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SOCIAL

FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1939.

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Bachelor girls thought they had found a new champion when pretty Marjorie s wrote a book telling them how to Live Alone and Like It."

It was a book of only 130 pages, but it swept America. In two months, 120,000 coples were sold- at 10s. a time.

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In it Marjorie eulogised the pleasures and adpantages single-blessedness,

But

NOW they've found that Marjorie was only joking.

On June 25 she announced that, she was soon to marry Mr. Thomas, H. Roulston, president of a chain of grocery, stores,

"I never advocated living alone for myself," she said, "but I did want to show those people who do live alone how to be happy."

NAKED GIRL IN CHICKEN HOUSE

Doctor Struck Off Register

A young womas, aged about 25, who was sa'd to have been kept naked in a doctor's chicken-house under the care of an 89-year-old man. figured in a case investigat- ed by the General Medical Coun- cil recently.

had

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ANGLOPHOBE WOMAN LORD MAYOR

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Mrs. Kathleen Clarke. Dublin'ai new Lord Mayor, has struck the keynote of her attitude to the office by refusing to wear the mayoral chain: Her reason is that It was presented to the city by William of Orange."

DIPLOMATIC

BOUQUETS

Recently it was a family day fur London's Diplomatic Corps, in ad- dition to being, in the hackneyed phrase, a day of "intense diplo

She is resolved to remove all matic activity." Royal portraits and other "relles

The arrival of the first Embassy

of the hated regime" from the baby to be born in London for Mansion House as soon as she some years had created the keenest takes possession." 16.

interest.

Ambassadors

Six times previously Mrs. Clarke

ond Ministers, has tried to wrest the Lord many of whom spent the larger Mayoralty from Alderman Byrne part of the morning calling up Her success now is due to his continental capitals, found time to casting vote in a close contest.give orders for bouquets to be sent. Berlin, June 23-Nearly 15,00

Gratitude will not deter her. to Countess Raczynski, wife of the German girls employed in dimestic however, from reversing many of Polish Ambassador, at a West End situations in Britain have been the actions of a predecessor whom nursing-home

invited" by the German authori- she considered too pro-British. ties to return to Germany.

Mrs. Clarke makes the same ac-

A Happy Augury **

cusation

Egainst her political The newcomer is a girl, a third Valera. Though daughter, The Count and Countess $ raember OF his were disappointed; they have no

In political circles here it is chief, Mr. de stated that the reason for this she is

order is not so much the need for party executive, he is likely to find son. Their staffs thing it a good labour at home as the conviction her activities an embarrassment augury. "It means there will be no

were coming it would have been a boy."

that German girls should not be to his polley of closer friend-war," they are saying. "If war employed in menial positions ship with Britain.

abroad.

The new move is also held to The election of officers for the: Some of the first flowers received prove the falsity of allegations Chinese General Chamber of Com- by Countess Raczynski came from that German domestic servants in merce, which was to have taken Frau von Dirksen, wife of the the purposes of espionage." England have been employed for place to-morrow, has been post-German Ambassador. The doyen of

poned until Monday.

NEWSETTES

Mr. A. Marshall, of the Yet

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the Diplomatic Corps. Senhor Re- gis de Oliveira, and the Greek Minister also sent bouquets.

The tradition of pink for a girl was observed: deep pink roses were among the bicoms that arrived at the Polish Embassy. Mixed, carna- tions made another flower gitt.

Christening in Losdon Plans for

London christening

will be made shortly.

A new nursery at the Embassy is

The chicken house, which iron bars across the door, and win- dows, stood in an orange grove 'rear Tel Aviv. Palestine," belong-

Mrs. M. S. Davidson, of Hongkong. ing to Dr. Abramo Litvak, 49, and Tsoong Tobacco Co., left for Hal-is awaiting the arrival of her sor his wife.

phong in the 3.5. Yusang on in the Colony, this month from ready for the baby's arrival with The Council ordered that Dr. Wednesday.

San Francisco. Mr. Davidson is her mother from Litvak's name be struck off the

now on vacatiori from his studies home, A charming cradic trimmed the nursing- medical register for infamous con- Mr. N. Jensen, of Smidth & Co. at Stanford University. Palo Alto, with spotted white muslin has been. duct on professional respect. and Mrs. Jensen left in the 83 California. The charges againts him were:

installed there. Yusang for Haiphong on Wednes- Detaining Haya Ida Rubin in a day.

Five-year-old" locked room and in a locked chicken house, his property for Eve'months j Mr. H. Diestel, of the China In 1935, of which offence he was Engineers, was a passenger in the Convicted at Jaffa on Jan. 9, 1937. s.s. Yusang which left for and sentenced to 12 months' imphong, on Wednesday, prisonment, reduced on appeal to

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and

Wanda No less a sum than $8,000 was widriana, who is nearly fuur, will collected through the sale of flowers on July 7, the second an-return from Bognor Regis, where not see their new sister until their niversary of the outbreak of the they are staying with their Swiss Sino-Japanese hostilities. Some 83 organizations have still to report the amounts they collected..

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nurse,

the Supreme Court of Palestine Mr. J. F. Shea, of Messrs. Wal- to six months.

Mr. and Mrs.. Peter Sin held an lace, Harper & Co... was Among Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sniffen ar- "At Home" yesterday evening at Being guilty of infamous

con- the passengers sailing for duct, in a professional respect, in phong in the

Hal-rived in Hongkong by the Frest their residence, No.17, Kent Road, 3.5. Yusang on dent Pierce yesterday en route for Kowloon Tong, to a number of relation to Haya Ida Rubin. 2 Wednesday.

San Francisco. person of unsound mind, who was

Mr. Sniffer 1 guests. Among them were connected with the firm of Dodge members of the Hongkong. Y's. Mr. K. Haas, of the Comptoir and Seymour and is taking a Men's Club, of which Mr. Sin was Mr. G. Howard, outlining the Anglo-Continental, Shanghal, and vacation. case; said the doctor specialised Mrs. Haas salled for Haiphong in in the treatment of nervous com-the s.s. Yusang on Wednesday. plaints

or had been a patient of his..

Legacy From Parents

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the girl between £1.200 and £1, Mr. Ezra Dayan, of the United 500 invested upon a mortgage. Philippine Import Co., arrived in She was left apparently In the the Colony yesterday by the care of a Mrs. Goldberg.

President Pierce on a business.

a former president.

The total donations to the Btate An exhibition of the paintings from Overseas Chinese in Shand calligraphy of Mr. Chang.

Mr. Ciro Spers, Fresident of C. gapore and other British colonies Chub-chur is to be held at the In 1930 Miss Rubin, a young wo- Spera, and Sons, arrived in Hong-in the Southseas for the month Kam Ling Restaurant at West man of American descent, arrived kong yesterday by the President of April amounted to $4,580.000 Point for four days, beginning to in Palestine with her parents. Pierce on a 'business visit.

Chinese currency, it learned day. The opening takes place this The parents died in 1933.. leaving

from official sources. This figure morning when Mr. Hsu Shih-ying. includes $1,700,000 from British former Frime Minister and Am- Malaya.

bassador to Japan, who is now Director-General of the National Mr. C. B. Smith, formerly con-Reller Commission, wu, omciate. nected with the China National Aviation Corporation's engineering department. has severed his con- nection with this concern and is now working with the Inter- continent Corporation in Hong kong.

The girl developed mental trip. trouble within a month or two of her parents" "death. Mrs. Gold- Lieut. R. R. Ransom, Chief of berg took her to Dr. Litvak, who the US. Naval Shore Patrol, is a treated her.

passenger on the President. Plerte According to Mrs. Goldberg's en route for San Francisco.. evidence It

became

impossible

As the result of an appeal made the Open Day of the Connaught Road Boys Club on Monday, when those who attended, the surt of the hat was passed round among

for her to see the girl -She was Mr. W. J. Mills, sub-manager

$71, was contributed towards the under Dr. Litvak's influence and of the Peninsula Hotel. is now in

The Belfios School is holding Fork of the club among the poorer would do anything he desired. Manila enjoying several weeks of its first Annual Handwork Exhibi-boys of the Colony, of which Mr.

After saying that Mrs. Goldberg vacation

tion to-morrow, from a.m: to

Thomas Le C. Kuan, "A.C.C.A, the about 11 a.m. and its first annualocal corporate accountant, is in for four years, Mr. Howard com. Lieut. and Mrs.... H. P.. Westrop, swimming sports on Monday, July

charge. mented. "It is possibly not with- with their three children, passed 17 from 9.30 am. to about 11.30 out significance to notice that. ir through Hongkong on the Presi- am in the Victoria Recreation you add that sum to the other dent Pierce on their way to San Club. sums mentioned, £500 and £300, Francisco.

had agreed to pay E18 a month

you get a sum which very rough-

The wedding took place yester-

ly corresponds to the sum left to Miss. Melba Ragsdale, of the day at the Registry, Supreme this girl when her parents died. Philippiné Union Mission of the Court, of Mr. Pang Yuck-mun, Seven Day Adventists, is a passen-merchant, of No. 50, Yat Tack "By February. 1935, the moneys ger on the President Fierce en Road, first floor, and Mles Lam of this girl were exhausted. It route for Ban Francisco..

Money Exhausted

is from that date there begins

the sequence of events which led Mr. Albert Reeves, who is con to Dr. Litvak, being charged with nected with the United States offences before the district court Rubber Export Co., arrived. In of Jalla

De Litvak, who denied the aldent Pierce to look over his com Hongkong yesterday, by the Frest- legations, was represented by Mr.pany's interests in this Colony,

Neil Lawson.

in.

San-wah, of No. 4, Nanking Street. first floor. Mr. T. J. Gould, Deputy Registrar of Marriages, officiated, and the witness were Messrs. Lam

am cher and T. W. Penn

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together with Capt. Tomas Donda) Lieut. Col. MM Castinada,

and several other Philippine Army officers arrived in the President

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Mr. Lawson submitted there was Mr. Vernon Thompson, of the Pierce yesterday en route to San no evidence that the girl had!;

firm of Clarke and Lancin Public Francisco. They intend attending been hidden away or detained Accountants, arrived in the Presl various army schools in the United against her will. The police dent Fierce yesterday en route to states according to their particu evidence at Jaffa disproved the allegation that the girl was locked San Francisco. He is accompanied lar branch.

by Mrs. Thompson and their son. Dr. Litvak denied that he c

After having spent the major celved £300" from Miss Rubin, or Major T. A. Zee, partner in the portion of his life in the Far East. that there wa any connection arm of W. Z. Zee and Bons, Shang- Mr. Gavin Campbell, Chief Eng between the girl coming to the hal metal and hardware merineer of the China Merchants 8.N end of her money and her going chants, arrived in Hongkong by Co., who recently retired, sailed for to Raya Nana.

the President Pierce yesterday Scotland in the as Deucalion, Mr. from Manila en route to Bhang- Campbell who came to the East Iron articles and furniture col-hal Major Zee is a senior Chinese 42 years ago, muy retum to China lected by the Japanese in the member of the Volunteer Corps at some future date as he has not Swatow-Chaochow area have been of the International Settlement definitely decided whether he wil shipped to Japan on board some in Shanghai and is also a promisettle down at his birthplace. ten vessels

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