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WORK THE PRESERVATION

OF LIFE.

"MAUDE ROYDEN AT HELENÄ MAY INSTITUTE.

QUESTIONS ON MODERN PROBLEMS

ANSWERED.

The Helena May Institute was crowded by women pesterday... aftemoon when Miss Maude Royden gave a special address there for women only. Those unable to obtain seats, saj on the stairs and the hall was filled to capacity.

Miss Boyden was introduced by Mrs. Southor and Mrs. Creasy was also on the platform. Her lecture dealt with the special work which women could do for the world in the preserv tion of human life. After the address a very large number of questions were put, some of them of a rather trifling nature and imposible to answer in general torma.

MISS ROYDEN'S "' ROBUST

COMMONSENSE"

Hra, Southern, in introducing the speaker, said: I feel that this Wone's Institute is indeed fortunate to-day in having Miss Royden within its walls, and I am convinced that the words the apeaks will prove a inspiration and a stimulus to us.

I am rather amazed to find that some people appear to expect "Miss Royden to produce a new heaven and a new earth for them, much as a conjuror produces a rabbit out of a top hat. It is astonishing how reasonable mortale can be In y humble opinion Miss Royden. famous man standy for what a estimates is the greatest of all virtues" robust common sense." She makes us think she makes us face fact. She does not pretend to brings solution for all the pro blea that beset us. I am reminded of a passage in Flora Anzie Steele a India Through the Ages, in is she "says that in the evering the people of the villages gather under the banyan tree and chant their age

It might have resulted in a human. ity which was too soft to delend itself, but as it was there was a terrible recklessness of human life, and property was more important than life.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd, 1928.

CANTON SWATOW RAIL-

WAY PROPOSAL.

ESTIMATED COST $31,000,000

Mr. Mah Chao Taun, head of the Department of Reconstruction, la considering, sayi the Canton Gazette, the question of construct-

ing a railway to connect Canton with Swatow. The importance of Swatow to the eastern part of Kwangtung makes it highly desir- able that easy and rapid means of communication with the capital be made available. As things are "at present, travellers to Swatow have to journey to Hong Kong, from wheres passage is taken to the coast

port.

This necessitates stopping at Hong Kong overnight, and Hong Kong thus gains by such traffic.

The tentative plat calls for the building of a railway to link the Chaochow Swatow Bailway with the Cantou-Kowloon Railway, making the terminal point at Cheung Muk Tau. The proposed route will touch at Waiyang, Hailung. Lukfung, Wailos, Chaoying, Kityang and Chaoan. Should this railway be. Raising The Level Of Human Lie.come a reality, not only will there be better facilities for communien- The service that women wouldtion with the eastern districts, but bring to the world with their the Government will also gain in- greater freedom would be that of creased revenues. The total length raising the level of human life of the line is estimated to be about six hundred and thirty li, while the giving everyone healthy bodies and healthy minds! The tremendous cost will be $32,000,000. interest taken by women, in the United States in promoting peace, and in Australia and New Zealand in infant welfare work, both had as their aim the saving of life and both were equally important,

In Hong Kong. :

"In Hong Kong, Miss Royden went on, internationalismu ought to be like the Bir you breaA.

The interest of women in raing, the standard of human existence might find focus here, It we were going to do this W

LINE save the lives bave peaco; it was a profanity to of babies only to throw them later into the hell of

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modela war. War meant the sacrifice of the fittest and the best. all over the world we were suffer. ing from the lack of those young men who perished who would now

at Home.

Emigration.

TOWN TOPICS.

THE SP.C.A.

EXTRACTS FROM AN A REVIEW OF THE WORK

EXPURGATED DIARY.

[ar R. E. FORTIE.]

"APPEAL

DONE.

FOR FINANCIAL " SUPPORT.

SUBSCRIPTION CARDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED NEXT WEEK.

OUR STREET SIGNBOARDS.

I have noticed that Chinese tradesmen are very fond of hanging signboards in English butside their shops' door, and some of these signs are full of unconscious humour Outside a furtier shop a signboard To raS EDITOR OF THE BONG KONG

DAILY. FRISS."] reads:" Ladies' skins made here beauty specialist could do! to order.his is more than

Dear Dr. Leung, years old and can cure anyone to live, is the proud boast of Chinose herb- alist in Des Your Road Central thought of consulting this yener able gentleman, but as I am still alive, I shall have to defer my visit. A Chinese veterinary quack who must be a misanthrope and a lover of animals at the same time, has these words written on a piece of cardboard which he proudly hangs outside his tumbled down, matshed in Kowloon Tong: Men's ail ments no herbs here, but plenty for animala. "I cure dogs, cats and' birds. No can cure men.

SI-It is exactly 19 months since the S.P.C.A. appealed to the public of the Colony for subscrip tions The asthed that was then adapted was, I think appreciated by the majority of the community and the response was sufficiently liberal to enable the Society to carry on until now. The Committee of the Society have decided to con- duct another drive on similar lines, commencing on the 6th Nurember on which day subscription cards will be delivered to arms in the Colony for the purpose of circulating same among the members of their stalls. A Committee of Ladies have very kindly consented to distribute the cards and to collect them.

During the past year an increas

The most modern refrigerating plant in left standing by a Chinese who keeps a little stall at Westing number of reports upon alleged Point, it what he says is true of cruelty to animals have been receiv his ice-cream, He announces: ed from members of the public and Come and get frozen. My good these have been investigated. Our

inspectors find that birds ice-cream cat do."

and beasts are still undergoing a ter MORE ABOUT INDIAN MONEY,rible amount of unnecessary suffer.

LENDERS.

ing; largely through thoughtless- ness or lack of knowledge on the part of shopmen and cooles. Mere warnings have not proved success- ful, to proceedings in the Police Court have beca instituted in a number of cases both in Hong Kong these proceedings aided by the and Kowloon. It is hoped that publicity given to them in the Press, will have a beneficial effect.

Mr. J. S. Landolt is to be con- gratulated on" calling the hand" stituted legal proceedings on a pro- of an Indian money-lender, who in- missory note which was declared to have been lost. In this case, Mr. Landolt appeared to have origin ally borrowed 300, either for him self or for a friend, and have given his creditor a note for 3000, accord-

Asked about the question of emig ration for superfluous women Mias Royden said, Who are superfluous women, am I one 1 I may be a super- Euous woman but I don't want to go. The problem was very dif- foult, there had been a change in our makeup. English people no longer seemed to have a desire for adventure or strange lands, 'and she

The Committee, "in conjunction felt that Great Britain would haveing to the defence. The money with the Boy Scouts and

Girl to tackle the problem by finding lander said that the mote had been Guides Associations bave organized some means of employing her people lost, and asked Mr. Landolt to annual essay competitions with the write out another note. He was object of encouraging the youth of rash enough to do so and a new

Hong Kong to take an interest in Married Women In Employment. noto was given and ultimately re- the welfare of birds and beasts.

"What is "your opinion of girls | deamed. The Indian, it was al

The Dogs Home is doing good who continue to work after marleged, then informed Mr. Landelt work and will hortly be greatly riage?" he asked. "It is im-

was still 9140 owing, for which he ment, who have allowed the Society held the note. Mr. Landolt was the use of an additional piece of The Indian refused to produce it exercised. surprised and asked to see the note.

ground upon which dogs can be and after a prolonged dispute, the Indian offered to sell, the note for Mr. Landolt refused to only 840. nity" She had noticed that most pay and told the Indian that he women who could afford to do sould take the matter to Court if had nurses and servants to look he so wished.

matter WAS eventually brought before the Supreme Court and after three sittings, the Indian withdrew the case on Thursday and offered to pay costs.

old songs. In one of them the re-be our leaders."War is neither possible to generalise," said Mine through a third party that there improved thanks to the Govern-

Royden.

It is obviously the married woman may not go on, with grossest interference to say that her work especially if she has had a long training, is highly skilled: |

frain is, Oh, Pushan the Path- finder belp us to finish our journey." think of Miss Hayden as the Pathfinder-and the elues ste gives in that beautiful thing voice of hers his, helped and will help any perplexed men women to finish their journey.

I have much pleasure in calling on is Royden to address us this these things." She suggested that after their children and houses oven

afternoon.

"Power And Freedom,"

biologically, nor eugenically good", "I wonder if you here in long Kong could not help enormously,

There is aid the speaker, psychology of nations that has got yet to be produced. We have yet and can be of use to the commu- and

to learn how to treat, value, and luterpret, the differences in peoples and nations. You are up against a centre might be formed here for the instruction of globe trotters,

Power and Freedom, and Miss Roydes, had come of iate years in

inerpased measure to women all over the world, and she had asked.!

Was always anxious that 10 woman's movement should be con- tent to do only" what mea could do and ignore this special tenth.

said that the married woman who

if they did not work. It could be No amount of book carning could worked was conspicuously neglect teach what actual residence goulding her duty. A woman might be able to do more for her children by going out and earning money than by staying at home to look after them.

about a foreign people.

the most fragile and dificult to keep in repair in the world." It was not until she came here that

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The case was

a very unsatisfactory one and shows that strict control over these usurious gentlemen is necessary...

In January last a deputation of} the Committee was received by the Colonial Secretary, the Captain Superintendent of Police and other officials when the administration of the Dogs Ordinance, 1027, and other matters relative thereto were dis cussed. A reference to this inter- view was made in the Chairman's speech at the annual meeting beld

on the 28th March last which was published in your columns.

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Last year the Society obtained subscriptions amounting to $8,000 which with the grant of $2,500 from the Government and: the very welcome donation from the Jockey Club enabled the Society to carry on its work. At least as large an income is required for the cur rent year.

The whole attitude of those who women in what ever countries she had hid the privilege of travel was had travelled what subjects they often wrong. She had often been were interested in and in what ¦ told about the beauties of Chinese

**Be Good Swest Maid.”

INDISCREET PEOPLE. manner they hoped to use their architecture but never without the Asked about the question : of The indiscretion" of "some people " power.

traveller adding that it was a pity friendships between girls and marie astonishing I was once made Men shared nine-tenths of the that the Chinese allowed their ried men, Miss Royden said that the unwilling listener to the prattle lives of women and nine-tenths of buildings to fall into disrepair. it was dangerous but so was every of two lovers & Chinese girl dress their interests, but there was a "No one told me," she added, { thing which was worth havin

ed in the latcat, vogue and her teath which was different, and she "that Chinese architecture wa Commonsense was needed. In the

For the past few years the Society Bible was a story of £re virgins who sweetheart in Oxford bags. It was

a very intimate conversation and I has not enrolled members for the were condemned to eternal damat was glad when my journey ended

reason that it has regarded itself tion because they showed lack of

Chinese are not the only persons

at the service of the general public intelligence, yet nearly 2,000 years who chatter indiscreetly pub and has considered that everyone later a clergyman had written

"Be good, sweet maid, and let lic, once heard two Europeans is entitled to call upon it to assist

in matters within its scope. discussing a Chinese girl sitting who will be clever."

opposite them in atram They number of persons have stated that made remarks about her dress and

they desire to be members of the her Eton crop, assuming all the

Society and it has therefore been while that she did not understand decided to ask any subscriber to English. Some things they anidber. Membership cards will be issued

express his wish to become a mem were complimentary-others, less so. Arriving at the next stop, the girl got up and with a polite bow said, Thank you very much for your kind compliments," and majestic- ally alighted from the car.

she realised this and that in the days of China's prosperity all these wonderful temples and pagodas had been carefully gote over every

There was a place for women in all human affairs, Very few women took up theology seriously, but they could bring something to it. No year. book in the Bible was definitely Will you, who must have learnt known to have been written by a to understand each other, belp us woman but it was practicaly certo understand. With these words tain that some part of St. Luke's Miss Royden closed her lecture Gospel, the 1st and 2nd chapters adding that the Institute itself were largely dictated to St. Luke must be a great inspiration to by the Mother of Christ. Every internationalism since it was built, woman who had boras a child must she understood, largely by Chinese have felt something of what was money, in honour of an English- described there, how the heavens woman. opened and the angels sang for joy.. The first chapter of St. John was certainly written by M man and described the same event She had often thought of these two, que contributed by a man and the other. by a woman, St. John's, was the greatest thing, in the whole Bible and the other the most beautiful, and it was impossible to choose between them. In every aspect of dife there was something that the world was waiting for that women could bring.

THE QUESTIONS..

Immortality.

The first question put to Miss Royden asked if most of the cruelty and injustice in the world were not due to a belief in im- mortality, and would it not be better to concentrate on this life.

Mina Royden said that she dis-

It was unfortunate that so many good people did not think it neces sary to be intelligent Girls often preferred the friendship of married man, because an unmarried man was rather like a shying horse, in his fear of being married before ho realised what was happening.

"Dutiful Daughters."

A most emphatic negative was the answer to a question whether it was justifiable for a woman to give up a useful career to live at bome with her parents.

"Some- times it may be necessary, said Miss Hoyden, but I believe 99

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times out of 100 it is better not.' Daughters who gave up everything lost vitality and interest in life and were not often of much use even to their parents.

Some other pungent phrases used by the speaker in this connection

were:-

No ane has a right to mop up the whole of some one else's life."

"Daughters are much more in- tereating when they have something to do outside the home."

wholesome and better for everyone for daughters

agreed with the premises, but that she quite agreed that The Bort of piety which expresses itself in Prevention Of War,

the hymns which say "how perfect Women in the United States were

ly splendid it would be if we were working for international peace; all dead," did perhaps make some no women in the world gave so people too careless about this life. much time and thought to this This life was important because it It is

was part of immortality. If we question. The abandoning of the great Navy Bill at the beginning were ever going to be immortal to leave home." of the year was largely due to spirita we were immortal apirits women's influence. In Australia now.

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POLTEGEIST AT WANCHAI.

"Spiritualistic manifestations" in a Japanese barber-shop at Wan- of animated discussion azoongat chai were for some days the subject

It was said that in the early hours Japanese residents of the district. of the morning the mugs, razors and scissors on the shelf in the shop would jump about for a while and finally make their way to the

floor. This sort of thing went on for days and the unfortunate bar- ber had to renew, hiż razors from time to time.

The barber's wife was firmly of

in due course.

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The Committee have considered district sub-committees in order with approval the establishment of

that the work of the Society may be more efficiently distributed through- out the territory and that there should be active workers in the various districts who will be able to direct and assist the work of the inspectors.

Last year you gave very valuable and I hope most sincerely that you assistance to the Society in its drive will again give your support-Yours faithfully,

D. H. BLAKE, President, S.P.C.A. 8, Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong, October 25th, 1928.

opinion that these spiritualistic Nothing" spooky occurred for several hours, and the barber de- manifestations" were a sign of hood and suggested to her spouse passed and that the spirits coming troubles in the neighbour-iding that the crucial period had that new premises should be rented would not bother them that night, in some other part of the town. settled himself to go to sleep. The final question was "Is there Friends, however, suggested that the Then! Faintly at first but with and New Zealand women bad work- Should Children Read The Bible 7

an innocent party clause in Christ's mugs, razors and scissors should be slowly increasing activity, the con- ed for and had brought about a "Yes," said Miss Royden, "let condemnation of divorce 1" Carist; locked up in a box each night, and tents of a cupboard in the kitchen lowering of the infant mortality a child loose on great literature," said Mies Royden, meant murringe put out of the reach of the were doing the dancing trick! Get- rates which were now the smallest in answer to a question whether

to be a spiritual thing" Whom God spirits, just to see what they ting hold of a stick, the barber, in the world.

children should be allowed to read

hath joined together." In the would do next. This suggestion advanced toward the cupboard to These two things went together. the Bible and how such stories as

words of the Sermon on the Mount was promptly acted upon. For two administer the coup d'etat. As he The greatest factor in which the that of Jonah were to be explained

"for any cause" the "thought He night there was no further trouble came up, a black object darted out interest of women differed from to them. There were stories of meant for any trißing cause," bebat on the third night the framed of the cupboard and made a bee that of men was women's preoccu- hardness and brutality in the Bible, cause the Jews were able to divorce photograph of a deceased uncle line for an open window, upsetting pation with the preservation of but that was far better than much their wives simply by giving her a banging in the shop wall fell on and breaking several porcelain human Fife. Men were tradition mawky modern literature. It was bill of divorcement not not for the floor and the glass was broken bowls. It was the cat belonging to ally fighters; they had had to give not children but grown up people any cause whatsoever £18 the ato countless fragments. their lives and to learn's certain who made diffoulties about Jonah words had been taken to mean by This, more than ever, convinced contempt for the value of human or the Pilgrim's Progress." She those who forbade divorce. It the barber's wife that they should life. Women's part was to produce had often wondered how many seems," she said, quite inconceiv-leave the district. The barber, how and nurture life and to do so, they people who trouble about Jonah able that Christ should attach enor-ever, took a few drinks of sade to also had to risk and often to gire had read the book. It was one of mous importance to a legal contract settle his nerves and decided to their fresWhat you buy at a the finest in the Bible. When this out of which all that is spiritual keep sharp look-out for the great cost is dear to you said wonderful human document is turn-has disappeared. Was He ever a spirits. He squatted on the Miss Royden, and there would have cd into a story about a fish who legalist We must take Christ fatami (mat) with the latest issue been a great difference il civiliza swallowed a man it makes me with the zoost profound seriousness of a Japanese political review, de tion and been shaped by women mad," she added.

but to take His words always termined to read till day-break instead of very largely by men.

(Continued on next Column.)' literally is childish...

(Continued on sezi Column).

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the Portuguese family upstairs!

Now, the Japanese and Forty- guess families are discussing such mundane matters as the perversity of cats and the cost of porcelain bowls so necessary to a Japanese household. But the Japanese Wanchai, are no longer wondering whether they should consult the Japanese equivalente of Sir Oliver Lodge and Bir Arthur Conan Doyle..

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