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GANDE, PRICE

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER IST, 1923-

@ CO., LTD.,

8, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.

Beg to Notify Customers that Assorted Hampers suitable for the Festive Season may be obtained from them at the following Reduced Rates:-

No. 1

HAMPER-$35.

1.Qt. Superb Toway Port.

1 Qt. Moet & Chandon Dry Imp.

Champagne.

1 Qt. Blackberry Brandy. 1 Pt. D.Q.M.

1 Qt. Martell's XXX Brandy,

2 Qta. King Geo. IV or Perfection

Whisky.

No. 2 HAMPER-$30.

1 Pt. D.OAL.

1.Qt. Guillamart Champagne.

非

1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.

1 Qt. Martell's XXX Brandy.

2 Qts. King Geo; IV or Perfection

2 Qts. Tawny Dry Port

Ots. St. Julien Claret,

2 Qt. St. Julien Claret." 1. Old Brown Sherry R.S. 1 Q. D.CL. Old Tom or Dry Gin. 1 Qt. Burgoyne's Australian Burgundy. 1 phial Pomeranian Bitters.

No. 3 HAMPER-$25.

1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.

1 PL. G. F. Pippermint.

1 Ft. D.O.M.

Qt. Sup. R.O. Port.

2 Qus. King Geo. IV or Perfection.

Whisky.

Whisky.

1 Qt. Engrand's XXX Brandy.

1. D.C.L. Old Tom or Dry Gin.

1 Qt. Vino de Pasto Sherry.

1phial Pomeraazan. Bitters.

1 Qt. Amontillado Sherry WV.S.

Qts. Medoc Claret.

10% D.C.L. OM Tom or Dry Gin. 1 phial Pomerunzan Bitters,

Hampers of all Descriptions made up to suit Customers' Requirements.

Tel. No. C.135.

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

Fish Now On Sale.

FILLETS.

HADDOCKS.

KIPPERS.

CANADIAN SILVEK SALMON.

CHICKEN HALIBUT.

AT ALL SEASONS SPRAY

SPRING

HOHOH

SUMMER

LOTOL

AUTUMN

WINTER

REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.

LIGHTING

We shall be pleased to submit designs for any Special Work..

ARCHITECT'S DESIGNS CARRIED OUT IN DETAIL.

́ ́FITTINGS FOR EVERY - PURPOSE IN STOCK

ELECTRICAL DEPT.

HONGKONG HOTEL The Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.

DRUGS

PRESCRIPTIONS

When the Doctor prescribes he expects the, Draggiet to, 611 the prescription with Pure Druga.. The quality of our Drugs Medicines and Toilet Goods e nos urpassed Hoy the Doctor's Prescription file acre and the result will be estislactory

THE PHARMACY,

TSI RID BULLDIKO (OPPOSITE TO Hours 573

SHAMEEN.

THE PICTURESQUE HÖME. OF FOREIGNERS IN CANTON,

[UY 0, M. GREEN IN TEK N.-G. DAILY NEWS.]

of

may: glide, between, the palms and ban- yans, although, as one resident quaintly put it. There cnu't be any gossip or scandal in Shameen because we all live in each other's pockets.”

ON AN ALIEN, SHORE.

But to say that is merely to recognizo that human nature is unch the same all One of the loveliest of Chinery's the world over; and if village community paintings of Canton in the early days of isolation throws into apparent promin European visitation presents a dignified the maze of city life, it also most surely ence cortain weaknesses less visible in old hong merebant, sented beside a bowl of goldfish, wearing a rich fur and lined develops the better side...

It is observable that eats, which in rube. So is the rat of one's miscon- Western lands attach themselves rather ceptions of Canton dispelled. We in the to places than to persons, in Chian ex- north are wont to think of it as eternally hibit unsuspected need of human com- tropical. an relieved, exhibition

panionship. They will move readily with white ducks and cold drinks. Seldom have I been so cold as when landing there favours from one house to another and the family on which they bestow their. on a recent December morning. The sky was a brilliant blue. Gouded with feed are visibly dejected when the children go sunshine and a penetrating north wind: mountains or sea for the summer. It and one of the most vivid mental pic with the white man, ever the animals is as if they realized their commodity tures that I carry away is of a British friend, and chung the closer to him blumjacket on due of die gunboats, with in the surrounding surge of teeming crisped hands wail chattering teeth Orientals. struggling against a strong impulse to So, too the Westerner living in China, dance a cillar-flap, or its nautical equivalent, as he waited for the Cam-cut off from his own kith and kin on a continent which he was never designed mander's stunpan” to come alongade by Nature to inhabit, must draw the

When roasted crabs hiss if the bowl ?)

drinks Canton.

is a more appropriate thought than icedrer to his fellow man, is the readier to selcome a guest, the more reluctant ana December morning it to let him go generous with testimonials on his departure and with subscriptions for his widow and children when death

of the Far East would these traditiona be more naturally, nor are they more scrapulously. preserved than at Canton, birthplace of all foreign dealings in China, where the names of certain hoogs, still to be found on the coorplates, awake memories of the imprisered splendours of factory days.

The other misconception deals with the appearance of Shameen. Among discovers his. impecuniosity In no part Stories heard of it, one never remamber ed anybody mentioning its prettiness Yet this is the first and abiding impres sion. One had been told of its intense, stagnant heat in summer time, of its smallness, no bigger than the Shanghai gaze course und vereation ground, and of the smells, from the creek which makes it an island. No one bad overalescribed its spreading trees and bright flowerbeds, the lawns that stretcha continuously be tween the rows of dignified houses, its. trim cleanliness and (for all it is so litte).

its spacious cala. But that the fob

is of a sub-tropical kind. Shameen mig be an English zemesne, partitioned up

h homes for the will to-do and cultured.

There is no traffic, no Chinese except house servants are allowed to live OR

Bub next time I go to Canton in December 1 shall take winter underwear and a far cont

EXQUISITE

CONTINENTAL

· Shameen and the only vehicles are pers PERFUMERY

"ambalators and the bicycles on which the

island's four exchange brokers ply their] gentle calling!

ASY OLD ritg

It seems ridiculous to assiciate thoughts of business with so pretty a place; and this feeling is intensified by the genial readiness of thost on whom one shed the traveller's visiting card, to quit their. ledgers and coles und lid one welcome

It is a prevailing characteristic of these who live long in the interior of China. witness, to ber mysterious" power "of assimilating her conquerors, that, like the Chinese, they lose all sense of time. And if I mention this also as a feature of life. in Canton, I trust I shall not he thought lacking in courtesy, for it is one that all ther ports display. Moreover, it has its advanages

When, for instance. being invited to lanchewhere about me orisk! - you arrivy breathless at a quarter in two,† having hastened along the Baud that the very dogs cease from rolling in the sunshine to turn inquiring eyes apon you, it is pleasant to find your host smoking tranquilly on his verandah and to be assured that this is absolutely.the right time, my dear fellow, no need for apologies." How pleasant too, to be able to order the last cock-tnil before dinner at nine o'clock and no one the worse for it, not even the cook's temper. And if, coming out from a club hall at, 130 am, you feel that the moment has now come to call upon the family that en- shrines the lady of your heart, how com forting to feel that the visit will be ren ceived in exortly the same spirit aa' it;

"In Handsome Cut Glass Bottles.

Suitable for XMAS

Presents.

We have received this Shipment,

on Consignment and are sacrificing at Manufacturer's Cost.

From. $1.30 to

per bottle.

Rosemontag

Marie Charlotte

Myosotis

This opportunity will occur

Once

only.

General Commercial Co.,

10, Des Vœux Road Central, Top Floor.

is tendered and in one to think of look C. E. WARREN CO., LTD,

ing at the eck, if indeed there is such a thing in the honac.

THE SOCIŊL. SIDE.

1J

The hospitality of the Far East is pro-

SANITARY ENGINEERS.

MONUMENTALISTS, &c.

OFFICES &198A, Wanchai Road, GODOWNS.

TEL. No. 269.) HONGKONG.

LOWDOWN FLUSH CLOSETS, Nickel Plated, on Bruns. BATH ROOM FITTINGS-Soap Dishes, Tumbler Holders, Tooth Brush Holders, Towel Rails, &c. Opal Tumblers, Opal Towel Rails, Mirrors, Glass Shelves, &c. Brass Canopied Interior Grates, Cook- ing Ranges, Filters Soil Pipes, &c.

verbial. But to expericaer it at its best one must go to one of the smaller ports. Unkind persons like the author of "On Chinese Screen who returned the kindness of his hosts by writing a book about them of which he ought to be JUST RECEIVEDA New Stock of ashamed, may say that communities of interior China get so bored with their own society that a stranger is almost a boon... Which nasty cynicism I do not be lievo in any case, least of all of Sha- meen. Besides, they have no apparent reason to be bared. Their ample lawns are laid out in football ground and teapis courts; there is a golf course on the railway enclosure. Within easy distance for a half holiday; and the club is the scene of continual gaieties during the cool half of the year. It contains a beautiful little stage for concerts and theatricals and an excelent dancing floor where tendances take plaem twice or | thrice a week, to the plusio of a specially

imported Filipino band.

Above all (though hardly to be maso ciated with social festivitice) there in the library, reputed the best in China. These rooms, in particnlar, make one envious, thinking of the mean and pinched abode of our own library. There are books inherited from the age of the Fan Kwne; modern books, papers and periodicals and easy chairs for those who like to browse along the well-displayed shelves; quaint old maps, of the days when Shanghae was still mose or less a geographical expression. Altogether a striking testimony to the fact that a life

Estimates Free for all Sanitary Installations Heating and Water Systems. Monumentalists in Italian Marble, and Bougkong Granite to Own

or Selected Design"

A Large Stock of Artificial Wreaths.

HE

Will appreciate

XMAS PRESENT

From

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of markets and bills of inding may still HONGKONG CIGAR STORE, LTO.

leave time for broader interests and that a man may be no worse á merchant for knowing somewhat of Shakespeare and the musical glasses.

No doubt life has its disadvantages in Shameen. It is a strange instance of maa's contradictiousness" that we who pen furious letters to the editor about the state of the trams and are reduced to a chronic condition of nervous irrita tion by the hare of motor horns and. screating of launches, begin, after a few days of absence, to feel a positive hunger

When in doubt about veur eyes or your glanaca Consult

CHINESE OPTICAL CO.

Eye-aight Specialists.

for the restless, thrusting activities of 57, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

Shangbai. Also, no doubt, even into these smaller communities the serpent

Pongkong.

MADAME

MINT

GREAT

REMOVAL

SALE

DRASTIC REDUCTIONS

PENENORE

Armour's "Veribest".

Frankfurter Sausago $1.00 per tin.

Do

$11.00 per diz. Vienna Style Sausage 90-55 per tin.

Do.

$6.00 per dez.

GENNETT RECORDS

FOR

XMAS & NEW YEAR

EXPRES. JACKSON."

KOWLOON MUSIC STORE

Telephone K711.

KOWLOON HOTEL BUILDING, KOWLOON.

K711.

BICYCLES

LADIES', GENTLEmen's or TanDEM Telephone

FOR HIRE OR SALE. XMAS SALE

Boys and Girls' Bicycles Just Arrived.

HANG LEE CYCLE CO.,

30, Harneão ROAD, KOWLOON,"

Next to PALACE HOTEL."

GREAT REDUCTION SALE

OF

SWATOW DRAWN WORK

SILK EMBROIDERIES

MAH-JONGG SETS.

HAND-MADE LACES

IVORY WARE · MANDARIN COATS

All Kinds of LADIES' FANCY GOODS.

CHRISTMAS IS FAST APPROACHING

Those desirous of obtaining

VALUABLE XMAS GIFTS

Should not fail to Visit

SWATOW DRAWN WORK COMPANY,

16, Des Voeur Road Central

CAMMELL LAIRD & Co., Ltd.

Birkenhead, Sheffield, Nottingham, Birmingham,

Penistone & London.

RAILS SPRINGS TYRES FILES

High Speed Tool Alloy

Mining

Spring

Best Cast Tool

STEELS

for special

Furpos

13, PEKING ROAD, SHANGHAL