Smith has established herself first-class novelists with mence," while the Hon. Mrs, Daisy Fellowes, who is, however, of an Jolder generation, is another authoress with a novel to her credit. Most of the younger generation write about the Oxford ex-undergraduate strata of "society."
Parewell Among the many departures for England this month "is that of Judge and Mrs. G. W. King, who will be greatly missed by the' circle of friends they have made Shanghai. Judge King has had the misfortune to have been ill for the last few days, and has not been able to attend' the numerous fare-being given in ing hag naturally had cause for anxiety, bat hopes that his illness will not delay the they intend to sail by the S.S. Rajputana on the twenty- \y first of this month, Mechanism Still the machinery age sneaks up Jon us and onshores us in its infallible and prosaic net. First we had lie detectors and now there new apparatus in the form of a locality, detector" which, alleged, "detects many more things jabour sound than is possible to the human ear." Thus, it is absolutely
York if in reality you spent the use to say you came from New greater part of your life in Gopher rame, Nor may the cleverest over bbe able to pass himself off as an Englishman if, under an acquired count and manner, his birthright is 100 per cent. American, for, if Janyone, the police for instance, about investigation the mechfanical apparatus ies, in which activity it has been jearrying on for demonstration and Jexperimental purposes. New York, reports, is a tenor, and "sings ike a wire."
low And Chicago voice of purring bass, Jof an automobile that is running without engine trouble." Well, peraps not engine trouble but one would surmise that a periodic punctuation "of punctured tyres would be not amiss in the Chicago Jorchesteation. The test has not yet been applied to Shanghai but quite possibly when it is we shall be labelled "dramatic soprano. with faulty technique."
Farewell Party Mr. and 3irs. Vilhelm Meyer were host and hostess. to.some two. oF [three hundred of their friends last Tuesday evening. Their beautiful house lends. itself admirably to a large dance, "but although the [verandah was not only closed in but fextented into the garden, every available space was edmpletely filed with guests. All four of the Meyer furls "were hostesses" with their mother, and the two smallest, were ery charming in their Tong, white confirmation dresses—they having been. confirmed only the " Sunday before. The two little girls were unaffectedly sweet, happy lowed to. stay up for as long they pleased: a big help to theft mother, and a joy to the guests. Tt twas impossible to recognize every-tone in such a huge crowd but among guests were M. und Mme, Fuad Bey, Captain. and. Mrs. Hutchins, Coline! and Mrs. Hooker, Captain land Brs. Brown, Major and Mrs. Barker, Colonel and Mre. Thoms, M. Aubert) Mr, and Mfrs, Knitechild its. Knitschildt, incidentally, sang the Municipal orchestra on Sunday under her stage name of Mona Holesto—Mr. and. Mrs, Gill, Miss Gill, Br, Frederick Schiff, Int. John Keswick, Baron and Baroness Ruedt von Collenbert, M. Koechlin, and and Mime. Wisen, Supper was, the signal for speeches and M, Aubert ook fall advantage of the oppor tunity to thank Mr. and Mrs. Meyer land to with them bon voyage, Mr. Meyer replied, saying that he hoped all of his friends would keep an eye fon his two eldest. daughters whom he leaves behind in Shanghai, a who, incidentally, are going to stay ith Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Andrews while their parents are away. fand Mrs. Meyer will be Teavi England, via Siber "Monkey Clu Word comes from one of the venteen youthful members of the! 'Monkey Club," that they are invading 'Italy and Greece, to study, fort. 'These aesthetic "Monkeys" whose ages range from seventeen twenty-two, will include Miss the daughter of the Japanese Amita'
dor at Brussels, They are] rst joing to Florence, motoring to Rome, going on to Athens, and
ing parties hence back to Corfu to enjoy' bath educational It certainly seems as though there will be almost a complete exodus from Shanghai before the really hot days of summer" roll around. People are leaving by the score on every out-going ship, Mrs. Herlof-Json is leaving for Europe soon and {is at, present the inspiration for the usual" activities which assail. the potential traveller. She herself Jeave a farewell party the other Jevening, cocktails and buffet supper. Mrs, Hopper who has, just} returned from Europe was thet jand, among others, Mr. and Mrs.
Clare, Mr, and Mrs. Gibbing, M. Aubert, "Mr." Harold Robinson, and Mr. Jack MacGrezor.
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