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BOOKS

ANOTHER NÖVEL ABOUT

JAPAN.

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writing-u man of education, of con siderable sensitiveness to almos

THE CHINA

MAIL.

again without the reticence which the Victorian servants hall so pre perls demanded!

field. Confining, he would mak himself and his colleagues':

In the days of the blessed St. François Xavier, Paul intervened, ed for every one that we can get thousand Japanese were convert.

now, and tlioy died as martyrs in those days. They were crucised, boiled in oil, caet down the craters

tous intermpied, not quite catching of volcanoesThat's right Por the drift of the argument: treat em friendly and they will eat din of your hand. Blackett aflirmed, and they always

They're nasty savages,

Sirk will be savages. You can't convert them.

BATURDAY MAY 17. 1984.

A DICTIONARY OF DIFFICULTIES.

(By M. A. Couling,).

Part I consists of an excellent list of words (in alphabetical difficulties are likely to arise, order)-in-connection with which

where Chinese Students frequent special attention being given to ambiguities and to those cases

ly exaggerate meanings.

ROME · OR DEATH"",

merely of Italy but of Europe, and the course it will follow is neither direct nor-previzioned

Much water has passed under the

Black Shirts, and many will ask, bridge between the time of Gara- baldi's Red Shirts and Mussolini's

What is Fascism? According Part II contains explanations of with numerous illustrations and nove Italy in a very old Europe. It many grammatical expressions Mr. Beals, it is an expression of a also deals with many common is a belated, unintelligent revolt of words" whose pronunciation is the trenches against untimely irregular.

economic and political activity. supplenientary list of dillleuities, three groups-nationalists, revolu

Part III apart from a short Pre-war Italy was interced by consists entirely of ungrammati

stand; but they were more self- Rasertive than our modest qubur banites. They lived in warms

But why should Japanese conie in the bive-like chalets of the hill.

To those who believe that Fas The fact is that Mr. Paris might to the English Church?

What is utation. They would emerge in have written admirable sketches good Queen Bees to them, and the

cism is a regenerating movement, “ the carly, moming, primed with about men find things in Japan and folly roast beef and the Anshbishop

all to the good, Mr. Boris book griddle-cakes and treacle for the have contributed to the periodicals of Canterbury? What comfort can

"This book should be very use-offers a few surprises. The title of first round of chattor. They interesting articles about matters they gleam from the Thirty-nine ful indeed for Chinese Students his book is the Fascist slogan. He would assemble in clusters, in Japanese, but the continuity of Articles? Why should they Barry already possessing a sound know is consorious. "Fasciem," he says,

tably talkative; and so pass on novel is quite beyond him. His and worry about our affairs

ledge of Parts of Speech and is a turbid stream piishing down 10 their way to church, tennis, or theme is a young Englishaun of good

They will come, if we teach the straight-forward English Gram-an unknown sea of the future, not working-party to long "bikes" family and spiritual ideals who har Catholic Faith" said Dick, greatly mar.. across the mountains: up to lec- ing won his first class at Christ. daring, for Mrs. Blackott frowned." Lures, given by themselves for church goes to Japan to give the themselves, on "uplifton civic Japaness who are crying. "give us Porter. N

"They want edgicaling, wheezed science on, town-planning, on life" but who got "the political theosophy, or on prohibition: 10 ecclesiasticism of Rome or the more lectures and more services. Aists, the Mass which is the body oncerts and tea, partids; to more morality of the American Method

veritable bustau's holiday!" and blood of the Catholic tradition' But que diable, Monsieur. Bible Mr. Paris brings to the handling of man Barler, allait-il faire dans cette this subtle theme nesthetic The "publishers norge whichbilitiesu man who has had excep in this chapter in order to appear when he has met, a desire to tell the phere, and of acute arstlictie sonst galère? Oh he had to be brought shrinking from certain missionsities faces the title page of "Sayonara

tional opportunities to see Japan and she deae er machine 10 whose truth about modern Japan, as he Proclaims, with of the effrontery of who has polited thereby. It is in- blessed lot it fell to bring this drearysees it, and perfectly intelligible aquack medicine elvertisement, conceivable that such a man, as parts story to a ridiculous close, by carry, feeling that life in Japan would still That Kimono, Mr. John Paris' firs of his book show him to be, shoulding the hero..the Rev. Richard be tolerable, were it not for the novel, has proved one of the most write pornography for the money Almer, blind drunk, from a dis- great majority of its foreign visitors. remarkable successful boks pub which such stuff always brings orderly house in Yokohama on board But he is frankly bored from the lished since the war, that it has been "And his books are not pornographie, theesh Maru. Help me to start, not to say disgusted, with fig in fact a best seller in England thoughi "Sayonara" contains at least carry him in, Masy erics the ex-hero and his vocation. He can't'; and America. This is not a chutter one passage which for suggestive. hackbirder to bis mate.. "Stuff for even laugh at him." for sumprise "exen to those whoj nese would take & leg of healing-a Salvation?" "But this is Eléphan found Kimba innifiably tedious. passage totally unnecessary to the und Castle melodrama,gone med The British and indeed the English | development of the story !

Possibly Christian Missions to speaking rapes generally any he the How then accoust, for such books Japan area mistake. It may be that eleanest livers in the world this is which crudity and a distinct air all missions, however camouflaged de presumably what they would claim wring merchantly are so in philanthropic societies, are an ex- to be--but they are great bagers of extricably intertwined? Mr. Paris, pression of national and spiritual sexual reading matter. fo the with all his qualities, some to have reganee not only repugnant to the erudity of this matter which they pen placest by fane in Japan of all principle of self-desemination (the love so well they are completely in- commitiés in the worlder to latest version of international conf), different. Now the Latins are develop his undoubtedl gift for writin also contrary to the law of frankly interested in sex: it ayowed, ing. Possible he longed to go there evehition and politically dangerous! i plays a ronsiderable part in the

But can the adventures of alin, Rev. lives of most French and Italian men, is, one can almost seg him withing Richard Aylmer, his accepted as a and romances are not admitted indis- at the unental slop which fair alcount of missionary, work in eriminately into French or Italian Written and spoken of that much the lapan Of course not! Some reis- cinmes J!{bat sa mnh=}tm46%etlt691k!)+Tབti-046_macecr "should have a good deal to say about dedim missions as quel, for he makes Air Paris or shade enso¦ ¦ “öfliers“ sex is therefore inevitable and hero of Bibienar Baxter, who have deklet his sense of humour. thát ở should deal, with the sube 1 “years ago was a blackbinding cup- jeet. is Trankly as it deals within an the South Seas and known any other hinum emotion. is in ace far and wide by the expressive, nar 1 gordane with this national logical of Bloody Buster. All of a sudden habit. The French as the French he found religion, as some chaps da and the British are the British Fleas mission ship «rand the us leave that! Comparisons | ports and bands of the Inland Sen are invariably futile and frequently and he does an immense amount if offensive. Rat no edited French. | good" But Mr. Paris goes to a man, not even a University, student. mon Past and there le soug

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The book, of course, has to open with Sunday evensong in his father's church at home--a service at which the Reverend Dick were sandliary shoes with square silver buckles, an unmistakable, sign of his High Church opinions", nad of course preached. The account of the ser. vice is vapid, and commins such tur gid stuff as this

The Bishop smiled that charming wistful emile' of bis. With His elbows on the table and his fingers touching each other, he asked:

cal sentences for correction, refer- ani catholies. In post-war ence numbers being supplied in Italy syndicalism allied iter with look up for himself the various dun, and clericalism with cathodic each case, enabling the Student to nationalism, socialisal with revolu-

with the difficulties concerned. diculists and nationalists cun the paragraphs in the book dealing "tam and out of the alliance of uyn- This section of the book might, Fooditi. Their theories of violence with advantage, have been larger.

point. For sund moral teaching But gentlemen, you miss my they can go to the Methodists; and for the Catholic Faith they have the Romans. But what do we Angli Throughout the book explana- are clactic, being derived chiefly cans stand for, if not for England?tions are given with the assistance from Pragthatism, as expounded by What in fact is the Anglican angle of words and phrases in Chinese." Papini, Benedetto Cause's develop. And why should a Japanese wish to [A Little Dictionary of Diffimont of Hegelinuism, and the syndi- become English by religion, any culties for Chinese Students of calism of Sorel. But the Fasciti more than by nationality ?"

English. M. A. Couling. Kwang Hauch Publishing House, Shung hail

YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY

IN CHINA:

also advocate a strong state and are

budi's Red Shirta and Mussolini's opposed to internationalism in any More than Jowzu por

"Teas had filled her eyes, and a great wonder had gripped her heart. For a young man's con- Why indest? If Mr. Paris really filence in his mission, if it be a believes in Missionary. Bishops in "noble and lofty one, is perhaps the Japan feel like that about their job. most, Quching-yes and the most their why bring in the Yoshiwara to DESPAIRBATION HUman manifestation-live-homme que Bul-per- even to a stranger".

haps abast selke bas its compen-

in the Adriatic as the key to the The chapter has to be written hutsations!

Mr. Donovan writes with the au-control the Mediterinnean, Be this bave his shudder ars! his how it bores the author 1. But once (Sayonara (Good-bye) by Job thority which first-hand experiency Massolini. the

**Duko", langhind quite right too! But gut his Béro to the Clergy Houses nt Paris, Author of "Kimono"

gives. His volume is a collection of "walks with a queer, almost, affect- why hold bâm up as a sage who from Tokyo and Mr Paris, wakes up and. the serenity of his great exprience becomes delightfulty malicious.

London: W. Collins Sas an delivered by him in England smer footed, walk, a sort of relentless The acles oblished and lectures e trend, a stove delibete at- Jus dimly devided that "East is

Co., Tatd.). / "At one end of the table the

1915. He is chiefly concerned with "stalking. East and West is West" how sick Bishop carved the roast of Kobe

His strength lies in the social aspects of Chinese life, his casy adapbility: freedom from one gets of this hackneyed quotation | berk. At the other end, his mother,

There are chapters on China and loculse, and the swiftness with which incidentally is never steal | Mrs. Blackett... But awaiting

Chinese life, education, women, the which he can strike. A driving, with its geotest to and that any ar- her urn to serve the runs and

press, religion, militarisen, Com Insaliable, Rooseveltian here." tempt to reconcile them usually rice. Between them wew the four

„nesco, etc., with several ilustra Mr. Beals book is a severe indiet. moons disaster? The truth of this elergy, lave en ogel side of the These we the days of new books "ons. Mr. Donovan, writes instruc- mant of Pascism. rest. He can't hold himself in.

It is badly al- The elderly men bearded and by the story of an hysterent prig of hind; next to him. Mr. Porter, and Sone are merely hurried, compila-heat or prejudice. His book is including a very careful analysis of ject, enlériginingly, always without contains mach useful information ingrath, the younger, men lank, the decadent xlor! movement nes-opposite him Mr. Porteous and Mr. tions by tourists. Perhaps one. tered anguter and the monstrousthetic type whe, after he has been Paul Mrs Blackett a ten bulus te acheter understanding which it was published, to rip to tions. Fascism is undoubtedly a renent of women, mostly of the a few months in the country, is Calvinist, She did not believe in the this out, ingeratable peuple make China better known as the first strange mixture of disipline and mirably adopted to the purpose for Italion classes and political "affilia old maid type-whether Sonng or allowed to go slant bolding missions, practicability of the salvation of any who form a third of the human race.

dd-Seray in appeared and in the company of a Japanese pimp, Japanese-least of all, her own ser. But the book under review has the step towards a better internatinand license, of enthusiasm and violence. slovenly in dress. The majoany and what the first provocation mar vants, Nass-ly creatures." the merit of being the work of man recommended as a really useful book dividual has its own way of doing understanding. It can be eonlially Bat each mutiun, as well as each in- More, Americans, desperately carries a girl whom his fellow mission would oxclaim... The Bishop was nid gareulous. They seemedor has, for his own purposes, abde

who lived forty-two years in China all students of China.

things: to holong to a class which we as from the local Yoshiwara. soriate parlaps unjustly--with save her body and soul But this Tooting, Peckham or Leyton is the Family Herald-come to life

(Rome or Death. Carleton Beals

John Long 127-).

evor bothers to read a beuk, simply! missionaries onjoving their onderous aphorism is substitiated | table: Dick on the Bishop's right on,China; most of them" indifferent. fivels uid; as, hos, varius to his lunged and difficult to read, but it

because some one has told him the iis "bit hot"; nor would any French-publisher attempt to pull what is prestonsbly being, offered tu the public as a serious work of åri in a notics such as appear at the beginning of Sayonara"

Mr. Paris is probably in the huurde of his publishers, and they know what their pablie, wonts. No one peems to know anything about Jim, but he is presumably a man who has a profession other than that of novel

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AMERICAN MUSEUM

OF

NATURAL HISTORY

NEW YORK

"Mr. Martin Johnson's new African, picture is a wonder. ful picture, superior to any we have seen from Africa, My keen interest in this picture is due to the fact that, as presented, it is absolutely free 1rom any form of fake, misre- presentation or disagreeable feature of killing or torturing animals. In vivid contrast to 30 many.. African' pictures being shown, "Trailing African Wild Animals" is a real natural History production

.

Mr and Mrs.

Metro

with no "lunk" of any sort, Martin Johnson's

chock full of beauty and thrills,

IT MERITS A GREATER SUCCESS THAN ANY AFRICAN PICTURE HAS EVER HAD.

(Signed) CARL AKELEY

TRAILING AFRICAN WILD ANIMALS

Last Show To-day

AT THE WORLD THEATRE

a higher critic of some distinction.in constant tech with the people, ... "Many are called, bai few

chosen" was his favourite, text from his long and intine nc- and appears to have leseni much in speaking of the Japanese mission.quaintance with them.

SCREENLAND.

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BOYHOOD DAYS.

A Film That Will Recall Them. rating in the business world who There's many an'official of high was just once just an alley kid and often times a tough kid at

"THE THRILL CHASER"

Celebrated Stars in Gibson Film: "The Thrill Chaser," coming to the World Theatre to-morrow, is the latest Univers-Hoot Gibson special production directed by that. Edward Sedgwick.

Gibson's, vehicles now are all looked by the press agents who And that fact hasn't been over- special productions with elaborate have their own little axes to grind. Bettings and unusual stories. The results of the efforts of the different from the cowboy pictures in which he formerly was seen.

Sedgwick is the director who made "Blinky," the picture which brought this star into the new class. He also is responsible for "Out of Luck," "The Ramblin' Kid" and other Gibson successes.the kingdom of sport. For every The same thing holds true in The Thrill Chaser" was writ- champion in every line of sport ten by Sodgwick in collaboration there is a world of interest in the with Raymond. L. Schrock. This individual himself. team of writers were responsible for "The Gentleman from America," one of the most popular Gibson pictures.

press agents are well apparent. gure in the world's affairs who There is scarcely a prominent does not have the interest of the public centering around his life, especially his boyhood:

So when the baseball public ward one Bat Shugrue, home-run commenced to cast its favour to-

"The Thrill Chaser" is about a League and hero of "Trifing With king of the Pacific Coast Baseball cowboy who rode his way into the Honour," the Universal-Jewel pro- land of romance, fought his way duction which will open at the into the movies and out-chanced World Theatre, soon, Kelsey his rivals in the gume of love. Lewis, a writer for a sports news Studio life, reflected as it is seen syndicate, conceived the idea of every day at Universal City, Cali-writing a series of articles on the fornia, with many celebrities life of But Shugue. appearing in amustrig incidents, is

sequences.

The result of the published the material of important articles was the remoulding of the who tried to live in reality the Rfe of a tough kid of the alleys kind of life that the newspaper. articles described in the auto biography of the famous baseball

Fans who have wondered where King Baggot went when he ceased to be an actor and who have wish ed that he would quit direeting and come back on the screen in player.

his "old line," will gain their wish William Slavens McNutt evolved when this Gibson picture comes a story of unusual human interest to town. Baggot is one of the when he wrote the, story for Universal City directors shown in Collier'a Weokly... the actual work of picture making.

Hobart Henley, director of screen by Frank Beresford and. The story was adapted to the Jewel productions, like "A Lady Raymond L. Sahrock and pre- of Quality" and now making "The ducad at Universal City under the Turmoil for Universul, returns to direction of Harry A. Pollard with the old art of acting in a satirical an all-star cast. scene wherein he directs an imaginary production of "The story has been entirely sustained The 'gripping interest of the Last Days of Pompeil."

Sedgwick, director of "The Thrill Chaser, is seen in ono sequence directing another pic

in the picture which affords a high quality entertainment.

A atrong cast is headed by such well-known players ns Rockcliffe turo

Fellowes, Fritzi Ridgeway, Buddy Besides the directors, the Messinger, Hayden Stevenson, famous atara. who appear include Emmett King, William Welsh, Mary Philbin and Norman Kerry Frederick Stanton and William of "Merry-Go-Round, Reginala Robert Daly.

Danny and Laura La Plante.

Hundreds of lesser lights, actors studio, pass through the sets, In and extras who are around the big their work

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A, M. (Yesterday and To-day in China J. P. Donoran. Drone 10/6).

From SUNDAY till TUESDAY

HOOT GIBSON

WITH INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF A DOZEN

BILLIE DOVE

THE

FAMOUS STARS

LLOYD WHITLOCK

AND OTHERS IN

A. M...

THRILL CHASER'

A lightning story that leads from the plains to the bright lights of a movie studio and from there into Arabía – land of adventure and sheiks. He got three dollars a day as a movie extra, twenty dollars for whipping ten men, and twenty-five thousand for cleaning up an Arabian desert tribe then came the biggest conquest of all! You fans who like to see Hoot Gibson mount the hurricane dock of a bucking bronc and do his stuff," wili be more than satisfied with his latest action romance!

AND

The New Leather Pushers

(DON COYOTE)