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THE CHINA MAIL.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY. SAVING THE SMITH.

Dentist

Harry Fong, Denta

Boor, No. 74, Queen's Flord *Centro. Tal, Central No. 1256. ..

Engineers & shipbuilders # E. Bailey & Co., Ltd.

Engineer and Shipbuilder

· Kerloou Bay Now Work and Repairs

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Importers & Exporters Ewong Bun & Co., 58, Queens Toad

Central, Ko Ohi Chung (Manager), Kwong Klog Him (Asst.) Tel. Cen. $188,

Land & Estate Agents Pan Ylo "bo, Land & Ketáte septs

Tel. Central 911-1987.

25, Queen's Road Central.

Modistes

Madame Flint

Photographers

Hee Cheung, P stographer

11, Ice House Biroot":

Bosconsfeld Arcade Branch, Developing & Printing undertaken.

Printers

"The Chica Mall," General Printers,

Publishers and BookbinderR.

6, Wrham Street. Tel. 0.17.

Ship Chandlers

Bing & Co.,

#6 Wing Woo Strent. Tel Central 1115 Metal Merebant & Ship Ohandlers, Managing Direct - Mr. H. B. Chin

FING WORK AT HATFIELD SHOW,

A new feature was added this! yeur to the prettiest, agricultural show in the world, says. "The Observer." It represents se part of an endeavour to keep alive one of the oldest, probably the very

klest, craft in rural England,

The show the biggest of the serios was held in Hatfield Park within a ring of the biggest nod oldest ouk trees within the county, many of them buttressed with tim- be designed to preserve their failing ms. The cure of the † Cec Es is not only, it seems, reserved for political antiquities. The Min- istry of Agriculturu, along with the Lord Lieutenant of the compity and other authorities, is engaged in an enlavour to ensure the survival of the art and aft of the black- $1smith, whose trades is threatened. They are doing for the smith what the Cecils have done for the cuks; and tu smilly's family and forge make purvenits of both Hatfield Phone 1474 Home and its owners.

Crepe Rub, sole Canvas Shoes $ 7

Buckskin..

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21, Quoco's Road Cen. 20. Com. 889. Repairing & Soling a Specialty

datost Parisian models).

WONG SIU WOON

Optician

The Hongkong Optical Co. Phoca

口

63, Queen's Road Central

21 Pottinger St.

3%.

RELINQUISHING BUSINESS

MADAME LILY

Last Week of Sale

this Ladies hould not lose

buying High opportunity of Class Goods at Bargain Prices. As everything must be cleared regardless of cost, no reason- able offer refused.

Madame Lily is retiring from business owing to ill heath.

Tel. C. 2336.

DIVORCE WAYS.

THE NEW DREAD OF

PUBLICITY.

Then there is talk in legal circles

Tel. C. 2336.

BALL-ROOM IDEAS.

PUZZLE DANCES.

The enlevour has mel with singular we?RK, As muy n seventy examples of the finer work of the smiths of Hertfordshire were shawn, and they were judged so bigle is quality and so true in heredity that some of the best are to be preserval as the unclens of a national collection. Hertford- shire, perhaps because of its near-

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to London, has a certain eminence in the graft. Giates. keks, hinges, brackets, and evení ja railings un to be seen of all sorts of dates- some pre-Elizabetlms, | some of this year-all true to the") highest cons of the craft. Even in muller villages the blacksmiths do a certain amont of work for patrons in the big towns, But there is n rest fear that the arrival) of the motor and the machine-made | stamp may kill off both the black- mihi and his craft; and the cous- try cot do without them, practi- only as well as sentimentally. The best single thing at the Hatfield Show was made by a village black- smith, whose partner, his brother, has just been forced to emigrute to Australia.

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Not every hostess can follow the of cases which necessarily would ¦ example of the one who recently be reported wt length, not because entertained her guests in a setting

It is drieved by the Ministry that if more people knew of the Įtruth and beauty of this nätive iron- work, any fear of the extinction of the smith would by dissipate. The farmer and the community need the blacksmuth, but have scarcely! elough work to give him to sup- port the craft as it should be supported. The judges, who cume from South Kensington, NOVEL INTRODUCTION FORstonished not only at the art and technical perfection of the work- PARTNERS

comparable, in its clues, muy one say, with Venetian glass-but at One result of the Dennistoun London hostesses are bestiring the cheapness of it, from the bur case in that there is at the moment themselves to provide something rows or garden seats to spring

original in the way of ball-room Farks or builder's "cripples." a marked disinclination to set down amusement and brighter supper in-art is native, and the craftemas a8 fur trial law cases which have in terhuden. their endeavours being, worthy of repute as a Chippendale them the gem of a "enuse celebre." | perhaps, influenced by the fact that or Wedgwood. The movement for Women who may have a good do there are a record number of Amer the buttressing of the craft is fence to petitions for divorce of American hestesses have establish- Bath and West Show proved. The

ica hostesses in London, and spreading wide, as exhibits at the Bangkok other action where cundues may be fed a reputation for "stamb" parties Kent blacksmiths are as good as mo in issue are afraid of the witness that are bright and original in the Herts, and will probably be Mann...... box and the bluge of publicity which character.

grouped in a co-operative society may follow,

before the year is out. At the Hatfield Show specimens were given of oxy-acetylene welding; and one art of the object of the new move- of the sensational chaucter of the of Arabian nights magnificence the newer powers.

ment is to provide the amith with evidence but because of the unique with Jinnis disporting themselves, be able to take up work that is He will thus character of the evidence.

Charike and his merry men mak passing to merely mechanical hande Ju some establishments where ing music," and "Mayaaruto and and this be enabled to maintain his wireless is alixed; an extension is Zaliza dispensing Dukkan and raft at the same time.

but there run to another room, sometimes to Timbak,"

are other the servants' quarters and it does minor stunts that make for merri sometimes "happen that a person ment. listening-in at the extension «ean overhear conversation in the room where the receiving set is installed. Perhaps it is just us well to know this now and to be forewarned. "What the cook hears may be as vitul ag “What the butler saw,'

When flee public read of cases which loh days to wy and esti mates of costs whiedi amount to fortunes, even in thess days of de- preciated values, and picture the possibility of their photographs adoraing the columns and columns of reports of their cases, they ask Khemselves whether the enforcement of legal rights is worth the pur- chase price.

Hatfield was remarkable; and not

The variety of the work shown at

single pattern was anything, but

and South America & EUROPE_vis VICTORIA B.C.-das Victoria B.U. 2nd Sept and Europe vis beris (Correspondence specially superscribed Lavia Liberia only).

Parcels Noon. Registration Liipm. Letters & p.m.... Pres. Jackson Japan.

SATURDAY.. AUGUST ". 15. Btraite, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. & S.

"Afrios, Egypt & EUROPETA MARS SEILLES die Marseilles 14th Sept. Readstration 8.45 18thor 9am stori Maru

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST

One of these, says an "Eveling to and simple. The exlubits in- Manila, AUSTRALIA & New Zealand via Standard", writer, is the Cross-rinded fire-doga, toasting-forks. word Puzzle Dance, where men are weather-vines, given buts with one syllable or two stick-standa

candle-brackets,

letter-boxes.

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Thursday Island -doe Thursday I-land Suth August. Registration i Letters a... Mishima Mara boot-Shanghal Japan, Canada, USA. Central and Sunth america, and EUROPE, via Vancouver, B. Cdne Yahoouver B.0. 7b, rept. Parcals leth 5 pm. Rogle. tration Q7 20th - August 9.15 km., Letters 30. me senecments

three across the front. The scrapers, bell-pulls, trade signs. complementary syllables necessary and everything there is that has to for the rest of the word have to be do with a door or a gate. looked for on the hat won by a lady, and the wearers are partners for the dance.

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ously pushed in dunce clubs has The idea of "favours" so assidu spread to private houses, and sup per tables are supplied with a variety of toys" of various kinds.

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One bostess provided her guests! They forget that for every case paper in various colours mounted with tiny spreading fans of crinkled reported hundreds of cases pasa unon & thin long stick, and each fan noticed. Every litigant, with per was decorated with dainty pier bape pardonable vanity, considers rette's head. In addition each that his case is one which mat guest was given a musical instru- Berlin necessarily evoke the avid interest ment modelled like o fruit, carrots, of the reading public Is it any cucumbers and bananas being most wonder that those who have for-

in evidence. tunes at stake or reputations to be saved instruct their solicitors to bettle, at any cost?

London hostesses have been known to bewail the new fashion that demands added amusement to that At the end of Mr. Justice supplied by a fine floor and a good MoCandie's judgment in the

band. But, the stunt", idea, for Donnistoun case, one nowspaper the moment at least, is fashionable, reported that Mrs. Dennistoun was and London hostesses are cudgelling congratulated on her victory.

their brains for new notions; in

another newspaper there was a re entertaining. -port that the Dowager Lady Cer narvon was congratulated on the successful issue of the action in favour of her husband Colonel Denrasiout

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MR. PEPYS.

CENTENARY OF THE FAMOUS DIARY.

pleted manuscript Lord Bray brooke made the rigorous selec- tion which formed the first edition of the Diary.

Seven days after its first notice "The Times" printed another column and a half of extracts, prefacing them with a short arti cle to the effect that "the deci pherer of Mr. Pepys's menu- script must not be passed over in silence.

Between the death of Samuel Pepys and the publication of his Diary stretches an interval of 122 years, writes a "Times" corres- pondent. It may or may not be a coincidence that both events, the

"This was Mr. John Smith, late former on its anniversary, the Deputy Bedell to the University latter on its centenary, can be re- of Cambridge, and Curate of Ban- called on the same day. Lord ham, Norfolk. If he is still a Braybrooke, writing his preface Curate, we trust that the heads of to the first edition, in May, 1825, the Church will not long permit. could hardly forget that Pepys him to remain ao." He was still a died on May 20, 1709.

curate, and stayed at Banham, This first edition, published in whither he had gone, after A two quarto volumes by H. short association with St. Colburn, of New Burlington Clement's, Eastcheap, until 1882, Street,

entered was not

at when he became rector of Stationers' Hall until August 9, Pwllerochan, Pembrokeshire, but 1825. That it had been issued to

was soon preferred to the living. the public some two or three of Baldock, in Hertfordshire, months previously is clear from which he held until his death in advertisements and notices in the 1870. Pepys shorthand was literary journals and newspapers independently deciphered by Dr. of the time.. Though important Mynors Bright for the fuller new books did not, a hundred edition published between the years ago, receive the prompt at- years 1875 and 1879. Every new tention that is bestowed on them edition gave a little more of the now, the value of Pepys's Diary Diary, and in Mr. H. B. Wheat- or the "Memoirs, comprising his ley's we have as near an approach Diary from 1659 to 1869, to to the whole as, according to gen quote from the long original title eral opinion, we are ever likely to was perceived without any ret. But general opinion may be remarkable delay.

wrong; it is never safe to pro............. phesy on the attitude of future generations towards "outspoken" literary material.

A "LIFTED" REVIEW,- On June 20, 1826, "The Times" devoted over a column of its scanty space to extracts from the book. The review was not its own, but ifted" with this com- mendatory note:----

EIR WALTER SCOTT'S PRAISE, One of the earliest appreciators of Pepys was Sir Walter Scott, who wrote an article on the Diary We copy the following article in the "Quarterly Review for from the "Literary Gazette: January, 1826. Ascribing "per- From a very cursory view of the fect good faith to the diarist, book it appears to deserve the Scott pointed out that MI praise here-bestowed upon it. Pepys was in the fortunate situa Publications of this kind are of tion that he had no crimes to con the highest value, as affording ceal, and no very important vices the most authentic materials for Fio apologise for

-to-day at abouen, m Toe C.F.Sy Ed. Empres

of Anda? Refusing to believe that her son, et ton on What win due at Hougkong to-day at 11a.m from whom she has not heard for the stemmer leaves Rocktong og AUK more than 80 years, it dead, st. Bogma ; la due ao Manila on Aug. elderly WOMAN, Mrs. Barah 14-monton Manila on Aug. 15 Ashworthy Holt, of Kingswynford, le due at Bodong on us near Dudley, Blaffs, and formerly 1747. She hates Bongsongs of Manchester, travelled with her40g # at noon for Vancouver brooke family, it was incorrect. Simon for the first time in liter

shangsat and Japan porte.

PASSENGERS.

ARRIVAL:

husband to Southampton to meet the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of France, which reached the port. She bad beard that a steward on board has the same name as har missing son, Robert Holtende The old couple waited on the

Per B1 8.8. Tanda en August dock-side while a menage was sent 10:-Messra. T. Erameld, V. A. to Holt to come ashore. When he Freeman-Meeks, E. F. Cox, S. D. appeared the old woman burst into Lum Hing, T. Young, Lo Hang teers, for he was not her missing thing, Wm. Dixson, W. Pasener, The missing, men left his home B. Gonzales, Dr. J. Hogarth

son.

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in-Manchester 80 years ago was always-an-adventúzogja

never would let me know whère WEB, BR]l will hope to heart of

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Pringle, Rt. Rev. Dr. Bishop of South Tokyo, Meid Ta Young. McCauley, 1.. Mɛ

history, and the surest means for The first quarter of our own appreciation of individual char-century, though not unfruitful fa acter. We wish every family, in the discovery of memoirs of an-- whose possession some of these other age, will not compare with genuine records exist, would the first quarter of the 19th. It follow the praiseworthy example is true that 1903 introduced, as a- of Lord Braybrooke, and com- familiar friend that delightful municate them to the world. gossip, the late Mr. Creevey, buf.

If the last paragraph was in 1818 gave the world Evelyn (la tended to imply that the Pepys selection) 1825 brought Papyt records belonged to the Bray- and 1829 was to usher in Salut. Members of that family, whoary full-dress. Hare, however, were hereditary visitora of Mag-we stray into the second quarter, dalane College, Cambridge; dia- which is unfair. covered thesis volumes of Popyc's cypher in the Pepysian library there, and showed them to their relative, Lord Granville. Having a fancy for shorthand, Lord Granville was able to make The China Mail" is informed by out a key, which in due course was Mesuri. Kwong Sang Hong, Ltd. placed, together with the six that one Bam Choi, who was recent volumes, fa the hands John Smith, 1y acquitted at the Police Court of an under-graduate of St. John's. In charge of alleged stone throwing, For three years, 1819-12, John is not, as stated, aur accountant it Smith worked hard at the task of that firm, although her worked for

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