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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1917.

FANTASTICS" FAREWELL.

Miss Fern French in the Moon Moth Dance.

To-night will be the last oppportunity of seeing "The Fantastice," as they leave Hongkong | to-morrow. The new programme presented last night by this wonderfully versatile company was R tremendous succese, every number winning enthusiastic applause. Mies Fern French was especially charming in ber classical dancee, while new sad delightful numbers were also presented by other members of the Company.

CONVERTING MR. PETTIGREW.

mcre precious than peson.' That was his second thought, and second thoughts go. Never mind Wilson. He's all right, and the Americane ere in France to prove By Harold Brighouse, Author of it. You're a bank manager, and

"Hobson's Choice."

you have a head for figures."

"I've a bead that aches with thinking of the cost of the war " said Mr. Pettigrew.

"Then I've a care for you" said will. "If you pay for a thing and get value, do you grouse? What's the test of success in war?"

Will Charlesworth Was tha bank clerk who would not "join the army till he had to, because he used to have match stalke in the place where his legs should]

"Victory" said Mr." Pettigrew. "That's an admission from a have been, and buret his old

man who talke of peace without civilian trousers to istters by victory" said Will. And we'll trying them on when he came take it farther.

What's the teet Lome on leave after a year of of victory? What's the sign that training and trench, and the kind you are winning?"

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Office of the British Section at will be received at the Head Kowloon, and at the Office of the TAU until noon of SATURDAY Managing Director at TAI SHA November 3rd,

Forms of Tender and full partí-

"Prisoners" said Mr. Pettigrew, of food that the German sub" and I've never seen a German marines have reduced the British prisoner in my life." army to eating. It was only "You've unt missed macb"eclars may be obtained at the soout three times as much a day said will. "He's out Besthetic. Head Office at the British Sec- as he ate when a clerk that Wu're nabbed him and I know, tion at Kowloon or of the Head could get now. It is what is Prisoners are one test. But Office of the Chinese Section "at

TAISHA TAU. kuown in the German paperetuere's a Eetter, and that is gone, starving Great Britain. The However, we'll take your test. more & soldier pots on weight, the You know what arithmetical pro-

Kression is? Of course you do.j You manage a bank. You say: that if the wor goes on spother wo years, we shall be no better off than we are. Well, here is your

more he is starved.

Well, that is who Will was, and he come home for his second leave from the front and went along to son Mr. Pettigrew, who managea the back where Will osed to add «ng rows of figures until they mude] a soldier of him and put legs where

in prisoners. We have taken, the end of June, 117 000 odd proper on the main fronts, with a few we don't trouble to count

the match stalks used to grow. in Afries and places like that.) Mr. Pettigrew was a number of Well, counting all in, on sil things besides being a bank man fronte, we have lost 53,000.

ger, and chiefly he WAS 8 Who's winning?" pessimist. He was a pessimiet |

Mr. Pettingnew, was too busy shout England and an optimist noting the numbers to reply. about Germany. He had ideale, Perhaps he could think of no and the worst of an idealiet ie that reply to help his case, Will if the facts do not fit the ideals, smiled a little," the idealist ignores the facts, "Cans are the better test" he Pettigrew had sa ideal called aid "in modern war. Got your Peace and he declined to use the pencil ready? You'll need it. facis that stood in the way beWe have taken during the war tween him and his ideal. He also 739 Boche gune. The Boche hse had a nightmare permanently taken from us 127 guns, of which with him about the daily coat of we recaptured 39, which are not included in the 739. Got that?" "Ite really very astonishing

the war.

Will blow into the office like a breath of mountain sir inesid Mr. Pettigrew. confined altim, and shoot Mr, Pettigrew's flabby hand with the grip of hearty health.

How are you, Mr. Pettigrew?"

Baye Will.

Pettigrew growned. awful war "I he said,

"This

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"Wait a bit asid Will. "Those gans they took' from 'us, 84 of them were taken in the first few months of the war when we had at began really to eit up and take notice. And they have not taken Ob, it a war sit right" said 1915. Now, Mr. Pettigrew, as a single gan from ns since April | Will: Some war sud all war is man to man, are you getting avtal. Nobody's denying, that value for money?" The question is what we are going

to get at the end of it."

I know

"Yes" said Pettigrew. "Well" asid· Will The end. When will that be?" there's a kind of Englishman who "When we're finished" sald thinks every German is a miracle Will. "That's when. If you want and every Englishman ʼn mug. it in date I can't tell you. Ank"No, no" protested Mr. Per the loser, he might know. The tigrew "I"- winner does not worry."-

"Ia

"Well, you don't now, enyhow, this war," said Mr. You hadn't the foggiest notion of Fattigrew gloomily, "there is what we are doing and of what neither winner nor loser.”

we have done. You're bored to "Qainins might be some use the teeth with the war because to yon" saggested Wall.. "Yoo you have nothing to do bat eit at home and carry on with the bank.

need a toxic.”

"Peace is the tonic I need" te enough to make a man morbid, defined Mr. Pettigrew. We can Only this war won't be won in have as good a pesos to-day as the banks of England, and its wa. shall get if we go on fighting being won all right in the plaos for another #OFORIA,"

where wara-are won.”

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**Who told you that? saked Will,

itself to accept the highest or any tender.

The Railway does not bind

E. P. WINSLOW. Manager,

British Section. "

WEN TEH CHANG,

Managing Director, Chinese Section.

20th October, 1917.

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