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"MANDI RUMAH.”

A. Dyak Feast. Described

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Nina boat people ware stati moned before Lieut-Com. Conway When a new house has been Hake (Marine Magistrate) this taken possession of by its futur morning for lying their boats immates, certain ceremonis inshore during prohibited hours. must be gone through to make it (Four of them were cautioned and the Heigkong habitable and the house must be the remainder fined $5 each. Society was the c dǝring to music- under' certain restrictions. antili Two junk mistresses were sum-lovers in the Tt tre Royal on these bave been performed.moned for a similar offence. One Saturday evening. and a full Afandierumah literally translated of the women did not appear and house enthusiastically applauded "I to bathe the house." Yet the thus estreated her bail, the other every item, and, in the case of term is more common than the being fined $5.

the solos, trios and quartettes, insisted on encores. Mr. S Collett more exact phrase masu rumah,

Seven cargo bost mistresses was a capable conductor. to wash the house." Musi rush (lit to abolish the house) were summoned for obstructing

Tha talented band of musicians is alo.used as the name of this the Yuen Yuen Wharf. Police forming the orchestra opened the feast, baving reference to the evidence was to the effect that:

programme with a delightful abolishing of restrictions by its the boats were obstructing the rendering of a morris dance piece. observance, writes W. H. in the ferry launches. A fine of $5 each

was imposed. Borneo Mission Chronicle.

It is hard to say what was the original significance of this obs- ersanca, for nothing but the name implies anything about washing, the

ceremony

now preformed having nothing

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"Henry VIII" (Edward; Garman), and there followed as a part song that fine piece by John Drinkwater

of Qur Song Fathers." Jabn Masefield's equally striking piece "London Town "(to music by German) was Sir Robert Blair, the London next given by a quartette con to -sugost it. Perhaps. Education Officer for 20 years, is sisting of Mesdames S. Collelt however, there is a hint of the retring from the service of the and N. Mathieson and Messrs. original idea remaining in the London County Council. Deep ap- H. G. Anniss and G. H. Piercy. restriction that prevents anyone preciation of his work for educa-It was one of the most enjoyable polluting the water of the bath- tion in London. "marked, as it items of the evening. ing and watering place by fishing has been, by a high sense of duty Mary E. Coleridge's with the aid of tuba (poisonous inexhaustible energy, and com-Witch," of C. V. Standford's com- roots) before the masu rumah, manding administrative ability. position, was given a fine render- Again, if, as the name implies, a is to be placed on official record.ing in a part song. As cleansing of the house is meant After graduating at Edinburgh. Sir Rupert Brooke s All Suddenly it is difficult to divine its purpose. Robert

wind came Blair held important the

soft," In the case of a new house it scholastie pusts both in England sympathetically set to music by seems to imply a port of consecr- and Scotland. He was an in-Mr. Temple Bevan. stion to good purposes, and the spector of schools in Scotland That charming singer, Mrs. | formal renunciation of all that and Ireland before proceeding to G. 4. Clements, was obliged to) is accounted by Dyak custom his post in London." immoral. Ita actual present sign-| ificance to the Dyak does not seem to go beyond the observance

of a custom made binding by

WAS

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most

satisfy an insistent recall after her enjoyable rendering ot" Calm as the Night" (Carl Bohm).

An item of particular merit was Three Merry Men be We,” a trio tradition, and made desirable new ladder is placed in position.sung to an arrangement by Dr. enough by the irksomeness of Pulang Gana and other gods are Charles Vincent of several old restrictions that tradition also propitiated by an offering, which tunes, with piano and orchestra enjoins until the mandi rumah hung underneath the ladder. accompaniment to the singers-

and the sacrifice of a pig, when Messrs. G. H. Piercy, A. P. Glan- has been duly observed.

The Drake, having no separate an old man makes certain recitaville and H. G. Anniss.

itions. buildings for courts of justice.

Another unaccompanied part The second ceremony mang-song

Fred Weatherly's workshops, factories or the like. transact all business and perform kong tiang. The same old man Moonlight Eaton Faning): all indoor labour within the house enters the room of the chief of and a very delightful trio and they live in, where the rual or the house to perform the rite. chorus was "The Chough and broad covered verandah affords Another offering is prepared in Crow" (Bishop), with Mesdames S. ample space. But until the mandi the room, and is placed on the Collett and N. Mathieson and Mr. rumah, no court may be held in shelf of the kitchen for Pulang A. P. Glanville taking sol parts. it by the chief for the settlement Gana, the god of the earth. The The shepherd's dance from disputes: fices, if imposed, may old chanter then strikes a post of Henry VIII" opened the second programme, the not be paid: weaving and the the house with a bamboo contain part of the making of blankets from barking pulut (rice ready, cooked), orchestra again ccelling itself, (tekalong) are prohibited. Any meanwhile reciting au incanta and Mrs. Clements once more person violating any of these tion, and this ceremony is sang delightfully, her "May-Day rules must incur a penalty, which repeated in every room. If Morn" being enthusiastically takes the form of a sacrifice to the house be a long one. a great encored. The final item was avert the misfortune resulting part of the day will have Tennyson's "Revenge" (Stand- from such offence which would slipped by ere the drowsy old ford) an exacting piece, but very fall upon the inmates. This con- man, now an object of mirth and creditably carried through by the dition of things prevails until the laughter, has finished his task. chorus and orchestra. mandi rumah.

AFTER A GOOD HARVEST.

In the rual or reception room of the house the professional

A repeat performance has been arranged for Thur day evening af the Star Theatre Kowloon.

Sopranos. Miss K. Anderson,

The feast itself is generally reciters are deeply engaged with next held after a good harvest, pre- their incantation called pengap to paration having been in hand for look for igi engkuni. It is a long The following took part in the two or three months. When the recitation (done at the top of their Chorus time draws near "a promise of voices) to implore the father of three days to borrow Dyak yandak to descend from above Mesdames D. J. Brown, G. A. phraseology) is made. The first and give them the igi engkuni. Clements, S. Collett, Ground- day is devoted beban tangga Apai, or the father of Nendak, Water, Miss A. Green, Miss. C. (making the ladder for the house) when he comes. down puts Hansen. Mesdames F. J. Ling.

the

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there. The incantation

The second day is occupied in the

the Lugard. A. Luck, Misses R. Mos cooking of piring, ... offering engkuni post and it is taken Fung. D. Perkin-. E A. Perkins, that are to be made to the gods from

Invitations are begins from four in the afternoon at the feast. seat our fighting cocks

er and goe on till daylight the next; set, and on the third day the feast day.

commences.

Three rites proper-

Mesdames D. M. Richards, Rowe. W. 2. Rundell, Misses M. Russell. Thomson, C. Wilmott.

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Origin of British Exhibitions.

Thus it may be truly said that practically all exhibitions worthy of the name synchmaised with that permanent exhibition at Baker Street, London which was founded by Madame Tussaud and her uncle in Paris several years before the first great Exposition was held in the French capital

Altos, Mr. H. J. Best. Mésdames J. G. Dick. D. M. The feast lasts a day and a Goodall, Lockhart, A. Mackenzie, there are two Palaces which are In the outskirts of London Jy belong to the feast, namely:

Mathieson, Miss Owen (1) beban tangga, the making of sight, and the house or village is the ladder" (3) mangkong tiung, generally quite full. The con- Hughes. Mesdames J. B. Ross, G. with the British Empire Exhibi- The last of a series of eleven such

worthy of notice in connection striking the post; and (3) ngiga fusion and the noise are so great Stubbings. Misses Sheppard. M. tion, says a home paper. We are expositions hald in 1849 exceeded ipi engkuni. seeking the seed of that it requires a good writer to vinall

not referring to Buckingham extent and brilliancy all that the engkum tree," which is used describe it. At the approach of Tenors, Messers. H. G. Anniss,

preceded it. During all this time daylight much stir is made, when H. J. Fountain, W. Gill F. A Palace, the abode of the King and there had grown up in England

Queen: the royal Palace at

consisting chiefly When all the guests, who in Apai Neudak. Pulang Gand, and Griggs, Eng. Lt. S. Hocken, R.

Hampton Court: Kensington agricultural implements and cat- clude all the men of importance the rest of the gods are supposed., Lt A. E. Handyside, J. W.

Palace. where Queen Victoria

tle, together with local exhibit-

as a charci.

or a libation made of their home and with more vigour. Shouting

shows

of

in received with great ceremony are made to them and the musical Richards, C. J. Roe, W. G. the seat of the Bishop of London: The first exhibition of any pre- in the neighbourhood, arrive they to arrive at the feast. Offerings Jefford. H. R. Meacock, D. M. was born; or Lambeth Palace,lions of arts and manufactures. and a pig is sacrificed for them, instruments are struck louder Wheller.

but to the Crystal Palace in the tensions in this country was the Basses. Messrs. C. E. H. south and Alexandra Palace in National Repository, opened un- made toddy. This is by way offand laughter, the crowing of Beavis. GO. Fieldgate, A. Pthe north. Both these buildings der royal patronage in 1828 near| an offering to their patron sain: cocks, and dogs fighting all about Glanville. P. W. Greene, F. J. or gods. The opening ceremony the place are enough to drive Ling, Li Cher Chi. H. Penny, Gire closely associated with British Charing Cross. Unfortunately it is miring ka tangga (the offering anyone mad, Such is this re-H. Piercy, W. A. Rundell. A. V.international exhibitions of former did not succed, but bazaars after

days. Thomas, Sanders, E. C. to the ladder). As soon as the ligious feast of the Dyaks.

the French pattern were success- If by "exhibitions" one means the display of goods and handi- fal from time to time in our great orchestra comprised: crafts, there have always been of the last century the one which centres of industry. In the middle 1st violins. Mr. W. C. Abrams, exhibitions. In using that name, Miss J. Braga, Miss M. Joy, Mrs. however, we do not allude to of the French exposition in most nearly approached the idea E. M. Reed, Mr. C. A. P. Xavier: bazaars or shows of a minor kind, the variety and extent of the 2nd violins, Mr. J. L. Alves, but to those great industrial con national products displayed was Master J. Braga, Mrs. F. Acerns where have been gathered

TRIVIALITIES.

BY BERTON BRALEY..

Son, when you deal with womankind,

Unless you'd be a lemon in The game of love, you'd better find

What pleases most the Feminine. Though your devotion be expressed

In toiling all life through for her, The things a woman likes the best

Are little things you do for her."

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A little keepsake now and then,

A bunch of flowers sent to her,

A note in which you gently per

A bit of sentiment to her:

Praise of a hat, a gown, her eyes,

Will make grey skies clear blue for her;

Oh, greatly does a woman prize

These little things you do for her!

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Be kind and strong and clean and brave;

But still, let me recall to you,

That oftentimes a girl will crave

Things which seem very small to you.

A smile, a trivial act polite

Will make the world seem new for her. You keep the love-lamp burning bright

By little things you do for her!

Trafford. The

D.

Griggs, Mr. J. M. S. Rosario, Mt. together produce and workman. the Free Trade Bazaar held for V. Viccajee: 'celli, Mr. N. ship on a large scale. As far velve days in 1845 in Covent Botelho, Mr. S. Paul; double back as the year 1756-about the which excited considerable public Garden Theatre-an exhibition bass, Mr. P. N. Sequeira Accom same time that our Royal Acade-

Mrs. J. S. Thomson;

interest. painist,

my opened its galleries to the conductor. Mr. S. Collett.

Frobably the greatest and, cer- public-the productions of art and skill were collected and displayed tainly the most striking exhibi- in London for the purpose of Exhibition of 1851. The original -tion in England was the Great stimulating public industry and

OLD ETON CHARACTER.

An old Eton character has inventiveness, and although these idea of a national exhibition is attributed to Mr. F... Whishaw passed away in" Mr. William exhibitions were to a certain Lowman, who died at bis home extent nothing more than would secretary of the Society of Arts, at Eton Wick, at the age of 83. now be termed "bazaars," they in 1844; but it was not taken up Mr. Lowman was for 66 years in were found to answer so well the until 1849, when Prince Albert the service of the Eton College end for which they were institut (husband of Queen Victoria), who Press, and retired in June, 1921. ed that the plan was adopted in was President of the Society, When the first number of the France, and there continued with said: "Now is the time to pre-

Eton College Chronicle was the best results even long after it pare for an exhibition worthy of printed he had already been had been abandoned in England. the greatness of this country, not merely national in its scope and occupied in composing weekly

benefits, but comprehensive of lessons, verses, and trials papers

National industrial exhibitions' the whole world; and I offer my for the school for nearly 10 years,

and continued to do so almost to the time he left.

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a large scale began with the self to the public as, their leader French Exposition which was if they are willing to assist in the held in Paris in the year 1798, undertaking."

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