To Keep in Touch THE CITY OF POWELL'S To Keep in TouchTM CITY
With Home.
ALEXANDRA-
BUY A
BUILDINGS VICTOR TALKING
TOP UP-TO-DATE
Trimmed.
and
Untrimmed
Millinery
+
FLOWERS, FOLIAGE, etc.
VICTORIA =
=
=
CINEMATOGRAPH
TO-NIGHT I
AND
TO-NIGHT!
TUESDAY, 13th April, 1909.
The Magnificent Film THE
CATASTROPHE OF SICILY
Awful Panorama of Mesina after the Earthquake of 28th Dec., 1908. Balvage and Conveyance of wounded people. The Masina Railway Conveying the survivora. The Port.
Don't Miss the Opportunity to admire this Wonderful Film. Hongkong, March 6, 1909,
328
LEXANDRA CINEMATOGRAPH
No 2, ZETLAND STREET
-Cones or HQOBAIN-AL'S, -NEAR CLOCK
TOYER.
TO-NIGHT AND IVERY EVENING, 9 to 11 PME,
À ̈SION 60 ole.. 80 ctă, and #1.20.
MISS ROSA BARNES,
TAR CHLEBRATED SOMETY FRTERTAINER, Contínual Change of Fülma.
THE REST PICTURES IN TOWN, Hatry Performancsa daily 7 to 8.30 2.M. Prices 30 cents and 25 conta SATURDAY, 17th April, at 4 P.M. MATINEE for Children.
Hongkong. January 26, 1909.
111
THE STAR CINEMATOGRAPH
WINDHAM STREET,
up from the Clock Tower,
IN
TOWN-
THE
RAIN BOW
DANCE
rary Evening 9 to 11 o'clock, Pelon 50 cents, 80 cents and $1.20.
NOVELTY MATINEE EVILY SATURDAY, Bt o'clock.
Hongkong, March 16, 1909.
GARMICHAEL AND
OLARKE,
$76
MACHINE.
A STOCK OF OVER
200-MACHINES
AND
10,000 RECORDS
TO SELECT FROM,
EASY PAYMENTS
OAN BE ARRANGED.
S. MOUTRIE & CO., LD.
YORK BUILDINGS, CHATER ROAD.
Hongkouz. April 16, 1907.
2 PEDDER
PHONE
No.
ITAM ANIHO GHT ______
THE CHINA MAIL.
PARIS, the tiger, and conceale kliem in as if dansing was golig to be a list are
536.
STREET, grace that no human being sin so far, si loast, sa the sterner sex were approsob, no matter how persistently concerned, but a great change has be trains or practisne So with the come about in recent years and it is children, the dancing, which secum almost a reproach nowadays for men just fan for them, proves of the at- of the middle and upper classes not to most value in strengthening their know something about the art
CLEARANCE
SALE
NOW ON.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.
Meeting.
2.10 p.-Meeting of His Majesty's Justices of the Pesos at the Magistracy.
Ainusements, 9p..-Performance at the City Hall.
General Memoranda, WEDNESDAY, April 14:-
dats ohjeet to rent.
SATURDAY, April 17:---
P
his aboulder,
器
|
MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1908.
REFORMING AMERICA'S
THE COLONY'S FINANCES,
In the Hongking Government faselts them appeare's detailed statement shoving the Treasury's total receipte and expen- dituro for the you: 1908. Tuls is not of
together satisfactory chamoter, for under a number of heads the estimates
run from $393,641.38 at the begin havs not been realised, while the balanca
ning of the your to 138,005,97 at the close.
There is a total mrenus of $6,104,207.33, which falls | Below the estimates by #123,682.07.
TARIEF:
'A HUNDRED AMENDMENTS TO BILL
(Beuter'a Servíca to skë, Elina Mail: Copyright "protestel under Ordinance So) 1994:)
Lonnor, April 10
The Washington House of Repre sentatives bas passed the Tariff Bill Under the eight-hands of revenus four with one hundred amendments. Tən
are produced more than anfteipated and sud coffee bare been definitely placed slike number less than expected. Light| on the free lat. dues brought in $79,975.88, which was
$975.68 above the Colonial Treasurer's
NEARING "THE END.
(Reuters Karti Em the Chém H Copyright protected under Ordinance 3 of 1384.)
Loaixo, April 10 Austria has ordered the demobolic-
estimate ; licences and internal revanne not THE BALKANS TROUBLE otherwise specified yielded #4,154,968.56. no less then. $31,761.44 under the main contemplated; loss at Court or office |realised 8514,788,49, being $31,479,48. above the estimata; the Post Office revenue was 997,431.60 more than the $315,000.00 | lake, and houses brought in $783,091.80, expected; rent of Government property.
which was 810,658,20 below the estimate interest, which was anticipated to yield |-$1,000,00,"" is represented by a blank; The annual meeting of the T.M.C.A.|missallaneous resipta totailed #88,502.01, Literary and Debating Society will be against 869,100.00 estimated; while land held in the Association Rooma en Taes salsa, which were put down as value for states that England, Italy and Ger- day orening, at 9pm. Members are $500,000.00. only realized 260,358.19, many yesterday recognised the sa
noxation of Bosnia-Herzgovina by reed to make an effort to be present deficit of no less a sum than $230,641.81. on this occasion, as business of importance On the other side of the account the Austria-Hungary, and wanted to concerting the future of the Soviety will payments under fifteen bosda have been the abrogation of Ariels 25 of ther come before the meeting. A committea more than estimated, whereas under only Berlin Treaty.
seven have they be an lass. In the former The annexation will be recognised for the ensuing your will be elected.
category Public Works Extraordinary show by France and Russin todley. the greatest disparity, the estimate of
magcles, improving their lang power practised in the ballroom. Bo whether and heart action and rounding their we look upon dancing as merely ams. Whon the weather permits, form of exercise, graceful art, or the dancing lessons are girem out-of-means of expreming pleasureable doors, where there is not the find emotion, it is equally worthy of our Fantage of dust stirred up underfoot attention and regard, while to the 679 to be inhaled by the dancer. The student it forms a link with the past
folk dances of Russia and Sweden of unsurpassed interest, appear to be the most popular with
NEWS OF THE DAY. the children, because they are made up of vigorous movements and are Lano-Corp! Andrews, of the Buffs, capital outlet for the energy who was to have run in the 230 yards and enthusiasm of the youngsters.ustus Club sporte, this afternoon, lest championship meo in connection with the These folk dances correspond to the night bed the misfortune to fall down on "bara dances" which find recognition bops at Murray Duracks aud disincata ia a modern ball programme. They are sharply in contrast to the school of Goods per Below undelivered after the dancing which is being introduced with so much success on the singe by Marp ALLay and her imitators. Although the "Salome" danoc i denounced and criticized, there can be no doubt that the new school of dancing will place the art on a higher plane than it bas attained in modern times. The origin of these dances, which are somewhat crudely described as "toe dances," goes back to the seventeenth century, if, indeed, it is not as old as dancing itself. But more than 200 years ago there were danses to the suites of Bion, HANDEL and others. A pioneer in this sort of dance was EMMA, Lady HAMILTON, the enslaver of NILSON. From studying the mural painting unearthed by her husband, Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON, in Italy, she invented an original and bountiful! dance. In this respect she has a
WALL MOORE, an American sculptress, modern counterpart in Mr Low
who copies poses from the old Grecisa
12 30 p.m.-Half-yearly Meeting of the
Hongkong Jockey Club 9 p.m.-Smoking Concert of Institution of Engineers & Shipboilders of Hong- kong, in the Institate Rooms. WEDNESDAY, April 21-
Noon-Auction of Valuable Leasehold Property, st Mesars Haghes & Hoogh's
Baics Booma. Noon-Mesting of Union Insurance So- eats of Canton.Ld, at Read Office. 12.30p.m.-Mecting of China Tradore' Insurance Co., Id., at Head Office.
A. S. WATSON FRIDAY, April 28-
& Co., Ltd.
ESTABLISHED · A.D. 1811.
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
BRANDY:
A SUPERIOR PALE
9.10 p.m.-Comoert of H. K,Philharmonie
Zonisty at City Hall
The China Mail
Horogoro, Monday, April 12, 1909,
DANCING.
WHAT a very considerable part the art of dancing has played in the history of the world only students perlaps really Par Can know. It was a mystic danco, a dance 18.0 of waving hands and woven paces, according to Japanese legend, which induced the Sun-goddes to como furth from the care of blackest night into which har brother's outrageous
SUPERIOR OLD COGNAC 29.00
WATSON'S *** COGNAC ... 23 00
sUPERIOR OLD LIQUEUR
COSÑAO
38.98
D VERY FINE OLD PALE LI.
QUEUR COGNAC....... 35.00
E FINEST OLD
BRANDY
BROWN
SHERRY:
LIGHT DRY.................. B VINO DE PAST CU OLOROSO...
PORT:
41.00
vases which she weaves into a danes. Sho has recreated the old Greek drama dances, and has become an authority on some phases of Greek history from
radeness had driven her, which ared
ber researches. The classical bales the Earth from being condemned to revolve for ever in the regions of eternal is what Malle. GENER, the Danish gloom. It was a similar San dance dancer, valls the steps which she has which the ancient Caledonians wore devised, and whose rhythm expresses around their Baal fires on Midsummer an almost infinite variety of emotions, Eve and as the pissing of the MARY Garden, liadors Duncan and equinox at spring and autumn, again MAUD ALLAN an other leaders in to propitate the great luminary of Day. this modern school of dancing, which East and West, North and South, in aim to interpret some of the greatest
Fer Case legend, saored writing or folk story we musical works into terms of motion, $12.00 gather the religious and ritualistic just as a poet might strive to translate
13.00 significance attached to dancing in the them in terms of spooch: 17.50 earliest places of civilization as well
Though these dances are develop
Per Cus
Mr William Lundon, Nationalist M.P. for Linerior County East sinoa 1900, is $822,900,00 andurthis section being exceed. dead. He took an active part in theed by $1,620,440.18; while in the opposits Foniar meroment, and served three years direction the disburseniente in the Pulice in prism, after which he took a hand in and Prison Departments show the most the fighting in Caunda. Returning to Ire-factory feature, the amount of and he was again imprisoned for his share 0,138.00 sat wide under this head not in the land League outrages, after which being absorbed by #88,820,23. he quistod down and entered Farliament.
A shocking cans of smok is reported from Dutch East Bitnes, early in March. Three native hawkers were busy collecting amounts due to them at a riverside village when the inhabitants disagreed with the hawkers, and killed two of them. The surviving dealer, on finding that his com rados had been murdered, ran smok and killud fourteen persons. What became of
him afterwards is unknown.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr G. A. Caldwell has been appointed Acting Secretary of the Hongkong and Whampea Dock Co., Ltd., vice Mr T. L Rise, resigned.
ion of the troops in Bosnia. Anđ Southern Hungary.
LONDON, April 11, The Tinica Vienna correspondent
THE MOROCCAN TROUBLE.
FRESH DIFFICULTIES ARISING.
(Router's Service to the China Malti, Copstight protected vandler
·Ordinance of 1894.)
LONDON, April 10,
The papers report that despite the France German agreement, the German Consul at Fez bas secured for The Marchioness Townshend has not a German firm mining concessions,
only written a one-act play. The Novice, thus threatening fresh difficulties,
which was to te performed recently at a charitable entertainment, bet painted all the scenery herself, and acted as her own stige manager. The Marquis filled the office of prompter
The steamers Hontfort and Montrose, large twin strom, steel, fourmanted vascle,
Pacific Railway to the Orient, the latter the top of the Monteagle, now used in
much larger are to be transferred from the granted Barones von Echardstein's peti
the intermediato service of the Canadiari
'Atlantis to the trans-Pacific service of the
The Civil Court at Berlin on March &
asdian Pavide. The steamers, Lennoxtion for the disolation of her marrings and Gloufarg, which were used for some with Baron von Echarelstein, formerly Sos- month on time charters, have ented thair rotary to the German Ebay in London.
Baroness ren Echardabeln, it will be re-l
HONOUR FOR RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR,
(Reuter's Service to the China Afaile Copyright protecúd under Ordinance of 1895).
LONDON April 10.
The Tear has conferred the Order of
engagements, and the Montfort and Montmembered, is the daughter of the late SirSt. Anno (Firat Clase) on M. Makw
-rose will replace then.
.
The reduction of wages sad the stoppage of work at several, colllerios is
causing grave anklety among miners in been thrown out of work by the closing of Scotland. Two thousand more men hare
the Aberaman, Marty, and Rhymney collieries. In all the districts of Scotland miuers wages. have been reduced by per cent, the wage being thus lowered to six shillinge per abft, the rate for pit labourers being also reduced. It la coloy prted that 100,000 workers are mbjected to the alteration, which has been brought about by the low selling price of coal in
SooBland
A telegram from Peshawar reports great excitement in the Amira,camp at-
Blundell Maple.
C. M. Dyer, who has been making an expert and thorough examination of the tablishmonte with a view to usking recom- Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co.'s es
mondations to the Directors which may tend to the more economical and efficient working of the Docks, left for Home on Friday, vin Siberia.
THE CIVIL SERVICE C.C. NEW PAVILION.
ky-Malewich, the Russian Amban« sador at Tokyo.
DEATH OF ALGERNON SWINBURNE..
(Beuber's Service to the China Mat: Copyright protected under Criinance of 1894)
Lovas, April 10. The death bas occurred of Hr Algernon Swinburne, the well-know post.
[Note-Pools if they survive the vis The Civil Service C.C. new pavilion atsitudes and privations of early youth, Happy Valley, which has been erected sine usually attain to a good alt ago. Ar the last typhoon, is to bɔ opened on Algernon Charles – Swinburne – 15 no [oxcoption, ⠀ He had rouched 72 wham plot to assesitate the Amir, the Heir Lugard. The premises comprise a club death, bis only possible successor in the Apparent, Sardar Tanyatullah, and athering about 23,500 and is a handsome ad- was hond and shoulders above the rest
roun, bar, dressing and bath rooms, cost. Poet Laureateship was Swinburne; he:
tavo ben rade at Kabal and Jalalabad Valley. A teng's watch will follow the him for the republican santimente to members of the Royal Family. Arrestadion to the other club's quarters at HaPP7 But Queen Victoria hai never forgiven of the then living singers of English, and military precautions taken. Ramour opening ceremony between members of the which he gase utterance le his green and eredita share in the conspiracy to Bibi club and the masters of Cor's College anlad daya, while the very fleshly be who oversiesd great influence during the quently a lawn bowls match will be abomination to her. Be the honour at Halime, the Royal wife of the late Amir,
of his Songs before Buurine was sleo held. stier portion of Abdur Rahman's reign.
ahould have been his passed to that sober-paced mediocritys Alfred Austen The Amir is fully equal to the situation
Swinburne's poetical style, was all his The promptitude with which the arreste
own and fo: diligramble "fory unstop24- have been made has prevented dangerous longer a cold harga on, the more it able; in his prose writings he wie inclinad developments, and already serast mon the risk of an stack of paoumonis by whils of lib osme to discussing Shakespearo woskuens the system. Do not run to indulge too greatly in rodomontide, neglecting It. Chamberlain's Cough Rahe applied the praise with a, trowel But medy will oure your cold and all danger justertheless he was a fue critic, a elerer. from this disease will be avoided, For sale man of letters, and a pot of the ph by all chemists and aburekooperu.
| order-Ely CM.1
D SUPERIOR PALE DET... 19,5 as in later times. The Jews had their ment of only three or four year Jellatabad, consequent on the discovery of besday by Hi Excellency Sir Frederick he died. At the time of Tony' E FINEST PALE DRY, NUTTY 25.00 sacred and choric dances down to tho they are, after all, areturn to the earliest final packing of Jerusalem by Trry and history of the dance, when people the ancient cait of Japan, Shinto, the danced to express emotions of various Way of the Gods, still relies upon the kinds, and not simply to amuse them mystical efects produced in the course salves. All the religious dances--those of certain festivals by the sacred dan- which Mas led in the wilderness, or BOORE SEAL CASTLE...$16.00 uses, a very important adjunct to which the priestsses of Egypt, Assyria
the ritual.
and Greece danced in the groves and But daring as understood by Entrpavilions of their various cults were opeans and Americans has long lost its expressed more by motions of the are religions significance. It is now prin- and dexions of the body than move- 25.00 cipally looked upon as affording ments of the feet, and were then, as
pleasureable diversion, or as an ail to
now, done to the "accompaniment of graceful deportment: In America dur
music. It was much......6 dango that ing the last three or four years educa- VIVIES must have used when she en
C SUPERIOR LIGHT INVALID,
GREEN SHAL CAPSULE 18.00]
◊❤❤❤❤VORIT SEAL
D
CAPSULE..................
B VIRY FINE OLD TAWNY,
WHITE SBAL CAPHOLS
$4.co
NOTE-Part, after removal, should be
rested for a Month before use.
sääred MEBLIN..
tionists have suddenly heon smitten with the idea that dancing should find a re- cognised place in the school curriculum, and we read that in New York aloreada
The modern revival of dancing as an art occurred in Italy in the
have ban błówna Écun the guns.
THE PHOENIX OLUB.
Owing to greater demanda on our space on Saturasy night we were only just abla te mention the preellout performanos giran by ** Dante," the Magician, and his faleated wife," at the Phoenix Club on Taraday night last.
For the first time in the file history of
tho miembers” lady friends, who courteously
Wine required for TUMEDIATE 3000, school-children and 75 teachers fifteenth century. The ballet was the, Club the premises were throws open to should be ordered to be decanted before take part in the daily dancing lessons. transplanted to Franco by CATHERINE responded by attending in goodly numbers
being sent out
These Wines are specially recom mended, being of superior vintage, di, and thoroughly matured, and in fue condition.
presence
The idea of teaching dancing in the MEDIC, where it has Bouribed and gucing the Gab's hall by the ever sinco, In 1812 the waltz schools has also taken hold in Chiengo
The performance was decidedly clever, was first evolved in Germany, and though the representativa commitles and is being copied in other altes. The object of the dance in schools and quickly spread over all the chosen from the audience (who, by the way, wastangoublefors considemble part to give the girls the same sort of health civilised world. It displased, much of the moment) had their
ful exercise as the boys tare in gymna to the horror and disgust of Lord SINGLE BOTTLES, and as the tame time invest BYRON and the men of his them with an accomplishment, habit or beautiful old minuts and othe aberration, as the case may be that dances, and still remains unpr will prove of advantage to them in Ister life.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND
At Proportionate Prices.
BURTEYOER.
Paulding,' Honrzong.
HONGKONGLY
SINGAPORE. 10th Edon
TSON & CO. The idea is based on the sound eller
SLIMITED.
ALEXANDRA BUILDING “AND.
that properly directed play as of
moro adiantage Ain pjysical, Gara mont than oslculate
romping of the kittens
in popularity. The two-step, which bae bad considerabla vogue. twenty years, if an tion and the dy
öske walk u alto
ited States, althoug
tathum, the way some
done, they were quite
The display of shad
find the performative
to
¡ware.
THE
LINGERING COLDS.
SUPERIOR CHIANTI WINES
Chianti Stravecchio
Per Case 12 Quarts -$15.00.
Chianti Vecchio
Per Case 12 Quarts $13.00.
H. Price & Co., Ltd.
Oivi Hospitals:
KOWLOON, DIEFISBARY -