ELIZABETHAN ERA AND TO-DAY.
WERE PEOPLE HAPPIER THEN
THAN NOW?
Y.M.C.A. HOLD DEBATE.
The programme of debates for the winter opened at the Euro- M.C., Kowloon, last редп night when the motion under dis cussion was "That the. Days of "Merrie England were happier than the present."
The Rev. J. Hornce Johnson presided and welcomed three new comers to local debates among the four principal speakers. The sub- ject had been debated before, but It was 'n good one in that it neces- sitated checking up on facts, his- torical and otherwise, with a view to discovering whether there were things in the past worthy of emulation and also whether we were missing advantages not yet realised.
Mr. C. Carruthere, in opening
rivation of the word "Merrie," showing that its original meaning
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1929.
MILITARY HOSPITAL
CONCERT."
"WHIZZ-BANGS" PARTY IN HAPPY MOOD.
A concert was given by the "Whizz-Bangs". Concert Party at
the Militars Hospital last night. An appreclative audience consist- ing of Officers B.A.M.C.,
and
Q.A.1.M.N.S. Nursing Stat, 27 Coy. R.AM.C., patients friends enjoyed a programme full of variety presented by the party. best item but judging from the It is hard to say which was the applause and demands for encores the piano duet, Travelesques and The Coffee Stall" were among the leading successes of the evening.
Mias Paddy Medina was given a good reception for some really fine light songs and dancing especially the "Apache" dance with L/C Lorkin in the concerted item
Travelesques."
ADVICE TO LOCAL
MOTORISTS.
SHOULD POSSESS COPY OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS.
OFFENDER CAUTIONED
The necessity
of motorists
"FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER."
ST. DUNSTAN'S STILL DOING
FINE WORK! ·
The Fourteenth Annual Report of St. Dunstan's which lles beforú
FREIGHT RATES ON SILK.
ACTION TO PLACE CHINA ON PAR WITH JAPAN.
us bears the title "Fifteen Years US. LINE, EXPLAINS, After," and it forms a summarised
possessing a copy of Hongkong undertook his first labours on be historical survey of all those years since the late Sir Arthur Pearson
by Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the who had returned from the battle traffic regulations was emphasised half of the first few blinded men Central Magistracy, this morning fields. when he told Mr. P. F. Le Fevre, The report pays the highest
of the Texas Co., who was charged tribute to the sustained and gener: with causing an obstruction with qua support which the Organisa- his motor car, that anybody who in received from people all
general manager of the States
Portland, Ore., Oct. 12. Mr. W. T. Sexton," assistant
that the company had no intention Steamship Company, said to-day
States direct from G.$12 to G.$6, to slash the freight rates on silk between Hongkong and the United but this action was taken to place China silk, growers and receivers Japan.
did not have a copy of the regula-over the Empire ever since its fist on a parity with silk interests in
tions was mad.
Of the sketches given "The Cof- fee Stallone of the celebrated Co-Optimists successes-and-"The know." Singing Lesson" were the best,
success as a comedian.
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of the China movement.
rates from
efforts were put in hand. The
trate added, “and get one..
"Take my advice," the Magis-work of re-building the whole lives Information from Shanghal If you of the men whose welfare it has relative to the silk rate slash, is park your motor car where it is not taken in charge has been carried incorrect," declared Mr. Sexton. allowed, you are bound to be con- out with a completeness and "For years the rates on silk from victed, and you may get a light fine efficiency which has aroused world- China to the United States have or a. heavy one. There is no wide admiration. It is good to been on a materially higher basis excuse for saying you do no know, that purely voluntary film than those from Japan, which has cial support has alone made that Empire-wide work passible, and resulted more or less in stagnation for the affirmative, traced the de Pte. "Alf" Wake making a great dant's car, No 2432, was left in port confidently expresses it, that the urgent request of China silk.
Sub-Inspector Nicol sald defen-it is surely safe to believe, na the re-
"After careful investigation; at The five snappy playettes were Garden Road, on the pathway "all will be glad of the share they growers and recalvers, the States was "pleasant" or "agreeable." quite a feature of the programme which crosses near Bowen Road, have taken in making St. Dunstan's Steamship Company early this In other words, in the opinion of were splendidly carried out ambulance was unable to metary work possible, and will continue to autumn placed
ambulance was unable to get up contribute their quota until they foreign people of those days, Eng by the party. land was a pleasant or agreeable
The full programme was neg to the hospital.
are assured that no further help is place to live in. Going through
needed."
In the practical and thoroughly English history he did not think it was possible to find any time.
businesslike manner which has ever distinguished the work of this which compared, so far as the hap- piness of the people of England
exhaustive inquiry was made last Organisation, an authoritative and were concerned, with Elizabethan times. England in the time of Elizabeth, was contented, trude was flourishing and agriculture was prosperous. Queen Bess was beloved by the people and to have been beloved of the people she-Pte. Wake. must have been well disposed to them and the laws must have been such that their lot was improved.
Careful Days.
follow:
Part 1.
Opening Chorus, "With Jest and Song," The Troupe..
Sang. "Sanny Boy, Miss Paddy Medina.
Concerted. Travelesques":-(1) Spain, (2) Russia. (3) France.
Song. Selected, Pte. Stewart. Humorous Sketch, "Secing Red":- The Bolsheviks:-Mesars. Popworth, Stewart, Lorkin & Shepherd; Blobbs:
Song, "Nobody but my " Baby" L/Cpl. Lorkin.
Recitation, Sgt. Heatherington. "Because," S. M. Taylor, Song, Playettes, (1) Episode at Dart- moor, (2) The Acid Test, (3) Jack, (4) The Discordant Quartette, (5) Luck's Out.
Part II.
Chorus, There may be daya," The
In comparing our age with the Elizabethan age, one could not judge the happiness of the people by the standards of comfort pus- Bessed now.as compured with the comforts or lack of comforts Troupe. -existing then. One must attempt 1. Duet, "If you could care", Miss
to look at things through Elizabe-Paddy Medina and S., M. Taylor, than spectacles. So many of the Humorous Sketch, "The things which we regarded as Stall", Vivian: L/Cpl. essential would have been a source
Osric-Pte. Wake..
Mr. Le Fevre said he was trying to give space to cars coming round the corner; and he left sufficient room for the chairs.
The Magistrate:It does not notice that you can park there You admit that you parked there. The Defendant: left plenty of room for the chairs, and 1 thought it was a road only used
follow because there is .no
record.
The Magistrate:-Have vou got copy of the traffic regulations? The Defendant:-No, I don't think I have.
Mr. Hamilton then advised him to obtain one, and said he would not be convicted, but cautioned.
year to estimate as
China on an equal basis with the rate of the Conference Hlues from Japan.
There wasn't a cut of any kind.
the
Further, the States Steamship Company has not reduced its rates the other hand, is strictly main- on, rubber to New York, but, od
possible what needs to be the extent ference lines on rubber consigned
AS closely
taining the same rates as the Con of that future help and for how long from Singapore direct to it will be required.
United States."-Associated Press. FINE AL FRESCO CONCERT. COMBINED MILITARY AND
NAVAL BANDS.
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Endowment Scheme. for chairs.
Sub-Inspector Nicol said the That investigation, made by a accused had been driving since leading actuary, showed that if St. January last, and had a clean Dunstan'a continued to receive its BY
present measure of financial sup- port it would be enabled, within the next fifteen years, to set aside
A most successful al fresco cOI from its necessary annual expendi- ture on its men, a sum which would cert was given at Murray Barracka provide a capital endowment which last night by the combined bands would make further appeals un-of H.MS. Berwick and the 2nd necessary and yet ensure the pre-KO.S.B. There was a very large sent standard of benefits of every attendance of regimental officers war-blinded man until his life's and their friends, including most
of the Berwick's wardroom end.
The accounts and balance sheets In the ideal setting of a perfect printed with this year's report pro-night the music was enjoyed to vide in themselves striking evidence great advantage, while the stage
Coffee Lorkin.
Miss
21 YEARS AGO.·
Russian Lullaby," Song
Medina.
of embarrassment to the Elizabe- Paddy The Parsons of Puddle."-By SOME EXTRACTS FROM THE of public approval of St. Dunstan's effects, combined with the care-1
thans. What one had to judge) **
Trio
was whether in the things that the
the
Clerical Errors:-Messrs. really mattered the people were Heatherington; Stewart and Lorkin. better off in those days. From the Humorous Sketch, "St Ive's] literature of the day one gathered | School" that there was something joyous
When my sweetie passes Song and carefree which was lacking in by L/Cpl. Lori
Song, S our life to-day. People sang and
Pianoforte
"The Wedding of danced in the ordinary course of events--they had much less to L/Cpl Lorkin.
Painted Doll"
Cpl. Buggy and worry about. How did that com-
Humorous Sketch, "The Singing) pare with modern-for want of a Lesson-Dame:-Pie. Wake; Pro- better word he would term it fessor:-Sgt. Pepworth. "decorum"--which was suniewhat Finale Chorus akin to surliness," and which led to that fixed look almost of gloom to be observed on the faces of those on the streets of England to-day?
Goodnight."
This Concert Barty is appearing at the Wesleyan Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Praya East, on, 19th
taking this course, for there is a surplus of income over expenditure are which has permitted the first step for towards endowment to be taken.
"TELEGRAPI" "FILES.
extracts The following from the Hongkong Telegraph the week ended October 16th, 1908:
Extensive floods
M
fully prepared atmosphere for two of the items was reminiscent of the great military tattoo in 1928. One of the numbers, "The Battle of Waterloo" was particularly fine. It was a gripping fantasia descrip- tive of the eve of the great battle, the meeting of the French and English and the arrival of Blucher. When the band reached that part of the music where the battle com menced, the lights in the barrack square suddenly went out, flares burst about the walls, and the thunder of cannon commenced.
The text and picture pages of the report will be of universal in- terest, not only to those of us who The rate of the dollar on de- recall the strain and suffering of mand was 13. 9.3/8d.
the Great War, but to those of the younger generation to whom those were experi-dark years are but a childhood enced in Kwangtung, particularly memory. We read of the first in the Sunning district, several beginnings of the work in a house small towns being submerged. in Bayswater Hill, Tent to Sir
Arthur Pearson to house but si Mr. W. E. L. Shenton was ad-blinded soldiers and the staff to Fortunately the "gunfire" was care for them, and pen and picture only the noise of heavy crackers, put before us in vivid narrative but the effect was very realistic. A tiger was reported to be in the form the tragically rapid growth Sergeant Bruce, the "KO.S.B. neighbourhood of San Tin, in the in the numbers of men, the vast pioneer sergeant, was responsible New Territories, the remains of a increase in the accommodation for this very fine piece of work. badly mauled buffalo being found, and staff required to look after The other descriptive number them, the wonderful success dealt with the voyage of a troop- Sir Robert Hurt was made a achieved in building their lives ship in 1880 and included a Freeman of the City of Belfast.
snow, in finding outlets for the "typhoon," which meant a further skill with which they have mastered burst of crackers. This item was many crafts and occupations, and very wall phyed, and the choruses,
at 8 p.m. when a first class pro-mitted a solicitor in the Supreme gramme will be provided. It is Court. hoped that the publie will support this Institute by attending in as large numbers as possible.
way
because
In conclusion, Mr. Carruthers quoted from Elizabethan literature in support of his argument. The joyousness of the literature and drama of those times was of a purer variety than, that of the pre- sent. The man to-day who pro- est sense), it duced a play like "Mid-Summer's they had nothing to look forward Night Dream" would lose money to. Like the man in "Pilgrim's on it. It was not sophisticated Progress," they were contented enough, to put it mildly, for the with thoir muck-ruking because present age. Finally, the English- they did not lift up their eyes and man of those days had a pride in his country and a faith in its fu-
ture which was lacking to-day.
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False Glamour.
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see what was. to be obtained by f A Chinese living at. No. 48, Pel finally the present position of the aung by the bandsmen, indicato striving onwards. The man to-day Ho, Street, Samshaipo, was fined 1,907 officers, and men and the that they could sing by well as might not be contented-content- $190 by Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at 4,977 wives and children who play. ment was often a sign of stagna- the Kowloon Magistracy this constitute St. Dunstan's great happiness out of his failures bo- of 2.4 taels of prepared opium. tion--but he often got more true morning for being in possession Community to day. cause he knew he was striving for Another man who was arrested at higher things and had a chance the same time was discharged on the days of Elizabeth and said that to attain them that he never did in the first defendant taking full it was easy to pick a period round olden times when it a
man was responsibility.
In opening for the negative, Mr.
T. J. Price queried the restriction
of the period under discussion to
which it was possible to cast a false born in a trade he stopped in n glamour. Without going very many years from the times of trade and if he was born in a Elizabeth one might point to the class he stopped in that class with religious persecution and insecurity no hope of rising above it.
of life during the reign of "Bloody
Is Progress Happiness?
Mary." Persccution in religious, Mr, W. A. Simpson seconded Mr. matters was by no means absent Carruthers and introduced a veint even in the reign of Elizabeth her of humour by querying the welf.
Referring to the glamour dis- capacity of modern inventions for
bringing trus happiness
and tance lent to events, Mr. Price doubted whether progress by itself quoted the case of the prosperous was necessarily a sign of hap "Old Boy" returning to School on piness. The more we progressed, Prize Day and regaling his juvenile the further we wished to go, and hearers with hackneyed phrases about his schooldays being the hap that sense of striving was hardly piest of his life. He was often a likely to lead to happiness.
Mr. H. H. Fantham seconded Mr. man who haunted the tuckshop as a boy and evaded his duties; time Price ond as a nautical man apoke and distance had glossed over the with authority when he compared times he was booted for failing to the sailing ships of fiction with turn up for cricket practice, miss- the stark reality of life on the ing "prep", etc., and he only senti- ocean wave. So too it was with mentalised on the memories which the fiction concerning the days of were pleasant. It was this at- so-called "Merrie England, In titude which was responsible for perspective, they might appear at- the general delusion under which tractive, but in reality they could people suffered in considering the not have been. In support of his past. The school was never the arguments, Mr. Fantham compared same as it had been, England was the insecurity of life, lack never so good as it had been-it sanitation, despotic oppression was always going to the dogs, and, and absence of freedom of move- yat somehow it survived. The ment, not to mention freedom of growth of sanitation, the spread of thought and education and the benefits of medi-conditions at the present day.
expression, with cal science applied to all,
After discussion from the body growth of leisure and of the hall, the motion was put to the greater diffusion of the the meeting., Saverat abstained joys of literature, the provision of from voting (there were 30 pre- security under the unexcelled sent) and the motion was defeated system of the administeration of by twelve votes to eleven. English law all these things were
the
of
The subject for the debate next
forgotten when people sentiments-month was announced in the form lised on the glories of the past. If of the following resolution "That the people of Bo-called "Merrie Club Fife has a detrimental effect England" were contented (using
stérm In Its narrow on the men of this Colony."
the
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Happiness Found.
throughout by many photographs The report la illustrated
(Continued on Next Column)
"It wasn't at all becoming to Edith, so she gave it to nie.”
During the intervals between items the K.0.8.B. Pipe Band ren- dered numbers. The pipers and presented a stirring sight as they drummers, were in fuff dress and
marched up and down the square playing Scottish pits.
The bands of the Berwick and the KO.S.B. will be heard at the Nelson Day concert on Monday, when some of the numbers, played last night will most likely hurren derso
depicting every phase, of Kid at St. Dunstan'e, many of which are of real historic value, and apprð- priately enough, one of the last pages of pictures in the report gives views of the smart little shop and house of a war-blinded joiner and Ms ife and family, which typifies the way in which the man of St. Dunstan's Have found happiness and contented citizens ship in spite of the great handlegg they have had to overcoms
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