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SKIRTS AND THE FIGURE.

SIR WILLIAM ORPEN'S VIEWS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

HONGKONG HONEY- MOONERS

DRAGON BOAT RACES.

LAND IN FRISCO,

YESTERDAY'S FESTIVAL.

As was briefy reported in hat Painter of modern women, War The steamer "Nile," which aniv-night's China Mai, the Dragon. Bost artist, and a writer of vivid prose and ad from the Orient, Terse, Sir William Orpen, she witty close to being a honeymoon ship Colony's Chinese population yester came Festival was celebrated by the Irish R.A has now appeared as a

Bond street.

quantities.

festival took the form of the annual The public celebration of the

Dragon Boat races, in which the rich Captain Kinley is one of the and poor slike joined with keen Youngest captains having a command enthusiasm. The regatta was again on the Pacific, and carved in the navy held at North Point this year, in the during the World war. He holds a stretch of water opposite the king master's certificate for both British | Yuka Gardens. Large crowd and American merchantman vaadis thronged the beach soon after noon, and has commanded several British and the festival spirit was every where The bride was Peggy Hall, a new Europeans visited North Point later steamers, though he is an American. evident. Quite 藠 number of

syndicate in France during the war. keen interest in the proceedings. A paper writer, who represented a newa in the afternoon, and.. took

dreas reformer. With a Daily Mail observes a recent image of the San day. Private celebrations were man recently he direnased the feron Fransisco Chronicle, The captain practically confined to the firing of controversy over the long versas and the doctor on the best brought crackers in Chinese residences and on short skirt issue that is raging around brides back with them. The wedding the sampans and junka in the harbour. I saw the long dress, with its day of Captain John I. Kinley to Joss paper were also burned in large panels touching the ground, in Paris Peggy Hall, a former newspaper not ten days ago," he said. "Don't correspondent, in Hongkong, occurred ask me what I think about it. Dress on Washington's birthday. is not a question of inches off the ground or from the knee.

"There is not, and never has bees, a dress designer who could make wo men dress as they should, according to their age, their figure, and their height. They simply will not do it. So astonishingly res does the You see a woman of 49 walk into beantifal Canadian now scenery look the Rite or Cariton in an exquisite in "The Heart of the North", the gown which suits har to perfection; fine picture which was shown at the she is undeniably lovely, no matter fist fight between Jean de Vries, a Coronet for the first tire to-day, that what the style may be. At once some she later went to Siberia with the large matabed erected on the beach!

people who see it must almost have wretched flapper rushes off and orders! been able to imagine themselves cold. a dress just like hers, regardless of American forces and then to China. Of a piece with the rugged grandeur the fact that it makes her look a per-States after her world tour when the of its superb scenic background was feet fright the story of the film itself.

Long dresses are very good for fat met Captain Kinley of the "Nile." The red-blooded romanes that races along legs; but every woman ought to know the States, as well as the "Nie" were steamer on which she was to sail for with a swiftly flowing tide of romance that without being told. Short skirta tied op in Hongkong by the Chinese exciting incident. Twin on a thin girl give you a view of a stewards and dockmen's strike. A and

as orphans in pair of spindly thanks; that won't the stop them wearing them if it's the charactars. Separated as fashion.

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An insult offered the Belgian flag by a passenger came near causing Dutch importer and exporter of Java, and Alexander Barr first officer of the teamer Nile" when the steamer arrived in San Francisco from Hong- kong. On the Saturday night Captain John Kinley caused the dining saloon of the "Nils" bound for San Fran- cisco, to be draped with the flags

of the allies.

It is a

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brothers, born De, Fries entered the dining room, blinding according to the passengers of the central steamer, in a very hostile mood, children,

"Fashion! What we want is the

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en besar the Belgian flag on divergent patho-one joins the famous fashion of dressing, to show the best the wall in back of the captain's North West Mounted and the other and not the worst of a woman.

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She was about to sail for the Uniteded shelter from the arm for large WHITEAWAY LAIDLAW

romance

was the result of their friendship, so they were married on February 22 of this year.

doctor, was married in San Fran

Dr. G. D. Schoonmaker, the ship's

cisco before the Nile "sailed for the

and gaily decorated with flags, provid- numbers of ladies and children. The verandahs of the restaurant in Ming em this comicrtable and much yuen Gardens were also crowded. sought after position, admirable view of the racing could

be obtained.

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Four large Dragon Boata with crewn of between 30 and 40 each, dressed in basket hats took part in the races. suits of mixed colours and wearing red

The mass of colour, representing near-

and threw it on the Loor. Alexander | Naturally the time comes when their means let her cover it. If she has to have made the round trip to the a picturesque sight long to be remem- Bar, the first officer of the steamer, paths recross and that is where the lovely arm, why cover it with a who served as captain of a British story gets its punch from.

glove! infantry company in Belgium during the World war interfered.

convention which kept a woman's

A remarkable feature abent the act-

ing of these two parta is that they form

"Yes, we have broken with the

the Irish home of my youth that. woman, even when sested, would dare to show her ankle. If it appeared as she sat down she would carefully pull her skirt over it--like this." And Sir William Orpen made that charac taristic little gesture of the woman of the 'aighties and ’nineties pulling her skirt down.

Orient the laat trip. His bride was ly every bas of the rainbow presented Orient with him and then start bered. There were altogether eight housekeeping. The strike hap races, all of which were keenly contest- pened and the couple spent their ed, the crews timing their paddle honeymoon in China, staying two strokes with the beating of the drums Mrs. Schoonmaker is a Minneapolis the beats quickened the splashes made girl. Bath Mrs Kinley and Mrs. by the pedales incread and the Schoonmaker plan to stablish homes boats shot forward like arves

in San Francisco.

De Vries is said by the assengers | 8 dual role, assumed by an established ankles out of sight. I remember in months longer than they intended-placed in the centre of each boat. As there become abusiva Barr favourite with Coronet patrons, Mr. demanded that de Vries apologize for Roy Stewart. His difficult perform

conduct. The sentiment of the ance is marvellously well done sud passengers was so against him that sustains the element of mystery right he averted trouble between himself to the last. He gets splendid support, especially in the spectacular forest fire and Baur by apologizing.

The passengers of the steamer aside, from Charming Miss Louise that de. Vries had frequently made Lovely. slurring remarks against the Belgiana during the trip. He engaged in a bitter tirade against theta sad everything Belgian one night in the smoking room and one of the pas sengers gave him a tongue lashing that kept him quiet actil the Baturday night affair.

SARCASTIC TCHITCHERIN.

INTIMIDATION AT

TAIKOO.

Was there never a period when woman dressed to suit her age !" the reporter asked.

Before Magistrate Lindsell yester- "Not in Victoriaz days. Before day afternoon, two Chinese were that the older woman never appeared charged with having used violence to in public. Affer 23 she stopped at a Chinese sub-contractor with the home. And now the grandmother intention of preventing him from perparades her figure in the skirt of a forming his lawful duties at Taikoo girl of 20. You can't tell who or Dockyard.

what she is until you see her face.

THE "PERFECT" FERIOD,

KINEMA - NOTES

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"THE WOMAN THOU GAVEST ME."

reply. Now one boat would get in front, then another and then all "would get stresst again. All that while the excitement sabore was given vent to by yells of encour agement and the firing of crackers. There was plenty of noise but nobody eared; they were all "out to enjoy themselves and the erowd took every ounce of fun they could from the sport, as only Chinese could. Three the races Yaumati and Aberdeen (one districts

represented in bost each) and Shauliwan (two boats). The honours were prettily evenly divided.

The rowing race for European crews had to be cancelled owing to insufficient extries, only one bost turning up.

Among the realistic scenes in "The Paramount-Artcraft Special adapted Homan Thon Gavest Me," &

from Hall Caine's novel, which will be, shown at the World Theatre According to Mr. H. L. Dennye,

{jo-monow, are a blizzard in the who appeared for the prosecution the -There was one grest period when antarctic regions, and a Londos fog. What is truth? A Georgian

trouble arose over the complainant women and men too-wae perfectly Both of these scenic effects are said

to be startling in their effect. appealed to Genoa to have Bolshevik refting to join the Painters Guild, dressed, back in the 16th century.

Hugh Ford who directed the bloodshedding stopped in that of which the defendants are members. Do you see that doll? I am going to

the first director to At the conclusion of the races prizes county. Tchitcherin denied that The complainant was threatened by paint it. It is of that pericu and picture. was

the dress to

the stage a realistic were presented to the winners in the any had taken place. There had been first defendant who raid "If you don't showe

perfection. produce os one of the London fog. This was done first in Ming Yuen Gardens by the proprietor no rising to suppress. They were join our guild you will have no work Thirty years ago

to do." used to these false charges, and under-

As the complainant was ex-Kaiser's ladies had a dress made the London production of "A Dawn of the Gardens. The prizes consisted

of a that model, and here is s

To marrow and it created a of banners, with suitable inscriptions stood their purpose. However, he leaving the x.a. "Dermuda" at the to

tremendous sensation. He later in Chinese; tiny silver madala kindly welcomed the interest shows in stop Taikoo Dock at 11.80 a.m., on the photograph of hex in it." ping bloodshed within or without 3rd inst, the defendants stopped Sir William and the reporter looked produced the same play in New York presented by the Asiatic Petroleum Europe, and hoped it would turn to him at the top of the gangway and at the doll together, a wonderful little where much comment was caused by Company and the military adventures in the Far one of them struck him on the back figure with a skirt which flowed out the novelty of his effects. Eastern republic, to the Polish with a hammer. He ran and hid in from the hips and made a wide occupation o: Vilns, to the seizure of the bow for safety and sabeegnently circle on the floor. A large bonnet Bessarabia by Ramsnis, and to bolted down the gangway towards almost hid her features. India, Egypt, Tunis, and other the wharf. Defendants and serers! others intercepted him on the wharf and gave hire a severe drubbing, inflicting serious injuries on his head, back and arms. Complainant's fokis he tried to mediate were also assaulted.

countries.

Complainant went to the Shauki- wan Police Station in a sampan Defendants were arrested by the Dockyard police.

"Nothing to be seen except the fact that there is a graceful woman in it? Exactly. New look here."

Mr. Ford was also the first persen to produce a realistic snow storm on the stage. This was in a play cailed Told in The Hills," which ran at the Lyceum, New York. Hitherto stage snow stormus had been grade things: laughable rather than convincing. In The Woman Thon Gavest Me," both effects have been startlingly Presepted. Catherine MacDonald has ter length, of a fashionable woman of the leading woman's role and Milton ten years ago, with a corsage and Sills, Jack Holt and Theodore Roberts panniers closely resembling that are well cast. - wonderful Italian gown of the 16th century.

Sir William Orpen dragged canvas out of a pile in a correr of his studio and showed one of his vivid masterful portraits, three-quar-

monetary awards, amounting in all to $100. Among the prize donors were Mesars. Liggett and Myers, A. E. Watson & Co., the Hongkong Dairy Farm Ice & Cold Storge Co., the Ming Yeen Gardens and the Contiaught Mineral Water Works Company.

The management of the Ming Tuen Gardens are to be congratulated upon the successful organisation of the regatta, and the excellent catering for the large numbers of holiday-makers. They did manually good business. throughout the day.

Dr. F. W. Foxworthy, forest re search officer in the Federated Malay States, has been visiting Queensland. for the purpose of making inquiries into forestry methods and sdministra- tion. Be left Brisbane recently for Sydney on his way to West Australis, The chief line of defence was put up thence to India. Dr. Farworthy is an by the first defendant whose story was "You see," he said, “how nest a man in the dress of the same period. | | CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM.- American by birth, and a graduate in that the complainant had thrown dirty they got to it a few years ago; but of "Perfect!" said the fainter. "And A touch of rheumatism, or a twinpe of science and forestry of an American water on them, but as the defendants course the dress fell straight from the do you notice how closely his dress whatever the trouble in University. For 12 yeam he deve were both working above the companniers and ruined the effect. How resembles that of the short skirted the paint once and cured the complaint Chamberlain's in Balm drives away loped and directed the forzet policy of plainant, they being on the deck and could it be otherwise? To have modern woman? Draw a line-across quickly. First application gives relief. the Philippine Government. He has be near the bilge below, the Magistrate widened the dress would have been his knees where the breeches end and when a bottle of it is kept in the house been engaged in the Malay States for

ridiculous. How could's woman get you have the short chist with the the pain of burns and scalds may be four year. Dr. Foxworthy has earned

in and out of a cab or walk down a

promptly relieved, cnta and bruises quickly bented and swellings promptly a world reputation in the science of

crowded street in it ?"

reduced. In fact, for the household ills forestry, particularly in forest botany

is just suck an embrocation us every and wood technology."

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refused to believe that dirty water was thrown upwards, and as they offered no farther explanation they were bath sent to prison for three months' with hard labour,

Sir William and the reporter went back to the photograph which showed

panels falling on either side.”

Sir William Orpen ended where he began, with a with that women would drees to suit their figures.

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