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the scheme has taken form and shape under his eya and direction-has passed from the nebulous to the concrete state. He was justly popular with his officers and men. His interest in sport of all kinds was keen. With the various institu- tions connected with the Service of which he is a distinguished member, he identified himself closely and tendered them help with a generous hand. The Commodore, also took a deep interest in church matters and was a member of the Church Body. He joined the Navy as a cadet in 1862, and, after passing through the various grades of service was gazetted Captain in 1889. His C.B. decoration he obtained for services in the Benin River. Mrs. Powell has equally with her husband enjoyed great popularity among residents in the Colony during her presence here: hér were always looked forward to with zest and remembered with pleasure. Commodore and Mrs. Powell leave two married daughters behind them in Hongkong.
"At Homes
PRESENTATION TO REV. R. F. COBBOLD.
Ata representative gathering on the 2nd inst. of the choir of S. John's Cathedral, held in Mr. A. G. Ward's rooms, the Rev. R F. Cobbold, M.A., was made the recipient of a handsome souvenir on the occasion of his retirement from the chaplaincy, a position he has held for the last ten years.
The reverend gentleman departed from the Colony on the 5th inst. by the Kumano Maru, and he leaves; behind him numerous friends. His relations with the choir of the Cathedral, in especial, have ever been of the most cordial nature: it was typical of the good feelings which subsist that the presenta- tion was subscribed for by every member of the choir; even
the choir-boys were enthusiastic about it. The souvenir took the form of a blackwood writing-desk with a silver plate bearing the following inscription Presented to the Rev. R. F. Cobbold, M. A., on his retirement, by the Choir of St. John's Cathedral. Hongkong, Easter, 1902." To the Hon. Secretary fell the pleasant duty of formally handing over the memento. In Я neat speech
he referred to the cordial relations which had always existed between Mr. Cobbold and the choir and to the valuable help he had extended to them in their schemes for the advancement of their work. Mr. Cobbold replied in fitting terms, stating that he would look upon the handsome gift which had just been made him as one of his most valuable mementoes of his stay in Hongkong. It should be mentioned that Mr. Cobbold was at the same time presented with a photograph of the Choir.
PRESENTATION TO MR. P. A. COX.
We have received from Mr. F. Maitland, Acting Secretary and President pro-tem. of the R.K.C C., the following letter which was ad dressed to Mr. P. A, Cox. former Secretary of the Cricket Club, who left the Colony by the P. & O. 8.5. Oriental on the 29th ult. for home. Mr. Maitland asks us to publish the let'er and to state that the subscription-lists, limited to $2 per member or naval subscriber, may be found at the HK.C.C. pavilion and the Hong- kong Cla and will shortly be closed. The following is the letter —
Hongkong, 29th March. DEAR FI-It is my pleasing duty to inform you that the Hongkong Cricket Club are making you a small presentation on your departure for home as a memento of your past valuable services as Secretary of the Club and more particularly in regard to the onerons duties you so well filled in connection with the Cricket Interport Week in November, 1901. The Hon. Treasurer will shortly forward you a demand draft and the members of the HK.C.C. would like yan to purchase s mething with it to commemorate your term of office as secretary.-Yours very truly,
́F. MAITLAND, Actg. Secy, and President pro-tem,,
Hongkong Cricket Club.
P. A. Cox, Esq.
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because of the more light and playful spirit which pervades "The Daisy Chain." As a matter of fact, however, nothing but praise can Mr. A. G Ward gave the second of his two be bestowed upon the idea of presenting together subscription concerts in the City Hall on the twosnch pieces. They are so essentially different 1st inst His first, at which the principal pro- in character that their very juxtaposition lends duetion was "The Daisy Chain." was a sufficient a zest to them: the light and playful proof that the music-lovers of the Colony only movements of "The Daisy Chain" is beauti. require to have something attractive put before fully off against the deeper, more them in order to induce their attention, not stately. music of In a Persian Garden." withstanding the charge of apat y which That their combination was appreciated was is habitually brought against them. The very well demonstrated by the hearty applause Daisy Chain evoked a good deal of enthusiasm, which greeted them last evening. Of the and rightly so. It is a piece which reflects the whole concert it must be said that it reflooted greatest possible credit upon its anthor. Liza the greatest possible credit upon Mr. Ward. Lehmann. She has in a peculiar degres Besides accompanying the two pieces he developed the envied faculty of being able to also gave two pianoforte solos-Schumann's
Arabesque " collate and set to music the gems of our literary
and Scharwenka's "Polish collection. In the musical world Liza Lehmann Dauce," as well as playing a duet with Mr. is "
We have G. Grimble. A feature of the entertainment name to conjure with. referred before to the difficulties with which was the violin playing of Mrs. Ough who made Mr. Ward has had to contend in bringing her debut as a performer in the Colony at Mr. out such pieces as he was able to present Ward's last concert and gained golden opinions last night. In the case of "In a l'ersian then, In her selections last night she was Garden," it is поя a long time since it equally successful. Her pieces were Vieux- was presented, but it had the advantage of temps's" Reverie" and Wieniawski's" Legende,” having as its exponents the quartet consisting two numbers which are greatly desiderated of of Mrs. Mudie, Mrs. Lane, Mr. G. P. Lammert the amateur and which, we are sure, seldom got and Mr. Alec Marsh. On this occasion the a more artistic rendition than was given them personnel of the company was rather altered. last night: as an encore to her last solo the souata with muted At the same time there was no alteration for instrumentalist gave a the worse. The soloists wero Mrs. Mudie, Mrs, strings. Mrs. Ough i- a distinct acquisition Gordon, Mr. G. P. Lammert and Mr. W. E. to the musical life of the Colony. It will be Schmidt. With the exception of the last learned with regret that Mrs. D. E. Brown, the named, the different singers must be well talented vocalist, leaves the Colony by the known in the Colony; but Mr. Schmidt is not Empress of China to-day.
An unfortunate incident of the night's enter- quite unknown, as he appeared along with Messrs. Marsh and Lawmert in a trio at a tainment was that some of the audience were Volunteer promenade concert a few years ago. so ill-mannered as to talk very audibly while Mr, Schmidt has a well-trained bass voice: his Mr. Ward was playing his solos; otherwise the low notes especially are excellent It is rather concert passed off as successfully as the promoter was particularly interesting to observe that all of the male could have wished, and it vocalists who appeared last night were pupils gratifying to see that the punctuality which of Mr. Alec Marsh, who, by the way, will, Mr. Ward observed in commencing his pro- probably give a concert here before leaving gramme was not spoiled by late arrivals, for home, as he shortly intends to do. representation last evening of "In a Persian Garden" was, however, fully equal to it.
It might be invidious' It would be interesting to know to what extent previous appearances. to single out any of the soloists for particular the attendance at the Theatre Royal on the 27th It a is pleasure all the sime to be ult. was affected by the rather questionable fame mention. able to say that on no occasion has the piece got which has, rightly or wrongly; preceded the com- a better exposition than it got last evening at the ing of Zaza. Certain it is that the Theatre was hands of Mrs. Mudie, Mrs. Gordon, Messrs. packed as it has not been before during the Lammest and Schmidt. The production of one Dallas season; the bookings, we understand, such piece as "In a Persian Garden" would constituted a record for a touring company naturally be considered to be quite a sufficient performance, and many were unable to gain On the whole, undertaking for one night by most men. admittance who wished to do so.
to be Zaza appeared to appeal to the fancy of the Mr. Ward, however, does not seem bampered by the ordinary trammels of musical audience, and there is no reason why such tradition. His programme last night contained should not be the case. It is essentially Fr nch a double charge, so to speak At his last con in its tone and as regards its atmosphere; cert, we had the pleasure of hearing for the in motive it is germane to The Second Mrs. first time in the Colony, Liza Lehmann's "The Tanqueray. Against the play which was pro Daisy Chain," a pretty, taneful piece, of duced last evening various charges have been which we expressed the hope at the time brought of suggestiveness, and even impropriety. we should like to hear a repetition. That It is only the supersensitive purist who would hope, we take it, was shared by many others advance or uphold such a proposition. There is here. At any rate Mr. Ward made it part of present, of course, as the keynote of the whole his programme last night and with the happiest plot that relationship between man and which forms the ground-work of effects. It is not very long ago since we heard woman
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" of recent years and. "The Daisy- hain" and it seems to us that it ths is one of those pieces which become the more which has laid that sort of plays open entrancing the more it is heard. Mr. Ward to endless criticism and cavil. It is need- still adheres to the arrangement by which less to pursue the discussion at this time be slightly changes the order of the of day. As to the allied allegation of sug- authoress in the sense that a quartel is trans-gestiveness, there is little or no room for the posed so as to give a more imposing finish charge. Ziza is a good drama, beautiful in to the whole; and there can be no doubt the play it affords to the human emotions, that Mr. Ward's musical good taste has been spirited and vigorous in its development. The There are really only two strong parts in the anything but misguided in this instance. slight change he Las instituted here has had play-those of Zaza and her lover Bernard the happiest possible results. Last evening he Dufresne. Mrs. Dallas took the title-rôle last had the advantage of the presence of the evening. Her personation of the impetuous, four solois s who appeared originally in "The passionate woman who lives only for the day was were Mrs. D. E. real and convincing. She acted with reserved Daisy Chaiu." These Brown (who, though suffering from indis- power throughout, and showed great dramatic position very kindly fulfilled her engagement), strength in the violent scene with her lover iss Ramsay, Mr. G. P. Lammert and Mr. at the end of Act IV. Mr. Henry Dallas was not a part in which his C. H. P. Hay. All of these artistes acquitted the Dufresne. It
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again it differentiate in the employment of terms: spirit of the character, particularly so in the Of the remaining it is sufficient to say that the soloists rendered scene just referred to.
members of the cast, Mr. D Munro made a to a nicely the music and rendered in an eminent degree the spirit of the work. They striking Cascart and Miss Cissy Fitzgerald had in a manner an advantage over the artists made a spirited appearance in the ungracious who appeared in "In a Persian Garden," ' part of Florianne." As Madame Bonne, Miss
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