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SALUTING ARMT WOMEN A letter from Queen consenting to become Patroness- in Chief of the Women's Active A phonetic system which i I have just been to an auction Service Clubs was read recently based on a set of 39 alphabets sale, m
at the Mansion House, where a jand which "will facilitate to a I did not go to bur thank meeting was held in support of very great extent the study of heaven. My duty as represent the movenient for establishing the Chinese language has at lasting the family was to see that residential clubs for the rak been, officially adopted by the none of the things were thrown and file. Mr. Lloyd George, who Chinese Government as may be away to brokers at absurd prices: is patron, wrote to express the witnessed by the following order I had a note of the cost of the
appreciation of the Government issued by the Ministry of principal articles in the sale, and of the work of the Women's Education on November 28 was prepared to buy them in Active Service Corps. Visecint Order No. 75 (Translation) rather than let then be sacrificed. Milner, Secretary for War, said We find that the proposal for
The house, was crowded with the women of the Active Service the unification of our national gloomy-looking brokers and language had already received eager-faced women in fur coats render invaluable service to Corps were in a position to sanction at the, Central (Educa The auctioneer had a happy the country as tional) Conference held under smile. I understood that smile fius! crisis approached. Women's the auspices of the Ministry of after a mouent or two.
help was being called for, from Learning in the former Ching The first article put up was a Dynasty. Since the inauguration piano. I turned up my notes American Army, for instance, any number of quarters. The of the Republic, this Ministry has and found in this piano, cust fully considered the question of fifty pounds 12 years ago.
were now calling for between our national language, and we was prepared to go to twenty-fire our sud. five thousand of, vur active service women, and our must necessarily begin by unify- rather than let it be sacrificed. I
jown Army were short by several ing our phonetics. Therefore, looked sternly round
ou. the
thousand. Admiral Sins, Cluef la Phonetic Unfication Con- brokers, who were doubtless confof the United States Navy. ference was specially held in the spiring to riban innocent family declared that the presence of 1st year (1912) for the purpose of by purchasing things for a song. women at the front, "had a discussing this subject. ThePiano," said the auctioneer, wonderful effect on the troops, mentbers of that Conference have "fine tone and in excellent He would like to see women discussed and adopted a phonetic condition.”
bring their infinence to bear), system containing 30 alphabets "Thirty guineas!" shrieked a
on the War Department to pass (divided intothree denominations fur-coated lady at him.
regulation that officers of the viz. 24 initials, 3 inedials and 12 - A broker next to me groaned. finals-Trk, to take the place The far-coaters took the bidding Aney and Sary of all ranks of our present system of fants" in hand. Finally the auctioneer, WREN they met in
must salute grey WAAG and
the street. is sort of spelling, also based hardly troubling to conceal his on phonetic principles, devised to amusement, knocked it down for give the approximately right gaireas. Twelve years' use reading of a Chinese character of the piano and £23 10s. profit interest were dealt with at the by means of two other Chinese at the end of the time this concluding session of the Post- characters, ne representing the seemed good business. How men's Federition Conference st consonant and one the vowel bitterly I regretted that when I Derby recently. Mr. Stuurt- which should be pruanced re- farnished I had not provided my-Bunning, the general secretary, peatedly and in one breatie-Tr.) self with half a dozen pianos! id he thought it ought to be THE HONGKONG & SOFTF They have also decided by a Then come an old-fashioned made clear publicly that when majority the proper prominciation red velvet dining-room suite, the war was over the Post Office of the commonly used characters. which I had known for 20 years intended, or at any rate there
forma fo: They then requested this Ministry When it went for £20 I retired as good reason to believe they APPLICATION
Membership of the abov devise methods for universal from a funetion as guardian of intended, to cut down the Post Association may be obtained adoption of this system as on the sale. It was obvious that ir Office services in the most drast from all the Banks or from the Prenord.
was the buyers who needed fashion. They were to be re-undersikned. Tth 4th year : 1915) schools
duced to a point very much guardians. to teach (the use of phonetic. When the sale was over I found below what they were before the Of course such a reduction alphabets were established as an that, deducting all costs, it had war. experiment, and this system has produced three times as much as was serious from the Labour developed and spread very our estimate of the selling value, point of view, but it was not so extensively during the three} You dila'r get inuch," I said years following its inception. In to gloour broker who stood by this year, the principals of the me
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high schools a special course for extry allowance of 'em in these Cabou Pim, rector of the teaching of the phonetic times."
Christ
Church, Kingstown; alphabets and the national lang As I went home I saw a garden in a statement to the Irish tage, with the object of training roller in an irononger's shop. Time writes: "On Satar- teachers of our national language. It was markt £3 10s. I hail day afternoon last there was a "The resolution in question has just seen its twin, which could bank of cloud on the horizon, and THE RAILWAY PASSEN-been submitted to this Ministry, scarcely have been improved by against a clear sky above it there and copies of it have been sent a score years' wear, sold for five appeared for some mpoles the to "all the high normal schools gaines M. in the Daily form of a great white cross of with an order that it (the residu- Chronicle, ...
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However, it is apprehendedi
absolutely perfect shape. It was Seen by at least four members of Amy own household, not all of i
that these alphabets, having not published, in order to facilitate them together or from the same been officially promulgated by their adoption in all our pro- place, as well as by other people. this Ministry, may undergo some rinces and territories, Should One of the witnesses described slight alterations in the course of there be found any unendment to me that it had seemed to him! their extensive adoption, which really desirable. let this he first as if there were a great cloudj would prejudice our whole, aíni deliberated
future con figure with outstretched arms)
AT
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