'A pretty wedding was solemnised at the Union Church on the first instant [June 1]. Reverend C. Bone officiated when Mr E. Leong, younger son of Reverend Leong On Teng, was joined in wedlock to Miss A. M. Kraal, daughter of Mr Samuel Andrew Kraal of Foochow. Dr To gave the bride away. She looked charming in her bride costume of soft satin with train veil and orange blossoms, and carried a lovely spray of tuber roses. Mr E. Abraham acted as best man and Miss Mackenzie as bridesmaid, and the nephews of the bridegroom as pages,' a report on June 7 said. The reception was held at Dr To's residence at Lower Castle Road. 'There were the usual felicitous toasts wishing happiness and prosperity to the married couple. Reverend Mr Wells delivered an eloquent speech and was warmly thanked by the bridegroom.' The bridegroom gave his bride a gold bracelet and ring, while she gave him a gold pencil case. Dr To gave the couple a modern drawing room suite, her mother gave her a jade necklace, the bridegroom's father gave a gold lady's watch, the bride's brothers gave a silver-mounted toilette set and the bridegroom's office friends gave a silver rose bowl.
A report on June 4 noted the efforts of the Tien Tau Hui, the Natural Foot Society, which was founded in 1897 by Mrs Little and is now run by Chinese. 'All over China women are throwing away their foot bandages and there is a society in every town ... But even with 15 years of agitation, reform comes slowly in China, and in 1910 an English authority on the subject estimated that 95 per cent of Chinese women were still bound. Gilden lilies the Chinese gentlemen call these deformed feet. Edward Allsworth Ross, the sociologist, calls them a sacrifice 'to the perverted tastes of men'.' Professor Ross added that 'everything in the upbringing of the girl - her foot binding, tottering lily gait, hair-dressing, skill in embroidery, innocence, ignorance and obedience - is obviously catering to the male'. The report concluded: 'Not one great man have the Chinese brought forth since they took to binding the feet and minds of their daughters. Railroads, mines and trade cannot add half so much to the happiness of the Chinese as the cultivation of the greatest of their undeveloped resources - their womanhood.'
'At 3am on Sunday last (June 2), Domigo Santos and Flaviano Olivia, with smiling faces and thoughts of diamond ring and new checkered and striped suits with maybe some red, yellow and green socks to match, swiftly but silently paddled away from the steamship Loongsang with 60 tins of prepared opium in their banco [boat],' a report on June 7 said. 'All was well until they were about 100 feet away from the Loongsang and then the silence of the night was broken by the muffled chug of the night patrol launch as it rounded the stern on the Loongsang at an 18 knot clip. The smile on the faces of Domigo and Flaviano disappeared but the thought of checkered and striped suits still remained, only in modified form. They were not cut with the knobby style of the best Escolta tailor and they seemed to hang differently. The banco was quickly overhauled by the night patrol launch and Domingo and Flaviano taken into custody, and the opium confiscated. The thick brown poppy dope, enough for about 60,000 happy dreams, weighing 14kg and valued at about P2,800, was brought to Hongkong by the Chinese cook ... who calls himself Lu Kao but is better known to the police as Loo Kuan. He and the two Filipinos are in custody and will be prosecuted.'
Under the heading 'The Super-blouse', a report on June 7 said 'the opening of the summer season is signalised by the triumphant return of the dressy blouse, elaborate in design and trimming, which has long been banished from the fashionable wardrobe. A West End modiste told an Express representative recently that the 'blouse and skirt' figure will be greatly in evidence for smart afternoon and also evening wear.'
