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· SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1+21.

The faithful Reuter OF COURSE made haste to in-

IT IS. form us yesterday"

that in the

Your opinion as to tured and educated, we mentioned. claimed that in Hongkong the magistrates should be trained stip.

the derivation of Hardy as one of the greatest living C.R.A. proposes to base the fran-endiaries, absolutely independent

the word "Parla English writers: She immediately chise on intelligence, which is of the local Government (as na

ment may be the remarked: Oh Yes! the man balf truth. They propose to base cadet is or can afford to be) and our is on intelligence plus racial quali-judges should not be in the position correct one. Personally, I have who wrote How to be Happy sidered opinion of the Attorney- fications. He also emphasises that of having to sak or expect anything always thought it came from two fhough Married." I think he was General of the U.S.A. beer is a

medicine. Of course it iL. the Interests have not been very from the local Government. That French words, parler" to speak, an Army chaplain in Hongkong.'

Such things have to be heard to be thought everybody knew that. successful in securing representa- would be real reform. It would, and "menteurs bar.

There can be no such believed.

Taken in sufficient doses, repeated tion, which is fudge. With John-bowever, cost money, for we should

CORTER thing, remarked a con- This reminds us of a remark at proper intervals, it is the very. stone and Chater where they are, have to pay enough men, to allow

temporary as the be made by the late Editor of the finest cure for pessimism, melan- one fallire at a bygone election is for leave, and sickness, and so on. the one swallow that does not prove. And when you bamp up against the ginning of the week, as forced Eche. Same one once asked him cholis, mother-in-lawitis, police of the kind suggested whether a rival Editor Fas a officiousness, and other diseases of a summer. I disagree with him money cost here, srguments are { fabour"

under British law, far less under tired, well-read man and Mr. the nervous system. However, this that the ballot would protect the apt to fizzle out.

A local resident bus the British Government As reright replied: "Well, I suppose legal recognition means that when employers of any taipan against whom they voted., The point is

letter gards the reference to British so, in his own way. When I once I return to the States, armed with. ABOUT THE received that they would not believe in its GREAT ME from Scotland, ask Malaya, the contradiction was cor- mentioned Omar Kharam to him medical certificate. I will be able protective power, and they would

ing him to try and rect; but this generalization he thought it was a cheese!" Si to get my customary medical com argue that the result of the ballot

find out the name have quoted was unhappily too non e vero.

fence.

AGAIN,

was

-

There was no farts.

The awful

Some of the news. papers protested. that VISITORS. the Government make- too much mystery about their preparations to receive That is because roval vistors. they, the newspaper fellows, do not [realize how setuus, not to say I welcome the dangerous, the conditions are. With

CHARIVARIA," Week (in-Thurs Constitutional Reformers still at day's Daily Press) large, and Esau running loose with-

Yesterday's Daily CRYING Press did quite right "WOLF."" to tell us that Capt. Wolfe of the Police

was arriving on the Nankin; but wasn't it tactless to add a little

would affect his treatment of them of the person who writes these sweeping. Corres under the British need for the Italian addendum To ROYAL I submit these arguments for the Adversaria, because Afr., an flag, enforced by British officials, is the best of my recollection and be sake of arguing, and because I beeminent journalist there, is anxious not only possible but actual, as we lief, it did happen. lieve that the Pogramme of the to know. He says that whoever I saw lately in Kenya, where the thing about this extract is its refer I clergy are protesting against it. ence to the late Editor." I have C.R.A. is now hopeless. If they am, I am Remarkably Clever.

The father of William good reason to believe the fellow still had any chance. I wouldn't do have been suspecting this for some

WILLIAM James, the psychologis still very much alive. it. By the way, I hear that one time now. I suggested it to the

JAMES ist, suggested as for two of those prominent in China Mail editor one payday,|

FATHER. Suitable epitaph for the uvement have considerably hopefully, but all he said

himself these extra- modified their views. Mr. Pollock, Come off your perch.”

ordinary words: "Here lies a man Mr. Alabaster, and Editor Cart-

The Russians are excel-who has thought all his life that a new humourist. I don't regard out a muzzle, the authorities were wright Bold fast, and may be re-

GORKY. fent at the short story, the ceremonies attending birth. him as a rival, because charitaria bound to take peculiar precantions. garded as defending the last ditch.

Last week I spoke of marriage, and death-were all damn lacks the spontaneity and native But what chance have they?

The father seems sparkle of adversaria. Indeed, be Saguntam, trusting to Rome, falle Tehehov or Chekhov, whom I be-ed nonsense." to Hannibal, after a gallant degan to read first in Japan, twenty to have been a much more interest-jokes rather stertorously at present; bat promises power to improve years ago, before he was a Britishing man than the son.

I have a typewritten with practice. The same cor-vogue, as now. Gorky, of course,

GREETINGS letter from Canton, respondent, in a has been much longer known to us.

Once in a frequent- FROM with an autograph INTELLIGENCE. letter in the same The Times Literary Supplement of

that looks like "Ask JUDGES OR y recurring while lower down the news that a wolf. gray in colour with red spots, al CANTON paper yesterday, January 27th notices two Gorky!

some Judge or other rüb. but is prob

makes the Bench Weighing mare than 4 catties. tries to be smart by denying, what books, one of which has an extra-

had just been killed localle? had not then been suggested, that ordinary sketch entitled Happi-ably meant for something else. It Ltd the Hongkong jiyan is more ness." It illustrates an alleget refers to my notes oa local verse, ridiculous hy solemn insistence on Luckily our C.S.P. is not the sort intelligent than a Shanghai rate-iscrepancy between books and real and on Mr. Partington's writings. his dignity. I recall the case of a of man to be intimidated in that

many chin-chinspotty little colonial judge who snap-way. payer. In a footnote, most extra-life, as well as the tendency of the and tenders

The first noem in onlinarily, the D.P. editor accepts bookish man to model-bis conduct As I already have a chin too many, ped at a cormsel for referring to

ELECTRICITY. Squire's Mercury I am not ecstatically grateful. precedent as by so-and-so CUL ̈* this. His currect answer, of course, by what he has read.

for wary tells was to have affirmed and maintain. The Times prints the following! Somehow, those Canton fellows. He said it wasn't respectin!. Now

Dear either when praising or blaming.sion J., hates to hear one of his nine and melted. What have the I read that Horridge, Divorce Divi-bow a scythe was stuck by light- ed that the Hongkong juryman has extract:"Once I was an intelligence superior to the

Majesty's judges referred to as electricians to say to this?. The Cork revives Judge Coleridge." The term. Shanghai ratepayer. The fact that

Maurice Hewlett bas the story of the case he is a Hongkong juryman, and

says Judge Porridge, is an "Ameri

written several read- the other merely a Shanghai rate

KNOWING in which Whistler the canism," and "only applicable to

HEWLETT- able tales, and a few artist sued for libel county court judges." payer, is proof.

later ones less read- Raskin the critic. Justice

is a very oldable, and be is now writing reviews

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that was nonsense:

lone

With

to happiness." he says, that always orverdo it. almost fell into its soft clutches." One fine moonlight night he was sitting with a girl he admired near a hayrick. He was talking to her

"FOR

HOW."

JUSTICES:

He says

MAURICE

A group of men passionately about what he knew

of them and what he didn't know of life, Ruskin had written: "I have seen and respected title." "Judge and bits of literary journalism. He CONSTITUTION. sober were quiz- when suddenly the girl fainted and beard much of cockney impnd-not an Americanisın. Anyways one of those irritating reviewers,

zing me about That being the first fainting fit he fence before now; but never expect- my ignorance of Constitutional bad seen, his first thought was to ed to hear a coscomb ask two ost Americanisms are the purest entirely satisfied with his ow

of old Englishisms. "Afr. Justice" taste. which can see no excellence Reform I told them we had no shont and call for help, but im hundred guineas for flinging a pot is a silly title on the fact of it, for outside the narrow literary milieu constituion to reform. They said mediately remembering what well- of paint in the public's face. At judges are not justice incarnate. which is (derivatively) his own. I

I reafed bred heroes of novels familiar to me the trial, says Judge Parry, Whist should have thought it more appl the Daily Chronicle he has been. it. I said that our constitution de- do on similar occasions," he tore ler certainly enjoyed himself.

"Can you tell me." seked Sicable to a J.P. than to a judge-trouncing Mark Twain for not We do not pay Judge Hodge king Walter Scott's archaic ro- Bended on the British Constitution. away her blouse and the belt of her

When he saw her beanty John Holser, how long it took big wage to waste time giving in mances. Hewlett informs us that Ther granted that. I then said skirt. that the British Constitution was his frst" impulse was to kiss her, you to knock of that nocturne?**

competent lectures on the use of every year be reads through a num- "Two days," replied Whistler. destroyed by the Coalition. It was but he thought it more urgent to

The labour of two days then is the English language. His pidgin ber of the Waverley Novels. I run for water: On his return he

is English law. Let him get on quite believe it. I had suspected it. always unwritten and nebulous as

with it.

before. If he would read a mamber regards outline. but it had funda- found her recovered and she thank that for which son ask two hundred mental principles which the pre-ed him it seemed to him, not sin guiness.!"

The leader in of Mark Twain's books every year "No. I ask it for the knowledge

would perhaps have more sent governing gang had jettisoned. cerely. Four years later he met

THAT NEW-Thursday's China be They seemed to be dubious, so I her on a seamer. She told him of a lifetime."""

It is curious that Holker, with s PHILOSOPHY. Mal started me humour and more common-sense. tried to dead them to first principles. she was married, had two children,

-on a speculation The Yankee at the Court of King "You will grant:" I said, "that and was proudly expecting a third. hundred gaireas on his brief, our monarchy is elective."

"A shall I tell you?" she should have risked such a foolish sa to which is the more respectable Arthur" gives & truer perspective one sard they all said that way asked, affectionately smiling with gibe against so clever a man, but man, the unbeliever or the make of chivalry and medieral his- rot. Our king was not elected. I her dark eyes. If then, by the I fancy the whole of his cross-believer? With so small a field, tory than do all the highfalutin said that his family was, and that hayrick-you remember you had examination was really directed to there will be no place money for potboilers of Scott.. oar history recorded how we had been bolder... well if you had dismissed one royal family and kissed me

I did please you, elected another. It is more econo- didn't I? What a strange fellow, mical to elect by family than by to run for water... Oh, you individual. As we have elected in I told her that I had conducted the past, we might possibly do so myself as directed in books, and again if ever the need arose. They that, according to writings held then began disputing among them-sacred by me at the time, it was selves, and ignored me so I went necessary at firet to regale a girl of to play poker, and won money-in-a fainting fit with water, and What is the use of that one thay kiss her only after talking seriously to she has opened her eyes and ex-

Oh, where am I? ** men like that? They claimed: have, no real desire to She laughed a little, then added learn. Any new idea (new to them) redectively merely shocks them. They have There lies our whole trouble, been told that we have a democratic that we always want to live accord

Life is government, therefore, so for asing to writings.

THE PREMIER.

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Piere Vidal, s01

Listen to it, my worthy Prince! Should you ask me why I sing, I answer that it is my joy

Surly louts to annoy

And warm the bearts of cheerful

men

Like you and me.

I had a caddy at St. Helier of

Auction Bridge,,

SOME BRIDGE. like whist, may be defined as s

** GAILY THE of a Toulouse allow the witness to exhibit to the the second guess. jury his concert and self-infatos-

made The surprising TROUBADOUR." furriez,

songs in the tion, qualities which, coupled with bis eccentric appearance,

TEASING THE disappearance of SERGT.-M.WOR. A noble mon. twelfth century, when Richard of He bound to tell in mitigation of

stache from the the Lion Heart was afoot. damages, which was all that Holker

face of our most popular martial was, says a chronicler of 1575, a expected.

Whistler was awarded one far-hero reminds me of a story of him good troubadour poet, a great It boaster," one who "slandered thing damages. Twenty-five years and the late John Gardner. later, when plaintiff and defendant was when they were bivouacking in everybody, and fell in love with were both dead, the picture for the Supreme Court. The Sergeant. every lady he saw. If he had not which Whistler had the impudence Major, wearied by a hard day's died in 1909 he might now be writ- to ask wo hundred gaineas, as work, was wooing sleep. He had ing adversaris. "Here is a trans- purchased for exactly ten times that but just dozed off when John woke lation of one of his improvisations:

The joy that bubbles ever in-me sum by the National Art Collec- bim. "Sergeant-Major What?"

And this company that I like tions Fund, and now hangs in the "Would you care for a drink?"! National Gallery.

"No, thanks. He turned over. Impels me hurriedly to make a

"Sergeant-Major, ver sang- ing us news or knowledge, wow!

I get the impression Interval. could not attend the lecture myself,

GOLFERS. after reading Zo geant major." Bother the man. disc's golf notes in What is it now? Would you because my collar had not come they are concerned, our govern- broader, wiser, than books.

"No." This very back from the laundry, but I hoped nient is democratic. That sort of Life does not at all resemble books.

Tuesday's Daily Press. that the like a cigar Well, and now, do you to read all about it in the papers. thing helps me to realize that I

Fouldn't like a democratic govern-still live according to books, eh?" golfers here, especially the ladies, sharp and snappy. Again he had are a very selfish or a very thought just succeeded in dropping off, Another wow!

Roderick Run-inent if we got one. Demos is such Guy de Maupassant has a story less set of people. The ladies in. when the wakeful John roused him RODERICK doin in the Dally a blockhead. They tell me our

Press finds my system is representative. Fudge similarly based, in which an old rite gentlemen to tiffin, without again. If he didn't feel like a writings entertain-I have seen a umber of general bachelor is rallied be a lady be bad having presiously ordered the meal, gar, perhaps he would accept a ing but false. He elections. I as a roter wart, say, a known in youth. The point is that they insist on reserving" special cinette? For the sake of peace, the same name.

if Gorky really had the experience, tables, and they on after they and in the hope that he would now declines to take them literally, and man I know to represent me. strikes a blow in defence of the is true that by coaxing a neighbour instead of merely following the have finished eating, regardless of be allowed to sleep, he took the Frenchman's lead, it helps to show others waiting to be fed. Both proffered fag. He privily dropped WHITEHEAD.-On March 3. 1921, professional leader writers whom Tor" two, and parting with somehow honestly real life is reflected rules and posted requests seem to under the bed, and dozed off game of akili; but as it is played

If he is a rooney, I could secure his nomina

"Sergeant-major! This in some quarters, it can look very be ignored, according to this not again!

even more like gambling. They bid, not on attacked last week. leader-writer too, I can understand, tion; but he would have no chance in good literature. ⠀ C. Whitehead, a daughter.

"WHAT IS IT Now?" the strength of their own bands, I myself had a simi- at all censorious writer. Coupling time the call was TEESDALE. On March 4. 1921, at this, but regarding him as a liter- The Parties send their chosen men,

EXCERPT lar adventure about this with the disgraceful football insistent. Paris, the wile of J. H. Teesdale ary egotist like myself I'm surand I have to choose between them;

FROM r the year 1886, when fighte of last week, I conclude that You can imagine the eruptive but on their partners, and they roar in which these four words would rather catch a poacher than prised at him. I was going for the though I approve of neither. The of a daughter.

were uttered."Sergeant-major, save the game. A rubber played HUGHES.On March 4, 1921, at China Mail leader-writer who wrote Parties have big secret funds, ACTOBIO-I was very green. Un local sport is none too sporting.

A scholar was twit-I'm sorry, but when I gave you a the other night, including seven Detroit, Mich., to Mr. and Mrs. an editorial on Constitutional Re- never audited, which are used to

my chum, we met

ting me the other cigarette just now I quite forgot to successful contracts, totalled 2,289 form which I am sure Roderick put party men in. "An M.P. does R. R. Hughes, a SUG

IGNORANCE. night on my ad- offer you the matches. Here they against 1,076. It started by a three ROSS-On March 5, 1921, at the would not approve any more than not have to be faithful to his con- two girls. It appeared that one of

matted ignorance of are." The amused observer of this spade call being doubled and re- I did, I called the writer of it an stituents. He has to be loyal to them was his sweetheart. They Victoria Nursing Home, Shang idiot, and Roderick seems to ob- the Party leader, the Premier. The left me to entertain the other girl characters in Sheridan's plays. I incident (Phil") refuses to dis doubled. The re-doubler went tive hai, to Mr. and Mrs. J. Ross,ject: Does Roderick knew the Premier ensures his loyalty by i was a bookish youth, with no ex had read the things long ago, as a close the nature of the Sergeant down; 1,000 points !. His side went

man? I do, and I know him to threatening to dissolve. The .perience whatever of the society of task, and retained nothing.

Bobmaier's last answer, beyond, saying down on calls stcccssively, 50, 150 be a fool. Why shouldn't I say has been at considerable expense girls. As we strolled along, at a Acres," was & mere name to me.that its fluency was remarkable. 400, 400, and 100 more, during what I think, when there's no risk to get there. The threat is effective. considerable distance behind the Of Mrs. Malaprop." thanks to One piotures an angry walrus with which the others managed to score of a libel action? I know so much Between the Farty leaders there is other two. I kept my hande in my the repeated references of learned the hiccups, declaiming the Charge a leg and 24. But they also were PETIGURA-On March 7. 1921, at about the fellow's life, and be a friendly understanding. They pockets, was tongue-tied, and felt journalists, I did know some little of the Light Brigade, in the effort not playing sound bridge, for they

Shanghai, Phirozshah Jamshedji knows so well that I know, that take it in turns to milk-the countr embarrassed. In ways which my Oddly enough, during our talk, he to imagine it,

be daren't take me. into court. Place and power and perquisite lady leaders will doubtless ander-perpetrated a3falapropiam. Pelgura, in his 50th year.

Хр Wednesday's the giving of jobs to friends and stand, the young person put it into spoke of one who would inveigle

*** PANDEMIC herd jumps hethem admits that the safe and FRIGID Daily Press ap supporters. The Premier even my head that I must be more enter against something or other. The IMPUDENCE. peared a letter confers titles. They have taken prising. I ventured awkwardly to context showed that he meant in PSYCHOSTS. Cause fy bites steady game does not interest him. if Other beasts He prefers to force the pace. The Signed Query even that away from the put my arm around her waist as reigh. I suppose we all have these

Honours lists have bewe walked. It was allowed to stay little kinks in our knowledge, of jump because the first one did, and rash callers eventually won which was queer on account of its King. frigid impudence. It opened by come bywords. The Premier is there, but there was still no con which we are unconscions. I know tails up, away goes the bord cavort rubber, and had to pay the losers Honaloni, Saturday, MARCH 11, 1991. saying that the correct answer to practically an autocrat, tempered versation. At a field gate, forming another educated man who habiting across the field. Monkeys are sit dollars and ten cents! They "Adversarius"! re Constitutions by having to bribe occasionally a deep recess in a long hedgerow ually spells exorbitanter-intative. So too (though they were playing half pent points. It Beform had undoubtedly" been unruly followers like the churchols. my companion side-stepped and borbitant, which argues a certain overlook it! are men. Many aman may be a thrilling game, but it given bydderick Random." The only good thing about our leaned upon the gate. Her eyes obtuseness towards derivations. It goes flying round this island in isn't bridge, to have to pay forfeit

motor cat, vor because he really for winning. It then went on to say there was system is the independence of our were closed. In the moonlight she is a delicate business to correct

Fshould feel wants to. but because others do it.

(Continued on Page 5) Early in the week a point which both missed, or wil judges, and some of them that are looked pale. She murmured that them, sica, coCE.

more she felt faint. I left her abruptly, momentarily pricked myself, to The same with drinking. The same there was a lec-fully evaded. It then calmly ap-political appointments are.

That China had intended to esta NEWSPAPERS." ture on Einstein's propriated a point made previously than suspect. I name no names, leapt a bedge, ran down to a brook, hare my howlers so corrected, but with ever so many things. Hitherto filled my, bowler hat with water, in the end I am always grateful, it has been the custom to regard theory, and not by me. I said that as compared but I could

So that brings me and panted back to her. She look for ons remembers the pain, and conventionality as evidence of blish a Consular Service in India is one of our newspapers reported it, with the Interests, the Bureaucrate

round again to loca ed at me, uttered the one word never repeats the error which sanity, and eccentricity as at least well known. It is now heard that the indicative of the opposite. Now matter is under negotiation between although we all talk of Einstein are presumably more pure-minded

Constitutional Refool," and walked rapidly back caused it. and want to understand him, Does and disinterested."Query" said we must never forget that the

A few days ago, ariter pathologists see in the emotive Wellington Koo, Chinese Minister to form, and I say that towards towns 1, followed like, this not bear out my contention.

far more than an un-heaten dog, wondering what. I had CULTURE. the Editor of the imitativeness of men symptoms of England, and the British Government.

Straits Echo, speak mental

Beware how your It is very probable that new commlates that newspapers ought to be Government has no are to ind abolisbed? Anything idle or sen- Where's the difference of meaning official majority we want in the way done to offend her. But for books, pational or mischievous they devote in make that original? I cannot of reform really independent should probably never haveing to a lady who is doubtless emotions lead you be less prone to will be catablished at Calcutta, Bome-

regarded in her own circle scolimitate, let reason work runch spece to, but as regards giv-see any. In a footnote the Editor indiciary and magistracy. Our known

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