New Britain herald., 1915-11-24

bank manager said he thought such action quite probable. The women of Siberia are quite as keen to have permanent prohibition as the women of European Russia" he replied They are urging it in every way pos sible. 1t means more food and com forts for them and their children. Wo- men talk to me nearly every day about it. They have money now in spite of the higher cost of living brought about by the war"
 Before the war Vladivostok was one of the gayest places in Asia. It's cafes ran at full blast until or o'clock in the morning and dinners seldom got under way before mid night The miners, railway men, cat tlemen and furhunters from Eastern Siberia all centered at Vladivostok, and the sailors joined them in large
 numbers. But the war has brought
 many changes. Siberia has been
 drained of men of military age. Now
 the shipping has grown amazingly and
 there are seldom less than ten freight
 steamers in the narbor discharging
 war supplies. Consequently the float
 ing population is large and the all-
 night revels would probably go on as usual were it not that liquor has van ished, tho police require all places or amusement to close at 1 o'clock, and take wanderers in custody who are not properly accounted for at their lodgings by that time.
 Dinner Hour Moved.
 So the dinner hour in the Siberian Paris has been moved up to 10 o'clock and the orchestra and performers in the cafes chantants open their pro- grams at that hour. The gayest of these cafes is now offering q revue after the order of those produced in European capitals. Po- litical jokes are the chief feature of the performance. One of the actors the Sultan and deplores at great length the fate into which he has been trapped by Germany. An | other actor caricatures Emperor Fran cis Joseph, with very exaggerated | whiskers, and is given a sound drub- l ping by muscular young women, | dressed to represent Hungary, who | ;harges the aged monarch with gross | of affairs. Two young | representing Rumania and | Greece appear with baskets labelled l Neutrality and endeavor to get a nigh bid for their baskets. The revue doses with @ tableau in which Russia md her allies arc all represented by | 5oung women who stand triumphant lctors representing downcast enemies
 Vladivostok also has a circus which las enjoyed a run of several months md is housed in permanent quarters. But the Czar has claimed most of the trong men and the acrobats for his lrmy. So the performers are now hiefly women and animals. few nale performers who are neutrals till have a place in the program along with the trained dogs, cats, Germans nd delight the audience with thrusts t the Kaiser.
 The attendance at the circus is con- ined chiefly to the cheaper seats and he standing space, where soldiers and ailors in uniform accompanied by heir sweethearts, applaud the perfor- nance heartily.
 Moving picture theaters are numer- us in Vladivostok and very well at- ended. War pictures are especially opular. In one of these theaters the of the Associated Press aw a film purporting to show war hips preparing to move against the from which the artist tiled to blot out the Brooklyn bridge nd the names on American battle hips passing review.