Over £11,000,000 at One Drawing A few days ago the payment by J. P. Morgan & Ca., on behalf of* the British Government! to thp-United States treasury of $50,000,- 0¢0 on the war debt was announced. Other reference to big cheques has been made in the press and row comes to light a cheque for £11,008,857 18s. 9d., pounds sterling, which may be the largest ever written and paid. This cheque, a facsimile of which was handed us yesterday, is dated May 2, 1898, and was made payable to His Excellency Shung Chih Chen Loféngluh, Chinese Minister to the Court of St. James. It was drawn on the Bank of England by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. This enormous am-aunt was a loan made to the Chinese Government and was used for payment of the Japaxese indemnity. One wonders what use rk Twain. could have made of 11 j million pounds since -he put one million to so good use in the story which introduced him to Fame. The young man of the story who came into possession of the one million pound note was unable to spend it for weeks because it could: not be cashed. One would welcome the opportunity of trying to cash it any Wasutncton, Nov. 28.—The Secretary of the Navy has issued. a statement arraigning as a+ disgrace to the Naval Academy at Annapolis the conduct of midshipman indulging in widespread drinking after the annual Army and Navy football match on Saturday. An investigation has. been ordered.—Reuter.
The argument was protracted for two hours, and never came within a mile of a solution. The steps remained unregistered in the heat the moment and unnamed. The president was tactful enough to remark at the end of a long afternoon that "as these subtle differences constituted the chief charm of the tango perhaps it was as well that no standardization had been effected."
No one, however, need despair, conference elaborated everything to the last degree of complexity, but in reality there is no difficulty at all about it. The tango consists of five steps (whatever they may ultimately come to be named), which can be learned from a friend or a teacher at one sitting. And their application to tango music is a matter that lies between the dancer and his own sense of rhythm. The sense of rhythm can be cultivated and improved—but it cannot be taught.
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