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CHINA'S WOMANHOOD.

Some time ago we heard of a woman's suffrage movement in Canton. It started with quite a

(average reader will feel assured": that the perpetuation of the Chinese woman's traditional sudjection cannot be to the good of the Rapublic.

A Valuable Scheme.

'DAY BY DAY.

WE ARE NEVER MORE DISCON- TENTED WITH OTHERS THAN WHEY WE ARE DISCONTENTED WITH OURSELVES.—Amiel,

Between

Ourselves

By Robt. MacWhirter.

When I had digested yan dirty Perhaps it is in dealing wi' the cast-op of "Cullock's” in the bairns,that the knack of no' Morning Post this week about ma seeming to see counts most of keeping one of his blamed books,, all, I felt real vexed. Ay. I was

"Everything I do is wrong" sorry for him right enough. An òries the stirring child, bat be empty dicha in my bookcase, nerer really means it. What he says he, has long vainly waited is really trying to express is that

The name of Messrs. Faithful We think there will have been and Company, Limited, has been something like general satisfac-struck off the Register. tion among shipping circles in the Colony when we were enabled to

A quantity of clothing and $100 the return of Anatole France's there is no use of showing you announce yesterday the outline of in United States notes were in-Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard his best side, because you don't the big scheme which the China cluded in the haul of a burglar The swanker. And he bought the know a good thing when yon sea Provident Loan and Mortgage who entered No. 10 Wing Ket blamed thing in the belief that it it. And sometimes he is right. Company have in hand for West Street, the other day.

{ was a "blood," a detective FAIR. Point. The cry for years has been)

But, is he worried over his saven- Criticism. that Hongkong has not nearly

peany reprint ? Not ba, He'd as The collection in all Catholic soog never see it again as have criticism. Provided - I'm satis enough wharves, alongside which

Mind ye. I'm 'no' against steamers can go for discharge churches on Sunday next. the lost the chance of pointing the fied in my own mind that There are plenty of godowns, and 13th., will be devoted to the anger of scorn at old man Mao I'm no the victim of malice there are plenty of buoys, but the Swatow sufferers. All are invited Whirter. He calls him a double prepense. I care not a curse latter are not ideal in a port where to give generously. —Adel. faced bumbag and takes a delight what folka say or think of what · there is such A tremendous

in showing him up in his true I say or write. Ther Caz amount of tranabipment. Steam-

The Royal Observatory report colours. He's a fraud and should say the most scurrilous things ers ought to have berths and the Company which has in hand the for July shows that the highest not be allowed no shamelessly to about my incompetency but they West Point scheme have realised temperature reconded was 90 hound MacWhirter out of printable ass simply because I happen He would mustoa' say that I'm an unutter. that by acquiring godown space and the lowest 73.4. There were and equipping it with piers they 12.8 inches of rain. The highest He has some hopes.

to have a pimple on my nose, ara best catering for the needs of vind velocity was 41.3 miles per Let's Figure It Out.

wear my topee over my right sar, the shipping community. Not only bour.

For have a boil on my hip. You Now let us get down a bit see what I mean. will theirschame, when completed.

Notice is given in the Govern-fraud. because I've been found does depend in the least on

| nearer to earth. Because I'm u Bave A great amount of double

The value of an argument handling of cargo, but it willment Gazette that the Govern-out doing the very thing I said the value of the man who makes make possible the workingof cargo mant proposes to erect a Public other folk caght not to do, does it and the force of any argument in times of threatened typhoon at Lattine baving its east side about that in ong way incapacitate he puts forward isna ie the least a much later hour than now. So 170 feet to the west of Kowloon me? Does it in soon as a warning signal is now Inland Lot No 635, Kowloon City make

onyway

detracted from, even though be.. roy message Ony hoisted cargo lighters and junts Road.

himself falls to observe the argu- the less true? Suppose I meet make for shelter and often days

ment. you walking along a road and J

Strictly speaking, the are lost in their going to andi

difference is the difference

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posture in public.

coming from refuge. Bosts along. It is notified that on and after advise you not to cross the nexlibetween mind and matter. It is side could work very much better the 1st October, 1922, the rate on/bridge because it is unsafe, does the idea that has to be valued or

under such conditions. Further single postcard despatched from my advice become less valuable: more, the reliance on native the Colony of Hongkong to any because later on I'm fool enough assessed, no the individual who puls the idea forward. AB workers always a problem in Chinese Post Office or British to cross the bridge myself.

teachers and preachers should these days of industrial worest-Postal Agency in Chins is 2 Or pot it another way. Suppose say, "Do as I say, not as I do." would be very greatly lessened. cents.

you found out your minister tell They should realise that their Altogether, the scheme has every-

ing a lie, would you reject bis arguments and precepts are better thing to commend it and it was

message the Sunday following than they are. If every one of us His Honour the Chief Justice and declare the Church a frand only urged the amount of virtue pleasing to learn that it bas has ordered that the next Crimin- and rotten to the core? The best we practise, we should be a damb already earned the sympathetic al Sessions for the despatch of the temperance lecture I ever heard and inarticulate lot. An ounce support of the local authorities business of the Court shall be given by a man who was half of practice is worth a ton of Apropos of this subject, it might hold on Monday, the 21st day of stewed at the time. Was bis tes precept" you may retort. That's be pertinent to again ask the August, 1922, at 10 o'clock in the timony and advice to be rejected all wrong, though. And its very Government what has become of forenoon.

because of his fuddled state? For often

urecanomie the report of Sir Maurice Fitz-

into the myself, I'd rather bave rogue bargain, Brains rate higher maurice, under whose scheme we Bourish of trumpets, and, though were led to expect a big increase Farnkawa and Co. of No. 14 ant his chest and prates about taipan who wants to run the Mr. Noguchi, partner of for my lawyer than one who pans than brawn everywhere. The not much has been heard of it in the Colony's wharfage acco-Praya East, has made a report his integrity. When I'm doing lift should be made to. lately, the moverent

modation. Surely it is time that that report was published. We that his room was entered yester- the letter in bed and pain without effect. Cases of women have beard it rumoured that the day morning by a thief who stole bas me drawing my knees up to entering public life in the south-whole matter is being hung up clothing and money of the total my chin, I'd sooner have a doctor

Criticism is the sharp stones value of $120.

treat me that's suffered from the fon the way of things. It makes fern capital have been reported pending the return from leave of

same trouble, than have someone us lift our fest and watch out. It during recent mouras, and they couldn's the public have been so * certain oficial. If so, why

wi a cluster of initials after his is only of value, though, so long have also made their way into informed?

Returning to his lauach, the name and only book-lore at his as it is confined to the criticisms Feileung, after a bathe on Stone- back, occupations which the Chinese

eutter's beach yesterday after-

of ideas and not brought down to - male had so long reserved to bim-]

GOOD, Mr. E. D. Blackburn dis-The Nelson Touch.

personalities. self. In this Colony some Chinese cassion which has been recently amber beads valued at $30, & ring ever strack you that one of the

In connection with the discovered that a chain of Chinese)

I go further "Outlook," "Has it) organisers proceeded in connection with the valued at $25 and a small purse most useful accomplishments son came into notice last year. At question of water meters for the containing 2, had been stolen can possess in this very imper.

Chinese districts and the. desire from his cabin. A report of the fect Shanghai a similar kind of thing which the Chinese expressed to theft bas been received by the knack of sbatting your eyes has been witnessed.

hold a public meeting it has Police. Broadly speaking, the South again been roade apparent, we think, that the Secretaria: for

women trade-anion

WAS not

Chinese Aspirations

Ideas v. Individuals. „

have personal grievance against, When I criticise the Govern- ment it does not mean that I individuals; I criticise a policy.

was not thinking of the books world of ours is the

When I criticised book thirres

when it is better that you should I had belonging to other folk or not see. For the sake of a little the folk who had books belonging

When I moaned about my'

and the Chinese at the Treaty Chinesa Affairs is a Depart- When a thief made an attempt Smartness on your part, who to me; I criticised a bad habit.

A

I

the subject as a peg whereon to

Ports represent the more proment which clings overmach to to snatch her handbag yesterday, knows you probably have weaken- gressive portion of the nation tradition and precedent. If there Mrs. Forrest used her umbrelled the faith of lots who, se regards umbrella last week 1. was not is one Government Department to such good purpose that the myself, were up to now unable to criticising Mr. Goodall, for I like (let no cynic ask what the other more than another which gives man turned tail and fled. This perceive the feet of clay. Now him ins; I was only by a davious portion must be like: mattere scope for diplomacy and tact it occurred on the steps leading that was a very wrong thing to do route pointing out that a respect- like this must be considered in is the one here being discussed from Ship Street up to Kennedy Never do onything to weaken ons-able cafe, such as he manages, relation to conditions generally). and whilst we believe that Mr. Road where Mrs. Forrest has body's faith. Would you tell a little should have some system where Hallifax is invariably actuated her residence. The Chinose on child that what she was being by its clients cannot lose their From the North, save for no-00 by the highest of motives we seeing her, vaulted over the taught in Sunday School was sticks, bats and umbrellas. Such casional faint murmer, we have fear that the outlook of the De- railings at one side of the fight probably all nonsense? Would service is quite as important heard of practically nothing con- partment is altogether 100 pater of steps and made a grab at the you rush up to somebody's wife as providing music to deaden

Dalia character. It ought to be bag. Mrs. Forrest retaliated by and get in the stop press news the noise of the soup. cerning such a revolutionary

recognised that the Chinese comgiving him a good smack on the bout seeing her husband lower-

When I criticise the Telephous proposal as female suffrage. Now monity to-day is very much dif- head with the ombrells.

Dising six Martinis running, at the Company I do not introduce that the ladies of Peking have ferent to what it was ever's faw concerted, the thief did not wait Club just before you left? Would

the use? made & start, it looks as if they years ago and that its leaders are for another blow but took to his yo-but what's

educated toen of the world, with a heels.

[believe you would. are bent upon making up for lost fail

It's Appreciation of Western

bad babit this tale time. The fair population of the ideals. It is but natural that they

bearing, this tittle-tattling. Mr. P. A. Cox, the local capital have not only formed an should resept being treated General Agent of the Canadian

Tell tale tit organisation under the self. simple villagers or fisherfolk

Pacific Steamships, Ltd., informa would be treated by elders. In us that he has received tele- explanatory title of the Woman saying es much, we are by no graphic advice that Mr. Wm. T. Suffrage Association, but they means blind to the point that Payne, Manager for Japan and

Shall have a little bit. have

there Is still need for the exercise Chins of the Canadian Pacific issued A manifesto

Ay, and there's another way of of a measure of official restraint, Steamships, Ltd, has at his looking at it. There are times my idea of my - message. radical es it is extensive. This

especially whore political issues document demands the abolition are involved. But there are many absence and asis from Yokohama happiness and that of others is the value and purpist of criticism. request, been granted leave of without number when our own That was where he lost sight of of the Constitution, on the ground spheres in which the Chinese of on the Empress of Australis increased a hundredfold by dint Heal criticism is but the exchange that it was drafted from the this Colony should be freed from an the 2nd September. Head of not seeing all there is to see. of ideas the weighing of one viewpoint of men only": the straints. There is need to get pointed Mr. Allan Cameron in blind eye on the occasional in-by criticism that we can hope for Office at Montreal have ap. It is the wife who can tam ajiden sgainst the other. It is only extension of the rights of women away from the idea that the charge of Operating and Traffic discretions of a generally satis y progress. I usy all this (a broad clause, that); the repeal Chinese community has to be with Headquarters at Hongkong, factory husband who has, as a rule, because there are some folk in

treated like a group of children. of the present laws of inheritance, That policy might have been all Manager effective 1st. October, end. The woman who sees every the newspaper critic AR & MORD and with title of Oriental the strongest influence in the this world who always think of likewise on the ground that these right in the Colony's earlier days; 1922. were designed in the interests of it is an anachronism to-day. True men only; the establishment of diplomacy in this instance con- sists of the minimum of inter

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irksome and donecessary

Your tongue shall be slit, And all the doggies in the

town.

bang string of witticisms. When I call Mr. Parker Hess a fixer I do not do so because of an insatiable blood dat but in order to focus the attention of my readers.ons wrong idea-the idea that we in Hongkong should buy * second-hand "telephone system at a first-class price.

"Outlook" criticised me aʊď

flaw in ber idol, is merely mak- and contemptible person, sniping ing junk in her mind, and has a in security behind his desk and way of latting her discoveries who ought to be dragged forth biot out all the good points that into the light and, like ony ather

an economic independence for ferance. Breadth sad liberality CHINESE WOMEN BANDITS Now! still remain, which is anything assassin, summarily executed. Women"; A “modification"] of outlook should be the dominai-:

Following closely on the forms- but conducive to domestic bliss. If Hongkong editors could do (doubtless meaning an extension)ing characteristic of the Depart· of

ment-and that is the policy tion of a society for women's You see every one of us have their work from distance and the existing educational

which will pay in the long ran

participation in politics, the Rail decided tendency to live up to were unknown they'd be more. system; and equal intellectual

way Police of the Peking-Hankow the reputations we've earned, thought of Which just bears out opportunities for women. Sylvia

line report ravages by two women good or bad. The best way to what I say that emana appears. bsadite in the vicinity of Ta get the best out of folk, is to ace should not be held against or-Christabel could hardly beat

Wang Tsung. These two appear expect it. The blind eye counts him. that programme. Peking, not Canton this time, bas the honour

CHINA AND INTERNATIONAL LABOUR BURÉAU.

to be leaders of gangs and carry an awfo lot in friendship as well, Registration.

A request has been made by the on their deadly work along the I've no patience wi folk who International Labour Bureau to public highways. The report adds demand perfection in their Talking about the bread, foe of Inspiring Central China, for the Chiness Government to and that they are perpetually ready friends. These kind in the hip made me mad the other day. On we hear of Hankow and Wu-out how many labourers of all for quick action since they carry derend are generally to be found the Friday beforest the chang following closely in the classes there are in the country. their guns in their waists. Apexercising their critical faculty Telegraph had it's first breat about wake of the metropolis. Whether This looked like a big job for Parently there are to be no half-in solitude, It cut both ways the Registration of Persons B11. Peking, as they have sent circular way measures for the Chinese If other people get to seeing all LikeYmilk, and soda, that first it would be wise to grant all the telegram to the provinces saking women. Once in part of the your faults, you run a great risk solemn, warning had just lang points straightsway may be open) for as much detail as possible, game, they go in for it all. of being left friendless.

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