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The annual aquatic sports which the "Association of Bay Scouts of Hongkong organise each year were! held at the V.R.C. co. "Sasurday afternoon. Local troops were well represented and as rivalry between then was keen and a number of

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ran bigh at times. A large num ber of parents, friends and others: interested in the movement were also prosent, amonst them being Sir Claud and Lady Severn, who pre- sented the prizes.

The most important of the racen were the inter-troop and inter- pack competitions, These wero won by the Roving Fifth and Sixth Pack respectively.

Other results were as follows:- 50 Yards Senior Championship": 1. E. Zimmern; 2. B. L. Dunnett. (Time 31.1/5 sec.)

50 Yurds Junior Backstroke: 1, J. Lang: 2. Wong Kan-hung.

(Tine 51.4/5 secs)

Junior Wolf Cub One Length Race: 1, A. McCubbin 2, J. Muirhead. (Tiina 17 minutes.)

Senior Wolf Cub One Length Race: 1. J. McCubbin; 2, G. Dickens. (Tine 14.1/5 secs.)

Senior 100 Yards Championship:|| 1, L. Woo; 2, B. L. Dunnett. (Time 75.1/5 secs.)

50 Yards Junior Championship: 1. J. Hurria; 2, G. Chui. (Time 40.1/5 несп.!

Senior Diving: 1, White (76 points); 2. E. Zimmern.

Life Saving Raba: 1 B. L. Thinnett: 2. Fung Hang cho

Time 62.3/5 soap

Junior Diving: 1, J. McCubbin (81 points): 9. Wong Kam kung.

10 Yards Senior Barkstroke: 1.) ban; 2, Ng Hon-sand. (Time

1 min. 38 2/5 secs.)

50 Yaris Sconters and Cubbers! 1A. S. M Gittere; 2, S. K. Lan. (Time 34 1/5 secs.)

Dizing for Platea: 1, Lam Chi- fung 2. Wong Shui-kit 3, Chau Kung-chin (lied, with 15 each.);

WEDDING BELLS.

MONTEIRO-MEDINA.

Many friends attended the wedding of Mr. F. X. Monteiro, to Miss Celsa Maria Medina, ward of Mr. J. H. Lawrence, who gave the bride away, which took place on Saturday at the Rosary Church, Kowloon, the Rev. Father Spada officiating.

Mrs. J. H. Lawrence, gowned in black silk lace over heliotrope satin with black picture hat with black plume, acted as Matron of honour. The bridesmaids were Miss Pepita Lawrence and Miss Marie Baretto who were dressed in white brocaded silk with crinolene straw hats trimmed with roses and corded ribbon streamers, whilst Miss Vivienne Lawrence as, flower girl was to plak pale georgette and carried a basket of pink roses..

The bride's dress was of Ivory satin duchesse trimmed with rich chantilly lace in crinoline style with pleated tulle veils, chantilly lace skirt, the bodice of silver tissue having around the waist, a girdle of silver bugles while a cluster of orange blossoms. and streamers of silver ribbon was poised on the shoulder, its satin train also hanging from the should- er, Ribbon, and brange blossoms contributed a dainty finish to the latter. She wore a fiae Brussels net lace vell and carried a bouquet of tea roses, and with maiden hair ferns decorated with tulle and satin str.amers:

The groom was attended by Mr. Pedro V Botelho as best man; After the ceremony a reception was held at the Club de Recreto, where the usual toasts wore cordially received. Later the happy couple left for Repulso Bay here the honeymoon is to be spent the bride's traveling dress belug of plak tafelts with hat to match rank

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Queen Maud's Visit.

A Dancer's Foot.

A pianist's hands-we know how they suffer! But how about a dancer's feet? (asks a "Morning Post" writer.) Who of the many at Covent Garden these days gives As at present arranged, the a thought to the austerity which Queen of Norway will arrive in underlies the art of the exquisite this country towards the end of and fragile Pavlova? A dancer's next month for her annual autumn practice is hard physical toil, holiday at Appleton Hall, where Every muscle of the body has to she is expected to remain for contribute its share. It is a com- several weeks (reports the "Daily mon thing for dancers to come off Chronicle" of September 24 At with bleeding feet, for the least the time that King Edward gave thing wrong with a dancing shoe his consent to the acceptance of and the skin is removed as if with the crown of the newly established a file. But at the time it passes independent kingdom of Norway unnoticed. Isadora Duncan, who by the then Prince Charles of dances barefoot, has been known Denmark in 1905, he stipulated to go through a dance unaware that his youngest daughter should that she had stepped on a tintack visit her native land at least once and that it was adhering to the a year. This condition has been sole of her foot. faithfully followed ever since, save, of course, when the war

intervened.

Like the Prince.

Leading Woman Novelist.

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Miss May Sinclair, whose new novel, "Arnold Waterlow The few guests lunching at the shortly being published by Hut Savoy the other day, who recog-chinson's, is one of those literary nised Prince George at one of the artists whom other writers delight small tables with two or three to honour. Her name is never friends, remarked on his growing absent from any list of representa resemblance to the Prince of Wales; dive modern novelists chosen either while a group of Americans who. by critics or colleagues, and she did not know him as one of our is praised for her psychological. Princes decided in loud tones that insight and her perfect technique. it must be "awfully nice to look so I think it was Jack London who much like the Prince of Wales once advised a fellow writer" to that everyone turned to look twice "get down in the dust at Miss at you just to be sure you were not Sinclair's feet," for she was an the Prince" (says an "Evening indisputable master (says a "Daily Standard" writer.) ·

News" writer.) A pretty com Royal Servants' Ball.

pliment was paid to her when an American society entertaining her to dinner also laid a cover for Rickman, the hero of "The Divine best-known Fire," one of her books.

The King and Queen, before they bring their stay in the High lands to a close, will give their usual ball for the domestic staff there and at Mar Lodge, the home of the Princess Royal, (remarks the "Star") The dance, which is always a very enjoyable function, takes place in the ballroom of the Castle, which is specially decorated. for the occasion. The King and Queen make it a point to be present in person, and lead off the dancing with the two senior servants present."

· Mr. Asquith's Birthday.

CONSTANT HEADACHES. Nervous Exhaustion The Canse People who suffer from constant head. sabes should remember that headache is not a disease-It is merely a symptom, Powders and tablets that drag the head. ache Lato temporary quietude do not It does not seem so many years attack the disease causing the headache: ago that Mr. Asquith entered on they do only with the symptom, a the long term of his Premiership aseless prooseding and very often harm the longest since Liverpool's and ful

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Parisians' have been warned to keep a careful watch over their pet cats, for it is stated that this year the curriers have decided to use cat skins very largely as a sub- stitute for the more expensive pelts. The skies will be prepared to the same way as rabbit skins, and will mostly be dyed black, as that will, it is stated, be the fashionable colour for fure this winter.

Pavlova's "Shop."

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I was interested (writes a correspondent to the "Evening Standard, after, watching the great Pavlova doing a final rehearsal another ballet at Covent to wander into the Garden, basement of the theatre, where the wardrobe mistress has her bead- quarters. It is surely one of the most remarkable sights in London, for I doubt if a dressmaker's "shop in Bond Street or the Rue de la. Palx has a greater stock of mater!- There were forty trunks, als each fitted with drawers and com- partments absolutely filled with silks, satins, and chiffons of every colour and texture. The walls were hidden under a cloud of ballet dresses which must have numbered several hundreds. And sempstresses worked at sewing machines on all sides. Fair Lle Chorus.

Exclamations of admiration for the pretty frocks in Primrose," the new Winter Garden show, were heard on every hand during the intervals on the first night; but 'Dally was amused (says a Chronicle" writer) to find a num ber of men' declaring that the pro ducer had managed to make his chorus men as decorative as the girls, and that without the usual excuse of a fancy dress ball-In- the Brat act they wore white shirts, open at the neck in the Byronic manner, brilliantly coloured Fair Isle jumpers, and-plus-fours-of- cream coloured tweed, like those with which American visitors sur prise the Italians at the Lido. Both Leslie. Henson and Claud Hulbert (another of the cream plus four

warm, bright brown which is to wearers) had tweeds of the very be fashionable both for men and women this winter. The House of Airlie.

What the Rev. John Stirton, now minister of Crathile Church and once-porish minister at Glamis, Forfarshire, did for the Lyons Earls of Strathmore, the Rev. Willam Wilson, the minister of Airlie, has done for the Ogilvys Earls of Aulia (points out the. Star. Mr. Stirton wrote an

yet he was then not fifty-six (says Constant b-adiches, especially when an "Evening Standard" writer). associated with, dizziness, are the result And on Friday he was 73, very of nervous exhaustion, and will print decidedly one of the Elder continue; they readily disappear under as long as tho sufferor allows the damlity' Statesmen, with only three men, 1

proper kreafinent, borever. Not qu think, in the House of Commons haustion is duo to overwork, or worry: sealer to him in point of age. sometim se nervoas shock, suzie y or These are Mr. T.-P. O'Connor, Sir grief will cause it. The treatment neces Heory Craik, and Sir James sary is one of nutrition of the nerve cells Agg Gardner. That long lifetime by building up the blood; In no other

way can the norves bo rosolied includes many memories, and the Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have proved carliest of them, Mr. Asquith once of the utmost valas in thousands of declared, was waving a flig in canor of norrons exbanstion, bauge celebration, of the declaration of they create now rich blood, which food interesting history of, the parish of peace after the Crimean War the starved nerves, and invigorates the Glamis and Incidentally of its The saddest of them must be that whole systems 16 ie this fees which--lords and last year he published. of his brilliant and gallant son scopunta for the great subess attending his raininiscences under the lille the ues of Dr. Williams' Fink Pils in all of "Mirrors of Memories, dealing "Raymond, who es killed on the

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in a great part with his life at Somme with the Grenadier Guards neuritis, scinties and neuralgia, swell Glamis from 1905 to 1919, when he In 1916 Raymond Awaith whoas persoas debility

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