webs otto go into raptures over the sound of the wind in the tre Appreciation of the dew on the grass is not going to get one down to the Bund any quicker in the morning, or make any noticeable to exchange, Horses too are very fine animals, but the chief evidence of their existence in Shanghai is a line of ponies attached to traps, outside the Hongkong: Bank.
They generally look rather angles of their hats, and. well, surely forlorn in spite of the jaunty there could be no more depressing occupation in the world than gazing a broker's pony—except, perhaps, being one.
Although the country conjures up such visions of delight, they are aprently taboo in Shanghai where Plans for the forthcoming A.D.C. season promise a charmingly varied programme. In making its decisions regarding the plays selected land the approximate dates of pro-Jduetion, the committee has tried to work with its competitors so that there will be no conflict.
The first show, which will be presented sometime in October will be either "A Murder Has Been JArranged"" which was very popular jin London last year, or "The Lim ling Man" by Wills Scott, in which [Franklin Dyall played the lead last lyeer in London. Both shows are detective dramas.
"The Limping \Ca Man" is somewhat similar in Jdramatic technique and plot to "The ger." "Mr. A. M. Cannan and is brother, Mr. John Cannan, will produce the play together. ' The Jeast has not yet been selected and it is difficult to say who will play the lead. Mr. Stranack, owing to pressing business duties, will not Their Own Funeral
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