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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, MONIVAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1913.
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Gray's "Elogy;"
Midshipman's Last Run, "Midshipman Maurice H. O. Fupporting the story that Gel Wolfe when drifting Hammick, of the battleship St. dowr. the St. Lawrence in 1750 Vincent, took part on January 13 recited Gray's "Elegy' and in a run on foot with other mid-: added "I would rather be the shipmen from Weymouth, to author of that poem than take Portland. At the end of the run Quebeo," a bound copy of the he fell, became unconscious, and OFFICES TO LET-Fit Class, central socommodation, light and poom, dated 1754, has been found died before the arrival of airy, on First and Second Floor,
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in Paris with the Dake of Bolton'a doctor. He was a son of Vice in new buikling being erected for Messi, Godown, situsted on water front, bookplate and an inscription showing that it had been present ed by the Duchess as having be- longed to
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Arctic Dreams of Food.
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Rush to the Navy. A recruiting boom has set in
The plan can be seen and all portion- at Portsmonth following Mr.lars obtained at the Olees of Messrs, Hongkong, 18th Aug, 1912, Churchill's announcement of PALMER & TURNER, Alexandra higher pay and other privileges Buildings, 3rd Floor, to bluejackets, warrant officers, Hosekor, 30th Sept., 1919. and other non commissioned ranks. The steady flow of young
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A FASHION EXPERT.
Captain Ejaar Mikkelsen, the Dish Aretic explorer, speaking at the Eolian Hall, Londen, en his three years' expedition to mea to the recruiting office is North-East Greenland, said when greater than has been remember-Offos, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. the food supply was running onsed for many years, and the re- they dreamed of food at night. oruits are described as of good One night he dreamed he saw material, One day recently the large plate fall of beautiful unnd record number of 150 men pres wiches, but when he approached Jented themselves. them he found they were enolas- ed with glass, and he could not" get at them. Another time he saw in a dream a plate of sandwiches covered with a newspaper, but when he took away the news paper he found another newspaper and still another and could never
get to the sandwiches.
Lady Ritchie on Youth.
in ber own age.
H.M.S. New Zealand's World Cruise,
Retirements.
their commanders..
Naval Airmen.
is
Tour of the World lu Search
of New Schemes.
Miss, Grace Schemerhorn, who on the Editorial Stall of
the
"Ladies Home Journal," and
Houro, 10th Feb, 1918 .178
ed, would be the thing for the evening dresses of the coming season. The mid-season is now beginning with us, she said, but we are not dabarred from plan- ning the new gown for Spring war. This are plenty of safe
'notes' to go on.
Braiding will be in as much de-
who is on a tour of the world; mand as over-braiding of every and colour effects, info-ma us that kind, the flat Military," and looking for new dress. schemes she had been much astonished forgetting the very amart utiliza- the narrow, also in sorolls, not
cially in silks, that exists through ment for the filet net. at the blending of shades, espetion of the "soutache" as an adorn
out the Far East.
The art of dress, she says: is one that should be studied by every woman, as it is worthy of serious consideration, the cultivation of taste having made great stridea during the last ten yeare.
Esat we of the West are indebted To the magical influence of the
for many fantastic creations, such as barbaric jewellry and heavily pearled overskirts.
"O. T."
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Mousseline de soie, the colours blending in all sorts of gorgeous tints, will be used in designing new dresasas. Orange, violet and green gauze, worked in with TEL. 636. coloured jewels to match, heavily stitched and outlined with small- ar edgings of goll and silver threads, will enhance the effect of very fetching ball dresses.
The new battle-cruiser Now Zealand, which was presented by New Zealand to the Imperial Government, will shortly begin a cruise of 40,000 miles: She will visit South America, the West Indies, and Canada, returning to Ply-mouth on October 14. The Lady Ritchie, a daughter of vessel is commanded by Captain Thackeray, in her address as the Lionel Halsey, and her commander retiring president at the anis a son of Dr. W. G. Grace, nual meeting in London of the the cricketer. English A-sociation, said that not very long ago people spoke of ibe rising geroration knocking at the Among senior officers who re- doar. It seemed to her now as ifire from the army this year is they had already ceased to knock. Major-General T. Perrott, pro- They had burst in, leaving the Hently commanding the artillery doors wide open to admit the Gibraltar, and formerly. Officer
A really up-to-date woman, if draughts from outside, the shouts Commanding in Singapore, says he wants to be smart, will not and the shrieke and the storms of the "Straits Times." The list of tolerate the slightest want of dust, as well as the more har retiring officers this year is a freshness, and those who are There will be nine lover with their fingers as well as monious sounds of natural lifelong one. The incoherent ideas of the pre-brigades of artillery to receive with their brains find that sont taste in literature, art, and new commanders, and pearly a great deal can be done without music, appealed to an entirely core of lieutenant-colonels ap- the expenditure of unnecessary
A great deal of eclecticism different side of the feelings, pointments in the Royal En-lollars. With tact and discretion compared with those which exister gincers become vacant. In India old dresses can be made to look marks the present age," in all nearly forty regiments change like new. They can be refurbish things," Miss Schmerhorn said in conclusion, "so there is no reason ed, instead of thrown away. New Form of Gambling.
Of all the countries that Miss why, with such a wide and var- ried choice, any woman should A new form of gambling has Fivo naval airmen, each with Schemerhorn has visited since not dress becomingly and salt- been unearthed by the Calcuttaa passenger, flow on January 14 her departure from Philadelphia, police. The room where the from Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey the clothes worn by the French ably, no matter what her age. gambling was discovered was to Doyer through rain and hail-women in Paris, Rouen and Ostensibly a shop, dealing in old torras anys the Daily Mail." Marseilles seem to her the most
"chic.".
The town-planning experts for articles, but visitors were invited Two of them flow, back to East- to gamble with the aid of boxes church the same day. This was
"A shop girl in France the new city of Delhi are not like- containing coloured buttons. Un- the first combined flight by milit- who has an income of a thousandy to submit their final report to der the gume, visitors were reary or naval airmen. The airmen france a year, and boasts of two, the Government till the middle of quired first of all to stake money and their machines were Com- possibly three, little black dresses this month. Presumably the Go- on a batton of a certain colour, mander Samson, RN., 100-h.p. is far more trim and dainty than rerament of India will then take whereupon the game proprietor Shorts Tractor biplane (biplane many American and English some time, and it is, therefore, the report into consideration for would, after a little conjuring, with propeller in front); Lieuten women, who have "money to impossible to say when a start draw a box out of many, all being ant Spener Grev. RN., 70-h.p. burn". of the size of a pico. If the box Shorts (Tractor biplane); Mr. Fashion," Misa Schemerhorn will be made in the construction so drawn contained buttons of the Maclean, 70-h p. Shorts, (Tractor continued, "is not an absolute of the New Delhi.
Singapore Mortality Returns. colour selected by the visitor, he biplane); Captain Risk, P.M. tyrant in so far as dress, e con-
The mortality returns for Sin- was declared to be the winner. 100-h.p. twin-engine (Shorts orned, and the now "Olga' dress, In most cases a hox was found to biplane): Sub Lieutenant Howlett, that consists of a white gown of gapore for the week ended Feb. 1 contain buttonsof different colours .N., 70 hp. (Ileary Farman chargeux, covered with white how a ratio per mille of. 28.03 173 deaths having occurred. Of and in some caser, the box was biplane). Commander Samson ainon, and having an over. dress quite empty; 80 visitors had very and Lieutenant Greystarted with of black Malines lace, is the latest these, malaria, typhoid and fever little chance of winning. The in fifteen minutes of each other prolaction of Redfern and Worth." not specified all combined were minimum stake was fixed at one about midday. An hour later
Since leaving Now Year only responsible for 25-less in pice. This form of gambling, it the three others followed, and all Miss Schemerhora has travell-week than there were in a day seems, had been in progress for arrived at Dover without mishap, od through Spain, Italy, thence a year ago. Beri bert and phthisis two or three days. The police keeping a height of over 2,000ft to Constantinople, and from head the list now, eighteen each. arrested four men for gambling
there to Athens, from -Othens 52 women and 121 men died. in this connection.-Exchange. Quakers and Military Service to Cairo, thence to Port Said The number of deaths under one An interesting question ander and from there by ship to year old reached the undesirable the Defence Act was presented fadia, visiting Caloutts, Bombay, proportion of 26 per cent. of the Mesara, P.O. Wood and RF. for the consideration of the and going as far North as Dar- total number. Brown, engineers of the Colombo Supreme Court at Brisbane, in an jeeling.
Important Rubber Patent.
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brought out a patent which is lopkins, of Rockhampton, for an opinion that transparent fab- creating as great a air in the order nisi calling upon the police rica, hand painted or print: ALEXANDRA CAFE CO. planting world as Northway's magistrate at Rockhampton and
Lieut. John Dibdin area officer,
tapping system did a few years ago, saya the "Times of Ceylon. to show cause why his canviction This is a latex collector which on December 20 last for having can be fixed to the tree without failed to register bis grandson for injuring the bark in any way military service, as required by whatever. This prevents any the Defence Act and regulations, latex running down the tree and should not be quashed. The. becoming scrap, and results of applicant, it was stated, was experiments carried on up to the a Quaker, and the parents of
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