8th September.
A Unique Entertainment, We would call the attention of our readers to the unique opportunity that will be afforded by the entertainment that is being gob up for to-morrow evening at the Onion Church Hall by members of the World's Chinese Students', Federation here, to witness for the first tine a concert on Western lines, conducted entirely by 'Chinese young men, women, and children. As a foretaste of what is to come, we may state that the programme includes piano solos, music by Admiral Sah's well-known Band, a Young Ladies' Chorus, a ' Patriotic Drill " by little girls,.songs, eto., etc. All who are interested in the progress of this country should take this opportunity of seeing the-extent of the Westernisation of young China, within the short period of not more than five. years. We venture to think that the rapidity and assiduity with which those representing. young China have imbibed Western ideas within such a short limit of time bid fair to rival the phenomenal rapidity of their neighbours of Japan. As there is only a limited number of tickets printed, application for them should be made early at any of the places indicated, as may be seen from the advertisement on another page, 80 a8.to avoid a rush at the last moment.
A Strange Tale comes from Peking which reminds one of stories of the middle ages. A certain Mongol prince of the Second Order, who holds an important Palace appointment, hid a. favourilo secondary consort to whom he would frequently. make empty threats, which white not seriously meant, to bystander would sound terrible, Amongst the numerous retainers who followed th Jard from Mongolia to Peking a hitherto trusted majordomo, named ug Chin, whose duty was to execute his lord's orders, especially such as related to the household: Now this majordomo was a vindictive creature and hated his Jord's favourite secondary, consort for many snubs that he had received at her hands, and especially because one day, having an eye on a very lucrative post for is son and not daring to ask the prince for it, the majordomo asked the secondary consort to obtain the post for him, Now this favour if granted, it is said, would have involved the good nomi of the prince, and because of this the secondary consort refused point blank the majordomo's request. The man never forgot this and patiently waited for an opportunity to_pay off el scores. The chanco cxme one day not long ago, and he settled old scores with savage cruelty.
'Tt appears that one morning, some three woaks ago, just before going to the Falace to attend' to his duties, the prince was jesting with this secondary concubine trid in the hearing of his majordomo, who was on duty the moment to hand up his lord's official hat, the prince was heard to jokingly say: "AN right, Pi bury you alive then," and with a Iaugh came out of his room, and taking his hat from the majordomo; left the house attended by his usual retainers, Having waited until ho was sure his lord was well on his way to the Palace and unlikely to return for some hours, the revengeful majordomo, calling together half-a-dozen savage Mongols belonging to the household upon whom he could depend, entered the courtyard, around three sides of which ran the apartments belonging to this favourite of his lord, and telling a waiting woman, who came into the court-
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