Anniversary Celebrations—Handsome Park in Baikal Road—Chinese Girls as Athletes The Chin Woo Athletic Associa- bamboo shed membership application celebrated their tenth anni-tions were received. A special anversary at the Association's head-niversary membership, limited to quarters on Baikal Road on Satur-|j00, was open. The Chin Woo vil-day afternoon.
Unfortunately!Jage, where there were refresh-owing to the rain on Sunday morn- ments, Chinese and foreign foods, ing the second day's meeting had ete.—for sale completed the attracts be postponed, The Chin Woo Re- tions, creation Park, made possible by About 400 members, representing the handsome donation of $30,000'the Association and. the various by an anonymous well-wisher schools to which the Association the Association, was formally open- sends voluntary instructors,—took ed up to the public for the occa-! part in the exhibitions. Young sion. About 15,000 people were in girls from six years of age to old men of 65 gave exhibitions of their Everything was tastefully decorat-prowess. It was especially interest. ed with bunting, ete. Boy Scouts ing to see the girls alongside the and Chin Woo Volunteers were on boys, giving physical exhibitions. duty at the gate, and were later to It went to show the spectators that be seen everywhere. There was a China of 20 years ago was wrong seven years, ig." The elder girl is With her right hand the elder girl one who is warding off the blow who graduated in the first grade of giving a left uppercut and a kick.
tempts to "punch" the smaller and the kick bamboo reception room to the right and further along were two tennis courts on which was erected a huge bamboo platform where some 3,000 visitors were sitting. To the left were the club-rooms. In these rooms were trophies won by the As sociation and massive cups and shields presented by various friends of the Association. There were also scrolls, photos, pictures and writings, the work of the members. Next to this was the out-door gymnasium. Here there were for sale Chinese foods, ete. The beautiful residence of Mr, Chen Kung-che, which this gentleman has now given to the Association as its national headquarters, was to the west. On the park at the south was another platform where the crowd was even larger than the other. There was a maze where numerous children (and grown ups also) tried to find their way to the point of "success" and in another when the women-folk were compelled to remain indoors, for fear of "shame."
There were, on the programme, calisthenics, dancing, and foreign drill, as well as Chinese boxing on which stress is laid by the Association. There was music, mili tary drill and review, plays, orchestral performances, jokes and dialogues, and side-shows.
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