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FEMALE BANDIT CHIEF

THE NEW DANCES.

Captured Near Pakhoi.

APakboi correspondent, writing, to w under date of October 2kst., Bays-

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Tango Foxtrot This Season's Rage.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MEI LAN-FANG.

Chinese Star Actor Opens His Season.

remembered that

not

Last night, at the Taiping America is as keen as ever on Theatre, Mai Lao-fang. the dancing: they are just dance famous Chinese actor, began his Mia Lo Hon-cho was captured mad, Miss Aileen Woods, who season in Hongtong. It WAS on the 18th October and brought returned from the States by the clearly demonstrated that the ints Pakboi on the 20th. I have Shingo Maru yesterday, told a company brought here by the bess in Pakhoi a fong time and Telegraph reporter this morning noted Northern setor possess Miss Woods has spent some talents far above the average. know a bit of the history of Lo and his wife. He was the son of a months in Americs learning the In their own fashion they enter- Chinese merchant in this part of naw steps and styles in ball-room tained the vast audience present. the country. He was a slim-built dancing and bas takes lessons and this is saying much when it little chap, with a sweet smiling also in children's dancing and the is face and very polite; he was not physical culture side of the art, many could have understood the aver 30 but looked younger. which she has decided to teach dialect used by the artistes cor know him personally. He was in Hargkong.

the nature of the story except as The latest dance is the Tango bietis set out in the bg sheet] very cunning.and they say he was fearless. He always took the lead. Foxtrot, Miss Woods told the of paper used as a programme, and suffered as a result, for a par: pressman. The ordinary Foxtrot The play commenced at about of the right side of his face in America is danced very fast-seven o'clock and occupied five was missing: in one of his much quicker than here and the solid hours. It was one of those exploits a ballet struck just below Tango Foxtrot is more or less interesting productions dealing the mouth and travelled across slower edition of the old Foxtrot, with military exploits and the his face, coming uut just below though perhaps a little more doings of fairies, etc. No attempt The Tango was made at producing scenic He went in for big difficult to get into. thing: nothing less than the Foxtrot has caught on in the effects except in the act in which and States and Miss Woods is of the Mei appeared; the play depended wealthiest satis Sed him: when he got them into his opinion that it will be a popular for its success on the gorgeous- clutches he held on for large suns number in Hongkong this comingness of the costumes and the He has been known to enter.sess00

acting of the artistes. The The Foxtrot is now danced to audience was expected to exercise minste a whole village, not even leaving a chicken alive, when he much quicker time than formerly. its faith in a great many ways. bad found them plotting against The Waltz still retains its populIt one case a piece of cloth paint-

a little ed over in him. He was by far the most any, but this, too, is

a series of wide; Arara last moted chief in this part of the different

season. bordered squares was meant to country.

is son.ething like the old-represent the walls of a fortified When the trouble commenced fashioned Waltz but not so fast cits. Another similar device wa with the Kwangsi party in and is more of a glide. The One-provided to give the illusion Kwangtung, the Kwangtung: Step is ceat, Miss Aileen Woods of મ bridge. passage orar party asked him to come out and sail. So is the Toddle, although which appeared to be constantly help them. Ha brough: bis the Camel Walk still remains. contended for, witness the many America takes dancing much struggles that took place at this scd

amore seriously than Hongkong.point between the guardians and The the invaders. Then at frequent and the reporter gathered. was given the rank of Tung standard appears to be much intervals a stage attendant would Ling or regimental commander, higher. The American girl is fire a chemically-prepared paper and, together with his wife, he not content merely to saule and let off a flare to s gnify that went through the thick of the round; she wants to dance daintia kill" had been registered by fighting it this part of thelly and well. To obtain the the hero We have for the mo country. In the taking of Lung necessary suppleats; and statement forgotten the other note Chow in Ewangsi, he was killed, enterprising gramaphone record worthy points in the story, but the His bandit troops were then with-makers

sets audience was kept interested all out a leader, and they demanded of records, sold at quite a mode the time. The acrobatic feats that Lo's wife be their leader. rate figure. On the cover of and the bewildering play of was The Kwangtung Government in the records are disgrams show-pons-in some cases bordering on this part of the country gave hering the exercises to be performel. Jugglery-were very clever, and her husband's rank and made her The record is put on and a voice though lack of a knowledge of

might commander, and everything went then tells the pupil what to do mandarin

have brea well until the split between San After the explanatina, the music regretted by many, interest coula Yaten and Chan King-ming starts and the voice just causalways be found in the singing Since then she has been drivet - one-two three-four, up-down and the constantly changing from place to place, begging for up-down."

delightfully kaleidescope of colour provided! support for her men. neversimple and so

much more in-by the gorgeous costomes of the offering resistance. except to teresting than the old way of artistes. enable ber to escape. When going through exercise without As the evening wore on and General Wong Keung drove her the music. With the new idea Mei Lan-fang was due to make adol a few weeks ago in Pakbo, the pupil cannot go wrong, and his appearance & suppressed air she tried to surrender to him instead of drudgery the exercises of expectancy was perceptible. through different channel-once become a pleasure. Miss Woods, When the great actor made his through the kinders of a friendly who has brought the first set of first appearance there was a foreigner bere. But her appeals these records to the Colony, put spontaneous outburst of clap- were not entertained, and she one on the gramaphone, and the pin, which was repeated at was compelled to fee for her bfe pressman was very much im-frequent intervals as first ex- on board a fleet of junks and went pressed.

pectations of his talents became 30 miles to the east of Pakhoi. This side of the art of dancing realised. Mei was in the role cf Along this coast a robber chief, has never been gone into before in a lovely fairy, and for that part named Tai Lac, and a large caug Hongkong, but Miss Woods bops he had attired himself in a were plundering and kidnapping to introdtice it. It is not merely gorgeous robe of gold, A chain of and Mr. Lo Hon.cho decies for the professional dances: Any pestis, reputed to be worth over baving had any association with fone who hopes to become really $100,000, was around bis neck, them. This an old gang and accomplished to the terpsichorean whilst his ears were adorned the chief has never helped the art should take it up. Middle in the approved fashion with Government: he has always aged women are going in for it diamonds. His imitation of the beens robber. A few days ago. with enthusiasm in the States, female voice was carried through; some of them were caught red- Misa Woods told the pressman. the brief time be appeared on the handed but none of her men were i Miss Aileen Woods had a mos: stage in a very clever manner and found amongst ther. However, enjoyable trip altogether. "Right his singing was really a remark the blame was put 07 her from the start she got on well. able achievement. At the end of shoulders. She appears to have When the liner on which she the play.aperfect shower of flower landed peacefully with only a travelled arrived at San Francisco baskets heaped on the stage in- bodyguard on a lonely stretch of she was heseiged with reporters, dicated the appreciation of the the shora 20 miles from Pakhoi,introduced to her by a kindly audience. It is estimated that the to avoid getting in touch with the purser, and interviews appeared receipts of last night's perform- other ganz. The people on shore in many of the San Francisco ance exceeded $10,000. zeem to have organised and at-jnewspapers.

For the next fortnigh: the comp

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tacked her, and she surrendered Miss Woods attended the Cali pany will make a regular appear | without offering any resistance foraian Teachers' Convention,ance at the Taiping Theatre in a and made terms with them to which was held during her visit number of plays produced by Mei hand over the arms of her men and amongs: the teachers from himself.

for a certain surn and the freedom whom she took lessors were Miss

of herself and her guards, the! Marian White and Miss Etbel arms to be redeemed by her McFarland, both of whom are

when Sun Yat-een came into well-known in terpsichorean ciri power again. This was agreed cles in the States. Miss Woodsi

when. her bot

to,

CANTON'S SOLDIERS.

men also studied at the Theodore New Disciplinary Measures, Iaid down their arms they bound Kostoffe School at Lus Angelos. berand her men and brought them

jolo Pakhoi, She was broughtin,

A number of regulation's in- tended to bring the troops under greater discipline bave been

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in a ricksha, firmly bound to the they told bird they would go issued by General Chan King- vehicle with ropes, and taken to without bim. Then he made uselming, one of which is that the the military headquarters, where of his cudning. and perhaps men should not take upon them- a photographer was securel to a little of his pluck too. He selvee the duties of searchers for take her picture, but she objected banded them some loaded opiam or gamblers. Many abuses and covered up her face.

rifles, placed himself against have in the past been committed What is going to do by one with

& wall and asked them to by the soldiery, and the measuresi her is unknowa. She has many shoot him before they left. This instituted by General Casa for Our Canton correspondeat saya! A Peking telegram states that Chinese sympathizers here and was enough for them; they didn't the control of the men will be it is reported that the first in the Japanese troops in Shantung there are some foreigners trying) go.

welcomed. Instances, however istalment-of-the-£2,000,000 loan will all be evacuated next month. to-help-ber. Her-men-TE

There is considerable agitation have been brought to notice in will be paid one month after the

Another Peking message says Always been looked suspicion, but they have done no execution of Mrs. Lo Hon-cbo.

in the town against the proposed which offenders were masquerad-signature. and that the Treasurer the President has declared that ing in military uniform: there has decided that four million the present Cabinet will continue wrong in Pakhoi and they have

Sixteen more of the 39 robbers fore, as a precaution, it has been dollars be allotted to the Miat 80 long is be bolds the always been very hiendly and recaptured by the Chinese gunboat decided by the military author and the remainder for the im-Presidency. spectful to the foreign com and war junks were shot to-day-ities that any soldier leaving provement of the banknotes. munity; and this is placed to their ons of these men belong to Mrs. barracks to go into the city shall credit.

Lo Hou-cho. They were members wear a special identification An incident of which I know is of the gang of the robber chief badge. A breach of this order, it worth noting. When Lo's mea Tai Lau.

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