Th- members of the Peking Club, whose building was destroyed during the troubles vf 1900, having erected " fine building on another site in the Legstion quarter, rome days ago an incident caused a ripple in the usual calm of Club life. A member invited some lady" friends to dine in the public dining-room, and the younger members, regarding' the presence of ladies as a restriction on their liberty, complained to tke committee suggesting that if any gentleman w shed to dine "en famille" he might ar least en; a private room. The committee took this view of the case, but the gentleman in question refused to abide by the decision, and a meeting of the Clals was called when, after a great deal of stormy talk, it was decided to reserve the use of the dining-for men the ladies wi spirit toward thos: ungallant] who have acted so The Peking Missionary Association met on Monday evening at the house of the Rev. Dr. Shefiield, when a paper was read by Re H. Perkiis from Paotivgfa to the 1 one hundred and thirty Fu citi-s in China, suggested that each might send two sentatives ty a governing huely at the 1 In the discussion which followed, of the speakers, while very cordial in their appreciation of the paper, expressed the opinion that the people needed educating before such privilege could be granted te them.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.