If any residents in Shanghai celebrated Christinas with more feryour than the British forces then they were exceedingly, energetic. The mere record s than 6 anged during the Season of merriment is eloquent. Special note will be made of the service talent embodied in. three concert parties provided by JIMS, Devonshire, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders jane the East Lancashires, under the styles respectively of the "Tena Penny, Band," the "93rd Concert Party" and the "Try-horde." The resourcefulness and versatility of jour performer, in the ser-at or ashore, are well-known to all who have seen privileged to attend stich shows. Not less en:
han the dratsatic, vocal I capacity artlessly di played is the complete enjoyment of their performance by the performers themselves. Sailors and soldiers fave always Kindly and attentive audiences to obliging visitors who fare willing to mount the platform for their amusement. They are far The modern reader of Chine cannot "therefore dispense with. guide of this kind and the publishers, Messrs. Kelly and Walsh are to be congratulated with the leamed author, on having managed to com-Press this mass. of information [within the compass of an attractively bound pocket-bool
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