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CHILDRENS'

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THE CHINA MAIL.

Then perhaps this will help you, taken from Goldsmith's preface to

Know morning from afternoon. Bedas common-objecta: -3)raw a diamond.

Coust 75 pennies. - Recognise the prettier of two faces of which one is pretty and, one ugly,

The child of seven should Knɑw right from left.

collegra show-that the dutput of | "be, child of six shoukl oretlicáted teachers from the training colleges in 1922 is not being absorbed However, whatever right I have to into the schools as quickly as in pre- complain of the public, they can, as vions teams; and it would not appear yat, have no just reason to complain that in the prxt few years the schools of ma.. If I have written dail Easyre likely to be able to absorb certifio- they hava Litberto treated them wasted tenohers oven as quickly as at dall Besays. Thus far we are at least present, regard being had to stating: upon par, and until they think it to scotomies and to the fact that the make me their humble debtor by number of children in the schoole is ] praise, I am resolved not to lose a falling, and is likely to continue to fall ingle inch of my self import until, at any rate, 1925." Aud out anca. Instead, therefore, ofather halba have posts, filled tempting to establish a credis by naqualified teachers.. Oh dear! amongst them, it will perhaps be wiser They really ought to cancel that pab. to apply to some more distant correslic meeting. Jokes like this aren's pondent; and as my drafts are in some met every day. Ha, ha danger of being protested, at home, it may not be imprudent, upon this co- casion, to draw my bills upon Poster ity:

Mr. Porterity:

50,

GOOD JOBS

AND

HANGING.

酆

This pretty story of graceful courtesy comes from Bom bay-The jail gover hour of axvention of a prisoner, was nor, after fixing the forced to alter it. The prisoner was thus informed of the change. The Governor presents his compliments to Me and would like to know whether

Describe a simple pictare: Carry out 3 commissions in proper

Lorder's -

Count the value of 3 pennies and

half-pennies.

Nams red, blue, green, and yellow,

+

The child of sight should

·

: :

3

between common objects. Give from memory the difference

Count backwards from 20 to 1.. Note the parti omitted in nroom Tell the day of the wock.

pleted faces.

Bepast fire puberals in order aftór

hearing them onde".

SATURDAY PEBRU BY... 24 1923

longer ment.

they find these ancient-rulda soon. Hongkong, real

mich ary Jands, ag7643"

WHAT WOULD HAVE

APPENED?

Embodying what may be a gon eral impression that the army

BOXER INDEMNI

BRITAIN'SSHARE AND CHINESE EDUCATION.

Chinese student" contributes the following

Before we write any thing we should. like to express our hearty thanks to the British authorities for the inten tion of returning the remaining por

which Colonel T. E. Lawrancation of the Boxer Indemnity to China, said to have rejoined as a private

"in order to have time to write a redecasional purpose, t book without interruption,!

must

be a rather different institution from

We have learned from the Tumen that there will be established Boxes the one which many present civicholarshipe for post-graduate work, The question we intend to dijous in: lians once knew.]

Hew the candidates are to be usirated for these scholarships, Virg

Thon quoth the purple sergeant,

drawing breath,

Of

-

"Of all the hopeless stuff I ever

nbroed

all the louts who asked for sad

don death,

My lad, you are the worst!

"Lord knows why you made soldier- Applied hare with some children,ing your game,

47

it would suit his convenience equally these tests might produce startling well to be hanged at 10 am. Instead results. For instance" obey a com

ly he formally regretted his inability

ARME While the savolvez AND THE Continues at intervals to MAH. play a part in the

tragedies in Paris, duz

Since the Boxy Indemnity is paid by the whole of China, the students of every province should have equal opportunity. It is not fair, to the Chinese students as a whole, nor is is Per advantageous to the, British Empire, that only sonte lavoured provintem are going to be represented by them would, be selected graduates. We should, therefore, propose that there bould be joint committes, com- Poisd of some British and Chinese prominent, profeminoal men, and serving as an examination board. to hold annually a competitive ex- emination in Peking.

The biggest muff the army ever

took!" !

answer came,

"Please, sit, to write a book.

With one wild shriek the sergeant

sank and died; ··

link

But with bis final breath be mur

mured,

Go,

Go, corporal, to the colonel and

confide

This shame, this bitter woo!

groan

The broken-hearted colonel gave He too, collapsing, beard

newa aghout,... And, ringing up Division on

phone,

This awful message. passed

a

With regard to the qualifications of the candidates. It goes withant saying that they should be graduates.

But one thing the foreigners tend to neglech and we, therefore, cannot over emphasize is, that the candidates should, as Professor Giles has rightly the suggested, show a thorough mastery of Chinese literature and history. the Western culture is quite uselors to ** | those Chinese students who havi bol been moulded by their own national culture. Word still, Chinese people dually regard such students with suspicion,, if not with conteriptiz 16

(Oh, hardly were the bitter phrases

coined!

***f

Sir-Nine hundred and ninety-nine year after sight hereof pay the bearer, or order, a thousand pounds worth of praise, free from all deductions what soever, it being commodity that' will then be very serviceable to him, and place it to the sccount of &o, ̈*

Reported that a drtain of 1 pim." This reminds one Straits mand" might in many cases bs He paused; and faint but clear the Mr. Egi, in the Japan papar-the Pinang Gazelle-of the changed into give a command HISTORY are Dist, wanted the Chinese sararrin who, after shooting template what would happen when

to boy or amah. One dreads tofoan-t- BAYB/ Privy Council to com- the wrong man, wrote and expressed

mit seppuku (or harakiri)ais sorrow to the dying victim and the child, asked to recognisa umple because they had unwittingly present hoped that he would have perpetual objects," indicated its fond parents. ad a false memorial to the Throne and rest." The Straits Echo, printing the But enough!-the subject's much too

to cause such trouble to the Imperial Bombay story, observes that history

tricky, Ltd. mind implied serious remisens on does not reiste whether the prisoner

Thns Homis paper: the part of bis subjects." Mr. Bgi's pleaded a prior engagement. Possib demand recalls the story of the meticulous French chef whose master, to comply with the Governor's re

very wealthy marquis, had the king queet. hoping, like Mr. Micawber,, that for guest. This chef prepard a something might yet turn up, ing the past few days public attention magnificent repast-taking inanite especially if his demur meant delay ng has been more particularly directed pairs with each dish and employing the execution. Again, with the poker to the folly which prompts certain every artifice of his calling to delight player's sapeintition, he might have misguided people to carry the deadly the royal palate and then, while the resented any change, mentally taking "automatic" loaded as if Paris was banquet was not yet over, went out long odds for one of those rare freaks some primitive community of the Far and committed suicide, not because which saved one condemned prisoner West in the days of Bras Harts. the meal was defective in the slightest from death, three attempte to hang Thue while a young man was dancing way, but because the king helped him him inexplicably failing and execution at the Moulin Rouge, his automatic self to salt!

etiquette then demanding his release. want off, it is said, by pure accident, i- Having had its Nothing abashed, this hardened sinner seriouslyoanding his partner" "We have a private here who saye haunted billiard ens promptly wrote a book about his Bome Hongkong folk with automatios SHORTEST and spooky hedstead, escape and the proceeds kapt him in never ran this silly risk. They make Hongkong, will be comfort for the rest of his life. He gaite sare their weapons well 208 interested in the died peacefully, a mild celebrity with off accidentally, leaving then in the shortest ghost story the vulgar. However, in these days drawer at home. And if they often in the world, told in Douglas of efficiencyBywaters was dead thir- omit to lock this drawer, what worry! Ajaslie's memoirs, "Adventures tycoonds after leaving his cell-If. the weapon is stolen the new Social and Literary." Mr. Ainslie doen in these days of efficiency we are not owner, they know, will take the His last official memo, which would not guarantee its authenticity, though likely to see any more freak escapes, atmost pains to son that it does not he regard it as highly probable, This despite, though, only last year go off-socidentally. He got it from a Jesuit priest. "A" one "banged man actually did

Few weeks ago the wage lady awoke from sleep feeling olude death. But that was in Ireland BOOTS were greatly tickled when frightened: it was pitob-dark: she where nothing could have been too wia' the daily health returns was about to reach out for the match fantastic Kidnapped from a cab HAE classified one patient as box, but before she could do so the by armed musty, an auxiliary osdet

British and another box was placed in her hand 1” captain was hangod by the neok until jaar. Boottish, But it would Abstractedly prodding he became unconscious. Recovering now seem that our. M. O. H, is not CAME the restaurant place next morning, he found he was alone in his stand for Old. Bootia. for a sausage I had guarded by a boy, whom he asked for Sydney paper report that one, ANSWER. eaten five minutes drink of water. The boy tamed Donald Sheldon, charged

before, I gazed fixedly him over in order to release his assaulting a tram oonduster, declared at the shiny bald head of the wan hands, which were bound. Finding he would have nothing to do with For

He was Neither that big automatic pistol, had been Australian judges, hand-ouffe and seeing nor hearing him, thus I stared left with him, the captain made a foreigner, The China Mail. leg-irons. The $1,00 is, tempting full miputas five-thinking, thinking: petilons escape, eventually outpacing

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THE

GHOST STORY.

THE

dining two tables away.

with

Magistrate: Foreigner! What but I really can't afford to allow my thinking--Almost-convincing, those two men who gave chase. The Gov-country do you come from } ________

Sheldon: Scotland (Laughter.) |. only constant reader to escape.

arguments which had triumphed over ernment granted him £1,800 com After reading ons of his the hapless causage and held the stage pensation, his terrible experience I have been looking for the cohenl to

anwort, having reduped him to a nervous deford me, articles in the Straits while it passed away

Almost con

wreck. unang, annoticed: vincing-but not quite. Assuredly the book before me was right when it said civilisation was not a fixed

HOKOZONG,

SATURDAY, Yzv. 24, 1923.

T. W.

Echo last month, "An Admirer of Tom Wright" sant the following lines BATE breathe freely. The danger to that paper. Mr. Wright, whose

AT

Once more the Colony can

is past. But it has been a | Chino Mail article every Wednesday

standard of institutions. Civilisation was, manifestly, a relative term.

THE

CALL

:

The

Oh, brokenly, his failing accents

shook 1).

be joined

(My God!) to write a book

stricken general beard and,

wailing, penned

(Alas, that band would bold

pien no more 1), A

send

The message on to Corps.. Corps read; and promptly ordered

6.review, Whereat, to wipe away Fais worst

of stains The whole shamed Staff A.

**G*" and even “Q”-

Blew out their wasted brains:

is, however, a common defect of the foreign schools in China that the Chinese side of education often neglected owing to the fact that for eigners do not know how to judge |"Chinesa" scholars, and those" whom

they have engaged to teach 'Chitisee

are mostly far from qualified. For this reason, most of those who have ben dacated in missionary schools do not bave a satisfactory knowledge of Chinese literaturs. On the other hand, those who have received their education in Chinees nitibusl schools and universities, thon h they might not be so well versed in English, are usually much more advanced in Chinese. It le the Mr students of the latter class that will

be most useful to China. It will there efore," be more to the advantage of China if the graduates of suck national ucivamities as the Paking Coverament Unire city, the South- Eastern University, oto, ste given

The news then passed to White

hall's guiding ken, And panic filled the departmental

cup;

a

one wild moment, all was red,

and then I

The War Office blew up.

Peace fell, as this last citadel ex-

pired,

their chance to sit the competitive

examination as has been suggested in this short article, M

that the Boxer Scholarships se Some writere have proposed that

And orders no one gave and no obtainable only by, the graduates of

one took;

|Hongkong University; but we should Magistrata: As far as I know And this the author of this peace not support this proposal, is trus Australia is a part of the Empire.

aconired

2 that there are in that university. ■ Though you have now

'Sheldon: I won't open my mouth. The time to write his book.number of students from China"

pro forgotten, you too must

LUCTO. Magistente Well, you will have

per. But it is no less true that foch COLONY'S have read it because to open your pocket. You are fined

(Manchester Guardian.)

provinces as Shantung, Shaust Ho everyone who

Bomes 30s. or ten days.

nan, Shunsi, Kanan, Kweichow, etc., LAST, critical period, an anxious links him with his friends here, edited Shaw's theory was obviously wrong. batore landing, certainly before read-also damaged his case, otherwise he bere resda it) sometimes Damaging the tram man, Sheldon

have not so far sent any students to suspense. Any moment the the Strats Echo seme years ago, Humanity (as the book pointed out) ing anything else. Should change's might have ranked with another

Hongkong University. Besides, the dreaded

incident might have his memory is seemingly still cherished had advanced too far for any other caprice have made you turp the blind sturdy upholder of Bootland's rights,

number of universities in China happened. Any moment the irmavo in Penang?

Been proper has branch of the animal world to over- aye then you are the exception the Rev. Dr. Walter Walth (London) for the transaction of, pablis busiuas that it is now not so difficult as it increasing cable step might have been taken, What, Wright alive! I thought ere take it now, much less outstrip proving rule which includes the who has publicly avowed his belief from 9.50 am, to 12 noon only on would be before, to supply candidates The Exchange Banks will opening so greatly within these ten years, Any moment disaster might have been precipitated. Any moment the Sam

develop Colony's most distinguished visitors not only in Home Rule but also in Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of for the Boxer Boholarship Hong pen Workers' Guild might have

definitely known that man has been himself. Bloated millionaire and that what has happened with Ireland next week, race days.

Though it is

now among them the Prince of Wales sovereign independence. He hopes protested and threatened strike. Bat it didn't. In spite of fears, rumours and alarms, it didn't. Thus we daly heard "The Gondolierz,”.

ПЛАТ WE'RE

this

That he was in the realms of bliss! Let us not say that Wright is wrong Merely for holding ont so long; " Bat ahtis clear, though we're

Lazaft

Of many a friend that Wright has left,

Amazing too, in such a case,

That Wright and left should thus

change place!

Some person described as aburinse diplo mat" recently ap MISSING. proached the American Not that I'd go such lengths as quite State Department-ek-To think him left because he's Wright: ing sanction to purchase 500 000 rifles. But left be is, we plainly son,

for a European power not involved in Or Wright we know, he could not be

the present reparations crisia. His For when he treads death's fatal quest has resulted in an official order shore,

Wright is not left: and so I've done.

it in intellectual ment.

and two million years, still it was just prim old maid; hardened Chios hand place in Scotland. We must have

on the earth for something between ons abjeep stowaway, eloping wife and is only the prelude of what is to take

LOCAL AND OENPRIL,

kong University need not havé lany objection to our proposal - for Hong- Lient. W. J. Humphrey, C., Long gradustes are more than able to

matter what other

possible that he had not yet had and wide-eyed griffin-they have all our ancient capital restored to more and King's Regt, has been appointed hold their own against all comes fair trial; despite Europe's present read it, this inspiring bescon greeting than its former glory," Dr. Walsh dei aide de camp to the General officer from.

* of

yet been found wanting. The book Statue of Liberty welcoming the was stolen from Boone, must be taken, who has been posted to the 24th chaos; it was possible that he had not the traveller sving hers like the clares The Stone of Destiny, which Commsuding, vice Lient. C. 8. Fisher, educational institutions in Chins. was right when it said that the mere newcomer to the Promised Land. back to where it came from: Bootland Co., R.G.A.

eight thousand years civilisation has High above the bustling Prays throng must be made a place which can afford

mast not be compelled to gravitate to American Senate anatimbusly reject-

lived have never son continuous pro-it shines, proclaiming its unwavering scope for the artistic talent and * The French Consul advises that |:. gress, that culture peri-bing time after message to the world. Took, business ability of its sons. They the Finance Committee of the time, per sections of the race have Sail Maker constantly had to learn its Ismona over again, usually with very littla aid from their predecessors. But was the present age the beginning of the new era which would ten civilisation marching steadily forward, and in

If Winter Comes" spite of minor setbacks, nevar.

GROWING is reputed to have earn. flagging, never halting The book's

WHAT YOU CHILD

st interest in London in order to find a livelihood or fad the German demand for s loan of education. Is a career." Bovereign independence! one million dollars to purchase goods

fever pitch, That's the cause our 14.0.H. espouses in the United States with that public meat when he makes distinctions between Bowl coming nearer British and Boottish Hiyah official rate of the dollar for all gay ther Command Orders state that the

Wonders never casse, menta izel in sterling, which have to AFTEE After three thousand be insdo in Hongkong and on the MANT youre, thay haya Chins station, daring the month of Onsruktes, found Tutankhamen's March will be 22. 8d.

tomb with PARA

will: doubtless weld

that during Mr. Harding's adminis❘ We feel that Wright will be no more. tration no armis may be sold to any He's therefore, Wright while left; nation or any individual. 'Will this but, gone, mena that Hongkong's polico have bad thair fast big haul of American :: revolvers, rifles and machine gun. 1 The answer, one fears, is in the nega«.

ed its author over arguments in favour of this cheering come the following simple tests of tive for the illuminating reason that

TIME. £100,000, and This view were strong, almost convinting children's Intelligence laid down in the America, with the other Powers, has

Freedom" raking in Then, even while my head was nodding report of the Special Schools Bab of the London County long had a specilo embargo, against the chekele, too. A Home, paper the affirmative though perhaps this Committee o armu for China. Quite incidentally, writer hears that something. Ik may have been an involuntary move Council, published in mall wook- one cannot help speculating what the 150,000 copies of the latter book have ment in sympathy with the shiny bald arme traffic would have been without heen sold in Britain and word has pate two tables away-anyway even. this embargo. Perhaps our police just reached him that 325,000 have while my mind was accepting this might have been seen wrestling ashore been sold, in America. Winter hopeful conclusion, the last lingering with a few howitzers, trench mortars Comes is still being sold in that doubts swept away; even then came ard Big Berthas not to mention

And there era film, rights, dramatin black misgiving, utter despair. And flame throwers and tanks pow that rights, translation rights and serial the tragic thing is I can't get the Chins is adopting (or, anyway, spizg) righte** "4.8.M‚H."" bar, fair, to oj enlog bare ol that damned jaxa tüne Western civilisation.

become the wealthiest modern nove out of my mind yet. Podsta

THIS

Ha ba? How bo -Itamally too may

Just listen to this. ox us. The Home Edic

The child of this should be able to

Obey a command

Recognise simpls.objecta, Know the family name Repent six-cylable sentence.

The child of four should be able to

Name familar objects, Repeat three numars) Distinguish the longer of varella!

A magician now visiting list. Compare big regaril with those CARING the Colony offer. $1,000 received by some of the greabout. to anyone who can hold ramos in our literature compare it saska,, him in hand-balis and anden. Reward), I uiel the

leg irons. He invites Word incautiously. I should hava TANtion Board bag The child of five should be able the pabilo to bring their own hand said payment Charles Garvior reissued a circular scupending the onfia and leg-ironi to his performsuse eelyed payment to a fabulous tune Dertificate examination-for, soting t With the races Impending, but he did not receive reward for the teachers announced for November - would gladly accept his challenge simple reason that he did not deserve next because “retoma which the bat, unfortunately, I am already any. The distinction is too subtle 1: Hoard have received from the trainin

Pick out the heavier of simlar

Draw a square. Repeat & ten syllable sentence. Count four penníel

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Enquiries this morning elicited the fast that the rise in the pros of poultry after) China piaNew Year in entirely due to there

resemblances We regret to state that cewe as being no appreciable supplice of birds they have discovered an ancient tem- been received by cable of the death arriving. As many se fourteen weansin ple in the Obaldean city of Ur, built in England, on the 21st. inst, of were sent to Wacho” a few days ago three thousand years before Christ and Captain R, Y. Anderson, who was for but their efforts to secure abip | repaired by Nebuchadnezzar, † And wouɛy years in the service of the Indo-ments of poultry have hoch unsuccees- now, say moment they might find the Chins Steam Navigation Company ful. It appears that the Cantonces ancient royal city of Kish, which was. The late Captain Anderson was 62 troops formerly under Chen (kinng- not only the seat of the oldest dynas" "YOUTH OF Gogor

†ming are garrisoning the lower course of the river and the Kwan af trooph

by in history, but: in the days of ite full

also the capital of three

Hongkong is to be visited in the "praviously in occup tion of fantan flowerful latar dynastien that for near future by three boxers under the are on the banks of the upper stretch. ruled wastern Asja. management of Mr. Tack fson, late | Both camps view with alarm:this aps

Upenschiefanoship from the olhezusídio. and seldom hentais to openabre von the most harmless river bar The shất four of the főültem.

to Hongkong laWaight. others was either endeavi pick up cargoes betweets and Hoben, or awaiting