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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1931.

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DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS.

WHEN WE ARE ALONE!

WHAT WOMEN TALK ABOUT AFTER

DINNER.

To-day.

(June 9.)

"Rotary Club Tiffin, Speaker: Mr. J. D. Butcher on "Electricity,"

Sanitary Board Meeting, 4.15/ p.12.

Motor Cycle Trial, Committee Meoting, Lane, Crawford's, 9:15

10. m.

Hong Kong Football Association, Council Meeting, 5.30 p.m.

Queen's Theatre: "The Show of Sbows."

World Theatre:

"The Sky Hawk."

Star

Theatre: The Arizona Kid."

Central Theatre: "The Broadway Hoofer."

Majestic Theatre: "Part Time

Youth"

"WOMAN NOVELIST'S AMUSING

CYNICISMS,

Only one variety of male and during dinner, which puts the he the proudly mutest of his kind- most socially accomplished off her ever penetrate the mystery of what stroke: Too short for an abruptly. women talk about after dinner male denuded company to acquire. when they have left the men, writes the hen's-eye view, it also seems Mrs E. Arnot Robertson, a very too long much, much too long, in elever, and very cynical young fact for the sort of talk that fills indy, who has written some highly it..

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entertaining books. The trusted Now is the dreadful moment,

manservant overhears a little while when the hostess attaches herself ho hands round coffee, but pro-to any of her guests who do things and attempts to draw them out.

These are by leading questions. almost certain to be the kind of queries to which any reply makes the speaker look about equally Billy

Wife,"

King's Theatre: "Along Camofessional etiquette sees to it that the secrets of the pantry are as safe from the curious outside; world as those of the confessional and the consulting room.

Dances: Tea Dance at Hong Kong Hotel; Dinner Dances, Hong Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotel.

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Queen's Theatre: The Show of Shows."

"The Sky

WorldTheatre:

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Star Theatre: "The Arizona Kid."

King's Theatre: "Laughter." Majcatie Theatre: "The Vagabond Lover."

Dances: Tea Dances at Hong

Women doctors are asked with simulated interest whether the sight of blood does not make them feel squeamish during operations.

Every woman doctor of my ac

So that the unprivileged majority: of men can only wonder, for nearly every woman grows vague when questioned on this subject. As ̈ ̄‚a. rule, her reply is, "Oh-just-well, all sorts of things," unless she is

quaintanco is asked that at least of the type that turns sex patriotic

once a fortnight. For any musi on the loast provocation, and then

cians who happen to be present the she answers almost invariably,

́inevitable question is whether they We talk just as intelligently as

compose when sitting at the piano we do when you're there. Or or do you just get the iden in better! And about the same sort of things."

Apparently there is some kind of freemasonry among women here, an unspoken agreement to f the mystery, for both these replies are equally wide of the truth- which, incidentally, I have never yet seen stated.

-Conversation. Em Cold.

Conversation among women wait ing for the return of the men is curiously limited in range; and its quality, on nine occasions out of

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St. Barnabas. Queen's Theatre: The Show of Shows,"

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Dances: Tea Dance, H.K. Hotel; Dinner Dances, Hong Kong Hotelsation, in, a room which has had time to go conversationally cold and Peninsula Hotel."

I have not yet met any writers who enjoyed talking about the technicalities of their work with non-writers, or any hostess who, knowing this, could yet keep off the subject. The trouble with

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