M. Andrew, M. C. and Hon, Secretary, were devoted their efforts to secure the comfort and pleasure of all present, and eminently succeeded in doing so, and it was not till dawn was approaching that the last guests left; and there is no doubt that every one who was present will retain the moat pleasant recollection of the Shanghai Marine Officers' Ball of 1893.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.