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A NOVEL OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM.

SATURDAY MARCH 25. 1922

GLEN LINE DEVELOPMENT. Iesigned as large open spaces, to

Handsome New Premises

at Shanghai,

e divided up to suit incoming | enants. These office are all particularly well Fightad and centilated, Strong Toods and ooms for office boys and coolies provided on every floor taircases for coolies, and these there are also two secondary

have been so designed that they vill serve as fre escapes in

.TD

CONSTRUCTION,

On the morning of the 28th alt, the impasing building of the Glen Line Eastern Agencies Ltd. Readers of Upton Sinclair's on the waterfront, at the cotaer The Brass Check ", a novel al of The Bund and Peking Road, the United States Press, will Shanghai, was formally inaugur ba prepared for candidated, the ceremonias being mark.mergency cases, for which por icture of newspaper conditions ined by a brief address by Mr. Hose one extra staircase has also he Great Republic. Previously, H. Fox. C.M.G., Commercial een provided on the north wall David Graban Phillips had given Counselior to the British Con- the top floor is a residential in unadifying representation of it salate, in the presence of a disat, now occupied by the General in "The Great "God's Success.".inguished gathering of the most

Manager. Mr. S. Hopkins Adams, in a new prominent members of the basi novel with ile briefor titleness community of Shanghai.. The building is of fire-resisting of Success "(Constable, 8. Mr. Fox delivered the inaugural | 7onstruction throughout, on the (64) comes with 2 similar address, in which he paid tribute princh le knowo na skeleton frame here, developed rather more to the commercial developmain re-inforced concrete and steel | Jramatically and al much of Shanghai and went on to rame, the columns, bears," roof greater length. British journal--ay that the now buiding and floor slaba all being of these ists, especially those called, is Dot only a thing wh.chterists. The filling walls are literary journalists, find it diffi-Shanghai should be proud of, but of brickwork. The foundation calt to believe in the newspaper it is also a monument to Britisa consists of a re-inforced concrete world described by Phillips, by enterprise in the Far East. The raft covering the site, by which Upton Sinclair and by Mr. Adams speech was concise, Mr. Fox means the load is spread uniform. It is a world of corruption, of concluding his address with thelly over the whole ares. bribery, of ashamed or shameless proposal of a toast to the furthari The building is warmed through- insincerity: world where "big" prosperity and success of the out by low pressare hot water. money is respected, disliked, and Company.

white large water tanks. for the obeyed; A

where DO Most of the leading business storage of watertor fire purposes matives are pure, no men free men of the city were among the and domestic supply, are situated from cynicism, and no principles guests who participated in then the roof. Fire hydrants and unpurchasable.

services. The gu sts spent con-appliances are provided at various Banneker is the bero ofsiderable time inspecting the points and also fits alarms. Special "Success." He is à railway agent different sections of the cast connections are provided outside when we first meet him, and dis-building. Under the guidance.fthe building, on the ground floor, toguishes himself by writing the officials of the Company, the whereby the Municipal Council'a vivid report of an accidens sad steady stream of visitors toured Fire Brigade c3D connect their rescuing a Society beauty, who the various offices. The visitors powerful pumps and increase the surables to his shack, half-crazy were particularly impressed by pressure throughout the building with a wound in her head. They the excellent office facilities, the in case of fire. The building is fallin love with each other, find lighting and ventilation system, wired throughout in steel screwel it out and admit it, but, are the beautiful hardwood carei es conduits for both electric lights, prevented from marrying by Er.and the simple put effective and fans. Adam's desire to write a story architectural design of the about New York journalism. Loigterior. Welland marries a man she does

manner.

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no: lose and cannot live with. The new imposing structure is other joinery of teak, the windows Banneker goes to New York and built on a splendu site on the late of steel with bronze fittings. conquers "Park Row" in the waterfront, at the corner of The From the tower, which is in the good

old-fashioned fairy-story Bund and Peking Road, a short centre of the Bund frontage, it is One honest journalist distance from the bend of the river believed that signa.s can be read is all Mr. Adaras allows us to and opposite the Public Gardens, as far as Woosung on a clear day. mee. Banneker starts with high! The new building stands out in The fat roof is of re-inforced ideals and no taste, and gradually prominent relief among Shang-concrete with 怨 deep ven his lack of taste secures him enor-hai's new -kyscrape s, and on apulated space below connected

ous popularity and begins to preaching Shanghai by water this to vertical docts wherein aftect his ideals. He

the markets at hom9. com-is the first important building seen placed extract fans to circulate promises on one or two occasions, in the Central distres It towers the air, thus keeping the upper and to looks sadly at his brown above the older adjoining build-floors cool in summer. eyes and fears be will beings with its house flag dying at The new building has been unfaithful. Mr. Adams's novel a greater altitude than any other constructed by Messrs. Trollope will have a certain fascination on the waterfront.

& Colls Ltd., of London, and for journaliste, and for some

the architectural designs farnish- others. It is probably only too true a picture of a large section an architectural achievement for

The new butting constitutes by Messrs. Palmer & Turner. of Shangbai. The besutiful of the American Press. That it Shanghai. In style it is free forms & great achievement for g typical of the representative Renaissance, being of clean-cathese two coagern).

structure, as it stands to-day,

organs we cannot credit.

design suitable for the facing

..

THE BUILDING.

material, which is solid granite GLES LINE DEVELOPMENT. "The Return of Alfred" is the for part of the structure and arti-i The Glen Line has figured title of a novel that has been proficial granite above. The whole largely to the romance of British mised for some two years by the combination reveals more than trade in the Far East. insamuch. author of "Patricia Brent. Spins-ordinary attention on the part of as the Founder of the Company. ter. It is to appear any day now, its builders. The total length of Mr. James McGregor, conceived with Mr. Herbert Jenkins

as the frontages to the two roads is the ides of sending steamers publiaber. The novel is a comedy 300 feet. the height to the to Chios to carry the tea to Great of proclaimed misidentification, roof is 90 feet, and to the top ntain which was then loaded by which a man is proclaimed of the flag-mast 157 feet 3 in.br the lampus China clippers, returded prodigal much The Glen Line Eastern the names of some of which, such 10 his great embarrassment. Agencies offices occupy the entire the Cutty Sark, Forward Ho, The story is dedicated to those space of the ground floor facing Thermopylae, still live. Mr. Mc- in many countries who have the water-front, with the entrance Gregor sent out the Glenartney generously assumed responsibility in the centre of The Bund in 1874, for the authorship of "Pätricia frontage, consisting of an im-

The Glenogle, steaming 15 Brent, Spinster."" For it seeme posing portico, flanked by two knots, was one of the fastest car- that a large number of people spotted granite columns, which vessels in the world in 1882; have claimed to be the anonymous gives access to the public space. she set a record of 30 days from author. In the meantime, the This is semi-circular in shape, as Foochow to London, Three author himself, or herself, remains is also the beautiful teak-wood years later, this ship, which on behind the curtain.

panelled and carved counter one occasion took in 976 toas The floor of the entrance portico, of coal at Port Said in Six lectures which Mr. J. and public space is of black and one and three-quarter hours. Middleton Murry delivered in the

white marble terrazzo. The another record, was chartered School of English Literature at tinted leaded light roof over the by the British Government as an Oxford las: summer are being pertico and the leaded light armed cruiser, and was present published by the Oxford Univer panels of ships in the doors, pres with the British Fleet at the Bity Press ander the title of "The ent a very artistic appearance.

Bonexation of Port Hamilton, Problem of Style." In these THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

Korea. Up to the Great War: lectures were discussed the mean- The main entrance

the Gisgogle was the only mer- to the

chaut vessel that had ever had ing, the psychology, and central building, main staircase and problem of style, poetry, and elevators, is in the centre of the White Ensign, excepting vessels the proud privilege of flying the prose, the process of creative Feking Road frontage. The style, and the English Bible and portico is lofty and imposing.

chartered as royal yachts. he grand style.

flanked by granite columns Ac- | cess to the entrance hali from the

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in style between the author's above, the transam is coloured-- bambrous works and his "fan-cathedral glass, with designs of tasias." It is a story of domestic ships in the centre. The general WORLD WIDE SPORT. eity after the war, and the tone of the entrance hall is attitude of the returned soldier Emplicity, but artistic and

nevertheless. worker impressive war

and the Woman towarda society...

The Jimmy Wilde, the Welsh baxer, walls are lined with a very pleas-was thrown from his horse whilej ing marble, resembling polished hunting with the Pentyrch Roman stone, to a height of9 feet Hounds. An artery in his leg Messrs. Heinemann have just from the polished black marble was severed. This is the second published a noteworthy book, inth, the walls above being accident sustained by Wilde entitled Mysterious Japan," by doished with a specially imported within a few weeks, Julian Street. The author sa plaster. The ceiling is coffered.) M. Gaston Vidal. Under-Secre- Japan under exceptional cir- and there is an enriched bandary for Technical Education, who cumstances, and gives in his new running round the walls. The recently declared thus profession- volume a suggestive picture of floor is of mosaic constructionalism and ite methods are rife ip the country wherein are blended with a sitople coloured border in French Rogby football, has been so strangely the mediaeval and the same material. the modern

track off the rolls of the Rugby The main staircase is situated Football Federation by 190 votes in the centre of the north. wall 175. between the two lifts, and is ap RENTS OF MUNICIPAL HOUSES. proached through a wide arch has had one of the best seasons on

Darbs County Cricket Club! Replying to a resolution from way, the architrave of which is record. The receipts, amounted Northern public authorities, the enriched with oak leaves and alto £3.333 and the expenses tó Ministry of Health dose not agree monogram of the Glen Line, Ltd. £2,799, there being a balance ip that rents of State-aided Bogees Besides the main staircase two band of £534 The coaching hould be based on the wages of electric passenger lifts give access scheme proved immensely the tenants.

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