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CLINTON
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Office and Residence:
ntarlo Street — Clinton, Ont.
ne door west. of Anglican Church.
Phone 172 -
Eyea examined and glasses fitted
P.PH
73EGIN IIERE TODAY.
Peter Pennington known as "Chi -
0001". Pen rington, because of his slant
eyes, is detailed by the -government'20
run to earth the Yellow Seven, a gang.
of Chinese bandits. Iie suspects Cliat-
Hung, influential Chinese, of being. the
leader -o.f the gang. Pennington is in
lcve with Monica Viney, sister of'Cap-
tain John Hewitt, Commissioner of
Police at Jesselton, British North Bor-
neo.,Monica receives a Siamese kitten
for a present and names it Peter after
Pennington.'
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Pennington held a roving commis-
sion. The' extraordinary accident of
birth had condemned hint to go
through life with two diagonal slits
for eyes, had been mainly resonsible
for the unusual career he had select-
ed. When occasion demanded, he as-
sumed a gpiso,"o a half -cast trader,
'of a Chinese shopkeeper, as -coolie, or
even a ,mandarin. And in his jungle
wanderings, the natives who had dub-
bed him "he who. sees ho the dark,"
had endowed him also with sundry
ether powers.
As far as washumanly possible,
Pennington worked alone, and the
Commissioner of Police was never
surprised when he disappeared for
Weeks at a time, nor bothered his head
about this extraordinary youth until
he turned up again. 'It was shortly
after his interview with Chinese' Pen-
nington„ however, that certain inci-
dents occurred that gave food for re-
flection. On visiting the shop of Lien -
Yin ---the agent of the notorious Chai-
Hung=Hewitt found it closed, and
none•. of the neighboring•traders ap-
peared able to supply hint with the in-
formation he sought as to the where-
abouts of Lien -Yin himself.
Hewitt returned, to the bungalow
in search of Penninton, only to learn
that he had gone out half an hour be-
fore, and hadleft no message. The
Commissioner swore softly to himself
and sent the boy for Monica. It oc-
curred to him that his sister might
be of help. At any rate, she was prob-
ably the last person who had seen
Pennington. -
The servant returned with e mes-
sage that Monica was suffering,from
a severe headache and that he was not.
to wait lunch for her.
The Chinese servant shuffled in and
placed a small tray on the table -before.
him. The Commissioner reached out
forthe glass, looking down alt the
while attheman's bare tees.
"What did you buy at the shop of
Lien -Yin this morning?" he remanded
with sudden fierceness.
The Chinaman started violently. ,
"Nothing,. tuan," he stammered,
evidently taken off his guard.
Hewitt's brows converged..
"What were you doing there—if you
bought nothing?"
The creature opened -his mouth, but
no sound -came, He stood before the
Englishman, twisting his fingers to-
gether, glancing from one object to an-
other as if in search of .inspiration.
' "The 'shop df Lien -Yin is closed; I:
he announced suddenly.
Tho Commissioners, sprang to his
feet. Ido crossed to the rail and called
to an orderly on duty outside.
am going .26' arrest • you, my
friend," he said grimly.
The servant's eyes dilated with ter-
ror and he shrank back against the
wall, both handsoutstretched in front
of him.
"Blit why, tuan?"
"Because 1 have seen a certain titan'
who was in LienYin's shop when you
went" He paused to observe the effect
of this feat of imagination. He heard
you warn Lien -Yin that my men were
coming to take him."
The features of the swarthy face
hardened as the Chrnaman's eyes, fell
upon the figure of the orderly who
lurked •inquiringly on the threshold.
"It is a lie, tuan," the servant pro-
tested sullenly,,'because there was no-
body in the shop when I went."
Hewitt turned abruptly to conceal
the smile that played at the corners
of his mouth.
"Take him ,away," he Commanded
"and don't let him-out'bf your sight."
a a:
* a, -*
It was on the evening of the fourth
day -after Pennington's departure
that the new boy --engaged -in place
of the one who was under arrest --
came in with the announcement that a
deputation was.swaiting in the garden.
The Commissioner and Mrs, Viney
were at dinner. Hewitt looked up.
"Who are they?"
The boy .shook his head.
"There aro six of tt;• m tuan and
rt
they have come a long distance,
The. Commissioner shrugged his
shoulders.
He passed a hand through his hair
and vanished through the ,open door-
way.
The night was unusually dark and a
cool breeze met him as he reached the
open verandah. A broad rectangle of
light, corning frons the house, felLupon
the soft earth at the foot of the steps.
and, just beyond it, he saw the forms'
of six men, their garments contrasting -
weirdly with the intense blackness
without., A short, uniformed., figure,
in a round hat and • bare feet, came
smartly to attention as he approached.
"Wee, what is it?" inquired Hewitt,
Bei Ore the native non-commissioned
officer could re;iy, a tall Chinaman
pushed, to the top of,,the steps. 'and'
stood before the Comrnsroner r
;',Great' tuan," he began `sneaking
^,
•ra p y y idl `in Mala I am -.tibren
Yin the
agent of the great Chai-Huug'-q✓ho rs
Hewitt looked up. sharply c ,
(3o";on, _he corniiiand,ed.Presently
I shall have something to say to
"you;
LCA—Yon."
f,,,"Ciinr Ilnng' is dead,"' the
obxr.,"ti
iter, ujip rtui•led. ;~ czotetti
s ;'So I beli•eve'" put in the tinglish=
man coldly.: Ile was gazing toward a
diinlyoutlined case,suspenc'dedi;frotn
,�gtl�Drl,°�{2ii1rH'
lite tier, t y
Ro m9eivi6reli1f m
itv,i poles the exticrnities of which
rested on the shoulders' of four inert-!
'How, exactly, did Chili -Rimy die?"
"He was poisoned, titan. I cannot
tellyonuthe manner of his death be-
cause I
e-cause,I was not there. You will under-
stand that I' was the agent of Chai-
Hung, paid to do his bidding. It is
to further carry out his wishes that
4 have tomo to you tonight. There is
a boat leaving for Singapore tomor-
row, tuan, and it is desired that the
remains of my late master should he
conveyed in it to the tomb of his an-
cestors."
n-cestora "
The, Commissioner gasped.
"The remains of Chai-Hung?" he
echoed,
'Yah,-tuan.'t.
"Where are they?"
"There, tuan." Hepointed along
fingernail toward the garden, indieht-
ing.the case Hewitt had already seen.
Thin. Commissioner ,drummed on ;the
woodwork of the table with the tips of
his fingers.' He found it difficult to
reconcile the enormous figure,of the
Chinese bandit when alive -with the
ridiculous box that was supposed to
contain all that was left of him when
dead!
"How do you mean—there?" he de-
handed presently. "What does that
case contain?"
"It contains a bronze jar" said Lien -
Yin calmly, "and in the jar are the
ashes of Chai-Hung.".
Hewitt sprang to his feet and be-
gan pacing the Verandah.'
"What nonsense is this?" he jerked
out over his shoulder. "Since when
have .you commencedburning your
dead?"
For the
first time Lien -Yin' smiled.
His evil pock -marked face puckered up
into innumerable wrinkles and he
groped in the depths 'of a voluminous
sleeve, He produced a yellow docu-
R. PERCIVAL HERRN
Office and,Reaidence:
uron, Street - Clinton, Ont.
Phone 69
oimerly•-occupied by the late Dr.'
C. W. Thompson).
Eyes examined and glasses fitted
DR.• H. A. MCINTYRE
DENTIST
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18005 No, 27-'28 :",
s+.:.
•
A tall Chinaman pushed to the top
of the steps.
ment, wound on a rod of black wood
with tassels of red silk at either end.
"These are the last wishes of the
great Chai-Hung," he said.
"State them briefly," commanded
Hewitt.
"That, because I have lived"both in
the West and in the East and have
seen customs that are bad and seine
that are good, I would wish niy body
to be disposed et in a manner that I
believe to be good. That, in the event
of my death in any place outside
China, my body shallbe burnt and the
ashes placed in an urn made by my
people and siutably inscribed, and
shall • be transported with as little de-
lay aspossible to the home of my.an-
cestor0—" •
"I see," broke in the Commissioner,
taking the scroll from his hand. "You
will come to me in the morning, Lien -
Yin, for my decision. In the mean-
time both this and the package must
remain here, Do you understand?"
The Chinaman appeared to hesitate.
""They are the ashes of the dead,"
he reminded the Commissioner.
"Precisely,' agreed Hewitt. "But
you forget, Mr. Lien -Yin, that I still
hold a 'warrant 1 Or the arrest of Chai-
Hung, dead or alive!" -
Ho stuck the thing on the top of
the safe in his office.
Captain John Hewitt had long ago.
given up collecting curios, and yet this
great bronze jar fascinated him. If
indeed the ashes of the great Chai-
Hung reposed within, his own troubles
were at an end, Pennington was free
to return to Singapore, and the whole
of the scattered white community of
the island were at liberty to retire
tranquilly to rest. Moreover, it seem-
ed as if within the funeral urn'•of
Chai-Hung lay the key to Monica's
happiness.
He rose presently and, lifting the
jar from its perch, turned itr•ound'and
round in his.hands. The thing was'n
masterpiece.. of Oriental craftsman-
ship, and the. lettering that he had be-
lieved
e
lieved to be painted on the bronze sur-
face -was inlaid, a process that must
have taken years of patient toil to ac-
complish. And yet. Chai-Hung had
only been dead fol arnatter of days!
Re found himself wondering what the
inscription :implied, and wishing that
Chinese Pennington—who could have
speedily enlightened him—had'dhosen
any other time but this to be away.
For some reason or..other, he began to
feel dissatisfied with the way in which
the trophy had come (into his posses -
scion. - It was a pertectly iiatural se-
Oacnes of events; after all, and per-
Which worried him.
rtwh
ha s
it was that p
Hewitt flicked the ash from his
mgai. Tushing abruptly, he saw Mop -
if standing in the doorway. She was
'ivearing the satire kimono as. when
Peiiirington.had surprised them in the
office and the Siamese kitten was
tucked snugly under one arm. It seem-
ed.to the Commissioner that she was
unusually Pale and there were dark
lines under her eyes that he had not,
noticed before.
�._•, r' (To be continued.), -
n'nguage :Mastery
Technical toxistruction Not,
essential to Reading,
`gays Bureau
'Ilene scams. to be a trlckio read
belief. among the •tatty, itis well as
among teachers, 61101 a deLalled ac-
quaintance - with the le 1/11/011 con
,structien of a language .o that it can
444444...... ho. writtencorrectly; is e seutlal to,
the intelligent inteipreaiou or use of
the language but t2ie principle seems
clear' that:when a rictieein..trying to.
gain a reading mastery of a language
he ought not to be impeded by, any
technical matters which are not ab-
solutely essential to the "'gaining of
content readily, understandingly 101111.
appreciatively, Says` the Baited States
Bureau of Education.
'He should acquire the iiiebit ct
driving ahead in his reading instead
of being,,ret'arded in order,to analyze
grammatical details, with the result
that, he cannot make rapid progress
forward because he is Preoccupied'
With details inward; the. buroau con-
rtit-". .
THE BABY'S FIRST SHORT
CLOTHES
When baby is ready for short
clothes mother will be happy to find
this combination pattern, No. 1174,.
which contains a short coat, with or
without cape, short jacket and bonnet.
Just, everything for "byebyo" land.
The simple coat is made with a yoke,
that always„ adds a little graceful
touch to the straight line. The round
collar gives a tailored finish and is
cut for comfort. The cape adds
warmth for, the cool days. It may be.
sewed in one seam with the collar to
the coat, or made and used separately.
For the cool days and warm evenings,
when just some light wrap is wanted',
the simple: little jacket with set-in
eleeves will quite answer every need.
The bonnet, with a rover that is be-
coming to every baby face, fits nicely
by the use of small plaits at the neck-
line. Cut in one size, and requires
2% yards for the entire outfit. Price
20c the pattern. -
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
Write your name and address plain-
ly, giving numlier and size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number and
address your order to Wilson Pattern
Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto.
Patterns sent by return mall• Agricultural Co-operation
La Presse (Ind.) : We in the Pro-
vince of Quebec, acting under the
skillful supervision and with the con-
stant help of the' Provincial Ministry
of Agriculture, have succeeded in the
practical ,organization of an associa-
tion of milk producers. The results
already achieved furnish a remark-
able example of the benefits which are
likely to be derived from co-opera-
tion. -
She.: I,11 tell your fortune for a
quarter.
Ile: You've already told' it.
'It Is ad1''sable tot a novice. early
to gain the sense tlrat ho can move
forward readily and surmount lin-
guistic difficulties .easily. It is prob-
able thatthe chief reason wliy such
a large -proportion of our correspon-
dents have
orrespon-dents'biavo .read no material In; any
language sines, •graduation is that
they ha:d acquired reading habits
'Which :did not yield easy snastet y of
the language for the purpose of gain-
tingGontent readily, understandingly
and 'appreciatively., '
"Experimental data relating to the
acquisition of 'reading mastery of
the native tonge.e lead to the belief
that it is psychologically and linguis-
tically not true that explicit knowl-
edge of the technical construction of a
language so that it,.can be written cor-
rectly is necessary, for a reading mas-
tery of the language. Exactly the
contrary appears to be true.
"It has been proved beyond ques-
tion, in respect to the native tongue,
that explicit awareness of teohnical
details isa barrier to a reading mas—
tery of the: language, since reading is
a synthetic process in which words
must function marginally and merely
as s'ym'bols to revive content; and the
gaining of content. is not -dependent
upon a knowledge of teohnical ,minu-
tiae in linguistic construction.
•"In acquiring a reading.mastery of
the native tongue the child gains his
reading habits very largely, and often
completely, before he undertakes a
detailed study of the teohnical con-
struction of the language Fortunate-
ly his reading habits become so set-
tled before his technical study be-
gins that they are resistant to disturb-
ance from technical' study. I1 the
child were detained in the acquisition
of reading until he began the, study of
grammar and had exercises in oani-
nosttion, he would be serlou0ly handi-
capped in Ids mastery of the art of
arts so that he could read easily, ap-
prociattvely and understandingly."
A Matter of" Taste '
S. C. Squire in the London Observer
find.): (In "The Open Conspiracy" H.
G. Wells describes a newer and more
"Modern Utopia.") One man's Utopia
is another man's poison, I dowant
the poor to be richer;'I do object to
the wasteful use of the 'world's im-
measurable resources; 5 am curious
about scientific discovery. But I do
not want a world of mixed races, of
breeding supervised by experts, and of
universal rush. For that is what Mr,
Wells 'seems to want: a posterity in-
terested in . posterity, and that in-
trested in another posterity; , each
generation laboring to -discover more
and leave more to another generation
of slaves of the future, The future;
is it not Mi'.`Wells's own scientists
who tell us' that the world will one
day go cold—it' a collision with .a
comet hasn't previously occurred? •
I have no illusions about the intelli-
gence of lions. Their memoriesdim
so quickly that you could drink their
brains were sewn on with a needle
and thread. --Charles T; Gay, Veteran
Lion Tamer.
"OrangePekoe" is only the name ghreti to a skte
• eaall--Soaxrie goody Deny poor, Orange, , Pekoes.
are soid�-The most economical ant y'o} the finest
flavoured is '®SALADA" Orange Pekoe=—Sealed hi
medal-=-pturch,frekia—deli .i + os 43o per' 4..gb.
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BLEND 2a
Bag
C<ttmmu fists' War ;.ln Kissig
Satirized in Rai sian Press
Attack 'on "Sinister, Aristocratic Survival" Leads' to Opposi
' tion and Many Questions
The , Central Committee of the pulsion through • adminilltratlon chin -
Young Communlst.Organization of the nels, simply to reorganize the cerci
Guber'niya of Saratof recently ordered mony of kissing upon a sound class
all its local groups to wage a cam- basis?' For example: Iii the future
paigp against the practice 'of 'kissing a peasant lad trust no longer say 'I
as a "sinister, aristocratic sut•.vtV,at of love you" to 'his village beauty, but e
the old regime, al.sign of social disin- must, shout out a hurrah for the pout
tegration disgraceful for a society of try* cooperative association of - his
class : conscious workers and peas- native villago •at every kiss as a sign
ants." . The order drew the following of his love„
comment from A. Soritch, a Moscow A Gradual Abolition
t has been going - Which-
g gthe
rounds of the Russian prosy:
"So, the kiss poisons the righteous
mind of a revolutionist and paralyzes
his will 'in the battle for 'communism!
It gnaws at ideology like the grubs at
the rye. Everybody who kisses, or is
kissed, becomes a cowardly betrayer
of the accomplishmentsof the .Novem-
ber revolution! • To arms against this
confusing evil of the days of a Tux- thusiastic for; the reform.
ganyet! "Another correspondent advocated
"The circular of the' Youth Society the placing of,kisstng in the category
has carried elementary confusion into of customs without social danger.
the youthful spirits of the: whole,Sara- "The Saratof Yoth Society has had
tof distriot. From all towns and vil- its own troubles looking over and au:
leges comes a hall of queries, pro- ewering all these Involved questions.
tests, technical suggestions and pians For this was really a 'new pPobiem
for improvement. that has not been foreseen by any
Varietlee.of'the•Salute 'calendar and could not be cleared up
kisses in general to'be abol- offhand _within. a fixed. time, For,
"Are Order nNo. 722? ran One strange to say, thus far, Ulla burning
is
question had never been made the
query, or only the evening kisses un-
Mea-
der the chestnut tree in the branches subject of a single circular from Mos
of which a blue-blooded feudal night- cow, nor of a leading editorial in
tinsels sings its decadent song to the Pravda, nor of even the thinnest kind
moon? of a brocheur in the party libraries.
'We herewith express our comradely
"All right, so far as kisses on the sympathy: with the energetic Saratof
mouth are concerned, _ said some, but comrades and wish them complete
how about a kiss on the cheek or a success.' But why wait far Moscow?
kiss on the forehead, especially as the' Perhaps the 'people there have not
latter is no doubt calculated to speed grasped -the importance of this matter
up the tempo of Socialist reconetruc- and have overlooked the time for fro-
tion and to awaken the pure com• trenal help!
inanity spirit in' the tough hearts of act course it is much more import-
the
mportthe younger generation of flghmters? ant than looking after' the schooling
Are brotherly kisses upon the ear- and• the cultural education of the
lobes of the nose allowed? Are kisses young to have a main commission,
permissible when preceded ' by a with sub -committees,' solve the prob.
Marvian analysis of the causes and lem: If you,' when you meetmy aunt,
waves of feeling from which this errs- may kiss her, or not; and if not, why
tom arises? , not?
"Or wouldn't it be worth while, in- "Comrades in Saratif, I wish I had
stead of resorting to means of corn- your troubles and also your leisure!"
Radio Links Two Isolated
Pacific Isles With Hairy;: end•
"One of the many questioners made
the not so unreaeonable suggestion
that the number of kisses be rationed
out on a descending scale,'' Say a
daily portion of five kisses in the :be-
ginning, which would be lessened by
one kiss at every anniversary of the
revolution. This snail's pace would
certainly be to the taste of the village
Soviets, which, in fact, are not go en
Inhabitants of Nauru and Ocean Islands Converse Daily With
Australia, New Zealand and' Ships at Sea 50.0
Miles Away Through Telephone Circuit
Auckland, New Zealand. -Way down Nauru and Ocean•The captain dis-
under the equator, and about 2,200 cusses his cargo with the :More staffs,
miles north of New Zealand, are two who thus obtain intimate details of all
little palm covered islands, each only that is arriving on the trip. It is no
about: six miles in diameter. For uncommon thing for the wireless .oper-
years their,solo output was a few tons ator to comp down..iuto the saloon
of copra. Then •cairie the discovery and say to one of the lady passengers,
that these two islets were worth, as "Mrs, So -and -So, you are wanted on
they' stood, more than $1,000,00.0,000, the phone." The lady looks surprised
for the cocoanuts at Nauru and Ocean till she realizes<thatlsho is traveling
Islands were growing over hundreds en the only vessel in the Southern
of millions of tons of the richest phos- hemisphere oquipped,with a wireless
phate rock in the world. To -day the telephone. Then she runs up delight -
British. Phosphate CommIssioir works edly ;to chat with her husband 500
these deposits. to the extent of nearly miles away on a little ocean Speck,
a `million tons' per annum, and where to inform him what a great time she
a solitary -trading schooner once lias had in Australia, and .evert to give
called occasionally;• tramps come daily him ,inotruetloa8 '260 Ole coon, and the
to load the fertilizers, chiefly for Aus- dinner en the night of her arrival.
tralia and New 5Zealand. Sometimes a call comes from the
A high-powered wireless plant, one only other installation of the kind In
of the chain by which Germany once the South Pacific, one belonging to.
girded the Pacific, now, works under the Methodist mission station in the
British control at Nauru, claimed to Solomon. Islands.'' Here lonely m1s-
be, for its 'size, the wealthiest island sionaries working among savage .na
in the 'world, But mere Morse com- tives revel in the opportunity for 0
munication with, the great outside' chatwith folk 'of their own color and
world is insufficient ..for the :00mmer- race. This little chain of radio tele-
Dial operations at Ocean and Nauru, Phones,' three ashore and one afloat
which lie 10 miles apart.- is playing its part in breaking down
Each island'- has its own wireless that 'tropical -monotony `that` is the
telephone plant, a halt kilowatt instal- greatest drawback rawback to life in the little
lation for two-way conversion,, anti islands of. the southern seas. They
dailythe ananagers and other offlclale operate on a wave length of 720
call one another up over this 160 males reters clear of all infnrfereueo from
to discuss all details regarding ohtput, ship traffic, and at tithes are heard by
loadinganti .other' matters affecting amatet rs in Australia a'o`d New Zea-
` j . .
the comm mission's work. on board the land who specie-1lytune in for them:
Nauru Chief, the 'supply ship which Capt3in'Johnstone of the Nauru'Clrlef
carries officials; native labor and stores .declares'that the radiophon•eis to him
to the two islands, is a similar half- a Ggd0ond and to the Phosphate Coni-
kilowatt.MaroeniSet, and when with- mission au,lnyo(tnlnt Llr t tae savety
in a 500 -mile range this voagel is Id
constant ' daylight convore on with.
die arectioand oI?;rA g,; 4.31,51.go ti er, xx;.
WAS NOT HER OWN
"She gave me au ugly. look."
'Well, it couldn't have been 'her
own, as she still has 1t."
Suspense in China
London Times (Ind.): Tho possi-
bility of a renewal of civil war owing'
to a clash between the forces of the
various leaders cannot even now be
eteluded, and in such a war the dis-
order would certainly be greater than
before. The risk is great, but there
are two strong moderating influences.
The first is the manifest triumph of
the/vague, \strong, but still most Im-
perfectly organized forces in Chinese
politica that is called Nationalism, and
that does to some extent, .bold . mere
destructive militarism in check. The
second is the frank recognition of the
new spirit in China by foreign Pow-!
ers, first by Groat Britain, and now,
after a considerable interval, by. Ja-
pan, For the moment Japan bears a
very great respousibility. That re-
sponsibility can only be effectively
exercised if it 31s fully shared, on
agreed principl'os, by all the Powers
who are directly Interested in Chiba.
and wireless have tree
Gramophones a V o
become. habits 'instead of pleaeui'es.—
Cyr•il Scott.
ome's Moral Wave
Hits -Coast Res R•;rts
Government Orders Prefects
t� See That Bathing Suits
Are Limited to •
Beaches ;
Rome.—The Italian seaside resorts
bid• fair to be rather tante this year.
After "Moralizing" almost all other as-
pects of Italian life, Fascismo has now
decided to turn its attention to the
beaches, where rich Italians and for-
eigner's cheat boredom during the
Summer months, indulging in a Bo-
hemian freedom from the usual con-
ventions as to dress and deportment.
Just when a majority of Italians are
abandoning the sweltering cities and
are headed toward the sea and look-
ing forward to spending a few months
without ever wearing anything
heavier than a bathing suit, they have
been overtaken-- by a circular issued
by Premier'. Mussolini to all Perfects
having seaside resorts within their
jurisdiction, bidding the mto `exereise
the closest supervision that the strict•
est standards of morality will not bo
broken.
•It is forbidden to wear bathing suits
that do not measure up to the ideal of
et'letest puritanism. One-piece bath-
ing salts, therefore, are absolutely ta-
boo. It is forbidden to dance or dine
in bathing suits or even in dressing.
gowns.; it is forbidden to appear any-
where but on the beach unless fully
dressed. The bathing cabin for men
and women must be kept severely
separate, except the family cabins.
The deportment of bathers .must bo
such as not to give offense to the ntost
scrupulous sticklers for propriety.
These are some of ,the outstanding
features of the new Govermnent or-
ders.
Recently published anecdotes of
George III. of England assert that the
first' public intimation of his derange•
meat came when Ise opened Parlia-
ment with the'. words: "illy Lords and
Turkeycocics;
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