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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT. Princess fails to remember her suitors, all is humorous asides and fanny antios. Vory | sorted out, and with the Princess promising successful also was Mr. Grimble as Trombono, not to repeat her offence of forgetting that she who dressed for the part admirably. Surgeon is a married woman, the curtain falls.
Horley, who took the part of Prince Doro at Coming now to refer to the performance, short notice, was responsible for much of the there is nothing in it that calls for unfavour-humour of the evening, and acted and sang in able remark. Admittedly there were times a manner which many a professional might well when the audience became conscious that the enry, while Mr. E. 8. Carruthers in the artistes were, after all, amateurs, but on the characterisation of Prince Caramel was seen to whole the production went with a swing and a advantage. The other artistes took the parts smoothness that materially added to its appre-assigned them with credit. This notice should ciation by last night's enthusiastic audience. not be concluded without a The artistes must have devoted considerable Mesdames Cohen, Lambert and E. Rowe, who reference to time to the task of perfecting themselves in showed themselves neat and skilful dancers, their respective parts, for all of them seemed and had to repeat their performance to а thoroughly at home on the stage, and any delightel audience. faults that were noticeable were of a character afforded an excellent night's entertainment. In short, the production that would disappear in the course of the series The cast is set out below: of, performances. This highly creditable
CHARACTERS. result was in itself a tribute to the painstaking supervision of Mr. E. W. Mitchell, under whose direction the opera has been produced, and though the audience do not make his acquaintance on the stage the importance of the part which he played was none the less obvious.
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King Portico Zapeter (His Prime
Minister) Trombono (His Lord
Chamberlain) Jamilek (His Foreign
Secretary) While the text of the opera has been very Prince. Dore well adhered to, its opportunities for local Prince Caramel treatment have not been ignored. Mrs Francis Count Floss Clark about whose performance more anon Baron Jacquier -is responsible for a song and chorus, entitled Prisoner "Moon, Moon," This is 411 attractive Princess Toto composition, and as rendered by herself meets with cordial expressions of ap- Follette ... proval, the chorus, as sung by the company carrying lanterns, being decidedly pleasing. Mr. Denman Fuller has composed the music for this song, as well as that for "The World of Dreams."
His greatest success, however, is the song and chorus, "He's her Hongkong pal," both words and music being from his pen. The words and air are likely to prove catchy. Besides this, the principals introduce many topical allusions.
The chorus has been trained to a high degree of efficiency, and rendered the various concerted pioces in an excellent manner. Their per formance was much enhanced by the skilful instrumentation supplied by the orchestra under the direction of Mr. Denman Fuller.
Not a hitch marred the presentation of the cpera. Each succeeding act seemed bett-r than the other, and the hearty plaudits and encores by the auditors must have been very flattering to the amateur artistes, all of whom certainly worked with a will. From the scenic point of view the production left little to be desired. The pretty scenes which distinguished each of the three acts was by the staff of the Amateur Dramatic Club, while the elaborate costumes which invested each sobne with a picturesque charm were made under the direction of Miss Wallace.
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Mr. W. M. Stewart
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H. M. Kendall
G. Grimble
M. S. Northcote
Surg. Horley, R.N. Mr. E. S. Carruthers
G. G. Franklin
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A. E. Paine
R. Whitamore
Mrs. Francis Clark
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Jelly (Her Maids of Miss D. Humphreys the people built a wall of bags full of rice in Flummery Honour)
Miss Cohen Mrs. Perkins
Pages to the King... Masters Bullock & Martin. Ladies of the Court, Gipsies, Peasants, Indians, etc - Mesdames Andrews, Capel', Drow, Hance, E. Jones, Jones, Lambert, Moon, Morris, Perkins, Rowe, E. Rowe, Schroeter, and Schmidt.
1892 as sub-Director of the Court of Imperial Entertainments. In the following year he became Director of the Imperial Stud. These appointments were more or less sinecures, but in 1898 he was given active work as Provincial Treasurer of Kuangtung. In December of the same year he was removed to the same post in Kansu. In 1910 he was made Governor of Shensi, although he did not conceal the fact that his principles were so opposed to those of his late father that he was one of the leaders, the Empire. from his rank, of the Reform party in
In 1901 he to Shansi as Governor, where he was supreme was transferred
in his province, Shausi being one of the three provinces that have no Viceroy. He was so successful as a Governor, so popular with all, and such a successful administrator, that in 1902 he received the high honour of having a Yellow Jacket conferrei upon him. In the same year he was sent as Governor to Kuangtung, and in 1903 was made Acting Viceroy of the Two Kuang; being a native of Kuangsi, ho could not be given the substantive post; but his fame as a min of intelligence, enlightenment, and rigour was so well established that he was specially seat to Canton to put down the so- called robellion in his native, province. His appointment was hailed with delight by the Cautouose; for he made himself so popular when he was Provincial Treasurer at Canton that when the nows camb that he was to be transferred,
front of the gate of his yamen to prevent his leaving them. Gradually, however, & in exercise of the arbitrary power of life and death, and the difficulties he has had in dealing with the corruption an incompetence rampant in the civil and military administration of his two provinces, hava entirely changed his nature. He has retained his ability to govera, but the Gentlemen of the Court, Bandits, Indians, inherited bloodthirstiness in his character has to.-Messrs. J. D. Auld, F. A. Biden, Tom come to the surfaos. He has been ruthless in Clarke, A. J. Darby, W. A. Dowley, H. W. his dealing with the so-called rebels in Dermer, C. E. A. Humphreys, G Humphreys, Kuangsi, and in his chastisement of the C. Hance, J. Hance, H. S. Holmes, J. Lambert, corrupt, officials under him he did not C. E. Parker, H. F. Petley L. C. Rees, G. hesitate as we reported some time ago, to Morton Smith, J. J. Sibbitt, R. H. Spearman,publicly drink the blood of a bandit whose A. E. Wright, and J. A. Young
execution he was attending; and from being the most popular official he has now become the best hated min, by foreigners and natives alike, in the two southern provinces. Having scorned when he went to Canton to avail him- self of the illegitimate sources of ravenue exploited by some of his predecessors, and having to meet the expense of constant and protracted expeditions against the rebels in Knangai, his treasury has been badly supplied, and he has had to impose taxes which have alienated his people. Не has himself lately a violent enemy of foreigners; he has made no
real efforts to suppress the boycott; he turns a deaf ear to the representations of the foreign Consuls, and refuses, under the plea of sickness, even to see them; and on the same ples he evades attend- ance at the banquets which his position obliges him to give from time to time. One of his latest exploits has been to seize a large quantity of coal belonging to an official whom he has cashiered and whose property he has confiscated, this coal being mortgaged to a foreign bank in Hongkong; but he will listen to no remons. trances. The oreign Consuls, Americans especially, can Having been forced to buy back the Canton- get nothing out of him, Hankow railway from the American syndicate [here our contemporary repeats the history so well known to Daily Press readers, quoting · from our Canton correspondence. We have because foreigners are seriously interested. A written so fully [our contemporary continues], rising against the Viceroy in Cinton will be disastrous to foreigners on Shameen and to foreign commeros and the Viceroy has so completely turned his back on his former friend- liness to foreigners that his present obduracy may have to be forcibly corrected. His remain ing in power at Canton is impossible. It is reported in the south that the Viceroy is going with his family to Japan as soon as he can get leave.
Principal Dancers: Mesdames Cohen, Lam- bert and E Rowe.
The Orchestra was composed as follow: Musical Director: Mr. Denman Fuller, F.R.C.O., L.R.A.M.
1st Violins: Mr. F. C. Barlow, Mr. H. F. Hickman, Mr. A. Pearson, and Mr. A. Schmitz. 2nd Violins Mr. Catchick and Mr. J. C. Rosario.
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Viola: Mr. F. Gonzales Cello: Mr. P. Miller, Double Bass: Dr. J. H. Swan Flute: Mr. J. D. Osmuud. Oboe: Mr. W. Anderson. Clarionet: Mr. A. S. Taxford. Cornets: Mr. W. H. Bristow and Mr. A. Darby.
Side Drum and Triangle: Mr. F. Caesar. Organ: Mr. F. F. Bovet.
Piano: Mr. E. J. Chapman.
In addition to the usual compliments bestowed on Miss Cohen, she was last night made the recipient of a handsome bouquet.
VICEROY SHUM.
Making individual mention of the artistes, "Princess Toto" ought to come first. This rôle was filled by Mrs. Francis Clark, who was
throughout easy, natural and convincing. The vivacious, romantic temperament of the king's daughter, skilfully shown, did not call for so much genuine acting perhaps as her extraordin- ary facility for forgetting things. The hum- orous element, associated with this trait, was admirably presented. She also gained golden Students of psychology cannot fail to be opinions as a vocalist, her contributions interested, writes the N.-C. Daily News, in the pleasing the audience by their theme as well as case of the present Acting Viceroy of the Two by the manner in which they were rendered. Kuang. His father, Teen Yu-ying, was Viceroy She was ably supported by Miss. D. Humphreys of Yunnan, and it was he who put down the as Jelly (who acquitted herself with a distinc-Mahomedan rebellion with such an unsparing tion both as an actress and a vocalist), Miss and rathless hand. He practised the traditional Cohen as Follette (who proved a most accom- cruel Chinese methods of pacification, methods plished singer and danseuse and had to respond summed up in one word, extermiuation; he to several encores for her clever castanet dance actually “made a solitude, and called it peace" and other performances) and by Mrs. Perkins and Yunnan has not yet recovered. It haa as Flummery. King Portico, dignified, yet always been believed that it was by his direct eccentric, could hardly have had a better orders that Mr. A. R. Margary, whose monu- exponent than Mr W. M. Stewart. He pre- ment stands at the corner of the Reserve served the serio-comic aspect throughout with Garden, was murdered; and it was the then out any suggestion of buffoonery, and bis Consul Davenport's dearest wish that that performance cannot be more adequately monument should be erected in the grounds of described than in the word artistic. Zapeter, the British Consulate, so that every Chinese his prime minister-a name which called forth official who visited the Consulate should be memories of the Happy Valley, was well taken obliged to pass under it. Having put down the by Mr. H. M. Kendall, who brought out its rebellion, H. E. Teên Yü-ying ruled Yünnan humour most effectively. Mr. M. S. Northcote
as an absolute autocrat, by terror, found the pourtrayal of Jamilek, the Foreign Secretary, much to his liking. He revelled in dhe "Hiawathan speeches which he had to teliver and made the most of the role with
His elder son, H. É. Taên Chunhsiau, [whom we call “Shum " was given an honor- ary degree, on account of his father's services to the Throne, and his first employment was in
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