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CANTON'S COINAGE

TROUBLES.

SEVERE WARNING TO THE PUBLIC.

POSSIBILITY OF REMINTINO HINTED.

PENALTIES FOR OFFENDERS.

(PROM OUR CHIXE98 CORRESPONDENT.]

CANTON, Feb. 27th.

The Government of Canton is taking a strong line with regard to the reluctance of merchants to accept, the new silver coinage, owing to the appearance of bad money among the issue.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28th,

MISS VIOLET CAPELL'S PUPILS.

DANCING DISPLAY AT QUEEN'S : THEATRE,

COMMENTS OF A YOUNG CRITIC,

A SERIES OF NEW DANCES.

Miss Vialet Capell and her pupils gave the first of their two sonual dancing displays yesterday afternoon in the Queen's Theatre. The second is to be given on Saturday, March 2nd, at the Star Theatre at 9.15 p.m. These displays are always interest- ing and attract considerable attention, for Miss Capell besides a talent for teaching dancing, has artistic ability and always stagės ' the different dances extremely well.`\"

Perhaps the most charming item was the lantern. dânce” given by three little Chinese girls in lovely National costume, bat particular credit must also be given to little Cathleen Whelan for her very clever acrobatic dance, aathe is very young to combine so much grace with such difficult poses. The finale was, as usual, very well staged and went the audience from the theatre with the memory of having spent a most pleasant time. Part of the pro "ceeds will be given, as usual, to the London Hospital,

A set of drastic regulations aim- ing at the preservation of the cur Tency have been promulgated and j..... will be enforced, by every means at the disposal of the authorities. The co-operation of the public is asked and a warning is, issued that the discrediting of the issue will tainment in Hong Kong. Profes- entail the big expense of remintsional touring companies visit the Colday fairly regularly, and artists, famous in the musical world, pass through оп their Far

Eastern travels, Bashing for Д

moment across our local stage. There is a

Many thanks are due to Madame Bonenfant who played the accompaniments for all the dances.

The Proprietor of the Pioneer Silk Store was so charmed with the performance that he presented each child with a silk handker chief and a box of chocolates. POPULAR 'ENTERTAINMENT.

ing.

A free translation follows:- 1-All tax and likin collectors,

the maritime customs, post offices

and all other collectors of money for the Government are to accept the twenty cent pieces of the 17th and 18th year of the Republic Only rejection of coins that are beyond doubt spurious will be allowed.

-All chambers of commerce, the Canton Money Guild, the Chung Soon Tong and other mer chant organizations must notify their respective constituent mem- bers that it is illegal to refuse, se- ceptance of these coins.

There are many forms of enter

regular procession of amateur con- certa, plays and operas, and the cinema is always with un But among all this variety of entertain- mcat, good, bad, and indifferent, there is Que

show which stands quite on its own, and cannot be judged by ordinary standards the annual dancing display, given by Miss Violet Capell and her pupils.

The audience goes to the Queen's, the Theatre Royal, the Star or wherever the display may take place in a different spirit to that 3.Any Government official who with which they attend any other refuses to accept these coins will be form of entertainment, and are, of severely punished The people are course, to a large extent a picked earnestly requested to report to the audience of those directly interest Government any case of this sorted in the young performers. "But 4.Any merchant who refuses to this is the important point-they are never disappointed and each accept these new coins will be ar rested and detained at the Police succeeding year sees a larger cum

present. Station for due punishment. The ber of outsiders people are asked to co-operate in this matter and report to the street Police any much cares."

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5-The Central Bank of China is to put into circulation as large an amount as it can of these new coins, so that people will have to accept them. People can bring in these coins to the Central Bank of China and exchange them for bank notes, an equivalent sum being given in return.

B-Because people refused to learn how to differentiate good coin from bad the money minted in the 13th year of the Republic had to be called in and reminted. This was done at a great loss to both the people and the Govern- meat. The same thing will have to be done over again if people continue to refuse to accept the new coins.

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7.-Paper stripe bearing the fol- lowing words "This Store accepts the 17th and the 16th year of the Republic coinage are to be posted in conspicuous place in front of every shop in Canton. This will encourage faith in the issue and at the same time discourage mer chants who are deliberately seeking to discredit this new issue in order to further their, own interests.

CANTON POLICE COMMIS SIONER.

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The Teacher's Problem. The dancing teacher who pro- poses to give a public display at the end of the term's work is faced by no easy problem. On the one hand is the desire to put good "performance on the stage, which practically means allowing only the star pupils to represent the school; on the other hand, the natural wish of each parent to see her child taking a prominent part cannot be ignored. Miss Capell has chosen the second, and the wiser course and has shewn us her pupils in the making, from the tiny three-year- old who with earnest outthrust tongue and clumsy little feet tries. to follow the others, to the finished art of Miss. Helen Ho in her solo dance. How much more interest- ing and alive this, is than the care. fully correct movements of the professional child dancer !

But that is not the end of the teacher's troubles There is the great difficulty of dressing up what must of necessity be similar simple steps each year in fresh form; of discovering an endless series of motives which are within the grasp of the child mind, and costumes which suit child faces.

Miss Capell has solved all these difficulties extraordinarily

weil Nearly every child. who is capable of appearing is given a chance to dance alone or with only two or three others, and lest the audience, with the exception of the mother concerned, should feel that one tiny figure cannot, hold the stage, the solos are divided by ensemble numbers in which grouping_and. costume play a large part. These ensemble numbers are naturally the CANTON, February 27th.

best, except when one of the older Mr. Tang Shih Tang has sent in pupils is responsible for the solo, his resignation of his post as Comand Miss Capel! has a particular missioner of Police, so as to be able talent for arranging them.

MR. TANG SHIH TANG RESIGNS.

[FROM OUR CHINERE CORLESPONDENT.]

to devote all his time to his duties

as a staff officer of the 8th Military

Boute. He took over the duties

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A YOUNG CRITIC.

Mr. H. G. Wells has written a

fantastic story about an editor whe made a man, who had never been to a theatre, dramatic critic, in order to get a new view point. It may be interesting to give some of the comments of a young lady of 3, who, visiting the theatre for the Arst time yesterday afternoon, was enthralled by Miss Capell and her clever pupils. She hung enrap tured over the bar of the dress circle and gave praise, and occa tonal blame, impartially in a clear treble. She expressed a clear pre ference for the ensembles and of the 'soloists said with the candour of her years Wantee plenty,"

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except in the casts of Helen Ho, Rachael Wong, Cathleen Whelan which is a pretty high" tribute to their art Belong my girl," he cried when the curtain rose on Rachael Wong, "I like that, I tinksey that very pretty. 'Cath. leen Whelan was vely cleber and the Country dance" "I likee that, girlies laugh." Com- meats on the pretty garden" of the finale where" plenty children min" shewed how exactly. Miss Capell had caught the gladness of youth in her staging,

A SLACK SUB- CONTRACTOR.

FAILS TO REPORT SMALL

POX CASE.

FINED $50.

STABILITY OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH.

UNCHANGING AND WORLD

WIDE DOCTRINES.

FATHER BYRNE'S LECTURE.

Father Byrne, S.J. continued at St. Patrick Hall yesterday after- noon the course of lectures in which the Jesuit Fathers are replying to attacks upon the Christian Religion in general and Romen Catholic doctrines in particular.

Yau Choy Ko, a ub-contractor was fined $50 by Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday morning for failing to repors a fatal case of small-pox.

Sanitary Inspector Ecccshsil said that the foreman employed by the defendant on work as the Hong

Father Byne whose lecture was Kong Telephone Company's new entitled "the fortress still stand- site at the corner of Nathan Roading," said in part:- and Pitt Street, reported to him

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In the course of these lectures on

on February 18th, that one of the Religion and Science we have ex- fabis living in the matshed had amined the methods adopted in the died. Witness went to the matshedpursuit of scientific truth and of where he found that the man had

religious truth. We have seen that, died from small-pox. The deceased

as their objects are different, there was in a very bad state the small-must be differences in their methods pox marks making his features unrecognisable. Witness remarked of investigation Even a casual that the matshed was within 100 observer, however will notice that yards of the Kwong Wah Hospital both Science and Religion claim and the Sanitary Office. He had been told by an overseer on the certain principles on which to build site that the defendant had been their structures. In Science it is more informed. Recently, & similar common, to call these principles offence had occurred within 30 Laws. Science can and does revise, yards of the scene of the present case and had been given que pup- icity.

The defendant stated that he never went near the matshed him- self. He had a foreman in charge and his coolies lived there. The foreman had been in Macao these last few days.

or even scrap, her Laws withou loss of reputation; Religion cannot scrap her Dogmas without, herself, suffering by the loss.

occupies to-day, Science had to To reach the position which she grope her way through opposing schools of vetaries.

The Magistrate enquired if nobody was responsible in the If we can point to schodis of absence of the foreman for report Science with opposing views, vary- ing the case to him. The defendant ing schoole Bf Religion are perhaps, replied that he had put the foremagatall, more numerous: a fact which, in charge and no report was made of itself, canses to more difficulty to him,

against the truth of Religion than different theories about the nature of light cause about its reality. Now is there to be found, on the globe, at present any form of Re- ligion which is coherent and stable? In this age of 'statistics it should be possible to answer the question.

The Magistrate remarked that the defendant had not behaved fairly either to his jokis or to the public. As the person responsible be must take the consequences.

Inspector. Ecceshall intimated that the chief complaint of the prosecution was that the defendant did not supervise the site for which he was now responsible.

In imposing a fine of 850 or four weeks' imprisonment, the Magis trate said that the fact that the matshed belonged to the defendant memade him responsible He ought,

himself, to go to the shed.

Mies Capell herself was acclaim- ed "very pretty auntie" in "half dress", and her mother, was told to get dressey all the nuntie.""

PROGRAMME.

1-ENSEMBLE—

A

Jockey Dance: P. Capell, P. Gitting, E. Ford, I, Wool- ley, S. Ho, H. Ho, and R. Wong. 2.—ENSEMBLE

Bunnies: "G, Jowitt, G.

Сов Kaight, D. Goldenberg, E. Ferguson, M. Ferguson, P. Lawson, C He, P. Arnold, "D. Forbes, P. Ho, D. Ho.. Hargreaves-Brown, J. Har greaves-Brown, and M. Shand, 3.-Soto Mischief.. -Solo-Acrobatic

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5.-ENSEMBLE

Audrey Goodman,

Cathleen Whelan.

Sunshade Ballet: K. Wright, J. Cheung, M. Glendinning W. Hartridge, P. Glen CTOSA, H. Bonenfant, A. Newhouse, D. Most, and P. Grose. Loves Bream after the Ball: Jackie Hargreaɣes - Brown and Jill Hargreaves-Brown 7.-ENSEMILE

6.-DUET-

Jazz: E. Rose, P. Capell, B. Walker, P. Gitting, S. He, H. Wong, M. Glendinning, and E. Ford.

8. Soto Folly...Pamela Glencross. B-To-Chinese Lantern Dance: B. Wong, S. Ho,. and HL Ho.

10. GEGU

Clown Ballet: (Recitation Solo, Miss Violet Capell), D. Glencross, A.Golden. berg, P. Groso, D. Choa,

E. Bonenfant, M. Manners,, E. Ferguson, C. Whelan, P. Glencross, J. Cheng, G. Jowitt J Knight, K. Wright, D. Forbes, A. Goodman, D. Moss, and T. Woolley,

11-ENSEMBLE

THE DANCES. The programme opens with a shortly after the suppression of the lively jockey dance given by seven communists when the city was still of the elder girls, this being follow. in confusion with troops occupying ed by an ensemble" Bunties" private houses, and nearly all the arms of the police had been stolen, which introduced the tinies to a delighted audience. "The Clown Now that peace and order have Ballet, children of about 10 or 12 been restored he feels that he is

years of age, was very pleasing no longer needed. It is not yet because the dancers so evidently know whether the Canton Govern enjoyed themselves, and the same ment will ccept his resignation. might be said of "Indians" and He is a strong supporter to Marshal Country dance" ensembles. Li Trai" Hain.

The Rainbow Ballet " danced

12, CONTROL OF NAVIGATION. by the elder girls with a solo by Rachael Wong was charming. The soloist as nade great strides ia Mr. Chen Wai Chow, head of the her art since last year and danced. Provincial Bureau of Navigation, has submitted a petition to the De with delightful grace and com-

The final posure.

"Ballet

of

partment of Reconstruction, urging Rambling Roses" introduced the it to take steps to recover the con- whole class with the teacher her- trol of navigation rights throughout the inland waterways of China self in the solo role, and was very The Department of Reconstruction Pretty to watch.

is urged to bring the matter before

The Bolo Dancers.

the Kwangtung Provincial Council, Of the solo dangers, Helen He is and the Canton Political Council, of course, the most finished per- with a view to their approaching former, and her "Fire Bird the Ministry of Communication at gained great applause. Little Nanking Mr. Chen suggests that Cathleen Whelan has already been the Harbour Masters' Offices of the mentioned for her clever acrobatic Maritimo Customs Offees in China dance. Helene Bonenfant was very, should be dispensed with and their pretty in her "Night" which the work turned over to the Reconstruc danced with a mature air of com tion Departments of the different posure pretty and unusual on so provinces. He argues that this step small a child. Reference has al should follow the inauguration of ready been made to Miss Rachael tariff autonomy.

Wong

Indians: R. Wong, E. Rose; P. Gittina, M. Glendincing, S. Ho, H. Ho, B. Walker, P. Capell, N. Branch, A Newhouse, E. Ford, and I. Woolley.

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13.GROUP -

Three Little Maids Audrey Goodman, Helene Bozen- fant, "and Janie Felshow.

"Country Dance: WHart ridge, M. Young, F. Koight K Wright, P. Grose, M. Manners, A Newhouse, and I. Most 14-Solo-Fire Bird....... Helen Ho. 15-Soro-Night

Helene Bonenfant,

KOWLOON'S CAT BURGLAR?"

PRIVATE WATCHMAN

ARRESTED.

The police at the Water Police Station have arrested a Chinese who is thought to be the cat burglar" of Kowloon. The prison er is believed to be the man who has committed a number of thefts on the Kowloon Peninsula, espe cially from European flats.

The suspect was employed as a private watchman by the owner of a block of buildings in Ashley Road Kowloon The police arrested him in his shanty at No. 31 Ashley Road and a number of pawn tickets were found in his possession.

Enquiries are being made in the case and it is expected that the prisoner will be brought before the Kowloon Magistrate this morning.

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Ask the child, man or.. woman entering the church at 0 of 7 in the morning, why he is going there. He will tell you that he is going to Mass. You may trace the meaning and the force of the words back to in Jerusalem, the supper-room where Christ uttered the words: This it My body, this is My blood." Attempt after attempt has been made to rid men's minds of the doctrine. The Catholic Church Answers back, coherently, unchang- ingly I believe what Augustine Barbara Walker, believed, what Bernard believed, 19-Ballet of Rambling Roses: what Thomas Aquinas believed, C. Whelan, P. Ho, G. Ho, what Michelangelo believed; yes I D. Ho, A. Goodman, P. scientist, believe what Pasteur, and Lawson, D. Forbes, C. Fer-innumerable other great scientists, guson, M Ferguson, P. believed." The doctrine 11 a strik Gittins, J. Hargreaves- ing one; as the recent Prayer-book Brown, M. Shand, A. Ho, controversy in the British Parlia D. Glencross, J. Craige, B. ment showed. It has been attacked

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day in the Catholic Church ar it was in the middle ages or in the earliest centuries of Christianity.

The Church's Moral

TO NIGHT

The man, who has not the time Our Second Grand Change

Smith, B. Fowle, C. Chai, E. Rose, A. Raworth, Smythe, H. Lauder, M. Wynne-Jones, M. Manners, A Newhouse, E. Bonen fant, M. Glendinning, J.

Y. or inclination to examine dogmas Cheung, A Black, Brown, Feldhow, Must, at least be impressed by the Young K. Wright, N Church's moral code. It forms a Branch, I Woolley, D. whole system of ethics, which de fincs the duties of man to himself, Moss, P. Glencross, P.. Grose, N. Mok, H, Wong, to his neighbour and to God He J Hargreaves Brown, Amay so more indulge in immoral Chan, G. Chan, M. Toil literature or humoral art than he in immoral actions. The E. Doyle, H. Hancock, S. may Ho, H. Ho, E. Ford, M. Church's teaching has not changed in this point, nor has her standard Doyle, and K. Wolfe.

been lowered Valse Loves Young Dream," Violet Capell and Phyllis Capel. Miss Capell wishes to express her thanks to the following:-Madame Bonenfant, Miss H. Braga, Miss E. Rose and Mesdames W. L. Ram sey, G. E. Arnold, and B. M Gregory, Also to Messrs A. W. Ramsey, E. Lenfestey, W. Chester, W. Carroll, G. Arnold, and the

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Dealing with the question of marriage Father Byrne said: To all mankind marriage is a very special contract. To the Catholic Church it is more: it is sacrament, which Heaven so blesses this holy bond of love, that it should never be broken upon earth

means that

A final practical test: it is the text of Christ Himself: By this The costume worn in Itera 3 and shalt man know that you are My

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the dress worn by Miss Violet discip.cz, if you have love one. for. Rainbow Ballet B. Walker, Capell in the final ensemble were another”. One day & gentleman PGittins, N. Branch, S. designed and made by Mr. Arnold visited a large Home for the Aged Ho, Z. Ford, H. HOL Miss Violet Capell desires to in- and for Orphans kept, nj by a Woolley, and N Glendin- form her pupils that abs will be Catholic Religious Community, Od ning

leaving for England on the 9th the point of leaving, he turned to Rachael Wong. March for about eight months, the the Sister in charge and said: major portion of which time she "Sister, I would not undertake trie Coster Dance Cathleen will devote to further studies. She work for one hundred thousand Wheisn and George Jowitt. hopes to resume her classes as from dollars a year. Neither would (Continued on next Columa). the beginning of November,

1, Bir)” was the prompt reply.

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On Friday Night, 1st March, 1929 at 9.15 pm.

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