Number of Different Plans Suggested'
Miss Aline MacMahon Here for Short Visit The hope that a great many things could probably be done to render the disasters caused by the Yellow River less frequent, and to limit the extent of the damage, was expressed by Mr. 3. E, Baker, adviser to the Inter-
Provincial Flood Relief Associa tion, in. an address to members ihe Y.M.CA. on Tuesday evening, March 3. Mr, Baker said that for the first 2,000 miles of its course, the river traversed the Continental Plateau, which consisted largely of a soil so fine that if rubbed between the fingers it would disappear into the pores of the skin. Very slight rainfall therefore was' sufficient to, erode the plateau, but instead of having an evenly balanced light rain-fait throughout the ye: this territory, was visited by seasonal rainfalls of great violence, Such torrents resulted in g tremendous erosion, and in a silt content frequently 40 or even 50 per cent. of the total volume: of water measured by weight. Because of silt, the river had frequently changed its course. As methods for the taming of the Yellow River, Mr. Baker suggested the dredging of certain short Sections, where emergency deposits of silt occurred; afforestation, which, he said, would reduce silt content, but which would introduce a larger' food problem: detention reservoirs placed along the course of the river: the reconstruction of the Yellow River dykes under national control; the formation of auxiliary channels the enclosing of low areas, or sandy areas of small value, for the deliberate purpose of flooding them v: the river was in flood so that the silt deposit might not only improve the soil but gradually build up a hinterland fortifying the dykes and tending to put the river down Into a Miss Aline MacMahon (in private ike Mrs, C. 8, Stein) has come to the Far East just to see China, Unlike so many travellers, especially those from Hollywood, she has not come to make a picture nor to gather colour. This cinema actress who was recently seen on the screen here in "Kind Lady" and "Ab, Wilderness," has always wanted (0 sec China and [she and her husband, who Is with her, Intend to see as mich of it ax they can in six woeks—or perhaps two months. Hangchow, Tsinanfu and Peiping are on the list of places that must be seen, If time permits they will make a trip up the Gorges, Miss MacMahon, who was one of the guests of the LAT. tea on Monday Bflernoon, denied the fact that she was. an over-worked cinema actress. "I work only six months in the year," she said, "Three in the summer and three in the winter, In the autumn and spring T travel."
She likes all of her roles but if she had any favourites they would be those she played in "The World Changes" and "Silver Dollar."
'Miss' MacMahon said that her next trip would be to Russia, "The Russians." she said, "have influenced me a great deal in my work. When was just out of school I studied with Marie Ouspensky. She had a large house in the country and we, her pupils, lived there and worked and studied, Miss "MacMahon began her acting career in New York with the Neighbourhood players and than joined the company directed by Richard Boles-havsky, another Russian.
She came to the Pacific Coast in the stage play, "Once In A Life Tim But times were hard, and Hu Jcould not save the money, much Jess the balance of $200, which was to Ihave been fully paid' up by the wedding date, 'Taking advantage of the uinl's parents being away, Hu took her back to his home and went through the wedding ceremony. The parents, on their return, were furious to find' their daughter married, and were even more s0 when they found that Hu could not pay up his last instalment. However, things were [smoothed over by Hu borrowing $60, Jand promising to pay the balance in three instalments. The only difficulty is what redress he will be able claim if he is dissatised with his wife after paying the bulk of the instalments,
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