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Carmen was a gipsy girl, who had left her people to taste the pleasures of town life. In Sunny Saville, the town to which she went, and where

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FOURTH OF JULY.

THE U. S. 8. ASHEVILLE

CELEBRATION,

nuts, coffee, hot and cold tea-and Ice cream.

Vice Consul Burke was at home to visitors during the noon, hour. Most of the guests who left the

American Gunboat Asheville? the Consulate to pay their respects For nearly six months the "Asheville" at that time, called at had been stationed at Swatow, and to sample the purch. Ouce during that time she had gone to, Hongkong and Manila, each time returning to the city the Ashevillians have learned to call the Home Port.

In the afternoon the crowd gathered on the Kak Chieh side for the big baseball game. When the "Asheville The ship's company planned a

came first to ip-roaring Fourth-of-july Celebra- Swatow in January, Mr. McGown, tion. For three weeks, race-boat an influential Britisher of Kak crews had been out in whale-boats Chieh, loaned the men' a fine and dinghies. For ten days the athletic field; and for five months warriors of swat had been on the field, going through heavy batting there have been an average of and fielding practice. For a for-three games a weck on this plot. night the Asheville Minstrel For the celebration it was decided Troupe had been working many to select two teams from the best to be the big feature of the evening league game. Chief Yeoman Jack- hours daily on the show which was candidates, and to play a big

enormous, but those who saw this o film at the Coronet yesterday are unanimous that it was well worth it.

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Constance Talmadge is at the Coronet in a First National produc tlon, "The Perfect Woman," Con stance falls in love with a multis millionaire. She applies for a position in his office, unaware of the fact that the hobby of the one hero of her dreams consists of re- sisting her sex. He has barricaded himself against their charms by employing a character reader, who can spot designing young ladies at half a mile. Constance fails to pass the barrier the first time, but her second and successful attempt and the subsequent development of her plot provide a story just brimming over with fun and humour. An other interesting picture is the STORIES OF THE OPERA querelling with one of her com- which practically all the actors are novel comedy,Just Dogs," in panions, then, losing her head or canines, the remainder consisting her temper, her hot gipsy blood of goats, rabbits and a monkey.

son, and Henry Brunen were given programme. stirred by the taunts flung at her, The amount of time, patience aud Colours, when the Flower Flag"

Simultaneous with Morning the managerehip of the teams. Carmen snatched out a stiletto and money expended in producing went up at 8.00

The game was called at three ad stabbed the other girl, whe fell these two reels must have been ship was dressed

our o'clock, with practically the entire from stem foreign.community on the side wounded and bloeding.

The Caplain of the Guard ordered

colours

stern with flags of many linea. A fast nine-inning battle

and abe obtained work in a cigarette ou Jose to take charge of Carmen

American merchantmon who were of six to three.

designs. Two was staged, with a closing score factory, she soon had a host of and occure her hands whilst he went

lying in the harbour also dressed. The evening programmie was on admirera, captivated by her wonder-to get an order for her imprison-

ship in honour of America's Birth-board ship. A stage had been It bely. Amongst the soldiers ment.

day. Four vessels of the Chinese built on the forecastle. Quarter who wore stationed there, many s

soldier, forced him to forget hie Navy (which instilution is not re-master Howard had decorated oño had left his native home for the Poor Don Juse! Whilst he tried home and his mother, and wholly cognised in, international pacts, the fo'c's'le and stage with scores eving life in the Anay. Such ato fasten Carmen's lande with a bewitched by bor and her wonderful and is not expected to observe in of brilliant flags and ensigns. one way Don Jost, a village lad, cord she smiled into his eyes be beauty, Don Jose became here will ternational courtesies) gallantly Chief Edison Fritts directed the who had left bis widowed mother witchingly.

ing slave. Then, like the coquette raised the Chinese Ensign to the lighting effects, and had artistical- and his home in the hills in order to of the world to realise that if she for fresh enquesta. She began to the main

Carmen was sufficiently a woman that she was, Carmen began to sigh fore, and the Stars and Stripes to ly and tastefully arranged fifty antist. His widowed mother wor-

While the three larger softly glowing Chinese lanterns kidd over bim. Was he safe? Was could fascinate this young soldier grow tired of the devotion of Don onca hoisted their holiday over the fo'c's'le..

is mengre pay sufficient for his who was going to take her to prison, Jose, and remembrance swept back flags and pennants, gorge- The first part of the programme rinde? Was hus well? In the end, he might manage to make her to her of the handsome toreador, ously arraying themselves in was a movie feature: a dare-devil urable to go to the city herself, she cup. So she set to work to con- Escamillo.

full dress splendour. All day long, Tom Mix specialty that people in Kont ficaela-Dou Jox's faster for him, but that he, also, was in vince him not only that she cared

on the Big Day, the "Asheville was the States have forgotten--but inter and sweetheart. She was love with her. Don Jose protested was for her to get him. Somehow, they take final leave until the the minstrel. The troups consisted For Carmen to wish for a man Open house for visitors. They which came as a rare treat to our began arriving at 8.30 am-nor did friends of Swatow. And then came beautiful girl, gentle, shy, innocent of the world and its ways, but defcebly, but the glamour of her per-she managed to let Escamilla know fourth merged into the fifth, at of interlocutor, ten men in the valed to Don Jase and his mother.lity was over him to such an where she was, and in the mean- midnight, when all festivities were circle, and four end men. Paymas Arrived at the great square in extent that he forgot everything time Don Jose was eating his heart over. Many of them who had per ter Young was the Director. Chief fioville, packed with hurrying to let her escape if she would pro- ness.

Savo Carmen, and at last promised out, distressed by her growing cold-sonal friends among the officers Yeoman Hogg was the stage man med exchanging gay greetings use him in return her love.

and crew, were entertained aboard ager, who handled perfectly all the end badinage, shy Micaela promised to meet him at a border smugglers brought in a young pea and near. Travellers from Shang-

She Then, one day, a party of the at dinner. They came from far off-stage details. Bustered and afraid. She had never inn, promised to accept him as her sant girl whom they had found on hai, Hongkong and Manila came was that it was staged without

A remarkable feature of the show en a city before, and as he was lover, and rather clumsily Don Jose the mountain side trying to find a aboard to help the Ashevillians note of instrumental music. pushed to and fro the peasant gir let her go. It was easy enough for way to their hiding place. To his celebrate. There were Americans, "Asheville" has no band, our The falt bewildered. Bewilderment the Captain to see that Carmen anfuzement and surg, Don Jose Britishers, and others of the foreign orchestra. In a crew of almost 200 changed to fear when a dashing young soldier. Morales, came and connivance of the young soldier, so Micaela.

could not have got away without the recognised bis old sweetheart poke to her, but she was able to Don Jose was put in prison, there explain that she wished to see Don to look forward to his hour of no- second time, with another message The poot girl had visited Seville a dno, before she ran away in terror lease, when he should see to wait for her fester brother in beautiful Carmen again. He forgot had heard the story of her lover's bis from his mother, and whilst there se quict spot. When Morales his home, his another, and Micaela desertion, a crime punishable with Gar Don Jose, he told him that for the lovely gipsy with the red death. Wore than that, she heard special dinghy race over a half was a succession of fun and frolic, pretty peasant maid was seeking rose, him and guessing it was his sweel.

that he had been false to her and Bear, Don Jose found his heat leap

away by this beautiful gipsy, and her love, that he had been enticed bel to the old days with longing

that now. he was living a wild life And then... Carmen flashed into

of adventure and crime on the She came at a tuotant when his

mountains. bear was oddly tender, stirred Pbelpers.

Although Mignola was a peasant, her heart was brave, and she set until she found Don Jose. out, all alone, searching the bille

dist life.

with

to a border inn, kept by the head of Meanwhile Carmen made her way a band of eruugglers, but much fre- quented by soldiers, who did not know of the illicit trade carried on by the landlord and his band of

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community of Swatow. There men, there are not half a dozen who were Chinese military and civil can get together even a curbstone

the District. officials, among whom was General orchestra. But in spite of this, the Ang, the Military Commander of "Asheville" Minstrels put on a show that was chockful of vocalizá- tion,

a

an exciting event, with the boats

returns

aquatic festival. It opened with

The morning programme was an

From start to finish the minstrel

interspiced with plantation mile course, between the hospital

pulling together over the entire on someone on the ship, or on some corps and the supply corps. It was melodies, folk songs, and popular

course, the supply corps winning well-known guest. The laughter

music.

Every joke was a local hit, either by about a quarter of a boat length, increased and the fur heightened between the Filipino and Negro ed a high tension of merriment. Another special rate was pulled

as the show went on, until it reach, omories of mother and home

mess boys of the ship, and was Then the chorus struck off into a fot Don Joss had never seen went there, when he heard that The Captain of the Guard oven

won by the former. For two days score of limericks, each of which girl ke Carmen before. She came beautiful Carmen was there, but in-

the semi-finals of the divisional ot of the cigarette factory with the stead of capturing her and sending

dinghy and whale-boat races had us a joke on some one of the other girls who worked there, and her to prison, the Captain was told him her news. His mother was these events were pulled on the

Thon, when she found him, she been under way. The finals of men, chief petty officers, officers, crowd of admirers soon rounded infatuated by Carmen that he only dying, and calling out for her boy.

or guests, For, all of them eager for a word or tried to win a smile from her.

Fourth, deck divisions, winning Immediately following the & smile.

Don Jose Avus distracted, and, both. Most interest was manifest-minstrel show, there was a With the boldness of the guntil he brought the news that Don accompanied Micaela home to bid tweenthe deck force and the engine when rockets galore made. rivalry He did not succeed, however, rather to the relief of Carmen, he ed in the final whale-boat race, be- magnificent display of fireworks, However, Carmen went and Joe was released, and with her his mother good-bye, and to receive company. The former won-but with the splendour of the stars, took to the young soldier. All the while fierce, passionate lieart beating fast her last blessing. Directly, he had Harris's crew of firemen and all the roar out of Aurora, and put she was speaking she smiled into his eyes and played with the crimson the tight of the young soldier gono, Carmen set off for Seville and machinists gave a race that would nothing but bore into Borealis, mse the wore, and when the soldierske, Carmen was kind to the take part in a great bull fight.

who had suffered prison for her to see Escamillo, who was going to

do credit to any "men." The boat After the rockets came the mid- rather epidly refused her advances, Captain, who went away believing

races were followed by a 300-yard night glows when glowing.shells Carmen flung the red ross towards that he had won the lovely gipay the fickle gipsy lot him know that

He welcomed her joyfully, and festival was over.

swimming race-and the aquatic of crimson and green and purple hin with a laugh, much to the

were fired into the air, painting. chagrin of the other young fellows, girl.

she would accept him as her lover:gramme came in the afternoon and of midnight blackness. And after Other athletic events on the pro-rainbow arcs against a background Dan Joe's heart began thumping

indeed, it seemed as though the evening; the baseball game, and the glows a thousand cannon away, and scarcely knowing what That same evening Fecamillo, the dark-eyed, passionate girl had mat the boxing and cupfights at night. crackers were shot off into the Fio did, he picked up Carmen's rednost popular and much talked-of her match at fast, and that she The boxing was a four-round ex-night, as a grecting to the new day rose. One moment he thought to toreador in all Spain, come to the really loved Escamillo,

hibition bout between "Chaplain" enough to drive all the devils throw it away, but then, as he re-inn with his friends. He fell in The two were radiantly happy, Hagberg and "Kid" Coughlin. from Swatow Bay, and to protect mombered her sancy mile and love with Carmen and, with the and on the day of the great bull But the Chaplain was too heavy, the Swatonians from the bandits flashing oyes, he could not. Barance of a much-fited person, fight, Carmen accompanied him to and the Kid a bit excited and until the "Asheville

tried to make love to her. Escamillo the arena, bidding him forowell and the exhibition was a knockout for again 1 Read Whilst the fragmance of the red was a bandsome youth, and at any good luck, then, just as she turned, Coughlin. The spectators got a ree was still in his nostrils, ton-other time Carmen would have been after he had left her, she saw her better kick out of the cupfights. A delising bin with remembrance of delighted to win such a lover, but discarded lover. Don Jose, coming half dozen men were blindfolded the dark-eyed Carmen, the gentle now her thoughts were all with Don towards her. Another girl, remem and put in the ring together, each UNCLAIMED · TELEGRAMS. Micheln rolurned, and eagerly Don Jose, Ile come at last, and she boring how she had treated him and a cop in the other. The object with a boxing glove on one hand dosa went to meet her. She kissed threw herself into his arms, begging might have been afraid. Indeed her of the contest was twofold; to Jum fondly, gave bin his mother's his never to leave her again. She companions begged her to come listen for an opponent's tap, and

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her bad ways.

day. And as an gcho to the roar and a woman's scream, and with friends, who bound the Captain,

of the saluting battery, twenty-one Abe Captain of the Guard Don Jose and welcomed Don Joso as a coun- Cartoon was furious! How dare smoke rackets were fired from the nied forward to see what was panion, and Carmen and he went he say these things against or flying bridge, painting the sky with

off together.

Evil ways, indeed! She flung at and green, of purple, blue and streaming clouds of red, yellow but a different Among the mountains. Carmen his feet the ring he had given, her crimson, of brown and white, and Carmen this time. She had been taught him to forget his duty, as a angrily shouted that she could never gray smoke--and dropping twenty love him again, and cried with one filmy parachutes for the chil- thobbing passion in ber voice that dren of Swatow to find and cherish she had met her true lover at last. as souvenirs of the Asheville's" To Don Jose, the vision of Carmen great celebration. *> in another man's arms was in Undurable matching out his The biggest avent on every stiletto, he stabbed the beautiful Fourth of July programine is the pay to the heart, swearing that no commissary department, from the dinner. This is the time when the other should be her lover, his frenzy Paymaster down to the bumblest blinding him to everything, even on the ship, does itself handsomely, the shouts of applause which herald A dozen items on the bill of fare ed the torador's great victory, make no dinner at all: there must Carmen felt lifeless to the ground. be at least a score preferably three Her dark eyes closed so her eager of four dozen. There must be two lover, Escamillo, come leaping for three kinds of meat two marl ta gost bar annak etter of result three, of words, of love and, praise for his gravy dozen

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