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THOUGHT FOR SUNDAY
And the angel said repito him, Gird" thyself, and bind on tay sandals."
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
SHREDS AND PATCHES.
AND A NEW ONE..
Are these new | the universe was wrong, the price. They are said to fof rooms could only be right by
accident. be part of a posy. We shall, try this on Mr. brought together Taggart and report progress,
:
There is one man in
Why should, we believe in an unchangeable God, and yet not NEW believe that He continues to work. His will for the world in the old ways? Not many of us, indeed, are lying, like St. Peter, in prisons at Cambridge for May week. Before we make the call perhaps made of stone walls. Yet there is May week de a kind of under- someone would like to start a sub- scarce one but needs deliverance graduato saturnalia in which the seription list to pay probable from bands of some sort or other college magazine bursts into
hospital expenses! quite is real as Poter's chains, though they are invisible to all buffoonery and the Union debates save ourselves, and we walk the such subjects, as "That this house earth ostensibly as free men. is of opinion that Columbus made Twice chained between two a grave error in, discovering Roman soldiers, doubly fast in a America." In this spirit the dungeon with inner and outer guards, and all this inside a city Limerick anthology has of barred gates-thus Peter; and conceived: The stuff is classified thus we ourselves, very often, in the manner of the modern lying just as helplessly in the poets as Edwardian, Georgian prison-house of some darling, yet
maybe dreaded, sin; just as hope. and neo-Georgian.
been
lessly far from any human aid,There once was a cousin of
Gounod's our own or that of fellow human creatura.
But God has still the old, old ay; and perhaps the most wonderfully heartening thing about modern life is that He does continually use it to save the last and least of us, as He used it to save this the greatest of Hia Apostles. There comes a moment when a light shines in the cell of our self-degradation, and we are suddenly smitten on the side, and the voice of the Angel bids us gird ourselves and bind on our Bandals cast aside the works of darkness, and be up and doing for God for evermore. It would all sound incredible if we had not felt our fetters struck from us, and seen the way of deliverance open up like a great gate thrown back before our very eyes. Those who know what resistless might dwells in certain eins know that. it must always be a miracle Angel's work the salvation of a human soul.
NAVAL CONCERT.
LAST NIGHT'S ENJOYABLE EVENT.
DISPINGE1SHED TATHERING.
modoro'a tennis court last night by means of lights and flags around the enclosuro, also the excellence of the entertainment, certainly bore this out to the full. The final touch of glamour supplied by the audience among.
whom uniforms blended with "civvica" and naval
evening attire.
İÇAS
Who came on as Faust with
blue nose.
a
Had he had, do you think, ́! Too much Hquor to drink? Or was it dyspepsia? Who
knows?
An eccentric old man of St.
Ives,
Who callously murdered his
wives,
But I thought it would bring Some eventfulness into their
lives."
A Yankee, who posed as a Soho
beau,
Said, "I do want to play on the
- oboe,
But his friends said, "I figure That only a nigger Would ever be able to blow so
bo."
A STROK. Hongkong who thinks
he would like to be an impresarioa person who la artistes and who arranges tours in touch with the world's leading'
for them. Such an one is Mr. A. Strok to whom Hongkong owes so much in more senses than one. He sent ua Mischa Elman, Strok brought us Anna Pavlewa..
Zimbalist, Godowsky and others. - of note in the artistic world. The last one to come was Mabel Garrison. Did Hongkong All the theatre to the doors? It did not. The world's greatest pianist
Godowsky-and much as we despise these high-falutis terms, 'Godowsky is amongst the elect
attracted about 30 good Hong- kongaisians (wow) Mabel Garrison who is "on" the gramo phone records got a few more, but not very many. When she got back "home" Mabel said,
Said, "It's not quite the through. No more China for
thing
me." Tientsin' rose to the ocea sion and purchased 24 tickets. No wonder Mabel grieves.. But here is our Impresaric arranging tours for the coming season... The Denishawn dancers, Levitsky the pianist and John MacCormack. Japan is mentioned; also Shang- hai, Singapore and Java. Hong- looks as if no more pearls are to kong finds no place on the list. It
be cast before us! And can you blame Strok? We need a change of heart. Perhaps it will come when our chief representative of It is the easiest thing in the in music-ae, shall we say, bridge Imperialism will be as interested. world to write a Limerick. At
when our teachers will cease to the least the Office boy assures usglbat over examination" results it-is. Once you get past the and sports activities, and Ice "There was a" all the rest is add-House Street becomes a place. ed to it. And to prove all this he where the Cathedral collections submits the following, based on a may safely be invested. Will. recent meeting, and respectfully someone write Mr. Strok and ask dedicated, and inscribed to the him to give us another chance, members of the Education Board, and will those who are "so very who, the author says, will not fond of music, you know," show. need a surgical operation to that they are? anderstand the last ne.
**
There was a young schoolboy
of Queen's Who said, "I do dote upon
scenes
"We'll rattle old T..... "In fine striking manner. "And fill that shop window
with beans?"
That Dr. Johnson was A Fatady, this first, to define an
Ambasador 85 honest man sent to lie abril for the Common-wealth."
but represents the views of the members of the Executive Coun. cil. It does not appear-reading carefully the report of the meet-
There is a saying in Hongkong ing of the Education Board-that tit whenever the Navy lakes either heads of schools in the charge of a thing it is sure to go well. The arrangements made for Colony, or Mr. Ralphs who, evid-the transformation of the Com Jently is at the moment in charge of the Education Department, were consulted in the matter or asked to furnish an opinion.
The author wits Sir Houry Wotton (1508-1689), and in s letter to This may mean that the Govern
Velers, 1612, Watton wrote, ment take the most serious view
This merry definition of an Am- of the conduct of the boys, und
lineandor had chanced to set down When Mr. G. K. with all the facts before them, of The ranks of the entertainers, it A:KING, FOR IT. Chesterton con- Flemmore, in his album. Mr. ut my friend's, Mr.". Christoper the losses sustained and the must be stated, were not entirely
sulted a London. R. Rosey, writing on Augint recruited from muval or dockyard landlady about lodgings, he said 6, 1910, mid, There is, I think, suffering thereby caused, that circles. But the whole of the spade he did not ask her terms. "I asked in Tupys Diary, a story of an Eng- punishment has been imposed to work and the greater part of it her," he said, in that whimsical list. Ambassador who defended lis meet a crime. There must be final carrying through fell on these way which is sometimes the way practice of always telling the truth hutter, and as a result of it the of wisdom, "I asked her, "What hy saying that the Ambasador of pause at this stage in any con- apval branch of the Ministering in your total view of the other nations would not believe it. sideration of the matter in ques Children's heague should benefit universe?" That, he felt, at the time, and that afterwards it tion. But, bad as the crime may very considerably.
settled everything; even the cost enhanced his reputation with his be considered what of the for the direction of the programme
Mr. Burt Burrows was responsible of lodgings. If her total view of countrymen.** future? First offenders in any and incidentally was the life and British Court of Justice have consul of the party as the funniest" sideration shown to them, and of the "funny" entertainers. His very appearance was the signal for when youth 80
more laughter. The prognwTRTK) manages the helm. We take that was by no means all funny, how-
The Prime Minister has a pose there can be no greatness in view in the present case. To aver some of the solos being of a
very high order indeed. Miss Mar deprecating way with him which politics; a small, an ordinary nose damn any boy for ever from a chance of redeeming himself or ceived by the audience and Miss cians annoyed by a lack of we should always distrust ta Gubert was particularly well re- we commend to ambitious politi- may not be absolutely fatal, but fashioning his patriotism on lines Eva. Finlay ang with considerable of common-sense, seems to us to ucial mention wae The Wooden He has just felt it necessary to dead: the eagle beak of Chatham, charm An item which deserves popularity, says a Home paper. future. Consider to hurt no- body's feelings the illustrious be harsh.. Professor Forster's Mil Tree, a pretty song scene in apologise for his failure to pro- the heavenly nose of Pitt, the Iron quiet opinion the opinion of an which the Misses Doreen Smith and de expert-backed up by other men-Audrey Steel took part with Mr. vide caricaturists with material. Duke's great nose, the nose of room in which the Education
Birt Humwa giving the leat ItaWe must pronounce that an Disraeh, the nose of Gladstone, bere of the Board whose contact excellent executions due in apology was called for. Nature the nose of Joseph Chamberlain. Board meets. There is a growing
with Chinese youth has been, and large measure to Mr. F. Smith. has made him one of those for- The Prime Minister hopes that in feeling in the Colony that there
Other artistes who took part in tunate creatures who "have no time caricaturo may make some. has been a superfluity of talk in is, of no uncertain kind, deserves the concert and received well features which can easily be thing presentable" of his nose. ennnection with the troubles to the greatest possible consideration merited applause for individual and taken hold of" If it were other. We would not cast a blight on any G. FALCONER & CO. (HONGKONG) LTD. which Canton, has put us, too that can be given to it. The pre-concerted items were Vie Blundel wise, wa should never have seen man's natural and lawful am-
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TOO HARSH?
Some committee rooms are like, auction TOOMS, There is 1 hypnotism that leads to "nods becks and wreathed smiles to say nothing of words words that in the cold, clear light of reflection are apt to lead to wonderment. It may be that this applies to the
more
mis.
on a chance. It will creates also for the success of the evening a very old exp
which was brought to a close by the caturists. sense of irritation and imposa we think, but 'to "think" all we
pussing of voto of thanks to the face said hardships op those Chinese artistes on the proposition of Com though he speak. Much loose thought and
families known to possess one or modore Stirling seconded by the optimi speaking Is likely to do us more. Donati
more "striking students. We Officer Commanding the troops in And much
put harm than good.
China Major-General C. C, Inised. are in favour of punishment. The concart party wish to sokikiw
The threatened drastic punishment is But we should like to go a step ledge their indebtedness for help. going to do the same The mere further and make anggestion rendered by the Commodore for use threat leads probably to harsh that it is parents and guardians Mr. J. Leys and Mr. F. Brown, of the R. No thentre for roboursala, impression, and more probably
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ere Art de would be wise to expect nothing. the carl Not that he is in any way interior to his contemporaries, He is of a ougham, generation which have, for the too purposes of art, no noses, and, Indeed, no features of interest. It would be idle to pretend that the Parliamentary strife of these days je so picturesque as when Glad atone and Disraeli; the mustachios of Randy
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