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BATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1922

CHILDREN'S CORNER.

PLAIN CLOTHES LAND.

There was once upon a time a little girl called Gloria who was much too fand of pretty clothes. Now it is all very well to like nice things and she had ever so many pretty frocks and hats and shoes and yet she wanted everything that the saw.

At school if any other little gid bad on a daintier dress than her own she would be bad-tempered for the rest of. the day and if one of her friends had on a coloured hair ribbon that Gloria liked the would tease and worry ber until her friend would say, "Oh you can have it. I don't care a bit about it. Only leave me in peace." And then Glaris would go home wearing the new ribbon, as proud as peacock.

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OFFICIAL CHANGES.

This week's Government Gazette Announces that Mr. David William Tratman will act as head of the Sanitary Department daring the leave of H. Geoffrey absence on Robley Sayer.

Macdonald Young, H.B.E., to act as FLE has appointed Mr. George member of the University Court during the absence from the Colony of George Thomas Money Edkins,

CRIMINAL SESSIONS

The Criminal Sessions open on Monday at 10 am. when the Chief Justice will try Tam King, Tam Tai, Tam Mi and Tam Kom on

THE CHINA MAIL. ~~20-

CASH OR CHITS.

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AN OLD PROBLEM

DISCUSSED BY TEC

A large number of members of the extraordinary meeting - yesterday Victoria Recreation Club attended an evening to consider a proporal made at the last Annual General mesting that payment for refreshments be invade either by cash coupons or cash deposits in lieu of the presant chit system.

Mr. W. Logan, who presided at the meeting, said that H.E. the Hos. Dr. Claud Severn, CM.G., the Chairman of the Club, bad informally tested the feelings of members on the subject at the annual general meeting, and charge of murder. The Pusine those present had voted in favour of One day when Gloria was out alone; Jadge will tear cases in the cash coupon. This special meet- in the fields round her house she saw which Lo Tez is charged with ing was called in order to give these something brown underneath a hedge. robbery and receiving stolen goods members not present at the annual

Whatever is it?" she said to and Po Kan for wounding and seaanit. meeting an opportunity of consider herself and when she best down to On Wednesday Chan Chik and Chan ing the proposal to vary a practice look the saw that it was a pair of Sam will be arraigned for manslaugh- which had prevailed over 50 years. In leather shoes. They were quite plair ter before the Chief Justice and on only each she had a large D worked the following day Ip Yar will be tried into the leather.

for the unlawful possession-of sTI.

What strange looking things." muttered Gloria, "I must see if they will it me."

She sat down and put them on and! MAN-WOMAN-MARRIAGE.

found that they fitted her exactly.

And then-a quer thing happened.

She felt herself jerked upright and the A CORONET MASTERPIECE. next micate she was running bard. jumping over bedges and ditches and going like the wind uptil she had no breath left.

"I don't want to run," he gasped, Why can't I stop. Oh dear, oh des I am getting so tired!"

Household drudge, social butterfly political worker, Queen of Amazons.

Christian elaves-these are some of the roles which Dorothy Phillips has to sustain in portraying the Eternal It was not the slightest ose feeling Woman who is the central figure in tired though as on her feet went "Man-Woman-Marriage," the motion rashing, scrambling. tearing along picture masterpiece which the Coronet until she found herself on the out-management has secured for presents

tion to its patrons next week. skirts of a dark wood. --

I must stop," she sobbed, but it was no good. "There was hardly room

ribbons.

It is a prodigious picture. Built upon a theme so tremendous that it to squeeze between the trees which goes right to the root of the biggest were old and big and grew closely human problems it has set a new tozether and often Gloria was bumped standard in spectacular magnificence, Sesinst them and her izcel caught in Amongst its most arresting scenes is the brambles ani bung round her in the one where hundreds of wome

old, to do battle with a horde of man Yet it is not the barbaric beauties the pagan splen- deurs depicted in the film, nct its searching comparison of the Bacchans The next minute she heard some-lian revelries of old Rome with the ore By, "Why bare are Dorothea's social sinfulness of today, that is makes it truly an epic of the screen los shoes Bad πο this strange little girl? A this is merely incidental to its and looking up she saw several mirroring. with children about her own age eranding looking at her.

fride barebacked, like the Amazons of

And then at last she came out on to a green glade in the middle of the forest. The shoes stopped as sudden- le as they had started and Gloria fell excausted on the ground.

The first thing that she noticed was they that all wore the same kind of frock, a plain sky blue garment tied

the

moet per fect artistry and breadth of concep tion, of the hopes, the loves and the instincts of all womankind.

At slightly increased prices, Man- Woman Marriage" will be shown at with a sash and they had on brown the Coronet daily next week beginning leather shoes, each child with aon Monday, at the 5.15 and the 9.13

Servet initial. Then she saw that

i a ring round the lade were some smal bouses like mushrooms and in! front of each one was a lovely garden, where other children were sowing seeds and watering busily.

"Who are you!" asked one of the childien. **And Low did you find the chup, Dorothea took them of yesterday to paddle in the stream

and lost them.”

Then Gloria told her how she had

sessions.

proposing the new system, the Chair- man was actasted by $ desire to instil the spirit of economy into the younger members of the Cub. Mr. Logan said he was pleased to state that since the annual meeting, $1,000 out of $2,000 outstanding in chits had been paid, and in addition, $200 written off as bad debt had been iped off. He then proposed the adoption of the suggested new system.

Capt. Hussey seconded.

Mr. G. W. Sewell proposed that the! present system should stand. He said that the new eyetem was defensible in a social clab, but he did not ses any reason for it in a sporting club. "It the cash coupon system were adopted the V.R.C. would be in the position of being the only club in the Far East to adopt such a system, and he objected strongly to being brought down to the level of a defaulte.

Mr. R. H. B. Mitchell seconded Mr.

Sewell's proposal. If the Committer enforced the bye-laws there should be no difficulty in collecting money under the present system. He thought that most of the outstanding debts had been carried by visiting members.

Mr. Alves, the treasurer, said that

three years ago he was directed not to post the names of defaulting members.

Mr. Van Andel suggested that defaulting members be put on the cash system until their debts were discharged.

This was unanimously adopted and the meeting terminated.

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ENGINEERS' INSTITUTE.

PRESENTATION TO MR, BULJE,

HONGKONG TIDES. At the Institation of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hongkong Mr. William The tide table riven below has been Badge was the recipient of an address compiled at the National Almanac Office and a silver toilet set for Mrs. Budge.") in London from the gosult of the ansiysis¦ An cid resident of the Colony with a of observations taken by means of an Water Folice Radin at Tsim Sha Trading over 30 years, Mr. Badge, is tomatic fide-recording machine in the membership of the Institute extend- laring the years 1909.8.

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POLLING DAY IN IRELIND.

ELECTION PAPERS SEIZED.

As the presiding officer was about to declare the results of the polling for the four Dail representatives of the National University thirteen stmed men" arrived 1- motorcars. Seven rushed into the Serate Chamber, ordered everyone to raise their hands and quickly collected and carried off the voting papers and election documents. Fortunately one of the officials had taken a copy of the results. These ex”. plain the reason for the incident showing that a pro-treaty Independezt was elected instead of a sitting Anti Treatyite. The other three sitting members were re-elected including MacNeill the speaker of the Dail Eireann.

THE COTTON CONGRESS.

STOCKHOLM, June 16,

The zero of the table correspondit turned up in fall farce, and in making found them under a redge and what Chart which has been found to he 4 feet. J. Harman enlogised Mr. Budge's eight hour week is economically unsound and detrimental to the best interests

the zero of the sounding in the Admiralty the presentation the chairman, Mr.

sace ibe, had had in them and at this they all laughed.

Of course," said another one:

"They were suxious to get home

again and they knew that Dorothea would be in bed and could not get op til they came."

"In bed?" questioned Gloria, “Is 62e Bl?"

Oh no," laughingly replied the rame little girl, "But how can she wal when she has no shoes?"

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Inchen below mean sea-level

To obtain the depth of water on the services to the Institute.

dd 1 feet 4 inches, and on the gauge die gauge at the Victoria Naval Turd The address, on the top of which Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 fee was the crest of the Institution, was Inches to the height give' in the table. Į worded as follows :

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"Why doesn't she put on another pair?"queried Gloria again.

"Another Fair." echoed

astonished child, "She has no more." "Only one pair of shoes!" exclaim-

ed Gloria, "I have dozens.”“ (Which to was not quite true literally.)

-We none of us have more than one," went on the little girl, "This is Plain Clothes Land and here we each have one frock and one pair of shoes and we all know our own because we have our initials on them."

"But what do you do when your frocks want washing and your shoes have to be cleaned," aid Gloris, who was still puzzled.

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"Go to bed of course and stay there at they are ready," replied the other quite cheerfully.

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"Wouldn't you like some of my pretty thirga?" Gloria asked the blue frocked girl, who told her that she had everything that she wanted and Gloria was astonished than the had ever been in her life at seeing anyone so happy who had so little.

Then, to complete this strange day,

"William Badge Esq., Member of Committee 1915-1921; Vice-Chair- man of Committee 1916-17; Chairman of Committee 1918-21.

The Cotton Congress has passed & resolution declaring that the forty-

of employers and operatives; reaffirming belief in arbitration as the best method of settling cotton contract dispute. It decided to appoint a sub- committee to draft rules applicable as far as possible to all countries.

ITALO-RUSSIAN AGBZENENT.

ROME, June 16.

Bir,In view of your approach. ing departure from the Colony, entailing a termination of your

In the Senate Schanzer said that though he had not received an official membership of over 30 years' 'dom- tion, the Committee of Manage communication, indirect information compelled him to think that the Soviet ment, on behalf of the member, government had refused to ratify the Italo-Russian agreement.

avail themselves of the occasion.

of bidding you farewell to place

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record their deep sense of gratitude for the untiring interest you have for to

many years *New* Gas for Airships. evinced in the welfare of the Instita- The Aero Club of America bas tion. It is with feelings of deep regret published a communication from that they say "Goodbye," but they California relating to a demonstration take solace in the knowledge that it of a new gas named.“currenam,” is the nutcome of faithful service and after Dr., Edward Curzan, who has well-earned reward which they trust developed it. The new gas is esid to you may live many years to enjoy." have almost theme lift as It was signed by the following hydrogen, and is non-inflammable members of the Institution: Mr. G. It can be produced by an electrolytie J. Harman (Prezident). Mr. B. T. process at about 23 per 1,000 cubic it suddenly grew dark as Gloris left Farrell (Chairman), Mr. William feet: (Hydrogen, by the way," can the cottage and the Plain Clothes Russell (Vice-President), Mr. K. E. be produced at about 6s, per 1,000 Land vanished. She had as much sa Greig (Vice-Chairman), and the follow cublic feet.) It will probably be strange" cried Gloria, "I should be she could do to find her way home ing members of the Committee; found, writes our Aviation Cor- miserable if I only had one frock and and as she went she was thinking of her Messrs. McCubbin, J. Tully, Alex. respondent, that "curreniam" is a one pair of shoes."

adventure and she had plenty of time Davidson, Thoe. Neare, H. M. Me, non-inflammable mixture of hydrogen in which to make up her mind to da Tavish, J. M. Paton, W. 7. Stokes, with some other gas, perhaps helizm with fewer things and not to want all A. G. Langston, Jas. E. Hansen, B. The belum plant nost Fort Worth, the pretty frocks and clothes that she Cock, J. M. Cubbin and A. Leach built at a cost of $7,000,000 to Mr. Badge mada« suitable reply, extract helium from the natural gas after which his health was anthoaiss- prodnced at the Estrolis Fielda, is to tally honoured.

be closed down unless at the eleventh hour Congress can be induced to grant the necessary Lounds for ita maintenance. - Recent estimates pub the cost of nos filling a 3,500,000

ransp elk bakımı að £60,000 bakit i kaown that small proportion of helium added to the maca thosper hydrogen - renders the latter non-inflammable,

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"Oh no you wouldn't," the big -fracked girl sasured her, "Come and

see how happily we live." -

Then she took Gloria by the hand

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and showed her the neat cottages This she did and she soon found each with its one room containing one that she was as happy as the little chair, one table and one bed. In blue girl who had only ons frock and front of an empty fireplace (for it was one pair of shoes and yet was quite warm weather) eat a black cat and a content with these. ersall dog guarded each house,,

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Goris her cup of mix and loaf and Because you can never make a just spot and gives immediat Butter "and" halved her tiny bit of without it.

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"By the force of my will Ishall subdue this disease

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THE WILL-TO-BE-WELL

Almost anything can be accomplished by a resolute act of the will.”—PROFESSOR JAMES.

"I must I will-get back my health!"

The man who says this to himself-really meaning it is thereby helping and hastening his own recovery -so much does will-power influence bodily processes.

Butia nerve weakness, unfortunately As another physician (Dr. Claudej the will-power itself is eafémbled: the Wheeler) puts it: "Even the mental" patient is too limp and listless to make faculties share in the revivifying "in- the necessary effort of volition; and it

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