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THE CHINA SOCIETY.

The Romance of the Emperor Ming Huang.

The monthly meeting of the China Society was held in Caxton

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The Emperor Ming Hang, resulted in his being convoyed to whose romance was the subject of tha Victoria Nursing Home where

the lecture, was the sixth emperor le lies suffering, it is thought, from concussion of the brain, Mr. of tho Tang dynasty of China,

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example that was followed by the aristocracy to the great detriment of the country. There were two ladies who played the major part in the romance of Ming Huang's life, the first being Mei-Fi and

Godown, situated an waler front, the second Yang Kuei Fei,,and East Point. For further particulars apply President Wilson and

it was mostly with these famous Property Office, Jardine, Matheson & "Thirteen.” Let the superstitious cultivate beauties and their rivalry for the Co. Ltd. number 13 if they want real luck, chief place in the ruler's affections says an oxchange: At least Pro- that the lecturer concorned him- #ilent-elect Wilson finds it so, self. Mei Fei, whose slimnesa con

Idian Chiefs and Mr. Taft, n. and any combination which by trasled strongly with the famous addition, subtraction or multi-embonpoint of h rrival, was the

New York. Feb. 22.-Twenty- uine Ladian chiefs from nearly as plication will produce, the lucky first to arrive on the sceno,

her it was recorded that she could that the emperor in question, who men, assisted President Taft this

Mr. Crammer Byug pointed out

different tribes of red number, give him the

many greatest delight. Thirteens," he says, read the book of Oles at the age had been represented in such a afternoon in unveiling the heroic "havo always been running of nine, whilst her bewitching: through my life in connection beauty and high necomplishments bad light, was the one who found- statue of an Indian chief, which with song good fortune. His in music and literature all helpeded the first music and dancing is to stand on the heights of Wilson-con- to raise her to high position: Oa academy of China, who was one Staten Island overlooking the name-Woodrow taime just thirteen lotters. It is her intro luction to the Emperor that the Far East had ever seen, entrance to the port of New York. of the greatest patrons of poetry lower bay, and commanding the said he dropped Thomas, his firat he immediately foll a victim to

and who was himself a poet. This will be the last time Pre- nams, in order to get down to her charme, and the wiles of Cupid

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lucky thirtoon. For thirteen years made him forsako the dutice of the question of why the Chinese until the inauguration of his sac- he was professor in Prineston State. Mei Fei was, however, University, and then was elected destined not to long remain the were such good linguists, recessor, Woodrow Wilson.

⚫ Singapore Mail via Penang. its thirteenth president. He was reigning favourite of the Emmarked that the ability of the Rozinated and electe: President peror and of the Court, despite foreign languages was sometimes the British India mail from Europe Russians for acquiring foreign On March 28, for the first time, of the United States in 1912, the monarch's protestations of which by the addition of its undying fealty; and when Yang attributed to the fact that their was brought to Singapore by train own language was so frightfully from Penang and was expected dights gives 13. The Electoraluei Fei came upon the scene, diffent. That, perhaps, was to beavailable considerably earlier College met on the thirteenth of she made an equally rapid con- January, and he will be the quest, with the result that she not quite the reason, because then under the arrangement. "28th President," a combination and her ralatives held away in spoken Japanese was, be firmly whereby the mails have been believed, more diffoult brought all the way by sea. But of figures and letters totalling Court and State. Incidently, the

lecturer gave an account of a language to acquire correctly, as there are no facilities for sor meeting between the two rivals, and yet the Japanese were not ting on the train, that operation nearly auch good linguists as the had to be performed at the Post which was to all appearance

To give the public-the A youth named John Wobber friendly, so much so that the Chinese. The great majority of Office. was charged at Singapore last Emperor asked Moi Fei to write Japanese who learned foreign full value of the new arrangement, week with the theft of a cost and some verses on Yang, Kuei Fei's languages learned with extreme it is necessary to have the mails difficulty, and never acquired sorted on the train. By that a fountain pen from Mr. Watson, beauty. who is staying at the Hotel de la hesitate to comply with this ro- quite the proper accent, and means and always supposing. Paix The complainant said the quest, and wrote a poem which, never really translated their that the railways play no pranks boy was first known to him at on the surface, sounded like an thoughts absolutely into the idiomis should be possible, says the Kuala Lumpur when he worked encomium, but was in reality of the foreigners whose Language Straits Times," to deliver the in Harmston's circus ring. Ia satire of great subtlety. Ming they were trying to speak; where- B.. mail nearly a day earlier. was afterwards dismissed for Huang was charmed with its as we know many Chinese who laziness but had been hanging beauty, but its persillige did not spoke admirable English, whose round for some time. On one escape its subject, who saw in grammar was perfect, whose syn- occasion, when he was hungry the first line an allusion to her tx was perfect, and whose pron- complainant's brother gave him previous marriage, and in the eiattion was remarkably good. a dollar. After the theft com-second an exaggeration of her Proceeding, the speaker was in- clined to place the abilities of the plainant suspected the boy who, plampness to an uncomplimentary Koreans in this direction higher BEST OF ANCIENT CHINESE when taxed with taking the coat degree. To return the compli and pen, pleaded guilty and said ment, therefore, she with light still, saying that he had heard CURIOS, JADES, ORNAMENTS ho had pawned the cost and given ning speed composed four lines Koreans in Mexico speaking the ticket to a Malay. Webber of vorse professedly extolling the Spanish like natives. He thought 72 Queen's Road,"Central. told the magistrate that his father beauty of her rival but likewise the reason probably was that used to own a rubber estate at containing hints the reverse of these people were naturally very OSMAN V CASUM. Klang. He himself went to flattering. The romance of Yang quick and intelligent, and if they school at St. John's in Kuala Kuei Fei, however; ended in wanted to communicate with MILLINERS

foreigners at all they had to do. Lumpur. The boy was remanded deepest tragedy, for there was a for a week pending onquiries as rising of the people, and the Im-80 by a foreign language. That to whether be has any friende perial troops refused to advance was probably why the Chinese in Kuala Lumpur.

against the opposing army unless learned so easily-because forsig- Gutta Percha in Penang. the monarch would sign his faners learned Chinese so badly. Gatta porcha trees have long vourite's death warrant.

Mr. Lionel Giles largely shatter- been known of flourish on Pulau he was in the end compelled to ed the romance of Ming Huang not be Besten, if Equallel, For Bread, Jerejak and Penang and of late do, and the beautiful Yang Kuei as told by the lecturer, pointing Cakes, Confectionery, meals with Wines years seedlings have been taken Fei thus died a violent death at out that according to history & Liquor, in fairly large quantities for the age of only 38. Mr Wang Yang Kuei Fei was taken from planting in the forests of Malaya. suggested that she played as im- the Emperor's son's harem and But during the recent visit of portant a part for good or evil in coolly transferred to him. She inspection by Mr. Burn-Murdoch, history as that played by the late might have been surpassingly Conservator of Forests, he has Empresa Dowager Tsu-shi with beautiful, but she was certainly assured himself of the existanos similar results, so that she must extremely fat, and therefore not which prevail in almost every line of business should of a large area of mature trees of be credited with possessing ir-P which hitherto little was known: resistible charms and magnetism Farther, Ming Huang himself was produce alertness all round. As a business house of 53 when this exchange of consorta There are, the Pinang Gazette over other people.

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understanda, a couple of thousand In opening the discussion the was made, and at the time of wide operations we are watching for every available trees, some three feet or more in Chairman remarked that the more Tang's death he had reached the

girth, and it is probable that an he came into relations with patriarchal age of 70, so that opportunity of bringing to the public generally the effort will be made to loase the Chinese gentlemen who come to we could not regard those two best possible value. This efficient service is made pos- rights of tapping them and of England to study the language young lovers quite in the same asing the leaves for the extraction the more he was impressed by light as the Chinese posts would sible by the fact that we are large buyers and sellers of the galia. The percha wood the marvellous facility which they is about 12 miles cut of Penang posteased for acquiring foreign In moving a vote of thanks to for cash. We invite the enquiry aud court the com- in a valley at the back of the tongues. When he thought of the lecturer, Mr. Byron Brenan Batu Feringhi Ice Works. The the years of labour some of them remarked that it was evident the parison of the keen-buying householder.

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