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THE WOMEN OF CHINA.
"FINEST AND WISEST CHARACTERS IN THE
WORLD."?!
A NOVELIST'S TRIBUTE,
many
To
students of China it svema that the Chinese women have stronger characters thấis their men. folk, they appear more self-sacrifo ing. more determined, and, at the same time, more practical. Accord ing to Mrs. Pearl S. Buck, author of The Good Earth," which has been widely acclaimed in China sa
the best novel over written by a foreigner about Chinese life, the reason for shiq, is to be found in the old family system which fav. oured in all sorts of ways the son at the expense of the daughter.
Boys Are Spoilt.
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PRINCE OF WALES'
FRIENDS.
IN HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
CONFIDENCE.
SMALL, INTIMATE CIRCLE.
In a plainly furnished study, al moas empty save for one big desk. and two armchairs, there are two young men, one fair and the other † dark.
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Prince of Wales--is pacing up and The fair-haired man-ho is the down, talking in rapid staccato phrases, emphasising his points with quick decided gestures, while timate friend, Lord Eduam, 201 the other, be closest and most in and heir to the Earl of Dudley, sits listening, occasionally interrupting with a word or two of shrewd com- ment.
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It is a scene you might see Bay day, were you privileged to ge "be- whose hind the scenes" at York House, at old. red, weather-beaten walls so many visitors gaze every day.
The Prince to-day values. Lord Ednam's advice more perhaps than that of any one else, and when he is busy composing one of his big industrial or commercial speeches it
is to Lord Ednam that he burna for guidahee, whether some phrase will please a particular audience of business men, whether this pont or that should be stressed or not..
Lord Ednam has had many tra gedies in his life. His mother was killed on Chelsea Embankment, and rowned, his seven-year-old son was
his wife, the beautifal daughter of the Duke of Sutherland, was bura- disaster in 1933. Ped to death in the Meopham air
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 30, 1932.
the wilds of Africa General GANGSTERS Trotter lay ill with a heart attack;
The attack had been developing for some time, but ""C"! would noð.
RESCUE PLOT.
give in, and accompanied the Princs FOILED BY POLICE RUSE. on a hunting trip, only to be taken seriously ill miles, from civilisation and doctors.
If anything happens to him, I'll never forgive myscit," said the Prince, and himself nursed the sick man a through the night and on board ship down the Nile to the nearest medical post.
Adventurous Spirit,
A report that two London gangs had arrived in Portsmouth with the intention of attempting to rescue, two men who had been remanded in connection with ' £20,000 robbery from a bank official led to unusual police precautions,
To avoid the possibility of the Something of the gay adventur-motor-van in which prisoners are to Louis XIV. links Qoneral Trotter ous spirit that endeared d'Artagnan usually transferred from Parts- to the Prince's affection. There is mouth to Winchester Gaot being no one he is fonder of than this ambushed by the gangsters on its grey-haired,, grey-moustached man 30-miles journey, the police sent the with the quiet humorous eyes and the ex-Guardsmen, who always re the unmistakable military walk of two prisoner by train.
Thoy also resprted to a ruse to fere to the Prince quiet simply as take the men to the railway sta. "my muster."
Of all the man who know the tion. A Black Marin was draw up Prince on the easy, intimate terme outside the Guildhallsand was sur of the hunting field, there is porrounded by a policpikuard. haps only one to-day who can pro perly be salled a friend of his Royal Highness.
He is Major Edward Dudley Mot
calfe, M.C., known for some entire ly mysterious reason, as Fruity" Metcalfe to nearly every hunting and riding man in England.
Armed Exoort,
While several hundred people were waiting to see the prisoners, detectives smuggled the two men out of another door, and walked
hounds, and expert in their polo-observed.
A first-class horseman, fearless to them to the railway station un- field, he is an outstanding example
of the English sportsman, and it is Each prisoner was handcuffed to to the spurt-loving side of the a plain clothes officer, and armed Prince's nature that he makes his detectivos escorted the party to, the appeal.
train and on the rest of the journey,
They are fellow-members of the Bath Club, where they are often to be seen together in the gymnasium or on the squash courts.
From birth onward, Mrs. Buck pointed out in a lecture on Women in Chins to-day," the Chinese boy in indulged by his parents to such a degree that his charnater is pee manently ruined. It may take him all his life to let the self. contrel which he should have been caught in childhood. More often, than not he goes through life ment ally and morally crippled, never nchieving, those things. for which his natural talonta fit hire, simply be cause he cannot make himself work, or because he cannot deny molt Be self-indulgene. The Chines girl, on the other hand, learns well. sacrifice, service, and, greatest les son cf all, she is "aught to accept and make the bost of her life. What! has, hampered the development of the one has helped the other, and Mrs. Buck said in her lecture that she had found among old-fashioned
Four years ago a dozen, young Chinese women of every class some
men in London could call themselves of the nest, med strongest charac-those problems of trade and inter- the Prince's friends. They were tre in the world..
Ebeir Usually,
national commerce in which the sou everywhere together. too,
names were on everybody's lips. Prince is so keenly interested:
she has found. that Chinese women have attained this wisdom much earlier in life than do Western girls, who have the same up-bringing a thair brothers and share in what evor indulgence may be going.
| ARCHITECT WITH ONE EYE.
DESIGNS: "GLASS HOUSE "
H.Q. FOR HIS PROFESSION.:
They are old friends, for up to It was this last tragedy which his marriage in 1825 to. Lady Alex- brought the Prines and Lord Ed-andra, the lovely daughter of the nam, who had for many years been Inte Lord Curzon, Fruity" Mat- great friends, even closer together,
calfe acted as equerry to the Prince.. for the Prince, feeling that his Twelve years ago, when the Prince grief-stricken friend should bave was starting to lay the foundations his mind distraeted, asked him to of the great personal knowledge - ne
of South America. accompany him on his great tour has to-day of the Empire he may one day be called upon to rule, Major Metcalfe, himself only a few years older than the Prince, was one of those who helped to guide his quest. Major Metcalfe nowadays in tors, of the Royal Institute of Bri tremendously busy in the advertis- tish Architects, at the corner of Portland-place and Weymouth- street, W.
Throughout that tour, and ever since the two have been constant
companions,
Perhaps one reason for their friendship lies in their mutual in- terests, for Lord. Ednam is a sori-ing profession ous-minded young man who devotes much of his time to the study of
Ho no easy friend, this young man with the world-famous stile and the persuasive personality that has earned him the title of the
Royal Commercial Traveller." He is so full of life and energy
that his moods change as rapidly as the April sky, and he does not suffer fools gladly.
His Eagerness.
Faminine Buperiority.
Speaking from close cbservation i of Chinese students attending the
That revealing mannerismal universities of Nanking, Mrs Back most a well-known as his sile declared that the tradition of of fugering his tie, or playing with feminina moral superiority persist making a apeech, is not so much a the buttons of his coat while he is
ed among the young people of to- nervous affection as an outward dey. She had time to the consign of his eagerness and impatience clusion, she said, that the girls were to get on with the job," as he puts
it himself. more painstaking, more determined, Consequently those "in the im- and more appreciative than their modinte royal circle have to possess brother students. In student poli-quick brains and nimble wits, and the ability to adjust themselves to tical activities the girls were the the passing mood. more self-sacrificing and the more Perhaps the man who knows the thorough in carrying qat a
Prince best of all is Brig. General pro Gerald Trottar," as he is gramme, while they were also. less known to every one at Court emotional and more practical. They He has been with the Prince since and Groom-in-Waiting bad qualities of prudence and 1919
equerry, and his debonair soldier. honesty which often led them to ly figure, with one sleeve pinned question the wisdom of some move-across the breast of his coat-he lost ment which they subsequently re- an arm when he won the D.S.0. in the South African Waris one of fused outright to join, whereas the the most familiar sights of St young men were afraid, not 'to con- James." form for fear of ridicule or becauso "He is my best and oldest they might bedubbed unpatriotic friend, said the Prinen ones, when,
In hospitals the women were the boat patients, the most controlled
-and enduring of pain, and in hum
ble homes this was also true. It was upon women that the brunt of life fell in China, and here' WOR often the bost and most practical hrad in the family, even if not the toost learned. "
Concubinage.
Discuming the concubinage sys. tem, Mrs. Buck said that his dis- regard of the most elemental law. had been a source of untold-bitter ness and disuuity in Chineco family life. China's women were ready for monogamy, but her, men were not,. and one of the problems of the sepuntry was to supply the men with that training in the highest idents of married love which was needed to break down the influenos of oen- turies of accepted and sanctioned polygamy. There was noed for"us- ity among women in China, and for a deep mox loyalty which would make it disloyal for a younger us- attached woman to take advantage of a wife. Here, niso, was acope for mothers to help the woman of Future génerations by instilling into their song the ideas which world counteract the polygamous instincts of the past.
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"Babe."
Perhaps it is significant that one of the most frequent visitors to York House is Lord Derby; that great Englishman who is at he
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aame time a lover of sport and of the foremost authorities on in ternational relationships in Europe. Sir Abe Bailey, the South African magnate, is also often an informal caller on the Prince, but they dis cuss other things than racing, for that is one of the few sports that hold no interest for his Royal High
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Mr. G. Grey Wornum, a London architect who lost an eye during the war, has won the competition for the plans for the new headquar-
In view of the nature of the build- ing there was very keen rivalry, and a number of prominent 27. chitects were among the 270 or so who sent in plans.
Mr. Wornum said to a pressman, that
feature the building. would be extensive use of glass par- titions, decorated with elaborate grilles of carved wood and orná mental metal, instead of interior walls. He stated:
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"You will be able to see right through the building on nearly all the floors. This will make the rooms and halle far lighter. I have tried to compromise between the tradi tional and the modern,
No account of the Prince's friends could close without mention of Prince George, his youngest brother,
"The building is to be of Port- and one of his closest comrades. land stone and, includes a banquet Babo" the Prince of Wales callsing hall for 400 people, a meeting Prince George.
room for 400, and the largest ar- chitectural library in the world.",
"They are alike in temperament and tastes, and they share many interests in common, so that the bachelor menage at York House, where Prince George has now taken up permanent quarters, is a very happy one.
In their off-duty moments, the two Princes will sit in the big cosy armchairs of their library, talking care and aeroplanon-they are both keen drivers, and learned their piloting together and a host of other subjgota.
The Prince is a difficult friend. He is a faithful and loyal one as well.
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When Mr. Woraum was asked if
only one eye interfered with his work, he replied: "It is perhaps tances, and "-this with a laugh -| a little hindfanco in judging dis-, you get a fly in it then you are done for!"
THE ROYAL EMPIRE SOCIETY
Sir Henry Pollock KC. forwarda in the following redssage received-| hy him from the headquarters in London of the Royal Empire Society.
*The Chairman and Council send greetings on Empire Day and. an! affirmation of their belief that, granted faith and patience, the prevailing economic depression may lead through the Ottawa Economic | Conference to the re-establishment of British prosperity on a new and firmer basis of mutual help within the Empire."Yours truly,
(sd.) George Pilcher.-
SECRETARY. · Northumberland Avenue,
Leadon, W.C.
April 14, 1932.
COLONY'S FINANCES.
INCREASE. IN CREDIT
BALANCE.
The financial statement for January shows that the Colony's credit balance at the end of that month" was 819,318,936, compared with 811,347,020 at the pad of. December.
Revenue for the month totalled. 88,993,033, compared, with #3,061,938 for January Isst your
Expenditure totalled... $2,371,888,.
| aa": against.: $1,040,633"" in January)
1931.
TO-DAY'S WIRELESS
PROGRAMME.
(Continued from Page 3)
(Mal-
Orchestral and Band Music, Midnight Reflections" neck-Signorelli). ↳ High
Water (Broanan-Me- Cardy)-Paul Whiteman and hia Concert Orchestra,-35092. Shepherd's Hoy" (arr. Sharp),"' "Glorishoorn."(arr. Sharp). "Mayfair Band.-90041.
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Minuet" (Bocolierin).
Sous Bois (In the Forest) (Staub).-Victor Concert Or chestra,-90630,
Queen of Sheba (Gounod).
Cortege
Triumphal March”- (from. "Sigurd Jorsalfar ") (Greig).. -Victor Symphony Orchestra. 33763
Over the Hills and Far Away (Grainger Schmid), Victor Symphony Orchestra-30036. 0 to 10.30 p.m. (approx.)-
A Concert from the Studio. 1. Songs-(a) Cherry Ripe (C
Horn "harmonized by Cyril Scott); (b) Comin' Thru The Rye (Burns-An Old Scotch Air).—Mrs. L. St. A. Sharp- ham, accompanied by Mrs, Ĝ. W. Griggs (Soprano). Songs (a) A Memory (M. V. White); (b) Plymouth Hoe (B. Lennard)-Mr. W. H. Bailey (Baritone), accompanied by Miss L. Pecker.
3. Pianoforto Salon Selected,
Mr. Harry Ors.
4. Songs (2) Noon Hush (Gra
ham Pool); (b) A Prayer To Our Lady (Donald Ford).— Mrs. M. Portallion (Contralto) Accompanied by Mrs. G. W Griggs,
* Songs-(a) The Sailor's Grave.
(Arthur Sullivan); (b) "Do- Torosa" (Montague Phillips), Mrs. H. G. Anniss (Tenor), accompanied by Misa L. Peckor.
8. Pianoforte Solos--Selected.—
Mr. Harry Ore,
7. Songs-(a) Orpheus With His Luto (Shakespeare-Sullivan); (b) Break of Day (Sanderson). -Mr. C. St. A. Sharpham (Soprano), accompanied bỷ Mrs. Grigga
8. Songs--(s) Sea Fever (Mase-, field and Ireland) (b) The Windmill (H. H. Nelson).- Mrs. W. H. Bailey. (Baritone), accompanied by Miss L Pecker.
9. Pianoforte Solos-Selected.--
Mr. Harry Ore. 10. Songs (a) Slave Song (Del Riogo); (b) A Perfect Day (Jacobs Bond)-Mrs. M. Por tallion Contralto). nocom panied by Mrs. G. W. Griggs. 11. Songs (a) Awake (H. G. Pilis- sier)(b) Mate O' Mine (Percy Elliot) Mr. H. G." Anniss (Tenor), accompanied by Miss: L. Pecker.
HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS.
The following health bulletin of eastern ports, for the week ended May 21, has been issued
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