Further to emphasize the unques-Hioned general popularity of the late 'Mr' Kenneth Dabelstein, a correspondent writes:—Mr." Dabelstein's untimely and deplorable death has been the cause of great sorrow among his very wide Circle of friends in Shanghai, who will long remember him for his kindly and charming' manner and nature, and miss his presence and company amongst them. He possessed many attractive attributes, among which were his extremely charitable nature, displayed in various ways, and his solicitude for the welfare of animals in distress, It is "not long since: I was the withes of a typical act. of Kindness on Kenneth's part, when, he stopped on The Bund to pick up poor little mongrel dog which had lost itself and was trotting about in the roadway at imminent risk from the unceasing trafic. Having fe-soued the animal, he took it round to the Central Police Station and requested that it be given care and attention.
T would like to amplify the particulars of Kenneth's career. He was born in Shanghat on July 31, 1805, and received his early education' at Miss Jewel's schoo! in Hongkew. He was taken to England when about ten years of age, and the remainder of his school life was spent at Cheltenham College, where hho gained considerable prominence gan athlete and gymnast, Just after he left school, the Great War broke out, and strong endeavours were made by influential English relatives of his mother—who,, by the way, is not a Canadian, "but an Englishwoman, having been born and brought up in the old town of}
Laneaster—to obtain a commission for Kenneth in the British Army. This was found impossible, owing to his father's German nationality, and he returned to Shanghai with his mother. He then spent a year or! two In' the office of his father, who: was partner in the now defunct firm of HEM, Schultz & Ca, picces goods. importers.
'As the War progressed, Kenneth' evinced a strong desire to participate actively on the side of the Allies, It was thought possible he might be accepted for service with the American forces, and, with this object in view, the proceeded to the United States towards the end of 1917, His hopes were, however, doomed to disappointment, as he was once more ejected onthe same grounds as in England. "He spent the next two or [three years in San Francisco busi-nese concerns, and took the nec sary "steps. to acquire Americ: citizenship. He returned to Shanghai about 1922 and in the following year he joined the sta of the Robert Dollar Ca,, with whom he had since been associated.
Tt is within the writer's knowledge that, for a considerable time past, Kenneth had not been really in very sound health, causing him to become the victim of frequent fits of mental depression. No-one, however, could Cemetery near Woosune Only three graves are still visible, two of them being marked by stone rosses. The weather hes practically fon the eross on the left, while that on covers the remains of Henry Perkins drowned at We vradieated all traces of the tnveription the right, almost covered by creepers, 2-year old' British sailor" who was woosung In 1001,
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