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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th, 1928.
THE EUNUCHS OF
TURKEY.
HOW THEY LIVE IN RETIREMENT.
RELEASED WOMEN SLAVES IN POVERTY.
CONSTANTINOPLE," July 27th It is commonly supposed that the slaves of the Sultan's Palace-the calfas," or women superintendents of the "odalisques, and the black eunuchs of the harem-must have been mentals of a low estate, and that they must have disappeared from view in the new Turkish Re public. The supposition is errone- ous and is based on the notion that
RUSSIAN REDS AT PEIPING.
A SHUT IN COMMUNITY.
WALLS WITHIN · WALLS,
PEIFINO.
SHIPBUILDING IN SHANGHAI,
VESSELS UNDER CONSTRUC TION AND REPAIR,
LIGHTERS AND RIVER STEAMERS.
The unmistakable, staccato sound-
A more imprisoned group than the Soviet workers here would be difficult to imagine outside of a jail. The great Tartar Walls sur round Peking, and within these of hammering upon the steel sides walls are the fortified walls which of ships is one of the most pleasing guard the Legation Quarter, and noises in the whala category which within this quarter are tighter encircling walls of the comprises the port of Shanghai. Soviet Embassy. And in this Em This sound goes on throughout the bassy compound a small number of men, women, and children work, study, play and pass the hours as best they may.
the still
year with more or less frequency in certain districts and can be said' practically never to stop entirely, as the large and small craft of the port are riveted into being, or, as the river and ocean-going vessels call in, after their exhaustive.com. tacts, for overhauling and refits.
The summer months are described
They are Red Roseians, and so they are completely cut off from the manner of the Palace house.
the large colony of White " Rus hold remained to the end barbaricians who live freely and gayly out rud ruled by the bastinado. On the side the confines of the Legation contrary; many of the women alaves Quarter. Contact with other tor- rote to a position of petted con-
cignera here not easy, because fidence, and many of the eunucha the Americans, English, French, enjoyed the still greater dignity of and Germana also look askance quiet usually by local ship- having Palace influence, writes aupon Reds, and because the inck building and engineering werks, errespondent to the Manchester of common language
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makes both as regards building and re timurinn. One of them had the acquaintance difficult,
pairs and affording more activity title of bis Highness, and even the.. It is different in Tokyo, where fer the overhauling department of wives of the Sultans could not take the Embassy is not closed in by the dry-docking, spring and winter a step patside the women's quarters walk within walls, where the Rus-work... without the authorization of the sian Are politely received by
River Steamers. chief eunuch. It is natural, there-Japanese officials, and where there Despite the customary quietness, fore, that many of the servile ser- soanel of the Imperial household mase, if not fortunes at least a competence, and that certain of them have carried away into the new life of to-day art treasures that were the gift of grateful princes and princesses,
How They Live,
How are they living now, then, and to what trades have they turn ed? Well, some of them-and this applies chiefly to the women slaves, the calfas and elderly governesslike slaves-are gradually selling off the treasures that their sojourn in the Palace brought to them. They are sinking little by little into the poverty that must come when, the dealers of the bazaars know that they have nothing left to interest the European or American connois- your. A concrete instance. There are, leaning over the Bosphorus, not far from Yildiz, a series of terraced houses built by Abdal Hamid for members or ex-members of his household, and here many pensioned or protected slaves ancê lived in comfort. A dealer will direct you to one of them to-day where lives an aged calfa whose son 19 a captain in the present Turkish army. There, in an ab- solutely denuded house with hardly. the minimum sticks of furniture, she sits awaiting buyers for three objects of art that still remain. to her-a roll. Koran written in the
time of Mahemet the Conquerer, a benatiful edition of the Persian poet Hafiz, and a life of the Prophet with illuminated miniatures. Her son the captain, knowing nothing about the art market, puts fantastic prices on them and hopes that these relics of his mother's Palace"con nection will serve to found his own fortune.
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is a constant stream of visitors from Moscow. Peiping, out of the way and rather dangerous, attracts but few travellers.
After the raid on the Embassy, the Ambassador and his étaff re turned to Moscow and now there are less than 40 persoNE in the whole
compound, including, the Consular officials, the Soviet news agency, and all the wives and babies-Christian Science Monitor,
"MISS GENE TUNNEY."
GIRL BOXER AGED 19.
BIRMINGHAM TERROR.
Meet
BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 4th.
Miss Gene Tunney!" But don't meet her in a boxing ring, or you stand a good chance of going home in an ambulance.
Miss Gene Tunney," otherwise. Miss Stella Smith, is a 19-year-old Birmingham girl who aspires to become the feminine prototype of the world's heavy-weight: boxing champion. Her ambition is to be come a world beater with her fists She is now in training at a Birmingham gymnasium. And very soon the intends to issue a chal lenge to any girl in the world to box her 30 rounds at 11st. lb.
Fighter As Child.
When I called at her training quarters to-day, says & correspon dent of a Home paper, Miss Smith was enjoying a brisk work- out with a male sparring partner. I saw her clip him & left to the chin that jarred him up a bit. She followed it up with a lusty right to the solar plexus and ‘a short arta jab to the right eye.
"She now does two hours' work
a day, and I don't think there is
however, a number of ships have been ordered or launched during recent weeks. Among these should be mentioned the new twin screw river steainer recently ordered by on their service between Hankow the Nisshin Kisen Kaisha to run
and chang, as well as 1 small winter service steamer for the same firm to run between lehang and Chungking. These orders fell to the Shanghai Dock and Engineer- ing Co., Ltd. The same shipowners have ordered, aiso, from the Kiang- na Dock and Engineering Co.. a steamer to run between Hankow and Shanghai.
In addition the Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co. have received several orders for other vessels and
inquiries are being received which lead shipbuilders to suppose that, as labour conditions get more and more settled, the outlook for ship. building will be even more satis factory.
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SUMMER CRUISES-1928.
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Arrive
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Taku Bar Teva Taka Bar Arrive Wribaiwsi Arrive Leave Weibsiwei Arriva Tsingtao Leave Tsingtao Arriva Shanghai
Leave Shanghai
Arrive Hong Kong
September 21
October
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FROM CALCUTTA, RANGOON, PENANG AND SINGAPORE. THE Steamship
“TAKADA” having arrived from the abova Porta, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hong Kong and Kowloon Whart- and Godown. Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where Delivery may be obtained as soon as Goods are landed.
are hereby notified that the Cargo having red per a,." MENELAUS from Singapore will be discharged Goods not cleared by 14th Sept, 1928,
Reni, will be subject into Holt's Whari,
willie at No Fire Insurance will be exeated by and subject to Terms and Conditions us in any care whatever,
Damaged Packages must be left in the Godown
for examination by the Consignees and the Company's surveJOIE, Aeners. Goddard and Douglas, at 10 A... Mondays and Thursdays.
All Claire must be presented within Ten days of the Steamer's arrival here.
which date they cannot recognised.
'to Vossol's arrival, but carried on from
after
ba
at Holt's Whart. The be ready for I slivery Imm A large steel cargo hulk was
W on and after 12th September. launched on September 1st by the
Optional Cargo will not be landed Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co. for the Nisshin Kisen Kaisha here, unless Notice has been given prior service at Kiukiang, the hulk being port to port to the final port of cal 300ft. long by 50ft. broad and
te which the option extends. carrying about 4,000 tons of cargo. All broken, chafed and damaged Goods Another one is under construction a to be left in the Godowns, where they for the same owners' service at be examined Dany Tuesdays and Hankow and will shortly be launch-Fridays between the hours of 10.45 M. ed. A steel tugboat is under con- and Noos within the Free Storage period. struction at the Shanghaj Dock, No Claims will be admitted after the MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
Hong Kong, 7th Sept., 1929. 16689 also, for the Asiatic Petroleum Co. Goods have left the Vessel's Godown, and is a short while will be launch and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 19th September, wil Le subject to Rent
ed for them.
Off And Cargo Lightera. New Engineering and Shipbuilding The construction on hand at the Works, Ltd., comprises two bulk oil carrying cargo lighters for Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., of 350 tons capacity.
Besides these there are also four built for the Nisshin Kisen Kaisho 90-ton covered cargo fighters being for service round Changsha, and also shallow draft steel twin- screw motor tug far operating with these lighters fitted with two B. H. P. Gardner '*' engines.
semi-diesel
All Claims against the Vessel must before the 2nd October, or they will not be presented to the Undersigued on or
be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be affected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
Agents. 12th September, 1928.
Goods have left the Godowns.
No Claims will be admitted after the
A Frotest has been noted by the Mater.
HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
[670 Stambi
-NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN,
team
"CARL IECIEN " having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their Goods are being
landed and placed at their risk in the Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company's godowns at Kowloon. where Delivery can be obtained as the Goods are landed.
lounge suits and neat straw hats. a girl of her, age in the world who 630 tons deadweight capacity are hereby notified that their Cargo is/Nonal Cargo will be landed, unless
Enock Out Stella,
But the
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO, LTD.
FROM UNITED KINGDOM
VIA SINGAPORE. JONSIGNEES per
All Goods remaining undelivered after
has been given prior to Steamer's
Goods have left the Godowns, and all No Claims will be admitted after the
Goods remaining undelivered after the 15th 2 September, 1923, will be subject to
the 18th September, 1928, will ineen broken, chafed and damaged Goods subject to Rent
"MELÜHERS & 00. Agenter NORDDEUTSCHEx Lord. BezuEN. Hong Kong, 11th Sept., 1928. (6707
are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on 14th September, 1928, at 10 am, by our Surveyors, Mesars. Goddard and Donglas,
All Claims mcat reach us before the 29th September, 1928, or they will not be recognized.
No Fire Insurance will be effected, Bill of Lading will be countewigsed
JEBNEN &00.
Agenta. Hong Kong, 8th Sept., 1923. (6694
The black eunuchs from, the Afterwards her father, aa ex- Yemen, the Sudan, and "Abyssinia pugilist, told me how be had train are in a better condition. Almosted her from the age of 12 any day, in the European quarter She's always had a fancy for the of Constantinople, you can see a gloves," he said
"When she was uumber of them passing with the a child she used to put them on promenading crowd. Usually above and try to box me.
SCHWABEN" normal height and very spare, they
having arrived from BREMEN, BAM. are conspicuous for their dapper
Two large steel cargo lighters of BURU and Ports. Consignees of Cargo You can approach them and ask would stand up to her."
being constructed for the Taku Tug bow of the Hong Kong and Kowloon
landed at their risk into the Go.. MITTB), them about their life, but they have
downs & Lighter Co., Ltd., Ticntain, of still the secretive Palace mentality,
Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, and they will say little, while treat with the severe weather conditions
No Birmingham girl has ever specially strong build to withstand where Delivery can be obtained. ing you with deference and polite- lasted more than three rounds with countered at Taku, and further; nesa. But it is evident that they in private combats but always there is a 1,000 tons deadweight are in no distress, and, to lock at proved too good for them.
motor driven twin screw cargo ves them you would even think that the
No Fire Insurance will be effected by Her friends call her "Knock-sel being built for service in the life of flaneur in the Republic must
us in any case whatever. Out Stella."
middle Yangtze and fitted with two Damaged Packages must be left in the be agreeable to them.
"I'm
not satisfied with just 525 S.H.P. Deutz full Diese: Grodowa for examination by the Con- A. Eunuchs Friendly Society. being able to box," Miss Smith motors. A Yangtze River vessel is siguem and the Company's Surreyors, The fact is that these are some aaid. "I want to be a real cham- being converted from steam propul. Mossm, Anderson & Ashe, at 10 am; Septembenated atter the But I can't tion to semi-Diesel drive by the on the 17th
1928. of the more fortunate of the pion like Tunney. eunuchs-those who were enabled in find any opponents.
No Claims will be The only same works at the present time.-
Goods have left the Godowns and all their position to get together a people who will stand up to me No-C. Daily News.
Ulaims must be presented within Two by the Undersigned. competence. There are others less in the ring are; boys".
Weeks of the Ship's arrival here, after well placed. To help them the con-
which date they will not be recognised fraternity of eunuchs two years ago
Consignees are requested to surrender established a friendly society in capability in business.
their Bills of Lading to the Undersigned which they all participate to labour market, has not been able
for Countersignature, alleviate the want of those who to absorb them all, and many a have fallen into destitution. It Turkish employer is approached for must be remembered that eunuchs work by calves who in the old constituted a usual part not only of days were persons of importance the Palace household but of the and consideration and who to-day. households of the numerous prin- crave for the smallest menial em cesses, princes, and damandı, or ployment. Often they are found sons-in-law, and were found among useful as the head of an establish-
Co.'s Vessel the whole ramification of Imperial ment's lower personnel, and one
"MENELAUS" connections as well as in the villas Turkish newspaper employs na ex- of the richer pushas. For over a Palace eunuch as controller of its are hereby notified that the Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, generation this kind of slave estab. newsboys.
where it will lie at Consignees risk and Jishment had been dying.cut, but
subject to Terms and Conditions of most of the large numbers of im As for domestic life, the richer Storaga at Holt's Wharf. The Cargo will perially related families that had to eunuchs have taken advantage of be ready for. Delivery from Godown az abandon Turkey a few years ago their new-found freedom to estab- | and after 12th September. left behind their sunuchs.
lish a hearth and home and have Optional Cargo will not be landed here, In consequence, eunuchs' married, so as to have helpmeet unless Notics has been given prior to friendly society numbers from 50 and companion with whom to con- Vessel's arrival, hat carried on from to 70 members. It is at present front the new world into which port to port to the final port of call to
One of presided over by one of the ex- they have been thrust.
aption extends. Palace slaves who, having a certain
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods | being landed and stored into the Godowan No Ulsins will be admitted after the
to be education, appointed a
in the Godowns, where they of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf Goods have left the Godowns, and all teacher of literature in a girl's in forbidding multiple, mat ringe, will to erasimod on adgy Paesdays and and Godowa Con Ltd., Kowloon, whence Goods remaining undelivered after the school in Constantinople. Some of has sealed his companionship with Fridays between the hours of 10.45 A. Delivery may
All Claims against the Steamer inst the Palace eunuchs are in the two wives. In fact, the body of and Noor within the Free Storage period, after landing, obtained immediately 17th instant will be subject to Heat Thur. 13m
All Claims must be sent in to me on No Claims will be admitted after tha
be presented to the Undersigned on s Дья Government eunuchs has taken its change of employ of the 10. Ba5 3 3 241 5
he not 14 m 9 337 4 2 34 32 guardians for the Turkish museum life philosophically, and they have Goods have left the Vessel's Godows, or before Thursday, the 20th September, before the 1st October, 1958, or they will
authorities at the Old Seraglio in kaown how, by means of organiza-Rad all Goods remaining undelivered 1929, or they will not be recognized. 3 55 1 7
Damaged
„chafed and slamaged Gondaz Packages will be examined
All 8.888 Stamboul, and they are still station- tion and mutual help, to adapt after the 18th September, will be subject
'to Bent,
by the Company' Burveyors, Menors are to be left in the Godowas, whers 0ed at the Gate of Felicity" which themselves to the competition of a
All Claims against the Vessel must Boddard & Douglas in the
be examined on the 16th presence they will be their predecessors used to guard democratic market. In the popular be presented to the Undersigned on or of the Consignees at 10 Am on instant, at 10 ax., by Mess. Goddard 421 6 4 63 2 4 against all intruders and which mind no stigma attaches to their
before the 2nd October, or they will not Monday, the 17th September, 1928. and Dongins. 56 they to-day open to tourists. Still imperial past, and there is an inter- be recognised.
No Fire Inmarsace will be affected by. others have used the capital they ested sympathy with them in their Na Fire Insurance will be effected.
a in any case whatever, amassed to set themselves up in unprecedented situation and 5 48 27
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Agenta, trade and are showing a certain their endeavours to shake down to
Ajezt. Continued.pn next Columa).
1928. republican life
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REGISTER,
Hong Kong Observatory, Sept. 11th"
Previous Dat:On Dals
Day
Date of
Height.
Agenta
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE.
From September 19th to 18th, 1923.
Hrom WazxR.
LOW WATER.
Hong
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Barometer...
at 2 p.m. 6 am.
29.67 Temperature 83.
I p..
Standard
Kong
Time
Keng Standard Time
99,70 30
29.68
83.
b.
Humidity -73 Wind
87.
80
, in b Wed. 12m 3 27 5m 1 11 40.
9 43 5
2 511 8
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NE
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OPT 0.00
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Fri. Bat. 10 16 73m
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10 225 51
10 405-8
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Thunder.
the
Domestic Life.
them even conformed to the custom
of polygamous days and, before the
the
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The Steamship "BEŃVENUE.” BAINGING CARGO FROM MARSEILformed that all Goods are being ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby
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LES, &c., ALSO CARGO FROM
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Hong Ko
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