Scenes of Colour and Gaiety in the Town Hall: British Minister Among the 1,600 Guests: A New Effort in the Reels It is fortunate for the multitude of Scots in Shanghai that the main feature in the annual celebration St, Andrew's Day is a ball at the Town Hall, The wretched weather—although those from the hills might have regarded it distinctly _homelike—rather spoiled some of the carlier events of the day, but it could not affect the evening engagement and—the Caledonian people, lassies and las, rallied in force for the occasion, together with their friends of most of the nations in the world, between 1,600 and, 1,700 being" present. Each succeeding year it has been' customary to endeavour to enlarge upon a feature having some relation to an actual or presumed bias of the President of St. Andrew's Society for the time being, and on this occasion it wes an easy task, for Mr. He A. Macintyre ever has been known for: his support of the dances and music of his country and a little extra effort to encourage the dancing of the reels as a compliment to "the Laird" had the desived effect, for there must have been at least 206) engaged in some of the Scottish dances, whilst the enthusiasm of all overshadowed the ack of exe perience of a few. served. The "auld hoose" of Cald-Leck, Macgregor did all that was necessary there, The Guests The President, in the -handsome dress of his clan, was played into the Jeall by the pipes and drums of the Shanghai Scottish, S. V. C., and, with Mrs, T. H. R, Shaw, wife of the Vice-President, took his stand beside the regalia, to receive the guests. The latter, on arrival, were! escorted by vstiers from the Shang-_ hai Scottish down a gangway to the reception dais, the pipers and the 8, M. C. band meanwhile playing Scottish airs. Mr, Miles W. Lampson, the newly-appointed "British, Minister to Peking, and Mrs, Lampson, who only arrived during the day on H, M. S. Despatch, also were played in by the pipes and drums. The official guests were:—
Wis Excellency Mr. Miles W. Lampson CH. B. M, Minister) and. "Mrs, Lampson: "the Consular "Body—Sir Sidney orton (Great Britain) Lady' Barton." tat, Mrs. BG. Jamieson, Me.
(Norway) and "Mrs. Aall, Mr.
Houre (Belgian) and Mme, "van Hause, Mr. A. '3. P. Brandao (Brazil), Afr. S. Langkjaer (Denmark) and Mis. Lengkjaee, Ar. ICG. Wahamald (Pintand). and' Mfrs, Wohamaki BE. "Naggiar (France), The Decorations 'The Glasgow trams being amongst several world's best things coming from Scotland, end the! Shanghai 'Tramways staff being' very closely associated with that of Giasyow, the Society always has had. at its call members skilled in trical work and has been especially fortunate in finding several of them who couple with it an artistic decorative sen:
A. ¥, Tait and C, B, Blaikie out in recent years, "It is, understood: that Tuesday's -attractive scheme in large measure emanated from Mr. Blaikie, Grain, Mr. G. W. King inavter-Commander Cusack, nat, Capt. 3..'G. Johnaton (Royal Marines), yin ver-Commander It C. Grieg," Ex, the" oticers of Ht.
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