The annual Washington bal gala social event of the Community in Shanghai celebrated on February 22 room of the Majestic Hotel and from every standpoint was a spectacle long to be remembered. by the several hundred persons} present, After all, one is compelled to! think of the gentleman who put off from a dock side in a dinghy, had, himself rowed out to a smart battle-cruiser and said he had come to] look over it. Informed by the Joficer of the watch that it was not, visiting day, he proclaimed _indignantly that he was a taxpayer, that he had helped to build that battle-cruiser and that he intended at least to see worth.
From the beginning of festivities at 930 until the last weary dancer departed in the early hours, there] was rot a dull minute and the concensus of opinions was that this year's function was far ahead of that of any previous years.
A large picture of George Washington, first president of the: United States, was surrounded by numerous American flags and around the ball room were hung] the flags of the 48 States.
The guests were formally received by the chairman of the ball committee, Judge Milton D, Purdy Whereupon, the officer twisted off of the U.'S. Court for China, who) 'a nut from a stanchion, handed it was assisted, in the absence of to the visitor and said:—"There Mrs. Purdy,' by Mrs. Edwin, you are, old bean! There's the hi Cunningham, wife of the American you bought. Take it and keep it, Consul-General, Colonel C. H. Ly-and don't come making dirty footman of the U.'S, Marines and Mrs. marks on what other people have
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