Peace at Last: The Beauties of Racing: News from the Seaside great peace has descended upon Shanghai. This is due mainly to Yhe rgcent—and continuous—depar-Yare@r the feminine sex. Men like peace; they will make great sactijoes to attain it, and the words "anything for the sake of peace" fare essentially a. male philosophy. Tam, of course, referring to domes. tie peace, International peace is Tather too big a subject for us to write about, though we may venture to suggest that it is generally those amen who are peacefully—and Prospecously—at home who are the most ardent supporters of warfare. Women are, and always" have eon, disturbing elements; they are. JWilfv destroyers of that blissful Btato known as peace; which is fortunate, because if the (world were Jeff entirely to men, they would fitlier settle down toa peace constituting complete inactivity which ould eventually lead to a population of so many vegetable-like ereafures, or else (and this is the most Ukely) they would get so tired of Yhe monotony of an entirely peace-dul existence that. they would be forced to create some kind of disturbing element in order to make life worth living.
However, to get back to the subject of Shanghai. Every North und boat separates a wife from a husband, Tee wharves lined swith husbands waving affectionate farewells to. wives surrounded by children and amahs. They watch, with a pardonable feeling of relief, mer is a good deal shorter, so they jmust make the most of their temporary freedom, Some of them continue to live in majestic solitude ets, Life is short and the sum-their own homes, but as a rule they seem to prefer to live two or three in a "mess." They cluster together like chickens, running hither and thither in starch of a good time while the old hen is no Encouragement to any pony longer there to chide them and keep them in order. have no qualms; a wise wi that he' will come to no harm, for Jus we have already pointed out, he likes peace and will sacrifice much its sake. Women, as we have also suggested before, are no lovers lof pence, and those who are not Jwives ave generally even more disturbing than those who are. So Affeetionate farewells the departure of their household, and look forward to a home peacefal happiness. No more uncomfort. able questions at the table, no more roques the club for once in your finally, mo more bills voss-maker, This la not only due to the they (the summer bachelors) will tee avery" good time but they will not allow it to be good enough to Interfere' with thee domestic' lives destroy' thet "peace, "And. when [the wives come back they will find their husbands ready to eral down once mores "All of which thavgh any not be quite true to life, has at any rate the merit of Being' a very (though we will take care to no rash statements) that di makers have other uses. However, there ills for the mai parted. from Shangha, their, metier to make a pilgrimage each summer to that Mecca of Feminine fashion, Paris. They can generally, rely on: their clients to 1 Even more disturbing meet their travelling expenses when they return in the autumn, And so with the general exodus of-feminine disturbance, the results are two-fold; one (which we ha the appearance of being, peculiar to Shanghai and named by its residents the "summer bachelor, Grass Widowers 'There are droves of them; they ret iS short and the sum-_ fill the clubs, ballrooms and' caba-
Paut Souffrir, 'We had always thought that such accessories as perfumed soaps, bath salts, cold creams and toilet waters, Sere' essentially the playthings. women. Eve enjoys certain priviiegee, and amsonget_ them isthe festensive tse gf "any preparation that is: likely to be an aid to beauty or, to enhance her ature! attractions, 'The: stronger tex, we! had always understed, were iganerally ready to. pay for such things "but were not in the hab '9f feeding them as necessary' hems. for their own personal use, But we were entirely wrong!
It would seem that a jockey's rife is hard on the complexion; also that the liberal use of an expensive Pommade not only produces a glorious on the hair, but it is also possible that the delicate perfume assured that Monsieur Coty excels himself in this respect) of such a preparation is a definite Jencouragement to any pony about to go out in a race. We have been foreed to this conclusion by the obvious fact that the glorious shine leannot be the only reason for the lapplieation of this particular aid to manly beauty because racing rejeulations inconsiderately demand that all jockeys conceal their jcoifure (no matter how well-cared for) under a cap. It is necessary jof course, that jockeys. should be lclean,—that is entirely comprehensible' to everybody,—but we ~had Inver before realized that in order win a race the jockey must chose Luis soap with the care and con-
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