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TRIUMPH OF THE KINEMA.

Very soon will be heard, the death knell of the theatre as at present conducted in England, and the complete victory of the kinema wit nessed, according to Mr. Basil Dean, the well-known producer, in his presidential address «to the Manchester Playgoers' Club.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 5th, 1927.

HEARTLESS CHINESE

FATHER.

8100 FOR DUMPING SON'S DEAD BODY.

The heartless Chinese who WOA charged with dumping the dead body of his infant son, appeared on remand before M. R. E. Lindsell,

FUTURE OF INDIAN

WOMEN.

"PURDAH 'MUST GO"

MAHARANI OF BARODA'S STRIKING SPEECH.

The Purdah must go," declared H. H. the Mabarani of Baroda in

MONARCHIST - PLOTTINGS IN GERMANY.

MODERNISING A ROYAL PALACE.

STRESEMANN AND HINDEN- BURG WON OVER?

at the Central Magistracy yeater the course of one of the most re- put in order for the Princess Her

day.

Defendant said that he had no

money to pay for funeral expenses,

and was on his way to take the body to the mortuary when he was arrested.

markable speeches on the subject of the emancipation of Indian women that has ever been delivered by a

distinguished Indian woman and a member of a Ruling House.

Speaking at the opening of the

The publication of the news that the palace of William I. in Unter den Linden is ba modernised and

mine, wife of the ex-Kaiser, caused consternation among the Nation- alista

family admit that she will sing

The agents of the Hohenzollern

there when she is in Berlin, and

His Worship pointed out that first All-India Women's Conference tal where the Princes and Prin

Accused was going in the wrong direction at the time, and convicted him of dumping.

Dr. Pope, M.O.H., pressed for a beavy penalty in, the interest of the public, and asked leave to withdraw the charge of falling to report the

death of the child.

at Poons the Maharani said: "Let us think briefly of some of the social practices which call for immediate change.

declare that it is absolutely neces sary to have a palace in the capi

cesses of the royal house can stay, as they have actually been reduced to putting up in hotels.

As I stated in my last despatch, saya the Daily Mail Berlin corte- «First, there is child marriage, Kaiser is to be carefully spondent, the way for the return of a practice which more than all else prepared. The Nationalists believe militates against the advance of that they have time on their side, widespread female education. Ber. Stresenians, the Foreign Minis and at evening paper states that fore even the girl's body has reach-

ter, has promised the representa- This was granted, and his Wor-ed real maturity, almost before she tives of William II, to further the ship imposed a fine of 8100 on the is aware that she has a soul of her dent Hindenburg has agreed to it. plan for his return and that Presi first charge.

own; she is made the plaything, either of a youth na sinned against as herself or of a man who can neither respect her nor arouse her respect. Just out of the period of infancy herself, she is forced into The following interesting United the production of infants. She is Press message appears in

the prepared neither to give them healthy bodies, nor to train their Munin Timca

minds to become noble men, loving Berlin, February 11th.-Ivan Cha-and lovable women. Robbed of her towsky, 145, and Olga Mariewa, own girlhood and youth, she is al 131, believed to be the oldest man.

most unaware of the many hap and woman in the world, are ex-

pinesses of a cultured life. gaged to be married.

WORLD'S OLDEST WOMAN TO WED OLDEST MAN.

Since before the death of George Washington they have lived in Cen- tral Russian villages 500 miles apart, unknown to each other. A traveller met Mme. Mariews, and a few weeks later he met Chatowsky. He told him that the world's eldest woman was living only a short dis- tance away.

Chatowsky wrote to Mme. Ms riewa, and after a short correspon dence proposed. He was accepted. and arrangements for the marriage this spring are being made.

WONDERS OF ANCIENT EGYPT.

LIGHT ON BIBLICAL NARRATIVES.

ARCHEOLOGIST WHO MISSED FINDING TUTANKHAMEN.

I we tre to have strong vigorous, sons, and daughters, we must have strong and mature mothers. For this, marriage mus be deferred till the girl is fully developed. That can rarely be be fore the age of eighteen.

Age of Consent. The age of consent should be made by law a minimum of sixteen. We have also to insist on the abolition of the custom of purdah Adopted in earlier times for the protection of women, it is now not enly no lenger aeeded as those dans gers are over, but it has itself be come a danger to health and hap piness. But surely there is no

Dr. Stresemann's part is to con- vince violent opponents of the harm lessaess of the return of the ex- cessful as he was in the case of the Kaiser, and he hopes to be as suc

return of the ex-Crown Prince,

A Cheery Luncheon. The question, it is stated, was dis- cussed by Dr. Stresemana with Count Westary, leader of the Nationalists, who are now in power, before the new Government was formed.

took place at a cheery luncheon Possibly the discussion party at the Hotel Adlon, at which Dr. Stresemann, Count Westarp, Prince Bismarck, and a party of Nationalists appeared to have for- gotten the quarrels, which divided them.

once

The Nationalista appear to be convinced that the wisest policy for the present is to convince the French that they are reconciled to in order the loss of Alsace-Lorraine, that Germany may deal with the eastern frontiers when she feels the right moment has come.

Frontiers Not Fixed.

It is significant that at a meeting of representatives of Dr. Strese- mana's Party at Breslau, one of the speakers polaled out that the east- ern frontiers of Germany are not

necessity to enter into a CL 2201 res fixed.

of the many evils of this with its enfeeblement of body and its starvation of the mind. If women are to take their part in the raising of the tone of social life, if they are to understand the duties and responsibilities for which their Sons must be trained, the purdah must go. If women are to have that

freedom of mind and that variety of interests, without which there can be no joyous life, the hind herpurdah is as much a purdah must go. The woman be- taptive as a bird in a cage. Pent up behind the purdah she is steeped in ignorance and allowed to grow and to flourish like a

pet animal. No hamen's, said that it was only the TRY of light nor enlightenment toss of a coin that prevented him can penetrate into the zenana. She from unearthing King Tut. He is given away in marriage with- and his companion, an American out any will of her own. Egyptologist, tossed up to decide which side of a gully they should begin on.

Had the coin fallen differently they would here de covered Tut. As it was they dug up one of his rélations...

Lecturing on The Pageant of Ancient Egypt at Wolverhampton, Mr. Arthur Weigall, one time" Inspector-General of Antiquities at Luxor, and who excavated several ancient Pharaoh tombs before e Howard Carter discovered Tutank-

Moses' Glove5,

Points emphasised by Mr. Weigall included:

Tutankhamen was, in all pro bability, the Pharaoh of the Exodus.

Our honoured patriots have been straining every nerve for political

atcipation. They have relegated social advancement to the back- reminded of the doubt of the poet ground They have to be painfully Shelley, Can man be free. it woman be Br

slave? Without

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women's clavation the progress of maz, politically, socially, and even eronomically, can only be lup-aided

and insecure.

From Chaos to Cülture. Can we "not end this once for Can we not raise our sisters from behind the purdah from this chaos and bring them out

Joseph and Moses have been proved beyond doubt by archaeal logists to have been actual per sonages, and

Moses undoubtedly wore gloves. The Princess who found loses, made up her face, and rouged her lips far more than modera girl

Egypt's first pyramid was built during the third Dynasty, 2,837

ex-Kaiser's entry into the German The fiftieth anniversary of the Army is to be celebrated here at a dinner at which 20 generals, includ. ing General von Mackensen, will be present.

"An Empire. Imminent."

A sensational view of the situn- tion in Germany is presented by the Kurjer. Purwany, Waranw, whose Berlin correspondent, says:

People in Berlin say that the day when the new Marx Calinet was appointed was committed by President in- denburg

on the German Republic.

German democracy is going to pieces. Herr Gessler, the Defence Minister, who has been its lender for 2 years, is breaking with his party and allying himself with the Nationalists.

The atmosphere in Berlin is The charged with electricity. possibility of an imminent pro- clamation of the Empire is con- templated.

A VAN DYCK FOR" "US. £50,000 PAID BY MAN WHO BEGAN AS PEDDLER.

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The painting of "Rinaldo and Armida," by Anthony Van Dyck. for which a group of British art The lovers were raising a fund so that women of Turkey broke from these it might be preserved and placed bonds: so can we. If we can make in the British National Gallery, bas Jacob fndin can speak with one voice, the Epstein, of Baltimore. The paint our needs known, if we women of been purchased by Mr. does any Co

Government of India and the Gov- ing was brought to the United craments of the Indian States will States a fortnight ago. come to our aid. It is for us to arouse such a public opinion such The Great Pramid near Caire public support that the few who was built about 2,000 BC. It is would oppose would be overwhelm constructed of 00,000,000 tons of ed. Singapore Free Press. stone blocks, each block weighing two to three tons, and it took 23 rears to build.

B.C.

The Queen of hienes, the foun der of the first Dynasty, invented ha hair restorer, and were a false

fringe (found in her tomb).

"The present-day theatre in the present-day buildings with present- day actors is on its deathbed," he asserted.

"I cannot for the life of me sed how it is going to survive under the present suicidal conditions.".

"Bernard Shaw, he said, had' con- 4.85.3/16 vinced managers that a large pro- portion of theatregners are some what more intelligent than the managers thought they were.. 111.11/16 The drama has lost its simpli

city and gained a sort of over- intelligence, but pleases nobody.

Have you any faith in the theatre's achievement I feel we have not.

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"Ought to be Guited." Mr. Dean declared that 50 per cent of our Weat End theatres ought to be gutted, and if it were not for an efficient L.C.C., some of them would be death traps.

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PEER OPENS A MILK SHOP.

SUPPLIES FROM HIS OWN FARM,

Men Lived No Longer Then.

Lord Hamilton of Dalzell, who All the discoveries made and the runs a model dairy farm for the inscriptions and records found, the lecturer said, make it clear that supply of grade A certified milk, has carried his campaign for a-pure the old Bible stories are truly his food supply a step further by open- may have been confused. This Glasgow for the supply of pure torical, although some of the details ing a picturesque little shop in accuracy particularly applies to the milk from Dalzell farm and fresh apparent, great, ages to which some vegetables from Daizell gardens. have lived. of the characters are supposed to

Men lived no longer The shop, which is of old English roof and then than they do now," he said, design with thatched

marled walls, relieved with old- but errors have crept into the re-fashioned half timber work, has corded figures."-

It adjoina been specially built. 4 Much adverse criticism has been Knowe Top school. Special facili- levelled at these Egyptian excLVA- ties have been granted to children tions," said Mr. Weigall

"but one

one for the purchase of milk.

of the great values of the work is Seats are provided both inside that these valuable relica of an and outside the shop: On "one of ancient civilisation are now being the seats is the following. quaint protected from the bands of robbers, notice:

who for ages, have been rifling the “Good friends that to this seat tombs and inflicting great damage,

"I believe," he declared," that the municipal kinema is not far even to smashing open the mum- off, and it will not be long before

mified bodies of these ancient kings the kinema will reach a very dein their search for gold and finite artistic standard."

precious stones,”

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Mr. Epstein, who rose from a peddler to be president of the American Wholesale Corporation, His Investments in art has bad a spectacular business alone now exceed £200,000. He is reported to have paid £50,000 for the Yan Dyck picture, which comes from the Duke of Newcastle's col lection He has lent it to the Baltimore, Art Museum.

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