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TO BE WISE DEFORE THE EVENT 18 STATEMANSIJIP OF THE HIGHEST ORDER--Disraeli,

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ARNOLDBENNETT

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HOW THE MAN CREATED THE AUTHOR

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the Draft Convention, which the whole Conference has accepted as a basis of discussion. But a serious obstacle hitherto has been tho claims of France and Japan for special consideration. There urc

By EDWARD BOLLAND. obviously great difficulties still in

epithets FROM 1856 until shortly before traditional

used the way of progress towards real

The Civil Service Cricket Club ad-

his death, Arnold Bennett irritated authors. He could ap disarmament. There is still a gulf

at firat down hia thoughts, precizie a new genius vertise that Whist Drives will be between the "prohibition", and "in-hold on Tucedays, at 8.30 p.m. Instead emotions

For example, ho and impressiona in sight.

Was Journals, running to, over

Ilousman's a entranced by A. E. ternationalisation" views, and be of Fridays as hitherto.

million words, which constitute a "Shropshire Lad," declaring that hind this is the gulf between the

Attempting to alight from a moving continuous diary of the consider it contained verse "which must French and German claims. Ger-

ai Hennessy Road, a young ed (Evelyn) type.

In "The be immortal," long before many ciała "equality of arma- Chinese wan injured yesterday when Journals of Arnold Bennett, 1806- professional critic recognised its he lost his footing and feil. He was 1910" (Cassel, 10s. 6d. net), edited true value. Sometimes hits menta"; Franco refuses. A suc admittel to the Government Civil by Newnan Flower, which is just off a famous writer's characteris- cess of the "prohibition” view would Hospital.

published, we have the first of tic gift in a brief phrase-as when mentions "Balzac's superb three volumes, which will be he be a step towards bridging this

From Saturday, June 18 (full complete record of his character digressiveness." gulf.

moon) Lane Crawford's Kiosk at Ro- and career from within. Mr. Politieni, economic and financial vuise Bay will remain open until 11 Flower has brushed away all the p.m. nightly, up to and including

Though he would certainly have issues all retard progress towards Sunday, June 20, Music will be pro- more dust of circumstance, so to

speak, from this record, and also agreed with the slightly-changed disarmament, but it has been shown vided by radio installation."

cut out outspoken comments and sentence of Pope:. "The proper beyond all doubt that disarmament

Weng Yu-foug, a widow, living at statements about people well study of mankind is-woman!" he Is not a simple. isolated subject 11, Kwong Wah Rond, has reported known and otherwise, which could is convinced that men and women which can be handled alone. It is to the police the theft of jewellery and not be left in with prudence. But can never fully comprehend one

money amounting to $25 from her he has not "bowdlerised” the another.

"The chasm between inextricably bound up with other cubicle, entry having been effected by diary, much less the diarist, and male and female is infinitely wider he has provided វាព excellent and deeper than we commonly problems, and no real, lasting dis-the thief forcing the padlock.

index.

realise... A woman might draw, armament is likely to come about At the annual election of officials.

and probably has drawn, women I think this frat volume will with justice and accuracy for her without consideration of these for the ensuing year, which was held

at the Chinese Gold and Silver Ex-prove the most signifleant of the own sex. But a woman's portrait other allied issues. Amongst these change Wednesday afternoon, three, because it covera Arnold

of a woman is not of much use to Messrs. Chung Tat-ching and Chang Bennett's He during his

a man. THE HONGKONG HOTEL may be mentioned the principle of Shiu-ping were elected Chairman and creative period. It shows how a to him-a hieroglyphic--or it tells Either it is meaningless the defence of each member of the vice-Chairman reapretively.

great novelist created himself; him only things which he knew how the artist was evolved from League by the corporate strength

Chief Inspector____Petur Grant is the artisan, the man of

letters of the whole, which is part of the leaving on June 22 on six weeks from the journalist. Covenant; the need of sternglhen-vacation, which will take the form

of trips to points on the China const, The man's industry is amazing. tions of our dificulties would ing the Lengue's inachinery 30 as During his absence, Inspector E. He gives us surprising statistics aimply worry her. The two arxes to provide effective means for the Bloor, Divisional Inspector Central of his unceasing productiveness. must for ever remain distant, will act as fl. while Inspector R. Thus, on December 31, 1899, he antagonistic, and mutually in- peaceful settlement of all disputes; Shannon will perform the duites of tells us he has written 336,340 explicable." The italics are ourn, and the economic interdependence Divisional Inspector Central.

words during the year, and has had Perhaps it is just as well of the civilised world, which is directly opposed to any policy of

nationalism

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well have the

dis-

on

great

A woman cannot possibly be aware of the things in herself which puzzle ne; and our explana.

the

A podawn coolfe was charged be- 228 articles and stories published. gulf exists; for it is the mutual. fore Mr. Fraser, at the Kowloon Magia total earnings were 592 3. myatery which makes love roman. stracy this morning, with having 1d., of which sum he had still to tic. stolen 22 pairs of hair, elippers from receive £72 104. This prodigious Now and again we find him in- the Kowloon godowne. Sub-Inspe- activity tor Elston said the accused was seen after year without a break, and seldom comes to anything. "Town trying to pawn one pair of clippers, on the last day of 1910 the follow- and country is an example of and he was arrested. Hidden in his ing entry is found in his Journal: successful gestation

clippers,

whitch

tousers were 21 pair of

WOM maintained

year tending a poem, but the Intention

be-

God made the country and may

mude the town

And so man made the doctor,

God the down

and concludes with the couplet:

For me a rural pond is not

more pure

which were inter found to have be"This year I have written 355,000 stolen from the gown. Sentence of words, including "Clashanger," gins:

"Paris one mouth's hard labour was imponer The Great Adventure,"

Nights," "Night and Morning in "Good Sport" now being shown at Florence," and probably about 80 the King's Theatre, deal with the other articles." With the opening of the Lau-armament question. For which familiar matrimonial problem of ព

faithless busbhuil, i Te gometimes gives us details sanne Conference, world interest reason it is to be hoped that this faithful wife and

of her way of looking at the new sit-of his daily task. Thus when he will for a time be shifted from the vital gathering will be fruitful in sation anit the means by which she began "The Old Wives' Talo" he disarmament problem to the more

attempts a solution We are given

immediate question of reparations. The main work of the Disarmament Conference has been suspended until the discussions now taking

the place between the representatives human eye was so badly construc-

results,

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Noise and Nerves.

Helmholtz onec anid that

full blast.

The

Nor more spontaneous

my city sewer.

than

intimate shots of gin parties and ond to re-arrange his timetable, inebrinte women

being fondled by rising earlier and lunching later inebriate men. The picture is in in order to get a clear three hours. It is a pity he did not make clined to drag in parts. next every morning for his novel. Of more use of his gift for satirical change of programme at this Theatre the first chapter he says: "Re-verse. He must be the only great is a Sunday, when "Arbassanorgarding it obfectively, I do not see English writer who never made a Bill," with Wi Rogers dispensing that it is very good, but from the sonnet. humour in bumptuous measure, will pleasure I take in doing it, it must be screened.

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be." It was.

This volume takes you into the workshop of the novelist's mind. It is full of brief impressions of

To this multi-millionaire of things seen and heard, sonic of words one feels inclined to apply which appear in a more elaborate Edison's epigram concerning the form in his novels: genesis of his own genius: "One

per cent, inspiration and ninety- nine

perspiration."

per cent.

of

Pen-of sitting tight till the morning avarice (from Calvocoresat) of an task of so many words in so many old lady living in a 9,000 franc half-hours had been necomplished.fflat who promenaded on the stair

With Bennett, the creative and case at night to save electricity critical faculties were broken to was utilined in "Riceyman Steps! double harness; he never had to Staffordshire canniness is illus take the whip to either. An trated by the story of a minister omnivorous reader, he was quick calling on a rich man for a sub- at grasping the vital quality offscription to a Burslem chapel. an English or French book, and When the latter refused on the he always found something that score of having had a very bad helped him to advance his own year, the former said "We'll have literary art. He was a penetrata word of prayer," and at once fell ing critic-at any rate until the on his knees, "None o' that non- last few years of his life when, sense," shouted the plutocrat, as a weekly reviewer for high pay,["none o' that nonsense! Here's he was often "indolent" and some-half a sovereign for ye." times "insolent," to repeat the

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There is a touch of the macabre

in the story of a lady who was in the palace courtyard when the King and Queen of Serbia were murdered, and asked: "What are. they throwing bolsters out of the window for?" The little boy's remark at the central meat mar- kets in Paris: "Mdman, il doit y avoir pas mal d'accidents ici, wants some beating as a child's unconsciously horrible saying.

of the Big Powers are concluded.

ted that, if he had ordered it as It is an opportune moment, there-a laboratory appliance, he would fore, in which to take note of the have promptly sent it back to the progress already made. The Gen-instrument maker. Though much eral Commission of the Conference concerned with the problems of has been much occupied in the task told us what he really thought of Fouad, that famous physicist never

Anecdotes are as plentiful in of getting some concrete agreement the human car which is 8 far

Anthony Trollope's reference to these Journals as plums in IS on the main principle in advance, worse Instrument, varging in sen- The following cable at the close "beeswax" is also recalled it plumenke; they stick out all over

The curious instance thus facilitating the work of the sitiveness and often unable to de-of the sagar market yesterday has was a similitude for the power it.

Messrs. special sub-committees which have teet the form and direction of been received hy been entrusted with the working sound waves. Still, it is the only treath and Co., out of technical detatis. Various hearing apparatus we possess, ur proposals have been put forward are likely to possess, and it must be protected as far as possible by the representatives of the from the modern plague of noise, several countries, amongst which which not only injures it, but also special importance attaches to the seriously affects the nervous sys- British auggeation that the pro-tem. Complaints in Hongkong are posal for the formation of an in- unceasing but the efforts to coni- ternational police force shall not be at the major causes of auricular listurbance are' spasmodic and in prejudiced by the principle of

brief space at tinse the qualitative limitation. The Con-

racket is again it ference has, in fact, approved the It is not the HAMе everywhere. British proposal of qualitative dis- Alrendy successful efforts have armament. Le., the selection of been made to lighten the London- certain classes or description of er's burden of nerve-shattering weapons, the possession or use of noise. The infinitely irritating which are to be absolutely prohibit-bustness of whistling up taxi-cabs has long been forbidden, and the ed to all States or internationalised law against noisy vehicles is being by means of a general convention strictly enforced. Recently, a This definite acceptance of the provinclal tradesman Wnx lined principle of qualitative disarma- for Jangling milk-cans. Worst ment can be regarded no one of the of all London's troubles, however decisive stages in the work of the is that implement of excruciating ear-torlure known as the pneu- Conference. The special com-

matic drill, a specimen of which mittee on naval, military and air was procured by a negro potentate problems is now busy examining | visiting London-so they say, but what are "offensive" or "defensive" they will any anything!-asun weapons. Much confusion in un-agreeable addition to his regal Fortunately being emised by the orchestra of trumpets and tom- į

toma. The most secludell by. The rent-issue is the streets, again, are invaded by un- prohibition of those weapons which employed singers out of time and will cause insecurity by enabling tune, and are filled in the evening. their possessors to deliver a sud-by a confused chorus of gramo- den successful attack. Once the phones and loudspeakers. The comparatively silent London of special committee has reached its the 'Nineties, where the mild clat- conclusions, the General Committer of horses' hooves and the tink- sion will have to decide the method ling bells of hansoms were like a -Prohibition" or "transference Scarlatti Fugue played on a spinet," to International control"-to be hus vanished alus! for ever. adopted for dealing with such wen-

It is some consolation. pons as shall have been defined that science, which

photograph sounds, is now dealing especially "aggressive.”.

Also with the problems of noise and general agreement has to be reach-experimenting with sound-proof ed on the subject of quantitative walls and hangings. In time, it disarmament (the restrictions on may be, the scientists will make numbers and amount of material),

a allance, and we shall call it peace.

two terms.

to nome extent already adopted in

But to know

CATI now

TAXI.

"Fasteri Faster! Don't let that black cat cross our pathi"

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'The wine of wit in theac re- miniscences needs no Tree, but none the less there are two of three stories about the greater. Max'a lessor brother. Ho wont to the Comedie Francaise to ank for free tickets, saying: "Je auls M. Tree, l'acteur do Londres." - To which an official replied: "Áh, nous donnions des billets a tous les acteurs de Londres,

Vous savez, 90

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Bro

Many celebrities come and go in these packed pages, and doftly defined. But the character of Arnold Bonnett himself most clearly omerges from the medley, Not the personage with a stylised facade of his later years, but a very human creature of polec rather than pose, kindly, cautious, "not so much interested in 'mondy as Philipotts and Wells" (his own words), hating anobbishness, honest with himself, rejoicing in his gigantle toll, a cordial panion for all men and most women, and always something of

The Card." Thanks

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to

hia

journals he will nover

bo

tho

victim of the adago· De mortuis

nil nisi bunkton in a monumental

biography.