To commemorate the completion of Friends House Love and Peace Presented by Fang Lin-yang.
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aster of the Friends Boys School Chungking, and he entrusted gift to Mr. H. T. Sileock, a well known Quaker, who has brought it to London, Mr. Fang Lin-ying desires to offer the gift to the Society because of the kindnesses he rece! ed from its members when he wa! in England. The Society has sent a special letter of thanks to Mr Fang Lin-yang.
Antique Chinese embroideries are being widely used in Mayfair just As mats or all panels their id colouring excellently sets off the rather sombre modera room. while one titled hostess kas had several large embroideries sewn together and used as a top for her ebony dining-table under a sheet of Plate glass. Other Chinese squares are being made into evening handbags, both Princess Mary and Princess Marie Louise having purchased examples for wear this autumn. Formerly these embroideries were exceedingly rare, since they were heirlooms in aristocratic Chinese families. Unsettled conditions in the Orient have now forced many of these families to sell all treasures, and most ships docing in the pool of London from an stern voyage carry cases of embroideries, ivories, fans and fragile Peking china. portant Korean port of Fusan, When General Yamanashi came to Tokyo from Korea on a short visit, Mr. Kawasaki is said to have called at the General's residence and to have given him the Yen 50,000,
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