Mr, W. R. Clouth Celebrates Forty Years Out Here From being private secretary to Sir Robert Hart to wandering the streets of Shanghai in search of a job is a far ery, but there have been many ups and downs in the life of Mr. W.
Clouth, "partner in the firm of Hekking and Clouth, who celebrates his fortieth year's residence in China this week. 'Mr. Clouth, who is a German citizen, was born in Hongkong, and went to his native land the age of ye. He took the regula tion examination for entry into' the Chinese Customs Service in 1807, and arrived in China on June 20' that year.
"There ig one feature of that exmination which 1 particularly recall", he told a "North-China Herald" retative in an interview on June "In one of the papers, candidates wore asked to give a list of the kings and queens of England. A Whittaker's Almanac was left rather carelessly on the mantelpiece, and so naturally gleaned the British Royal Family's genealogical tree from this
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