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PUNKAH.

BY J. PENN.

Thirty men in the Colony to other night, and my friend stared every girl-can it really be as bad-very rudoly, I must conftas-at a (or good) as that? No wonder man sitting at the next table who when I try to get booked up (well was inhaling soup rather noisily. in advance, of course) for St. "What you looking at?" Andrew's and the other, "posh" angrily demanded the soup sucker, balls the ladies always say:

Sorry," said my friend," politely, sorry, Mr. Penn, but you are just thought you'd falien in too late! I did ke

two dances

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I see my old friend Tommy Dewar has been shooting off some more epigrams. In addition to dis- tilling whisky, Sir Thomas is adept at distilling little gems of thought which have become generally known as Dewarismas. his latest:-

Here are some of

Life is a one-way, and there is Do coming back,

Man was born to sorrow-when he gets too old to fall in love he gets gout.

Since I ported (exclusively), in this colum. some recent boxing activities in the Happy Valley sector, the training of the Wong Nei Chung rustics for the forth- coming tournament bis-been seri- ously interfered with from various caures. No further practice-boută have taken place at the Stadium, and it seems donhtful at the moment whether there will be any contenders in the main event for the Broadwood Belt. One of the principals who searched further field (including the ranks of the Gianealy Gangsters and Hollywood Heroes) for a number of chicken- weights to engage the local Brava. does has reported unfavourably on the prospects, Mah-jongg cramp seems to be a general complaint with the arrival of the cold wea Sport gives the mind a holiday ther, and the decrease in the num anal stops you mastienting the pon-ber of moequitoes has had the derous thoughts of life and its per- effect of stiffening the limbs of many intending competitors. The The country that is considered in lack of vacant houses in the sector the forefront of civilisation is the for indoor practice has also proved one which can make the 1

Moreover, a serious handicap. deadly poison gas, and send mis-whistling exercise his deprived one sionarjes to convert the heathen. competitor of a tooth; and repairs No man can tell the discoveries the may have to be left over until the Scotch have made for the benefit arrival of the new dentist. In this of civilisation."

connection-having nothing to do with the subject-it has to be re- corded that the popular revival of that ancient 'ditty," It ain't goma rain no more," recently dispersed the Kaolin, which had been de.. posited among the clouds, and the result was evident in the downpour during the cricket Interport. Happy Valley, however, perhaps owing to its close proximity to the cemetery, retired

for you until yesterday, but then I booked them, as I thought per haps you were not going. Sorry I quite agree with the gentleman who wrote to the Editor the other day that its no use going to a dance if you have nobody to dance with. People are so very precise in Hong Kong, and a man who weat on the floor and started to do a fox trot all by himself would get hanted out very quick. Why, you are not permitted even to approach a lady and ask her if she will give you the honour and pleasure of a drake-no, not even if your man ser of approach is most decorous.plexities. It simply isn't done" in Hong Kong, old boy, and if you try to do it, the manager will tap you on the shoulder and tell you there is plenty of room outside. What pos- sible harm there can be in politely approaching a lady in a public place and asking her for a dance I don't know. The lady, if she dres not like the look of the gentle man, has only to say "no" and the matter is settled; be will promptly fade away, and "that's all there is to it.

Ninety per cent, of those going back to the land are carrying golf clubs.

The surest way to be happy is to get so busy that you have no time to be unhappy.

Let us live our lives so that the undertaker will be the only one who will rejoice when we dic.

Ability without enthusiasm and you have a rifle without a bullet,

still has

number of n

come

However, somehow or other it has come to pass that such is not the approved. mauner of doing things, and woe to him who dares defy the convention, Hence the

amateurs (and professionals) who appeal the other day for a Palais I looked into the Daily Press may yet be induced to de Danse, where one can get a office during the week just to see back." A suggestion is on foot to partner by the simple process or bow the Editor was getting on be re-name the candidates on the hancing a lady a pink or blue ticket simply loves to have people call system of subscription griffins, but costing, say, twenty cents. I don't and stay for a friendly chat laeting more of this and training notes see why not-and what about some an hour or two, smoking his cigars (and times) when rews arrives of the girls in the Colony who may and drinking tea and tand him from the isolated camps. (If, dear not have many boy friends to dance frightfully bucked. He had just reader. you can't make head.or with? Why not also have a dozen picked up a packet taken from tail out of all this, don't worry or so nice young men available as mountain of mail which had just about it. Obviously this particular dancing partners for twenty cents a arrived, and seeing it marked paragraph does not interest you. time I don't put this suggestion Samples of NoValue" was but it will others.) forward in order to boost myself. going to toss it into the editorial My high forehead goes so far to wards the hack of my neck that no girl would be likely to choose que as a partoer; anorcover, a lad bunion and a gouty knce on the samples and prices of ladies' hand- So do the young men (and the other limb makes dancing more of Korchiefs! Now why British" mer-old 'uns) similarly favoured. penance than a pleasure for me, chanty secking business overseas but I know several young men who should imagine that Editors want Bottlethwaite was telling me the could-and I believe would like to bug several gross of ladies' other day about a friend who had to-earn a little extra cigarette-bdkerchiefs is a mystery, but the grievance. The Jockey Club, in money by becoming dancing part-facts, are as I have stated. Yet their announcements of coming

W.P.B.. More samples of paper,” When a girl has a very fas he grumbled, but for some un profile, she always puts on plenty known reason he stayed his hand, ¦ of side. opened the packet, and found-

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ners. Anyhow. I think the ques; they say British business-men are race-meetings, always emphasise in tion of a Palais de Dance should not enterprising By circularising black type the fact that no child- he thoroughly discussed, and if it

all the Editors in the warld they fren are allowed in either enclosure is any encouragement I may say may some day find one who has on any pretext. Quite right, ton,| that Bottlethwaite warmly approves enough money to buy his wife abut how is the word "children" the iden-though I suspect Mrs. B.

gross of fancy handkerchiefa... ! to be defined? That's where the will have something to say on the

trouble begins, Bottlethwaite's pal. matter when-and il-George aug- The centre half-hack had palpable has daughter-never mind how gests going out one evening after tripped the opposing sentre for-old she is and he wanted to take dinner to buy himself a doll's ward and had been justly penalised her to the races, but mamma said worth of dance-tickets instead of and rebuked by the referee. taking the dog, out for a rum.

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no, the Committee would not allow Hard luck, Sammy" shouted ait, so they argued and argued about fervent supporter to the half-back. i for hours until at last papa said: Very well: shorten her skirts and give her stockings to wear instead of socks, and she'll pass muster all right." And she did!

How I envy those people wilo | "Hard luck!" echoed an evident are always able to say the rightly impartial spectator. Where thing at the right time. I was was the hard, luck in that " dining at the Astordorf Hotel the "Ref, saw him," was the reply.

Diary of Coming Events.

To-day.

(November 23.)

Accession of the Queen of the Netherlands 1890.

Tides: High, 1.02 a.m.; Low, 8,23

3.m.

European Mails: Outward: Europe vid Marseilles (Kashgar). 10.30 a.m.; Europe vid Siberia (Tyndareus), 10. a.m.

Sunday. (November 21.) Twenty Sixth Sunday After Trinity

Monday. (November-25.)

Pianoforte recital (Mr. Harry Ore's pupils) City Hall, 5.30 p.m.

Queen's Theatre: "The Four Devils" (talking picture).

World Theatre: Harold Lloyd Comedies,"

Star Theatre: "Daredevil's Re. ward."

Peninsula Hotel, 5 p.m.

Ten Dances: Hong Kong Hotel,

Cricket: Div. I.: H.K.C.C. JA Indian R.C. (1), Craigengewer 2. Navy (F), Kowloon C.C. ». Army (F), Chinese R.C. 2. Combined. Schools (F). Div. II.: 'Recreio «. Craigengower (L), Indian R.C. v. H.K.C.O. (F).

Football-Div. L: K.O.S.B. . Golf: Jasper Clark Cup, and Chinese, St. Joseph's v. Navy, Club Qualifying round for Champion- Dinner Darices: H.K.. Hotel,

South China, Recreio .. Paliceship. Fanling. Kowloon v. Royal Artillery. Diz

Repulse Bay Hotel, and Peninsula. Fanling Hunt Steeplechase, Hotel, 8.30 p.m. 11:: K.O.S.B. v. South China "A", Kwanti.

Tides: Higb, 4.18 am, and 6.41. Royal Artillery. v. Eastern, Recreio

Interport Tennis:-Miss Enid Lo [p.m.; Low, 11.28 a.m. and 11.30 p.m. Navy, R.A.M.C. m. St. Joseph's,

Miss Crawford European Mails Outward: Chinese B. Chinese "A", Club (Hong Kong)__ v.

(Hong Europe (Shanghai). T. Honda

vid Siberia (Fushimi . Ewn, Kowloon . South China Kongit. Paul Kong or R. Cana Maru); 10.30 a.m.; Europe wi Queen's Theatre; "Movitonë varro (Shanghai), 10 a.m Mrs. Victoria, B.C. (Pres. McKinley), 0

Tottenham and Miss Enid Lop.m. Follies."

World Theatre: "Where East is (Hong Kong) Miss Crawford and Miss Firth (Shanghai), 2.15

Queen's Theatre: "The Four') Devils (talking picture).

World Theatre: "Harold Lloyd Comedies."

Star Theatre: "Daredevil's Re-|

"B."

East

Star Theatre: Trent's Last p

Case,"

Tea Dances: Hong Kong Hotel, and Peninsula Hotel, 5 pm.

Dinner Dances: H.K. Hotel, Peninsula, and Repulse Bay Hotels, 9.30 p.m.

ISTRAZILER FRANK Zag Wellington Barracks, 8,20 p.m.

Kowloon Football Club Dance (in Aid of Earl Haig Fund) 0 p.mL

ward."

4.30 p.m.

Tuesday, (November 23.)

Queen of Norway Born 1889. H.K. Stock Exchange Settlement Day

Sanitary Board Meeting, 4.15 p.m.

K.B.S.F.P.A. Annual Meeting, 5.30 p.m.

Rap Bay Hierdoor Dance for bt. Andrews

Ball, Peninsula Hotel; 6.30 p.m.

Queen's Theatre: The Four Devils" (talking picture).

Tides: High, 2,30 a.m. and 4.97

| p.m.; Low, 10.34 a.m. and 9.24 p.m.

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