1911-12-05 — Page 8

THE FAMILY TIE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY DECEMBER 5 1911

uncle who saw him through in education and a start in life, whip he was a poor boy

By Richard Whiteing!. The two sides of the world The Scottish people, like the seeth to be exchanging ideals, French, forma ono vast mutual The Chinese are in insurrection benefit society, and even more for all sorts of changes that threa- completely so, for here the claim ton the family tie which is the extends from the family to the basis of their civilisation. And in nation.. The French, however, are the sacred name of that tie the Bi-hard to beat in their own line. shop of London, na spokesman of When things afe going from bad the English Church, protests the Gode Napoleon gives a family to worse with à peccant member ainst the full in the birth rate council, the right to look into his The family, meanwhile, input- ting up a good fight for it Affairs, and to draw up recom Chinese official report, lately no the courts, have the force of law. mondations which, où approval by ticad in our columns, commends

I know of a case of a spond- a Chinese widow,, still extant, whose young people regularly sit thrift father who, after squandor- down to dinnor to the number of ing his own fortune, began to sixty-six. The progonitor in this make inroads on his daughter's Instance is a grandmotherly. wi-dot. The family came to the resene dow in the village of Mang Tao. at once, got the doctors to certify This venerable and veneratod person is but 60 yours of age, and she makes up the count of pro- gony with the help of nine sons and numerous grandchildren, with some great grandchildren as a sort of territorial reserve.

A Vanished Idea

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for softening of the brain and general incapacity for the man- the girl to an uncle's care. With agement of affairs, and transferred

Intimatio us

AERTEX

CELLULAR.

REGAL

SHOES

J. T. SHAW,

TAILOR

and OUTFITTER,

21, Hongkong Hotel Buildings,

Queen's Road.

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LIMITED.

that they saved her marriago por DEAK TRAMWAYS CO. tion, and supplementing it from their own resources, finally made

in excellent marrige for her, and left her liying happily over, aftor to this day.

family is rigid conformity to the family ideals. The young people are expected to take up life pretty

TIME TABLE.

Wase Date.

7.00 a.m. to 8.00a.m. Every 15 min. 8.00 am, 15 10.00 sim.

LE

10 min. 10 min. 15 min.

10.00 am, to 11.00 ■.m., 11.30 am to 12.45 p.m...

12.45 p.m. t 1.15 p.m.

1.15 p.m. 1.45 p.m. 1.45 m. t 2.15 p.m. 2.16 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. 5.00 p., to 8.10 p.m.

NIGHTCAES.

Mails.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL

STEAM NAVIGATION COMUANY

Shipping-Steamɩrs.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD.

Hongkong-South China Coast Ports.

Highest Ulsas, Fastest and Most Luxarlous Stormers on the Coast, hiring WILL despatch. VESSELS to the Undermentioned PORTS on or about did Accommodation for First-Class Passengers. Electric Light. Excellent

Ucialne."

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW AND RETURN (Occupying 0 to 10 days.)

inthe DATES. mámed-

EXMARKI.

AT BAMBRIPT..

DAPTAIN

LEAVING,

Freight only. Halching... W. G. Pasentore . TUESDAY 8th Doa at 11/1

FOR AMOY and FOOCHOW," Haiyang... Capt. W: Evan... FRIDAY, 8th Deo at 11 a Haitan. Capt. J. 8. Bosch ... | TUESDAY, 12th Dog at 11 4.2.

Steamers will arrive at, and depart from the Co.'s Wharf near Blake Pl.

For Freight and Pasange, apply to

Douglas, Lapralk & Co.,

About---) Froight'and 1 Capt. G.W.Cookman,n.x.n. 33rd Nov.) Pige.

FOR JHANGHAI

MOJI ROBE &YOKOHAMA

STEAMERS

BAXOA (Capt. H., W. Poller, n.w.z

TO SAIL OR

About 1. 21st Nov.

AJAYH

|JHANGHAI

LONDON, IA)

Bee Special UP OF CA. E. P. Martin, a... 20th Nov. Advertisment.

Noon

706]

For Further, Particular, apply to

P. 4.0, 8, No Cɔ,'ï office, ;

E. A. HEWITT,

Superintendent.

DELTA......

Hongkong, 18th November. 10.

NORODEUTSCHER LLOYD,

BREMEN.

10 min. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINES.

"

1

15 min..

+

10 min.

11

15 min.

10 min.

8.45 pm and 9 p.m.,.8.45 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. every 15 minuter. SUNDAYS, E 7.30 a.ro. 8.00 am to 10.30 am, every 15 min. 10.30 a.m. to 11.00 s.m.. 10 join. ,,*,10 min. 10 min.

11.45 a.m. to 12.00 noon 12.00 noon to 1.00 p.m.

5.00 pm to 0.00 pm,

6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.mi. 7.00 p.m. to 8.10 p.m.

*

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15 min.

啡

10 mp

15 mln.

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10 min. Day".

It is probably a roport of Gor utan origin, but wo`shall be sure

Heritage of Family Ideals. to hear a good deal about it in France, whore such a contingent This is the French system at its represents a vanished idea which best. At its worst, it lins a worst, many patriotic persone are trying it involves an amount of intorfer to restore. For the ever declin-enco that people of our race would ing birth rate of France is but an hardly endure without a struggle. innovation due largely to the pas That must aways be the case: No sion for comfort that came in doubt the widow of Mang Tao is with the revolution. Large fami- the tyrant of her family circle, and lies were the rule under the old | makes them feel the sheltered life rogime until the increasing diffi- has its trials. The price of the culty of fooling thom brought insurance policy in a French that system to an end. They are still the rule in the old French, colonios, one of which now lives under our flag in the Mauritius, much where their seniors are lay-1.00 p.m. to 8.00p.m. The island is still Old France, ing it down. Their right to be and it colebrates its brithdaye, helped is purchased at the cost saints days and other festivals of their readiness to be advised. with family gatherings that may If Madame sponds too much easily outdo the acliventent of on her toilette, or Mousiour on his the widow of Mang Tào. The club, tho word in season, or for one thing in her favour is that that matter out of it, minst be 'she is a constant, a sort of all the borne without a murmur. It will! year round of infantile publica- certainly be the subject of free tion brought out every day. The discussion throughout the whole Fronch toul to keep their resorve family circle, discussion free and for emorgancios, M. Worth, the privileged as a matter of family arbitor of the Parisian mode un-concorn. It is a case of the choice dor the Empire, though a man of of evils no doubt. We should pro- the newest fashions in business, bably think any blossing dearly was quite an old-fashioned person purchased at the cost of personal at home. His fino villa at Sures-independence. nos was dotted all round withi

The French think any curso (CAPITAL PAID UF...$1,250,000:) maisonettes for the grown up tolerable in comparison with the Bone, and they wont in to pay lot of the typical poor relation of Losas oa Mortgage of House Property the British type without a friend in the wide world. And their Goods received on Storage. system is tempored in its worst

their court of filial affection to hin every day.

The French Uncle

NIGHT CARS as on Week

SATURDAYS.

Extra Cams at 11:45: p.m.

SPECIAL CARS.

Amazement at the Company's' Office; Alexandra Buildings,

·Des Voeux Bond.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & JON,

Ganeml Managers, Hongkong, 3rd Nov., 1911.

•

THE CHINA PROVIDENT `LOAN AND MORTGAGE

&c...

10., LD.

Advaneos made on Merchandise. Irans made on the Provident System.

THE OFFICE OF

TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c.,

Undertaken and Executed,

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managern.;.' 19th Memb, 1909 ... 144

The Froneh family is still a rigoure by many beautiful cus-(Rates and Particulars on application). olan to its remotost ramifications toms, and especially by an almost of those who have not brought religions cult of the devotion due dishonour of the name. Once from youth to age. The weddings, born into it, you can hardly got silver and golden, are scrupulon- out of it, oven by your own will sly celebrated, the birthdays, "of You are on the register of what of the aniors especially, are may best be described as a great stage-managed with considerable Fourkong, scheme of mutaal insurance care. The sons and daughters ngainat all the ills of life. It is for bring their offerings, the grand- weal or for woe. Least of all can children their loyal and dutiful you slip the collar, of these obli- addresses which, if they linve not; gations by becoming a celibate. written, they have have at least, Bachelor uncles and maiden learnt by heart.

anats are expected to look after} more nephews and nieces than

those who hava dhildren of theif}

HEROIC GIRLS,

own. Man oncle is n stock pharac-

ter of French comedy and off French life. In Eugland he is but

a nickname for a pawnbroker. The Pluck which Saved Hundreds

‚French variety "makes advances

of Lives.

at need like the other, but with-

out security; and he is expected

The ruins of the lumber town

to bear the heaviest disappoint-

ments in that line with a smile of Austin, Pennsylvania, which even more indelible then that of was swept away by the bursting father. As a man in business or in

of a great dam on Nov. 1.present

politics he finds places for the

olan, as a mentor, he is ever at an appalling spectacle,

their service with counsels that |

Thrilling stories of rescues eff-

hit the happy mean between those ected during the progress of the

ss of the parson and the been flood and the fire are told. There companion.

The British Uncle

A

is no doubt that many lives were seaved by two herole telephone Even the Dutch uncle is as no- girls, Lona Binckey, aged nine- thing in the comparison; and as tea and Katherine Lyons, aged

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NAPLES, GENOA, ALGIERS, GIBRAL- TAR, SOUTHAMP TON, ANTWERP and Or HAMBURG ****

18HANGHAI,* TAING-1

TAU KOBE

M........

SUN GLASSES.

Any tint made to any prescription. No charge for testing sight. opates of all, dövription made by sompetent women.

-N. LAZARUS,

Ophthalmic Opticap,

14, D'Aguilar Etreef, Hongkong.

YOKOHAMA

MANILA,

.

YAPY ANGLUR BIMARI,

NEWGUINEA, DRIS-

BANE, BYDNEY & ́MELBOURNE-'....................

." Roox******

15,900

Capt. II. Rehm.....

•PAINZ Ludwis". 18,530) Capl. V. Binzor......

PAINZ BIGISMUND" 6,000

Capt. F. Bruening

TO BAIL CE

WEDNESDAY, 18th December at. Noon.

About THURSDAY,

14th Doombar.

SATURDAY,

'80th Docomber,:

at 10.

KOBE & YOKOHAMA (PAINZ SIGEN "0,000 (TUESDAY,

[./Capt. F. Bruening

RUDAT & BANDAKAN

{"

Bon": Capt. F. Sébill

12th Doo.

8,050

Middio

of Dea.

All the steam,rs of the European Líá are fitted with Wireless Telegraphy..

- New System. Telefunken.

For further Particulam, apply to

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD MELCHERS & CO.,

GENERAL 'AGENTS, HONGKONG and CHINA..

Hongkong, 12u1 Desember; 1911.

General Managers,

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

Steamer

From

Expected on or about for

Will love on az about -

Regular Fortnightly Service between JAVA CHINA and JAPAN. Tiltaroemia‡AVA úum 1st half Do....JAPAN... Ist half Dec.. Tipanas.JAVA

JAVA......1st half Deo. Tillatjap...

SHANGHAL.It hall Doc...AVA......................... 1st half Der. Tilbodas

JAVA 1st half Dec....SHANGHAL 2nd half Dea.. Timahi.JAVA.........1st half Dec....JAVA.......................2nd half Dej. Tjimanock...JAPAN.....let half Doc.... JAVA........ad half Do TjiliwongAVA... 2nd half Dec...JAPAN...2nd ball Deo. The steamers are all filted throngboat with Electric Light, and bare accommodation for a limited number of saloon passengers, and will take cargo in all Ports 'a Netherlands-India on through B/L

For particular of Freight and Pajengo, apply to the

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN

Telephone No. 875 --

Consignees

"SHIRE LINE OF

STEAMERS LTD.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

York Anildinga

LIJN,

Consigner.

1974

TOYO KISEN KAISHA.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

S.S. "OHIYO. MARU,"

LULU, and JAFAN PORTS.”

FROM EUROPE, COLOMBO | From BAN. FRANCISCO, HOND.

AND STRAITS.

THE Steamship

"MONMOUTHSHIRE" having arrived from the above ports, Unsigneen of cargo by her aro laroby informed that all goods are being landed at their risk into the bazanlous and/or hozantons Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and trudown Company, Limited, whence and/or from the harros, 'delivery may be obtained.

The above-named steamer hayIAN arrived. Consignees of Cargo N hereby notified to send in their Bill. Lading for countersignstore, and take immediato delivery of Uniga hoja hi alongside.

Cargo remaining, undelivigil on FRIDAY, the 21th Now, at 5 PM. will be landed at Consignees, risk and expense and delivery must then be taken from Company's Godown,

No Fire Insurance whatever will be cffected,

Foods not cleared by the 5th prox. Gpan, will be subject to rent.

No Claims will be recognized, All broken, chafod and damaged the Goods have left the Bioniker packagee nra to be left in the Godowns Godown, and all Goods reta were they will be examined: on undelivered on MONDAY,N TUESDAY, 8th prox., at 10 a.m. nifteravon, will be subject toɛren Citime against the steamier must be lading changes presented within 10 days of arrival otherwise they will not be recognized.

No Virs Insurance will be effected bus in any caso whatever.

Bill of Lading will be countersiguod

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.

Agents.

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A. P. JEANNOU, 15, Queen's Road Central. Hongkong, 29th Nov., 1911.

#

Just arrived a Large Stock from Italy, MACARONI, VERMICELLI (and SPAGHETTI, YEIMBA Packets of 171b, and in Boxes of 45 lbs."

2017

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THOS. COOK & SON,' Tourist, Steamship and Forwarding Agents,⠀

Bankers,. &c.

Head Office for the Far Est :-18, DES VEUX ROAD, HONGKONG SHANGHAI: 2-8, Foochow Road. YOKOHAMA: 32, Water Street.

-3EN"-LINE OF STEAMERS. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

All chafed and otherwiss, damage Cargo to be left on board or gydog} and examination of same to be arranged,

All claims must be filed on or befor December 4th, otherwise they will not be recognized:

MATSDA Agent:" Hongkong, 21st.Nov., 1911, [808)

Notice

NOTICE.

8.S. BENVÖRLICH,”

FROM ANTWERP, MIDDLES- BRO', LONDON & STRAITS, "ONSIGNEES of Cargo are beroby, informed that all Goods are being tanded at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra, hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Whart and TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON- Hodowu Co., Ltd., whence and/or CERN, Notice in Hereby Given that from the wharves delivery may be Mr. P. R. FALK, who formerly san obtained.

Wo hate authorized Mr. O, J. EIN to sign our Virim per proesirallon In |Hongkong and China from this dato, ⠀ 1. D. SASSOON & Co Hongkong: November 30th: 1911.

NOTICE.

No Clima, will be admitted after the Goods have Lift the Godowns, and all Gode remaining undelivered after the

TICKETS SUPPLIED to EUROPE by the princips. STEAMSHIP 7th Dec., will be subject to rent.

LINES and TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY,

TOURS arranged to ALL PARTS of the WORLD. BAGGAGE collected, forwarded and insured at lowest ratce. LETTERS CREDIT and CIROULAR NOTES ISSUED and

CASHED. FOREIGN MONIES exobangod..

Hongkong, 24th July, 1911. [929992]-Caizy Orgiaz :—LUNGATE JURCUE, LONDON, E‚C",

All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on ot before the 14th Doo, or they will not be recognized,

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 7th Deo, at 11 AM)

AND REPAIRERS, SHIPBUILDERS, SALVORS,

BOILERMAKERS FORGEMASTERS; BRASS AND IRON FOUNDERS, CONSTRUC-by

TIONAL, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.

TAIKOO

Modern Appliances for quick construction and repair, of Ship."

Engines, Boilera, Railway Rolling Stock, Bridges, and al

Classes of Engineering, Iron And Wood Work Electrical Drives, Hydraulic & Pneumatic Tools,

installed throughout the Works (

TAIKOO DOCKYARD,

DOUE

78714. by 88ft. by 841. 6 ID Tumps empty Dask la 38-4 hours.

50-ton Hydraulic TESTING MACHINE

for Chains, Wire Ropes, Riesti

and Metal Specimen).

MOP HONGKONG, LIMITED.

DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING CO.

(THREE PATENT SLIP WAYS ---

athing vessels up to 8,000 tons

for the British, he is but a thing of the bursting of the dam over sixteen, who received the warning of cast iron, with his exclusive coutern for his own brood. Nor the telephone. They called up GRAVING is that concern at all remarkable, over a hundred subscribere, The thing that strikes the obser- whom they gave the alarm, and

then escaped themselves. vant Frenchman most in this country is the execossive sidekness A young girl was pinned by a of the family tie in all gradest. falling structure, but freed herself Nobody seams to care very much except one leg, which remained for anybody. Even a ne'er do caught between two stones, All wool son or brothor is left shift attempts at rescue were unsuc- for himself with an easy rosiga-cessful, and as the water crept ation, that would bring on a on her she begged the rescuers to Frenching the reproach of being | take an axe and cut off her leg. manifhout heart, and as for No one had the nerve for the task cousin is a puroly English until a boy seized an axe and so- trait, as distinot, happily, from an vered the limb with half-a-dozen Irish, Sontoh, or Walsh. Every blows. The girl was carried up day of his life, as we know, Lloyd the hillside to a place of safety, George writes without fail to the land will live,

acement; protiiding conditions fr dinting ships with most officient resuls 100-Tox ELECTRIO OBANE of QU

HONGKONG

E LECTRIC OVERHEAP QRANEB TRAGSAKOUT Tan Brors Barsing ur zu 100 Tons,

ortmates given for Docking, Repair to Hell ́and Midl detrasilobal Work.

Mara inni and AGRITE!

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

HONGKONG, CHINA.

ligraphic”, Aukdrane m

“TAIKOODOCKS

No Fire Insurance has wain effected. Bill of Lading will be copat wigned JIBB, LIVINGSTON, & CO.,

Agents. Hongkong. Both Nov. 1815:

Notices

NOTICE.

red for our firm for the sala on com alwion of whisky, beer and milk for cash orders only, th no longer authorised to no endass, and that he has now pa nnection whatsoever, with our firm, and has no anthurity to make any aro

soever of the name of our firm, and friker, wo entirely diolaim any con

ion with or responsibility for bis nota or agreements,

(Bigned) F. DLACKHEAD & Co: Hongkong, Nov. 28.1911.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPART-

MENT

W^

JANTED for the Water Work"

Branch CLERK to taki charge of the socounts, and correspondi Must be a good writer, qalak

dnos

and soarste at noorusts and have good knowledge of off-e routine.

Salary-$110 per month; rising 180 by #10 Liganfally

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The UNITED ASBESTOS | ORIENTAL AGENCY, LTD. bare been appointed by the PATENTE" his · BOLF. ‘AGENTS. In the FAE EAST for the "von RIEGEND „PATENT FIRE BRIDGE BÅR. D

angkuh, 16th Nov, 1913, 14951'clock on the 75tl instant.

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NOTICE

"APITAL for Brus-fi's Industrial 6shames and Cossions, Muni- olpal or Commeris! Loans arranged..

Application to be treated strictly

* Addım-20 BAST and WEST,

of The Hongkong Telegraphy". Hongkong, 16th Nov., 1911). [1493

with copies of testimoniale, to be ama

Applications stating age, together

to the bore often not later than is

Director of Publio Work Dablie Works Ofic

Hongkrog, 17th Nov, 1911

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