Another innovation, which me! with popular acclaim, was the staging of "cutting-i" dances in the American style. Partners changed hands in quick succession during these dances—another tribute to the organizing ability of the Ball Committee, whose splendid work made the affair the success it was. was unable to be present owing to his absence from Shanghai; Brigadier-General E. B. Macnaghten, Lady Maze, Lady R. Calder Marshall, Mr. A. S. Henchman, Mr. M. Speelman, Comm. L. de Luca, Mr. E. F. Harris, Mr. C. Metzler, Mme. G. W. Boi: se vain, Mrs. E. F. Stanton, Mme. J.
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