Increasing Western Populations in the Far East: Greater Thoroughly Irish Function with Many Novelties: Fun in a Shebeen Seen Se eae mighai, $8 without map.
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A useful Trade Directory enables one to turn at a glance to a list of local doctors, undertakers, lawyers, or skin merchants, which is partigularly useful in circularizing certain trades or professions. There is an improvement in the Street Directory. After the name of every street given the district it is in, the streets at either end of it, the direction (north or south, east or west), and the name in Chinese,. The Shanghai "Who's Who" Section includes for the first time all women on the. staffs of the various Hongs, this making a complete list of the' business community.
The map of Shanghai, printed by\ Waterlow's from plans prepared by the Municipal Council, is a necessary. addition to the Hong List for use in Shanghai, and can be used with advantage in conjunction with th now information contained in the Street Directory.
The improvement in the outport sections, always hard to bring up to date, is very noticeable, The list of. Hongs is increased by about 60 Pages, while the Who's Who section shows an_ad names. 5, well eross-indexed, brought up t date as far as possible, the Who's Who section containing the names of Protestant and Roman Catholic missionaries, both men and women, engaged at the various centres.
Whether the present shape and size of the Hong List is most suitable for a work of that kind is" debateable point. We suggest that, though the present format might have been suitable for the work in its infant days, the time to publish it in a mora Society rs have en-The committees of St. Patrick's
livened the annual ball with many. novelties and pleasing effects, but knowledge that has leaked out as the preliminary arrangements for this year's ball suggests that it is to be a very special affair, Indeed, in every way probably it Will prove to be the nearest n ever achieved "by St. Andrew's Society, and he will be a sorry kind ishman who will not el: king the nat ality of the has the purpose for which the hi ixed is held, for the committee's to the affair the most characteristically Irish—and naturally therefore the most enjoyable—in the Society's history. To this end, such keen Irishmen as Mr, B, Byrne (President) and Mr. J. J. straining every endeavour, ably backed by a strong and equally en" thusiastic committee, The ball is nest, Wednesday and the whole of the Carlton Cafe has been taken for the purpose, The Carlton Cafe fortunately requires very little added decoration, but the eneral scheme of what will be used produce an Irish effect will be the national colours, with green predominating, together with Nags of the Free State and Ulster, and the crests and cents-of-arms of tie four Provineds, the ancient and noble families of Ireland and prominent members of the Societ Also there will be exhibited a paint ing of St. Patrick presented by Lady Guests will sco a replied of an Irish peasant's cottage and passing through this they will find. theme selves in "O'Raiferty's Shebeen," an hospitable establishment that will put Auchtermuchty altogether the shade. "Shebeon cient name of a village inn particular establishment is being: designed to show ax many phases of Ivieh life as possible, There will be Trish games, national songs and dianees, real Trish whisky" specially imported, hot nish punchy. anda promise of the cream of Trish wit, nid humour."
Not the least interesting, item, whether the visitor be Irish or any other nationality, will be the coun tr ud solo Trish dances by Mr. Fenton and Mr. K, Boge don, official piper to the Society, Mr. Fenton's dancing: is well-known, Mr. Begidon is not so well known, for although he has been in Shanghai Fomo years, he has not often. per~ formed in public. The probability is that he is the most accomplished performer of the Celtic dances ever seen here and he is in addition a very fine piper:
For those who are nondancers, will afford special ties to enjoy: themselves. There for instance, be a "piteh-and-toss" school, a game of the "buttons," or a game of cards, ete 50 that! such excuses as "I'm not a
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