1920-03-27 — Page 8

NOTICES.

THE MAGIC CAMEQ.

ARROW COLLARS

The most popular soft and stiff shapes for Spring wear now showing at

MACKINTOSH

& CO, LTD.

Men's Wear Specialists.

16, Des Voeux Road,

Telephone 29.

GERIN, DREVARD & CO.

HONGKONG, St. George's Building,

CANTON, Shameen.

Tel 114

Tel. 1165.

REPRESENTATIVES IN"

SOUTH CHINA

FOR

Westinghouse

TIP A.K SINGLE PHASE MOTOR

We offer you free the services of our Engineering Staff to help you select your WESTINGHOUSE equipment.

STOCKS

W

WESTINGHOUSE

ELECTRIC

THE CHINA MAIL.

GELİNVOYANT'S STORY..

PENCIL WHICH, WROTE A SONG.

young lady at Home, who wishes to remain aandymous, has given a remarkable demonstration of her powers of clairvoyance..

In an interview with a representa tive of the Globe the young lady said that, although he had been a clair voyant since childhood, she did not believe in Spirtualism

3

I believe," she said, "that these so-called spiritus manifestations will be explained sooner or later by purely normal and sand reasoning. Ever since I can remember I have been clairvoyant, bat I have never been in that condition known as 'trance.'

"I am firmly convinced that it is a physical condition, more or less deliberately willed by the one who falls into it. It is absolutely de- pendent on a lowered, vitality, and | for that reason if fecitane other it is to be strongly condemned.

RETIREMENT

[By WALT MASON.]

A GERMAN MISSIONARY,

Alter serving as `a missionary in India for thirty-six years, thirteen of which were passed as chaplain with 's The blamedest bard that ever was; British regiment, Rev. Father Peter all day I punch my lyïe; and passing "Hipp. S.I., arrived in San Francisco neighbours often, pause, and sayinst month from Marlla on the Pacific

Why not retire? You have a bundle Mail Einer Colusa," pur away, so let your labours close: Father. Hipp, of German parentage, you now are locoed, bent and gray left Belgium, in 1879 and proceeded to and need a long repose. So put away India to do educational work. Four your ancient harp, and can the rhyth-years ago bo left India, and since that mic wheeze, and emulate, the Bossy time. he has been doing missionary sharp who basks in gilded case work in the Philippines and the Orient. And still my trusty harp I swat, as I He was the only German given fred rempt to rot upon the peaks of song by the Japanese and Chinese Govern have done so long, and every day run during the war in Japan and China For when a man lays down his tools, ments on recommendation of the Bri- and says he'll work no more, and joins ish authorities, in recognition of his the loafing bunch that drools around work in India. all men, to everyone's distress, that he the Blue Frock store, he advertises to will never And again the number of his mess. Oh, not for me the rocking chair before a dotard's fire, and long white whiskers made of hair I won't give up wy-lyre." "I'll never see the day, 'I trust, when I'll be satisfied to sit around the house and rust and some punk bobby ride. For pears to come,

"I have made no attempt to cultiI have the hinch, I'll write my lip-

CHURCH SERVICES.

KT, JOHN'S CATHEDRAL

HONGKONG MARCH 96TH ·1920. 6TH SUNDAY on Last,

vate my powers of clairvoyance, for ing lines, and make Bill Shakespeare Holy Communion, (7,40 2.11.)

and that bunch take in their blooming | M-tids (11) am.). signs.

I have learnt from experience that when my powers are most acute my vitality is at its lowest ebb. I am too much attached to the sane and normal ever to encourage auch a condition in myself- ·

"I decided some years ago that this thing would never dominate me that I should always be on top of it".

ቅ

FOREIGNERS MUST GO,-

SAY SIBERIANS.

The feeling among the Siberians come to an end is rapidly crystalizing. that foreign intervention must scon according to dispatches received in Tokyo from Vidiyostock. Feeling is especially, strong against the con- tinued presence of Japanese troops, il resolutions passed by several bodies in Siberia are an index.

"But I am evidently a natural clairvoyant. When I was five years old I described to my mother a dress she had once worn. I had a clear vision of the frock down to the tiniest detail of its trimming, but I had never, actually seen it. From my des. cription my mother recognised her wedding dress, which had been dis

A mass meeting of Social Revolu carded some years before I was born. tionaries held at--Vladivostock passed My mother was rather disturbed resolutions favouring assistance to the by the peculiar powers which efforts of the Soviet Government to seemed to possess, and as she, wisely achieve national mrzity, and denounc- I think, discouraged all discussion of ing the further occupation of Siberian the subject. I gradually came to look territory by foreign troops. The meet. upon the varions things which I fel:ing approved the following platform and saw from time to time as purely natural and experienced by everyone. "It was during my school life that my clairvoyance became a trouble some burden. I found that by con centration I could give the correct date of any event in any period although a few seconds before my teacher demanded the information my mind was a complete blank on the subject.

When I was fourteen my mother took me to a brain specialist. He was puzzled by various, incidents which were related to him, but he relieved my mother, and incidentally myself, of all anxiety by assuring her that I was perfectly normal.

The immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops from Siberia: prohibi don of the future landing of foreign troops in Siberia; immediate with- drawal of the-blockade from parts of Russia; the serving of formal notice on the foreign military groups now stationed at the seat of the provisional government that they were asked to withdraw as they are no longer needed]] for the preservation of order,"

14

The meeting also resolved that we are of the opinion that Japan's action in increasing the number of her roops in Siberia at a time when other nations are withdraving their forces s likely to increase Russian suspiCION of Japan, infland regentment against Japan and complicate international relations."

We lived in Australia during my childhood, and it was not until we came to England that I began to get really interested. In my expertences. Resolutions of similar tone have "I found that by bolding any been passed by chambers of com- article exclusively possessed by any merce, Zemstvo, newspaper associa person I could accurately describes and other organizations in Viadi incidents in their past life-in many vostock, Harbarovsk and Blagovest cases incidents which they the chest, according to a semi-official selves had completely forgotten but dispatch received in Tokyo. All these distinctly remembered when recalled resolutions favoured the evacuation of by me.

Japanese troops.

"I wish I could discard my 'gift' My own life is a happy one and I have known very few sorrows, but at times I am filled with a dreadful feeling of oppression caused by the vibrations of the scrrows of others. Unfortunately for me the vibrations of sorrow are received to an in finitely greater extent than those of

AVAILABLE happiness.

EMBLEM MOTOR CYCLES

A LIGHTWEIGHT OF GRACE AND QUALITY AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS.

BOLD COMPLETE WITH ACCESSORIES.

Manufacturers' Representative

UNION ENGINEERING CO., LTD. OFFICES and SHOWROOM: 13, Chater Road.

"Some weeks ago my mother was showing me some old trinkets. Among there was a quaint little cameo which I had never seen before It had belonged to an ancestress of mine, and I held it in my hand for some time as I admired it.

In Blagovestchensk Japanese troops carrying arms are forbidden to board the cars and local merchants have greed not to sell anything to the Japanese.

then wrote-lived 1707, died and then suddenly ceased to move..... "Nothing further happened, and I. rewrote the words and music of the song. Later, without relating the experience, I sang the song to an ex pert in early English music, and asked him if he could tell me about what date it was written, LENS

Occasionally I compose, and dur He replied that he had never ing the evening of the day on which heard it before, but judging from the I examined the camco I was seated melody and the quaintness of the at my piano putting a finishing touch wording he thought it was probably to a song I had just eqmposed. written about 1707. The song is "My mother and I were chatting curiously haunting and I intend to and laughing when suddenly I knew publish in anonymously." that something was going to happen, Giving her my hand I asked her to I told my mother, and she advised tell me of any incidents of my past

me to sit quite still and quiet. I was life. Within a few seconds of my still holding a pencil in my hand, request she described a room in which and of its own volition the pencil I had been recently, an wrote some notes of music on the The description was accurate in manuscript in front of me. The writing continued until a complete melody was recorded, and then the words of a verse appeared.

every detail, down to the position of the windows and the arrangement of the furniture,

1. recognised it as the drawing "For some time the pencil con room of a house in Gloucestershire. tinued, and the writing differed in I have been there quite recently, every possible way from my own. Many things was told, never was Finally the words of the song were mistake made. completed, and the pencil became The clairvoyant had never seen stationary. We were greatly inter me before nor I her. There was ested of course, and my mother no melodramatic shutting out of the suggested that I should ask from daylight; no concentrated gazing whom the 'message' came.

Into a crystal.

Responses, Ferial; Venite, Hooper;

Paalica, 61, 62 (11th_avening) Bürla;

144

Te Deum, Lawes, Cooks and Elop kins; Benedictus, Garrett Hymns, 287, 99.

Evensong RA

Responses, Ferial Psalm 86 (17th Morning); Smith 130 (37th Evening); Purcell ; Maquiñost, Esenby ; Nune Dimitti, Felton..

Hymns, 103, 89, 602 (T. 370), Sevenfold Amen.

Oratorio on Good Friday, st 9.15 p.m.

Union Church, Kennedy Road

Sunday Services, March 28th. Morning Service, 11am. Praim, 700. Hymns, 379; 49, 296, 194. Preacher: Kev. J. Kirk Masonachia. Evening Service, 6pm. Hymns, 383, 160, 84, 201, 101.

of

Freacher: Hev. T. Campbell Gibson

Swatow.

St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon.

28TH MARCH, 1850-6TH SUNDAY IN LENT

Holy Communion at 8.15&D, Hoogkong Cadet's Church Parade. Morning Prayer at 11 am.

OPENING VOLUNTARY.

Eymu, 18 Venite, Tucker; Te Deum, -- 1st Setting; Jubilate Deo, at Chat;|

Exo,

981, 451.

Evening Confirmation Service,

OPENING VOLUNTARY Hymn, 616, 404, 612 Vesper Hyun,

141--1st and last Verses

st. Peter's Church, West Pelat,

Bunday, March 97, 3m-Holy Commanicu.

It am.-Morning Prayer and Bertoon. Preacher: Rev. G. T. Waldegrave

Peak. Church.

8.15am-Holy Communion. 630 Evening Service

The Gospel Hall. 10 & 12 PEDDES ÉTEXT.

Sunday-Breaking of dread, 11 am

Chinese Gospel Meeting, at 1 p.m.; English Gospel Meeting, at 7.30 p.m.;. nerday, Bible Study, 5.30 p.m.) Thursday, Bible Study, 8 pm) .Friday, Ladies Bible Study, 5.50 p.m.; Saturday, Prayer Meeting B 7 to 9 pix.

་

First Church of Christ Scientist,

·MacDonnell Road,

Зарова, 11.15 выхл Wednesdays, 5.30pm.

Wesleyan. Hethodist Churo

Finchi

SUNDAY, 28th March 1920. Morning Service, 10.15 am. Preacher Rer. C A. Gimblett, Machi Evening Service, 6 pim.”) Frencher: Rev. G., A. Gimblett, Make,

i.

Boldiers" and Sallors' Home, Arsonal Street.

Gospel Meeting, 8 pm.

Roman Catholic Cathedral, Ginnealy,

Mass at 6, 7 and 9:30. Kim.

30 pin-Fenediction of the Blesse High Maas at 8 a 121.

Bacrament.

St. Joseph's Church, Garden Bozdi

"I did so, and the pencil wrote a The whole thing took place in a name entirely unfamiliar to me, charming little room which spoke, though my mother recognised it as eloquently of a wholesome love of that of the ancestress to whom the books and music, of flowers and by the Benediction of the cameo had belonged. The pencil pictures"

Maes-and Bermon at 10 th

Sacrament.

SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1920,

NOTICES.

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

FISHI

FINNAN HADDOCK FILLET HADDOCK S KIPPERS

SALT SIBERIAN SALMON

FISHI

60 cents per lb.

85

45

20

New Shipment just arrived.

We now have for sale

COULOMMIER CHEESE DEVONSHIRE CREAM

THE DAIRY FARM, IOE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.

PROTECT YOUR EYES

FROM

SUN

DUST

GLARE

AND

-WIND

க்க.

WILLSON

GOGGLES

ANO GLASSES

WILLSON

GOGGLES

ARE

COMFORTABLE,

AND

BECOMING.

For LADIES and GENTLEMEN

Z. 58. Nest Celluloid Rims..

Oval shape glasses.

$1.00 pair.

"Z. 21. Celluloid Rims Mckel ear loops Suitable for Ladies. $1 00 pair.

R. L. Celluloid frame and leather side shields. Useful Jer Motering. $1.50 pain.

Z. 83. Celluloid Rims, Nickel Frame A nice light goggle. -81.00 pair.

K9 Calloboid Rite and Frame.

a nice acting glass.

$1.00-pair.

7 Light Celluloid frame. and rims. Very`anital le for ladies. $1.00 pair

Z. 1. Celluloid frame with leather side shields. Ideal. for Motorists.

$1.50.

Z. 8. Calluloid-frame and rime good shape glasses Fit well.

$1.00 pair.

50. A close fitting goggle with leather side shields. tape centre $130 pair

489. Good nickel fesma..

'Gauze side ablolds. A good

Di serviceable glas. Ctác 75 pair.

No one should be without a pair of the above. A Style to suit every one.

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & CO., LTD,

29, Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong.

Keep DRY

IN

WET Weather

1920 New Line of WATERPROOFS

Just to Hand.

Style Comfort Durability

THE SINCERE Co., Ltd.

HOWE

THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE

LARGE VARIETY IN STOOK

MUSTARD & CO. Tel No. 1188.

SCALES