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Professor Middleton Smith's
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Professor Middleton Smith, we think, chose an unsuitable time and a subject with which most of us are fairly familiar when he lectured yesterday at the Helena May Institute on "Women in cat Workshops." The exhibition at the City Hall may have been a graster attraction than the lecture, and probably most ladies and gentlemen felt they knew all that was worth knowing of the part women have played at Home in the workshops, in the field and in winning the war. As a result there was a small gathering. Dr. G. P. Jordon was in the chair, and amongst those present wie noticed Sir William Bees Davis,
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A feature of Professor Middle- top Smith's address his appeal to the British women of this Colony and the Far East to influence their men folk. He asid-After all, very few of us mach but for the encouragement men would exert ourselves very and inspiration of the women. There le now no war against Germany; bat there is the old fight against chaos and disorder, against the forces of ignorance and enperstition. The British wo men can help in that fight. They worked out here daring the war in the offices súd in providing band-M. 8. S. Monthly ages and comforts for the men at the front. They can work in the fature with the object of maintain ing the national prestige and of preserving the great ideale of the Anglo-Saxon race which have emerged purified from the furnace Dr. Jordon, in introducing the of the war. For just "I lecturer, said. that Professor think all that is best and Middleton Smith, sicce his arrival noblest in those ideale originated in the Colony, had so sasociated in the feminine mind, so I am himself not only in the engineer sure that only the preservation ing side, but particularly on the sad the enlargement of these social side of the Colony, that it ideals can elevate suffering bum was superduous for him to recita anity and win real freedom.. So his attainmente. He thought there long as you maintain those was no one better qualified to glorious visions of the ideal, deliver a lecture on the subject long as you make as men lift than Professor Smith. He was up our eyes to the sky and sure that these preeens would bear "bitch our wagon to the star" from the lecturer facts that would the race is safe. The war has not ensble them to appreciate that been fought in vain. In our euer great work which woman had
moments we recognisa the 17 done in the great war,
superiority of the feminine over The lecturer said there was the mascaline in all the epiritual very little needed to introduce and lofty conceptions of life; yet we him to the public bat he liked to men are very human and we want Spero, Anon. at $25.00 Bay's few words in introduction. a companiona no ethereal objects, G.A.P., F.O.J., F.G., Be andertook to addrecs them, but those who, in the words used the subject of the part women had by the old Boman writer ip
ELF.O at $20.00 ... played in the war, but he was describing the Northern women.C.N., J. Y. B., C.O,, afraid that it bad gone out of tramping eide by side with thei fashion, and most of bie bearers men they loved, ware companione were familiar with the phase he "to dare with them in war and was going to talk about. The offer with them in peace." Bo best way to overcome the defect shall the goses mer weavings of was to condense its decision the women's mind of to-day bind which he did not in the end as to the great ideals which stone rigidly observe. Daring the can enable humanity to move war there had come over the en forward with high beart gineering workshops a great through life and ite mysteries. abange and be tried to give his Dr. Jordan said he felt sure listeners an idea se to what had that those present were thorough- happened, aming that thoasy delighted in listening to each present were not able to go Home lectare. Professor Middleton, during the war.
Smith had pointed out to them Professor Middleton Smith in à lacid manner the work that went to the genesis of the rise of had been done by the women womanhood, and how the best in and noblest ideela originated in shown by means of diagrams some our workshopa and bad the feminine mild. In peace and of the work so aimply that his in war-women had stood side by hearers could become engineers side with the men they loved, in to-morrow. He brought home to spiring the warriors to chivalry, those present the tremendous the artists to beauty, the in amount of work that had been ventora to imagination, the poets gone through by our to the music of the words. In the Before the great War, women great ordeal of European war were isolated. The utilisation of women had justified the position women war-workers was a great they had always occupied. Be scheme and due principally to markable changes had come about the genuie of Mr. Lloyd George, in the national life of Britons who lately quoted statistics show. We have seen how the women of ing the number of great Britain rushed into the employed in the Army, Navy, workahope to apply munitions workshops and the field. The for the men at the front, and there Chairman referred to the Elect- ie śwo reason why woman should ionesring
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not take her place side by side Lloyd George who said that if. F. H., with man in the new age of it were not for the women the - F. F. O., D. B., workshops indeed, she has war would not have been won done so already. There were That, coming from the Premier, three types of women labour in
was worthy of being re-
general, that had been used to corded in history. The ohange
take the place of man(1) The is being recognised and it educated type; (2) the domestic
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October, 1918 Since expended:-- 87,500 Cigarettes and 36 lbs. Tobacco to Soldiers and Sailors .in Hongkong, 100,000 Cigaretter sent to the troops at the Front
labour were cultivated. Many por realised that "the isolation of Expended to 14th Bessed mathematical knowledge women is past. It was an ins and were educated in the modern heritance of humanity. ⠀
There Universities in scientifio work They did most valuable research was no doubt that when the history of the Great War came" or (professional work. Bat they to be
written
Very miny were comparitively few in nam chapters would be written on the ber. Women have generally been various causes and there would found to be accurate and on beans chapter that would go to scientions workers. They acquired hearte of all and that was the
higher degree of accuracy work of the women. quicker than men throngh
A vote of thanks was acordad possessing a fizer senas of touch,
to Professor Middleton Smith.
It has also been demonstrated
that women are responsible
workers; that is, that they can be US. Credits to the Aller.
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The following are the resulta of the Ladies' Golf Championship to date:-
let Bound.-Mre. Mailand beat Mrs. Moore; Mrs. Crawford beat Mise Wilkinson.
2ad Boand. Miss J. Ridger beat Mra Tharfeld; Mex, Msiz land w.. Mrs. J. W. Stegart Kre. Dresper best Mra. Crawford; | Mrs. Adams beat Mrs. Fletoðir.
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OUR PEKING LETTER.
(From Our Own Correspondent).
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In ten games the Hibernians have played fifteen forwarde.
W. M'Cracken's football "In-" ternational" at Belfast a few week ago, for war obarities, realised over £1,000.
Major G. M. Cloghorn, D.S.O., the Framure and North of Scot land Ragby man and Forfarshire oricketer, hes been wounded.
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A big advance towards peace was noted this week. Nath sad South had made certain progrese in the direction of passe die sussion, but the Tachus were obdurate and uncertain, end anything might happen to put a different complexion OD the situation. With extrandimary from a bullet wound in the right timeliness the British, American, thigh...' French, Italian, and Jipsness Melbourns Iaman, the billiard Far Easterns" The following is the approxi
Ministera presented an champion, hse beatowed the name of Twickenham on his chestrat mate statement of the Hong- identical side memoire kong Tramway Company's to the President on Monday after yearling colt. by Aiglon-Mar- receipts for the week ending noon simultaneonely with the garet Ads. 14th December, 1918:-
presentation of a copy by the The old Hibernian and Ever consuler agents of the fire con player, J. 8. Maconnachie, Douglases Receipt Receipt for Associated Governments to the has been granted permission by Steamboats
Southern leaders at Canton. Tas the English Foothall Association Indes (Pref.) $13,007 689,757
Indos (Def.) 11,762 671,422 Toobans were aghast. Shanghai, to play in Ireland.
Shells 124518,335 however, was delighted. Bo were
-There is a suggestion that the Ferries most pacifista. Undoubtedly the
English Football Cap compati Nate helped the Peace movement, tion should be revived this season It gave new strength to the
after Christmas. It's only a President, who felt equal to telling the Tuchans that their "ggestion, and not likely to be
anything more. continued presence in "Peking gave rise to unessy suspicioné
The English Ragby inter- Kailans
A. Langkats among the foriegn Legatione who nationalist, "Captain.
Raubs 88sociated their prolonged stay Hodges, is now reported. killed.
Tronoha with acme ainister movement. In He was a Sedberghian, and at Bagby short, they were invited to quit. played four times Ni'Shit-cheng was the first to get against Cambridge, captaining away. The others pleaded that, the side on one onsasion. they needed money with which to pay their troops. But that is only excuse. They will have to leave in time.
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Acknowledgments. W. T. Morton, U. F., 45 Black Watch, lath August, 1918. I beg to acknowledge receipt of a case | coatsining 10,000 “Woodbine'
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the Battalion was Oa ehort rations of cigarettes or smokes of any kind. Hoping you you will forgive me the delay in Boknowledging so fice a gift, a matter of fact I would have writ ten sooner only manage to stops bit of lead myself aansing on extra delay. This goes to you with the united thanks of all ranks of the Battalion and from myself especially, as gifte such na yours do help ■ 0.0. in keeping the men's spirit. at times when things are going hardly for us. This was the case just when your pazsel arrived.
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An incident which the diplo-service it ie felt that it should be mats are not anxious to have left for them to determine what noised abroad too much coerus is to be done on their ratara. the cancellation of the dinner invitations of the three sentral Ministers at short notice last Capt. and Quartermaster Ein. Friday night. In this instinse it Pickard, 2/ Bu. Yorkshire Begea happens that Don Luis Pestory -On behalf of the Zad Ba the Spanish Minister, and Count Yorkshire Regiment, I wish to Ahlefeldt, the Danish Minister, EdinburghDespatak:-Regarding
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China Tes "Clippers." The following letter from H. B. Hongkong, 17th December, 1918.-- Fowlis ? sppears in the
thank you and those members were made to suffer for the mis-
the Ohine tea "clipper," who subscribe to your fund for deeds of their Netherlands colle
perhaps - it will interest the 10,000 Woodbine Oigarettes ague, who has certainly made you to know that one of these which arrived yesterday which have been distributed to for quite s time, but especially retirement, with his wife, both and himself obnoxious to the Allies Esmous ekippers is still to the fore and living in Auchtermuchty in the men of the Battalion. They since the Allied celebrations hale and hearty, and well up in all much appreciate your kind commenced. What happened was the 80's. Captain Moodis super
FOOTBALL.
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The Scottish Football League papers as follows
most opportune time, the the night of the dinner to be wife christened, the Catty Sark Battalion is actually in the pst given by the President the when launched. The captain bas of the line where the heaviest Allied Ministers, to which fighting is DOW taking neutral Ministers had also been related many of his famous races $31,140.93
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What comforts our invited, a messenger arrived at Cutty Sark was the fastest of the to me, and still holda that the men when they are as they are the neutral Legations with a lot. He was very proud of his $29,702.14 now in the midst of heavy abelling intimation
Rangers that the engage and rifle fire-nothing like their ment.gfor
ship, and sailed her for many Horton
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enning He knew Captain Kesy. Partick Thistle Of warse me to say that he would have the variouel recipients were Tel. personally acknowledged your annoyed. Perhaps the Datoh gift except for the fact that his Minister was not so annoyed as whole time is now, day and night, his colleagues, who were farious. taken up guarding the important The former must have auspected. positions which we now hold. that he had became persond son
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I hope realise that the men to busy dilating on the injustice or Balance in hand... $653.25 whom the cigaretes have been the unfortunate nature of the issued to-day at, as I write, event, but after all is said and andaring an exceeding heavy done the blame reata, sulirely enemy bombardment and
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an Allied nalobration:
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