Mrs. Muir, who has recently been staying at the Palace Hotel and who left last Friday with her daughter for Hongkong and Melbourne, had a serious loss to report to the police before leaving. Whilst walking along Kiukiang Road she passed a Chinese loitering on the pavement, who snatched her hand-bag and made off. The bag contained a purse, in which there were Shanghai $5 and $1@ notes to the value of £100, five £6 English notes, a Cook's letter of credit in the name of H. H. Muir, two N. Y.K. tickets to Hongkong, and two tickets Hongkong to Melbourne.
A foreigner who was passing and heard Mrs. Muir cry out, caught a Chinese who was running away. This man was brought up at the Mixed Court last Friday, a remand being ordered. None of the missing things have so far been traced.
A similar experience befell a Chinese in Hankow Road, immed-lately on his arrival by boat from Soochow. He had occasion to call at the China Bank, and at the door saw a coolie who offered to take care of the luggage he had with him. Thinking the man was an employee of the bank, the countryman handed him his brown leather bag, and that was the last he saw of it. The bag contained notes to the value of $184. care olive with it, but as an example of how a masterly hand can tell a plain unvarnished tale without vulgarity, probably his painting of "The Lunatics" is unique. Against a sunlit wall two persons sit, a man and a woman staring with the vacancy of imbecility out of the picture. Not a pleasant subject, but wonderfully well hane'ed.
Soma Craver Pasters, Quite another type of artist is Charles Gir, a student of lighting effects. Working in pastel, Gir has devoted a great amount of his time to theatrical subjects, dancers ard the like, subordinating drawing to the portrayal of movement and lighting, and revelling above all in colour. They are most interesting pictures and are something entirely new to Shanghai.
Chaffanel is represented large number of paintings in oil, landscapes, seascapes and nude studies, the latter being singularly effective by reason of the luminosity of his painting and the charm with which he has endowed his subjects.
While these three artistes undoubtedly comprise the most important section of the exhibition, there is a large number of works by other artists, notably some delightfully fresh' water colours by
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