AMI Shanghai was at the theatre of the Concordia Club on Friday night, to enjoy; the smoking concert without smoke sri the kaye attendance of ladies must' have gladdened the hearts of the Committee, the correctness of their judy:
they would take as much delight in the entertainment provided as the members of the society; and we should not be ar that the gallant and ever activ President and Honorary Secretary had persuade? their colleagues to recognise the doctrine of Women's Rights so far as to admit ladies to the honour of membership. It is impossible to exaggerate the céclut which the assistance of lady speakers would add to the Society's debates, and their ability to argue has never been doubted. Nor would it have detracted from the interest of such a miscellaneous entertainment as that given on Friday, if one or two lady performers had appeared upon the stave, to sing, to play or to recite, The slight loss which the deprivation of the cigar or pipe involves would be more than compensated, as it was indeed on Friday, by the presence of the fair on the stage as well as im the audience.
As sven as the hall was full to overflowing,—and there must have been over four hundred people present—General Kenmed, called the testing to oles, and opened the proceedings with an oration, in which he said:—Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the Shanghai Literary and Debating Society, it affords me much pleasure to welcome you here to-night (applause). Your preseneg
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