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FRIDAY, JANUARY
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
way
5, 1923.
Not all smokers 'will" andarse Sir James Cantlio's diótum that|--~~ the best in smoking tobacco in lighting your pipe; but such was, apparently, the opinion of our seventeenth century ancestore. for few of the clay pipes which Edin would hold more than a thim- received blaful of tobacco, so a persist- some ent smoker must have lit about twenty freab pipes in the course of a prolonged powwow. It was customary then for a smoker to carry a case of pipes with him. In a play of 1609, “Everis Woman in her Bumour," there is an inventory of the contents of a gentleman's pocket, with a price set on each article. First-comea
■ brush and comb worth five: pence, followed by a looking. glans worth three halfpance, a case of tobacco pipes valued atļ cance of fourpence. half tobacco valued at sixpence, and coint. Charles threepence in
sene seem also to have been of Sir James Cantlie's opinion, for he would smoke nothing but Jacobean pipes Comyns Carr gives in his Reminiscences vivid picture of Keene settling himself for an evening's enjoy- ment with an array of tiny clay pipes spread out in front of him.
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Passengers arrived par : The new M.P, who finds his Atuta. Maru-Mr. and Mrs Bpostbag overflowing wild letters, W. Bradbury and child, Mr. and congratulatory but solicitons, Mrs. B. Brown, Miss P. M.might be well advised to take a Brown, Mr. G. H. Baetier, Mr. Stip from Macaulay. Immediately | have survived from that period D. da Costa, Mrs. L. IL. Green, Mr. after his election for N. Hanano, Rer. and Mrs. C. Eburgh the historian Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Hom
support request to phreys, Miss E H. Kendrick, Dr.jsporting event by a subscription, and Mrs. J. H. Lamb and infant, and put his foot down hard at Mr. A. C. Lice, Mr. M. E., van aace: These were not the can Mullen, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Rodrin-ditions on which I undertook to gues, Miss M. S. Rodrigues, Miss rapresen: Edinburgb," he replied. M. J. Rodrigues, Misa D. K. In return for your generous GOD. Stevens, H. Watling. Mr. G. fidance I offer Parliamentary G. Wood, Mr: A. C. Anderson, Mr. service, and nothing else. The that is now made is S. Auswaks, Mr. W. Alexander, call Mr. H. P. Bendixsen, Mr. and Mrs. Jons so objectionable that
would S Braad-Sorensen and child, Mr. mast
plainly I and Mrs. J. W. Cook, Mr. J. W. rather apply for the Chiltern than comply with Cook, Mr. J. K. Cadelius, Mr. A. Hundreds McLure, Mrs. J. Naiman, Miss M.it If our friends want a member F. Smith, Mr. M. Steiner, Mr. R.bo will find them in public Schwab, Mrs. J. Shearer. Miss diversions they seed be at no loss. G. Shearer, Mr. A. F. Shearer, know twenty people who, if you Rer. W. Trenberth, Mr. A. W. Melect them to Parliament, will van Gyn, Mr. and Mrs. Whitsbead kladly treat you to a race and a and two child, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Face-ball each month. But Isball CiBot be very easily induced to Romein, Mr. S. Endeh, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. S. Hosono, Mr. believe that Edinburgh ir disposed Hoshi, Mr. H. Ikawa, Mr. A, Ħto select her representatives on Robinson, Major M. Taniguchi, ach a principis." Mr. K. Uchida, Mr. S. Niwa, Lt.- Com
Lord Crewe's father, though Konishi, Kuwahara, Mr. Mr. H. Miyashi, Mr. T. Yagi, Mr. the kindliest of men-es mudy J. Yoshida, Mr. K. Watanabe, Mr. struggling writers had cause to W. P. Barclay, Rev. B. Faby, Mr. know-ased occasionally to have 1. H. Loewenthal, fr. . Thema of excessive trankness which son, Mr. and Mrs. Yamazaki and most have proved embarrassing infant, Mr. H. T. Zaadnoordijk, says the Manchester fuardian Mrs. Anderson and daughter, Miss Mrs. Grote relates that soon after E. Drake, Mr. Liu Ho-nier, Miss Stanley became Dean of West A. K. Kvarme, Mr. E. C. Lek, minster Lord Houghton called on Mr. M. Pinhas, Miss J. Thirot, him and said: “Artbur, you'l Dr. F. Wagenseil, Mr. T. Sentob, exci se ma telling you that you Mr. M. Amano, Mr. W. Kessel, preach too much: you don't do it Mr. T. Kikuchi, Mr. Y. Kadoh well, and it's a great pity you MH. Leki, Mr. D. Kitaura, Mr should do what all your friends H. Murase, Mr. S. Okazaki, Mthink a mistake." "The Dean thanked him,” says Mrs. Grote Y. Oh-Inone, Mrs. T. Tekada.
"and subsequently repeated the criticism to Lord Stanley of Alderlag. That evening Lord Sanley met Houghton in the PASSENGERS DEPARTED. House of Lords and asked
Comment has been made upon the large proportion of new mem- bers-maily, trade union secre- tarirs in the new House of Parliament. But it is not really so potried as the Parliament of 1918, which, partly owing to the long interval since the previous election and partly to the novel social conditions of the Ume, con tained as many as 334 new mem- bers out of 702-17 percent. The late election" has returned 280 new members to a House of 615-- 45 per cent.
It is satisfactory to find that a youth has been fined at Willesden for shouting "Beaver!" It was him, 'Did you really tell Arthurs.poor sort of game from the first, that he preaches too much? hardly to be excused even by the high spirits of the Universities The following passengers left' Yes. I did. I considered it a Hongkong per 3.8. Korea Marukirds to tell him what I really where it originated. There seems voyage 29 East sailing yesterday. thought. Well, I'm astonished, no particular reason why beards -Mr. and Mrs. J. Sanchez Arias, at Lord Stand y. Still, it emabould have been chosen for the Mr. and Mrs. F. R. J. Adams, Mr. beldees me to tell you something purpose rather than red noses or J. Aelian, Mr. Chan Chuk-ling, Mr. which has long been on my mind, wooden legs; and the more old- Chung Chu-huen, Mrs. Chung only I have not ventured to sayfashioned among us have long Shee, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Davis, it You speak a great deal too thought that a pastime which Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Frankamp, Rev. much in the House. You don't do consists in comment on persons! and Mrs. D. A. Gunn, Master C.it well, and it bores us all im- peculiarities is Gunn, Master D. Gunn, Mr. and mensely." Mrs. J. C. Gutierces, Mr. Kartar Chand. Mr. and Mrs. A. Datour! Geerling and infant, Mr. and Mrs. Ho Wab-sun, Mr. Charles A. Lesb. Mr. Lo Feok-choa, Mr. Lee Tai, Miss Mackintosh, Mias Moron, Miss M. McClean, Mr. D. O. Ra sell, Mr. W. M. Rank, Mrs. J. 0. Demand Richardson, Dr. and Mrs. L. B.50 1. Rogers, Mrs. A. G. Stephen, Mr.
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