Englishmen Hold First Big Function of Jubilee Jubilee celebrations in Shanghai were started in splendid style on Friday, when over 500 guests attended the annual ball of the Royal Society of St. George, ay the French Club, In accordance with the suggestion of the parent Society ay Home, the Ball had "been postponed: to the nearest convenient date to the Jubilee. The club itself had never looked" more attractive. A blaze of colour greeted the guests as they entered, St. George's colours, represented by red geraniums and marguerites, nestling against a background of dense green foliage. This note was continued up the stairs to the lobby, where the President, Judge A. G. Mossop, and Mrs. Mossop, received the guests. standing beneath the shield of Lineolnshire, the President's county.
Preceding the ball, Judge and Mfrs. Mossop entertained a dinner party of 42, with Admiral Sir Prederie Dreyer Lady Dreyer, the Presidents of indrad British organizations, " past Presidents of St. George's Society, and many members of the committees and of the official party amongst the ests 'A guard of Sikh troopers lined the staircase for the reception. Inside the ballroom, guests found themselves Surrounded on all sides by symbols of the patron saint of England, while the balconies above were beautifully decorated with trophies of British fags and county shields.
Afier "The King" had been pledged, Judge Mossop, toasting the memory of "St. George and Merrie, England," reminded the guests that '73 years had elapsed since ordered by the Council of Oxford that the feast of St, George should be kept by Englishmen as a. national festival, and, in obeying this injun tion this year, Englishmen had_ the added pleasure of merging the feast of the patron saint in the eelebr tions of the twenty-fifth anniversary. of the accession to the'throne of His Majesty King George V. asking those present to honour the toast of "St. George and Merrie England," the president. remarked that, at this time of Jubilee enthu lusm, he would confine himself to saying that Engl to Invoke the on whose patronage had hung many English deeds of chivalry, even down fo the glorious day of Zee brugge, 17 years ago. Englishmen were always inclined to show sympathy for the "bottom dog." Might they always preserve that trait which it~ self was' characteristic of St, George' knightly championship of the week against the strong,
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