Wonk, of Delightful Manners Traffic Policeman's Unfortunate Questionable Parentage and Intervention in Tragic a Desire for Life Dispute Advertised on Wednesday as desiring a home, Joss, the unhappy possessor of "Doubtful parentage," has still heard of no one who is willing to befriend him, and one can only hope that he does not feel that that rather cruel statement—regarding his origin is the cause of this Inck of response. Surely during his life, he must have heard many exclaim that works are really much nicer than dogs of wonderful and awe-inspiring pedigree, which necessity fates that one treats.them with respect rather than with the familiarity of friendship. And Joss is certainly a work of the highest order.
He came from the Gordon Road Police Station originally, but this does not seem to have marred his character in any way, for he has most charming disposition. He is just a year old now, with a coat of, long, shining black, silky hair and stands a little shorter than an Airedale. But he does not resemble any other dog of known breed except, perhaps, in the matter of feet, for there about his pedal] f extremities a Police dog look, perhaps inherited from a distant re [tation, and to jadge from the rest lof hia appearance, it must. have been a very distant one at that.
of an friendly disposition and also is a great lover of exereise in all is forms, "running, jumping and walking. "He has, Ye- ig true learnt no' little parlour tricks, "but those accomplishments he probably leaves to effeminate pekinese and the like, preferring himself to be one of the "great He-man" type. But he does, however, deign to rim after tennis balls jand bring them back to be thrown again. For he is an extremely in-{telligent beast and needs no teach-jing that if he does not return balls thrown for him whence they were thrown "they cannot be cast again for his amusement.
It will be a tragedy if such a delightful animal gs Joss has to be sent to his death, but perhaps he will have better luck to-day and some kind soul will offer him a home, when ho realizes that Joss is not given away because of any failing but because his master has had to give up his old mess and jwill_not be able to keep him any longer.
An interesting story of how a Chinese constable on. traffic duty was taken in by the wiles of sever] female workers in a local foreign importing firm and how he, without the consent of his superiors, ate tempted to mediate a threatened trike, thereby losing much face, is related by an official of the firm, Two or three days ago five of the females were brought on to the carpet" by the manager of the firm because their work w unsatisfactory. At once they came hostile and threatened the foreman. Getting no satisfaction there they went down and related their tale to the traffic policeman on duty near by, who agreed with them that they were being treated unfairly by the foreigners, Singlehanded the policeman went to the offices and began raising a row and wanted to arrest the foreman, who, by this time, had become scored and was hiding in the cyclic quarters. In the midst of the constable's "ravings" @ Chinese stenographer came out and,' la of the women, ordered' the Policeman out of the offices. The constable was so much taken aback, by the loss of face that he left, Seemingly thinking over the ma ter over night, he came again to the offices the next morning early and cised another row. He was ti guielly into the manager's office where he was detained until a d tachment of foreign and Chines police could arrive from the station, He was ordered out of the offices and the manager told that, if he cared, the man would be dis charged from the police for over—stepping the bounds of his author ity and leaving his beat. It is aid, however, that the matter was roped. ciation in observing. an ant-ptum THE National Anti-Opium As
week from October 8 to 9, when the Jeading public organizations in Shanghai will assist in making the rally" a success and do their bit to suppress the evil of opium. Apart from anti-opiam processions, there will be public meetings, in which the jetudents will take part, when spee-iches. will be delivered" denouncing lan: " w the. those trafficking in or usin without permission.
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