The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
LIFE m GAY HoNc-koNc.
where These VINO Can AfoEd II Do
Not Lack for Enfer-
tainnleut

IN the winter H0ngkong e gay says
Z. J. Hardy. in John Chinsman Al
Home. published By the scribners
Those in the swim may dine or dance
out every evening II the summer
people are in the swim IN a more literal
sense. for that i the tine for bathing
parties a form Of amusement 50 healthy
and rational thar one wonders hOE 50
cIety took 70 il. Between four and i've
O'Clock a party steam IN = launch 10
where the sea is clean and there is
sandy beach upon which tents or maj
sheds have been put up 10 serve As dress
ing rooms for the ladies The men don
bathing XII On the nov curtained launch
and swim 70 join the diving bellies. as
several Hongkong ladies may Be called.
so proficient are they in aquatic exer-
cises. 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
reunite. Tea is then served. either on
land or on the launch. during the return
journey.
Sometimes people dine on the
launches. and being in no hurry TO bura
and 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 be
conscientiously can.
''Of 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
eial 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 AZ
tenpenny nails,
TO this distant land people come
with double names that sound formida-
bic until II is discovered that the double
barreled ones discharge very small sho.
at home. The service people call the
civilians 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
on each ST. Andrews night The great
dificulty men have is to get partners.
so few unmarried girls are in the colony.
Here it Is men and not women who are
waIl-howers.
II men cannot get partners for
dance unless they bespeak them days
before. IL is even more difncult to get
them for life. Owing to this scarcity OF
wife material, as well as to impecunios-
ty, young European men. instead OF
form themselves into bach
elor messes. Just before leaving Hong
kong ! dined at one Of these establish
ments. II was monstrous. There were
SIX mere men daring TO have as nice 4
drawing-room, as well arranged a table.
and as good servants as any house
have seen run by that old institution
wife. 1t was unnatural. and a com
mittee Of women ought to break up the
ness before the offenders get too much
iLtc the habit Of celibacy and make a
mess Of their lives. The poor fellows
are starved at heart. however replete N
and each starts a dog for a
Alas, some Of them 20 to |
logs In other ways. A ten-thousand- |
feeling has
many temptations connected with IT,"