By Peiping, Nov. 26.
Cocktail parties have been the order of the day and the spacious rooms of the Netherlands Legation were filled with the guests of Their Excellencies, Baron and Baroness de Vos. van Steenwyk at the one they gave on Monday, the 18th.
Tne Hon. Desmond Parsons gave a very, small but most delightful "Cocktail" to introduce hig brother and sister-in-law, the Earl and Countess of Rose, to his intimate friends. They are here on their honeymoon and now Mr. Parsons has an almost complete family circle around him, because his mother, the Viscountess de Vesci is also spending a few weeks in Peiping. Mr. Parsons has taken a pretty Chinese house in the old Tartar City, his mother is staying there with him, but the Rosses are at the Hotel jo Pekin, seems that in every letter 1 mention the Institute of Fine Arts," but the truth is that it plays such an Important part in local activities that it Is impossible to ignore it Last week the Institute sponsored two important events, the first was. the Black and White Photo Society of Shanghai's exhibition and the second the play "Der Schatz des Rhampsinit (The Treasure of Rhampsinit) which was acted by local German residents, The principal parts were admirably taken by Fraulein Erna Funke og the "Princess Diora" and Herr Hans Heldinger as "Suit her lover. Other actors were Grete Reltsig, Hilde Seidel, "Marianne Lemmer, Paul Scharffenberg, Frederich Heinze, Herbert Thonis, Theo Slickers and Alfred Mayer. The play was an Egyptian and the costumes "were most beautiful, great pains having been taken over the colour schemes, One-man Show 'A. "one-man" exhibition is at present going on of the pictures of Mr, Ginpoh-King, the gon of that. most Popular and' respected resident, Mr. Sotsu-King. The pictures are, course, being shown in the Fine Arts Hall, and are extremely good, 1 think Mr. King hag been wise "in ticking to the art of his country, comparable as it is, and without Joubt he is rapidly becoming one of hho most distinguished of the young Chinese artists.
All good and charitable persons flocked to the British Women's Bazaar an Wednesday, the 20th, at' Grand Hotel des Wagons-Lits. "This is an annual event, the proceeds of which help many local' charitable institu tons such as the School for the Blind, the Old Men's and Women's Homes, the Salvation Army charities. ete.
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