FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1930.
FOOTBALL,
U.S.A. PREPARE,
Sunday Herald Charity | |Getting Ready for Polo
Competition.
ALLOCATION, FOR 1930.
The following is the suggested.] allocation of the proceeds of the Sunday Herald Charity Cup for 1930:-
1020 Suggested alloention for 1930
Protestant Dr.
phanage Protestunt Alms-
200,00
houses
200.00
Missions to Sea-
men
300.00
Vincent de
Paul
200.00
Little Sisters of
Foor
266.70
Chup Shing Tuxe
pital
Blind Home
250.00
250.00
550.00
800,00
300.00
400.00 500.00. 200.00 300.00
Alice
Memoria!
Hospital
400.00 ·
H.K. Benevolent
Society
St. Dunstan's
tłomie
Chinese
Luper
Mission
Invasion.
Amarica is preparing with char. acteristic thoroughness to defend the Westchester Polo Cup against the British team this year at Meadowbrook,
A committee of defence has been formed. Mr. Thomas Hitchcock is chairman, and among the other members is Mr. John Hay Whitney, the owner of Easter Hero.
THE
THE CHERRY DANCE
IN JAPAN.
A MIRACLE OF GRACE AND BEAUTY.
LIVING STATUES.
CHINA
MAIL.'
offered to the guests who sipped it to its zenith, and disappears. The
weird light dima, Darkness falls again. Nothing else.
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gravely. We were then ushered, along corridors and over connect Ing bridges, to another waiting The dancers were the cream of; room, more in consonance with the profession, only the most ac- Japanese ideas of architecture and complished goisha being chosen to furnishings. Hore some time glid- figure in the Miyako Oder. Some ed past placidly and we were of the postures assumed were mira. afterwards conducted, through cles of beauty and effectiveness. more corridors, to the dance hall The general impression was that of In Japan, at Springtide, is itself where pew-like spats were a line of moving. living statues- staged the beautiful and classical provided in a sloping gallery. Be-none of the gymnastics of Western Miyako Odori for which Kyoto ia, nw us, in a railed-off-portion of ballet dancing, none of the show- amongst numerous other things, the four, were the second-class ing of nether limbs, which the famous. It was this dance that a seats which were filled to the full. Japanese think to be both vulgar bevy of geisha proposed ataging on After waiting, a few minutes, and ridiculous. Each movement the banks of the Potomac, The distant roar was beard. The doors was a preliminary leading up to Chamber of Commerce of Wash-leading to the third-class soats something more important and so ington invited the geista, but the were opened and excited and eager on till the climax is reached with missionaries raised Д tremen-Japanese of the poorer classes, the end of the dance. From Unks los dous howl, characterizing the some dragging two or three chil posture to posture the artistes China Underwriter...{1} geisha prostitutes pure and dren along, mothers with bables passed-each of them an amazing
their average simple, and the geisha, forgetting bumping about on
backs, | feat of grace and poise more close- their usual gentility, hit back by rushed like stampeding cattle to ly akin to sculpture than to music.H. declaring that now they would not their placus. In no time the whole N.C. Daily News. go even if begged and thus the hall was filled. known depravity of American youth cannot be laid at our doors."
With one exception none of the men on the committee has ever served before in a like capacity, They have never been considered among the top flight of the game, though all have been, or are now, players of
than ability.
more
The choice of the personnel of the new committee ignores the "Old Guard" of the game. Twe notable absentees are Louts Stod- dard, chairman of two past defence committees, and Devereux Milburn, captain of several teams. Ench member of the committee will be
AB
EWIN WINS AGAIN
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the orchestra K.O. American Marine in Indo-China (Pref.) ...$
Exquisite Scenery, Announced by the tuning, of their instruments,
They and entered.
wore beautiful kimonos, motif, but in more subdued colours cherry-blossom
than the garments worn by the
600.00
200.00 100,00
500.00 £60-about
670.00
250.00 200,00
3,066.70 4.270.00
assigned a responsibility in ac-April in a very attractive building as per state-cordance with his experience and
and each dance lasts about an ability.
Balance to allot ment 4,362.94.
Some more expenditure is to Sixteen players are to be invited come off this net total, so that to participate in official test trial any balance remaining con be matches. They are: Thomas earried forward to 1931. account. Hitchcock junr, (the captain
the team), J. C. Rathborne, S. S. Eric Iglehart (Yalë University)
Council Meeting.
A meeting of the Council will
be held in the Association Ofees, 4th floor, French Bank Buildings | Cornia),
of
The Tea Ceremony. This polished, sublime dainty show begins at five every afternoon during the month of
hour, during which there is not a moment of dullness, with another half-hour for the dignified Tea Ceremony.
The last time the writer had the pleasure of seeing this dance, he, with others, was ceremoniously ushered into a com- Pedley, Elmer Boeseke, junr. (Califortable and elegant waiting room
H: E. Williams (San where souvenir programmes at 5,30 p.m. on Tuesday to allocate Antonio, Texas), Cecil Smith (De-
distributed, in English and the receipts from the Sunday fruit), and the following Eastern Japanese with pictures of every Herald Cup Competition and re-representatives; Winston Guest, ceive a statement of Sepoy disas W. A. Harriman. Ear! Hopping, the performance.
one of the geisha taking part in "Laddie" Sanford, H. E. Talbot, ter charity match.
junr., R. E. Stonebridge, junt., J. Watson Webb, Malcolm Steven- son, and J. E. Cowdin.
GOLF.
Hagen and Kirkwood's Visit to Japan.
Walter Hagen, of New York and holder of 1929 British Open Golf Championship, and Joe Kirkwood,
former Australian Open Champion and a topnotch trick golfer, now proceeding to the Antipodes on an exhibition tour, will open their Japan engagements on the links of Tokyo Golf Club nt Komazawa.
After playing another day on the Komazawa course, the pair will move over to the Musashino Country Club's. links at Mutsumi near Tokyo. Three days later the two will show their skill at lodagaya links near Yokohama. After playing for the Second time on the Mutsumi links, they will wind up the Kanto engage ments with another exhibition at Hodogaya.
CHINA'S, CIVIL WAR.
(Continued from Page 1.)
strictly neutral and to stop all troop
movements, is now under detention by order of the Chairman.
were
There were as many as 224 of them, since there were four companies who change every four days, each made up of at least 32 dancers, 12 singers, five who perform on hand-drums and bells, two on larger drums and one flute player To be chosen to take part in the Cherry Dance is for the Japanese artiste the equivalent of a successful London season.
While one was scanning the pro- gramme came the invitation to go into the tea room, where narrow,
Manchurian Troops. Since the commencement of allled military activities, the Manchurian authorities have despatched large contingents of the Manchurian most adorable forces to guard Luanchow and Linyue an the
Mukden-Hopel border. Due to the tense situation created by the manouvres of the allied forces, the 7th Regiment under Hsu Yung-shu has been again despatched to strengthen the defense of Luanchow.
bench-like talkles were placed in rows across and
on the sides of the room. Late-comers had to be content with cushions placed on the floor. Then came a row of the little Japanese maidens, in exquisite kimonos, their hair elaborately coiffed and highly be-powdered, They were about eight or ten years of age, in training to become geisha, and these maiko (geisha apprentice) twinkled and dimpled irresistibly at the rather grotesque efforts of some of the foreigners to respond to their deep, graceful bows. They collected the tickets and then placed before each of the guests
The Kwangel Campaign.
Canton, Yesterday. Walter Hagen is considered by many as the greatest of living the 6th Route Army, called a con- General Chu Shao-liang, C.LC. of golfers, having on the British Open crown, the world's supreme clave on May 5 at the field head-inoko mochi, or rice cake, said to prevent illness for a twelve-month. golf honour, no less than four times. quarters in Lukchen, with Generals Each of us received three cakes, -1922, 1924, 1928 and 1929, and Lei Woon-yim, Mao Peng-wan Tan decorated in colours and garnished
Wei-chen. Chow with artificial maple leaves. Tao-yuan, Chu
Hau Sen-ming.
Hei-cheung and other Colonels in attendance..
has countless other major and minor laurels to his credit.
His uncanny knack in negotiating unfamiliar courses and his fighting temperament in the face of over- whelming odds, make him the most remarkable figure,
It was decided to launch the at- tack on Kwelping In three direc- tions: General Mao Peng-wen to take command of the left wing; General Hsu Hei-cheung to command the central column; and and Chow in legitimate golf, be is in a class Sen-ming original positions and by himself when it comes to "trick" are pushing forward according to the plans drawn up at the meeting. shots.
Joe Kirkwood possesses consider- áble latent skill. While he can hold his own against most golfers Generals Chu Wei-chen
He can drive a ball with the reverse side of a midiron as straight and true and far as if from the orthodox side, can hit any of the three balls piled up in vertical order. He is probably the only golfer who can make a niblick shot describe a literal back-spin.
DIVIDING PRIZES.
Tilden and Coen Decline to Meet.
Indignation was caused at Cannes during mall weak by the action of the authorities in allowing the final Ists, Tilden and Coen, to divide the men's singles prize; because they did not wish to play against each other. The women's singles prize be tween Miss Ryan and Baroness von Reznicek was also divided, because the Baronese bad left for Germany over-night.
danseuses.
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Shanghai, May 2. Fighting before one of the larg est gatherings of boxing fans that has yet graced the interior of the Sengdeu Auditorium, Seaman Harry Ewin Kailan Mining Ad. - scored last night # technical
(Single)...Th.
The stage setting was a marvel of swift precision. One вселе merged into another before one's very eyes with magical" celerity. Sometimes a curtain rose and dis-knockout victory over Marine Her-Langial (Comb.)...Tis. closed the scene behind all ready, bert Perstein after handing the with the dancers posed: again it American scrapper a lacing, with a
S'hai Exploration... Tb. rippled to the floor and was drawn boxing lesson thrown in.
Loans .......... through a hole. Trees, mountains Ewin proved himself, far too | Raube ......................... ....$ and shrines rose and disappeared superior over Perstein to make Troach Mines - through the floor, yet nothing their fight really interesting. The broke the spell.
first round of their fight com- menced
with Perstein, rushing across the ring and connecting a hard right upper-cut which rattled Ewin considerably. The marine continued to press and tool the round by a fairly large mar- gin. This proved to be. Peratein's only round in the night.
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Cotton Mills.
Ewa Cottons Th₤18.40 S'hai Cotton (old)..Th. 19 (new)..Th. 16
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The performance the writer at tended had nine nets, or rather tableaux. In each successive aet, the scenery and scenic effects were more magnificent than the preced- ing one. The scenery of the Azuma Odori, Tokyo's, counterpart of Kyoto's Cherry Dance, is very beautiful, but it is poor by com- In the second round Ewin re- parison. The artistry and realistic gained his confidence and gave beauty of the scenery used in the
the Marine a terrific lacing. famous Cherry Dance at Kyoto this round Pertein's lips were bad- really beggar description, and at ly cut open. From this round on- times it was hard to believe that wards Ewin piled up point after the trees and hills, the straw-that- point and it was only occasionally oong Sings T ched cottages and revolving water- that Peratein could connect a tell- wheel, the temples and the cherry-ing blow In the seventh round a blossoma, the old stone lantern and terrific right hook to the head made H.K. & S. Houls... the ancient torli (relligious em-Parstein hopelessly groggy.
H. K. Lands $174 blem), the autumn tints in
Things happened fast in scene and the snow-covered pines eighth round and ended by Dr. Shanghai Landa T. 205 in another, were nothing more O'Hara, the referee, giving Ewin Humphreys than painted canvas or artificial the decision as Perstein was out H. K. Realties..................$ 11. Wood and stone. The authors of on his feet. Early in the round Chinese Exata$ those scenes were certainly no the American took a count of nine mean artists, for the delineations but struggled up on to his feet only were faultless alike in colour and to be knocked over again.-China perspective, and it required a keen Press.. eye to detect what, was painted background and what was standing out separately.
one
the
Senator James Wadsworth made the startling statement at a Albany meeting that civil war may come in the United States if Prohibition is
It was, however, not only the scenery itself that was ao magnifi- cent; the rapidity with which com, not abandoned, plete changes of scenery were made was also a matter for ad-
miration and wonderment and apoke eloquently of the excellent appliances without mechanical which auch incredibly rapid have been changes could not effected. One. minute there would be a vivid and realistic autumn scene, depicting a narrow country lane leading off to wooded hills in the distance, with quaint, old thatched-roofed
ano
houses on side of the lane and a rocky stream on the other. The next minute, the distant hills, the autumn-tinted trees, the rippling brook, the rough stony road and the little thatched cottages had disappeared, and in their place was an ancient Shinto shrine set amidst fantastically- twisted pines in a light mantle of snow, with women praying.
Living Statuary,
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The Rice Cake's Meaning. In ancient times inoko mochi was made specially on the "inoko iwai," or Pig Celebration Day, and was, up to the time of the Molji Restoration whèn A host of old custome were awept overboard, one of the most important annual celebrations held at the Imperial Court and in the household of the Shogun. The pig, we afterwards learnt, is believed to be blessed C.1.C. Chan Chai-tong.
with fecundity and further is be- C.I.C. Chan Chal-tong has decidedlieved to be a messenger of the to proceed to the front on May 10, Indian god whom the Japanese call and will be accompanied by Admiral Marishi-ten, a vassal of the great Chan Chak and a company of body- Indra (Japanese name: Taishaku guarda. The C.I.C. will call on ten) highly revered by military General Chu Shao-liang at Lukchen, men. His Majesty, in the old days, and afterwards inspect the fortifica- breathed on the cakes and these Lions along Wulin, prior to the wore distributed to officials, different Issuance of the order of general colours going to different ranks.
It is not always necessary for offensive. It is understood that The explanatory note we received the danseuses or actresses to be on during the absence of the U.I.C., with the cakes, after lengthilythe stage. For instance, in "Moon- On Bombay- Chief-of-staff Wong Yim-wan will describing all about the pig, Indra light in Ichiharano,"
one of theWire. take charge of the military affairs at the Wuchow Field Headquarters, Upon his appointment as the commander-in-chief of the front column, General Chiang Kwong-nei his full control of the following Cantonese forces: the 59th, 60th, 61st, 62nd and 63rd Divisions, the 1st Independent Regiment, and the Artillery Regiment. General Chiang has prepared the plan to cross the river with the object of attacking Kwelping, which plan has been for warded to C.LC. Chan Chai-tong for his approval.-Canton News Agency.
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person appeared on the stage, but Wire menace of attacks of fery illness the scenery was impressive and On demand and to bestow on them great bless told the story in eloquent language. ings of health and happinces by A faint light began to illumine the On. demand
On Singapore-- tasting the cakes!" So there! darkened stage, radiating from the On Manila-
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