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shuts him in in the political street. There should be some means, mechanical if you like, that would. at once penalise the wordy warrior, Chat like some marine mouster shoots out biswad of inky worda, und obscures the main issue, and cut Chim off for the time being from the possibility of securing parliamentary honours, and the society of all decent men, until the election is oror. But England is a free and democratic country, and the Spirits Ironic will continue to chuckle. Alse and alack!

Votes

THE CHINA MAIL.“

RUR He's got

It has nover yet been clearly ex

(The "Student.") A mainx of seventeen, with rather

... fino Brown eyes and fekter and a

cheerful grin,

she saunters up the want, and

stricken sin

DEESDAY

LOGEL AND GENERAL.

Rubber is quoted at 47 cents.

A letter on."

"Undesirables" will be found in our correspondence columns...

The Italian Grand Opera Co, is having a successful season at Singapor

The Italian Convent's Annual bazaar is to take place on Saturday and Sunday next commencing at

Helena "Doctor, has January, but in February, Verily Radius soul? Dr. this optimism so far as being Gall: I don't know. certain there will be a February or something nasty.

a Derby race run then, is fine. Wo a lb. must sec about it. To wake up in a THE MORNING good humour To-day's Poem.

"BATH" is a great thing :|

So it is, also, to see the sun shine and to splash about in one's bath with sweet smells blowing in at the window. plained why one should sing in one's bath; a theory of acoustics has been put forward in which the metal or porcelain baslu are said reverberatory properties of the to tempt choric endeavour: but a more probable theory is that one is happy while bathing and when one is happy one sings:-

"The year's at the spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; >> The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing: The snail's on the thorn God's in his heaven, I'm in my bath

We are deprived ci a, voith in local affairs. It is a very hackneyed | etatement. But is there any reason why we should be deprived of our voice in Home affairs? Why should we not be allowed to cast our vote in the constituency from whence we came to this fragrant spot? Dur ing the war when there was General Election, soldiers with votes were allowed to use thoni. They were temporarily deprived of horne residence were engaged in too much the services of the gate. This fact Pawlova. was recognised and they were not

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a cross on a ballot paper. We uny or may not be doing the State a service in being domiciled here. In any caso residence here does not deprive us of our British status. We are as much interested in the career of our favourite race-borso, football or cricket club, the result of the latest divorce scandal, or murder trial, just as much as if we were at home eagerly porusing our favourite Daily tell 'em by the mile.. We are, it is hoped, as interested in Protection, Free Trade, Socialisan, Labour, etc., as anyone else, but ala! living in this humid atmos pharo cuts us off from expressing our opinions in any shape or form. We are a teless, hopeless con- glomeration of non-entities.

for a Pankhurst !

Methuselah.

Oh

All's right with the world!"

I love music, but 1. do hot try play my self: I love music to spoll it. Anna

PAWLOVA.

Those who have par- CHRIST. ticipated in the "Un

godly Hongkong" correspondence, and the large

number who have, or have not,

enjoyed it, may be interested in the following story of Browning which appears in the late Mrs. Humphrey Ward's "A writer's Recollections."

Node and loolas pleasant (why she takes her casos, looks for

should one repino?)

"sign,**

..overy

lammers and soundo the partly

and the thin, Plies them with questions till their

cheap heads spin And keeps them busy saying

"Ninety-nine.

10 am each day..

Leave of absence has been

granted to Lleut-Colonel W O Sanders, D.S.O., R.G.A., and Major F. H. Philips, R.A.O.C.

A sale of Crown Land at Shamshuipo is advertised to take place at the Offices of the P.W.D.

It's my turn now! Oh, let me bare on Monday the 26th inst.

my chest And aprend a joval sheet across my

cub,

And be as wax for our meticulous

Miga:

While sho, poor door, doing her

anxious best,

Feels for the apex under the wrong

rib

And wonders fergely where my

liver ía.

T. WH. CHOSLAND.

WEATHER CALENDAR.

"I was told a striking story by a 1808.

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common friend of his and mine who was present, at a literary house. Browning was! of the party. The discussion turned on the divinity of Christ. 'After listening while, Browning said, with ' some passion-Was He no more than Man? You think so? Ask yourselves what you would do if any of the great men of the world were to come into the room at this moment -Shakespeare? Dante? Plato?. You would rise. But if Christ You came into the room?

·would kneel,'".

The first performance in England of Bernard Shaw's play, "Back to Methusalch is at an end. It has! involved attendance at five distinct performances. It has been doubted if a play of this size and scope, in which a maximum of discussion is because every

INTIMATE PRAYER.

A Reuter message from Paris states that the Academy of Medi- cine has requested its members' to eend books to replenish the Tokyo University library.

an

The silk which left Hongkong by the P. & O. s.s. "Karmala the 19th October was delivered in Marseilles on the 20th November, a transit of 32 days.

NOVEMBER 21

The China Mail acknowledges receipt of the prospectus of the Central British School, for 1923-24 Issued by the Education Dept. It is hoped to refer to this in detail at a later date.

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Owing to the Church Parade of the Scottish Section of the Volunteers announced in another part of the China Mati, the annual golf match "St. Andrew's v. St. George's," has been postponed.

FREE $50 WON,

VOTING CONTEST RESULTING

DOTS' NAMES: FIRST CONTEST.

Entertaining in that it was nee departure from previous voting con tonts and that nearly every com- petitar had a personal internet in BONG "A" "THE Huron, last week's domes potition closed after having mat.. with a ready response. Twenty Christian names of boys picked at. mandam from a long list--were given. Readers were asked to choces ten of them and set, them. down in the order that they would bo abaigned to by the total numbor of votes palled. There was no entrance fee and the Ching Mail offered a prize of $50 to the com petitor who sent in the coupan moet neatly agreeing with the chaios of all. This has been won by

Mr. A. Soares.

No. 18, Jubilee Street:

First Floor,

Hongkong.

CORRECT SOLUTION..

Pinced in the order according to number of votes registered in the whole poll, the first ten names aliosen are as follows:-

1. ROBERT.

2. JACK.

8.

ALFRED.

4. FRANK.

5. ALEXANDER.

6. PERCY.

7.

DONALD.

8. ERIC.

9.

MICHAEL.

10. RALPH.

NOVEMBER 21. How could you have a wet day on Thursday? With us it was a prince of days, the most delightful we have had for weeks; soft, bright, with a brisk wind from the south

Nu competitor successfully fare west; everybody was out and

The silk shipped per ss. talking of spring. On Friday" Pres. McKinley which left casted the ten correctly. A fow, but we had some very blowing Hongkong October 1, 10 am, very few, bad the ten names in weather, I think we never arrived in New York October 25, their coupons, but assigned to in had it worse here. And ong 7.15 a.ra., having been 23 calendar correct places. Vatera, on the night we had so much rain days, 21 hours and 15 minutes in whole, were agreed sa to the posi that it found its way again transit.

into the store-closet-Jane Austen.

HEAVEN.

Little. Marjorie con

It is a vast change in any one's fided to her mother thought when it becomes clear to that she knew God's him that his early religion, which first name. "I know

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tions the first four should occupy in relation to the others. Bere again, Mr. Bruce has announced that the difficulty was to place esch in the Australian cruiser "Adelaide" its position to agree with the correct Opinion on the others will join the British special service solution. squadron in Australian waters in were more diversified, those finish- April and will participate in the ing higher up apparently presenting cruise across the Pacific to Vancou-less trouble. ver and thence to England.

THE RUNNING. The China Mall understands

Metaphorically speaking, a game“ time surse says her made heaven ita goal and bade hizo

look away from earth, is changed that it is possible for pupils atten-

ding the Central British School at of musical chaire would have cou your work a heaven on earth for Kowloon to be provided with a hot tained less changing of places than men, and then, and not till then, tiffin consisting of soup, meat, was witnessed by the first four items. Mack, who has just have you the right to look forward vegetables, and pudding, at the in this Christian names competition. modest cost of 75 cents per head. To facilitate description, each name 3 future heaven.

This innovation commands will be treated as a living thing, or admiration and should be widely better still a appreciated.

The China Mail.predicted, aims at the following the audience is transported to a Tm just a thinkin' What,

Bosukezu WEDNESDAY, Nov. 21, 19:3

CAUSES.

three

The Spirits Ironic, if such there be, mnat chuckle in infinite mari- ment as they guze upon this upremely funny world, or rather the funny mortals who at present compare it. The spectacle to Spirits! Ironic must be extremely diverting. Here are then agreed an essentials, yet shattered into divisions on non-essentials, giving 19 hundred and sixty-five, more or less, examples of denominational tench- ing of supposedly religious, character. And at the moment | they look upon, as we do, three great Parties in the State agreed on essentials, differing widely in their aspect of them; and clamouring for power to carry them into effect. The main susential is the solvement i of the unemployment question. The aspect is the manner in which it ju to bo salved. Other efecuutiais- there are, and other aspects, but

the first que quoted is the main one. We have the late Government's proposala in the following terms

First, to raise revenus by lee

to make it a paying concern.

EXTENSIVE returned from manager who was actuated by

visit to London, 10 motives golely commercial world

"Donal', those have taken the risk. It is therefore his old uncle:

do libel ús Scots, i very possible that without. Mr. Londoners Barry Jackson, the enthusinatie They say that a Helander com- head of the Birmingham Repertory plained that Lannon is a vara dear Theatro, and himself a man of sul place, that he hadn't been two stance, the orious students of the hours in it when bang weht sax-

pencel" theatre in England would never The old man was silent." Weel, bave had the chance of seeing Donal', what d'ye say to that?" Back to Methusaleh" on the stugo{ "I'm just a-thinkin', Sandy.” “* An' The Liberal Party, united na we at all. In the last part of the play what are you thinkin', Donal'?" period as far as thought can Donal'?" "P'm just a-thinkin'" Improvement and development reach." The year is A.D. 31920-replied the old man, after serious

Great Britain ..........

nearly 30,000 years later than that cogitation. "Pm inst a-thinkfa" ........ transport, afforestation, in which "The Tragedy of an that a deal of that must have been cheap power; development of Elderly Gentleman" took place spent on wine an' woomen,"

The race of short-livers to which: Imperial resources... facilita that elderly gentleman bolonged bas

Domain R.V.R.Robots are not people. tion of overgess settlement....long sinco perished from the earth,

Mechanically they are promotion of co-operation bend from the long-livers who super-

seded them creative evolution has more perfect than we are, they tween employers and workere fashioned a mee more remarkable have an enormously developed credit facilities for the still. Human beings, are now pro- intelligence, but they have no farmer, ....... retrenchment of duced from eggs at the apparent soul." public expenditure, local option, age of 17, having developed during their two years of incubation all kinds of knowledge such as we can only reach by years of study. They then have four years of life devoted in the to love, to sport, and to the arts in some

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-STOFFORD A. BRODER,

SHADOWS BEFORE. Coming Events Advertised In The Mail,

ENTERTAINMENTS.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

person, in a race. With the exception of Frank who never had the lead, the first four positions were, from start to finish ocupied by those in the correct different times between first and fourth place. Towards the end. Robert was given a stray vote bere and there by competitors who back- ed the "dark borses' mostly. Jack The wedding of Captain Crossfell to third place after a good start, Jack Pickford in "Garrison's and Miss Denison is to take place dead-hosted with Alfred for a part

The Rev. J. T. Holman has is, solution and sab fluctuated at sued "P.P.C." cards,

November 21.--Coronet Theatre;

A Reuter cable states that the Iste Lord Morley left £59,705.

to-morrow...

1.

Finish."

of the race, shook him off and made November 21-Star Theatre;

an effort to overhaul Robert, which. Harold Lloyd in "Dr. Jack."

Fourteen members of the Educa-was not sustained. After dropping November 21-World Theatre; donal Commission were entertain- behind Jack, Alfred ran level with "The Midnight Guest."

ed by the Y. M. C. A.

Frank but gained the verdict at the November 21.-The Grand Theatre;

and by the barest of margins. At Herbert Rawlinson in

"The

The China Mail is glad to learn the finish, there were only seven Prisoner."

that Mr. A. E. Wright, "of the votes between first and fourth. A December 3-Theatre Royal; Building Ordinance Office, who is long, long way behind, another Piano Recital by Mr. Harry Ore. In Hospital, is malding satisfactory struggle Whe being waged.

15 p.m.

progress. Mr. H. J. Pearce, of the Alexander commenced about eighth. ПРОБТ.

same office, is also in hospital and Percy was always fifth or math. December 1-Next Tourna

is understood to be progress satis Donald climbed up steadily from With the incessant ment of the Hongkong Boxing factorily.

teuth place. Eric wandered up and and rating and land reform.

TRUCKS expenditure the Assen. at the Theatre Royal

Government is put to The Labour Party condemn

December 1-Hongkong Jockey

A Reuter message states that Sir down after being saventh for some time. Michael fell from sixth Allan Smith, chairman of the tariffs which are no remedy for

upkeep of its roads, sumely Club's extra gymkhana

direct to ninth Bud stayed December 9-The Royal Hong Industrial Group of the House of there. Ralph best Edmund for in- unemployment but poison in the

intelligence shoud be dis-

the Unionist candidate for the

lap. Competitors who placed peoples. It has the positive which their development correr motor trucks to scamper about. St. George's match

ponds to that of our presont spaar There should be some limit assign-

Alexander, Percy and Donald cor- November 27-Hongkong St. Partick division of Glasgow, remedy for unemployment and life. At the end of that time ored to the size of them. This

There is to be a reception and rectly, will have the gratification of plans ..... measures to restore hair falls off. their beauty fades morning we saw such an one, whose Andrew's Society Practice Dance.

November 26-Lantern Lecture away, together with their sexual very enormity made us shudder, the prosperity of agriculture by distinctions; and they set out upon and whose weight seemed to be at Helena Mag Institute by Del welcome to the Rey, and Mrs. GE. knowing that they did so by a Arrowsmith at St. Andrew's Kow-difference of only one vale between beyond reason and computation. Shellshear, D.SO. at 5.30 p.m. establishing machinery for a purely intellectual life which may Bad enough in its empty space to

loon, on Monday the 25th inst., each in the grand total, Three ur November 27-The Hongkong when opportunity will be taken to four votes the other way would have giulating wages and assisting run into thousands of yours be on the road, but charged with Male Voice Choir, Cathedral, Hail, dedicate the new extension of the made all the difference,

awaut." says Chloe, the maiden in its freight it inust have reached a 9.15 pm co-operative methods.......

Chater non-rocurring grudusted war debt the piny who has just attained the measure of weight no self-respec-December 8-Hongkong Wo- Church Hall, the gift of Sir Paul verdicts between the other are bigger as they get further down. age of 4, "to get away from our ting road could be expected to men's Guild and M. C. L'e Grand

Ralph was only a few voted ahead redemption levy on all individual ofernal dance and music, and just shoulder without damage to its Fête and sale of work in the

There was a very large attend-of Edmund who seemed fairly sure. fortunes exceeding five thousand sit down by myself and think about surface.

grounds of Government House,

ance of the City Hall yesterday of tenth place till the end. Strung It seems a pretty bleak sterling ....... abolition of food numbers."

2 p.m. evening when the second of the out at regular intervala wane Gerald, prospect to Strophan, her lover,

MEETING.

practice reels for St. Andrew's Kenneth; Bernard, Horace, Augus taxes, creation of a com- who is only 2, and to us who are BEAUTIFUL, cry of The City November 28-Hongkong Ex- monwealth of co-operative service only just at, the stage in our lives

Beautiful now we gineering and Constraction Co., Ball took place. Dancing was par tus. Owen, Gregory, Christopher

ticipated in with much zest and and Cuthbert. T by arcando ngantention of which corresponds to Strepton's appear to be having the cry of Ltd., first ordinary yearly meeting every ons present enjoyed them- Coupons will be found in every industry and the control of public it seems pretty bleak also. But Mr. The Shop Beautiful. Mackin at Hongkong Hotel, Noon.

selves, thoroughly copy of the China Mail this week, Show telle ne clearly enough what toshes fo- Des Voeux, Road were

life of nations to improverish theira sart af ancient Greek Utopia dur-played in the matter of allowing kong Golf Club St. Andrew's Commons, has been adopted as clusion in the list in the vary. Issh

utilities.

We have had the.

· SOCIAL

GENERALANZE

The

A small orchestra playing clasis for the second competition of the

unfair methods to home pro contestants is clear, but will it be timingming of the future is shaped | Crawford Ltd in their new salon Building and Savings Society Ltd innovation on the roof garden of first will have the added zest of

MILITARY FUNERAL,

we could otherwise bave deduced perhaps the pioneers in this November 21 to 23-Share Hist The issue Bar between the three from his play that each man's respect, and now we have Latte open Hongkong Development cal mile was a much appreciated series Readers was entered for the

to his present desires, and the showing how artistic and pleasant duction;

made so to those concerned during Shavian beaven 18 at least, a degree (a shop window may be made to Secondly, to give special naist the coming days? We scarcely better than the heaven of his appear. They are seductive money anca to industrian suffering think so. There are already those Puritan ancestors. The play ends magnetisers which may or may not from unfair foreign compati-side Isence; those gibing thrusts, fiuely with a scene in who the please penurious husbands tion;

the clever han mot, and the hundred ghost of Lilith, the beginning of all husbands of course are always life, looks forward far boycut our penurious, but they are also aids Thirdly, to utilise the duties in and one tricks of electioneering thought to a point beyond her own to an appreciation of the beautiful

which we must applaud. reduction which certain of.

substantia

Tange

MANNERS.

the, Honkong Hotel during the looking forward to the finals while luncheon. hour yesterday. The those who have not done no should China Mall understands the Hotel not be determed sa they will be Company is making arrangements under no disadvantage na mch week to shortly augment its comple-basa geparate competition with s ment of musicians so that approprize of $50. The fly to be held priate music will be available enter will also be separate, compótic at Happy during the coming months for tons Frith an individual prize every

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