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DAME MELRA.
CURIOUS STORY OF FAMOUS NOVELLBOY
KiraKoNBB'a WISH.
The memoirs of Dame Nellie
on Butterworth under the title Melodies and Memories, Intro-
The Overland China Mail" is obtainableMetbu, published by ours. Thor- every week on Friday morning at the office of the publishers (China Mail Building) 5, Wyndham Street in ample time for the mail.
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de in a delightfully personal way an extraordinary number of poopie inutt chases of society.
These range from kings and queensedown to a little urchin, who, when the great singer told him he owed her a guinea for being "stowaway" at one of her concerts, peptied unabashed, Madam, we lowe you much more than that,"
If Iradun chilled her when she 13 14-15 made her debil at: Covent Garder in May 1888, her reception as the un-- known Mus. Armstrong, of Au 16-17tralia, Iwo years earlier, froze her almost to the point of despair. Sullivan could only, promise her that there might be some chice”. 10 finding her a small part in
Mikado if she could gʊ on tudying for another year." It was left to Madame Mathilde Marchesi become, as she puts it, her "urtistic inother."""
CONTENTS
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Domestic Occurrence
1
Hockey Match
1/2
leading Articles
13 Marconect
12.
Funeral
4.
Notable Facts
13
Personal Contard
1
The Next Step
13.
The Institute
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War Extends
Court Mourning..
Sit on Splice"
Mared the Mail
4
1.R.C. Final
16
Work of Merey
Panting Golf
15
Life of Crime
The Lost Mi
Leading Lady I
Oil on Five-
Reds March On
B
Two K.O's
17
Death Inquiry
5
bengue Football
18
Motor Mishaps.
"White Wings"
18.
A Lenient View
6.
Easy Rugby Win
19
Kowloon Shooting
K.C.C. "At Home"
19
Cruel Constable
6
A Fanling Hunt
19
Destiny"
G.
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Still Quiet
19
Lengue Cricket
In the Temple...
19
Local Hockey
7
Macao in Brief
.20
Took Pright
7
Landlords Meet
20
Who's Whe
Pyuud Charges-
.20
Dr. Wi's Help
7
A Printing Pross
.20
"Bad Driving"
H
Pence Hopes
.20
Canton: Notes
g
No Ball
.20
Murder Trial
8
Chinese Actress
.20
Walk the Plank
9
Inter-Regiment
.21
Charity
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Piapo Prodigy
27
Liquor Duty
Motor Mishaps.
21
To-day's Arrivals
9
Pence Hopes
Peace Doings
9:
JA.D.C.
23:
Passport Charge
01R.C. Report
28:
Brisk Bidding
'Team Work Wins
23,
Local Boxing
30
Clear Issue
23
Club 2nd XI Win
30
Trade Loan
Cricket Match
10
Cheung Chau Notes
.24
Army Sport
10.
Cutting Treas
"24
Week-end Sport
10"
Army's Regret'
24
Cricket Notes
11
Local Rugger
24
Welcome Back
Golf Club
Red Executions..
Student Strikers
.25
Support the Club!
12:
Boxers, Note!
25
'Planes to Help
.12.
Nasty Fall
25
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OPERA HOUSE OR FRUIT STOKK? After her triumph in Brusecle she returned to London, and this how she describes her impression of the great English home of opera.
Covent Garden my beloved Covent Garden--never ball I Forget the first one I saw you: spelling in the sunshine 57 years I had walked to the 10. “Bilboude «Mhrough the market, and I stepped over the cabbage tops, fruit skins and straw, und pensed in front of the door, I said.
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Gurden. Even when I went in and asked for Mr. Augustus Faria, I felt that by some strange mischance I was standing in a great fruit store..
It was Queen Alexandra who was instrumental in making her breadt her vow never to return to London after her first disappointing per formance at Covent Garden, Lady
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**Mudam. Melbe, Evo been an exile for eight years, Won't you won't you sing just one verse of Home, Sweet Home? 0# Charles Chaplin, Melba wribes. !---
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No celebrity, ever so complete ly falsified my preconceived notione na Chelie Chaplin. .....
BOOK 1925.
EDITED BY H ̈G W. WOODHEAD.
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Large And More Comprehensive Than Ever.
The present (1925-8) issue of the CHINA YEAR BOOK is again considerably larger than any of fts predecessors. The Chaptert I had expected to meet an ugly. Mines and Minerals," "Educa "Labour," grotesque figure Instead, therm
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"Commerce," "Ship Imudsome young man, mall but ping" "Currency," etc., have been perfectly made, with flashing eyes rewritten and brought up to date. and beautiful teeth. He was The Report of the Shanghai Child desse quietly and well, and Labour Commission is reprinted apoka iu a low musical voice; that seemed to belong more The Political Summary" describes English public schoolboy than to knockabout comedian. Instead of a brilliant clown I found myself Sace to face with a philosopher, with a serious, almost melnacholy attitude to life.
In the course of the conversation Chaplin said he would give his soul to play "Farlet,"
***LAT, AN APPLE.'''
For those who are interested to know how a great prima donna pre- serves her voice the chapter on "My Country and My Ari will be. specially attractive.
Whenever I am singing in the evening, she writes, I rise early, breakfast, lightly, then warm my voice with a few scales and exercises. The only meer of the day of any importance is lunch, and even that must be light, and with no sort of wine, with no sult, with only the most ensily digested dishes.
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MESSAGES TO MAUD."
It was Queen Alexandra who later yours, summoned her to Mari horough House just before her de- arture for Norway, and again de strated the simple naturalnews of the English Royal Family, which Melbu regards a mequalled the world over.
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Her Majesty insisted on seeing I perceived in the shaded light of the sitting-room, the frail beloved figure,of the dowager Queen, supporting herself on two sticks..
"So you're going to see Maud, " she said. You must give her my best love." As 1 curtsied I taged to remember who Mand was, and it was only after Queen? Alexundin had entrusted me with great many messages to "Maud"" that I realised she was speaking of the Queen of Norway.
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