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Free
Lance
Wellington, Volume
XVII, Issue 918, 15 February 1918, page 12.
LYALL BAY
MERMAIDS AMD MERMEN.
RANDOM SNAPSHOTS ON THE BEACH OF
SEA-BATHERS AND SUN-BATHERS.
National
Library of New Zealand : PAPERSPAST
RANDOM SNAPSHOTS ON THE BEACH OF
SEA-BATHERS AND SUN-BATHERS.
Free Lance, Volume XVII, Issue
918, 15 February 1918, Page 12
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Some further pictures is! the successful-
carnival at Manly.
(1) Freshwater surfer riding a -board head downwards.
(2) Start ?of .the gold. rush.
(3) Standing on l suirf board.
(4) .Gold rush, in active progress; (Mirror, photos)
The
Sydney Morning Herald
Saturday 2 March 1918 page 2 (Advertising).
MANLY'S
VENETIAN CARNIVAL.
LAST DAY AND
NIGHT OF THE BOOM.
The
following is the programme for to-day.
It's going
to absolutely bust the record.
During the
afternoon, on the Ocean beach, there will take place the
BIGGEST GOLD
RUSH EVER SEEN.
If you do
not wish to join in, come down and see the diggers at work,
prospecting for the Hidden Reefs.
They are
there - only want finding.
Then there
is -
Sensational
Surf Exhibitions and Wonderful "Duke" Surf Board Shooting,
given and demonstrated by the Expert Members of the Manly,
North Steyne and Freshwater Life Saving Clubs.
Now follows
-
OUR GRAND
FINAL
A SIGHT
NEVER SEEN BEFORE
FIREWORKS,
BEAUTIFUL FIREWORKS,
shown from
the Headlands, overlooking the Ocean Beach and Pacific
Ocean.
Special
preparations have been made to make this display a Record
Success.
Also
Confetti Fights, Mery-go-Rounds, and dozens of other
SIDESHOWS
Steamers
sail for the Carnival every few minutes all day and evening
from No. 3 Jetty, Circular Quay.
Fares:
ADULTS 4d, CHILDREN 2d.
THE CHEAPEST ON EARTH.
The Mirror
Sydney, 8 March 1918, page 16.
GOLD RUSH AND SURF DISPLAY AT MANLY
Some further pictures of the
successful carnival at Manly.
(1) Freshwater surfer riding a
board head downwards.
(2) Start of the gold rush.
(3) Standing on the surf board.
Trove
1918 'GOLD RUSH AND SURF DISPLAY AT MANLY.', The Mirror
(Sydney, NSW : 1917 - 1919), 8 March, p. 16, viewed 15
September, 2014,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136732714
The Sun
Sydney, 10 March 1918, page 21.
NATURE'S
PERFECT DAUGHTER
Beverley Bayne, the woman whom Bernard M'Fadyen, physical
culture specialist, asserts is the nearest approach to Venus
de Milo that he knows of, is an ardent surfist, and were she
to come across to Australia the sirens of the briny in this
part of the world would doubtless learn a few things about
shooting the breakers and manipulating a surf-board.
In "Pennington's Choice," a recent picture, Miss Bayne
performed a wonderful dive of 50 feet into tho surf, and in
other ways showed her skill in this direction.
Her latest motion picture is "Red, White, and Blue
Blood," a five-act Metro drama to be screened to-morrow and-
all the week at the Globe Theatre.
Trove
1918 'Notes from the Picture Shows', The Sun (Sydney, NSW :
1910 - 1954), 10 March, p. 21. , viewed 02 Jun 2019,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221955940
The
Prahran Telegraph
Victoria, Saturday 23 March 1918, p. 2.
...
[At St. Kilda] A surf
board
display was given by Mr. H. L. O'Hara, chief Victorian instructor of surf
reel work.
Trove
1918 'LIFE SAVING.', The Prahran Telegraph (Vic. :
1889 - 1930), 23 March, p. 2. , viewed 17 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75257094
The
Newcastle Sun
Monday 25 March 1918, page 5.
SURF
BOARDS
Two lifesavers
on surf
boards
patrolled a
dangerous channel at Bondi yesterday and, in
addition to rescuing six surfers,
assisted scores
of others who were likely to get into difficulties
The boards
proved a distinct success.
1918 'SURF BOARDS', The Newcastle Sun
(NSW : 1918 - 1954), 25 March, p. 5. , viewed 17 Apr
2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159098490
The Sun
Sydney, Friday 25 March 1918, page 3.
SURFERS IN TROUBLE
Large surf boards
wore used to some purpose at Bondi
yesterday for the life-savers, who not
only rescued half a dozen surfers
on them, but brought them into action to
assist scores of others who were likely to get
into difficulties.
The surf
was not at all dangerous, but there was a deep
channel running parallel with the beach, and
that had to be negotiated by those anxious of
getting "shoots from the bank on the other side.
Although the channel was only
about 20 yards across, there was a nasty "pull"
towards the shore, and bathers found that the swim
to the bank was not the easy task it looked.
In fact, it
was a tough journey, and while surfers
who did not become excited, got across all
right, others, who got flurried on discovering
that they were not making as much progress as
they thought they should, had many anxious
moments.
The presence
of two surf boards,
manned by members of the Life-saving Club,
proved welcome to many a tired swimmer.
The boards
enabled swimmers to rest on their journey to tho
shore, and saved the life-savers many a swim.
The boards
patrolled the channel all the morning, and on
one occasion brought four swimmers ashore.
Later two others were taken on board and carried
into shallow water.
How many
swimmers were merely assisted is not known.
The
life-savers lost count.
The boards
were a distinct success, and whenever there is a
similar channel, on the beach in future they
will be used by the life-savers.
Trove
1918 'SURFERS IN TROUBLE', The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910
- 1954), 25 March, p. 3. , viewed 17 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221944150
Sunday Times
Sydney, Sunday
31 March 1918, page 3.
SURF CARNIVAL
The N.S.W. Surf
Bathing Association is holding a Surf Carnival at Cronulla
Beach, commencing at 11.30 a.m. to-morrow.
All events are open to members of
affiliated clubs under 20 years of age, and
present and returned members of the A.I.F.
only.
A
splendid entry has been received, and a
programme consisting of 15 items will be competed.
There
will also be a display, of surf
shooting and 'Duke' surf
board riding.
The
whole of the proceeds are in aid of the Australian
Red Cross.
Trove
1918 'SURF CARNIVAL.',
Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930), 31 March, p. 3,
viewed 15 September, 2014,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123130800
The
Sydney Morning Herald
Monday 15 April 1918, page 3.
"BIRD OF PARADISE."
If Richard
Walton Tully's new play mast be pronounced weak and uncertain
on the dramatic side, it still possesses touching moments, and
there is no mistaking the picturesque appeal of George
Upward's, beautiful scenes from island life.
Indeed, the
American producer, Mr. George Barnum, seems to have had a free
hand in the lavish staging of a piece which mainly attracts by
the deep, strong charm of an atmosphere constantly maintained
on the lines indicated.
There is the
plaintive, sweet, and monotonous music of the ukuleles, with
their zither-like tones, the weird chanting of Hawaiian
natives, and the dancing of the hula girls.
The curtain
rises upon a cave in the Island of Puna, where the
pleasure-loving islanders sing and strum at one of the many
self-imposed holiday picnics which so exasperate their
"sugar-man" - the American manager of a great sugar
plantation.
Suddenly the
sun-filled scene, with the bright blue sea beyond the plumy
palms drowsing by the shore, is overcast by a passing storm.
A clever
spectacular device suggests the torrents of rain which fall
upon the beach without touching the groups beneath the trees
inland, and then in a moment the tropical visitation melts
like a dream, and the somnolent sunshine-charm reasserts its
accustomed sway.
In this way
infinite artistic skill has been bestowed upon the mounting of
"The Bird of Paradise" all through to the tragic close, where
the gloomy volcanic mountain of Pelo vomits flame and steam.
Here the
unhappy princess-heroine leaps into the glowing crater BB the
needed human sacrifice to appease the offended deity, and save
her suffering people.
Thousands of
playgoers will admire and marvel at the scenic triumphs of the
new piece, and this one in particular was applauded with
enthusiasm.
Muriel Starr
is linked with these scenes as Luana, the central figure of
the romantic love story.
Incidentally,
Luana's career emphasises the misery ultimately and inevitably
caused by the union of an educated white man with a
half-civilised native, and further exposes the moral
deterioration arising from life in one of these Pacific
paradises, where everything comes for the asking, and the warm
tropical sun, with flower-covered fingers, binds and paralyses
the healthy action of heart and brain.
Miss Starr was
especially happy in suggesting the light-hearted witchery of
the dusky, dark-eyed Luana.
Especially was
the spell of her love-making apparent in the scene in which,
with a caress in every word, she persuaded Dr. Paul Wilson to
miss the steamer for the leper settlement in order to admire
her prowess as leader of the surf-board bathers.
Two years
later Luana and her "Paula" are man and wife in their
fascinating grass house.
He craves, and
she hands him, the fatal cups of awa (called also "kava"),
which keep him without will for work, idling from day to day.
It is here
that the sugar-man, a character realised with masterly
strength and vigour by George Bryant, offers Luana the choice
of a crown as vassal-queen under the American flag, or of
allowing the Washington Government to declare a republic.
Luana's
childish, unsophisticated joy at the idea ot unlimited fine
clothes and costly gems, mingled with a cunning which caused
her to decline honours abroad in order to keep her "Paula"
away from the white ladies, was amusingly shown by the
actress; and the anguished grief of the little princess at the
discovery that she was unsuited to the society of Captain
Hatch's dinner-party at Honolulu, that the god of her idolatry
had wearied of her, and that nothing remained but immolation
upon her country's altar, deeply moved the audience.
Louis Kimball,
playing against tho sympathies of the house, was successful in
showing the weak, egotistical, and petty nature of the always
distrustful Dr. Wilson.
Mr. Frank
Harvey was strong as the ragged, trembling Ten-Thousand-Dollar
Dean, a beachcomber ruined by drink, but ultimately redeemed
by the inspiration of a woman's love.
Tien Hogue, as
the fair-haired Diana Larned, was at her best in the sincerity
of her appeal, "Come up to the light," though the dramatist
develops the actlon of his story too rapidly and too abruptly
to meke the situation convincing.
J. B.
Atholwood, a venerable and picturesque figure as the Hawaiian
High Priest, played the role with imposing solemnity of
diction.
James Hughes,
an aesthetic, though somewhat stout, stalwart, in an
abbreviated bathing-suit, made a sensation as Luana's native
admirer.
Edwin Lester
and Marion Marcus Clarke filled minor roles as the Rev. and
Mrs. Sysonby, familiarly known by their undressed flock as
"the mikinaries."
Maggie Moore
won the audience as the genial and motherly Maheemahu.
Trove
1918 '"BIRD OF PARADISE."', The Sydney
Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 15 April, p. 3. ,
viewed 17 Apr 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15772364
Notes.
For Richard
Walton Tully biography, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Walton_Tully
Bird of
Paradise was filmed twice:
1932:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022689/
1951:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043343/
The Sun
New York, June 9, 1918, Section 3, page 28.
SURF SPORTS AT
ATLANTIC CITY
Atlantic City, June 8.
With the ocean temperature remaining above 70 degrees
throughout the week bathing has become the leading amusement at
Atlantic City, and the number of surf devotees is growing dally.
The beach lifeguard force will be doubled over the week
end. and following tests for new men the full complement of red
shirts
will be assigned to duty for the season next Monday.
Every man aspiring to duty in the patrol must show his
ability with the lifeboat and can buoy and in swimming, and the
tests are held under difficult conditions to insure the
selection of the best athletes for the life saving contingents.
Since this method was adopted there has not been a single
drowning along the entire beach.
In order to provide amusement for the bathers certain
portions of the water have been set aside for surf board riders
and visitors who like to shoot the breakers in canoes.
These two forms of natatorial sport are unusually popular
this year, and to prevent accidents among the bathers
the.authorities have designated points for
the exclusive use of the canoers.
Chronicling America
The sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, June 09,
1918, Section 3, Image 28
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Lenox and Tilden Foundation
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The Maui news
Wailuku, June 14, 1918, page 5.
Girl Saves Soldier
From Drowning
Honolulu,
June 10
Miss Margaret MeCabe, of tho Outrigger Club swimming
team, saved Private Robert Gunn, of the Fort Kamehameha
sanitary corps from drowning at Waikiki yesterday morning.
The girl was on her way lo the "big surf" with her surf
board when :she heard Gunn calling for help.
The man was nearly unconscious but the girl managed to
get-her surf board beneath him and then tow him ashore where
he arrived in entirely unconscious condition.
Over exertion is supposed to have been the cause of the
accident.
Chronicling America
The Maui news. (Wailuku, Maui,
H.I.) 1900-current, June 14, 1918, Image 5
Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa;
Honolulu, HI
Persistent link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014689/1918-06-14/ed-1/seq-5/
The Sun
New York, June 23, 1918, Section 3, page
25.
Atlantic City
Atlantic, City, June 22
...
Beach guards are having a hard time of it keeping bare limbed
bathing girls off the beach in accordance with an order from
the City Commissioners.
Many of the Jersey coast resorts permit the omission of
hosiery, but Atlantic City Is maintaining the policy of
previous years and barring any display of stockingless limbs
along the bathing beaches.
Hooverized bathing attire, however, is permitted, and women
are taking full advantage of the ruling which permits mannish
suits to be worn.
The mackintosh law which compels all bathers who go direct
from their cottages in water attire to cover their suits with
an outer
wrap will go into effect within this next fortnight.
Surf board devotees have adopted a new stunt for coasting
about the shallow water.
Instead of riding the breakrs they now come in close to shore,
and after the combers have flattened out take a running dive
as If they were handling a sled and then shoot along on top of
the water for long distances.
Chronicling America
The sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, June 23, 1918, Section 3,
Image 25
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Evening Public Ledger.
Philadelphia, July 6, 1918, page 20.
THE WAR HAS OPENED OTHER AVENUES TO WOMEN,
WHO ARE QUICK TO GRASP NEW OPPORTUNITIES
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THE SURF BOARD is a never-ending
source
of
delight for the fair bathers at
Atlantic
City and the other seaside resorts.
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Chronicling
America
Evening public
ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, July 06, 1918, Night
Extra, Image 20
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provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA
Persistent link:
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The Sun.
New York, July 7, 1918, Section 3, page 26.
New Sport for Seabright.
Seabright, N.J.
...
The Seabright Beach Club is to have a new form of surf
diversion.
Last season the rage was for surf riding with a surf board.
It gave every-one thrills.just to watch the rider come
skimming along on the crest of a long high rolling comber from a
good distance off shore to the very edge of the water mark
This year there is to be another form of bathing pleasure
that in all probability will eclipse surf riding.
There is to be shipped to the club within the next few days
a long inflated surf raft.
This octagonal canvas raft will hold from three to five
persons, and will not turn over no matter how many happen to get
aboard.
It will enable the bathers to enjoy unusual sport in riding
over the high seas.
It will also serve to assist swimmers who may
encounter dlfflculties while swimming beyond the lines.
This sort of pleasure craft has been used extensively at
the Southern resorts all winter.
Palm Beach bathers enjoyed themselves every day in fine
weather with this latest development
The idea of the craft is credited to E. I. Horsman of
Monmouth Beach.
Chronicling
America
The sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, July 07, 1918, Section 3,
Image 26
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The Hawaiian
Gazette.
Honolulu, September 24, 1918, page 8.
OUTRIGGER RACES SAVE
REGATTA DAY
Canoe and Surfboard Events At
the Beach Yesterday PleaseHoliday
Crowd
Regatta Day, as observed yesterday
by the Outrigger Canoe Club sports and general public on the
beach at Waikiki was an unqualified success.
There was a good crowd on hand,
everybody enjoying to the full program, which helped while away
the whole morning,
being over by noon.
The canoe and surf board races were
exciting enough to please all and there were some pretty and
close finishes during the morning.
The eourse, set for some of the
canoe races was from Grey's to the Moana' Pier.
The men's paddling canoe race was
won by the Outrigger Canoe Club by four feet.
The crews were: Outrigger H. Harvey,
C. Lambert Jr., T. Norgaard, C. Hims, F. Bowers and Edric Cooke;
Hui Nalu "Steamboat Bill," T. Holatein, T. Hill, William
Hollinger, F. Wilhelm and Lukela Kaupiko.
In the paddling surf board race for
boys under sixteen years of age A Mineville Jr., won by a walk.
L. Hale was second and J. Morse
third.
The distance was from the Seaside to
the Moana Pier.
Helen Martin Wins
Miss
Helen Martin won the paddling surf board race for ladies, also
by a walk.
Miss Josephine Hopkins being second.
This victory gives Miss Helen the
title of club champion for the year.
In the paddling Indian canoe race
for men in the service C. Lambert Jr., and F. Bowers won easily
over Koss and Canario, the latter's canoe capsizing during the
race and the crew completing the course by swimming in fine
shape.
Mr. Chitterbrick was easily the
winner in the paddling surf board race for malihini entries,
defeating W. Dixon, the surf board expert, Chitterbrick looks
easily like a coming champion, says "Dad" Center, who ought to
know as he is reckoned Hawaii greatest authority on the subject.
Wahine Opio
Race
It
was a pretty rare when three waihine opio crews got off in the
paddling
Indian canoe event for girls.
Marion Dowsett and Frances Jones won
eventually.
Helen Martin and Bernice Dowsett
weie second, while Josephine Hopkins and Daisy Kuttmann finished
third.
The latter crew capsized their canoe
three times during the race.
This furnished a great thriller for
all, eapecially for the life guards who went to the rescue but
were outdistanced by
the capsized mermaids in the race
for the shore.
The eighth event, padding Indian
canoe for boys under fourteen years of age was called off owing
to the sea being a little tad choppy for the youngsters.
Edric Cooke finished first in the
patddling surf board race for men.
T. Norgaard was second, and C. Sims
third.
Others paddled, too, but were not in
at the finish.
Cooke gave the other two men a
fifteen yard handicap and won even then.
Great Capsizing
Event
There
was a lot of fun in the papdling canoe race for boys under
sixteen.
It resulted in a tie in the first
heat between Canoe Aa and Canoe White Horse.
Then the Wlhite, Horse got foul of t
lit lite line and the judges ordered the race paddled over again
when Canoe Aa capsized.
Just how the race finally resulted
no one seems to know yet.
The crews were Canoe Aa- A.
Mineville Jr., Tookie Cfinpiu. ('. Gall, J. O'Dowda, J. Mann and H
Burband.
Canoe White Horse- Lewis Hale. A
Gall. .1. Hongs, G. Young and C. A Sayres.
In the volleyball match played at
three o'clock iu the afternoon on the Outrigger Canoe Club
courts the O. C. C.
won in three straight sets from
the Signal Corps team, IV I I, 1510 IS i.
A big crowd was on hand for this
event, which was particularly close in the last set, won by a
poiut am fairlv
i lose in the second, but an easy
victory tor Hi" Outrigger buuch in
the tiniil set.
The Volleyballers
The
Outrigger plavers were, in the first set Johnson. Kuttmann,
Morse W. Smith. Nottage and Smith; in the second " Dad " Center.
Lindsay, Bailey, Dickson, Decker, and Harvey, and in the third
-Britton, W. Smith, Morse Nottiige H. Mm it h and Johnson.
The Signal Corps players were
Canario, Bowers. Lambert, Shepherd, Ross and Grimier.
The dav was brought to a most
fitting close with the annual Regatta Day dunce of the Outrigger
Canoe Club in
the Club's pavilion, a monster crowd
being present, dancing to the music of
Dude Miller's Hawaiian quintet.
Chronicling
America
The Hawaiian gazette. (Honolulu
[Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, September 24, 1918, Image 8
Image and text provided by University
of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI
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Sunday Times
Sydney, Sunday
18 August 1918 page 13.
A SYDNEY SEA-GULL
Athletic
Girl Who Rides the Waves at 15 Miles an Hour
When the Niagara leaves for
America she
will take an enterprising young Aus tralian sportswoman with her.
This is Miss
Isabel Letham, of Freshwater, who forsakes her own country for moving picture work in America. Miss Letham will break in on a new side.
She is
finely athletic, can play most games, and rides well.
But it will be for her work in the water that she will appeal to the Americans.
Here she can put up some attractive 'stunts.'
She is an expert surf shooter, and a fine performer on the surf-board, with which she has
interopted so
many visitors to Freshwater in the season.
She manipulates the big board in true Hawaiian style, and among her feats is the bringing in of a pouple
of
passengers upon it from the outside breakers.
MISS ISABEL LETHAM
''She is afraid of nothing,'' said a friend of Miss Letham's the other day.
''Yes, I am, I am afraid of sharks,'' she contradicted.
Yet this does not prevent her from tearing round the harbor on an aqua plane which is being towed behind a motor boat at 15 miles an hour.
In her
picture shown on this page Miss Letham on a board which is about 3ft long
by 18in.
wide.
Below her is the sharkin fested harbor, and it is only her nerve and her wonderful balance that keep
her out
of it.
Miss Letham fell once or
twice while
learning the art of aquaplaning, her most disturbing experience being
when she
slipped off as she was passing Sydney Heads.
Aquaplaning has not caught on with the girl swimmers of Sydney to any great extent.
It is too dangerous, and the sharks are so great a menace.
Miss Letham, however, pronounpes it
the finest sport
in the world, notwithstanding the fascination the sun has tor her.
The Freshwater mermaid is eagerly anticipating the joys of Honolulu.
No, she
does not hunger for the sights and scenes of Hawaiian beauty.
She nays:
''Just as soon as the gangway is down when we arrive, I am off in a taxi
for the
breakers.''
Trove
1918 'A SYDNEY SEA-GULL.', Sunday Times (Sydney,
NSW : 1895 - 1930), 18 August, p. 13, viewed 4 October, 2013,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123137676
The
Sydney Morning Herald
Tuesday 29 October 1918, page 6.
JACK'S DAY.
MESSAGE
FROM ADMIRAL BERESFORD.
The
secretarles of the Navy League yesterday received the
following cablegram from Admiral Lord Charles Beresford:
"Wish you
every possible success for 'Jack's Day.'
I heartily
approve of all the objects you intend to benefit."
EXHIBITION
OF PICTURES.
An
exhibition of 70 paintings, sketches, and art photographs
presented to the Jack's Day Fund by tbe artists of Sydney
will be opened in Canberra House, at the corner of Liverpool
and Elizabeth streets, by his Excellency the Governor, at 3
o'clock this afternoon.
The
exhibition will be open to-day, to-morrow, and on Thursday.
The pictures
are to be disposed of by art union.
APPEAL TO
EMPLOYERS.
The
organisers of the Jack's Day procession are making a special
appeal to tbe employers of cadets of the Royal Australlan
Naval Brigade to allow the lads permission to take part in
the procession through the streets on Jack's Day.
The boys are
to muster in the Domain near the Registrar-General's office
at , 9 a.m. on Frlday.
PREPARATIONS
FOR JACK'S DAY.
...
The effigy of
the German Emperor should provide some entertainment at the
village fair to be held at the Broadway on Jack's Day.
This will be a
giant figure, presented by the J. C. Williamson Company, and
will be subjected to whatever treatment the people may think
it worthy of.
Finally, in
the evening, it will be blown out of existence.
Other
attractions will include Barry Lupino, Claude Flemming, Mons.
Goossens, Jack Ralston, Sydney James, Muriel Starr, Ruby
Hooper's pupils, the Katinka Quartette, and at night Paramount
pictures will be shown in the village fair.
His Excellency
tho Governor has promised to attend.
The members of
the Bondi and North Bondi Surf Clubs have combined to hold a
monster surf and beach carnival in aid of Jack's Day at Bondi
Beach on Saturday afternoon next.
The programme
will include exhibitions of surfboard riding by pupils of
Kahanamoku, and sensational canoe races through the breakers.
...
Among the
attractions on Jack's Day will be the Japanese goods to be
offered for sale at the Nippon Yusen Kalsha stall in
connection with Burns, Philp, and Co.'s exhibit in
Bridge-street.
All kinds of
pretty and novel goods and toys will be stocked.
Notes:
Jack's Day, 1
November 1918, was a fund to help the men of the Navy and the
Mercantile Marines.
The
Sydney Morning Herald
Thursday 31 October 1918, page 6.
JACK'S DAY.
MANY
STRIKING NOVELTIES.
....
Bondi surfers
will make a big effort for Jack's Day on Saturday afternoon
next on their spacious beach.
The members of
tho Bondi and North Bondi clubs have combined to conduct a
pageant.
A big feature
will be a wrestling match between W. Smyth, the holder of the
Australasian heavyweight championship, who represented the
Commonwealth at the last Olympic games, and Reg. Fletcher,
champion of Bondi, who has, up to the present, thrown all his
adversaries.
The novel
spectacle will also be presented of a cattle dog riding a
tossing surf-board right through the breakers to the beach.
Daily Examiner
Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954), 5 December 1918,
page 4.
Mark
Twain.
Miss Mildred Leo Clemens, a niece of the famous American
humorist, gave amost interesting/discourse on MarkTwain as
she knew him.
...
The projection of the pictures was all that could be desired.
Some cinematograph
pictures were also shown, including surf board riding on the famous
Waikiki beach, outrigger canoes, fish in an aquarium and a
volcano in eruption, both by day and by night.
These last-named pictures
possessed a special educational value.
Altogether, the ramble through Paradise was a pictorial feast and
Miss Clemens well deserved the long-continued applause
which followed its conclusion.
Northern
Star
Lismore, December 1918, page 4.
EVENING SESSION
...
Miss Mildred Les Clemens, whom Mrs. Dye had said earlier was
regarded as the youngest lady lecturess lecturing on the
platform in America, gave a delightful lecture.
Covering ground taken by her famous cousin, Mark Twain (S.
Clemens), in his works, Miss Clemens described the beauties of
the Hawaiian Islands, and also introduced tho audience to the
well-known splendor of the Nevada Mountains and the grandeur
of the hinterland, but only recentlv made accessible to
tourists.
All the pictures constituting the film, a really magnificent
and unique collection, were taken by Miss Clemens herself.
...
It was in 1895, said Miss Clemens that Mark Twain on„
the"v^tura . -journey from Australia visited ■
'-1;He_^;Sawaiiaii' •. Islands, which she had the jdeasure of
doing ,.;vea-y many years later. Under 'the control of U.S.A.,
the Hawaiia'rihlslahds were":: destined to become aji
important gate as regarded the! -voi-ld of commence. The
screening of "an c.-cquisite view of the setting sun trans
forming the ultramarine of ■ the ocean as the equator. is
approached1 into a sheet of- gold .was a. fitting:
introduction vto (lie excursion intc- the "Paradise of tho
Pacific.':' Groups, of llawaiians, clothed in their garments
of bright and 'vavietl hue, were next depicted. The noted
iloral places were shown, and an illustration of a street
corner blaziag forth in the colors .of- gorgeous flowers
brought forth, rapturous applause. • Honolulu was a city of-
about 70,000 inhabitants. Proceed-1 'ing, there was shown-.;an
extinct volcano _in the n jighborhaad, and. now covered, ex
quisitely with grasses and . looking: like a crouching lion in
the distance.. One! of' the features - ofthe islands, said
-the lecturess, was .the most beautiful, .palm trees,-which
Mark Twain had described as featheir dusters struck by.
-lightning. Views .of-a beautiful quay next crossed the
screen. Th«s Hawaiian is noted for his abilitySas a shim mer.
As sMark Twain said, "Swimming is to the Havyhiiaai of; first
importance, walk: ing. of secondary importance.'' And what the
humorist tilted at was admirably de picited by views of those
.marvellously dex terous swimmers enjoying the exciting ex
perience of surf-board riding. Excellent views 6f fish in
their haunts were shown. The aquarium, it was said,, rivalled
Naples, and the fish were "indescribable for their beauty,
variety and edor.
Trove
1918 'EVENING SESSION.', Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 -
1954), 9 December, p. 4, viewed 15 September, 2014,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92911939
The Australasian
Melbourne, Saturday 28 December 1918, page 27.
ON THE BEACH AT BONDI
1. IN THE SURF.
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