President of the Shanghai St. Andrew's Society, is particularly fortunate in the fact that there will specially attractive feature for this year's St. Andrew's Ball, Each succeeding year, the comnffttee strive to find some novelty which, will be an improvement on any-" thing that has gone before, but this time there will be no cause for them to engage in much searching. True to his promise, Mr. William Heughan, the world-fame Daritone," who last yea difficult times of the carly' summer, had a season the success of which has been equalled by few professional cancer: artists viaiti Shanghai, has vetorned to the F Kast, with the Settlement as his Mr. Heughan will arrive about November 20 ard will stay until the of the month. His artist brother, who joined him in Shanghai last, year and row is acting advance agent, already is here, sorely disappoir: sd at finding that the yachting season is over and that, paper-hunting has not begun; for he is as clever at the tiller and in the saddle as he ie with his brush, Mr. Heughan 2d his party intend giving quite " namber of concerts, have been made, that riy Jrcision ax to their under' yet hay been arrived at, There is to be a special all-Scottish concert on the 28h, and in all probability a Shanghai Scottish night, iene programme, and a night of only Highland balisds (which latter would be a stirsing affair), in addition'to mixed programmes. It goes the ball, and the beforehand. know the answer the Australian Heseoan's voice, which vufered somewhat during his Indian tour, improved wonderfully' in. the more kindly unate of New Zea:
ud. Miss. Gladys Sayer, his ae: complished uy atill is with him, and als's Dave Kennedy, whilst ne now has the further assistance o€ Hyman zer, styled "the Australian Heifeiz." who has a great faculty for playing Scottish airs on the violin, and all who heard Scott Skinner will know what that means At the Shanghai University on Sunday, an Anti-Christian League was formed and some 350 students pledged themselves to oppose Christianity. A committee was formed after nomerour speeches had been made which the Chinese press did net consider worth, publishing.
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