The thousand-year-old Chinese comedy, "Lady Precious Stream," the English version of which was written by Prof. S. 1. Hsiung, and Jwhich is having the greatest success Jat the Little Theatre, was privately performed to-day before a distin Guished company at a soiree given at the Chinese Legation by Mr. Quo Tai-chi, Chinese Minister to "The guests included Mr. Norman' Davis, chiot American delegate to the tripartite naval talks, and Mrs. Davis; Lord Londonderry' Secretary Jot State for Air, and Lady Londonderry; Lord and Lady Lytton; Sir! John 'Simon, Foreign Secretary, and Lady Simon; Mr. Anthony Eden, Lord. Privy 'Seal; Sir Sidney Clive, and Lady Clive; Sir E. Hilton Young fand Lady Hilton Young; Mr. Matsudaira, Japanese Ambassador to London, and Mrs. Matsudaira; Sir Austen' Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and' Lady ChamBerlain; Sir Bolton Eyres Monsell, First Lord of the Admiralty, and " Lady Eyres Monsell; Field-Marshal Sir' Edmund Allenby and Lady Allenby; all members of the Diplomatic Corps [Sir Harry MacGowan, chairman of ithe Imperial Chemical Industries; and [Lady MacGowan; Sir Roderick Jones, chairman of Reuter's, and Lady JJones; Lieut.-Col. Sir John Chancel. for, formerly High Commissioner for }Paiestine, and Lady Chancellor; Mr. H. G. Wells, and Sir Stephen and and syoress of London.
'Lady Precious Stream" was first produced with great success at the [Little Theatre on November 28 and. since then has been attracting large'
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