THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1934.
DEATH OF MR. P. E. WOMEN CAN'T WRITE
PATEL
MAN DIES of heart FAILURE
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The death of Pestonjoo Eduljeo Patel, manager of Messrs. E, R. Mogra and Co., Canton, occurred in Shameen yesterday morning, from heart failure, at the age of G7 years.
LETTERS
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say that it is an art that women) In any age have never mastered, A woman's nimble mind lacks the placid concentration that must be bent upon the task of constructing
charming letter.
And the reason is not far to Hailing from Bombay, the late sock, for men and women regard Mr Patel has been with E. R. letter-writing from contrary stand- Mogra and Company for the past points. Whereas n man looks upon Boven years. His wife prodecense correspondence as a pleasur able mental exercise, his wife nearly always votes it an intoler- ablo nuisance.
ed him.
Much sympathy will be extend. ed to his son and daughter, who are in Bombay, and to his relatives in their boreavement.
The funeral takes place at the Pursed Cemetery this morning.
Professor E, W. Gibbs-
London, Jan, 20.
Possibly a man's business babits help him to view the penning of letters with unconcern. Certainly a powerful aversion from the systematic handling of correspon- dence is a saliont characteristic of the modern woman. She will turn a blind eye to a whole mountain
ing it becomes terrifyingly urgent, Then, in a desperate mood, she will attempt to wipe off a month's ar rears in any odd half hour that presents itself.
The death has occurred of Proof letters until the job of demolish- fessor Edward William Gibbs, the well-known chemlat.Our Own Correspondent.
At one time assistant chemist to the Straits Trading Company, of Singapore, Professor Gibbs gained a reputation in his post which eventually led to a distinguished
career
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Roault: a jumble of staccato-like bursts of thought "written as a chemical investiga-haste"-nearly all women's letters conclude "In haste," as though, the writers existence were crammed with the manifold cares of a Prime Minister.
"He held the degrees of D.Sc., A.1.C., M., Chemical E., and was Ramsay Professor of Chemieni En gineering in the University of London.
Ja it to be wondered, then, that those longed-for notes from one's women friends to often only fill one with irritation and a sense of having received scant attention 7
Half the secret and all the charm of delightful letter-writing lia in the individuality of treatment,
Born in 1889, lie was a son of the Rev. W. H. Gibbs. He
was educated at Liverpool Instituto High School and at Liverpool University, going to the Straits for two years ending 1913. He was auccessively Lecturer in Metal-
One fairly purrs with pleasurs lurgy, Liverpool University; In- to realise that the writer of a letter vestigator to the Corrosive Com- to oneself has spared no pains to mitted, of the Institute of Metals; bo Interesting. Yet the otherwise Chief Examiner, Aeronautical In-sympathetic sex will unblushingly Apoction Department; Chief cram their letter-writing efforts Chemist, Government Rolling with exclusively and essentially Mills, Southampton; and finally, feminine topics, All wrong! Chief Chemist to the Salt Union, Ltd., of Winsford, a position he held from 1918 to 1928.
Ilia publications were natural- ly of a scientific character and dealt with such varied subjects as metals, fahings, cloud, gases, und duat.
A wife and family of four are bereaved.
Otakar Soveik
Prague, Jan. 19. The death has occurred of the world famous violinist, Otakar Sevelk, of Pisek, Prague.--Our Own Correspondent.
Otakar Sevick, the Czech violin teacher,
1852, was born in Horazdovice, Bohemia.
He began to study at the Prague Academy of Music in 1866 and was a pupil of Bennewicz. Sevick started his career as a violin vir- tuoso, achieving great success.
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It is easy to imagine the morta of Indignation from the fair sex
men retaliated in Bimilar fashion: if, for instance, our epistles were stale reports of foot- ball matches or some keenly fought | golf round.
All the great love letters in history bave been penned by men. Not because men take the laurela as lovers, but simply because they remember that the one topic which makes an evergreen appeal to a woman is sentiment.
may
A woman's conversation sparkle like morning sunlight, yet her letters are just about na in timate as a guide book. And, after ail, what a man really cares to
hear about is the woman herself.
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Still, perhaps women are wise. They quite rightly regard spoken word as their best medium. these days of trans- And in continental telephones they can cast their voices to the ends of the
earth.
That is some consolation,
ANOTHER MONSTER. TRINIDAD BIDS FOR FAME IN
His first post was that of concert director at Salzburg where he laid the foundation of his reputation. Later he made tours in Russia and Germany and from 18/4-to: 1892 was in Russia, finally as pro- fessor at the Kieff Conservatoire, He then went to the Prague Con- servatoire where he had charge of the violin department till 1901. Seven years later he became head
London, Jan. 20. of the master school at the Vienna
The world. is seemingly breeding Conservatoire, but in 1919 ho left it because ho was unwilling to be- monsters again, for a scaly serpent, come an Austrian subject and re-estimated to be 30-f:et long, is turned to Prague."
COMPETITION 2.
authentically reported to have been seen rising in thres arches in the East Const River in Trinidad.
The existence of such a monster
is officially recorded in the annals of the Colony.
There exist photo.
After the triumphs of his pupils Kubelik and Kocian, others flock ed to him, forming a veritable col- ony at Sevcik's residence at Pisek He was extraordinarily successful a a violin teacher, using a method of great originality and thor- oughness based on the semitone Reutar. system, the fingers remaining at equal distances on all the strings during the technical studies. This 1908. Princesa Therese, a noted Italian sculptress who died in
graphs showing a monster 26 feet long, mown locally as a huilla, which swallowed an alligator..
led to absolute safety, precision 1926, leaving a son. In 1929 the and remarkable fluency. He was
Andree undoubtedly the lending teacher
widower married Mlle.
of the instrument and trained Carron, the beautiful daughter of many of the most famous violina French hotel official.
lets of his day, including Zim- balist, Adolf Wilhelm). Ondricek, Culbertson, Dalsy Kennedy, Marie Hail, Mary Dickonson, Elenora Jackson, Henriette Wienawski, Reznikoff, Sicard, S. Feuermann, the conductors Talich and Stupka and the members of the Servcik quartet, Lhotsky, Prohazka and Moravec,
Mr. Harrison Fisher
New York, Jan. 20. The death has occurred fo Mr. Harrison Fisher, the American artist.-Our Own Correspondent.
The drawings, paintings and portraits executed by the inte Mr. Harrison Fisher enjoyed a wide circulation in America for some yours and at the time of his death he was engaged in doing pen and ink sketches for the "Cosmopoli- an" magazine. He had Illustrat ed numerous books and short atories and his work appeared!
Poat, in the Saturday Evening
Ho
In 1006 illness forced him to stop teaching for a time and he underwent, an operation at Berne. After the war he went to the US. to give lessons. At the age of 80 still teaching at Plack where he was surrounded by a Scribner's. Ludica Home Journal,
McClure's, Life and Puck. also published "The Harrison
"ho was
large.colony.
In 1933 he accopted an invita- Fisher Book" of drawings. tion to go to London and give "lessons and audits for 34 months
at the Guildhall School of Music. San Such a visit was without Pre- cedent among English schools of music. His famous "School of Violin Technique" was published aa long ago as 1880 and his "School of Bowing" 13 years later. Aga Khan's First Wife
Bombay, Jan, 19. The death has occurred of Shah- zada Begum.-Our Own Corros- pondent.
A bachelor, he was educated at
England,
and Francisco. Franco. dying at the age of 66.
Descendant of Bruce
London, Jan. 19. The death has occurred of the Baroness Pontluck of Banchory. Our Own Correspondent.
The Baroness Bentinck of Bas- chory who has just died was one of the descendants of Robort Bruco.
Her husband, Baron Walton Guy Bentinck is the holder of a Dutch Shalizada Begum was the Arst title which was bestowed in 1550 wife of the Aga Khan but the and is a son of the 18th Baron. marriage
dissolved -WAS
many The Baroness was before her mar. years
Tho
Khat clago in 1904, Miss Anne Burnett- ago,
Aga married for the second time in-Ramany.
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Bank
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Doublas, $35 b.
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Antamoks, $75 cts. n.
Balatoes, 34 cts. n.
Bagulo Gold, 42 cts. b.
Benguete, $38 1.
31 cts; b.
Benguet Exporation, Benguet Goldtjela, 30 ets. 0. Big Wedge, 36 cts, n. Gold Greek, 80 n.
1pp Mining, $9 n. Itogons, $71⁄2 1. Kallan, 28/- n.
Langkats (Single), $17 n. S'hal Exporations, Sh, $4.65`n. S'tral Loans, 0.85 n. Raubs; $12.80 b.
Venz: Goldfields, $0.20 b.
Tok
H.K. Wharves, $118 b. H.K. Docks, $12 b,
B. China Motors A. $6 a. S. China Motore 8. ** 1. Providents (old), $21⁄2 b. Providents (new); $1 n. Hongkdwa, Sh. $365 n.
New Engineerings, Sh. $6.60 n. Shanghai Docks, Sh. $147%1⁄2 n.
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Lens, 'Hotein" "ete.
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ah.. $140 n. Asia Renities "B" Sh. $20 n. Chinese Estates, $97 n. China Realties, Sh.,$15%, n... China Debenture. Sh.3187 ».
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Public Utilities. Tramways, $22 b. and sa. Peak Trams (Old), $16% n. Peak Trams (new), $7% b. Star Ferries (old), $101, b. Yaumati. Ferries (old), $24 D China Lights (old), $10.20 b. China Lights (rw). $10 b. H.K. Electrics, $76% sa. Macao Electrica,- $23% b. -Sandakan Lights, $8-
Telephones (old), $27 sa. Telephones (new). $13.20 n. China Busen, Sh. $111⁄4 D. Singapore Tractions; 3/- ni Singapore Pref. 15/- n.
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states, etc, •
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Sinceres,* $13.20 n.
Win, Powells, $1.00 . Wing On H.K.), $140 n.
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Amusements, $4 n.
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FUNERAL OF FORMER HEADMASTER
LATE. MR, FUNG FU.ed by the large procession of foreign education, the late Mr. a good nature and a quiet mode
mourners following in cars bahind Fung Fu was sent to the United wore outstanding traits. He too. the coffin which, in obedience to his States, where he studied at Hara keen interest In Church activition dying wish, was of native style and vard Univeralty. He returned to In connexion particularly with th encased in a beflowered catafaique. Hongkong after graduation, and development of the Church ** of borng along by a number of took up a number of educational Christ in China, being one of it uniformed bearors. Other fea-posta, as far back as four decades elders, and was also a member of Three generations walked behind turss wore a large photograph of age being appointed Headmaster of the Committee in charge of Ying the mortal remains of Mr. Fung the deceased carried before Fu, octogenarian schoolmaster, at cortes in a canopled chair.
the the Salyingpun Government School Wah Boys' College, Philanthropio and and of the Wanchal Government work also claimed his attention the funeral which took place yeawo European-style bands playing School,
and a free school which he bas terday at the Chinese Christian appropriate music and hymns. It Cemetery at Pokfulam. At the took five trucks to carry the mass passed out of existence as a result boys will always remain sa
The Salyingpun school has since established at Castle Peak for poor ripe age of 85, Mr. Fung Fu passed of floral tributes. away at hla residence at Third.)
of expansion Into the present memorial to him, Street, Salyingpun, on
A-Memorini service was held at King's Collège, but the Wanchai Four of his five sons were pre Friday the Cemetery Chapel prior to inter school, which is also known as sent at the funeral yesterday, as night, leaving five sons, three ment, the Rev. Mr. Cheung Chuk Wanchai Gap Government School, well as two daughters and a large, daughters, and a number of granding offlelating..
Is still functioning. children to mourn his loss, together for
number of grandchildren. Deceased's Career, with the many hundreds of Chines
At the beginning of the present second son of the deceased, Mr Contemporary of the late Dr. contury, Mr. Fung Fu retired from Fung Yiu-wing, is the managing residents of this Colony and clse-Wu Ting-fang, Sir Kai Ho Kai and Government service, leaving behind director of the Fung. Keang where who had been his pupils. others in the small, and since a record of exceptional good work, Rubber Manufactory, one of the The profound respect In which dwindling, number of Chinese who strengthened by the general esteem largest concerne of its kind in the deceased was held was evidenc-ware among the first to receive a felt for a fine character, in which Hongkong and South China.
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