The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-12-16
LIFE IN GAY HONC-KONC.
Where These Who Can Afford II Do
Not Lack for Enter
tainment.

In the winter Hongkong is gay, SAY
f. j. Hardy, in John Chinaman a
Home, published by the ScriLDers
Those in the swim may dine or dane
out every evening. In the smmme
people are In the swim in a more !itera
SENSE, Tor that is the time for bathin!
parties, a form of amusement so health.
and rational that one wonders how so
ciety took to it. Between four and fv'
O'CLOCK a party steam in a launch tt
wnere the sea Is clean and there Is 6
sandy beach upon which tents or mat
Sneds nave been put up to serve as dress
ing rooms for the ladies. The men dor
bathing kit on the now c~urtained launch
ana swim to join the diving bellies, as
several Hongkong ladies may be called,
so proficient are they in aquatic exer-
clses. When tired of throwing about a
FOOTBALL in the water, the bathers re-
tire, the men to the launch and the wom-
en- TO the tents. Here they are given
CHERRY brandy and the sexes clothe and
reunlte. Tea Is then served, either on
lane or on the launch, during the return
journey.
sometimes people dine on the
launches, and being in no hurry to burn
ana dissolve in HongkOng, they stay out
pretty late in the moonlight. The gov
ernor, the two admirals, the general and
the chief justice lead society, and the
bishop blesses their doings as far as he
conscientiously can.
"Ot the civilians in Hongkong, all
that we shall say is that some are nicer
than others. The number ones, twos
and even threes of the great CONNER
clal firms are sometimes great social
successes. There are distinctions, how
ever, that are not easy to understand.
Why should pig-iron turn up its nose at
tenpenny nails?
To this distant land people come
with double names that sound formula
bic until it is discovered that the double
ones discharge very small shot
at home. The service people call the
dollar-snatchers. and the lat |
ter think of the former as dollar-lackers.
Dancing days and nights begin with the
three practice dances that precede the
ball which is given by Scotch residents |
each st. Andrews night. The great
difficulty men have is to get partners,
few unmarried girls are in the colony.
Here it is men and not women who are
IF men cannot get partners for a
unless they bespeak them days
before. it is even more difficult to get
hem for life. Owing to this scarcity of
wife material, as we'll as to impecunios-
y, young European men. instead of
marrying, form themselves into bach
:lor messes. Just before leaving Hong
long dincd at one OF these establish
nents. 1t was monstrous. There were
tx mere men daring to have as nice 4
rawing-room, as we'll arranged a table.
nd as good servants as any house |
ave seen run by that old institution
wife. 1t was unnatural, and a COM
l1ttee of women ought to break up the
less before the offenders get too much
ato the habit of ~celibacy and make Il
of their lives. The poor fellows
re starved at heart, however replete in
tomach, n each starts a dog for 2 [
Ompanlon. Alas! some of them go to {
ogs in other ways. A en-thousand- ,
Observation-Disclosures feeling has I
temptations connected with it." {