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"ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND !”

HONG KONG COMMEMORATION OF ENGLAND'S PATRON SAINT.

WREATH LAYING, CATHEDRAL SERVICE AND ENTERTAINMENTS.

Saturday was St. George's Day, and as usual the Hong Kong St. George's Society held special observances in honour of Eng- land's Patron Saint.

The usual wreath-laying ceremony took place at the Cenotaph in the morning," and in the afternoon the Committer and membera "at home" at the Queen's Theatre where they received ware Service men who were entertained to a cinematograph perform.

St. George's Day concert pr ball which has taken place on sevetal recent anniversaries was omitted but the Society's ball will begitived at a later date, and also the Twelfth Night dinner. There were, however, two dances in celebration of the "Day," but these wero"not under the auspices of the Society.

WREATH LAID AT WAR

MEMORIAL

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 25th, 1927

THE ADDRESS.

"A MIGHTY NATION."

The Rev. E. Copley Moyle, who chose as his text foremiah; 5, verio 15: A Mighty Nation," suid; should like to begin this morning by welcoming the officials and mem- bers of the St. George's Society to this Cathedral. I believe it is the first time that the Hong Kong St. George's Society has attended ser- Vice as a Society, and I greatly hope that the precedent formed to-day will be followed in years to come. I believe that it is well for any Society, and especially such & Society as St. George's to make an annual acknowledgment of the claims and rights of Almighty God, and to assemble once a year in His House to ask for his blessing and to thank Him for what He has done

for us.

St. George In History, Our thoughts this morning naturally turn to our Patron Saint.

The Englishman has always been ready to take risks and to” adven. | tare abroad. The motto "Safety First" may be all very well. as a maxim br motorists, but it would never have given us our Empire or supplied us with our long roll of national heroes, and it is to be! hoped that the motto will never be adopted by Englishmen as a guide in every day life,

Closely connected with the love of adventure is the devation to ear door games, and in this we have set fashion which is being follow- ed to-day, we are glad to see by many nations. It is sometimes said that we give too much time and thought to outdoor games, and, of course, orery good thing can be abused, but I think devotion to out door games has a very good effect on us bodily and morally, and the world may be grateful to us for having shown it the beneft of such

exercises

THE WEEK'S FILMS.

*THE AMERICAN VENUS** AT

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THE QUEEN'S.

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MANNIQUIN PARADES ON THE SCREEN.

(AT OUR VILM CRITIC]

“THOSE GOOD OLD DAYS,"

THINGS NOT ON DOWN GRADE.

MR. W. KAY'S ANALYSIS AT UNIVERSITY DEBATE.

Things are not so good as they spend delightful. months bore us used to be."

after a few weeks; and our holiday This was the notion which was has certainly been enjoyable but not before the consideration of the quite so fulsome and romantic as Hong Kong University Arts Asso- we expected; and so we exclaim:. ciation on Friday night.

Home is not what it used to be."

Mr. Lim Chuan Hoo presided, the debate being opened by Mr. W. Kay, M.A.

After a lively and interesting dis- cussion, the motion was lost by 18 votes. to 32.

There is much that is interesting in "The American Venus" showing to-day at the Queen's. It is the story of a beauty contest, and some twenty of the aspirants of the last Atlantic City competition take part. Fay Lanphier who was chosen as Miss America playing the title rôle,, The heroine, however, is played by Esther Ralston who is much more asid that the phrase which formed of the type of beauty admired in the subject of their debate war a England than "Miss America," and favourite weapon of the disappoint is besides a very clever actressed and the jealous to damp the She takes the role of Mary Gray, ardour and restrain the enthusiasm the daughter of an upsuccessful of their juniors.

Mr. Kay, in opposing the motion,

It

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The Pessimists' Lament. There remains a third case, per- haps the commonest of all, when. this much mis-used and abused ex. pression is uttered ad nauseam by those would-be-oracles, non-thinkers and pessimists. In their inordinate adoration and adulation of the things of long ago they are blind to the virtues of the present.

The old-time skill, speed, stamina, and physique, they assure us, are gone. Unfortunately for those ex-

Observances were continued yesterday, and in the morning members of the Society of St. George attended a special morning service at St. John's Cathedral, where an interesting and impres

Duty and Liberty. sive, address in keeping with the subject of St. George was deliver-

Another characteristic of the Eng. | beauty cream manufacturer, who ed by the Rov, H. Copley Moyle. Last night an English programme

2 common thing with tollers of past deeds the stop-watch St. George is generally believed to Hishman & his devotion to duty, and hopes to secure a fortune for her grown-up people to look back and shows that our present day 'men.and of music was given by the mass xl bands of the 1st Cameronian. ..

have been born in Cappadocia in when I use the word devotion I do father by winning this beauty prize regretfully remember the ideal seahorses are as fleet as former track. and King's: Own'Scottish Borderers at the Queen's Theatre.

the third century and to have not mean that we are always in with its consequent advertisement sons of their childhood, but we have and turf champions, while other CENOTAPH CEREMONY. MASSED BANDS CONCERT AT served in the Roman Army as an love with our duty. Very far from for his creaza. The villain of the only to look up the unromantic, statistics prove that our men and

THE QUEEN'S.

officer, under the Emperor Disele it. We are generally ready to piece is another manufacturer, who, but true and unbiased, reports of horses are jumping as well as ever. time. He is said to have torn down grumble at our duty, but we de to judge from the luxury of his the meteorological offee to discover And in billiards are present day the Emperor's adicts for the pet it. No doubt the teaching of the home and office, had no excuse for that the weather in England cueists are compiling breaks and secution of the Christians, and as Church Catechism with its clear trying to ruin Mary's chances and has always been remarkably like returning averages that would statement of our duty to God and with them her father. But of that which is so frequently cursed have made * John Roberts" stara martyr's death on April 23rd, in our neighbour, a teaching which course there is a hero, a dashing, to-day. the year. 303. Gibbon in his great has been instilled into the minds gallant, big chinned, American, who work the "Decline and fall of the of Englishmen for over two hun drives Mery in his car at a dizzy dred years, has been largely instru breakneck speed through crowded patron Saint of England

was teristic. We regard truth and George of Cappadocia, an Arianonesty is naturally part of our Bishop who was murdered in 360 duty and have a well merited con

It is all so'romantic that it is rather tempt for lies and dishonesty. A.D., but later authorities have

delightful to and that Mary does Another characteristic of the shown that this is incorrect. It is

A massed Band concert was given by the lat Ba.. The Camerotians and the 2nd Bn. 5.0.8.B.'s and in

programme was with the exception of Holst's Suit in F entirely carried out at the Cenotaph. The English composers and very popa.

„At 0 mm. on Saturday the honour of St. George's Day the consequence to have suffered a

tomary wreath-laying ceremony was

Personal Reminiscence. When I was leave from Hong Kong I visited on my first homè

and gasp."

A:ts And The Press.

about the modern press, how it in The same doleful whine is heard

impressive ceremony was attended lar did it prove. There were two Roman Empire" assents that the mental in developing this charac streets, orer hill and dale, and fin- the old school and was shown round rapid and shallow and lacking in

by the Committee and members of the St. George's' Society. Mr. C.) G. Alabaster, K.G. (President of the Society) and Lieut.Col. LG.

items from Sullivan, the "March of the

Peers" with its delightful swinging bent and catching melody and a selection from "Iolanthe The "Dances from Heary VIII"

ally over a seafront on to the beach, by my old Headmaster. When the solidity and literary aroma of

or

Bird, D.S.O. (Vice-President) car by German are always appreciated I known that the first Christian Em Anglo-Saxon forefathers. All down she would have done. But her been, that wise old man gare & art is a travesty, modern eloquence

mentioned to the Read that the the newspapers and journals that senior boys seemed to be a much regaled our fathers and grand. Englishmi is his love of liberty, not, we, though we are given to smaller and younger set than we fathers; how the stags is in s pur- and this we have derived from our understand that but for the villain our immediate predecessors had lous state of decay, how present day ried the wreath which was in the

and are particularly well suited to peror Constantine about the year the history of England we can see

023 dedicated a Church in honour this determination to be free from heart of Miss America" who dewas expecting that remark,'

sweetness of disposition wins the subtle smile, as much as to say, "empty vapouring and inane ver full band. Gustave Holst is a form of a shield with the cross of composer whose work is hot as well of St. George. In, the Greek Church noble, or Pope, or King. From out clares that she attributes her love then did what, so I afterwards juggling, literature and music, as tyranny, whether the tyranny be of St. George in the centre and tied known in England 43 it deserves to St. George is held in the highest earliest years we have been wont liness to "Gray's Beauty Cream." learned, he always did on such such, non-existent, and the present and bosity, politics quibbling and word- with the colours of the Society. It be: there is a haunting suggestion honour and is known ta the Great to regard our country as the land was laid at the foot of the Ceno at Gregorian about his melodies (494⋅ A.D.),, decided that he should-Britons will never be slaves. And cerns itself; of course, with the photographs which included groups day teachers, shadows of the former

Martyr. The Roman Pope Gelasius of the free and to assert that The greater part of the film con- occasions, he showed me a big lot of which is an excellent foil to Sulli- be ranked with those Saints "whose freedom is hard to find in many beauty contest, and much of this is van's lighter touch and the sugges-names are justly reverenced among countries today. The ugly dragon tion of sentimentality in German. men but whose actions are known

of tyramy has been raising its in technicolour, First there is a only to God." St. Jerome in the head, and glaring at the British parade of the beauties, in bathing fourth century mentions him in one of his martyrologies and St. Gre

Empire. To-day the British Empire costumes, along the sea shore; then stands for a reasonable liberty as gory in the sixth century has in his George's Day, sacramentary preface for St.

taph.

The wreath-bearers were followed by members of the Society, who in- cluded the Han: Sir Henry Pollock,

The programme was very well E.C., and Mr. W. A. Dowicy (Past chosen and ended with an inspiring Presidents), the Rev. H. Copley Military Tattoo by Rogan which Moyle, the Eon. Mr. E. D. Csent the audience cut of the Queen's Wolle, Measra. H. B. L. Dowbiggin, proud to belong to England. J. H. Ramsay, W. J. Stokes, R. E follows: Lindsell. T. Pearce, P. S. Cassidy,. The full

programme F. A. Wells, L. C. F. Bellamy and follows:- many others.

March of the Peers (Sullivan). Overture, Maritana" (Wallace). Selection. ** Square's

Songs, (Squire). Suit in F. (Holst). Humorous Variations, "Three

Blind Mice," (Lotter). Three Dances from Henry VIII, Selection, Iolanthe," (Sullivan), Grand Military Tatoo, (Rogas).

Soldiers' Tributa..

At 10,15 ain, reservists of the Northumberland Fusiliers, who are now serving with the 1st Cameron- ians, laid another wreath on the Cenotaph. The inscription read "St. George's Day, From the Northumberland Fusiliers."

The following names, were attach- ed to the inscription-

Corpl, J. H. Speight, Lce.-Corris. G. Gee and F. Snowden, Bands- man B. Anderson, Fusiliers I Davis, H. Eyre, A. J. Hure, T. Ridge, C. W. Turner, J. Walker, R. H. Wilson, G. Davis, F. Joha- stone, G. Rex, G. Siddell, W. Dug- dale, E.Henderson, F. Patticon,

(German),

--CATHEDRAL SERVICE.

CHARACTERISTICS OF

ENGLISH RACE.

REV. COYLEY MOYLE'S

INSPIRING ADDRESS:

Yesterday morning the Committed H. Stephenson, E. A. Eddows, Rand members of the Hong Kong St.

B. Gray

F.m on

George's Society attended service

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against the tyranny of Bolshevism a series of tableauz vivants, & cr the one hand and Fascism on mannequin porade and the final the other. To maintain and in judging once more in "regulations." crease liberty is a high ideal to One. has plenty of opportunity to which we may dedicate ourselves anew to-day. I do not know of make

Ova selection of the any country where there is more real freedom than in England. Real

American Venuă.” freedom is unattainable without a THESE MANNEQUIN PARADES people think that freedom means certain amount of discipline. Some

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boys in their classes, in football of two generations. of the senior village schoolmasters.

costume, and in flannela

The wives of such pessimista must be tired of hearing the eternal There I saw my own class and praises of their mothers-in-law- others of my time. Disillusion while bushands of pessimistic ment The disconcerting evidence wives have to endure hearing fairy of the camera was there and I had tales about the virtues, business to readjust my ideas of myself as acumen, and oracular wisdom of a schoolboy.

their very ordinary fathers-in-law. Local Aspects.

Hazlitt in the opening sentence of My other illustration is of a more present is an age of talkers, not al his essay on Coleridge, says "The general nature. During our first year or two away from the mother pers; and the reason is that the country we exiles in Hong Kong for Advanced in the metano

world is growing old. We are recall and fondly dwell upon the sciences that we live in retrospect happiest episodes of our home life.

that everyone can do what he likes. the writer would be interested to

As a regular visitor to the cinema,, When older residents assure us that and note on past achievements!! that is not freedom, but chaos know whether Mannequin Parades has many compensations we refuse porary of Wordsworth, Shelley, Freedom and order go together in are really attractive to the general to believe.

we are wrong and that this place This was written by the pontem- Byron, and Scott, by one who had a well governed state. To be born.

seen the birth of the historical.

great succession, to pass under the joying a plethora of them of late, an Englishman is to enter into a public. We seem to have been en- But observe what happens. Two novel, the tremendous revolution" come under the yoke of heavy residea with enormous success. power of a mighty tradition, to Chu Chin Chow, inaugurated the ponsibilities, to have ever before one's eyes illustrious examples of film producers, notably the Paraus, and we find ourselves dispelling goodness and achievement.

-mount Company, can't seem to get their doubts, soothing their fears, the idea out of their heads. On and if not exactly eulogising the

or three years pass, new friendships being wrought by the lately dis.. ourselves to the customs and re had lived through the stirring times are formed, and gradually we adapt covered power of steam, by one who The quirements of our new domicile. of the French Revolution and the

Compatriots arriving later consult Napoleonic Wars.

Christian Influence..

of a history which has been richly

our

The "Tyrannizing" Past. But I have quoted enough to show

An English Version.. The story of the dragon is an was as allegory to express the triumph of Christianity over Paganism, or of the Christiar here over Satan and old classical story of Perseus and is evidently an adaptation of the Andromeda. According to one form of the legend George was the son of a noble named Albert, who lived at Coventry, in England. His mother died at his birth and he was stelen away by a weird lady of the of arms. His body had three marks, Woods who brought him up to deeds a dragon on the breast, a garter round one of his legs, and a blood red cross on his arm. When he grew to manhood he fought against The Arabs and in his wanderings be came to a city named Sylene, where

Our national character is the fruit every and to excuse a dress parade Place at least dafending it from the universality of this harping there was a stagnant lake infested by a huge dragon, whose hide no charged with Christian influence, is staged. There is plenty of variety by of the aspersions cast upon it back to the so-called good old days, spear or sword could pierce.

the newcomers and we bare in our national Church and much artistic excellence in

shows how the past tyrannisce over could only be appeared by the version of Christianity which has these productions but one

At last comes the long-wished-for so many people. sacrifice each year of a fair virgin, zeconciled more successfully than not help asking are they worth the for a surfeit of those delights for to make it clear that I am not try caa day when we sail for Home. Now Before aitting down I should like and lots were, cast which of the any other, the claim of religious money, which is spent on them? which we have been hungering during to belittle the achievements of girls should be the victim. On the authority with the Divine right of

"Glorious girls and day St. George came to the city the conscience and the intellect.

gorgeous ing our bandishment! Now for the " 产量 gowas the lot had fallen on Sabra, tas

appears in the bill about shattering of those fallacies of the feet of the brilliant and heroic mea While

Church is Catholic, once a week, and we watch the older residente! The voyage seems and women who are responsible fet giants of the past." At the. daughter of the King, and she was coming dosa to us from Our Lord inevitable silken curtains part to all too long: and what though it is civilisation's progress, and who have tied to a stake and lett to the and His Apostles, she is progres let pass a series of eres looking raining or perhaps mowing when bequeathed us dragon's mercy, when St. George sive and believes that the Spirit beauties in strange exotic gowns we step ashore, are we not Home? heritage, no one sita more humbly At the Clema.

at St. John's Cathedral. The Rev. came to the rescue and afters of God is still with us, leading us and stranger poses.

such * priceless From 3.16 p.m. to 7

What is the Now for the realization of a five and thankfully than I do. What I H Copley Moyle delivered an in- terrific struggle thrust his apear inte helpen up ton of bid the chest or attraction if ary? In Chu years' dream. But alas, here as else have been Saturday the Queen's Theatre was spiring address, and after tracing the mouth of the monster, slew is helping us to adjust the old truths Chin Chow it was undoubtedly the where, anticipation all too frequent just as waterpting to show that thrown open to the men of the St. George in history, and giving fall in love with her and asked her needs of the new age.

and rescued the Princess. St. Georgs of our Catholic Faith to the new interest in somewhat unclothedly exceeds realization. The streets estimate many Services and their families,. the the interesting legends of the life in marriage from her father.

For as a modern poet has writin a scene of Oriental manificence and surprisingly narrow; the skies belong to the past, we ignore the -young women, artistically grouped of the little home town look drab of the past merely because these mediocre people Committee and members of the St. and exploits of England's Patron the King was unwilling for his te

But on the stage they were living are decidedly gray; the old wise excellences of the present. In their George's Society welcoming them Saint, he went on to deal with St. George was imprisoned, but daughter to marry a Christian and

New occasions teach new persons and the effect was very acres strike us as parochial and estimation men and deeds, like cer-

dutics on arrival. Two full houses enjoy British national characteristics and escaped and carried off the Princess

lovaly, and even from the gallery to narrow-minded; many of those in tain kinds of wine, improve with Time makes ancient good unbe clearly seen. Now the peculiar whose company, we expected to age. ed a capital programme of pictures the part they have played in build to England where she became his

touth

limitations of the screen, alter all The first part was filled with two ing up the great heritage we till their deaths.

They must upward still and this. Photography cannot produce wife and they lived at Coventry very amusing comedies which were posses in the British Empire.

the same effect; even colour photo With regard to his connection

graphy being dall and real com. greatly enjoyed.

He dealt particularly with the with England the history of the

pared with the living person. An interval after the two comics Englishman's love of adventure, bis Arthur in the sixth century placed much alive to-day, and this year is a stage performance the film manne-day "Lovey Mary. All who read

order of the Garter says that King

The Church of England is very order to get the realistic effect of was filled by the singing of popular devotion to duty, and realisation of the picture of St. George on his likely to be a memorable one in quin parade takes place on a stage and enjoyed Mrs. Wiggs and ber airs appropriate to the occasion, his responsibility to England and banners and Selden says he was/her history as the year of the Re- and is photographed from well back Cabbage Patch" will want to see Enthusiasm ran high during this the world.

Patron Saint of England in Saxon vised Prayer Book, which is certain in the auditorium.

The result Bessis Love in this charming alm. to maintain the characteristics of that these elaborately designed set- impromptu concert, the whole house The lessons were rend by the Rav.) joining in with a will.

GE. S. Upsdell, and collections Oxford in the year 1992 command our denunciation by the extremists when thrown on the screen to be with Lon Chaney as the leader of holy Three" a crook melodrama After the sing song the program taken were devoted to Red Crota England as a holiday, and that he itself to the great mass of members When we

ed his festival to be observed in on both sides is likely to commend particularly beautiful or alluring the crooks. me was wound up with a thrilling Hospital comforts.

are given clote ups we The organist was adopted as the Patron Saint of the Chard.

find that the film has purged itself WORLD: To-day, drama, The Blackbird, starring was Mr. R. A. Brown.

of England instead of Edward the The sense of the responsibilities of the bathing belle "who can Through," a love story of a mining Lon Chaney, Owen Moore and Members of the Committee of St. regarded.

Confessor who had hitherto been so which are ours to-day must fill us be very charming-and these man- district, with a strong man hero. Renee Adoréo."

with a new enthusiasm to live up nequins are generally over, rather Tomorrow and Wednesday, Code George's Society present at the ser.

to all that is noblest in the history then under-clothed, Swathings and of the West." A cowboy English Characteristics.

Sheik vice were Mr. C, G. Alabaster,

of our forefathers. The great Em trains and hage headdresses need hero and a fighty Happer heroine In celebration of St. George K.C. (President), Mr. W. A. Dowley characteristics, and we who are feland Home stands to-day for and are generally well worn, but The Freshman-Harold Lloyd All nations have their national pire which has gathered around our great skill in their manipulation. in a big "Western" picture full of Day two dances, each of which and the Hon. Sir Henry Follock, English have certain characteristics Peace and Liberty Never before they also need the charm of "a

thrills. Thursday to Saturday, proved very enjoyable, were held K.C. (Past Presidents), Mr. H. B. doubt we have other, and less pleas together by no external authority, and Delysis has colour, footlights said!

of which we are justly proud. No has there been an Empire bound Delysin to make them attractive goes to College-no more need be on Saturday night.

Dowbiggin, Mr. B. A. Wells, Mr. ing 'characteristics which are more but only by the union of a common and her delightful personality to There was an excellent attend W. J. Eldridge, Mr. E Cook, Mr.Apparent to other nations than to purpose and a common ideal.

STAR: To-day, Adventure, an help her. Considered in the light excellent film of the South Seas ance at the Peak Club function, P. 8. Cassidy (members of the res

May Almighty God who has of a fashion parade to interest lately seen at the Queen's To-mor while the Hong Kong Hotel dance Committee) and, Mr. I. A. Jardino of adventure is one of our characus the courage and the power to no woman would want to wear such I think we may say that the spirit given us so great a heritage give women they are frankly nonsense.

row and Wednesday,

"Salomy was also well patronised.

(Hon. Treasurer). There were also teristics. That is one reason why hand it on to the generations that dresses in ordinary life they would George. Fawcett based on a Bret taina Thursday to Saturday,

Jane" with Jacqueline Logan and Many members of St. George's present Mrs. Alabaster, Lady Pol has become the centre of the great and more.

the small Island which is our Home are yet to be, and to make it more be at once too exotic and too un-

Harte story of the gold rush of 49, Brother", the story of a Bociety attended.

lock, and Mrs. Dowbiggin,

cat Empire the world bai even seen, world.

abicasing to all the comfortable.

screened in the Santa Cruz mon- regeneration through his love for "toughs (Continued on aret Column). Continued at foot of next column) child.

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THE WEEK'S PROGRAMME

In

FREE VACCINATION, QUERY'S: To-day, “The American BY ST. JOHN AMBULANCE Yenus," Tomorrow and Wedace-

BRIGADE..

THE WEEKLY RETURN. The number of Chinese vaccinated Ambulance Brigade, up to and in-

It is certain that the Council of our Church, sad in spite of clamour-tings and tableaux, are too small / Thursday to Saturday, The free of charge-by members of the

#Coming

**

cluding Thursday last is:- Chinese YM.C.A. Divi-

BiH 24,724. King's College Division.. 8,483 Railway Division ......... Indian Division

*** 7,184

4,458

Kowloon Division.......... Mongkok Division Shaukiwan Division

25,281

6,895

5,273

sion

St. Joseph's College Divi- Un Long Division Victoria Nursing Divi-

462

71

Total

84,142