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The popular, Great satisfaction is felt bythe. ACROSS THE CHANNEL Committee with the result of its

operation$32.361 57-having been raised, and, over: 9,000,000-cigarettes-

GIRL "OYÜLISTS "...ATTEMPT. andība. 200 of tobacco distributed and

FOILED BY AN ACCIDENT.

Misa Zetta Hills, who set out from Calais on Monday morning in 12, attempt to cross the Channel on specially constructed bicycle sour to reach the English miles. -

dis harbour at She set onday, and after being 7y the tide up Channel to the

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hoped that all those who copat | bated, and others, are equally with what has been achicorpmittee It is the desire and apprecia to express thing tion of am Barker for founding rganising the Fund, and for

the kindly help and advice he has ungrudgingly viren/

All the magnanimous, contributors and subscribers who kept the Fund alive, and helped to swell it to its final magnitude, and especially those

Passion-rich and purple--is the mainstay of so many novels nowa- days at any rate, of those that appear in cheap editions, and festoon the bookstalls at railway stations. ¿

But according to them, passion doesn't grow in England; it has to be imported. Directly it happens in England, it mechanically becomes love (true or false), afection, devotoodwins, ran into mist, which pre-whe gave their mites and--thereby tion; but that fiercer thing vented her seeing any signs of land. deprived themselves.

Me D. W. Craddock and the late throb and a tom-tom in Africa, At about half past 10 in the evening, staged in Egypt, d, or, all em when four miles off Deal, a front stay Mr. G. B. Sayer for respectively of the bicycle gave way. The acting on the origin of the Fund as Russia, a tere East.

machine collapsed, and Miss Has its Treasurers and Secretaries and was thrown into the water. The for the excellent work done, and the moter boat which accompanied her financial assistance given by them picked her up and brought her into respectively. Folkestone shortly after midnight. Miss Hills had covered about 47 miles in her 15 hours cycling. She intends to make another attempt shortly. -

braci glance for a moment at the miliar Egyptian brand. Above our heads is the sky, of a deeper, intenser blue than she had ever seen in England, and the moon hung like a great lamp.. etc. Under her feet, the golden sand of the desert; the sphinx was somewhere handy, bet your life that inscrut kable colossus, half beast, half woman, Eveiling its eternal secret."

The heroine tano. longer a girl, but a woman, pale and proud; she Doushkovskavitoh which means is beautiful, but a little hard, and the darling, little darling, and little burnt-out delights of her normal life darlingest. in England are but ashes in ber mouth.

The hero glides noiselessly upon the scene, clad mainly in a burnous Fand inscrutability; he is ab Arab, of cose, and the heroine is always half fascinated, half repelled by his inscrutable cruelty.

One burning tropical right, full of glamour and magic and witchery, the great scene occurs. The sphinx,

He wears tall, red boots, edged with fur, with which to stamp his way into her heart; the sjambok is exchanged for a knout, and the kopje for a samovar.

And now we come to the South Pacific. Here the novelist has two sorts of passion from which to make

fever-ridden swamps.

Hoo

KOWLOOK NOISES.

Sir, I shall be glad if you can find space for: my reply to Ferryrous Notes in the Telegraph

him with lost

"less to say this

achieved without ations in the kabirta

characters moet

thần oncira Herlan

only to accentuals: the. the situation,

Mr. Carl Lawson'ábly pleasing role of the

while Mr. O. Twin" ka the

his charming but dristocratic, wile, (To the Editor of the Chind old baronet, Miss Muriel Johnston es Mr. Leonard Stephens as the effigie [To

sog made a man in the crucible of war Miss Beryl Barraclough, as the [spirited daughter of the house, Mr. I observe that the Telegraph (stales Norman Thompson as the deferential that it is musual for: Critics to airbrother of the general, and Mr. their views in one paper, on topics David Keir as the discreet bld Butler, originating in another, I would point all contributed according to the out however that it is equally scope of their respective parts to the unusual for Editura to allow such undoubted success of the piece "Rubbish to be inserted in their Papers as Ferryman, wrote on the evening of the 10th September

Mr.W.A.Dowley for undertaking Now Mr. Ferrymas, everyone in and so ably performing the duties of the Locality knows why your friend Secretary, and Treasurer from July was so annoyed on this "cowdy 1915 up to date. Also for organis evening. He was seeking sleep di ing a very nccessful canvassing21.00 hours the exact hour at which scheme whereby the Fund Benefirred the bellowing ball was in full swing immensely.

and at 22.00 Bours all the Songs that he complains about were finished (see enclosed List of 109 Wimess)

You KILL JOY

Mr. A. Jenkins for his very valo- able services in taking charge of and keeping the books and accounts of the Fund, and attending to the correspondence and rendering full information to the Committee

The British American Tobacco Co. Ltd. for the special low prices charged for the cigarettes and tobacco, the great courtesy and consideration corded to the Committer, and romptly carrying out the deliveries

the Fund: Mrs Pentruath, Mrs. Arthur, Mrs. Shenton and Miss Craddock.

Also, I happen to be in possession of the Telephone Number of the Person who complained on the phone at 22.30 hours on the night in ques tion. You produce the names of the Smart Bboys" and I produce the address of the Person who made the complaint.

This would be a Get Down for somebody.

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With regard to the Sick Gentle man, who was distracted by the distinctly but of place. Does he wish to insinuate that these "Smart Bhoys" would not cease, when they knew that somebody, near by was-li If so, I must call upon one of you to prove it If not why does he turntion the fact...

a selection. Esther the man and thend distributing the cigarettes and girl are strictly English, thrown toge obacco to the troops free of charge. ther by a chance shipwreck on to an And last but not least the following mysterious and inscrutable as ever, island full of rush and writhing, adies who devoted much time and noise, I consider your Friend's remark broods over them if only the sphinx vegetation, squirming with berberi ceal in canvassing for the good of would just once spit upon the sand,bari-kari and the tsetse fly, rank, to express its contempt for Arab foetid, and miasmic, with treacherous love!

*Somewhere in the distance could be heard the monotonous throb of a" (whatever happens to be the musical instrument peculiar to the locality; it is usually some form of savage tribal drum; but the same effect could easily be obtained by a massed band of Jew's harps).

The music gets into the woman's blood.

..and the rest is done mainly by means of dots," dashes,- The inevitable occurs; and "some stars, and then some curiously where in the distarice could be heard detached statement about nature, the beat of the great combers on the *And” the night wind coral reef, while the unchanging tro- such B sighed in the palm-trees. "pic stars looked down." From which our discreet author would evidently have us gather that the lady yielded.

In the novelist's South Africa, the

Or else the bero, chastely clad in a

The books of the Fund have been pith helmet and a pocket compass, kindly addited by Mr. WJ-Mari sees a slim dasky maiden slip down son, and, can be-inspected by any to bathe in the warm lagoon. Fortune desiring to do so, by first-making- nately the maiden is always able to an appointment with Mr. W..A converse in picturesque broken Eng Dowley Room No. 6, New Post Office lish, and the hero, doubtless because Building, Top floor, in whose care in his London days he has seen a hey are placed. We remain, Sir, great many musical comedies, finds no difficulty in his wooing.

The main ingredient of passion as staged in India is the mess-an-awful mess: Nor could the author manage without the hill station.

whole business is more vid. There The hero is usually a taciturn

major-ogly, but with a heart of gold. He nas a taciturn: affection

is a great deal about the parched veldt; outspanning and inspanning pccur with monatan, us regularity: for the heroine's scapegrace young people trek from kopje to kopje when they are not lying exhausted on the sterile stoep, and the air is dark with cracking ujambeks.

Yours faithfully...

J. H. GARDINER.. J. A. TZERANT.

for the Hongkong Cigarette and

Tobacco Fund. Hongkong, Sept. 22, 1920.

KOWLOON NIGHT NOISEN.

To the Editor of the Chine Moži.]

What right have you to say that the letters published by the Chase Afair are nonsensical in the extreme? You don't purely think the Paper is only printed for you to read. No, my dear Fellow, you should have said "I consider think

Tonight the Company will present The Yellow Ticket, Russian story tinged with a dramatic element which should give full scope to the abilities of the talented players.

expect our most respectable one to treat of Fine Oil For Its morning contemporary would probably deal. piper would undoubtedly diffate on With Highland Dew, and the other the excelente of Claret and Lemon- ade. But you, Sir, have chosen the drink of drinks and so great is my apprciation of you for such choice would, if I had a clean dollar bill send you the price of

toro.

Far be it from me to seek to fathom the mysteries of the editorial sanctum, but one may be forgiven for assuming that, the hand of "Adversarina" is in that article, for who else would ignore the sad line on your cards BEER UP” and write at length on the delights of beer going down

But it was hot the Intention of the present writer to discuss the subject

wönderment at the evidences of your articlewit was to express

much reading and of a vast memory. The ordinary mortal can never hope to be able to trot out as he wills little gems from the best known writers, let alone from some unknown

and so look with awe on the extracts with, dates complete, which appeared yesterday.

I would like to ask the Rasder of oubt you will blush with he the Chusa Mail this questions

Are the letters, which hayn, bezni published on this, matter by the China Mail, any more Nonsensical than the Kowloon Notes by Far

Now, Readers, it is up to you and before I close I wish to challenge you Mr. Ferryman to take further stepe, because you state that you have beard that the noise has Dear Sir, should esteem it, a quietened down:~:::

I dispute this Statement, for I know subaltero brother (juvenile lead). great fayout if you could, in the near The major is always getting accured future, find a corner in your widely that these Concerts have been of the misdeeds of aforesaid lively read and vained paper for a fas carried on just the same in fact young subaltern, but for the sake of remarks on "Ferryman's notes more frequently--and No Comprints the sweet young girl in the white which appeared in the Telegraph isse have been received. Strange, ba't dress, who has come all the way of the 17th inst from England to look after Dickie," he takes the blame, and becomes grimly taciturn until the last chap ter where we get our scene of passion.

It?

In the first place he writes "it is I hope the Person who informed unusual for critica to-air their views you will see these few lines, unicas in one paper on topics originating in he has given the Smart Bhoys" another paper

Best, and wishes to let the matter

A woman stood at the threshold of the farm, shading her eyes from the fierce heat of the African sus ... Git's always an African sun in Africa, strangely enough).. The sky was of a deeper, intenser blue than the bad ever seen in England, which perhaps accounts for the fact bloe than she had ever seen in Eng that the top button of fier blouse or land. Somewhere in the distance even the next button is always undone. could be heard the words "Gentlemen She is a fine, deep bosomed woman the King" and the clank of spurs as with a mouth like a scarlet pome the officers of the Fighting 32nd Editora of Newspapers, have furnished granate, and she had come out to beaved themselves to their feet.

M The sky was of a deeper, intenser HfStentor who wrote, in your drop

issue of the 13th fast. a reply to Ferryman's effusion of the 10th inst. had forwarded his reply to the Telè graph, he would, as is required by

his name and address' and thus

Yours etc.

STENTOR

A DAMN BOUIB.

To the Editor of the "China Mol,"

Str. Congratulations for your

that Stentor and his friends are every Mail,

com modesty on mading these few words of sale,and you will admit that well, yes, perhaps our memory is not too bad "--and you will then proceed to put away those laboriously complied Notes, for ons cannot help thinking that you are after all-probably rather like the diarist in that well-known and justly. remembered away by A. A. Milne, The Diary Habit," "who delivers himself thus remember, he will write in his autobiography having forgotten all about it distinctly remember and here he all refer to his diary meeting Xat lunch one Sunday. *

Youn,

THE OTHER HALE. PS. In case this reaches you too fate for to-days edition I must add that the delay in sending it is owing to the difficulty I Eng in placing -my hands on The Diary Habit.

INote by the writer of the article It was tally to see in that article “erklances of mach; reading and ef a vist memory," seeing that it ex pressly mentioned. Maynard's. An thology, from which all but one of two of the quotations and dates were

look bigger fools than they actually taken Newcaber" writers would

South Africa full of illusions that had Amid fragrant chutney bushes a avoided the inconvenience that quickdy ""withered under the ferte, kõitmagar gang to its mates Sud-paper's staff has been put to in trying best of the African sun upon that deply the major's restraint burst its to ascertain the name of the individpal torrid arid land. A single borse dam; with a choking sob, he stum, who wrote ender, the nose de plume man zigzags slowly towards her, bled forward, and crushed Veronica of Stentor." I can assure you, Sir leading article in yesterday's China

ross the, arid veldt. They never to his medal-studded breast, in a

bit as keen to know acho Ferryman The subject is one which is worthy are if it were not for anthologies scem" to come much closer to each fierce, lingering embrace other than that...

Again and again he kissed her; and his friend srey as the Telegraphs of you and, in case some unkind and other teference So I don't know much about Russian and again, and again, and again and Staff, Ferryman, and his friend are to person may think that this sentence

sa ambiguous, let me fasten to add- asion except that it is very fierce again (till ready).With tretebling find out who Stentor" is. "age and elemental, and the hero calls the ears he murmured Marmaduke!! The song referred to by the friend that bear surely is fine stuff. Sheroine." Donahka:”—and then more ]. Ab, God, how the banyans from Flatland was sung at 9 am I the subject of drinks were to be and I am sorry for the person who taken up by our dailies: I should stil Doushkovaka ”—or waved, and punicans punked

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