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The suggestion put forward by several well-known actors and managers of theatras, that evening dress should not be regarded Color:-AI, 180 5th Ed., Westors Unlom.bligatory in the best sonts in West-ond
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FOXGKONG. Hongkong. April 29, 1911.
RICHARDSON,
ROLLER SKATES.
"RICHARDSON"
CHICAGO
ARE
theatres and concert halls, finde little
encouragement amung porsons who are familiar with the likes and dislikes of regalar patrons of places of amusement,
says the Standard. The sense given by those who advocate the new vogue of tweed suits in the stall, and dress circle is that Americans will not trouble to dress for evening entertainments, on the ground
that they are too busy to derota time
AND
ALL CLASSES OF
Machinery
GORDON & Co.,
ing erosing dress as a provincial theatre would hesitate a long time before appear-↑ ing in tweeds in that part of a theatre whocu evening dress is the rule in London."
HYPNOTISM BY TELEPHONE.
The Central News correspondent at New? York furnishes dotails of the extragedinary
Intimations.
THEATRE
High-Grade
Castings..
General Managers,
Hongkong.
ROYAL
RETURN VISIT
FOR
exhibition of alleged hypnotism by tele TWO NIGHTS ONLY phone given by Fernando Lautzenheiser, a twenty-year-old telegraphist.
Six landing physicians of Canton (Ohio), watched the patients, who listened to the **suggestions" communicated to them in a
Canton Hotel over the telephone wire from Loutzenheiser at Pittsburg-101 miles
from their office work to the demands of distant. There were five subjects--Honry social life, This, it is said, is a wrong Moore, Jolin Tein, Roy Landia, who assumption. Americans in their were sent to sleep for a considerable country-devote most of their time to business, and frequently rash from their time by hypnotic suggestion, and two office work to meet their wives and daugh other men, upon whom the doctors 816 ters at the theatre. They usually are report that the tests did not prove an suficiently well known to be able to assert satisfactory. Loutzenheiser spoke into the their individuality, and if they like to
The Standard of excellence and Absolutely The Best in the World. They hare held all worlds records for 24 Feart.
OF
HENRY
DALLAS
AND HIS COMPANY,
THE FOLLIES.
accompany their richly and correctly attired instrument in a strangely modulated tone, women folk to the theatre in tweeds, New which dropped from an imperative card- Tork theatrical managers merely shrug mani as he opened his remarks to a subject FRIDAY and SATURDAY,
their shoulders and tolerate the infraction to almost'a whisper as the "influence")
of the rules of etiquette, but they deplore it. began to prevail.
The Amoroin. however, when he is
Moore was the frst subject, and Lout visiting Lendon is quite another person.zenheiser, opened the conversation by Bere he is. Pisitor; he has not the excuse
of the demands of an exacting basisereordering him to put his hand to his right and he accordingly conforms to the custom side. Close your eye and think of of the county And it must be confessed nothing but sleep, sleep, sleep," he con- that in the height of the London, season tinued. You are drowsy. Sloop sounder, Write for booklet, tells how to, apen
there is unbody attired more in accordance sounder. Your eyes are heavier-your lida and opemte BoLLEN RINES.
with the customs of society than
are drooping you are asloep, fast aslcop."- RICHARDSON BALL BEARING SKATE Americansi
Teis
then put
sleep almost LIL
precisely sidikar and the pitit Lapclts
after
311, Michigan St., Chresco, USA..nglish women of the fashionable world expross the opinion that theatrical managers 480 who are willing to encourage men to want conversation
- Hongkong, April 5, 1011.
TEE
négligée costumes in the stalls pay scant was sent to the receiving telepono at respect to the gentler sox. They argue Canton. He also was wont to sleep, and
May 12th and 13th.
Booking Plans now open at
MOUTRIE'S.
Business Alunager:
HARRY A DOOLEY.
Hongkong. May 5. 1911.
609
THE CHINESE ENGINEERING AND MINING CO., LD.
NOTICE.
N INTERIM DIVIDEND of ONE
that it women wers to show an inclination the hypnotist then whispered into the A. SHILLING per Share, free of tax, CHINESE ENGINEERING & MINING to dispensa with the botter of dressing for instrument, Your right aru is numb. account of year ending Ah February,
COMPANY, LIMITED.
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dianer and the theatre men would be the
first to object to their action, and if men Your right leg is numb. You can feel TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN than no seek to excuse the wearing-of tweeds on nothing." The doctors who were watching EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL the ground that to dress for the evening is the subjects raport that neslles were then MEETING of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company. Limited, will be burdensome, how much more reasonable it suck into Landis's right arm and leg, the hold at Winchester Hose, Hill No,
would be for women to put forward then giving not the slightest intention of Oll Broad Street, in the City of London,
feeling any pain. Finally, Loutzenheiser
17
same argument !..
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on WEDNESDAY, the 17th day of Bay The movement to encourage men to dia-
at 12 o'clock Noos, for the purpose
1911
f considering
if thought fit passing a pense with evening dress is not gaining any red Landis that he was turning into stame. The subject was then placed with Resolution authorising the Directors to converts. It has been working for some borrow or miso such farther sumus of money
as they may think fit, but so that the years now, and has gained very for his head on one chair and his feet on amount borrowed or mised by the Cou- adherents. This is proved by a visit by one another, and the heaviest man available pany and then outstanding shall not exceed of our representatives to several lending stond on his chest, the patient's body zes three-fourths of the issued capital of the West and theatres. In five of six of the mining utterly rigid,
Company.
Dated this 31st day of March, 1311.
By Order of the Board,
ALFRED W. BERRY.
Secretary,
LONDON, E.C.
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HONGKONG
Hongkong, May 2, 1911.-
most popular houses every person in the stails and dress circles was in conventional attire, and in the sixth there was one man in a black frock coat, and he was accom-
An agreement between the various wire- No. 1, Queen's Road East, panied by two ladies who wore correctly less companica, leading possibly to their attired. Our representative made inquiry practical consolidation, seems to be foresha among West-end theatrical booking agente dowed by an understanding between the 607 yesterday, and the consensus of opinion Marconi Company, the Telefunken Com
which he obtained was that the tolerasce pany and several smaller German and of tweeds in the botter parts of theatres Belgian companies, into which, thesu would spoil the character of the bosses various bodies entered on January 15,
1911 maya Engineering. and the audiences. Mr. F. Keith Jones, macaging director of Messrs Keith, Prpe and Co. suid: "It may be a fact that some theatre managers would sanction dress other than that of convention to the best parts of their theatres, but I do not think.
ASAHI BEER
"The result of the negotiations is that the new Deutsche Betriebs Gesellschaft. fur Drahtlose Telegraphic-abbreviated. the D. B. G.-takes over the contracts into which the two radio-elegraph' com-
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OTAL FUNDS AT J1st DECEMBEL, 1909, TOTAL
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THE only-successful Steam Laundry in the Far East THE ONLY RUN-
panies. Marconi's company was the Brat in EUROPEAN SUPERVISION idea in London. There are certain parts the field, and as it refused to transmit mess of the theatres not apart for those who can-
that they will be abla to popuinrise their/Panics bad entered with shipping cont DRY IN THE COLONY · UNDER
Manager
R. WOOD.
Hongkong, Jarumiy 27, 1911
not or will not wear evening dress, and if ages received by other systems, the Nord-Flannels and underwear waslied by skilled
deutsche Lloyd, the Hamburg-American Japanese
Alanthly rates quotod. Dry cleaning those persons go to the stalls or the drottins, and other lines romained practically speciality Depot No. 4, Beaconsfield circles they will feel quite out of place compelled to instal the Marconi system on Arcade. Tel. 52- The argument has boon adduced that men their ships if they wanted to communicate Want, comfort in the theatre and in trave with British Channel stations and American ling to and from the thestra; that they stations, even after the other systems were want to be able to get there in an omnibus in a position to compete. The Borlin or by the tube railways; but if tweede sira Radio-telegraphy Convention, of August 1, to be popularised in the stalls fashionslie 1907, sltered that, as it obliged every emm persons will desert the theatro."
pany to transmit any message received respective of the system. Of the mort
Mr. D. Miller-Wilson, of Messrs poll and Co., expressed much the-same
pinion. The Labour Leniber has car important stetos, Italy alone has not joined ried his democracy into the House of this Convention, which had made a brisk.. Common,bo said, but he has not development of radio-telegraphy, possibia,
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OPPOSITE POST OFFICE,
STYLE AND FIT GUARANTEED.
materially, changed its complexion. It is la 1007, 32 German ships of the merchant TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS. true that anjong certain classes of society earvice (Davies are not considered in this England hans become more democratic, Dote) were equipped with radio-telegraphy bat there is a large saction who are most outfits; the number was 124 at the begin conservative na to dress and custom, ning of this year, 38 of these stations being. That section will continue to wear oren. on the Marconi and 86 on the Tolefunken ing drew for dinners and entertainments, stems. In both cases the telegraph com and, I do not anticipate that the sng pasits were the owner of the installation, gested invasion of the stalls by pez. and the operators were the Gillette Safety Razors.
consin tweeda willater amount to anything. The now D.B.G. takes the stations sa well. Men
wearevaning dress out of respect to as the personnel over and keep the cou women, and they are as unlikely to desire tracts with the abipping companies on to wear twasds or golf suits in the presence some of them Marcoal contracts will run of women at srening parties as they are to till 1917. The number of radio-telegraphic forget to res their hats when meeting messages hea very much. Iparensad of late, ladies in the street. In práviacial and the cation, of hostils competition there is some kity in the matter of Aroes
will benefit the service, in which it a Hongkong. Doober 17, 1910 1 bat parsons, who would not think of wear-
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