missioner of Public Health, who Magic of Ancient China Shortly after Henry Wai, opera star Li-Sit-Fong is still tres jin the memories of many devotees lof Chinese opera, sang "The Death lof Tai-Vu." The' song, based on lenisode of the death of the tragic heroine (of "Dreams in the Red Chamber" by Tsao Hsueh-Chin of the Ching Dynasty, was sung la [Cantonese style by the retried prima' donna. In. supers voice, Mme. Wai made her interpretation another of the evening's triumphs.
At 12.30, the magiery of Ancient China was conjured forth for a fleeting projection into the presen:
score of women among the: lenders in the Chinese social set, who "appeared in costumes illustrating the greatest periods. Chinese history and literature. With
sketching of costume-design in, O11 the, perspective pleoned from the China, the influence of the West wax self-evident as the parade vf Fashion brought into the fore-groun! modern adaptations prevalent 20th Century China, Mrs, Marion Ma and Mrs, Eveline the character of the lagen. day Lady White. and Maiden, JGreen Snakes opened the secon part of the programme in again lating costumes, that of Mrs. Soons laglitter with "seales" of solid silver, sewn to her garments, "Next appeared Mrs. H, Wong in the role lof the tragic Shi Shih whose gratitude to the king she was. sent to ruin resulted in her own death by drowning, The flowing lines of the Han dynasty were portrayed in the lovely costume worn by Mrs. Richard Pan, impersonating Chao Chun, whose fate as an imperial concubine Jas capped by her exile ax a pro-
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