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MAE MURRAY ÎN, "THE MERRY WIDOW."

Mae Murray will return to local screens next wook in what le Unanimously accepted as her greatest and beat film "The Merry Widow." A little bird whispers te

us that it is her greatest and best

of Mr. Mei Lan-fang, the celebrate evenings and Sir, Ramaswami Iyer, female Impersonator. In addition to who was one of India's delegatea cause, the producer. Von entertaining hia distinguished at the Longue's Conference. ΠΕ Strohelm. would not put up with

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the exotic" charmer's tantrums: When, he told Mae to come, then the host staged two short plays with Dealing with India's position himself in the contra: role of the the League, the speaker said she she comes and when he said "Go," amorous pretty nun and the cour-was not a mere nodding member oft meant that he meant just that and nothing else. The result is a ¡ageous" favourite of a defeated the British Delegation to the

League but had a permanent and good film.

Previous pletures, those of the To the admiring visitors it seem-independent place in the League's

Alley type, were ed scarcely possible that the shy Council and a definita voice in "Peacock

generally produced by Robert Z. handsome young man who received deliberations. them in the conventional European

'He paid high tribute to Viscount Loonard, who was. Maa's husband' evening dress, and then acted the Gogil as one of towering personality and it was vary evident that Mae, part of first, the nun who rted Lund to Sir Austen Chamberlain foalthough she wriggled through the so bewitchingly with her admirer, his tact in arriving at an agree various scenes without much on and later, that of the brave woman ment between the various repru was certainly wearing the meta- who immolated horself rather than sentatives of the Dominions in the phorical Oxford bags, when it came

to controlling the picture. Empire. full a victim to her master's enemy, and who finally joined them in the

He also paid an eloquent tributewe shall see this week, orthodox Chinese garb, were all to Sir William Vincent for his work one and the same person,. They connection with the suppression were loud in their praises of Mei of slave traffic, and said India's Lan-fang's almost inimitable ausu could not have been better Acting. of his gorgeous dresses and championed even by the most Nu- of his beautiful werd dance and tonalist of Indians themselves. they declared. that they had never enjoyed themselves more heartly. Buffet supper was served with champagne and punch arid: souvenir photograph was taken Their Royal Highnesses presented the host, with their photographs, while he asked the Crown Prince to accept a beautifully carved seal made of the rare "Yunnan Yellow" stone and the Princess as well na the Queen's lady-in-waiting each an exquisite fan dating from the Ming Dynasty.

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"In "The Sea Beast," an adapta Association expects to see astion of the novel 'Moby Dick,' says their guests also a few pro John Berrymore, I hope to make minent officials and representa-ve again before the eyes of ives of the other Scandinavian Atherton and the world, one of the communities.

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most adventurous, colourful, and TR. H. are attended by the cteristically American of in- Court Marshal Hon. N. Rudebeck, dustries, that of whaling now de- all its Mrs. Rudebeck, and Captain Ginet and living only in Asbrink. With the party are also the Swedish Minister to China Mr. O. Ewerf and Professora JG. Anderson, for many years it was a rugged, eventful life,hone Bank of Food and Sarrice, Among those who attended, be- distingun had rdviser to the Chin full of sudden death and ever- sides the staff of the Crown Prince, ese Government on geological and present danger. Grow killing cap. were Mr. Ewerlof (Swedish Minis- archeological researches as well as tains ruled with the closed fist and ter) Baron and Baroness Leison-Mr. A. Lagrelius, hon, treasurer the belaying pin. Ships fought hufvud, Dr. Anderson, Baron Stask to the Swedish China Committee, each other for disputed quarry. Holstein, M. Tai Chen-lin (former under whose auspices the latest Some turned pirate or smuggler, Chinese Minister to Sweden) and his family, Mr. Feng Keng kuang excavations of Professor Andebut in the main the officers and men of the whaling fleet were up- son have been conducted. former Governor of the Bank of China) Dr. and Mrs. M. T. Z. Tyau, Majestic Hotel and will leave on

The party will stay at the right and Godfearing. Mr. Wang King-yao and Mr. Llou November 16 by the "Katori Nai-fan, Assistant Director and Sectional Chief of the Protocol De-Me for Singapore, from where partment and Mr. L. C. Tao, Assist-after rip to Batavia, they will red to British India on their ant Secretary, of the Waichinopu.

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In Shansi Peking. October 31. The Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden will leave this evening on a special train for Taiyuanfu, where they will be entertained by

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The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Sweden, who are now visiting in Peking, have expressed the wish to be considered during their sojourn in China as private tourists, travelling incognito under the name of Duke and Duchess, of Scania.

Owing to the civil war in the Yangtse province T. R. H. having cancelled an intended excursion to

the ancient culture centres of Honan and Hupeh, will leave Peking on November 12, and after a short stop at Pukow, where they will view the Swedish Engineer Mr. O. Karlbeck's, col- lection of old Chinese bronzas, are due to arrive at Shanghai prob-| Bably on November 14,

Mr. Yen Hsi-shan.

"It is the mighty spirit of the New England whalers that we have attempted to capture for the silver sheet in the production of "The Sea Beast.""

Beas Meredyth adapted this stir- ring Herman Melville story to the

Bereen, and Millard Webb directed.. In the cast are Dolores Costello, George O'Hara, Mike Donlin, Sam Baker, George Burrell, Sam Aller,

Frank Nelson, Mathilde Comont,

James Barrowes, Vadin Uranoff, Their programme in Shanst will Sojin and Frank Hagney. include a three-day camping trip, The picture will be shown at the during which the Crown Prince Queen's Theatre shortly. will be given an opportunity of making archaeological excava

tions."

The party will return to Peking by November 9, and will embark for Ceylon from Shanghai on November 16.

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Mr. Vincent is expected here to-

plane to, Rangoon..

He is bringing the

On the 15th T. R. H. will take A STIFF neck is soon cased, and luncheon en petit comite with con-shoulders disappear when Chamber-morrow. sul General and Mrs. Lilliehook lain's Pain, Balm is rubbed on the and have accepted an invita-aching spot. It feels good to the skin, tion to dinner from the Swedish penetrates quickly to the vary sent of Association in China on behalf of in the neare and the pain is gone. pain, scattering the congestion, reliev- the Swedish community, when the Sold and recommended everywhere.

The Air Service Company, whose business is defla! survey, shifted their office from Rangoon to Borneo,. a few months ago.

Human Flies Scale C.P.R. Chimi.

Walking around a two-foot-wide and said he never had," ") feel. Just platform that encircled the top safe up there as I do on tho of the 218-foot-high chimney at the ground." He is a man over sixty years of age and has been doing end of the Windsor strest station this kind of work for the past forty trala platforms, Henry Hald, of years. "I feel right at home on the New York, and Richard Boucher, of CPR chimney, he added, "or I However he is Three Rivers, drew many syes from built it in 1912 *

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