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INTIMATIONS

Ten Victor Records which should be in every home'

L'Arlesienne Suite (Bizet) Part 4. Caprice Espanol

17784 Album Lenf

(Beaumont),

Twilight Crepuscule, Violin-Cello-Harp

Violin Flute Cello--Harp ... Harp Solo

Norman Fantasia 17939-Prelude 74400-Tosca-Visi d'arte 87218-Ciclo Turchiaò... 87030-Madame Butterfly U4135Monuott (Badyn) 74182-This-Intermezzo 64594-When the Boys come Home 70116-Bonnie Maggie Tamson.

Song

Butterfly's Death Scens

Violin Solo

& Sons,

Comic Song

15

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 201, 1916.

Vessella's Italian Bind. Venetian Trio, Florentine Quartet. Lapitino. Alda Caruso, Geraldine Farrar. Mischa Elman. Kreisler. ...Evan Willinen. Harry Lauder.

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BRITISH TO THE BACKBONE

BREAD-WINNING WOMEN. THEIR NEW HORIZON.

[BY BEATNICH HENON-MAXWELL.]

Two years have wrought a transforma tion in woman's Fle and outlook that would seem marvellous, even in these

strange times, if it were not that we have been Iving the experience, making his tory, instead ufo reading it, and becoming acelimatised day by day to the changed cutmosphere.

Independence that glorious possession for which the whole country is living or dying is now in woman's grasp..

The dormant capacities in her for being the actual supporter not only of herself, as formerly, but of her home and family when necessary, have wakened to full use, and she is well content to earn the daily bread for her belongings, to make it and bake it, and mark it with W.-woman's work, w

GERMAN BARBARISM AND REPRISALS.

PROPOSAL TO CONFISCATE

ENEMY PROPERTY:

In the House of Lords last month, Lord Beresford asked the Government

THE GREATEST REVUE

EARTH. (WITH JOHN BULL'S BEAUTY CHORUS),

ON

produced so modestly, that few of us have realised what a remarkable show it

Yesterday afternoon Brown, cheery alert, observant, and like a schoolboy come home, Innched with me..

MOST FORMIDABLE

BALKAN FORCES.

Roumania's is of all the Balkan armies. by far the most formidable, both nume rically and as a war mashine, although the present day descendant of the Plevna heroes and the Roman legionaries of old' has still to prove himself in tried valour and hardihood the equal of his Serb and Bulgarian neighbours.

The Rumanian first line is about 325,000, the second line about 275,000, about 100,000 strong. For a Rumanian army corps is as exceptionally powerful. unit of its kin, numbering well over 50,000 men, and comprising three in- fantry divisions (forty-two battalions. thirty-nine of the line, three of chasseurs),

cavalry brigade of two yeomanry or light horse regiments (composed of farmers, who in return for providing their own, mount and kit, un I've been out of things too long.dergo a short training period only), What's on?"

twenty pine field gun and four field If you care for a matinée, what about howitzer batteries, or 130 guns in alL revue ??

Can you snatch an afternoon!" sag gested Drown."

It might be managed." What shall we do?". It's for you to say,

[BY TWELLE BREX.]' The newcomer always sees most of the whether a statement could be mado as to game. My friend Brown Rawly returned the value of British property in Germany from years in the Fast, has opened the eyes to the wonderful show that the and German property in Great Britain; amateurs are giving in the Great Revue. whether similar statement could be It has been improvised so tentatively and the third or organised militia, made as to the value of German property in the British Empire: whether the Bris tish Dominions had wound up German properties in their several countries as retaliation for various acts of barbarism and piracy on the high seas; whether, after the murder of Captain Fryatt, his Majesty's Government could now their way to retaliate by confiscating Gornian property in this country, and A girl who feels the contraction of un-interning all German-born individuals paid” hoine employment or idleness, no now at large. It was no use simply de- longer says to herself "What can I do?"nouncing these nets. Something ought to but Which shall I do?" and proceeds be done and done now. When, earlier, to select one of the many callings open he had suggested that German property to normal intelligence, her trade or proin, this country should be confiscated he fession being only a question of choles had been told that we had more pro

had perty in Germany that Germaans The realisation has come to us that here" and that they would retulinte. though men must work, women need not His reply to that was that we were going only weep. Tears are still for them with to win the war and so the argument did the saving grace of a natural butlet for not hold. He asked whether it would sorrow to their complex tender natures, not be possible to confiscate scrue German but there is also the sovereign opiate for property and out of it give the widow grief and loss-work, work that is to of Captain Fryait £30,000. The Germans benefit others as well as themselves." were getting irritated with their Govern Sathty, dicontent, loneliness, boredom, ment and this would make them more so and the result would be that they would all yield to its absorbing demand, and those who work long enough, hard insist on the war being waged in a proper enough, and well enough, can live down mental suffering that might otherwise overwhelm them.

a

"I've been to four already. No, it's There are in addition the usual pioneer

of mountain artillery, and two com too fine for a theatre. Can't you think of and other technical troops, one regiment something else

"I cannot," I admitted, with the cuspanies of fortress artillery, not to men- tion the Royal Regiment of Horse tomary lack of resource of the Londoner. )

Brown reflected for a moment. Yes Guards an the Gendarmeric.

The Rumanian field and horse artillery he cried suddenly, we will go to a

are armed with 75 Q.F. Kropp pat Revue. I'll take you to the biggest rovue of all, the revue you've seen three or terns (1901 and 1008), very superior, to four hundred times and been too blind the 77's" used by the German fold- to notice, the manumoth revue, the revue artillery, aa aike the earrings, the with the gallantest actors and the pret brake, and the sighting apparatus wero tiest actresses, the best acted revue, the specially designed and perfected by the revue with the monstrous cast, millions Rumanian engineering corps with a view of em the most lavishly produced revue to the exacting conditions of warfare oh, there's a mint been spent on it postulated by mountainous country Real properties, real trains, real streets, where the read accommodation is mostly. real tramway cars, real omnibuses, real poor. The field howitzer batteries, throa The Marquess of Lansdowne said there motor-vans, real railway stations, roal of 4-in, and one of 47 calibro par

booking were figures in reference to Gerionn pro-

On the other hand, both the 75' Boruco bas affected your brain, take their part in the sad things of life, perty in Germany, but he was advised

embody the very latest pre-war types girls full of the joy of youth and its eager that they were not considered conclusive Brown. Who is the producer of this air gun and the 5.9-in, heavy howitzers longings towards pleasure, work is still and that it would be unwise to produce mythical show?"

John Bull, cried Brown; and, by from the Schneider works, Creusot. The them at that moment. 1t an imperfect the means to an end, the money-giver statement of the Bgures was laid befors Jove, he's done it well. No charge for artillery tactics, us, indeed, the four providin gihem with clothes to suit their the public erroneous deductions, night spectators, no programme, no stage man-gun battery systemu, huve been based, tastes, treats to quench their thirst for be drawn With regard to German pro-ager, no librettist, no footlights between with slight modifications, on the French gaety, and the added luxury of gifts to perty in the British Empire the Govern-actors and spectators. The Great Ama model. Rumanis breeds a strudy roun- others which no one who has not becoment had not the information asked for..

tear Revue, acted everywhere, continuous jurformance, no waiting The most poor can possibly enjoy to its utmost.

wonderful show in the world. After the war it will never be repeated. Pay the

In the street. I held up my cane. luncheon bill and come out to the show."

manner.

For the ones who drew net yet had to perty in this country and English pro- beauty chorus, lifts, enormous realArmy Corps, are also products of Essen...

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Men haw confessed to being a little afraid lest harder and coarser toil may undermine what is woman's greatest charm to a masculine mind her femin inity

Jadging by countless signs and point ers they need not so fear.

Woman, Anding that she can demos strate her agility and strength of mind and physique, her desire for action in stead of inaction, in many legitimate and helpful billets, will be content to remain true to her own nature, and ever those unruly ones-there are exaggerated and undisciplined people in every large con- munity--who ape the blustering, violent, militant type of the other sex, and out-¡ man men, will erase to clamour for the recognition of theoretical rights.

Women will realise that there is a re verse to this medal of merit that she gaining for herself, and that it la for her to make this less-visible aspect an attractive one if she does not wish to lose the crown of life that love alone has to bestow

"It does not matter how well she "gets on with her own sex, stie is bound to feel her existence incomplete if it is de void of association with the other and opposite one.

What do we want a taxicab for

asked Brown.

To go in this wonderful show of

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We're there already," said Brown, Well, what do you think of the show 7" asked Brown that night when, fired after our long tour in London, we sat down to supper.

Marvellous," I answered enthusias tically. But what an extraordinary thing that I haven't realised it sooner.!!

Not at all. People never notice things under their eyes. Moreover, it all came on you people gradually. You see, it's burst on me all at ones."

"the great

"Yes," E sald reflectively, khaki march was our first big scene, and then came the ballet of the special con-

tables——*****

"A fine performance that," said Brown. Think of it, all those middle-aged men dressing up for their parts after their day's work is done, and acting all night with never a stiver of pay and mighty little applause. Two years solid of it But like the costume That blue's wonderfully effective

Don't you

moun-

tain race of horses, particularly suited for artillery draught, while oxen teanis ure harnessed to the heavier cannon.

The most remarkable feature of the Rumanian engineering corps is the mate- ral for the rapid setting up of a semi- permanent pontoon bridge, nearly a mile broad, across the Danube. This bridge, which comprises no fewer than 180 sec. tions, does not interfere with the river navigation.

SINGAPORE RUBBER SHARES.

Messrs. Vernon & Smyth, stuck brokers. of Hongkong, received the following quotations by cable from Singapore yes- torday:-

Alor Gajans Glenealys Kedud

Kempas.. Malaka Pindas Malakoffs

New: Serendahus Sandycrofts

Tapals

All middle prices,

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1,05

3,20

0.50

2.15

4.70

4-15

4.30

20.50.

Rubber i London bas advanced to.

2. 37 per lb.

...HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

BAND,

The Band will attend at the Headquar cers Club at Home on Friday, Sep tembær, 22nd,

It was the case that in the Dominions somo German business properties had been. wound up but that had been done for the same reason as had led us in this country to wind up certain alien estates for business purposes as Д measure of precaution and not by way of retaliation. gestion of Lord Beresford, as he under

As to the question of policy, the sug-yours. stood it, was that, in retaliation for the inhuman murder of Captain Fryatt and other nets we should proceed to confiscate such German property as might be found in this country. He must say at once. that retaliation of this kind-seemed to him a very different matter from the kind of reprisals which had been sonie- times, suggested, and, which he was glad to say had not found favour in that House-he meant the attempt to reply to cruelty, persecution, and barbarity by acts of a similar description. A policy of that kind had been deprecated, and right- the kind of retaliation which the table deprecated but when they came to lord proposed-directed not against the persons of our enemies, but against her parse that seemed quite a different mat ter, and the Government had lately been examining the possibility of proceeding in that manner. But if such polic were contemplated it must be rested to with the utmost care and circumspec Yes, it seems to run as a colour notif

ion. These commercial questions were through the whole show. very involved and difficult to deal with, Fustice how it suits all the beauty chores; The fact that she has adopted in numer, and they had to make sare Hát în af the lift girls, the ticket collectors, he ous occupations part of the garb that has tempting to obtain satisfaction of that bookstall girls, the commissionairesses?" come to be considered masculine does not kind they did not du, more havin· thân, But I'm awfully sweet on those arah in three days imply a craving to be man- good. They had to be sure that the sur- hollands of the girl van drivers, and the Its worn for the same reasons face which was exposed to the action of girl sorters in the Red Cross and other Lod he wears it--because it is safer and their enemies might not prove to be packing department tableaux, and the more suitable than flowing skirts, floating larger surface than that which they ex girl gardeners. skoves and veile, trimmed hats, and orna-posed to us. But the Government felt What do you think of the women mental neex and foot gear.

that they could not carry this matter postmen?! Puit je reassuring that though she has high commercial and particularly high those girl window cleaners with the further without first conferring with Charming," said Brown, but don't now so little time and thought to spare banking authorities, as they were doing overalls and the long, gaiters, make an on dress she should still take heed of her appearance, and even in uniform contrivet this moment. He was unable at the exquisite picture! Brown sighed when moment to tell his noble and gallant he remetubered one of the window to show bor Didividuality in the neatness Friend what course they would eventually cleaners. Perhaps the most wonderful of her coiffure, the set of her cap or tune ndvised to take.

tableau of all, though, is the great, lune or overall, the trimness of her leggings.

As to the suggestion that, by way of cheon-hour divertissanen: scene in White She looks gentille and coquette, two adalintion, they should intern all Ger hall; we were too late for that to-day." jectives that a French convey niceness-born individuals, the Government

Oh, we Londoners have recognised the and prettiness of clothing without peces policy had been stated a month age. The loveliness of that, anyway," I said. sairily meaning flirtatiousness.

We'll go and see it again to-morrow, Government had decided that, whatever might be said of a policy of general in-used Brown. But the whole show's terndenį as matter of premution, it so good that one can't pick out hits. would be very ineffernal as a measure of Some of the mes troupes are just as retaliation, and he could not hold out splendid and picturesque as the "women, any hope that they would proceed to in audience but an English audience would smiling, welcoming girl ticket collectors,

Any other Think of the Volunteers. terning enemy aliens in the wholesale cheer to the echo when the green-grey A little fairy, with golden hair tumbling manner suggested for purposes of ranks march past, I saw a man of at over her shoulders and a W.H.S. m

least seventy marching-as-finely as anybroidered on her wrock; sold me my first- Lord Beresford said he did not consider of them to day. If the Hugs ever got London. the noble marquess's statement a very over here what a splendid part those buttons in light blue uniform and paper A little, pig-tailed He said the Govern fellows are ready and able to play nasty gaiters dimpled rosily to me when satisfactory one. ment were inquiring. If they did not My hat! What a curtain scene to the first walked in my club. A rittle

more than juquire there would be a Great Revue

pop-headed girl-Mercury ran me upstairs lot more Fryait cases. He believed that one we got to the pockets of the Germans

I stoered Brown, off one of his patriotic in the lift. Graceful, smiling girls have a great anany of these barbarities would apostrophes Like all cons of the supplanted the grease waiters in my cepse. He would put down a question as he is more alive than ourselves to the first happy London omnibus ride such a Mother who bare came home from over- favourite restaurant. When I took my divinity handed me my ticket that I felt.

brute not to offer her my seat. "Girls, girls! troops of girls! All of

Another forelding has been that her new careers will mase the idea of mar riage less pleasing to her, and the cares of a homic will not be so lightly under taken as hitherto now that she can afford

to remain unmarried.

taliation.

to how far the inquiries had got

DUCHESTRA,

The practice fixed for Thursday, Septent-

her 21st, cancelled. All ranks will. attend the Discipline "Lestire.

·COMPANY PARADES,

::: CENTRAL STATION, 5.45 PM,

Wednesday, September 20th,--No. 2 Co. Thursday, September 1st.-7. Friday, September 22nd.-Nos. 3 and 4

Companies.

LECTURE.

Thursday. September 21st.-All ranks -will-affend, iu uniform at Victoria

Theatre, 5-40 p.m. punctually.

F. C. JENKIN D.S.P(Reserve).

But this is net so plausible as it seems on the surface. There will be more res marriages, uniemi of heart and tempera ment, made from mutual inclination and natural alection than ever, because so many of the old considerations and in ducements, on her side, have passed away She will fall in love, and she will love to se beloved, as much as she used to only she will be able to wait for the right

splendour and pageant of what Britain mun, the one whose companionship she will not tim of, whose workaday inter Karl Crzon said the noble lord is doing to-day, less shy and self-con-

secued to think the inquiry was a burk-scious than we are in expression of pride. ests she can share and sympathise with ing inquiry. That was not so, The and emotion." How did you like the them doing ordinary things prettily; all f a better way

matter had been before the War Com Feeding Tired Tommies sortes at of them in natty uniforms that once we- Having learn what it is to be really mitice, but it was accessary to obtain London Bridge I asked.

saw only on the Empire or Palaco boards;. busy she will turn to more leisurely home very full information as to enemy pro -- "Oh, great, great," said Browo. all of them moving fleetly, gracefully, duties as a light and pleasant change perty and debts in this country

There you see again what costume does, and posing-es woman always uncon From outside tasks, and sho will under-

Those kind and delightful creatures are sciously poses-making tableaux all the stand and respect her busband's weary,

doubtless charming enough in anything, time. I'll tell you what's lacking in the quiet moods when he comes home to rest

If out of the hurly-hurly, remembering how

If there was a tendency to underrate but how the tucked-up sleeves and aprons Great Revue, my boy it's music-1

set them off! Costume costume every- there had only been an orchestra at she feels, or used to feel, herself after, the or overrate men and the work before wherat. That's the keynote of England Victorin when I arrived I would have heat and burden of the day, She's being the great crisis came it will have died out as it strikes the man come home again. thought that the train had run straight taught endurance, perserverance, concenfor in munition factories, in workshops. That's why I call it the Great Revue, through the wings of some gigantic tration, self-repression, while at the un road and rail, în farm and field, by Think of the old days, the drab, colour Drury Lane. If I hadn't been the old sanut me developing the faculty of enter land and water, women are arriving at less, dingy old days. Rarely a uniform crock that I am, I should have felt com- prite. She will take a wider view now a just estimate. Both men and women in the street, soldier's or sailor's. Never pelled to play may own part too, the part that her standpoint is the Brens itself, will value home and peace and love more an officer, except on royal procession of juvenile lead. I half expected all the and, above all, she will be able to give u bocause of the strife that has threatened days: Never a man in anything but bevies of ticket collectors, and bookstall whole facarted admiring love to the men to annihilate them and to make our world civilian monotony; never a woman except girls, and omnibus giris, and page girls,. in the fashion or a sorry imitation of it. and waitresses to welcome me with the whose ordinary tasks are arduous enough one of slavery to the most desecrating pas- but whose extraordinary cherts in an the sons and instincts that can be found in The stage was the only place where we usual sort of chorus preparations and performance of war depraved buman nature. A country ever saw colour, or pomp, or massed have proved that there are two lines in where thewomen's brains and hearts are effects, or girls looking bewitching in | life one far a man, which takes some lent spontaneously to the solving of tunics, slouch hats, short kirtles, and thing more of strength and grit than a national problems and the meeting of ex gaiters or puttees, Directly I arrived in woman, possesses; one for woman, that ceptional exigencies is not likely to fail London I was astounded and delighted needs her fiver, softer power the in its happiness when the dark war cloud with the Great Revue. At the terminus ["strength of Wil£?? (used le lifts and the flash of the Blue Bird's barrier I passed between a quartet of day.

(Continued on next Column.)

Mail. (Continued on next Column.) wingmeets our heavenward gaze.

Here's the man from Borneo

Here's the man from Borneo, Cluster, girls, and hail him home, Bid bin Bever more to roam. det Here's the man from Boraco!?? Brown sighed for the second time that a beautiful revue" Daily