As the guests entered the Town Hall, they came face to face with the gigantic and garish coloured reproduction of the thistle and cross, the only one of the Society's properties that one would not re-fret them losing, Dat. the "shock soon was over, for a company of 12 Ssherg from the Shanghai Scottish, Under' Corporal" Buttery escorted them upstairs under the con-Nentional arches of greenery, set Pane a large St. Andrew's "Cross By dimictnted' Silk troopers,"
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"Bhan they entered the, great bal they encountered a scene of real introduced by the energetic and resourceful decorators. They bad noted how always there fremendovs crush around the doorway whilst the President was re-ing guests, 20 they constructed an artistic and easily removable Bangway of red and white posts and rails leading round the room Past the blue and white thistle-embellished orchestra stand to a red baize-covered dais below the sitting-out platform at the far end. On this, with the Society's regalia by his side, Mr. Brodie Clarke welcomed them, everything proceeding in perfect order and with comfort. Above the President's head was the new illuminated picture of St. Andrew, surmounted by the Clarke coat-of-arms draped Royal Arms and the Union Jack and beyond them the coats-of-arms and tartans of Dowie and Rutherford, the families of the Vice-President and immediate past President, respectively. Incidentally, when the Royal Arms were about be hoisted into position, it was noticed there were some' newly-painted alterations and one of the decorators drew attention to it. No one knew whose work it was, but obviously someone read a "Note and Comment" in the "North-'China Daily News" some few weeks ago,. for it was then tioned therein that in Scotland just now: an agita~ {tion is going on to use in Scotland only that order of the Royal Arms ito which she is entitled by right—that is, with the rampant lion in the firet and fourth quarterings, and that is how the Society's possession has, been corrected. In 3nd England the three leopards decay' [the first and' third and the lion only jthe second quartering. The decora-
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