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Show I.eonoliV Clilne'e Ilmnc. HJ King Leopold of Belgium Ins Jnst HJ acquired a beautiful llttlo Chlueot. BH bouse as a curiosity. After much HH trouble It was acquired for him by tho HJ Belgian Consul nt Shanghai. Tho house is n marvel of beauty. It Is carved from top to bottom in splendid WH wood,- Tho rooms nro large, and nil S3 furnished lu Chinese style. The house, flH which will travel lu pieces to Belgium, HH is to bo bet up in tho park at Laeken, , HH where tho King has his country house, flHJ nud lias already erected a Chinese pa DJ goda and a Chinese tower. The lovo HJ of Chinese things wns a crazo of tho H Georgian period In England. We still HH ueo .-. cf !t In tho pagoda In Kew ,H GnrtifiiH ami lu much of tho early 'Bll Clilppeiidnlo work. livery lady oC HI these times had lipr black boy, her HJJ l hlnese griUortjiio jurcs, nud hor lit HI tie spaniel, H t JIB |