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ST. STEPHEN'S SALE "OF WORK

IN AID OF MINISTERING CHILDREN'S LEAGUE

WEAVING FROM MANILA

The St. Stephen's Girta' College was the scene of much gaiety this mom ing, when a sale of work was held in the Kwok Sla-lau Hall' by students of this and the Fairies schools, in aid of the Ministering Children's League.

All sorts of useful and dainty arli- cles were on sale. Pretty table cloth and other weaving work direct from Manila, lacquer · waros, calendars, and other things too numerous to men--

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1929, "

PUTTING SHACKLES

ON MARRIAGE

BY A WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR

RELIGION and the State, view law. Apart from this, marriage is

ing with alarm the divine, the private concern of the couple explosive, and anarchic thing called alone. Love, have always done what they This is so, it seems to mo, even could, in the interests of society and from the religious point of view. the family, to tame and domesticate If God is Love, then surely, the it. They try to bind it by command- union of two people who love menta, laws, regulations, oaths, and one another is sanctifed, already

tlon were attractively displayed to the weight of public opinion as we tempt buyers.

bind the dangerous forces of thun- There were also some pretty workder and lightning to drive our and paper baskets for sale, manufac- Bakerloos and light our Londons and tured by the women prisoners in Vic- Manchesters. toria Gaol.

All sorts of competitions, including the inevitable cocoa-nut shy. had been carefully and conveniently arranged for the visitors to indulge in.

This afternoon, the students will stage a play-a Chinese version of the Merchant of Venice.

But actually Church and State do not bind love, for love cannot be coerced. What they do is to bind together married men and women whether they love or not.

They are largely successful in this, either because the bonda aro The ceremony was opened by Mraunnecessary that is, because the H. T. Greasy, who said that it was parties love each other and are will always a pleasure to her to be inviteding to be bound-or because the to St. Stephen's Girls' School.

In the first place, there was such a bound, are afraid or unable to break parties, though unwilling to be delightful atmosphere about it. In

the bonds.

without the need of any bluding

oaths and promises; indeed the extortion of oathes and promises appears to Introduce a compulsiva and mercenary element which la quite alien from the spirit of trus love and from the God "whose ser- vice is perfect freedom.”

There was once a man who bought a cottage, and when he moved into it to found that two uwallows had como and built a nest under the

спуев He was so delighted that he resolved that the visit of the swallows should be an annual event, framed a series of regulations. “On and so he went into his study and

such and such a date," he wrote, Their success is rather like that the birds will arrive. Building of the man who fishes for minnows operations will begin forthwith. On with a tennis-net. If he catches the 6th, 7th, and so on, an egg will any, it will be either because the be laid, and on auch and such a date minnows have been caught between these eggs will be hatched out. two strings of the net and are too From the 30th inst. to the 20th prox. frightened or too stupid to wrigglo the fledglings will receive Instruc- out, or because the minnows themtion in flying and feeding. On the clves approve of minnow-fishing 21st prox. the family will fly south." and do their best to co-operate.

Just before the young birds were Modern marriage, as I see it, is Redged he went out on to the lawn of two varieties: the marriage and road out these regulations with whose object is children and the a loud voice. To his surprise, how- the second place, she believed very marriage whose object is the child-over, the swallows falled to arrive ority, in particular, seem to have firmly that the girls fulfil their releas companionship of a man and a been factious and unjustified.

¡quirements as members of the Minis- woman.

toring This may, however, be balanc-loyal, whole-hearted and joyful man- Children's League in a mast ed off against the undoubted fact ner.

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CHILDREN'S CONCERT

The difference between the two is so great that the word that so I congruously identifies them is al

In the case of the deliberately childless marriage the problem seems to me to be simple. If the pair have ceased to love in any senas the word, I see no reason, divins or human, and least of all divine, why they should not be allowed to go their ways and form other alliances.

But in the case of the marriago which has created a family the pro- blem is more complicated, though less likely to ariso. It is less likely to arise because love has now ceased to be confined to two people and has spread itself among the children. A society based upon love has been formed which has a strength and cohesion of its own.

next year on the date laid down. They were a week late, and through- out their visit there was a regret- table disregard of regulations. discipline the man made a careful copy in miniature of the regulations, rolled it up, and pushed it into the swallows' nest. The swallows were so upset that they never returned.

With a view to tightening up the

Shortly after this the man hap- pened to meet the village sage. "Good morning, sir," sald the sage. "I see you have no swallows this year. It's strange. I've known your cottage man and boy for fifty years come Pancake Tuesday, and they've never missed yet."

man in-

the

"And yet," said dignantly, "I did all that was humanly possible to ensure their return. How do you account for it?"

They to minister to a large num- that some of the more backward er helten in teas fortunate cir-most the only thing they have in Minorities in Eastern Roumania cumstances than they are, not only common. Overland Chinx Mail. suffered under real grievances here but in the British Isles. They

which were

helped to lodge, clothes, feed and edu- never voiced either cata these poor children. because the sufferers were afraid The Committee of the M.C.L were very proud of St. Stephen's Branch. to appeal, or even because some They wanted to be able to tell their of them were actually unaware, beloved President. Mrs. Southorn. not only of the existence of the when she returned next week, that St. Stephen's had done better than Treaty, but of the League itself. ever. She trusted that results of the

Dr. Maniu's Government has rate of work would be excellent. already done something to repair the faults of omission and com- mission of the Liberal Govern- ment; but it does not appear that

On Thursday (to-day) at 5.30 the treatment

pm. a concert for children will be of Roumanian given in the Helena May Institute, Minorities is yet in all respects in at which the following ladies and accordance with the Treaty.

gentlemen will perform: Messrs. It is, therefore, of singular in- Lloyd-Jones; Mr. R. H. Crees and complicated because the separation swallow likes."---M. A.

A. Goodman, H. Bonenfant and G. terest to learn that the Govern- Beryl Goldenburg, George Jowitt.of the pair would now affect not only ment has now entrusted a Parlia and Colin Quin; Mrs. D. J. themselves but also the spiritual and mentarian (M. Popp) who is gen-Valentine; Rachael Wong and physical welfare of each member of crally respected

Stella Ho; Mrs. L. C. F. Bellamy, in Minority Marjorie Simpson and Mary circles, to undertake, a journey Wallace; Audrey Newhouse, Patri- only aspect of marriage which, in The rights of the family is the through the various States of cia Little,, Doreen Bowes-Smith, my opinion, should be regulated by Europe to study the experiences Little and Mme. Bonenfant.

Joan Bowes-Smith; Mrs. Scott of other Governmeata in dealing

To-day's dollar in worth 5/- 14%d with Minority questions, and, to

Useful and informative pocket His Excellency the General Officer make proposals to the Roumanian

diaries for 1930 have been received | Commanding the Troops, Major Gen- the Government for a general regu-

Lord Hailsham (better known by the "China Mall" from the Hongeral F. Ventris, C.B., inspected the lation of its Minority problems on as Sir Douglas Hogg), who was Kong Fire Insurance Co., Limited, 2nd Battn, Wiltshire Regiment, on the basis of his studies.

Attorney-General in the Conserva- and the Canton Insurance Office, Murray Farade ground this morning.

He took particular Interest in the tivo Government, passing Limited, also one from Messrs. Battalion because at the beginning of

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Hong Kong, Thursday, Dec. 5, 1929,

THE ROUMANIAN PROBLEM

The Government of

"National Tearanists" has now been in power in Roumania for something over a year. The highest hopes have been based on this Government, and it may be freely admitted that these hopes were not unjustified.

The progress of Dr. Maniu's Government has been slow; but it was confronted with a task of enormous difficulty, with which it

་་

LORD. HAILSHAM

is

And the problem has become more

the family.

tric International Co.

"Well," said the sage, slowly wagging his beard, "It looks some- how, begging your pardon, sir, 18 if you weren't the ́ sort of man a

TEN YEARS AGO

[From the "China Mall," December 5, 1919.]

Wiltshire.

MEN, WOMEN, AND AFFAIRS

A Tall Magistrate: Saleroom Figures: Society On The Move: The Marlborough Club:

red, Lord Newlands "not only bought of Straiton Street. Meanwhile, Lady. them back to his old official friend. Fark Lane. them for 1,000 guiness, but handed. Duna migrates to Norwich House,

If Roumania succeeds in creat- through the Colony to-morrow, Reise, Massey & Co., Limited, as the war, he was commanding a division ing a system satisfactory alike He will be the guest here of Mr. agents for the Westinghouse Elec in the Wyle Valley, in the county of to her Roumanian-speaking pa B. D. F. Beith. tionals and her Minorities it will be one of the most hopeful signs of modern political life. The question of Minorities in Europe is one of the most serious with which the League of Nations has could only cope by degrees. to deal. Yet had there been no Among the most important pro- Minority problems in the Austro- blems in Roumania since the Hungarian Empire in 1914, the The Old Street Magistrate war has been that of her Nation-world war would never have come MR. Ivan Snell, the Old Street al Minorities."

about.

magistrate, who recently sent -Roumania, with a population of

to hard labour, with a stinging A "Strad" Legacy reprimand that exceeded in sever- CASTING about to see what highly THE Marlborough Clab, which has some 16,000,000, has within her

[ity any words uttered from the priced possession he himself could frontiers something over 4,000,-

Bench for a long while, two men give, Lord Nowlands remembered 000 of national, linguistic or re

for theft and for fraudulently that his father had left him a vala after forty years of continuous em ligious Minorities, including wellThe death is announced by Reuter eat of the police magistrates.

able violin, made in 1702, by Antonio ployment the diled recently at the living on public relief, is the tall-Stradivarius when he was 58. are of 10) was founded by King

He accordingly presented it to the over 1,000,000 Magyars, some from Washington of Mr. James

Noonan, President of the Federation height came in useful not only in ties put down Strad's best year as men

A letter stating: "Some author with three-quarters of a million each

of labour of Jews and Germans; half a mil

athletics, but in the amateur 1715, when he would be 71. Hops

That dispate, which f llon Ukrainians, and large num-

theatricals, which were one of his that they are right, and that I, who to a substantial loss of membership The forthcoming wedding is an chier hobbies; he played the and now Ci, am still steadily impray for the latter club, areas in a carl- berá of Bulgarians, Bussians, nounced of Mr. Walter Dunbar rigantic executioner (a lighting

ous way. Then, as now, the bay In the sale on April 22 the violin window, of White's at the top of St. Turke, Tartars and others.

Fiddes Wilson; c/o Mesara Jardine, premonition, perhaps, of his caused a furore, and Lady Wernber James's Street were a popular.fea Matheson and Co., Ltd., Tientsin, to public career) f the 0.U.D.S. (now Lady Ludlow) gate as much as ture of the club. Under a Treaty signed with the Miss Lella May Tioman Clarke, No. production of Mensure for Mea- £2,500 for it. At ones she said to windows thrown up, it is pleasant to On summer's ovaning, with the Allied and Associated. Powers 508, The Peak.

her agent: "Be quick; tell the autoif there watching the pageant of Mr Bnell's sister is the bri tioneer to offer it again from me."

NEWS IN BRIEF

The Origin of a Club

Just lost its hall porter; Warwick,

Prince of Wales after

with the committed

In his Oxford days his immense Red Cross, accompanying the one

for a time. Ied

which

he was

was then a

after the war and placed under The Director of Medical and Hant portraitisty Miza: Olive Snell; Strad brought $1,400, the Red Cross nose (perhaps, less pleasant to-day, the guarantee of the League of Sanitary Servicen Nations, Boumanis is bound to Wellington) has red grant these Minorities

As on the second occasion the London life pass by under one's very cho in private life is Mr. Pike benefited by £3900 from Lord New-when the clip-clop of horses' hoots

of Colonel Ex-Pike, now com land's plous, gift w

SALOME MOONstas | bar given way to the noise and fumén ing a battalion at Grenadier-

Buite rights which place the

stream of motor But In 1889 White's did not per

the Tower of London General Post in the West-End ‹

MANGA general post seems to be takingmit its members to smoke in this 1st place among, London, bosteases | frost, room, while it was the Royal plesaurs to puff a cigar from one of

te Lord Newlands:

* Mre. Loula Baron, whose husband's pihawladay bay (armchalenge

ta ligift of a pubile pavilion, in Regent's "Park; continues the prginatotá elvic spirit of his father, is moythe): fer- ther down. Park Lane from Graent Street to Park Street, Eheg

her reception-roodis:

TH,Prince of Walce! was much la- censed," but "the committes – remained amant and the Princt resigned bla "with"him" mATLY? the Atalous

Marlborough" which was

pipes may be, smol

corner: ers-by in- the streets:

visible to pasi»