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THE CHINA
speak. in social conduct (the main concern of Confucius) then great is that philosopher. But social conduct is not philosophy, strictly speaking;
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is entirely without foundation." After referring to the relations between the Hongkong and Canton governments which he describos as 'not unfriendly,"
bas nt two
SPECIAL CABLE.
AUSTRIAN TRADE
COMMISSIONER.
MR. E. S. LITTLE RESIGNS.
[China Mail Special.]
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1922.
YACHTING.
WEEK-END RACING.
SHAW'S "PYGMALION." WARWICK COMEDY COMPANY'S SUCCESS.
During the week-end the Royal
A comedy in four acts by George Hongkong Yacht Club sailed off its Bernard Shaw." Were programinics seventh championship meeting for prophetic this bad read also “Á racing yachts and its fifth champion. triumph for the Warwick Comedy Company For the Theatre Royal ship for cruisers. The yachts tried cor
was packed on Saturday night when SHANGHAI, Feb. 6. Mr. E. S. Little, the Australian clusions on Saturday afternoon over Pygmalion" was presented by these Trade Commissioner with head course of Trucas Rock Buoy (star-talented players. The audience was quarters at Shanghai, announces his board) and Kowloon Rock(starboard); not only unusually large forHongkong: it was also unusually enthusiastic. resignation as from February 4. Mr. distance 9.5 miles. A strong East Nothing it cared for Shaw's hope that the play would "make the public Little was recently subjected to a wind made it heavy going.
such people aware that there are
SHADOWS BEFORE.
The
results were :-
BANDICAP C-399 "'8."
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Corrected Course. Timo.
COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED Diana..
IN THE "MAIL."
it is politics. Our interpretation of to concludos: In these circumst the phrase "philosophy of life" wouldances. it is to be regretted that a insist that its chief significance Japanese news agency, whose reports
the individual, just are not generally accurate,
It is the home of the suceeded in moving one Ba religion's is. sauction, un moral philosophers call it.incautious persons to write to the It answers the why and the how for foreign press in Shanghai, on the the individual, and the "how," of subject of the strike, in a sense reflect- aing or appearing to reflect on the course, being incorporated as metal habit) gets translated into Government at Canton." conduct. The Chinese, the lecturer Idle Ships. reminded
have
along gol
It was worth while climbing the
amount of adverse without religion in the theological
think it would be Peak ou Sunday just to see what the considerable sense, and we fairer to their civilization to admit wonderful array of the shipa in the criticism by local Australians regar that the formulated philosophies do harbour looked like. Half a dozen orng Australian matters gencrally. not deserve all the credit for it, especi more abreast, line upon line of them ally as we understand that China was stretched from Stonecutters away ou highly civilized and socially will towards Lyemoon. It was only the behared even before Confucius was occasional clang of a ship's bell; born. We ar nqt expressing our carried up through the clear atmos den as clearly as we wish. Perhaps|phere of a perfett winter's day, and Mr. Kuo Ping Ho will acquit as the faint wisps of smoke that were to of any intention of de paraging he seen curling from a 'funnel here Chinese originality in spiritual matters and there, that prevented the illusion when we say that our idea of the that they wire toy ships set out by unconscious, unformulated philosophy the hand of some juvenile Admiral that did aave Chinese civilization is upon a blue carpeted drawing room "The Silver
Weather-stained junks heeled Theatre, "Here Comes the Bride. that it was formulated by Robert Boor. Burns, when he spoke ul weans and over under a freshening breeze and World Theatre, A Doll's House." "The Secret wife' being the sublime," that fussy little launches scuttled around, Kowloon Theatre,
Banet on but their activity only emphasised the Garden." Theatre Royal. Warwick and true philosophy of human life.lifelessness of the larger craft. It was Comedy Company. "A Bill of Divorce- Patience and contentment were (alas indeed a bird's eye view of the ment." that we must not say are) Chinese paralysing power of organised labour. characteristics, derived from the habit of looking wilbin, and not without, for happiness. They are themselves We have had our a philosophy. philosophers who taught the same, but that is where the Chinese have stored over us. They lived up to theirs; ours did not fruit in conduct,
February 10.-The Institution of Our real god has been the Golden Calf,
Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hong- We have given one day to religion, an occasional evening to philosophy, but
"The Court of Appeal has rejected kong, annual ball. City Hall, 9.30 the bulk of our active worship 1ms Landru's appeal. So does one of? m. gone to business and we have never Saturday's cables announce the doom Bremed to believe that these things of the "French Bluebeard." Arrested could intermix, as they did among the in April, 1918, Landru was submitted Chinese. We are tou deeply in the to merciless cross examination but maelstrom now for written philosophy mouth after month this dull, middle- to save us, and the Chinese appear to aged, bald-headed, Assyrian-bearded be following us, imitating us. We do man never wavered in his attitude. not share the pious hope with which beYou accuse me of crime prove it. concluded. If a calamity like the It is not for me to prove myself could not change as, innocent. I deny that I have com- Great War change must await till bigger mitted mrder. Show me the bodies." calurity, which may leave nothing And while all the world believed him wurth clmoging. As the shipowners to bave murdered ten wonten and told the reporters, things will love youth nobody could produce one spot Krow worse before they grow of blood or anything whatever which the ordinary person could identify us part of a human body. But when at last be was placed on fial with 146
March 2.--Hongkong Horticultural and 7,0IX documents Society's witnessed
Avansi show. Botanic Court to examile, the Gardos. for the
to able produce The present position is that we police
notebook in which have declared the Seamen's Guild an the famous unlwful society, making all its mem-
the expenses incurred in connection
"fiancees"- hers, and especially its officers, liable with his numerous
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better.
A STRIKE SUGGESTION.
February 7.-Theatre Royal, War- The saying about an "ill wind," how- | wick Comedy Company. · The Double ever. Lolds just as good of strikes as Eveut."
February 8. Theatre Royal, War it does of anything else and a party of American tourists who arrived by wick Comedy Company. "A Woman the Keystone State" yesterday of No importanco." morning and invaded the Peak during the afternoon were furnished with a forcible demonstration of Hongkong's pre-eminence us a shipping centre. Repulsive Monster.
were
BODIAL EVENTS.
1.0.8.
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of
as phoneticians and that they are among the most important people in England at present." Nothing it cared either for the psychology the piece or the Shavian philosophy himself might expressed. Shaw devote fourteen pages to these things but the audience simply didn't take them seriously. It was there to be and, and amused it was-vastly. It crowed over witty dialogue. gurgled eccentric conduct, and fairly chort at the "new small talk." A full minute before the famous the third adjective was used in act the audience beld its breath in glee'ul anticipation and then didn't it laugh! So long it did, indeed, that the players deserve the greatest credit for their efforts to preserve the shattered illusion. But then possibly they have learned to know Enstera audiences. Anyway, the play was an immense success and everybody was thoroughly pleased.
Written
Yachts.
Colleen.
Sonia
Rolla Dorothea
ENTERTAINMENTS,
Position.
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7'08"
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February 6.-Obronet Theatre.
Horde." Hongkon
Colleen.
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SPORTING EVENTS.
February 20-Hongkong Jockey Club race meeting, first day. The Challenge Cup.
February 21.-Hongkong Jockey Club race meeting, second day. The Lady Cloacina.
Boojum Hongkong Derby.
February 22-Hongkong Jockey Sea Lark Club race meeting, third day. The Spray Champion Stakes.
February 25.-Hongkong Jockey ladys Club race meeting, fourth day. The Hongkong Handicap.
OTHER EVENTƐ.
Į palyg
PUBLIC AUCTION SALES.
February 7.-Hughes and Hough, firewood, packing casca, eto. H.M. Naval Dickyard, 9.30 a.m.
February
Yachts.
Course.
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To imprisonment. At the same time, through advertising as a distinguish as it is plain that we could not withed-looking engineer" he got into
Bros.,. 7.-Lammert to Canton 16 communication with 238 women !— any propriety go
gotiate with those officers, we are were noted down with the purchase household furniture, two typewriters, inviting them to return to Hongkong price of a return and one single ticket one iron safe. Sales rooms, 2.30 p.m. to present their case to the arbitrators. to Gambais (where he is alleged to have February 8.-Lammert Bros., lease- As we really desire them to come burned the bodies of his victims hold property at Fuk Tsun Heung because a settlement by arbitration together with an entry of a time of (Kowloon). Bales rooms, 3 p.m.
February 9-Hughes and Hough, Toinette owes 3'.10" would be the most satisfactory issue cay presumed to be the hour of death. --and it is reasonable to suppose in
the And
entire amount of bisa quantity of tobacconists' sundries.
a Sum Sales Tooms 10.30 a.m. them feelings of timidity as regarde plunder did not exceed putting their heads into the lion's equivalent to £7001 Truly, this mouth the China Mail suggests that wretch of the "charming manner, a promise to them of a "safe conduct,"
hypnotic eyes, and duleet voice" auch was given by the Loadou govern- deserves to die. desire to point out the gravamen of ment to the Irish Sinn Fein delegates, the noun. If the local strike is indeed be published at once. To assure them en imitation, and we do not doubt it, that they may come and argue fear- it comes well within the purview of lessly before the arbitrators, and even the lecturer, is pointedly relevant to if no settlement be reached, yet be his theme, and helps to support his allowed to go in peace, may sem a hotle infra dig for a Government which thesis. We have captioned our con- tribution to the discusion "The in any case would not dream of taking Chinese Mind," rather tisu "Chinese mean advantage of their presence Philosophy "cl iefly because of our bebere; but in the circumstances we Alef that only a small minority of the bink that is a candle of less value
ANDERSEN-On January 21. 1922, at Shanghai to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Andersen, Woosung, a daugliter, OLSEN. On January 31. 1922, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Olsen, a daughter. PAYNE-On January 31. 1922 at
Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. Payne, a daughter.
DEATHS,
MARSHALL. On February 1, 1922,
Pater Marshall in hie 55th year. SMITH. On February 1, 1922 at Shanghai, Harry Jobe Sm th, of the General Electric Company of China #ged 50.
PATERSON-On January 31, 1922,
at Shanghai, Allan
Paterson,
in his thirty-seventh year.
HOPKINS.--O Jonuary 31, 1922,
at Shanghai, Leonard Armstrong Hopkins (British Cigarette Co:) aged 62 years.
than the game.
Chinese, as with ourselves, have a conscious and definite philosophy of life. This is important, because the lecturer atr seed the fact that the String Pulling. Chinese civilization has outlasted O the principle, perhaps, that many ancient civilizations, and said onlookers see most of the game the there must be something in the life opinion that political strings are being
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
One case of diphtheria, British, and one of paratyphoid fever, Filipino, were reported on Saturday.
Three fatal cases of small pox and Chinese, were reported on Saturday, one non-fatal case of diphtheria, all
The Manila cholera epidemic, which at its worst was wild in com parison wth former years, has now been completely wiped out.
COMPANY MEETINGS.
Time.
b.m.e.
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in 1912, when Shaw 19 etill "unbearably brilliant, "Pygmalion now requicies littlo comment, and the object of this notice 18 Lot to praise Shaw but. to congratulate the Warwick Comedy Company, that comment the author bituself can supply wish to boast that Pyginalion' has been an extremely successful play all over Europe and North America as well as at home," wr.tes in an unusually brief 4.45 48 ho 4.46.27 preface. "It is so intensely and 4.47.59 deliberately didactic, and its subject is esteemed so dry, that I delight in 4.48.40
the heads of the 4.49.00 throwing it at
wineacres who repeat the parrot be that art stould never didactic. It goes to prove that art should never be anything else." Incidentally one wonders what Shaw would say after denouncing our to"enfeebled imaginations for their
Pte.
Date.
lazy dependence on the ready-mades and reach-me-downs of the ragebop in which Romance keeps its stock of 'bay py en lings' to misfit all stories,' could he have seen how the Warwick Company finished "Pygmalion" on Saturday night. Eliza does not taarry Higgins, and Shaw writes a long foot- note to explain why. The Warwick Company's ending may have pleased the audience immensely but it was totally absurd in the light of the instincts Show strives to depict in Corrected conflict light through the play. Oce
Time.
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A protest has been lodged against Sirius and Ursula.
February 7.-The Hongkong, Yachts. Ltd, Union Building, boGo. Canton, and Macao Steamboat Co.,
Corrected Time. h.m.8.
may tamper with Shakespeare, but with Shaw....!
Anyway, the warmest praise is due to the Warwick Comedy Company for a fine performance. Miss Gertrude F. Godart made a clever study of Eliza Doolittle, showing the Cockney flower girl coarse or refined, docile or pas. sionate, as required by an exacting role, with rare insight. A little
spruce
and
alert perhaps.
S
the
February 10.-Hughes and Hough, bronze and Chinese porcelains, kakemonos. Sales rooms 230 p.m. February 10.-Hughes and Hough, Sales Rooms, & stamp collections.
The course for the cruisers on Sun-less p.m.
more Convincing February 16.-Hughes and Hough, day was Hongkong Island (starboard) Mr. Dudley Howarth would have twin serew passenger steamer "Suna distance of 24 miles. There was a been
strong East wind and a leaward tido."impetuous baby" Henry Higgine careless about himself and other Tak." Sales rooms, 3 p.m.
people, including their feelings. His acting, however, was excellent, and was quite equal to the difficult part kis to play. Mr. Charles Bradley was very courtly as Colonel Pickering, and Mr. Tom Fenwick suitably fatuons as Freddy Enysford Hill. Mr. Edgar Warwick himself played the part of Alfred the engaging dustman,
with Doolittle, and played it the finish and restraint of
Lena accomplished "actor. Miss Flowerdew
Mrs. 69
Higgins, the mother of Kenry Higgins; Miss Eileen Dawn as Mrs. Pearce, the housekeeper; Miss Dorothy Radford as Mrs. Enysford Hill, the victim of genteel poverty; and Miss. Marjory Clark, as Miss Enyaford Hill, the social "pusher," cach mads the most of their respective parts. The two remaining parts, that of a bystander
Aileen
Results were:---
ENGLISH RIG,
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course.
6'00"
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3.53.15
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24'00"
D.N.F.
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February 10.-The Kowloon Land Azuma...... and Building Co., Ltd., 23rd, ordinary La Cigale....Scratch
Feathers. general meeting. Company's offices, Victoria Buildings noon
February 10.-Hongkong and Kow- loon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd.,
Fayth The total output of the Kailan 35th ordinary annual meeting. Offices Noraoman of the race which had, the power of pulled to keep the seamen on strike Mining administration's mines for the of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and withstanding the ravages of time-an seems to be held even more firmly in week ending January 21 amounted to Co, Ltd, 11 a.m.
February 14. Dairy Farm, Ice Queen Bee... element of permanence." We are not Shanghai thap in Hongkig. The 57,320 tons and the sales during the
and Cold Storage Co. Ltd., extra Sea Queen ILI Scratch protesting that this something is not Shanghai Times, for instance, con- period, to 68,419 tohm.
ordinary general meeting to consider Chinese philosophy-far from it. fesses that "we cannot somehow get
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Mist
The Chinese masses seem to be rid of a lurking suspicion that the That there is something in a resolution increasing capital from
"The Ooos, No. 2, Lower Albert Road, La Cigale.. philosophers without knowing it, like working men of the South are being name is prove, by to-night's big $855,000 to $1,500 000. Registered Azuma.....
Aileen.. the chamcteria the French play who utilized by Dr. Son's party as a poten-Coronet Teatre attract on. talked prose without knowing it, or tial woupon with which to achieve the Silver Horde," a wonderful tale of woon.
man may argue logically desired end." Another Shanghai paper, Alaska, whose author is one of the February 16.-The Green Island Feathers without being acquainted with the North China Daily Nowe, recently, most famous now writing for the emont Co, Ltd., 33rd ordinary an- Violet..
nual meeting. St. George's Buildings, Irene
Norsoman Jogical formulus. Our datinotion published a letter from a correspon-screen--Rex Beach.
Chater Road, 11 a.m. Fedrawn i order to avoid dent, siguing himself C.W.II." who
February 16Union Waterboat Fayth. notion bound to arise in some fired this point-blank query at Mr. Eu-
general Mist.. The China Mail.binds that the tuctures was suggest Reno Chen, he Cantou Government's evening, of Bering The Suezet Gar › INTIM, JUSTIOR, PUALIO SERVICE. ing that the Chinese civilization had publicity man:-"May I be permitted dun," a piquant romanus by Francie meeting of shareholders. Offices of Queen Boo.... 0 been saved and kept alive by the to ask Mr. Bugano Chen, whose know Hodgson Burnett, author of "Litt Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Lt, 11.30 Soa, Queen' III. *0 literati. In a sountry of so much ledge and understanding the Chine Lord Fauntleroy, "To-morrow (Tues. m.
February 17,-Hongkong Hotel Co., illiteracy,philosophy must bave and their affairs are generally admits day) evening the Kowloon Theatre survived more by means of folk-ted to be limitable, what it any, will hold te usual popular cabares Ltd., second extraordinary general Yachts. speech than by letters, and the con- truth' there in in the rumour that the dinge. asious philosophers, many of thin, party been ably serves is, directly or
JówGeoxɑ, Monday, Ven 6 1012
THE CHINESE MIND.
Although the forthcoming remarks
o put tako The Blike a phir
Anbject, they have a direct bearing on
Kowloon has ita opportunity this
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meeting, to co.firm resolution in erensing capital from $2,500,000 to Lady Jean,... 4′00* must have written of a thing which in sirectly, responsible for the present Ou returning to Shanghai from 35 000 000 Hong ong Hotel, 11 a.m. Niobo 1.4 existed, rather than to inculcata what semen's strika in South Chink waters, Honalou E. FM Barret February 18-Hongkong and Canone... dil slut. It was not, in the lecturers whether the stake in an affal of found a being reci awaiting hin stating Su aghai Banking Corporation, ordin Hole wards, owing to any alien stimula labour or of polites, and who her the fine bid father had been killed in n ay yonely menting of shareholders Dorothy II Mr. Kuo Ping. 1o, who gave the tion or assistance" and we would Cantón Governinout is at the moment motor acoffeyt at home. The deity Hall, anon
February 18, The West Point Reading Circle or the felon May suggest that it owed lean to Chian's busily engaged in "pulling the string coasdd utlenian was Lt. Col. E Institute such an excellent address on philosoplicit writers than to this on the usb D's side of the dispute Buttoti, Beata ut age, who below Harley extraordinary general Lady Jean.. Chinese Philosopliv hat werk referred excellent mentality of the ring of Mr. Chen replied, with at mésurance the Wat was in coramand bolta meiling to "vouhrin Folution for Alobe ints pour imitation" of the people Ifasy philolopher that the report than the wovernment on of the Was Surrey Volunteers volantorily winding up the company on
Dorothy 11: European", striker We have not can claim credit for making ni Cautoulle in any sento repobaille During the War he held the pantion Omoeg of Means, varding, Matheon, Helen.co
tay about the adjective. the Chinese mind sp:calize, so to fur the seaman's strike at Hongkong of Camp commendant in France,
oru
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in the first not and that of a maid to Mr Higgins, were played by Mr. Frank Wheatley and Miss Nina Braley, respectively.
This evening the play will be Olemenco Dano "A Bill of Dworce- mont" which was hailed as the year's most notable production' when first produced in London,
Widow of the labs- Mr. W. H. Emburley, of Shanghai, Mrs Clara. Emberiny, who had been the victim. D.N.F. of ill-health for a long time, died 03 "do, h
years of age at her daughter's rel D.N.9. Bidence in Kowloon at 3 and on Pts. for Pte. to Baturday. Much sympathy will be Race Date, extended to Mr Leach, the bereaved daughter, who is the wife of Mr.
20
18. A. Lokah of the Vacuum Oil Company,. *0% and who was with her mother he the
The funeral took plaque on. Saturday afternoon.
oud.
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