Ofcially speaking, the most im- Sat portant event of the week was the arrival of the Philippine Independence Commission aboard the President Hoover on Wednesday. President Manuel Quezon and. the former Aaperiein Minister to China, Mr. John Van Antwerp Machurray, head td the delegation, which comprises a group of leading Filipino and American experts on their way 10 the Islands to study the. situation kely to be created when the Philip pines are granted their complete independence in another two years.
Mrs. MacMurray and one of their Saughters were along, and a number of old friends of the couple went down to the Hoover while the boat [-as In port to see them. 'They found the entire party more or less tied up with official engagements, as was natural, for the Filipino community gave a large luncheon in the Cathay Hotel that day for the President, and the' American Consul-General,' Mr, Gauss, entertained ai the American Club for Mr. MacMurray.
The loiter, who is American Min-Iter to Turkey now, expects to be back within three months, and may. have more time then to review old ties in Shanghai.
Modern Diana Returns The same boat brought, and left in Shanghai, Mrs, Ruth Harkness of baby liant panda fame, who says she is Dock to find a mate for the furry specimen she took to America with her from the wilds of the far west some time ago, The panda is in a cosy cage in the Chicago Zoo at the moment, and Mrs. Harkness, who created a considerable stir with it and a Chinese Iand otter coat about the same colour as the Dottle-fed baby when she arrived at a big and very fashionable hotel in Btamhattan, is at the Palace Hotel wondering' whether conditions will let her proceed with another pand hunting expedition Mr. Arthur de Carle Sowerby, editor of the China Journal, and Ins. Sowerby had an informal tea in her honour on Thursday afternoon at their home in Lucerne Road, Guests Here and There Among the interesting people visit ing Shanghai at the moment is Mrs. Katharine Innes of San Francisco, house guest of Mrs. J. R. B. Branch, Dr, Branch recently left Shanghat for 8 holiday in Tsingtao, forgoing, like fo many others, a trip to Peiping; Mrs. Innes is helping Mrs. Branch keep the home fires burning in his Her stay is longer perforce than she had expected, for she finds the oats so crowded that she will be here until the Asama Maru sails on September 10th. Originally intending to circle the globe, Mrs. Innes has found so much to interest her slong the way that it has taken her six months to get this far. She has about mode up her mind to return. home from China, so 95 to have a good reason {o visit the Par East agai when she nally makes that reune the-world trip, She hes been well entertained since she arrived, largely with informal affairs and mahjongg-bridge teas, and seems to enjoy her stay. Others in town, on their way home from Manila, Mrs. W. E. Henry of Seattle and is Mildred Allen of St, Louis.
Mrs. Macbeth's Tea 'A houie guest of Mrs. W. J. Gande at present is Miss Perkins of Texas, fu whose honour g ladies' tea was Wven yesterday afternoon at the Route de Grouchy home of Mrs.
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