Prof. Porterfield's Lecture on, Thirty-five Shops Said to be In"
Heredity Before China Society volved by National Anti-of Science and Arts Opium Association At. the meeting of the China Science and Arts held last Friday afternoon in the hall of the Royal Asiatic Society Mr. A. de C. Sowerby, President of the Society, took the Chair and introduced. Professor W.-M. Porter-field of the School of Arts and Science of St. John's University who spoke on "Heredity" before an audience which filled the hal Professor Porterfield achieved the difficult union of scientific and popular presentation with remark able success. As a biologist thoroughly acquainted with what Will be to-morrow's current 0) he used various terms which not yet found their way into the average vocabulary, but he explain. ed them so graphically and with such clearness and humour that his audience was painlessly informed rather than mystified. Charts illustrated various phases of his! subject and some stuffed rats, showing the effects of cross-breeding albino and white rats made Mendel's, law a thoroughly practical affair.
In hig introduction the speaker asked: "Can we make ourselves musicians merely away a fiddle? have al children ly, by singing, sweet songs?"
The solutions f the problems of "Who are we?" and "What are we?" were as various ax the people who attempted them, Professor Port field declared. it was not enough, he felt, to endeavour, like the over= zealous reformer to bring about the millennium by simply—improving, environmental conditions without considering the materials with which he had to work. Habitual crooks We have received from the Nas tional Anti-Opium Association of China a copy of a letter addressed. by that body to the French Muni= cipal Council relative to the alleged [trading in opium. of certain shops in the French Concession within 'a small distance of Rue clu Consular, Accompanying the letter is a report by two investigators of the Assofeistion on the matter stating that they had investigated 35 such shops und in some instances had actually Ferchased opium in eight shops. A list of the shops together with their addresses is given, On inquiry, we learn from good authority that these places had previously been raided by the French police but, although all searches were of a minute nature, no opium was found, However, a3 soon as his attention was drawn to the article in the various papers, Capt. Fiori,.the chief of French police, and'his men immediately went to investigate and to search the places once more. Captain Fiori went, we understand, to make sure himself whether any opium was being sold, Upon reaching the places men+ joned, they found these to be cloth shops and money exchanges. They were carefully searched but no Jdvug or anything of an_inetimina tory nature was fo This having been proved to the satisfaction of the chief of police, the party left Dut men were detailed to keep the places under surveillance, No are resty have been, made, were not going {0 give up steal being imprisoned nor better living conditions, flowers or heay
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