Some of our keenest Volunteers are very senior men with pasitinns of rear responsibility in civil life. They ence of their leisure Patten ti once they. hear inlaw to then state thi 1 fo press on with reeruit= addressed to you all, including officers on reserve. There are. tow many young and hearty men Shanghai, of Gf and suder who. are not in the Corps. "Tu these day every virile-bodied nan who doesn't put iit hit of training, ie a menace ta hinmelt and everybody elec in the We muct get at them, in and make training <0 interes Ast they will cheerfully put in their Parallete wily ome mniitary duties rus for then ween poral Country Club Shanghai.
Apr. 23.
Young, England a memorable afternoon out yesterday" when the Royal Society of St. George was their host at a parly at the Country There were, in children—but it felt like thou ables filled the ballroom—it utter had been cut it had sense to know its place, which was not upon the "festive board, Everything was as it, should bbe, of the most delicious and entice ing, Coloured balloons, those. Joys 10 all right-mi walls and fro the candid the least objection to being Photographed.
Atter tea there was a. splendid programme which started with a little burlesque called "Forgot-Me-Not"—in which Ann and Joan Baker and Joan Milward as respectively French chef, English cook and parlour maid, caused shrieks of joy. Next came the Lambeth Walk in character Ann Baker and Barbara. Tucker— most Qenutifully done. Mr. EA.
brought "Jimmy Drake," who behaved a budly ax he always det was a thoroughly bad example his audience, the bad lad reaping most unmerited applause, The Hem was a marvellous bird imitator conjuror. For his conjuring he wore old Chinese costume and he and his partner relapsed from dificult English into voluble "Peiching hua which gave the right atmosphere for all the amazing things he did, The finale came in a diate of glory when all thas gorgeous balloons descended from the ceiling. For {ime nothing oontd be done—the voice of authority called In vain, The har= Weslers were toa busy to listen, However, the end was a seemly one with a ety of "St, George for Merry England," the singing of God the King, three good cheers and a tiger, And so home—well. satisfied.
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