To the Editor of the *NonmcGutsa Daste News"
Sin.—There has been s0 much cor respondence lately in your columns severely condemning the action of the Majestic Gardens promoters in daring disturb the sublime peace of Ave. Haig by erecting an entertainment
appear criminal to" take up resort in that vicinity, that it would the cudgels on behalf of these gentlemen, Nevertheless a number of facts in {favour of such a course of action, oF rather tending to minimize the Various inconveniences enumerated by [your correspondents have been overlooked by the majority of these rabid peace-lovers, and I propose, in all fairness, to make these points clear. the first place mest of these S*# have "stressed cabaret aspeet—blaring bands and'so {orthof the proposed "amusement centre, without paying due attention {o'the fact that the objective of the promoters is to provide Shanghai with some much-needed outdoor. rejereation, in the form of roller-skating, boating, ele, during the hot summer months. This healthful diversion will be all the more essential this year fas many of the otherwise" well-Datronized seaside resorts will not be fayallable to local residents in the: next few months.
While fully realizing the inconveniences which the residents. of Avenue Haig in the vicinity of the Majestic Gardens will be subjected" to in. the matter of noise and bustle, is it not logical to assume that these persons comprise Duta mere handful of the large crowds which will daily derive en-Joyment and recreation therefrom? Residents, taxpayers and " peaceful 1 citizens t0 boot, are entitled to enjoy. their evening rest, but it would be selfish for" them curtail the activities of a far larger and equally deserving section of the community (ratepayers and peaceful citizens cluded.
For instance, tram tracks run very close to my window and their rattle has the effect of waking me unns ly early in the morning—especially. in the summer when the noise has unimpeded passage into the house, Jam sure that several other people Shanghai are placed in the same predicament. But do we demand that the Shanghai Tram Company remove their tracks from our vicinity? Cer-lainly not, for it we did we would be bral 'a5 unsociable and fools That is a somewhat far-fetched example, but it serves to illustrate a point.
To ensure mutual satisfaction, however, could not some compromise be arranged between the residents in the Immediate vicinity of the Majestic Gardens and the oMcials of the. establishment, so that noise Is kept down to a very minimum and that roller-skating (which, incidentally' is far more exuberant than. boating dance-music) be permitted only until reasonable hour at night, Let us not deprive Avenue Haig {ts beauty sleep, by all-mea et us not also "deprive the rest the community from an opportunity. to amuse itself in the manner offered by the Majestic Gardens, Aw Inmanriat, Onseaven, [Shanghai, May 6, Indignatio Facit Versum To the Editor of the "NonmisCunxa Dany News"
Sim—So criminal did it appear to tus that an Intpantiat Osseaven should, have taken up the cudgels on behalf of the promoters of the gardens in question, that, in the fulness of our wrath, we could find no relief save in giving expression to our irrepressible "vein"—sinee LP. no longer at-fords us pospitality—in the following "impromptu" Lines:
'The chirping erlekets are sad and sti 'Wie Fado nusatices play" at wil tal the. timelfght ofthe feabarets™ "Those gigolo -haunls' that "some to 04 RS amma the render eae, ts aes jestic In name and nothing more 'That's what they' menace us all with Not\"Peace 1s not due to those who For, Where quiet reigns, there poisons atpere amulet reigns, there pol So, take OM waur hats to "The Police"
"And thereupon, moise all will" cosse, Shanghai, May 7.
Jack AND Jue, very similar and when he wrote the latter Shelley must have been influenced by the former. There is not redundant word in Lyeidas, but about the middle of Adonais there; fare several. verses which I always skip over when I read the poem. It seems to me that the classical refer-fences area trifle over done. There, too much of them.
Shanghai, May 6.
D. M, 7. Cours.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.