For many days, Mr. Penn has had to keep four of his office staff and his brothers busy receiving presents of all descriptions. Hundreds people personally unknown to both the bride and groom have sent presents, and a great number of these were not accepted, as there is not enough room for the gifts of friends Both Mr. Penn's office and house is plied high with red banners, silver Jeups, vases, shields, silk materials silverware of all descriptions, other presents. Red envelopes of money have been received, the sum {totalling many thousands. " Amongst the presents received were red satin scrolls from General Wu Te-chen. father and mother gave full silver Chinese dinner service, Favourable comment has been aroused by a new type of street-lighting which is being experimented with by the, French " Municipal Council. So fat, only one street, part of Avenue Joffre running from Route de Say Zoong to a point near the Gaseoign Apartments, has been equipped with the new lights, which, consisting of mercury-vapour lamps, emit a bright white light which is in sharp contrast to the more subdued. yellow light of the ordinary infan descent lamps further down the road.
The bulb of the mercury-vapour lamp. differs from that of the incandescent type, as it ig composed of a double-walled tube, with a vacuum between the inner and outer walls It is known as a "gaseous-discharge Jamp," the discharge, started by an auxiliary gag called' Argon, being clear definition of light "and Shadow, is said to be due to the fact that the lamp" emits chiefly Jellow, green, and blue rays, wherers the ordinary lamp sends off ight waves of many more "varying jand all the ornaments for a room, he set consisting of more than five cendred pieces of silverware. groom's gift to the bride was diamond ring. In addition to these, paintings and scrolls of all descriptions, Jsome made by the donors themselves Jothers by famous old painters writers, and the rest by moderns, piled on high, and the men in charge fof this end of the wedding are. still industriously acknowledging receipt of thanks and "Cum-
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