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MR. CHARLES CHAMIER'S London Vaudeville Company

THE NEW

DOWN WANCHAI WAY.

[BY PASSER-BY.]

Placid and plentiful humanity i That is the impression one gets

OUR CABARET when passing through Wanchai-a

In

A Series of Intime Revues

with

"NEW SONGS-NEW SKETCHES

NEW DANCES

BUNDAY & MONDAY,

November 13th & 14th

at 9.15 p.m. "HEY! HEY!"

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10th, 1927.

WOMAN PRETTIEST A MANDARIN LOOKS ON WARNING TO YOUNG MEN.

ENGLAND.

AT 35."

OPINIONS OF THE STAGE.

THE MUSIC OF MOTOR HORNS.

WHAT JACK HOBBS HAS TO SAY.

"A woman is at her best and

prettiest at 95," said Miss Evelyn Laye, the famous actress, when asked what she thought of the statement of Dr. R. W. MacKenna, at Liverpool, that one was middle aged at 20.

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A BOOK OF CHINESE LETTERS.

MUST GRIND AND SWEAT TO

. DE EFFICIENT.

THE NEEDS OF BRITISH COMMERCE.

I cannot refrain from saying very bluntly that the material we are getting for stafing the higher branches of industry and for ad- ministering the selling end of pro- duction seems to be not so good ns it qught to be.""

words Mr. Arthur Samuel, M. P., Minister for Over- as rude, speaking in London, that work for the future is of more warned the young men of to-day importance than having an easy

A gentleman described as Kwuy Ung, mandarin of the Fourth Button of the class of literati, has lately published a book giving his opinion of English and things English. The book has been faithfully translated. In these by an English friend," and the result is highly diverting. It is not necessary to enquire too closely into the real authorship. It is enough that the book provides a fund of amusement. The following are a few extracts:—

time."

picture of the real Chinese every- day democratic existence, whero, fed by the herd instinct, the fear of loneliness and evil spirits, as much as by the necessity of poverty, they crowd together, and though one would sometimes rather avoid the unsavoury odours of the district

"By the time a woman has reach. -the purple smells, the pink snelis, ed as Miss Laye went on," she the yellow smelis, the blue smelis-billiant, and for these reasons: there is yet a vast amount of in- she has reached years of discretion, terest and fascination in, watching she knows what she is talking the life of the people. What about, and she has learned how to kaleidoscope of signs and colours! dress. Her experience of life has and what a colossal muddle, one taught her how to conduct herself thinks at first; but, as one passos' TUESDAY&WEDNESDAY; to and fro, in motor-car or tram.

November 15th & 16th

one gradually picks out some of the threads in the web of John China- “ COCKTAILS.”

man's existence. Here we see him woman in mind, aged round about of this great country Osei-lin is trade equally efficient? That is the daily, living his life in much the 40, who is more charming, more from two words horse and same way as his ancestors lived it fascinating, and more intellectual “trail." In no other Innd is horse THURSDAY & FRIDAY,

countless generations ago. In spite than ever she has been." November 17th & 18th of the agitation of War Lords and.

of the modern student, he is still not much interested in any thing but the domestic round. Give him only a small shop in which he can make those necessary dollars to clothe his family and buy rice for his bowls, then let him live to na honourable okl nge and have a son who will bury him well and tend his tablet."" for him.

HONI SOIT.'

SATURDAY, November 19th

"A LA CARTE."

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"Mentally I should say a woman has reached her prime between 23 and 43. When I say this I have ai

"It's ridiculous to contemplate middle-age at 0. Why, it's a suicidal thought."

No Ideal Age. Misa. Isolde Menges," the violinist, said:-

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"A woman is at her best when she is at the top of her physical form and mental form, particularly

If the two come simultaneously.

"A woman's physique is all im portant. It is more important for women than men, and it is much harder to keep. Now it is useless being mentall fit-if the body is not strong enough to carry out what the mind directs.

Not much money flows in Was chai, but what is circulated is jealously husbanded, and when one sees a group in heated argument, an Indian policeman a money lender and a coolie, it is not difficult to guess the nature of the alteren tion, for the money-lender points An accusing finger, first at coolie, then at the tell-tale foot-women whose minds had fully deve

'loped before" they were 30, print on his own coat,

the

Wanchal's Patchwork-Quilt Effect.

At the same street corner, quite indifferent to "the affairs of others, one sees a group of coalie women and boys assiduously soaping their coats and trousers, spread out upon the pavement, soon to be rinsed heneath the public pump and then to be hung on bamboo poles, to meet the eye of all and sundry and to give the balconies of. Wanchai peculiar patchwork quilt

their effect.

Nearby, seated on the doorstep of the compradore's small store, is his kit put wife, nursing her small son, while other members of the household are close at band. the edge of the pavement, leaning against a pillar site an old wohmit, wrinkled and shriven, picking wool

I have known many very

"On the other hand I have known fit women of 43 and 30 whose minds were continuing to develop. That was an ideal state.

"They had all the experience of middle age with the strength of youth and the growing wisdom of

aturity. There is no definite age in woman's life which can be de scribed as the ideal. It depends on to many circumstances."

"Rot, Says Hobbs. Jack Hobbs, the cricketer, who is 43. said:

"It is rot to say a man is middle- aged a 30-as least as far as cricket is concerned. Some of the best? Aericketers the world has seen have not found their best form till their middle thirties.

while she discusses the price of chow with her daughter-in-law, in industrious needle woman engaged in making the most of some well- worn-garments. On her back her baby son is sleeping, and though safely lung in bis littleham mock," the child's head is hanging limply down No wonder he is allowed to retain a small fringe Ol- the top of his head instead of being completely shaved, for how else should he have "good joss" in life and the gods be able to pluck him from the influence of evil spirita?

If one would see Chinese babies at close quarters, they are here in plenty. Almost every woman has one on her back, in her arms or toddling by her side and they are chubby, happy babies some of the in summer-tinie, clad only in their birthday part, and though they may lack the pristine fresh-

"Perhaps cricket inskes you feel young at any rate, I never felt! fitter and younger in my life than As regards one's mental I do now.

on learning nric, we always go until we die."

women coolies in their drab work a-dar

Karments pulling heavily loaded carts by means of ropes around their shoulders,, endeavour ing to keep the blazing sun from off their heads by their cumber- sone curtain" coolie hats; and the gay though garish colours of the street pageants, accompanied as they are by raucous and ear- splitting noises, whether wedding or funeral, crimson or white, so typical of the superstitious Orient.

Then, not to be forgotten is the pathetic figure of the "one-of-the-

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The Name Australia, Chek, he tell me origin of name

so famous.

*** trail

We have little or nothing to find fault with so far as the effi- |etency of our production is con- cerned," he said, "but we must selling and management end of our ask ourselves the question: Is the

part of our trade system which can "Trail is in

never be superseded by á machine. "The criticism made by the Bal- word-collection book“ “ track or four Committee on Industry is that "path," shown by smell or passage the commercial world is not obtain. of small animal being followed. Sine parts of the people at here an ing a sufficient number of staff offi- of the horse: this topsideals of the type necessary to meet consideration. From horse-trail""

the strain...which..competition by other nations is forcing upon,

the expression become " 'orse-trail":

h banged by the illiterate. So management of our businesses.

Mr. Samuel quoted from the is now "Australia," 'some 'sound

journal of the Chartered Institute end of word ornamental

of "Secretaries examiners' adverse **** Harmony ** Of Motor Trime. comments on the examinations of The streets filled him with amaze. the Chartered Institute of Secre ment. They were an endless subject turies, and added, "The blame of admiration and astonishment. rests entirely with the young men,

failed to use common sense. who, in the words of the report, and have read practically nothing."

The remedy lies with the lads themselves and not with the schools with their schoolmasters. The lads should realise that British commerce, has now house for those who are not prepared to grind and

efficiency." swrat to reach a high standard of

The centre" is intended for wheeled traffic, and is often crowd. ed with vehicles drawn by horses, or machines like the steam-horse bat using vil instead of steam.ar

All vehicles moved by oil-machines are supplied with noisy trumpets to warn people to keep out of the way. sounds are like those from a born: some make harmony so pleasing that a man may stand entranced in the roadway and be crushed.

Some

others have piercing whistles which transfix the hearer. or produce sounds like a huge hog, or beleh, or ten balm crickets. Anyone curious enough to stop and look in four places for the animal that caused the noise and the fear may next, mo- ment be a guest on high. The hurry of city people is what for! To meet the spirit of their ancestors

"Small Boys And Mosquito Girls,

Hwur Ung seems to have quite orthodox opinións about the cinema, he says:-

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EXPLORERS' SEARCH FOR PLANTS.

TWO YEARS' QUEST IN LONELY HILLS.

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An interesting expedition, behind which is a syndicate including Mr. Lionel de tothschild, the Hon. Henry Duncan McLaren (Lord Aberconway's heir), Lord Forteviot and Lady Londonderry," is leaving London shortly for the North- Eastern Frontier of India.

It will be led by Mr. Frank King- don-Ward, who has made previous trips across China and through Tibet to plants.

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obtain rare fora and

It is planned to collect specimens Kew, Edinburgh, and the well Natural History Museum, ne as for the members of the syndicate, who as garden lovers are seeking rare and hardy plants. Mr. Hugh Clutterbuck, a cousin of Sir Peter Clutterbuck. late Inspector-General of Forests to the Government of India. will be associated with Mr. Kingdon-Ward.

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Grent is the power these pictures, They can teach many good and noble deeds and renovate virtue. They can give examples of filial piety and love, of parents for child,"

Of charity, of pity, of help to the poor. It is vertex means for education, for knowing about countries and foreigners, and thus not despise them. Great power for instructing children by honest. truthful, and kind-hearted. But this top good instruction I not time time see at here: character of people not improved by pictures in Mei-li-pany.

Away Until 1929, . One time I go away having shame...

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"I leave in November, fri there are at here many small boys Kingdon-Ward told # Sunday and mosquito girls with foolish | Times representative,

and my parents who not think of harm to arst visit will be to Assam in the children. Ai-ya! Stupidity is twin Naga Hills, and afterwards up the brother to crime. You will see at Lowhit River to the Miami Hills these pictures thieves at half-night to collect rhododendrons, blue Chinese, in search of opening iron cash-boxes, bullies poppies, and other rare specimens. A. B MOULDER & CO,ess of the Intest toilette, these idi" standings, irresolutely at using violence, murder done, sedur. I do not think. I shall be back in

the edge of the pavement with his tiun of friend's wife, drunken Enginnd until some time in 1929," nourished and contented.

inevitable umbrella hooked to his orgies, brigands stealing horses." Mr. Kingdon Ward told how, Away back in the shops, which shoulder and a small bundle con- The ten vices of humanity are dis are entirely open to the streets, we taining, all his worldly goods and rinyed, and criminals are heroes sec some of the more serious buai perhaps a pair of boots in his hand, simple boys imitate. ness of life. John Chinainan is. while he watches with longing eyes here Reen working at furniture the market women passing by with making, planing and polishing the their tit-bits of meat and vegetables

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"Top Good Music.”.. Our music is less reprehensible:

In dance-halls there is different kinds of music called Jazz. It resembles our music tone with metal horns that split the ear or moan dismally: twanging hutes. gongs, drums, bells, and pieces of wood they beat fiercely, making sound like skeleten bones rattling together in the high wind. The sound louil enough to wake up dead man. The players throw bolly about like apes in a forest fire. In truth, this is top good to heroic music to ronse" men deeds. But the street life is perhaps the

Nations Not Strong Time-time." most fascinating of all, for here we

Nevertheless, Hwur Ung realises see a moving population of all sorts wealth of colour with their steady that China must follow the lead of and conditions; the rickeho pullers stock of bananas, apples, oranges the Western nations as regards with their various "fares rang and lemons and with the addition, machinery and scientific invention ing from the wealthy merchant and in their due seasons, of fresh tro- the charming and daintily clad pical produce; the brilliantly colour- Chinese lady of means to. the not- ed persimmons, the large unwieldy too-well-off vegetable grower who umelps, the placid yellow mangoes,

carved tea-poys and joss stands, or making those comfortable and very variously shaped and sometimes artistically coloured wicker, chaira But though day-time is attrac- and rattan baskets. There is ative, night-time has its own peculiar wonderful atmosphere of content fascination and the interior of the mment about this home-and-business shops, before so dim, are all-in-one scheme of existence, resplendent with their many elec- where the family work side by side tric lights or old fashioned paraffin and, when work is done, gather lamps which here and there are round the chow bowls at eleven still retained. And so our eyes are and five each day.

focussed on a succession of striking cameo pictures as we glide past the furniture shops, the compradores, the fruiterers and the curio dealers. The fruit stores provide a

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Street Life,

if she is to maintain her independ ence. He outlines a programme of progress and reform which, he be lives, will avoid the major evils of

has yet enough to pay for the the unassertive though very uc Western civilisation, yet will estab-

...that has an unrivalled luxury of piling his products around culent, mangosteens, and hehees and lish China as powerful nation.

him and thus saving the trudge to the prickly but always popular.

and Extensive knowledge of market; the carrier coolies, with pineapples. Then at festival sea the best media for all classes their tremendous londs, ao perfectis sons the small compradore or candy balanced on bamboo poles, con- shop is a real riot of colour, massed of Advertisers,

stantly yelling to clear the way about with brilliant crackers, kitës before, their unwickly burdens; the and lanterns in the shape of fish ...that being independent, itinerant

vendors whose entire and every imaginable and unimagin can place all this know stock-in-trade is carried in a likeable creature. But each and all ledge and experience at the manner and when set up at the provide a striking contrast in light free dispoeal of its Clients, strect corner is so cleverly arranged and shade wherein John Chinaman that one has the impression of a himself is thrown into a rich and ensuring that the money real market stall-a sort of multum yellow limelight and where he en they spend on Advertising prvo; the wood-cutters, with joys his evening leisure, stripped their neatly piled triangular stacks to the waist in summer time and

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of wood scenting the air and bring ing thoughts of pine trees, so we come on a hot day; the men, and (Continued on next Column.)

revelling in his glistening limbs, bronzed and burdened by his life and labour in the sun.

when crossing from China to Tibet, he once visited a famous monastery at Muli. When we stopped at the entrance one of the King's Ministers approached me with deputation and invited me in.

They begged me to see the King next day, as he was so very illi

the went into

Roval presence through miles of corridors and up dozens of ladders-they have no stairs. There I saw the King lying ill on piles of gorgeous cushions. being supported by two of his Ministers.

To be quite candid, I had no idea what was wrong with the King, but I knew it would be bad for me if I did not find some cure for his indisposition.

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nesa that we did not have in our country, and that there was no name for it, but that I would give him some medicine and that he would recover. So I opened a little bottle of harmless looking pills which one would take for a head- ache or some similar indisposition, and told him he must take two after Soon other, nations must after each meal. opinion of us; change behaviour. "On the strength of this I was No more treat us as had children, allowed to go to camp for a fort. but as grown men. For weight up in the mountains, and the destined he top purerful nation | King provided me with an excel- on earth. I har, hope we allow tent transport and a guide.

"When I got back I was pres slip out memory go-days treat-, ment we receive from Western pared for trouble, but when far nations. That time amends made. rived the King was dressed up in

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