Local Scots Observe St. Andrew's Day in Traditional Style Debutantes Presented N° people who have strayed from their Homeland to set foot abroad maintain with such a fervour the customs and traditions of their) native country as do Scotsmen in their. widely scattered communities.
Yesterday, the whole world belonged to Scotland for it was St. Andrew's Day and sons and, daughters from across the Tweed, whether they were in Edinburgh or Glasgow, or thousands of miles away from the land of heather, rejoiced. In Shanghai with its large quota of Scots, the day was marked by gay festivities organized by St. Andrew's Society of Shanghai, culminate ing in the brilliant spectacle of the Caledonian Ball last night. "The British Ambassador and Lady Clark Kerr, Sir Allan and Lady Mossop and Sir Herbert an d Lady Phillips were unable to be present owing to t oath of the Queen of Norway and the resultant British Court mourning.
Commencing at 830 am. with thei annual wreath-laying ceremony at: the War Memorial, where a large crowd assembled, the observances of the national day were marked by the remembrance of those Scoismen who had passed on, all present at the impressive ceremony standing bareheaded while Pipe Major J. Forbes of the Shanghai Scottish played that famous lament "Flowers of the Forest.
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