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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAT

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22nd

May, 1924.

1st Class Fare to Singapore-$100.

This vessel offers excellent saloon accommodation.

All lower berths. English cuisine.

Doctor carried.... Wireless telegraph.

GREAT AUTOGRAPH HUNT. HOW UNIQUE ALBUM WAS COMPILED.

LORD YPRES'S "HELI.

It is doubtful whether in the whole history of autograph collecting so much inet and skill have been employed as were expended on empiling the British Legion Autograph Athum in aid of Eat! Haig's appeal for ex-Servicemen.".

The King and Queen, the Prince of Wales, Queen Alexandra and Princess

copies of this album Mary have accepted c

The task occupied Mr. E. Lonsiale Deighton 19 months, and nearly_800_u! the world's most famous men and women hal to be approached. In describing the work to a repotter, Mr. Deighton said:

The idea of compiling the album came to me when collecting autographs for auction at a concert on behalf of ex-Service men. There were innumer able difficulties to be overcome, and I had to call in aid of the Foreign Office and many foreign Embassies.

WEATHER REPORT

May 21st at 1824-Prewire has enamel

link_sk slightly tà molerately over the Looches and 8. Japan) and decreased slightly elser!

where, except over the

where the

Over

the remains

Stationary it in his The Eastern Sea,

The Japan still shown to"the"]

east of moving north eastward; the us pression over lad

lade Claus remains stationary and has probably become deeper

Hoogkong rainfall for the 24 hours anding at 18 hours, May at 80 inch. Tatal since January 18, 1940 inches, against un average of 18.8 inches

The forcast for the 24 hours ending at 19 bours, May and is as follows DISTRICT

TT FORECAST N, or variable winds Fresh to moderate,

Formos Channel

Hongkong to Gap Rock E. winds, moderate

'faix to showery.

South coast of China. between Į

1. Hongkong, and Lamooks] Fonth coast of China between

Hongkong and Hainan, HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL

It was very gratifying to and that the members of the Royal Family who gave their sigeatures were among the most eager to help Uic scheme along. I did not realise, however, until I had secured their antographs how many mysteries of precedent had to be mas tered. Before they could be printed it was necessary to obtain the help of the Lord Chamberlain in putting them Barometer in their proper order. It was the Lord Temperature. Chamberlain, too, who got for me the Humidity signatures of the members of the Wind Direction King's Householde.

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It would have been wonderful to Weather.. have had the autographs of the King Rain

and Qucou, but it was impossible for Hightest open-air Temperatum on their Majesties to give then-no King Lowest open-air Temperature on it of England has over given his signature |—— for sale for any purpose."

The Earl of Ypres, continued Mr Degibton, gave invaluable help. He took a blank paper to the battlefields of tho Marne and there inscribed his signature' and persuaded famous French generals to add theirs at the same time.

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"The most difficult man in the world! to approach for his nutograph is Clemenceau," said Mr. Deighton, has an intense objection to writing his pame, and very great persuasion had to

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods be brought to bear against this dislike."

There was an amusing incident when have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining the compiler went to receive the Duke undeliveral after the

dist, will be & word 2

will be subject of Connaught's signature. When he to rent entered the Duke's room with a large All Claims against the bundle of autographed papers and draw-presented to the Undervignext on or before the ings he was confronted by Sir Malcolm 6th June, or they will not be recognized. Murray, comptroller of the Duke's house hold...

**Are you armed!" Sir Malcolm de manded quickly."

Certainly not! was the astonished

reply.

Well then, you ought to he-carry- ing about such valuable things as you have there Sir. Malcolm

The original autographs,

"

and sketches reproduced in the album are valued at £25,000 A drawing of a Tommy going into action contributed by Sir William Orpen was done by the artist as he lay in bed suffering from tobacco-poisoning.

ACADEMY EXHIBITION, SIR JOHN LAVERY'S STRIKING PICTURE.

The Academy Exhibition which opens to the publis on Monday is unusually strong in portraiture, says L

a London wire

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Sir William Orpen shows five portraits of Lord Milner, Lord Wimborne, the Duke of Westminster, Archbishop of York. and Mr. John McCormack. The portrait of Lord Milner is unquestionably the finest of his exhibits and is probably the best the Exhibetion. Orpen's sixth hibit is a pine study of

the famous race horse, Sergeant Murphy

Sir John Lavery's picture,

The House

of Commons in 1924 is sure to attract

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consist admirable likeness of Lord Farmoor

a characteristic study of the jocksys dresing-room a John has three exhibita,

Augustus

thetnost striking being a painting of Prin- éess Antoine Bibesco dressed in pink and wearing a white mantilia.

One of the largest canvases in the Ex- hibition is Mr Charles Bim's portrait of H.M. the King in a ceremonial roles, a four dr furre of fine decorative work.

The Exhibition contains many arresting udies of women

ong the landadjie paín-

tirgus among

re

of Sir David Murray-

"that's of

of Walla Cathedral and/

charming Somerset countryside.

numang

Sir Frank Bieze has four works, which in picture of hills and heather" From Surrey Into Suss x which is conspicuously beautiful," an

The sculpture exhibits are largely of war memoriels and fill eleven halls and galleries

CRAZE FOR NOVEL READ NG. BIR HENRY HADOW AND SUGAR

· FLUM HABIT,

Sir Henry Hadow, vice chancellor of Sheffield University, aldressing the Abrary Association conference in Sheffield said that just as there were many loval choral societies which performed nothing except comic opera; so there were very large numbers of renders who never

touched unything extept current novels..

He was no opponent of

of novel reading -indeed, he was very fond of it but we clusive novel reading-what might be call ed the

habit-tended to atro sugarplum phy pro destroyed taste in fiction, Liste for history or biogra phy. for its devotees paid an increased atten- tion to mere exciting incidents and a diminishing attention to character or style: Teachers were only simports to the great" garden of knowledge librarians were, the gardeners.

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