The success which has attended these exhibitions had made the artist feel that she is on the threshold of a definite achievement and present outlook is keyed up nvith} anticipation for the Cambodia ex. edition. Exhibitions of her work were held in New York, Chicago, Palm Beach and Montreal last winter, and the whole of the winter following the present one is already booked in various Amerian cities for a series of exhibitions.
Besides this, Miss Douglas during the reason just past attracted con:
iderable attention through her wural decorations in the tea house] at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, a charming building given by Mrs. Ayscough to the Order of the Daughters of the Empire. Othe mural work included the "Red Bridges" design done for a Palm Beach kame which strikes so charm. ting a note in interior decoration when combined with red lacquer leabinets that "a number of well known art America are publishing an exhibition at the captain's request on the "Empress" and among! the passengers who took a keen interest in the showing was Count Sano of Japan, son of the founder of the Fine Art Society, who booked her for a showing of her work in Tokyo on her return i: May. The! Jartist will go to Hongkoay where she will join Mrs. Candeo and spend some time sketching the sails of Aberdeen near Repulse Bay. Fron: there they will go to Java, Indo-China and Cambodia, arriving back in Shanghai early next spring. Miss Douglas declared that her enthusiasm was undirhmed about the use of Chinese scenes for her work! and that she had found a new perspective since being away which stimulates even more enthusiasm.
SUAXGHATS bill of health was] unusually clean for the week ending fast Saturday. There was one Hforeign case of cholera and two of typhoid. The total number of deaths! among the foreign community] (which includes, of course, Japanese and Russians) was 12, and among: the Chinese 200. as the old ones and as convenient {to the general public.
No note on this change of premises} would be complete without a refe: ence to Mr: Yih Chur-tong, who lot only.compradore but also director of the company...He _has been with Messrs. Noel, Murray Ca. since -his youngest. days,, being; iginal staff engaged by Slip Noel and Mr, Marcas.
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