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Hongkong, Saturday, Jan. 30, 1926.

CANTON'S CHOICE;

Bloga

this intent of 100

SHREDS AND PATCHES.

QUR Ben Jonson's birth

ereign that it is

"The anniversary likely to Stillwe must thank Mr. D. GrM. Bernard for it if only JANUARY 31 of the Coxocutle

Hay, in the golden age for its indication that the Star EXECUTION OF of King Chazlea.

of 1074. It is almost Ferry Co, Ltd, is taking action CHARLES I was formerly cele

brated and inevitable so to speak of him, In a matter that long since needed special form of prayer made since Westminster Abbey has attenion. Generally speaking, the use of which was removed from sanctioned the phrase by maricing ordinary person needs having from the Prayer Book by an Act of his grave with the words. Much himself, and this is shown in the Parliament. The following is surprise there was when the disregard of ordinary precautions which is often noticed at the taken from the "Courer of unorthodox inscription rare Ben Jonson!" was first seen in January 80, 1826. ferries. But are there not other This being the anniversary of that holy place. Some thought it things in Hongkong to which the King Charles Martyrdom (in profane. And, indeed, it amacka phrase "must stop might be 1649) the Royal Exchange gates somewhat of the "Mermaid," for applied Not many perhaps, but were shot till twelve o'clock, the phrase formed the concluding still a few. The littering of the when they were opened for words of verses written for the slippery sidewalks with such public business."

club-room of Ben's cronies. The things as orange peel should cer

There is a story told regarding story goes that a friend bribed a tainly cease. The sight of little Miss Russell, great grand mason at the Abbey to cut the children in charge of edibles for daughter of Oliver Cromwell, who Inscription for eighteenpence. sale or being used as sympathy | Was waiting-woman to the movers, or touters for cumshas. Princess Amelia, daughter of strikes the onlooker as some George II to the effect that, while thing which might also

cease engaged in her duty one 80th Avoiding trick cyclists going at January, the Prince of Wales full speed is now an almost com came into the room, and sportive- mon occurrence. There will be geny said. "For ahame, Miss eral agreement that "must stop" Russell! why have you not been fortable." should apply to the misapplied in at Church. humbling yourself "Whadja Bay. to havin genuity or bravado that finds out with weepings and wailings for drink?" asked the boozy one let in riding furiously on two the sins on this day committed genially. wheels. It needs no Board of by your ancestor? To which The clergyman's face Directors to remedy such a mat Miss Russell answered: "Sir, for severely," "No, ter as this. At one time the a descendant of the great Oliver sight of numbers of members of Cromwell, it is humiliation suf- the Guild of Beggars was fairly ficient to be employed, as I am, in common in the Colony, and their pinning up the all of your importunities were as aggresive Falster 1"

ů

A man quite tipsy EVIDENCE saged down on the

lobby lounge beside dignified clergyman

"Thish's fine hotel," he began. "Yes, I find it very com-

thank you.

Rever touch the vile stuff."

se

"Shay exclaimed the, other, "whatja givin' me? You gotcha collar on backwards now."

to enforce redress for the boycott as the odour which came from

Cats have an instine- TABBY'S tive sense of the drama- is not by any means due, as some them. But the police indicated

ROLE. tic. It was a Girl Chiness like to think, to fear of that the practica must stop,, and the evil as a consequence has

Guides' rally, and one possible international complica-almost entirely disappeared. The JANUARY 31 1st of February & Herrin in costume, with a On the eve of the of the girls was to sing "Calles. tions the other Powers concern- same applies to the custom which

festival was former basket of real herrings to com ed are in full sympathy with our at one time prevailed of infirmity kept called in the Manx plete the effect. She was a great rights--but solely to our friendly being made open to the gaze of honour of the Irish ady who went was a large black cat, who, just |(ties-natural and. otherwise language Lan' Breaghey, in success, but a much greater one feelings for China, whom we pre- the passer-by. The decidedness over to the Isle of Man to receive fer to look upon as a trusted ally of the two words gains them the the veil from St. Marigheld. The as the singer reached triumph. than as a possible enemy. But attention, they deserve.

note, emerged Gov-custom was to gather a bundle ofantly her top public utility.

from the unknown, and strolled the Canton Government would do ernment,

cem-green rushes, and standing with even panies, and well not to place too heavy, a

individuals them in the hand on the threshold Tajestically up the hall to the might take them into of the door, to invite the holyly saying to himself, "Well, I platform, tail erect, and evident- strain on our patience. We have consideration and see in what Saint Bridget to corie and lodge think I might as well investgate allowed the present state of affairs way they can be applied to with them that night. The to continue because we wished to any abuses which may exist. equivalert of the Manx invitation those herrings !" take no step that, would mar the Let. representative bodies from my house, come to my house to REMARKABLE have noticed the Apply it to the present situation.is: "Bridget, Bridget, come to

No one seems to " friendly relations between the both sides get together and de- night-open the door for Bridget, two nations, and because we be-cide that the tendency to prolong and let. Bridget come in After shadowing of the Locarno Pact, remarkable fore- lieved the Canton Government the unnecesary must stop, and these words were repeated the which is to be found in H. G. was making every effort to settle be made by the individual, with way of a carpet or bed for St. Free" published in 1914. That stop it soon will. A start might rushes were strewn on the floor by Wells' romance, "The World Set the trouble. Should we now find persistent Coueism repeating a Bridget. that the Canton Government, for must stop formula. The daily

The

FIGHT FOR RUBBERL

In fact, he was over-refined.

the lasting brotherhood of peo- toples, and the 1914 Wells, with his the vision of a seer, describes the delegates to this conference meeting in sight of the Locarno Road, amid the asphodels of that lovely corner of Europe.

THE MAKING OF WORDS.

atory tells of a hideous war which lays waste almost the all its avowals of sincerity, is re- repetition will not be in vain.

whole world. The peace confer- laxing its efforts in this direction, Differences will diminish, until

Hamlet, I'm sorry [ence, which follows establishes one day the Colony awakes to we would be bound to reconsider and itself, buzzing about its SHAKESPEARE to find, our attitude. Hongkong is by no activities and not caring a jot if

CHARACTER Was unable

make.

up means losing as heavily as her hurrying ferry-riders are imperil-mind enemies would make out, a fact ling their, Immortal souls in tak-

He shillied, he shallied, ing the risks some of them do. Yesterday we dwelt upon the which the bustling appearance of

He dilled, he dalled- golden opportunity that faces the Colony and the trading re- the Canton Government for turn-turns of local concerns can testify, ing the strike to good account by but Britain will not indefinitely re-

In America the anti-British having it settled out of hand, how main idle while illegal attacks are such a gesture as that, besides being made against the trade rubber faction has not been get ting its own way. With typical bringing welcome relief to hun-she has built up by pioneer enter-franknese American agitators, in- There cluding Mr. Herbert Hoover,

Despite the million-odd entries that his masters of speech wore dreds of thousands of Chinese prise and years of effort. who are suffering loss and hard-is a limit to her ratience and Secretary of Commerce, himself, in the latest dictionary, there are the porters. in the Haymarket. ship through the boycott, would toleration, and it is to be said have been told by their own com- not nearly enough words to allow Aristotle advised writers to "sperk In a as the common people do,že And 1 patriots that, if the control of us to say what we mean. increase the prosperity and pres-that the limit would have been rubber cultivation outside Ameri- certain way speech does for verbal cannot resist quoting Brander the tempered Matthews again! The worde tige of the Canton Government to reached long ago had the boycott can soil savours of commercial expression what such an extent that no limit could been organized in the name of a morality, Americans are not guilt-scale does for musical expression. evolved in the workshop and in Though G flat and F sharp are the street are. likely to be lear be put to the good it could do for people whom she respects less be the prolets the production etenally different, the tempered pretentious and more picturesque of when deemed

scale arbitrarily sets up something than any put together in the China. To make that rosy vision than she does the Chinese,

necessary. Moreover, whilst rub- come true, the Canton Govern- Canton Government would do well ber manufacturers are growling which is neither and declares it library and in the laboratory. to be bath. So, when you, thump Often they have a vernacular ment has only to suppress the to bear that in mind. There is no at the alleged effect of control on the first of the three black keys vigour of their own, almost`·

prices which must surely hit the activities of the strike pickets, suggestion of sabre-rattling or rubber industry in Britain as well on the plane, you thump a vicious Elizabethan in ita. freshness That these activities are grossly brutal imperialism in the warna timely exposure is made by sensitive musician really means immemorial privilege of making a compromise that says a thing no He goes on to discuss." "the Illegal needs no saying. The greating: it is simply a re American politicians and writera A complaisent shopper, you accept verb out of a nous, & privilege bulk of the Chinese have no heart minder of the dangers of the pre-of the mammoth profits being not what you demand, but some which is one of the most precious made by American motor and |for the boycott-they are party sent position. The Canton Gov-

our English speech";"" and, to quote Theodere good."," to it only because they are ter-ernment must give us credit for tyre companies last year. thing alleged to be "just as possessions of

That the outlook for the planta-

sort of word was Roosevelt's record of having wit rorised by the strike pickets. that. What would its own atti-tion rubber industry in of the christened by Lewis Carroll the nessed the birth of a new and They would as gladly trade with tude be if British subjects, labour-brightest cannot be denied. There portmanteau. In his famous brilliantly expressive verb. the British as they would with ing under a sense of grievance, or will be, a demand for all the introduction to that pioneer of When Roosevelt was a ranch- rubber that can be grown both- anyone else. Therefore the onus real or fancied, had suddenly and within and without the British wocky" the bard explains that with his men, he happened to over. portmanteau Doems, Jabber owner and had been falling trees for the present state of affairs is gratuitously decided to bar all Possessions. Without in any way this characteristic effect arises hear one of them say, “Bill cat on the strike pickets. But are Chinese from entering British impinging on British preserves when its maker's mind is attuned down fifty-three, I cut forty-nine, the strike pickets solely to blame territory, a decision which would there are ampla acres for cultiva-with such equal intensity to the and the boss he beavered down tion in other parts of the globe by expression of two related ideas seventeen. Roosevelt who In the eyes of the world? That have involved hundreds of thou Americans and all others who look that they fuse and lasur from his always enjoyed a good joke on is a question the Canton Govern-sands of Chinese in Malaya, with pardonable envy on the mouth as one. For example, if himself, went on, "Those who have ment would do well to ask itself Borneo, Burme, Australia and growth of the rubber planting in you equally want to admonish the ever seen the stump of a trea without further delay, for grave other parts of the world? Would dustry in Malaya, Ceylon, Burma, charwoman not to crinkle up your gnawed down by a beaver will un- Issues hang on the answer. The Canton as

and India one of the large

manuscript and not to squash it, derstand the exact force of One fact stands out in the you tell her not to “aquishle! It comparison."" Canton Government may not be emigrating centres of China have rubber controverty in America, Thus are obtained delicate hill-We have long

seded a word for recognized as the de juro goveru- accepted such a decision an that and that is the remarkable lack of

tones and between shades of mistake as applied to action, and ment of the South, but this does.

terprise on the part of usually

the Malne guide has vehement protest to th

meaning, which correspond to the ing Americans in not results of a painter's mixing to the vital impact primary colours. on his palette, or bber cultivation years composer's blanding of vario

oneert from America

not absolve it from respo

Lor its actions. The Canton

ernment. may

the

of

that

orchestral Instruments.

on, one I was reading the proof of this

would

paragraph, I noticed that Louis to record Untermayer wittily speaks of the imitative American composers who

British

zo to Paris, stick their scaes, French music, and come back

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