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BIRTHS.

QUALE-On December 22, 1926, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Quale, a daughter.. CASSIDY.-On December 22, 1926, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs, P. Cassidy, a daughter.

SILVER WEDDING.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER

1926,

CHINESE DRAMA "MERCURY" VISIBLE.

QUAINT "PROPS" AND STAGE CONVENTIONS.

A PEKING FIRST NIGHT.

OBSERVATIONS OF LOCAL

ASTRONOMER.

WHEN TO LOOK

Mail" that that great churchman and statesman, the Most Rev. Randall Thomas Davidson, Arch- bishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England since 1903, is, to resign the metropolitan see at the |beginning of the New Year, will not come exactly as a surprise to most churchgoing folk. It will, however, occasion a good deal of My friend the chance acquaint-{ speculative discussion in ecclesias-ance In year of travel-had keenly interested in astronomy, tical circles. There have been shared my interest in the theatre informs the "China Mail" that on many rumours during recent of Japan, writes G.. Pengelley. Kerr Xmas and succeeding mornings: he years to the effect that his Grace in the "Daily Telegraph" (London) has obtained a clear view of the was contemplating retirement-he In North China we met again, and planet Mercury, for a glimpse of will be 78 next April--and a de- agreed one night to see together which he had. scanned the heavens

in vain for some years. Anite announcement will be keen the far older drama of Peking.

EL

The Rev. H. R. Wells, who is

The planet, Mr. Wells states, ly awaited by all. It has been 7.45 at the hotel, I suggested. understood for some time that the The show starts about five or six will be visible for a few remain- Archbishop has been "carrying in the afternoon, but we won't being mornings between 6.10 and on owing to the difficulty of find able to stand more than two or 6.25 providing the sky is clear. Mercury is the nearest known ing a suitable successor. It is three hours of it."

somewhat strange that, whilst the As usual, my friend wanted to planet to the sun. To locate it, observers should look a little to Archbishop of Canterbury ranks start earlier to get the most out of the south of East. A little above. second only to princes of the blood the tickets, and, is usual, was

in the matter of precedence in the the Arst to be bored by the show.is Saturn, to the south is the red star Antares, and close to the Realm, his, wife has no title what-I accured a competent Chinose in- ever, being plain Mrs. Randal terpreter, and the three of us took horizon is Mercury. Davidson. The solution is offrieshas down to the Chinese city. course, obvious. The table of pre-We left the Legation quarters, pass cedence was drawn up before the fad the Forbidden City, and out of Reformation, in days when all the the Tartar City, down the teeming common in the age before Homera clergy were celibates. Still, streets of Chinees theatreland.. Hull and the story was hard to pick up.

invaluable strange as may appear to be the Chang-yung, my

ric-in the first place the subject matter somewhat anomalous position of sha boy and general guide to the was well known to the audience, the Primate's wife, custom during party, stopped outside what looked and our little Chinese guide had recent years has invariably heldiko a very tawdry fifth-rate cinema only to hear the few opening son- that the Primate of All England house. It was bitterly cold We tences before saying, "Oh, yes, this should have a gracious lady were all chilted from half-an-hour'sa the story of Sing Wa", I was preside over the destinies of Lam run in rieshas, and yet my friend reminded at once of the sage of beth Palace. If, therefore, would insist on, stopping outside to the old Greek stage. There, an this custom is followed, both the ask Hu Chang Yung if he liked schylus or a Cratinus was con- Archbishop of York and the plays."

finad to the common canon of stories, Bishop of London would be at:

Hu Chang Yung could only about the gods and heroes. Only in once ruled "out of Court," for answer "yes," and my friend, who the treatment was he allowed any hoth these distinguished eccle- never seemed to cure himself of a latitude. Consequently, the Greeks, siasties are confirmed bachelors.tourist's quixotic interest in every-like the Chinese, were able to tako To return to the present holder ofóne, said he would give him money a great deal for granted which it the archaepiscopal see. Speaking to buy a ticket.

would be necessary to insort wero a few months ago in reply to the The interior was more or less in the audience less informed. presentation of an address from keeping with the outside.. It wasi the Church Assembly, of which he small and dirty, very dirty, and the

Conventions.

was the first Chairman, Draudience looked dirtier still in their In addition, the amount of con- Davidson said that if that night's woollen and fur caps, which arevention was amazing. I suppose 1. gathering had been held, as was never very attractive. But it was saw hardly one-tenth of it, buð a originally planned, two nights

appreciative. One of the seven few simple rules carried me some earlier, he would not have had the! distinction of being the longest plays of the day was just ending a way, it was just the convention we entered. Everyone seemed mcvwhich children, with their vivid termed Primate. Archbishop tish Government courageously Sutton, who died in 1828, held the ed. Howls, groans, hoots, hoots of imagination, contrive for the defeat persists in the spirit of the Note Primacy for 28 years and 151 probation, all gave proof of exof their older friends. In a nursery days. His own time was then 23 cited enthusiasm. I could not help the sofa often becomes in turn a critical ship, a eart) and an aeroplane, and the chance of coming to some years and 152 days. Indeed a re-thinking of the cold,

"houses" in the West-end. The the stool ena be an island, a raft, or honourable and satisfactory ar-cord of which any ecclesiastic rangement with China is better might be proud. If Lord Beaver-age was in the form of a widen fortress, and the children insist brook's journal is correct in its ellipse, with a rectangle stretching that "grown-ups should appreciate The two ends of the ellipse their conventions. The Chinese do than for a long time past. The anticipation of the early retire-behind. same paper adds that "the whole ment of the Primate, the Prime were occupied by the band, the same. The hero climbs into a and the chair, while his enemies rush past Note breathes the spirit of Minister will have no easy task the band's friends, moderation and wisdom, which is in finding a successor. The name band's friends friends. They sat him on the stage. He has eluded of Dr. Temple, the scholarly there, talking, playing, spitting, for escape, for was he not concealed in as humane and as politic as the Bishop of Manchester has been all the world like children who have the leafy branches of an oak tree? British Government in effect ask-mentioned more than once," but not been given a pat in the grown-He crouches under a table and lies ing the Canton Government to Mr. Stanley Baldwin may have a ups charade and are compelled to hidden in a cave until his pursuers"

come in only as the crowd. And they have gone behind the back curtain surprise up his sleeve.

His ap- come to a sensible interim ar-pointments of pro-consuls during did so enjoy beating their drums and he can emerge from its legat rangement until some authority the past two years have proved and cymbala and doing their best The convention for crossing" a river

The scene-shif has definitely established itself as singularly well-selected,, and it is to drown the words of the actors on amused me most.

I am not exaggerating ters in ordinary clothes rush in und' to be hoped that the prelate he the stage. the Government of China. That chooses as Dr. Davidson's succes- the noise. During the performance arrange the chairs with their backs is a fair offer......". The com-sor will be at once a scholar and had great difficulty in hearing the to the table. The hero then solemn- ments of other British news-a statesman; for, perhaps never interpretation from our Chineselly mounts the chair, passes over the table, and down the other side. He papers are likewise constructive before in the long history of the friend..

Two Plays.

pleks up a small staff with three red and helpful For instance, the Anglican Church have these quali

tles been more essential, fór not! "Charades," that is the name most tassels attached to it, and goes off They the stage. Immediately we know "Daily, Chronicle" hopes that "the forgetting the time of Arch-applicable to the evening. statement will help to dispel the bishop Parker, when the Prayer tell me that Chinese drama is older he has mounted a horse and is away. false impression of British policy Book took its present form, or than the Empire itself, but in In a moment he may reappear, bear Archbishop Laud's Primacy, when dramatic technique and stage equlping the staff. He changes its eleva which has prevailed in China, England was at grips with Puri-ment it compares unfavourably with tion; we know he has halted. causing anti-British feeling."tanism, the Church of England is the poorest of house-party ama-throws it to the ground: he has "Moderate and judicious" is the passing through more eventfulteurs. In the plays we saw the fur-dismounted. He approaches a big

times than even then: verdict of the "Daily Mail."

Abroad there is observed the same willingness to praise the British spirit underlying the Memorandum The "New-York World" describes it as "a liberal policy combined with good sense"; the "New York Times" cannot

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THE CADUCEUS." UNIVERSITY" MEDICAL

JOURNAL.

NOVEMBER ISSUE:

Interesting observations

measures

He

niture consisted of a table on which castle; a particular movement of his ca was always ready for the weari-hands conveys the fact that he has ed actor to get a drink,. and two unlocked and closed the gate behind shairs which were moved about him: With the imagination of the from one side of the stage to the audience to wail trained, the action other by coolies dressed in ordinary of the play can poceed at enormous clothes. A single mauve curtain at speeds. Coolies enter carrying ob- the back, with two entrances right long shields of paper painted blue and left, completed the "props." and white, and we know a storm is In the second, play the furniture was brewing; a scarlet cloth, and we the same, but the mauve curtain was look (I know not why) for a boat on varied by a bright red and yellow therein.

With auch conventions the drama and creation so gaudy that the ordinary

BELL-HOGAN.-On 28th Decem- ber 1901 at the Church of Eng- land, Penang, by the Revd. imagine "a more pasient or a more Hynes, naisted by the Revd. forbearing policy that that mark-anti-malarial H. C. Henham, William Henry Bell, eldest son of James Balled out by the British Govern-malarial problems in Formosa as European found it rather a trying cannot but be complicated, for all- of Stoneycroft, Liverpool to ment"; and the "Figaro" con- compared with Hong Kong (by background oven to bare chairs its simplicity. But it is tire com. Dura Hogan, youngest daughter siders that "the British Policy Dr. A. G. M. Severn) are contain-But colour is largely a matter of plication of a child's charade. In ed in the November number of habit, and perhaps we were wrong the gruesome second play, the vil of the late John Hogan and shows a peaceful and conciliatory "The Caduceus" the journal of not to appreciate the immense lian who, according to custom, al- Mrs. John Hogan of The

spirit." Avenue, Penang.

REHABILITATED.

the Hong Kong University Medi-wealth of colour displayed by the ways were a white mask (men Having re-established, so toical Society.

costumes of the actors. Gorgeous whose characters are only partly Another article of general in Indeed they are, and the stereo amirched wear a white plaster over speak, her bona fides with her terest is that by Professor H. G. typed masks which the men playing their noses and under their eyes), Hong Kong, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1926. own nationals and with other for- Earle on "An imperial policy in women's parts usually wear seem to put to flight the whole family with But I am a single brandish of his sword. A signers, it only remains for Great Education with special reference heighten the effect.

The over his 'head, rushes out, chased by. Britain to succeed as well with to the University of Hong Kong." digressing. Little by little we pick moment later a mar. in a black cloak

Medical papers and other scien-ed up the story of the plays. the Chinese themselves, That tide contributions deal with aur Brat hinged on the theft of a manu- the bandit, and we gather that the Whether or not the Southerners naturally, is the only thing that gical and other matters, some script, and was illustrative of the ghost of the entire family is on and the Northerners accept the matters. As has been pointed out being based on observations, and Chinese love of culture and scholar- the stage. When the paterfamilias statistics at local hospitals. ahip. The Emperor, it appeared, of the family is himself killed later, British proposals and whether or repeatedly it has been amongst

The journal is well edited and had commissioned, the son of one not only does the victim not fall not the other Powers endorse the Chinese that British polley contains information which will of his officers, who happened to be a down, he actually walks merrily copy a off the stage. He is, we under them, the one great fact stands has been misrepresented, and it be extremely valuable to medical well-known scholar, to

famous manuseript! So well had stand, in the minds of the audience out in bold relief-that. Great Bri- is among the Chinese that British students.

he copied it that he had given back" desder" In Christmas charades the copy and kept the original for I have been killed in the same way tain has been rehabilitated. By policy must be rehabilitated. As

himself. The next Emperor, sus myself! Two hours of this mental one bold stroke she has shown not indicated at the outset of this

AN ERROR CORRECTED. pecting the theft, told another high strain and the cold of the theatre a little restless. only China but the whole world article the precise fate of the

official to secure: the manuscript. itself made us that her policy in China. Is fair actual Memorandum is not so

The photo of a Chinese wedding The father of the scholar is, in his There was a moment's pause in the and consistent; and, moreover, if important as is the readiness of which was published on the top of turn, told to procure the book. The action which gave the opportunity any concessions are required to the Chinese themselves to recog- page 7 in last Friday's "China interest centres round the intrigues we wanted. The actor represent meet the ever-changing conditions nise British policy not as some- Mall was described as being that necessary to recover the stolen booking the stereotype Buddhist priest of Mr. Lam Ming-fun (secretary without mining the criminal. The had become tired. He retired to the.. in China, she is ready to make thing inimical but as something of the Kowloon Motar Bus Co., other story was more primitive. It table at the back for a cup of tea. them

worth proffering and worth en Ltd.) and Miss Ng Nga-ying. The concerned the semi-historical and "Let's just wait to see him raise What matters most at the dorsing. moment is not the Memorandum presented to the Powers but the

spirit thereof. This gives the The Archb "Manchester Guardian hitherto

bridegroom was Mr. Henry P. C. semi-mythical figure of a bandit his beard!" I said. Outside" we Fun of Hong Kong Amusements, chist, living about 167 A.D. The found our ricksha boys,⠀⠀ Ltd., and the bride was Miss El head of a prosperous family injures "Well," said my friend to them, Wong, the daughter of Mr. Wong this bandst, and the insult involves "how did you like the ping?""

to

made

of Canterbury, Shiu-k of the Treasury. This the death not only of the perpetta "Oh, all foreign peoples to play:

wedding took place at the Rhenish for himself, put of all his family ricaha boga nó go play." ke Mission Church on Dec. 11, with him. It is a gruesome story,But, sald my friend, "I gave

The "China Mall" regrets the and one which might have been you $4"

"I think muchie better no go play, inconvenience caused to the various uns ous parties concerned

Continued at foot of next colago catchie chow!!?

The statement published in the a rather trenchant critic of Bri- London: "Dally: tish policy in China-an oppor- which reference was tunity for saying that "If the Bri- yesterday's issue of