredible happened. One of have Archbishops and the last of them is possibilities of faults arising were both
believed to have reignal in 1507. American bankers were awaiting Britain's a largely utilitarian, in order that they
ed. Sir William, the invention possessed son 101) and 127 for 4 wickets. Notts initiative in the matter of a joan to Ger- may be fund for a practical business these attractive but hard-headed young
many advantages over the--valve receiving. apparatus, as well or bringing really soorfil 219, of which Carr innde 101.
many. They shoul reflect how far this cafeer, do you think it's a good thing women asked, Tell me, are there any for the girls education to open up cave-men in Arabia 1" Her voice was
BREACH OF PROMISE. sensitive sets within the range of the was explained by the ability of Britain many interesis which must of necessity distinctly wistful, and, to my amazemcut,
average, non-technical listéner to broad- casting to control the commerce whereby Gerbe outside the scope of their intere hus everybody was obviously listening for the Lands I suggested, and the reply was answer. 1s it possible that, in this
Mr. Robert Lebandy, a multi-million- marvellously systematized, organised,
aire sugar refiner, who iz brother, of many could pay reparations, and thus prompt.
"After all marriage isn't the only and standardised country there is still
the self-styled "Emperor of the Sabara,'
BAYINGS OF A WEEK South Africa's bowling analysis in the make American credit the tool for British
thing. One must, Lave other, interests as a spark of the primitive far down but is defendant in a breach of promise case shipping.
well" Jast Test Match was:-
uncrushed in the feminine heart Ac in which Mrs. Mendham, an American
Practically every member of this Houso I suggested that marriage was a whole-customed to tackling the Sheik fable widow, is suing him for £20,000 damages, Sir James Salter, in an interview, said time job, and that the reason for a con- after some 140 interviews with ingenious Plaintiff's evidence was that she was in a motorist to-day-Fiscount Opraun; he was astonished at Admiral Rodgers siderable amanns of its failure in Ame reporters, who sought to persuade me twice married. After Mendham's death 34.P.
Dullness is very often only another rica was because neither man or woman that Arab chiefs were interior copies of she met Lebaudy in 1918, and became on statement. He averred that British could make it their chief interest. For Rudolph Valention rather then excellent terms of greatert affection with him. name for slow development-Sir Maurice ships went where the interests of private the American man there is, the Moloch imitators of Abraham, 1 proposed to deal Lebaudy proposed marriage to her in Crain.
Ruby football is the best game the of business, which occupies him actively ruthlessly with the situation, but América, but when the " Emperor of the awners and shippers took them. The for twelve hours out of the twenty-four sudden Rhyness spread over my audience Sahara was shot by his wife, in 1910 heart and mind of man has ever invented British Goverment never knew where and passively for the remaining twelve," There's jolly little romaner in Ame- Robert Lebaudy was so upset that he re-The Bishop of Gibraltar. American ships were or what they were since he is too tired after Monday's rica, you know, interpolated someone fused to go to America, and now he would The public should learn to look on the struggle to do anything but rest in pre-that's why it gets such headlines is not marry her. The action was dismiss kerb of a road as if they were on the.. Joing
edge of a precipica-Dr. Geurge Cohen, paration for Tuesday's.
the papers when it does just happen!"id
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Lancashire. The latter made. 228 for
with
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